AIR-SHIP * v. Transport (cargo) by air.
SCHMALTZ * n. (Yiddish) Excessive sentimentality in art or music.
CONTRARIWISE * r. 1 In a contrary disobedient manner. 2 With the order reversed. 3 Contrary to expectations.
COLOSSAE * n. An ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site of an early Christian Church.
LAMBKIN * n. A very young lamb.
CHOIRBOY * n. A boy who sings in a choir.
DEFILED * s. Morally blemished; stained or impure.
CHAIRMANSHIP * n. The position of chairman.
DRAWER * n. 1 A boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out. 2 The person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else. 3 An artist skilled at drawing.
UNEQUALED * s. Radically distinctive and without equal.
OBSTRUCTIVELY * r. In an obstructive manner.
COLAPTES * n. A genus of Picidae.
SUBMERGENCE * n. Sinking until covered completely with water.
HITLERIAN * a. Of or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in Germany.
TEDIOUSNESS * n. Dullness owing to length or slowness.
GUYOT * n. A seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean).
LIBRIUM * n. A tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism.
CF * --n. 1 A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles. 2 The most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known. --r. Compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text).
LEFT-WING * s. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.
TURRITIS * n. Closely related to and often included in genus Arabis.
ARERE * n. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
DISCONTENTED * a. Showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.
145 * s. Being five more than one hundred forty.
SLANTWISE * r. At a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction.
INDULGENT * --a. Characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone. --s. 1 Tolerant or lenient. 2 Being favorably inclined.
SILKILY * r. In a silky manner.
IMPUTE * v. 1 Attribute or credit to. 2 Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
DISBELIEVING * s. Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion.
HIKING * n. A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure.
GRAPESHOT * n. A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot.
ENTOPROCTA * n. Sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa.
MARGOSA * n. Large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia.
ANTIPERSPIRANT * n. An astringent substance applied to the skin to reduce perspiration.
PREVAILING * s. Most frequent or common.
ETHERIFY * v. Change into an ether.
TRAINEESHIP * n. Financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job.
TORTURING * --n. The deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason. --s. Extremely painful.
PINNACLE * --n. 1 (architecture) A slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower. 2 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 3 A lofty peak. --v. 1 Surmount with a pinnacle. 2 Raise on or as if on a pinnacle.
SAFEGUARD * --n. 1 A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.. 2 A document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war. --v. 1 Make safe. 2 Escort safely.
ABOLITIONARY * a. Relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery.
HOSPITALITY * n. Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers.
COLITIS * n. Inflammation of the colon.
BASILARY * a. Of or relating to or located at the base.
ADVERTISING * n. 1 A public promotion of some product or service. 2 The business of drawing public attention to goods and services.
STRICKEN * s. 1 Grievously affected especially by disease. 2 (used in combination) Affected by something overwhelming. 3 Put out of action (by illness).
ABSTRACTIONIST * --n. A painter of abstract pictures. --s. Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature.
SIRIUS * n. The brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major.
LODGE * --n. 1 English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940). 2 A formal association of people with similar interests. 3 Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener. 4 A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter. --v. 1 Be a lodger; stay temporarily. 2 Put, fix, force, or implant. 3 File a formal charge against. 4 Provide housing for.
UNCOMFORTABLY * r. In physical discomfort.
CATASETUM * n. Genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences.
IMPULSION * n. 1 A force that moves something along. 2 The act of applying force suddenly.
FUMBLING * s. Showing lack of skill or aptitude.
XANTHORRHOEACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
CHATTERING * n. 1 The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine. 2 The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys).
REMOTION * n. The act of removing.
DIVINELY * r. By divine means.
HEMATOCYTURIA * n. The presence of red blood cells in the urine.
OILCLOTH * n. Cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin.
RED-CARPET * s. Special treatment or hospitality.
XERANTHEMUM * n. Any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers.
BLUB * v. Cry or whine with snuffling.
RE-START * v. 1 Start an engine again, for example. 2 Take up or begin anew.
SAVOURLESSNESS * n. The property of having no flavor.
BELLICOSENESS * n. A natural disposition to fight.
IMPERIL * v. Pose a threat to; present a danger to.
WRECKFISH * n. Brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks.
VARDENAFIL * n. Virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
CONCLUDED * s. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
GYMNOSPERM * n. Plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary.
CONSOCIATE * v. Bring or come into association or action.
VESTIGE * n. An indication that something has been present.
MID-ATLANTIC * s. Of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey.
ECTOPROCTA * n. Coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa.
MADEMOISELLE * n. Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico.
SARD * n. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
PECUNIARY * a. Relating to or involving money.
SOUBRIQUET * n. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
TWENTIES * n. 1 The time of life between 20 and 30. 2 The decade from 1920 to 1929.
LICHENES * n. Comprising the lichens which grow symbiotically with algae; sometimes treated as an independent group more or less coordinate with algae and fungi.
WITTINGLY * r. With full knowledge and deliberation.
DORIDEN * n. Sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders.
CONTINUUM * n. A continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts.
KOSHER * --n. Food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law. --s. 1 Conforming to dietary laws. 2 Proper or legitimate.
SARCOID * a. Of or relating to or resembling flesh.
UNPOLITICAL * s. Politically neutral.
TORT * n. (law) Any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought.
LANCELOT * n. (Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere.
RORSCHACH * n. A projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot.
HAEMANTHUS * n. Genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies.
HALOPHIL * n. Archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival.
TRACE * --n. 1 A just detectable amount. 2 An indication that something has been present. 3 A suggestion of some quality. 4 A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image. --v. 1 Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something. 2 Make a mark or lines on a surface. 3 To go back over again. 4 Pursue or chase relentlessly.
ABETTOR * n. One who helps or encourages or incites another.
METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE * n. A stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States.
LECHERY * n. Unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity.
NEPHROSCLEROSIS * n. Kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure.
REIMPOSE * v. Impose anew.
BEDRIDDEN * s. Confined to bed (by illness).
BUGGY * --n. A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse. --s. 1 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. 2 Infested with bugs.
EXTRAORDINARILY * r. Extremely.
CONDIMENT * n. A preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment.
TRANQUILLIZE * v. 1 Make calm or still. 2 Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.
SPHACELOTHECA * n. Genus of smut fungus.
BRACHYDACTYLY * n. Abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.
SPONDYLARTHRITIS * n. Arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine.
FOSSE * n. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
VIOLET-STREAKED * s. Having streaks of violet color.
DECOLORIZE * v. Remove color from.
SAZERAC * n. A cocktail made with bourbon with bitters and Pernod and sugar served with lemon peel.
O'ER * r. Throughout a period of time.
WICOPY * n. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.
LAPPING * n. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).
SS * n. 1 The United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents. 2 Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps.
LOW-WARP-LOOM * n. A handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry.
CHANCELLOR * n. 1 The British cabinet minister responsible for finance. 2 The person who is head of government (in several countries). 3 The honorary or titular head of a university.
PROLIFERATION * n. 1 Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts. 2 A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons).
LYOPHILISED * s. Used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum.
SOUNDABLE * a. (of depth) Capable of being sounded or measured for depth.
CAPRIMULGIFORMES * n. Goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds.
ATOLE * n. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
IVP * n. 1 X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye. 2 Performing pyelography with intravenous injection of a contrast medium.
RHOEADALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants.
CIRCAEA * n. Enchanter's nightshade.
CROSIER * n. A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office.
NODULE * n. 1 A small node. 2 Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant. 3 (mineralogy) A small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment).
ANTACID * --n. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach). --s. Acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach).
DIGITOXIN * n. Digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia.
GOUNOD * n. French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893).
JIUJITSU * n. A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.
BOULDERED * s. Abounding in rocks or stones.
ECONOMETRICIAN * n. An economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods.
RADIOPROTECTION * n. Protection against harmful effects of radiation.
SLOTHFUL * s. Disinclined to work or exertion.
EMOTIONALLY * r. 1 In an emotional manner. 2 With regard to emotions.
MNEMONIST * n. An expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory.
SAJAMA * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
PIANO * --n. 1 A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds. 2 (music) Low loudness. --a. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) Soft; in a quiet, subdued tone. --r. Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly.
ICECAP * n. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
PALLIDUM * n. The inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus.
HEREDITARIANISM * n. The philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth.
POSTMISTRESS * n. A woman postmaster.
LIP-SYNCH * v. Move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song).
RAILBIRD * n. A fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track.
PSALTERY * n. An ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings.
BACTERIOLYSIS * n. Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.
HULK * --n. 1 A very large person; impressive in size or qualities. 2 A ship that has been wrecked and abandoned. --v. Appear very large or occupy a commanding position.
CURATE * n. A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
UNUSUAL * --a. 1 Not usual or common or ordinary. 2 Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird. --s. Not commonly encountered.
ZOSTERA * n. (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) Small genus of widely distributed marine plants.
LUVARUS * n. Type genus of the Luvaridae.
HYPEROODON * n. Bottle-nosed whales.
TANCRED * n. Norman leader in the First Crusade who played an important role in the capture of Jerusalem (1078-1112).
MAHONIA * n. Evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia.
PLEUROPNEUMONIA * n. Pleurisy and pneumonia.
COWGIRL * n. A woman cowboy.
SOAKAGE * n. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
SCISSOR-TAILED * s. (of birds) Having a deeply forked tail.
BINUCLEATED * a. Having two nuclei.
DREADFULLY * r. 1 Of a dreadful kind. 2 In a dreadful manner.
ISOPROTERENOL * n. Drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart.
TREMA * n. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
SNATCH * --n. 1 A small fragment. 2 Obscene terms for female genitals. 3 (law) The unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment. 4 A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion. --v. 1 To grasp hastily or eagerly. 2 To make grasping motions. 3 Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY * n. Diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders with the use of an electromyograph.
ENTRIC * n. Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals.
UTICA * n. 1 A city in central New York. 2 An ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD.
DEDUCTION * n. 1 A reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket. 2 An amount or percentage deducted. 3 Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied). 4 Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).
METCHNIKOFF * n. Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916).
IONIZE * v. 1 Become converted into ions. 2 Convert into ions.
VASCULARIZATION * n. The organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries.
HAZELWOOD * n. Reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture.
FORETHOUGHT * n. 1 Planning or plotting in advance of acting. 2 Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger.
POXVIRUS * n. Any of a group of viruses that can cause pox diseases in vertebrates.
MOTORCAR * n. A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.
BINFUL * n. The quantity contained in a bin.
OXLIP * n. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.
FILS * n. 1 100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial. 2 A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar.
DRABA * n. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique.
EXOGAMY * n. Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law.
PALPITANT * s. Having a slight and rapid trembling motion.
LYING-IN * n. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.
POLITESSE * n. Courtesy towards women.
CHENNAI * n. A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras.
ABSTRACTNESS * n. The quality of being considered apart from a specific instance or object.
UNCHALLENGED * s. Generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute.
CULTISM * n. 1 Devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult. 2 Religious zeal; the willingness to serve God.
TACHYPLEUS * n. A genus of Limulidae.
CHICANO * n. A person of Mexican descent.
SEVERELY * r. 1 To a severe or serious degree. 2 With sternness; in a severe manner. 3 Causing great damage or hardship.
BILLING * n. Request for payment of a debt.
BUZZER * n. 1 A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. 2 A signaling device that makes a buzzing sound.
CEDE * v. 1 Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. 2 Relinquish possession or control over.
INELUCTABLY * r. By necessity.
HULA-HULA * n. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
SUNDOWN * n. The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon.
INCORRIGIBLY * r. In an incorrigible manner.
TOMTIT * n. Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head.
VAGUE * --s. 1 Not clearly expressed or understood. 2 Lacking clarity or distinctness. --a. Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished.
RESPECTFUL * --a. Full of or exhibiting respect. --s. Feeling or manifesting veneration.
XANTHOUS * s. Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk.
WALTON * n. 1 English composer (1902-1983). 2 English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683). 3 Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995).
TENTACULATA * n. Ctenophores have retractile tentacles.
PATACA * n. The basic unit of money in Macao.
SOUK * n. An open-air market in an Arabian city.
STUPA * n. A dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists.
TRIMIPRAMINE * n. Tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia.
PADOVA * n. A city in Veneto.
DESTABILISATION * n. The action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy).
AKKADIAN * n. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
CYTOPHOTOMETER * n. A photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm.
HUT * n. 1 Temporary military shelter. 2 Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
MISCALL * v. Assign in incorrect name to.
UNFREE * a. 1 Held in servitude. 2 Hampered and not free; not able to act at will.
WINDSHIELD * n. Transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle.
POSEUR * n. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
DRAWKNIFE * n. A woodworker's knife to shave surfaces.
MASCARA * n. Makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes.
COUSINLY * a. Like or befitting a cousin.
CATAMENIAL * a. Of or relating to menstruation or the menses.
SPLASHBOARD * n. 1 Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side. 2 Protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc..
PM * n. 1 An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease. 2 A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium. 3 The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom. 4 Modulation of the phase of the carrier wave.
WEAKEN * v. 1 Lessen the strength of. 2 Become weaker. 3 Destroy property or hinder normal operations. 4 Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.
MULTICOLLINEARITY * n. A case of multiple regression in which the predictor variables are themselves highly correlated.
HYPERTROPHY * --n. Abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ. --v. Undergo hypertrophy.
DECOROUSNESS * n. Propriety in manners and conduct.
TWICE-PINNATE * n. A pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets.
VALUATE * v. Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.
CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE * n. Defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry.
HAWKBILL * n. Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.
BANQUETING * n. Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment).
LAZARUS * n. 1 The person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death. 2 The diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar.
PROCLAIMED * s. Declared publicly; made widely known.
QUESTER * n. Someone making a search or inquiry.
TORTUROUS * s. Extremely painful.
SPURIOUS * s. 1 Ostensibly valid, but not actually valid. 2 Plausible but false. 3 Born out of wedlock. 4 False or fake; not what it appears to be.
BACKHOE * n. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
TANGENT * n. 1 A straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point. 2 Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
CLICHED * s. Repeated regularly without thought or originality.
PINCE-NEZ * n. Spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring.
TRICHOPHYTON * n. A genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm and favus.
NEGAPRION * n. Lemon sharks.
GUALLATIRI * n. The world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959.
BURL * --n. 1 The wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer. 2 A large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree. 3 Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design. --v. Remove the burls from cloth.
OBJURGATE * v. 1 Express strong disapproval of. 2 Censure severely.
CLARIFYING * s. That makes clear.
ILLUMINATED * s. Provided with artificial light.
COUPLET * n. 1 Two items of the same kind. 2 A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed.
ORDER-CHENOPODIALES * n. Corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
RHAPSODISE * v. 1 Recite a rhapsody. 2 Say (something) with great enthusiasm.
PHOSPHOROUS * a. Containing or characteristic of phosphorus.
PRESCOTT * n. A town in central Arizona.
SELF-WINDING * s. Designed so that manual winding is unnecessary.
AMPOULE * n. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
UNCEREMONIOUS * s. 1 Without ceremony or formality. 2 Without due formalities.
SCHLUMBERGERA * n. South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.
CELSIUS * n. Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744).
FINNO-UGRIAN * n. A family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions).
POSTPONEMENT * n. 1 Time during which some action is awaited. 2 Act of putting off to a future time.
DUMA * n. A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR.
DULCET * s. 1 Extremely pleasant in a gentle way. 2 Pleasing to the ear.
CHAMBRAY * n. A lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
ACCESSION * --n. 1 A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group). 2 (civil law) The right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement. 3 Something added to what you already have. 4 Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly). --v. Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library.
SHAME * --n. 1 A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt. 2 A state of dishonor. 3 An unfortunate development. --v. 1 Bring shame or dishonor upon. 2 Compel through a sense of shame. 3 Cause to be ashamed. 4 Surpass or beat by a wide margin.
DISAVOWABLE * s. Capable of being disavowed.
DIGIT * n. 1 One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration. 2 The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. 3 A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates.
WORRYWART * n. Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.
MASSAGE * --n. Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation. --v. 1 Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes. 2 Give a massage to.
PHALANGEAL * a. Of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes.
AGREE * v. 1 Be in accord; be in agreement. 2 Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something. 3 Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics. 4 Go together.
RANSOMED * s. 1 Saved from the bondage of sin. 2 Reclaimed by payment of a ransom.
SCRIMY * s. 1 Dirty and disgusting. 2 Petty or reluctant in giving or spending.
LACEBARK * n. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
VINTNER * n. 1 Someone who sells wine. 2 Someone who makes wine.
FEATHER * --n. 1 The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds. 2 Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls. --v. 1 Join tongue and groove, in carpentry. 2 Cover or fit with feathers. 3 Turn the paddle; in canoeing. 4 Turn the oar, while rowing.
PANHELLENIC * a. Of or relating to all the Greeks.
HIGHLAND * --n. Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land. --a. Used of high or hilly country.
VIVIFICATION * n. 1 Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous. 2 The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something.
TRAINER * n. 1 One who trains other persons or animals. 2 Simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane.
WHEELED * a. Having wheels; often used in combination.
COT * n. 1 A sheath worn to protect a finger. 2 Baby bed with high sides made of slats. 3 A small bed that folds up for storage or transport.
SCHEMATISATION * n. 1 Providing a chart or outline of a system. 2 The act of reducing to a scheme or formula.
HEXAMETER * n. A verse line having six metrical feet.
THERMOCHEMISTRY * n. The branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated.
DEJECTEDLY * r. In a dejected manner.
SNOWDRIFT * n. A mass of snow heaped up by the wind.
HIGHLIFE * n. Excessive spending.
SURROUNDINGS * n. 1 The environmental condition. 2 The area in which something exists or lives.
RUINOUSLY * r. In a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree.
ALL-ENCOMPASSING * s. Broad in scope or content.
BOODLE * n. 1 Informal terms for money. 2 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.
SUBJUGATION * n. 1 Forced submission to control by others. 2 The act of subjugating by cruelty. 3 The act of conquering.
SAVAGENESS * n. The property of being untamed and ferocious.
MAGGOTY * s. Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies.
MISTREATMENT * n. The practice of treating (someone or something) badly.
FETTUCCINI * n. Pasta in flat strips wider than linguine.
BLUECOAT * n. A person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor).
VARESE * n. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
ADEQUATELY * r. In an adequate manner or to an adequate degree.
CONVERSATION * n. The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc..
OVERCAREFUL * s. Excessively or unduly careful.
INVERT * v. 1 Make an inversion (in a musical composition). 2 Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of. 3 Turn inside out or upside down.
PAUPER * n. A person who is very poor.
HYDROSTATICS * n. Study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion.
TARRIETIA * n. Small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees.
OVER-REFINE * v. Refine too much or with excess of subtlety.
AMEND * v. 1 Make amendments to. 2 To make better. 3 Set straight or right.
GINGERBREAD * n. Cake flavored with ginger.
NITROBACTERIACEAE * n. Usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria.
ABUJA * n. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
FACTORING * n. (mathematics) The resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression.
PO * n. 1 A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor. 2 A noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army. 3 A European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea. 4 An independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States.
ORTHOMYXOVIRUS * n. A group of viruses including those causing influenza.
LAMPLIT * s. Lighted by a lamp.
POLYPLOIDY * n. The condition of being polyploid.
POLACK * n. A person of Polish descent.
LAGNIAPPE * n. A small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase).
LXXVIII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight. --s. Being eight more than seventy.
OVERINDULGENT * s. Excessively indulgent.
CUMBERSOMENESS * n. Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.
ECOTOURISM * n. Tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature.
FRONTBENCHER * n. A member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party.
NEEDFUL * s. Necessary for relief or supply.
RHODOSPHAERA * n. One species; an Australian evergreen sumac.
STENT * n. A slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis.
MED * n. A master's degree in education.
ROUNDABOUT * --n. 1 A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. 2 A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement. --s. 1 Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct. 2 Deviating from a straight course.
MESSENGER * n. A person who carries a message.
MISGOVERN * v. Govern badly.
ADVERTIZEMENT * n. A public promotion of some product or service.
PUBLISHER * n. 1 A firm in the publishing business. 2 A person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music. 3 The proprietor of a newspaper.
TIGHTFISTED * s. Unwilling to part with money.
MALADY * n. 1 Any unwholesome or desperate condition. 2 Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
ECCLESIASTICISM * n. 1 Excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities. 2 Religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices.
TRUMAN * n. Elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972).
AULD * s. A Scottish word.
ATTLEE * n. British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967).
THOROUGHLY * r. 1 In an exhaustive manner. 2 Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly').
APPLAUDABLE * s. Worthy of high praise.
JAPANESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Japan. 2 The language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language.
PAPYRUS * n. 1 Paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans. 2 Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times. 3 A document written on papyrus.
TOLLHOUSE * n. A booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls.
HEMATOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs.
RESECT * v. Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ.
CONUNDRUM * n. A difficult problem.
PSYCHOKINETIC * s. Moving an object without apparent use of physical means.
LANCASTER * n. 1 A city in northwestern England. 2 The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose.
SWEETENED * s. With sweetening added.
ADDEND * n. A number that is added to another number (the augend).
NONHIERARCHIC * a. Not classified hierarchically.
GOLDMARK * n. United States inventor (born in Hungary) who made the first TV broadcast in 1940 and invented the long-playing record in 1948 and pioneered videocassette recording (1906-1977).
NONMIGRATORY * a. Used of animals that do not migrate.
WINTERBERRY * n. Deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States.
XIZANG * n. An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.
REELECT * v. Elect again.
BYNAME * n. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
SEABORGIUM * n. A transuranic element.
FOUR-PRONGED * s. Having four prongs.
CACOGENIC * a. Pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced.
TURNICIDAE * n. Small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail.
LOGANBERRY * n. 1 Red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California. 2 Large red variety of the dewberry.
GRASSLIKE * s. Resembling grass.
WORKER * n. 1 A person who works at a specific occupation. 2 A member of the working class (not necessarily employed). 3 Sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae. 4 A person who acts and gets things done.
PLOUGHSHARE * n. A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil.
BRUIN * n. 1 A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'. 2 Large ferocious bear of Eurasia.
DIABATIC * a. Involving a transfer of heat.
SHINGLE * --n. 1 Building material used as siding or roofing. 2 Coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel). 3 A small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.. --v. Cover with shingles.
OFF-CENTER * s. Situated away from the center or axis.
LIGHT-HAIRED * a. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.
BENNETT * n. United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928).
OPHIDIIDAE * n. Eellike marine fishes.
ALDERFLY * n. Dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae.
DEATHWATCH * n. 1 Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers. 2 Bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death.
DESTROYER * n. 1 A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship. 2 A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.
DEBONNAIRE * s. Having a sophisticated charm.
INCONCLUSIVENESS * n. The quality of being inconclusive.
BRAINY * s. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
FATAH * n. A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups.
CENTROPRISTIS * n. Sea basses.
DINOFLAGELLATE * n. Chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton.
DYNASTY * n. A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family.
GREENWEED * n. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
HAYSEED * n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
GREY-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with grey.
MATRILINEAR * s. Based on or tracing descent through the female line.
HAYING * n. 1 The harvesting of hay. 2 The season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder.
PERVASIVENESS * n. The quality of filling or spreading throughout.
INDUSTRIALISE * v. 1 Organize (the production of something) into an industry. 2 Develop industry; become industrial.
STUDIED * a. Produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation.
UNDERLINE * --n. A line drawn underneath (especially under written matter). --v. 1 Give extra weight to (a communication). 2 Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.
INTERCHANGEABLENESS * n. The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange.
OBSCENITY * n. 1 The trait of behaving in an obscene manner. 2 An offensive or indecent word or phrase. 3 An obscene act.
OVERSTRAIN * --n. Too much strain. --v. Strain excessively.
TRUCK * --n. 1 An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling. 2 A handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects. --v. Convey (goods etc.) by truck.
PSYCHOMETRY * n. Any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements.
BEMOAN * v. Regret strongly.
BREVOORTIA * n. Menhaden.
CHASID * n. A member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
HIEMAL * s. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
APPEALABLE * a. Capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal.
HEMLOCK * n. 1 Poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium. 2 Large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous. 3 Soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock. 4 An evergreen tree.
CALIFORNIA * n. A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes.
WRINKLE-RESISTANT * a. Of fabric that does not wrinkle easily.
BARB * --n. 1 An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. 2 The pointed part of barbed wire. 3 A subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove. 4 One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather. --v. Provide with barbs.
ICU * n. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
DECOMPOSE * v. 1 Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts. 2 Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. 3 Break down.
RANGEFINDER * n. A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object.
THALLOPHYTE * n. Any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf.
MOUSETRAP * n. 1 A trap for catching mice. 2 (American football) A play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated.
ENLIVEN * v. 1 Heighten or intensify. 2 Make lively.
TWEET * --n. A weak chirping sound as of a small bird. --v. 1 Make a weak, chirping sound. 2 Squeeze tightly between the fingers.
PNEUMATIC * a. Of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas).
ANTIQUATED * s. So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.
MAYACACEAE * n. A monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales.
SYNCARP * n. Fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry; raspberry; pineapple.
ELAM * n. An ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people.
OKEECHOBEE * n. A lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades.
TESTATE * --n. A person who makes a will. --a. Having made a legally valid will before death.
SWOSH * v. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.
SORCEROUS * s. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
WELL-TURNED * s. 1 Of a pleasing shape. 2 (of language) Aptly and pleasingly expressed.
ENTRANCING * s. Capturing interest as if by a spell.
SNAKEWEED * n. Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads.
RECCO * n. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
MOLISE * n. A region of south central Italy.
DAMASCENE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Damascus. 2 A design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel. --v. Inlay metal with gold and silver. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people. --s. (of metals) Decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals.
COLTER * n. A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil.
NORMANDY * n. A former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.
BOX-SHAPED * s. Resembling a box in rectangularity.
PIMLICO * n. A racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness.
FLAWED * s. Having a blemish or flaw.
POSTOPERATIVELY * r. After the operation.
SEVERE * s. 1 Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. 2 Very strong or vigorous. 3 Severely simple. 4 Unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment.
CHERVIL * n. 1 Aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads. 2 Fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach.
MONOXIDE * n. An oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule.
HYMENOPTERAN * n. Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing.
ETHELBERT * n. Anglo-Saxon king of Kent who was converted to Christianity by Saint Augustine; codified English law (552-616).
BACKSAW * n. A handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge.
HANK * n. A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
SOLANDRA * n. Shrubby climbers of tropical America.
BUSHWHACKER * n. 1 A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person. 2 A Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War.
HAIRPIN * n. A double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place.
FETTUCCINE * n. Pasta in flat strips wider than linguine.
UNSLOPED * s. In a vertical position; not sloping.
SLENDERLY * r. 1 In a slim or slender manner. 2 To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
HAWSEPIPE * n. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
PATRONIZED * a. Having patronage or clients.
DOMINEERING * a. Tending to domineer.
ACCUSATORY * s. Containing or expressing accusation.
GRAPHOLOGIST * n. A specialist in inferring character from handwriting.
REGULARLY * r. 1 In a regular manner. 2 Having a regular form. 3 In a regular way without variation.
AMPHORA * n. An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine.
TORT-FEASOR * n. A party who has committed a tort.
THRONGED * s. Filled with great numbers crowded together.
COMPANY * --n. 1 An institution created to conduct business. 2 Small military unit; usually two or three platoons. 3 The state of being with someone. 4 Organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical). --v. Be a companion to somebody.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY * n. A biography of yourself.
UNGOVERNABLE * s. Incapable of being controlled.
ACCESSORIAL * s. Nonessential but helpful.
NONPERIODIC * a. Not recurring at regular intervals.
PULSE * --n. 1 (electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients). 2 The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. 3 The rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health. 4 Edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.). --v. 1 Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically. 2 Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses. 3 Drive by or as if by pulsation.
PREMATURITY * n. The state of being premature.
COUGHING * n. A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis.
GUT * --n. 1 The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. 2 A narrow channel or strait. 3 A strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery. --v. 1 Empty completely; destroy the inside of. 2 Remove the guts of.
QUACK-QUACK * n. Child's word for a duck.
PREMIX * n. A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients.
KLONDIKE * n. 1 A region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910. 2 A form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time.
TRIDACNA * n. Type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams.
RELATIONSHIP * n. 1 A relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness). 2 A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection). 3 A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries. 4 (anthropology) Relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
HAGERSTOWN * n. A town in northern Maryland.
GERMINAL * --n. Seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds. --s. Containing seeds of later development.
FORTAZ * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections.
H * n. 1 A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe. 2 A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second. 3 The constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second. 4 The 8th letter of the Roman alphabet.
EFFLUENCE * n. The process of flowing out.
CUNAXA * n. Battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne.
HALF-BAKED * s. 1 Foolish; totally unsound. 2 Insufficiently cooked.
UNSAVORY * --a. Morally offensive. --s. Not pleasing in odor or taste.
BASALT * n. The commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene.
TRIVIALIZE * v. Make trivial or insignificant.
CONSTRICTING * s. (of circumstances) Tending to constrict freedom.
INAUSPICIOUSNESS * n. The quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result.
SHARPENER * n. Any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper.
SMILER * n. 1 A person who smiles. 2 The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
FLAT-TOPPED * s. Having a flat or flattened upper surface.
PATRICIDE * n. 1 A person who murders their father. 2 The murder of your father.
RESERVATION * n. 1 A district that is reserved for particular purpose. 2 A statement that limits or restricts some claim. 3 An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly. 4 The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group).
UPFIELD * s. Away from the defending teams' end of the playing field.
RIMELESS * a. Not having rhyme.
ALKALINE * a. Relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7.
NEWSPAPER * n. 1 A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements. 2 A business firm that publishes newspapers. 3 The physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher. 4 Cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers.
NATATORIUM * n. Pool that provides a facility for swimming.
BACKREST * n. A support that you can lean against while sitting.
SAVOR * --n. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. --v. 1 Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. 2 Have flavor; taste of something. 3 Taste appreciatively. 4 Give taste to.
HAMAMELIDACEAE * n. Comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera.
NUB * n. 1 A small lump or protuberance. 2 A small piece. 3 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
ANOMALA * n. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses.
FASTER * r. More quickly.
OFFSET * --n. 1 The time at which something is supposed to begin. 2 A compensating equivalent. 3 A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips. 4 A natural consequence of development. --v. 1 Compensate for or counterbalance. 2 Make up for. 3 Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface. 4 Create an offset in.
PHILISTIA * n. An ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times.
SUFFRAGAN * n. An assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese.
ROSE-MAUVE * s. Of mauve tinged with rose.
COGITATION * n. 1 A carefully considered thought about something. 2 Attentive consideration and meditation.
TACHYGLOSSIDAE * n. Echidnas.
ELDRITCH * s. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
SUSIAN * n. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.
IMMOLATION * n. Killing or offering as a sacrifice.
FIDGETINESS * n. A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion.
CROTALUS * n. Large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey.
ERUPTION * n. 1 The sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material. 2 Symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible. 3 (of volcanos) Pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed). 4 A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition).
MONTGOLFIER * n. 1 French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799). 2 French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810).
BILLYSTICK * n. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
OK * --n. 1 A state in south central United States. 2 An endorsement. --s. Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. --r. An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence.
SMUGLY * r. In a smug manner.
EORAPTOR * n. A theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor.
UMBRELLALIKE * s. Resembling an umbrella.
CRIBBAGE * n. A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two.
GABON * n. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
101ST * s. The ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order.
CANONICAL * --a. 1 Appearing in a biblical canon. 2 Of or relating to or required by canon law. --s. 1 Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality. 2 Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules.
IDOLATRY * n. The worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods.
LACONIAN * n. A resident of Laconia.
ANYWAY * r. 1 Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. 2 In any way whatsoever.
HATCHLING * n. Any recently hatched animal (especially birds).
JUNE * n. The month following May and preceding July.
SIXTY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than sixty.
HOLOCENE * n. Approximately the last 10,000 years.
PERFERVID * s. Characterized by intense emotion.
VISHNUISM * n. Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon.
LEIBNITZ * n. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716).
SYNONYMIST * n. A student of synonyms.
SHAREHOLDING * n. A holding in the form of shares of corporations.
SPIRITUALTY * n. Property or income owned by a church.
CARNIVOROUS * a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of carnivores. 2 (used of plants as well as animals) Feeding on animals.
MICROPENIS * n. An abnormally small penis.
BEFOREHAND * --s. Being ahead of time or need. --r. Ahead of time; in anticipation.
MICROSOME * n. A tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA.
OLD-MAN-OF-THE-WOODS * n. Edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.
RAVIOLI * n. Small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings.
PHYLLOSCOPUS * n. Warblers.
LANDSLIP * n. A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.
WARM * --v. 1 Get warm or warmer. 2 Make warm or warmer. --a. 1 Having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat. 2 Psychologically warm; friendly and responsive. 3 Inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color. --s. 1 Freshly made or left. 2 Easily aroused or excited. 3 Characterized by strong enthusiasm. 4 Characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement. --r. In a warm manner.
SPEECH-ENDOWED * s. Capable of speech.
SACRIFICER * n. A religious person who offers up a sacrifice.
DAW * n. Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
APATOSAUR * n. Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic.
COLLEMBOLAN * n. Any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water.
UNSTRAP * v. Remove the strap or straps from.
AMINOPHYLLINE * n. A theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator in the treatment of bronchial asthma, emphysema, and bronchitis.
GRAYISH-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with grey.
EXTRAORDINARY * --a. Beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable. --s. 1 Far more than usual or expected. 2 (of an official) Serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials.
DAWN * --n. 1 The first light of day. 2 The earliest period. 3 An opening time period. --v. 1 Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. 2 Appear or develop. 3 Become light.
GLADDON * n. Iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa.
UNINTERESTING * --a. Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement. --s. Characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative.
TIE-UP * n. 1 A social or business relationship. 2 An interruption of normal activity.
RASKOLNIKOV * n. A fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil.
INTERIM * --n. The time between one event, process, or period and another. --s. Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
MATERNALISM * n. 1 The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother. 2 Motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children.
ROUGH-DRY * v. Dry without smoothing or ironing.
NGULTRUM * n. The basic unit of money in Bhutan.
DYEWOOD * n. Any wood from which dye is obtained.
PHENOTYPICAL * a. Of or relating to or constituting a phenotype.
GASMAN * n. Someone employed by a gas company.
CONSCIOUSNESS * n. 1 An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation. 2 Having knowledge of.
GUIDANCE * n. 1 Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. 2 The act of guiding or showing the way. 3 The act of setting and holding a course.
SANITARY * a. Free from filth and pathogens.
POLYCHETE * n. Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles.
PHALLALES * n. Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes.
INFIELDER * n. (baseball) A person who plays a position in the infield.
TITTLE * n. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
DANTESQUE * a. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
MINE * --n. 1 Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. 2 Explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel. --v. 1 Get from the earth by excavation. 2 Lay mines.
SCORELESS * s. Having no points scores.
RATTLER * n. 1 Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken. 2 A railroad train consisting of freight cars.
INDEHISCENT * a. (of e.g. fruits) Not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds.
DECENCY * n. 1 The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality. 2 The quality of being polite and respectable.
AFFIANT * n. A person who makes an affidavit.
LESSEPS * n. French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894).
ZENITHAL * a. Relating to or located at or near the zenith.
CURRENT * --n. 1 A flow of electricity through a conductor. 2 A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes). 3 Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. --a. Occurring in or belonging to the present time.
POSTEXILIC * a. Of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity).
EUGLENID * n. Marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism.
HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order.
ROMA * n. 1 A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America). 2 Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
SURLY * s. Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.
WITTY * s. Combining clever conception and facetious expression.
SHEEPSHEAD * n. Large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico.
PHOENICIAN * --n. 1 A member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.. 2 The extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants.
FRIGIDLY * r. Without warmth or enthusiasm.
BLENDE * n. An ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form.
SACRUM * n. Wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx.
PYRAMID * --n. 1 A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex. 2 (stock market) A series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases. 3 A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt. --v. 1 Enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts. 2 Use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal. 3 Arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid. 4 Increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base.
FRANCOPHIL * n. An admirer of France and everything French.
KNICKERS * n. 1 (used in the plural) Trousers ending above the knee. 2 (used in the plural) Underpants worn by women.
STALLING * n. A tactic used to mislead or delay.
SMIDGE * n. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
DESMID * n. Freshwater green algae.
ABLACTATION * n. 1 The cessation of lactation. 2 The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal.
MUSCOVITE * --n. 1 A colorless or pale brown mica with potassium. 2 A resident of Moscow. --a. Of or relating to the residents of Moscow.
DISORGANISED * a. Lacking order or methodical arrangement or function.
ACCUSATION * n. 1 A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt. 2 An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.
GUERRILLA * n. A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.
PALE-COLORED * s. Having a pale color.
EVEN * --n. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall). --v. 1 Make level or straight. 2 Become even or more even. 3 Make even or more even. --a. 1 Divisible by two. 2 Being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with). --s. 1 Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced. 2 Symmetrically arranged. 3 Occurring at fixed intervals. 4 Of the score in a contest. --r. 1 Used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected. 2 In spite of; notwithstanding. 3 To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons. 4 To the full extent.
APPROXIMATE * --v. 1 Be close or similar. 2 Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). --s. 1 Not quite exact or correct. 2 Very close in resemblance. 3 Located close together.
OSCHEOCELE * n. Swelling of the scrotum.
ARTICULATENESS * n. The quality of being facile in speech and writing.
25 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one. --s. Being five more than twenty.
SELF-ASSERTIVE * --a. Aggressively self-assured. --s. Offensively self-assertive.
ASHY * s. Of a light grey.
TEEOFF * n. The act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole.
BANEBERRY * n. 1 A poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea. 2 A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries.
CANTEEN * n. 1 A flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers. 2 Sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.. 3 A restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen. 4 A recreation room in an institution.
58 * s. Being eight more than fifty.
KIWI * n. 1 Climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat. 2 A native or inhabitant of New Zealand. 3 Fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh. 4 Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.
LOMBARDIA * n. A region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland.
REVERSED * s. 1 Turned inside out and resewn. 2 Turned about in order or relation.
MICHEAS * n. 1 A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC). 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem.
QUADRISONIC * a. Of or relating to quadraphony.
DRESSING * n. 1 Savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type. 2 A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables. 3 Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure. 4 A cloth covering for a wound or sore.
TURNUP * n. The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg.
PETULANTLY * r. In a petulant manner.
LOAFING * n. Having no employment.
JUDICABLE * s. Capable of being judged or decided.
DOOMED * --n. People who are destined to die soon. --s. 1 Marked for certain death. 2 In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell. 3 Marked by or promising bad fortune. 4 (usually followed by `to') Determined by tragic fate.
PROPENAL * n. A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene.
CARNELIAN * n. A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony.
ASCENDANT * --n. 1 Position or state of being dominant or in control. 2 Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). --s. 1 Tending or directed upward. 2 Most powerful or important or influential.
TENDING * --n. The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something. --s. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
BLOOMFIELD * n. United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949).
UNNOTICEABLY * r. In an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree.
EVEN-PINNATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex.
CACODYLIC * a. Of or relating to cacodyl.
GALWAY * n. A port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay.
FOREWARN * v. Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning.
FRANGIPANE * n. Pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling.
ISCHAEMIC * a. Relating to or affected by ischemia.
COLDNESS * n. 1 The sensation produced by low temperatures. 2 A lack of affection or enthusiasm. 3 The absence of heat.
FORELOCK * n. 1 A lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead. 2 A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears.
OMNIVORE * n. 1 A person who eats all kinds of foods. 2 An animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances.
BILGES * n. In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
CASEMENT * n. A window sash that is hinged (usually on one side).
CARDIOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to a cardiograph.
ZIT * n. A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne.
MAGNATE * n. A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
LUSAKA * n. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
CATHETER * n. A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.
MAXILLARIA * n. Any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers.
CONTUMACIOUS * s. Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient.
EXCREMENT * n. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
SEMITROPIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics.
INDUBITABLY * r. In a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted.
MUSICIANSHIP * n. Artistry in performing music.
CHURCHLY * s. Resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church.
TNF * n. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages); has an antineoplastic effect but causes inflammation (as in rheumatoid arthritis).
GLOBEFLOWER * n. Any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers.
REPHRASING * n. Changing a particular word or phrase.
GAIT * n. 1 The rate of moving (especially walking or running). 2 A horse's manner of moving. 3 A person's manner of walking.
AIRLINE * n. 1 A hose that carries air under pressure. 2 A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers.
INDOLENT * s. 1 Disinclined to work or exertion. 2 (of tumors, e.g.) Slow to heal or develop and usually painless.
BODY * --n. 1 The entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being). 2 A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity. 3 A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person. 4 An individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects. --v. Invest with or as with a body; give body to.
JEERER * n. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
FEDERALLY * r. By federal government.
BILTONG * n. Meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun.
MICROORGANISM * n. Any organism of microscopic size.
HARQUEBUS * n. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
MOATED * s. Protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water.
ENANTHEMA * n. Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
SCHISTORRHACHIS * n. A not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis.
HYPOZEUGMA * n. Use of a series of subjects with a single predicate.
COMMUNICATOR * n. A person who communicates with others.
CALM * --n. 1 Steadiness of mind under stress. 2 Wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale. --v. 1 Make calm or still. 2 Make steady. 3 Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation. 4 Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. --s. Not agitated; without losing self-possession. --a. (of weather) Free from storm or wind.
MONSTER * n. 1 An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts. 2 Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. 3 A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. 4 A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
HYPOGLYCEMIA * n. Abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet.
HEMOTHORAX * n. Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest).
CORYPHANTHA * n. A cactus of the genus Coryphantha.
ASTERISK * --n. A star-shaped character * used in printing. --v. Mark with an asterisk.
STIFLING * --n. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. --s. Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.
OVERCLOUD * v. 1 Become covered with clouds. 2 Make obscure or unclear.
PROMINENTLY * r. In a prominent way.
BUFF-COLORED * s. Having a buff color.
ROUNDLY * r. 1 In a round manner. 2 In a blunt direct manner.
ECTOPLASM * n. 1 (spiritualism) A substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance. 2 The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
BOOKBINDING * n. The craft of binding books.
ACONITE * n. Any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers.
SCANDALOUS * s. Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
RANK-SMELLING * s. Having an offensive rancid odor.
EXACTING * --a. Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures. --s. 1 Severe and unremitting in making demands. 2 Requiring precise accuracy.
UV * n. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays.
OVERSTOCK * v. Stock excessively.
LUNA * n. (Roman mythology) The goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene.
ESTIVAL * s. (rare) Of or occurring in summer.
SCORPIUS * n. A large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius.
GROANER * n. A person who groans.
KETOACIDURIA * n. Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation.
INTERIORIZE * v. Incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal.
CYCLOPHORUS * n. Tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia.
CLINODACTYLY * n. A congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned.
KETALAR * n. A general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP.
LEGALISE * v. Make legal.
SOCIOECONOMIC * a. Involving social as well as economic factors.
RAILHEAD * n. 1 A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution. 2 The end of the completed track on an unfinished railway.
SEP * n. The month following August and preceding October.
ANTEMORTEM * a. Preceding death.
AMPHIBOLITE * n. A metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase.
JONG * n. United States writer (born in 1942).
CLOTHESBRUSH * n. A brush used for cleaning clothing.
LITE * s. Having relatively few calories.
GALLIVANT * v. Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.
PASSIFLORACEAE * n. Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines.
PROBATIVE * s. Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation.
COLONISED * s. Inhabited by colonists.
BEDRAGGLED * s. 1 Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud. 2 In deplorable condition.
UNDRINKABLE * a. Unsuitable for drinking.
TENSIONAL * a. Of or relating to or produced by tension.
EUROPEANIZE * v. 1 Make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas. 2 Denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations.
ELECTOR * n. 1 A citizen who has a legal right to vote. 2 Any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
UNCHANGED * a. 1 Not made or become different. 2 Remaining in an original state.
AUTHENTICITY * n. Undisputed credibility.
ONE-FOURTH * n. One of four equal parts.
MALODOUR * n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
BREECHED * s. Dressed in trousers.
SHAW * n. 1 United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004). 2 United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885). 3 United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919). 4 British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950).
UUQ * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
FALTER * --n. The act of pausing uncertainly. --v. 1 Be unsure or weak. 2 Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way. 3 Walk unsteadily. 4 Speak haltingly.
DEHYDRATE * v. 1 Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. 2 Remove water from. 3 Lose water or moisture.
DUN-COLOURED * s. Having a dun color.
SQUANDERER * n. A recklessly extravagant consumer.
PLUTO * n. 1 A cartoon character created by Walt Disney. 2 (Roman mythology) God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades. 3 A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun; it has an elliptical orbit.
INGERMAN * n. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
BRETHREN * n. (plural) The lay members of a male religious order.
MARTES * n. Martens.
RESURRECT * v. 1 Cause to become alive again. 2 Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state. 3 Return from the dead.
1000000000 * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros.
CNIDARIA * n. Hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals.
DISPATCHER * n. 1 The official who signals the beginning of a race or competition. 2 Employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service.
LIR * n. The sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr.
HANDBUILD * v. Make without a potter's wheel.
LEMMING * n. Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution.
PHENACOMYS * n. Any of several vole-like terrestrial or arboreal rodents of cold forested regions of Canada and western United States.
RAJPUT * n. A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India.
CREATIVENESS * n. The ability to create.
RETAKING * n. The act of taking something back.
DAUGHTERLY * s. Befitting a daughter.
ISONIAZID * n. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
SNOB * n. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
INFRANGIBLE * s. 1 Difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts. 2 Not capable of being violated or infringed.
INTRADERMAL * a. Relating to areas between the layers of the skin.
ADSORPTION * n. The accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid.
PHYTOPHILOUS * s. (of animals) Feeding on plants.
DISCONNECTED * --a. (music) Marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply. --s. 1 Having been divided; having the unity destroyed. 2 Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions. 3 Not plugged in or connected to a power source. 4 Lacking orderly continuity.
PLEASANT-SMELLING * s. Having an odor that is pleasing.
LOCATED * s. Situated in a particular spot or position.
AUDIOGRAM * n. A graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound.
SECOND-GUESS * v. 1 Attempt to anticipate or predict. 2 Evaluate or criticize with hindsight.
FURNARIUS * n. Type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds.
BOER * n. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
SYNGE * n. Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909).
SIMULTANEITY * n. Happening or existing or done at the same time.
UNPREPOSSESSING * s. Creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression.
REDUCER * n. 1 A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver. 2 Pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter.
UNSHEATHE * v. Draw from a sheath or scabbard.
ADVENTURESS * n. A woman adventurer.
YOGURT * n. A custard-like food made from curdled milk.
PINEALOMA * n. Tumor of the pineal gland.
PASCH * n. 1 The Jewish feast of the Passover. 2 The Christian festival of Easter.
CATHARTIDAE * n. Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures.
FIREROOM * n. (nautical) Chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
REPUBLICANISM * n. The political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government.
RATTUS * n. Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge.
SUBCONSCIOUS * --n. Psychic activity just below the level of awareness. --s. Just below the level of consciousness.
RESHOOT * v. Shoot again.
BARBARITY * n. 1 The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane. 2 A brutal barbarous savage act.
GROTTO * n. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
SEDITIOUS * s. 1 Arousing to action or rebellion. 2 In opposition to a civil authority or government.
SANCTITUDE * n. The quality of being holy.
PARTHIA * n. An ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226.
KAYAK * --n. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos. --v. Travel in a small canoe.
COSTA * n. 1 A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing). 2 Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates).
VERDICT * n. (law) The findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment.
SABOT * n. 1 A shoe carved from a single block of wood. 2 Footwear usually with wooden soles.
RENDER-SET * v. Cover with two coats of plaster.
VERDANT * s. Characterized by abundance of verdure.
PAPERS * n. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
UROCHEZIA * n. Passage of urine from the anus.
KEATS * n. Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821).
BIOLOGISTIC * a. Of or relating to biologism.
ANGIOCARP * n. Tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk.
CHLOROFUCIN * n. The chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates.
GOLDING * n. English novelist (1911-1993).
UNAPPEASABLE * s. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
MORROW * n. The next day.
UNTETHERED * s. Not confined or restricted with a tether.
HAWK * --n. 1 Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail. 2 An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations. 3 A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar. --v. 1 Sell or offer for sale from place to place. 2 Hunt with hawks. 3 Clear mucus or food from one's throat.
PUGNACITY * n. A natural disposition to be hostile.
IRONICAL * s. 1 Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is. 2 Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
CREDIBLE * --a. Capable of being believed. --s. 1 (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) Credulous. 2 Appearing to merit belief or acceptance.
DISTENSION * n. 1 The act of expanding by pressure from within. 2 The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.
BARKEEP * n. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
NUNCIO * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
IMAVATE * n. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
KILOHERTZ * n. One thousand periods per second.
MALAPROPOS * --a. Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature. --r. At an inconvenient time.
TASSE * n. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
SEMIDESERT * n. A region much like a desert but usually located between a desert and the surrounding regions.
ARBORISE * v. Branch out like trees.
RELOCATION * n. 1 The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind). 2 The act of changing your residence or place of business.
ALCHEMIC * a. Related to or concerned with alchemy.
SLACKLY * r. In a relaxed manner; not rigid.
DENIGRATIVE * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
ESCALATE * v. Increase in extent or intensity.
SEARING * s. Severely critical.
GLOGG * n. Scandinavian punch made of claret and aquavit with spices and raisins and orange peel and sugar.
STAPLEGUN * n. A hand-held machine for driving staples home.
AMINOTRANSFERASE * n. A class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound).
MONTHLONG * s. Last through a month.
FREEWHEELER * n. Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly.
KHIMAR * n. A headscarf worn by observant Muslim women that hangs down to just above the waist.
HOURLY * --s. Occurring every hour or payable by the hour. --r. Every hour; by the hour.
TRIVIUM * n. (Middle Ages) An introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence.
PREVARICATOR * n. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
BUTTRESSING * n. A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.
TERTIARY * --n. From 63 million to 2 million years ago. --s. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
OFFING * n. 1 The near or foreseeable future. 2 The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area.
TRANSCENDENTAL * --s. Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature. --a. Of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material.
NONCITIZEN * n. A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.
CRANKCASE * n. Housing for a crankshaft.
OPIUM * n. An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy.
PICHICIAGO * n. Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.
RELEGATE * v. 1 Refer to another person for decision or judgment. 2 Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank. 3 Expel, as if by official decree. 4 Assign to a class or kind.
HAIRNET * n. A small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place.
RESINOUS * s. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
TATTLETALE * n. Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
TEETER-TOTTER * --n. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end. --v. Ride on a plank.
DETERMINEDLY * r. 1 With determination; in a determined manner. 2 With ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner.
MAZER * n. A large hardwood drinking bowl.
SIFT * v. 1 Move as if through a sieve. 2 Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. 3 Check and sort carefully. 4 Distinguish and separate out.
HUTCHINS * n. United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977).
BRIARROOT * n. Hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea.
COUNTER-DRILL * v. Drill in an opposite direction.
FIELD * --n. 1 A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed. 2 A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. 3 Somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected. 4 A branch of knowledge. --v. 1 Catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket. 2 Play as a fielder. 3 Answer adequately or successfully. 4 Select (a team or individual player) for a game.
BIRADIAL * s. Showing both bilateral and radial symmetry.
SPASSKY * n. Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937).
PIQUANT * s. 1 Having an agreeably pungent taste. 2 Engagingly stimulating or provocative. 3 Attracting or delighting.
BUNG * --n. A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask. --v. 1 Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on. 2 Close with a cork or stopper.
BALLADE * n. A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.
ATTRIBUTABLE * a. Capable of being attributed.
AMOROUSNESS * n. 1 A feeling of love or fondness. 2 The arousal of feelings of sexual desire.
IMMUNISATION * n. The act of making immune (especially by inoculation).
LORDLY * s. 1 Of or befitting a lord. 2 Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
IMBRICATE * --v. 1 Place so as to overlap. 2 Overlap. --s. Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles.
ANISEIKONIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia.
BONANZA * n. 1 An especially rich vein of precious ore. 2 A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).
PALE * --n. A wooden strip forming part of a fence. --v. Turn pale, as if in fear. --s. 1 Very light colored; highly diluted with white. 2 (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. 3 Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness. 4 Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress.
DISCREETLY * r. With discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint.
SULTRY * s. 1 Sexually exciting or gratifying. 2 Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.
MELANESIAN * a. Of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture.
GERANIUM * n. Any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae.
BRACHIOPOD * --n. Marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide. --a. Of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda.
WATCHING * n. The act of observing; taking a patient look.
DISKETTE * n. A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer.
SOCINIAN * n. An adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology.
GUNRUNNING * n. The smuggling of guns and ammunition into a country secretly and illegally.
DAMPENER * n. A device that dampens or moistens something.
DEARIE * n. A special loved one.
CELESTITE * n. A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate.
STERILENESS * n. (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms.
MOLARITY * n. Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
STERNNESS * n. 1 The quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding. 2 Uncompromising resolution.
PAGING * n. 1 Calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system). 2 The system of numbering pages.
ASSISTANT * --n. A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. --s. Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.
ASUNDER * --s. Widely separated especially in space. --r. Into parts or pieces.
BYWORD * n. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
FIBBER * n. Someone who tells lies.
FABRICATED * s. Formed or conceived by the imagination.
POSITIVENESS * n. 1 The character of the positive electric pole. 2 A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness. 3 The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome. 4 An amount greater than zero.
HETERODON * n. A genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes.
PROJECTION * n. 1 A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations. 2 The projection of an image from a film onto a screen. 3 A planned undertaking. 4 Any structure that branches out from a central support.
RACHITIS * n. 1 Inflammation of the vertebral column. 2 Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus.
BONEY * --a. Having bones especially many or prominent bones. --s. Being very thin.
GRANTH * n. The principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus.
PROPERLY * r. 1 In the right manner; correctly; suitably. 2 Indicating exactness or preciseness. 3 In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
PARTICULARIZE * v. Be specific about.
TURIN * n. Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy.
SOUNDER * n. A device for making soundings.
CONTEMPORARY * --n. A person of nearly the same age as another. --s. 1 Characteristic of the present. 2 Belonging to the present time. 3 Occurring in the same period of time.
WEAKENER * n. That which weakens or causes a loss of strength.
EUPHROSYNE * n. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
PLAGIARIZATION * n. The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.
HELMETFLOWER * n. 1 A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised. 2 Any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process. 3 A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite.
IMURAN * n. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
FEROCIOUSNESS * n. The trait of extreme cruelty.
BLASTODERMATIC * a. Of or relating to a blastoderm.
MATERNITY * n. 1 The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. 2 The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother. 3 The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother.
CYNODONTIA * n. A division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth.
PROKARYOTIC * a. Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei.
CURTAINED * a. Furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies.
OVERWROUGHT * s. Deeply agitated especially from emotion.
RETRACE * v. 1 To go back over again. 2 Reassemble mentally.
NEURONAL * a. Of or relating to neurons.
GARI * n. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
SCHULZ * n. United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000).
HOGFISH * n. 1 Large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout. 2 Found from Long Island southward.
GOWN * --n. 1 A woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions. 2 The members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located. 3 Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women. 4 Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations. --v. Dress in a gown.
BLAIR * n. British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953).
UNIONIZE * v. 1 Recruit for a union or organize into a union. 2 Form or join a union.
WRETCHEDLY * r. In a wretched manner.
DIGITALISATION * n. The administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders.
TORTELLINI * n. Small ring-shaped stuffed pasta.
THROWN-AWAY * s. Thrown away.
LIPCHITZ * n. United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973).
BONDAGE * n. 1 The state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power. 2 The state of being under the control of another person. 3 Sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners.
USAGE * n. 1 The act of using. 2 Accepted or habitual practice. 3 The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written.
DISENABLE * v. Make unable to perform a certain action.
SACCHAROMYCETACEAE * n. Family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates.
INCONTINENCE * n. 1 Involuntary urination or defecation. 2 Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures.
CONSTRICTIVE * s. 1 (of circumstances) Tending to constrict freedom. 2 Restricting the scope or freedom of action.
PYOCYANIN * n. A toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus.
GOOD-NEIGHBORLINESS * n. A disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors.
NATUROPATH * n. A therapist who practices naturopathy.
CONSERVE * --n. Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. --v. 1 Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change. 2 Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. 3 Use cautiously and frugally. 4 Preserve with sugar.
REDOUBLE * v. 1 Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity. 2 Double again. 3 Make twice as great or intense.
LEATHER * --n. An animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning. --v. Whip with a leather strap.
COMOSE * s. 1 Bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts. 2 Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair.
PRAGMATICALLY * r. In a realistic manner.
SENSED * s. Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues.
EXOERGIC * a. (of a nuclear reaction) Occurring with evolution or releasing of energy.
ISOMETROPIA * n. Equality of refractive power in the two eyes.
BALKINESS * n. Likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly.
INCEST * n. Sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child).
ESSENE * --n. A member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus. --a. Said of or relating to the Essenes.
GEORGETTE * n. A thin silk dress material.
FLASH * --n. 1 A sudden intense burst of radiant energy. 2 A momentary brightness. 3 A short vivid experience. 4 A sudden brilliant understanding. --v. 1 Gleam or glow intermittently. 2 Appear briefly. 3 Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously. 4 Make known or cause to appear with great speed. --s. Tastelessly showy.
CONTUSE * v. Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of.
AESCHYLUS * n. Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC).
SCOOT * v. Run or move very quickly or hastily.
VICHY * n. A town in central France (south of Paris) noted for hot mineral springs; was capital of the unoccupied part of France during World War II.
LANGUISHER * n. A person who languishes.
SCANDALOUSNESS * n. Disgracefulness that offends public morality.
TARGET-HUNTING * s. Guided automatically toward the target.
VIOLET-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with violet.
PLEASANTNESS * n. 1 The feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling. 2 The quality of giving pleasure.
DEATHLESS * s. Never dying.
BARSTOW * n. A town in southeastern California.
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIC * s. Suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder.
BRAZILIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Brazil. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil.
PUNITORY * a. Inflicting punishment.
HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA * n. The presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis.
BEFUDDLEMENT * n. Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
COMPARTMENTED * a. Divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units.
RIPENING * n. 1 Coming to full development; becoming mature. 2 Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
VERMICULATE * --v. Decorate with wavy or winding lines. --s. 1 Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms. 2 Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings.
MANUFACTURING * n. The act of making something (a product) from raw materials.
FALCONIDAE * n. A family of birds of the order Falconiformes.
ALKALINISE * v. 1 Become alkaline. 2 Make (a substance) alkaline.
COLPOCYSTITIS * n. Inflammation of the vagina and bladder.
HONK * --n. The cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this). --v. 1 Make a loud noise. 2 Use the horn of a car. 3 Cry like a goose. 4 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
APART * --s. 1 Remote and separate physically or socially. 2 Having characteristics not shared by others. --r. 1 Separated or at a distance in place or position or time. 2 Not taken into account or excluded from consideration. 3 Away from another or others. 4 Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose.
GUTLESSNESS * n. The trait of lacking courage and determination; fearful of loss or injury.
SAM * n. A guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target.
VEERING * n. The act of turning aside suddenly.
DAIMLER * n. German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900).
PSEUDOMONAD * n. Bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals.
NONVOLUNTARY * a. Not subject to the control of the will.
RECLUSIVE * s. 1 Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude. 2 Providing privacy or seclusion.
FLEXIBLY * r. With flexibility.
TOY * --n. 1 An artifact designed to be played with. 2 A nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier). 3 A device regarded as providing amusement. 4 A copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size. --v. 1 Behave carelessly or indifferently. 2 Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination. 3 Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously.
CILIATA * n. Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle.
ADIPOSITY * n. Having the property of containing fat.
SCRATCHER * n. 1 A workman who uses a tool for scratching. 2 A person who scratches to relieve an itch. 3 A device used for scratching.
MARSILEA * n. Clover ferns.
REPROVING * s. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
BENZYLIC * a. Relating to benzyl.
FURCATE * v. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
WATTLE * --n. 1 A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards. 2 Framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence. 3 Any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle. --v. 1 Build of or with wattle. 2 Interlace to form wattle.
SAX * n. 1 A Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894). 2 A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
COLON * n. 1 The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted. 2 The basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos. 3 The basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos. 4 A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal.
ADULTERANT * --n. Any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance. --a. Making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials.
TELEOLOGIST * n. Advocate of teleology.
RAMOSE * s. Having branches.
SILIQUE * n. Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.
EXEMPLIFYING * s. Clarifying by use of examples.
LUYIA * n. A Bantu language.
TRAVELABLE * s. Capable of being traversed.
AIZOACEAE * n. Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.
WAGER * --n. 1 The act of gambling. 2 The money risked on a gamble. --v. 1 Stake on the outcome of an issue. 2 Maintain with or as if with a bet.
SWING * --n. 1 A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity. 2 Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth. 3 A sweeping blow or stroke. 4 Changing location by moving back and forth. --v. 1 Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting. 2 Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. 3 Change direction with a swinging motion; turn. 4 Influence decisively.
PORKHOLT * n. Made of lamb or pork.
REBUTTER * n. 1 A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument. 2 (law) A pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
TRIKE * n. A vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals.
LATINO * --n. A native of Latin America. --a. Related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.
FROSTING * n. A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes.
ERYTHROID * a. Relating to erythrocytes.
SMALL-SCALE * s. 1 Created or drawn on a small scale. 2 Relatively moderate, limited, or small.
INSANELY * r. 1 In an insane manner. 2 (used as intensives) Extremely.
TINKLY * s. Like the short high ringing sound of a small bell.
ORMUZD * n. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good.
PORTUNUS * n. Type genus of the family Portunidae.
VAR. * n. (biology) A group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups.
CORTICOSTEROID * n. A steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response.
DYSFUNCTION * n. (medicine) Any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group.
DIVINITY * n. 1 Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force. 2 The quality of being divine. 3 White creamy fudge made with egg whites. 4 The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth.
BUXUS * n. Type genus of the Buxaceae.
GLADIOLA * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated.
SATSUMA * n. 1 A variety of mandarin orange. 2 Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin.
ANNAPOLIS * n. State capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval Academy.
WOMB-TO-TOMB * s. Continuing through life.
BROKERAGE * n. 1 A stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller. 2 The business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties. 3 Place where a broker conducts his business.
MUSING * --n. A calm, lengthy, intent consideration. --s. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
OFF-HAND * r. Without preparation.
STEADFASTNESS * n. 1 Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty. 2 Steadfast resolution.
HITCHINGS * n. United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998).
CELERY * n. 1 Widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked. 2 Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning.
LEI * n. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
PREFERABLY * r. More readily or willingly.
TREE-FROG * n. 1 Arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America. 2 Any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes.
DEKALITRE * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
BALISTIDAE * n. Triggerfishes.
DEUTERANOPIC * s. Inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red.
ANATHEMISE * v. 1 Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. 2 Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
CARDIOLOGIST * n. A specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart.
RATEABLE * s. Liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes.
SARATOGA * n. 1 A species of large fish found in Australian rivers. 2 A battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated.
BACKSLAPPER * n. Someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality.
ANNUNCIATION * n. 1 A festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland. 2 (Christianity) The announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ. 3 A formal public statement.
SPONDAIC * a. Of or consisting of spondees.
GLACIER * n. A slowly moving mass of ice.
TOM-TOM * n. Any of various drums with small heads.
AVARAM * n. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning; sometimes placed in genus Cassia.
ADERMIN * n. A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch.
GLUINESS * n. The property of being cohesive and sticky.
CLAYSTONE * n. Fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles.
TUM * n. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion.
GRUME * n. 1 A thick viscous liquid. 2 A semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells.
RENOVATION * n. 1 The act of improving by renewing and restoring. 2 The state of being restored to its former good condition.
GLORIOUSLY * r. 1 With glory or in a glorious manner. 2 Blessedly or wonderfully.
RUFFIANLY * s. Violent and lawless.
ATRIOVENTRICULAR * a. Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.
SUN * --n. 1 The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system. 2 The rays of the sun. 3 A person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc. 4 Any star around which a planetary system revolves. --v. 1 Expose one's body to the sun. 2 Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun.
PAY * --n. Something that remunerates. --v. 1 Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services. 2 Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. 3 Cancel or discharge a debt. 4 Bring in.
MONKEY * --n. 1 Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians). 2 One who is playfully mischievous. --v. 1 Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. 2 Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly.
UMBEL * n. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center.
MANIRAPTORA * n. Advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds.
WI * n. A midwestern state in north central United States.
DELIVER * v. 1 Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea). 2 Bring to a destination, make a delivery. 3 To surrender someone or something to another. 4 Free from harm or evil.
UNMEDICINAL * s. Not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed.
PROPANEDIOL * n. A sweet colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid used as an antifreeze and in brake fluid and also as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care items although it can be absorbed through the skin with harmful effects.
GOSSAMER * --n. 1 A gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture. 2 Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider. --s. 1 Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy. 2 So thin as to transmit light.
STUFFING * n. 1 A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables. 2 Padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture.
COLOURISE * v. Add color to.
ARCCOTANGENT * n. The inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number.
ISLAMABAD * n. The capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959.
DJINNI * n. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
CABERNET * n. Superior Bordeaux type of red wine.
UNDESIRABLE * --n. One whose presence is undesirable. --a. Not wanted. --s. Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse).
BOBBLE * --n. The momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball. --v. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
OOGENESIS * n. Development of ova.
COMPENSATION * n. 1 Something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury). 2 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors. 3 The act of compensating for service or loss or injury.
SEDIMENTARY * a. 1 Resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment. 2 Produced by the action of water.
DESOLATE * --v. 1 Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. 2 Reduce in population. 3 Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. --s. 1 Providing no shelter or sustenance. 2 Crushed by grief.
GRAVITY-ASSIST * n. (spaceflight) A trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field.
SULKINESS * n. 1 A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal. 2 A feeling of sulky resentment. 3 A sullen moody resentful disposition.
SLOUGHING * n. The process whereby something is shed.
ONE-OFF * n. A happening that occurs only once and is not repeated.
MORDACIOUSLY * r. In a mordacious manner.
SLAPSHOT * n. A fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick.
WOADWAXEN * n. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
BLANCHED * s. 1 Anemic looking from illness or emotion. 2 (especially of plants) Developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light.
AMUR * n. An Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk.
INCOMPETENCY * n. Lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications.
MICROSCOPY * n. Research with the use of microscopes.
TENPOUNDER * n. Game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller.
BUNION * n. A painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe.
APARTHEID * n. A social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa.
TOUCHER * n. A person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something.
DICOTYLEDON * n. Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.
WINDOW-WASHING * n. The activity of washing windows.
PREDETERMINED * s. Set in advance.
PERCHLORATE * n. A salt of perchloric acid.
DESMOGRATHUS * n. An amphibian genus of Plethodontidae.
MINESWEEPER * n. Ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines.
HUGUENOT * n. A French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries.
DIODE * n. 1 A thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier. 2 A semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction.
SCATOLOGICAL * s. Dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions.
CLERISY * n. An educated and intellectual elite.
RAM * --n. 1 The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible. 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Aries. 3 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. 4 A tool for driving or forcing something by impact. --v. 1 Strike or drive against with a heavy impact. 2 Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically. 3 Undergo damage or destruction on impact. 4 Crowd or pack to capacity.
URODYNIA * n. Pain during urination.
ORRISROOT * n. Fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines.
CEPHALIC * a. Of or relating to the head.
CAPARISONED * s. Clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings).
REPULSE * --n. An instance of driving away or warding off. --v. 1 Force or drive back. 2 Be repellent to; cause aversion in. 3 Cause to move back by force or influence.
CUBICLE * n. 1 Small room in which a monk or nun lives. 2 Small individual study area in a library. 3 Small area set off by walls for special use.
MORPHOPHONEMIC * a. Of or relating to morphophonemics.
WYNNEA * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Sarcoscyphaceae.
TSHATSHKE * n. 1 (Yiddish) An attractive, unconventional woman. 2 (Yiddish) An inexpensive showy trinket.
IRRADIATION * n. 1 The condition of being exposed to radiation. 2 A column of light (as from a beacon). 3 (physiology) The spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex. 4 The apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background.
SPINDLEBERRY * n. Any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries.
MACROURIDAE * n. Grenadiers.
WIZARDLY * s. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
MOUKDEN * n. A city in northeastern China.
IMPLOSION * n. 1 A sudden inward collapse. 2 The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant.
PSOPHOCARPUS * n. Species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs.
BANSHIE * n. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
CONSTRUCTION * n. 1 The act of constructing something. 2 A group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit. 3 The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought. 4 A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.
VOYEUR * n. A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others.
AUTOGENESIS * n. A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.
SELLOTAPE * --n. Transparent or semitransparent adhesive tape (trade names Scotch tape and Sellotape) used for sealing or attaching or mending. --v. Fasten or attach with sellotape.
VEGAN * n. A strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all.
IMPORTER * n. Someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country).
MANIPULATE * v. 1 Influence or control shrewdly or deviously. 2 Hold something in one's hands and move it. 3 Tamper, with the purpose of deception. 4 Manipulate in a fraudulent manner.
STOICHIOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to stoichiometry.
LIGHTLESS * s. 1 Giving no light. 2 Without illumination.
TILLABLE * s. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
TINAMOU * n. Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.
DECIMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter.
FALANGA * n. A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels.
PRECLUDE * v. 1 Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. 2 Make impossible, especially beforehand.
NATIONALISM * n. 1 Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. 2 The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other. 3 The aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination. 4 The doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals.
RETAKE * --n. A shot or scene that is photographed again. --v. 1 Take back by force, as after a battle. 2 Capture again. 3 Photograph again.
GHANA * n. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
GOOGOLPLEX * n. A cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol).
INEFFABLE * s. 1 Defying expression or description. 2 Too sacred to be uttered.
BROOMWEED * n. Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers.
WELL-NOURISHED * s. Properly nourished.
AMBER * --n. 1 A deep yellow color. 2 A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry. --s. Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color.
PERIJOVE * n. Periapsis in orbit around Jupiter.
DOCTRINALLY * r. As a matter of doctrine.
ONE-SIXTH * n. One part in six equal parts.
CONTEXT * n. 1 Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation. 2 The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
DESCENDENT * --n. A person considered as descended from some ancestor. --s. 1 Going or coming down. 2 Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.
CURITIBA * n. A city in southeastern Brazil.
UNUTTERED * s. Not made explicit.
FLUORSPAR * n. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine.
FACSIMILE * --n. 1 An exact copy or reproduction. 2 Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio. --v. Send something via a facsimile machine.
ROC * n. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
PEACETIME * n. A period of time during which there is no war.
FUNNEL-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a funnel.
ROLLED * s. 1 Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward. 2 Uttered with a trill. 3 Rolled up and secured.
ETCHED * s. Cut or impressed into a surface.
EPENTHETIC * a. Of or pertaining to epenthesis.
AUTOCUE * n. A device that displays words for people to read.
CLEVERLY * r. In a clever manner.
GREEN-BLIND * s. Inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red.
BERYL * n. The chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems.
FT * n. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
CONFERRAL * n. The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.
CEDARWOOD * n. Durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests.
TURNSTONE * n. Migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food.
EXPOSITOR * n. A person who explains.
UNDERSELL * v. Sell cheaper than one's competition.
COSTUMIER * n. Someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade).
SERICEOUS * s. Covered with fine soft hairs or down.
NANOCEPHALIC * a. Having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
STOMATAL * a. 1 Relating to or of the nature of or having a mouth or mouthlike opening. 2 Relating to or constituting plant stomata.
EXFOLIATE * v. 1 Spread by opening the leaves of. 2 Cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. 3 Remove the surface, in scales or laminae. 4 Come off in a very thin piece.
IRREVERSIBILITY * n. The quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed).
ACID-FAST * s. Not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis).
UNDERRECKONING * n. An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value.
APPLECART * n. 1 The planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'. 2 A handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street.
VESTMENT * n. Gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy.
NAPRAPATHY * n. A drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with ligaments and connective tissues.
DECONSECRATED * s. Divested of consecration.
FILLET * --n. 1 A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef. 2 A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish. 3 A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus. 4 A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband. --v. 1 Decorate with a lace of geometric designs. 2 Cut into filets.
AZOTEMIA * n. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
ORGANISER * n. 1 Someone who enlists workers to join a union. 2 A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise. 3 A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc..
ETHRIL * n. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.
OTOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the ear.
UNIMPRISONED * s. Free from confinement or physical restraint.
NUTCASE * n. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous.
DATABASE * n. An organized body of related information.
MERONYMY * n. The semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole.
FATALIST * --n. Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny. --a. Of or relating to fatalism.
COMMENDABLE * --s. Worthy of high praise. --r. In an admirable manner.
INSURER * n. A financial institution that sells insurance.
OWE * v. 1 Be obliged to pay or repay. 2 Be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense. 3 Be in debt.
DAMPEN * v. 1 Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity. 2 Make moist. 3 Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. 4 Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves).
LATECOMER * n. Someone who arrives late.
BONG * --n. A dull resonant sound as of a bell. --v. Ring loudly and deeply.
TOCANTINS * n. A river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River.
COMMUNICANT * n. A person entitled to receive Communion.
MIDVEIN * n. The vein in the center of a leaf.
PLACEKICKER * n. (football) A kicker who makes a place kick for a goal.
CHAMBERED * s. Having compartmental chambers.
DAMGALNUNNA * n. (Babylonian) Earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk.
SCRIMSHAW * n. A carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers.
GLASSMAKER * n. Someone who makes glass.
ANIMISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism.
LITER * n. A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints).
JESUITISM * n. The theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic).
IGNORANT * s. 1 Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication. 2 Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field. 3 Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge.
STEAMROLL * v. 1 Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure. 2 Proceed with great force. 3 Overwhelm by using great force. 4 Make level or flat with a steamroller.
CLOP * --n. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface. --v. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
MANX * --n. 1 The ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions. 2 A short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on the Isle of Man. --a. Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language.
HOUSECRAFT * n. Skill in domestic management.
ICC * n. A former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995.
AWARENESS * n. 1 Having knowledge of. 2 State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness.
CHROMITE * n. A brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium.
EGGSHAKE * n. A milkshake with egg in it.
BOVIDAE * n. True antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats.
CUCUMBER * n. 1 A melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit. 2 Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons.
RICOCHET * --n. A glancing rebound. --v. Spring back; spring away from an impact.
WHILE * n. A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
CLOVEN * s. (used of hooves) Split, divided.
EMPHYSEMATOUS * a. Relating to or resembling or being emphysema.
BARRETTER * n. A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations).
COLLIMATE * v. 1 Make or place parallel to something. 2 Adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument).
MCKIM * n. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
RIDE * --n. 1 A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile). 2 A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement. --v. 1 Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions. 2 Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle. 3 Continue undisturbed and without interference. 4 Move like a floating object.
SENDER * n. 1 Someone who transmits a message. 2 Set used to broadcast radio or tv signals.
MILD * --a. Moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme. --s. 1 Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness. 2 Mild and pleasant.
SCINTILLA * n. 1 A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. 2 A sparkling glittering particle.
HYPERMETROPIA * n. Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects.
STOMACHACHE * n. An ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region.
ABACA * n. 1 A kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines. 2 Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc.
BURGOO * n. 1 Porridge made of rolled oats. 2 A gathering at which burgoo stew is served. 3 Thick spicy stew of whatever meat and whatever vegetables are available; southern United States.
TARTU * n. A city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League.
CATHOLICISM * n. The beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church.
CORDED * s. Of textiles; having parallel raised lines.
JOHNSTON * n. Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891).
DOG-EARED * s. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
JUDGMENTAL * a. Depending on judgment.
COVET * v. Wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person).
THUNK * n. A dull hollow sound.
LOOKING * --n. 1 The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually. 2 The act of searching visually. --s. Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.
DICKY-BIRD * n. Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.
CALIGULA * n. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41).
DISADVANTAGEOUSLY * r. In a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage.
DECOROUSLY * r. In a proper and decorous manner.
SEQUENCER * n. 1 (chemistry) An apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer. 2 Computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence.
SADDAM * n. Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937).
BALLDRESS * n. A suit or dress for formal occasions.
BAIC * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
UNLUBRICATED * a. Not lubricated.
UNCONNECTEDNESS * n. The lack of a connection between things.
TELEVISE * v. Broadcast via television.
SPINELESSNESS * n. The quality of lacking a strong character; an irresolute disposition.
FIXATIVE * n. 1 A compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study. 2 A varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging.
CABOODLE * n. Any collection in its entirety.
SHUNT * --n. 1 A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another. 2 A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current. 3 Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body. --v. 1 Transfer to another track, of trains. 2 Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.
CABIN * --n. 1 Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep. 2 A small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area. 3 The enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried. --v. Confine to a small space, such as a cabin.
DAK * n. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
TRIANGULARITY * n. The property of being shaped like a triangle.
DISLOYALLY * r. Without loyalty; in a disloyal manner.
OUTSTANDING * s. 1 Distinguished from others in excellence. 2 Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. 3 Owed as a debt. 4 Of major significance or importance.
VULNERABLE * --a. Susceptible to attack. --s. 1 Susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation. 2 Capable of being wounded or hurt.
NEUROLYSIN * n. Any toxin that affects neural tissues.
WORKINGMAN * n. An employee who performs manual or industrial labor.
GLAMORIZATION * n. The act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way).
JOTUNN * n. (Norse mythology) One of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir.
METHYLPHENIDATE * n. Central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children.
TRANSGRESSION * n. 1 The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle. 2 The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. 3 The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit.
BRAHMANISM * n. 1 The religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism. 2 The religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads.
UNCTUOUS * s. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
UNACCREDITED * s. Lacking official approval.
ADMIRE * v. 1 Feel admiration for. 2 Look at with admiration.
SUBBING * n. Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence.
LYOPHILIZATION * n. A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes.
SCHOLIA * n. A marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature).
DEUTEROMYCETES * n. Form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota.
SHUDDERY * s. Provoking fear terror.
CROSSTALK * n. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
BLASTOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to blastogenesis.
THANKLESS * --a. Not feeling or showing gratitude. --s. Not likely to be rewarded.
SKOPLJE * n. Capital of modern Macedonia.
MESHUGA * s. Senseless; crazy.
MONOMORPHEMIC * a. Consisting of only one morpheme.
EDGE * --n. 1 The boundary of a surface. 2 A line determining the limits of an area. 3 A sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object. 4 The attribute of urgency in tone of voice. --v. 1 Advance slowly, as if by inches. 2 Provide with a border or edge. 3 Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. 4 Provide with an edge.
SOCIALISTIC * a. Advocating or following the socialist principles.
BAUBLE * n. 1 A mock scepter carried by a court jester. 2 Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
SAUROPODOMORPHA * n. Gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs).
ARROWHEAD * n. The pointed head or striking tip of an arrow.
CHANGEABLE * --a. 1 Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature. 2 Such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change. --s. 1 Subject to change. 2 Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
IMPERFECTNESS * n. The state or an instance of being imperfect.
TRANSFERABILITY * n. The quality of being transferable or exchangeable.
VENT-HOLE * n. A hole for the escape of gas or air.
INGE * n. 1 English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954). 2 United States playwright (1913-1973).
BIVALVE * --n. Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together. --a. Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.).
BREUER * n. United States architect (born in Hungary) who was associated with the Bauhaus in the 1920's (1902-1981).
GREETING * n. (usually plural) An acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting).
INDISPUTABILITY * n. The quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt.
OUTRIGHT * --s. Without reservation or exception. --r. 1 Without restrictions or stipulations or further payments. 2 Without reservation or concealment. 3 Without any delay.
PIMENTO * n. 1 Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers. 2 Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked.
WATER * --n. 1 Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. 2 The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean). 3 Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles). 4 A facility that provides a source of water. --v. 1 Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. 2 Provide with water. 3 Secrete or form water, as tears or saliva. 4 Fill with tears.
COMPACTNESS * n. 1 The spatial property of being crowded together. 2 The consistency of a compact solid.
VARICOSITY * n. Varix or varicose condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous.
PARFAIT * n. Layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream.
CHALDEA * n. 1 An ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II. 2 An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king).
SACRILEGIOUSNESS * n. Profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege.
PARATHELYPTERIS * n. Terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America.
RE-UPTAKE * n. A process of using up or consuming again.
PARONYM * n. A word that strongly resembles another word in spelling.
GRADUATE * --n. 1 A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university). 2 A measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts. --v. 1 Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies. 2 Confer an academic degree upon. 3 Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring. --s. Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.
ASSOCIATIONAL * a. Of or relating to associations or associationism.
SEPULCHER * n. A chamber that is used as a grave.
UNIMODAL * a. Having a single mode.
CARIBBEAN * n. 1 An arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream. 2 Region including the Caribbean Islands.
AXIALLY * r. With respect to an axis.
STEALTH * n. Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
UNVINDICTIVE * s. Not vindictive.
CHURN * --n. A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk. --v. 1 Stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter. 2 Be agitated.
EDITOR * n. 1 A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine). 2 (computer science) A program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data.
INAPPOSITE * s. Of an inappropriate or misapplied nature.
BAPTISE * v. Administer baptism to.
EXPRESS-MAIL * v. Send by express mail or courier.
BUXOM * s. 1 (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves. 2 (of a female body) Healthily plump and vigorous.
DAIRYMAID * n. A woman who works in a dairy.
BOTONNEE * s. (of a heraldic cross) Having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm.
NAHUATL * n. 1 A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico. 2 The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl.
NOTOCHORD * n. A flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates.
AUTOTYPY * n. Process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment.
CHAW * --n. A wad of something chewable as tobacco. --v. Chew without swallowing.
MEANINGFULNESS * n. The quality of having great value or significance.
FLYING * --n. An instance of traveling by air. --s. 1 Moving swiftly. 2 Hurried and brief.
BOHEMIA * n. 1 A historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic. 2 A group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style.
COUNTERCLAIM * --n. A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action. --v. Set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim.
LYRE * n. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
OPERANT * s. Having influence or producing an effect.
SHORT-CHANGE * v. 1 Cheat someone by not returning him enough money. 2 Deprive of by deceit.
ECLAIR * n. Oblong cream puff.
DASHING * s. 1 Lively and spirited. 2 Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
DUKAS * n. French composer (1865-1935).
NOTICEABLENESS * n. The property of being easy to see and understand.
BLENNIOID * n. Elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins.
DROLL * s. Comical in an odd or whimsical manner.
NYSTATIN * n. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes.
CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE * n. Small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes.
BABYSIT * v. 1 Take watchful responsibility for. 2 Work or act as a baby-sitter.
CHINTZ * n. A brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric.
OPTICIAN * n. A worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision.
ARMLET * n. A band worn around the arm for decoration.
GATHERED * a. Brought together in one place.
SCHEDULE * --n. 1 A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. 2 An ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur. --v. 1 Plan for an activity or event. 2 Make a schedule; plan the time and place for events.
CHEEP * --n. The short weak cry of a young bird. --v. Make high-pitched sounds.
EPOCH-MAKING * s. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
RASTAFARI * n. (Jamaica) A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music.
DRIFTFISH * n. 1 Larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico. 2 Small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide.
HAZY * s. 1 Filled or abounding with fog or mist. 2 Indistinct or hazy in outline.
TENT * --n. 1 A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs). 2 A web that resembles a tent or carpet. --v. Live in or as if in a tent.
RECOGNISABLE * s. Capable of being recognized.
SERENE * s. 1 Not agitated; without losing self-possession. 2 Completely clear and fine.
OSCILLATOR * n. Generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current.
JITNEY * n. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.
UNNEIGHBORLY * s. Not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.
OFF-BROADWAY * n. Low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan.
CANICULA * n. The brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major.
CLEVIS * n. A coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc..
BATRACHIA * n. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
OVERALL * --n. 1 (usually plural) Work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps). 2 A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work. --s. 1 Involving only main features. 2 Including everything.
BULGARIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Bulgaria. 2 A Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people.
OFFICIALIZE * v. Make official.
EICHMANN * n. Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962).
THERAPEUTIC * --n. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. --s. Tending to cure or restore to health. --a. Relating to or involved in therapy.
UNDISCRIMINATING * a. Not discriminating.
MASTODON * n. Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.
NEWFOUND * s. Newly discovered.
HOTHEAD * n. 1 A belligerent grouch. 2 A reckless impetuous irresponsible person.
FILIFORM * s. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.
SPY * --n. 1 (military) A secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors. 2 A secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people. --v. 1 Catch sight of. 2 Watch, observe, or inquire secretly. 3 Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes. 4 Secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage.
TUILERIES * n. 1 Palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens. 2 Formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris.
NERODIA * n. North American water snakes.
OVALIPES * n. A genus of Portunidae.
SELF-SEEKING * --n. Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others. --s. Interested only in yourself.
JIG * --n. 1 Music in three-four time for dancing a jig. 2 A fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water. 3 A device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it. 4 Any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping. --v. Dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions.
SMOTHERING * s. Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
DOG-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of an average dog.
NEWSDEALER * n. Someone who sells newspapers.
WIFFLE * n. (trademark) A hollow plastic ball with cutouts.
DECIMALIZATION * n. The act of changing to a decimal system.
CALYX * n. (botany) The whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green.
BATRACHOSEPS * n. Slender salamanders.
DRUZE * n. An adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God.
SAPINDACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins.
GOOD-BYE * n. A farewell remark.
MYSTERIOUS * s. 1 Of an obscure nature. 2 Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
SHOO-IN * n. An easy victory.
ISOPOD * n. Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling.
HAND-DYE * v. Dye by hand.
KUENLUN * n. A mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles.
ROYSTONEA * n. A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms.
IMPLICATED * s. Culpably involved.
FUSANUS * n. Quandong trees.
FORNICATION * n. 1 Voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other. 2 Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations.
COORDINATE * --n. A number that identifies a position relative to an axis. --v. 1 Bring order and organization to. 2 Bring into common action, movement, or condition. 3 Be co-ordinated. 4 Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation. --s. Of equal importance, rank, or degree.
LICHI * n. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
CATHOLICITY * n. 1 The beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church. 2 The quality of being universal; existing everywhere.
TAPHEPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of being buried alive.
BRASSARD * n. Armor plate that protects the arm.
CHAOTICALLY * r. 1 In a wild and confused manner. 2 In a manner suggestive of chaos.
MONILIALES * n. Order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not enclosed in a pycnidium.
BLASTEMATIC * a. Of or relating to blastemata.
HINDERINGLY * r. In an obstructive manner.
SEMITIC * --n. A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. --a. 1 Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites.
XYPHOPHORUS * n. Swordtails.
WASTING * n. 1 Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease. 2 A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.
GRANADILLO * n. West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony.
TRIBULATE * v. Oppress or trouble greatly.
OROPHARYNGEAL * a. Of or relating to or located near the oropharynx.
MOUNTEBANK * n. A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.
ALDOL * n. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO).
OBAMA * n. 44th President of the United States; first African-American President.
TRAP * --n. 1 A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned. 2 Drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas. 3 Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares. 4 A device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters. --v. 1 Place in a confining or embarrassing position. 2 Catch in or as if in a trap. 3 Hold or catch as if in a trap. 4 To hold fast or prevent from moving.
PHYSIOGNOMY * n. The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
TSARINA * n. The wife or widow of a czar.
MELEE * n. A noisy riotous fight.
FORMULAIC * s. Characterized by or in accordance with some formula.
ADOLESCENT * --n. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. --a. Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent. --s. 1 Being of the age 13 through 19. 2 Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. 3 In the state of development between puberty and maturity.
ANSAID * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
ARCHDUCHY * n. The domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess.
RESOLVING * n. Analysis into clear-cut components.
DICHROMIA * n. A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
ENTRUST * v. 1 Confer a trust upon. 2 Put into the care or protection of someone.
RUMOUR * --n. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth. --v. Tell or spread rumors.
ME * n. A state in New England.
ALLOCHTHONOUS * a. Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed.
PLUCKED * --a. Of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum. --s. Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl.
TAYRA * n. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America.
TRICHION * n. Point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead.
GRAFFITO * n. A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls.
CHANGELING * n. 1 A person of subnormal intelligence. 2 A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy.
PERILOUS * s. Fraught with danger.
SILVERWEED * n. 1 Any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers. 2 Low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia.
SIX-PACK * n. A carton containing six bottles or cans.
SEINE * --n. 1 A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel. 2 A large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom. --v. Fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine.
CRAWLSPACE * n. Low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing.
DASYATIS * n. Type genus of the Dasyatidae.
ANTICANCER * a. Used in the treatment of cancer.
DIURESIS * n. Increased secretion of urine; if not due to increased liquid intake or to the action of a diuretic drug it can be a symptom of diabetes mellitus.
ZR * n. A lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon.
MUSCLE-BOUND * s. Having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise.
EVACUATION * n. 1 The act of removing the contents of something. 2 The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection. 3 The bodily process of discharging waste matter.
UPLINK * n. A transmission from Earth to a spacecraft or the path of such a transmission.
MYXOBACTER * n. Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.
PODALGIA * n. Foot pain.
SNIVELLER * n. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
UNKNOWINGLY * r. Without knowledge or intention.
HOMELESS * --n. 1 Someone unfortunate without housing. 2 Poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in. --s. 1 Without nationality or citizenship. 2 Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
SPLOTCH * --n. An irregularly shaped spot. --v. Blotch or spot.
PRONG * n. A pointed projection.
STREETWALKER * n. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
FOREWARNING * n. An early warning about a future event.
ORCHOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count).
SCHOPENHAUER * n. German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860).
DEMENTEDNESS * n. Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.
GEOGRAPHY * n. Study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation.
REWIND * v. Wind (up) again.
FURIOUS * s. 1 Marked by extreme and violent energy. 2 Marked by extreme anger. 3 (of the elements) As if showing violent anger.
BOLLWORM * n. Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls.
AESTHETICAL * a. Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste.
SURROUNDED * s. Confined on all sides.
LINGUAL * --n. A consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs. --a. 1 Consisting of or related to language. 2 Pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue.
INFEASIBLE * s. Not capable of being carried out or put into practice.
OVERLIP * n. The upper lip.
HUXLEY * n. 1 English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917). 2 English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963). 3 English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895).
DARD * n. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
SIGH * --n. 1 An utterance made by exhaling audibly. 2 A sound like a person sighing. --v. 1 Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily. 2 Utter with a sigh.
CROP-DUSTING * n. The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft).
OAKUM * n. Loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships.
DEFENSIBILITY * n. Capability of being defended.
HYPOTONUS * n. (of muscular tissue) The state of being hypotonic.
TOM * n. 1 Male cat. 2 Male turkey.
NUBIA * n. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser.
PITYMYS * n. Pine mice.
INFARCTION * n. Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply.
DERMA * n. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
MUNCIE * n. A town in east central Indiana.
HYDRARTHROSIS * n. Inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid.
HITMAN * n. A professional killer who uses a gun.
WASHOUT * n. 1 The channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water. 2 The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway). 3 Someone who is unsuccessful.
CAMPHORACEOUS * a. Being or having the properties of camphor.
PELECANOIDIDAE * n. Diving petrels.
LEATHERLIKE * s. Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
ORANGE-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with orange.
BRIDGETOWN * n. Capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados.
LULLABY * n. 1 A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep. 2 The act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep.
MAEANDRA * n. Brain corals.
WELLHEAD * n. 1 The source of water for a well. 2 A structure built over a well.
ELECTROPOSITIVE * s. Having a positive charge.
ORIFICE * n. An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.
FLOPPY * --n. A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer. --s. Hanging limply.
ANTILOG * n. The number of which a given number is the logarithm.
SLANTING * s. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
ENGRAVED * s. Cut or impressed into a surface.
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS * n. A fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system.
SIBINE * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
SYNCHROSCOPE * n. An instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines).
KOOK * n. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
WINNOW * --n. The act of separating grain from chaff. --v. 1 Separate the chaff from grain by using air currents. 2 Blow on. 3 Select desirable parts from a group or list. 4 Blow away or off with a current of air.
TRANSCEND * v. 1 Be greater in scope or size than some standard. 2 Be superior or better than some standard.
EGGFRUIT * n. Ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.
PINNATELY * r. Having a pinnate shape.
AXILE * a. Relating to or attached to the axis.
CAMPION * n. Any plant of the genus Silene.
TRIANGULATION * n. 1 A trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation. 2 A method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated.
GENIAL * --s. 1 Diffusing warmth and friendliness. 2 Agreeable, conducive to comfort. --a. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw.
NEOLOGISM * n. 1 A newly invented word or phrase. 2 The act of inventing a word or phrase.
ADMINISTRATOR * n. 1 Someone who administers a business. 2 The party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor. 3 Someone who manages a government agency or department.
CYNANCUM * n. Any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic.
MINUTE * --n. 1 A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour. 2 An indefinitely short time. 3 A particular point in time. 4 A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree. --s. 1 Infinitely or immeasurably small. 2 Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.
INTIMAL * a. Of or relating to the intima.
FASHIONMONGER * n. Someone who advises you about fashionable clothing.
TYPIFICATION * n. 1 A representational or typifying form or model. 2 The act of representing by a type or symbol; the action of typifying.
CALICULUS * n. A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).
AUGITIC * a. Of or relating to or containing the mineral augite.
RETAINER * n. 1 A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone. 2 A person working in the service of another (especially in the household). 3 A dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment.
LIFTGATE * n. A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open.
COUNTERSHOT * n. A return shot; a retaliatory shot.
ALIZARIN * n. An orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing.
DOGCART * n. A cart drawn by a dog.
SONGSTER * n. 1 A composer of words or music for popular songs. 2 A person who sings. 3 Any bird having a musical call.
UNNATURALLY * r. 1 In an unnatural way. 2 Not according to nature; not by natural means. 3 In a manner at variance with what is natural or normal.
FREE-FOR-ALL * n. A noisy fight in a crowd.
TROPHOTROPIC * a. Of or relating to trophotropism.
PIGHEADEDNESS * n. Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
FOOTFALL * n. The sound of a step of someone walking.
IRONWOOD * n. 1 Handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties. 2 Exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees. 3 A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape. 4 Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America.
AMNESIC * --n. A person suffering from amnesia. --a. Of or relating to or caused by amnesia. --s. Suffering from a partial loss of memory.
QUESTIONINGLY * r. 1 In a curious and questioning manner. 2 In a quizzical and questioning manner.
CARBONADO * n. 1 An inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing. 2 A piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled.
GAUNTLETED * s. Wearing a protective glove.
MUTUALISM * n. The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other.
UNENDURABLE * a. Incapable of being tolerated or endured.
BASTARDISE * v. 1 Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms. 2 Declare a child to be illegitimate.
SPECKLESS * s. Completely neat and clean.
BRAZOS * n. A river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico.
ENTHRONEMENT * n. The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
OCCASIONAL * s. 1 Occurring from time to time. 2 Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals. 3 Occurring on a temporary or irregular basis. 4 Recurring or reappearing from time to time.
VOLUBILITY * n. The quality of being facile in speech and writing.
RACK * --n. 1 Framework for holding objects. 2 Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton. 3 The destruction or collapse of something. 4 An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims. --v. 1 Go at a rack. 2 Stretch to the limits. 3 Put on a rack and pinion. 4 Obtain by coercion or intimidation.
LONGICORN * n. Long-bodied beetle having very long antennae.
SOCIABILITY * n. The relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows.
GAUDERY * n. Cheap or pretentious or vain display.
XLI * s. Being one more than forty.
SCRIBBLE * --n. 1 Poor handwriting. 2 An aimless drawing. --v. 1 Write down quickly without much attention to detail. 2 Write carelessly.
CONTRACEPTIVE * --n. An agent or device intended to prevent conception. --s. Capable of preventing conception or impregnation.
TALLY * --n. 1 A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely. 2 A bill for an amount due. 3 The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order. --v. 1 Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics. 2 Gain points in a game. 3 Keep score, as in games. 4 Determine the sum of.
CONFERENCE * n. 1 A prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). 2 An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members. 3 A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic.
CIRCUMDUCTION * n. A circular movement of a limb or eye.
REMILITARISE * v. Militarize anew.
CONTEMPTUOUSLY * r. Without respect; in a disdainful manner.
OVERPOWERINGLY * r. Incapable of being resisted.
MALEDICT * --v. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. --s. Under a curse.
INDIVIDUATE * v. 1 Give individual character to. 2 Give individual shape or form to.
ARGYLL * n. 1 A covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm. 2 A design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland. 3 A sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural).
CONSIGNEE * n. The person to whom merchandise is delivered over.
ULTIMA * n. The last syllable in a word.
LONG-FACED * s. Having a face longer than the usual.
VAC * n. Informal term for vacation.
IDOL * n. 1 A material effigy that is worshipped. 2 Someone who is adored blindly and excessively. 3 An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept.
RAPPER * n. 1 Someone who performs rap music. 2 A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door.
RHYMELESS * a. Not having rhyme.
BAREHEADED * s. Having the head uncovered.
COVETOUSLY * r. 1 With jealousy; in an envious manner. 2 In a greedy manner.
WOMANISER * n. A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them.
CARYOCAR * n. Type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts.
ALPHABETIZED * s. Having been put in alphabetical order.
IMPREGNABLY * r. In an impregnable manner.
FIREPROOF * --v. Make resistant to fire. --s. Impervious to damage by fire.
CYBERNAUT * n. A computer user who uses the internet; someone who explores cyberspace.
INVEST * v. 1 Make an investment. 2 Give qualities or abilities to. 3 Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. 4 Provide with power and authority.
HEINLEIN * n. United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988).
NONLITERARY * s. Marked by lack of affectation or pedantry.
TRACTABLENESS * n. The trait of being easily persuaded.
YANKER * n. Someone who gives a strong sudden pull.
MONOSOMY * n. Chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number.
ANOSMATIC * a. Relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell.
DEER'S-EARS * n. Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
SCAPULAR * --n. 1 A feather covering the shoulder of a bird. 2 Garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit. --a. Relating to or near the shoulder blade.
MICROGAUSS * n. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one millionth of a gauss.
BUTYL * n. A hydrocarbon radical (C4H9).
DEMATERIALIZE * v. Become immaterial; disappear.
LOME * n. Capital and largest city of Togo; located in the south on the Gulf of Guinea.
VALHALLA * n. (Norse mythology) The hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin.
KAON * n. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
ATTENTION-GETTING * s. 1 Seizing the attention. 2 Likely to attract attention.
WHARFAGE * n. 1 A fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay. 2 A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats.
CYTOMEGALIC * s. Of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells.
DARTER * n. 1 Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill. 2 A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly.
PENALIZE * v. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.
SAVIOUR * n. 1 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). 2 A person who rescues you from harm or danger.
NOSY * s. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
WINTERISE * v. Prepare for winter.
YOKEL * n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
KINGLY * s. Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king.
TIP-AND-RUN * s. Designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape.
CHIRPY * --a. (birds or insects) Characterized by or tending to chirp. --s. Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.
ADDRESS * --n. 1 (computer science) The code that identifies where a piece of information is stored. 2 The place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with. 3 The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience. 4 The manner of speaking to another individual. --v. 1 Speak to. 2 Give a speech to. 3 Put an address on (an envelope). 4 Direct a question at someone.
OUT-OF-DOORS * n. Where the air is unconfined.
EXPLOITIVE * s. Tending to exploit or make use of.
IMPOUNDMENT * n. Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.
TRANCE * --n. 1 A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation. 2 A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep. --v. Attract; cause to be enamored.
OSTOMY * n. Surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes.
FOREMOTHER * n. A woman ancestor.
CATALECTIC * --n. (prosody) A line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot. --a. (verse) Metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.
SHARP-CORNERED * s. Having sharp corners.
NONPARAMETRIC * a. Not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic.
MEGAHIT * n. An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel).
CREVASSE * n. A deep fissure.
ALLERGOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that studies the causes and treatment of allergies.
PREVIEW * --n. 1 An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future. 2 A screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public. --v. Watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public.
FROGMAN * n. Someone who works underwater.
CONIFER * n. Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones.
SPECIFIABLE * s. Capable of being specified.
COREGONUS * n. Type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes.
BELONGING * n. Happiness felt in a secure relationship.
EMPATHY * n. Understanding and entering into another's feelings.
SHOSHONE * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States. 2 The language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family).
SUCCOS * n. A major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness.
EXILE * --n. 1 A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country. 2 A person who is expelled from home or country by authority. 3 The act of expelling a person from their native land. --v. Expel from a country.
WAINSCOTING * n. 1 A wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively). 2 Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room.
WRETCHED * s. 1 Of very poor quality or condition. 2 Characterized by physical misery. 3 Very unhappy; full of misery. 4 Morally reprehensible.
THERMOSTATICS * n. The aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium.
NASALLY * r. In a nasal manner.
COINCIDING * s. Occurring or operating at the same time.
SCINTILLATING * s. 1 Brilliantly clever. 2 Marked by high spirits or excitement. 3 Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
BOLSHIE * n. Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.
MANIFESTLY * r. Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
CURVING * a. Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.
GARONNE * n. A river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay.
OPEPE * n. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus.
SETH * n. 1 (Old Testament) Third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel. 2 Evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris.
CONFERVA * n. Any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water.
SCORPER * n. A graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal.
WINNING * --n. Succeeding with great difficulty. --s. 1 Having won. 2 Very attractive; capturing interest.
RELIABLY * r. In a faithful manner.
PURPOSIVE * s. 1 Having or showing or acting with a purpose or design. 2 Having a purpose.
NOVICIATE * n. The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order).
DEMORALISATION * n. 1 A state of disorder and confusion. 2 Depression resulting from an undermining of your morale. 3 Destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy.
PRETENDING * n. The act of giving a false appearance.
KNEE-DEEP * --s. Coming only to the ankle or knee. --r. Up to the knees.
THERMOGRAVIMETRY * n. The measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances.
MICRONOR * n. Trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone.
PERIPTERAL * a. Having columns on all sides.
AMBIGUITY * n. 1 An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context. 2 Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
TRIBUNE * n. 1 (ancient Rome) An official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests. 2 The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
BOWSE * v. Haul with a tackle.
HOFFMANNSTHAL * n. German poet who wrote libretti for operas by Richard Strauss (1874-1929).
CROSS-LINK * --n. A side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule. --v. Join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein).
CONGER * n. Large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food.
FETICIDE * n. The act of destroying a fetus.
CWT * n. 1 A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds. 2 A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds.
ISOBUTYLENE * n. Used also in making gasoline components.
FONDLY * r. With fondness; with love.
PADDLEWHEEL * n. A large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat.
CURVILINEAL * s. Characterized by or following a curved line.
WHIP-SCORPION * n. Nonvenomous arachnid that resembles a scorpion and that has a long thin tail without a stinger.
CANNIBALIC * s. Marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage.
BIOTITE * n. Dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock.
CHASER * n. 1 A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture. 2 A drink to follow immediately after another drink.
COMPETITION * n. 1 A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers. 2 An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. 3 The act of competing as for profit or a prize. 4 The contestant you hope to defeat.
TIMIDITY * n. 1 Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions. 2 Fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities.
UNAIRED * s. Lacking fresh air.
ENSLAVE * v. Make a slave of; bring into servitude.
TRUMBULL * n. 1 American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785). 2 American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843). 3 American satirical poet (1750-1831).
SIMULIIDAE * n. Blackflies and sand flies.
RESOLUTENESS * n. The trait of being resolute.
BIGHORN * n. 1 A river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana. 2 Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns.
INTRADEPARTMENTAL * a. Within a department.
VIVACITY * n. Characterized by high spirits and animation.
MELOLONTHIDAE * n. Considered a separate family in some classification systems.
GADDAFI * n. Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942).
AMPHIUMIDAE * n. Congo snakes.
MU-MESON * n. An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino.
POMPEY * n. 1 Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC). 2 A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base.
APPARENCY * n. The property of being apparent.
CONFORMING * s. Adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion).
DOWNTIME * n. A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions).
DING * --n. 1 A ringing sound. 2 An impression in a surface (as made by a blow). --v. Go `ding dong', like a bell.
INTRACTABILITY * n. The trait of being hard to influence or control.
MYIASIS * n. Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation.
BUSTED * s. Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken').
VESTMENTED * s. Dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment.
VITTARIACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria.
TRUSTEESHIP * n. 1 A dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations. 2 The position of trustee.
WINDJAMMER * n. A large sailing ship.
GLUTAMATE * n. A salt or ester of glutamic acid.
CURDLING * n. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.
LINNAEA * n. One species: twinflower.
AMUSING * s. 1 Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining. 2 Arousing or provoking laughter.
MYNAH * n. Tropical Asian starlings.
TYRANNID * n. A passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni.
OCEANIA * n. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
GERRYMANDER * --n. An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage). --v. Divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts.
AREFLEXIA * n. Absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage.
RANGOON * n. The capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta.
NAVAJO * n. 1 A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah. 2 The Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho.
MELODIOUS * a. 1 Having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune. 2 Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody.
KALEIDOSCOPE * n. 1 A complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes. 2 An optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors.
MARMOREAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of marble.
CHESTNUT-COLORED * s. Having the brown color of chestnuts.
DREDGER * n. A barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging.
TWIST * --n. 1 An unforeseen development. 2 An interpretation of a text or action. 3 Any clever maneuver. 4 The act of rotating rapidly. --v. 1 To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). 2 Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. 3 Turn in the opposite direction. 4 Form into a spiral shape.
COLONIZER * n. Someone who helps to found a colony.
ETHANEDIOL * n. A sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent.
CAVORT * v. Play boisterously.
NORTRIPTYLINE * n. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs.
SYMBIOSIS * n. The relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other.
UNORTHODOXY * n. 1 Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position. 2 A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion. 3 The quality of being unorthodox.
TEGU * n. A city in southeastern South Korea.
DRAMAMINE * n. Antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness.
SENECA * n. 1 Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD). 2 A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario. 3 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca.
POLIOVIRUS * n. The virus causing poliomyelitis.
FIRED * s. Having lost your job.
CIRCUMVOLUTE * v. Wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail.
ABLE-BODIED * s. Having a strong healthy body.
SOUGHT * --a. That is looked for. --s. Being searched for.
HINDQUARTERS * n. 1 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2 The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
UBIQUITY * n. The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
COLLEGIAN * n. A student (or former student) at a college or university.
GRAVELWEED * n. Perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States.
EARDROP * n. An earring with a pendant ornament.
UNWRAPPED * a. Not yet wrapped or having the wrapping removed.
NEONATOLOGY * n. That branch of pediatric medicine concerned with the newborn; the diagnosis and treatment of neonates.
UNINVOLVED * --a. Not involved. --s. Showing lack of emotional involvement.
INSATIATE * a. Impossible to satisfy.
EPEE * n. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
UNTALENTED * a. Devoid of talent; not gifted.
INKINESS * n. The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).
SENTENTIAL * a. Of or relating to a sentence.
APPARATCHIK * n. 1 A humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization). 2 A communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party.
MOMENT * n. 1 A particular point in time. 2 An indefinitely short time. 3 At this time. 4 Having important effects or influence.
REDISPOSITION * n. The withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively.
EARMARK * --n. 1 Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal. 2 A distinctive characteristic or attribute. --v. Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
UNWOMANLY * a. Not womanly.
INCONSEQUENTIAL * s. 1 Lacking worth or importance. 2 Not following logically as a consequence.
SITCOM * n. 1 A humorous drama based on situations that might arise in day-to-day life. 2 A humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life.
SNICKERSNEE * n. Fighting with knives.
REMUS * n. (Roman mythology) The twin brother of Romulus.
ALNUS * n. Alders.
GIBBON * n. 1 English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794). 2 Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies.
FRANCHISE * --n. 1 An authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place. 2 A business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area. 3 A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote). --v. Grant a franchise to.
PALMATURE * n. An abnormality in which the fingers are webbed.
DISSOCIATION * n. 1 The act of removing from association. 2 A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently. 3 (chemistry) The temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions.
TOWNSFOLK * n. The people living in a municipality smaller than a city.
BACKSTITCH * --n. An overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one. --v. Do backstitches.
EDAPHOSAURUS * n. Heavy-bodied reptile with a dorsal sail or crest; of the late Paleozoic.
SACCULATE * a. Formed with or having saclike expansions.
ALREADY * r. Prior to a specified or implied time.
ARCHEOLOGIC * a. Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology.
PRATINCOLE * n. Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers.
SIGYN * n. (Norse mythology) Wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison.
CACHET * n. 1 An indication of approved or superior status. 2 A warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal. 3 A seal on a letter.
EXTEND * v. 1 Extend in scope or range or area. 2 Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. 3 Span an interval of distance, space or time. 4 Make available; provide.
DOCKAGE * n. 1 A fee charged for a vessel to use a dock. 2 Landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out. 3 The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.
PARAMAGNETISM * n. Materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed.
MOORBIRD * n. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
METAMORPHOUS * --a. Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks). --s. Produced by metamorphosis.
COSMOS * n. 1 Everything that exists anywhere. 2 Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals.
HAIR * n. 1 A covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss. 2 A very small distance or space. 3 Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. 4 Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
DIAGNOSING * n. Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.
CIRCUITOUS * s. 1 Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct. 2 Deviating from a straight course.
THESPESIA * n. A small genus of tropical trees including the portia tree.
RESPONSIBLE * --a. Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable. --s. 1 Being the agent or cause. 2 Having an acceptable credit rating.
FRUITWOOD * n. Wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork.
CORRODING * n. Erosion by chemical action.
BLACKMAIL * --n. Extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information. --v. 1 Exert pressure on someone through threats. 2 Obtain through threats.
SHRIVEL * v. 1 Wither, as with a loss of moisture. 2 Decrease in size, range, or extent.
DAMAR * n. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine.
SEMINUDE * s. Partially clothed.
AQUEOUS * a. 1 Similar to or containing or dissolved in water. 2 Produced by the action of water.
DOOLITTLE * n. United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993).
FIVER * n. A United States bill worth 5 dollars.
UROCYON * n. Grey foxes.
FIRESTORM * n. 1 A storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area. 2 An outburst of controversy.
EXTEMPORISATION * n. A performance given extempore without planning or preparation.
AFLUTTER * s. Excited in anticipation.
INVOKE * v. 1 Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. 2 Cite as an authority; resort to. 3 Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection.
ULTRASOUND * n. 1 Very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography. 2 Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs.
FELO-DE-SE * n. 1 A person who kills himself intentionally. 2 An act of deliberate self destruction.
SECANT * n. 1 A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points. 2 Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
UNTANGLE * v. 1 Release from entanglement of difficulty. 2 Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
WANDALA * n. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels.
MAINLINE * v. Inject into the vein.
THROTTLING * n. The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
OOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number).
SUPREMATISM * n. A geometric abstractionist movement originated by Kazimir Malevich in Russia that influenced constructivism.
SIGNALISE * v. 1 Provide with traffic signals. 2 Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs. 3 Point out carefully and clearly. 4 Make conspicuous or noteworthy.
FREESTONE * n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit.
OTOPLASTY * n. Reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear.
LAKE * n. 1 A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land. 2 A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal. 3 Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments.
ARMY * n. 1 A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state. 2 A large number of people united for some specific purpose. 3 The army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare.
PINKISH-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with pink.
LAUNDER * v. 1 Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water. 2 Convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones.
IMMENSITY * n. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
VOCIFEROUSLY * r. In a vociferous manner.
TEAK * n. 1 Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding. 2 Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood.
VINCETOXICUM * n. Genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote.
WORKBOX * n. Container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing).
SEMIPRIVATE * s. Confined to a small number of hospital patients.
SELF-RESPECT * n. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
RIGHTFIELD * n. 1 The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. 2 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate).
MEAT * n. 1 The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food. 2 The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone. 3 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
SACCO * n. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
COPYREAD * v. Edit and correct (written or printed material).
ANTEDATE * v. 1 Be earlier in time; go back further. 2 Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
YUGOSLAV * --n. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE * n. A neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory.
CLUMSILY * r. In a clumsy manner.
COGITATIVE * --a. Of or relating to having capacities for cogitation. --s. Given to cogitation.
OFTTIMES * r. Many times at short intervals.
TERM * --n. 1 A word or expression used for some particular thing. 2 A limited period of time. 3 (usually plural) A statement of what is required as part of an agreement. 4 Any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial. --v. Name formally or designate with a term.
IMIDAZOLE * n. An organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor.
FRITTER * --n. Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables. --v. Spend frivolously and unwisely.
POLYMERIZE * v. 1 Cause (a compound) to polymerize. 2 Undergo polymerization.
LONG-WINDEDLY * r. In a verbose manner.
PHREATIC * a. Of or relating to ground water.
DETERGENCE * n. Detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power.
BAILIFFSHIP * n. The office of bailiff.
CHIPMUNK * n. A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body.
SULFUR * --n. An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions). --v. Treat with sulphur in order to preserve.
LAWFULLY-BEGOTTEN * s. Born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights.
HAIL-FELLOW * s. Heartily friendly and congenial.
CONVOLUTED * s. 1 Rolled longitudinally upon itself. 2 Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.
FREUD * n. Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939).
CONSECRATED * --a. Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose. --s. Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use.
MICROELECTRONIC * a. Of or relating to or consisting of miniature electronic components.
LUSTRATE * v. Purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials.
INTERROGATOR * n. A questioner who is excessively harsh.
IODOCOMPOUND * n. A compound containing the covalent iodine radical.
MONOECIOUS * a. Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal.
CYTOCHROME * n. (biochemistry) A class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration).
PROPITIOUSNESS * n. The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result.
SANGUINARY * s. 1 Accompanied by bloodshed. 2 Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed.
MIND-BLOWING * s. 1 Intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations. 2 Intensely affecting the mind or emotions.
APPOSITIVELY * r. In an appositive manner.
GARBOIL * n. A state of commotion and noise and confusion.
SLOPSHOP * n. A store that sells cheap ready-made clothing.
ALCHEMY * n. 1 The way two individuals relate to each other. 2 A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.
EMACIATE * v. 1 Cause to grow thin or weak. 2 Grow weak and thin or waste away physically.
ORTHOPAEDICS * n. The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints.
PALAEOGEOLOGY * n. The study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks.
VELUM * n. 1 A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms. 2 A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking.
BROADTAIL * n. 1 The fur of a very young karakul lamb. 2 Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.
DEBATE * --n. 1 A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal. 2 The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote). --v. 1 Argue with one another. 2 Think about carefully; weigh. 3 Discuss the pros and cons of an issue. 4 Have an argument about something.
IODIN * n. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks).
WORLDLY * --a. Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world. --s. Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
RESPIRE * v. 1 Breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety. 2 Undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide. 3 Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.
PLANT-EATING * s. (of animals) Feeding on plants.
MUTAWA'EEN * n. Religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded.
CRUMPET * n. A thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle.
ZBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits.
BASIDIOMYCETE * n. Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.
CHUCKER-OUT * n. A person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting.
WINDAGE * n. 1 The retarding force of air friction on a moving object. 2 The space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun. 3 Exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance). 4 The deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind.
SIRUP * n. A thick sweet sticky liquid.
LIBELOUS * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
PURLOO * n. Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S..
LIVEBORN * s. (of newborn infant) Showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn.
DRAMATISE * v. 1 Put into dramatic form. 2 Represent something in a dramatic manner. 3 Add details to.
INFINITENESS * n. The quality of being infinite; without bound or limit.
BECOMINGNESS * n. The quality of being becoming.
NITROBENZENE * n. A poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline.
GUARNERIUS * n. 1 Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745). 2 Founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698). 3 A violin made by a member of the Guarneri family.
INTERCOURSE * n. 1 Communication between individuals. 2 Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur.
LOLIUM * n. Darnel; ryegrass.
ZIP * --n. 1 A quantity of no importance. 2 A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail. 3 Forceful exertion. 4 A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab. --v. 1 Close with a zipper. 2 Move very fast.
NEPHROANGIOSCLEROSIS * n. Kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure.
TRIANGULAR * s. 1 Having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle. 2 Having three sides.
WORSTED * n. 1 A woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns. 2 A tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool.
SURA * n. 1 One of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran. 2 The muscular back part of the shank.
DACHAU * n. A concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany.
LEFTISM * n. The ideology of the political left; belief in or support of the tenets of the political left.
LAXLY * r. In a permissively lenient manner.
OBVERSE * n. 1 The more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides. 2 The side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design.
UNHEALTHFUL * --a. 1 Not sanitary or healthful. 2 Detrimental to good health. --s. Detrimental to health.
SEPIA * n. 1 A shade of brown with a tinge of red. 2 Rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes. 3 Type genus of the Sepiidae.
FRACTIONATION * n. 1 A process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components. 2 Separation into portions.
OVERSTRETCH * v. Strain abnormally.
BEGONIA * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes.
GENTLY * r. 1 In a gradual manner. 2 In a gentle manner. 3 With little weight or force.
FRUITLET * n. A diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit.
MIST * --n. A thin fog with condensation near the ground. --v. 1 Become covered with mist. 2 Make less visible or unclear. 3 Spray finely or cover with mist.
SEVENTY-EIGHT * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight. 2 A shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute. --s. Being eight more than seventy.
MADDENING * s. Extremely annoying or displeasing.
PRESUPPOSITION * n. The act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument).
BRUSQUELY * r. In a blunt direct manner.
CATERPILLAR * n. 1 A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth. 2 A large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work.
ALISMALES * n. An order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants.
ANALOGICAL * s. Expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy.
ALGOPHOBIC * s. Suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain.
CONSECUTIVE * --s. 1 One after the other. 2 In regular succession without gaps. 3 Successive (without a break). --r. In a consecutive manner.
GALLFLY * n. 1 Small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants. 2 Fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants. 3 Any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed.
PESTIS * n. A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal.
BLASTOCOELE * n. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.
TEMP * n. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
UNCONSCIOUSLY * r. Without awareness.
BIRDSEED * n. Food given to birds; usually mixed seeds.
SUBVERSION * n. 1 Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity. 2 The act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government.
OUT-OF-BOUNDS * s. 1 Outside the foul lines. 2 Barred to a designated group.
SCULPTURED * s. 1 Cut into a desired shape. 2 Resembling sculpture.
WELL-FORMED * a. Conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers.
ANNONA * n. Type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs.
PETITIONER * n. 1 One praying humbly for something. 2 Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right.
SUPERORDINATION * n. The semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class.
CARPINUS * n. Mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae.
OLDIE * n. A song that was formerly popular.
HYPOCRITICAL * s. Professing feelings or virtues one does not have.
POTLATCH * n. A ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment).
FUZZINESS * n. The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines.
MANNERLY * s. Socially correct in behavior.
HERNARIA * n. Low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves.
ACID-TASTING * s. Having a sour acidic taste.
AUTOLATRY * n. The worship of yourself.
EIGHT-SPOT * n. One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face.
NITROCALCITE * n. The mineral form of calcium nitrate.
INCULCATION * n. Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.
APOCRINE * a. (of exocrine glands) Producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion.
CAPYBARA * n. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent.
HURRAH * --n. A victory cheer. --v. Shout `hurrah!'.
UNHUMOROUS * a. Lacking humor.
UPSTANDING * s. Meriting respect or esteem.
BLINI * n. Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream.
PSYLLIUM * n. Plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative.
INDIVIDUALIZED * s. Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual.
SEVEN * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. 2 One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face. --s. Being one more than six.
BRUTALIZE * v. 1 Treat brutally. 2 Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman. 3 Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
CYTOPLAST * n. The intact cytoplasmic content of a cell.
HYPERCALCEMIA * n. The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease.
INDEXLESS * a. Lacking an index.
ZODIAC * n. 1 A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes. 2 (astrology) A circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs.
VIBIST * n. A musician who plays the vibraphone.
SYNCHRONISED * s. Operating in unison.
BORDELLO * n. A building where prostitutes are available.
PASTEURIZATION * n. Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food.
RIGIDIFYING * n. The process of becoming stiff or rigid.
DEFLATION * n. 1 (geology) The erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind. 2 A contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices. 3 The act of letting the air out of something.
CHONDRICHTHYES * n. Cartilaginous fishes.
VIRULENT * --s. 1 Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom. 2 Harsh or corrosive in tone. --a. Infectious; having the ability to cause disease.
ALMATY * n. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
POT-TRAINED * s. (of children) Trained to use the toilet.
CONVECT * v. Circulate hot air by convection.
UNAUTHORISED * --a. Not endowed with authority. --s. Without official authorization.
TALLISH * s. Somewhat tall.
MAGNOLIOPSIDA * n. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
OXFORD * n. 1 A city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University. 2 A university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner. 3 A university in England. 4 A low shoe laced over the instep.
SACKBUT * n. A medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone.
AUDACIOUS * s. 1 Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. 2 Unrestrained by convention or propriety. 3 Disposed to venture or take risks.
PREPOSSESSING * s. Creating a favorable impression.
WEAPONED * s. Carrying weapons.
DADA * n. 1 An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. 2 A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty.
CALLOUSNESS * n. Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness.
OBLITERATED * s. Reduced to nothingness.
KILN-DRIED * s. Dried in a kiln.
MICROBE * n. A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.
SOUPSPOON * n. A spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup.
VULNERABILITY * n. 1 The state of being vulnerable or exposed. 2 Susceptibility to injury or attack.
EUPHORBIA * n. Type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice.
HELIOTROPE * n. Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood.
STENCH * n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
PASTRAMI * n. Highly seasoned cut of smoked beef.
PUNGENCY * n. 1 Wit having a sharp and caustic quality. 2 A strong odor or taste property.
NAGA * n. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
CRITERIAL * s. Serving as a basis for evaluation.
FAVOURABLY * r. Showing approval.
LANSET * n. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
CHARLEROI * n. City in southwestern Belgium; center of an industrial region.
DOORKEEPER * n. 1 An official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber. 2 The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church. 3 Someone who guards an entrance.
RESTED * a. Not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing.
PRALINE * n. Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans.
VOGUISH * s. 1 Elegant and stylish. 2 In accord with the latest fad.
KAIL * n. 1 A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head. 2 Coarse curly-leafed cabbage.
ALGOL * n. 1 The second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary. 2 (from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programming language used to express computer programs as algorithms.
SALAMANDRIFORM * a. Shaped like a salamander.
MERCURY * n. 1 A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. 2 (Roman mythology) Messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes. 3 The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun. 4 Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer.
PREJUDGE * v. Judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence.
ORYCTEROPODIDAE * n. Aardvarks.
TAILPLANE * n. The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged.
INTREPIDITY * n. Resolute courageousness.
FIFTHLY * r. In the fifth place.
SCHNAUZER * n. Old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs.
UNWORTHY * --a. Lacking in value or merit. --s. 1 Not deserving. 2 Morally reprehensible.
SENSUALNESS * n. Desire for sensual pleasures.
EXPENDABLE * --a. Suitable to be expended. --s. (used of funds) Remaining after taxes.
DYLAN * n. 1 United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941). 2 Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod.
YURT * n. A circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing.
EASTMAN * n. United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932).
OLFERSIA * n. Genus of fern having only one species.
UNPARDONABLE * a. Not admitting of pardon.
STAGNATE * v. 1 Stand still. 2 Cause to stagnate. 3 Cease to flow; stand without moving. 4 Be idle; exist in a changeless situation.
LAGOON * n. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
YOKUTS * n. 1 A Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley. 2 A member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley.
OZOTHAMNUS * n. Genus of Australian shrubs and perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Helichrysum.
CREE * n. 1 A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Cree.
EYESHADOW * n. Makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes.
TRANQUILLIZING * s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
UNREFORMABLE * s. 1 Insusceptible of reform. 2 Unrepentant and incapable of being reformed.
INDOORS * r. Within a building.
WELL-KEPT * s. 1 Kept in good condition. 2 Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder.
YELLOWTAIL * n. 1 Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail. 2 Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin.
DRAGNET * n. 1 A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals). 2 A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
LIGHTSOME * s. 1 Moving easily and quickly; nimble. 2 Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
INCLOSE * v. 1 Surround completely. 2 Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing.
VASOCONSTRICTION * n. Decrease in the diameter of blood vessels.
WAREHOUSING * n. Depositing in a warehouse.
CELIBATE * --n. An unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity. --s. Abstaining from sexual intercourse.
BEMISIA * n. Sweet-potato whitefly.
DYNAMISM * n. 1 Any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy. 2 Active strength of body or mind. 3 The activeness of an energetic personality.
YOUTHFULLY * r. In a youthful manner.
KASHA * n. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
DAMOISELLE * n. A young unmarried woman.
PREFERABLE * s. More desirable than another.
THEREFORE * r. 1 (used to introduce a logical conclusion) From that fact or reason or as a result. 2 As a consequence.
KENNING * n. Conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry.
MOSAN * n. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia.
TOUCHING * --n. 1 The event of something coming in contact with the body. 2 The act of putting two things together with no space between them. --s. Arousing affect.
CARLINA * n. Genus of Mediterranean thistles.
GOP * n. The younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party.
CONVERGENT * a. Tending to come together from different directions.
WILNO * n. The capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania.
NOISINESS * n. The auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise.
SLOWEST * r. Most slowly.
BOLA * n. 1 A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. 2 A rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin.
CYNICAL * s. Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.
UNSYMBOLIC * a. Not standing for something else.
REICH * n. 1 The German state. 2 Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957). 3 United States composer (born in 1936).
TRADE-LAST * n. A compliment that I heard about you that I offer to trade for a compliment you have heard about me.
PEPPERMINT * n. 1 Herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring. 2 Red gum tree of Tasmania. 3 A candy flavored with peppermint oil.
THREE-LANE * s. Having a lane for traffic in each direction and a center lane for passing.
DIASPIDIDAE * n. Armored scales.
GATEWAY * n. An entrance that can be closed by a gate.
HUMORLESS * a. Lacking humor.
PEERLESS * s. Eminent beyond or above comparison.
INFLATOR * n. An air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire).
PAYE * n. The British system of withholding tax.
CHAIT * n. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar).
ANTICLIMAX * n. 1 A disappointing decline after a previous rise. 2 A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one.
FLACCID * s. 1 Drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness. 2 Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance.
C.O.D. * r. Collecting the charges upon delivery.
HEARING-IMPAIRED * s. Having a hearing loss.
PRO * --n. 1 An athlete who plays for pay. 2 An argument in favor of a proposal. --a. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.). --r. In favor of a proposition, opinion, etc..
RECOGNITION * n. 1 The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged. 2 The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering. 3 Approval. 4 Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly.
CONCENTRE * v. Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
HRYVNIA * n. The basic unit of money in Ukraine.
ZOOERASTY * n. Sexual activity between a person and an animal.
COMMUTABILITY * n. 1 Exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable. 2 The quality of being commutable.
BACCY * n. Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion.
CONTRITENESS * n. Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation.
TRIOSTIUM * n. Genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot.
LAMBAST * v. 1 Beat with a cane. 2 Censure severely or angrily.
TICKTACKTOO * n. A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does.
UNCHECKABLE * s. Incapable of being checked or restrained.
SQUARETAIL * n. Sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters.
BLESSED * --a. Highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace). --s. 1 Worthy of worship. 2 Expletives used informally as intensifiers. 3 Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration. 4 Enjoying the bliss of heaven.
MERYTA * n. Small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka.
DIAGONALIZE * v. Transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.
AGE-RELATED * s. Changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases.
RATIBIDA * n. Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads.
HANDBOW * n. A bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow.
TRICHOPTERA * n. An order of insects consisting of caddis flies.
DIBBUK * n. (Jewish folklore) A demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.
HOMESPUN * --n. A rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home. --s. 1 Of textiles; having a rough surface. 2 Characteristic of country life. 3 Made of cloth spun or woven in the home.
CLIQUE * n. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
LEAKAGE * n. The discharge of a fluid from some container.
ARCHAICISM * n. The use of an archaic expression.
MAGNETIZED * a. Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel.
RASHER * n. A commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America.
TAKILMAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma.
MYRMIDON * n. 1 A follower who carries out orders without question. 2 (Greek mythology) A member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy.
WRITE-OFF * n. 1 (accounting) Reduction in the book value of an asset. 2 The act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset.
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS * n. Nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of blood and protein in the urine and by edema.
THAMMUZ * n. The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July).
LIVESTOCK * n. Any animals kept for use or profit.
PRIORITISE * v. Assign a priority to.
OSTRACIIDAE * n. Boxfishes.
HEART * n. 1 The locus of feelings and intuitions. 2 The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. 3 The courage to carry on. 4 An area that is approximately central within some larger region.
LOWBROW * --n. A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits. --s. Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes.
NEUROGLIA * n. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system.
FLAVORSOME * s. Full of flavor.
GAINFULLY * r. In a gainful way.
STARTING * --n. A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning). --s. 1 (especially of eyes) Bulging or protruding as with fear. 2 Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event.
CASTING * n. 1 Object formed by a mold. 2 The act of creating something by casting it in a mold. 3 The act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel. 4 The choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie.
SNAKE-FISH * n. Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide.
IRRITATINGLY * r. In an irritating manner.
TAURINE * --n. A colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals. --a. Of or relating to or resembling a bull.
TUMBLER * n. 1 A gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.. 2 A glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom. 3 A movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown. 4 Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.
CORROBORATIVE * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
CANNERY * n. A factory where food is canned.
WHITSUNDAY * n. Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland.
ALLELOMORPH * n. (genetics) Either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character.
SIGNIFICANT * --a. 1 Important in effect or meaning. 2 Too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation. --s. 1 Of considerable importance, size, or worth. 2 Rich in significance or implication.
AUTOSUGGESTION * n. A system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
RILL * n. 1 A small stream. 2 A small channel (as one formed by soil erosion).
SPODOPTERA * n. Moths whose larvae are armyworms.
NIJMEGEN * n. An industrial city in the eastern Netherlands.
ANNUITANT * n. The recipient of an annuity.
VISCERA * n. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
OVERLOOK * --n. A high place affording a good view. --v. 1 Look past, fail to notice. 2 Be oriented in a certain direction. 3 Leave undone or leave out. 4 Look down on.
MAGENTA * --n. 1 A primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta. 2 A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I. --s. Of deep purplish red.
DHAK * n. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
PEEN * n. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
IMPALE * v. 1 Pierce with a sharp stake or point. 2 Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole.
ADMONITORY * s. 1 Serving to warn. 2 Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
AGRONOMIC * a. Of or relating to or promoting agronomy.
CIRCLE * --n. 1 Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point. 2 An unofficial association of people or groups. 3 Something approximating the shape of a circle. 4 Movement once around a course. --v. 1 Travel around something. 2 Move in a circular path above (someone or something). 3 Form or draw a circle around.
TICHODROMA * n. Wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae.
ABOMINABLE * s. 1 Unequivocally detestable. 2 Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
KOSOVO * n. A Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians.
THRIFTILY * r. In a thrifty manner.
WARMONGER * n. A person who advocates war or warlike policies.
ANISE-SCENTED * s. Smelling of anise.
THIGHBONE * n. The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee.
TELOMERASE * n. An enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide.
GLISSANDO * --n. A rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale. --r. (musical direction) In the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes).
M.M. * n. The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
HEADBAND * n. A band worn around or over the head.
RYNCHOPIDAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers.
MELANCHOLIA * n. Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears.
HAND-BUILD * v. Make without a potter's wheel.
SPINDLELEGS * n. 1 A thin person with long thin legs. 2 Long thin legs.
TIRESOME * s. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
ANECHOIC * s. Not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent.
UNDSET * n. Norwegian novelist (1882-1949).
IMPERATIVENESS * n. 1 The state of demanding notice or attention. 2 The quality of being insistent.
WARP * --n. 1 A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting. 2 A shape distorted by twisting or folding. 3 A moral or mental distortion. 4 Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof. --v. 1 Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. 2 Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.
ENDEARING * s. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
GABFEST * n. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
HOLDFAST * n. Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.
LUXEMBOURGER * n. A native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
MI * n. 1 Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle. 2 A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile. 3 A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude. 4 A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters.
CONTINENCY * n. The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters.
BANTENG * n. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
SITKA * n. A town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906.
DURBAR * n. The room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur.
FINNBOGADOTTIR * n. Former president of Iceland; first woman to be democratically elected head of state (born in 1930).
CURBSTONE * n. A paving stone forming part of a curb.
DRAFTSMANSHIP * n. The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.
GRANTOR * n. A person who makes a grant in legal form.
DESALT * v. Remove salt from.
BIOGEOGRAPHY * n. Dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants.
NO-SHOW * n. 1 A guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation. 2 Someone who shirks duty.
ENTOLOMATACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
LISU * n. A Loloish language.
TESTICLE * n. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.
MISCALCULATE * v. 1 Judge incorrectly. 2 Calculate incorrectly.
POSSIBLE * --n. 1 Something that can be done. 2 An applicant who might be suitable. --a. 1 Capable of happening or existing. 2 Existing in possibility.
ABHORRENCE * n. Hate coupled with disgust.
FINGER-ROLL * n. A basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket.
AGGREGATE * --n. 1 The whole amount. 2 Material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster. 3 A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together. --v. 1 Amount in the aggregate to. 2 Gather in a mass, sum, or whole. --s. 1 Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole. 2 Composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets.
ESCRITOIRE * n. A desk used for writing.
NINE-SIDED * s. Having nine sides.
REGIFT * v. Give a present that one has received to someone else.
SACRAMENT * n. A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction.
PERPLEXITY * n. Trouble or confusion resulting from complexity.
HI-FI * --n. 1 Equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity. 2 The reproduction of sound with little or no distortion. --s. Characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction.
PHOLIDAE * n. A family of fish of suborder Blennioidea.
INTELLECT * n. 1 Knowledge and intellectual ability. 2 The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination. 3 A person who uses the mind creatively.
SIDDONS * n. English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831).
DENIGRATE * v. 1 Cause to seem less serious; play down. 2 Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
FREEDOM * n. 1 The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints. 2 Immunity from an obligation or duty.
CERATOPSIAN * n. Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.
SECTORIAL * a. Relating to or resembling a sector.
CRAVING * n. An intense desire for some particular thing.
CONVULSE * v. 1 Make someone convulse with laughter. 2 Be overcome with laughter. 3 Move or stir about violently. 4 Shake uncontrollably.
GOAL * n. 1 The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it. 2 The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey). 3 Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points. 4 A successful attempt at scoring.
IMMERSION * n. 1 Sinking until covered completely with water. 2 (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse. 3 Complete attention; intense mental effort. 4 A form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged.
CYANAMID * n. A weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts).
HDL * n. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.
ASHORE * r. Towards the shore from the water.
DUSTCART * n. A truck for collecting domestic refuse.
SURELY * r. Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').
CONTEMPLATIVE * --n. A person devoted to the contemplative life. --s. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
CLANNISHNESS * n. Tendency to associate with only a select group.
GRIEVING * s. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
ORATION * n. An instance of oratory.
LLULLAILLACO * n. A mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,057 feet high).
STAIRS * n. A flight of stairs or a flight of steps.
PSYCHOSURGERY * n. Brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems.
PHONOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to phonology.
INVAR * n. An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments.
FRONT-STALL * n. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
ANALGETIC * s. Capable of relieving pain.
CXXX * s. Being ten more than one hundred twenty.
KYANITE * n. A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory.
SELECTMAN * n. An elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns.
UNFRIENDLINESS * n. 1 Dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness. 2 An unfriendly disposition.
UNHERALDED * s. Without warning or announcement.
ANNEALING * n. Hardening something by heat treatment.
UNASSERTIVE * a. Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence.
FIRETRAP * n. A building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire.
INARTISTIC * s. Lacking aesthetic sensibility.
CLAVIER * n. 1 A bank of keys on a musical instrument. 2 A stringed instrument that has a keyboard.
PULVERIZE * v. 1 Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust. 2 Destroy completely. 3 Become powder or dust.
PACKMAN * n. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
ILL-USAGE * n. Cruel or inhumane treatment.
VETLUGA * n. A river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga.
FREE-ENTERPRISE * s. Subscribing to capitalistic competition.
INTUSSUSCEPTION * n. 1 The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface. 2 (biology) Growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall.
PSEUDOMONODACEAE * n. Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens.
PYROLYSIS * n. Transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat.
SAVIN * n. Procumbent or spreading juniper.
MINIMIZE * v. 1 Make small or insignificant. 2 Represent as less significant or important. 3 Cause to seem less serious; play down.
INTERLINEAR * a. Written between lines of text.
SICKBAY * n. (nautical) A room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship).
SCRUB * --n. 1 Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. 2 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water. --v. 1 Clean with hard rubbing. 2 Wash thoroughly. 3 Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. --s. (of domestic animals) Not selectively bred.
ECUMENICISM * n. (Christianity) The doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity.
KNACKER * n. 1 Someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them. 2 Someone who buys up old horses for slaughter.
SUBORBITAL * a. 1 Having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit. 2 Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket.
BELLIS * n. Daisy.
ABEAM * r. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
BIFOCAL * s. Having two foci.
SCREENPLAY * n. A script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets.
BUMF * n. Reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring.
POSTMASTER * n. The person in charge of a post office.
MEIR * n. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
DRINKABLE * --n. Any liquid suitable for drinking. --a. Suitable for drinking.
MATTOLE * n. 1 A member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California. 2 The Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole.
MISSIONER * n. Someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country.
APEX * n. 1 The highest point (of something). 2 The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars.
PROTOZOOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies protozoans.
MUHAMMADANISM * n. The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.
JUDE * n. 1 (New Testament) Supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless. 2 A New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude.
ALIMENTAL * s. Of or providing nourishment.
ENORMOUS * s. Extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree.
AGGRAVATE * v. 1 Make worse. 2 Exasperate or irritate.
DOLLAR * n. 1 The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents. 2 A piece of paper money worth one dollar. 3 A United States coin worth one dollar. 4 A symbol of commercialism or greed.
LICENSE * --n. 1 A legal document giving official permission to do something. 2 Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech). 3 Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 4 The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. --v. Authorize officially.
KAHOOLAWE * n. An island of south-central Hawaii.
SENSATIONAL * --a. 1 Causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion. 2 Relating to or concerned in sensation. --s. Commanding attention.
PARALIPOMENON * n. (Old Testament) An obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings.
SALTING * n. The act of adding salt to food.
CHLORPYRIFOS * n. A common organophosphate insecticide.
APPETISINGNESS * n. The property of stimulating the appetite.
LINDSAY * n. 1 United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931). 2 United States poet who traveled the country trading his poems for room and board (1879-1931).
ADRIATIC * n. An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.
CHORIOMENINGITIS * n. A cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges.
HAMARTIA * n. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
PALESTRA * n. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
EXCAVATION * n. 1 The act of digging. 2 The site of an archeological exploration. 3 A hole in the ground made by excavating. 4 The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth.
WANTONLY * r. 1 In a wanton manner. 2 In a licentious and promiscuous manner.
CARRIER * n. 1 Someone whose employment involves carrying something. 2 A self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something. 3 A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings. 4 An inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction.
ATTENDEE * n. A person who is present and participates in a meeting.
CONVENIENT * a. 1 Suited to your comfort or purpose or needs. 2 Large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense).
CARELIAN * n. 1 A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia. 2 A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia.
SPALAX * n. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
MILANESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Milan. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people.
ACHERONIAN * s. Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.
UNDUE * --a. 1 Not yet payable. 2 Not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances. --s. 1 Lacking justification or authorization. 2 Beyond normal limits.
ENCROACH * v. 1 Advance beyond the usual limit. 2 Impinge or infringe upon.
PEACEABLY * r. In a peaceable manner.
TRANSVESTITE * --n. Someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex. --a. Receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex.
WESTWARDS * r. Toward the west.
DRUMHEAD * --n. A membrane that is stretched taut over a drum. --s. Performed speedily and without formality.
NESTER * n. 1 Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it. 2 A bird that has built (or is building) a nest.
SLAVELIKE * s. Suitable for a slave or servant.
FAISALABAD * n. City in northeast Pakistan.
VOLTAREAN * a. In the manner of Voltaire.
UNIMPOSING * s. Lacking in impressiveness.
GRATICULE * n. A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
THREATENINGLY * r. In a menacing manner.
SWAB * --n. 1 Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion. 2 Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors. --v. 1 Wash with a swab or a mop. 2 Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface.
MIDWEEK * --n. 1 The fourth day of the week; the third working day. 2 The middle of a week. --r. In the middle of the week.
BODYBUILDER * n. Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature.
ALLANTOID * s. Shaped like a sausage.
VITRIFIED * s. (of ceramics) Having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it.
LYRICALLY * r. In a lyrical manner.
MALICIOUSLY * r. With malice; in a malicious manner.
BIONIC * --a. Of or relating to bionics. --s. Having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components.
SPASMODICALLY * r. 1 With spasms. 2 In spurts and fits.
HOOSGOW * n. Slang for a jail.
LAWMAKER * n. A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws.
HORACE * n. Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC).
REFILLING * n. Filling again by supplying what has been used up.
SPECIATION * n. The evolution of a biological species.
NONPARTICULATE * a. Not composed of distinct particles.
HETEROZYGOUS * a. Having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci.
TRICLINIC * a. Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles.
SUFFUSION * n. The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance.
DEFECATOR * n. A person who defecates.
GALLIANO * n. Golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs.
SLANGILY * r. With slang; in a slangy manner.
OVERSENSITIVENESS * n. Sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset.
EVAPORATE * v. 1 Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue. 2 Cause to change into a vapor. 3 Change into a vapor. 4 Become less intense and fade away gradually.
GRANULE * n. A tiny grain.
OLIGODENDRIA * n. Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers.
KRAKATAO * n. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history.
UNDERWATER * s. 1 Beneath the surface of the water. 2 Growing or remaining under water.
SPIC-AND-SPAN * s. 1 Conspicuously new. 2 Completely neat and clean.
ARREARS * n. 1 The state of being behind in payments. 2 An unpaid overdue debt.
DIETER * n. A person who diets.
GRANTED * s. Acknowledged as a supposition.
SYNCOPATED * s. Stressing a normally weak beat.
COMMONPLACENESS * n. Ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace.
COALESCED * s. Joined together into a whole.
ATTENDED * --a. Playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment. --s. Having a caretaker or other watcher.
CAMELINA * n. Annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia.
ANEMOMETRIC * a. Pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction.
JACK-BY-THE-HEDGE * n. European herb that smells like garlic.
SURNIA * n. A genus of hawk-like owls.
PUTTING * n. Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter.
BOSCH * n. Dutch painter (1450-1516).
ANNAMESE * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Vietnam. 2 The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam.
FERRYBOAT * n. A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.
AROUSED * s. 1 Aroused to action. 2 Emotionally aroused. 3 Brought to a state of great tension. 4 Feeling great sexual desire.
NEOTENOUS * a. Of or relating to or characterized by neoteny.
SELF-DECEIT * n. A misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it.
LARVACIDE * n. An insecticide that kills the larvae of insects.
CORNERBACK * n. A defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers.
INDISPENSABLE * --a. Not to be dispensed with; essential. --s. 1 Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary. 2 Unavoidable.
MAGNIFICO * n. A person of distinguished rank or appearance.
SKIBOB * n. A vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels; the rider wears short skis for balancing.
ATHENS * n. 1 The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess). 2 A town in southeast Ohio. 3 A university town in northeast Georgia.
BASILICATA * n. A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot').
UNDERBRUSH * n. The brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest.
BLUEBIRD * n. 1 Fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies. 2 Blue North American songbird.
FILER * n. 1 A party who files a notice with a law court. 2 A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization.
THOROUGHWORT * n. Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.
GLEBE * n. Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
HALLUX * n. The first largest innermost toe.
FINNIC * n. One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian).
RUGGELACH * n. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
AVENGED * a. For which vengeance has been taken.
GRATUITY * n. 1 A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). 2 An award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation.
ULTRASONIC * s. Having frequencies above those of audible sound.
INCORRUPTIBLE * s. Incapable of being morally corrupted.
FAVORED * s. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
GOLD-COLORED * s. Having the color of gold.
BROKER-DEALER * n. A financial specialist who trades for his own account and so acts both as a broker and principal.
TRIMNESS * n. A state of arrangement or appearance.
STOCKADE * --n. 1 Fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense. 2 A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions). --v. Surround with a stockade in order to fortify.
100TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order.
PSA * n. A protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer.
UNHITCH * v. Unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch.
SANDGLASS * n. Timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage.
TYPHUS * n. Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.
PEANUT * --n. 1 Underground pod of the peanut vine. 2 Widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground. 3 A young child who is small for his age. 4 Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms. --s. Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status.
HERTZ * n. 1 The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz). 2 German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (1857-1894). 3 German physicist who with James Franck proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Bohr (1887-1975).
SPIN-DRY * v. Dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces.
ALOPIIDAE * n. Thresher sharks.
ARISTOPHANES * n. An ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC).
READYING * n. The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose.
IRRELEVANCE * n. The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand.
GET-UP-AND-GO * n. Enterprising or ambitious drive.
KINEMATICS * n. The branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass.
MORSE * n. 1 A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals). 2 United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872).
ARCHEOLOGICAL * a. Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology.
SEXISM * n. Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex.
MINTY * --a. Relating to or suggestive of mint. --s. Of the flavor of mint, particularly peppermint.
MEGOHM * n. A unit of resistance equal to one million ohms.
CONCIERGE * n. A French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter.
FOOLISHNESS * n. 1 The trait of acting stupidly or rashly. 2 The quality of being rash and foolish. 3 A stupid mistake.
PUBES * n. The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs.
MOUNTED * s. 1 Assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support. 2 Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination.
MANICHAEANISM * n. A religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000.
HATFUL * n. 1 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 2 As many or as much as a hat will hold.
NAILER * n. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
ELECTRIFY * v. 1 Excite suddenly and intensely. 2 Charge (a conductor) with electricity. 3 Equip for use with electricity.
CATIONIC * a. Of or relating to cations.
ARMORACIA * n. Horseradish.
CAKEHOLE * n. Informal terms for the mouth.
JOGGER * n. Someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise).
PEA-SOUPER * n. A heavy thick yellow fog.
DEGAUSSING * n. The process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field.
HAUNTING * s. 1 Continually recurring to the mind. 2 Having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect.
DIVERSIFIED * a. Having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety.
HARNESS * --n. 1 A support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute). 2 Stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart. --v. 1 Put a harness. 2 Exploit the power of. 3 Control and direct with or as if by reins. 4 Keep in check.
UNKINDLED * s. Not set afire.
LIEGEMAN * n. A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
LAPTOP * n. A portable computer small enough to use in your lap.
UNREMARKED * s. Not perceived or commented on.
THYROIDITIS * n. Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
POSSESSION * n. 1 The act of having and controlling property. 2 Anything owned or possessed. 3 Being controlled by passion or the supernatural. 4 A mania restricted to one thing or idea.
HARDCORE * s. 1 Intensely loyal. 2 Extremely explicit.
CARDAMINE * n. Bittercress, bitter cress.
PATENT * --n. 1 A document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention. 2 An official document granting a right or privilege. --v. 1 Obtain a patent for. 2 Grant rights to; grant a patent for. 3 Make open to sight or notice. --s. 1 (of a bodily tube or passageway) Open; affording free passage. 2 Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
PARVIS * n. A courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral).
ARMORY * n. 1 A collection of resources. 2 All the weapons and equipment that a country has. 3 A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms. 4 A place where arms are manufactured.
ISERE * n. A river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone.
CUCKOLDRY * n. The practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women.
URN-SHAPED * s. Having a concave shape like an urn.
NUMB * --v. Make numb or insensitive. --s. 1 Lacking sensation. 2 (followed by `to') Not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive. 3 So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified.
SHOREWARD * a. (of winds) Coming from the sea toward the land.
ANTISUBMARINE * s. Defensive against enemy submarines.
BURNED-OUT * s. 1 Exhausted as a result of longtime stress. 2 Inoperative as a result of heat or friction. 3 Destroyed or badly damaged by fire.
RATEABLES * n. Property that provides tax income for local governments.
PERENNATE * v. Survive from season to season, of plants.
LACTOGEN * n. Any agent that enhances milk production.
GRACEFUL * --a. Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution. --s. Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth.
ATTAINMENT * n. 1 The act of achieving an aim. 2 Arrival at a new stage. 3 An ability that has been acquired by training.
ONYX * n. A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos.
SUPERSLASHER * n. Large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous.
INEVITABILITY * n. The quality of being unavoidable.
OCTAGON * n. An eight-sided polygon.
DIE * --n. 1 A small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers. 2 A device used for shaping metal. 3 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. --v. 1 Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. 2 Suffer or face the pain of death. 3 Be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame. 4 Stop operating or functioning.
RAGLAN * n. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
SLURRED * s. Spoken as if with a thick tongue.
SELF-WORSHIP * n. The worship of yourself.
ACCUMBENT * s. Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest.
GEMSBUCK * n. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
OMIYA * n. A city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo.
UNDECOMPOSABLE * s. Representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts.
DILIGENT * --s. Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness. --a. Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks.
SAMOA * n. 1 A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific. 2 A group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop.
DEMISTER * n. Heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car.
HAUNCH * n. 1 The hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings. 2 The loin and leg of a quadruped.
LACUNA * n. A blank gap or missing part.
UNCLOGGED * s. Freed of obstructions.
DETEST * v. Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.
BREVIBLOC * n. Intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time; used primarily for cardiac arrhythmias.
REVOLTING * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
INITIAL * --n. The first letter of a word (especially a person's name). --v. Mark with one's initials. --s. Occurring at the beginning.
PREEXIST * v. Exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time.
SARCOPTIDAE * n. Small whitish mites.
WAUSAU * n. A town in north central Wisconsin.
EPONYMIC * a. Being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym.
TAPOTEMENT * n. Massage in which the body is tapped rhythmically with the fingers or with short rapid movements of the sides of the hand; used to loosen mucus on the chest walls of patients with bronchitis.
TRICHOPTERAN * n. Caddis fly.
VELVETY-SKINNED * s. Having skin like velvet.
QUICK-FROZEN * s. (used of foods) Preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value.
ONCOLOGIST * n. A specialist in oncology.
BANANA * n. 1 Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits. 2 Elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh.
SOUTHPAW * n. 1 A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand. 2 A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right.
RABIDITY * n. Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm.
BALKER * n. A person who refuses to comply.
BATHYAL * a. Relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope).
TIN * --n. 1 A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide. 2 A vessel (box, can, pan, etc.) made of tinplate and used mainly in baking. 3 Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour. 4 Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.. --v. 1 Plate with tin. 2 Preserve in a can or tin. 3 Prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface.
AIRBURST * n. An explosion in the atmosphere.
CORRECTED * a. Having something undesirable neutralized.
UPSTART * --n. 1 An arrogant or presumptuous person. 2 A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class. 3 A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright. --s. Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.
TRUMPED-UP * s. Concocted with intent to deceive.
GESNERIACEAE * n. Large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales.
TETRAGONIA * n. New Zealand spinach.
PAYING * s. 1 Yielding a fair profit. 2 For which money is paid.
SPICK * --n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for persons of Latin American descent. --s. Completely neat and clean.
DOORSILL * n. The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway.
TIMEWORK * n. Work paid for at a rate per unit of time.
GEISEL * n. United States writer of children's books (1904-1991).
SCEND * v. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave.
DISSIDENT * --n. A person who dissents from some established policy. --s. 1 Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards. 2 Disagreeing, especially with a majority.
TIME-SWITCH * n. A switch set to operate at a desired time.
WESTERNISATION * n. Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization.
NICOSIA * n. The capital and largest city of Cyprus.
WHITNEY * n. 1 United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825). 2 The highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high).
FIORD * n. A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway.
GANGER * n. The foreman of a work gang.
ENKIDU * n. Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
COLOSTRUM * n. Milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition.
HILARIOUS * s. Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter.
VERANDA * n. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
BLACKSBURG * n. A university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains.
CENTURY * n. 1 A period of 100 years. 2 Ten 10s.
DARKENED * s. 1 (of fabrics and paper) Grown dark in color over time. 2 Become or made dark by lack of light.
AGGRESS * v. Take the initiative and go on the offensive.
BANDLEADER * n. The leader of a dance band.
COCONUT * n. 1 The edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries. 2 Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk. 3 Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.
CYANOGEN * n. A colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare.
ENGRAVER * n. 1 A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching. 2 A printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate.
BRAGGER * n. A very boastful and talkative person.
LINEMAN * n. 1 One of the players on the line of scrimmage. 2 The surveyor who marks positions with a range pole. 3 A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines. 4 (American football) The position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage.
ACANTHISITTIDAE * n. Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens.
INSENSITIVITY * n. The inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment.
SLOUCHILY * r. In a slouchy manner.
MAFFIA * n. 1 A crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia. 2 A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century. 3 Any tightly knit group of trusted associates.
NEONATAL * a. Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth.
LAUGH * --n. 1 The sound of laughing. 2 A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing. 3 A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. --v. Produce laughter.
REUPTAKE * n. A process of using up or consuming again.
Z * n. 1 The ending of a series or sequence. 2 The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
REF * n. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
NONSUBMERSIBLE * a. Not submersible or submergible.
XAVIER * n. Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552).
RESIDUE * n. 1 Matter that remains after something has been removed. 2 Something left after other parts have been taken away.
AMIA * n. Type genus of the Amiidae.
SETUP * n. 1 Equipment designed to serve a specific function. 2 The way something is organized or arranged. 3 An act that incriminates someone on a false charge.
SENNENHUNDE * n. Any of four Swiss breeds.
RETENTIVELY * r. In a retentive manner.
COLLINS * n. 1 English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889). 2 Tall iced drink of liquor (usually gin) with fruit juice.
FIREBASE * n. An artillery base to support advancing troops.
TANTALISER * n. Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach.
GHATTI * n. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree; used as a substitute for gum arabic.
CONDITIONED * --a. Established by conditioning or learning. --s. Physically fit.
REVIVING * s. Tending to impart new life and vigor to.
PANSY * n. 1 Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors. 2 A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. 3 Offensive term for a homosexual man.
MISCREATION * n. Something abnormal or anomalous.
EPICANTHIC * a. Relating to the epicanthus.
16 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one. --s. Being one more than fifteen.
ANGRECUM * n. Any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers.
CRYPTOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to cryptanalysis.
DIGITALISE * v. Put into digital form, as for use in a computer.
JUSTICIARY * n. 1 Formerly a high judicial officer. 2 The jurisdiction of a justiciar.
COOSA * n. River that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River.
LOCATION * n. 1 A point or extent in space. 2 The act of putting something in a certain place. 3 A determination of the place where something is. 4 A workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made.
AUTOSOMAL * a. Of or relating to an autosome.
DROGUE * n. 1 A funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane. 2 A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind. 3 Restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind. 4 A parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly.
KINSEY * n. United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956).
TREASURY * n. 1 The funds of a government or institution or individual. 2 The government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues. 3 Negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time. 4 The British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy.
WHIPPERSNAPPER * n. Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
BANNISTER * n. 1 English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929). 2 A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
PYROPHOSPHATE * n. A salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
COSMETOLOGIST * n. An expert in the use of cosmetics.
ALSO * r. In addition.
FOUR-WHEELER * n. A hackney carriage with four wheels.
UTTERABLE * s. Capable of being uttered in words or sentences.
PLUTOCRATICAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat.
UNDRESSED * s. 1 Of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed. 2 Having removed clothing.
RASPBERRY * n. 1 Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries. 2 Red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries. 3 A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
DESIGNATION * n. 1 Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. 2 The act of putting a person into a non-elective position. 3 The act of designating or identifying something.
HETEROCYCLIC * --n. A compound containing a heterocyclic ring. --s. Containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom.
INDIGOFERA * n. Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes.
TRICHOGLOSSUS * n. A genus of Loriinae.
QUARTZITE * n. Hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals.
CHINCHILLON * n. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
SANGRIA * n. Sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water.
GAUSSIAN * a. Of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability.
AMICABILITY * n. 1 A disinclination to quarrel. 2 Having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness.
ENTRENCH * v. 1 Fix firmly or securely. 2 Impinge or infringe upon. 3 Occupy a trench or secured area.
NEAP * n. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
PERPETUAL * s. 1 Continuing forever or indefinitely. 2 Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
SPINMEISTER * n. A public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous person.
PARODY * --n. 1 A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. 2 Humorous or satirical mimicry. --v. 1 Make a spoof of or make fun of. 2 Make a parody of.
SEMIBREVE * n. A musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time).
BOMBINATION * n. Sound of rapid vibration.
AUTOTYPE * n. 1 Process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment. 2 An exact copy or reproduction.
RELICT * n. 1 An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated. 2 Geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared.
FLATTENED * s. Having been flattened.
SEEDY * --a. Full of seeds. --s. 1 Shabby and untidy. 2 Somewhat ill or prone to illness. 3 Morally degraded.
WEEKLY * --n. A periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year). --s. Of or occurring every seven days. --r. Without missing a week.
UPTURN * n. An upward movement or trend as in business activity.
HYSTERESIS * n. The lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field.
STYLIZATION * n. The act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style.
LINDHEIMERA * n. One species: Texas star.
CON * --n. 1 An argument opposed to a proposal. 2 A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison. 3 A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. --v. 1 Deprive of by deceit. 2 Commit to memory; learn by heart. --r. In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc..
AMONTILLADO * n. Pale medium-dry sherry from Spain.
DEBASING * s. Used of conduct; characterized by dishonor.
ENTHUSIASTIC * a. Having or showing great excitement and interest.
BENEFICIALLY * r. In a beneficial manner.
HILLINESS * n. The quality of being hilly.
DONA * n. A Spanish courtesy title or form of address for a woman.
HINDRANCE * n. 1 Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. 2 Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. 3 The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.
LUNT * n. United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977).
CHILLY * --n. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency. --s. 1 Not characterized by emotion. 2 Appreciably or disagreeably cold. 3 Lacking warmth of feeling.
IDA * n. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
MASTOTERMITIDAE * n. Primitive termites.
INSANITY * n. Relatively permanent disorder of the mind.
MEMORIAL * n. 1 A recognition of meritorious service. 2 A written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority. 3 A structure erected to commemorate persons or events.
STIRRER * n. 1 A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble. 2 An implement used for stirring.
EAST-SIDER * n. A resident of the east side of Manhattan in New York City.
SCHOOLYARD * n. The yard associated with a school.
DAFLA * n. Little known Kamarupan languages.
BLOOM * --n. 1 The organic process of bearing flowers. 2 Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. 3 The best time of youth. 4 A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. --v. Produce or yield flowers.
PARENTALLY * r. In a parental manner.
JINGHPAW * n. A Kachinic language.
MIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits.
TRANSITORY * s. Lasting a very short time.
NONPOISONOUS * s. 1 Not producing poison. 2 Safe to eat.
UXORIOUSLY * r. In a loving and uxorious manner.
DAMKINA * n. (Babylonian) Earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk.
MMPI * n. A self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with; many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI items.
CLEAN-CUT * s. 1 Neat and smart in appearance. 2 Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible.
MARTINET * n. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
SPITTLE * n. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.
NUKE * --n. The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb. --v. 1 Strike at with firepower or bombs. 2 Bomb with atomic weapons. 3 Cook or heat in a microwave oven.
TOTALISM * n. The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government.
SPLATTERED * s. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination).
THULIUM * n. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime.
AEGYPIIDAE * n. In some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae.
SHIFTER * n. 1 A stagehand responsible for moving scenery. 2 A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears.
TRIAL-AND-ERROR * s. 1 Trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated. 2 Relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory.
BEWHISKER * v. Furnish with whiskers.
BALL-HAWKING * s. Used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit.
ATHENEUM * n. 1 A literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning. 2 A place where reading materials are available.
BANDICOOT * n. Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous.
UNSTERILIZED * s. Not sterilized.
MAIGER * n. Large European marine food fish.
DEFALCATOR * n. Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.
APOPHYSEAL * a. Of or relating to an apophysis.
EDUCATEE * n. A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
TRINE * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
DIFFUSIVE * s. Spreading by diffusion.
HOLLANDAISE * n. Eggs and butter with lemon juice.
MATHEMATICIAN * n. A person skilled in mathematics.
MEGASPORE * n. Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.
DIETICIAN * n. A specialist in the study of diet and nutrition.
TENSIMETER * n. A manometer for measuring vapor pressure.
EGOTIST * n. A conceited and self-centered person.
MENTICIRRHUS * n. Kingfishes; whiting.
BUNGHOLE * n. 1 Vulgar slang for anus. 2 A hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it.
DISSEMINATOR * n. Someone who spreads the news.
HETEROTROPH * n. An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition.
SCHMALZ * n. (Yiddish) Excessive sentimentality in art or music.
VALENCIENNES * n. 1 A town in northeastern France long noted for its lace industry. 2 A type of bobbin lace with floral patterns.
RANKLE * v. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry.
GUAN * n. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food.
ROYALTY * n. 1 Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property. 2 Royal persons collectively.
WYSIWYG * a. Relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen.
UNCONSUMMATED * a. Not consummated (especially of a marriage).
AXONAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling an axon.
PUMICE * --n. A light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive. --v. Rub with pumice, in order to clean or to smoothen.
MURKY * s. 1 (of liquids) Clouded as with sediment. 2 Dark or gloomy.
SVALBARD * n. A Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
VITIDACEAE * n. A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales.
IMPORTUNATELY * r. In a beseeching manner.
FORE-TOPMAST * n. The topmast next above the foremast.
OUT-OF-POCKET * s. Calling for the spending of cash.
ASSURING * s. Giving confidence.
SEANCE * n. A meeting of spiritualists.
SMACKING * n. The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand.
UNCOMPREHENDING * s. Lacking understanding.
SALACIOUS * s. 1 Characterized by lust. 2 Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
BELISARIUS * n. Byzantine general under Justinian I; he recovered former Roman territories in northern Africa and fought against the Persians.
CENTIMO * n. A fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain.
COUNTERSIGN * --n. 1 A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group. 2 A second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed. --v. Add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity.
COPT * n. 1 An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians. 2 A member of the Coptic Church.
WINDBLOWN * s. Used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds.
UPHOLD * v. 1 Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. 2 Stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals. 3 Support against an opponent.
94 * s. Being four more than ninety.
TAPE * --n. 1 A long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening. 2 A recording made on magnetic tape. 3 The finishing line for a foot race. 4 Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths. --v. 1 Fasten or attach with tape. 2 Record on videotape. 3 Register electronically.
CLYPEUS * n. A shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head.
SYNCATEGOREME * n. A syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition.
FETAL * a. Of or relating to a fetus.
EXUVIAL * a. Of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals.
TACHINIDAE * n. Parasites on other insects.
SHORT-NOSED * s. Having a blunt nose.
ELLIPSIS * n. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.
EPIRUS * n. An ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwestern Greece and southern Albania.
CONFOUNDEDLY * r. In a perplexed manner.
SNOWMAN * n. A figure of a person made of packed snow.
SPIKY * s. Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots.
WITTGENSTEIN * n. British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951).
SEDATELY * r. In a sedate manner.
DISHEVEL * v. Disarrange or rumple; dishevel.
HILDEBRAND * n. The Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085).
GY * n. The SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad.
VET * --n. 1 A doctor who practices veterinary medicine. 2 A person who has served in the armed forces. --v. 1 Work as a veterinarian. 2 Examine carefully. 3 Provide (a person) with medical care. 4 Provide veterinary care for.
SELENICEREUS * n. Mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night.
BLETILLA * n. Small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia.
BAFFLEMENT * n. Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
PREJUDICED * --s. Emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices. --a. Being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand.
COLUMNEA * n. Tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage.
ODESSA * n. 1 A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea. 2 A city in western Texas.
YELLOW-SPOTTED * s. Having yellow spots.
SIGHTREADER * n. A performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music).
LORRAINE * n. An eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits.
PROTOAVIS * n. Most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs.
ONE-TENTH * n. A tenth part; one part in ten equal parts.
ANTICIPATOR * n. One who anticipates.
MUGGING * n. Assault with intent to rob.
CIRCUMSCRIPTION * n. The act of circumscribing.
BOBBY-SOCKER * n. An adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s).
CRUSH * --n. 1 Leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated. 2 A dense crowd of people. 3 Temporary love of an adolescent. 4 The act of crushing. --v. 1 Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. 2 To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. 3 Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. 4 Break into small pieces.
ONYCHOPHORAN * n. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms.
LANTERNFISH * n. Small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.
ABDICATE * v. Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.
MOM * n. Informal terms for a mother.
SELF-DESTROY * v. Do away with oneself or itself.
DOGMATICALLY * r. In a narrow-minded dogmatic manner.
PROPRIETY * n. Correct or appropriate behavior.
TAMPERING * n. The act of altering something secretly or improperly.
CEPHALOPODA * n. Octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus.
FINAGLER * n. A deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods.
TOBAGO * n. Island in West Indies.
TOURISTY * s. Visited by throngs of tourists.
ANGLESEY * n. An island to the northwest of Wales.
BLACKHEART * n. 1 Any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken. 2 Heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry.
STRAW-COLORED * s. Having the color of dry straw.
ERCILLA * n. A genus of evergreen climbers.
IMPORTUNE * v. Beg persistently and urgently.
SHELLFLOWER * n. 1 Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple. 2 Cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes.
PRESENTABLE * s. Fit to be seen.
POLYSYLLABLE * n. A word of more than three syllables.
EFFEMINATE * s. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
RED-FRUITED * s. Bearing red fruit.
MIRISH * n. Little known Kamarupan languages.
HAEMATOGENESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
STET * v. 1 Printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion. 2 Printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative).
CONJUNCTURE * n. A critical combination of events or circumstances.
CURRICULUM * n. An integrated course of academic studies.
VASOMAX * n. A virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
TRUCKING * n. The activity of transporting goods by truck.
LEUCOCYTOSIS * n. An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia).
ACTITIS * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
GRISAILLE * n. Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief.
RETROROCKET * n. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course.
SWBW * n. The compass point that is one point west of southwest.
MALESEET * n. The Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody.
DYSLOGIA * n. Impaired ability to express ideas verbally; usually resulting from difficulties of reasoning (as in feeblemindedness or certain psychoses).
VISCIDITY * n. The property of being cohesive and sticky.
INTERACTION * n. 1 A mutual or reciprocal action; interacting. 2 (physics) The transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons.
DISHONOURABLY * r. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
MILLIRADIAN * n. A unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian.
RUSHING * n. 1 (American football) An attempt to advance the ball by running into the line. 2 The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner.
LEAFLIKE * s. Resembling a leaf.
COSTUSROOT * n. Annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs.
UNDEPENDABLE * --a. Not worthy of reliance or trust. --s. Liable to be erroneous or misleading.
UNSPOKEN * s. 1 Expressed without speech. 2 Not made explicit.
ORCHIOPEXY * n. Operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
WOLFSBANE * n. Poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock.
SOLENIDAE * n. Razor clams.
RETURNING * s. 1 Tending to return to an earlier state. 2 Tending to be turned back.
GEOMETRICALLY * r. 1 With respect to geometry. 2 In a geometric fashion.
BUTCHERLY * s. 1 Poorly done. 2 Accompanied by bloodshed.
OKTOBERFEST * n. 1 A strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored. 2 An autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer.
SUPPLY * --n. 1 An amount of something available for use. 2 Offering goods and services for sale. 3 The activity of supplying or providing something. --v. 1 Give something useful or necessary to. 2 Circulate or distribute or equip with. 3 Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. 4 State or say further.
PETAURISTA * n. Very large Asiatic flying squirrels.
BALLOCK * n. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.
SCLEROTINIA * n. Any fungus of the genus Sclerotinia; some causing brown rot diseases in plants.
WESSEX * n. A Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century.
USUFRUCT * n. A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way.
AFFLUENCE * n. Abundant wealth.
MATRICULATION * n. Admission to a group (especially a college or university).
LINALOOL * n. A colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils.
OCTANE * n. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
MUJTIHAD * n. An Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts.
FOUR-WHEEL * a. Of or relating to vehicles with four wheels.
COCKSURE * s. Marked by excessive confidence.
SISTER-IN-LAW * n. The sister of your spouse.
TRIANGULATE * --v. 1 Divide into triangles or give a triangular form to. 2 Measure by using trigonometry. 3 Survey by triangulation. --a. Composed of or marked with triangles.
CLEAR-CUT * --v. Remove all the trees at one time. --s. 1 Clearly or sharply defined to the mind. 2 Having had all the trees removed at one time. 3 Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible.
INFEST * v. 1 Invade in great numbers. 2 Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. 3 Live on or in a host, as of parasites.
CAROTENEMIA * n. Excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color.
VASCULITIS * n. Inflammation of a blood vessel.
MADDEN * v. 1 Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind. 2 Drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves. 3 Make mad.
RAVISHING * s. Stunningly beautiful.
MINIBUS * n. A light bus (4 to 10 passengers).
AQUITAINE * n. A region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees.
BURUNDIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Burundi. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people.
WINO * n. A chronic drinker.
MEMBERLESS * a. Of a group or set having no members.
BAYONET * --n. A knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon. --v. Stab or kill someone with a bayonet.
ETIOLATE * --v. 1 Make weak by stunting the growth or development of. 2 Bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight. 3 Make pale or sickly. --s. (especially of plants) Developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light.
FETICHISM * n. 1 A belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish). 2 Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs).
EDUCATED * --a. Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge). --s. Characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved.
LEUCAEMIA * n. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.
CO2 * n. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.
MUGGY * s. Hot or warm and humid.
CALYCLE * n. 1 A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus. 2 A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).
DESTALINIZATION * n. Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor.
WORMHOLE * n. Hole made by a burrowing worm.
DAVALLIACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
LAOS * n. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949.
SIMPERINGLY * r. With a lack of courage and determination.
TICKTACKTOE * n. A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does.
OLIGOPORUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae.
UNDERSTUDY * --n. An actor able to replace a regular performer when required. --v. Be an understudy or alternate for a role.
UPPER-LOWER-CLASS * s. Occupying the upper part of the lower class.
BABYTALK * n. 1 An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child. 2 The developing speech of a young child.
INDIVIDUALISTIC * s. 1 Marked by or expressing individuality. 2 With minimally restricted freedom in commerce.
GREAT * --n. A person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field. --s. 1 Relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind. 2 Of major significance or importance. 3 Remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect. 4 Very good.
BEFOUL * v. Spot, stain, or pollute.
KAOLIN * n. A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper).
HARROW * --n. A cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil. --v. Draw a harrow over (land).
DUCT * n. 1 A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance. 2 A continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls. 3 An enclosed conduit for a fluid.
DISCORDANTLY * r. In a discordant manner.
FILIATE * v. Fix the paternity of.
HUTU * n. A member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi.
KALAMAZOO * n. A town in southwest Michigan.
COMMINATORY * s. Containing warning of punishment.
AMBLOPLITES * n. A genus of Centrarchidae.
MAGNETON * n. A unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle.
CRIMEA * n. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
DISLIKABLE * s. Such as to provoke dislike.
FRESH * --a. 1 Recently made, produced, or harvested. 2 Not canned or otherwise preserved. 3 Not containing or composed of salt water. --s. 1 (of a cycle) Beginning or occurring again. 2 Imparting vitality and energy. 3 Original and of a kind not seen before. 4 Having recently calved and therefore able to give milk. --r. Very recently.
DERRIDA * n. French philosopher and critic (born in Algeria); exponent of deconstructionism (1930-2004).
MUSCLE * --n. 1 One of the contractile organs of the body. 2 Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells. 3 A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard. 4 Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way). --v. Make one's way by force.
CURRIER * n. 1 United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888). 2 A craftsman who curries leather for use.
MESOMORPH * n. A person with a well-developed muscular body.
ASCENDABLE * s. Capable of being ascended.
GEMMED * s. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
CASHCARD * n. A credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash.
PEIGNOIR * n. A loose dressing gown for women.
GUTTLE * v. Eat greedily.
ARIUS * n. 1 A Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336). 2 Type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes.
.38-CALIBER * a. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter.
DETENT * n. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
ALL-OR-NONE * s. Occurring completely or not occurring at all.
RAT-CATCHER * n. A workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin.
PERESTROIKA * n. An economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy.
HEADSPRING * n. The source of water from which a stream arises.
ALIMENT * --n. A source of materials to nourish the body. --v. Give nourishment to.
PODALYRIA * n. Genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora.
ARCSECANT * n. The inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number.
UNCROSS * v. Change from a crossed to an uncrossed position.
GIRRU * n. The Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery.
ANTI * --n. A person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.). --a. Not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
PEPPERY * s. Having the piquant burning taste of peppers.
HODEIDA * n. An important port in Yemen on the Red Sea.
GAUNT * s. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
SPINY-LEAFED * s. Having spiny leaves.
PRIMUS * n. 1 The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. 2 A portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers.
LAMINATION * n. 1 A layered structure. 2 Bonding thin sheets together.
PLONK * --n. 1 A cheap wine of inferior quality. 2 The noise of something dropping (as into liquid). --v. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.
FROSTBITE * n. Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.
OOMPH * n. 1 Attractiveness to the opposite sex. 2 The activeness of an energetic personality.
BEROE * n. Delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores.
TOP-FLIGHT * s. Excellent; best possible.
BESSEMER * n. British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898).
TABLATURE * n. A musical notation indicating the fingering to be used.
HONEST-TO-GOD * s. (used informally especially for emphasis) Real or genuine.
ACHROMASIA * n. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
CATCHWORD * n. 1 A favorite saying of a sect or political group. 2 A word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page.
FEMTOVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond).
KUZNETS * n. United States economist (born in Russia) who developed a method for using a country's gross national product to estimate its economic growth (1901-1985).
MOTHERFUCKER * n. Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
LIVE-FOREVER * n. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
INTERDISCIPLINARY * a. Drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study.
BLOCH * n. United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959).
COMBINATIVE * --a. Marked by or relating to or resulting from combination. --s. Relating to or involving combinations.
PERISHABLE * --n. Food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated. --a. Liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay.
PREEMPTOR * n. 1 Someone who acquires land by preemption. 2 A bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid.
DYSPHASIA * n. An impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage.
QUADRUPLE * --n. 1 A set of four similar things considered as a unit. 2 A quantity that is four times as great as another. --v. Increase fourfold. --s. 1 Having four units or components. 2 Four times as great or many.
MOTORBIKE * --n. Small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars. --v. Ride a motorcycle.
ERETHIZONTIDAE * n. New World arboreal porcupines.
TRIBULUS * n. Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions.
CREAK * --n. A squeaking sound. --v. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise.
HAM * --n. 1 Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 2 (Old Testament) Son of Noah. 3 A licensed amateur radio operator. 4 An unskilled actor who overacts. --v. Exaggerate one's acting.
ASTROLOMA * n. Evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania.
SPICULE * n. Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals.
CRACKING * --n. 1 A sudden sharp noise. 2 The act of cracking something. 3 The process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process). --s. Very good.
T-NETWORK * n. A circuit formed by two equal series circuits with a shunt between them.
IMPREGNATE * v. 1 Fill, as with a certain quality. 2 Infuse or fill completely. 3 Fertilize and cause to grow. 4 Make pregnant.
VERWOERD * n. South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid (1901-1966).
MUNITION * --n. 1 Weapons considered collectively. 2 Military supplies. 3 Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it. --v. Supply with weapons.
MOMORDICA * n. Old World tropical vine.
LIMBLESS * a. Having no limbs.
QING * n. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu.
BLOCADREN * n. A beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks.
PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS * n. Bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found.
MICROPHOTOMETER * n. Special kind of densitometer that measures density variations over a very small area.
HIGH-FLOWN * s. 1 Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals). 2 Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
ISINGLASS * n. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity.
FUNDS * n. Assets in the form of money.
REINTERPRET * v. 1 Interpret from a different viewpoint. 2 Assign a new or different meaning to.
JURISTIC * s. Of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations.
COMMUNALIZE * v. Make something the property of the commune or community.
VULPECULA * n. A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta.
MYRMECOPHYTE * n. Plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it.
HORSEWEED * n. 1 Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States. 2 Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron.
SPOOKILY * r. In an unnatural eery manner.
POSTHOLE * n. A hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post.
SILICLE * n. Short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants.
RABBLE * n. 1 A disorderly crowd of people. 2 Disparaging terms for the common people.
BINGER * n. Someone addicted to crack cocaine.
DARVON * n. A mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive.
SEMITRAILER * n. A trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle.
RACILY * r. In a racy manner.
ENOSIS * n. The union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots).
CONSTRUCTIVELY * r. In a constructive manner.
PANDURATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having rounded ends and a contracted center.
SPREADSHEET * n. A screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen.
SPECIALISER * n. An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning.
LOAD-BEARING * s. Capable of bearing a structural load.
BETA-ADRENOCEPTOR * n. Receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat).
FOLKTALE * n. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk.
LAUDABLE * s. Worthy of high praise.
SUPPLEMENT * --n. 1 Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end. 2 A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency). 3 A supplementary component that improves capability. --v. 1 Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient. 2 Serve as a supplement to. 3 Add to the very end.
FLAVORSOMENESS * n. Having an appetizing flavor.
PETALLIKE * s. Resembling a petal.
STYMIE * --n. 1 A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole. 2 A thwarting and distressing situation. --v. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.
MINEWORKER * n. Laborer who works in a mine.
ASILIDAE * n. Robber flies.
BLAEBERRY * n. Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries.
MOUTH * --n. 1 The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge. 2 The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening. 3 An opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge). 4 The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water. --v. 1 Express in speech. 2 Articulate silently; form words with the lips only. 3 Touch with the mouth.
ROOTS * n. The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
PERNAMBUCO * n. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.
DR. * n. 1 A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution. 2 A licensed medical practitioner.
EXPERTISE * n. Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge.
PETUNIA * n. 1 Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers. 2 Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America.
CATHETERISE * v. Insert a catheter into (a body part).
RUMBLING * --n. A loud low dull continuous noise. --s. Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound.
DIPHTHERIA * n. 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.
EXPANSIVITY * n. 1 The fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure. 2 A quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand. 3 A friendly open trait of a talkative person.
ANTIPODEAN * a. Relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth.
LAMPLIGHT * n. Light from a lamp.
TEMNOSPONDYLI * n. Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate.
AUGMENTATIVE * s. 1 Increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree. 2 Intensifying by augmentation and enhancement.
RECONSIDER * v. 1 Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing. 2 Consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it.
CATHOUSE * n. A building where prostitutes are available.
CLERKSHIP * n. The job of clerk.
ARTERIALIZE * v. Change venous blood into arterial blood.
UNFROSTED * s. (of glass) Lacking a frosted coating.
MUMMIFICATION * n. 1 A condition resembling that of a mummy. 2 (pathology) Gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color. 3 Embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy.
TANGOR * n. Large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida.
DEPENDENT * --n. A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). --a. 1 Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed. 2 (of a clause) Unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence. --s. 1 Contingent on something else. 2 Held from above and hanging down. 3 Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others. 4 Addicted to a drug.
DIRECTIONALITY * n. 1 The property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another. 2 The property of being directional or maintaining a direction.
CONSPIRACY * n. 1 A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act. 2 A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot). 3 A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.
SAY-SO * n. 1 One chap's arbitrary assertion. 2 An authoritative declaration. 3 The power or right to give orders or make decisions.
WORKMATE * n. A fellow worker.
DREAMED * s. Conceived of or imagined or hoped for.
DEMATERIALISE * v. Become immaterial; disappear.
DISALLOW * v. Command against.
BRAZE * v. Solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point.
COMMUNISM * n. 1 A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership. 2 A political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society.
TUBOCURARINE * n. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
KENYA * n. A republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.
CALLOUS * --v. Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals. --s. 1 Emotionally hardened. 2 Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear.
I * --n. 1 A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks). 2 The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. 3 The 9th letter of the Roman alphabet. --s. Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more.
TOILING * s. Doing arduous or unpleasant work.
TOLERANT * --a. Showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others. --s. 1 Tolerant and forgiving under provocation. 2 Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. 3 Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress. 4 Showing the capacity for endurance.
PAINKILLER * n. A medicine used to relieve pain.
LUNKHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
FUMIGATOR * n. 1 Someone whose job is to fumigate. 2 A device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests.
DESPOILMENT * n. The act of stripping and taking by force.
REPLACE * v. 1 Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected). 2 Take the place or move into the position of. 3 Put something back where it belongs. 4 Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.
SHOALY * s. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
UNCHURCH * v. Exclude from a church or a religious community.
DISCONTINUED * a. Stopped permanently or temporarily.
BARTRAMIA * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
CHRYSOPHYLLUM * n. Tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs.
PARENTHETICALLY * r. In a parenthetical manner.
SOLENOID * n. A coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil.
VALOUR * n. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle).
TRACHIPTERUS * n. Type genus of the Trachipteridae.
IKHANATON * n. Early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC).
BARBARIZE * v. 1 Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language. 2 Make crude or savage in behavior or speech.
UNREVIVED * a. Not revived.
SELF-EFFACING * s. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
HOMINIDAE * n. Modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man.
UNFREQUENTED * s. Devoid of creatures.
PHYSIATRICS * n. Therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities.
SANCTIONED * s. 1 Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules. 2 Formally approved and invested with legal authority. 3 Established by authority; given authoritative approval.
COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY * --n. A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution. --a. 1 Relating to or being a counterrevolution. 2 Marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution.
CARNASSIAL * s. (of a tooth) Adapted for shearing flesh.
EVITABLE * a. Capable of being avoided or warded off.
HUMDINGER * n. Someone of remarkable excellence.
COSMOLOGIST * n. An astronomer who studies the evolution and space-time relations of the universe.
OBTRUSIVE * s. 1 Sticking out; protruding. 2 Undesirably noticeable.
PARATHION * n. A colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide.
UNGLAMOROUS * s. Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement.
DISCRIMINATION * n. 1 Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice. 2 The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished.
PUNCTUAL * a. Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed.
AFTERPIECE * n. A brief dramatic piece (usually comic) presented after a play.
STOUT * --n. 1 A strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops. 2 A garment size for a large or heavy person. --s. 1 Dependable. 2 Euphemisms for `fat'. 3 Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
ETHMOID * n. One of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity.
LOBELIA * n. Any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia.
DESCRIPTIVISM * n. 1 (ethics) A doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value. 2 (linguistics) A doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics.
CHEILOSCHISIS * n. A congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip.
TOXICOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to toxicology.
UTTERER * n. 1 An organism that can utter vocal sounds. 2 Someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins. 3 Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous).
FOOTCANDLE * n. A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle.
FLORESCENCE * n. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
QUINTETTE * n. 1 Five performers or singers who perform together. 2 A set of five similar things considered as a unit. 3 Five people considered as a unit. 4 A musical composition for five performers.
CAMLAN * n. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
THUNDERBIRD * n. (mythology) The spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird.
SHINA * n. A Dardic language spoken in northern Kashmir.
CERCIDIPHYLLUM * n. One species: katsura tree.
TUESDAY * n. The third day of the week; the second working day.
FIRMAMENT * n. The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
CUPROUS * a. Of or containing divalent copper.
SWITCHING * n. The act of changing one thing or position for another.
ENJOY * v. 1 Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. 2 Have benefit from. 3 Get pleasure from. 4 Have for one's benefit.
EAVESDROP * v. Listen without the speaker's knowledge.
FLIMSINESS * n. The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction.
BRUXISM * n. Involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep.
INVINCIBLY * r. In an invincible manner.
CEILINGED * a. Provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface.
TRAITRESS * n. Female traitor.
SELDOM * r. Not often.
EMERGENCY * n. 1 A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. 2 A state in which martial law applies. 3 A brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage.
TRACER * n. 1 An investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods. 2 An instrument used to make tracings. 3 (radiology) Any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes. 4 Ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke.
QUIESCENCY * n. 1 A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction. 2 Quiet and inactive restfulness.
BACTERIOPHAGE * n. A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria.
STEWING * n. 1 An extreme state of worry and agitation. 2 Cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil.
ENDODERM * n. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
LITHOPS * n. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
AZOTIC * a. Of or containing nitrogen.
FALLACY * n. A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning.
INTENTION * n. 1 An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. 2 (usually plural) The goal with respect to a marriage proposal. 3 An act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out.
ADAM * n. 1 (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race. 2 Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792). 3 Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
ARPENT * n. A former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre.
DIDDLY-SHIT * n. A small worthless amount.
REVETMENT * n. 1 A barrier against explosives. 2 A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment.
PROGYMNOSPERM * n. An ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived.
SOLANACEOUS * a. Of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family).
RESISTIBLE * a. Capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated.
EVANSVILLE * n. A city in southwestern Indiana on the Ohio River.
NOISY * --a. Full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds. --s. Attracting attention by showiness or bright colors.
CONCURRING * s. Being of the same opinion.
PITTING * n. The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.
SAGE * --n. 1 A mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom. 2 Aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc. 3 Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb. --s. 1 Having wisdom that comes with age and experience. 2 Of the grey-green color of sage leaves.
CANNILY * r. With foresight.
PULLING * n. The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
ARRAS * n. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs.
BUTCHER * --n. 1 A retailer of meat. 2 A brutal indiscriminate murderer. 3 A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market. 4 Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence. --v. Kill (animals) usually for food consumption.
PLATITUDINIZE * v. Utter platitudes.
RAJAB * n. The seventh month of the Islamic calendar.
APULIA * n. A region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
UNCOMELY * s. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
REACTIVITY * n. 1 Responsive to stimulation. 2 Ready susceptibility to chemical change.
WELDING * n. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure.
PENITENTIARY * --n. A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes. --s. 1 Used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers. 2 Showing or constituting penance.
FIELDFARE * n. Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter.
DESECRATION * n. Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character.
COMFORTED * s. Made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress.
SALAMANDER * n. 1 Any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed. 2 Reptilian creature supposed to live in fire. 3 Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire.
FOUL-UP * n. An embarrassing mistake.
MAGNIFICENCE * n. 1 Splendid or imposing in size or appearance. 2 The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.
AUGEAN * s. Extremely filthy from long neglect.
POTTAGE * n. 1 A stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat. 2 Thick (often creamy) soup.
BEHAVIOURIST * --n. A psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism. --a. Of or relating to behaviorism.
HACKAMORE * n. Rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading.
VIVA-VOCE * s. Expressed orally.
SPHINGIDAE * n. Hawkmoths.
CAINOGENESIS * n. Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).
POLER * n. A draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.
FLAVOURFUL * s. Full of flavor.
CLAUDIUS * n. Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54).
TV-ANTENNA * n. An omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television.
ESCADRILLE * n. 1 A small squadron. 2 An air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I).
AFGHANISTAN * n. A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south.
TURKOMEN * n. A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991.
MOTHERHOOD * n. The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother.
BRUSA * n. A city in northwestern Turkey.
TOTALITARIAN * --n. An adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government. --s. Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control. --a. Of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life.
ARIIDAE * n. Sea catfishes.
UNPROVABLE * s. Not provable.
BENCH * --n. 1 A long seat for more than one person. 2 A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below). 3 Persons who administer justice. 4 A strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic. --v. 1 Take out of a game; of players. 2 Exhibit on a bench.
PHYSIOLOGICAL * --a. Of or relating to the biological study of physiology. --s. Of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning.
AIRHEAD * n. 1 A flighty scatterbrained simpleton. 2 A bridgehead seized by airborne troops.
MARINES * n. 1 An amphibious division of the United States Navy. 2 Members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea.
PLEIONE * n. Small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan.
MOTORBOAT * --n. A boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine. --v. Ride in a motorboat.
CASTROISM * n. A form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro.
MAGNOLIACEAE * n. Subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia.
OMPHALOS * n. A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
GRASSFIRE * n. An uncontrolled fire in a grassy area.
PLUMBIC * a. Relating to or consisting of lead.
LEVERAGE * --n. 1 The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever. 2 Strategic advantage; power to act effectively. 3 Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses). --v. 1 Supplement with leverage. 2 Provide with leverage.
VERSO * n. 1 Left-hand page. 2 The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design.
HANDICAPPED * --n. People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped. --s. Having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness.
MAXIMISATION * n. The act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position.
CEPHALEXIN * n. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
BUMPER * n. 1 A glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast). 2 A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage.
DEADPAN * --s. Deliberately impassive in manner. --r. Without betraying any feeling.
MINERALIZE * v. 1 Convert into a mineral substance. 2 Transform (a metal) into an ore.
PASTORATE * n. 1 Pastors collectively. 2 The position of pastor.
BOUGHLESS * s. Having no boughs (of trees).
INTERVIEW * --n. 1 The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists. 2 A conference (usually with someone important). --v. 1 Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting. 2 Discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation. 3 Go for an interview in the hope of being hired.
CONSOMME * n. Clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken.
SUBSIST * v. Support oneself.
FLYBLOWN * s. 1 Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies. 2 Foul and run-down and repulsive. 3 Blemished, especially of reputation.
LIPPIZANER * n. A compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage.
SPICE * --n. 1 Aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative. 2 Any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food. 3 The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored. --v. 1 Make more interesting or flavorful. 2 Add herbs or spices to.
BEACON * --n. 1 A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance. 2 A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes. 3 A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships. --v. 1 Shine like a beacon. 2 Guide with a beacon.
TANGO * --n. 1 A ballroom dance of Latin-American origin. 2 Music written in duple time for dancing the tango. --v. Dance a tango.
BOCCACCIO * n. Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375).
ATOMIZER * n. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
SURETY * n. 1 Something clearly established. 2 Property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation. 3 A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms. 4 One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another.
STREW * v. 1 Spread by scattering (. 2 Cover; be dispersed over.
ADOXOGRAPHY * n. Fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects.
STRENGTHEN * v. 1 Make strong or stronger. 2 Gain strength. 3 Give a healthy elasticity to.
SPANISH-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Spanish.
INTERMITTENT * s. Stopping and starting at irregular intervals.
CHROME * --n. Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments. --v. 1 Plate with chromium. 2 Treat with a chromium compound.
POUSSIN * n. French painter in the classical style (1594-1665).
BAIRDIELLA * n. Drumfish.
INELABORATE * s. Not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail.
HEBRAISM * n. Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud.
TILED * s. Covered or furnished with tiles.
UNDIVIDED * s. 1 Not parted by conflict of opinion. 2 Not shared by or among others. 3 Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective. 4 Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit.
BASINED * s. Enclosed in a basin.
CHAR * --n. 1 A charred substance. 2 A human female employed to do housework. 3 Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus. --v. 1 Burn to charcoal. 2 Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
RAPACIOUSLY * r. In a rapacious manner.
SCHOOLMATE * n. An acquaintance that you go to school with.
SCYTHE * --n. An edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground. --v. Cut with a scythe.
POLYGLOT * --n. A person who speaks more than one language. --s. Having a command of or composed in many languages.
RIDGE * --n. 1 A long narrow natural elevation or striation. 2 Any long raised strip. 3 A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean. 4 A long narrow range of hills. --v. 1 Extend in ridges. 2 Plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip. 3 Throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides. 4 Spade into alternate ridges and troughs.
ROTHKO * n. United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970).
SLOWWORM * n. Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.
SHADOWY * s. 1 Filled with shade. 2 Lacking clarity or distinctness. 3 Lacking in substance.
TUMESCENCE * n. Tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues.
VOMITER * n. A person who vomits.
LEIBNIZIAN * a. Of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy.
ANAXAGORAS * n. A presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC).
XXV * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one. --s. Being five more than twenty.
ANIGOZANTHUS * n. Genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae.
PARIPINNATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex.
MONOTHEISTIC * a. Believing that there is only one god.
CORNISH * --n. 1 A Celtic language spoken in Cornwall. 2 English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters. --a. Of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language.
REASON * --n. 1 A rational motive for a belief or action. 2 An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon. 3 The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination. 4 The state of having good sense and sound judgment. --v. 1 Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion. 2 Present reasons and arguments. 3 Think logically.
EPIDENDRUM * n. Large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States.
HEMIMETABOLY * n. Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects.
OXIDIZE * v. 1 Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide. 2 Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen.
AIR-SLAKE * v. Alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate.
SLUICING * a. Pouring from or as if from a sluice.
PHLEUM * n. Grasses native to temperate regions.
KINAESTHESIA * n. 1 The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc. 2 The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
KASTLER * n. French physicist (1902-1984).
SALUTATION * n. 1 An act of honor or courteous recognition. 2 (usually plural) An acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). 3 Word of greeting used to begin a letter.
CLEVER * s. 1 Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others. 2 Mentally quick and resourceful. 3 Showing inventiveness and skill.
FARNESS * n. The property of being remote.
COCKINESS * n. Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
GOLFCART * n. A small motor vehicle in which golfers can ride between shots.
BAMBUSEAE * n. Bamboos.
GAFFE * n. A socially awkward or tactless act.
HIE * v. Move hurridly.
PINEWEED * n. Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers.
LININ * n. An obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended.
RICKETTSIA * n. Any of a group of very small rod-shaped bacteria that live in biting arthropods (as ticks and mites) and cause disease in vertebrate hosts; they cause typhus and other febrile diseases in human beings.
DRUDGE * --n. 1 One who works hard at boring tasks. 2 A laborer who is obliged to do menial work. --v. Work hard.
THLASPI * n. Herbs of temperate regions: pennycress.
LEPTINOTARSA * n. Colorado potato beetles.
FIRST-RATER * n. One who is first-rate.
DEBILITY * n. The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
THERMOBIA * n. A genus of Lepismatidae.
FATHERLESS * s. 1 Having no living father. 2 Not having a known or legally responsible father.
ORIENTATED * a. Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination.
RENOIR * n. French impressionist painter (1841-1919).
TALMUD * n. The collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism.
DEPRECATE * v. 1 Express strong disapproval of; deplore. 2 Belittle.
CLIMATOLOGIST * n. Someone who is expert in climatology.
PREVACID * n. Antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
OMAYYAD * n. The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus.
SATIATED * a. Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction.
RENEWED * s. Restored to a new condition.
MICRONUTRIENT * n. A substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals).
VETERAN * --n. 1 A serviceman who has seen considerable active service. 2 A person who has served in the armed forces. 3 An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service. --s. Rendered competent through trial and experience.
ELECTROSURGERY * n. Surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery).
DEMANDER * n. A person who makes demands.
ROOKIE * n. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
PUMPKIN * n. 1 A coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes. 2 Usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn.
LENGTHEN * v. 1 Make longer. 2 Become long or longer.
LOVELY * --n. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model. --s. 1 Appealing to the emotions as well as the eye. 2 Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
APHORISTIC * --a. Containing aphorisms or maxims. --s. Terse and witty and like a maxim.
INHARMONIOUSNESS * n. A lack of harmony.
PAINFULLY * r. 1 Unpleasantly. 2 In or as if in pain.
DAVID * n. 1 Patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600). 2 French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825). 3 (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).
GLYCOGEN * n. One form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body.
VACUOLE * n. A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell.
UTTERANCE * n. The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication.
INDISPOSED * s. 1 Somewhat ill or prone to illness. 2 (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
LAPAROSCOPE * n. A slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery.
GREGARINIDA * n. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
ADULTERY * n. Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations.
COMPOSITION * n. 1 The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole. 2 The way in which someone or something is composed. 3 A mixture of ingredients. 4 A musical work that has been created.
COATROOM * n. A room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily.
ZYGOMORPHOUS * a. Capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis.
UNKNOWABLE * a. Not knowable.
CORD * --n. 1 A line made of twisted fibers or threads. 2 A unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet. 3 A light insulated conductor for household use. 4 A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton. --v. 1 Stack in cords. 2 Bind or tie with a cord.
SUCKLING * n. 1 English poet and courtier (1609-1642). 2 An infant considered in relation to its nurse. 3 A young mammal that has not been weaned. 4 Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.
LEPADIDAE * n. Goose barnacles.
ANTICLOCKWISE * --a. In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock. --r. In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
TWOFOLD * --s. 1 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. 2 Twice as great or many. --r. By a factor of two.
ANALYTIC * a. 1 Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus. 2 Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles). 3 Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection. 4 Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.
ASPHERIC * s. Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape.
TURGIDITY * n. Pompously embellished language.
BARELEGGED * s. Having the legs uncovered by clothing.
DAIRYING * n. The business of a dairy.
STALLION * n. Uncastrated adult male horse.
VACCINUM * n. Immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies.
MESOMORPHIC * a. Having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer.
MINNESOTA * n. A midwestern state.
THYREOPHORA * n. Armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs.
AUTHORISE * v. 1 Give or delegate power or authority to. 2 Grant authorization or clearance for.
CHAPFALLEN * s. Brought low in spirit.
CLERIDAE * n. Beetles that prey on other insects.
BELOWGROUND * s. 1 Under the level of the ground. 2 Underneath the ground.
STOCKMAN * n. Farmer who breed or raises livestock.
UNTRUSTING * s. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
CHARLATANISM * n. The dishonesty of a charlatan.
PRAWN * --n. 1 Any of various edible decapod crustaceans. 2 Shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible. --v. Fish for prawns.
PIXIE * n. 1 (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 2 Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.
ARCHIVAL * a. Of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive.
INFLOW * n. The process of flowing in.
CROSSOPTERYGIAN * n. Any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form.
DEATH-ROLL * n. A list of persons killed in a war or other disaster.
HEUCHERA * n. Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
COTERMINOUSLY * r. In a coterminous manner.
CUVIER * n. French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832).
ASTRONOMICAL * --a. Relating or belonging to the science of astronomy. --s. Inconceivably large.
BULGHUR * n. Parched crushed wheat.
ANTIPROTOZOAL * n. A medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa.
CHOMPING * n. The act of chewing noisily.
BUTTONLIKE * s. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
HALLOO * --n. A shout to attract attention. --v. 1 Urge on with shouts. 2 Shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.
GAGMAN * n. 1 A comedian who uses gags. 2 Someone who writes comic material for public performers.
NAJA * n. Cobras.
IMMATERIAL * --a. 1 Of no importance or relevance especially to a law case. 2 Without material form or substance. 3 Not consisting of matter. --s. 1 Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. 2 (often followed by `to') Lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other.
CONFEDERATIVE * s. United in a confederacy or league.
TRANSCULTURAL * a. Extending through all human cultures.
CHIROPODY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the feet.
HEAD-TO-HEAD * --s. 1 Involving two persons; intimately private. 2 Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition. --r. Even or close in a race or competition or comparison.
BARITONE * --n. 1 A male singer. 2 The second lowest adult male singing voice. 3 The second lowest brass wind instrument. --s. Lower in range than tenor and higher than bass.
PAPIST * --n. An offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
INCOGNIZANT * a. (often followed by `of') Not aware.
ABUDEFDUF * n. Damsel fishes.
HOWARD * n. 1 English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943). 2 Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542).
STOWE * n. United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896).
HEMICYCLE * n. A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.
AMINOPLAST * n. A plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used as an adhesive and as a coating for paper and textiles.
PROSTRATION * n. 1 An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion. 2 Abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body. 3 The act of assuming a prostrate position.
POLYSTYRENE * n. A polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic.
APHERETIC * a. Relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis.
BETIDE * v. Become of; happen to.
SCHOOLFRIEND * n. A friend who attends the same school.
TEASPOON * n. 1 As much as a teaspoon will hold. 2 A small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram.
AMBLYGONITE * n. A white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium.
ALGOMETRY * n. Measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure.
REDUVIIDAE * n. Assassin bugs.
NECROTIC * a. Relating to or affected by necrosis.
GOMA * n. A city in eastern Congo at the northern end of Lake Kivu near the border with Rwanda.
ASPARAGACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus.
EDUCATION * n. 1 The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. 2 Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction. 3 The gradual process of acquiring knowledge. 4 The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university).
OMNIFARIOUS * s. Of all varieties or forms or kinds.
ADAPIN * n. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
DETER * v. 1 Try to prevent; show opposition to. 2 Turn away from by persuasion.
EXPENDER * n. Someone who spends money to purchase goods or services.
DECIPHERABLY * r. In a legible manner.
COURT-MARTIAL * --n. 1 A military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law. 2 A trial that is conducted by a military court. --v. Subject to trial by court-martial.
BUSYNESS * n. The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity.
SIXTY-FOUR * s. Being four more than sixty.
OLEACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family.
HENPECKED * s. Harassed by persistent nagging.
CAPRICORNUS * n. A faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius.
HOMEBOUND * --n. People who are confined to their homes. --s. Confined usually by illness.
CYCAS * n. Type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves.
UNPORTABLE * a. Not portable; not easily moved or transported.
RUCK * --n. 1 A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things. 2 An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth). --v. Become wrinkled or drawn together.
ABRIDGE * v. 1 Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. 2 Lessen, diminish, or curtail.
ACTINIARIAN * n. Any sea anemone or related animal.
BIVOUACKING * n. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.
MODISTE * n. 1 Someone who makes and sells hats. 2 Someone who makes or mends dresses.
MONOGYNOUS * s. Having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines).
COCKSPUR * n. 1 Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass. 2 Small spiny West Indian tree.
ANTIPROTON * n. An unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton.
CLOSE-MINDED * s. Not ready to receive to new ideas.
WUERZBURG * n. A city of south central Germany.
BITTIE * s. (used informally) Very small.
FLUOROFORM * n. Colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform).
MARATTIACEAE * n. Constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds.
KOTAR * n. 1 A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India. 2 A Dravidian language spoken by the Kota.
SCRAPPER * n. Someone who fights (or is fighting).
VIEWLESS * s. Not having or expressing opinions or views.
ALLELE * n. (genetics) Either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character.
PODARGIDAE * n. Frogmouths.
FIN-DE-SIECLE * s. 1 Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay. 2 Relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century).
RILED * s. Aroused to impatience or anger.
PITCHBLENDE * n. A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore.
BARYTA * n. Any of several compounds of barium.
APPROACH * --n. 1 Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation. 2 The act of drawing spatially closer to something. 3 A way of entering or leaving. 4 The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing. --v. 1 Move towards. 2 Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character. 3 Begin to deal with. 4 Come near in time.
FAGALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae.
COMPRISE * v. 1 Be composed of. 2 Include or contain; have as a component. 3 Form or compose.
SEXTON * n. 1 United States poet (1928-1974). 2 An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects.
INTERSEX * n. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.
PRELIMINARY * --n. 1 A minor match preceding the main event. 2 Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows. --s. Denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important.
FORTNIGHT * n. A period of fourteen consecutive days.
SUNBURN * --n. 1 A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. 2 Redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun. --v. Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun.
RING-AROUND-A-ROSY * n. A children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat.
CUCKOOFLOWER * n. A bitter cress of Europe and America.
COLLAGENOUS * a. Relating to or consisting of collagen.
SYNSET * n. A set of one or more synonyms.
HALF-CASTE * n. An offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures.
AMETHYSTINE * a. Containing or resembling amethyst.
PROTRUDING * s. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
AL-QA'IDA * n. A terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries.
BATTLEFRONT * n. The line along which opposing armies face each other.
PERCOID * n. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
BROTULA * n. Deep-sea fishes.
AUSTROCEDRUS * n. One species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.
SPECIE * n. Coins collectively.
TUMS * n. An antacid.
GLUTAMINE * n. A crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins; important in protein metabolism.
JAP * n. (offensive slang) Offensive term for a person of Japanese descent.
MYSTIFIED * s. Totally perplexed and mixed up.
EXTROSPECTIVE * a. Not introspective; examining what is outside yourself.
GABARDINE * n. 1 A firm durable fabric with a twill weave. 2 (usually in the plural) Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth. 3 A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles.
MONTESSORI * n. Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952).
CONCEPTUALITY * n. An elaborated concept.
ACTIVATE * v. 1 Put in motion or move to act. 2 Make active or more active. 3 Make more adsorptive. 4 Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.
PREVALENCE * n. 1 The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread. 2 (epidemiology) The ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population. 3 A superiority in numbers or amount.
IDYLLIC * s. 1 Excellent and delightful in all respects. 2 Suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene.
LIGHTING * n. 1 Having abundant light or illumination. 2 Apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film. 3 The craft of providing artificial light. 4 The act of setting something on fire.
PLANET * n. 1 (astronomy) Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction. 2 A person who follows or serves another. 3 Any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star.
HYBRIDOMA * n. A hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody.
BARRED * s. 1 Preventing entry or exit or a course of action. 2 Marked with stripes or bands.
RAININESS * n. (of weather) The badness of the weather.
TOPEE * n. A lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.
WEIGHTLIFT * --n. Bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights. --v. Lift weights.
UNRATABLE * s. Not subject to locally assessed property taxes.
BOWER * --n. A framework that supports climbing plants. --v. Enclose in a bower.
MUTTONFISH * n. Similar to and often marketed as `red snapper'.
ADRENERGIC * --n. Drug that has the effects of epinephrine. --a. Relating to epinephrine (its release or action).
PHOTOGRAPH * --n. A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format. --v. 1 Record on photographic film. 2 Undergo being photographed in a certain way.
CORUSCATION * n. 1 The occurrence of a small flash or spark. 2 A sudden or striking display of brilliance.
CUBA * n. 1 A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba. 2 The largest island in the West Indies.
QUARRIER * n. A man who works in a quarry.
BATH * n. 1 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). 2 A soaking and washing in a bathtub. 3 An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons. 4 A town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains.
NUTCRACKER * n. 1 A compound lever used to crack nuts open. 2 Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects. 3 Speckled birds that feed on nuts.
SNIP * --n. 1 A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off). 2 The act of clipping or snipping. --v. 1 Sever or remove by pinching or snipping. 2 Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
SEALING * n. The act of treating something to make it repel water.
MEGAHERTZ * n. One million periods per second.
RHAETO-ROMANIC * n. Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol.
DISJOINTEDNESS * n. Lacking order or coherence.
TRAPPED * s. Forced to turn and face attackers.
ORGANISE * v. 1 Bring order and organization to. 2 Create (as an entity). 3 Form or join a union. 4 Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea.
AMD * n. Macular degeneration that is age-related.
SELF-PORTRAIT * n. A portrait of yourself created by yourself.
GOMEL * n. Industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk.
BRAMBLY * s. Covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth.
VERTICILLIOSIS * n. Wilt caused by fungi of the genus Verticillium.
KIBITZER * n. (Yiddish) A meddler who offers unwanted advice to others.
BROAD-MINDEDLY * r. In a broad-minded manner.
HOOFLIKE * a. Resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof.
CONNECTED * --s. 1 Being joined in close association. 2 Wired together to an alarm system. 3 Plugged in. 4 Stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. --a. Joined or linked together.
MARTYNIACEAE * n. In most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae.
PSYCHODIDAE * n. Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies.
DEAMINATE * v. Remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination.
LONGER * --n. A person with a strong desire for something. --r. For more time.
PERCUSSOR * n. (medicine) A small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes.
WIRE * --n. 1 Ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc. 2 A metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance. 3 The finishing line on a racetrack. 4 A message transmitted by telegraph. --v. 1 Provide with electrical circuits. 2 Send cables, wires, or telegrams. 3 Fasten with wire. 4 String on a wire.
IONIZED * a. Converted totally or partly into ions.
TIRESIAS * n. (Greek mythology) The blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother.
DUAL-USE * s. Designed for or serving two purposes.
OBLANCEOLATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base.
UNFORESEEABLE * s. Incapable of being anticipated.
RENUNCIATIVE * s. Used especially of behavior.
TRIAMCINOLONE * n. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
SUDATION * n. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.
THALWEG * n. 1 The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states. 2 A line following the lowest points of a valley.
HOP-PICKER * n. A machine used for picking hops.
MONDAY * n. The second day of the week; the first working day.
ON-LINE * --a. 1 On a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system. 2 Connected to a computer network or accessible by computer. --s. Being in progress now.
PRECIOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality possessed by something with a great price or value. 2 The positive quality of being precious and beyond value. 3 The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.
AVERSION * n. 1 A feeling of intense dislike. 2 The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away.
GRAFTING * n. The act of grafting something onto something else.
EPHESIANS * n. A New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ.
UNFAVORABLE * a. 1 Not encouraging or approving or pleasing. 2 (of winds or weather) Tending to hinder or oppose. 3 Involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness.
HOUSEKEEPING * n. The work of cleaning and running a house.
BAST * n. 1 Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants. 2 (botany) Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes. 3 Cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun.
NIPPLE * n. 1 The small projection of a mammary gland. 2 A flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier.
INCONTESTIBLE * a. Incapable of being contested or disputed.
SHA'BAN * n. The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
DERV * n. Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle).
LIMEWATER * n. Solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid.
NEUROTROPISM * n. An affinity for neural tissues.
VENTNER * n. United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946).
CENSUS * --n. A periodic count of the population. --v. Conduct a census.
VAINLY * r. To no avail.
TRANQUILLIZER * n. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity.
LOO * n. A toilet in Britain.
GRATIFIED * s. Having received what was desired.
VARIOLIZATION * n. The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox.
BARYTIC * a. Of or relating to or containing baryta.
PINOCHLE * n. A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist.
MONGOLIC * n. A family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia.
SEMESTRAL * s. Occurring every six months or during every period of six months.
MESHWORK * n. An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals.
LEGS * n. Staying power.
SUBTONIC * n. (music) The seventh note of the diatonic scale.
INNERVATE * v. 1 Supply nerves to (some organ or body part). 2 Stimulate to action.
YENISEI-SAMOYED * n. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian.
IBUPROFEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic.
STANDISH * n. English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656).
PIECE * --n. 1 A separate part of a whole. 2 An item that is an instance of some type. 3 A portion of a natural object. 4 A musical work that has been created. --v. 1 To join or unite the pieces of. 2 Create by putting components or members together. 3 Join during spinning. 4 Eat intermittently; take small bites of.
MELASTOMA * n. Type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries.
DISQUIETINGLY * r. In a disquieting manner.
FOLDER * n. 1 A small book usually having a paper cover. 2 Covering that is folded over to protect the contents.
SUCKERFISH * n. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
SUPPLEMENTAL * s. 1 Functioning in a supporting capacity. 2 Added to complete or make up a deficiency.
PALLONE * n. An Italian game similar to tennis.
HUNTRESS * n. A woman hunter.
MIDDLE-AGED * s. Being roughly between 45 and 65 years old.
CHROMOSOME * n. A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order.
LOW-PRICED * s. That you have the financial means for.
CINNAMENE * n. A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene.
NITWIT * n. A stupid incompetent person.
14 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one. --s. Being one more than thirteen.
DAPPLED-GREY * n. Grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.
ACOLD * s. Of persons; feeling cold.
SZECHUAN * n. A populous province of south central China.
DECONSTRUCTIONISM * n. A philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning.
FURRY * s. Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs.
WAKER * n. 1 Someone who rouses others from sleep. 2 A person who awakes.
ILLUSIONARY * s. Marked by or producing illusion.
BEAUTIFULLY * r. In a beautiful manner.
NASDAQ * n. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
CYCLING * n. The sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle.
DJINNY * n. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
OFF-THE-SHOULDER * s. Not covering the shoulders (especially in the case of a blouse or dress).
CHOKE-FULL * s. Packed full to capacity.
SUPINATION * n. Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward.
DILIGENCE * n. 1 Conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation. 2 Persevering determination to perform a task. 3 A diligent effort.
EXERCYCLE * n. An exercise device resembling a stationary bike.
MORPH * v. 1 Cause to change shape in a computer animation. 2 Change shape as via computer animation.
EXTRATERRITORIAL * a. Outside territorial limits or jurisdiction.
VAPOUROUS * s. 1 So thin as to transmit light. 2 Resembling or characteristic of vapor. 3 Filled with vapor.
MID-DECEMBER * n. The middle part of December.
WORM-SHAPED * s. Resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical.
ADELGIDAE * n. Plant lice.
UNCLAIMED * s. Not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee.
INSENSIBLY * r. In a numb manner; without feeling.
ORATORIO * n. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
STEREOSPONDYLI * n. Formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece.
PACIFIC * --n. The largest ocean in the world. --a. Relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean. --s. 1 Disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature. 2 Promoting peace.
ENGRAM * n. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
ACETABULAR * s. Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.
CRYSTALLIZED * --a. Having become fixed and definite in form. --s. Having both internal structure and external form of a crystal.
HASTY * s. 1 Excessively quick. 2 Done with very great haste and without due deliberation.
CREX * n. Corncrakes.
NECROPHILIA * n. An irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies.
VISCOSITY * n. Resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow).
FRAMED * a. Provided with a frame.
CANINE * --n. 1 One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars. 2 Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles. --a. 1 Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.
NATURALIZE * v. 1 Make into a citizen. 2 Explain with reference to nature. 3 Adopt to another place. 4 Make more natural or lifelike.
RECOVERING * s. Returning to health after illness or debility.
DELUSIVE * s. Inappropriate to reality or facts.
LINE-SHOOTER * n. A very boastful and talkative person.
INSCRIPTIVELY * r. By means of an inscription.
UNDATED * s. Not bearing a date.
RACING * n. The sport of engaging in contests of speed.
BADE * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
PHOTINIA * n. Genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles.
INCURSIVE * s. Involving invasion or aggressive attack.
MAGNOLIA * n. 1 Dried bark of various magnolias; used in folk medicine. 2 Any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms.
SKEAT * n. English philologist (1835-1912).
EXCELLENT * s. Very good; of the highest quality.
FERRICYANIDE * n. Salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide.
MOTACILLA * n. Type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails.
CAROLINE * a. Of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England.
LUNARIA * n. Small genus of European herbs: honesty.
REPAST * n. The food served and eaten at one time.
AGROLOGIC * a. Of or related to agrology.
MARATHI * n. An Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script.
FLINTHEAD * n. An American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics.
HONKIE * n. (slang) Offensive names for a White man.
SOAVE * n. Dry white Italian wine from Verona.
RIGHTIST * --n. A member of a right wing political party. --s. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right.
SEPARATENESS * n. 1 The state of being several and distinct. 2 Political independence. 3 The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known.
UNINTELLIGIBILITY * n. 1 Nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible. 2 Incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible.
DETECTIVE * n. 1 A police officer who investigates crimes. 2 An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public.
TRIGEMINUS * n. The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication.
PLAQUENIL * n. Anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus.
STREAKER * n. Someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place.
SPIROMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs.
IMPERSONAL * --a. Not relating to or responsive to individual persons. --s. Having no personal preference.
XYLOPHONIST * n. Someone who plays a xylophone.
RAVENOUSLY * r. In the manner of someone who is very hungry.
TELLER * n. 1 United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003). 2 An official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly). 3 An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money. 4 Someone who tells a story.
TONGUE * --n. 1 A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. 2 A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language. 3 Any long thin projection that is transient. 4 A manner of speaking. --v. 1 Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments. 2 Lick or explore with the tongue.
IMPERIOUS * s. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
CANDELA * n. 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.
IGNESCENT * s. Can emit sparks or burst into flame.
ALLEVIATION * n. 1 The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced. 2 The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).
BLESS * v. 1 Give a benediction to. 2 Confer prosperity or happiness on. 3 Make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate. 4 Render holy by means of religious rites.
MOMBIN * n. 1 Common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit. 2 Purplish tropical fruit.
LEBANESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Lebanon. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people.
PITON * n. A metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold.
HOPELESSLY * r. 1 In a hopeless manner. 2 In a dispirited manner without hope. 3 Without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success.
STRAGGLER * n. Someone who strays or falls behind.
RAREE-SHOW * n. 1 An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass. 2 A street show.
GARGANTUAN * s. Of great mass; huge and bulky.
NONCYCLIC * --a. Not cyclic. --s. Not having repeated cycles.
SHEDDING * n. 1 The process whereby something is shed. 2 Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
BOATYARD * n. A place where boats are built or maintained or stored.
CHAMFRON * n. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
ZN * n. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende.
GOLDEN-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with gold.
THERMALLY * r. By means of heat or with respect to thermal properties.
PHOTOBLEPHARON * n. A genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae.
SEVILLA * n. A city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain.
SUBSIDISE * v. 1 Secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces. 2 Support through subsidies.
LAPLACE * n. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
ALERTING * n. 1 A state of readiness to respond. 2 A warning serves to make you more alert to danger.
RTLT * n. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
AEOLIA * n. An ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC.
MOOT * --n. A hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise. --v. Think about carefully; weigh. --s. 1 Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided). 2 Open to argument or debate.
COLOURLESSNESS * n. The visual property of being without chromatic color.
CRAWFISH * --n. 1 Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly. 2 Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster. 3 Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters. --v. Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
ADVENTUROUS * a. Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises.
DOVER * n. The capital of the state of Delaware.
SQUARENESS * n. The property of being shaped like a square.
HE * n. 1 A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas). 2 The 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
ROCKERY * n. A garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants.
CITRON * n. 1 Large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved. 2 Thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind.
ACIDIMETRIC * a. Involving or related to acidimetry.
SAVOURY * --n. 1 Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family. 2 An aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre. --a. Morally wholesome or acceptable. --s. 1 Having an agreeably pungent taste. 2 Pleasing to the sense of taste.
GALACTIC * --a. Of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way). --s. Inconceivably large.
NONTRANSLATIONAL * a. Of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation.
INCLOSURE * n. 1 Something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter. 2 The act of enclosing something inside something else.
WITCHCRAFT * n. The art of sorcery.
PANICUM * n. Panic grass.
HINDQUARTER * n. The back half of a side of meat.
OVERCOMER * n. Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion.
RELIGIOUSLY * r. 1 By religion. 2 With extreme conscientiousness.
ELUSIVE * s. 1 Difficult to describe. 2 Skillful at eluding capture. 3 Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze. 4 Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
CHARACTERIZE * v. 1 Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of. 2 Be characteristic of.
DOWNWARD * --s. 1 Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. 2 On or toward a surface regarded as a base. --r. Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
CLOCKING * n. The time taken to traverse a measured course.
FLAWLESSNESS * n. The state of being without a flaw or defect.
BABYSITTING * n. The work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home.
SOMBER * s. 1 Lacking brightness or color; dull. 2 Grave or even gloomy in character.
SCLEROMETER * n. A measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond point.
TRYST * n. 1 A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex. 2 A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers).
CLANGORING * n. A loud resonant repeating noise.
GABBLE * --n. Rapid and indistinct speech. --v. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
WORKABLE * s. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
VULGARIZATION * n. 1 The act of rendering something coarse and unrefined. 2 The act of making something attractive to the general public.
STEAMBOAT * n. A boat propelled by a steam engine.
REGLAECUS * n. Type genus of the Regalecidae.
UPLOAD * v. Transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location.
OWLCLAWS * n. Stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep.
TICKLISH * s. Difficult to handle; requiring great tact.
NEGOTIABLE * s. 1 Capable of being passed or negotiated. 2 Able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise. 3 Legally transferable to the ownership of another.
JAMAICAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Jamaica. --a. Of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants.
NONOBSERVANT * s. Failing or refusing to observe religious customs.
HADITH * n. 1 (Islam) A tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions. 2 (Islam) The way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran.
LYSIMACHIA * n. Loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive.
DOCTORAL * a. Of or relating to a doctor or doctorate.
OENOLOGY * n. The art of wine making.
CALLIOPHIS * n. Asian coral snakes.
MEIOSIS * n. 1 (genetics) Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants). 2 Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
SCLERODERMATACEAE * n. A family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs.
DYSGRAPHIA * n. Impaired ability to learn to write.
BENDABLE * s. Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
HISTORY * n. 1 The aggregate of past events. 2 A record or narrative description of past events. 3 The discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings. 4 The continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future.
BOOZER * n. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
EOSINOPHILIC * a. Of or relating to eosinophil.
PEPPY * s. Marked by lively action.
COTACACHI * n. An Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955.
SLAUGHTER * --n. 1 The killing of animals (as for food). 2 A sound defeat. 3 The savage and excessive killing of many people. --v. 1 Kill (animals) usually for food consumption. 2 Kill a large number of people indiscriminately.
SYMMETRIC * a. Having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts.
STONY * s. 1 Abounding in rocks or stones. 2 Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. 3 Hard as granite.
VOLITION * n. 1 The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention. 2 The act of making a choice.
GASTEROSTEIDAE * n. Sticklebacks.
XENON * n. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
RAITA * n. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
UTTERED * s. Communicated in words.
HYSTERIC * --n. A person suffering from hysteria. --s. Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria.
BUST-UP * n. A serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship).
PHOTOCHEMISTRY * n. Branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
PRINIVAL * n. An ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinival or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks.
SELF-DRIVE * n. A rented car.
PTEROSTYLIS * n. Genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific.
EXOCOETIDAE * n. Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks.
12TH * s. Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position.
BITTERLY * r. 1 With bitterness; in a resentful manner. 2 Indicating something hard to accept. 3 Extremely and sharply.
CONDOR * n. The largest flying birds in the western hemisphere.
LIZARD'S-TAIL * n. North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers.
COMPANIONABLE * s. Suggestive of companionship.
HAIRBRUSH * n. A brush used to groom a person's hair.
PROPERTIED * s. Owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue.
DOVE * n. 1 Any of numerous small pigeons. 2 Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations. 3 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum. 4 Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled.
ENDOCARDITIS * n. Inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves.
STRAIGHT-ARM * n. (American football) The act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent.
LACTAID * n. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
POWDERIZE * v. 1 Become powder or dust. 2 Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
VALIDITY * n. 1 The quality of being valid and rigorous. 2 The quality of having legal force or effectiveness.
PUERPERAL * a. Relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth.
FEELER * n. 1 One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste. 2 A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others. 3 Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ. 4 Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
ENHYDRA * n. Sea otters.
CAKCHIQUEL * n. 1 A member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala. 2 The Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel.
L-PLATE * n. A square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner.
SHARIAH * n. The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed.
MICROSCOPE * n. Magnifier of the image of small objects.
DEAFNESS * n. Partial or complete loss of hearing.
DUD * --n. 1 Someone who is unsuccessful. 2 An explosion that fails to occur. 3 An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual. --s. Failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive.
ARGENTINIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Argentina. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people.
STIPULATORY * s. Constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement.
THREE-D * --n. 1 A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance. 2 Having a three-dimensional form or appearance. --s. Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth.
UNREPRODUCIBLY * r. In an unreproducible manner.
ENTICING * s. Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.
IRAN * n. A theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil.
FLAMMULINA * n. A genus of agarics.
OCYURUS * n. Snappers.
DOCUMENT * --n. 1 Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). 2 Anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks. 3 A written account of ownership or obligation. 4 (computer science) A computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters. --v. 1 Record in detail. 2 Support or supply with references.
PRELONE * n. A glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions.
SOPHISTRY * n. A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
HAWKER * n. 1 Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals). 2 A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry.
STANNITE * n. A dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin.
OPAQUENESS * n. 1 Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning. 2 The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light.
SENSELESSNESS * n. Total lack of meaning or ideas.
TIMBER * n. 1 The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material. 2 A beam made of wood. 3 A post made of wood. 4 Land that is covered with trees and shrubs.
CLUE * --n. 1 A slight indication. 2 Evidence that helps to solve a problem. --v. Roll into a ball.
STOLIDLY * r. In a stolid manner.
NUMERABLE * s. That can be counted.
FISHERY * n. A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold.
SMELTER * n. An industrial plant for smelting.
BOTHERATION * n. 1 The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed. 2 Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.
SUBTLE * s. 1 Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze. 2 Able to make fine distinctions. 3 Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
APOLLO * n. (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis.
SUBSCRIBE * v. 1 Offer to buy, as of stocks and shares. 2 Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on). 3 Adopt as a belief. 4 Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals.
CHEMICAL * --n. Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. --a. 1 Relating to or used in chemistry. 2 Of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes.
SACCULE * n. A small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth).
HOMEOWNER * n. Someone who owns a home.
CHILOPODA * n. Arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes.
MISOPEDIA * n. Hatred of children.
MUSKOGEAN * n. 1 A member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages. 2 A family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States.
CHABAZITE * n. A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum.
FARMLAND * n. 1 A rural area where farming is practiced. 2 Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
CALCIC * a. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
WYAT * n. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
DRUNKENLY * r. Showing effects of much strong drink.
BREED * --n. 1 A special variety of domesticated animals within a species. 2 A special type. --v. 1 Call forth. 2 Copulate with a female, used especially of horses. 3 Cause to procreate (animals). 4 Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms).
TANNER * n. 1 A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970. 2 A craftsman who tans skins and hides.
CUCUMBER-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a cucumber.
GUTTURALLY * r. In a guttural manner.
DOUBLE-EDGED * s. Capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways.
YEKATERINOSLAV * n. City in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry.
THECODONT * n. Presumably in the common ancestral line to dinosaurs and crocodiles and birds.
AXOLOTL * n. Larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing.
SUBSUMPTION * n. 1 The premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion). 2 Incorporating something under a more general category.
UNRECONCILED * s. Not made consistent or compatible.
PAVLOVIAN * a. Of or relating to Ivan Pavlov or his experiments.
CLUBBISH * s. Effusively sociable.
LINEAR * --a. 1 Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree. 2 Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension. 3 Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input. --s. 1 (of a leaf shape) Long and narrow. 2 Measured lengthwise.
PRECIPITATING * s. Bringing on suddenly or abruptly.
DEEP-SET * s. Having a sunken area.
WRAPAROUND * n. A garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around.
SOLINGEN * n. A city in west central Germany noted for cutlery.
REFORMULATE * v. Formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis.
INDIGNATION * n. A feeling of righteous anger.
STATIONERY * n. Paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes.
BERNARD * n. French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878).
GRAYHEN * n. Female black grouse.
BIFOLIATE * s. Having two leaves.
THREE-FOURTHS * n. Three of four equal parts.
SPEEDING * n. Changing location rapidly.
UNCLOUDED * s. 1 (of sound or color) Free from anything that dulls or dims. 2 Free from clouds. 3 Not mentally disordered. 4 Not made opaque or cloudy by sediment.
PIG * --n. 1 Domestic swine. 2 A coarse obnoxious person. 3 A person regarded as greedy and pig-like. 4 Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. --v. 1 Live like a pig, in squalor. 2 Eat greedily. 3 Give birth to (piglets).
TONGUE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a tongue.
CYBERCULTURE * n. The culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business.
SHERD * n. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
QUOTE * --n. 1 A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else. 2 A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. --v. 1 Repeat a passage from. 2 Name the price of. 3 Refer to for illustration or proof. 4 Put quote marks around.
DIFFUSED * --s. (of light rays) Subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material. --a. (of light) Transmitted from a broad light source or reflected.
PROMPTER * n. 1 Someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech. 2 A device that displays words for people to read.
ANAEROBIOTIC * a. Living or active in the absence of free oxygen.
AMBULACRAL * a. Pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms.
CENTROPUS * n. A genus of Cuculidae.
MAVEN * n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
BETTOR * n. Someone who bets.
MOPPET * n. A little girl (usually one you are fond of).
TACKLE * --n. 1 The person who plays that position on a football team. 2 Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails. 3 Gear used in fishing. 4 (American football) A position on the line of scrimmage. --v. 1 Accept as a challenge. 2 Put a harness. 3 Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball.
CANOPUS * n. Supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky.
NONSPHERICAL * a. Not spherical.
ARROYO * n. A stream or brook.
EXPULSION * n. 1 The act of forcing out someone or something. 2 Squeezing out by applying pressure. 3 The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting.
TARABULUS * n. A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
MORALIZING * n. Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code.
PRECENTORSHIP * n. The position of precentor.
DIVOT * n. 1 (golf) The cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke. 2 A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club).
PREJUDICE * --n. A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. --v. 1 Disadvantage by prejudice. 2 Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance.
TROUBLER * n. Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.
UNFLAVOURED * s. Without flavoring added.
PROKOFIEV * n. Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953).
SCOLD * --n. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault. --v. 1 Censure severely or angrily. 2 Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.
RUSE * n. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
HOUSEBUILDER * n. Someone who builds houses as a business.
AGONE * s. Gone by; or in the past.
TUTELO * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina. 2 The Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo.
SKIP-BOMB * v. Attack with delayed release bombs.
UXORIOUSNESS * n. Foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife.
THOUGHT-READER * n. 1 Someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly. 2 A magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice).
SURICATE * n. Burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet.
PLUTEACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
ATTEND * v. 1 Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.. 2 Take charge of or deal with. 3 To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result. 4 Work for or be a servant to.
TICKET-OF-LEAVE * n. A permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions.
DIAMAGNETIC * a. Relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet.
VACCARIA * n. Cow-cockles.
GUARDANT * s. Looking forward.
DISCIPLINED * s. 1 Obeying the rules. 2 Trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise.
COILING * s. In the shape of a coil.
LOVASTATIN * n. An oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate.
CLEARWEED * n. A plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves.
BLUE-EYED * s. 1 Favorite. 2 Having blue eyes.
PRO-AMERICAN * a. Supporting the United States and its policies.
BUTCHERBIRD * n. 1 Shrikes that impale their prey on thorns. 2 Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns.
LUXURIOUS * s. 1 Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. 2 Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality.
FALLAL * n. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
SPIKELIKE * s. Resembling a spike.
PEGLEG * n. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
HERRERASAURUS * n. A kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina.
RECAPITULATE * v. 1 Summarize briefly. 2 Repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life. 3 Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.
GENOMICS * n. The branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences).
MOTH * n. Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae.
MYRIOPHYLLUM * n. Chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils).
SHRUNKEN * s. 1 Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. 2 Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity.
SCATTERGOOD * n. Someone who spends money prodigally.
MITE * n. 1 A slight but appreciable amount. 2 Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods.
TOUCAN * n. Brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.
ACHLORHYDRIC * a. Lacking hydrochloric acid.
SHOVELBOARD * n. A game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface.
PARASITEMIA * n. A condition in which parasites are present in the blood.
WAILER * n. A mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries.
CROSSBILL * n. Finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed.
FORTY-TWO * s. Being two more than forty.
SILKINESS * n. The smooth feel of silk fabric.
CYTOKINE * n. Any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system.
AVIATOR * n. Someone who operates an aircraft.
VERISIMILITUDE * n. The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true.
ACTIVATING * --n. The activity of causing to have energy and be active. --s. Causing motion or action or change.
CHENOPODIACEAE * n. Includes spinach and beets.
OFFICIALLY * r. 1 In an official role. 2 With official authorization.
HYDROLOGIST * n. A geologist skilled in hydrology.
AMAZONA * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
LEANDER * n. (Greek mythology) A youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her.
WILT * --n. 1 Any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots. 2 Causing to become limp or drooping. --v. 1 Lose strength. 2 Become limp.
LINOLEUM * n. A floor covering.
NOCTAMBULATION * n. Walking by a person who is asleep.
TUNA * n. 1 Tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica. 2 Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks. 3 Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters. 4 New Zealand eel.
TANNOY * n. A loudspeaker.
FUNGOUS * a. Of or relating to fungi.
SLUT * n. 1 A dirty untidy woman. 2 A woman adulterer.
FUSEE * n. 1 A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring. 2 A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains. 3 A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind. 4 Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.
HIGH-HANDED * s. Given to haughty disregard of others.
EMOTE * v. Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
PUNDIT * n. Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.
CHUTE-THE-CHUTE * n. Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines).
EMPIRIC * a. 1 Relying on medical quackery. 2 Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory.
ANTITRUST * s. Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices.
DETERMENT * n. A communication that makes you afraid to try something.
UPRISING * n. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
OCOTILLO * n. Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers.
SNORER * n. Someone who snores while sleeping.
ASTRONIUM * n. A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae.
CROSS-LINGUISTICALLY * r. By comparing languages.
APTITUDE * n. Inherent ability.
EYEWITNESS * --n. A spectator who can describe what happened. --v. Be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes.
SWITCHBLADE * n. A pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button.
BINTURONG * n. Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
ODOUR * n. 1 The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form. 2 Any property detected by the olfactory system.
COMPLAINTIVE * a. Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment.
GREAT-NIECE * n. A daughter of your niece or nephew.
TRIBULATION * n. An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event.
STRIPPING * n. The removal of covering.
SAUSSUREA * n. Genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia.
BIOGEOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or involved with biogeography.
WB * n. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
LAGGER * n. Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.
HEDONIC * s. Devoted to pleasure.
SUFISM * n. Islamic mysticism.
ARBOR * n. 1 Tree (as opposed to shrub). 2 Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts. 3 A framework that supports climbing plants.
SILVERSTEIN * n. United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999).
PETTIFOG * v. Argue over petty things.
ASSEMBLAGE * n. 1 A group of persons together in one place. 2 A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose. 3 The social act of assembling. 4 Several things grouped together or considered as a whole.
NUCLEUS * n. 1 A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction. 2 The positively charged dense center of an atom. 3 A small group of indispensable persons or things. 4 (astronomy) The center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail.
OVERLY * r. To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits.
RILE * v. 1 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 2 Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of.
COELOPHYSIS * n. One of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic.
FERROCONCRETE * n. Concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses.
MANATEE * n. Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded.
GEEZER * n. A man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric.
FLAXEN * s. Of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown.
MAD * s. 1 Roused to anger. 2 Affected with madness or insanity. 3 Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion. 4 Very foolish.
TITTER * --n. A nervous restrained laugh. --v. Laugh nervously.
HARDWOOD * n. The wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers).
THESSALIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Thessaly.
ZINJANTHROPUS * n. Genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.
EPHESTIA * n. Small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products.
COO * --n. The sound made by a pigeon. --v. 1 Speak softly or lovingly. 2 Cry softly, as of pigeons.
VALENCY * n. 1 The phenomenon of forming chemical bonds. 2 (biology) A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate. 3 (chemistry) A property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent).
PUNKY * n. Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
BOWFIN * n. Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America.
ROUGED * s. Marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup.
LANDSMAN * n. 1 A person who lives and works on land. 2 An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.
HALM * n. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
MEATLESS * a. Lacking meat.
GILLED * a. Provided with gills.
EXPRESSIONISTIC * a. Of or relating to expressionism.
PEDESTAL * n. 1 A support or foundation. 2 A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority). 3 An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).
LESSENING * n. A change downward.
TUBEROSITY * n. A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.
NINETY-THREE * s. Being three more than ninety.
SLUGFEST * n. A fight with bare fists.
ROZELLE * n. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber.
PANE * n. 1 Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors. 2 A panel or section of panels in a wall or door. 3 Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.
PARADISIAC * s. Relating to or befitting Paradise.
ROCKFOIL * n. Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga.
PESSIMISTICALLY * r. With pessimism; in a pessimistic manner.
DETONATIVE * s. Exploding almost instantaneously.
NONPLUSSED * s. Filled with bewilderment.
FATWAH * n. (Islam) A legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar.
PROSCRIPTION * n. 1 A decree that prohibits something. 2 Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone.
MOKULU * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
SOLELY * r. Without any others being included or involved.
CORKING * s. Very good.
MARGINALLY * r. In a marginal manner.
RUPICAPRA * n. Chamois.
COMINT * n. Technical and intelligence information derived from foreign communications by other than the intended recipients.
EXCITED * --s. 1 (of persons) Excessively affected by emotion. 2 Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion. 3 (of e.g. a molecule) Made reactive or more reactive. --a. In an aroused state.
BATHETIC * s. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
GYPSOPHILA * n. Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers.
LIFEBLOOD * n. 1 The blood considered as the seat of vitality. 2 An essential or life-giving force.
RIMMED * a. Having a rim or a rim of a specified kind.
LETUP * n. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
CAFF * n. Informal British term for a cafe.
EMBLEM * n. 1 Special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.. 2 A visible symbol representing an abstract idea.
HALOCARPUS * n. Dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium.
SNOWSUIT * n. A child's overgarment for cold weather.
TENTACLED * a. Having tentacles.
EFFERVESCE * v. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
OH * n. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
DEAD-MAN'S-FINGERS * n. The fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria.
COWBARN * n. A barn for cows.
ESCUDO * n. 1 Formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo. 2 The basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos.
CALUMNIATE * v. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
SUNSHINE * n. 1 The rays of the sun. 2 Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities. 3 The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.
ALEURITES * n. Candlenut.
ARTEMIA * n. Fairy shrimp; brine shrimp.
RECREATE * v. 1 Give new life or energy to. 2 Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion. 3 Give encouragement to. 4 Create anew.
WIG * n. 1 Hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic hair. 2 British slang for a scolding.
BELLARMINO * n. Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621).
TOMBAUGH * n. United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997).
SURREBUTTER * n. (law) A pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter.
PONDEROUS * s. 1 Slow and laborious because of weight. 2 Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness. 3 Labored and dull.
OILER * n. 1 A worker who oils engines or machinery. 2 A well that yields or has yielded oil. 3 A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk.
APOGEAN * a. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
PREPAY * v. Pay for something before receiving it.
CARBOCYCLIC * a. Having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms.
BOATBILL * n. Tropical American heron related to night herons.
TARQUINIUS * n. According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC).
ATELIER * n. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
PERIPATUS * n. Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms.
SHELTERBELT * n. Hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion.
SAVOY * n. 1 A geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy. 2 Head of soft crinkly leaves.
ANAESTHETIZE * v. Administer an anesthetic drug to.
LIPOMA * n. A tumor consisting of fatty tissue.
ARACHNIDA * n. A large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings.
CARAFE * n. A bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water.
ADENOCARCINOMATOUS * a. Of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma.
WHATEVER * s. One or some or every or all without specification.
FLUXMETER * n. Meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil.
CHLORIDE * n. 1 Any compound containing a chlorine atom. 2 Any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion).
ELECTROGRAPH * n. 1 An apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures. 2 Electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means.
UNDRAMATICALLY * r. In an undramatic manner.
BOXER * n. 1 Someone who fights with his fists for sport. 2 A workman employed to pack things into containers. 3 A member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China. 4 A breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany.
MOLDED * s. Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).
TOMAHAWK * --n. Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians. --v. 1 Cut with a tomahawk. 2 Kill with a tomahawk.
BAULK * --n. 1 The area on a billiard table behind the balkline. 2 Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. 3 One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof. --v. Refuse to comply.
EFFORTLESSLY * r. Without effort or apparent effort.
FLAX * n. 1 Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric. 2 Plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem.
REFRAIN * --n. The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. --v. 1 Resist doing something. 2 Choose not to consume.
LAGER * n. 1 A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons. 2 A general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September.
PRINCELING * n. 1 A petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality. 2 A young prince.
LONG-ACTING * s. Active over a long period of time.
MAILING-CARD * n. A card for sending messages by post without an envelope.
FORETELL * v. 1 Foreshadow or presage. 2 Make a prediction about; tell in advance. 3 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
UREA * n. The chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics.
ALOCASIA * n. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
WAXEN * --a. Made of or covered with wax. --s. Having the paleness of wax.
CONIFEROPHYTINA * n. Cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian).
RENIFORM * s. (of a leaf or bean shape) Resembling the shape of kidney.
SUGAR-COATED * s. Encrusted with sugar or syrup.
BIRDER * n. A person who identifies and studies birds in their natural habitats.
OBJECTIVITY * n. Judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
AMELANCHIER * n. North American deciduous trees or shrubs.
PLASMACYTOMA * n. Neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow).
SNIPPING * n. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
FEVERROOT * n. Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers.
EPIPHYSIAL * a. Relating to the epiphysis of a bone.
SNUGGLING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
BASIDIUM * n. A small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes.
ORTHOPTER * n. Heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings.
PANTOGRAPH * n. Mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale.
VISCOMETRY * n. The measurement of viscosity.
AUTISM * n. (psychiatry) An abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people.
SHAKTIST * n. Worshipper of Shakti.
PRACTISE * v. 1 Engage in a rehearsal (of). 2 Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. 3 Learn by repetition.
TOXICITY * n. 1 The degree to which something is poisonous. 2 Grave harmfulness or deadliness.
CARDUELIS * n. In some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets.
EPISCOPALIANISM * n. The theological doctrine of church government by bishops.
DREAR * s. Causing dejection.
TATE * n. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
KIEV * n. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center.
PITCHSTONE * n. Dark acid granitic glass.
CARACAL * n. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
SINCIPUT * n. The front part of the head or skull (including the forehead).
INHERITING * s. Having the legal right to inherit.
POUCHLIKE * s. Shaped like a pouch.
BEWITCH * v. 1 Attract; cause to be enamored. 2 Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. 3 Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
OXYTOCIC * n. A drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus.
DROP-SEED * n. A grass of the genus Sporobolus.
RHAMNALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants.
MONGOL * --n. A member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia. --a. Of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures.
SINOLOGY * n. The study of Chinese history and language and culture.
HAEMATOCOLPOMETRA * n. Accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus.
MINIMISE * v. 1 Represent as less significant or important. 2 Make small or insignificant.
HERALDIC * --s. Indicative of or announcing something to come. --a. Of or relating to heraldry.
UNIPAROUS * a. Producing only one offspring at a time.
MINUARTIA * n. Mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts.
CHINABERRY * n. 1 Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans. 2 Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree.
EUPHORBIACEAE * n. A family of plants of order Geraniales.
OBSTINANCE * n. 1 The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome. 2 Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
MANPAD * n. A man-portable surface-to-air missile.
TRUSTING * a. Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust.
ISLAMOPHOBIA * n. Prejudice against Muslims.
UNSENTIMENTALLY * r. In an unsentimental manner.
BLOCKING * n. The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements.
BONED * s. 1 Having had the bones removed. 2 Having bones as specified.
LUNATIC * --n. 1 An insane person. 2 A reckless impetuous irresponsible person. --s. Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon.
SHREDDED * s. Prepared by cutting.
KARENIC * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands.
SHEENY * --n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Jew. --s. Reflecting light.
PROFFER * --n. A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection. --v. Present for acceptance or rejection.
CATALONIA * n. A region of northeastern Spain.
EARTHMAN * n. An inhabitant of the earth.
INSTROKE * n. The stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft.
CONCEIVABLENESS * n. The state of being conceivable.
CAPRIMULGIDAE * n. Goatsuckers.
BUFFERIN * n. Aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin).
HILLY * s. Having hills and crags.
REPENTANCE * n. Remorse for your past conduct.
ASTASIA * n. Inability to stand due to muscular incoordination.
DOLEFUL * s. Filled with or evoking sadness.
HUE * --n. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength. --v. 1 Take on color or become colored. 2 Suffuse with color.
ECONOMIZE * v. 1 Use cautiously and frugally. 2 Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.
VAGINAL * a. Of or relating to the vagina.
DECALESCENCE * n. Phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal.
ESTROUS * a. (of lower mammals) Showing or in a state of estrus; in heat.
NYASALAND * n. A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.
NEURALGIA * n. Acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves.
BLABBER * --n. One who reveals confidential information in return for money. --v. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
FLIRTING * n. Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
TERRIER * n. Any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground.
LIBOCEDRUS * n. Cypresses that resemble cedars.
CUTTLE * n. Ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell.
ADD-IN * n. A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities.
ELECTION * n. 1 A vote to select the winner of a position or political office. 2 The act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice. 3 The status or fact of being elected. 4 The predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists).
ELVIS * n. Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.
MICROFOSSIL * n. A fossil that must be studied microscopically.
SICKLEPOD * n. 1 Cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia. 2 North American rock cress having very long curved pods.
PUDDING-WIFE * n. Bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil.
CONTINUATION * n. 1 The act of continuing an activity without interruption. 2 A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it. 3 A Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction. 4 The consequence of being lengthened in duration.
HANDSEWN * s. Sewn by hand rather than machine.
BENIN * n. A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control.
IVES * n. 1 United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954). 2 United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895).
DISTURBANCE * n. 1 Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption. 2 An unhappy and worried mental state. 3 A disorderly outburst or tumult. 4 A noisy fight.
ACQUAINTANCE * n. 1 Personal knowledge or information about someone or something. 2 A relationship less intimate than friendship. 3 A person with whom you are acquainted.
CLOD * n. 1 A compact mass. 2 An awkward stupid person.
CONTRIVER * n. A person who makes plans.
COMETARY * a. Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
INFRUCTESCENCE * n. The fruiting stage of the inflorescence.
ESCORT * --n. 1 Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person. 2 The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them. 3 An attendant who is employed to accompany someone. 4 A participant in a date. --v. 1 Accompany as an escort. 2 Accompany or escort.
CONTEMPLATIVENESS * n. Deep serious thoughtfulness.
INDUSTRIALLY * r. By industrial means.
SALPINGECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one or both Fallopian tubes.
TENDON * n. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment.
VIDAL * n. United States writer (born in 1925).
HUNGARY * n. A republic in central Europe.
PLATTE * n. A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
BLACKISH-RED * s. Of red tinged with black.
SUB-ASSEMBLY * n. A unit assembled separately but designed to fit with other units in a manufactured product.
WOODEN * s. 1 Made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood. 2 Lacking ease or grace.
TELOMERE * n. Either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.
TRITHEISM * n. (Christianity) The heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods.
MIAUL * n. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
BUSY * --v. Keep busy with. --a. Actively or fully engaged or occupied. --s. 1 Overcrowded or cluttered with detail. 2 Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. 3 Crowded with or characterized by much activity. 4 (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line).
RANGY * s. 1 Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. 2 Adapted to wandering or roaming. 3 Allowing ample room for ranging.
ALEHOUSE * n. A tavern where ale is sold.
SUBSEQUENTNESS * n. Following in time.
NIMINY-PIMINY * s. Affectedly dainty or refined.
EIGHTY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than eighty.
DESALINIZATION * n. The removal of salt (especially from sea water).
QUADRANGLE * n. 1 A four-sided polygon. 2 A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings.
EPARCH * n. 1 A bishop or metropolitan in charge of an eparchy in the Eastern Church. 2 The governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece.
DELILAH * n. 1 (Old Testament) The Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength. 2 A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
FILM * --n. 1 A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. 2 A medium that disseminates moving pictures. 3 Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies. 4 A thin coating or layer. --v. 1 Make a film or photograph of something. 2 Record in film.
SMASH-UP * n. A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles).
CEREMONIAL * --n. A formal event performed on a special occasion. --s. Marked by pomp or ceremony or formality.
MINIMIZATION * n. The act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position.
DULLED * s. 1 Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure. 2 Made dull or blunt. 3 Deprived of color.
BRANDT * n. German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
HANDFUL * n. 1 A small number or amount. 2 The quantity that can be held in the hand.
ARACHNID * n. Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs.
HYPERBOLIC * --s. Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness. --a. Of or relating to a hyperbola.
FORTUNETELLER * n. A person who foretells your personal future.
CAITRA * n. The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar).
HERRERASAUR * n. A kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina.
HARSHEN * v. Make harsh or harsher.
FOETUS * n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal.
TREVITHICK * n. English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833).
MAHARAJA * n. A great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja.
COBBLESTONE * --n. Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads. --v. Pave with cobblestones.
TOWERING * s. Of imposing height; especially standing out above others.
CUTIS * n. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.
ISLAMIST * n. 1 A scholar who knowledgeable in Islamic studies. 2 An orthodox Muslim.
SONGFULNESS * n. The property of being suitable for singing.
PURPLISH-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with purple.
FIFTH * --n. 1 A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon. 2 Position five in a countable series of things. 3 One part in five equal parts. 4 The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it. --s. Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position.
TENTACULAR * a. Of or relating to or resembling tentacles.
INOSCULATE * v. 1 Come together or open into each other. 2 Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis.
BELLYLESS * a. Lacking a prominent belly.
RICIN * n. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon.
UNAGITATED * --a. 1 Not physically disturbed or set in motion. 2 Not agitated or disturbed emotionally. --s. Not agitated; without losing self-possession.
FOOTHILL * n. A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain.
BROAD-LEAFED * s. Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves.
THURSDAY * n. The fifth day of the week; the fourth working day.
BANYAN * n. 1 East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks. 2 A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India.
GRANTER * n. A person who grants or gives something.
ANGUIS * n. Type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms.
HYDROMYS * n. Water rats.
POLYSEMANT * n. A word having more than one meaning.
SLENDER-BODIED * s. Having a slim body.
TEVERE * n. A river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
CANNULATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
HANDWOVEN * s. Made on a handloom.
WELL-BEING * n. A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.
FINBACK * n. Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific.
METTLESOMENESS * n. Courageous high-spiritedness.
SNEAKINGLY * r. In a sneaky manner.
VISAGED * s. Having a face or visage as specified.
HOTNESS * n. 1 The presence of heat. 2 A state of sexual arousal. 3 A hot spiciness.
POLYGENE * n. A gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations.
GLUED * s. Affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste.
SPOTTER * n. 1 A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots. 2 A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers). 3 A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. 4 Someone who is the first to observe something.
CARROTTOP * n. Someone who has red hair.
ANXIOUSLY * r. With anxiety or apprehension.
WASTED * --s. 1 Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. 2 Not used to good advantage. 3 Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. --a. (of an organ or body part) Diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use.
AVELLAN * a. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
DOUBLE-PROP * n. A propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability).
ROW * --n. 1 An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line. 2 An angry dispute. 3 A long continuous strip (usually running horizontally). 4 (construction) A layer of masonry. --v. Propel with oars.
GRAPHIC * --n. An image that is generated by a computer. --s. 1 Written or drawn or engraved. 2 Describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail. 3 Evoking lifelike images within the mind. --a. 1 Of or relating to the graphic arts. 2 Relating to or presented by a graph.
BOTTLEFUL * n. The quantity contained in a bottle.
TANDEARIL * n. An anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis.
SEMISOFT * s. Somewhat soft.
1530S * n. The decade from 1530 to 1539.
GEOMETRICIAN * n. A mathematician specializing in geometry.
SEALANT * n. A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
SHAMMY * n. A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
HOLD-DOWN * n. A limitation or constraint.
RAIN * --n. 1 Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere. 2 Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds. 3 Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive. --v. Precipitate as rain.
PAEDIATRICS * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children.
CUTTING * --n. 1 The activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film. 2 A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. 3 The act of cutting something into parts. 4 A piece cut off from the main part of something. --s. 1 (of speech) Harsh or hurtful in tone or character. 2 Unpleasantly cold and damp. 3 Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
PRESAGE * --n. 1 A foreboding about what is about to happen. 2 A sign of something about to happen. --v. Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
LAND * --n. 1 The land on which real estate is located. 2 Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use). 3 Territory over which rule or control is exercised. 4 The solid part of the earth's surface. --v. 1 Reach or come to rest. 2 Cause to come to the ground. 3 Bring into a different state. 4 Bring ashore.
SAYORNIS * n. Phoebes.
FRUGALLY * r. In a frugal manner.
MOCK-HEROIC * n. A satirical imitation of heroic verse.
BLACKBURN * n. Black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat.
BEFRIEND * v. Become friends with.
ACORUS * n. Sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae.
CARDIGAN * n. 1 Knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper. 2 Slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail.
LEGAL * --a. 1 Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules. 2 Of or relating to jurisprudence. 3 Relating to or characteristic of the profession of law. --s. 1 Having legal efficacy or force. 2 Allowed by official rules.
PRIMULACEAE * n. A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere.
SELECTIVITY * n. The property of being selective.
HONORED * s. Having an illustrious reputation; respected.
ABLEPHARIA * n. A congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete).
RIBONUCLEASE * n. A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid.
DISTASTEFULNESS * n. 1 Extreme unpalatability to the mouth. 2 The quality of being offensive.
VILE * s. 1 Morally reprehensible. 2 Causing or able to cause nausea.
SELF-RIGHTEOUS * s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
BLACKSMITH * n. A smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil.
GASTRULA * n. Double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm.
SYMPHALANGUS * n. Used in some classifications for the siamangs.
CONSEQUENTLY * r. 1 (sentence connectors) Because of the reason given. 2 As a consequence.
CONGRIDAE * n. Marine eels.
ZOISIA * n. Lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions.
BENDOPA * n. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease.
EXPERIENCED * a. Having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation.
MOBOCRACY * n. A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses.
POGONIP * n. A dense winter fog containing ice particles.
PAVIS * n. (Middle Ages) A large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position.
LAGAN * n. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
LUND * n. A city in southern Sweden.
INEXPEDIENCY * n. The quality of being unsuited to the end in view.
INULA * n. Any plant of the genus Inula.
NEBULA * n. 1 A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer. 2 Cloudiness of the urine. 3 An immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space. 4 (pathology) A faint cloudy spot on the cornea.
CADASTRE * n. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation.
UNSTRATIFIED * a. Not deposited in layers.
OXYGENIZE * v. 1 Change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule). 2 Dehydrogenate with oxygen. 3 Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.
UXORIOUS * s. Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife.
RU * n. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum.
SEEMLINESS * n. A sense of propriety and consideration for others.
CARDIOMEGALY * n. An abnormal enlargement of the heart.
CAKE * --n. 1 A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax). 2 Small flat mass of chopped food. 3 Baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. --v. Form a coat over.
KOINE * n. 1 A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire. 2 A common language used by speakers of different languages.
BRIEFLESS * s. (of lawyers or barristers) Lacking clients.
REVERSIBILITY * n. The quality of being reversible in either direction.
RULERSHIP * n. The position of ruler.
CAPTIVATION * n. 1 The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror). 2 A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual.
ARCHAEOPTERYX * n. Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds.
UNENVIABLE * s. 1 Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. 2 So undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy.
DRACUNCULIASIS * n. A painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin.
DUTCHMAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Holland.
INVOICE * --n. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered. --v. Send an bill to.
LISSOM * s. Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
SIDECAR * n. 1 A cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy. 2 Conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle.
VESICATE * v. Get blistered.
HIDROTIC * a. Of or relating to sweat.
GUILDHALL * n. The hall of a guild or corporation.
ARIANIST * n. An adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God).
IMPROVIDENT * --a. Not provident; not providing for the future. --s. Not given careful consideration.
INCASED * s. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
BREW * --n. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling. --v. 1 Prepare by brewing. 2 Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor.
KIRGHIZSTAN * n. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
CARTROAD * n. Any road or path affording passage especially a rough one.
BATHOMETER * n. An instrument that measures the depth of water.
ERECTING * n. The act of building or putting up.
NEIGHBOUR * --n. 1 A person who lives (or is located) near another. 2 A nearby object of the same kind. --v. 1 Live or be located as a neighbor. 2 Be located near or adjacent to.
UNCONCERNED * --a. Lacking in interest or care or feeling. --s. 1 Easy in mind; not worried. 2 Not occupied or engaged with.
WRAPPER * n. 1 A loose dressing gown for women. 2 The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped. 3 Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
ENDOCERVICITIS * n. Inflammation of the mucous lining of the uterine cervix.
ROCCUS * n. A genus of Serranidae.
ASTRINGE * v. 1 Constrict or bind or draw together. 2 Become constricted or compressed.
SINHALESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka. 2 The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages. 2 Of or relating to the Sinhalese people.
RAGWORT * n. 1 Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity. 2 American ragwort with yellow flowers.
OLIVE * --n. 1 Small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil. 2 Evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits. 3 Hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork. 4 One-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish. --s. Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive.
MAIDENHAIR * n. Any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds.
TABULARISE * v. Arrange or enter in tabular form.
TAILOR-MAKE * v. 1 Create (clothes) with cloth. 2 Make to specifications.
LEPIOTACEAE * n. A family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk.
UPGRADE * --n. 1 An upward slope or grade (as in a road). 2 Software that provides better performance than an earlier version did. 3 A reservation that is improved. 4 The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. --v. 1 Rate higher; raise in value or esteem. 2 To improve what was old or outdated. 3 Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. 4 Get better travel conditions.
COMMEND * v. 1 Express approval of. 2 Present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence. 3 Give to in charge. 4 Express a good opinion of.
GEIGER * n. German physicist who developed the Geiger counter (1882-1945).
OTARIA * n. Type genus of the Otariidae.
MEG * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
COMFORTABLE * --a. 1 Providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal). 2 Free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind. --s. 1 More than adequate. 2 Sufficient to provide comfort. 3 In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.
CERAPTERYX * n. Antler moths.
ONCOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors.
SOLIDAGO * n. Goldenrod.
BALKANISE * v. Divide a territory into small, hostile states.
NATURALISM * n. 1 (philosophy) The doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations. 2 An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description.
MENURIDAE * n. Lyrebirds.
CHEF * n. A professional cook.
HANI * n. A Loloish language.
LUNULE * n. The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail.
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE * s. Omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next.
VISTA * n. The visual percept of a region.
WHIZZBANG * n. 1 A small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits. 2 A firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion.
EXOPTERYGOTA * n. Subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis.
FILET * --n. 1 A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef. 2 A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish. 3 Lace having a square mesh. --v. 1 Decorate with a lace of geometric designs. 2 Cut into filets.
COCKLEBUR * n. 1 Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs. 2 Burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use.
CLOAKMAKER * n. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments.
CASUARIIFORMES * n. A ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus.
SNUGLY * r. 1 Fitting closely. 2 Safely protected. 3 Warmly and comfortably sheltered.
GOOGLY * n. A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
INTERMEDIATE * --n. A substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained. --v. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. --a. Lying between two extremes in time or space or state. --s. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation.
PREDESTINE * v. 1 Decree or determine beforehand. 2 Foreordain by divine will or decree. 3 Foreordain or determine beforehand.
MONONEUROPATHY * n. Any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk.
PABLUM * n. 1 A soft form of cereal for infants. 2 Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
METEORITIC * a. Of or relating to or caused by meteorites.
COATI-MONDI * n. Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.
PREDETERMINE * v. 1 Determine beforehand. 2 Cause to be biased.
TANACH * n. The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings.
ADAMANCE * n. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
FOMENTATION * n. 1 A substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice. 2 Application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation. 3 Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord).
POLYARTERITIS * n. Inflammation of several arteries.
SATISFICE * v. Decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal.
FIGWORT * n. Any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia.
PLAINLY * r. 1 Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'). 2 In a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment.
INPATIENT * n. A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated.
DIVERGING * a. Tending to move apart in different directions.
IMPLANTATION * n. 1 (embryology) The organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals. 2 The act of planting or setting in the ground. 3 A surgical procedure that places something in the human body.
TRAPSHOOTING * n. The sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird.
PELMET * n. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
DEREGULATION * n. The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations).
NEPHROPS * n. A genus of Nephropsidae.
RAZZLE * n. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
MARGINALITY * n. The property of being marginal or on the fringes.
PICTORIALLY * r. In a pictorial manner.
ENVIRON * v. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
EQUATING * n. The act of regarding as equal.
ASTERISKED * s. Marked with an asterisk.
PORTEND * v. Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
HOMONA * n. Tea tortrix.
SELENARCTOS * n. Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus.
IMMATERIALISE * v. Render immaterial or incorporeal.
CONTRACT * --n. 1 A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. 2 (contract bridge) The highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. 3 A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid. --v. 1 Enter into a contractual arrangement. 2 Engage by written agreement. 3 Squeeze or press together. 4 Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
SOCIALIZED * s. Under group or government control.
HALITE * n. Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride.
MINCING * s. Affectedly dainty or refined.
OBSTIPATION * n. Severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines.
NUTRITIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth.
MANNER * n. 1 How something is done or how it happens. 2 A way of acting or behaving. 3 A kind.
EUPHEMISTIC * a. Of or the nature of euphemism.
CARTOGRAPHY * n. The making of maps and charts.
ESCHATOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world.
TIDAL * a. Of or relating to or caused by tides.
STRAIGHTFORWARD * s. 1 Free from ambiguity. 2 Without evasion or compromise. 3 Without concealment or deception; honest. 4 Pointed directly ahead.
CURBSIDE * n. The side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb.
DEPILATE * v. Remove body hair.
GARDENING * n. The cultivation of plants.
DRUG-FREE * s. Characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used.
UDDER * n. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
TUMBREL * n. A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
AS * --n. 1 A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar. 2 A United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa. --r. To the same degree (often followed by `as').
CAESALPINIOIDEAE * n. Alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae.
BROCCOLI * n. 1 Plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds. 2 Branched green undeveloped flower heads.
VENEREAL * a. Of or relating to the external sex organs.
OUTRAGED * s. Angered at something unjust or wrong.
WINTERTIME * n. The coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
VIDEO * n. 1 The visible part of a television transmission. 2 A recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program). 3 (computer science) The appearance of text and graphics on a video display. 4 Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
TOLERABLE * --a. Capable of being borne or endured. --s. About average; acceptable.
FLAGITIOUS * s. 1 Extremely wicked, deeply criminal. 2 Shockingly brutal or cruel.
BACCATE * --a. Resembling a berry. --s. Producing or bearing berries.
SEATING * n. 1 An area that includes places where several people can sit. 2 The service of ushering people to their seats.
CHEMOTAXIS * n. Movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a chemical stimulus.
NOUGAT * n. Nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste.
INTERLACED * s. Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
DROSOPHILIDAE * n. Fruit flies.
PROTRACTOR * n. Drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles.
FUNERAL-RESIDENCE * n. A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects.
NIB * n. 1 The writing point of a pen. 2 Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
OSTEOPATHY * n. Therapy based on the assumption that restoring health is best accomplished by manipulating the skeleton and muscles.
STATISTICALLY * r. With respect to statistics.
SURCEASE * n. A stopping.
DYSPROSIUM * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic.
BACTERIALLY * r. By bacteria.
BLUESTONE * n. Bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building.
PULASAN * n. 1 East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan. 2 Fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter.
CARELESSLY * r. 1 Without care or concern. 2 Without caution or prudence. 3 In a rakish manner.
VERVAIN * n. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
GOSHAWK * n. Large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry.
KURRAT * n. Coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers; widely naturalized.
SPORTSMAN * n. Someone who engages in sports.
TITANOSAURIAN * n. Amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere.
TRANSFER * --n. 1 The act of moving something from one location to another. 2 Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another. 3 The act of transfering something from one form to another. 4 A ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances. --v. 1 Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. 2 Move from one place to another. 3 Lift and reset in another soil or situation. 4 Move around.
GRAVITATIONAL * a. Of or relating to or caused by gravitation.
1990S * n. The decade from 1990 to 1999.
WAY-OUT * s. (informal) Strikingly unconventional.
C.P.U. * n. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
CATACHRESTICAL * a. Constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis.
ORIFLAMME * n. 1 An inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle. 2 A red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings.
BEHAVIOUR * n. 1 The action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances. 2 (behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people. 3 (psychology) The aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation. 4 Manner of acting or controlling yourself.
CHURCHMAN * n. A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
VULTUR * n. A bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor.
SOGGINESS * n. A heavy wetness.
TWENTY-FIFTH * s. Coming next after the twenty-fourth in position.
UGANDA * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962.
BRAHMINIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin.
MISCHIEVOUS * s. 1 Naughtily or annoyingly playful. 2 Deliberately causing harm or damage.
CARPODACUS * n. House finches and purple finches.
ACCOMMODATIONAL * a. Of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye.
MEXICO * n. A republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810.
RUNNINESS * n. The property of flowing easily.
CLINCH * --n. 1 (boxing) The act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily. 2 A small slip noose made with seizing. 3 The flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet. 4 A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together. --v. 1 Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts. 2 Hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches. 3 Hold in a tight grasp. 4 Embrace amorously.
OXALIDACEAE * n. A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers.
SHARING * --n. 1 Using or enjoying something jointly with others. 2 Having in common. 3 Sharing thoughts and feelings. 4 A distribution in shares. --s. Unselfishly willing to share with others.
ICE-SKATER * n. Someone who engages in ice skating.
PARAPSYCHOLOGIST * n. Someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance.
SHARKSKIN * n. A smooth crisp fabric.
DOTTLE * n. The residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking.
HYPERFINE * s. Extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components.
YEARNING * n. Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
TOMBOYISHNESS * n. Masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women).
PROPYLTHIOURACIL * n. A crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter.
AEROBE * n. An organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life.
PUPPYLIKE * s. Characteristic of a puppy.
ENCYCLOPAEDISM * n. Profound scholarly knowledge.
HOMOSEXUALITY * n. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.
MISSING * s. 1 Not able to be found. 2 Nonexistent.
INEDIBLE * a. Not suitable for food.
ETHCHLORVYNOL * n. A mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl).
MILTOWN * n. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
COMPLEMENTATION * n. 1 The grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate. 2 (linguistics) A distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts.
WRIST * n. A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones.
SCUTELLARIA * n. An asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps.
AUTHORIZATION * n. 1 A document giving an official instruction or command. 2 The power or right to give orders or make decisions. 3 Official permission or approval. 4 The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant.
COST-EFFICIENT * s. Productive relative to the cost.
RECEIVED * --a. Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers. --s. Widely accepted as true or worthy.
UNIMPORTANT * a. 1 Not important. 2 Devoid of importance, meaning, or force.
LOESTRIN * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
GEOTROPISM * n. An orienting response to gravity.
DECILE * n. (statistics) Any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores.
OVERSHIELDING * n. Excessive protection.
CINNAMON-SCENTED * s. Smelling of cinnamon.
MOKSA * n. (Hinduism) Release from the cycle of rebirth.
IRIDOCYCLITIS * n. Inflammation of the iris and ciliary body of the eye.
MIRE * --n. 1 A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. 2 Deep soft mud in water or slush. 3 A difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from. --v. 1 Entrap. 2 Cause to get stuck as if in a mire. 3 Be unable to move further. 4 Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
SQUARELY * r. 1 Directly and without evasion; not roundabout. 2 In a straight direct way. 3 Firmly and solidly. 4 In a square shape.
AMPHETAMINE * n. A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression.
BURKA * n. A loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan.
WOBBLE * --n. An unsteady rocking motion. --v. 1 Move unsteadily. 2 Move sideways or in an unsteady way. 3 Tremble or shake.
NARD * n. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
UNMEASURED * s. 1 Not composed of measured syllables; not metrical. 2 Without limits in extent or size or quantity.
SANITIZATION * n. Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing.
HALLSTAND * n. A piece of furniture where coats and hats and umbrellas can be hung; usually has a mirror.
RHETORICIAN * n. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
ARAPAHO * n. 1 A member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming). 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho.
SCLERITIS * n. Inflammation of the sclera.
OBSERVED * s. Discovered or determined by scientific observation.
POLYHEDRAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling a polyhedron.
OUTPERFORM * v. Be or do something to a greater degree.
MISDATE * v. Assign the wrong date to.
DISENTANGLEMENT * n. The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
AZALEASTRUM * n. Group of evergreen or deciduous shrubs formerly considered a separate genus; now included in the genus Rhododendron.
UNIVERSE * n. 1 Everything that exists anywhere. 2 (statistics) The entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn. 3 Everything stated or assumed in a given discussion.
COSTIASIS * n. A fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin.
MOEHRINGIA * n. Low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers.
CHAMAELEONTIDAE * n. Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria.
PUNCHER * n. 1 A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. 2 Someone who delivers punches. 3 A tool for making holes or indentations.
SIX-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with six members.
LACTATION * n. 1 The period following birth during which milk is secreted. 2 The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands. 3 Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.
INCREASINGLY * r. Advancing in amount or intensity.
MALEVOLENCE * n. 1 Wishing evil to others. 2 The quality of threatening evil.
PTEROCNEMIA * n. A genus of birds of the family Rheidae.
MOLOKAI * n. An island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu).
ACYCLOVIR * n. An oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms.
COSSACK * n. A member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia.
RECKON * v. 1 Expect, believe, or suppose. 2 Judge to be probable. 3 Deem to be. 4 Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
MEGESTROL * n. A synthetic progestational compound used to treat endometrial carcinoma.
TINKER * --n. 1 A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts. 2 Formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living. 3 Small mackerel found nearly worldwide. --v. 1 Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. 2 Work as a tinker or tinkerer. 3 Try to fix or mend.
DREYFUS * n. French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935).
TESTIMONIAL * --n. 1 Something that serves as evidence. 2 Something given or done as an expression of esteem. 3 Something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable. --a. 1 Expressing admiration or appreciation. 2 Of or relating to or constituting testimony.
INDICTABLE * s. Liable to be accused, or cause for such liability.
ORBICULAR * s. 1 Circular or nearly circular. 2 Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
ALLIARIA * n. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques.
STARLET * n. 1 A young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star. 2 A small star.
REBELLIOUSNESS * n. 1 Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude. 2 An insubordinate act.
LANTERN * n. Light in a transparent protective case.
INEFFICACIOUSNESS * n. A lack of efficacy.
CILIATED * s. Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.
FIFTY * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the product of ten and five. 2 A United States bill worth 50 dollars. --s. Being ten more than forty.
HUSTON * n. United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987).
METERSTICK * n. A rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters).
RECTUM * n. The terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus.
SKETCHBOOK * n. A book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn.
CANE * --n. 1 A stick that people can lean on to help them walk. 2 A strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane. 3 A stiff switch used to hit students as punishment. --v. Beat with a cane.
HAVANA * n. The capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas.
INDESTRUCTIBLE * --a. Not easily destroyed. --s. Very long lasting.
IMPERIALISTIC * a. Of or relating to imperialism.
NOTHOSAURIA * n. A suborder of Sauropterygia.
LIBERIA * n. A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves.
AMETROPIA * n. (ophthalmology) Faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia.
PSYCHOGENIC * --a. Of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder. --s. Mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin.
SUPERINFECT * v. Infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms.
ATHEROMATOUS * a. Of or relating to or resembling atheroma.
UNSUSCEPTIBLE * a. Not susceptible to.
BRASSIE * n. (formerly) A golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon.
CHEMULPO * n. A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea.
TROTSKYITE * n. Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution.
SCAPHOPOD * n. Burrowing marine mollusk.
DIOGENES * n. An ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC).
SAMBRE * n. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur.
RUBBERIZE * v. Coat or impregnate with rubber.
TWO-PLY * s. Having a thickness made up of two layers or strands.
CONDESCENSION * n. 1 The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior. 2 A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. 3 Affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank.
CRENELLATION * n. 1 A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns. 2 The action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows.
UNTRUTHFUL * a. Not expressing or given to expressing the truth.
PLUMBISM * n. Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system.
CITHARICHTHYS * n. A genus of Bothidae.
REORGANIZE * v. 1 Organize anew. 2 Organize anew, as after a setback.
GOMPHOTHERIIDAE * n. Elephants extinct since the Pleistocene.
ANASTIGMAT * n. Compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images.
POMERANIAN * n. Breed of very small compact long-haired dogs of the spitz type.
BECKETT * n. A playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989).
PREEXISTENCE * n. Existing in a former state or previous to something else.
HORTICULTURAL * a. Of or relating to the cultivation of plants.
ONEIROMANCER * n. Someone who divines through the interpretation of dreams.
RUGULAH * n. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
POSTULATOR * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) Someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization. 2 Someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument.
FRAMER * n. 1 Someone who makes frames (as for pictures). 2 Someone who writes a new law or plan.
CARFARE * n. The fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar.
BORDELAISE * n. Brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine.
FALCATIFOLIUM * n. Sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia.
DECENTRALIZED * a. Withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities.
JACKET * --n. 1 A short coat. 2 An outer wrapping or casing. 3 (dentistry) Dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. 4 The outer skin of a potato. --v. 1 Provide with a thermally non-conducting cover. 2 Put a jacket on.
WAGGISH * s. Witty or joking.
JUDGMENT * n. 1 An opinion formed by judging something. 2 The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event. 3 (law) The determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it. 4 The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.
TOTARA * n. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
GALLON * n. 1 United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters. 2 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters.
RUFFLED * s. 1 Shaken into waves or undulations as by wind. 2 Having decorative ruffles or frills.
PERSPIRER * n. A person who perspires.
NONINFECTIOUS * a. Not infectious.
APPRO * n. An informal British abbreviation of approval.
OBSTINATE * --v. Persist stubbornly. --a. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. --s. 1 Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing. 2 Resistant to guidance or discipline.
GARBANZO * n. 1 The seed of the chickpea plant. 2 Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried.
REABSORPTION * n. The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation.
PRAETORIAL * a. Of or relating to a Roman praetor.
SPRINKLER * n. Mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden.
BELEAGUER * v. 1 Annoy persistently. 2 Surround so as to force to give up.
PHALAROPUS * n. Type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes.
VIEWPOINT * n. 1 A mental position from which things are viewed. 2 A place from which something can be viewed.
CIRCUMSPECTLY * r. In a cagey manner.
PARENTAGE * n. 1 The state of being a parent. 2 The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. 3 The descendants of one individual.
POINTEL * n. A tool used by an engraver.
LAWBREAKER * n. Someone who violates the law.
PRAJAPATI * n. Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma.
FEUDALISM * n. The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war.
NARROW-MOUTHED * s. Having a narrow mouth.
EUDERMA * n. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
UNGARMENTED * s. Having removed clothing.
VIOLABLE * a. Capable of being violated.
BELEMNOIDEA * n. Order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas.
CATARRHINE * --n. Of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together. --a. Of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward.
GLIMPSE * --n. 1 A quick look. 2 A brief or incomplete view. 3 A vague indication. --v. Catch a glimpse of or see briefly.
ADJECTIVAL * a. Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
DISSOLVE * --n. (film) A gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out. --v. 1 Become weaker. 2 Cause to go into a solution. 3 Come to an end. 4 Stop functioning or cohering as a unit.
AFTERCARE * n. Care and treatment of a convalescent patient.
NEGOTIATRIX * n. A woman negotiator.
FIZZLE * --n. 1 A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval). 2 A complete failure. --v. End weakly.
SILICIOUS * a. Relating to or containing or resembling silica.
XE * n. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
COTTONTAIL * n. Common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks).
HALLUCINOSIS * n. A mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations.
ICOSAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having twenty plane faces.
IMMOVABLENESS * n. Not capable of being moved or rearranged.
NARRATE * v. 1 Provide commentary for a film, for example. 2 Narrate or give a detailed account of.
WINCHESTER * n. 1 A city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire. 2 A shoulder rifle.
FENESTRATION * n. 1 The arrangement of windows in a building. 2 Surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis.
SPORTING * --s. 1 Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play. 2 Involving risk or willingness to take a risk. 3 Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance. --a. Relating to or used in sports.
DAYSPRING * n. The first light of day.
CHLAMYDOSAURUS * n. Frilled lizards.
MYCOMYCIN * n. A highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete.
UNSELFISH * --a. Disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others. --s. Not greedy.
GROZNYY * n. The capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields.
LANTHANOTIDAE * n. Stout-bodied lizards.
DICKENS * n. 1 A word used in exclamations of confusion. 2 English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870).
SCOLIOSIS * n. An abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column.
KERA * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
UNHURT * s. 1 Not injured or harmed. 2 Free from danger or injury.
KESEY * n. United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001).
OSHA * n. A government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY * r. 1 With enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner. 2 In a lavish or enthusiastic manner.
UNPROMPTED * s. Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus.
OVERCAST * --n. 1 The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds. 2 Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover. 3 A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling. 4 A cast that falls beyond the intended spot. --v. 1 Make overcast or cloudy. 2 Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches. 3 Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next. --s. Filled or abounding with clouds.
DRYAS * n. Mountain avens.
SLUMBERER * n. A rester who is sleeping.
REVIEW * --n. 1 A new appraisal or evaluation. 2 An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). 3 A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment. 4 (accounting) A service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data. --v. 1 Look at again; examine again. 2 Appraise critically. 3 Hold a review (of troops). 4 Refresh one's memory.
MINX * n. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.
ANGLOPHIL * n. An admirer of England and things English.
WHORE * --n. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. --v. 1 Work as a prostitute. 2 Have unlawful sex with a whore. 3 Compromise oneself for money or other gains.
TAXACEAE * n. Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales.
DREY * n. The nest of a squirrel.
FRAUDULENCE * n. 1 A fraudulent or duplicitous representation. 2 The quality of being fraudulent. 3 Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
NEGLIGENTLY * r. In a negligent manner.
KUMQUAT * n. 1 Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp. 2 Small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp.
SCENARIST * n. A writer of screenplays.
PUBIS * n. One of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis.
SLOPS * n. 1 Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. 2 Cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain).
BRACTEOLATE * a. Having bracteoles.
RASH * --n. 1 Any red eruption of the skin. 2 A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences. --s. 1 Imprudently incurring risk. 2 Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences.
TITILLATE * v. 1 Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements. 2 Excite pleasurably or erotically.
COLDLY * r. Lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner.
CALENDAR * --n. 1 A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year. 2 A list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc). 3 A tabular array of the days (usually for one year). --v. Enter into a calendar.
PARALLELEPIPEDON * n. A prism whose bases are parallelograms.
PEEKABOO * n. A game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!.
ROTTEN * s. 1 Very bad. 2 Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless. 3 Having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness.
MESALLIANCE * n. A marriage with a person of inferior social status.
SADDUCEE * n. A member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees.
ZOYSIA * n. Any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia.
BASIDIOSPOROUS * a. Of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia.
SIMOON * n. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
APPETIZINGNESS * n. The property of stimulating the appetite.
SUPERMARKETEER * n. An operator of a supermarket.
HADRON * n. Any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles.
SEMIFORMAL * s. Moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket.
BIBLIOMANIACAL * a. Characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania.
INCONTINENT * a. Not having control over urination and defecation.
CULEX * n. Type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface.
RECREATION * n. 1 An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates. 2 Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation.
ANTHROPOCENTRIC * a. Human-centered.
ALIFORM * s. Having or resembling wings.
GALICIAN * n. A language spoken in Galicia, an Autonomus Community of Spain.
DISCIPLINAL * s. Designed to promote discipline.
CIRCINATE * s. Shaped like a ring.
COMPLEXIFIER * n. Someone makes things complex.
THERMIONICS * n. The branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes).
SCATOPHAGY * n. The eating of excrement or other filth.
CHEMORECEPTOR * n. A sensory receptor that responds to chemical stimuli.
NAIVELY * r. In a naive manner.
FLORIST * n. 1 Someone who grows and deals in flowers. 2 A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold.
BOISTEROUS * s. 1 Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. 2 Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits. 3 Violently agitated and turbulent.
MEMORIALISE * v. 1 Address in a memorial. 2 Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.
TEMPTABLE * s. Susceptible to temptation.
STONEROOT * n. Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States.
AQUILEGIA * n. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.
ONSET * n. 1 The beginning or early stages. 2 (military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons).
WRING * --n. A twisting squeeze. --v. 1 Twist and press out of shape. 2 Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish. 3 Obtain by coercion or intimidation. 4 Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid.
HEIGHTEN * v. 1 Become more extreme. 2 Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity. 3 Increase. 4 Increase the height of.
LATH * n. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
XLIII * s. Being three more than forty.
EARTH-GODDESS * n. A goddess of fertility and vegetation.
AMMODYTES * n. Type genus of the Ammodytidae.
DEXTEROUS * s. Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
SUBSTANTIVAL * a. Of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent).
COBBER * n. Australian term for a pal.
OXIDE * n. Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical.
TRANSMISSION * n. 1 The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted. 2 Communication by means of transmitted signals. 3 The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance. 4 An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.
MICROCOSMIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of a microcosm.
WWW * n. Computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol.
OBSCURELY * r. In an obscure manner.
GERIATRICIAN * n. A specialist in gerontology.
INVALIDISM * n. Chronic ill health.
SORUS * n. 1 A spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi. 2 Cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond.
FLOURY * s. Resembling flour in fine powdery texture.
PARESTHESIA * n. Abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage.
WEB * --n. 1 An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving. 2 An intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim. 3 The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. 4 An interconnected system of things or people. --v. Construct or form a web, as if by weaving.
AFFIRM * v. 1 Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. 2 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. 3 Say yes to.
DEPRECIATOR * n. One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
RUSHER * n. 1 (football) A ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball. 2 Someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory. 3 A person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously.
JOURNEY * --n. The act of traveling from one place to another. --v. 1 Undertake a journey or trip. 2 Travel upon or across.
STENOPTERYGIUS * n. An ichthyosaur of the genus Stenopterygius.
CONGRESSIONAL * a. Of or relating to congress.
RED-FACED * s. 1 (especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. 2 Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset.
BROWNISH-RED * s. Of dark brownish to purplish red.
GRAYNESS * n. A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
SCHISTOSOMIASIS * n. An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected.
CONSULT * v. 1 Get or ask advice from. 2 Seek information from. 3 Have a conference in order to talk something over. 4 Advise professionally.
IDLENESS * n. 1 Having no employment. 2 The quality of lacking substance or value. 3 The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work.
GANJA * n. 1 A strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction. 2 The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect.
HAVE * --n. A person who possesses great material wealth. --v. 1 Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense. 2 Have as a feature. 3 Go through (mental or physical states or experiences). 4 Have ownership or possession of.
COMATULA * n. Former usage synonymous with Antedon.
SEABORNE * s. Conveyed by sea.
LINCOLNESQUE * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln.
AUTOIMMUNE * a. Of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body.
BACTERIOSTAT * n. A chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth.
FLAME-COLORED * s. Having the brilliant orange-red color of flames.
MATES * n. A pair of people who live together.
GELATIN * n. 1 A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin. 2 An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods. 3 A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects.
ATTOSECOND * n. One quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond.
SHAKEABLE * s. Capable of being weakened.
UNPITYING * s. Without mercy or pity.
FERIAL * a. Of or relating to or being a feria.
GOLDTHREAD * n. Low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers.
GROUCHO * n. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977).
ENTRANCE * --n. 1 Something that provides access (to get in or get out). 2 A movement into or inward. 3 The act of entering. --v. 1 Attract; cause to be enamored. 2 Put into a trance.
MAGICIAN * n. 1 Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. 2 One who practices magic or sorcery.
DREARILY * r. In a cheerless manner.
ELIA * n. English essayist (1775-1834).
SPELLBINDING * s. Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
SABBATH * n. A day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims.
KNITWEAR * n. Knitted clothing.
SARCOSTEMMA * n. Succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia.
HOLOGRAPHY * n. The branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image.
HANSARD * n. The official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body; originally of the British Parliament.
UNPROTECTED * a. Lacking protection or defense.
MEALY * --a. Containing meal or made of meal. --s. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.
TYPHOON * n. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
COEVALS * n. All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
CUIRASSIER * n. A cavalryman equipped with a cuirass.
SASSY * s. Improperly forward or bold.
SUBSCRIPT * --n. A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character. --a. Written or printed below and to one side of another character.
SANHEDRIN * n. The supreme judicial and ecclesiastical council of ancient Jerusalem.
ANTIEPILEPTIC * n. A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy).
PROVIDENTIAL * --s. 1 Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention. 2 Resulting from divine providence. --a. Relating to or characteristic of providence.
REFORMIST * --n. A disputant who advocates reform. --s. Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).
INSTITUTIONAL * a. 1 Relating to or constituting or involving an institution. 2 Organized as or forming an institution.
DEMAGNETISATION * n. The process of removing magnetization.
DEARY * n. A special loved one.
MARSHALL * n. 1 United States actor (1914-1998). 2 United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959). 3 United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835). 4 (in some countries) A military officer of highest rank.
BLUE-FLOWERED * s. Having blue flowers.
PUFFBIRD * n. Brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers.
GONZO * s. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
GAMBIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Gambia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants.
BIMETALLISTIC * a. Pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals.
WALTZER * n. A dancer who waltzes.
DETOUR * --n. A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked). --v. Travel via a detour.
PICKY * s. Exacting especially about details.
BABYLONIAN * --n. 1 An inhabitant of ancient Babylon. 2 The ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written. --a. Of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture.
NASEBY * n. 1 A village in western Northamptonshire. 2 A battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists.
AYATOLLAH * n. A high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well.
HUFFILY * r. In a huffy manner.
HYPERICALES * n. A large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae.
MRI * n. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
CORKED * s. (of wine) Tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin.
ACTINIAN * n. Any sea anemone or related animal.
HELL-ROOSTER * n. Someone who is a very fierce fighter.
ODESA * n. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
CLOCKMAKER * n. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches.
COELENTERATA * n. Hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals.
BOWLDER * n. A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin.
STILT * n. 1 A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. 2 One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground. 3 Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia. 4 Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
HUNKY-DORY * s. Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
APPROPRIATELY * r. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
ARCHAEBACTERIUM * n. Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae.
SHEEN * n. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
150TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred fifty in counting order.
WHOREDOM * n. Offering sexual intercourse for pay.
ALPHABETIZER * n. A literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order.
XXI * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one. --s. Being one more than twenty.
FANTASIA * n. A musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes.
ILLUSIONIST * n. 1 A person with unusual powers of foresight. 2 Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.
PEDLAR * n. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
THAILAND * n. A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula.
HUMPBACKED * s. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
DICHOTOMOUSLY * r. In a dichotomous manner.
FROSTIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost.
KURA * n. A river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea.
IMPERIOUSLY * r. In an imperious manner.
MELCHIOR * n. 1 United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973). 2 (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia.
DEMAND * --n. 1 An urgent or peremptory request. 2 The ability and desire to purchase goods and services. 3 Required activity. 4 The act of demanding. --v. 1 Request urgently and forcefully. 2 Require as useful, just, or proper. 3 Claim as due or just. 4 Lay legal claim to.
UNIVERSALISE * v. Make universal.
HYPSIGLENA * n. Night snakes.
JACINTH * n. A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone.
INSOLUBILITY * n. 1 The property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve. 2 The quality of being insoluble and difficult to dissolve in liquid.
UNADVISABLE * a. Not prudent or wise; not recommended.
LAPIDARIST * n. An expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them.
SETTLE * --n. A long wooden bench with a back. --v. 1 Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground. 2 Bring to an end; settle conclusively. 3 Settle conclusively; come to terms. 4 Take up residence and become established.
HYDRAZOITE * n. A salt of hydrazoic acid.
HEMATOGENESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
WEEDER * n. 1 A farmhand hired to remove weeds. 2 A hand tool for removing weeds.
MOLECULE * n. 1 (physics and chemistry) The simplest structural unit of an element or compound. 2 (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
REDISCOVERY * n. The act of discovering again.
ANECDOTICAL * s. Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes.
PITHECELLOBIUM * n. Thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia.
THREESCORE * --n. A set with 3 times 20 members. --s. Being ten more than fifty.
VINEGARISHNESS * n. A sourness resembling that of vinegar.
PROP * --n. 1 A support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling. 2 Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie. 3 A propeller that rotates to push against air. --v. Support by placing against something solid or rigid.
SAINTPAULIA * n. East African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated.
MEGALOPTERA * n. In some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies.
ROUGHNECK * n. A cruel and brutal fellow.
OHIO * n. 1 A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region. 2 A river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River.
CHOCTAW * n. 1 A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama. 2 The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw.
SAND-BLIND * s. Having greatly reduced vision.
SUPPURATION * n. 1 (medicine) The formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus. 2 A fluid product of inflammation.
CERVIDAE * n. Deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer.
BEJEWEL * v. Adorn or decorate with precious stones.
SELF-ESTEEM * n. A feeling of pride in yourself.
LITTERBUG * n. A person who litters public places with refuse.
SCET * n. The coordinated universal time on board the spacecraft.
FUNGIA * n. A genus comprising the usual mushroom corals.
FOSTER-DAUGHTER * n. Someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth.
ROSE-RED * s. Of a deep slightly bluish red color.
DWINDLE * v. Become smaller or lose substance.
METROPOLIS * n. 1 A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts. 2 People living in a large densely populated municipality.
CONTRASTINGLY * r. In a contrasting manner.
SWINGER * n. 1 Someone who swings sports implements. 2 A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex.
SEMI-CLIMBER * n. A plant that tends to climb and on occasion can grow like a vine.
ABUT * v. Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary.
BLASTOMA * n. A tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells.
METALANGUAGE * n. A language that can be used to describe languages.
DECLASSIFICATION * n. Reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon.
HEWN * s. Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel.
MAXILLODENTAL * a. Of or relating to the upper jaw and its associated teeth.
MYCOLOGIST * n. A botanist who specializes in the study of fungi.
GASTROCYBE * n. A genus of fungi of the family Secotiaceae.
CIRCUMAMBULATE * v. Walk around something.
SPARGE * --n. The act of sprinkling or splashing water. --v. 1 Agitate by introducing air or compressed gas. 2 Scatter with liquid; wet lightly.
ERRATIC * s. 1 Liable to sudden unpredictable change. 2 Having no fixed course. 3 Likely to perform unpredictably.
SAC * n. 1 An enclosed space. 2 A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule. 3 A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay. 4 A structure resembling a bag in an animal.
BRICKLY * s. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped.
MYCOPHAGY * n. The practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild).
RIGHT-SIDE-UP * s. Of objects having a top and bottom.
CHASTENING * n. A rebuke for making a mistake.
STIGMATIST * n. A person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ).
ARCHITECTURE * n. 1 An architectural product or work. 2 The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings. 3 The profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect. 4 (computer science) The structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software.
EXUVIATE * v. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
WORKOUT * n. The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit.
REPELLINGLY * r. In a repellent manner.
NASUA * n. Coatis.
FLATFOOTED * s. 1 Unprepared and unable to react quickly. 2 Having broad flat feet that usually turn outward. 3 With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. 4 Forthright and explicit.
UNEVENTFULLY * r. In an uneventful manner.
COLLECTIVE * --n. Members of a cooperative enterprise. --s. 1 Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together. 2 Set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government. --a. Forming a whole or aggregate.
DESPISAL * n. A feeling of scornful hatred.
DAYDREAMER * n. Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming.
SISTRURUS * n. Pygmy rattlesnakes.
PRENANTHES * n. Genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus.
ATARAX * n. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
FOLIATE * --v. 1 Hammer into thin flat foils. 2 Decorate with leaves. 3 Coat or back with metal foil. 4 Number the pages of a book or manuscript. --a. Ornamented with foliage or foils. --s. 1 (often used as a combining form) Having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves. 2 (especially of metamorphic rock) Having thin leaflike layers or strata.
VERMONT * n. A state in New England.
EERIE * s. 1 Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious. 2 Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening.
VERSANT * n. The side or slope of a mountain.
WEBSTER * n. 1 English playwright (1580-1625). 2 United States politician and orator (1782-1817). 3 United States lexicographer (1758-1843).
SIKA * n. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
CONVENTUAL * s. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.
MANDIBLE * n. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
COWPENS * n. Battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British.
BOTULINAL * a. Of or relating to or produced by the botulinus.
SANGER * n. 1 English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918). 2 United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood; she challenged Gregory Pincus to develop a birth control pill (1883-1966).
FIBRILLATE * v. Make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements.
PARABOLA * n. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
RECONNAISSANCE * n. The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy).
ENACTMENT * n. 1 The passing of a law by a legislative body. 2 A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. 3 Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture.
XEROPHTHALMIA * n. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A.
ABSTAIN * v. 1 Refrain from voting. 2 Choose not to consume.
NYLGHAU * n. Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns.
CYMATIUM * n. (architecture) A molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex).
VICARIOUSLY * r. Indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute.
EXORCIST * n. 1 One of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church. 2 Someone who practices exorcism.
UNLIVE * v. Live so as to annul some previous behavior.
FOOTER * n. 1 (used only in combinations) The height or length of something in feet. 2 A person who travels by foot. 3 A printed note placed below the text on a printed page.
PUCKERBUSH * n. Evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles.
CYCLONAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm.
VENTOLIN * n. A bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness.
KILLINGLY * r. In a very humorous manner.
SYMBOLISE * v. 1 Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols. 2 Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.
DEUCE-ACE * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
CHALYBEATE * a. Containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron.
INSTIL * v. Enter drop by drop.
FOGHORN * n. 1 A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships. 2 A warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone.
TARWEED * n. 1 Any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America. 2 Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock.
SAXICOLINE * a. Growing on or living among rocks.
DOUCHE * --n. 1 A small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas. 2 Irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents. --v. Direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning.
CONTINUE * v. 1 Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. 2 Continue talking. 3 Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. 4 Move ahead; travel onward in time or space.
THEOLOGY * n. 1 The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. 2 A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings. 3 The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary).
DRAGGING * s. Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner.
SUBLIMED * a. Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY * n. A geographical area in central and eastern Europe; broken into separate countries at the end of World War I.
PARBOIL * v. Cook (vegetables) briefly.
CAPRICCIO * n. An instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation.
PLAYBACK * n. 1 The act of reproducing recorded sound. 2 Electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material.
JEREZ * n. A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry.
GABLED * a. (of a roof) Constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall.
MOUNT * --n. 1 A lightweight horse kept for riding only. 2 The act of climbing something. 3 A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. 4 A mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place. --v. 1 Attach to a support. 2 Go up or advance. 3 Fix onto a backing, setting, or support. 4 Put up or launch.
DIOECIAN * a. Having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals.
MARLINESPIKE * n. A pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing).
MARBLEIZE * v. Make something look like marble.
ACHIEVER * n. A person with a record of successes.
PARAMOUNT * s. Having superior power and influence.
SPIRITEDLY * r. In a spirited or lively manner; with animation and vivacity.
EXTRAPOLATE * v. 1 Draw from specific cases for more general cases. 2 Estimate the value of. 3 Gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating.
CENTILE * n. (statistics) Any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total.
APHAKIA * n. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
ZILL * n. One of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance.
TOTALIZATOR * n. Computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won.
INTERMENT * n. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
BAP * n. A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
SHORTENING * n. 1 Fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods. 2 Act of decreasing in length.
PFENNIG * n. 100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany.
TRENT * n. 1 A river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber. 2 A city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent.
NONSECTARIAN * a. Not restricted to one sect or school or party.
ILLINOISAN * n. A native or resident of Illinois.
MINDED * s. 1 (used in combination) Mentally oriented toward something specified. 2 (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
HOMEOSTATIC * a. Related to or characterized by homeostasis.
DISILLUSION * --n. Freeing from false belief or illusions. --v. Free from enchantment.
PHOTOSPHERE * n. The intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun).
BURGRASS * n. A grass of the genus Cenchrus.
AGGRESSIVENESS * n. 1 The quality of being bold and enterprising. 2 A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. 3 A natural disposition to be hostile.
ACTIVATED * s. 1 (of sewage) Treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition. 2 (of e.g. a molecule) Made reactive or more reactive. 3 Rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive. 4 (military) Set up and placed on active assignment.
BAI * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
UNREMARKABLE * s. Found in the ordinary course of events.
GEOPHYSICAL * a. Of or concerned with geophysics.
ARCTIID * n. Stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars.
WEIGHTED * s. 1 Made heavy or weighted down with weariness. 2 Adjusted to reflect value or proportion.
COEDUCATION * n. Education of men and women in the same institutions.
THERMIC * a. Relating to or associated with heat.
KEATON * n. United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966).
STINGINESS * n. A lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money.
FORLORNNESS * n. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.
RESCIND * v. Cancel officially.
CHICKENPOX * n. An acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body.
DISHEVELED * s. In disarray; extremely disorderly.
SCHNECKEN * n. Rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom.
NONGREGARIOUS * s. Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies.
TSIMSHIAN * n. 1 A member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian.
MASON * n. 1 American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792). 2 English film actor (1909-1984). 3 English writer (1865-1948). 4 A craftsman who works with stone or brick.
ABLE-BODISM * n. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
FLASHBACK * n. 1 A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story. 2 An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier).
REDUNDANCE * n. The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded.
78 * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight. 2 A shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute. --s. Being eight more than seventy.
PLEASANT * --a. Affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings. --s. (of persons) Having pleasing manners or behavior.
CARESS * --n. A gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it). --v. Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner.
VENDING * n. The act of selling goods for a living.
STRIPTEASE * n. 1 A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music. 2 A form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music.
YEAR * n. 1 A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days. 2 A period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity. 3 The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun. 4 A body of students who graduate together.
VOICELESS * --a. 1 Produced without vibration of the vocal cords. 2 Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. --s. 1 Uttered without voice. 2 Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
MACABRE * s. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
SUNDERLAND * n. A port and industrial city in northeastern England.
RALEIGH * n. 1 English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618). 2 Capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina.
DISLOCATED * s. Separated at the joint.
NONMEANINGFUL * a. Having no meaning or direction or purpose.
STATOR * n. Mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves.
SANGUIFICATION * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
PRICKTEASER * n. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.
CYMENE * n. Any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins.
DACTYLOPTERUS * n. A genus of Dactylopteridae.
NAVICULAR * --n. The largest wrist bone on the thumb side. --s. Shaped like a boat.
EFFLUVIUM * n. A foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste).
LINE * --n. 1 A formation of people or things one beside another. 2 A mark that is long relative to its width. 3 A formation of people or things one behind another. 4 A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point. --v. 1 Be in line with; form a line along. 2 Cover the interior of. 3 Make a mark or lines on a surface. 4 Mark with lines.
ECTASIS * n. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
OPSONISATION * n. Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis.
SADE * n. French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814).
ENLIGHTENED * --n. People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity. --a. Having knowledge and spiritual insight. --s. Characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved.
OUTSPAN * v. Remove the yoke or harness from.
ACONCAGUA * n. The highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high).
DETERMINATE * --a. 1 Precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause. 2 Not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex. --s. Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement.
RAVISHMENT * n. 1 A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment. 2 The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will.
COUNTERPLAN * n. A plot intended to subvert another plot.
PSYCHE * n. 1 That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason. 2 The immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life. 3 (Greek mythology) A beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul.
EMBANKMENT * n. A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection.
VULCANITE * n. A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber.
STRINGENT * s. Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
DUPLICIDENTATA * n. In former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals.
CRT * n. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
CRYESTHESIA * n. Hypersensitivity to cold.
OVERTAX * v. Tax excessively.
GENTEEL * s. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
LINAC * n. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
PRECINCT * n. A district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes.
ANACARDIUM * n. Type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew.
INALTERABLE * a. Not capable of being changed or altered.
FOREBODE * v. Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
UTRECHT * n. A city in the central Netherlands.
UNCRITICAL * a. 1 Marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures. 2 Not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors.
CHLOROPHYLLOSE * a. Relating to or being or containing chlorophyll.
EXCAVATOR * n. 1 A workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying. 2 A machine for excavating.
RECESSION * n. 1 The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year. 2 A small concavity. 3 The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service. 4 The act of ceding back.
SHIFT * --n. 1 An event in which something is displaced without rotation. 2 A qualitative change. 3 The time period during which you are at work. 4 The act of changing one thing or position for another. --v. 1 Make a shift in or exchange of. 2 Change place or direction. 3 Move around. 4 Move very slightly.
NONCOMBINATIVE * a. Not involving combination.
EPIDURAL * --n. Regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery. --a. On or outside the dura mater.
CAPOTE * n. 1 A long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head. 2 A long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head.
IN-CHIEF * s. Indicating the head of a staff.
LOUD-MOUTHED * s. Given to loud offensive talk.
SCORE * --n. 1 A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance). 2 A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages. 3 A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest. 4 A set of twenty members. --v. 1 Gain points in a game. 2 Make small marks into the surface of. 3 Make underscoring marks. 4 Write a musical score for.
OPTIONAL * a. Possible but not necessary; left to personal choice.
BRUSQUENESS * n. An abrupt discourteous manner.
PUGNACIOUSLY * r. In a pugnacious manner.
MISPICKEL * n. A silver-white or grey ore of arsenic.
AFFRICATIVE * n. A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy').
SUDORIFIC * --n. A medicine that causes or increases sweating. --a. Inducing perspiration.
IMPERSONALLY * r. 1 Without warmth. 2 In an impersonal manner.
WATERBURY * n. A city in west central Connecticut.
GERMAN * --n. 1 A person of German nationality. 2 The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language.
DEHUMIDIFY * v. Make less humid.
LOLLIPOP * n. 1 Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick. 2 Hard candy on a stick.
GROWL * --n. The sound of growling (as made by animals). --v. To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds.
TWINKIE * n. A small sponge cake with a synthetic cream filling.
TROPICS * n. The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate.
OMANI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Oman. --a. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
COPOLYMERISE * v. Polymerize together.
FENGTIEN * n. A city in northeastern China.
ALTAR * n. 1 The table in Christian churches where communion is given. 2 A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made.
BOARDWALK * n. A walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside.
FIBROUSNESS * n. The quality of being fibrous.
PANONYCHUS * n. A genus of Tetranychidae.
PAKCHOI * n. Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves.
LITTLENESS * n. 1 The property of having a relatively small size. 2 The property of having relatively little strength or vigor. 3 Lack of generosity in trifling matters.
CINEMATOGRAPHY * n. The act of making a film.
AMIDSHIP * --s. Located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft. --r. 1 At or near or toward the center of a ship. 2 At or near or toward the middle.
GONIFF * n. (Yiddish) A thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
IMMUNODEFICIENCY * n. Immunological disorder in which some part of the body's immune system is inadequate and resistance to infectious diseases is reduced.
BLOWPIPE * n. 1 A tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat. 2 A tube through which darts can be shot by blowing.
RISKINESS * n. A state of danger involving risk.
UNGLAZED * a. 1 Not furnished with glass. 2 Not having a shiny coating.
TUPIK * n. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
ETANERCEPT * n. A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF; it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
GRAPPLING * n. 1 The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. 2 The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
PIRACY * n. 1 Hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it. 2 The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.
STOCKINGED * s. Wearing stockings.
AFTERTHOUGHT * n. 1 Thinking again about a choice previously made. 2 An addition that was not included in the original plan.
QUACK * --n. 1 An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice. 2 The harsh sound of a duck. --v. 1 Utter quacking noises. 2 Act as a medical quack or a charlatan. --s. Medically unqualified.
CANDELABRA * n. Branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights.
SERICULTURE * n. 1 Raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk. 2 The production of raw silk by raising silkworms.
TROUPER * n. 1 A person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working. 2 An actor who travels around the country presenting plays.
SYMBOLISM * n. 1 A system of symbols and symbolic representations. 2 The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning. 3 An artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images.
TRICHOLOMATACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
DETONATOR * n. A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive.
SOLIDARITY * n. A union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group.
ANATOMIST * n. An expert in anatomy.
DEFORM * v. 1 Make formless. 2 Twist and press out of shape. 3 Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. 4 Become misshapen.
STORMILY * r. In a stormy or violent manner.
STRAWBOARD * n. A coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp.
MENSURABLE * a. 1 Having notes of fixed rhythmic value. 2 Capable of being measured.
SWEETHEART * --n. 1 A person loved by another person. 2 Any well-liked individual. 3 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. --s. Privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically).
TWO-PIECE * --n. 1 A business suit consisting of a matching jacket and skirt or trousers. 2 A woman's very brief bathing suit. --a. (of clothing) Made in or consisting of two parts or pieces.
SASSABY * n. A large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal.
PITHECIA * n. Sakis.
WIREHAIR * n. A terrier with wiry hair.
WIDOWER * n. A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried.
DISCOMBOBULATE * v. 1 Cause to be confused emotionally. 2 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
CAMPGROUND * n. A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent.
FINE-TUNE * v. 1 Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. 2 Adjust finely. 3 Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring.
RESHAPE * v. 1 Shape anew or differently. 2 Shape again or shape differently.
PLOCEIDAE * n. Weaverbirds.
AMYLOLYSIS * n. Conversion of starch to sugar.
AVITAMINOTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis.
SAPIENS * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens.
BROADWAY * n. A street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters.
NONEQUIVALENT * s. Not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance.
UNCOLORED * --a. Without color. --s. Not artificially colored or bleached.
GRAVITON * n. A gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles.
FORMALIZED * --a. Concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art). --s. Given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures.
BATHE * --n. The act of swimming for pleasure or recreation. --v. 1 Cleanse the entire body. 2 Suffuse or envelope with something. 3 Swim for pleasure or recreation.
ANGLO-CATHOLIC * a. Supporting the Anglican Church.
FOREHEAD * n. 1 The part of the face above the eyes. 2 The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits.
ARTICULATION * n. 1 The aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech. 2 The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. 3 Expressing in coherent verbal form. 4 (anatomy) The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion).
POCKET-SIZE * s. 1 Relatively moderate, limited, or small. 2 Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket.
SUPEREROGATORY * s. More than is needed, desired, or required.
INACTIVATION * n. 1 The process of rendering inactive. 2 Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges).
BACCHIC * s. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
SELF-MADE * s. Having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts.
TERATOMA * n. A tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site.
LOUD-VOICED * s. Having an unusually loud voice.
TAYASSUIDAE * n. Peccaries.
EXTREME * --n. 1 The furthest or highest degree of something. 2 The point located farthest from the middle of something. --s. 1 Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity. 2 Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree. 3 Beyond a norm in views or actions. 4 Most distant in any direction.
LARGISH * s. Somewhat large.
BLUNDERBUSS * n. A short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle.
NICANDRA * n. Sturdy annual of Peru.
VOLTAGE * n. 1 The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts. 2 The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts.
AGNOMEN * n. An additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great').
MOULDY * s. Covered with or smelling of mold.
DUTY-BOUND * s. Under a moral obligation to do something.
APALACHICOLA * n. A river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border.
THORITE * n. A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite.
EMOTIONLESS * s. Unmoved by feeling.
TWOSOME * n. 1 Two items of the same kind. 2 A pair who associate with one another.
IODINE-131 * n. Heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter.
MILLENNIUM * n. 1 A span of 1000 years. 2 (New Testament) In Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness. 3 The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
ANTIMUON * n. The antiparticle of a muon; decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino.
WAMPUM * n. 1 Informal terms for money. 2 Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.
CHRONOLOGIZE * v. Establish the order in time of something.
CHLAMYDIAL * a. Of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite.
MISTRIAL * n. A trial that is invalid or inconclusive.
TWO-NEEDLED * s. (of conifers) Having two needles.
VULCANISER * n. Someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency.
YARN-DYE * v. Dye (fabric) before it is spun.
ASKLEPIOS * n. Son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea.
LEGER * n. 1 A record in which commercial accounts are recorded. 2 French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955).
SHIVERY * s. 1 Cold enough to cause shivers. 2 Provoking fear terror.
NEWPORT * n. 1 A port city in southeastern Wales. 2 A resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center.
LAZULINE * n. A light shade of blue.
MAGAZINE * n. 1 A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it. 2 Product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object. 3 A business firm that publishes magazines. 4 A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required.
FRIENDLY * --n. Troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces. --a. 1 Characteristic of or befitting a friend. 2 Easy to understand or use. 3 Of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally. --s. Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile.
JOURNEYMAN * n. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
REYNARD * n. A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'.
SILLAGINIDAE * n. Small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia.
DERMATOMYCOSIS * n. Fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing).
SULFUROUS * --a. Of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur. --s. 1 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 2 Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.
UNREPRESSED * s. Not repressed.
PRESBYOPIC * a. Able to see distant objects clearly.
OSTEOPATH * n. A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles.
PLATE * --n. 1 (baseball) Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score. 2 A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic. 3 A full-page illustration (usually on slick paper). 4 Dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten. --v. Coat with a layer of metal.
LICENSEE * n. Someone to whom a license is granted.
DIFFIDENTLY * r. In a diffident manner.
SHOEBLACK * n. A person who polishes shoes and boots.
UNDECORATED * a. Not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction.
SMILINGLY * r. With smiles; in a smiling manner.
DARK-COLORED * s. Having a dark color.
PICKING * n. 1 The quantity of a crop that is harvested. 2 The act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.).
UNDERGROWTH * n. The brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest.
FENESTRA * n. A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear).
ETHOS * n. (anthropology) The distinctive spirit of a culture or an era.
GYMNASTIC * --s. Vigorously active. --a. Of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility.
RUSSIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Russia. 2 The Slavic language that is the official language of Russia. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language.
CELLPHONE * n. A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver.
ANGIOSARCOMA * n. A rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels.
QUENCHLESS * s. Impossible to quench.
WAIVER * n. A formal written statement of relinquishment.
RECONCILABLE * a. Capable of being reconciled.
OSTWALD * n. German chemist (1853-1932).
EMPOWERMENT * n. The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant.
AFEBRILE * a. Having no fever.
GARDENIA * n. Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers.
THORNDIKE * n. 1 English actress (1882-1976). 2 United States educational psychologist (1874-1949).
DIVINATORY * s. 1 Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. 2 Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
NAUTILUS * n. 1 A submarine that is propelled by nuclear power. 2 Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells. 3 Cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions.
IRESINE * n. Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs.
WAINSCOTTING * n. 1 A wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively). 2 Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room.
BLOWBALL * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls.
DEFEMINISE * v. Remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats).
WHEELLESS * a. Having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles.
RADIATION * n. 1 Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles. 2 The act of spreading outward from a central source. 3 Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours. 4 The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay.
AMINOALKANE * n. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
TART * --n. 1 A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. 2 A small open pie with a fruit filling. 3 A pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust. --s. 1 Tasting sour like a lemon. 2 Harsh.
DURABOLIN * n. An androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis.
STEADINESS * n. 1 Freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct. 2 The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place. 3 The quality of being steady--regular and unvarying.
PACIFICIST * n. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.
FOREWORD * n. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
AVID * s. 1 (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous. 2 Marked by active interest and enthusiasm.
BEOGRAD * n. Capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube.
PONKA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska. 2 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca.
HEMEROCALLIS * n. East Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae.
LINGAM * n. The Hindu phallic symbol of Siva.
UNDERMINE * v. 1 Destroy property or hinder normal operations. 2 Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
BIQUADRATIC * --n. 1 An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree. 2 An equation of the fourth degree. 3 A polynomial of the fourth degree. --a. Involving  the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree.
TAMARIND * n. 1 Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp. 2 Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys.
UNGRATEFULNESS * n. A lack of gratitude.
PROBATIONER * n. 1 A nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period. 2 Someone released on probation or on parole.
LOCAL * --n. 1 Public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops. 2 Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body. --a. 1 Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area. 2 Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood. 3 Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body.
CANVASSER * n. 1 A petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes. 2 Someone who examines votes at an election. 3 Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion. 4 A person who takes or counts votes.
SINISTRORSAL * s. Spiraling upward from right to left.
STORE-BOUGHT * s. Purchased; not homemade.
ALASKA * n. A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union.
SQUALIDNESS * n. Sordid dirtiness.
RIPEN * v. 1 Cause to ripen or develop fully. 2 Grow ripe.
YLANG-YLANG * n. Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental.
ANARCHISTIC * a. Of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism.
DESENSITIZING * a. Making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.
DRIVE-IN * n. Any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles.
OIG * n. The investigative arm of the Federal Trade Commission.
OXYPHENCYCLIMINE * n. An anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers.
INTERPRETED * s. Understood in a certain way; made sense of.
DANAIDAE * n. Small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies.
CONSERVATIVIST * n. A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas.
SLOWDOWN * n. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
ZOFTIG * s. (of a female body) Healthily plump and vigorous.
CELIOMA * n. An abdominal tumor.
ENDURE * v. 1 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. 2 Face and withstand with courage. 3 Continue to live and avoid dying. 4 Undergo or be subjected to.
LASIOCAMPA * n. Type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars.
UTOPIAN * --n. An idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia. 2 Characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection.
STENOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or employing stenography.
ORTYGAN * n. Any of several East Indian birds.
SOUGHINGLY * r. With a soft sound.
WOUND * --n. 1 An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). 2 A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat. 3 A figurative injury (to your feelings or pride). 4 The act of inflicting a wound. --v. 1 Cause injuries or bodily harm to. 2 Hurt the feelings of. --s. Put in a coil.
GHB * n. A club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape.
CYCADOPHYTINA * n. Palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta).
XENORHYNCUS * n. East Indian and Australian storks.
SUITABLY * r. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
MULISHLY * r. In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
UNMODERNISED * s. Not brought up to date.
DEAN * n. 1 An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college. 2 United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955). 3 A man who is the senior member of a group. 4 (Roman Catholic Church) The head of the College of Cardinals.
CYSTOPHORA * n. Hooded seals.
BARONIAL * s. Impressive in appearance.
BLACK-AND-BLUE * s. Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin.
INVIDIOUS * s. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice.
APODAL * s. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
GUAIAC * n. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
MESSIAH * n. 1 Any expected deliverer. 2 Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer. 3 The awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people. 4 An oratorio composed by Handel in 1742.
LAPEL * n. Lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar.
DUNKERQUE * n. 1 A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II. 2 An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire.
COLOUR * --n. 1 Any material used for its color. 2 (physics) The characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction. 3 Interest and variety and intensity. 4 The timbre of a musical sound. --v. 1 Modify or bias. 2 Decorate with colors. 3 Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for. 4 Affect as in thought or feeling. --a. Having or capable of producing colors.
EPHEMERAL * --n. Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form. --s. Lasting a very short time.
WINGSPAN * n. Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil.
COMMITTAL * n. 1 The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital). 2 The act of committing a crime.
UNMARKETABLE * s. 1 Not fit for sale. 2 Not capable of being sold.
BRATTICE * --n. A partition (often temporary) of planks or cloth that is used to control ventilation in a mine. --v. Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines.
STARETS * n. A religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
BARONDUKI * n. Terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
HOY * n. A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
NECKLIKE * s. Resembling a neck.
COCKHORSE * n. Anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult).
PHYSETER * n. Type genus of the Physeteridae.
APPLE-SHAPED * s. Having the general shape of an apple.
OLDWIFE * n. 1 Tropical Atlantic fish. 2 A common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States.
SMELLY * s. Offensively malodorous.
LIQUIFIED * --a. Changed from a solid to a liquid state. --s. 1 Reduced to a liquid state. 2 Reduced to liquid form by heating.
LATELY * r. In the recent past.
CROTALARIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops.
UNDESCENDED * a. (of the testis) Remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum.
FLARE * --n. 1 A shape that spreads outward. 2 A sudden burst of flame. 3 A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate. 4 Reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation. --v. 1 Burn brightly. 2 Become flared and widen, usually at one end. 3 Shine with a sudden light. 4 Erupt or intensify suddenly.
ETHEREAL * --s. 1 Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air. 2 Of heaven or the spirit. 3 Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy. --a. Of or containing or dissolved in ether.
SAPOTA * n. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
OVOLO * n. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
DIOPTER * n. A unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists.
ARMINIANISM * n. 17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty.
TASHMIT * n. Consort of Nabu.
FRATERCULA * n. Puffins.
VICTUAL * --n. Any substance that can be used as food. --v. 1 Supply with food. 2 Lay in provisions. 3 Take in nourishment.
SWANNECK * n. Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.
BRANCHED * s. 1 Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches. 2 Having branches.
CHARMED * s. 1 Strongly attracted. 2 Filled with wonder and delight.
PROTANOPIC * s. Inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green.
AUTOICOUS * s. Having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant.
KNIFE-EDGE * n. A narrow boundary.
COMITY * n. A state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect.
ECHINODERMATA * n. Radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers.
KKK * n. A secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people.
POSTURING * n. Adopting a vain conceited posture.
WRYLY * r. In a wry manner.
PAPAYA * n. 1 Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. 2 Large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh.
PARVE * s. Containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism.
CARRY-OVER * n. 1 Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation. 2 The accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves.
POISONING * n. 1 The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance. 2 The act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill.
NINEPENCE * n. A coin worth nine pennies.
HELICON * n. A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician.
WESLEYISM * n. Evangelical principles taught by John Wesley.
LAWRENCIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
BUTTON-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a button.
PHAEOPHYCEAE * n. Brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae.
AUTOPLASTIC * a. Of or relating to or involved in autoplasty.
IMPOSE * v. 1 Compel to behave in a certain way. 2 Impose something unpleasant. 3 Impose and collect.
PODICIPEDIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes.
EMISSION * n. 1 The act of emitting; causing to flow forth. 2 A substance that is emitted or released. 3 The release of electrons from parent atoms. 4 Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.
HEROD * n. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
NONPASSERINE * a. Relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds.
HOLBROOKIA * n. Earless lizards.
HUMANITIES * n. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
WHIPLIKE * a. Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
EGGER * n. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons.
SEVENTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order.
STORKSBILL * n. Any of various plants of the genus Erodium.
ZAMBONI * n. The trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink.
YELLOWISH-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with yellow.
UNDERACTIVE * s. Abnormally inactive.
OPAQUELY * r. In an opaque manner.
SLENDER-WAISTED * s. Having a small waist.
HYGIENICAL * s. Tending to promote or preserve health.
PENILE * a. Of or relating to the penis.
INSESSORES * n. A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists.
REPELLING * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
CONVECTOR * n. A space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection.
MOJAVE * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California. 2 A desert area in southern California and western Arizona. 3 The Yuman language spoken by the Mohave.
CAROLINA * n. The area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
BASILICAN * a. Of or relating to or resembling a basilica.
COUNTERCURRENT * n. 1 A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. 2 Actions counter to the main group activity.
TINNY * --a. Of or containing tin. --s. 1 Of very poor quality; flimsy. 2 Thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance.
WATERSCAPE * n. A painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape).
SKITTER * v. 1 To move about or proceed hurriedly. 2 Glide easily along a surface. 3 Cause to skip over a surface. 4 Twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water.
NINETEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one. --s. Being one more than eighteen.
REGRETTABLE * s. Deserving regret.
BROWNNESS * n. An orange of low brightness and saturation.
BLOODSTOCK * n. Thoroughbred horses (collectively).
STARGAZE * v. 1 Observe the stars. 2 Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy.
DELTA * n. 1 A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water. 2 An object shaped like an equilateral triangle. 3 The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.
HANGCHOW * n. A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world.
PASSOVER * n. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
EXTENSIVELY * r. In a widespread way.
INSPIRING * a. Stimulating or exalting to the spirit.
BREVIARY * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders.
RAIN-IN-THE-FACE * n. A chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905).
BEAUTIFY * v. 1 Make more beautiful. 2 Be beautiful to look at. 3 Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
CYTOKINESIS * n. Organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells.
LAPPET * n. 1 A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards. 2 A small lap on a garment or headdress. 3 Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.
INSET * --n. 1 A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one. 2 An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted. 3 A piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment. --v. Set or place in.
UNIFORMITY * n. 1 A condition in which everything is regular and unvarying. 2 The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom).
BOILER * n. 1 Sealed vessel where water is converted to steam. 2 A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid.
FUNGIBLE * --n. A commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation. --s. Of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation.
PIEMONTE * n. The region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley.
THINLY * r. 1 Without force or sincere effort. 2 Without viscosity. 3 In a small quantity or extent. 4 In a widely distributed manner.
WELL-MINED * s. Well known and commonly used.
CONSTRAINING * s. Restricting the scope or freedom of action.
FIVE-SIDED * s. Having five sides.
FUROR * n. 1 An interest followed with exaggerated zeal. 2 A sudden outburst (as of protest).
SACRAL * --a. Of or relating to or near the sacrum. --s. Of or relating to sacred rites.
SORGHO * n. Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.
CORIANDRUM * n. Small genus of annual Mediterranean herbs.
PAPILLOMA * n. A benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass.
BLINKING * --n. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. --s. 1 Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly. 2 Informal intensifiers.
BUXACEAE * n. Widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees.
SUKUR * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
GREED * n. 1 Excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. 2 Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins).
MUZTAGH * n. A highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high).
TOXIN * n. A poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species.
BOOBOISIE * n. Class consisting of all those who are considered boobs.
DISTANT * --a. 1 Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance. 2 Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship. --s. 1 Remote in manner. 2 Separate or apart in time. 3 Located far away spatially.
EMMENTALER * n. Swiss cheese with large holes.
CHICHI * --n. 1 Someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way. 2 Elegance by virtue of being fashionable. --s. Affectedly trendy and fashionable.
APOPHATISM * n. The religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not).
LOW-SPIRITEDNESS * n. A feeling of low spirits.
TRESTLE * n. 1 A supporting tower used to support a bridge. 2 Sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop.
FREESIA * n. Any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers.
TWILIT * s. Lighted by or as if by twilight.
SLANTED * s. 1 Having an oblique or slanted direction. 2 Favoring one person or side over another.
1840S * n. The decade from 1840 to 1849.
CATBIRD * n. 1 Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females. 2 North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing.
PATRON * n. 1 A regular customer. 2 The proprietor of an inn. 3 Someone who supports or champions something.
FIAT * n. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
PERMANENCE * n. The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration.
OMNIUM-GATHERUM * n. A motley assortment of things.
INOCULUM * n. A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
CROCKETT * n. United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836).
HUNCH * --n. 1 An impression that something might be the case. 2 The act of bending yourself into a humped position. --v. Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward.
SEEDMAN * n. A dealer in seeds.
ODOROUS * --a. Having odor or a characteristic odor. --s. 1 Emitting an odor. 2 Having a natural fragrance.
DIELECTROLYSIS * n. The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode.
TACK * --n. 1 The heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails. 2 A short nail with a sharp point and a large head. 3 Gear for a horse. 4 (nautical) A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. --v. 1 Fasten with tacks. 2 Turn into the wind. 3 Create by putting components or members together. 4 Sew together loosely, with large stitches.
MESODERMAL * a. Relating to or derived from the mesoderm.
UNWISENESS * n. The trait of acting stupidly or rashly.
VACATIONER * n. Someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work.
THROWN * s. 1 Caused to fall to the ground. 2 Twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread.
UNMERCHANTABLE * s. Not fit for sale.
DEFUNCTNESS * n. No longer in existence.
PELARGONIUM * n. Geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated.
OBJECT * --n. 1 A tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow. 2 The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable). 3 (grammar) A constituent that is acted upon. 4 The focus of cognitions or feelings. --v. 1 Express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent. 2 Be averse to or express disapproval of.
MODEL * --n. 1 A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process. 2 A type of product. 3 A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor. 4 Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). --v. 1 Plan or create according to a model or models. 2 Form in clay, wax, etc. 3 Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. 4 Display (clothes) as a mannequin. --s. Worthy of imitation.
SYSTEMISER * n. An organizer who puts things in order.
OUTLYING * s. Relatively far from a center or middle.
BARRELS * n. The amount that many barrels might hold.
GREENHOOD * n. Any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood.
TELPHER * n. One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage.
DISCOMMODE * v. To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
MURDERESS * n. A woman murderer.
BARNYARD * n. A yard adjoining a barn.
QUICKEST * r. Most quickly.
ADIRONDACKS * n. A mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area.
TECHNICALLY * r. 1 With regard to technique. 2 With regard to technical skill and the technology available. 3 According to the exact meaning; according to the facts.
MECHANISE * v. 1 Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles. 2 Make monotonous; make automatic or routine. 3 Make mechanical.
WILLARD * n. 1 United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898). 2 United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870).
GRATIFYINGLY * r. In a gratifying manner.
REGALECIDAE * n. Ribbonfishes.
TRUMPET-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a trumpet.
OSTEOMYELITIS * n. An inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection).
PYTHIACEAE * n. Fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores.
HAEMORRHAGE * n. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
OUSEL * n. Common black European thrush.
NATROLITE * n. A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum.
ANGLOPHOBE * n. A person who hates England and everything English.
GAMMA * n. 1 The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet. 2 A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted. 3 Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524).
MACULE * n. A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases.
NOMIA * n. A genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes.
TOPMINNOW * n. 1 Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control. 2 Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish.
RHYNCOSTYLIS * n. Genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia.
TUTORIAL * --n. A session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students. --a. Of or relating to tutors or tutoring.
FOUNDRESS * n. A woman founder.
BLANC * n. A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables (used especially with braised meat).
GROVELING * s. Totally submissive.
COUNTRYFOLK * n. 1 People living in the same country; compatriots. 2 People raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics.
YEREVAN * n. Capital of Armenia.
GERANIACEAE * n. Chiefly herbaceous plants.
EMPHATIC * s. 1 Spoken with emphasis. 2 Sudden and strong. 3 Forceful and definite in expression or action.
OVALBUMIN * n. The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water.
GNATHOSTOMATA * n. Comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws.
COLLEAGUE * n. 1 An associate that one works with. 2 A person who is member of one's class or profession.
WILDFOWL * n. Flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food.
LEPTOTENE * n. The first stage of the prophase of meiosis.
SOUGHING * s. Characterized by soft sounds.
ALPHABETIZE * v. 1 Arrange in alphabetical order. 2 Provide with an alphabet.
GARNIER * n. French architect (1825-1898).
PERSIST * v. 1 Continue to exist. 2 Be persistent, refuse to stop. 3 Stay behind.
OXIDISED * a. Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen.
LESSENED * s. 1 Impaired by diminution. 2 Decreased in severity; made less harsh.
SALEROOM * n. An area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed.
AMBIANCE * n. 1 A particular environment or surrounding influence. 2 The atmosphere of an environment.
POST-MORTEM * n. 1 Discussion of an event after it has occurred. 2 An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.
SONNY * n. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
UNINVITED * s. 1 (of a thought or act) Unwelcome or involuntary. 2 (of a person) Not having been invited.
FANCIFUL * s. 1 Indulging in or influenced by fancy. 2 Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination. 3 Having a curiously intricate quality.
HELOTIUM * n. Type genus of the Helotiaceae.
FLEMING * n. 1 British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964). 2 Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955). 3 A native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian.
CIRIO * n. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers.
ISOMETRIC * --n. A line connecting isometric points. --a. 1 Related by an isometry. 2 Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant. --s. 1 Having equal dimensions or measurements. 2 Of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles.
LOCOMOTE * v. Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.
AUTOGAMY * n. Self-fertilization in plants.
VENGEFULLY * r. In a vindictive, revengeful manner.
FORTH * --n. A river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth. --r. 1 From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete). 2 Forward in time or order or degree. 3 Out into view.
TREPHINE * --n. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull. --v. Operate on with a trephine.
SHIVAISM * n. 1 A Hindu sect worshiping Shiva. 2 Worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon.
BEWITCHING * s. Capturing interest as if by a spell.
HURLER * n. (baseball) The person who does the pitching.
FOOTSURE * s. Not liable to stumble or fall.
VANDAL * n. 1 Someone who willfully destroys or defaces property. 2 A member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455.
CADDICE-FLY * n. Small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae.
DESIRABLE * --a. Worth having or seeking or achieving. --s. Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse.
KETOROLAC * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally.
AFRESH * r. Again but in a new or different way.
TIMOR * n. An island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
GRANITE * n. 1 Plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz. 2 Something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness).
AVIARY * n. A building where birds are kept.
INVIGORATE * v. 1 Heighten or intensify. 2 Give life or energy to. 3 Make lively. 4 Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
POLONIUM * n. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
SAPROLEGNIA * n. Aquatic fungi growing chiefly on plant debris and animal remains.
MICHIGAN * n. 1 A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region. 2 The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders. 3 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.
DEMOCRITUS * n. Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC).
GILA * n. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
COLERIDGIAN * a. Of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings.
ROTA * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts. 2 A roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties.
THEOCRACY * n. 1 A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided). 2 The belief in government by divine guidance.
WHIMSICALITY * n. 1 The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment. 2 The trait of behaving like an imp.
FRINGEPOD * n. Annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
INSINUATION * n. 1 An indirect (and usually malicious) implication. 2 The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments.
INSTRUCTION * n. 1 A message describing how something is to be done. 2 The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. 3 The profession of a teacher. 4 (computer science) A line of code written as part of a computer program.
IMPROVISE * v. 1 Perform without preparation. 2 Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.
LYNCHBURG * n. A city in central Virginia.
MONOTHELITISM * n. The theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in the Third Council of Constantinople.
FOREDOOM * v. Doom beforehand.
DAMMAR * n. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine.
SELEUCUS * n. Macedonian general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia; founded a line of kings who reigned in Asia Minor until 65 BC (358-281 BC).
TELEGNOSTIC * s. Obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms.
TA * n. A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite.
CHLOROPHYLLOUS * a. Relating to or being or containing chlorophyll.
LEVANTER * n. An easterly wind in the western Mediterranean area.
MAILSORTER * n. A sorter for sorting mail according to the address.
SEPARABLY * r. With possibility of separation or individuation.
MD * n. 1 A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol). 2 A licensed medical practitioner. 3 A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. 4 A doctor's degree in medicine.
BARIC * a. Of or relating to or containing barium.
LIGHT-BLUE * s. Of a light shade of blue.
THEOCRATIC * a. Of or relating to or being a theocracy.
SALTATION * n. 1 (geology) The leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface. 2 (genetics) A mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species. 3 An abrupt transition. 4 Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music.
FLUIDOUNCE * n. 1 A British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches). 2 A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches.
LH * n. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals.
ARTERIECTASIA * n. An abnormal distension of an artery.
DETERRENCE * n. 1 A negative motivational influence. 2 A communication that makes you afraid to try something. 3 The act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety.
DILIGENTLY * r. With diligence; in a diligent manner.
EMILIA * n. Tropical African herbs.
CASSOCKED * s. Dressed in a cassock.
LEAFLESS * a. Having no leaves.
HOLMES * n. 1 A fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle. 2 United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935). 3 United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894). 4 English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965).
FUNCTION * --n. 1 (mathematics) A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function). 2 What something is used for. 3 The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. 4 A relation such that one thing is dependent on another. --v. 1 Perform as expected when applied. 2 Serve a purpose, role, or function. 3 Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
DRIPPINESS * n. 1 The physical property of being soft and drippy. 2 Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
GUZZLING * n. The drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly.
NEXT-TO-LAST * s. 1 Second last. 2 Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college.
TOMFOOLERY * n. Foolish or senseless behavior.
CRYPTOGRAM * n. A piece of writing in code or cipher.
DEFAMATION * n. 1 A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. 2 An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.
CONGRESS * n. 1 The legislature of the United States government. 2 A meeting of elected or appointed representatives. 3 A national legislative assembly. 4 The social act of assembling for some common purpose.
GLADDEN * v. 1 Make glad or happy. 2 Become glad or happy.
GREENSHANK * n. Large European sandpiper with greenish legs.
GRANDAUNT * n. An aunt of your father or mother.
VERONESE * n. Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588).
WATERCOLOURIST * n. A painter who paints with watercolors.
PITCH-BLACK * s. Extremely dark.
PRACTICE * --n. 1 A customary way of operation or behavior. 2 Systematic training by multiple repetitions. 3 Translating an idea into action. 4 The exercise of a profession. --v. 1 Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. 2 Learn by repetition. 3 Engage in a rehearsal (of). 4 Avail oneself to.
HUG-ME-TIGHT * n. A woman's fitted jacket.
HERMAPHRODISM * n. Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics.
MARRAKESH * n. A city in western Morocco; tourist center.
TURBULENCY * n. Unstable flow of a liquid or gas.
WELL-FOUNDED * s. Based on sound reasoning or evidence.
OBJECTIFICATION * n. 1 The act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing. 2 A concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle.
TAPELINE * n. Measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths.
PUSEYISM * n. Principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times'.
LINEARLY * r. In a linear manner.
HELLGRAMMIATE * n. Large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait.
MONOPHYSITIC * a. Of or relating to Monophysitism.
PERIDINIUM * n. Type genus of the family Peridiniidae.
NOSINESS * n. Offensive inquisitiveness.
EXTRATERRESTRIAL * --n. A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere. --a. Originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere.
UNIFICATION * n. 1 An occurrence that involves the production of a union. 2 The state of being joined or united or linked. 3 The act of making or becoming a single unit.
MIAOU * --n. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this). --v. Make a cat-like sound.
OVERHAND * --a. With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level. --s. Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together).
LEIOMYOMA * n. Benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract).
KYPHOTIC * s. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
OSSICULAR * a. Pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear.
VISHNU * n. The sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds.
METASTASIS * n. The spreading of a disease (especially cancer) to another part of the body.
LINKS * n. A golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore.
CHANGEABLENESS * n. The quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change.
INNSBRUCK * n. City in southwestern Austria; known as a summer and winter resort.
QUAD * n. 1 One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy. 2 A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg. 3 (printing) A block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences. 4 A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings.
EAGER * --n. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary). --a. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
CONCEALMENT * n. 1 The condition of being concealed or hidden. 2 A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. 3 The activity of keeping something secret.
INAPPROPRIATELY * r. In an inappropriate manner.
CACOETHES * n. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
ALABAMIAN * n. A native or resident of Alabama.
SOBERING * s. Tending to make sober or more serious.
NORTHWESTERN * s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the northwest. 2 Of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming.
SALPINX * n. A tube in the uterus or the ear.
SO * --n. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization. --r. 1 To a very great extent or degree. 2 In a manner that facilitates. 3 In such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied. 4 To a certain unspecified extent or degree.
AMNESIA * n. Partial or total loss of memory.
FATALISTIC * a. Of or relating to fatalism.
ASSEVERATOR * n. Someone who claims to speak the truth.
LOGWOOD * n. 1 Very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree; used in preparing a purplish red dye. 2 Spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye.
ANTINEUTRINO * n. The antiparticle of a neutrino.
KIDNAPPING * n. (law) The unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.
CHLOROACETOPHENONE * n. A tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer.
GAUTAMA * n. Founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC).
SWEETPEA * n. Climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers.
CHOLINESTERASE * n. An enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid).
SHOSHONEAN * n. A subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States.
GENERATE * v. 1 Bring into existence. 2 Give or supply. 3 Produce (energy). 4 Make (offspring) by reproduction.
INVENTION * n. 1 The creation of something in the mind. 2 A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation. 3 The act of inventing.
SHORT-BODIED * s. Having a relatively short body.
FLICKERTAIL * n. Of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada.
PROTEINURIA * n. The presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder.
DETRIMENT * n. A damage or loss.
ARCTANGENT * n. The inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number.
BULLPEN * n. 1 A place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game. 2 A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily.
CONTINUOUS * a. 1 Continuing in time or space without interruption. 2 Of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity.
DISLIKE * --n. 1 An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. 2 A feeling of aversion or antipathy. --v. Have or feel a dislike or distaste for.
TIGHT * --a. 1 Closely constrained or constricted or constricting. 2 Of such close construction as to be impermeable. --s. 1 Pulled or drawn tight. 2 Set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration. 3 Pressed tightly together. 4 (used of persons or behavior) Characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. --r. 1 Firmly or closely. 2 In an attentive manner.
AURAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear. 2 Relating to or characterized by an aura.
WOMANISH * s. Having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men.
PHS * n. An agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health.
CORRUPTEDLY * r. In a corrupt manner.
MANAGEABLENESS * n. Capable of being managed or controlled.
SPOT-WELDING * n. Creating an overlapping joint by welding at small points.
DEANSHIP * n. The position or office of a dean.
INTERCROSSED * s. Produced by crossbreeding.
LEGITIMATIZE * v. Make legal.
BREN * n. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II.
SATIRICAL * s. Exposing human folly to ridicule.
PLATER * n. A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold).
TACKER * n. 1 A worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding). 2 A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches. 3 A hand-held machine for driving staples home.
POET-SINGER * n. A singer of folk songs.
AGAVACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.
NEGATIVELY * r. 1 In a harmful manner. 2 In a negative way.
CARRELL * n. Small individual study area in a library.
CREOLE-FISH * n. Deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic.
CHARTIST * n. 1 A 19th century English reformer who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people. 2 A stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities.
SURPLICED * s. Wearing a surplice.
MACHINATION * n. A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends.
ANTHROPOSOPHY * n. A system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education.
JUNKIE * n. 1 A narcotics addict. 2 Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction.
SOLVATE * --n. A compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute). --v. 1 Cause a solvation in (a substance). 2 Undergo solvation or convert into a solvate.
MODELED * s. Resembling sculpture.
UNORGANIZED * --a. Not having or belonging to a structured whole. --s. Not affiliated in a trade union.
TAMPAX * n. Tampon used to absorb menstrual flow.
CATCHY * s. 1 Having concealed difficulty. 2 Likely to attract attention.
BEAUTEOUS * s. (poetic) Beautiful, especially to the sight.
DISAPPOINTED * s. Disappointingly unsuccessful.
U-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter U.
LAVOISIER * n. French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794).
SILVER-TIP * n. Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America.
DYNAMIC * --n. An efficient incentive. --a. 1 Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality. 2 Of or relating to dynamics. 3 (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') And participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being.
SALESWOMAN * n. A woman salesperson.
TRIFOLIUM * n. Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets.
GRACEFULNESS * n. Beautiful carriage.
ARRHYTHMIC * s. 1 Lacking a steady rhythm. 2 Without regard for rhythm.
MORGAN * n. 1 United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881). 2 United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945). 3 A Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688). 4 Soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802).
QUOTATION * n. 1 A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. 2 A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. 3 A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity. 4 The practice of quoting from books or plays etc..
DEFLAGRATE * v. 1 Cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity. 2 Burn with great heat and intense light.
ORIENTATION * n. 1 The act of orienting. 2 An integrated set of attitudes and beliefs. 3 Position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions. 4 A predisposition in favor of something.
ADENOPATHY * n. A glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands).
NEIGHBOURLINESS * n. A disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors.
LI * --n. 1 A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals. 2 Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers. --s. Being one more than fifty.
MACEDONIA * n. 1 Landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula; achieved independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. 2 The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria.
ANOSTRACA * n. Small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps.
GROUNDBERRY * n. 1 Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia. 2 Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil.
TARSAL * --n. Any bone of the tarsus. --a. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
HERBERT * n. United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924).
HERRINGBONE * n. 1 A twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern. 2 A pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery.
PSILOMELANE * n. A mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium; a source of manganese.
JAMBEAU * n. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
CAVALIER * --n. 1 A gallant or courtly gentleman. 2 A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War. --s. Given to haughty disregard of others.
CONSTRINGE * v. Become tight or as if tight.
SCHADENFREUDE * n. Delight in another person's misfortune.
COCKCROFT * n. British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967).
RUPESTRAL * a. Composed of or inscribed on rock.
PODIATRY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the feet.
SMSGT * n. A senior noncommissioned officer in the Air Force with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army.
PERSECUTE * v. Cause to suffer.
RUE * --n. 1 European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy. 2 Leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy. 3 Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. 4 (French) A street or road in France. --v. Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about.
SKEG * n. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
BACTERIOPHAGIC * a. Of or relating to bacteriophages.
BOP * --n. 1 The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes. 2 An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940). --v. 1 Dance the bebop. 2 Hit hard.
EXHILARATE * v. Fill with sublime emotion.
REMBRANDTESQUE * a. In the manner of Rembrandt.
NEUTRAL-COLORED * s. Having a color that does not attract attention.
BUSMAN * n. Someone who drives a bus.
PROCTOR * --n. Someone who supervises (an examination). --v. Watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating).
SAINTLY * s. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint.
WAXFLOWER * n. 1 Twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions. 2 Epiphytic clusia of British Guiana. 3 Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age.
DECOMPRESSING * n. Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure).
INCORPOREAL * a. Without material form or substance.
PROPELLANT * --n. Any substance that propels. --s. Tending to or capable of propelling.
PENPUSHER * n. A clerk who does boring paperwork.
CONCAVELY * r. In a concave way.
REFURNISH * v. Furnish with new or different furniture.
ATROCIOUSLY * r. 1 In a terrible manner. 2 To an extravagant or immoderate degree.
PLEURONECTIDAE * n. Righteye flounders.
ACCRUAL * n. The act of accumulating.
UNTRANSFERABLE * s. Incapable of being transferred.
METAMORPHOSE * v. 1 Change completely the nature or appearance of. 2 Change in outward structure or looks.
AQUARIUS * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius. 2 A zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces. 3 The eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18.
MUSETTE * n. A small bagpipe formerly popular in France.
PSEUDOSCORPION * n. Small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion.
HECTOMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
SCARDINIUS * n. Rudds.
FUMEWORT * n. 1 Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally. 2 Herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers.
STIFFEN * v. 1 Become stiff or stiffer. 2 Make stiff or stiffer. 3 Severely restrict in scope or extent.
TARHEEL * n. A native or resident of North Carolina.
DITCH * --n. 1 A long narrow excavation in the earth. 2 Any small natural waterway. --v. 1 Forsake. 2 Throw away. 3 Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly. 4 Make an emergency landing on water.
VIATICATION * n. Purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders.
THEIA * n. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
SPONDEE * n. A metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables.
MOTHER-OF-THOUSANDS * n. Eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons.
MEDDLING * --n. The act of altering something secretly or improperly. --s. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
BEGETTER * n. A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father).
GIBRALTARIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Gibraltar. --a. Of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants.
EVERNIA * n. Lichens of the family Usneaceae having a pendulous or shrubby thallus.
WEEKENDER * n. 1 Someone who vacations on a weekend. 2 A small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip.
RECTILINEAL * s. Characterized by a straight line or lines.
AIRED * s. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
NEWSPERSON * n. A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.
MUNTINGIA * n. One species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae.
ETHANE * n. A colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel.
AIRSHIP * n. A steerable self-propelled aircraft.
BIBLIOPOLIC * a. Of or relating to bibliopoles.
BIOETHICS * n. The branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences.
KOLKWITZIA * n. Chinese genus of 1 species: beauty bush.
WANDFLOWER * n. 1 A showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers. 2 Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
OSSIFICATION * n. 1 The developmental process of bone formation. 2 The calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material. 3 The process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior. 4 Hardened conventionality.
CARDHOUSE * n. An unstable construction with playing cards.
NUTTY * s. 1 Having the flavor of nuts. 2 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
CATENARY * n. The curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points.
SHORTS * n. 1 (used in the plural) Trousers that end at or above the knee. 2 Underpants worn by men.
SETTLOR * n. (law) A person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee.
LANDER * n. 1 A town in central Wyoming. 2 A space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet.
XENOPHON * n. Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC).
TIEPOLO * n. Italian painter (1696-1770).
LOVERLIKE * s. Like or in the manner of a lover.
ABSEILER * n. A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
SPLIFF * n. Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking.
BELMONT * n. A racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes.
SOPHOCLES * n. One of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC).
DECISIVE * --a. 1 Determining or having the power to determine an outcome. 2 Characterized by decision and firmness. --s. 1 Unmistakable. 2 Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.
RESOURCE * n. 1 Available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed. 2 A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed. 3 The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems.
TRANSPIRATION * n. 1 The passage of gases through fine tubes because of differences in pressure or temperature. 2 The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes. 3 The emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants.
MONETARY * a. Relating to or involving money.
AFTERWARDS * r. Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
OSMOTIC * a. Of or relating to osmosis.
EVERT * --n. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954). --v. Turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward.
KITTIWAKE * n. Small pearl-grey gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe.
FREAKISHLY * r. Unpredictably.
COMMUNICATE * v. 1 Transmit information. 2 Transmit thoughts or feelings. 3 Transfer to another. 4 Join or connect.
OATMEAL * n. 1 Porridge made of rolled oats. 2 Meal made from rolled or ground oats.
CHALLENGE * --n. 1 A demanding or stimulating situation. 2 A call to engage in a contest or fight. 3 Questioning a statement and demanding an explanation. 4 A formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror. --v. 1 Take exception to. 2 Issue a challenge to. 3 Ask for identification. 4 Raise a formal objection in a court of law.
ANDES * n. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
HUMIDNESS * n. Wetness in the atmosphere.
SYNCHRONOUSLY * r. In synchrony; in a synchronous manner.
JUDAICAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion.
GROAN * --n. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval. --v. Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure.
GEWGAW * n. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
OUTWARD * --a. Relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind. --s. That is going out or leaving. --r. Toward the outside.
VAQUITA * n. A short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species.
PRINT * --n. 1 The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication. 2 A picture or design printed from an engraving. 3 A visible indication made on a surface. 4 Availability in printed form. --v. 1 Put into print. 2 Write as if with print; not cursive. 3 Make into a print. 4 Reproduce by printing.
GRANULATION * n. 1 New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process. 2 The act of forming something into granules or grains.
WAGGONER * n. The driver of a wagon.
CAMBRIA * n. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria.
WICKER * n. 1 Slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork. 2 Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches).
NACREOUS * --a. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl. --s. Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.
NONRESIDENTIAL * a. Not residential.
ARCHAIZE * v. Give an archaic appearance of character to.
THERETOFORE * r. Up to that time.
FORGING * n. Shaping metal by heating and hammering.
WIFELY * a. Befitting or characteristic of a wife.
KIBBUTZNIK * n. A member of a kibbutz.
OVARY * n. 1 The organ that bears the ovules of a flower. 2 (vertebrates) One of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone.
HOLLANDER * n. A native or inhabitant of Holland.
CORRUGATED * s. Shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges.
SALUTATORIAN * n. A graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises.
BORDERED * a. Having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term.
DISTRACTED * s. Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety.
CINEMATISE * v. Make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film.
STOUTHEARTED * s. Used especially of persons.
DISARMING * --n. Act of reducing or depriving of arms. --s. Capable of allaying hostility.
IBSEN * n. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
ATOMISTICAL * a. Divided into separate and often disparate elements.
BLACKMAILER * n. A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them.
DIETETICAL * a. Of or relating to the diet.
HARDPAN * n. Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions.
UNAFFILIATED * s. Not affiliated.
GAMBELIA * n. Leopard lizards.
AUTOMOBILIST * n. Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile.
COPALINE * n. Partly mineralized copal dug from the ground.
RONDEAU * n. 1 A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata. 2 A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas.
SOLEMNIZE * v. 1 Observe or perform with dignity or gravity. 2 Perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies. 3 Make solemn and grave.
LINING * n. 1 A protective covering that protects an inside surface. 2 A piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment. 3 Providing something with a surface of a different material. 4 The act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.).
COUNTERWOMAN * n. Someone who attends a counter (as in a diner).
DEJECTEDNESS * n. A feeling of low spirits.
INCOMPETENTLY * r. In an incompetent manner.
ACROCARPUS * n. Small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia.
TITLARK * n. A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.
BASSWOOD * n. 1 Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork. 2 Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber.
OVERGROWN * s. 1 Covered with growing plants. 2 Abounding in usually unwanted vegetation.
CONGOU * n. Black tea grown in China.
RHEIDAE * n. A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes.
SLOW * --v. 1 Lose velocity; move more slowly. 2 Become slow or slower. 3 Cause to proceed more slowly. --a. 1 Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time. 2 At a slow tempo. 3 (used of timepieces) Indicating a time earlier than the correct time. --s. 1 Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. 2 So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. 3 (of business) Not active or brisk. --r. 1 Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'). 2 Of timepieces.
SOT * n. A chronic drinker.
WORRIED * s. 1 Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. 2 Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc.
GNEISS * n. A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.
NUMERAL * --n. A symbol used to represent a number. --a. Of or relating to or denoting numbers.
CADDOAN * n. A family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo.
BADLY * r. 1 To a severe or serious degree. 2 (`ill' is often used as a combining form) In a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well. 3 Evilly or wickedly. 4 In a disobedient or naughty way.
MONOPHONY * n. Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment).
CHIOS * n. An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece.
PARACHUTER * n. A person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute.
UNINVITING * --a. Neither attractive nor tempting. --s. Not tempting.
ARGYNNIS * n. Fritillaries.
TRAIT * n. A distinguishing feature of your personal nature.
HAMMERLOCK * n. A wrestling hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back.
HOPS * n. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.
LETTERHEAD * n. A sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top.
EDIFYING * a. Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.
PROCONSULAR * a. Of or relating to or typical of a proconsul.
MECCA * n. 1 Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam. 2 A place that attracts many visitors.
BASHFULNESS * n. Feeling embarrassed due to modesty.
TARSITIS * n. Inflammation of the eyelid.
DOORMAN * n. Someone who guards an entrance.
DEXTRORSAL * s. Spiraling upward from left to right.
SHIPBUILDER * n. 1 A carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels. 2 A person who builds ships as a business. 3 A business that builds and repairs ships.
CORELLI * n. Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713).
RESCHEDULE * v. Assign a new time and place for an event.
CABALISTIC * s. Having a secret or hidden meaning.
HERALDRY * n. 1 The study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies. 2 Emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms.
PHENAPHEN * n. An analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets).
ACCLIVITY * n. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
UPCAST * n. Air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine.
PALFREY * n. Especially a light saddle horse for a woman.
PREPOSSESSION * n. 1 The condition of being prepossessed. 2 An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence.
HOE * --n. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle. --v. Dig with a hoe.
SUPERFICIAL * --a. 1 Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually. 2 Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface. --s. 1 Of little substance or significance. 2 Occurring on or near the surface of the skin. 3 Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.
FEATHERY * s. 1 Resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers. 2 Characterized by a covering of feathers. 3 Adorned with feathers or plumes.
TAWNY-COLORED * s. Having a tawny color.
ACETPHENETIDIN * n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
SEMAPHORE * --n. An apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms. --v. 1 Send signals by or as if by semaphore. 2 Convey by semaphore, of information.
SWEARING * n. 1 Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. 2 A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury.
UNMODIFIED * a. Not changed in form or character.
COSMOPOLITAN * --n. A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries. --a. 1 Growing or occurring in many parts of the world. 2 Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests. --s. Of worldwide scope or applicability.
IMMUNOASSAY * n. Identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen.
DRILL * --n. 1 A tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows). 2 Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored. 3 Systematic training by multiple repetitions. 4 (military) The training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms. --v. 1 Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool. 2 Train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons. 3 Learn by repetition. 4 Teach by repetition.
BEDHOP * v. Be sexually active with more than one partner.
EMBODIMENT * n. 1 A new personification of a familiar idea. 2 A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept. 3 Giving concrete form to an abstract concept.
COMPREHENSIBILITY * n. The quality of comprehensible language or thought.
BUCKLEYA * n. Parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits.
ASSEMBLE * v. 1 Create by putting components or members together. 2 Collect in one place. 3 Get people together.
FLIP-FLAP * r. With repeated strokes and noise.
LADY-OF-THE-NIGHT * n. West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers.
SCID * n. A congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life.
ANOINTMENT * n. The act of applying oil or an oily liquid.
ZOROASTER * n. Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC).
FUKIEN * n. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
JACKSTONES * n. 1 Game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks. 2 A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball.
MENDING * n. 1 Garments that must be repaired. 2 The act of putting something in working order again.
PORTWATCHER * n. A watchman on a wharf.
BIOLOGIST * n. (biology) A scientist who studies living organisms.
PEDALLER * n. A person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle).
EL * n. 1 Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). 2 A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level.
STROKING * n. A light touch with the hands.
DESCENDER * n. 1 Someone who descends. 2 A lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters. 3 (printing) The part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters.
SHARPSHOOTER * n. 1 An athlete noted for accurate aim. 2 Someone skilled in shooting. 3 A fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters.
STIGMATISATION * n. The act of stigmatizing.
ELSHOLTZIA * n. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes.
LXXVII * s. Being seven more than seventy.
PSALTERIUM * n. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
BRISANT * a. Of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive.
OPPORTUNISTIC * s. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
HIBERNATION * n. 1 The torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter. 2 Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals. 3 The act of retiring into inactivity.
HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA * n. The presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis.
EDDINGTON * n. English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944).
DEMILITARISE * v. 1 Do away with the military organization and potential of. 2 Remove offensive capability from.
PROFESSIONALISATION * n. The social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood.
INDETERMINACY * n. The quality of being vague and poorly defined.
POPEYED * s. 1 With eyes or mouth open in surprise. 2 Having bulging eyes.
UNPASTEURISED * a. Not having undergone pasteurization.
WELD * --n. 1 European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America. 2 United States abolitionist (1803-1895). 3 A metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together. --v. 1 Join together by heating. 2 Unite closely or intimately.
HETEROLOGY * n. (biology) The lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts.
TELEVANGELIST * n. An evangelist who conducts services on television.
GUARANI * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Paraguay; equal to 100 centimos. 2 A member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia. 3 The language spoken by the Guarani of Paraguay and Bolivia.
IRRESISTIBLE * --a. Impossible to resist; overpowering. --s. Overpoweringly attractive.
PHEGOPTERIS * n. Beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris.
SPERMATOZOAN * n. The male reproductive cell; the male gamete.
STIMULATIVE * a. Capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.
DELIUS * n. English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934).
LUXURIA * n. Self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins).
EXTOLMENT * n. An expression of approval and commendation.
REPRESSING * s. Restrictive of action.
GC * n. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
PARKIA * n. Genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees.
SWOON * --n. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. --v. Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain.
UNFEASIBILITY * n. The quality of not being doable.
PROTRACTEDLY * r. In a slow, leisurely or prolonged way.
RUMRUNNER * n. Someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border.
SIPPER * n. A drinker who sips.
CLEAVERS * n. Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia.
HOMOGRAPH * n. Two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair).
RADIATE * --v. 1 Send out rays or waves. 2 Send out real or metaphoric rays. 3 Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center. 4 Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink. --s. 1 Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center. 2 Having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies.
STATISTICIAN * n. 1 A mathematician who specializes in statistics. 2 Someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums).
GODWIT * n. Large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill.
RAVINGLY * r. In a raving manner.
BRIERWOOD * n. Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
DOOHICKEY * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
FOOTSTEP * n. 1 The sound of a step of someone walking. 2 The act of taking a step in walking. 3 The distance covered by a step.
INEXPRESSIVELY * r. Without expression; in an inexpressive manner.
DASHED * s. Having gaps or spaces.
ANTIGENIC * a. Of or relating to antigens.
MALACCA * n. 1 Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles. 2 The third smallest Malaysian state; located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula. 3 A cane made from the stem of a rattan palm.
ZEN * n. 1 School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan. 2 A Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight. 3 Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.
CHEMISORPTIVE * s. Having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces.
KACH * n. A terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel.
MASTICATION * n. Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.
UNWARY * a. Not alert to danger or deception.
SPHACELUS * n. 1 Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass. 2 The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).
BRUGES * n. A city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction.
MALT * --n. 1 A milkshake made with malt powder. 2 A lager of high alcohol content; by law it is considered too alcoholic to be sold as lager or beer. 3 A cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling. --v. 1 Treat with malt or malt extract. 2 Turn into malt, become malt. 3 Convert grain into malt. 4 Convert into malt.
TREMOLITE * n. A white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestos.
MUJAHIDEEN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
RUSHMORE * n. A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it.
TIMBERMAN * n. An owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering.
BOLSHEVISM * n. Soviet communism.
SMOKESCREEN * n. 1 (military) Screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements. 2 An action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure.
EPERGNE * n. A large table centerpiece with branching holders for fruit or sweets or flowers.
DECISIVELY * r. 1 With firmness. 2 With finality; conclusively. 3 In an indisputable degree.
TRAVEL * --n. 1 The act of going from one place to another. 2 A movement through space that changes the location of something. 3 Self-propelled movement. --v. 1 Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. 2 Undertake a journey or trip. 3 Make a trip for pleasure. 4 Travel upon or across.
TRANSLUCENT * s. Allowing light to pass through diffusely.
MINGLE-MANGLE * n. A motley assortment of things.
KOHL * n. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
ANDIRON * n. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
IMPLANT * --n. A prosthesis placed permanently in tissue. --v. 1 Fix or set securely or deeply. 2 Become attached to and embedded in the uterus. 3 Put firmly in the mind.
CATER * v. 1 Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. 2 Supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets.
ORPIN * n. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
PIDGIN * n. An artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages.
TIP-TOP * r. To the highest extent.
PEST * n. 1 A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. 2 Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 3 A persistently annoying person. 4 Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc..
EXPLOITATION * n. 1 The act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful. 2 An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).
UNAIDED * s. Carried out without aid or assistance.
MATUTINAL * a. Pertaining to or occurring in the morning.
MEDAN * n. A city in Indonesia; located in northeastern Sumatra.
REDBRUSH * n. Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers.
CAESURAL * a. Of or relating to a caesura.
ENROBE * v. 1 Provide with a coating. 2 Adorn with a robe.
RECOGNISED * s. 1 Provided with a secure reputation. 2 Generally approved or compelling recognition.
WEIGHTY * --a. Having relatively great weight; heavy. --s. 1 Powerfully persuasive. 2 Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. 3 Weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry. 4 Excessively fat.
SILD * n. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
KU-CHIKU * n. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere.
UNRESTRAINED * --a. Not subject to restraint. --s. Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.
RHENIUM * n. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum.
ELIXOPHYLLIN * n. A colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator.
PYEMIA * n. Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess.
UNSMILINGLY * r. Without smile; in an unsmiling manner.
CLXXX * s. Being ten more than one hundred seventy.
MAVIS * n. Common Old World thrush noted for its song.
EUCARYA * n. Quandong trees.
DECEITFULNESS * n. The quality of being crafty.
PALEOENCEPHALON * n. The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex.
METHODICAL * s. Characterized by method and orderliness.
BUSHIDO * n. Traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living.
SHORT-DATED * s. Of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption.
STREPTOKINASE * n. An enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism.
TILAPIA * n. A genus of Cichlidae.
WEEDKILLER * n. A chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth.
INOCULATING * n. The act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity.
KNAVERY * n. Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing.
ADAXIALLY * r. In an adaxial manner.
EMPLOYED * --a. Having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary. --s. Put to use.
ANTIPASTO * n. A course of appetizers in an Italian meal.
DENAZIFICATION * n. Social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism.
POLYVALENT * a. 1 Containing several antibodies each capable of counteracting a specific antigen. 2 Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher.
RAGWEED * n. 1 Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity. 2 Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma.
MIMOSA * n. 1 Evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers. 2 Any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves. 3 A mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice.
HORUS * n. Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of Osiris and Isis.
SPITTING * n. The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).
ANISE * n. 1 Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery. 2 Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.
LOBBYISM * n. The practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist.
MIDDLE-CLASS * a. Occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy.
NJORTH * n. (Norse mythology) Chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus.
CROSS-SECTION * s. Representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length.
ONE-SEED * s. Having a single seed.
FREEHANDED * s. 1 Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices. 2 Given or giving freely.
IRONCLAD * --n. A wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor. --s. 1 Sheathed in iron plates for protection. 2 Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
ATMOSPHERICS * n. A crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference.
CHINAWARE * n. Dishware made of high quality porcelain.
STRUTHIONIFORMES * n. A ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward.
HAYLOFT * n. A loft in a barn where hay is stored.
CROSSROADS * n. 1 A community of people smaller than a village. 2 A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made. 3 A point where a choice must be made.
VIVIDNESS * n. 1 Interest and variety and intensity. 2 Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue.
WHIRR * --n. Sound of something in rapid motion. --v. 1 Make a soft swishing sound. 2 Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
MALL * n. 1 A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk. 2 Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace.
WILLEBRAND * n. Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949).
HATCHET * n. 1 Weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians. 2 A small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood).
CONSANGUINE * s. Related by blood.
CARBONYLIC * a. Relating to or containing the carbonyl group.
LIPARIDIDAE * n. Snailfishes.
TRICHOSTIGMA * n. A genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America.
LABURNUM * n. Flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous.
DIMER * n. A compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers.
MADNEP * n. Biennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous root; the ancestor of cultivated parsnip.
BAZAAR * n. 1 A shop where a variety of goods are sold. 2 A street of small shops (especially in Orient). 3 A sale of miscellany; often for charity.
SCALPEL * n. A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery.
ANNOY * v. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
HYPERCELLULARITY * n. The state of having abnormally many cells.
PRESSURE * --n. 1 The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit). 2 A force that compels. 3 The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure. 4 The state of demanding notice or attention. --v. 1 To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means. 2 Exert pressure on someone through threats.
RAIL-SPLITTER * n. A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences.
COMESTIBLE * --n. Any substance that can be used as food. --a. Suitable for use as food.
NOVELLA * n. A short novel.
WOLFRAMITE * n. A mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks.
LINEAL * --a. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child. --s. Arranged in a line.
RUMINANTIA * n. Cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels.
BLAZON * --n. The official symbols of a family, state, etc.. --v. Decorate with heraldic arms.
COMPTROLLER * n. Someone who maintains and audits business accounts.
PICHICIEGO * n. Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.
STREUSEL * n. 1 Pastry with a topping of streusel. 2 A crumbly topping for a pastry.
INCONSIDERATE * --a. Lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others. --s. Without proper consideration or reflection.
LYMPHOID * a. Resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues.
INHUMANE * a. Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion.
TECHNICAL-GRADE * s. Containing small amounts of other chemicals, hence slightly impure.
DUCHY * n. The domain controlled by a duke or duchess.
MONOGAMIST * n. Someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time).
DEPICTING * n. A representation by picture or portraiture.
OVERSTUFFED * s. Upholstered thickly and deeply.
DECAPITATED * s. Having had the head cut off.
JABONCILLO * n. Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans.
FUCKER * n. A stupid despised man.
REVEILLE * n. 1 (military) Signal to wake up. 2 A signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise.
HEADCOUNT * n. Number of people in a particular group.
SORRINESS * n. Worthlessness due to insignificance.
GUNITE * n. A mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure.
COMPETITIVELY * r. In competition.
BALTHAZAR * n. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
GUIDEWORD * n. A word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page.
DIFFERENTIATOR * n. A person who (or that which) differentiates.
INTERRELATEDNESS * n. Mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness.
INEXPENSIVE * a. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
BOURGEON * v. Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
FINISH * --n. 1 A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance). 2 The temporal end; the concluding time. 3 A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. 4 The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey). --v. 1 Come or bring to a finish or an end. 2 Finally be or do something. 3 Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. 4 Provide with a finish.
MYXOCEPHALUS * n. Grubby.
NEUROPIL * n. The complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded.
FEARFUL * --s. 1 Experiencing or showing fear. 2 Causing fear or dread or terror. 3 Extremely distressing. 4 Timid by nature or revealing timidity. --a. Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.
BLITZ * --n. 1 (American football) Defensive players try to break through the offensive line. 2 A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment. --v. Attack suddenly and without warning.
ARAGUAYA * n. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
FANCIER * n. A person having a strong liking for something.
RATHSKELLER * n. A tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall.
BLOOD-RELATED * s. Related by blood.
MISBRANDED * s. Branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements.
PASSERBY * n. A person who passes by casually or by chance.
OCCUPIER * n. 1 Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there. 2 A member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country.
MENSURAL * a. 1 Of or relating to measure. 2 Having notes of fixed rhythmic value.
STARCHLIKE * s. Resembling starch.
PROJECTED * s. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
GENE-SPLICING * n. The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism.
WARN * v. 1 Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk. 2 Advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. 3 Ask to go away. 4 Notify, usually in advance.
FOOTWEAR * n. 1 Clothing worn on a person's feet. 2 Covering for a person's feet.
PRESCIENTLY * r. With foresight.
ATHEROSCLEROTIC * a. Of or relating to atherosclerosis.
DIODONTIDAE * n. Spiny puffers.
JUVENESCENCE * n. The process of growing into a youth.
DETERMINIST * n. Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny.
THOLE * n. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
SAUROSUCHUS * n. Early archosaurian carnivore.
RECYCLING * n. 1 Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products. 2 The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products.
MICROCEPHALUS * n. An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
DIAERESIS * n. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel.
FRAGMENT * --n. 1 A piece broken off or cut off of something else. 2 A broken piece of a brittle artifact. 3 An incomplete piece. --v. Break or cause to break into pieces.
UPCOUNTRY * s. Of or coming from the middle of a region or country.
CHILI * n. 1 Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans. 2 Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
DUMPSTER * n. A container designed to receive and transport and dump waste.
SPACIOUSNESS * n. Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building).
ROWER * n. Someone who rows a boat.
EX-WIFE * n. A woman who was formerly a particular man's wife.
VINDICTIVELY * r. In a vindictive, revengeful manner.
FACTUAL * --s. Existing in act or fact. --a. Of or relating to or characterized by facts.
LAUGHINGSTOCK * n. A victim of ridicule or pranks.
OCELLATED * a. Having ocelli.
SYMBOLIZATION * n. 1 The use of symbols to convey meaning. 2 Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible. 3 The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning.
MENACING * s. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
MONOTREMATA * n. Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria.
STEEL-PLATED * s. Covered with heavy steel.
CONICALLY * r. In a conical manner.
RACECOURSE * n. A course over which races are run.
MILNE * n. English writer of stories for children (1882-1956).
FRYER * n. Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying.
TRICHOCEROS * n. Small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America.
AGRICULTURIST * n. Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil.
VESTMENTAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling a vestment.
UNCOMPLICATED * s. 1 Lacking complexity. 2 Easy and not involved or complicated.
PROTEROCHAMPSA * n. Early archosaurian carnivore.
VAQUERO * n. Local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California).
RHIZOBIACEAE * n. A small family of rod-shaped bacteria.
CHIPPEWAIAN * n. The language spoken by the Chipewyan.
GERRHONOTUS * n. Alligator lizards.
BASUTO * n. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho.
DEERSTALKING * n. Stalking deer.
NORTH-POLAR * s. Of or relating to the Arctic.
JUNGLE * n. 1 A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival. 2 A place where hoboes camp. 3 An impenetrable equatorial forest.
INFURIATE * v. Make furious.
GRIEVOUSLY * r. In a grievous manner.
TWELVEMONTH * n. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
IKE * n. United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961).
FISHGIG * n. An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
ANTHRISCUS * n. Chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia.
MUHARRUM * n. The first month of the Islamic calendar.
POLYOESTROUS * s. Having more than one period of estrus per year.
PYXIS * n. 1 Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released. 2 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia. 3 A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines.
ODOURLESS * a. Having no odor.
SOYMILK * n. A milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu.
PROSPECTIVE * a. Of or concerned with or related to the future.
CYCAD * n. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves.
LUSCIOUSLY * r. So as to produce a delightful taste.
BRININESS * n. The relative proportion of salt in a solution.
FINGER-FLOWER * n. Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.
MONOSYLLABLE * n. A word or utterance of one syllable.
DISCOUNTENANCE * v. 1 Look with disfavor on. 2 Show disapproval by discouraging.
NEPHROLEPIS * n. Small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae.
MUSCA * n. 1 A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon. 2 Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies.
LIBERTARIANISM * n. An ideological belief in freedom of thought, speech and action.
CROSS-GRAINED * s. 1 Difficult to deal with. 2 Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel.
AMPHOTERIC * a. Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either.
MEGABUCKS * n. A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).
COATI-MUNDI * n. Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.
MERIDIONAL * --a. Of or relating to a meridian. --s. Located in the south or characteristic of southern people or places.
ARCHEAN * --n. The time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life. --s. Of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon.
BROADNOSED * a. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
RIGIDITY * n. 1 The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending. 2 The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.
MINEFIELD * n. A region in which explosives mines have been placed.
TOBRAMYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria.
CHANCERY * n. 1 A court with jurisdiction in equity. 2 An office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records.
TAPIRUS * n. Type genus of the Tapiridae.
MANAGERSHIP * n. The position of manager.
MARMALADE * n. A preserve made of the pulp and rind of citrus fruits.
PIPTADENIA * n. Tropical American trees and shrubs; often placed in other genera.
DNEPRODZERZHINSK * n. Port city and industrial center in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River.
HOMOGENEOUS * a. All of the same or similar kind or nature.
SILVERSPOT * n. Butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings.
BACKSWEPT * s. Used of hair.
97 * s. Being seven more than ninety.
UNSYMPATHETICALLY * r. Without sympathy; in an unsympathetic manner.
DESSERT * n. A dish served as the last course of a meal.
CALYCULAR * a. Relating to or resembling a calyculus.
HOLIDAYMAKER * n. Someone who travels for pleasure.
ICTUS * n. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
AFTERIMAGE * n. An image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased.
VIOLENT * --a. Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity. --s. 1 Effected by force or injury rather than natural causes. 2 (of colors or sounds) Intensely vivid or loud. 3 Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. 4 Characterized by violence or bloodshed.
PUPA * n. An insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
TARTARUS * n. A place where the wicked are punished after death.
LXVII * s. Being seven more than sixty.
IMPELLENT * s. Forcing forward or onward; impelling.
HIJINKS * n. Noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
COLORFAST * s. Having color that is resistant to fading or running.
RASPING * --n. Uttering in an irritated tone. --s. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
PRIMAL * s. 1 Serving as an essential component. 2 Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.
URODELE * n. Amphibians that resemble lizards.
ASCRIBABLE * s. Capable of being assigned or credited to.
HYPERIDROSIS * n. Excessive and profuse perspiration.
PRELIM * n. 1 A minor match preceding the main event. 2 An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue.
GAIN * --n. 1 A quantity that is added. 2 The advantageous quality of being beneficial. 3 The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input. 4 The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating. --v. 1 Obtain. 2 Win something through one's efforts. 3 Derive a benefit from. 4 Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
PELECYPOD * --n. Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together. --s. Bivalve.
UNUNPENTIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
NIGHT * n. 1 The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. 2 A period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom. 3 The period spent sleeping. 4 The dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit.
ASSASSINATOR * n. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
SUBGROSS * s. Too small to be visible to the naked eye.
MVP * n. The player judged to be the most important to the sport.
POLYPORUS * n. Type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers.
THESSALONIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Thessalonica.
STRAITLACED * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
EASTWARDS * r. Toward the east.
PYRRHULOXIA * n. Crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico.
MILLWRIGHT * n. A workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery.
FARRAGUT * n. United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870).
SALIVA * n. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.
SUBJUGABLE * s. Susceptible to being subjugated.
NONOPERATIONAL * a. (military) Not involved in military operations.
POLITICALLY * r. 1 With regard to social relationships involving authority. 2 With regard to government.
SUBMERSED * s. 1 Beneath the surface of the water. 2 Growing or remaining under water.
TOMENTOUS * s. Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs.
FEN * n. 1 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China. 2 Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water.
BRIDAL * --n. Archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast. --a. 1 Of or relating to a wedding. 2 Of or pertaining to a bride.
FELIDAE * n. Cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers.
STALINIZE * v. Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies.
SILVER-BLUE * s. Of something having a color that is a light shiny blue.
RETROSPECTION * n. 1 Reference to things past. 2 Memory for experiences that are past.
CAVENDISH * n. British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810).
THYREOPHORAN * n. Armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs.
SIT-DOWN * n. A strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached.
DISINHERITED * s. Deprived of your rightful heritage.
DISPOSITION * n. 1 Your usual mood. 2 The act or means of getting rid of something. 3 An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. 4 A natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.
MOKE * n. British informal for donkey.
CLONAL * a. Of or relating to a clone.
HEARTROT * n. Any plant disease in which the central part of a plant rots (especially in trees).
SILVER-BODIED * s. Having a silver-colored body.
VARICOSE * s. Abnormally swollen or knotty.
DISCONTINUE * v. 1 Put an end to a state or an activity. 2 Come to or be at an end. 3 Prevent completion.
APOPHATIC * a. Of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable').
DESALINATE * v. Remove salt from.
BARYCENTER * n. (astronomy) The common center of mass around which two or more bodies revolve.
IMMODERATION * n. The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation.
MESASAMKRANTI * n. Hindu solar holiday at the beginning of the new astrological year when the sun enters the constellation Aries.
PUTRID * --a. Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction. --s. 1 In an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor. 2 Morally corrupt or evil.
NASTURTIUM * n. 1 Any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers. 2 Aquatic herbs. 3 Flowers and seeds and leaves all used as flavorings.
DANDRUFF * n. 1 A condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp. 2 Loose scales shed from the scalp.
STAINER * n. A worker who stains (wood or fabric).
REAL * --n. 1 Any rational or irrational number. 2 The basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos. 3 An old small silver Spanish coin. --a. 1 Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory. 2 No less than what is stated; worthy of the name. 3 Of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation. 4 Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary. --s. 1 Not to be taken lightly. 2 Capable of being treated as fact. 3 Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. 4 (of property) Fixed or immovable. --r. Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.
TROPICAL * --s. 1 Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator). 2 Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense. 3 Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics. --a. Of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic.
INDOLENTLY * r. In an indolent manner.
COUNTERREFORMATION * n. A reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation.
ANTI-SEMITE * --n. Someone who hates and would persecute Jews. --s. Discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion.
CRUDELY * r. 1 In a crude or unrefined manner. 2 In a crude and unskilled manner.
PULLULATE * v. 1 Be teeming, be abuzz. 2 Move in large numbers. 3 Produce buds, branches, or germinate. 4 Become abundant; increase rapidly.
MIDDLEMAN * n. 1 Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers. 2 The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk. 3 A person who is in a position to give you special assistance.
SCORPIONWEED * n. Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
ITALIA * n. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD.
MAGPIE * n. 1 Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call. 2 Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others. 3 An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.
POLYVINYL-FORMALDEHYDE * n. A polymer of vinyl formaldehyde.
ORMOSIA * n. Genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood.
SCANDENTIA * n. A small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora).
STALWARTNESS * n. The property of being strong and resolute.
AIRINESS * n. 1 The property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air. 2 The property of something weightless and insubstantial. 3 Lightness in movement or manner.
OUTWARD-DEVELOPING * s. Away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge.
FAKER * n. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
PETROLATUM * n. A semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication.
SHOVELHEAD * n. Small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
BENZOFURAN * n. A colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins.
HORN * --n. 1 A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it. 2 One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates. 3 A noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning. 4 A high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather). --v. Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk.
EPHEMEROPTERAN * n. Short-lived insect.
EMBASSADOR * n. A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another.
CASUISTRY * n. 1 Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading. 2 Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.
PREACHMENT * n. A sermon on a moral or religious topic.
AMELIORATORY * s. Tending to ameliorate.
ASSIGNOR * n. (law) The party who makes an assignment.
PIPAL * n. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.
PLEASANT-TASTING * s. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
MUTABILITY * n. The quality of being capable of mutation.
MATCHUP * n. The pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition.
POWERLESSNESS * n. The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble.
SMUGGLED * s. Distributed or sold illicitly.
TULU * n. 1 A member of a Dravidian people living on the southwestern coast of India. 2 A Dravidian language spoken by the Tulu.
CHIVAREE * n. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
MEDITATIVELY * r. In a meditative manner.
FACTITIOUS * s. Not produced by natural forces.
SPORTSWRITER * n. A journalist who writes about sports.
SAURY * n. Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters.
SPEARHEAD-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf shape) Like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base.
SEAL * --n. 1 Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters. 2 A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents. 3 The pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal. 4 A member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare. --v. 1 Make tight; secure against leakage. 2 Close with or as if with a seal. 3 Decide irrevocably. 4 Affix a seal to.
SYNESTHESIA * n. A sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated.
TRENCHANT * s. 1 Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect. 2 Characterized by or full of force and vigor. 3 Clearly or sharply defined to the mind.
UNAUTHORIZED * --a. Not endowed with authority. --s. Without official authorization.
IBIDEM * r. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
WHYDAH * n. Mostly black African weaverbird.
RAINING * s. Falling in drops or as if falling like rain.
OPPRESSIVE * s. 1 Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit. 2 Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
WHELP * --n. Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf. --v. Give birth to (a puppy).
ZOROASTRIAN * --n. Follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism. --a. Of or pertaining to Zoroaster or the religion he founded.
TETRACLINIS * n. Sandarac tree.
HOLOCEPHALI * n. Chimaeras and extinct forms.
INTUITION * n. 1 Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes). 2 An impression that something might be the case.
FUSAIN * n. A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.
CLEAN-HANDED * a. Free from evil or guilt.
DORMY * s. In match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played.
POULTERER * n. A dealer in poultry and poultry products.
ADMIRABLENESS * n. Admirable excellence.
BENTONITE * n. An absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash.
TANTRIST * n. An adherent of Tantrism.
WHOLESOMELY * r. In a wholesome manner.
AGONISING * s. Extremely painful.
MELINAE * n. Subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers.
CONTEMPLATE * v. 1 Look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought. 2 Consider as a possibility. 3 Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes. 4 Reflect deeply on a subject.
PUNNET * n. A small light basket used as a measure for fruits.
OPTIMIST * n. A person disposed to take a favorable view of things.
WIGGLINESS * n. A jerky back and forth kind of mobility.
CHRYSOSPLENIUM * n. Genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers.
FASCIOLOPSIS * n. A genus of Fasciolidae.
FRIEDMAN * n. United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born in 1912).
PAVLOV * n. Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936).
EVERLASTINGLY * r. For a limitless time.
ORIENT * --n. 1 The countries of Asia. 2 The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia. --v. 1 Be oriented. 2 Determine one's position with reference to another point. 3 Cause to point. 4 Familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances.
HAUSMANNITE * n. A mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide; a source of manganese.
JUNCO * n. Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter.
UNBLINKING * s. 1 Showing no visible emotion. 2 Not shrinking from danger.
OBLIGATED * a. Caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course.
TZARA * n. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963).
IDEALISED * s. Exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence.
INVEIGLE * v. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
SNOW-IN-SUMMER * n. 1 Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk. 2 Chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers.
GABORIAU * n. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
RYPTICUS * n. A genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes.
NAIAS * n. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
PARATYPHOID * n. Any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever.
DISPASSIONATENESS * n. Objectivity and detachment.
OXYGENASE * n. An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen.
OBSESSIVE * --n. A person who has obsessions. --s. Characterized by or constituting an obsession.
ILLUMINANT * n. Something that can serve as a source of light.
LACKLUSTER * s. 1 Lacking brilliance or vitality. 2 Lacking luster or shine.
KILIMANJARO * n. The highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high.
CONNATE * --a. Of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united. --s. Related in nature.
APOPLEXY * n. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
EXISTENTIAL * --s. Derived from experience or the experience of existence. --a. 1 Of or as conceived by existentialism. 2 Relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence).
TURGOT * n. French economist who in 1774 was put in control of finances by Louis XVI; his proposals for reforms that involved abolishing feudal privileges made him unpopular with the aristocracy and in 1776 he was dismissed (1727-1781).
TWIDDLE * --n. A series of small (usually idle) twists or turns. --v. 1 Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. 2 Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner.
BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPH * n. A medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles.
BALDRICK * n. A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip.
SCURVY * --n. A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). --s. Of the most contemptible kind.
MASTURBATE * v. 1 Stimulate sexually. 2 Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation.
BENZOIC * a. Containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin.
TRINIDAD * n. An island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.
NECTARINE * n. 1 Variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh. 2 A variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin.
PHYTOMASTIGINA * n. Plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae.
MECHANICAL * a. 1 Using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices. 2 Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools. 3 Relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics.
REGRETFUL * a. Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.
ARMOUR-CLAD * s. Covered with heavy steel.
VATICINATOR * n. An authoritative person who divines the future.
LOOS * n. Austrian architect (1870-1933).
MIDWATCH * n. A watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.).
VULGARLY * r. In a smutty manner.
DUCKLING * n. 1 Flesh of a young domestic duck. 2 Young duck.
INSTAR * n. An insect or other arthropod between molts.
BARLEY-SUGAR * n. A brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar.
UNROLL * v. 1 Reverse the winding or twisting of. 2 Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state.
ISOTROPY * n. (physics) The property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions.
KHEPERA * n. Egyptian god of the morning sun; creator.
NONMEDICINAL * s. Not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed.
ARGUING * n. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
PELF * n. Informal terms for money.
LONG-LEGGED * s. Having long legs.
PROMETHAZINE * n. Antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness.
PASSENGER * n. A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it.
OTUS * n. A genus of Strigidae.
WICCAN * --n. A believer in Wicca. --a. Of or relating to Wicca.
BOKMAL * n. Book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish.
SUPEREROGATION * n. An effort above and beyond the call of duty.
PERCEPTIBLY * r. In a noticeable manner.
ABLACTATE * v. Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk.
TOPI * n. 1 A lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun. 2 A large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal.
ROCKET-PROPELLED * a. Propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine.
MARLINE * n. A small usually tarred line of 2 strands.
PYX * n. 1 A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay. 2 Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.
TWEEDINESS * n. 1 Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth). 2 An informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds.
STEAMED * s. 1 Cooked in steam. 2 Aroused to impatience or anger.
VALVULAR * a. Relating to or operating by means of valves.
REFORMATION * n. 1 Improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs. 2 A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. 3 Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course.
INTUBATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
BK * n. A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium.
SMARMY * s. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
AK * n. A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union.
FRONTISPIECE * n. 1 An ornamental facade. 2 Front illustration facing the title page of a book.
RIBOSOME * n. An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell.
PHRASING * n. 1 The grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line. 2 The manner in which something is expressed in words.
KOSCIUSZKO * n. Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817).
SEAR * --v. 1 Make very hot and dry. 2 Become superficially burned. 3 Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color. 4 Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. --s. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
ROOMIE * n. An associate who shares a room with you.
CACODAEMONIC * a. Of or relating to evil spirits.
PHYLLODE * n. An expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade.
JEREVAN * n. Capital of Armenia.
RADHAKRISHNAN * n. Indian philosopher and statesman who introduced Indian philosophy to the West (1888-1975).
LAB * n. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
DEPRESSED * s. 1 Lower than previously. 2 Flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces. 3 Filled with melancholy and despondency.
PYROMANCY * n. Divination by fire or flames.
PROVINCIALLY * r. By the province; through the province.
UNREALIZED * s. Of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities.
SELF-CONTRADICTION * n. Contradicting yourself.
ETHENE * n. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic.
THIOGUANINE * n. An antineoplastic drug used to treat acute leukemias.
ANGEVIN * n. A resident of Anjou.
QUICK-EARED * s. Having keen hearing.
ACCIPITRINE * a. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks).
FELLINI * n. Italian filmmaker (1920-1993).
MOVINGLY * r. In a moving manner.
ANTEATER * n. 1 Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites. 2 Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites. 3 Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata. 4 Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.
WINEPRESS * n. A press that is used to extract the juice from grapes.
GAISERIC * n. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
HUPA * n. 1 A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California. 2 The Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa.
BROADBILL * n. 1 Tropical American heron related to night herons. 2 Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill. 3 Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill. 4 Small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills.
METIS * n. A person in western Canada who is of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry.
TWEEDLE * v. 1 Sing in modulation. 2 Play negligently on a musical instrument. 3 Entice through the use of music.
OPINIONATIVE * s. Obstinate in your opinions.
APOLOGIA * n. A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly.
PREMIER * --n. 1 The person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom. 2 The person who is head of government (in several countries). --v. 1 Be performed for the first time. 2 Perform a work for the first time. --s. 1 First in rank or degree. 2 Preceding all others in time.
WHIRLING * n. The act of rotating in a circle or spiral.
ABORAL * a. Opposite to or away from the mouth.
VARMENT * n. Any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote.
INOPERABLE * --s. Not able to perform its normal function. --a. Not suitable for surgery.
FEMA * n. An independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities.
VALIUM * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning.
GENEALOGICAL * a. Of or relating to genealogy.
ANTIMONY * n. A metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite.
COMMELINA * n. Any plant of the genus Commelina.
TUB-CART * n. A cart with an underslung axle and two seats.
DUCHESS * n. The wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right.
PINTO * n. A spotted or calico horse or pony.
AMENTIFERAE * n. Used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins.
COSTLY * s. 1 Entailing great loss or sacrifice. 2 Having a high price.
TENDERISER * n. A substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender.
BEAR-SIZED * s. Large as a bear.
WOMANLINESS * n. The trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female.
EXHIBITOR * n. Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see.
WRITHEN * s. Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle).
ALIVENESS * n. 1 The condition of living or the state of being alive. 2 The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
SLUSH * --n. Partially melted snow. --v. 1 Make a splashing sound. 2 Spill or splash copiously or clumsily.
CONVICTION * n. 1 An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence. 2 (criminal law) A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed.
FUNGOID * a. Resembling fungi.
BROWNISH-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with brown.
REVEAL * v. 1 Make visible. 2 Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. 3 Disclose directly or through prophets.
CHAETODIPTERUS * n. A genus of Ephippidae.
GREENBRIER * n. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
BICHROME * s. Having two colors.
OXYURANUS * n. Taipans.
GERMANENESS * n. Pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand.
CONCORDANCE * n. 1 A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. 2 Agreement of opinions. 3 An index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts.
FURTHERMOST * s. (comparatives of `far') Most remote in space or time or order.
PARASHURAMA * n. An incarnation of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas.
SURFACE-ASSIMILATIVE * a. Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
PROSPECTUS * n. 1 A formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise. 2 A catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university.
SCLEROTIUM * n. 1 Form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants. 2 Compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth.
TALON * n. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
WINFRED * n. (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754).
THEOLOGICALLY * r. 1 As regards theology. 2 In a theological manner.
LOOKER-ON * n. Someone who looks on.
DECEDENT * n. Someone who is no longer alive.
SUPERSTITION * n. An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear.
OPHTHALMIC * a. 1 Of or relating to ophthalmology. 2 Of or relating to or resembling the eye.
BUSHNELL * n. American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824).
SCHMOOZER * n. Someone skilled at conversation.
FLUORIDATE * v. Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride.
CUPFUL * n. The quantity a cup will hold.
MAUDLIN * s. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
CAPRI * n. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery.
MAYO * n. Egg yolks and oil and vinegar.
X * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system. 2 The 24th letter of the Roman alphabet. 3 Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine. --s. Being one more than nine.
FOETOSCOPE * n. A stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat.
KOOKABURRA * n. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry.
KOTOW * --n. A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission. --v. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
TITO * n. Yugoslav statesman who led the resistance to German occupation during World War II and established a communist state after the war (1892-1980).
BEAD * --n. 1 A small ball with a hole through the middle. 2 A shape that is spherical and small. 3 A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture. --v. 1 Form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example. 2 Decorate by sewing beads onto. 3 String together like beads.
ADDICTED * a. Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming.
PROVIDER * n. 1 Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity. 2 Someone who provides the means for subsistence.
CLAMMINESS * n. Unpleasant wetness.
MASCARPONE * n. Soft mild Italian cream cheese.
EXORCIZE * v. Expel through adjuration or prayers.
RODENTIA * n. Small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis.
COMMUTATION * n. 1 The travel of a commuter. 2 A warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one. 3 (law) The reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law. 4 The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.
RESONATING * s. Characterized by resonance.
NAGGING * s. Continually complaining or faultfinding.
LIFE-SUPPORT * a. Of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life.
FUTUROLOGY * n. The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions.
MELIORATIVE * s. Tending to ameliorate.
SKILLFULNESS * n. The state of being cognitively skillful.
GAMBLER * n. 1 A person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events. 2 Someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement.
PUCKER * --n. An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth). --v. 1 To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. 2 Draw together into folds or puckers. 3 Become wrinkled or drawn together.
LAUNCE * n. Very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches.
CARBONATION * n. Saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water).
MORMON * --n. 1 The ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 2 A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church.
KISUMU * n. A port city in western Kenya on the northeastern shore of Lake Victoria; fishing and trading center.
CACHECTIC * a. Relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia.
BORE * --n. 1 A person who evokes boredom. 2 A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary). 3 Diameter of a tube or gun barrel. 4 A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes. --v. 1 Cause to be bored. 2 Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.
46TH * s. The ordinal number of forty-six in counting order.
SCORPIONFISH * n. Marine fishes having a tapering body with an armored head and venomous spines.
DUSTINESS * n. The state of being covered with dust.
INTRO * n. 1 Formally making a person known to another or to the public. 2 A brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music.
SLOPPY * s. 1 Lacking neatness or order. 2 Wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material. 3 (of soil) Soft and watery. 4 Not fitting closely; hanging loosely.
QUITE * r. 1 To a degree (not used with a negative). 2 To the greatest extent; completely. 3 Of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative). 4 Actually or truly or to an extreme.
SIGN * --n. 1 A perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened). 2 A public display of a message. 3 Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message. 4 Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted. --v. 1 Mark with one's signature; write one's name (on). 2 Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation. 3 Be engaged by a written agreement. 4 Engage by written agreement. --s. Used of the language of the deaf.
PAVO * n. 1 A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara. 2 Peafowl.
ERECTION * n. 1 An erect penis. 2 A structure that has been erected. 3 The act of building or putting up.
COLUMBINE * n. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.
UNISON * n. 1 Corresponding exactly. 2 Occurring together or simultaneously. 3 (music) Two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves.
TIROL * n. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy.
CERATIN * n. A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves.
DISTORTIONIST * n. A painter who introduces distortions.
SECHUANA * n. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana.
BLACKDAMP * n. The atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life.
LOLLY * n. 1 Informal terms for money. 2 Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick.
MANNIKIN * n. 1 A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal. 2 A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. 3 A life-size dummy used to display clothes.
NYNORSK * n. One of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects.
MELODY * n. 1 A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. 2 The perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes.
SUPERLOAD * n. A variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic.
BLUE-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with blue.
GLOSSILY * r. In a glossy manner.
CONTRITE * s. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
OCCURRENCE * n. 1 An event that happens. 2 An instance of something occurring.
COLLIDE * v. 1 Be incompatible; be or come into conflict. 2 Cause to collide. 3 Crash together with violent impact.
CONTROLLERSHIP * n. The position of controller.
RHIZOCTINIA * n. Any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia.
LEONBERG * n. A large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland.
CHIAN * a. Of or relating to Chios.
GAMBUSIA * n. Mosquitofish.
SHYNESS * n. A feeling of fear of embarrassment.
ACKNOWLEDGEABLE * s. Capable of being acknowledged.
ECHOLESS * s. Having or producing no echo.
LANEY * n. United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933).
EXECUTABLE * s. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
HARD-PRESSED * s. Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.
MACAQUE * n. Short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa.
UPLIFTED * s. Exalted emotionally especially with pride.
SEABED * n. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
FOREDATE * v. Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
LIKELIHOOD * n. The probability of a specified outcome.
DECUSSATE * --v. Cross or intersect so as to form a cross. --s. Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.
HOUSEKEEPER * n. A servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household.
OAF * n. An awkward stupid person.
NIGHER * r. (comparative of `near' or `close') Within a shorter distance.
CUMBER * v. Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult.
BILHARZIASIS * n. An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected.
FISHER * n. 1 Someone whose occupation is catching fish. 2 Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
MERITOCRATIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy.
STROMBUS * n. Type genus of the family Strombidae.
BURGLARIZE * v. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
PAC * n. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
EARHART * n. First woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937).
LIPO-LUTIN * n. A steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy.
TURNOFF * n. 1 Something causing antagonism or loss of interest. 2 A side road where you can turn off.
ACIDULOUSNESS * n. The taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth.
SUBDEACON * n. A clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church.
BLOODSTAINED * s. Covered with blood.
KNOCKDOWN-DRAGOUT * s. Extremely violent.
STRIP-JACK-NAKED * n. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
LEGITIMISE * v. Make legal.
EMMET * n. Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers.
DIVERGENCY * n. 1 An infinite series that has no limit. 2 The act of moving away in different direction from a common point.
BENISON * n. A spoken blessing.
UNVULCANIZED * s. (used of rubber) Not subjected to the process of vulcanization.
UNICELLULAR * a. Having or consisting of a single cell.
ANISOTROPY * n. The property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions.
BLOOMING * --n. The organic process of bearing flowers. --s. Informal intensifiers.
JI * n. A clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia.
CAMELOT * n. (Arthurian legend) The capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there.
PAINFULNESS * n. 1 Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid. 2 The quality of being painful.
BIRDLIME * --n. A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds. --v. Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds.
MISOCAINEA * n. Hatred of new ideas.
DESICCANT * n. A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture).
SCOMBRIDAE * n. Marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna.
LUGGER * n. Small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails.
CRASSULA * n. Type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts.
GODOWN * n. (in India and Malaysia) A warehouse.
ELICIT * v. 1 Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). 2 Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). 3 Derive by reason.
LYCOPODIALES * n. Lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae.
CHIVVY * v. Annoy continually or chronically.
EPICENTER * n. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
POKEWEED * n. Perennial of the genus Phytolacca.
FRAGONARD * n. French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806).
IMPECUNIOUS * s. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
SCARE * --n. 1 Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. 2 A sudden attack of fear. --v. 1 Cause fear in. 2 Cause to lose courage.
AGERASIA * n. Youthful appearance in an old person.
DAS * n. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
HACKEE * n. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
BRACE * --n. 1 A support that steadies or strengthens something else. 2 Two items of the same kind. 3 A set of two similar things considered as a unit. 4 Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material. --v. 1 Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult. 2 Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace. 3 Support by bracing. 4 Cause to be alert and energetic.
RECLAMATION * n. 1 The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation. 2 Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course. 3 The recovery of useful substances from waste products.
MOOSEWOOD * n. 1 Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn. 2 Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.
EVERYDAYNESS * n. Ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace.
CENT * n. 1 A fractional monetary unit of several countries. 2 A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
FLUMP * v. 1 Fall heavily. 2 Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.
QUALITATIVE * a. 1 Involving distinctions based on qualities. 2 Relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities.
EXTEMPORARY * s. With little or no preparation or forethought.
BRAGI * n. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music; son of Odin.
ECSTASY * n. 1 A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. 2 A state of elated bliss. 3 Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
MERITOCRACY * n. 1 A form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects. 2 The belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth.
CHLORIS * n. Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass.
MOMISM * n. Excessive protection.
CROSS-REFERENCE * n. A reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work.
FOREST * --n. 1 The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area. 2 Land that is covered with trees and shrubs. --v. Establish a forest on previously unforested land.
CORONA * n. 1 The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. 2 (botany) The trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower. 3 An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere. 4 One or more circles of light seen around a luminous object.
PHILADELPHIA * n. The largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania.
COSTIVE * a. Retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating.
DISBANDMENT * n. The act of disbanding.
SPA * n. 1 A health resort near a spring or at the seaside. 2 A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area. 3 A place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness.
EGGS * n. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
IMPECCABLE * s. 1 Without fault or error. 2 Not capable of sin.
BULIMIC * --n. A person suffering from bulimia. --a. Suffering from bulimia.
ATONY * n. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
SMITTEN * s. 1 (used in combination) Affected by something overwhelming. 2 Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
CELEBRATION * n. 1 A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event. 2 Any joyous diversion. 3 The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual.
ARTY-CRAFTY * s. Pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
SLEEPY-EYED * s. Ready to fall asleep.
ORNITHOMIMID * n. Lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes.
VITALIST * n. One who believes in vitalism.
CICALA * n. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.
UNQUALIFIED * --a. 1 Not limited or restricted. 2 Not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training. 3 Legally not qualified or sufficient. --s. Having no right or entitlement.
MONEYGRUBBER * n. Someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking.
LOOKER * n. 1 A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). 2 A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
CHOLERIC * s. 1 Easily moved to anger. 2 Quickly aroused to anger. 3 Characterized by anger.
RIDLEY * n. A marine turtle.
DUET * n. 1 Two items of the same kind. 2 Two performers or singers who perform together. 3 A pair who associate with one another. 4 A musical composition for two performers.
UNPLEASANTNESS * n. 1 The feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling. 2 The quality of giving displeasure.
REMAKE * --n. Creation that is created again or anew. --v. Make new.
NOMINATIVE * --n. The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb. --a. Serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb. --s. 1 Named; bearing the name of a specific person. 2 Appointed by nomination.
COHABIT * v. 1 Share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. 2 Exist together.
LICENTIOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being lewd and lascivious. 2 Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
APPRENTICESHIP * n. The position of apprentice.
PURITANICALLY * r. In a prudish manner.
SOTTISHNESS * n. 1 Stupefaction from drink. 2 Lack of restraint in use of alcohol.
MAG * n. A periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it.
HOP-SKIP * v. Jump lightly.
LARCENY * n. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
SHIKSA * n. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
HSV-I * n. A herpes virus that causes oral herpes.
GENE * n. (genetics) A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity.
NUYTSIA * n. One species.
ANDRENIDAE * n. A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.
DECK * --n. 1 Any of various platforms built into a vessel. 2 Street name for a packet of illegal drugs. 3 A pack of 52 playing cards. 4 A porch that resembles the deck on a ship. --v. 1 Be beautiful to look at. 2 Decorate. 3 Knock down with force.
SUBEDITOR * n. An assistant editor.
TRANSACTOR * n. Someone who conducts or carries on business or negotiations.
HOLE-IN-CORNER * s. Relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life.
PERMANENT * --n. A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals. --a. Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place. --s. Not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition.
HOLD * --n. 1 The act of grasping. 2 Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something. 3 Power by which something or someone is affected or dominated. 4 Time during which some action is awaited. --v. 1 Cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean'. 2 Have or hold in one's hands or grip. 3 Organize or be responsible for. 4 Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.
DEMONSTRABLE * s. 1 Necessarily or demonstrably true. 2 Capable of being demonstrated or proved.
CASSEROLE * n. 1 Food cooked and served in a casserole. 2 Large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served.
INTERREGNUM * n. The time between two reigns, governments, etc..
GLYCERINE * n. A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils.
ALEPH * n. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
ALPINE * --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of alps. 2 Relating to the Alps and their inhabitants. --s. Living or growing above the timber line.
PSEUDOPODIUM * n. Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion.
BURHINIDAE * n. Large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews.
SOUTHEASTWARDLY * r. In a southeastward direction.
DIABETIC * --n. Someone who has diabetes. --a. Of or relating to or causing diabetes. --s. Suffering from diabetes.
POURBOIRE * n. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
UNIFY * v. 1 Become one. 2 To bring or combine together or with something else. 3 Bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation. 4 Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
NOSTOC * n. Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies.
CHORIZO * n. A spicy Spanish pork sausage.
UNCONTAMINATING * a. Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination.
REBROADCAST * --n. A broadcast that repeated at a later time. --v. Broadcast again, as of a film.
CC * --n. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter. --s. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
CITRONCIRUS * n. A cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata.
TAPENADE * n. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
SURPRISAL * n. The act of surprising someone.
RESENTFULLY * r. With resentment; in a resentful manner.
CORYZA * n. An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge).
ZAMIACEAE * n. A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias.
THREADY * s. 1 Forming viscous or glutinous threads. 2 Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.
HUMANIZE * v. Make more humane.
NEO-LATIN * n. Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature.
PRIORESS * n. The superior of a group of nuns.
QUAOAR * n. A planetoid discovered in 2002.
CENTRIFUGE * --n. An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension. --v. Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.
CORNISHWOMAN * n. A woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall.
SUPERFAMILY * n. (biology) A taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family.
TRADE * --n. 1 The commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services. 2 The skilled practice of a practical occupation. 3 The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers. 4 A particular instance of buying or selling. --v. 1 Engage in the trade of. 2 Turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase. 3 Be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions. 4 Exchange or give (something) in exchange for.
SIT * v. 1 Be seated. 2 Be around, often idly or without specific purpose. 3 Take a seat. 4 Be in session.
AGROBIOLOGY * n. The study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield.
KLYSTRON * n. An electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation.
TITANOSAURIDAE * n. Herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous.
PETROGLYPH * n. A carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people).
ABIENT * a. Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
AMNIONIC * a. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
DECERTIFY * v. Cause to be no longer approved or accepted.
DAMN * --n. Something of little value. --v. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. --s. 1 Used as expletives. 2 Expletives used informally as intensifiers. --r. Extremely.
TIRESOMELY * r. In a tedious manner.
THOMSON * n. 1 United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989). 2 United States electrical engineer (born in England) who in 1892 formed a company with Thomas Edison (1853-1937). 3 English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975). 4 English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940).
DISAMBIGUATION * n. Clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity.
MOLTEN * s. Reduced to liquid form by heating.
BALDNESS * n. The condition of having no hair on the top of the head.
WHIRLYBIRD * n. An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades.
SHRED * --n. 1 A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. 2 A small piece of cloth or paper. --v. Tear into shreds.
METADATA * n. Data about data.
GIVEAWAY * n. 1 A gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group. 2 An unintentional disclosure. 3 A television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards.
BACKBEAT * n. A loud steady beat.
WACKO * n. A person who is regarded as eccentric or mad.
AGENT-IN-PLACE * n. An operative serving as a penetration into an intelligence target.
EDUTAINMENT * n. Entertainment that is intended to be educational.
REDROOT * n. Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant.
REINCARNATIONISM * n. A doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body.
PEREJIL * n. A small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain.
MILLS * n. United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855).
HIDEBOUND * s. Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded.
ALLOGRAFT * n. Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft.
WESER * n. A river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven.
GENERALISED * s. Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment.
THRASH * --n. A swimming kick used while treading water. --v. 1 Give a thrashing to; beat hard. 2 Move or stir about violently. 3 Dance the slam dance. 4 Beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all.
ELECTRICIAN * n. A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines.
WYOMINGITE * n. A native or resident of Wyoming.
PLEBISCITE * n. A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.
HANOI * n. The capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam.
ARCHEOZOIC * --n. The time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life. --s. Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era.
ATHYRIUM * n. Temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.
GESTAPO * n. The secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods.
DISABLED * --n. People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped. --s. Having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness.
TRAVELER * n. A person who changes location.
TRIPLE-SPACING * n. Typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing.
REFLECTIVELY * r. In a reflective manner.
MALLOTUS * n. Capelins.
AZONAL * a. Not divided into zones.
SPAYED * s. (of a female animal) Having the ovaries removed.
PEWTER * n. Any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead).
GENUS-MEGAPODIUS * n. Type genus of the Megapodiidae.
OUTSIDE * --n. 1 The region that is outside of something. 2 The outer side or surface of something. --a. 1 Relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit. 2 Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air. --s. 1 Coming from the outside. 2 Originating or belonging beyond some bounds. 3 Functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit. 4 Leading to or from the outside. --r. 1 Outside a building. 2 On the outside.
DICOTYLEDONAE * n. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
INITIATOR * n. A person who initiates a course of action.
MILLIMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
TELEGRAPHER * n. Someone who transmits messages by telegraph.
BRUEGHEL * n. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
WAVINESS * n. 1 (of hair) A tendency to curl. 2 Unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles.
CARROUSEL * n. 1 A conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers. 2 A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement.
POMPOUSLY * r. In a pompous manner.
RENO * n. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage.
TENGE * n. 1 100 tenge equal 1 manat in Turkmenistan. 2 The basic unit of money in Kazakhstan.
EXTIRPATION * n. 1 Surgical removal of a body part or tissue. 2 The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
HAPTIC * a. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch.
ETHYL * n. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.
SPRECHGESANG * n. A style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking.
SPATANGOIDA * n. Heart-shaped sea urchins.
LEFT-HANDED * --a. Using or intended for the left hand. --s. 1 (of marriages) Illicit or informal. 2 (of marriages) Of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior. 3 Rotating to the left. 4 Ironically ambiguous.
EMPHASIS * n. 1 Special importance or significance. 2 Intensity or forcefulness of expression. 3 Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.. 4 The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
GENIC * a. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
BLESSEDLY * r. In a blessed manner.
SEBACEOUS * s. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
ISOSPONDYLI * n. Most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon.
TRUFFAUT * n. French filmmaker (1932-1984).
BEECHWOOD * n. Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles.
SUPER * --n. A caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector. --s. 1 Of the highest quality. 2 Including more than a specified category. 3 Extremely large. --r. To an extreme degree.
WORKFLOW * n. Progress (or rate of progress) in work being done.
DEMYTHOLOGISATION * n. The restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
BARBAROSSA * n. 1 Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190). 2 Barbary pirate (died in 1546).
SARCOSOME * n. A large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber.
MEXILETINE * n. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias.
HYPNOTIST * n. A person who induces hypnosis.
PROVISIONER * n. A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.
CROAK * --n. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog). --v. 1 Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. 2 Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven. 3 Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
RECLUSIVENESS * n. A disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation.
RISKLESSNESS * n. Safety as a consequence of entailing no risk.
CONSTRUCTIVIST * n. An artist of the school of constructivism.
MANDATORILY * r. In a manner that cannot be evaded.
MEGALOSAURUS * n. Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe.
BEAN * --n. 1 Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food. 2 Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans. 3 Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods. 4 Informal terms for a human head. --v. Hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball.
TAMIL * --n. 1 A member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka. 2 The Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka. --a. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
WASHBOARD * n. 1 Device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on. 2 Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side.
CADAVER * n. The dead body of a human being.
MONOGRAM * n. A graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing.
MULTIPLICITY * n. 1 The property of being multiple. 2 A large number.
TRUTHFUL * --a. Expressing or given to expressing the truth. --s. Conforming to truth.
SAVONAROLA * n. Italian religious and political reformer; a Dominican friar in Florence who preached against sin and corruption and gained a large following; he expelled the Medici from Florence but was later excommunicated and executed for criticizing the Pope (1452-1498).
MELOCACTUS * n. Genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean.
SPHAEROBOLACEAE * n. Monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity.
WANDER * v. 1 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. 2 Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage. 3 Go via an indirect route or at no set pace. 4 To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.
BARE-KNUCKLED * s. Characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules.
SCHNAPPS * n. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
TWIN-PROP * n. A propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability).
TAUNTINGLY * r. In a playfully teasing manner.
PERVERSITY * n. 1 Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline. 2 Deliberately deviating from what is good.
ORIGINALISM * n. The belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it.
MONITORY * s. Serving to warn.
ELASTICIZED * s. Made with strands or inserts of elastic.
GRANDDADDY * n. The father of your father or mother.
COCK * --n. 1 Obscene terms for penis. 2 Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid. 3 The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. 4 Adult male chicken. --v. 1 Tilt or slant to one side. 2 Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing. 3 To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
TOITOI * n. Used by Maoris for thatching.
DEBASED * s. 1 Mixed with impurities. 2 Lowered in value. 3 Ruined in character or quality.
DOWNY * s. 1 Like down or as soft as down. 2 Covered with fine soft hairs or down.
SUBSTANTIATING * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
INSUPERABLY * r. To an insuperable degree.
NARCAN * n. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
LOLO * n. A Loloish language.
MOSS-GROWN * s. 1 Overgrown with moss. 2 (used pejoratively) Out of fashion; old fashioned.
PRATTLER * n. Someone who speaks in a childish way.
STARVING * --n. The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine. --s. Suffering from lack of food.
SEMANTICIST * n. A specialist in the study of meaning.
INDOOR * --a. Located, suited for, or taking place within a building. --s. Within doors.
CHAGRIN * --n. Strong feelings of embarrassment. --v. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
SUPPOSAL * n. 1 A hypothesis that is taken for granted. 2 The cognitive process of supposing.
DECAPTERUS * n. Scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution.
OVERGENERALISE * v. Draw too general a conclusion.
AGE * --n. 1 How long something has existed. 2 An era of history having some distinctive feature. 3 A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises. 4 A prolonged period of time. --v. 1 Begin to seem older; get older. 2 Grow old or older. 3 Make older.
TROUT * n. 1 Flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes. 2 Any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons.
ASPHYXIA * n. A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas.
LUMINANCE * n. The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
TRIREME * n. Ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side.
COURAGEOUSLY * r. In a courageous manner.
PANCREATIN * n. Extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions.
ILLECEBRUM * n. One species: coral necklace.
LUMPY * s. 1 Like or containing small sticky lumps. 2 Having lumps; not smooth and even in texture.
YELLOW-TINGED * s. Of a color tinged with yellow.
SUMMARY * --n. A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form. --s. 1 Performed speedily and without formality. 2 Briefly giving the gist of something.
PEDIOECETES * n. Sharp-tailed grouse.
SERVICES * n. Performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others.
RULER * n. 1 A person who rules or commands. 2 Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths.
HIGHER-UP * n. One of greater rank or station or quality.
SEPARATRIX * n. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
GAR * n. 1 Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth. 2 Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters.
GRAPE * n. 1 Any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters. 2 Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries. 3 A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot.
CONDEMNATION * n. 1 An expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable. 2 (law) The act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building). 3 An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. 4 The condition of being strongly disapproved of.
BLOWY * s. Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes.
GRAMMATIC * a. Of or pertaining to grammar.
RAVAGING * --n. Plundering with excessive damage and destruction. --s. Ruinously destructive and wasting.
MELANOCYTE * n. A cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone.
DAVYS * n. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
INTERDICT * --n. 1 An ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district. 2 A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity. --v. 1 Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication. 2 Command against.
NONRESISTANCE * n. Group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence.
CHEER * --n. 1 A cry or shout of approval. 2 The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom. --v. 1 Give encouragement to. 2 Show approval or good wishes by shouting. 3 Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful. 4 Become cheerful.
SOIGNEE * s. Polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance.
GOMORRAH * n. (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
HEMIPARASITE * n. A parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis.
GOOD-KING-HENRY * n. European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.
SUNK * s. Doomed to extinction.
EUMYCETES * n. Category used in some classifications: coextensive with division Eumycota.
ENTOPROCT * n. Any of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies; each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles.
FIVE * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2 A team that plays basketball. 3 A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips. --s. Being one more than four.
PYJAMA * n. 1 A pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries. 2 (usually plural) Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers.
SUCRE * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos. 2 The judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia.
REVERBERATE * v. 1 Ring or echo with sound. 2 Have a long or continuing effect. 3 Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves. 4 To throw or bend back (from a surface).
ENTHRALLED * s. Filled with wonder and delight.
POISON-BERRY * n. Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible.
FILAMENTOUS * s. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.
4TH * s. Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude.
PROTOCOL * n. 1 (computer science) Rules determining the format and transmission of data. 2 Forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state. 3 Code of correct conduct.
JOKE * --n. 1 A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. 2 Activity characterized by good humor. 3 A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. 4 A triviality not to be taken seriously. --v. 1 Tell a joke; speak humorously. 2 Act in a funny or teasing way.
ANTECEDENCY * n. Preceding in time.
CYTOPHOTOMETRICALLY * r. By cytophotometric means.
DEMESNE * n. 1 Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use. 2 Territory over which rule or control is exercised.
STRESSOR * n. Any agent that causes stress to an organism.
FLUOROCARBON * n. A halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols.
INFILTRATE * v. 1 Cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices. 2 Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members. 3 Pass into or through by filtering or permeating. 4 Pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict.
CREDULOUSNESS * n. Tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived.
CONE * --n. 1 Any cone-shaped artifact. 2 A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point. 3 Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts. 4 A visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color. --v. Make cone-shaped.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT * n. An organization chartered for other than profit-making activities.
AUGER * n. 1 A long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes. 2 Hand tool for boring holes.
ASARABACCA * n. Thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe.
TONSILLECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils; commonly performed along with adenoidectomy.
LAWLESS * s. 1 Without law or control. 2 Lax in enforcing laws. 3 Disobedient to or defiant of law.
GLIMMERY * s. Shining softly and intermittently.
FORMIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or derived from ants. 2 Of or containing or derived from formic acid.
SPATTERDOCK * n. Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water.
DANGLEBERRY * n. Huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit.
HINTERLAND * n. A remote and undeveloped area.
GHOULISH * s. Suggesting the horror of death and decay.
ELMWOOD * n. Hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture.
LEPIDOSAURIA * n. Diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras.
ATLANTIDES * n. (Greek mythology) Group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera.
AEROSOLISED * s. In the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas.
HEAVENWARDS * r. Toward heaven.
CIRCULATE * v. 1 Become widely known and passed on. 2 Cause to become widely known. 3 Cause to be distributed. 4 Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.
FUNCTIONALIST * n. An adherent of functionalism.
ENDOMYCETALES * n. Fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus.
EXTENSIVE * --s. 1 Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity. 2 Broad in scope or content. --a. Of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor.
HANDRAIL * n. A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
HELIOTHERAPY * n. Therapeutic exposure to sunlight.
GENUFLECTION * n. The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence.
PARACOSM * n. A prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history.
POCKETFUL * n. The quantity a pocket will hold.
DIVORCEE * n. A divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband.
AMBLER * n. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
NUTLET * n. A small nut.
MAIN-TOPSAIL * n. A topsail set on the mainmast.
CARAGANA * n. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
COEQUAL * s. Having the same standing before the law.
PSILOCYBIN * n. A hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom.
ADVISABLE * a. Worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise.
DULCIFY * v. Make sweeter in taste.
UNFORGETTABLY * r. In a memorable manner.
ASYNERGY * n. Absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously.
CLERICAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to clerks. 2 Of or relating to the clergy. --s. Appropriate for or engaged in office work.
HUDUD * n. Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes.
BUTTON-QUAIL * n. Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains.
UNSURPRISING * a. Not causing surprise.
PERIPHERAL * --n. Electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer. --a. On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area. --s. Related to the key issue but not of central importance.
LEGATO * --a. (music) Without breaks between notes; smooth and connected. --r. Connecting the notes; in music.
NOBELIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known.
CARABAO * n. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
SENSORY * --s. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system. --a. 1 Involving or derived from the senses. 2 Relating to or concerned in sensation.
SUCCINYLCHOLINE * n. A muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures.
LOPHOPHORUS * n. Monals.
HARNESSED * s. Brought under control and put to use.
SYNC * v. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
MUCKRAKER * n. One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage).
CARDIOSPERMUM * n. Tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot.
UNEXCITING * a. 1 Not stimulating. 2 Not exciting.
EQUANIMITY * n. Steadiness of mind under stress.
RADIAL * --n. Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing. --a. 1 Relating to or near the radius. 2 Relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius. 3 Issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light. --s. Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center.
BLEND * --n. 1 An occurrence of thorough mixing. 2 A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings. 3 The act of blending components together thoroughly. --v. 1 Combine into one. 2 Blend or harmonize. 3 Mix together different elements.
CURSOR * n. (computer science) Indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions.
LOW-RISE * a. Used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low.
LARGE * --n. A garment size for a large person. --a. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent. --s. 1 Fairly large or important in effect; influential. 2 Ostentatiously lofty in style. 3 Generous and understanding and tolerant. 4 Conspicuous in position or importance. --r. 1 At a distance, wide of something (as of a mark). 2 With the wind abaft the beam. 3 In a boastful manner.
DROME * n. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
HOMEWORK * n. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
SHIVA * n. 1 (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. 2 The auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon.
MARTINIQUE * n. An island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France.
VIOLET-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with lavender.
GUARANTEE * --n. 1 A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications. 2 An unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true. 3 A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults. --v. 1 Give surety or assume responsibility. 2 Make certain of. 3 Promise to do or accomplish. 4 Stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of.
EBULLITION * n. An unrestrained expression of emotion.
DRYWALL * n. A wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses.
EXTEMPORE * --s. With little or no preparation or forethought. --r. Without prior preparation.
REMEMBER * v. 1 Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection. 2 Keep in mind for attention or consideration. 3 Recapture the past; indulge in memories. 4 Show appreciation to.
OBESITY * n. More than average fatness.
RUTTISH * s. Feeling great sexual desire.
PROVENDER * n. 1 Food for domestic livestock. 2 A stock or supply of foods.
KINAESTHETICALLY * r. In a kinesthetic manner; by means of kinesthesia.
PASTILLE * n. A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE * --n. A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response. --a. Of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression.
COLONOSCOPY * n. Visual examination of the colon (with a colonoscope) from the cecum to the rectum; requires sedation.
PRISTIS * n. Type genus of the Pristidae.
UNDESERVED * s. Not deserved or earned.
HYPERSPLENISM * n. Enlarged spleen and a decrease in one or more types of blood cells; associated with many disorders.
SIDE-TO-SIDE * a. Alternately left and right with respect to a central point.
ESOPHAGUS * n. The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.
LAPUTAN * --a. Relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people. --s. Not practical or realizable; speculative.
UNPERSON * n. A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons).
UNCIVILIZED * s. Without civilizing influences.
ROMPER * n. 1 A person who romps or frolics. 2 A one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers.
DRACONIAN * a. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws.
WHITEOUT * --n. An arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds. --v. 1 Cover up with a liquid correction fluid. 2 Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain.
HEPTANE * n. A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings.
LEAVE * --n. 1 The period of time during which you are absent from work or duty. 2 Permission to do something. 3 The act of departing politely. --v. 1 Go away from a place. 2 Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness. 3 Act or be so as to become in a specified state. 4 Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.
PORKER * n. A pig fattened to provide meat.
CAPITALIZATION * n. 1 Writing in capital letters. 2 An estimation of the value of a business. 3 The act of capitalizing on an opportunity. 4 The sale of capital stock.
DISAPPEARANCE * n. 1 The act of leaving secretly or without explanation. 2 The event of passing out of sight. 3 Gradually ceasing to be visible. 4 Ceasing to exist.
VENGEANCE * n. The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life.
LEPER * n. 1 A person afflicted with leprosy. 2 A pariah who is avoided by others.
RELEASING * s. Emotionally purging (of e.g. art).
CRYPTOGAM * n. Formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.
ALLEGIANT * s. Steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government).
WINEGLASS * n. A glass that has a stem and in which wine is served.
ABSOLUTISTIC * a. Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism.
PHASMIDIA * n. One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems.
STREAMER * n. 1 Light that streams. 2 A newspaper headline that runs across the full page. 3 A long flag; often tapering. 4 Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising.
EFFECTUALITY * n. Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect.
LAWFUL * --a. Conformable to or allowed by law. --s. 1 According to custom or rule or natural law. 2 Having a legally established claim. 3 Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law.
ATAXIC * a. Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia.
HOSIERY * n. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear).
BURGOMASTER * n. A mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria.
SETBACK * n. An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
BURGLARISE * v. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
REAR * --n. 1 The back of a military formation or procession. 2 The side of an object that is opposite its front. 3 The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. 4 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --v. 1 Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds. 2 Look after a child until it is an adult. 3 Rise up. 4 Cause to rise up. --s. Located in or toward the back or rear.
BATHYERGIDAE * n. Mole rats; sand rats.
CESARIAN * --n. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way). --a. Relating to abdominal delivery.
REGRET * --n. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. --v. 1 Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. 2 Feel sad about the loss or absence of. 3 Decline formally or politely. 4 Express with regret.
LINE-SHOOTING * n. An instance of boastful talk.
HUSHING * n. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
.45-CALIBRE * a. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter.
GRAVEL * --n. Rock fragments and pebbles. --v. 1 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 2 Cover with gravel. 3 Be a mystery or bewildering to.
DOWNFIELD * --s. Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field. --r. Toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field.
DRAYHORSE * n. Draft horse kept for pulling carts.
HYPERCARBIA * n. The physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood.
RELINQUISHING * n. 1 A verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.. 2 The act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc..
OVERABUNDANCE * n. 1 The state of being more than full. 2 A quantity that is more than what is appropriate.
CONCATENATE * v. 1 Combine two strings to form a single one. 2 Add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series.
CLOISTRAL * s. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.
TRANSFIXED * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
EXTRAVERSIVE * a. Directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality.
FUSIBLE * s. Capable of being melted and fused.
CATAMARAN * n. A boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck.
AGRAPHA * n. Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels.
INSECTICIDE * n. A chemical used to kill insects.
RELOCATE * v. 1 Become established in a new location. 2 Move or establish in a new location.
BART * n. A member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight.
QUESTIONER * n. Someone who asks a question.
ORNITHOSIS * n. An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds.
DIRTYING * n. The act of soiling something.
GRASS-OF-PARNASSUS * n. Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup.
LIABILITY * n. 1 The state of being legally obliged and responsible. 2 An obligation to pay money to another party. 3 The quality of being something that holds you back.
MYRTUS * n. Type genus of the Myrtaceae.
HYPOSTATISE * v. Construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity.
SUHARTO * n. Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921).
EXHAUSTED * --s. 1 Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. 2 Drained physically. --a. Depleted of energy, force, or strength.
DISDAINFUL * s. 1 Expressing extreme contempt. 2 Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
CHOCK-FULL * s. Packed full to capacity.
SOURLY * r. In a sour manner.
PYLORIC * a. Relating to or near the pylorus.
TETRANYCHIDAE * n. Plant-feeding mites.
POTOROINAE * n. Rat kangaroos.
VAPORIZABLE * s. (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized.
PRESS-UP * n. An arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms.
FAULTLESSLY * r. Without a fault; in a faultless manner.
QUAGMIRE * n. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
UNBEHOLDEN * s. Free of moral obligation.
SUBPROGRAM * n. A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
PATRIOTIC * a. Inspired by love for your country.
CRYSTALLOGRAPHER * n. A specialist in crystallography.
HIDEOUSNESS * n. Dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness.
THERMOPSIS * n. Genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas.
EXTRADITION * n. The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty).
SUBDUABLE * s. Susceptible to being subjugated.
INLAID * s. Adorned by inlays.
ALECTORIS * n. A genus of Perdicidae.
PRIZEWINNING * s. Holding first place in a contest.
RADIOGRAPHER * n. A person who makes radiographs.
LIFE-OR-DEATH * s. Vitally important.
PERFECTIONIST * n. A person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards.
UPRISE * v. 1 Come into existence; take on form or shape. 2 Ascend as a sound. 3 Rise up as in fear. 4 Rise to one's feet.
NUTRITIONARY * a. Of or relating to or providing nutrition.
RIGHT-EYED * s. Having only the right eye.
ENCRUSTATION * n. 1 The formation of a crust. 2 A hard outer layer that covers something. 3 A decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay.
STINKER * n. 1 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 2 Anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar). 3 An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory.
AMEN-RA * n. Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy.
FIZZY * s. Hissing and bubbling.
DICTOSTYLIUM * n. Any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium.
KNOCKDOWN * --n. A blow that knocks the opponent off his feet. --s. (furniture) Easily assembled and dismantled.
THERMOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to thermometry.
HAMMOCK * n. 1 A small natural hill. 2 A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily.
BISMUTHIC * a. Containing bismuth (especially in the pentavalent state).
FOOTBATH * n. A small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet.
MONESES * n. One species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola.
DATE * --n. 1 The specified day of the month. 2 A participant in a date. 3 A meeting arranged in advance. 4 The present. --v. 1 Go on a date with. 2 Stamp with a date. 3 Assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of. 4 Date regularly; have a steady relationship with.
OPENCUT * s. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
ANACOLUTHIA * n. An abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.
EXTRAJUDICIAL * s. Beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted.
KETOACIDOSIS * n. Acidosis with an accumulation of ketone bodies; occurs primarily in diabetes mellitus.
THYMOL * n. A colorless crystalline solid used in perfume or preserving biological specimens or in embalming or medically as a fungicide or antiseptic.
UNITY * n. 1 An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting. 2 The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. 3 The quality of being united into one.
DICYNODONTIA * n. A division of Therapsida.
LAWMAN * n. An officer of the law.
APTEROUS * s. (of insects) Without wings.
SCHEME * --n. 1 An elaborate and systematic plan of action. 2 A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery. 3 A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole. 4 An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world. --v. 1 Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner. 2 Devise a system or form a scheme for.
HANGDOG * s. 1 Showing a sense of guilt. 2 Frightened into submission or compliance.
CHROMA * n. Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue.
JORDANIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Jordan. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Jordan or its people.
MEALIE * n. An ear of corn.
WOBBLER * n. Something that wobbles.
SLOTH * n. 1 A disinclination to work or exert yourself. 2 Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits. 3 Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
TED * n. A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
SUPPORTIVE * a. Furnishing support or assistance.
EXEGETIC * a. Relating to exegesis.
CALEFACTORY * s. Serving to heat.
FINELY * r. 1 In tiny pieces. 2 In an elegant manner. 3 In a delicate manner.
STONEFACE * n. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
INVULNERABILITY * n. 1 Having the strength to withstand attack. 2 The property of being invulnerable; the property of being incapable of being hurt (physically or emotionally).
RANGPUR * n. Hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel.
BEDGROUND * n. An area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night.
VERGER * n. A church officer who takes care of the interior of the building and acts as an attendant (carries the verge) during ceremonies.
INBORN * s. 1 Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development. 2 Normally existing at birth.
LOWERMOST * s. Farthest down.
SHARP-SIGHTED * s. 1 Having very keen vision. 2 Keenly perceptive or alert.
SALESGIRL * n. A woman salesperson.
MANUAL * --n. 1 A small handbook. 2 (military) A prescribed drill in handling a rifle. --a. 1 Of or relating to the hands. 2 Requiring human effort. --s. Doing or requiring physical work.
CHAETODON * n. Any fish of the genus Chaetodon.
MIKANIA * n. Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America.
CHUNNEL * n. The railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel.
GROSSBEAK * n. Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.
INSTIGATION * n. 1 The verbal act of urging on. 2 Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord).
LIII * s. Being three more than fifty.
BLOATER * n. Large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked.
LUCKINESS * n. An auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes.
DISPENSABLE * a. Capable of being dispensed with or done without.
LOONY * --n. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous. --s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
BONDWOMAN * n. 1 A female bound to serve without wages. 2 A female slave.
EXCLAIMING * n. An abrupt excited utterance.
ACTUARY * n. Someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums).
MADONNA * n. 1 The mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics. 2 United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958).
PHOTOCOAGULATOR * n. Surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation.
HAEMOGLOBINOPATHY * n. A blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood.
SYMPATHETIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system. 2 Expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward. 3 (of characters in literature or drama) Evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings. --s. 1 Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. 2 Having similar disposition and tastes. 3 Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body.
HIGH-TOP * s. (of shoes or boots) Having relatively high uppers.
TASTE-MAKER * n. Someone who popularizes a new fashion.
REIGNING * s. Exercising power or authority.
QUESTIONABLE * --a. Subject to question. --s. Able to be refuted.
PAPER-PUSHER * n. A clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork.
HIPPOTRAGUS * n. Sable antelopes.
NUTRITIVENESS * n. The quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth.
SLUSHY * s. 1 Being or resembling melting snow. 2 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
1000TH * s. The ordinal number of one thousand in counting order.
FRS * n. The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies.
PRACTITIONER * n. Someone who practices a learned profession.
TAILPIECE * n. Appendage added to extend the length of something.
UNBLINKINGLY * r. Showing no emotion.
INEFFECTUALLY * r. In an ineffectual manner.
NORUZ * n. (Persian) The new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox.
KNIT * --n. 1 A fabric made by knitting. 2 A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side. 3 Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine. --v. 1 Make (textiles) by knitting. 2 Tie or link together. 3 To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.
EXASPERATE * v. 1 Exasperate or irritate. 2 Make furious. 3 Make worse.
OUBLIETTE * n. A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling.
STAINABLE * a. Capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts).
GINSENG * n. 1 Aromatic root of ginseng plants. 2 Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.
EPISTOLATORY * s. Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence.
CAMBER * --n. 1 A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road). 2 A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. 3 The alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top. --v. Curve upward in the middle.
BENZYL * n. The univalent radical derived from toluene.
ROLLER-SKATER * n. Someone who engages in roller skating.
GADUS * n. Type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes.
KILOMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
OVERFILL * v. Fill beyond capacity.
ACETYLIZE * v. 1 Receive substitution of an acetyl group. 2 Introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound).
TEMPEST * n. 1 A violent commotion or disturbance. 2 (literary) A violent wind.
TALL-GRASS * n. Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture.
SEEMINGLY * r. From appearances alone.
ONTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to ontology.
LP * n. A long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm.
PROSINESS * n. Commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting.
GRANULATED * s. Made grainy or formed into granules.
UNHEADED * a. Not having a heading or caption.
GARMENTED * s. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.
REDUNDANCY * n. 1 Repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission. 2 The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded. 3 (electronics) A system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails. 4 Repetition of an act needlessly.
ABJURATION * n. A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.
HEAVINESS * n. 1 The property of being comparatively great in weight. 2 Persisting sadness. 3 An oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency. 4 Used of a line or mark.
EXOCENTRIC * a. Not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents.
SPEEDWAY * n. 1 Road where high speed driving is allowed. 2 A racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles.
NONRESINY * s. Not having resin.
GOGOL * n. Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852).
PERVAPORATE * v. 1 Evaporate through a semipermeable membrane. 2 Cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane.
UNINUCLEATE * a. Having one nucleus.
KNOCKWURST * n. Short thick highly seasoned sausage.
SHOUTED * s. In a vehement outcry.
SELECTWOMAN * n. An elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns.
AFRIKANER * --n. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans. --a. Belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language.
SIERRA * n. 1 A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline). 2 A Spanish mackerel of western North America.
BALBOA * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos. 2 Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519).
POLEMICIST * n. A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology).
ADVENTITIA * n. An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
WINGSPREAD * n. 1 Distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended. 2 Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE * n. Intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism.
ALFILERIA * n. 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.
KYMOGRAPH * n. Scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure).
ZIEGFELD * n. United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932).
NONLEADED * s. (of gasoline) Not containing tetraethyl lead.
MAILER * n. 1 United States writer (born in 1923). 2 A person who mails something. 3 An advertisement that is sent by mail. 4 A container for something to be mailed.
GROUP * --n. 1 Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. 2 (chemistry) Two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule. 3 A set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse. --v. 1 Arrange into a group or groups. 2 Form a group or group together.
STENTOR * n. 1 A speaker with an unusually loud voice. 2 The mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes. 3 Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor.
FIELDWORK * n. A temporary fortification built by troops in the field.
CYNOCEPHALIDAE * n. A family of Dermoptera.
STOPPARD * n. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937).
FURAN * n. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
DIVORCEMENT * n. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
MBEYA * n. A city in southwestern Tanzania.
FERRET * --n. 1 Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct. 2 Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits. --v. 1 Hound or harry relentlessly. 2 Hunt with ferrets. 3 Search and discover through persistent investigation.
SPECTROGRAM * n. A photographic record of a spectrum.
TRUSTOR * n. (law) A person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee.
TETRAGONIACEAE * n. Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.
BATSWANA * n. A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa.
HOPEH * n. A populous province in northeastern China.
HOTSHOT * n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
PUSHCHAIR * n. A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around.
VENERATING * s. Feeling or manifesting veneration.
FOMES * n. Genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees.
STICK-ON * s. Of something (a paper label or postage stamp) gummed in advance.
ZOOERASTIA * n. Sexual activity between a person and an animal.
PETALOID * a. Resembling a flower petal.
DECALCIFICATION * n. Loss of calcium from bones or teeth.
STABLEBOY * n. Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
ROCK-LOVING * s. Of plants that flourish in a rocky environment.
ADUMBRATION * n. 1 The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand. 2 A sketchy or imperfect or faint representation.
REBUKINGLY * r. In the manner of someone delivering a rebuke.
EXPONENTIAL * --n. A function in which an independent variable appears as an exponent. --a. Of or involving exponents.
PROVOKINGLY * r. In a provocative manner.
REASSIGN * v. Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work.
RASP * --n. 1 Uttering in an irritated tone. 2 A coarse file with sharp pointed projections. --v. 1 Scrape with a rasp. 2 Utter in a grating voice.
STREPTOSOLEN * n. One species: marmalade bush.
HEDERA * n. Old World woody vines.
SURFICIAL * a. Pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface.
DISSONATE * v. 1 Be dissonant or harsh. 2 Cause to sound harsh and unpleasant.
DAMOZEL * n. A young unmarried woman.
OVERCAPITALIZE * v. 1 Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level. 2 Overestimate the market value of. 3 Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant.
MARITICIDE * n. The murder of a husband by his wife.
CRUSE * n. Small jar; holds liquid (oil or water).
INTEGUMENTARY * a. Of or relating to the integument.
MASTOPATHY * n. Any pathology of the breast.
BREAKWATER * n. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
GUIDING * s. 1 Exerting control or influence. 2 Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on.
OVEREXTEND * v. Strain excessively.
SCUT * n. A short erect tail.
ASTERIATED * a. (of some crystals especially gemstones) Exhibiting asterism.
HAWALA * n. An underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction.
AACHEN * n. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital.
LETTUCE * n. 1 Informal terms for money. 2 Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca. 3 Leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa.
VOLITIONAL * s. With deliberate intention.
STITCHERY * n. Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.
MERCURY-CONTAMINATED * s. Contaminated by mercury.
PRAGUE * n. The capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century.
WEAKENING * --n. 1 Becoming weaker. 2 The act of reducing the strength of something. --s. 1 Causing debilitation. 2 Moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker.
UNPROFITABLY * r. 1 Without gain or profit. 2 In an unproductive manner.
GOURMAND * n. A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
BASIA * n. The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq.
RAMEKIN * n. 1 A cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes. 2 A small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions.
COUNTERARGUMENT * n. An argument offered in opposition to another argument.
CELIOCENTESIS * n. Removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis.
MALFUNCTIONING * a. Not performing or able to perform its regular function.
PIPERALES * n. Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae.
DOLMAS * n. Well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock.
SEKHET * n. A lion-headed Egyptian goddess; typifies life-destroying power of the sun.
COREFERENCE * n. The grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent.
NOVEL * --n. 1 An extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. 2 A printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction. --s. 1 Original and of a kind not seen before. 2 Pleasantly new or different.
ALPHABETISE * v. Arrange in alphabetical order.
MULTIPLIER * n. The number by which a multiplicand is multiplied.
MARCHANTIALES * n. Liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally.
COX-2 * n. An enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever.
ALITERATE * n. A person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources.
DIFFRACT * v. Undergo diffraction.
STRATUM * n. 1 One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock). 2 People having the same social, economic, or educational status. 3 An abstract place usually conceived as having depth. 4 A subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling.
VIBURNUM * n. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree.
INDECOROUSLY * r. Without decorousness.
ARTHROMERE * n. Any of the segments in the body of a jointed animal like an arthropod.
REVERBERATIVE * s. Characterized by resonance.
MELASTOMATACEAE * n. A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals.
PIROGUE * n. A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log.
BRUNO * n. 1 German pope from 1049 to 1054 whose papacy was the beginning of papal reforms in the 11th century (1002-1054). 2 (Roman Catholic Church) A French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101). 3 Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600).
PLAUSIVE * s. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.
ELANOIDES * n. A genus of kites.
FEARLESSLY * r. Without fear.
REEVALUATE * v. Revise or renew one's assessment.
DEMURRAGE * n. 1 A charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure. 2 Detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.
NAILROD * n. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.
ROADKILL * n. The dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle.
FLAY * v. Strip the skin off.
UNLACED * --a. With laces not tied. --s. Not under constraint in action or expression.
PURPOSEFULLY * r. In a purposeful manner.
DIVERTING * s. Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining.
INTRODUCTORY * s. 1 Serving to open or begin. 2 Serving as a base or starting point. 3 Serving as an introduction or preface.
OKEN * n. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
SLAVEHOLDING * --n. The practice of owning slaves. --s. Allowing slavery.
FILIAL * a. 1 Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation. 2 Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring.
AKABA * n. Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba.
ARACHNOID * --n. 1 The middle of the 3 meninges. 2 Air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. --a. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
DEW * n. Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air.
CURVACEOUSNESS * n. The quality of having a well-rounded body.
LONGANIMITY * n. Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
COLCHICINE * n. An analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout.
AIKEN * n. United States writer (1889-1973).
CONSIDERABLE * a. Large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree.
COMPOUNDING * n. The act of combining things to form a new whole.
AURORAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras. 2 Characteristic of the dawn.
FETUS * n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal.
BRAISE * v. Cook in liquid.
IONTOTHERAPY * n. Therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues.
THYRSOPTERIS * n. A terrestrial tree fern of South America.
BITTERS * n. Alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots.
SOOTY-BLACK * s. Of the black color of soot.
LOP * v. 1 Cut off from a whole. 2 Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
POACHING * n. Cooking in simmering liquid.
CURLY-HEADS * n. Shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage.
GLISTER * n. The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
MARGINALIZE * v. Relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people.
FERNY * --a. Abounding in or covered with ferns. --s. Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape.
CONDESCENDINGLY * r. With condescension; in a patronizing manner.
SIMULATION * n. 1 The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training). 2 (computer science) The technique of representing the real world by a computer program. 3 Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). 4 The act of giving a false appearance.
SHUHA * a. Of or pertaining to any Shinto sect other than Kokka Shinto.
NIDIFUGOUS * a. (of birds) Leaving the nest shortly after hatching.
UNPUBLISHABLE * a. Not suitable for publication.
DISARRAYED * s. In disarray.
MODERNISTIC * s. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
FORFICULIDAE * n. Typical earwigs.
40TH * s. The ordinal number of forty in counting order.
RESENTFUL * a. Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will.
APOSTROPHIZE * v. Use an apostrophe.
NIPPING * s. 1 Capable of wounding. 2 Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
FLATBOTTOMED * s. Having a flat bottom.
THIRTY-NINE * s. Being nine more than thirty.
EXPLICATION * n. 1 The act of making clear or removing obscurity from the meaning of a word or symbol or expression etc.. 2 A detailed explanation of the meaning of something.
CAUTERIZATION * n. The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing.
COMEUPPANCE * n. An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting.
CRAWL * --n. 1 A very slow movement. 2 A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick. 3 A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. --v. 1 Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. 2 Feel as if crawling with insects. 3 Be full of. 4 Show submission or fear.
UNNOTED * s. Not taken into account.
UNSUPPORTIVE * a. Not furnishing support or assistance.
UNIQUELY * r. So as to be unique.
MCPHERSON * n. United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944).
SELFISH * a. Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.
MEALBERRY * n. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
TRUE-TO-LIFE * s. Representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are.
KM/H * n. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
ZAYIN * n. The 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
CRETINISM * n. Severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting.
DRUNKARD * n. A chronic drinker.
CABALISM * n. 1 The doctrines of the Kabbalah. 2 Adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation.
SOAR * --n. The act of rising upward into the air. --v. 1 Rise rapidly. 2 Fly by means of a hang glider. 3 Fly upwards or high in the sky. 4 Go or move upward.
SCURRYING * s. Moving with great haste.
PELVIC * a. Of or relating to the pelvis.
UNMARRED * a. Free from physical or moral spots or stains.
ELSPAR * n. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
CYANOCITTA * n. New World jays.
OPCW * n. International organization for chemical disarmament; administers the Chemical Weapons Convention.
VENTRILOQUISM * n. The art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy).
NONSTANDARD * a. 1 Not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community. 2 Varying from or not adhering to a standard. 3 Not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence.
INEXPEDIENCE * n. The quality of being unsuited to the end in view.
SOUTANE * n. A long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests.
HOMELY * s. 1 Lacking in physical beauty or proportion. 2 Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable. 3 Plain and unpretentious. 4 Without artificial refinement or elegance.
CATALYZE * v. Change by catalysis or cause to catalyze.
FOCALISE * v. 1 Concentrate on a particular place or spot. 2 Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions. 3 Become focussed or come into focus. 4 Put (an image) into focus.
MEOW * --n. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this). --v. Cry like a cat.
LITTERER * n. A person who litters public places with refuse.
UNSECURED * s. 1 Not firmly fastened or secured. 2 Without financial security.
DEVILMENT * n. Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
MYRDAL * n. Swedish economist (1898-1987).
ARBOREAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to or formed by trees. 2 Inhabiting or frequenting trees. --s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
TAXONOMICAL * a. Of or relating to taxonomy.
HYGIENIZE * v. Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing.
CRUELTY * n. 1 A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering. 2 Feelings of extreme heartlessness. 3 The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
MATERIALISATION * n. 1 The process of coming into being; becoming reality. 2 An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit). 3 Something that comes into existence as a result.
UNHOPED * s. So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
COUNTRYSEAT * n. An estate in the country.
FOILING * n. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
SAVARA * n. 1 A member of the Dravidian people living in southern India. 2 A Dravidian language spoken by the Savara in southeastern India (north of Madras).
HARASSER * n. 1 A persistent tormentor. 2 A persistent attacker.
DEFIANTLY * r. In a rebellious manner.
PASCHA * n. 1 The Jewish feast of the Passover. 2 The Christian festival of Easter.
HAMPTON * n. United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002).
PEA-GREEN * s. Of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color.
ENTERICS * n. Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals.
WHACKING * --n. The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows. --s. (British informal) Enormous. --r. Extremely.
SIMULATOR * n. A machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research.
HORN-RIMMED * s. Having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either.
SOCIOBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that conducts comparative studies of the social organization of animals (including human beings) with regard to its evolutionary history.
PICULET * n. Small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers.
YUGOSLAVIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages.
TENDERIZED * s. Made tender as by marinating or pounding.
NEBCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria.
LATERAN * n. The site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace.
PYLODICTUS * n. Flathead catfishes.
AUDAD * n. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
SHALLOW-DRAFT * a. Of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline.
NERVI * n. Italian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979).
EXPANSIVELY * r. 1 In an impressively expansive manner. 2 In an ebullient manner.
MADRONA * n. Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning.
PENTOXIFYLLINE * n. A drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet.
SUPERNATURALISM * n. 1 A belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding. 2 The quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces.
VACATIONIST * n. Someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work.
TRANSLATOR * n. 1 A person who translates written messages from one language to another. 2 Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages. 3 A program that translates one programming language into another.
SPECIALISE * v. 1 Devote oneself to a special area of work. 2 Be specific about. 3 Suit to a special purpose. 4 Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study.
WELL-MADE * s. Skillfully constructed.
KOBENHAVN * n. The capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand.
EPICYCLOID * n. A line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle.
PLAIN * --n. 1 Extensive tract of level open land. 2 A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side. --v. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. --s. 1 Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. 2 Not mixed with extraneous elements. 3 Free from any effort to soften to disguise. 4 Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. --a. 1 Not elaborate or elaborated; simple. 2 Lacking patterns especially in color. --r. Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
RECONSTRUCTIVE * s. Helping to restore to good condition.
OESOPHAGITIS * n. Inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux.
HOUND * --n. 1 Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears. 2 Someone who is morally reprehensible. --v. Pursue or chase relentlessly.
SHUTTERBUG * n. A photography enthusiast.
TELEMANN * n. German baroque composer (1681-1767).
HORROR * n. 1 Intense and profound fear. 2 Something that inspires horror; something horrible. 3 Intense aversion.
PHOTOEMISSION * n. An emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface).
WISPLIKE * s. Thin and weak.
PENURIOUSNESS * n. 1 A state of lacking money. 2 A disposition to be niggardly with money.
ENTITY * n. That which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving).
DENTISTRY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth.
PLOD * --n. The act of walking with a slow heavy gait. --v. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
FOSSILISED * s. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.
WHY * n. The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'.
MANZANITA * n. 1 Chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America. 2 Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning.
WASHY * s. 1 Overly diluted; thin and insipid. 2 Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
SELFLESSLY * r. In an altruistic manner.
HYDNOCARPUS * n. Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees.
MISFUNCTION * v. Fail to function or function improperly.
CLANGING * s. Having a loud resonant metallic sound.
TINTOMETER * n. A measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents.
DISEMBARRASSMENT * n. Something that extricates you from embarrassment.
DESIGNING * --n. The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan). --s. Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest.
HELM * --n. 1 Steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered. 2 (figurative) A position of leadership. --v. Be at or take the helm of.
FOPPISH * s. Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner.
LOCKET * n. A small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace.
TEACHING * n. 1 The profession of a teacher. 2 A doctrine that is taught. 3 The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.
ROMMANY * n. A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America).
ERUDITE * s. Having or showing profound knowledge.
THESPIAN * --n. A theatrical performer. --a. Of or relating to drama.
IMMUNISED * s. Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease.
PIERRE * n. Capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river.
MOTIVATOR * n. A positive motivational influence.
ANGLO-INDIAN * --n. A person of English citizenship born or living in India. --a. Relating to British India or the English in India.
GENETICALLY * r. By genetic mechanisms.
GEOMORPHOLOGIC * a. Pertaining to geological structure.
EPISTROPHE * n. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
PECCABLE * s. Liable to sin.
HOTH * n. (Norse mythology) A blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe.
JACKSTRAW * n. A thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws.
PLUG * --n. 1 Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. 2 A wad of something chewable as tobacco. 3 Blatant or sensational promotion. 4 Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark. --v. 1 Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug. 2 Persist in working hard. 3 Deliver a quick blow to. 4 Make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote.
RUBIFY * v. Make ruby red.
MISFEASANCE * n. Doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner.
CAMERAMAN * n. A photographer who operates a movie camera.
ALUNDUM * n. A substance made of fused alumina.
FIRE-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN * n. Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla.
INBRED * --a. Produced by inbreeding. --s. Normally existing at birth.
TOPOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to topology.
MAKE * --n. 1 A recognizable kind. 2 The act of mixing cards haphazardly. --v. 1 Engage in. 2 Give certain properties to something. 3 Make or cause to be or to become. 4 Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
DOCKWORKER * n. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
BEHAVE * v. 1 Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself. 2 Behave in a certain manner. 3 Behave well or properly.
SLUTTISHNESS * n. In the manner of a slattern.
INJECTION * n. 1 The forceful insertion of a substance under pressure. 2 Any solution that is injected (as into the skin). 3 The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe.
ASTRONOMER * n. A physicist who studies astronomy.
CHICKAMAUGA * n. A Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces.
FASTIDIOUSNESS * n. The trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style.
CONSECRATE * --v. 1 Appoint to a clerical posts. 2 Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. 3 Dedicate to a deity by a vow. 4 Render holy by means of religious rites. --a. Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose.
MARTIN * n. 1 French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397). 2 United States actor and comedian (born in 1945). 3 United States actress (1913-1990). 4 United States singer (1917-1995).
ONSTAGE * --a. Situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience. --r. On the stage.
SELF-AGGRANDISEMENT * n. An act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance.
CHOKECHERRY * n. 1 The fruit of the chokecherry tree. 2 A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds.
LIPPIZAN * n. A compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage.
CUSTOMARILY * r. By custom; according to common practice.
STIPE * n. Supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap.
HOSTILELY * r. With hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner.
NATIONAL * --n. A person who owes allegiance to that nation. --a. 1 Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country. 2 Limited to or in the interests of a particular nation. 3 Concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country. 4 Characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation. --s. 1 Owned or maintained for the public by the national government. 2 Inside the country.
CALOMEL * n. A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic.
SLOW-WITTED * s. Retarded in intellectual development.
W.M.D. * n. A weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons).
EMULSIFIER * n. A surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion.
BILGE * --n. 1 Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship. 2 Where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom. --v. 1 Cause to leak. 2 Take in water at the bilge.
PLAYMAKER * n. A player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score.
TEXTBOOK * --n. A book prepared for use in schools or colleges. --s. According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical.
ONEIDA * n. 1 A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario. 2 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Oneida.
TRAZODONE * n. Oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative.
OVEREMOTIONAL * s. Excessively or abnormally emotional.
ARCHING * s. Forming or resembling an arch.
AMERICANISE * v. 1 Make American in character. 2 Become American in character.
UNMALTED * a. Of grain that has not been converted into malt.
SLAMMER * n. 1 A person who closes things violently. 2 A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
BRITANNIC * a. Of Britain.
ORCHARD * n. Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
BATHYSCAPE * n. Navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration.
SALVER * n. A tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver.
DIRTY-FACED * s. Having a dirty face.
SPECTACLED * s. Wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass.
DEFENCELESSNESS * n. The property of being helpless in the face of attack.
PURSER * n. An officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare.
BOATHOUSE * n. A shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats.
SNOWBOARDING * n. The act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard.
FREE-THINKING * s. Unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion).
GNU * n. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
WHIM * n. 1 A sudden desire. 2 An odd or fanciful or capricious idea.
EX-DIRECTORY * s. (of telephone numbers) Not listed in the telephone directory.
MINISUBMARINE * n. Submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration.
DELIBERATIVE * s. Involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination.
DYAD * n. Two items of the same kind.
HALF-COCK * n. Confusion resulting from lack of preparation.
GRAM-POSITIVE * s. (of bacteria) Being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method.
ERST * r. At a previous time.
PERAK * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
DRUSE * n. An adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God.
EMBRYONAL * s. Of an organism prior to birth or hatching.
SKETCHINESS * n. Incompleteness of details.
MILLINER * n. Someone who makes and sells hats.
OBBLIGATO * n. 1 A persistent but subordinate motif. 2 A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission.
CYDONIA * n. Quince.
ZYMOGEN * n. Any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active.
DEPLETABLE * s. Capable of being depleted.
SHIRTSLEEVE * n. The sleeve of a shirt.
CHILDBIRTH * n. The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child.
OLLA * n. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
SMUGGLE * v. Import or export without paying customs duties.
LUMBOSACRAL * a. Of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips.
BLUISH-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with blue.
HECKLING * n. Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree.
CAIMITO * n. Evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides.
INTRANSITIVIZE * v. Intransitivize.
HOO-HAH * n. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
TECHNOCRAT * n. 1 An expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group. 2 An advocate of technocracy.
DIGITALIS * n. 1 A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove. 2 Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis.
NECKAR * n. A river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine.
NUMSKULL * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
SIGNET * n. A seal (especially one used to mark documents officially).
WALLET * n. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
PROSTHODONTIST * n. A dentist who is expert in prosthodontics.
CRYSTALLISED * a. Having become fixed and definite in form.
PARAPHILIA * n. Abnormal sexual activity.
VELLICATION * n. A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.
GOD-FEARING * s. Deeply religious.
CONFESSEDLY * r. As acknowledged.
ANTIESTABLISHMENTISM * n. The doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment.
DIVERS * s. Many and different.
LANDSCAPING * n. 1 Working as a landscape gardener. 2 A garden laid out for esthetic effect.
EXASPERATED * s. Greatly annoyed; out of patience.
BERBERIDACEAE * n. Shrubs or herbs.
PREDESTINARIANISM * n. The belief or doctrine of predestinarians.
HORST * n. A ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land.
ACCOMPLISHED * s. 1 Highly skilled. 2 Successfully completed or brought to an end. 3 Settled securely and unconditionally.
UNTUTORED * s. Lacking in schooling.
SALOON * n. 1 A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. 2 Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals. 3 A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
EMERALD * n. 1 A green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone. 2 A transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. 3 The green color of an emerald.
INSTRUMENTALISM * n. A system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success.
KALOTERMITIDAE * n. Primitive termites of warm regions.
BRICKFIELD * n. A place where bricks are made and sold.
MUSCICAPIDAE * n. Old World (true) flycatchers.
PINE-WEED * n. Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers.
CHILDCARE * n. A service involving care for other people's children.
CAPITALIST * --n. 1 A conservative advocate of capitalism. 2 A person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business). --a. 1 Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists. 2 Favoring or practicing capitalism.
CORDIERITE * n. A blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone.
TUSSORE * n. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
LONG-HANDLED * s. Having a long handle.
HORRIFIC * s. 1 Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. 2 Causing fear or dread or terror.
VANDYKE * n. 1 Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641). 2 A short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke).
ANABAS * n. The type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch.
FLORIDA * n. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
GANTANOL * n. A sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract).
ELIMINATE * v. 1 Terminate, end, or take out. 2 Do away with. 3 Kill in large numbers. 4 Dismiss from consideration or a contest.
PALEOCORTICAL * a. Of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum.
JUJUBE * n. 1 Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits. 2 Dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees. 3 Chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat).
HAEMATOPUS * n. Oystercatchers.
HAIRBALL * n. A compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur).
MULCH * --n. A protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion. --v. Cover with mulch.
SANYASI * n. A Hindu religious mendicant.
AGGRAVATION * n. 1 An exasperated feeling of annoyance. 2 Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment. 3 Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse.
CHASTE * --a. Morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse). --s. 1 Pure and simple in design or style. 2 Abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse.
UNTYPICALITY * n. Any state that is not typical.
DISPROVER * n. A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument.
ANTONYM * n. A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.
CLEARNESS * n. 1 Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression. 2 The quality of clear water.
DIONYSIAN * a. Of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus.
IMPREGNATION * n. 1 Material with which something is impregnated. 2 The process of totally saturating something with a substance. 3 Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant.
UNHURRIEDNESS * n. A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.
ROUNDHOUSE * n. 1 Workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives. 2 A hook delivered with an exaggerated swing.
SAINTLIKE * s. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint.
WATER-COLOUR * n. 1 Water-soluble pigment. 2 A water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists. 3 A painting produced with watercolors. 4 The art or technique of painting with watercolors.
KINGPIN * n. 1 The most important person in a group or undertaking. 2 Bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle. 3 The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
DIVINER * n. Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers.
MOUTHLESS * a. Having no mouth or mouthlike opening.
WART * n. 1 Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals). 2 An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness). 3 (pathology) A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus.
DEHISCE * v. Burst or split open.
SLUICEGATE * n. Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.
MARDUK * n. The chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu.
DISHWASHER * n. 1 A machine for washing dishes. 2 Someone who washes dishes.
FATAH-RC * n. A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries.
BOANN * n. Celtic goddess; mother of Angus Og.
SHILLING * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents. 2 The basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents. 3 The basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents. 4 The basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents.
A/C * n. An appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it.
THYLACINUS * n. Tasmanian wolf.
ATTILA * n. King of the Huns; the most successful barbarian invader of the Roman Empire (406-453).
PIROZHKI * n. Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
UNSIZED * a. 1 Not having the surface treated or coated with sizing. 2 Not fashioned to sizes.
SQUEALING * s. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
GADDI * n. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
LOEB * n. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
TANDY * n. United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994).
SEATED * a. (of persons) Having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks.
AROUET * n. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
SSS * n. An independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service.
AMERICANISM * n. 1 Loyalty to the United States and its institutions. 2 An expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans. 3 A custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens.
REDLINE * v. Discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood.
OBLONGNESS * n. The property of being shaped like a rectangle.
REDSKIN * n. (slang) Offensive term for Native Americans.
CARBIDE * n. A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
EPIDERMIC * a. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
PREOCCUPATION * n. 1 An idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention. 2 The mental state of being preoccupied by something. 3 The act of taking occupancy before someone else does.
HEFT * --n. The property of being large in mass. --v. 1 Lift or elevate. 2 Test the weight of something by lifting it.
SIGHTSING * v. Sing from a score without having seen it before.
THROB * --n. 1 A deep pulsating type of pain. 2 An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart). --v. 1 Pulsate or pound with abnormal force. 2 Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically. 3 Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement.
BLOW * --n. 1 A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon. 2 An impact (as from a collision). 3 An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. 4 An unpleasant or disappointing surprise. --v. 1 Exhale hard. 2 Be blowing or storming. 3 Free of obstruction by blowing air through. 4 Be in motion due to some air or water current.
CASUISTICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or practicing casuistry. 2 Of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems.
LEAGUE * --n. 1 An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members. 2 An association of states or organizations or individuals for common action. 3 An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles). --v. Unite to form a league.
SHRILLY * r. In a shrill voice.
CANDLEWICK * n. 1 The wick of a candle. 2 Loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern.
OVERSEER * n. A person who directs and manages an organization.
PUDDLER * n. A worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling.
PERFORMER * n. An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience.
SHEM * n. (Old Testament) Eldest son of Noah.
SPLASHY * --a. Characterized by water flying about haphazardly. --s. 1 Marked by ostentation but often tasteless. 2 Covered with patches of bright color.
UNKNOWINGNESS * n. 1 Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs). 2 Unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention.
WAVEGUIDE * n. A hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar.
SOUNDTRACK * n. Sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film.
MENDELEVIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol).
IMPERCEPTIBLE * a. Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses.
BANTERINGLY * r. In a bantering fashion.
OVIRAPTORID * n. Advanced carnivorous theropod.
BRIDE-TO-BE * n. A woman who is engaged to be married.
NESTORIANISM * n. The theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God).
FICHU * n. A lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman.
DUPLICABILITY * n. The quality of being reproducible.
DEVILWOOD * n. Small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits.
PILLION * n. A seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc..
SHEKELS * n. Informal terms for money.
SANDSPUR * n. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
COMPACTLY * r. 1 In a compact manner or state. 2 With concise and precise brevity; to the point. 3 Taking up no more space than necessary.
SEGREGATIONIST * n. Someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart.
SWALLOWWORT * n. 1 Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics. 2 Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.
AMADAVAT * n. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
MURKILY * r. 1 Unclearly; opaquely. 2 With a dim light.
INCONSISTENCY * n. 1 The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time. 2 The quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts.
GRANT-IN-AID * n. 1 A grant from a central government to a local government. 2 A grant to a person or school for some educational project.
GENTIANALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae.
SANITIZED * a. Made sanitary.
INTERTRIBAL * a. Between or among tribes.
KLEBSIELLA * n. A genus of nonmotile rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some cause respiratory and other infections.
CHESSMAN * n. Any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
GEOPOLITICAL * a. Of or relating to geopolitics.
KALA-AZAR * n. Leishmaniasis of the viscera.
CALCICOLOUS * a. Growing or living in soil rich in lime.
AMAUROSIS * n. Partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain.
ACHETA * n. Common house and field crickets.
NONFLAMMABLE * s. Impossible to ignite.
ALKALIC * a. Relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7.
FERTILIZABLE * s. Capable of being fertilized.
ENFORCEABLE * a. Capable of being enforced.
TATTERED * s. 1 Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing. 2 Ruined or disrupted.
ANIMALITY * n. The physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect.
KETOSTEROID * n. A steroid containing a ketone group.
NIGGARDNESS * n. Extreme stinginess.
SUGGESTIBLE * s. Susceptible or responsive to suggestion.
SQUILLIDAE * n. Crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore.
CREAMY-WHITE * s. Having the color of fresh cream.
LEVER * --n. 1 A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. 2 A simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum. 3 A flat metal tumbler in a lever lock. --v. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.
YELLOWISH * s. Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk.
HAGGADAH * n. Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition.
SMALLMOUTH * n. A variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye.
UNRESTRICTED * --a. Not subject to or subjected to restriction. --s. 1 Free of restrictions on conduct. 2 Not restricted or exclusive. 3 Not restricted or modified in meaning. 4 Never having had security classification.
STROPPY * s. Obstreperous.
WOODEN-HEADED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
RELIGIONIST * n. A person addicted to religion or a religious zealot.
HERMOSILLO * n. A city in northwestern Mexico near the Gulf of California.
BOTFLY * n. Stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals.
BROODY * --n. A domestic hen ready to brood. --s. 1 Physiologically ready to incubate eggs. 2 Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
PIJ * n. A militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas.
GOODY-GOODY * --n. A person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior. --s. Affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous.
WIDE * --a. 1 Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other. 2 Great in degree. --s. 1 Broad in scope or content. 2 (used of eyes) Fully open or extended. 3 Very large in expanse or scope. 4 Having ample fabric. --r. 1 With or by a broad space. 2 To the fullest extent possible. 3 Far from the intended target. 4 To or over a great extent or range; far.
ALECTIS * n. A genus of Carangidae.
RULE-GOVERNED * s. According to custom or rule or natural law.
SWELLHEAD * n. A conceited and self-centered person.
GLAZE * --n. 1 Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods. 2 A glossy finish on a fabric. 3 A coating for ceramics, metal, etc.. --v. 1 Coat with a glaze. 2 Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance. 3 Furnish with glass. 4 Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze.
CENSE * v. Perfume especially with a censer.
GAZE * --n. A long fixed look. --v. Look at with fixed eyes.
LORDOSIS * n. An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column.
HELLENE * n. A native or inhabitant of Greece.
COMPACT * --n. 1 A small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse. 2 A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action. 3 A small and economical car. --v. 1 Have the property of being packable or of compacting easily. 2 Compress into a wad. 3 Make more compact by or as if by pressing. 4 Squeeze or press together. --a. Closely and firmly united or packed together. --s. 1 Having a short and solid form or stature. 2 Briefly giving the gist of something.
WHISPERED * s. Spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords.
FATTY * --n. A rotund individual. --a. Containing or composed of fat.
DEMORALIZATION * n. 1 Destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy. 2 A state of disorder and confusion. 3 Depression resulting from an undermining of your morale.
FORTISSIMO * --n. A musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly. --s. (chiefly a direction or description in music) Very loud and strong. --r. A direction in music; to be played very loudly.
DECALCOMANIA * n. 1 Either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface. 2 The art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface.
ACCOUCHEUSE * n. A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies.
TUPUNGATO * n. A mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high).
ASIA * n. 1 The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations. 2 The nations of the Asian continent collectively.
STIGMATIZATION * n. The act of stigmatizing.
SEPTICEMIC * s. Characteristic of septicemia.
MILONTIN * n. Anticonvulsant (trade name Milontin) used to treat petit mal.
SIMILAR * --a. 1 Marked by correspondence or resemblance. 2 Having the same or similar characteristics. 3 Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination. --s. 1 (of words) Expressing closely related meanings. 2 Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability.
KOCH * n. German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910).
LONGWAYS * --n. Country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other. --r. In the direction of the length.
FROGHOPPER * n. A variety of spittlebug.
DENUNCIATION * n. A public act of denouncing.
MISBEHAVIOUR * n. Improper or wicked or immoral behavior.
GALAX * n. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
COLLECTION * n. 1 Several things grouped together or considered as a whole. 2 A publication containing a variety of works. 3 Request for a sum of money. 4 The act of gathering something together.
OFFEND * v. 1 Cause to feel resentment or indignation. 2 Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. 3 Strike with disgust or revulsion. 4 Hurt the feelings of.
MYRMECOPHAGOUS * s. Feeding on ants.
PAP * n. 1 Worthless or oversimplified ideas. 2 A diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders. 3 The small projection of a mammary gland.
HYPOACTIVE * s. Abnormally inactive.
FEEBLEMINDED * s. Retarded in intellectual development.
JOURNALISM * n. 1 Newspapers and magazines collectively. 2 The profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media.
MEDIALLY * r. In a medial position.
VOLE * n. Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows.
RADIOSENSITIVITY * n. Sensitivity to the action of radiant energy.
DESYNCHRONIZATION * n. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
DRABLY * r. In a drab manner.
OFFEROR * n. Someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection.
GHOST * --n. 1 A mental representation of some haunting experience. 2 A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else. 3 The visible disembodied soul of a dead person. 4 A suggestion of some quality. --v. 1 Move like a ghost. 2 Haunt like a ghost; pursue. 3 Write for someone else.
SILVERBUSH * n. 1 Silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers. 2 Deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits.
OCHOA * n. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993).
KORDA * n. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
ACTH * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
PHOENIX * n. 1 The state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation. 2 A large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa. 3 A legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years. 4 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
SENTIENCY * n. The faculty through which the external world is apprehended.
YAY * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
TROCHLEAR * n. Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.
JOYFULLY * r. In a joyous and gleeful manner.
HEILONG * n. An Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk.
CANNIBAL * n. A person who eats human flesh.
ASSUAGEMENT * n. The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced.
CHAPPED * s. Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure.
EYESHOT * n. The range of the eye.
FONDUE * n. 1 Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces. 2 Hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped.
SEMI * n. 1 One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament. 2 A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together. 3 A trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle.
DRYOPTERIDACEAE * n. Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
EMANCIPATED * s. Free from traditional social restraints.
RHINOSPORIDIOSIS * n. Fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming.
INCAN * --n. A member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru. --a. Of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire.
DECLARATION * n. 1 A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written). 2 (law) Unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction. 3 A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties. 4 (contract bridge) The highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make.
ANTIVERT * n. An antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness.
FRIVOLOUSNESS * n. The trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible.
INTEMPERATE * --a. 1 (of weather or climate) Not mild; subject to extremes. 2 Excessive in behavior. --s. Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors.
NIBELUNGENLIED * n. An epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings.
EUNUCH * n. A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction.
UMBILICATE * s. Depressed like a navel.
MISPRONOUNCE * v. Pronounce a word incorrectly.
FOCALLY * r. In a focal manner.
LEISURELY * --s. Not hurried or forced. --r. In an unhurried way or at one's convenience.
OXTONGUE * n. Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.
CYTOKINETIC * a. Of or relating to the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following the division of the nucleus.
SCALY-TAILED * s. Having a scaly tail.
ESCUTCHEON * n. 1 A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers. 2 (nautical) A plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed. 3 A shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms.
LIVING-ROOM * n. A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.
HONEYDEW * n. The fruit of a variety of winter melon vine; a large smooth greenish-white melon with pale green flesh.
MAIDENHEAD * n. A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin.
LAGOMORPH * n. Relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing.
ARCUS * n. A whitish deposit in the shape of an arc that is sometimes seen in the cornea.
LONGISH * s. Somewhat long.
TODAY * --n. 1 The present time or age. 2 The day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow). --r. 1 In these times. 2 On this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow.
DOWDINESS * n. Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance.
CERE * --n. The fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds. --v. Wrap up in a cerecloth.
PREMONITORY * s. Warning of future misfortune.
OCCITAN * n. The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France).
SWAHILI * n. The most widely spoken Bantu languages; the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and widely used as a lingua franca in east and central Africa.
DECIMATION * n. Destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot).
IDOCRASE * n. A green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone.
ENDOGAMOUS * a. 1 Characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind. 2 Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe.
ONONIS * n. Genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow.
SITOTROGA * n. Grain moths.
PATINATE * v. Coat with a patina.
HYPOTHESIZE * v. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
LOBSCOUSE * n. A stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors.
SEAMY * s. 1 Showing a seam. 2 Morally degraded.
BOTTLE * --n. 1 A glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped. 2 The quantity contained in a bottle. 3 A vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children. --v. 1 Store (liquids or gases) in bottles. 2 Put into bottles.
NETTLE * --n. Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae). --v. 1 Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation. 2 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
IMPROVER * n. 1 Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms. 2 A component that is added to something to improve it.
UNCLEARLY * r. In a manner that is unclear.
TABLESPOONFUL * n. As much as a tablespoon will hold.
CROSSHAIRS * n. A center of interest.
LATENESS * n. Quality of coming late or later in time.
SEMESTER * n. 1 One of two divisions of an academic year. 2 Half a year; a period of 6 months.
THERMOPILE * n. A kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series.
HANDICAP * --n. 1 The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness. 2 Advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning. 3 Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. --v. 1 Injure permanently. 2 Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant. 3 Put at a disadvantage.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL * a. Not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution.
BUTTERY * --n. 1 A small storeroom for storing foods or wines. 2 A teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals. --s. 1 Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. 2 Resembling or containing or spread with butter.
CHIRK * v. Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
NOTROPIS * n. Shiners.
NONAPPEARANCE * n. Failure to appear (especially as at court).
SERGER * n. A sewing machine that overcasts the raw edges of a fabric with a V-shaped stitch.
ICHTHYOSIS * n. Any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish.
HEART-TO-HEART * --n. An intimate talk in private. --s. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness.
HYDROPHOBICITY * n. The property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water.
UNETHICAL * a. Not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior.
PARRY * --n. 1 (fencing) Blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword. 2 A return punch (especially by a boxer). --v. 1 Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball). 2 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
PARTED * s. Having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes.
IMPRACTICABLENESS * n. The quality of not being usable.
CHELONIIDAE * n. Green turtles; hawksbills.
BILATERALLY * r. 1 With the involvement of two parties or governments. 2 So as to involve two sides or parts.
VERTICAL * --n. 1 Something that is oriented vertically. 2 A vertical structural member as a post or stake. --a. 1 At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line. 2 Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution. 3 Upright in position or posture. --s. Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group).
BULLDOZER * n. Large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground.
SAMSON * n. 1 (Old Testament) A judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah. 2 A large and strong and heavyset man.
PRIMITIVE * --n. 1 A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. 2 A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. 3 A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms. --s. 1 Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness. 2 Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type. 3 Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies. 4 Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style.
TRANSMUTABILITY * n. The quality of being commutable.
PANENCEPHALITIS * n. Diffuse inflammation of the entire brain.
REFRESHEN * v. 1 Become or make oneself fresh again. 2 Make fresh again.
SAFE-CONDUCT * n. A document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war.
WIELDY * a. Easy to handle or use or manage.
PICOSECOND * n. One trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond.
UNHOMOGENISED * s. Not having undergone homogenization.
REPRESENTATIVE * --n. 1 A person who represents others. 2 An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose. 3 A member of the United States House of Representatives. 4 An item of information that is typical of a class or group. --s. 1 Serving to represent or typify. 2 Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives. --a. Standing for something else.
IMPRESSMENT * n. The act of coercing someone into government service.
INCONGRUENT * a. Not congruent.
ACHROMATISE * v. Remove color from.
SOLOMONS * n. The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth.
FURRING * n. 1 A furlike coating of matter as on the tongue. 2 Strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard.
MATERIEL * n. Equipment and supplies of a military force.
ABASH * v. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious.
HOHENZOLLERN * n. A German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia.
VOMBATIDAE * n. Wombats.
PUBLICATION * n. 1 A copy of a printed work offered for distribution. 2 The act of issuing printed materials. 3 The communication of something to the public; making information generally known. 4 The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution.
TARWOOD * n. 1 New Zealand shrub. 2 New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes.
TOXOID * n. A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin.
HYPODERMATIDAE * n. Warble flies.
NARWAL * n. Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
MORION * n. A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.
SWEPTBACK * s. 1 (especially of aircraft wings) Angled rearward from the point of attachment. 2 Used of hair.
PAINTED * --a. 1 Coated with paint. 2 Having makeup applied. --s. 1 Lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting. 2 Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
HEBRAICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews. 2 Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
ANDERSEN * n. A Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875).
CHARCOAL-GRAY * s. Of a very dark grey.
IDEOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to ideology.
MESCAL * n. 1 A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons. 2 A colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant).
TARTLET * n. A small tart usually used as a canape.
GRISSINO * n. A long slender crusty breadstick.
BANKING * n. 1 Engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.. 2 Transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc..
RAUVOLFIA * n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives.
WALLOON * n. 1 A member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium. 2 A dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France.
SUCCEEDER * n. A person with a record of successes.
APPRECIATE * v. 1 Recognize with gratitude; be grateful for. 2 Be fully aware of; realize fully. 3 Hold dear. 4 Gain in value.
SINGLE-HANDED * --s. 1 Unsupported by other people. 2 Without help from others. --r. Without assistance.
FITZGERALD * n. 1 English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883). 2 United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940). 3 United States scat singer (1917-1996).
LEITNERIACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order.
VALVELET * n. A small valve.
SILO * n. 1 A cylindrical tower used for storing silage. 2 Military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired.
WAYFARER * n. 1 A pedestrian who walks from place to place. 2 A traveler going on a trip.
GLASSLESS * a. Not furnished with glass.
DIPLOMA * n. A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study.
EVAPORATED * s. Drawn off in the form of vapor.
DESCENT * n. 1 A movement downward. 2 Properties attributable to your ancestry. 3 The act of changing your location in a downward direction. 4 The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors.
ARANEUS * n. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
GOURMANDIZER * n. A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
KIMONO * n. A loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese.
ARPEGGIO * n. A chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously.
SELF-SATISFIED * s. 1 Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction. 2 Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.
ADSORB * v. Accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface.
BARKY * s. Resembling the rough bark of a tree.
SPRAT * n. 1 Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines. 2 Small herring processed like a sardine.
SYMBOLIZING * n. The act of representing something with a symbol.
TECHY * s. Easily irritated or annoyed.
UNSHRINKABLE * a. Incapable of being shrunk or diminished or reduced.
CHOREOGRAPHER * n. Someone who creates new dances.
COMPILER * n. 1 A person who compiles information (as for reference purposes). 2 (computer science) A program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program.
BROKEN * --a. 1 Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split. 2 Not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly. 3 (especially of promises or contracts) Having been violated or disregarded. --s. 1 Subdued or brought low in condition or status. 2 Tamed or trained to obey. 3 Topographically very uneven. 4 Imperfectly spoken or written.
DEMYTHOLOGISE * v. Remove the mythical element from (writings).
FOOTFAULT * n. A fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline.
CLINE * n. American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934).
PITYINGLY * r. In a compassionate manner.
COLLY * v. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
ASPIRATOR * n. A pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid.
SERE * s. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
DELBRUCK * n. United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981).
DOWNSTROKE * n. A stroke normally made in a downward direction.
PRONOUN * n. A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.
CORNUCOPIA * n. 1 A goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity. 2 The property of being extremely abundant.
SUCTORIAL * a. Adapted for sucking or clinging by suction.
INHALATION * n. 1 The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. 2 A medication to be taken by inhaling it.
DEGENERACY * n. 1 The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities. 2 Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.
CURATORSHIP * n. The position of curator.
SUREFOOTED * s. 1 Not liable to stumble or fall. 2 Not liable to error in judgment or action.
COUNTENANCE * --n. 1 The appearance conveyed by a person's face. 2 Formal and explicit approval. 3 The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British). --v. Consent to, give permission.
BALLGAME * n. 1 A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation. 2 A field game played with a ball (especially baseball).
ROCKBOUND * s. Abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps.
RESURGENCE * n. Bringing again into activity and prominence.
LAMBCHOP * n. Chop cut from a lamb.
ROOFED * a. Covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination).
TURNED * --a. Moved around an axis or center. --s. In an unpalatable state.
GEMMIFEROUS * a. Bearing or reproducing by a gemma.
HYPERPYREXIA * n. Extremely high fever (especially in children).
SAKTISM * n. 1 A Hindu sect worshiping Shakti. 2 Worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
DIGITALLY * r. 1 By means of the fingers. 2 In terms of integers.
PUPILLARY * a. Of or relating to the pupil of the eye.
TWADDLE * --n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing. --v. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
LEERING * s. 1 Showing sly or knowing malice in a glance. 2 (of a glance) Sidelong and slyly lascivious.
PEAKED * s. 1 Somewhat ill or prone to illness. 2 Having or rising to a peak.
TRILL * --n. 1 A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. 2 The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula. --v. 1 Pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'. 2 Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.
AMERICAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of the United States. 2 The English language as used in the United States. 3 A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country. --a. 1 Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas.
PIEZOELECTRICITY * n. Electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal.
LOW-GROWING * s. Of plants that grow relatively low to the ground.
DICAMPTODONTID * n. Salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year.
STEPHEAD * n. A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
SERVITOR * n. Someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else.
STATESMANLIKE * a. Marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman.
CYNEWULF * n. Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century).
EROTICA * n. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.
MUSH * --n. 1 Any soft or soggy mass. 2 Cornmeal boiled in water. 3 Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental. 4 A journey by dogsled. --v. 1 Drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled). 2 Travel with a dogsled.
EXCEPTION * n. 1 A deliberate act of omission. 2 An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization. 3 Grounds for adverse criticism.
SANDPIPER * n. Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers.
TOUGHNESS * n. 1 Enduring strength and energy. 2 The property of being big and strong. 3 The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. 4 Impressive difficulty.
ADENANTHERA * n. Small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas.
UNFLINCHING * s. Not shrinking from danger.
PETAURUS * n. A genus of Phalangeridae.
TEMPTRESS * n. A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
LETHE * n. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive.
SCULPTRESS * n. A woman sculptor.
RITONAVIR * n. A protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV.
TETRAPTURUS * n. A genus of Istiophoridae.
SCRAPPY * s. Full of fighting spirit.
TITTLE-TATTLE * --n. Light informal conversation for social occasions. --v. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
BUNCHY * s. Occurring close together in bunches or clusters.
PURPOSE-BUILT * s. Designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose.
BREASTED * a. Having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds.
SYNCHRONISER * n. An instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines).
YEAH * r. Not only so, but.
BALANCHINE * n. United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983).
HEEDLESSNESS * n. 1 A lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people). 2 The trait of acting rashly and without prudence. 3 The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
MESSAGE * --n. 1 A communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled. 2 What a communication that is about something is about. --v. 1 Send a message to. 2 Send as a message. 3 Send a message.
ULTRACENTRIFUGE * --n. A high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins. --v. Subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge.
CRUDE * --n. A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. --s. 1 Not carefully or expertly made. 2 Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent. 3 Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness. 4 Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment. --a. Not refined or processed.
MAIL-CLAD * s. Wearing protective mail.
DEPOSIT * --n. 1 The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating. 2 Matter that has been deposited by some natural process. 3 The natural process of laying down a deposit of something. 4 Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution. --v. 1 Put, fix, force, or implant. 2 Put into a bank account. 3 Put (something somewhere) firmly.
PYROELECTRICAL * a. Relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity.
NONPOROUS * a. Not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores.
CLIPBOARD * n. A small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers.
FLATLY * r. In an unqualified manner.
GLIDING * n. The activity of flying a glider.
PLATINUM-BLONDE * s. Of hair color; whitish.
EQUALISATION * n. The act of making equal or uniform.
WILLOWY * s. Slender and graceful.
SHADE * --n. 1 Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body. 2 A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color. 3 Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight. 4 A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. --v. 1 Cast a shadow over. 2 Represent the effect of shade or shadow on. 3 Protect from light, heat, or view. 4 Vary slightly.
WADI * n. Gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
BOTTLEBRUSH * n. A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.
BENDING * n. 1 Movement that causes the formation of a curve. 2 The property of being bent or deflected. 3 The act of bending something.
PULLMAN * n. Luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel.
MUCOIDAL * a. Relating to or resembling mucus.
BOBBYSOCK * n. A sock that reaches just above the ankle.
PADRONE * n. 1 An owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy. 2 An employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S..
MANDUCA * n. Moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms.
YAVAPAI * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Yavapai.
SIFTER * n. A household sieve (as for flour).
JUGALE * n. The craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone.
DIARRHETIC * s. Of or relating to diarrhea.
OVERPAY * v. Pay too much.
IDENTICALNESS * n. Exact sameness.
FULL-TERM * a. Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy.
EXCITEDLY * r. With excitement; in an excited manner.
BLURT * v. Utter impulsively.
K-LYTE * n. Salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency.
SYNOECIOUS * s. Having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium.
PEP * n. Liveliness and energy.
RHEOMETER * n. An instrument for measuring the flow of liquids (especially arterial blood).
ADDUCING * n. Citing as evidence or proof.
PRESBYTERIAN * n. A follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church.
MOTHBALL * --n. A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing. --v. Put into long-term storage.
SNICKER * --n. A disrespectful laugh. --v. Laugh quietly.
UNFASHIONABLY * r. In an unfashionable manner.
TATTOO * --n. 1 A drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters. 2 A design on the skin made by tattooing. 3 The practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining. --v. Stain (skin) with indelible color.
SHEIKA * n. The wife of a sheik.
ARITHMETIC * --n. The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. --a. Relating to or involving arithmetic.
FOLDABLE * s. Capable of being folded up and stored.
VALDEZ * n. A port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world.
FOUQUIERIA * n. Resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year.
GLEE * n. 1 Great merriment. 2 Malicious satisfaction.
METHACHOLINE * n. Parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity.
GORGONIAN * n. Corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton.
OCEANOLOGY * n. The branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans.
NABALUS * n. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes.
REFERENCED * s. Supported with written references or citations.
LYNX-EYED * s. Having very keen vision.
SPINE * n. 1 The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. 2 Any sharply pointed projection. 3 A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. 4 The part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved.
AVERRHOA * n. Trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas.
PATTERNMAKER * n. Someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking).
MAJORANA * n. Small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum.
NEGLIGE * n. A loose dressing gown for women.
FLUFF * --n. 1 Any light downy material. 2 Something of little value or significance. 3 A blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines). --v. 1 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. 2 Erect or fluff up. 3 Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.
SMETANA * n. Czech composer (1824-1884).
IMMINENT * s. Close in time; about to occur.
MARKETER * n. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
AFTER-SHAVE * n. A fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving.
RIPPING * s. 1 Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree. 2 Very good; of the highest quality.
IMPERIALIST * --n. A believer in imperialism. --a. Of or relating to imperialism.
GYNAECOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women.
DORSALLY * r. In a dorsal location or direction.
TOWNES * n. United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-).
THORIATED * a. Being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter.
EFFECTIVITY * n. Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect.
IMPRESSIVELY * r. In an impressive manner.
ENLIGHTEN * v. 1 Make understand. 2 Give spiritual insight to; in religion. 3 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
COMPLEMENTARY * --n. Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments). --s. 1 Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other. 2 Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole).
OUT-OF-DATE * s. Old; no longer valid or fashionable.
WYKEHAM * n. English prelate and statesman; founded a college at Oxford and Winchester College in Winchester; served as chancellor of England and bishop of Winchester (1324-1404).
MASKING * n. 1 The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. 2 The blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation. 3 Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen.
DAKAR * n. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
ERGOCALCIFEROL * n. A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets.
CASTELLATED * s. Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement.
PRE-RAPHAELITE * --n. A painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites.
ULCERATION * n. 1 A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue. 2 The process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated.
BREADSTUFF * n. 1 Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked. 2 Flour or meal or grain used in baking bread.
DEXTRORSE * s. Spiraling upward from left to right.
AMALGAMATED * s. Joined together into a whole.
CLAMATORIAL * a. Of or relating to Clamatores.
PINK-RED * s. Of red tinged with pink.
RATABLES * n. Property that provides tax income for local governments.
KOELLIA * n. American mountain mint.
ALLEVIATORY * s. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
COMMISSION * --n. 1 A special group delegated to consider some matter. 2 A fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary). 3 The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions. 4 The state of being in good working order and ready for operation. --v. 1 Put into commission; equip for service; of ships. 2 Place an order for. 3 Charge with a task.
STRIP * --n. 1 A relatively long narrow piece of something. 2 Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. 3 An airfield without normal airport facilities. 4 A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book. --v. 1 Take away possessions from someone. 2 Get undressed. 3 Remove the surface from. 4 Remove substances from by a percolating liquid.
CONVERTER * n. A device for changing one substance or form or state into another.
ENDOPARASITIC * a. Of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals.
CROCOLITE * n. A rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals.
GORGE * --n. 1 A deep ravine (usually with a river running through it). 2 A narrow pass (especially one between mountains). 3 The passage between the pharynx and the stomach. --v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
PNEUMONECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer).
MENOPAUSE * n. The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends.
MEDICAMENT * n. (medicine) Something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease.
INDUCER * n. 1 An agent capable of activating specific genes. 2 Someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on.
TIE-IN * n. A fastener that serves to join or connect.
LURCHER * n. Someone waiting in concealment.
BIMILLENNIUM * n. 1 The 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it). 2 A span of 2000 years.
SARCOPHILUS * n. Tasmanian devil.
LAMEDH * n. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
COPLAND * n. United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990).
CHAOS * n. 1 A state of extreme confusion and disorder. 2 The formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos. 3 (Greek mythology) The most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe. 4 (physics) A dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions.
HEXANE * n. A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.
SLEEVE * n. 1 The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm. 2 Small case into which an object fits.
GONORRHOEA * n. A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra.
CAMBODIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Cambodia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language.
REINFORCER * n. (psychology) A stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.
MECHANIST * n. A philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism.
RUDE * --s. 1 Socially incorrect in behavior. 2 (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace. 3 (used especially of commodities) Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes. 4 Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness. --a. Lacking civility or good manners.
BAWDY * --n. Lewd or obscene talk or writing. --s. Humorously vulgar.
TWO-YEAR-OLD * s. Two years of age.
PAILFUL * n. The quantity contained in a pail.
ABLATE * v. 1 Wear away through erosion or vaporization. 2 Remove an organ or bodily structure.
MEBARAL * n. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
CEZANNE * n. French Post-impressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906).
GREAT-UNCLE * n. An uncle of your father or mother.
CONCOMITANCE * n. Occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another.
LUTZEN * n. A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed.
SUPERLATIVE * --n. 1 An exaggerated expression (usually of praise). 2 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 3 The superlative form of an adjective or adverb. --s. Highest in quality.
REBELLION * n. 1 Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention. 2 Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
POTENTIALLY * r. With a possibility of becoming actual.
FELLY * n. Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.
BOSC * n. Greenish-yellow pear.
PAMPHLETEER * n. A writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues).
VIXEN * n. 1 A malicious woman with a fierce temper. 2 A female fox.
MERGINAE * n. Mergansers and closely related diving birds.
BESPECTACLED * s. Wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass.
TRIATOMA * n. Conenoses.
OUTGUESS * v. Attempt to anticipate or predict.
RHINOSCOPE * n. Medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx).
PYTHONINAE * n. Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae.
MONARCHISM * n. A belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system.
PUNCH * --n. 1 (boxing) A blow with the fist. 2 An iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl. 3 A tool for making holes or indentations. --v. 1 Deliver a quick blow to. 2 Drive forcibly as if by a punch. 3 Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation.
BLUSHING * s. Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset.
REVERE * --n. 1 American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818). 2 A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side. --v. 1 Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol. 2 Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.
TROUBLEMAKER * n. Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.
VILELY * r. In a vile manner.
JAISH-E-MUHAMMAD * n. A terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings.
GOOBER * n. Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms.
OWNER * n. 1 (law) Someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business. 2 A person who owns something.
1790S * n. The decade from 1790 to 1799.
FORMICIDAE * n. Ants.
ATAVISM * n. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
LIBYA * n. A military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum.
SEXT * n. The fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon.
FUSILLADE * --n. Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. --v. Attack with fusillade.
PATNESS * n. Timely convenience.
MANANA * n. An indefinite time in the future.
NINTU * n. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
SCAMMONYROOT * n. Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato.
EXPERIENCE * --n. 1 The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities. 2 The content of direct observation or participation in an event. 3 An event as apprehended. --v. 1 Undergo or live through a difficult experience. 2 Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations. 3 Go through (mental or physical states or experiences). 4 Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.
UNTHAW * v. Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
HOGAN * n. 1 United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (1912-1997). 2 A Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east.
STRINGY * s. 1 Lean and sinewy. 2 (of meat) Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew. 3 Forming viscous or glutinous threads. 4 Consisting of or containing string or strings.
PARALANGUAGE * n. The use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings.
UNCOMPLETE * a. Not complete or total; not completed.
SKINFUL * n. A quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk.
THALLOID * a. Of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus.
APSE * n. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar.
ELVER * n. 1 Young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried. 2 Young eel.
INTRAVENTRICULAR * a. Within the system of ventricles in the brain.
AIRS * n. Affected manners intended to impress others.
WANAMAKER * n. United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922).
HUFFISH * s. Sullen or moody.
SNAPPISHLY * r. In an ill-natured and snappish manner.
THELARCHE * n. The start of breast development in a woman at the beginning of puberty.
WELL-ORDERED * s. Ordered well.
HIGHLY-DEVELOPED * s. (used of societies) Having high industrial development.
SUPPING * n. Ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking.
BLASPHEME * v. 1 Utter obscenities or profanities. 2 Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner.
ZENITH * n. The point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
GENF * n. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations.
SATURNISM * n. Toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system.
DREAD * --n. Fearful expectation or anticipation. --v. Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of. --s. Causing fear or dread or terror.
FUNDAMENTALLY * r. In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
PROTECTOR * n. A person who cares for persons or property.
THWACK * --n. A hard blow with a flat object. --v. Deliver a hard blow to.
FLIP * --n. 1 An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return. 2 Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg. 3 A sudden, quick movement. 4 The act of flipping a coin. --v. 1 Lightly throw to see which side comes up. 2 Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation. 3 Look through a book or other written material. 4 Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air. --s. Marked by casual disrespect.
EVENLY * r. 1 In equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way. 2 In a level and regular way.
HELLEBORUS * n. A genus of Helleborus.
INCULPABLENESS * n. A state of innocence.
RATTLED * s. Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term).
INDIGENE * n. An indigenous person who was born in a particular place.
UNRULY * s. 1 Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. 2 Unwilling to submit to authority. 3 Incapable of being controlled.
SLAB * n. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
28TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-seventh in position.
GIZA * n. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx.
CHIROPRACTIC * n. A method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure.
DICKEY-BIRD * n. Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.
SKAGWAY * n. A town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush.
DMUS * n. A doctor's degree in music.
ALIDAD * n. 1 Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments. 2 Surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles.
TERRIBLY * r. 1 Used as intensifiers. 2 In a terrible manner.
SCAN * --n. 1 The act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region. 2 An image produced by scanning. --v. 1 Examine minutely or intensely. 2 Examine hastily. 3 Make a wide, sweeping search of. 4 Conform to a metrical pattern.
KEENLY * r. In a keen or penetrating way.
CAULKED * a. Having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler.
MENDICANT * --n. 1 A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms. 2 A pauper who lives by begging. --s. Practicing beggary.
SHELLFIRE * n. Shooting artillery shells.
IMMUTABLY * r. In an unalterable and unchangeable manner.
EXACT * --v. 1 Claim as due or just. 2 Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. --a. Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact. --s. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct.
FORESHADOWING * --n. The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand. --s. Indistinctly prophetic.
LIBERALISTIC * s. Having or demonstrating belief in the essential goodness of man and the autonomy of the individual; favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.
NEHRU * n. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964).
ELIZABETHAN * --n. A person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I. --a. Of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen.
SOULFUL * s. Full of or expressing deep emotion.
AMPHIBOLOGY * n. An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.
REPUTABLY * r. In a reputable manner.
THEN * --n. That time; that moment. --s. At a specific prior time. --r. 1 Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors). 2 In that case or as a consequence. 3 At that time.
ILLEGITIMATE * --n. The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents. --s. Contrary to or forbidden by law. --a. Of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful.
TRAD * n. Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
BANALITY * n. A trite or obvious remark.
ORTHOPEDIST * n. A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children).
CULVERT * n. A transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway.
EURIPIDES * n. One of the greatest tragic dramatists of ancient Greece (480-406 BC).
THWARTING * --n. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts. --s. Preventing realization or attainment of a desire.
CONVEXO-CONVEX * s. Convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil.
UNIFORMED * s. Dressed in a uniform.
VINEGAR * n. 1 Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative. 2 Dilute acetic acid.
COWMAN * n. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
CUSH-CUSH * n. Tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers.
KILEY * n. An Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex.
BANDAGED * s. Covered or wrapped with a bandage.
ACCORDION * n. A portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player.
UNSINKABLE * a. Incapable of being sunk.
SPROUT * --n. 1 Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud. 2 A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed). --v. 1 Produce buds, branches, or germinate. 2 Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.
ERGONOMICS * n. The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments.
INCUR * v. 1 Make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to. 2 Receive a specified treatment (abstract).
ELF * n. 1 (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 2 Below 3 kilohertz.
RICHLER * n. Canadian novelist (born in 1931).
SUNHAT * n. A hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun.
EAVESDROPPER * n. A secret listener to private conversations.
SWINDLER * n. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
EADWIG * n. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
SPHENODON * n. Coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras.
PAROTID * a. Relating to or located near the parotid gland.
LADY'S-FINGER * n. Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus.
EITHER * r. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
SELL * --n. The activity of persuading someone to buy. --v. 1 Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent. 2 Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way. 3 Persuade somebody to accept something. 4 Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.
TOE-TO-TOE * r. In close combat or at close quarters.
OILY * s. 1 Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil. 2 Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. 3 Coated or covered with oil. 4 Smeared or soiled with grease or oil.
GULLIVER * n. A fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift.
CRABBINESS * n. A disposition to be ill-tempered.
ILL-CHOSEN * s. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
ATHERINIDAE * n. Small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water.
WARDEN * n. The chief official in charge of a prison.
INCONSEQUENTIALLY * r. Lacking consequence.
SENSITIZE * v. 1 Make sensitive or aware. 2 Cause to sense; make sensitive. 3 Make sensitive to a drug or allergen. 4 Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion.
OBSTRUCTOR * n. 1 Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take. 2 Any structure that makes progress difficult.
ANTHOCEROS * n. Hornworts.
OUTLET * n. 1 A place of business for retailing goods. 2 Receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices. 3 An opening that permits escape or release. 4 Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.
POTOROUS * n. Potoroos.
MEAL * n. 1 The food served and eaten at one time. 2 Any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times. 3 Coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.
DRAW * --n. 1 A gully that is shallower than a ravine. 2 An entertainer who attracts large audiences. 3 The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided. 4 Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random. --v. 1 Cause to move by pulling. 2 Get or derive. 3 Make a mark or lines on a surface. 4 Make, formulate, or derive in the mind.
PENICILLIUM * n. Genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese and as a source of penicillin.
VELOCITY * n. Distance travelled per unit time.
IMPALEMENT * n. The act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture.
CANKER * --n. 1 A fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark. 2 An ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth). 3 A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of. --v. 1 Become infected with a canker. 2 Infect with a canker.
ALOUATTA * n. Howler monkeys.
LOONIE * n. The basic unit of money in Canada.
OVERFLIGHT * n. A flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory).
EXISTENCE * n. 1 The state or fact of existing. 2 Everything that exists anywhere.
CALLIANDRA * n. Any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers.
HUMOURIST * n. Someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way.
ANTIFEMINIST * n. Someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women.
VOMITING * n. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
FAUSTUS * n. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.
DODGER * n. 1 A shifty deceptive person. 2 Small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern).
POSTDATE * v. 1 Be later in time. 2 Establish something as being later relative to something else.
HOLOZOIC * a. Obtaining nourishment as animals do by ingesting complex organic matter.
CROSSTOWN * --s. Going or extending across a town or city. --r. Across a town or city.
BROOK * --n. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river). --v. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
STEADFAST * s. 1 Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. 2 Firm and dependable especially in loyalty.
OVERSPILL * n. 1 The relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns. 2 The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.
EXCURSIONIST * n. A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.
SHOPLIFTER * n. A thief who steals goods that are in a store.
TANGIBLY * r. In a tangible manner.
GERBILLUS * n. Type genus of the Gerbillinae: typical gerbils.
ASQUINT * s. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
ARCHIL * n. 1 A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens. 2 Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil.
INSECURITY * n. 1 The state of being subject to danger or injury. 2 The anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure.
GESNERIA * n. Any plant of the genus Gesneria.
RAMATE * s. Having branches.
SOILED * a. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
PREJUDGEMENT * n. A judgment reached before the evidence is available.
PROSAICNESS * n. Commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting.
SEVER * v. 1 Set or keep apart. 2 Cut off from a whole.
CHABASITE * n. A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum.
PROCESSION * n. 1 (theology) The origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. 2 The group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation. 3 The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).
LOW-BACKED * s. Having a low back.
RADIO-OPAQUE * a. Not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation.
FRIGHTEN * v. Cause fear in.
ANTINEOPLASTIC * --n. Any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function. --a. Used in the treatment of cancer.
TARTLY * r. In a tart manner.
CLOCKSMITH * n. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches.
OUTCOME * n. 1 Something that results. 2 A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
ATOMISM * n. 1 (psychology) A theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association. 2 (chemistry) Any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles.
QUESADILLA * n. A tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated.
NONTRADITIONAL * a. Not conforming to or in accord with tradition.
JOCOTE * n. Common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit.
PHAROMACRUS * n. A genus of Trogonidae.
PERFORM * v. 1 Carry out or perform an action. 2 Perform a function. 3 Give a performance (of something). 4 Get (something) done.
PROGRESSIVE * --n. 1 A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going. 2 A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties. --a. 1 Favoring or promoting progress. 2 (of taxes) Adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases. --s. 1 Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action). 2 Gradually advancing in extent. 3 (of a card game or a dance) Involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position. 4 Advancing in severity.
ISOBILATERAL * s. Having identical parts on each side of an axis.
PAPERWEIGHT * n. A weight used to hold down a stack of papers.
CACHE * --n. 1 A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons). 2 A secret store of valuables or money. 3 (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics. --v. Save up as for future use.
PESHMERGA * n. A member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state.
PLEURALGIA * n. Pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs.
COLLARD * n. Variety of kale having smooth leaves.
MALTHUS * n. An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).
ARCHIVES * n. Collection of records especially about an institution.
ENTELLUS * n. Langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India.
FRAME * --n. 1 The framework for a pair of eyeglasses. 2 A single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film. 3 Alternative names for the body of a human being. 4 (baseball) One of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat. --v. 1 Enclose in or as if in a frame. 2 Enclose in a frame, as of a picture. 3 Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. 4 Formulate in a particular style or language.
TRUSTWORTHY * --a. Worthy of trust or belief. --s. Taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations.
NONINTERVENTION * n. A foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes.
OXTAIL * n. The skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups.
HEARST * n. United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951).
NANTICOKE * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy.
PLANE-POLARIZED * a. (of a moving wave) Vibrating in a single plane.
BODONI * n. 1 Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813). 2 A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes.
SEVASTOPOL * n. A city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
APIARIST * n. A farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
MORGANITE * n. A kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone.
UNRIVALED * s. Eminent beyond or above comparison.
COLOCASIA * n. Small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro.
LYCOSA * n. Type genus of the family Lycosidae.
SORBIAN * n. 1 A speaker of Sorbian. 2 A Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany.
SPANK * --n. A slap with the flat of the hand. --v. Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking.
HOOK * --n. 1 A catch for locking a door. 2 A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook. 3 Anything that serves as an enticement. 4 A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. --v. 1 Fasten with a hook. 2 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 3 Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle. 4 Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left.
CUBIFORM * s. Shaped like a cube.
GENERATOR * n. 1 An apparatus that produces a vapor or gas. 2 Engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction. 3 Someone who originates or causes or initiates something. 4 An electronic device for producing a signal voltage.
WASSAIL * --n. A punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas. --v. 1 Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities. 2 Propose a toast to.
BLANTYRE * n. City in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi.
TRACHEITIS * n. Inflammation of the trachea.
CITY-STATE * n. A state consisting of a sovereign city.
ECTOMORPH * n. A person with a thin body.
CUSTODY * n. 1 A state of being confined (usually for a short time). 2 Holding by the police. 3 (with `in') Guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.
BAA-LAMB * n. Child's word for a sheep or lamb.
CYBERCRIME * n. Crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programs.
ALGAROBILLA * n. Mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing.
UNCTUOUSLY * r. In an unctuous manner.
DISEMBROIL * v. Free from involvement or entanglement.
YALTA * n. A resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945.
ANTIPRURITIC * n. A substance that relieves or prevents itching.
DISINHERITANCE * n. The act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit.
ARMINIAN * --n. Adherent of Arminianism. --a. Of or relating to Arminianism.
MANCHURIA * n. A region in northeastern China.
EMPTINESS * n. 1 The state of containing nothing. 2 Having an empty stomach. 3 An empty area or space. 4 The quality of being valueless or futile.
WRISTLET * n. A band or bracelet worn around the wrist.
BUNKO * n. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
HUDDLER * n. 1 A member of a huddle. 2 A person who crouches.
UNDERBELLY * n. 1 Lower side. 2 The soft belly or underside of an animal's body. 3 The quality of being weak or unprotected.
SOMETIMES * r. On certain occasions or in certain cases but not always.
WASTEFUL * --s. 1 Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials. 2 Laying waste. --a. Tending to squander and waste.
ENAMOR * v. Attract; cause to be enamored.
THYROXIN * n. Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells.
MECONOPSIS * n. Herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic.
SAMOSA * n. Small turnover of Indian origin filled with vegetables or meat and fried and served hot.
COURAGE * n. A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
DECIPHERER * n. 1 The kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text. 2 A reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text.
NEARNESS * n. The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.
UNQUOTABLE * a. Not able or fit to be repeated or quoted.
RUSTIC * --n. An unsophisticated country person. --s. 1 Characteristic of rural life. 2 Awkwardly simple and provincial. 3 Characteristic of the fields or country.
HOOLIGANISM * n. Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others.
INDICTABILITY * n. The state of being liable to impeachment.
CURTNESS * n. An abrupt discourteous manner.
SHAREOWNER * n. Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation.
CRYSTALLISE * v. 1 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. 2 Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. 3 Cause to take on a definite and clear shape.
COUNTERINTUITIVE * s. Contrary to what common sense would suggest.
ARBORVITAE * n. Any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis.
BIBLIOTIC * a. Of or relating to bibliotics.
DARK-GRAY * s. Of a dark shade of grey.
OPHRYS * n. A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia.
STALINABAD * n. The capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991.
HONORABLE * --a. 1 Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent. 2 Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect. --s. 1 Adhering to ethical and moral principles. 2 Deserving of esteem and respect.
INDUMENTUM * n. A covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect.
TWINGE * --n. 1 A sudden sharp feeling. 2 A sharp stab of pain. --v. 1 Cause a stinging pain. 2 Feel a sudden sharp, local pain. 3 Squeeze tightly between the fingers.
ANTIPHLOGISTIC * s. Counteracting inflammation.
BAIZA * n. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman.
COLLECTIVISTIC * s. Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively.
LANDSMAAL * n. One of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects.
WINKER * n. 1 A person who winks. 2 Blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side.
URGENTLY * r. With great urgency.
COSMOLOGY * n. 1 The metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe. 2 The branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe.
INCARCERATION * n. The state of being imprisoned.
PARULA * n. Type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers.
AEROLOGY * n. Meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers.
ERYSIPHE * n. Genus of powdery mildews.
CARPOPHAGOUS * s. Feeding on fruit.
LURE * --n. 1 Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward. 2 Anything that serves as an enticement. 3 Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. --v. Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
LUSITANIAN * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language.
WOOLGATHERING * --n. An idle indulgence in fantasy. --s. Dreamy in mood or nature.
RIVETTER * n. 1 A worker who inserts and hammers rivets. 2 A machine for driving rivets.
BODYPAINT * v. Apply paint to a body.
ACCEPTABLY * r. In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner.
56 * s. Being six more than fifty.
CARNIVORE * n. 1 A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal. 2 Any animal that feeds on flesh.
SUBSOIL * n. The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock.
RIPPLING * n. A small wave on the surface of a liquid.
UNBLOODY * s. Achieved without bloodshed.
LOUD-HAILER * n. A portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier.
PALAETIOLOGY * n. The explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes).
NEWSWORTHINESS * n. The quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins.
SELF-SEALING * s. 1 Capable of sealing itself as after being pierced. 2 Seals without the application of moisture.
HAMITO-SEMITIC * n. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
LUMBERING * --n. The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber. --s. Slow and laborious because of weight.
MORTON * n. United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941).
STOPCOCK * n. Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid.
UNREGENERATE * --a. 1 Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. 2 Not reformed morally or spiritually. --s. Unrepentant and incapable of being reformed.
TEFF * n. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
CONTEMPTIBILITY * n. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
CARTOON * --n. 1 A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine. 2 A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence. --v. Draw cartoons of.
ROCHAMBEAU * n. French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807).
DEBAUCHED * s. Unrestrained by convention or morality.
NEEDLECRAFT * n. 1 A creation created or assembled by needle and thread. 2 Work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle.
EXHIBITIONISM * n. 1 Extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself. 2 The perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals.
MICROFLORA * n. Microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora.
PREMISS * --n. A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. --v. Take something as preexisting and given.
MUNICH * n. The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany.
UNADAPTED * s. 1 Not changed in form or character for a purpose. 2 Not having adapted to new conditions.
CALABRIA * n. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
CHAMPERTY * n. An unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded.
PILSNER * n. A pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen.
GLOAMING * n. The time of day immediately following sunset.
OPHIUCHUS * n. A large constellation in the equatorial region between Hercules and Scorpius.
LEFTISH * s. Tending toward the political left.
PYROGEN * n. 1 Any substance characterized by its great flammability. 2 Any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature.
NOSEPIECE * n. 1 Armor plate that protects the nose. 2 A strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose. 3 The link between two lenses; rests on the nose.
MYELATELIA * n. Any developmental defect of the spinal cord.
RETICULATE * --v. 1 Form a net or a network. 2 Distribute by a network, as of water or electricity. 3 Divide so as to form a network. --a. Resembling or forming a network.
NASTILY * r. In a nasty ill-tempered manner.
AIKIDO * n. A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
MAINTAINED * s. 1 Kept in good condition. 2 Continued in your keeping or use or memory.
UNDERLYING * s. 1 In the nature of something though not readily apparent. 2 Located beneath or below. 3 Being or involving basic facts or principles.
SWINISH * s. 1 Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. 2 Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
STRAY * --n. An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal). --v. 1 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. 2 Wander from a direct course or at random. 3 Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. --s. 1 Not close together in time. 2 (of an animal) Having no home or having wandered away from home.
DENIABLE * a. Capable of being denied or contradicted.
MILLIONAIRESS * n. A woman millionaire.
BAYESIAN * a. Of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem.
INTEROCEPTOR * n. Any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body.
CAPITATE * --n. The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus. --s. Being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip.
BORINGNESS * n. Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest.
PLASTICIZER * n. A substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable.
CESIUM * n. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal.
INCISURE * n. (anatomy) A notch or small hollow.
HOMINY * n. Hulled corn with the bran and germ removed.
DIDELPHIDAE * n. Opossums.
PRESEASON * n. A period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation.
SUBWAY * n. 1 An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city). 2 An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.
HOOTCH * n. An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
SHOSTAKOVICH * n. Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975).
BOB * --n. 1 A former monetary unit in Great Britain. 2 A hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around. 3 A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism. 4 A hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string. --v. 1 Move up and down repeatedly. 2 Ride a bobsled. 3 Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. 4 Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.
IODOFORM * n. 1 Sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3. 2 A yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing.
MANTLEPIECE * n. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
DIRECTOR * n. 1 Someone who controls resources and expenditures. 2 Member of a board of directors. 3 Someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show. 4 The person who directs the making of a film.
COOLER * n. 1 A refrigerator for cooling liquids. 2 An iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice. 3 A cell for violent prisoners.
EGRESS * --n. 1 (astronomy) The reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse. 2 The becoming visible. 3 The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent. --v. Come out of.
RETROUSSE * s. (used of noses) Turned up at the end.
HYGIENISE * v. Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing.
TENTATIVE * s. 1 Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon. 2 Unsettled in mind or opinion.
COOLANT * n. A fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat away from one part to another.
PENDING * s. Awaiting conclusion or confirmation.
CYBERSEX * n. Sexual arousal involving communication on the internet.
UNLOVELY * s. Without beauty or charm.
OVERBEARING * s. 1 Expecting unquestioning obedience. 2 Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
HOMOGENISATION * n. The act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition.
SUCCEED * v. 1 Attain success or reach a desired goal. 2 Be the successor (of).
DRY-SHOD * s. Having or keeping the feet or shoes dry.
SYMBIOTICALLY * r. In a symbiotic manner.
PIRANDELLO * n. Italian novelist and playwright (1867-1936).
WATERMELON-SHAPED * a. Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter.
PATERFAMILIAS * n. The male head of family or tribe.
PARALLELOPIPEDON * n. A prism whose bases are parallelograms.
MANZANILLA * n. Very dry pale sherry from Spain.
HORNSWOGGLE * v. Deprive of by deceit.
190 * s. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
WHITE * --n. 1 A Caucasian. 2 The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black). 3 United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921). 4 Australian writer (1912-1990). --v. Turn white. --a. 1 Being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light. 2 Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration. --s. 1 Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied. 2 Marked by the presence of snow. 3 Restricted to whites only. 4 Glowing white with heat.
MULTI-COLOR * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
NASOPHARYNX * n. Cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx.
ASSIMILABLE * s. Able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues.
BULLETIN * --n. A brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast). --v. Make public by bulletin.
PERVASION * n. The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance.
EBBTIDE * n. The tide while water is flowing out.
CAB * --n. 1 A compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits. 2 Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood. 3 A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money. --v. Ride in a taxicab.
SUPERSENSITIZED * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
DEMYSTIFY * v. Make less mysterious or remove the mystery from.
BACKWOODSMAN * n. A man who lives on the frontier.
REFRESHFULLY * r. In a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality.
TRIMARAN * n. A fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls.
ALEXANDRIA * n. 1 A town in Louisiana on the Red River. 2 The chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt.
CONSIDERATELY * r. In a considerate manner.
TROPOSPHERE * n. The lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude).
REBARBATIVE * s. Serving or tending to repel.
BEPLASTER * v. Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on.
TAMPON * --n. Plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood). --v. Plug with a tampon.
AGGROUP * v. Form a group or group together.
BEHEADING * n. 1 Execution by cutting off the victim's head. 2 Killing by cutting off the head.
PITILESS * s. 1 Without mercy or pity. 2 Deficient in humane and kindly feelings.
PALAEOLITHIC * --n. Second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC. --a. Of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic).
CURDLED * s. Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass.
ANENCEPHALIC * a. Characterized by partial or total absence of a brain.
PARSONS * n. United States sociologist (1902-1979).
REVERSION * n. 1 (law) An interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee). 2 (genetics) A return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation). 3 A reappearance of an earlier characteristic. 4 Turning in the opposite direction.
FLASK * n. 1 Bottle that has a narrow neck. 2 The quantity a flask will hold.
BOWEL * n. The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus.
CAPITAL * --n. 1 Assets available for use in the production of further assets. 2 Wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value. 3 A seat of government. 4 One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis. --s. 1 First-rate. 2 Of primary importance. 3 Uppercase.
MONETIZATION * n. Establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country.
EPITHALAMIUM * n. An ode honoring a bride and bridegroom.
GREBE * n. Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet.
TUCK * --n. 1 Eatables (especially sweets). 2 (sports) A bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest. 3 A narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place. 4 A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges. --v. 1 Fit snugly into. 2 Make a tuck or several folds in. 3 Draw together into folds or puckers.
BOARDINGHOUSE * n. A private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests.
MERGED * s. Formed or united into a whole.
PROPS * n. Proper respect.
MULTINUCLEATE * a. Having two or more nuclei.
LEVITY * n. 1 Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness. 2 A manner lacking seriousness.
NONREPRESENTATIVE * a. Not standing for something else.
MANDATOR * n. An authority who issues a mandate.
BROUGHAM * n. 1 Light carriage; pulled by a single horse. 2 A sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat.
BRIE * n. Soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert.
TAILLIKE * s. Resembling a tail.
CHAMMY * n. A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
TABANIDAE * n. Horseflies.
BEHIND * --n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --s. Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest. --r. 1 In or to or toward the rear. 2 Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from. 3 Of timepieces. 4 In or into an inferior position.
STAUNCHLY * r. In a staunch manner.
VAPOURIFIC * s. 1 (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized. 2 Resembling or characteristic of vapor.
PINNACE * n. A boat for communication between ship and shore.
PUNK * --n. 1 An aggressive and violent young criminal. 2 Substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks). 3 Material for starting a fire. 4 A teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture. --s. Of very poor quality; flimsy.
VULGARIZER * n. 1 Someone who makes something vulgar. 2 Someone who makes something attractive to the general public.
UNLOADING * n. The labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc..
FAKE * --n. 1 Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. 2 A person who makes deceitful pretenses. 3 (football) A deceptive move made by a football player. --v. 1 Make a copy of with the intent to deceive. 2 Tamper, with the purpose of deception. 3 Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths. --s. 1 Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. 2 Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.
KEEPER * n. 1 Someone in charge of other people. 2 One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals.
ALCIBIADES * n. Ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC).
BIBLIOTHECARIAL * a. Of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian.
RESTRICTIVENESS * n. 1 A grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat'). 2 A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits.
ORINASE * n. Sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
SYLVITE * n. A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds.
CLATHRATE * s. 1 Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows. 2 Designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another.
COMPARTMENTALIZE * v. Separate into isolated compartments or categories.
APTLY * r. With competence; in a competent capable manner.
OCULOMOTOR * n. Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye.
PESHAWAR * n. City in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass.
BLEEDER * n. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
LUBRICATE * v. 1 Have lubricating properties. 2 Apply a lubricant to. 3 Make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant.
URINATION * n. The discharge of urine.
TELEPHONY * n. Transmitting speech at a distance.
GHILLIE * n. A shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.
KINAESTHETIC * a. Of or relating to kinesthesis.
VELAZQUEZ * n. Spanish painter (1599-1660).
MAHARASHTRA * n. A state in west-central India.
REVISION * n. 1 The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification). 2 The act of rewriting something. 3 Something that has been written again.
CONSTRAINEDLY * r. In a constrained manner.
UNCONSTRAINED * s. Free from constraint.
PLZEN * n. A town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated.
PORTFOLIO * n. 1 A large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather. 2 A set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers. 3 A list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution. 4 The role of the head of a government department.
CORIANDER * n. 1 Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley. 2 Dried coriander seeds used whole or ground. 3 Parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish.
IMPART * v. 1 Transmit (knowledge or skills). 2 Bestow a quality on. 3 Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.
SCALE * --n. 1 An ordered reference standard. 2 Relative magnitude. 3 The ratio between the size of something and a representation of it. 4 A specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin. --v. 1 Measure by or as if by a scale. 2 Pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard. 3 Take by attacking with scaling ladders. 4 Reach the highest point of.
RIESMAN * n. United States sociologist (1909-2002).
BIPLANE * n. Old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other.
OATCAKE * n. Thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal.
CLEPSYDRA * n. Clock that measures time by the escape of water.
X-RAY * --n. 1 Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target. 2 A radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis. --v. 1 Examine by taking x-rays. 2 Take an x-ray of something or somebody.
MATHEMATICALLY * r. With respect to mathematics.
HETERODACTYL * a. (of bird feet) Having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward.
BEEFALO * n. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds.
COMMANDING * s. Used of a height or viewpoint.
KENNEDY * n. 1 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963). 2 A large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City.
PEMPHIGUS * n. A skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane.
FINGER * --n. 1 Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb). 2 The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. 3 One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb. --v. 1 Feel or handle with the fingers. 2 Examine by touch. 3 Search for on the computer. 4 Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.
HUMOURLESS * a. Lacking humor.
AMUNDSEN * n. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
ADAGIO * --n. 1 (music) A composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully). 2 A slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers. --s. (of tempo) Leisurely. --r. Slowly.
CELEBRANT * n. 1 A person who is celebrating. 2 An officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist.
MONOCARBOXYLIC * a. Containing one carboxyl group.
CHURLISHLY * r. In a churlish manner.
MYRMECOPHILE * n. An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant.
UNDERDRESS * v. 1 Dress without sufficient warmth. 2 Dress informally and casually.
BACKSWORD * n. 1 A stick used instead of a sword for fencing. 2 A sword with only one cutting edge.
CORIACEOUS * s. Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
HAPHAZARDNESS * n. The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.
HYPNOTISED * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
DEVOLUTION * n. 1 The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality. 2 The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
GONDOLIERE * n. A (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola.
SPINOSE * s. Having spines.
COLUMBITE-TANTALITE * n. A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips.
MISGUIDED * s. 1 Poorly conceived or thought out. 2 Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment.
INGRAFT * v. Cause to grow together parts from different plants.
LIBERAL * --n. 1 A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties. 2 A person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets. --s. 1 Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness. 2 Having political or social views favoring reform and progress. 3 Given or giving freely. 4 Not literal. --a. Tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition.
YEMENI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Yemen. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
UNBEATEN * s. Not conquered.
CYTOGENETICIST * n. A geneticist who specializes in the cellular components associated with heredity.
EGEST * v. Eliminate from the body.
FEND * v. 1 Try to manage without help. 2 Withstand the force of something.
AVERMENT * n. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
PERPETUITY * n. The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).
XC * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine. --s. Being ten more than eighty.
UNPAINTED * a. 1 Not having makeup on. 2 Not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat.
GUIDED * a. Subject to guidance or control especially after launching.
VITUPERATE * v. Spread negative information about.
SPHERE * n. 1 A particular environment or walk of life. 2 Any spherically shaped artifact. 3 The geographical area in which one nation is very influential. 4 A particular aspect of life or activity.
MOREOVER * r. In addition.
COITION * n. Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur.
SHMO * n. (Yiddish) A jerk.
HOGARTH * n. English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764).
NIDULARIACEAE * n. Bird's-nest fungi.
MEERESTONE * n. An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab.
TANNIN * n. Any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine.
INDISCRIMINATELY * r. 1 In a random manner. 2 In an indiscriminate manner.
PALAEMON * n. Type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus.
DENNSTAEDTIA * n. Chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae.
PULL-IN * n. A roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers.
SONTAG * n. United States writer (born in 1933).
STRANGLED * s. Held in check with difficulty.
ZAMBUREK * n. A camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies.
PENETRATOR * n. An intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance).
WATER-SKIING * n. Skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat.
BALCONY * n. 1 An upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium. 2 A platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet.
IMMEDIATE * --s. 1 Of the present time and place. 2 Very close or connected in space or time. 3 Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect. 4 Performed with little or no delay. --a. Having no intervening medium.
CURLY-LEAFED * s. Having curly leaves.
SIGHTSEEING * n. Going about to look at places of interest.
CORRELATED * s. Mutually related.
GODFORSAKEN * s. Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate.
DIASPORA * n. 1 The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel. 2 The dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time. 3 The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).
WATERGATE * n. A political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
SUBTEND * v. Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry.
BULGARIA * n. A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe.
JEFFERS * n. United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962).
STARVELING * n. Someone who is starving (or being starved).
GEOTHLYPIS * n. Yellowthroats.
GLOBICEPHALA * n. Pilot whales.
GRENADIER * n. 1 An infantryman equipped with grenades. 2 Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail.
TUTELAR * s. Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding.
UNCONSOLIDATED * s. Loose and unstratified.
THORACOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity.
REACH * --n. 1 The limits within which something can be effective. 2 An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. 3 The act of physically reaching or thrusting out. 4 The limit of capability. --v. 1 Reach a destination, either real or abstract. 2 Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level. 3 Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense. 4 Be in or establish communication with.
NATATION * n. The act of someone who floats on the water.
COUNT * --n. 1 The total number counted. 2 The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order. 3 A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl. --v. 1 Determine the number or amount of. 2 Have weight; have import, carry weight. 3 Show consideration for; take into account. 4 Name or recite the numbers in ascending order.
CHAMAELEONIDAE * n. Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria.
BACTEROIDES * n. Type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals.
KAMPUCHEAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Cambodia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language.
PHILHELLENE * --n. An admirer of Greece and everything Greek. --a. Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things.
ROFECOXIB * n. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004.
VICAR * n. 1 A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman. 2 (Episcopal Church) A clergyman in charge of a chapel. 3 (Church of England) A clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish.
VESICULATION * n. The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin.
XANTHINE * n. Crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins; precursor of uric acid; found in many organs and in urine.
AVIFAUNA * n. The birds of a particular region or period.
INTANGIBLE * --n. Assets that are saleable though not material or physical. --a. 1 (of especially business assets) Not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value. 2 Incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch. --s. 1 Hard to pin down or identify. 2 Lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen.
STENOCARPUS * n. Small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia.
SCLK * n. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
MENISCECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the meniscus of the knee.
ASTRAGAL * n. 1 The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint. 2 A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture.
COMPLETION * n. 1 (American football) A successful forward pass in football. 2 A concluding action.
LESS-TRAVELED * s. Not visited by many travelers.
GATHIC * n. An ancient Iranian language.
STATUTORILY * r. According to statute.
GORGAS * n. United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920).
HONDURAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Honduras. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Honduras or its people.
WEARY * --v. 1 Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. 2 Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody. --s. Physically and mentally fatigued.
CRYING * --n. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds). --s. 1 Demanding attention. 2 Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
GANGRENE * --n. 1 Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass. 2 The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply). --v. Undergo necrosis.
CANCROID * --n. The most common form of skin cancer. --a. Of or relating to a cancroid.
LIQUIDNESS * n. 1 The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. 2 The property of flowing easily.
UNCHANGING * s. 1 Conforming to the same principles or course of action over time. 2 Showing little if any change.
CROP * --n. 1 The yield from plants in a single growing season. 2 A cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale. 3 A collection of people or things appearing together. 4 The output of something in a season. --v. 1 Cut short. 2 Prepare for crops. 3 Yield crops. 4 Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow.
HORNPOUT * n. Catfish common in eastern United States.
MAROON-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with maroon.
ROWDY * --n. A cruel and brutal fellow. --s. Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough.
FIEDLER * n. Popular United States conductor (1894-1979).
SHRUB * n. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems.
COMPARTMENTALISE * v. Separate into isolated compartments or categories.
EVENKI * n. 1 A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia. 2 The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia.
GRIEVANCE * n. 1 A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. 2 An allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice. 3 A complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action.
DOBSONFLY * n. Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait.
FIVE-SPOT * n. 1 A United States bill worth 5 dollars. 2 California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal. 3 A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips.
EPSTEIN * n. British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959).
RESOLVE * --n. 1 The trait of being resolute. 2 A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote. --v. 1 Bring to an end; settle conclusively. 2 Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. 3 Reach a decision. 4 Understand the meaning of.
UNDERRATING * n. An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value.
GLOBOSITY * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
FAMILIAL * --a. Relating to or having the characteristics of a family. --s. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.
CHURCH * --n. 1 One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship. 2 A place for public (especially Christian) worship. 3 A service conducted in a house of worship. 4 The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church. --v. Perform a special church rite or service for.
UROCYSTIS * n. A genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae.
PERCOIDEA * n. In some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder.
LAGERPHONE * n. An Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground.
PIPE-CLAY * v. Whiten or clean with pipe-clay.
FUGACIOUS * s. Lasting a very short time.
AVOW * v. 1 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. 2 Admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about.
SWIZ * n. British slang for a swindle.
BRONCHITIS * n. Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes.
PASTNESS * n. The quality of being past.
SIGNIFIER * n. The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.
FILAR * a. Related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope).
JUBILANTLY * r. In a joyous manner.
JUBBULPORE * n. An industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi.
TECTARIA * n. Terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests.
UNREALISTIC * a. Not realistic.
PHONEMICS * n. The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes.
SOCIALISE * v. 1 Take part in social activities; interact with others. 2 Train for a social environment. 3 Prepare for social life. 4 Make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies.
EUROPOCENTRIC * a. Focussed on Europe and the Europeans.
SHORTCAKE * n. Very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream.
REVILE * v. Spread negative information about.
HEADACHE * n. 1 Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. 2 Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs.
SYNAPSE * n. The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle.
OXALIC * a. Of or derived from oxalic acid.
NONADJACENT * s. Not adjacent; not next.
CONTUMELIOUSLY * r. Without respect; in a disdainful manner.
EURYTHMICS * n. The interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding.
MINNEWIT * n. Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638).
ANTIELECTRON * n. An elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation.
PARTHENOTE * n. A cell resulting from parthenogenesis.
GOER * n. Someone who leaves.
PERIHELION * n. Periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun.
INERRANCY * n. (Christianity) Exemption from error.
SELF-LOADER * n. A firearm that reloads itself.
FELSPAR * n. Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
SAMOYEDIC * n. The Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia.
GRUMOSE * s. Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass.
POITOU-CHARENTES * n. A low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay.
SAFFRON * n. 1 Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food. 2 Dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus. 3 A shade of yellow tinged with orange.
EDACIOUS * s. Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
GRIT * --n. 1 A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone. 2 Fortitude and determination. --v. 1 Cover with a grit. 2 Clench together.
PINWORM * n. Small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children.
TAM-TAM * n. A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick.
CYTOSMEAR * n. A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.
MEDITATIVE * s. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
INNUMERABLENESS * n. A number beyond counting.
DICHOTOMIZATION * n. The act of dividing into two sharply different categories.
NEPOTIST * n. A powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends.
COMPERE * --n. British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc. --v. Act as a master of ceremonies.
OROGENY * n. The process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust).
ENTRECOTE * n. Cut of meat taken from between the ribs.
INTERN * --n. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term). --v. 1 Deprive of freedom. 2 Work as an intern.
IVIED * s. Overgrown with ivy.
SWIMMINGLY * r. With no problems or difficulties.
SOIREE * n. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
UNIFYING * s. 1 Combining into a single unit. 2 Tending to unify.
DENIGRATORY * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
WARNER * n. 1 United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958). 2 Someone who gives a warning to others.
CRUSTOSE * a. (of lichens) Having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing.
COOP * n. 1 A farm building for housing poultry. 2 An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept.
SIBILATION * n. 1 A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval). 2 Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.
FANG * n. 1 A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. 2 An appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs. 3 Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey. 4 Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison.
RHIZOPOD * n. Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod.
OVEREXERT * v. Exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength.
BORROW * v. 1 Get temporarily. 2 Take up and practice as one's own.
GENUINELY * r. 1 In accordance with truth or fact or reality. 2 Genuinely; with authority.
DOGGEREL * n. A comic verse of irregular measure.
CLITOCYBE * n. A genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills.
AEROPHILOUS * a. Depending on free oxygen or air.
LEGUMINOUS * a. Relating to or consisting of legumes.
BIOTERRORISM * n. Terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare.
MIDAS * n. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
PELAGE * n. Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.
UNSELFISHNESS * n. 1 The quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others. 2 Acting generously.
POLYMYOSITIS * n. Myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals.
LASSIE * n. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
SALTER * n. 1 Someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods. 2 Someone who makes or deals in salt.
EASTWARD * --n. The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees. --s. Moving toward the east. --r. Toward the east.
BIRTHRATE * n. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
LATHER * --n. 1 The froth produced by soaps or detergents. 2 Agitation resulting from active worry. 3 A workman who puts up laths. 4 The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse). --v. 1 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 2 Form a lather. 3 Exude sweat or lather. 4 Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning.
KINSPERSON * n. A person having kinship with another or others.
BED-GROUND * n. An area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night.
WETNURSE * n. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
LEGISLATING * n. The act of making or enacting laws.
DOZE * --n. A light fitful sleep. --v. Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.
WHOOSH * --n. The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid). --v. 1 Move with a sibilant sound. 2 Move with a whooshing sound. 3 Gush or squirt out.
STORED-PROGRAM * a. Of or concerning programs stored in the computer's own memory.
TOYNBEE * n. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
GLIOMA * n. A tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia.
SWAMP * --n. 1 Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog. 2 A situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables. --v. 1 Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. 2 Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.
STIRRUP * n. 1 Support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go. 2 The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea.
FLASHLIGHT * n. A small portable battery-powered electric lamp.
TRIUMPH * --n. 1 A successful ending of a struggle or contest. 2 The exultation of victory. --v. 1 Prove superior. 2 Be ecstatic with joy. 3 Dwell on with satisfaction. 4 To express great joy.
CRULLER * n. Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts.
RAZOR-BACKED * s. Having a sharp narrow back.
SAPINDUS * n. Type genus of the Sapindaceae.
FATBACK * n. Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
LAYING * n. The production of eggs (especially in birds).
DAMPLY * r. In a damp manner.
WIELAND * n. (European mythology) A supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund.
ORTHODOX * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism. 2 Adhering to what is commonly accepted. 3 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
COWAGE * n. 1 Pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey. 2 The annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing.
DOUBLE-QUICK * s. (of a marching cadence) Very quick.
SPENCER * n. English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903).
AETIOLOGY * n. 1 The cause of a disease. 2 The philosophical study of causation.
ETHNARCH * n. The ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority.
WHIPSAW * --n. A saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people. --v. 1 Victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations. 2 Saw with a whipsaw.
GERONTOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people.
WATCHWORD * n. 1 A slogan used to rally support for a cause. 2 A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group.
PINHOLE * n. A small puncture that might have been made by a pin.
AQUIFOLIACEAE * n. Widely distributed shrubs and trees.
HAYWOOD * n. United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (1869-1928).
TRINITARIANISM * n. Christian doctrine stressing belief in the Trinity.
AGGRO * n. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
MUSTELINE * n. Fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.
ACROBATIC * s. Vigorously active.
ARBORARY * a. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
SPIKEMOSS * n. Any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella.
TOASTRACK * n. A rack for holding slices of toast.
AURICULATE * s. Having auricles.
COLLUSION * n. 1 Secret agreement. 2 Agreement on a secret plot.
UNBALCONIED * a. Not having balconies.
PERCUSS * v. Strike or tap firmly.
BOVINI * n. Term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos.
ASTRIDE * r. 1 With one leg on each side. 2 With the legs stretched far apart.
ARTERY * n. 1 A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. 2 A major thoroughfare that bears important traffic.
PROVISIONARY * s. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.
JOKER * n. 1 A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes. 2 A person who does something thoughtless or annoying. 3 An inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent. 4 A playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester.
SHAPE-UP * n. A way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired.
MATURATIONAL * a. Relating to or involved in maturation.
EDWARDIAN * --n. Someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England.
RE-FORMED * s. Formed again or anew.
MIDWEEKLY * s. Occurring during the middle of the week.
HOMOPHONOUS * a. Characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way.
CASTILLA * n. A region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479.
STIFF-HAIRED * s. Having stiff hair.
EX-MAYOR * n. A former mayor.
CO-OPT * v. 1 Choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague. 2 Neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group. 3 Appoint summarily or commandeer. 4 Take or assume for one's own use.
ATTACH * v. 1 Cause to be attached. 2 Be attached; be in contact with. 3 Become attached. 4 Create social or emotional ties.
HOGBACK * n. A narrow ridge of hills.
DALBERGIA * n. Large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers.
BELIEVABILITY * n. The quality of being believable or trustworthy.
COLLECTABLE * --n. Things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique). --s. Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified.
BIOSTATISTICS * n. A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
USABLENESS * n. The quality of being able to provide good service.
SHELFLIKE * a. Resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf).
JET-BLACK * s. Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.
NITER * n. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
SESTET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. 2 Six performers or singers who perform together. 3 A set of six similar things considered as a unit. 4 A musical composition written for six performers.
TRIGLINAE * n. In some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins).
DEPOKENE * n. Anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures.
PENDULUM * n. An apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity.
SYLPHIC * s. (of a woman or girl) Slender and graceful like a sylph.
EUPHEMIZE * v. Refer to something with a euphemism.
MORTIFICATION * n. 1 Strong feelings of embarrassment. 2 The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply). 3 An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect. 4 (Christianity) The act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself).
STATUE * n. A sculpture representing a human or animal.
INTERVERTEBRAL * a. Pertaining to the space between two vertebrae.
ROBALO * n. A kind of percoid fish.
STRIDENT * s. 1 Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. 2 Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'). 3 Being sharply insistent on being heard. 4 Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
OVERLAP * --n. 1 A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena. 2 The property of partial coincidence in time. 3 A flap that lies over another part. --v. 1 Coincide partially or wholly. 2 Extend over and cover a part of.
COLLAPSIBLE * a. Capable of collapsing or being collapsed.
EC * n. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
KEYCARD * n. A plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism.
INVALIDITY * n. Illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses.
SECONDMENT * n. 1 A speech seconding a motion. 2 The detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere.
QUANDARY * n. 1 A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. 2 State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
HOBBYISM * n. A devotion to hobbies.
MESHUGGENEH * --n. (Yiddish) A crazy fool. --s. Senseless; crazy.
BLEACH * --n. 1 The whiteness that results from removing the color from something. 2 An agent that makes things white or colorless. 3 The act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent). --v. 1 Remove color from. 2 Make whiter or lighter.
POLYSOMY * n. Congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells.
MENSURATE * v. Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of.
CHLOROCOCCUM * n. Type genus of Chlorococcales; unicellular green algae occurring singly or in a layer on soil or damp rock.
CLIENT * n. 1 A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer. 2 Someone who pays for goods or services. 3 (computer science) Any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.
FANTASY * --n. 1 Imagination unrestricted by reality. 2 Fiction with a large amount of imagination in it. 3 Something many people believe that is false. --v. Indulge in fantasies.
CONCEPTUALISTIC * a. Involving or characteristic of conceptualism.
NON-ELECTIVE * s. Filled by appointment rather than by election.
SCARCE * --a. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand. --r. 1 Only a very short time before. 2 Almost not.
FISHWIFE * n. Someone who sells fish.
CORPULENCY * n. More than average fatness.
PAPOOSE * n. An American Indian infant.
CEO * n. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president).
BACCARAT * n. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine.
JIQUI * n. Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture.
MINIUM * n. A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics.
SUBSEQUENT * a. Following in time or order.
ANESTHETIST * n. A specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated.
UNOBVIOUS * a. Not immediately apparent.
SIGNIFIED * n. The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.
JACAMAR * n. Tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.
REORDERING * n. A rearrangement in a different order.
CAPTAINCY * n. The post of captain.
PES * n. The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint.
PSYCHEDELIA * n. The subculture of users of psychedelic drugs.
TINGLING * --n. A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings. --s. Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
CAPET * n. King of France elected in 987 and founding the Capetian dynasty (940-996).
AFFIRMATORY * a. Affirming or giving assent.
GRAPPLE * --n. 1 A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope. 2 A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam. 3 The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. --v. 1 Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available. 2 To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match.
GORDIAN * s. Extremely intricate; usually in phrase `Gordian knot'.
LEPTORHINE * a. Having a long narrow nose.
BEELZEBUB * n. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
LEADED * --s. 1 (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead. 2 Having thin strips of lead between the lines of type. --a. Treated or mixed with lead.
UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY * n. Surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea).
SPIFFY * s. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
AWNING * n. A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun.
UGRIAN * n. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia.
EXPENSIVELY * r. In an expensive manner.
QUINCE * n. 1 Small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated. 2 Aromatic acid-tasting pear-shaped fruit used in preserves.
VISCOSIMETRY * n. The measurement of viscosity.
SNIFFLY * s. Liable to sniffle.
MARKWEED * n. Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact.
HIERARCHICAL * a. Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.
INTELLECTUALLY * r. In an intellectual manner.
ILL-TEMPERED * s. Annoyed and irritable.
SQUASH * --n. 1 Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits. 2 Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable. 3 A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. --v. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.
SUBTRACTIVE * a. Constituting or involving subtraction.
PRODUCTIVITY * n. 1 The quality of being productive or having the power to produce. 2 (economics) The ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time.
SPINET * n. 1 A small and compactly built upright piano. 2 Early model harpsichord with only one string per note.
ANTIMALARIAL * n. A medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria.
OESTRIDAE * n. Warble flies.
CRYPTOBIOTIC * a. Of or related to the state of cryptobiosis.
APIOS * n. Twining perennial North American plants.
NONSPEAKING * a. Not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines.
ENDPLATE * n. The flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle.
DIADEM * n. An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.
PAEDERASTIC * a. Of homosexuality between a man and a boy.
FOSBURY * n. United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947).
BRIGHTEN * v. 1 Make more cheerful through the use of color. 2 Become clear.
SATCHMO * n. United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).
BROADSHEET * n. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
TZETZE * n. Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc..
UNPERPLEXED * a. Experiencing no difficulty or confusion or bewilderment.
GRADUATED * --a. Marked with or divided into degrees. --s. Taking place by degrees.
TOADYISH * s. 1 Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. 2 Attempting to win favor by flattery.
PHOTOMETRY * n. Measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity).
MINTER * n. A skilled worker who coins or stamps money.
ADNEXA * n. Accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo).
BUIRDLY * s. Muscular and heavily built.
DEMEROL * n. A synthetic narcotic drug (trade name Demerol) used to treat pain.
FLORENTINE * --n. A native or resident of Florence, Italy. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence, Italy.
LIBERATE * v. 1 Give equal rights to; of women and minorities. 2 Grant freedom to; free from confinement. 3 Grant freedom to. 4 Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
CHA-CHA-CHA * n. A modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips.
ATTITUDINISE * v. Assume certain affected attitudes.
LAMPHOUSE * n. Housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector).
UNDERCARRIAGE * n. Framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle.
HIGH-ENERGY * --a. Of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts. --s. 1 Providing a relatively large amount of energy upon undergoing a chemical reaction. 2 Vigorously energetic or forceful.
BOLZANO * n. An Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border; noted as a resort and for its Alpine scenery.
SADDUCEAN * a. Of or relating to the Sadducees.
ERRORLESS * s. Free from error.
UNSTIRRED * s. Not agitated by stirring.
THRUWAY * n. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
SERRANID * n. Marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters.
HALOPERIDOL * n. Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome.
SKEW-EYED * s. Having eyes that look in different directions.
KILIWI * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwa.
ONE-SIXTY-FOURTH * n. One part in sixty-four equal parts.
CANFUL * n. The quantity contained in a can.
COMMELINIDAE * n. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae.
PLUNDERAGE * n. The act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard).
LIQUEUR * n. Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal.
FESTOON * --n. 1 A curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves. 2 An embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work. 3 Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration. --v. Decorate with strings of flowers.
PURVEY * v. Supply with provisions.
POECILIIDAE * n. Topminnows.
CIRRIPED * n. Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces.
RAJA * n. 1 A prince or king in India. 2 Type genus of the family Rajidae.
PATE * n. 1 Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned. 2 The top of the head.
COUPE * n. A car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment.
LICENCED * s. Given official approval to act.
YELLOW-STRIPED * s. Having yellow stripes.
C-RATION * n. A canned field ration issued by the United States Army.
STRONGBOX * n. A strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked.
PIAGETIAN * a. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget.
RUNNY * s. Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape.
PERIODICALLY * r. In a sporadic manner.
RETENTIVE * --a. 1 Good at remembering. 2 Having the capacity to retain something. --s. Having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water.
MONOCOTYLEDON * n. A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside.
REID * n. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
SEMIEMPIRICAL * s. Relying to some extent on observation or experiment.
INDIFFERENTLY * r. With indifference; in an indifferent manner.
TRIBALISM * n. 1 The state of living together in tribes. 2 The beliefs of a tribal society.
HEMATOGENIC * a. Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells.
AMYXIA * n. A condition in which no mucus in produced.
BLOODY-MINDED * s. 1 Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate. 2 Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed.
TRADITIONALLY * r. According to tradition; in a traditional manner.
ASSORTED * s. 1 Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. 2 Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity.
ARTHROSPORIC * a. Of or relating to arthrospores.
CONGRUITY * n. The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.
SUBSTANTIATIVE * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
SPACED * --s. Spaced apart. --a. Arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form.
UNCOMMONNESS * n. 1 Extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality. 2 Extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered.
EXERT * v. 1 Put to use. 2 Have and exercise. 3 Make a great effort at a mental or physical task.
PINNIPEDIA * n. Seals; sea lions; walruses.
BROILED * s. Cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill).
UNIMPEDED * s. Not slowed or prevented.
SLY * s. Marked by skill in deception.
DENOTATUM * n. An actual object referred to by a linguistic expression.
BUREAUCRAT * n. An official of a bureaucracy.
CAROUSEL * n. 1 A conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers. 2 A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement.
CHLAMYDOSPORE * n. Thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae.
BURETTE * n. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration.
EXCESSIVENESS * n. Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits.
LITHOPHYTE * n. Plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere.
PORTUGUESE * --n. 1 The Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil. 2 A native or inhabitant of Portugal. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language.
MAP-READER * n. A person who can read maps.
INTENSELY * r. 1 To a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density. 2 To a great depth psychologically or emotionally.
CUPEL * n. A small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead.
PATCHOULY * n. 1 Small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes. 2 A heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.
CAUSATIVE * a. Producing an effect.
MONET * n. French impressionist painter (1840-1926).
ANTIDROMIC * s. Conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal.
TANG * n. 1 A tart spicy quality. 2 The imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907. 3 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. 4 A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure.
NINEPINS * n. A bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins.
ANTIESTABLISHMENTARIANISM * n. The doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment.
GORAL * n. Small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains.
DIALECTICALLY * r. In a dialectic manner.
SHIRE * n. 1 A former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county. 2 British breed of large heavy draft horse.
LADIES'-EARDROP * n. Erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
POLE * --n. 1 A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic. 2 A native or inhabitant of Poland. 3 One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions. 4 A linear measure of 16.5 feet. --v. 1 Propel with a pole. 2 Support on poles. 3 Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole.
SMUG * s. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
TEARY * s. With eyes full of tears.
COMPREHEND * v. 1 Get the meaning of something. 2 To become aware of through the senses. 3 Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.
BUNTER * n. A batter who bunts.
PORT * --n. 1 A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country. 2 Sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal. 3 An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through. 4 The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose. --v. 1 Put or turn on the left side, of a ship. 2 Bring to port. 3 Land at or reach a port. 4 Turn or go to the port or left side, of a ship. --s. Located on the left side of a ship or aircraft.
OPHIDIA * n. Snakes.
OBSCURE * --v. 1 Make less visible or unclear. 2 Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred. 3 Make obscure or unclear. 4 Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa. --s. 1 Not clearly expressed or understood. 2 Marked by difficulty of style or expression. 3 Difficult to find. 4 Not famous or acclaimed.
TORSO * n. The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
PERINEURIUM * n. The sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers.
TAMBALA * n. 100 tambala equal 1 kwacha in Malawi.
BARBARISM * n. A brutal barbarous savage act.
RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY * n. A children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat.
KONINI * n. Erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand.
PARTICIPLE * n. A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.
ETHNICITY * n. An ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties.
HALF-CLOTHED * s. Inadequately clothed.
EYESHADE * n. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
PERTINENTLY * r. In a pertinent way.
ACCEPTABLENESS * n. Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards.
DEGLYCEROLIZE * v. Remove from glycerol.
WEIMARANER * n. Large breed of hound having a smooth greyish coat; originated in Germany.
PUMPED-UP * s. Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline.
TOTTERY * s. Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age.
DEFENCE * n. 1 (psychiatry) An unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires. 2 (sports) The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring. 3 The defendant and his legal advisors collectively. 4 An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack.
ARCHDIOCESAN * a. Of or relating to an archdiocese.
TRANSITIVENESS * n. The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb.
HANGAR * n. A large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
MON-KHMER * n. A branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages.
UNQUESTIONABILITY * n. The quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt.
PRISTIDAE * n. Large primitive rays with elongated snouts.
CORBETT * n. United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933).
POPULARISM * n. Music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority.
FAGACEAE * n. Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus.
UNRHYTHMICAL * a. Not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent.
FIELDER * n. 1 A member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat. 2 A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting.
THROES * n. Violent pangs of suffering.
PALEOCORTEX * n. The olfactory cortex of the cerebrum.
AVIATRESS * n. A woman aviator.
AVIANIZE * v. To modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo.
REFOCUSING * n. Focusing again.
ENDOSCOPY * n. Visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope.
TETRAGRAMMATON * n. Four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce.
SABRE * --n. 1 A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle. 2 A stout sword with a curved blade and thick back. --v. 1 Cut or injure with a saber. 2 Kill with a saber.
ABYSSINIA * n. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia.
RH-NEGATIVE * a. Of persons (or their blood) lacking the Rh factor present in their red blood cells.
INEFFICACIOUSLY * r. In an ineffective manner.
ORNAMENTALISM * n. The practice of ornamental display.
DRUGGING * n. The administration of a sedative agent or drug.
GUILTY * --a. Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act. --s. Showing a sense of guilt.
INDORSEMENT * n. 1 A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books). 2 A speech seconding a motion. 3 Formal and explicit approval. 4 A signature that validates something.
BUNTING * n. 1 A loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.. 2 Any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America.
STATUTORY * --a. Relating to or created by statutes. --s. Prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute.
IMMORTELLE * n. Mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere.
STOPPER * --n. 1 An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down. 2 A remark to which there is no polite conversational reply. 3 (bridge) A playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit. 4 Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. --v. Close or secure with or as if with a stopper.
UNLOBED * s. Without lobes.
RIDICULER * n. A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.
RISKILY * r. In a dangerously risky manner.
RAU-SED * n. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
BINAURAL * a. Relating to or having or hearing with two ears.
CHASTITY * n. 1 Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows). 2 Morality with respect to sexual relations.
LITHOTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a stone (calculus).
BURDENED * --a. Bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities. --s. Bearing a physically heavy weight or load.
OLYMPIA * n. 1 Capital of the state of Washington; located in western Washington on Puget Sound. 2 A plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games.
PROSIMIAN * n. Primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits.
BRICK * n. 1 Rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material. 2 A good fellow; helpful and trustworthy.
PARTICULARITY * n. The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance.
DISENFRANCHISED * a. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.
FISTULOUS * --a. Of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula. --s. Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed.
LURIDNESS * n. 1 The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes. 2 Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress). 3 The quality of being ghastly.
POSTERN * n. A small gate in the rear of a fort or castle.
OGCOCEPHALIDAE * n. Batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes.
PELLET * n. 1 A small sphere. 2 A solid missile discharged from a firearm.
47TH * s. The ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order.
FOSTERAGE * n. 1 Encouragement; aiding the development of something. 2 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
NORINYL * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol.
CONFAB * --n. An informal conversation. --v. 1 Talk socially without exchanging too much information. 2 Have a conference in order to talk something over.
SEBASTODES * n. Rockfishes.
LUNCHING * n. The act of eating lunch.
VINTAGER * n. A person who harvests grapes for making wine.
BAPTISED * a. Having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism.
DEACCESSION * v. Sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works.
BOOKKEEPING * n. The activity of recording business transactions.
PHOTOENGRAVING * n. An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.
SPECTROMETRIC * a. Of or relating to or involving spectrometry.
ADRIFT * --s. 1 Aimlessly drifting. 2 Afloat on the surface of a body of water. --r. 1 Floating freely; not anchored. 2 Off course, wandering aimlessly.
AEGINA * n. 1 An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf. 2 Small medusa.
CHLOR-TRIMETON * n. An antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton).
COPYEDIT * v. Edit and correct (written or printed material).
VOLATILIZED * s. Converted into a gas or vapor.
MANTELET * n. 1 Portable bulletproof shelter. 2 Short cape worn by women.
PLUME * --n. 1 Anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness. 2 A feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament. 3 The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds. --v. 1 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 2 Be proud of. 3 Deck with a plume. 4 Clean with one's bill.
PERADVENTURE * --n. Doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case. --r. By chance.
SILVERBACK * n. An adult male gorilla with grey hairs across the back.
STAGGERING * s. So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.
OVERSUSPICIOUS * s. Unduly suspicious.
HYDRANT * n. 1 A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask. 2 A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks.
MANIA * n. 1 An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. 2 A mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently.
KNITTED * s. Made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving.
INDEXER * n. Someone who provides an index.
FINOCCHIO * n. Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads.
FORRADER * r. In a forward direction.
POINTILLIST * --n. A painter who uses the technique of pointillism. --s. Of or relating to pointillism.
PREOCCUPANCY * n. 1 The mental state of being preoccupied by something. 2 The act of taking occupancy before someone else does.
POWDERPUFF * n. A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin.
ESSONITE * n. A garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown.
IVRY * n. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
TAIPEH * n. The capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan.
CHITON * n. 1 A woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece. 2 Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.
ANATHEMATISE * v. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
TROLLOP * n. 1 A dirty untidy woman. 2 A woman adulterer.
SHRINK * --n. A physician who specializes in psychiatry. --v. 1 Wither, as with a loss of moisture. 2 Draw back, as with fear or pain. 3 Reduce in size; reduce physically. 4 Become smaller or draw together.
STILWELL * n. United States general who commanded the Allied forces in China and Burma and India during World War II (1883-1946).
ASSIMILATING * s. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution.
ANATOLIA * n. A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey.
CHAMAEDAPHNE * n. One species: leatherleaf.
CALLIGRAPHIST * n. Someone skilled in penmanship.
BOUTONNIERE * n. A flower that is worn in a buttonhole.
UNSNARL * v. Extricate from entanglement.
PROBABLY * r. 1 With considerable certainty; without much doubt. 2 Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence.
NARCOTISE * v. Administer narcotics to.
MINGLE * v. 1 To bring or combine together or with something else. 2 Get involved or mixed-up with. 3 Be all mixed up or jumbled together.
PROCRASTINATOR * n. Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness).
VITRIOLIC * s. 1 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 2 Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
OFF-THE-WALL * s. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
AUTOPHYTIC * a. Of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis.
ARTICULATELY * r. 1 With eloquence. 2 In an articulate manner.
UNGUIDED * a. Not subject to guidance or control after launching.
APPOSITION * n. 1 A grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows. 2 (biology) Growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material. 3 The act of positioning close together (or side by side).
MERRIMACK * n. A river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
MARPLAN * n. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression.
SUPERINFECTION * n. Infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection.
PRUSSIA * n. A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland.
FARTHINGALE * n. A hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
HILT * n. The handle of a sword or dagger.
REVERENCE * --n. 1 A feeling of profound respect for someone or something. 2 A reverent mental attitude. 3 An act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). --v. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.
GAMEBAG * n. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
TERIYAKI * n. Beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled.
INTERSEXUAL * s. 1 Existing or occurring between the sexes. 2 Having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female.
PROMOTIONAL * a. 1 Of or relating to serving as publicity. 2 Of or relating to advancement.
ANTHRACOSIS * n. Lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust.
EAST-CENTRAL * s. Of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia.
DUBNIUM * n. A transuranic element.
DIDDLYSQUAT * n. A small worthless amount.
VENAL * s. Capable of being corrupted.
SCUFFER * n. A lightweight flexible sandal with a sturdy sole; worn as play shoes by children and as sportswear by adults.
PACER * n. 1 A horse used to set the pace in racing. 2 A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together.
RUGBY * n. A form of football played with an oval ball.
BIBLIOPHILIC * a. Of or relating to bibliophiles.
GLISSADE * --n. (ballet) A gliding or sliding step in ballet. --v. Perform a glissade, in ballet.
DESERT * --n. 1 Arid land with little or no vegetation. 2 (usually plural) A person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment. --v. 1 Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. 2 Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. 3 Leave behind.
PRESENT * --n. 1 The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech. 2 Something presented as a gift. 3 A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. --v. 1 Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. 2 Bring forward and present to the mind. 3 Perform (a play), especially on a stage. 4 Hand over formally. --a. 1 Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration. 2 Being or existing in a specified place.
PRESENTMENT * n. 1 An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative. 2 A document that must be accepted and paid by another person. 3 A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view.
CANONIZATION * n. (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) The act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints.
ACIDIC * --a. Being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7). --s. Being sour to the taste.
HUMULIN * n. A form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin; used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin.
ECHINUS * n. Ovolo molding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column.
JUJU * n. 1 The power associated with a juju. 2 A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
GRINDELIA * n. Large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America.
SUBLIEUTENANT * n. An officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
SCREWY * s. Not behaving normally.
ARREST * --n. 1 The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal). 2 The state of inactivity following an interruption. --v. 1 Take into custody. 2 Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of. 3 Attract and fix. 4 Cause to stop.
MELODRAMATICALLY * r. 1 As in a melodrama. 2 In an overly emotional manner.
STONEFLY * n. Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones.
AQUAPHOBIC * s. Abnormally afraid of water.
REQUITAL * n. 1 A justly deserved penalty. 2 An act of requiting; returning in kind.
BERGEN * n. A port city in southwestern Norway.
WINY * s. Having the taste of wine.
STENOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to or employing stenography.
ENURED * s. Made tough by habitual exposure.
ALEURONE * n. Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains.
BABY * --n. 1 A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk. 2 The youngest member of a group (not necessarily young). 3 An immature childish person. 4 An unborn child; a human fetus. --v. Treat with excessive indulgence.
OUTRANGE * v. Have a greater range than (another gun).
MONODICAL * s. Having a single vocal part.
PRECURSORY * s. Warning of future misfortune.
SHAKTI * n. The female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi.
CONTROLLABLE * s. Capable of being controlled.
SHRUG * --n. A gesture involving the shoulders. --v. Raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation.
RANUNCULACEAE * n. A family of Ranunculaceae.
ANGEVINE * n. A resident of Anjou.
SNORTING * n. An act of forcible exhalation.
SHORT-HANDED * s. Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..
ULTRACONSERVATIVE * --n. An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism. --s. Extremely conservative.
BUSK * v. Play music in a public place and solicit money for it.
COLPOCYSTOCELE * n. Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth.
BATRACHIAN * --n. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species. --a. Relating to frogs and toads.
CULTIVATOR * n. 1 Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil. 2 A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture).
ADROIT * a. Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought.
HOTSPOT * n. 1 A place of political unrest and potential violence. 2 A point of relatively intense heat or radiation. 3 A lively entertainment spot.
ELSEWHERE * r. In or to another place.
BACKTALK * n. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
RECHERCHE * s. Lavishly elegant and refined.
STONILY * r. In a stony manner.
MUNCHAUSEN * n. German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797).
SARSAPARILLA * n. 1 Any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves. 2 Carbonated drink flavored with an extract from sarsaparilla root or with birch oil and sassafras.
SUBMIT * v. 1 Refer for judgment or consideration. 2 Put before. 3 Yield to the control of another. 4 Hand over formally.
ALPS * n. A large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction.
COUTHIE * s. (chiefly Scottish) Agreeable and genial.
BEAK * --n. 1 Beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles). 2 Horny projecting mouth of a bird. 3 A beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures. 4 Informal terms for the nose. --v. Hit lightly with a picking motion.
BOX * --n. 1 A (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid. 2 Private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance. 3 The quantity contained in a box. 4 A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible. --v. 1 Put into a box. 2 Hit with the fist. 3 Engage in a boxing match.
DISCOLORATION * n. 1 A soiled or discolored appearance. 2 The act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded.
PANICULATE * a. Having a panicle.
CISALPINE * s. On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps.
300 * s. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
TRANSPIRATE * v. Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas.
ABATIC * a. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
ASSEMBLER * n. A program to convert assembly language into machine language.
CHESTNUT-BROWN * s. (of hair or feathers) Of brown tinged with chestnut.
RALLY * --n. 1 A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm. 2 The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort. 3 A marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness. 4 An automobile race run over public roads. --v. 1 Gather. 2 Call to arms; of military personnel. 3 Gather or bring together. 4 Return to a former condition.
AGAPE * --n. 1 (Christian theology) The love of God or Christ for mankind. 2 Selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature). 3 A religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship. --s. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
FURFURAN * n. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
BORATED * a. Mixed or impregnated with borax.
MEGATHERIUM * n. Type genus of the Megatheriidae.
STERCULIACEAE * n. A large family of plants of order Malvales.
CISTOTHORUS * n. Marsh wrens.
PROVOST * n. A high-ranking university administrator.
ANEURISM * n. A cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall.
CEILIDH * n. An informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling.
DIPSOMANIA * n. An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess.
MANAT * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Turkmenistan. 2 The basic unit of money in Azerbaijan.
HAND-ME-DOWN * --n. Outgrown garment passed down from one person to another. --s. Passed on from one person to another.
VENDOR * n. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
TAWDRY * s. 1 Tastelessly showy. 2 Made of inferior workmanship and materials.
ELOCUTIONARY * --a. Of or relating to elocution. --s. (used of style of speaking) Overly embellished.
MOTIONLESSNESS * n. A state of no motion or movement.
CONVINCIBLE * s. Being susceptible to persuasion.
GASTROENTERITIS * n. Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis.
FIX * --n. 1 Informal terms for a difficult situation. 2 Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug. 3 The act of putting something in working order again. 4 An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear. --v. 1 Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. 2 Cause to be firmly attached. 3 Decide upon or fix definitely. 4 Prepare for eating by applying heat.
CALAMINE * n. A white mineral; a common ore of zinc.
ARGUMENTATIVE * a. Given to or characterized by argument.
PE-TSAI * n. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia.
MEDEA * n. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
SYNERESIS * n. 1 The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong. 2 The separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making).
GENTLEMANLY * s. Befitting a man of good breeding.
MODICUM * n. A small or moderate or token amount.
PLUMPNESS * n. The bodily property of being well rounded.
JEWBUSH * n. Low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties.
RUNDOWN * n. A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court).
AIRILY * r. In a flippant manner.
ACTIVIST * --n. A militant reformer. --s. Advocating or engaged in activism.
UNCONVENTIONALLY * r. In an unconventional manner.
SUSPICIOUS * s. 1 Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide. 2 Not as expected.
TUNNY * n. 1 Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks. 2 Any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters.
CIRCUMFERENT * s. Closely encircling.
MALACOLOGIST * n. A zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks.
GLACE * s. (used especially of fruits) Preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar.
BAROMETRICAL * a. Relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer.
STAGGER * --n. An unsteady uneven gait. --v. 1 Walk as if unable to control one's movements. 2 Walk with great difficulty. 3 To arrange in a systematic order. 4 Astound or overwhelm, as with shock.
ECTRODACTYLY * n. Congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes.
PORKCHOP * n. Chop cut from a hog.
EPITAPH * n. 1 An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there. 2 A summary statement of commemoration for a dead person.
TEXAS * n. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
OENANTHE * n. 1 Poisonous herbs: water dropworts. 2 Wheatears.
UKE * n. A small guitar having four strings.
MESMERIZING * s. Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
PARALLEL-PARK * v. Park directly behind another vehicle.
TURBIDNESS * n. Muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended.
BUCKEROO * n. Local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California).
APPEARANCE * n. 1 Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. 2 The event of coming into sight. 3 Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action. 4 A mental representation.
WAIST-HIGH * r. Up to the waist.
JAVA * n. 1 An island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions. 2 A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans. 3 A platform-independent object-oriented programming language.
VERACITY * n. Unwillingness to tell lies.
ANURA * n. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
MODERNNESS * n. The quality of being current or of the present.
LIFELESS * s. 1 Deprived of life; no longer living. 2 Destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings. 3 Lacking animation or excitement or activity. 4 Not having the capacity to support life.
DYE-WORKS * n. A workshop where dyeing is done.
CONVERGENCE * n. 1 The occurrence of two or more things coming together. 2 The approach of an infinite series to a finite limit. 3 A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena. 4 The act of converging (coming closer).
PAGANIZE * v. Make pagan in character.
UNSWEETENED * s. Not made sweet.
SCREWDRIVER * n. 1 A hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw. 2 A cocktail made with vodka and orange juice.
APOSTROPHISE * v. Use an apostrophe.
HOMONYMY * n. The relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning.
BARONETIZE * v. Confer baronetcy upon.
MIDDLEBREAKER * n. Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow.
DISPASSIONATELY * r. In an impartially dispassionate manner.
MENAGE * n. A social unit living together.
PERAMBULATOR * n. A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around.
EARNED * a. Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action.
CACTACEAE * n. Constituting the order Opuntiales.
BROKENHEARTED * s. Full of sorrow.
ERRATUM * n. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
MONOVULAR * a. (of twins) Derived from a single egg or ovum.
PUG-NOSE * s. Having a blunt nose.
PSEUDOPLEURONECTES * n. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
PREFERMENT * n. 1 The act of preferring. 2 The act of making accusations.
PAGINATE * v. Number the pages of a book or manuscript.
PROFIT * --n. 1 The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). 2 The advantageous quality of being beneficial. --v. 1 Derive a benefit from. 2 Make a profit; gain money or materially.
HOUSEWIFELY * s. Related or suited to a housewife.
RAJAH * n. A prince or king in India.
SAMI * n. 1 A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. 2 The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
FRESNO * n. A city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
PRACTICABLY * r. In a practicable manner; so as to be feasible.
SANTIAGO * n. 1 City in the northern Dominican Republic. 2 A port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center. 3 The capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America. 4 A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape.
ACANTHOLYSIS * n. A breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus).
SHIA * n. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran.
SUNDANESE * n. The Indonesian language spoken on West Java.
IBN-SINA * n. Persian physician and influential philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).
WINDUP * --n. A concluding action. --s. Operated by a mechanism.
NEGEV * n. A desert in southern Israel.
MECHANIZED * s. 1 Equipped with machinery. 2 Using vehicles.
STONER * n. An attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill).
CARGO * n. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
LIMITED * --n. Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops. --a. Small in range or scope. --s. 1 Subject to limits or subjected to limits. 2 Including only a part. 3 Mediocre. 4 Not excessive.
FIRE-RESISTANT * s. Difficult to burn.
ENVELOPMENT * n. The act of enclosing something inside something else.
HOLLOW-HORNED * s. Having horns that are hollow.
SITTER * n. 1 Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934). 2 An organism (person or animal) that sits. 3 A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home. 4 A person who poses for a painter or sculptor.
SCLAFF * --n. A poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball. --v. 1 Strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first. 2 Strike (the ground) in making a sclaff.
RIGEL * n. The brightest star in Orion.
STOVEPIPING * n. Retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers.
SHODDILY * r. In a shoddy manner.
PINT * n. 1 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters. 2 A United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches. 3 A United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart.
WEAK-KNEED * s. Lacking will power or resolution.
PRAKRITIC * a. Of or relating to Prakrit.
RUBELLA * n. A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester.
ENFORCE * v. 1 Ensure observance of laws and rules. 2 Compel to behave in a certain way.
INDISCRETION * n. 1 The trait of being injudicious. 2 A petty misdeed.
JUROR * n. Someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury.
ITALICISE * v. Print in italics.
VENTING * n. The act of venting.
REFRACTORY-LINED * a. (of furnaces) Lined with material that has a high melting point.
WATSON * n. 1 United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934). 2 United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958). 3 United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928).
JANGLY * s. Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together.
BANTAM * --n. Any of various small breeds of fowl. --s. Very small.
MOONWORT * n. Of America and Eurasia and Australia.
EXCRESCENT * a. Forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth).
MELTING * --n. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. --s. Becoming liquid.
BRYTHONIC * n. A southern group of Celtic languages.
INAPTITUDE * n. A lack of aptitude.
GARBLE * v. Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
CONTENTEDLY * r. With equanimity.
KIAAT * n. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood.
PATERNALISM * n. The attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good.
EST * n. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States.
SUSPIRE * v. 1 Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily. 2 Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.
ANTIMICROBIAL * --n. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease. --s. Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.
RETROVERT * v. Go back to a previous state.
SUPERFETATE * v. Conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus.
CONVEXLY * r. In a convex way.
POTHUNTER * n. 1 A nonprofessional archeologist. 2 Someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies. 3 Someone who hunts for food (not for sport).
AUGMENT * v. 1 Enlarge or increase. 2 Grow or intensify.
FENOPROFEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders.
ANABATIC * a. Of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope.
CORPOSANT * n. An electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere.
UNSWAYED * s. Not influenced or affected.
INK-JET * a. Of or relating to an ink-jet printer.
PICIFORMES * n. Woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans.
PISCINE * a. Of or relating to fish.
POLYMORPHIC * --a. 1 Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms. 2 Relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population. --s. Having or occurring in several distinct forms.
FLURRY * --n. 1 A rapid active commotion. 2 A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that). --v. 1 Move in an agitated or confused manner. 2 Cause to feel embarrassment.
MISUNDERSTANDING * n. 1 Putting the wrong interpretation on. 2 An understanding of something that is not correct.
DURAMEN * n. The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood.
YARDER * n. 1 (used only in combinations) The height or length of something in yards. 2 A winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road.
ANGUINE * a. Of or related to or resembling a snake.
KWACHA * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Zambia. 2 The basic unit of money in Malawi.
OXONIAN * --n. A native or resident of Oxford. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University. 2 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants.
PROPER * --a. Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness. --s. 1 Having all the qualities typical of the thing specified. 2 Limited to the thing specified. 3 Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs.
MALLEE * n. Any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts.
TB * n. 1 A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite. 2 Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages). 3 A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits. 4 A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes.
EFFORTFULNESS * n. The quality of requiring deliberate effort.
COQUETRY * n. Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
MESOZOIC * --n. From 230 million to 63 million years ago. --a. Of or relating to or denoting the Mesozoic era.
INTRASPECIFIC * a. Arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species.
UNPARALLEL * s. Not straight or parallel.
ZAPUS * n. Type genus of the Zapodidae.
CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC * a. Of or relating to chemotherapy.
PERON * n. Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974).
130TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred thirty in counting order.
SCOTCH * --n. 1 A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally). 2 Whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still. --v. 1 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 2 Make a small cut or score into. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language. --s. Avoiding waste.
HABITUS * n. 1 Person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease). 2 Constitution of the human body.
GIBSON * n. 1 United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the `Gibson girl' (1867-1944). 2 Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956). 3 United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003).
PERCUSSIONIST * n. A musician who plays percussion instruments.
EARNESTLY * r. In a serious manner.
BIPARTIZAN * s. Supported by both sides.
DEMORALIZING * s. Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
SARDINIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Sardinia. 2 The Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language.
BENIGNITY * n. 1 The quality of being kind and gentle. 2 A kind act.
CHELATED * a. Relating to or characterized by chelation.
TERGIVERSATOR * n. A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer.
LOVELINESS * n. The quality of being good looking and attractive.
ABUSED * --s. Used improperly or excessively especially drugs. --a. Subjected to cruel treatment.
PIKEBLENNY * n. Tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory.
BLOT * --n. 1 A blemish made by dirt. 2 An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. --v. 1 Dry (ink) with blotting paper. 2 Make a spot or mark onto.
SEGMENTED * s. Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters.
OFT * r. Many times at short intervals.
INOPPORTUNENESS * n. The quality of occurring at an inconvenient time.
PERISSODACTYLA * n. Nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms.
YAKUT * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin). 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Yakut.
APICULATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having a short sharply pointed tip.
OBLIGATE * --v. 1 Force somebody to do something. 2 Commit in order to fulfill an obligation. 3 Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted. --a. Restricted to a particular condition of life.
INEBRIATED * a. Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
APPROVAL * n. 1 The formal act of approving. 2 A feeling of liking something or someone good. 3 Acceptance as satisfactory. 4 A message expressing a favorable opinion.
HYPOTONIA * n. (of muscular tissue) The state of being hypotonic.
DEBASER * n. A person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins).
PUNNING * n. A humorous play on words.
NANTUCKET * n. An island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry.
PINIONED * s. 1 (of birds) Especially having the flight feathers. 2 Bound fast especially having the arms restrained.
BENIGNLY * r. In a benign manner.
TAM * n. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
BRAKES * n. A braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle.
UNDISTORTED * s. Without alteration or misrepresentation.
QUATTROCENTO * n. The 15th century in Italian art and literature.
CONFUSABLE * s. So similar as to be easily identified for another thing.
SNACKER * n. Someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals.
REIN * --n. 1 One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse. 2 Any means of control. --v. 1 Control and direct with or as if by reins. 2 Stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins. 3 Stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins. 4 Keep in check.
VITIATION * n. Nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null.
EXOTICISM * n. The quality of being exotic.
HOMOTHERM * n. An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature.
WRESTLE * --n. The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. --v. 1 Combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force. 2 Engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate. 3 To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling). 4 Engage in a wrestling match.
ENDURINGLY * r. In an enduring manner.
BLACK-GRAY * s. Of dark grey.
NEGOTIANT * n. Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement).
UNHURRIEDLY * r. Without haste.
SWERTIA * n. Genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa.
DEOXYEPHEDRINE * n. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.
FONTANELLE * n. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
AWOL * --n. One who is away or absent without leave. --s. Absent without permission.
MEIOTIC * a. Of or relating to meiosis.
EXACERBATION * n. 1 Action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse. 2 Violent and bitter exasperation.
MULTIPLY * --v. 1 Combine by multiplication. 2 Combine or increase by multiplication. 3 Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms). 4 Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant. --r. In several ways; in a multiple manner.
DEPERSONALISATION * n. 1 Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness. 2 (existentialism) A loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine. 3 Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality.
HEXAMITA * n. Flagellates free-living or parasitic in intestines of birds.
ABACINATE * v. Blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes.
CHECKLIST * n. A list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted.
PORTRAYING * n. A representation by picture or portraiture.
HAULIER * n. A haulage contractor.
RABIDNESS * n. Unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm.
SANCTUM * n. 1 A place of inviolable privacy. 2 A sacred place of pilgrimage.
HEL * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
ABSORBENCY * n. The property of being absorbent.
COIL * --n. 1 A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. 2 A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). 3 A transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine. 4 A contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb. --v. 1 To wind or move in a spiral course. 2 Make without a potter's wheel. 3 Wind around something in coils or loops.
DIGNIFY * v. 1 Confer dignity or honor upon. 2 Raise the status of.
COPROLITE * n. Fossil excrement; petrified dung.
CORNFIELD * n. A field planted with corn.
FEVERISHNESS * n. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
MODICON * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
TRUMPETER * n. 1 A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet. 2 (formal) A person who announces important news. 3 Large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated. 4 Large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry.
EDINBURGH * n. The capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth.
SHAWN * n. United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972).
CARPETWEED * n. Annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America.
PALSIED * s. Affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor.
SYSTEMIZE * v. Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system.
COURAGEOUSNESS * n. A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
CUMFREY * n. Perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas.
DRACHMA * n. 1 A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. 2 Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece.
43RD * s. The ordinal number of forty-three in counting order.
ARUM * n. 1 Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root. 2 Any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
AUTHENTICALLY * r. Genuinely; with authority.
BEEBREAD * n. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
CALCIFIC * a. Involving or resulting from calcification.
RETICK * v. Sew.
TOG * v. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
GROOM-TO-BE * n. A man who is engaged to be married.
TINK * v. Make or emit a high sound.
EURONITHOPOD * n. Widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon).
FORTHWITH * r. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening.
CLEARED * --a. Rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush. --s. Freed from any question of guilt.
KUMASI * n. A city in southern Ghana.
CENTIGRADE * a. Of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees.
BOUSE * v. Haul with a tackle.
GRECIAN * --n. A native or resident of Greece. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language.
TIRELESSLY * r. With indefatigable energy.
CHUCKWALLA * n. A herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico.
ASSASSIN * n. 1 A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed. 2 A member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders.
SURFBOAT * n. A boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf.
DEMENTIA * n. Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.
PANHANDLER * n. A beggar who approaches strangers asking for money.
AMBITIOUSLY * r. With ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner.
QUADRILATERAL * --n. A four-sided polygon. --s. Having four sides.
DAG * n. 1 10 grams. 2 A flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing.
AIR-INTAKE * n. A duct that admits air to be mixed with fuel.
SYLVIINAE * n. Alternative classification for the Old World warblers.
CREAMY-YELLOW * s. Yellow with a creamy tinge.
HOGGED * s. (of a ship) So weakened as to sag at each end.
VITRIOL * --n. 1 (H2SO4) A highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry. 2 Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will. --v. 1 Expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol. 2 Subject to bitter verbal abuse.
KILLABLE * s. Fit to kill, especially for food.
BOGGY * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
DOWER * --n. 1 Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage. 2 A life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband. --v. Furnish with an endowment.
RETICULUM * n. 1 A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus. 2 Any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels). 3 The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
PREMENSTRUAL * a. Of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation.
TURBOFAN * n. 1 An airplane propelled by a fanjet engine. 2 A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust.
NONMETAMORPHIC * a. Not metamorphic.
BISAYAS * n. Group of islands in the central Philippines.
SMUGNESS * n. An excessive feeling of self-satisfaction.
OLD-LINE * s. 1 Adhering to conservative or reactionary principles. 2 Long-established.
FINALITY * n. The quality of being final or definitely settled.
OVERPROTECTION * n. Excessive protection.
UNEVENTFUL * a. Marked by no noteworthy or significant events.
FEMINIZATION * n. The process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration.
BITTHEAD * n. The upper end of a bitt.
PETITENESS * n. The property of being very small in size.
MENISCIUM * n. Terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas.
POACH * v. 1 Hunt illegally. 2 Cook in a simmering liquid.
GREGARINE * n. Vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates.
KARTIK * n. The eighth month of the Hindu calendar.
METRORRHAGIA * n. Bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer).
BATISTE * n. A thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses.
HIAWATHA * n. A Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century).
DICOUMAROL * n. An anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin.
NIGHT-LINE * n. A fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night.
DOBBIN * n. A quiet plodding workhorse.
ANTHOLOGISE * v. Compile an anthology.
POLEMONIUM * n. Any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions.
ACHLORHYDRIA * n. An abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach.
CARAVAN * --n. 1 A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file. 2 A camper equipped with living quarters. --v. Travel in a caravan.
VIBRAPHONIST * n. A musician who plays the vibraphone.
LACTOSE * n. A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk.
SENSITIVELY * r. In a sensitive manner.
CONVOLVULACEAE * n. Morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit.
INSPECT * v. 1 Look over carefully. 2 Come to see in an official or professional capacity. 3 Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification.
200 * s. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
ASH-BLONDE * s. Of hair color; whitish.
PALMAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales.
TERMINATED * s. 1 Having come or been brought to a conclusion. 2 (of e.g. a contract or term of office) Having come to an end.
CARYOPHYLLALES * n. Corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
CHOLOEPUS * n. A genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth.
CHLOROPRENE * n. Derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization.
LAMPSHELL * n. Marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide.
CHITLINGS * n. Small intestines of hogs prepared as food.
STH * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans.
VIRGA * n. Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
PYRRHOTITE * n. A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties.
COTTONWEED * n. 1 An American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts. 2 Any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers.
PEARLER * n. A diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls.
SIDESMAN * n. (Church of England) An assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church.
RHINOBATIDAE * n. Primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies.
MONILIA * n. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia.
GALEOPSIS * n. Erect annual European herbs.
ACUTENESS * n. 1 A sensitivity that is keen and highly developed. 2 A quick and penetrating intelligence. 3 The quality of having a sharp edge or point.
PRECIPITATION * n. 1 The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time. 2 The process of forming a chemical precipitate. 3 The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist). 4 The act of casting down or falling headlong from a height.
CAJOLINGLY * r. In a cajoling manner.
HERPANGIA * n. A viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time.
SCARAMOUCHE * n. A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward.
DROVE * n. 1 A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together. 2 A moving crowd. 3 A stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.
COMPLIMENTARY * --a. Conveying or resembling a compliment. --s. Costing nothing.
DEFECTIVELY * r. In a defective manner.
TRACTION * n. 1 The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road). 2 (orthopedics) The act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing.
DOWDY * --n. 1 British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970). 2 Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust. --s. 1 Lacking in smartness or taste. 2 Primly out of date.
PALAESTRA * n. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
OVERPROUD * s. Excessively proud.
GENOA * n. A seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria.
SHORT-BILLED * s. Having a short beak.
DORMOUSE * n. Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather.
AL-HUDAYDAH * n. An important port in Yemen on the Red Sea.
THEORISE * v. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
BROWNING * n. 1 United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926). 2 English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889). 3 English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861). 4 Cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill.
EXTRICATE * v. Release from entanglement of difficulty.
HOPPER * n. 1 Funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below. 2 Someone who hops. 3 A machine used for picking hops. 4 Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping.
REVIVALIST * n. A preacher of the Christian gospel.
ROSY-CHEEKED * s. Having the pinkish flush of health.
ISOCYCLIC * s. Containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms.
MECOPTEROUS * a. Of or relating to mecopterans.
STENOSIS * n. Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway.
ALPHABETISED * s. Having been put in alphabetical order.
DEVELOP * v. 1 Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation. 2 Work out. 3 Gain through experience. 4 Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
STRAPPADO * n. A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope.
FABULOUSLY * r. Exceedingly; extremely.
UNEMOTIONALLY * r. Without emotion; devoid of emotion.
AL-UMMAH * n. A terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998.
COTTUS * n. Type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins.
UNSMOOTH * a. Having or caused by an irregular surface.
MUTILATION * n. 1 An injury that causes disfigurement or that deprives you of a limb or other important body part. 2 The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.
CHILIASTIC * a. Relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness.
TELEPHOTO * n. A photograph made with a telephoto lens.
ACHONDROPLASIA * n. An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.
ACCELERATIVE * s. Tending to increase velocity.
COPULATIVE * --n. An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence. --s. Syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence.
SPYGLASS * n. A small refracting telescope.
UNEARTHLY * s. 1 Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul. 2 Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
SARDA * n. Bonitos.
REAPPEAR * v. Appear again.
BOUCLE * n. A fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect.
MEATUS * n. A natural body passageway.
DISENFRANCHISEMENT * n. The act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise.
STYLE * --n. 1 How something is done or how it happens. 2 A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period. 3 A particular kind (as to appearance). 4 The popular taste at a given time. --v. 1 Designate by an identifying term. 2 Make consistent with a certain fashion or style. 3 Make consistent with certain rules of style.
LITURGY * n. 1 A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine. 2 A rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship.
ANTICIPATION * n. 1 An expectation. 2 Something expected (as on the basis of a norm). 3 The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future). 4 Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment.
FORCEPS * n. An extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies).
DRUGSTORE * n. A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
MOVIEGOER * n. Someone who goes to see movies.
WYSZYNSKI * n. Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981).
LEVODOPA * n. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease.
ACUTELY * r. 1 In a keen or penetrating way. 2 Having a rapid onset. 3 Changing suddenly in direction and degree. 4 In a shrewd manner.
WAVEFRONT * n. (physics) An imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium.
RELACE * v. Lace again.
BALLERINA * n. A female ballet dancer.
HIPFLASK * n. A flask that holds spirits.
CENTRALIZING * a. Tending to draw to a central point.
ALPINIST * n. A mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs.
IGUAZU * n. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
MASCULINIZATION * n. The abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction).
DOUBLE-U * n. The 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
PREMIERE * --n. The first public performance of a play or movie. --v. 1 Be performed for the first time. 2 Perform a work for the first time. --s. Preceding all others in time.
DUNGHILL * n. 1 A foul or degraded condition. 2 A heap of dung or refuse.
BUSHBABY * n. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
OMNIRANGE * n. A navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing.
BRIARD * n. Old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat.
BOURGEOISIE * n. The social class between the lower and upper classes.
EUMOPS * n. Mastiff bats.
BEAKER * n. 1 A flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry. 2 A cup (usually without a handle).
BANDUNG * n. A city in Indonesia; located on western Java (southeast of Jakarta); a resort known for its climate.
SPECIFICITY * n. 1 The quality of being specific rather than general. 2 The quality of being specific to a particular organism.
UNNECESSARY * a. Not necessary.
ARTERIA * n. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
LATERALISATION * n. Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain.
ATRABILIOUS * s. Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
PALLASITE * n. A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron.
FLABBINESS * n. A flabby softness.
OOSPHERE * n. A gamete; used especially of lower plants.
HYDROCHOERIDAE * n. Capybara.
NICTITATION * n. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.
MISREPRESENT * v. 1 Represent falsely. 2 Tamper, with the purpose of deception.
ANTIADRENERGIC * a. Relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body.
SCHEMATISE * v. Give conventional form to.
CARUNCULATE * a. Having a caruncle.
BOTHERED * s. Caused to show discomposure.
ZEPHYR * n. 1 A slight wind (usually refreshing). 2 (Greek mythology) The Greek god of the west wind.
PAYEE * n. A person to whom money is paid.
HYPEROARTIA * n. Lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes.
CADDO * n. 1 A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas. 2 A family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo.
VINBLASTINE * n. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
EDWIN * n. King of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633).
BURA * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
ANTHURIUM * n. Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers.
KINKY * s. 1 (used of sexual behavior) Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes. 2 (of hair) In small tight curls. 3 (informal) Strikingly unconventional.
BRUNETTE * --n. A person with dark (brown) hair. --a. Marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes.
ADULTERESS * n. A woman adulterer.
UMPTEEN * s. Innumerable but many.
COULTER * n. A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil.
FRUCTOSE * n. A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.
YEARLY * --n. A reference book that is published regularly once every year. --s. Occurring or payable every year. --r. Without missing a year.
SELF-DEFENCE * n. The act of defending yourself.
FLAWLESSLY * r. Smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly.
CORYMB * n. Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first.
TCHOTCHKE * n. 1 (Yiddish) An attractive, unconventional woman. 2 (Yiddish) An inexpensive showy trinket.
UNDISPUTABLE * s. Not open to question; obviously true.
SCAT * --n. Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument. --v. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
CRAB * --n. 1 Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers. 2 A quarrelsome grouch. 3 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Cancer. 4 The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22. --v. 1 Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. 2 Scurry sideways like a crab. 3 Fish for crab. 4 Complain.
MULTI-COLOURED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
MUS * n. Type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch.
AEROMECHANICS * n. The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow.
CRYPT * n. A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church).
FRIENDLINESS * n. 1 A feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company. 2 A friendly disposition.
SYNDACTYLY * n. Birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes.
WIDOWMAN * n. A man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried.
GRIMLY * r. In a grim implacable manner.
SERVICEABLENESS * n. The quality of being able to provide good service.
BAD-TEMPERED * s. Annoyed and irritable.
REFASHION * v. Make new.
CHIROPRACTOR * n. A therapist who practices chiropractic.
MONOPLANE * n. An airplane with a single wing.
BUDDHISTIC * a. Of or relating to or supporting Buddhism.
VERBESINA * n. Herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris.
PALPABLY * r. So as to be palpable.
HABITED * s. Dressed in a habit.
MAIMER * n. A person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples.
KINESTHESIS * n. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
NAILHEAD * n. 1 Something resembling the head of a nail that is used as an ornamental device. 2 Flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point.
ASHLAR * n. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
HORRIPILATION * n. Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.
RANKING * --n. Position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement. --s. Having a higher rank.
UNFAITHFULNESS * n. The quality of being unfaithful.
UNTHOUGHT-OF * s. So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
HOLLYWOOD * --n. 1 The film industry of the United States. 2 A flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry. 3 A district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry. --a. Of or relating to the film industry in the United States. --s. Flashy and vulgar.
REPLETE * --v. Fill to satisfaction. --s. 1 Filled to satisfaction with food or drink. 2 (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
GLYCERIA * n. Manna grass.
TEREFAH * s. Not conforming to dietary laws.
EXONUCLEASE * n. A nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid.
PSYCHIATRICAL * a. Relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry.
HEMOGLOBIN * n. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues.
DELIVERANCE * n. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger.
ARACHNOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of spiders.
INSINCERITY * n. The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical.
HEMATOCOLPOS * n. Accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen).
ANGLOPHOBIA * n. Dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs.
SELAGINELLACEAE * n. Lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses.
91 * s. Being one more than ninety.
INVALIDATE * v. 1 Declare invalid. 2 Make invalid for use. 3 Show to be invalid. 4 Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
DIMOUT * n. Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft).
ORIYA * n. 1 A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas. 2 A Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa.
SLIDEWAY * n. Sloping channel through which things can descend.
HETEROCEPHALUS * n. Sand rats.
INFOTAINMENT * n. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
URANOLOGIST * n. A physicist who studies astronomy.
FLUGELHORN * n. A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore.
OSTEOPATHIST * n. A therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles.
HUME * n. Scottish philosopher  skeptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
MAULER * n. A fighter who batters the opponent.
ACCUSING * s. Containing or expressing accusation.
SYMBIOTIC * s. Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each.
EXCITATORY * s. (of drugs e.g.) Able to excite or stimulate.
FIND * --n. 1 A productive insight. 2 The act of discovering something. --v. 1 Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. 2 Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. 3 Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost. 4 Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
MODEST * --a. 1 Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself. 2 Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance. --s. 1 Not large but sufficient in size or amount. 2 Free from pomp or affectation. 3 Low or inferior in station or quality. 4 Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness.
SELF-AGGRANDISING * --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement. --s. Exhibiting self-importance.
PAGER * n. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
PERCENTAGE * n. 1 A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred). 2 Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
BETA * --n. 1 The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet. 2 Beets. --s. 1 Second in order of importance. 2 Preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product.
AUTOFLUORESCENCE * n. Self-induced fluorescence.
CATCH * --n. 1 A drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident. 2 The quantity that was caught. 3 A person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect. 4 Anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching). --v. 1 Discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state. 2 Perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily. 3 Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot. 4 Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of.
SHAKER * n. 1 A person who wields power and influence. 2 A member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world. 3 A container in which something can be shaken.
RANKED * s. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
PHYSIOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms. 2 Processes and functions of an organism.
ELISABETHVILLE * n. A city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville.
USER-FRIENDLY * s. Easy to use.
PINKIE * n. The finger farthest from the thumb.
ASTHENOSPHERE * n. The lower layer of the crust.
CIRROSTRATUS * n. A thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude.
CONFLICT * --n. 1 An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals). 2 Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings. 3 A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. 4 A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests. --v. 1 Be in conflict. 2 Go against, as of rules and laws.
CRYSTALIZED * s. (used especially of fruits) Preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar.
PETASITES * n. Genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot.
LEGISLATE * v. Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation.
OBSTETRICIAN * n. A physician specializing in obstetrics.
STRINGER * n. 1 A member of a squad on a team. 2 A worker who strings. 3 Brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull. 4 A long horizontal timber to connect uprights.
EFFEMINATENESS * n. The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
BROWN * --n. 1 An orange of low brightness and saturation. 2 Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858). 3 Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859). 4 A university in Rhode Island. --v. 1 Fry in a pan until it changes color. 2 Make brown in color. --s. 1 Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. 2 (of skin) Deeply suntanned.
LOSS * n. 1 Something that is lost. 2 Gradual decline in amount or activity. 3 The act of losing someone or something. 4 The disadvantage that results from losing something.
SUMMARIZE * v. 1 Give a summary (of). 2 Be a summary of.
MLS * n. A master's degree in library science.
ESOP * n. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
GOMPHOTHERE * n. Extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene.
EIDER * n. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
SEMOLINA * n. Milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta.
PHYCOBILIN * n. Water-soluble proteinaceous pigments found in red algae and cyanobacteria.
EFFORTLESS * --a. Requiring or apparently requiring no effort. --s. Not showing effort or strain.
PORTRAIT * n. 1 A word picture of a person's appearance and character. 2 Any likeness of a person, in any medium.
PALOOKA * n. A second-rate prize fighter.
BACKSHEESH * n. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
P.O. * n. A noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army.
PROSILY * r. In a prosy manner.
ANU * n. Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea.
SAPPHISM * n. Female homosexuality.
BOOTBOYS * n. A youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism.
SACRIFICE * --n. 1 The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.. 2 Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective). 3 A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value. 4 The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity. --v. 1 Endure the loss of. 2 Kill or destroy. 3 Sell at a loss. 4 Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals.
SHMUCK * n. (Yiddish) A jerk.
OTHERWORLD * n. An abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality.
DRAMATURGY * n. The art of writing and producing plays.
OCEANGOING * s. Used on the high seas.
CATHOLIC * --n. A member of a Catholic church. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Catholicism. --s. Free from provincial prejudices or attachments.
DEGLAZE * v. Dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring.
TRANSMITTER * n. 1 Someone who transmits a message. 2 Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease. 3 Set used to broadcast radio or tv signals.
ANTIDORCAS * n. Springboks.
AGERATINA * n. Annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America.
HEDGER * n. 1 A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer. 2 Someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss. 3 A gardener who takes care of and trims hedges.
AUKLET * n. Any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts.
GOLDBERG * n. United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970).
UNCTION * n. 1 Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm. 2 Smug self-serving earnestness. 3 Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. 4 Anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual.
ISOMORPHIC * a. Having similar appearance but genetically different.
SCATOLOGY * n. 1 A preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions). 2 (medicine) The chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes).
VESPERTILIONIDAE * n. The majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world.
BOUNDARY * n. 1 The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something. 2 A line determining the limits of an area. 3 The greatest possible degree of something.
TODUS * n. Type genus of the Todidae.
RESTLESS * --s. 1 Worried and uneasy. 2 Ceaselessly in motion. --a. Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest.
FUZZ * n. 1 Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. 2 Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. 3 A hazy or indistinct representation. 4 The first beard of an adolescent boy.
NIGGARDLINESS * n. Extreme stinginess.
HAND-OPERATED * s. Operated by hand.
BALANCE * --n. 1 A state of equilibrium. 2 Equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. 3 Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). 4 Equality of distribution. --v. 1 Bring into balance or equilibrium. 2 Compute credits and debits of an account. 3 Hold or carry in equilibrium. 4 Be in equilibrium.
SHIRT * --n. A garment worn on the upper half of the body. --v. Put a shirt on.
BUILD * --n. 1 Constitution of the human body. 2 Alternative names for the body of a human being. --v. 1 Make by combining materials and parts. 2 Form or accumulate steadily. 3 Build or establish something abstract. 4 Improve the cleansing action of.
ENTREPOT * n. 1 A port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties. 2 A depository for goods.
MARZIPAN * n. Almond paste and egg whites.
LYSOL * n. A clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
JOINTURE * n. 1 (law) An estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower. 2 The act of making or becoming a single unit.
CZARITZA * n. The wife or widow of a czar.
AUTOEROTISM * n. Using you own body as a sexual object.
ARCHDUCHESS * n. A wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria.
CAPACIOUS * s. Large in capacity.
BOUCHEE * n. Shell of puff paste.
EUKARYOTE * n. An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells.
GIRONDISM * n. The doctrine of the Girondists.
UNBAPTISED * a. Not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism.
GEEBUNG * n. Any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits.
ALGEBRAICAL * a. Of or relating to algebra.
PERIGONE * n. Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.
ABERRATE * v. 1 Diverge from the expected. 2 Diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration.
LOUNGER * n. 1 Someone who wastes time. 2 An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it. 3 An article of clothing designed for comfort and leisure wear.
SCAPULA * n. Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings.
SCHOLIAST * n. A scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author).
DANKNESS * n. Unpleasant wetness.
EFFENDI * n. A former Turkish term of respect; especially for government officials.
JOACHIM * n. Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907).
BARMAID * n. A female bartender.
INCURRING * n. Acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable).
DINE * v. 1 Have supper; eat dinner. 2 Give dinner to; host for dinner.
RAKAPOSHI * n. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high).
ULFILAS * n. A Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382).
PROOFREAD * v. Read for errors.
LAID-OFF * s. Having lost your job.
HEZEKIAH * n. (Old Testament) King of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC).
APOSTLE * n. 1 An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform. 2 Any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people. 3 (New Testament) One of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel.
UNSYLLABLED * s. Not articulated in syllables.
MELAMINE * n. A white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins.
CAYUGA * n. 1 A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State. 2 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cayuga.
REIT * n. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market.
PUNISHED * a. Subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience).
REAGENT * n. A chemical agent for use in chemical reactions.
SHAKILY * r. 1 In an insecurely shaky manner. 2 In a manner characterized by trembling or shaking.
SUBSERVE * v. Be helpful or useful.
INEXACTNESS * n. The quality of being inexact.
GRATULATORY * s. Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune.
DERIVATIVE * --n. 1 The result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx. 2 A compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound. 3 A financial instrument whose value is based on another security. 4 (linguistics) A word that is derived from another word. --s. Resulting from or employing derivation.
PARTICULARISM * n. A focus on something particular.
PRIVATES * n. External sex organ.
SIXTIETH * --n. 1 Position 60 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in sixty equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of sixty in counting order.
MADRIGALIST * n. A singer of madrigals.
TOPS * s. Of the highest quality.
SWITCHER * n. A person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip.
BOATBUILDER * n. A person who builds boats.
EUROPE * n. 1 The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles. 2 An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members. 3 The nations of the European continent collectively.
MALEVICH * n. Russian abstract painter (1878-1935).
RAZING * n. 1 The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. 2 Complete destruction of a building.
TERESA * n. Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
PENITENTIAL * s. Showing or constituting penance.
EXERGONIC * a. (biochemistry) Of a process accompanied by the release of energy.
ZETLAND * n. An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.
SAVE * --n. (sports) The act of preventing the opposition from scoring. --v. 1 Save from ruin, destruction, or harm. 2 To keep up and reserve for personal or special use. 3 Bring into safety. 4 Spend less; buy at a reduced price.
YOUNG-BEARING * s. Capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring.
STOPLIGHT * n. 1 A red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop. 2 A visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections.
AMPERE-TURN * n. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil; equal to 1.257 gilberts.
GEOGRAPHIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the science of geography. 2 Determined by geography.
FORESEE * v. 1 Realize beforehand. 2 Picture to oneself; imagine possible. 3 Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.
FALCONRY * n. The art of training falcons to hunt and return.
IODIDE * n. A salt or ester of hydriodic acid.
GYPS * n. A genus of Accipitridae.
SUNSTRUCK * s. Lighted by sunlight.
BEATS * n. 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).
BLACKENED * s. 1 Darkened by smoke. 2 (of the face) Made black especially as with suffused blood.
MUSSITATION * n. A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.
LOFOTEN * n. A string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea.
MINDEN * n. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French.
BRANCHING * --n. The act of branching out or dividing into branches. --s. 1 Having branches. 2 Resembling the branches of a tree.
DESK * n. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
RIM * --n. 1 The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object. 2 (basketball) The hoop from which the net is suspended. 3 The outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached. 4 A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object. --v. 1 Run around the rim of. 2 Furnish with a rim. 3 Roll around the rim of.
PEPSINOGEN * n. Precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
MOLYBDENITE * n. A mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds.
FILARIASIS * n. A disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels.
PARALLELEPIPED * n. A prism whose bases are parallelograms.
LASTINGLY * r. In an enduring or permanent manner.
ABSTRACTEDLY * r. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner.
ADORATION * n. 1 A feeling of profound love and admiration. 2 The act of admiring strongly. 3 The worship given to God alone.
TENDRIL-CLIMBING * a. Of or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils.
ARUNDINACEOUS * a. Of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria.
PREDICT * v. 1 Make a prediction about; tell in advance. 2 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
PANORAMIC * s. As from an altitude or distance.
NONREVERSIBLE * a. Not reversible or capable of having either side out.
FRENCH-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in French.
SPLOTCHED * s. Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots.
STANHOPE * n. A light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat.
MAUND * n. A unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries.
CARDBOARD * --n. A stiff moderately thick paper. --s. Without substance.
ERETHISM * n. An abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part.
HISSER * n. Someone who communicates disapproval by hissing.
WORLDLING * n. 1 A person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world. 2 An inhabitant of the earth.
BIOLOGIC * a. Pertaining to biology or to life and living things.
TOLYPEUTES * n. A genus of Dasypodidae.
GOLDEN-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with gold.
REPREHENSIVELY * r. In a shameful manner.
UNASKED-FOR * s. Not requested or sought.
PORNOGRAPHICALLY * r. In a pornographic manner.
CRAP-SHOOTER * n. A gambler who throws dice in the game of craps.
TUBERCULARIA * n. Type genus of the Tuberculariaceae; fungi with nodules of red or pink conidia; some cause diebacks of woody plants.
GREENSAND * n. An olive-green sandstone containing glauconite.
GRAVELLY * s. 1 Abounding in small stones. 2 Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
SELF-ASSERTIVENESS * n. Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions.
CHIVY * v. Annoy continually or chronically.
PROCTOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus.
UNHEALTHFULNESS * n. The quality of promoting poor health.
MONOGYNY * n. Having only one wife at a time.
OBLIQUITY * n. 1 The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle. 2 The quality of being deceptive.
UNDERWOOD * n. The brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest.
SHIPWRIGHT * n. A carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels.
COUNTERCHARGE * n. 1 A charge brought by an accused person against the accuser. 2 A retaliatory charge.
VD * n. A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact.
TELEPATHIC * s. Communicating without apparent physical signals.
THROMBOSED * s. Affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood.
NIAGARA * n. 1 Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls. 2 A river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York.
GLACIATION * n. 1 The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action. 2 The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice.
AMBYSTOMA * n. Type genus of the Ambystomatidae.
PLUGGED * --a. (of a coin) Altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal. --s. Completely obstructed or closed off.
FORE * --n. Front part of a vessel or aircraft. --a. Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel. --r. Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane.
DEVRIES * n. Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935).
ASH-GREY * s. Of a light grey.
AFFIXATION * n. 1 The result of adding an affix to a root word. 2 Formation of a word by means of an affix. 3 The act of attaching or affixing something.
CHLORAMINE * n. Any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds.
NIACIN * n. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
PERSPICACITY * n. 1 Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings). 2 The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.
PHOTOGRAPHER * n. Someone who takes photographs professionally.
BULLBAT * n. Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.
JUBILANT * s. 1 Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success. 2 Full of high-spirited delight.
ONE-HANDED * s. Having or using a single hand.
SUMMATE * v. 1 Determine the sum of. 2 Form or constitute a cumulative effect.
UNSHAKABLY * r. With determination; in a determined manner.
INSIPID * s. 1 Lacking taste or flavor or tang. 2 Lacking interest or significance or impact.
LOUISIANA * n. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
ANNULUS * n. 1 A toroidal shape. 2 (Fungi) A remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar.
REHARMONIZE * v. Provide with a different harmony.
CONTINGENT * --n. 1 A gathering of persons representative of some larger group. 2 A temporary military unit. --s. 1 Possible but not certain to occur. 2 Being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow. 3 Uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances.
ASTHENIC * s. 1 Lacking energy or vitality. 2 Having a slender physique.
LIMONIUM * n. Sea lavender.
UNIMPAIRED * a. Not damaged or diminished in any respect.
EXEGESIS * n. An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible).
PHILIPPI * n. 1 A city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity. 2 Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
MUSIAL * n. United States baseball player (born in 1920).
LISTERA * n. Genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe.
TYKE * n. 1 A native of Yorkshire. 2 A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. 3 A young person of either sex.
ATHENA * n. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva.
HEALTHFULNESS * n. The quality of promoting good health.
UZBEK * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 2 A landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet. 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek.
GROWLING * n. 1 A gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal). 2 The sound of growling (as made by animals).
140TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred forty in counting order.
MAGUEY * n. 1 Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal. 2 Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine.
SEMIANNUAL * s. Occurring or payable twice each year.
AUSTRIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Austria. --a. Of or relating to Austria or its people or culture.
DISCOVER * v. 1 Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. 2 Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. 3 Make a discovery, make a new finding. 4 Make a discovery.
HERMAN * n. United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987).
BASED * s. 1 Having a base. 2 Having a base of operations (often used as a combining form).
DOYENNE * n. A woman who is the senior member of a group.
ANTARCTICA * n. An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep.
SUNSHINE-ROOF * n. An automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel.
WOODY-STEMMED * s. Having a woody stem.
PADDER * n. A highwayman who robs on foot.
BORNEO * n. 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago.
OSCILLOSCOPE * n. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
CLOMIPRAMINE * n. A tricyclic antidepressant drug.
ONE-SEEDED * s. Having a single seed.
PALATALIZED * s. Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').
DICARBOXYLIC * a. Containing two carboxyls per molecule.
BATTLE * --n. 1 A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. 2 An energetic attempt to achieve something. 3 An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals). --v. Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
COMMISSARIAT * n. A stock or supply of foods.
ORDER * --n. 1 (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed. 2 A degree in a continuum of size or quantity. 3 Established customary state (especially of society). 4 Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. --v. 1 Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. 2 Make a request for something. 3 Issue commands or orders for. 4 Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
VESTRIS * n. Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808).
PANTHER * n. 1 A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis. 2 A leopard in the black color phase. 3 Large American feline resembling a lion.
WOMANIZER * n. A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them.
TIBER * n. A river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
CONGE * --n. 1 (architecture) A concave molding. 2 Formal permission to depart. 3 An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal. --v. Perform a ceremonious bow.
NICAD * n. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode; often used in emergency systems because of its low discharge rate when not in use.
BACTERIA * n. (microbiology) Single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants.
COMBRETUM * n. Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers.
SEMIFLUIDITY * n. A property midway between a solid and a liquid.
PHARYNX * n. The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.
HORSECAR * n. An early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses.
HORTENSIA * n. 1 Deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue. 2 Very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads.
VATICINATION * n. Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source).
PLACEMENT * n. 1 The spatial property of the way in which something is placed. 2 Contact established between applicants and prospective employees. 3 The act of putting something in a certain place.
ROHYPNOL * n. A depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia.
FLEXERIL * n. Muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury.
VEAL * n. Meat from a calf.
WHITSUNTIDE * n. Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days).
DOMINEERINGNESS * n. The trait of being imperious and overbearing.
ADRIANOPLE * n. A city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
EUPHONOUS * a. Having a pleasant sound.
OVERCAPITALISATION * n. (business) Too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants).
METAGROBOLIZED * s. Totally perplexed and mixed up.
KIESERITE * n. A white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines.
ESTRAGON * n. 1 Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia. 2 Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning.
VICTIMISE * v. 1 Make a victim of. 2 Punish unjustly.
GARNER * --n. A storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. --v. 1 Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions. 2 Store grain. 3 Assemble or get together.
ENFRANCHISED * a. Endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.
CONFIDENTLY * r. With confidence; in a confident manner.
WAVY * s. 1 (of hair) Having waves. 2 Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves.
NITROCELLULOSE * n. A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.
BEAN-SHAPED * s. Having a shape resembling a bean.
ECTOZOAN * --n. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas). --a. Of or relating to epizoa.
MENTATION * n. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.
EDTA * n. A complex molecule used medically to chelate metal ions in cases of lead or heavy metal poisoning.
FOLD * --n. 1 An angular or rounded shape made by folding. 2 A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. 3 A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock. 4 A group of sheep or goats. --v. 1 Bend or lay so that one part covers the other. 2 Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating. 3 Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. 4 Confine in a fold, like sheep.
BET * --n. 1 The money risked on a gamble. 2 The act of gambling. --v. 1 Maintain with or as if with a bet. 2 Stake on the outcome of an issue. 3 Have faith or confidence in.
HASTINGS * n. 1 United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929). 2 A town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place. 3 The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest.
JUVENILE * --n. A young person, not fully developed. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people. --s. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.
COMMANDERSHIP * n. The position or office of commander.
DECEPTIVELY * r. In a misleading way.
OUTLANDISHNESS * n. Strikingly out of the ordinary.
AGGREGATED * s. Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole.
LIPOSARCOMA * n. Sarcoma of fat cells.
VIVERRICULA * n. A genus of Viverridae.
SHOVE-HA'PENNY * n. A game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark.
SORCERIZE * v. Transform or change by means of sorcery.
INSIST * v. 1 Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge. 2 Beg persistently and urgently. 3 Postulate positively and assertively.
MELIACEAE * n. Tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees.
GALLIRALLUS * n. Rails of New Zealand.
WORKHORSE * n. 1 Machine that performs dependably under heavy use. 2 A horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor.
ACCELERANDO * --n. A gradually increasing tempo of music. --s. (music) Gradually increasing in tempo. --r. With increasing speed.
NOHOW * r. In no manner; in no way.
SPHINX * n. 1 An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret. 2 (Greek mythology) A riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon. 3 One of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians.
RATIO * n. 1 The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient). 2 The relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree.
FUME * --n. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas. --v. 1 Be mad, angry, or furious. 2 Emit a cloud of fine particles. 3 Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests. 4 Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face.
DISQUALIFYING * a. Depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified.
PRODUCTIVENESS * n. The quality of being productive or having the power to produce.
BALLOTA * n. Perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound.
PYURIA * n. Presence of white blood cells in the urine; symptom of urinary tract infection.
COMMOVE * v. 1 Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. 2 Change the arrangement or position of.
DISCARDED * s. Thrown away.
GARGOYLISM * n. Hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation.
MILLENARIST * n. A person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity).
PROPYL * n. The monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane.
MONOCOTYLEDONAE * n. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
PIGMENTATION * n. 1 The deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings. 2 Coloration of living tissues by pigment.
LLM * n. An advanced law degree.
EXODONTICS * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.
IRRATIONALLY * r. In an irrational manner.
ANDORRA * n. A small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France.
CONGENEROUS * a. Belonging to the same genus.
SEQUENTIAL * s. In regular succession without gaps.
CALAMITY * n. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
ELDERBERRY * n. 1 A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies. 2 Berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies.
CATABOLISE * v. Subject to catabolism.
UNINTOXICATED * s. Not inebriated.
DENGUE * n. An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.
BROWN-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with brown.
MIRROR * --n. 1 Polished surface that forms images by reflecting light. 2 A faithful depiction or reflection. --v. 1 Reflect as if in a mirror. 2 Reflect or resemble.
POSSESS * v. 1 Have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill. 2 Have ownership or possession of. 3 Enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas.
HAUGHTINESS * n. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
NUDGER * n. Someone who nudges; someone who gives a gentle push.
THERMIDOR * n. Eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat.
SUGAR * --n. 1 A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative. 2 An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain. 3 Informal terms for money. --v. Sweeten with sugar.
CAROLER * n. A singer of carols.
REDISTRIBUTE * v. Distribute anew.
CONGEALED * s. Congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling.
CORONET * n. 1 A small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign. 2 Margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof.
CURIO * n. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
UUP * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
SPADEFOOT * n. A burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot.
TACIT * s. Implied by or inferred from actions or statements.
SHALLU * n. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains; introduced into United States from India.
MISO * n. A thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces.
SUPREME * s. 1 Final or last in your life or progress. 2 Greatest in status or authority or power. 3 Highest in excellence or achievement. 4 Greatest or maximal in degree; extreme.
TIMESERVER * n. One who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage.
CRABMEAT * n. The edible flesh of any of various crabs.
REITERATIVE * s. Marked by iteration.
UNPREPARED * a. Without preparation; not prepared for.
BENZYLPENICILLIN * n. The penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics.
MONOTONOUSLY * r. In a monotonous manner.
GPO * n. An agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government.
DISAPPROVAL * n. 1 A feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing. 2 The expression of disapproval. 3 An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. 4 The act of disapproving or condemning.
BLECHNACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia.
MILLIWATT * n. A unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt.
PORTICOED * s. Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure.
NITROCHLOROFORM * n. A heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas.
EURYALIDA * n. Basket stars.
PSOCIDAE * n. A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice.
HENRY * n. 1 A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second. 2 English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836). 3 A leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799). 4 United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878).
TAXISTAND * n. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
GROTESQUERY * n. Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.
ENL * n. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
PHILISTINISM * n. A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters.
MILEOMETER * n. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
POSOLOGY * n. The pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines.
GALLERIA * n. A genus of Pyralidae.
DEBITOR * n. A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt.
GLORY * --n. 1 A state of high honor. 2 Brilliant radiant beauty. 3 An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint. --v. Rejoice proudly.
NITRAMINE * n. A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators.
RAMSES * n. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
ORPHENADRINE * n. A skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism.
MEDICINALLY * r. In a medicinal manner.
LUCKY * --s. 1 Occurring by chance. 2 Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome. --a. Having or bringing good fortune.
SNAKEBITE * n. A bite inflicted by a (venomous) snake.
WRONGFULLY * r. In an unjust or unfair manner.
DISPLEASED * a. Not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure.
CRENATE * s. Having a margin with rounded scallops.
BURTON * n. 1 English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890). 2 Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984). 3 A strong dark English ale.
MORTGAGOR * n. The person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid.
DISAPPOINTEDLY * r. In disappointment; in a disappointed manner.
HATE * --n. The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action. --v. Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards.
IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE * n. (immunology) A technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue.
FINISHER * n. 1 (baseball) A relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game. 2 A racing driver who finishes a race. 3 A painter who applies a finishing coat. 4 A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process.
THESSALONICA * n. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece.
THERMOSPHERE * n. The atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere.
WINDBURNT * s. Suffering from windburn.
BEREAVED * --n. A person who has suffered the death of someone they loved. --s. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
WRECKING * n. 1 The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. 2 Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.
ORTHOPEDICS * n. The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints.
ACTIVEWEAR * n. Attire worn for sport or for casual wear.
ROCKINGHAM * n. English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782).
FROLIC * --n. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement. --v. Play boisterously.
INTELLIGENT * --a. Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree. --s. 1 Possessing sound knowledge. 2 Exercising or showing good judgment. 3 Endowed with the capacity to reason.
VANQUISHABLE * s. Susceptible to being defeated.
AFTER-SCHOOL * s. Outside regular school hours.
ALE * n. A general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume.
UNINFLUENCED * s. Not influenced or affected.
SENSORINEURAL * a. Of or relating to the neural process of sensation.
ACIDIMETRY * n. Volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present.
METHODICALNESS * n. The quality of appreciating method and system.
GEUM * n. Avens.
COWLICK * n. A tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat.
CAMPANULACEAE * n. Family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae.
TITLED * s. Belonging to the peerage.
STIMULATE * v. 1 Act as a stimulant. 2 Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. 3 Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of. 4 Cause to be alert and energetic.
FOCUSSED * --a. Being in focus or brought into focus. --s. (of light rays) Converging on a point.
IMPRECISE * a. Not precise.
CHIASM * n. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
AUTOGENOUS * a. Originating within the body.
PUNCHBOARD * n. A small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize.
ROUS * n. United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970).
39TH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order.
SAGACIOUSLY * r. In a shrewd manner.
UNDERSTRUCTURE * n. Lowest support of a structure.
JUMPINESS * n. The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
CATOPTRICAL * a. Of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors.
WILL * --n. 1 The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention. 2 A fixed and persistent intent or purpose. 3 A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die. --v. 1 Decree or ordain. 2 Determine by choice. 3 Leave or give by will after one's death.
TRIMESTER * n. 1 A period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided. 2 One of three divisions of an academic year.
MULTIPLICATIVE * s. Tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree.
RADIAL-PLY * a. Of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls.
TROPHY * n. 1 An award for success in war or hunting. 2 Something given as a token of victory.
EURYPTERID * n. Large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs.
ACCOUNTANCY * n. The occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business.
PLEUROBRACHIIDAE * n. Sea gooseberries.
GRACILARIID * n. Small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves.
NONCOMPLIANT * --n. A person who refuses to comply. --a. Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force.
PLASH * --n. The sound like water splashing. --v. 1 Interlace the shoots of. 2 Dash a liquid upon or against.
REJECTION * n. 1 The act of rejecting something. 2 The state of being rejected. 3 (medicine) An immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign. 4 The speech act of rejecting.
MADIA * n. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
RELEARN * v. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
NITRIL * n. Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN.
UNNEIGHBORLINESS * n. An unneighborly disposition.
KOHLRABI * n. 1 Plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem. 2 Fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant.
ONEGA * n. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe.
SEROW * n. Short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia.
NORTHLAND * n. Any region lying in or toward the north.
TONE-DEAF * s. Unable to appreciate music.
DENTURIST * n. Someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures).
SIDESPLITTING * s. Very funny.
SHELVER * n. A worker who puts things (as books) on shelves.
SUDOKU * n. A number puzzle in which the numbers 1 through 9 must be placed into a grid of cells so that each row or column contains only one of each number.
CASTIGATE * v. 1 Censure severely. 2 Inflict severe punishment on.
CHEBAB * n. A Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis.
ENTRANT * n. 1 A commodity that enters competition with established merchandise. 2 Any new participant in some activity. 3 Someone who enters. 4 One who enters a competition.
BURPING * n. A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
MANIFOLD * --n. 1 A pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes. 2 A lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies. 3 A set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions. --v. 1 Make multiple copies of. 2 Combine or increase by multiplication. --s. Many and varied; having many features or forms.
FRANKFORT * n. 1 The capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky. 2 A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center.
FORESHANK * n. A cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg.
CORBIE-STEP * n. (architecture) A step on the top of a gable wall.
ACTINIA * n. 1 A genus of sea anemone common in rock pools. 2 Any sea anemone or related animal.
OMISSION * n. 1 A mistake resulting from neglect. 2 Something that has been omitted. 3 Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases. 4 Neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something.
SIMULATE * v. 1 Reproduce someone's behavior or looks. 2 Create a representation or model of. 3 Make a pretence of.
FRANKFURTER * n. A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.
ANENCEPHALIA * n. A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres.
DIAPHORETIC * --n. Used to produce perspiration. --a. Inducing perspiration.
KYPHOSIS * n. An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column.
OSIER * n. 1 Flexible twig of a willow tree. 2 Any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture.
CAVETTO * n. A concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section.
ONE-TIME * s. Belonging to some prior time.
INEXACTITUDE * n. The quality of being inexact.
REPTILIAN * --n. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms. --a. Of or relating to the class Reptilia.
COWRY * n. Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.
MOBSTER * n. A criminal who is a member of gang.
BIEDERMEIER * a. Of or relating to a style of furniture developed in Germany in the 19th century.
TARTARIC * a. Relating to or derived from or resembling tartar.
CARPOCAPSA * n. Codling moths.
UNHELPFUL * a. Providing no assistance.
CRAPSHOOTER * n. A gambler who plays the game of craps.
FRG * n. A republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990.
GUIMPE * n. 1 A piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit. 2 A short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress.
CEDARN * s. Consisting of or made of cedar.
SCRUBBING * n. The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.
BOURBON * n. 1 A reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South). 2 Whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels. 3 A member of the European royal family that ruled France. 4 A European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily.
VEER * v. 1 Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. 2 Shift to a clockwise direction.
DIRECT * --v. 1 Command with authority. 2 Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal. 3 Guide the actors in (plays and films). 4 Be in charge of. --a. 1 Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short. 2 Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action. 3 In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child. 4 Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth. --s. 1 Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions. 2 Being an immediate result or consequence. 3 In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker. 4 Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact. --r. Without deviation.
ESTIMATOR * n. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).
STAYMAN * n. Apple grown chiefly in the Shenandoah Valley.
PONCIRUS * n. One species: trifoliate orange.
CALAMINTHA * n. Calamint.
SPAGHETTINI * n. Thin spaghetti.
PHILLIDAE * n. Leaf insects.
SCIOLIST * n. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.
FORSETI * n. (Norse mythology) God of justice; son of Balder and Nanna.
COMMANDO * n. 1 A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids. 2 An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory.
SIDE * --n. 1 A place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location. 2 One of two or more contesting groups. 3 Either the left or right half of a body. 4 A surface forming part of the outside of an object. --v. Take sides for or against. --a. Located on a side.
TERA * n. A three-tone Chadic language.
AUTORADIOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or produced by autoradiography.
CBR * n. (cosmology) The cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin.
LEONIDAS * n. King of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC).
CALLITHRIX * n. Type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets.
INCUBATE * v. 1 Grow under conditions that promote development. 2 Sit on (eggs).
CHAIRLIFT * n. A ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable.
EPHESIAN * --n. A resident of the ancient Greek city of Ephesus. --a. Of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture.
ENCHANTING * s. Capturing interest as if by a spell.
CROSSCHECK * n. 1 An instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources. 2 An illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick).
UNFERMENTED * s. Not soured or preserved.
VINEGARROON * n. Large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed.
LIDLESS * --a. Not having or covered with a lid or lids. --s. 1 Having no lid. 2 Always watchful.
TURBULENT * s. 1 Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination. 2 (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence.
PITHILY * r. In a pithy sententious manner.
WILLING * --n. The act of making a choice. --a. Disposed or inclined toward. --s. Not brought about by coercion or force.
SCLERODERMATALES * n. An order of fungi having a peridium surrounding a gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes).
MEDIUM * --n. 1 A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information. 2 The surrounding environment. 3 An intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication. 4 (bacteriology) A nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms. --s. 1 Around the middle of a scale of evaluation. 2 (meat) Cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.
MILLISECOND * n. One thousandth (10^-3) of a second.
MODERNISE * v. 1 Become technologically advanced. 2 Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.
PIBGORN * n. An ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone.
LARVA * n. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
PYRALIDAE * n. Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths.
TEASINGLY * r. In a playfully teasing manner.
WHOPPER * n. 1 A gross untruth; a blatant lie. 2 Something especially big or impressive of its kind.
UNITED * --a. Characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity. --s. Of or relating to two people who are married to each other.
PRECORDIUM * n. The external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach.
DISCOLOURATION * n. 1 A soiled or discolored appearance. 2 The act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded.
TAX-FREE * s. (of goods or funds) Not taxed.
WU * n. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
SHAPELESSLY * r. In a shapeless manner.
GAMETOGENESIS * n. The development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis.
ANGIOSCOPE * n. A modified microscope used to study capillary vessels.
WRONGHEADEDLY * r. In a wrongheaded manner.
TURTLE * --n. 1 A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar. 2 Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming. --v. 1 Overturn accidentally. 2 Hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.
GLEDITSIA * n. Deciduous trees: honey locusts.
PARONYCHIA * n. 1 Infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe. 2 Low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts.
READY-COOKED * s. Cooked in such a way as to be ready for sale.
ENVELOPE * n. 1 A flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.. 2 Any wrapper or covering. 3 A curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves. 4 A natural covering (as by a fluid).
EROLIA * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
INFORMATORY * a. Providing or conveying information.
STERILIZED * s. Made infertile.
HANDLE * --n. The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it. --v. 1 Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. 2 Interact in a certain way. 3 Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression. 4 Touch, lift, or hold with the hands.
MOLLIE * n. Popular aquarium fish.
MICROCHIROPTERA * n. Most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats.
HARDHEADED * s. 1 Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack. 2 Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
SILVER * --n. 1 A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography. 2 Coins made of silver. 3 A light shade of grey. 4 Silverware eating utensils. --v. 1 Coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam. 2 Make silver in color. 3 Turn silver. --s. 1 Made from or largely consisting of silver. 2 Having the white lustrous sheen of silver. 3 Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver. 4 Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
DECADENCE * n. The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.
BICYLINDRICAL * a. Having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes.
GITTERN * n. A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
OPS * n. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor.
HAZARD * --n. 1 A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. 2 An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. 3 An obstacle on a golf course. --v. 1 Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. 2 Put at risk. 3 Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.
SCARECROW * n. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
RETRONYM * n. A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate.
PEAT * n. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried.
KINAESTHESIS * n. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
KALEMIA * n. The presence of excess potassium in the circulating blood.
APIARIAN * a. Relating to bees or beekeeping.
CORE * --n. 1 A small group of indispensable persons or things. 2 The center of an object. 3 The central part of the Earth. 4 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. --v. Remove the core or center from.
FRAXINELLA * n. Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather.
BILLIARDS * n. Any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls.
HYGROSCOPE * n. Hygrometer that shows variations in the relative humidity of the atmosphere.
CERATOSAURUS * n. Primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America.
IMMUNOGLOBULIN * n. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
QUINTUPLET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2 One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy. 3 A set of five similar things considered as a unit.
SAMARKAND * n. City in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century.
BRIDGET * n. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).
LOAM * n. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
BIKINI * n. 1 An atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons. 2 A woman's very brief bathing suit.
POWERHOUSE * n. 1 A highly energetic and indefatigable person. 2 A team considered to be the best of its class. 3 An electrical generating station.
SOCIOLINGUISTIC * a. Of or relating to sociolinguistics.
ATTENTIVENESS * n. 1 Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people). 2 The trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others. 3 The trait of being observant and paying attention.
TINSEL * --n. 1 A showy decoration that is basically valueless. 2 A thread with glittering metal foil attached. --v. 1 Impart a cheap brightness to. 2 Adorn with tinsel. 3 Interweave with tinsel.
SHIITE * n. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
COWSLIP * n. 1 Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers. 2 Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups.
WASTEBASKET * n. A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.
BIRD'S-EYE * s. As from an altitude or distance.
GALACTAGOGUE * n. Agent that induces milk secretion.
FRAMBOESIA * n. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions.
ECHIUM * n. A genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
GELDED * s. (of a male animal) Having the testicles removed.
ACETYLISE * v. 1 Receive substitution of an acetyl group. 2 Introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound).
BRITTLEBUSH * n. Fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.
VERMICULAR * s. Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings.
ULCERATED * s. Having an ulcer or canker.
JUKE * n. 1 A small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox. 2 (football) A deceptive move made by a football player.
SANDWICH * --n. Two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them. --v. 1 Make into a sandwich. 2 Insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects.
DABA * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
AMERCIABLE * s. Of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge.
SNARKY * s. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking.
ONE-SIXTIETH * n. One part in sixty equal parts.
ADDABLE * s. Capable of being added or added to.
CREWET * n. Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table.
LIVENESS * n. The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
INFECTIVE * s. 1 Able to cause disease. 2 Caused by infection or capable of causing infection.
SORCERY * n. The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world.
CORKWOOD * n. Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.
METICULOUS * s. 1 Marked by precise accordance with details. 2 Marked by extreme care in treatment of details.
IRONSHOD * s. Shod or cased with iron.
SHREWISH * s. Continually complaining or faultfinding.
PORNOGRAPHY * n. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.
SLIM-WAISTED * s. Having a small waist.
NECROSIS * n. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).
PERICARDITIS * n. Inflammation of the pericardium.
UNENTHUSIASTIC * a. Not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor.
MARIEHAMN * n. A town that is the chief port of the Aland islands.
CILIOPHORAN * n. A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.
DIVERTICULITIS * n. Inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation.
JODHPURS * n. (used in the plural) Flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots.
PHOTOCOPIER * n. A copier that uses photographic methods of making copies.
FLEAPIT * n. An old shabby movie theater.
STOCK-TAKE * --n. An instance of stocktaking. --v. Make or include in an itemized record or report.
RH-POSITIVE * a. Of persons (or their blood) having the Rh factor present in their red blood cells.
CEROXYLON * n. Wax palms.
CASTLE * --n. 1 A large and stately mansion. 2 A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack. 3 (chess) The piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. 4 Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook. --v. Move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king.
OBSTRUCTER * n. 1 Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take. 2 Any structure that makes progress difficult.
WORKLOAD * n. Work that a person is expected to do in a specified time.
CENTERING * n. 1 The concentration of attention or energy on something. 2 (American football) Putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back.
SAPONIFICATION * n. A chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap).
MAYOR * n. The head of a city government.
RUINING * n. Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.
SISYPHEAN * --a. Of or relating to Sisyphus. --s. Both extremely effortful and futile.
INAUGURATE * v. 1 Commence officially. 2 Open ceremoniously or dedicate formally. 3 Be a precursor of.
COLLABORATIONIST * n. Someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
BYZANTINISM * n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
AMYLUM * n. A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles.
BATON * n. 1 A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir. 2 A short stout club used primarily by policemen. 3 A short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority. 4 A hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.
WATER-COLOR * n. 1 Water-soluble pigment. 2 A water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists. 3 A painting produced with watercolors. 4 The art or technique of painting with watercolors.
DEUTERANOPIA * n. Dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red.
INNARDS * n. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
EIMERIA * n. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
SPATE * n. 1 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 2 A sudden forceful flow. 3 The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow.
UNFORETHOUGHTFUL * s. Lacking forethought.
EMBONPOINT * --n. The bodily property of being well rounded. --s. Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure.
POTENTLY * r. In a manner having a powerful influence.
SLOWING * n. A decrease in rate of change.
AXOLEMMA * n. Outer membrane covering an axon.
LUSCIOUSNESS * n. Extreme appetizingness.
RECOPY * v. Copy again.
ENTREAT * v. Ask for or request earnestly.
ICTERIA * n. New World chats.
UNACQUAINTED * s. 1 Not knowledgeable about something specified. 2 Having little or no knowledge of.
ROSEATE * s. Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.
LWEI * n. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza in Angola.
PHEASANT'S-EYE * n. Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers.
ENFEEBLING * s. Causing debilitation.
AMENORRHEIC * a. Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.
SPRINGY * s. 1 Elastic; rebounds readily. 2 (of movements) Light and confidently active.
UNBEATABLE * s. 1 Hard to defeat. 2 Incapable of being overcome or subdued.
CREEDAL * a. Of or relating to a creed.
JAILBIRD * n. A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.
MEASLES * n. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.
GRIMINESS * n. The state of being grimy.
MARKUP * n. 1 The amount added to the cost to determine the asking price. 2 Detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics).
MIDPLANE * n. The median plane of the body (or some part of the body).
TOSCANA * n. A region in central Italy.
FA * n. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
STUFFILY * r. In a stuffy manner.
GALAHAD * n. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail.
MILDNESS * n. 1 Good weather with comfortable temperatures. 2 Acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered. 3 Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant.
DRECK * n. Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
TROIKA * n. 1 A Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 3 A modern Russian triumvirate.
GRITSTONE * n. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.
SEXIST * --n. A man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women. --s. Discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women).
METASTABLE * a. (of physical systems) Continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium.
PANELLIST * n. A member of a panel.
CAPEWEED * n. European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.
FOULARD * n. A light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design).
PARANTHIAS * n. A genus of Serranidae.
UNBAPTIZED * a. Not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism.
STIFLED * s. Held in check with difficulty.
RECKLESSNESS * n. The trait of giving little thought to danger.
MASTIFF * n. An old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog.
LEFTFIELD * n. 1 The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left. 2 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate).
LONGSIGHTED * s. 1 Capable of seeing to a great distance. 2 Planning prudently for the future.
MELAENA * n. Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding).
AUGUSTAN * a. Relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus.
DETESTATION * n. Hate coupled with disgust.
AMPHINEURA * n. A class of Gastropoda.
SHORTLIST * --n. A list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen. --v. Put someone or something on a short list.
ANTIQUARIAN * --n. An expert or collector of antiquities. --a. 1 Of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities. 2 Of or relating to antiques or antiquities.
TRISKELE * n. A figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center.
BELONGINGS * n. Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.
PUTAMEN * n. The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus.
MISREMEMBER * v. Remember incorrectly.
FINGERMARK * n. A smudge made by a (dirty) finger.
HEMITRIPTERUS * n. Sea ravens.
STRAPLESS * --n. A woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps. --s. Having no straps.
LAMPOONER * n. Mimics literary or musical style for comic effect.
BOBOLINK * n. Migratory American songbird.
CALX * n. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.
ROOSEVELTIAN * a. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of Franklin Roosevelt.
SHUCK * --n. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. --v. 1 Remove from the shell. 2 Remove the shucks from.
BACKDOOR * n. 1 An undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains. 2 An entrance at the rear of a building. 3 A secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position).
DURIAN * n. 1 Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind. 2 Huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts.
FLATTEN * v. 1 Make flat or flatter. 2 Become flat or flatter. 3 Lower the pitch of (musical notes).
BONNEY * n. United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881).
USURPATION * n. 1 Entry to another's property without right or permission. 2 Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority).
RHYMESTER * n. A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets).
NADA * n. A quantity of no importance.
WATERFRONT * n. The area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water.
DELHI * n. A city in north central India.
BAUXITIC * a. Resembling or containing bauxite.
A.E. * n. Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935).
TANTALISE * v. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
ACORES * n. Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal.
NIGERIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Nigeria. --a. 1 Of or relating to Nigeria. 2 Of or relating to the people of Nigeria.
MISBEGOT * s. Born out of wedlock.
CHISINAU * n. The capital of Moldova.
LITERALIZE * v. Make literal.
RAISED * --a. Located or moved above the surround or above the normal position. --s. 1 Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery. 2 Increased in amount or degree.
WREATH * n. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
THREE-YEAR-OLD * s. Three years of age.
RHYTIDECTOMY * n. Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.
THICKENING * --n. 1 Any material used to thicken. 2 Any thickened enlargement. 3 The act of thickening. --s. 1 Accumulating and becoming more intense. 2 Becoming more intricate or complex.
CRUDITES * n. Raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip.
SPLENECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the spleen.
JALALABAD * n. A town in eastern Afghanistan (east of Kabul).
BALEFIRE * n. A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration.
PLEASINGLY * r. In a pleasing manner.
MLITT * n. A master's degree in literature.
FULSOMENESS * n. 1 Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm. 2 Smug self-serving earnestness.
MAGNILOQUENCE * n. High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation.
JUNIPERUS * n. Junipers.
SEDATIVE-HYPNOTIC * n. A sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep.
TALIPOT * n. Tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper.
BASEBORN * s. 1 Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense). 2 Illegitimate.
IDIOLECT * n. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
FIGHTER * n. 1 Someone who fights (or is fighting). 2 A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air. 3 Someone who fights for a cause.
ASVINA * n. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
LACKLUSTRE * s. 1 Lacking brilliance or vitality. 2 Lacking luster or shine.
TONGUELESS * --a. Lacking a tongue. --s. Expressed without speech.
COMPEL * v. 1 Force somebody to do something. 2 Necessitate or exact.
AL-MAGRIB * n. A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956.
GYNECOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women.
REVILEMENT * n. A rude expression intended to offend or hurt.
BLOODLESSLY * r. Without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood.
LVIII * s. Being eight more than fifty.
GREATCOAT * n. A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter.
NATIVISM * n. 1 The policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation). 2 (philosophy) The philosophical theory that some ideas are innate.
INJURIOUS * s. Harmful to living things.
COLONEL * n. A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.
CONSENT * --n. Permission to do something. --v. Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.
HUGUENINIA * n. One species: tansy-leaved rocket.
SUPERCILIOUSLY * r. With a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner.
WATCHMAN * n. A guard who keeps watch.
PHARMACEUTIC * --n. Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment. --a. Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
CAPRELLA * n. Skeleton shrimp.
PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA * n. A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension.
SEASNAIL * n. 1 Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish. 2 Any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids.
STAINING * n. 1 (histology) The use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study. 2 The act of spotting or staining something.
FLUNKEY * n. 1 A male servant (especially a footman). 2 A person of unquestioning obedience.
BAFFLED * --n. People who are frustrated and perplexed. --s. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
ANNALIST * n. A historian who writes annals.
TERROR-STRUCK * s. Struck or filled with terror.
SMALL-GRAINED * s. Consisting of fine particles.
VETO * --n. 1 A vote that blocks a decision. 2 The power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature). --v. 1 Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. 2 Command against.
BEGRUDGE * v. 1 Be envious of; set one's heart on. 2 Wish ill or allow unwillingly.
DEVOTIONAL * --n. A short religious service. --s. Relating to worship.
ICHTHYOSAUR * n. Any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs.
WHOLE-WHEAT * a. Of or relating to or derived from wheat.
TIEBREAKER * n. Overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer.
RETIRE * v. 1 Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position. 2 Withdraw from active participation. 3 Pull back or move away or backward. 4 Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds.
SERIALLY * r. In a serial manner.
STUMPER * n. A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
BABYLONIA * n. An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king).
CARELESSNESS * n. 1 The quality of not being careful or taking pains. 2 Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
UP * --v. Raise. --a. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level. --s. 1 Out of bed. 2 Getting higher or more vigorous. 3 Extending or moving toward a higher place. 4 (usually followed by `on' or `for') In readiness. --r. 1 Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. 2 To a higher intensity. 3 Nearer to the speaker. 4 To a more central or a more northerly place.
SALONIKA * n. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece.
ETIOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the etiology of diseases.
AIRCRAFT * n. A vehicle that can fly.
SCENIC * --s. Used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery. --a. Of or relating to the stage or stage scenery.
ESURIENCE * n. 1 Excessive desire to eat. 2 Extreme gluttony.
ACKEE * n. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
BRIQUET * n. A block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel.
INRUSH * n. An inflow.
GENESIS * n. 1 A coming into being. 2 The first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers.
STREPTOBACILLUS * n. Any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria.
OUTGOER * n. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
OIL-SOLUBLE * s. Soluble in oil.
ANGEL * n. 1 Spiritual being attendant upon God. 2 Person of exceptional holiness. 3 Invests in a theatrical production. 4 The highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally.
LUTHER * n. German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546).
KAROK * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California. 2 The Quoratean language of the Karok.
BULLYRAG * v. Be bossy towards.
CARDIOVASCULAR * a. Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels.
TOEA * n. 100 toea equal 1 kina in Papua New Guinea.
ALLGOOD * n. European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.
MATTOCK * n. A kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle.
AIRCRAFTMAN * n. A noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force.
GALLBERRY * n. Evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries.
LATVIA * n. A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
PERSIMMON * n. 1 Any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros. 2 Orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe.
DEMOGRAPHER * n. A scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics.
COMPLIANCE * n. 1 Acting according to certain accepted standards. 2 A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others. 3 The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another.
RENEGADE * --n. 1 Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw. 2 A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.. --v. Break with established customs. --s. Having deserted a cause or principle.
BANAL * s. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
XENOTRANSPLANTATION * n. A surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species.
MONEYWORT * n. A loosestrife vine.
OVERSPECIALIZE * v. Become overly specialized.
LOWER-NORMANDY * n. A division of Normandy.
HOUSEHUSBAND * n. A husband who keeps house while his wife earns the family income.
OPINE * v. 1 Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation. 2 Expect, believe, or suppose.
DAGAME * n. Source of a tough elastic wood.
IDENTITY * n. 1 The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity. 2 The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known. 3 An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates. 4 Exact sameness.
PLACABLE * a. Easily calmed or pacified.
PROVED * a. Established beyond doubt.
DISFAVOR * --n. 1 The state of being out of favor. 2 An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. --v. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.
SCOTOMATOUS * a. Relating to scotoma.
SEISMOGRAM * n. The graphical record of an earth tremor made by using a seismograph.
NIGHTLIFE * n. 1 The entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion. 2 The activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.).
UNIMAGINATIVE * s. 1 Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention. 2 Dealing only with concrete facts. 3 Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.
WREST * v. Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically.
HYLOBATIDAE * n. Used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae.
DANSEUSE * n. A female ballet dancer.
PROPJET * n. An airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine.
VIBRANCY * n. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
MILLBOARD * n. Stout pasteboard used to bind books.
OFFENDED * s. Emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed.
SEPULCHRE * n. A chamber that is used as a grave.
PROBING * s. Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation.
CALYCANTHUS * n. A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice.
JACK * --n. 1 A small worthless amount. 2 A man who serves as a sailor. 3 Someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor. 4 Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted. --v. 1 Lift with a special device. 2 Hunt with a jacklight.
INTERPENETRATION * n. 1 The action of penetrating between or among. 2 Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other.
IN-SITU * s. Being in the original position; not having been moved.
INCONVENIENCE * --n. 1 An inconvenient discomfort. 2 A difficulty that causes anxiety. 3 The quality of not being useful or convenient. --v. To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
WINESKIN * n. An animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine.
WRINGER * n. A clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed.
TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE * n. A flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins).
REVOLVED * s. Turned in a circle around an axis.
BENEFICIATION * n. Crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques.
BUMELIA * n. Deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex.
WHOLLY * r. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
SHIPWRECK * --n. 1 A wrecked ship (or a part of one). 2 An irretrievable loss. 3 An accident that destroys a ship at sea. --v. 1 Ruin utterly. 2 Suffer failure, as in some enterprise. 3 Cause to experience shipwreck. 4 Destroy a ship.
RECONCILER * n. Someone who tries to bring peace.
ROSE-LILAC * s. Of lavender tinged with rose.
HEEDFUL * --a. Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention. --s. 1 Cautiously attentive. 2 Giving attention.
PHILOHELA * n. American woodcocks.
MISERLY * s. (used of persons or behavior) Characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.
RIVERBANK * n. The bank of a river.
UNNEEDED * a. Not necessary.
DOLTISH * s. Heavy and dull and stupid.
PLATY * n. Small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish.
UNTRUSTINESS * n. The trait of not deserving trust or confidence.
SPACECRAFT * n. A craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun.
SUPPRESSIVE * s. Tending to suppress.
NOCTURNALLY * r. At night.
RECESSIONARY * a. Of or pertaining to a recession.
THANKFUL * a. Feeling or showing gratitude.
MONARCHY * n. An autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority.
EMBLEMATICAL * s. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract.
TASMANIAN * a. Of or relating to Tasmania.
JELLYFISH * n. 1 Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles. 2 Any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans.
ERBIUM * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium.
DAYAN * n. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
TISIPHONE * n. One of the three Furies.
AWESTRICKEN * a. Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread.
PRETEEN * --n. A preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age). --s. Of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12.
CHANNUKKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
LARGESS * n. 1 A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously. 2 Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.
COPPICE * n. A dense growth of bushes.
TAXODIUM * n. Bald cypress; swamp cypress.
UNABUSED * a. Not physically abused; treated properly.
BASTARDIZE * v. 1 Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms. 2 Declare a child to be illegitimate.
PLO * n. A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority.
UNCOVERING * n. 1 The removal of covering. 2 The act of discovering something.
CERASTIUM * n. Mouse-eared chickweed.
EXTROPIC * a. Of or relating to extropy.
CAPSIZE * v. Overturn accidentally.
EYELESS * --a. Lacking eyes or eyelike features. --s. Lacking sight.
VIGOROUS * s. 1 Characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity. 2 Strong and active physically or mentally.
EXPERIMENTALISM * n. 1 An empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles. 2 An orientation that favors experimentation and innovation.
OUTDOORS * --n. Where the air is unconfined. --r. Outside a building.
UNEVENNESS * n. 1 The quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity. 2 The quality of being unbalanced.
LADYFINGER * n. Small finger-shaped sponge cake.
SHORT-STOP * n. An acid bath used to stop the action of a developer.
SONSY * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
STEERSMAN * n. The person who steers a ship.
MOBILITY * n. The quality of moving freely.
VAMPIRISM * n. 1 Belief in the existence of vampires. 2 The actions or practices of a vampire.
LIAISON * n. 1 A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship. 2 A channel for communication between groups.
HUGELY * r. Extremely.
MANICHAEAN * --n. An adherent of Manichaeism. --a. 1 Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism. 2 Of or relating to Manichaeism.
CAROLINIAN * n. A native or resident of the Carolinas.
JORUM * n. A large drinking bowl.
DESPICABLENESS * n. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
TRAPEZE * n. A swing used by circus acrobats.
BACKDROP * n. Scenery hung at back of stage.
CASPAR * n. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
VEHEMENCE * n. 1 Intensity or forcefulness of expression. 2 The property of being wild or turbulent.
SEDATENESS * n. A trait of dignified seriousness.
COUPON * n. 1 A negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed. 2 A test sample of some substance.
INSECTIVORA * n. Shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs.
PRURIGO * n. Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching.
DURALUMIN * n. An aluminum-based alloy.
REFRACTIVENESS * n. The physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction.
CESTUM * n. Venus's girdle.
DEMOLITION * n. 1 An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. 2 The act of demolishing.
DICKER * v. Negotiate the terms of an exchange.
DRIVING * --n. 1 Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. 2 The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal. --s. 1 Having the power of driving or impelling. 2 Acting with vigor.
ORIENTALISM * n. 1 The scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people. 2 The quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations.
SURREALISM * n. A 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams.
GUSHY * s. Extravagantly demonstrative.
YOKELISH * s. (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace.
REATTRIBUTE * v. Attribute to another source.
VALETUDINARY * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian.
ACCLIMATIZATION * n. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).
SEELAND * n. The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.
SKYDIVER * n. A person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord.
DEATHTRAP * n. Any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed.
JOEWOOD * n. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
IDOLISED * s. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
MACHINATOR * n. A member of a conspiracy.
SNIFFLER * n. A person who breathes audibly through a congested nose.
UNDREAMT * s. Not imagined even in a dream.
TEARFULNESS * n. Sadness expressed by weeping.
TORPEDO * --n. 1 A professional killer who uses a gun. 2 A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. 3 An explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas). 4 A small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface. --v. Attack or hit with torpedoes.
NYMPHAEACEAE * n. Dicot aquatic plants.
NAPOLEON * n. 1 French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821). 2 A rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream. 3 A card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes.
SPENT * --a. Depleted of energy, force, or strength. --s. Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
CEMENTITE * n. A chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle.
UNDERTOW * n. 1 An inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling. 2 The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.
SERIOLA * n. A genus of Carangidae.
TAWDRINESS * n. Tasteless showiness.
VISCOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to the measurement of viscosity.
FRUITLESS * s. Unproductive of success.
SUBORDINATIVE * a. Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause.
LOUNGEWEAR * n. Clothing suitable for relaxation.
BENTON * n. 1 United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975). 2 United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858).
CRYOANESTHESIA * n. Insensibility resulting from cold.
UNAMBIGUITY * n. Clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity.
DOWLAND * n. English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626).
INSTALLATION * n. 1 The act of installing something (as equipment). 2 A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry. 3 A formal entry into an organization or position or office.
RANDOMIZED * s. Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way.
RAMPHASTIDAE * n. Toucans.
UNMUZZLE * v. Remove the muzzle from (a dog).
DAHLIA * n. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia.
CARBUNCULAR * s. Afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle.
WYNFRITH * n. (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754).
.38-CALIBRE * a. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter.
ASPER * n. 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey.
SPOTTING * n. 1 The act of spotting or staining something. 2 The act of detecting something; catching sight of something.
SOLARIZATION * n. Exposure to the rays of the sun.
HYDRILLA * n. Submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways.
FOOTED * a. Having feet.
HOME-BUILDER * n. Someone who builds houses as a business.
LAPLAND * n. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
BLEACHER * n. A worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.).
HOLOGRAPHICAL * a. Written entirely in one's own hand.
FRIGIDITY * n. 1 Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse. 2 The absence of heat. 3 A lack of affection or enthusiasm.
CAPONE * n. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
ANTIHERO * n. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).
SOUTHERNWOOD * n. Shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer.
DETUSK * v. Remove the tusks of animals.
PMS * n. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
FIBEROPTIC * a. Of or relating to fiber optics.
NOBODY * n. A person of no influence.
GUBBINS * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
PRINCIPEN * n. Semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin).
ADVERB * n. 1 The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses. 2 A word that modifies something other than a noun.
WASP * n. 1 A white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination. 2 Social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting.
SUBORDINATING * a. Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause.
WEISENHEIMER * n. An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.
ADE * n. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
TRIBADISM * n. A form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse.
ALDOHEXOSE * n. A monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group.
ANONYMOUSLY * r. Without giving a name.
UNTOWARD * s. 1 Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. 2 Contrary to your interests or welfare.
UNEXCELLED * s. Not capable of being improved on.
CALCEDONY * n. A milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz.
HETEROGENOUS * a. 1 Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature. 2 Originating outside the body.
SOFA * n. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
CALVARY * n. 1 A hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. 2 Any experience that causes intense suffering.
ANAEMIA * n. 1 A lack of vitality. 2 A deficiency of red blood cells.
POLLARD * --n. 1 A tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage. 2 A usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed. --v. Convert into a pollard.
GIFTED * a. Endowed with talent or talents.
ITSY-BITSY * s. (used informally) Very small.
HOGWEED * n. Tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers.
UNTRACEABLE * a. Incapable of being traced or tracked down.
GROUNDNUT * n. 1 A North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans. 2 Nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans. 3 Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms.
LACEWOOD * n. Variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree.
CEREBROVASCULAR * a. Of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it.
SAVANNAH * n. 1 A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river. 2 A river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic. 3 A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.
DEVIOUSLY * r. In a devious manner.
WAGE-EARNING * s. 1 Working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries. 2 Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers.
ELEGANT * --a. Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style. --s. 1 Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. 2 Displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution.
TA'ZIYEH * n. (Islam) A form of Iranian musical pageant that is the theatrical expression of religious passion; based on the Battle of Kerbala and performed annually (in Farsi).
FISHMONGER * n. Someone who sells fish.
SCOURS * n. Diarrhea in livestock.
CYCLONICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm.
DYSARTHRIA * n. Impaired articulatory ability resulting from defects in the peripheral motor nerves or in the speech musculature.
SLIPCOVER * n. A removable fitted cloth covering for upholstered furniture.
BUTTERBEAN * n. Small flat green bean similar to lima beans.
RINSE * --n. 1 A liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint. 2 The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing. 3 The act of giving a light tint to the hair. 4 Washing lightly without soap. --v. 1 Wash off soap or remaining dirt. 2 Clean with some chemical process. 3 Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash.
MUCH * --n. A great amount or extent. --a. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent. --r. 1 To a great degree or extent. 2 Very. 3 To a very great degree or extent. 4 (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) For all practical purposes but not completely.
GLAMOURISATION * n. The act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way).
HYPERTENSION * n. A common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater).
EXPERTLY * r. In an expert manner.
ROOIBOS * n. South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea.
DUELLIST * n. A person who fights duels.
VOMITORY * n. An entrance to an amphitheater or stadium.
PRIAPISM * n. Condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal.
SPOCK * n. United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998).
SOUTHWEST * --n. 1 The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees. 2 The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado. 3 The direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point. 4 A location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city. --s. 1 Coming from the southwest. 2 Situated in or oriented toward the southwest. --r. To, toward, or in the southwest.
ENSETE * n. Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas.
EMBASSY * n. 1 A diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work. 2 An ambassador and his entourage collectively.
FLOTATION * n. 1 The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking). 2 Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares.
DERMATOLOGIST * n. A doctor who specializes in the physiology and pathology of the skin.
PIPAGE * n. 1 A fee charged for the use of pipes. 2 A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc..
CHORDAMESODERM * n. The area of mesoderm that forms the notochord.
BRECCIATE * v. 1 Form into breccia. 2 Break into breccia.
PHYLLOPORUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae.
LEGENDARY * s. 1 So celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend. 2 Celebrated in fable or legend.
MAMMAL * n. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk.
GINGERY * s. 1 Having a taste like that of ginger. 2 (used especially of hair or fur) Having a bright orange-brown color.
SAVITAR * n. An important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect.
RIBLESS * a. Having no ribs or no visible ribs.
16TH * s. Coming next after the fifteenth in position.
CHANTING * n. The act of singing in a monotonous tone.
MADHOUSE * n. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
COLUMN * n. 1 A line of units following one after another. 2 A vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands. 3 A vertical array of numbers or other information. 4 Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower.
DEADLINESS * n. The quality of being deadly.
PITTY-PATTY * r. 1 As of footsteps. 2 Describing a rhythmic beating.
CHANUKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
INTERVENTION * n. 1 The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.). 2 A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries. 3 The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others. 4 (law) A proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings.
FIBRIN * n. A white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets.
SADDLEBOW * n. Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle.
GUILTILY * r. In the manner of someone who has committed an offense.
UNYIELDING * s. 1 Stubbornly unyielding. 2 Resistant to physical force or pressure.
OMOPHAGIA * n. The eating of raw food.
SCALELIKE * s. Reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale.
PRAISEWORTHINESS * n. The quality of being worthy of praise.
POLYODONTIDAE * n. Paddlefishes.
SENTIMENTALISE * v. 1 Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities. 2 Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment. 3 Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.
BELLES-LETTRES * n. Creative writing valued for esthetic content.
BLENDING * n. 1 The act of blending components together thoroughly. 2 A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades.
HEMLINE * n. The line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat.
THYROIDAL * a. Of or relating to the thyroid gland.
ARISTOTELIAN * --n. A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism. --a. Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy.
TRACHEOPHYTE * n. Green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms.
TYPHACEAE * n. Perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves.
SWAGGER * --n. 1 An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work. 2 A proud stiff pompous gait. --v. 1 To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. 2 Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. 3 Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. --s. (British informal) Very chic.
HYDNORACEAE * n. A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.
TUT-TUT * v. Utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval.
ANATOTITAN * n. One of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs.
AFICIONADO * n. 1 A fan of bull fighting. 2 A serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer.
DARSANA * n. (from the Sanskrit word for `to see') One of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma.
CATCHPENNY * s. Designed to sell quickly without concern for quality.
REEDBIRD * n. 1 Migratory American songbird. 2 Small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa.
CONGA * --n. 1 Music composed for dancing the conga. 2 A Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file. --v. Dance the conga.
SOUNDLESS * s. Marked by absence of sound.
CABANA * n. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
HOUSEDOG * n. A dog trained to guard a house.
BROUHAHA * n. 1 Loud confused noise from many sources. 2 A confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits.
CALVATIA * n. Genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores.
PALINGENETIC * a. Of or relating to palingenesis.
ORDNANCE * n. 1 Military supplies. 2 Large but transportable armament.
REPULSIVELY * r. In an offensive and hateful manner.
LISTED * a. On a list.
HUSH-HUSH * s. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
DIFFUSENESS * n. The spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume.
DECOMPRESSION * n. 1 Restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display. 2 Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure).
CATHOLICON * n. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists.
PACIFICALLY * r. In a peaceable manner.
KANDAHAR * n. A city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center.
CALLINECTES * n. New World blue crabs.
UPSHOT * n. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
FUGGY * s. (British informal) Poorly ventilated.
SHOT * --n. 1 The act of firing a projectile. 2 A solid missile discharged from a firearm. 3 (sports) The act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand. 4 A chance to do something. --s. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
NAZIMOVA * n. United States actress (born in Russia) (1879-1945).
CALLORHINUS * n. Fur seals.
PARLOUR * n. 1 Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received. 2 A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.
INCOMMUNICATIVE * a. Not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions.
PORKPIE * n. Man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim.
DENDROID * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
IA * n. A state in midwestern United States.
UNNUMERABLE * s. Too numerous to be counted.
WELTY * n. United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001).
MORPHOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants. 2 Studies of the rules for forming admissible words. 3 The admissible arrangement of sounds in words. 4 The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms.
COMMITMENT * n. 1 The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose. 2 The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action. 3 An engagement by contract involving financial obligation. 4 A message that makes a pledge.
OGDEN * n. 1 English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957). 2 A town in northern Utah settled by Mormons.
LINURON * n. A herbicide that kills weeds without harming vegetables.
HYDROUS * a. Containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate).
PLECOPTERA * n. Stoneflies.
INDIVIDUALLY * r. Apart from others.
HIT-OR-MISS * s. Dependent upon or characterized by chance.
ITCHY * s. 1 Nervous and unable to relax. 2 Causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch.
FURTHER * --v. 1 Promote the growth of. 2 Contribute to the progress or growth of. --s. More distant in especially degree. --r. 1 To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense). 2 In addition or furthermore. 3 To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense).
MACKEM * n. A native of Sunderland.
COTURNIX * n. Old World quail.
PHORONID * n. Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom.
SPRIT * n. A light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally.
HOMOSTYLED * a. (botany) Having styles all of the same length.
DIABOLICALLY * r. As a devil; in an evil manner.
ABED * r. In bed.
CORNETIST * n. A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet.
URETERITIS * n. Inflammation of the ureter.
PSITTACIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Psittaciformes.
GLAUCOMYS * n. New World flying squirrels.
GEOLOGIST * n. A specialist in geology.
NARANJILLA * n. Small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges.
PRIVATISE * v. Change from governmental to private control or ownership.
MENSURATION * n. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.
ZEUGMA * n. Use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect.
TIPPET * n. A woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten.
MERCIFUL * --a. Showing or giving mercy. --s. (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) Gracious.
WEAN * v. 1 Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk. 2 Detach the affections of.
OVEREXPOSE * v. 1 Expose to too much light. 2 Expose excessively.
ANALYSE * v. 1 Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning. 2 Break down into components or essential features. 3 Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features. 4 Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
SUBJUGATE * v. 1 Put down by force or intimidation. 2 Make subservient; force to submit or subdue.
CAVY * n. Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.
RCMP * n. The federal police force of Canada.
LADY-IN-WAITING * n. A lady appointed to attend to a queen or princess.
HERCULES * n. 1 (classical mythology) A hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality. 2 A large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis.
EPICURISM * n. The disposition and habits of an epicure.
INAUGURATION * n. 1 The act of starting a new operation or practice. 2 The ceremonial induction into a position.
PLUMIERA * n. Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers.
GUINEA-BISSAU * n. A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974.
MAGHA * n. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar.
ROOMS * n. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
EMBOLIC * a. Of or relating to an embolism or embolus.
A.K.A. * r. As known or named at another time or place.
BOGBEAN * n. Perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface.
MENOMINEE * n. 1 A member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini.
TAG * --n. 1 A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.. 2 A label associated with something for the purpose of identification. 3 A small piece of cloth or paper. 4 A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser. --v. 1 Attach a tag or label to. 2 Touch a player while he is holding the ball. 3 Provide with a name or nickname. 4 Go after with the intent to catch.
FRUTICOSE * a. Of or relating to or resembling a shrub.
DESICCATED * s. 1 Thoroughly dried out. 2 Preserved by removing natural moisture. 3 Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless.
ALBINAL * a. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
ABSOLVED * s. Freed from any question of guilt.
CHESTERFIELD * n. 1 Suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773). 2 An overstuffed davenport with upright armrests. 3 A fitted overcoat with a velvet collar.
MUSTELA * n. Type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels.
SCHOOLING * n. 1 The act of teaching at school. 2 The process of being formally educated at a school. 3 The training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage).
CONVEYABLE * s. Legally transferable to the ownership of another.
ONWARDS * r. In a forward direction.
DIATHERMY * n. A method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents.
SLANG * --n. 1 Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar. 2 A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves). --v. 1 Use slang or vulgar language. 2 Fool or hoax. 3 Abuse with coarse language.
UNDERNOURISHMENT * n. Not having enough food to develop or function normally.
RAT * --n. 1 Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse. 2 Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 3 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 4 One who reveals confidential information in return for money. --v. 1 Desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage. 2 Employ scabs or strike breakers in. 3 Take the place of work of someone on strike. 4 Give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat.
FIDDLE * --n. Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. --v. 1 Avoid (one's assigned duties). 2 Commit fraud and steal from one's employer. 3 Play the violin or fiddle. 4 Play on a violin.
WORDBOOK * n. A reference book containing words (usually with their meanings).
INDISPENSABILITY * n. The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without.
HILLOCK * n. A small natural hill.
DISTRIBUTION * n. 1 (statistics) An arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence. 2 The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume. 3 The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning. 4 The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer.
POWERFUL * --a. Having great power or force or potency or effect. --s. 1 Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm. 2 Having great influence. 3 (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. 4 Displaying superhuman strength or power. --r. (Southern regional intensive) Very; to a great degree.
SOURPUSS * n. Someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression.
ZABAGLIONE * n. Light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled.
NY * n. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
LETTERMAN * n. An athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport.
RIVALRY * n. The act of competing as for profit or a prize.
TITULARY * a. Of or relating to a legal title to something.
AHEAD * --s. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. --r. 1 At or in the front. 2 Toward the future; forward in time. 3 In a forward direction. 4 Ahead of time; in anticipation.
HEADPHONE * n. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.
MONOMORIUM * n. A genus of Formicidae.
CONDENSATE * n. 1 A product of condensation. 2 Atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold.
SUPPLANTING * n. Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
IC * --n. A group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence. --s. Being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety.
HOO-HA * n. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
SILENT * s. 1 Marked by absence of sound. 2 Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to. 3 Implied by or inferred from actions or statements. 4 Not made to sound.
THEOPHRASTUS * n. Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC).
EFFEMINIZE * v. To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.
INVAGINATE * v. 1 Sheathe. 2 Fold inwards.
BAYKAL * n. The largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world.
MACROPUS * n. Type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies.
DEPRIVATION * n. 1 A state of extreme poverty. 2 The disadvantage that results from losing something. 3 Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights.
BARYE * n. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
SAPPHIRE * --n. 1 A precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone. 2 A transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. 3 A light shade of blue. --s. Of something having the color of a blue sapphire.
GASHERBRUM * n. A mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high).
FUJI-SAN * n. An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages.
EXTERNALIZE * v. 1 Regard as objective. 2 Make external or objective, or give reality to.
CORDOVA * n. 1 Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526). 2 A city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture. 3 A city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613.
GAEA * n. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
NEUROPATHY * n. Any pathology of the peripheral nerves.
EUGENIC * a. Pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced.
ANDROGENOUS * a. Of or related to androgenesis.
SALUBRIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being salubrious and invigorating.
FAVORABLY * r. Showing approval.
AMUSIVE * s. Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining.
MANUMIT * v. Free from slavery or servitude.
MOST-VALUABLE * s. Designating the player judged to be the most important to the sport.
NASTINESS * n. 1 A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse. 2 Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty. 3 The quality of being highly unpleasant.
GERARDIA * n. Any plant of the genus Gerardia.
RANDOMLY * r. In a random manner.
TRACERY * n. Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
TALENT * n. 1 Natural abilities or qualities. 2 A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity.
HAMSUN * n. Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952).
HALFHEARTED * s. Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.
PERNICKETY * s. Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details.
MADRIGAL * --n. An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form. --v. Sing madrigals.
PIE-DOG * n. Ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India.
SINO-TIBETAN * n. The family of tonal languages spoken in eastern Asia.
GRUBBINESS * n. The state of being grimy.
U.S.A. * n. 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.
ACHROMATIZE * v. Remove color from.
BELLING * n. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
DIPTYCH * n. A painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book).
DEMURE * s. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
ACTUALISATION * n. Making real or giving the appearance of reality.
HYPERSTAT * n. Vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension.
STOLID * s. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited.
GRAVER * n. A tool used by an engraver.
PROTEOLYSIS * n. The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds.
VIETNAMESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Vietnam. 2 The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language.
BREAM * --n. 1 Flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe. 2 Flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae. 3 Any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae. 4 Any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis. --v. Clean (a ship's bottom) with heat.
PLIANT * s. 1 Capable of being influenced or formed. 2 Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. 3 Able to adjust readily to different conditions. 4 Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
LANCE * --n. 1 A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. 2 An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. 3 A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions. --v. 1 Move quickly, as if by cutting one's way. 2 Pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. 3 Open by piercing with a lancet.
TORSK * n. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod.
FENUSA * n. Birch leaf miner.
ABBESS * n. The superior of a group of nuns.
NEOSPORIN * n. Trade name for a topical drug containing several antibacterials; used as an ointment for skin irritations and in the form of eyedrops for minor eye infections.
MYRRHIS * n. European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers.
IDEOLOGY * n. 1 An orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation. 2 Imaginary or visionary theorization.
HAIRDRESSING * n. 1 A toiletry for the hair. 2 Care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair.
PERUVIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Peru. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Peru or its people.
FERGUSONITE * n. A dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals.
TANGY * s. Tasting sour like a lemon.
NATIVIST * --n. A philosopher who subscribes to nativism. --a. 1 Advocating the perpetuation of native societies. 2 Of or relating to or advocating nativism.
SPIRULIDAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications.
REELECTION * n. Election again.
ODIOUSLY * r. In an offensive and hateful manner.
COSTAL * a. Of or relating to or near a rib.
MAINLAND * n. The main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula.
REMINISCE * v. Recall the past.
CIRCUMLOCUTION * n. 1 A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things. 2 An indirect way of expressing something.
SPIGOT * n. 1 A plug for a bunghole in a cask. 2 A regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
TRADER * n. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold.
KINESCOPE * n. A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen.
DEMYTHOLOGIZED * s. Having mythical elements removed.
PLAYROOM * n. A recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc).
ABOULIA * n. A loss of will power.
PACKSACK * n. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
GRAFT * --n. 1 (surgery) Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient. 2 The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage. 3 The act of grafting something onto something else. --v. 1 Cause to grow together parts from different plants. 2 Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.
CLICKETY-CLICK * n. A fast and rhythmic click-clack.
LOWELL * n. 1 United States poet (1917-1977). 2 United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916). 3 United States poet (1874-1925). 4 United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943).
MOTORIZED * --a. Equipped with a motor or motors. --s. Using vehicles.
STERTOROUSLY * r. In a noisy and stertorous manner.
GERMANY * n. A republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990.
GEODESY * n. The branch of geology that studies the shape of the earth and the determination of the exact position of geographical points.
UNTESTED * s. 1 Not tried or tested by experience. 2 Not yet proved or subjected to testing.
ROWDILY * r. In a rowdy manner.
BLINTZ * n. (Judaism) Thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked.
WAGERER * n. Someone who bets.
UNSANDED * s. Used of wood and furniture.
LIPIZZAN * n. A compact and sturdy saddle horse that is bred and trained in Vienna; smart and docile and excellent for dressage.
TUTORSHIP * n. Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately).
EPIDENDRON * n. Any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum.
ENJOINING * n. (law) A judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.
FARCICAL * s. Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.
EPISTEMIC * a. Of or relating to epistemology.
HOUYHNHNM * n. One of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift.
COIR * n. Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut.
ENTOMOPHTHORALES * n. Coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae.
INTERPOL * n. An international intelligence agency permitting collaboration among intelligence agencies around the world.
HEYDAY * n. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.
CURABLE * --a. Able to be cured or healed. --s. Capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent.
CERATONIA * n. Carobs.
ENCYCLIA * n. Large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum.
HIRELING * n. A person who works only for money.
FAR-OUT * s. (informal) Strikingly unconventional.
MICROMILLIMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
BURMA * n. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
CONSULTATIVE * s. Giving advice.
MATINEE * n. A theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon).
SERENOA * n. One species: saw palmetto.
KEROSINE * n. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
CADUCEUS * n. An insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes.
PARASITE * n. 1 An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host. 2 A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.
64 * s. Being four more than sixty.
GORE * --n. 1 Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948). 2 Coagulated blood from a wound. 3 A piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails. 4 The shedding of blood resulting in murder. --v. 1 Wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument. 2 Cut into gores.
PROSTATECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland.
LOCALITY * n. A surrounding or nearby region.
LAIC * s. Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.
STREPERA * n. Bell magpies.
COMPANIONSHIP * n. The state of being with someone.
GRADUALNESS * n. 1 The property possessed by a slope that is very gradual. 2 The quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages.
NAKED * s. 1 Completely unclothed. 2 Having no protecting or concealing cover. 3 (of the eye or ear e.g.) Without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument. 4 Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure.
MULETEER * n. A worker who drives mules.
FRESHMAN * --n. 1 A first-year undergraduate. 2 Any new participant in some activity. --s. Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college).
DIPLOID * --n. (genetics) An organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number. --a. Of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number.
FOAL * --n. A young horse. --v. Give birth to a foal.
135 * s. Being five more than one hundred thirty.
ANACANTHINI * n. At least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications.
ADHESIVE * --n. A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together. --a. Tending to adhere.
TIPU * n. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
HAREFOOT * n. Illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040).
DEFRAYMENT * n. The act of paying money.
DRAMATISATION * n. 1 Conversion into dramatic form. 2 A dramatic representation.
DARMERA * n. One species.
GENEALOGICALLY * r. In a genealogical manner.
LOBOTIDAE * n. Tripletails.
POSTILLION * n. Someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman).
RUGA * n. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
CAREFULNESS * n. 1 The trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger. 2 The quality of being careful and painstaking.
GARRULOUS * s. Full of trivial conversation.
STAND-DOWN * n. 1 A suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness. 2 (military) A temporary stop of offensive military action.
REFERENT * --n. 1 Something referred to; the object of a reference. 2 The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate. 3 Something that refers; a term that refers to another term. --s. Having reference.
MSH * n. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
WOODFERN * n. Any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris.
DOWN * --n. 1 Soft fine feathers. 2 (American football) A complete play to advance the football. 3 English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896). 4 (usually plural) A rolling treeless highland with little soil. --v. 1 Drink down entirely. 2 Eat up completely, as with great appetite. 3 Bring down or defeat (an opponent). 4 Shoot at and force to come down. --a. Being or moving lower in position or less in some value. --s. 1 Extending or moving from a higher to a lower place. 2 Becoming progressively lower. 3 Being put out by a strikeout. 4 Understood perfectly. --r. 1 Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position. 2 Away from a more central or a more northerly place. 3 Paid in cash at time of purchase. 4 From an earlier time.
ZAGREB * n. The capital of Croatia.
TELLING * --n. 1 An act of narration. 2 Informing by words. 3 Disclosing information or giving evidence about another. --s. 1 Disclosing unintentionally something concealed. 2 Powerfully persuasive. 3 Producing a strong effect.
WHACKO * n. A person who is regarded as eccentric or mad.
LAUDATORY * s. Full of or giving praise.
COLLEEN * n. An Irish girl.
MADDERWORT * n. Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae.
SUOMI * n. 1 Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917. 2 The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages.
MEGADEATH * n. The death of a million people.
REBUKER * n. Someone who finds fault or imputes blame.
LUPINUS * n. Herbs or shrubs: lupin.
HACKNEYED * s. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
TREACHEROUS * s. 1 Dangerously unstable and unpredictable. 2 Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans.
UROCHORDA * n. Tunicates.
CRICHTON * n. Scottish man of letters and adventurer (1560-1582).
GRAMMATICALLY * r. In a grammatical manner.
LXXXVI * s. Being six more than eighty.
COQUETTE * --n. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. --v. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
HYPOCREALES * n. Used in some classifications for the family Hypocreaceae.
GUNSIGHT * n. A sight used for aiming a gun.
TYSON * n. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966).
FORAMINIFERA * n. Foraminifers.
DETERRENT * --n. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. --s. Tending to deter.
REGISTRAR * n. 1 A person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company. 2 The administrator responsible for student records. 3 Someone responsible for keeping records.
LITURGIOLOGY * n. The study of liturgies.
MINERALOGIST * n. A scientist trained in mineralogy.
TRANSFIGURE * v. 1 Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration. 2 Change completely the nature or appearance of.
HAFTORAH * n. A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah.
ORIGINATE * v. 1 Come into existence; take on form or shape. 2 Bring into being. 3 Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc..
BANTU * --n. 1 A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa. 2 A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent. --a. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
SERENADE * --n. 1 A musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form. 2 A song characteristically played outside the house of a woman. --v. Sing and play for somebody.
ENLARGEMENT * n. 1 The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope. 2 The state of being enlarged. 3 A discussion that provides additional information. 4 A photographic print that has been enlarged.
MEANINGLESSNESS * n. 1 A message that seems to convey no meaning. 2 The quality of having no value or significance.
ROEBLING * n. United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869).
PRONTO * r. In a punctual manner.
CRIMINOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or involved in criminology.
PRUNELLA * n. 1 Small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers. 2 Type genus of the Prunellidae.
DISHEARTEN * v. Take away the enthusiasm of.
UNDULATORY * a. Resembling waves in form or outline or motion.
NURNBERG * n. A city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46).
UNANIMITY * n. Everyone being of one mind.
EARLDOM * n. 1 The dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess. 2 The domain controlled by an earl or count or countess.
OVERTOLERANCE * n. Too much permissiveness.
MELTWATER * n. Melted snow or ice.
FLATFOOT * n. 1 A policeman who patrols a given region. 2 A foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out.
ESTHETICAL * a. Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste.
EMOLLIENT * --n. Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. --s. Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin.
OFFICIALESE * n. The style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure.
TRACHODON * n. Large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period.
TWANG * --n. 1 A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string). 2 Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects). --v. 1 Cause to sound with a twang. 2 Sound with a twang. 3 Twitch or throb with pain. 4 Pluck (strings of an instrument).
GOOD-HUMOURED * s. Disposed to please.
CAPELAN * n. Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes.
NENTSI * n. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia.
BOON * --n. A desirable state. --s. Very close and convivial.
SUPERTONIC * n. (music) The second note of a diatonic scale.
ROACH * --n. 1 A roll of hair brushed back from the forehead. 2 The butt of a marijuana cigarette. 3 Street names for flunitrazepan. 4 Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests. --v. 1 Comb (hair) into a roach. 2 Cut the mane off (a horse).
PERSISTENTLY * r. 1 In a persistent manner. 2 With persistence.
FLUVIAL * a. Of or relating to or happening in a river.
WINDBAG * n. A boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
REACHING * n. 1 The act of physically reaching or thrusting out. 2 Accomplishment of an objective.
ALPHA-ADRENOCEPTOR * n. Receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles).
CHANCELLORSHIP * n. The office of chancellor.
NONADSORPTIVE * a. Lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
IWO * n. A bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
SCHMEGEGGE * n. (Yiddish) Baloney; hot air; nonsense.
MONOGRAPH * n. A detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject.
MAIDEN * --n. 1 An unmarried girl (especially a virgin). 2 (cricket) An over in which no runs are scored. --s. Serving to set in motion.
RAID * --n. 1 A sudden short attack. 2 An attempt by speculators to defraud investors. --v. 1 Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. 2 Enter someone else's territory and take spoils. 3 Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock. 4 Search for something needed or desired.
BALLETOMANIA * n. Extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets.
LINARIA * n. Genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.
HORSEHAIR * n. 1 Hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse. 2 A fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery.
CONJECTURAL * s. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
CAPABLE * --a. 1 (usually followed by `of') Having capacity or ability. 2 (followed by `of') Having the temperament or inclination for. --s. 1 Possibly accepting or permitting. 2 Having the requisite qualities for. 3 Have the skills and qualifications to do things well.
JAGGED * s. 1 Having a sharply uneven surface or outline. 2 Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
NETWORK * --n. 1 An interconnected system of things or people. 2 (broadcasting) A communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs. 3 An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals. 4 A system of intersecting lines or channels. --v. Communicate with and within a group.
DESIRE * --n. 1 The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. 2 An inclination to want things. 3 Something that is desired. --v. 1 Feel or have a desire for; want strongly. 2 Expect and wish. 3 Express a desire for.
ENGAGEMENT * n. 1 A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. 2 A meeting arranged in advance. 3 A mutual promise to marry. 4 The act of giving someone a job.
AGROBACTERIUM * n. Small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems.
TRAPPER * n. Someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs).
MARMOT * n. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter.
HARDING * n. 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823).
CAPSAICIN * n. Colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno.
ADMISSIVE * s. Characterized by or allowing admission.
SUPERNUMERARY * --n. 1 A person serving no apparent function. 2 A minor actor in crowd scenes. --s. More than is needed, desired, or required.
ONE-HUNDREDTH * n. One part in a hundred equal parts.
HYBRIDIZING * n. (genetics) The act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
HAGGLING * n. An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining).
ULTRANATIONALISM * n. Fanatical patriotism.
MISOGAMY * n. Hatred of marriage.
RHEOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to rheology.
REQUIEM * n. 1 A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. 2 A musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead. 3 A Mass celebrated for the dead.
SQUIRREL-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a squirrel.
ENAMINE * n. An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
MISDEMEANOR * n. A crime less serious than a felony.
CALYCINE * a. Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
HEREAFTER * --n. 1 Life after death. 2 The time yet to come. --r. 1 In a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.. 2 In a future life or state. 3 Following this in time or order or place; after this.
ALEXIA * n. Inability to perceive written words.
SOCRATES * n. Ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC).
INCURVATE * --v. 1 Bend inwards. 2 Cause to curve inward. --s. Bent into or having an inward curve.
LEIBNIZ * n. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716).
SIDEWARD * r. Toward one side.
POMADED * s. (of hair) Groomed with pomade.
PANDEMIC * --n. An epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world. --s. 1 Epidemic over a wide geographical area. 2 Existing everywhere.
TRANSPLANTING * n. The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location.
PENTASTOMIDA * n. Tongue worms.
CARBONISE * v. 1 Unite with carbon. 2 Turn into carbon, as by burning.
SIDESHOW * n. 1 A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event. 2 A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus).
LADY'S-SLIPPER * n. Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.
LIKENING * n. The act of comparing similarities.
HAIPHONG * n. A port city in northern Vietnam; industrial center.
LOUISVILLE * n. The largest city in Kentucky; located in north central Kentucky on the Ohio river; site of the Kentucky Derby.
STICK * --n. 1 An implement consisting of a length of wood. 2 A small thin branch of a tree. 3 A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane. 4 A rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine. --v. 1 Put, fix, force, or implant. 2 Stay put (in a certain place). 3 Stick to firmly. 4 Be or become fixed.
HYPOSTATIZE * v. Construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity.
ENDOGAMIC * a. 1 Characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind. 2 Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe.
TEMPEST-TOSSED * s. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
SURREPTITIOUSLY * r. In a surreptitious manner.
PEACOCK * n. 1 European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot. 2 Male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots.
FULTON * n. American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815).
CHLORELLA * n. Any alga of the genus Chlorella.
SAGITTAL * s. Located in a plane that is parallel to the central plane of the sagittal suture.
AXIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to the study of values.
FALTERING * --n. The act of pausing uncertainly. --s. Unsteady in speech or action.
CT. * n. A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies.
SAXOPHONIST * n. A musician who plays the saxophone.
ONE-ON-ONE * --s. 1 Directly between two individuals. 2 Being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player. --r. (of two persons) In direct encounter.
CEDILLA * n. A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s.
PRE-EMPTIVE * s. Designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence.
METHOD * n. 1 A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps). 2 An acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed.
BRUTALLY * r. In a vicious manner.
CONVENTIONALISED * s. Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous.
TREADWHEEL * n. A mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps.
HOPKINSON * n. American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791).
CONGRUENCE * n. The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.
GENU * n. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
MANUS * n. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
LEWIS * n. 1 United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935). 2 United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961). 3 United States explorer and soldier who lead led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River (1774-1809). 4 United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969).
FORMALISE * v. 1 Make formal or official. 2 Declare or make legally valid.
SEMISYNTHETIC * s. Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially.
NAYSAYER * n. Someone with an aggressively negative attitude.
PSILOPHYTALES * n. Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants.
SCORNFULLY * r. Without respect; in a disdainful manner.
YARDAGE * n. Distance measured in the aggregate number of yards.
PLAGIOCLASE * n. Any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks.
GOB * n. 1 A man who serves as a sailor. 2 A lump of slimy stuff. 3 Informal terms for the mouth.
LION * n. 1 Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male. 2 A celebrity who is lionized (much sought after). 3 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Leo. 4 The fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22.
KNOCK * --n. 1 The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing). 2 Negative criticism. 3 A vigorous blow. 4 A bad experience. --v. 1 Deliver a sharp blow or push. 2 Rap with the knuckles. 3 Knock against with force or violence. 4 Make light, repeated taps on a surface.
KIT * --n. 1 A case for containing a set of articles. 2 Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. 3 Young of any of various fur-bearing animals. --v. Supply with a set of articles or tools.
SONGSTRESS * n. A woman songster (especially of popular songs).
QUICKENING * n. 1 The process of showing signs of life. 2 The stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus. 3 The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.
SCHIZOMYCETES * n. A former classification.
SOKORO * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
SHEESHA * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
INEXPEDIENT * --a. Not suitable or advisable. --s. Not appropriate to the purpose.
TROOPSHIP * n. Ship for transporting troops.
STRAIGHT-BILLED * s. Having a straight beak.
UNEXPLAINABLE * s. Not to be accounted for or explained.
UNKEYED * a. Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality.
ELEVEN-PLUS * n. (formerly in Britain) An examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school.
CORICIDIN * n. An antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton).
WHISK * --n. 1 A mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream. 2 A small short-handled broom used to brush clothes. --v. 1 Move somewhere quickly. 2 Move quickly and nimbly. 3 Brush or wipe off lightly. 4 Whip with or as if with a wire whisk.
DISAPPROBATION * n. An expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable.
RE-EMERGE * v. Appear again.
FOREFRONT * n. 1 The part in the front or nearest the viewer. 2 The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field.
WHANG * --n. The act of hitting vigorously. --v. 1 Beat with force. 2 Propel or hit with force. 3 Attack forcefully.
REGULATED * a. Controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law.
NT * n. An organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription.
DEPTHS * n. (plural) The deepest and most remote part.
SLEUTH * --n. A detective who follows a trail. --v. Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.
OUTCAST * --n. A person who is rejected (from society or home). --s. Excluded from a society.
STOWAWAY * n. A person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage.
VERY * --s. 1 Precisely as stated. 2 Being the exact same one; not any other:. --r. 1 Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal. 2 Precisely so.
BOTRYCHIUM * n. Grape fern; moonwort.
WORKING * --n. A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked. --s. 1 Actively engaged in paid work. 2 Adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something. 3 Adopted as a temporary basis for further work. 4 (of e.g. a machine) Performing or capable of performing.
HEMOGLOBINURIA * n. Presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
HONOURS * n. A university degree with honors.
NOTHOSAUR * n. Extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming.
INFLATION * n. 1 A general and progressive increase in prices. 2 (cosmology) A brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang. 3 Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. 4 The act of filling something with air.
SWBS * n. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
HIJACKER * n. 1 A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it. 2 Someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination.
SMELL * --n. 1 The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form. 2 Any property detected by the olfactory system. 3 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. 4 The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents. --v. 1 Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. 2 Emit an odor. 3 Smell bad. 4 Have an element suggestive (of something).
TEMPTINGNESS * n. The power to entice or attract through personal charm.
THREONINE * n. A colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition.
EXPLOSIVE * --n. A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. --a. Serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst. --s. 1 Liable to lead to sudden change or violence. 2 Sudden and loud.
EUPNOEA * n. Normal relaxed breathing.
ANODONTA * n. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
BLOODSTREAM * n. The blood flowing through the circulatory system.
UNEQUIVOCALNESS * n. Clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity.
XXIV * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one. --s. Being four more than twenty.
ACHING * --n. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. --s. Causing a dull and steady pain.
CONTORTIONIST * n. An acrobat able to twist into unusual positions.
PROFANATION * n. 1 Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character. 2 Degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening.
BARGE * --n. A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals). --v. 1 Push one's way. 2 Transport by barge on a body of water.
VIVACE * --s. (of tempo) Very fast and lively. --r. Lively, in music.
STAR-STRUCK * s. Fascinated by a famous person.
TROLLEYBUS * n. A passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
SAUDI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia. --a. Of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people.
PTEROCARYA * n. Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts.
CYPRINID * --n. Soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales. --a. Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae.
ETHEREALIZE * v. Make ethereal.
HELLENISTICAL * a. Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization.
INTERPHONE * n. A telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc.
ANDVARI * n. (Norse mythology) A dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki.
DISCHARGED * s. Having lost your job.
UNDERNEATH * r. 1 On the lower or downward side; on the underside of. 2 Under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath.
DALESMAN * n. A person who lives in the dales of northern England.
FOOLHARDINESS * n. The trait of giving little thought to danger.
BERLINER * n. An inhabitant of Berlin.
ODOCOILEUS * n. North American deer.
CNOSSUS * n. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
FOGBANK * n. A large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance).
UNLAWFULNESS * n. The quality of failing to conform to law.
FLINTLOCK * n. 1 A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock. 2 An obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge.
NEUROPTERA * n. An order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies.
PBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits.
ROSARIO * n. A port city on the Parana River in eastern central Argentina.
HIPPO * n. 1 An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria. 2 Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
NYMPHOLEPSY * n. A frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable.
AUTONOMOUS * s. 1 (of political bodies) Not controlled by outside forces. 2 Existing as an independent entity. 3 (of persons) Free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
OUTSTRETCHED * s. Fully extended especially in length.
DEVELOPER * n. 1 Someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use). 2 Photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film.
DUMBASS * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
SOON * r. In the near future.
BUBBLEJET * n. A kind of ink-jet printer.
TARDIGRADA * n. In some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx.
UTILE * a. Being of use or service.
XII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
AUTO-MECHANIC * n. Someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles.
HOLDALL * n. A capacious bag or basket.
HOLIER-THAN-THOU * s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
HAIL * --n. 1 Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents. 2 Many objects thrown forcefully through the air. 3 Enthusiastic greeting. --v. 1 Praise vociferously. 2 Be a native of. 3 Call for. 4 Greet enthusiastically or joyfully.
ASTACIDAE * n. Crayfish.
DISARRAY * --n. 1 A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. 2 Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance). --v. Bring disorder to.
EPISODE * n. 1 A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events. 2 A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series. 3 A part of a broadcast serial. 4 Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie.
SIMULIUM * n. Type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies.
ACCEPTING * s. Tolerating without protest.
CHYTRIDIACEAE * n. A family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales.
CHANCEFUL * s. Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk.
RAGOUT * n. Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables.
RECOMMENDATION * n. 1 Something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable. 2 Something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable. 3 Any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission.
SQUARE-BUILT * s. Broad and solidly built.
ESCHALOT * n. Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning.
MESSIDOR * n. Tenth month of the Revolutionary calendar (June and July); the month of harvest.
EUROPA * n. The 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water.
SLENDERNESS * n. 1 The quality of being slight or inadequate. 2 Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. 3 The property of an attractively thin person.
MOUFLON * n. Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia.
TODEA * n. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
UNGRACEFULLY * r. Without grace; rigidly.
UNVOICED * --a. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords. --s. Not made explicit.
UNMUSICAL * a. 1 Lacking interest in or talent for music. 2 Not musical in nature. 3 Lacking melody.
UNRESPONSIVENESS * n. The quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events.
PORCH * n. A structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance.
EARLY-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the spring.
MACBETH * n. King of Scotland (died in 1057).
ECOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to ecology.
IMMINGLE * v. Combine into one.
PRONATOR * n. A muscle that produces or assists in pronation.
LIGULARIA * n. Genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants.
INCOMMENSURATE * a. Not corresponding in size or degree or extent.
SELF-POSSESSED * s. In full control of your faculties.
JUNGIAN * --n. A follower or advocate of Carl Jung's theories. --a. Of or relating to Carl Jung or his psychological theories.
PRESSBURG * n. Capital and largest city of Slovakia.
COLEOPTERA * n. Beetles.
KITTEN-TAILS * n. A plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers.
FANCIED * s. Formed or conceived by the imagination.
QUATERNITY * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
PROMISER * n. A person who makes a promise.
LEPIDOTHAMNUS * n. Small usually shrubby conifers.
ALBUMINURIA * n. The presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom of kidney disorder.
ABLUTION * n. The ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels.
TRAINLOAD * n. Quantity that can be carried by a train.
PUBERULENT * s. Covered with fine soft hairs or down.
COWS * n. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.
NONPERSON * n. A person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons).
ASH-BIN * n. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
CLIFF * n. A steep high face of rock.
DIAZO * a. Relating to or containing diazonium.
SIGMOIDOSCOPE * n. An endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon.
UNCONDITIONAL * --a. Not conditional. --s. 1 Not modified or restricted by reservations. 2 Not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else.
NAVY * n. 1 An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare. 2 A dark shade of blue. 3 The navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces.
PYCNOTIC * a. Of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis.
EXPLORER * n. 1 Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose). 2 A commercial browser.
ULTRA * s. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
OUTRIDE * v. 1 Hang on during a trial of endurance. 2 Ride better, faster, or further than.
CHAMBERLAIN * n. 1 British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940). 2 The treasurer of a municipal corporation. 3 An officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman.
MONGGO * n. 1 Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food. 2 Seed of the mung bean plant used for food.
MOUSE-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a mouse.
ESKIMO-ALEUT * n. The family of languages that includes Eskimo and Aleut.
BRYOPHYTA * n. A division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida).
FLEER * --n. 1 Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation. 2 Contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words. --v. To smirk contemptuously.
SQUINCH * --n. A small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire). --v. 1 Crouch down. 2 Draw back, as with fear or pain. 3 Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus.
SHAABAN * n. The eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
ANDRENA * n. A bee that is a member of the genus Andrena.
AUDIO * n. 1 The audible part of a transmitted signal. 2 An audible acoustic wave frequency. 3 A recording of acoustic signals. 4 The sound elements of television.
KAMASUTRA * n. (Hinduism) An ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.
CATABOLIC * a. 1 Relating to or characterized by catabolism. 2 Characterized by destructive metabolism.
TRAITOROUSLY * r. In a disloyal and faithless manner.
GRATEFULLY * r. 1 With appreciation; in a grateful manner. 2 In a thankful manner; with thanks.
POOH-BAH * n. An arrogant or conceited person of importance.
GOOD-TEMPERED * s. Not easily irritated.
IMPRISONED * s. Being in captivity.
SHEW * v. Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment.
FOCUSING * n. 1 The concentration of attention or energy on something. 2 The act of bringing into focus.
NONPARALLEL * s. 1 Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations. 2 (of e.g. lines or paths) Not parallel; converging.
PIGPEN * n. A pen for swine.
PENTAERYTHRITOL * n. A coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris.
ROLLMOPS * n. A pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle.
SWIETINIA * n. Tropical American mahogany trees.
VANDERBILT * n. United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877).
HUSKING * n. The removal of covering.
ADVIL * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic.
INCONSIDERATENESS * n. The quality of failing to be considerate of others.
ANIMAL * --n. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. --s. Marked by the appetites and passions of the body.
SCOOPFUL * n. The quantity a scoop will hold.
UNCLOTHED * a. Not wearing clothing.
RILKE * n. German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20th-century German literature (1875-1926).
BLATANT * s. 1 Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious. 2 Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.
UNFASTIDIOUS * a. 1 Not exacting in nutritional requirements. 2 Marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness.
INOSITOL * n. An optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex.
RUTH * n. 1 United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948). 2 The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. 3 A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. 4 A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died.
HINDSIGHT * n. Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened.
SYSTEMATISM * n. The habitual practice of systematization and classification.
ENGROSSMENT * n. 1 Complete attention; intense mental effort. 2 The mental state of being preoccupied by something. 3 The quality of being intent and concentrated.
EXULT * v. 1 Feel extreme happiness or elation. 2 To express great joy.
JERKER * n. Someone who gives a strong sudden pull.
REFERENTIAL * s. Referring or pointing to something.
NAZE * n. A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
MASJID * n. (Islam) A Muslim place of worship.
MENISPERMUM * n. Climbing herbs.
LEFTIST * --n. A person who belongs to the political left. --s. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.
UNGULATA * n. In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals; now divided into the orders Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) and Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates).
OVERDUE * s. Past due; not paid at the scheduled time.
JELLIED * s. Congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling.
SOUTHEY * n. English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843).
COCUS * n. (Greek mythology) One of the Titans.
GLUCK * n. German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787).
IMPULSIVENESS * n. The trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection.
COMMEMORATIVE * --n. An object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person. --a. Intended as a commemoration.
FEDAYEEN * n. (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel.
PILLOW * --n. A cushion to support the head of a sleeping person. --v. Rest on or as if on a pillow.
ACROCARPOUS * a. (of mosses) Having the archegonia at the top of the stem.
MEGAKARYOCYTIC * a. Of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells.
COUNTERACTIVELY * r. In a counteractive manner.
COCAINISE * v. Anesthetize with cocaine.
DEREQUISITION * v. Release from government control.
FREAKISH * s. 1 Changeable. 2 Characteristic of a freak. 3 Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE * n. Anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes.
GANTRISIN * n. A sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract.
HUMANITARIANISM * n. The doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare.
CRADLESONG * n. 1 A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep. 2 The act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep.
CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS * n. A fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin.
RICKETS * n. Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus.
PALEOECOLOGY * n. The branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology.
NONACHIEVEMENT * n. An act that does not achieve its intended goal.
DOMICILIATION * n. Temporary living quarters.
DIPLOIDY * n. The condition of being diploid.
BRITAIN * n. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
VERDIGRIS * --n. 1 A blue or green powder used as a paint pigment. 2 A green patina that forms on copper or brass or bronze that has been exposed to the air or water for long periods of time. --v. Color verdigris.
CANNISTER * n. Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour.
FORMLESSLY * r. In a formless manner.
TABU * --n. 1 A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature. 2 An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion. --s. 1 Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands. 2 Excluded from use or mention.
EPICARDIUM * n. The innermost of the two layers of the pericardium.
BREADSTICK * n. A crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup.
CASCABEL * n. A bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh.
OBLIQUELY * r. 1 To, toward or at one side. 2 At an oblique angle.
OPPRESSED * s. Burdened psychologically or mentally.
HAM-FISTED * s. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
REPAIRER * n. A skilled worker who mends or repairs things.
ATTRACTIVENESS * n. 1 The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts. 2 Sexual allure.
OPHIOGLOSSALES * n. Coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae.
GANDER * n. Mature male goose.
MAGNIFICAT * n. (Luke) The canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum').
UNSWERVING * s. 1 Going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside. 2 Firm and dependable especially in loyalty.
TRADITIONAL * --a. Consisting of or derived from tradition. --s. Pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines.
FRISKINESS * n. Lively high-spirited playfulness.
SILVANUS * n. (Roman mythology) God of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart.
EMPHASIZING * n. The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
CONTEND * v. 1 Maintain or assert. 2 Have an argument about something. 3 To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation. 4 Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available.
VESICLE * n. A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid).
WALLFLOWER * n. 1 Any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers. 2 Perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum. 3 Remains on sidelines at social event.
ULTRAMICROSCOPIC * a. Too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope.
SPOROPHYTE * n. The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.
ONE-BILLIONTH * n. One part in a billion equal parts.
SANIES * n. A fluid product of inflammation.
RETRACT * v. 1 Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. 2 Pull away from a source of disgust or fear. 3 Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ). 4 Pull inward or towards a center.
ANASTROPHE * n. The reversal of the normal order of words.
FLEMISH * --n. 1 An ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium. 2 One of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch. --a. Of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture.
ANSWERER * n. Someone who responds.
SONOGRAPHY * n. Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs.
TOE-IN * n. The alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back.
HOBNAILED * s. Marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails.
DOUROUCOULI * n. Nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur.
DIERVILLA * n. Small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles.
EQUINOX * n. 1 Either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length. 2 (astronomy) Either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic.
DECOMPOSABLE * s. Capable of being partitioned.
OCTAVIAN * n. 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).
CROTALIDAE * n. New World vipers: pit vipers.
PEACOCK-BLUE * s. Of bright greenish blue.
FATHOMABLE * --a. (of depth) Capable of being sounded or measured for depth. --s. (of meaning) Capable of being penetrated or comprehended.
PERFUSION * n. Pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels).
CHOLELITHOTOMY * n. Removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder.
LIBERALNESS * n. 1 An inclination to favor progress and individual freedom. 2 The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.
GIRD * v. 1 Prepare oneself for a military confrontation. 2 Put a girdle on or around. 3 Bind with something round or circular.
EOSIN * n. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures.
NANCERE * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
EBULLIENCE * n. Overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval.
LAMPPOST * n. A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight).
BACKSPACE * --n. The typewriter key used for back spacing. --v. Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.
MELANOPLUS * n. New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers.
SILL * n. 1 Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure. 2 (geology) A flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock.
EGRESSION * n. The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent.
HOLLYHOCK * n. 1 Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea. 2 Any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers.
ALIPHATIC * s. Having carbon atoms linked in open chains.
CARJACKING * n. The violent theft of an occupied car.
CMV * n. Any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems.
CRAP * --n. 1 Obscene terms for feces. 2 Obscene words for unacceptable behavior. --v. Have a bowel movement.
UNDEMOCRATIC * a. Not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals.
PHOSPHORUS * n. 1 A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms. 2 A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
TACTIC * n. A plan for attaining a particular goal.
CALCIFICATION * n. 1 A process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts). 2 Tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts. 3 An inflexible and unchanging state.
PRICKLY-LEAFED * s. Having prickly leaves.
CAESAREA * n. An ancient seaport in northwestern Israel; an important Roman city in ancient Palestine.
VERBATIM * --s. In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker. --r. Using exactly the same words.
CHEAP * --a. Relatively low in price or charging low prices. --s. 1 Tastelessly showy. 2 Of very poor quality; flimsy. 3 Embarrassingly stingy.
HALLAH * n. (Judaism) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking.
TRANSACTION * n. The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).
HOUSE-RAISING * n. Construction by a group of neighbors.
DENTAL * --n. A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge. --a. 1 Of or relating to the teeth. 2 Of or relating to dentistry.
LAUNDRYMAN * n. Operates industrial washing machine.
ELECTRONEGATIVE * s. Having a negative charge.
SQUEAKY * s. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
ADRIANOPOLIS * n. A city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
FUZEE * n. 1 A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains. 2 A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind. 3 Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.
SIGNORY * n. The estate of a seigneur.
PROFESSORIALLY * r. In a professorial manner.
GLYCEROGELATIN * n. A medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin.
HORNEY * n. United States psychiatrist (1885-1952).
CORDITE * n. Explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords.
PUT-PUT * n. A small gasoline engine (as on motor boat).
PARENTERALLY * r. By parenteral means.
BELONG * v. 1 Be owned by; be in the possession of. 2 Be suitable or acceptable. 3 Be in the right place or situation. 4 Be rightly classified in a class or category.
CODIAEUM * n. Evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands.
MILLENARIANISM * n. Belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations.
DISCOMYCETOUS * a. Relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes.
CORYNEBACTERIUM * n. Any species of the genus Corynebacterium.
VESTRYMAN * n. A man who is a member of a church vestry.
SHADOWBOX * v. Go through boxing motions without an opponent.
HYPERLINK * n. A link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen.
EUPATORIUM * n. Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers.
GEMSTONE * n. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
FIGURED * s. (of e.g. fabric design) Adorned with patterns.
ANNIVERSARY * n. The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it).
THIRTY-EIGHTH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order.
ABJECTION * n. A low or downcast state.
THREEFOLD * --s. 1 Three times as great or many. 2 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. --r. By a factor of three.
ORTHOPHOSPHATE * n. A salt of phosphoric acid.
DOWELING * n. Fastening by dowels.
EXTRUSIVE * a. Of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface.
FORESTALLING * n. The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively.
UNPLOWED * a. (of farmland) Not plowed.
SALUKI * n. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia.
LONG-JAWED * s. Having relatively long jaws.
FASCINATION * n. 1 The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror). 2 A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual. 3 The capacity to attract intense interest.
PHOBIC * s. Suffering from irrational fears.
TABUK * n. A city in northwestern Saudi Arabia.
SWISS * --n. The natives or inhabitants of Switzerland. --a. Of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture.
PALLIUM * n. 1 The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum. 2 (zoology) A protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell. 3 (Roman Catholic Church) Vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back. 4 Cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome.
SEA * n. 1 A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land. 2 Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume. 3 Turbulent water with swells of considerable size.
DERANGED * s. Driven insane.
POTENTIATE * v. Increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon).
CAFFER * n. An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.
PROFESSIONALLY * r. In a professional manner.
PAREGORIC * n. Medicine used to treat diarrhea.
BRUNANBURH * n. A battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots.
FLUID * --n. 1 A substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure. 2 Continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas. --s. 1 Subject to change; variable. 2 Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape. 3 Smooth and unconstrained in movement. 4 In cash or easily convertible to cash.
WEARINESS * n. Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.
BACKSTAY * n. A stay that supports the back of something.
PSYCHOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to psychometrics.
COLPOCELE * n. Hernia projecting into the vagina.
AVAILABLENESS * n. The quality of being at hand when needed.
FORWARDNESS * n. 1 Offensive boldness and assertiveness. 2 An advanced stage. 3 Prompt willingness.
EXCUSED * s. Granted exemption.
WARDERSHIP * n. The position of warder.
MINUTELY * r. In minute detail.
TRIMORPHODON * n. Lyre snakes.
EURYDICE * n. (Greek mythology) The wife of Orpheus.
UNSCHEDULED * a. Not scheduled or not on a regular schedule.
BIRTHROOT * n. Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth.
ACQUIRER * n. 1 A person who acquires something (usually permanently). 2 A corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock. 3 The financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card. 4 A credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee.
SHAKESPEAREAN * --n. A Shakespearean scholar. --a. Of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works.
CHAROPHYCEAE * n. In some classifications: contains only the order Charales.
FOREGO * v. 1 Be earlier in time; go back further. 2 Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. 3 Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.
RELAXIN * n. Hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor.
ALDROVANDA * n. One species: waterwheel plant.
SEEDPOD * n. A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.
STUDENTSHIP * n. The position of student.
CAMPEACHY * n. Spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye.
ETIOLATION * n. 1 A pale and sickly appearance. 2 The act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something. 3 (botany) The act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight.
BABY-LIKE * r. Like a baby.
UMMA * n. The Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan.
DESCURAINIA * n. Includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems.
WESTERNIZATION * n. Assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization.
WASHERWOMAN * n. A working woman who takes in washing.
UNJUST * a. 1 Not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception. 2 Violating principles of justice. 3 Not equitable or fair.
UNRELIABLY * r. In an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner.
DEATHRATE * n. The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
PASSEMENTERIE * n. A decoration or adornment on a garment.
RECTILINEAR * s. Characterized by a straight line or lines.
PAPAW * n. 1 Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit. 2 Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples.
SARCOCYSTIS * n. Chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia.
FAO * n. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
APPLE-SCENTED * s. Smelling of apples.
FILTH * n. 1 Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant. 2 The state of being covered with unclean things. 3 A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse. 4 An offensive or indecent word or phrase.
MENYANTHES * n. The type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans.
PECTINIBRANCHIA * n. Large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb.
SYSTEMATICALLY * r. In a systematic or consistent manner.
CAMPAIGN * --n. 1 A race between candidates for elective office. 2 A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. 3 Several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints). 4 An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa). --v. 1 Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position. 2 Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for. 3 Go on a campaign; go off to war.
LEND * v. 1 Bestow a quality on. 2 Give temporarily; let have for a limited time. 3 Have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to.
GREASER * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Mexican descent.
CHRYSEMYS * n. Painted turtles.
FORBIDDEN * s. Excluded from use or mention.
OSTINATO * n. A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition.
ZYMOTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or causing fermentation. 2 Relating to or caused by infection.
SEISMAL * s. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
CORYDALIDAE * n. Dobsons.
ORAN * n. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
ORIENTALISE * v. Make oriental in character.
PRICELESSNESS * n. The positive quality of being precious and beyond value.
COCHLEARIA * n. A genus of the family Cruciferae.
HUMECTANT * n. Any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist.
DAMPER * n. 1 A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace. 2 A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations. 3 A depressing restraint.
SUSPENSOR * n. A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise.
PARTICIPATE * v. 1 Share in something. 2 Become a participant; be involved in.
CALAN * n. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
SLANDER * --n. 1 Words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another. 2 An abusive attack on a person's character or good name. --v. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
FINNAN * n. Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter.
SORGO * n. Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.
PENULTIMATE * --n. The next to last syllable in a word. --s. Second last.
UROLOGIST * n. A specialist in urology.
ACEROSE * s. Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.
MUFFIN * n. A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan.
TIMBUKTU * n. A city in central Mali near the Niger river; formerly famous for its gold trade.
GORING * n. German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946).
RECLINE * v. 1 Move the upper body backwards and down. 2 Cause to recline. 3 Lean in a comfortable resting position.
BOLTONIA * n. Genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters.
SALVINIA * n. Type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns.
TICAL * n. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
UNDINE * n. Any of various female water spirits.
BUXOMNESS * n. The bodily property of being attractively plump and vigorous and (of women) full-bosomed.
AMORTISATION * n. 1 The reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years. 2 Payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers.
LENSE * n. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
HIPPOCREPIS * n. Species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch.
DISCOID * s. Having a flat circular shape.
SO-SO * --s. Being neither good nor bad. --r. In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner.
HOLE-AND-CORNER * s. 1 Relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life. 2 Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
RAIU * n. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
EXPLOIT * --n. A notable achievement. --v. 1 Use or manipulate to one's advantage. 2 Draw from; make good use of. 3 Work excessively hard.
SIMULTANEOUSNESS * n. Happening or existing or done at the same time.
UNDERNOURISHED * s. Not getting adequate food.
FACE * --n. 1 The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear. 2 The feelings expressed on a person's face. 3 The general outward appearance of something. 4 The striking or working surface of an implement. --v. 1 Deal with (something unpleasant) head on. 2 Oppose, as in hostility or a competition. 3 Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to. 4 Be opposite.
CHIC * --n. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable. --s. Elegant and stylish.
FURNACE * n. An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc..
SEMIDARK * s. Partially devoid of light or brightness.
LABIAL * --n. A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips. --a. 1 Of or relating to the lips of the mouth. 2 Relating to or near the female labium.
ALLIUM * n. Large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus.
APPRAISE * v. 1 Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. 2 Consider in a comprehensive way.
LUTRINAE * n. Subdivision not used in some classifications: otters.
ARCHER * n. 1 A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow. 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius. 3 The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21.
LIABILITIES * n. Anything that is owed to someone else.
ALONSO * n. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
AKHENATEN * n. Early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC).
IBRD * n. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
TRUST * --n. 1 Something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary). 2 Certainty based on past experience. 3 The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others. 4 A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service. --v. 1 Have confidence or faith in. 2 Allow without fear. 3 Be confident about something. 4 Expect and wish.
STARER * n. A viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility).
SNUFF-COLOUR * n. Dark yellowish brown.
PERVERTED * s. 1 (used of sexual behavior) Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes. 2 Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented. 3 Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.
ACROSTIC * n. 1 A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across. 2 Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message.
CRIMINALLY * r. 1 In a shameful manner. 2 In violation of the law; in a criminal manner.
ELUDING * n. The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning).
LAMBSKIN * n. 1 The skin of a lamb with the wool still on. 2 Skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.
FRIGATE * n. 1 A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries. 2 A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser.
FECKLESSNESS * n. Worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual.
TRICKY * s. 1 Not to be trusted. 2 Having concealed difficulty. 3 Marked by skill in deception.
MIMEO * --n. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo). --v. Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph.
TRAMMEL * --n. 1 A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh. 2 An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace. 3 A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble. 4 A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). --v. 1 Catch in or as if in a trap. 2 Place limits on (extent or amount or access).
BURDEN * --n. 1 An onerous or difficult concern. 2 Weight to be borne or conveyed. 3 The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. 4 The central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse. --v. 1 Weight down with a load. 2 Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
KAVRIN * n. An alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive.
AEOLIC * n. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
NONCOMBUSTIBLE * a. Not capable of igniting and burning.
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY * n. Single- or multi-color lithography.
NUTS * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
SULPHURIC * a. Of or relating to or containing sulfur.
INTELNET * n. A computer network similar to but separate from the internet; devoted to the dissemination of information to and for the Intelligence Community.
BRAHMINISM * n. 1 The religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism. 2 The religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads.
EDENTATE * --n. Primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America. --s. Having few if any teeth.
ADMINISTRATIVE * a. Of or relating to or responsible for administration.
JAMPOT * n. A jar for holding jellies or preserves.
UNARMOURED * a. 1 Used of animals; without protective covering. 2 (used of persons or things military) Without protective armor.
ORNITHORHYNCHUS * n. Type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae.
ILLUMINATION * n. 1 A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination. 2 The degree of visibility of your environment. 3 An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding. 4 The luminous flux incident on a unit area.
LALLY * n. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
STONE-BLIND * s. Completely blind.
MARLINSPIKE * n. A pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing).
KELLOGG * n. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951).
TURKEY-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a turkey.
THUMBTACK * --n. A tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board. --v. Fasten with thumbtacks.
UNOBSTRUCTED * a. Free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance.
SERPENTINE * s. Resembling a serpent in form.
FOUL-SPOKEN * s. Using foul or obscene language.
SPURNER * n. A person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt.
LEXICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to words. 2 Of or relating to dictionaries.
ANIMATE * --v. 1 Heighten or intensify. 2 Give lifelike qualities to. 3 Make lively. 4 Give new life or energy to. --a. 1 Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings. 2 Endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life. 3 Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
LORCHEL * n. A large fungus of the family Helvellaceae.
SOZZLED * s. Very drunk.
THEOLOGIAN * n. Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology.
DEEP-WATER * s. Of or carried on in waters of great depth.
ZYMOSIS * n. 1 A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol. 2 (medicine) The development and spread of an infectious disease (especially one caused by a fungus).
INVESTMENT * n. 1 The act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit. 2 Money that is invested with an expectation of profit. 3 The commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result. 4 Outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism.
ALABASTRINE * a. Of or resembling alabaster.
UNMINDFULLY * r. In a careless and thoughtless manner.
DERAIN * n. French painter and exponent of fauvism (1880-1954).
TELECONFERENCE * n. A conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television.
ILLEGITIMATELY * r. 1 In a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom. 2 Of biological parents not married to each other.
INTERMEZZO * n. 1 A short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony. 2 A short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera. 3 A brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance.
MARGAY * n. Small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil.
MEGALOBATRACHUS * n. Giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus.
ANNIELLIDAE * n. Legless lizards.
COMMISSURE * n. A bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord.
HEMATOCOELE * n. Swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis).
MUSTH * n. An annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear.
DECOCTION * n. (pharmacology) The extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling.
EPANAPHORA * n. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
GOURD * n. 1 Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd. 2 Any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds. 3 Any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds.
GECKO * n. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless.
SHIKSE * n. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
CHAMAELEO * n. Type genus of the Chamaeleontidae.
LIENAL * a. Of or relating to the spleen.
COMMENSAL * --n. Either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent. --a. Living in a state of commensalism.
DAUBING * n. The application of plaster.
SEABORG * n. United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999).
THERMOELECTRICAL * a. Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity.
GREENGAGE * n. Sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum.
REVITALIZE * v. 1 Restore strength. 2 Give new life or vigor to.
ALYTES * n. Midwife toads.
DELIGHTFULLY * r. In a delightful manner.
8 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. --s. Being one more than seven.
REAPPRAISE * v. Appraise anew.
UNBOOKED * s. Not reserved in advance.
CREATIVELY * r. In a creative manner.
MIDDLETON * n. English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627).
GOALMOUTH * n. (sports) The area immediately in front of the goal.
OTTERHOUND * n. Hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters.
TRUCKER * n. Someone who drives a truck as an occupation.
ASSOUAN * n. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.
TEARFUL * --a. Filled with or marked by tears. --s. Showing sorrow.
DICRANACEAE * n. Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome.
SALERNO * n. A battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943.
AFFABLY * r. In an affable manner.
CHADLOCK * n. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
TETRANEURIS * n. Genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States.
FERVENT * s. 1 Characterized by intense emotion. 2 (archaic) Extremely hot, burning, or glowing.
ABDOMEN * n. 1 The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. 2 The cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm.
FORCED * --a. Produced by or subjected to forcing. --s. 1 Forced or compelled. 2 Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency. 3 Lacking spontaneity; not natural.
SPONDYLOLISTHESIS * n. A forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves.
SMATTER * v. 1 Work with in an amateurish manner. 2 To talk foolishly. 3 Speak with spotty or superficial knowledge.
SELF-SUSTAINING * s. Able to provide for your own needs without help from others.
BIOLOGICAL * a. 1 Pertaining to biology or to life and living things. 2 (of a parent or child) Related by blood; genetically related.
DISCREDIT * --n. The state of being held in low esteem. --v. 1 Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved. 2 Damage the reputation of. 3 Reject as false; refuse to accept.
FORTY-FIVE * --n. A .45-caliber pistol. --s. Being five more than forty.
SNIFFER * n. A person who sniffs.
PTEROCARPUS * n. Genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods.
UNSCRUPULOUSLY * r. Without scruples.
COMENIUS * n. Czech educational reformer (1592-1670).
STREAMBED * n. A channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream.
THANATOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of death.
STARFLOWER * n. Common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States.
OPENLY * r. In an open way.
ENARTHROSIS * n. A freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone.
SHITTIM * n. Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit.
SUBLITERARY * s. Not written as or intended to be literature.
HEADSET * n. Receiver consisting of a pair of headphones.
CUE * --n. 1 An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech. 2 Evidence that helps to solve a problem. 3 A stimulus that provides information about what to do. 4 Sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards. --v. Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
STOMATOPODA * n. Mantis shrimps.
SELF-ACTIVATING * s. Designed to activate or move or regulate itself.
FLY-FISH * v. Fish with flies as lures.
MOLLUSCA * n. Gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons.
SCAPEGOAT * n. Someone who is punished for the errors of others.
ACETOUS * s. Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
KINFOLK * n. People descended from a common ancestor.
CORPOREALITY * n. The quality of being physical; consisting of matter.
VERB * n. 1 The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence. 2 A content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence.
TWICE * r. 1 Two times. 2 To double the degree.
PAROSAMIA * n. A disorder in the sense of smell.
ENCYCLOPAEDIC * s. Comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia).
DISHARMONIOUS * s. Lacking in harmony.
DESYNCHRONIZING * n. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
COPPOLA * n. United States filmmaker (born in 1939).
BROODING * --n. 1 Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body. 2 Persistent morbid meditation on a problem. --s. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
STAGHEAD * n. An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance.
VACATE * v. 1 Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. 2 Leave behind empty; move out of. 3 Cancel officially.
EXTRA * --n. 1 A minor actor in crowd scenes. 2 An additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis). 3 Something additional of the same kind. --s. 1 More than is needed, desired, or required. 2 Added to a regular schedule. 3 Further or added. --r. Unusually or exceptionally.
DESPATCH * --n. 1 An official report (usually sent in haste). 2 The property of being prompt and efficient. 3 Killing a person or animal. 4 The act of sending off something. --v. Send away towards a designated goal.
GAMBOL * --n. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement. --v. Play boisterously.
NANOSECOND * n. One billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond.
REOPEN * v. Open again or anew.
TODDY * n. A mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot.
INHOMOGENEOUS * s. Not homogeneous.
IDENTICALLY * r. With complete identity; in an identical manner.
FLAVIVIRUS * n. Animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae.
CITYFIED * s. Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
PHIDIAS * n. Ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC).
POLLUX * n. The brightest star in Gemini; close to Castor.
ROCK-STEADY * s. Consistent in performance or behavior.
MACROSCOPIC * s. 1 Visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye. 2 Large enough to be visible with the naked eye.
HEXAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having six plane faces.
PAIN * --n. 1 A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder. 2 Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid. 3 A somatic sensation of acute discomfort. 4 A bothersome annoying person. --v. 1 Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed. 2 Cause emotional anguish or make miserable.
BUSINESSMEN * n. The body of individuals who manage businesses.
WEENIE * n. A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.
BROMATE * v. 1 React with bromine. 2 Treat with bromine.
CONDOLENCE * n. An expression of sympathy with another's grief.
PRESERVER * n. 1 A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture. 2 A cook who preserves fruits or meat. 3 Someone who keeps safe from harm or danger. 4 Rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning.
UNVARIEDNESS * n. Characterized by an absence of variation.
PUNGAPUNG * n. Putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber.
PERITONITIS * n. Inflammation of the peritoneum.
OLIGOCENE * n. From 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats.
MARCHANTIACEAE * n. Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.
LARVAL * --s. Immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage. --a. Relating to or typical of a larva.
GLOBULIN * n. A family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed.
DEUTERONOMY * n. The fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law.
BRIGHTLY * r. With brightness.
VERSED * --n. An injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures. --s. Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience.
ALGAE * n. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
PESTERING * s. Causing irritation or annoyance.
HINDOO * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India. 2 A person who adheres to Hinduism. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
EPILEPSY * n. A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions.
ALLOTROPICAL * a. Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism.
SAGITTARIIDAE * n. Secretary birds.
OFTENER * r. More often or more frequently.
MODERATING * a. Lessening in intensity or strength.
LIBIDO * n. (psychoanalysis) A Freudian term for sexual urge or desire.
COMPULSORILY * r. In a manner that cannot be evaded.
BARRETTE * n. A pin for holding women's hair in place.
EMBRACE * --n. 1 The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection). 2 The state of taking in or encircling. 3 A close affectionate and protective acceptance. --v. 1 Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory. 2 Hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness. 3 Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.
THYROXINE * n. Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells.
SPERMATOPHYTE * n. Plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores.
FENNEL * n. 1 Any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems. 2 Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads. 3 Leaves used for seasoning. 4 Fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture.
RETRIBUTION * n. 1 A justly deserved penalty. 2 The act of correcting for your wrongdoing. 3 The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life.
EQUINOCTIAL * --n. The great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles. --a. 1 Relating to the vicinity of the equator. 2 Relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal).
VIRINO * n. (microbiology) A hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins.
STHENO * n. (Greek mythology) One of the three Gorgons.
CENTRISCIDAE * n. Shrimpfishes.
GROUCHY * s. Annoyed and irritable.
SCOURGER * n. A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders).
ESSEN * n. A city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr.
PUNCTILIOUS * s. Marked by precise accordance with details.
PFLP-GC * n. A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe.
SOCIABLY * r. 1 In a gregarious manner. 2 In a sociable manner.
NIGHTMARE * n. 1 A situation resembling a terrifying dream. 2 A terrifying or deeply upsetting dream.
SPICA * n. The brightest star in Virgo.
SADDLERY * n. 1 Gear for a horse. 2 Workshop where a saddler works.
TROPOPAUSE * n. The region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
CONNOISSEURSHIP * n. Love of or taste for fine objects of art.
PAINLESS * --s. Requiring little hard work or exertion. --a. Not causing physical or psychological pain.
IRONWARE * n. Instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal.
ADULTERATION * n. 1 Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating. 2 The act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another).
HODOSCOPE * n. (physics) Scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle.
PIZZA * n. Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese.
EULOGIZE * v. Praise formally and eloquently.
BACKDOWN * n. A retraction of a previously held position.
PACKERA * n. Genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; sometimes included in genus Senecio.
PROBATIONARY * s. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.
SIHASAPA * n. A member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux.
SOLZHENITSYN * n. Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918).
CARPELLATE * a. Bearing or consisting of carpels.
GRINNER * n. A person who grins.
UNFUNNY * s. Not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor.
GRIMOIRE * n. A manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons).
SEMIOFFICIAL * s. Having some official authority or sanction.
ETERNITY * n. 1 Time without end. 2 A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife. 3 A seemingly endless time interval (waiting).
COACTION * n. Act of working jointly.
DRY-ROT * v. Affect or be affected with dry rot.
FULLERENE * n. A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms.
ROMANISM * n. The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome.
PRICKER * n. 1 A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. 2 An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
PORTRAY * v. 1 Portray in words. 2 Make a portrait of. 3 Assume or act the character of. 4 Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture.
SAMPLING * n. 1 (statistics) The selection of a suitable sample for study. 2 Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population. 3 Measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form).
LINOCUT * n. 1 A print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum. 2 A design carved in relief into a block of linoleum.
FILL-IN * n. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).
ANTICATALYST * n. (chemistry) A substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst.
KNAPSACK * n. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
DIZYGOTIC * a. Derived from two separately fertilized eggs.
ENDOSPORE * n. A small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae.
SALSOLA * n. Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts.
TUBEROUS * a. Of or relating to or resembling a tuber.
ETHIOPIA * n. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia.
LAMB'S-QUARTER * n. Leaves collected from the wild.
KETTERING * n. United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958).
UNDECOMPOSED * s. Not decayed.
REGULARISE * v. 1 Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. 2 Make regular or more regular.
GLUTTONOUS * a. Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink.
FTC * n. An independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft.
FRISKY * s. Playful like a lively kitten.
JEALOUSLY * r. 1 With jealousy. 2 With jealousy; in an envious manner.
CARCHARIAS * n. Type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks.
SELF-RENEWING * a. Of or relating to self-renewal.
CLUNCH * n. Hardened clay.
ALIGNMENT * n. 1 An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. 2 The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines. 3 (astronomy) Apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. 4 The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other.
ENJOYMENT * n. 1 The pleasure felt when having a good time. 2 Act of receiving pleasure from something. 3 (law) The exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property.
GRAININESS * n. The quality of being composed of relatively large particles.
DEFENCELESS * --s. 1 Lacking protection or support. 2 Lacking weapons for self-defense. --r. Without defense.
KINETICS * n. The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies.
GYMNOSPERMOPHYTA * n. Plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida).
EYED * a. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination.
ATHETOSIS * n. A continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts.
PROTOTHERIAN * n. Primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea.
TIRANA * n. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
TURNCOCK * n. 1 One employed to control water supply by turning water mains on and off. 2 Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid.
OXIDIZATION * n. The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction.
THRUSTING * n. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
VIOLET-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with lavender.
CLUSTERING * n. A grouping of a number of similar things.
BEDIZEN * v. 1 Decorate tastelessly. 2 Dress up garishly and tastelessly.
MICROECONOMIST * n. An economist who specializes in microeconomics.
PETIOLE * n. The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
NUDNICK * n. (Yiddish) Someone who is a boring pest.
CONSUMMATION * n. 1 The completion of marriage by sexual intercourse. 2 The act of bringing to completion or fruition.
ANASTIGMATIC * a. 1 Pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images). 2 Not astigmatic.
HARDNESS * n. 1 The property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale. 2 A quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering. 3 Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness. 4 The quality of being difficult to do.
UNDERMANNED * s. Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..
PUZZLED * s. Filled with bewilderment.
INTIMACY * n. 1 Close or warm friendship. 2 A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship. 3 A feeling of being intimate and belonging together.
DISCOVERY * n. 1 The act of discovering something. 2 Something that is discovered. 3 A productive insight. 4 (law) Compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case.
RAPE * --n. 1 Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop. 2 The act of despoiling a country in warfare. 3 The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will. --v. 1 Force (someone) to have sex against their will. 2 Destroy and strip of its possession.
HACKWORK * n. Professional work done according to formula.
EXACTA * n. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
SISS * v. 1 Express or utter with a hiss. 2 Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval.
SUN-LOVING * s. (of plants) Flourishing in strong sunlight.
SPRINGER * n. 1 The lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs. 2 A cow about to give birth. 3 A large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white.
ACETUM * n. 1 A dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug). 2 Sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative.
PARENTLESS * a. Having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates.
ARACEOUS * a. Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
VIOLIST * n. A musician who plays the viola.
CONCRETISM * n. A representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms.
CREMONA * n. A city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
ANALOGOUS * --s. Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar. --a. Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin.
FERMI * n. 1 A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter. 2 Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954).
THIRTY-NINTH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order.
TRIFURCATE * v. Divide into three.
LOESS * n. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
CHALONS-SUR-MARNE * n. The battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451.
COMMUTING * n. The travel of a commuter.
INDENTATION * n. 1 A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline). 2 The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion. 3 The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. 4 The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions.
MADRILENE * n. A tomato-flavored consomme; often served chilled.
QUINTAL * n. 1 A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms. 2 A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
SNEEZE * --n. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose. --v. Exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose.
OTHER * --a. Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied. --s. 1 Recently past. 2 Belonging to the distant past. 3 Very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected.
CONVERSATIONIST * n. Someone skilled at conversation.
SCHEDULING * n. Setting an order and time for planned events.
SHRUBBY * a. Of or relating to or resembling a shrub.
INFLATED * s. 1 Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness. 2 Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals).
PUMP * --n. 1 A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction. 2 The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. 3 A low-cut shoe without fastenings. --v. 1 Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal. 2 Deliver forth. 3 Draw or pour with a pump. 4 Supply in great quantities.
PRAVACHOL * n. An oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks.
ARMOR-CLAD * s. Covered with heavy steel.
TRAWLER * n. 1 A fisherman who use a trawl net. 2 A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
DUMB * s. 1 Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. 2 Temporarily incapable of speaking. 3 Lacking the power of human speech. 4 Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
OLEFIN * n. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
RE-AFFOREST * v. Reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc..
IGLOO * n. An Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome.
AMBROSIA * n. 1 A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae. 2 Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma. 3 Fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut. 4 (classical mythology) The food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal.
LOVESOME * s. Having or displaying warmth or affection.
FORMATIVE * --n. Minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function. --s. 1 Capable of forming new cells and tissues. 2 Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning.
BIRDIE * --n. 1 (golf) A score of one stroke under par on a hole. 2 Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers. --v. Shoot in one stroke under par.
WHEATGRASS * n. A grass of the genus Agropyron.
CAPABLY * r. With competence; in a competent capable manner.
UNDIES * n. Women's underwear.
EMBEZZLED * s. Taken for your own use in violation of a trust.
AFFOREST * v. Establish a forest on previously unforested land.
PRESUMPTUOUSLY * r. In a presumptuous manner.
LIFE-AND-DEATH * s. Vitally important.
SABERTOOTH * n. Any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene.
UNREADABLE * s. Not easily deciphered.
BUGLE * --n. 1 A brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares. 2 Any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover. 3 A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration. --v. Play on a bugle.
IMPECCABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being without an error or fault. 2 The quality of being exempt from sin or incapable of sinning.
INBREEDING * n. The act of mating closely related individuals.
PEACHY-COLOURED * s. Of something resembling a peach in color.
ADVANCER * n. Someone who advances.
ARCHOSAUR * n. Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts.
PERSECUTION * n. The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion).
TWAIN * n. Two items of the same kind.
RECAP * --n. 1 A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. 2 A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads. --v. Summarize briefly.
PIMP * --n. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce). --v. Arrange for sexual partners for others.
THUSLY * r. In the way indicated.
UNDERDEVELOP * v. Process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature.
DUMPSITE * n. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
BAROGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or registered by a barograph.
TMV * n. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892).
THINKER * n. 1 An important intellectual. 2 Someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision).
INFLUENT * s. Flowing inward.
PHASIANID * n. A kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae.
DISSILIENT * s. Bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels.
PURCHASABLE * s. 1 Capable of being corrupted. 2 Available for purchase.
ANTITUMOR * a. Used in the treatment of cancer.
OFFHAND * --s. 1 With little or no preparation or forethought. 2 Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate. --r. 1 Without previous thought or preparation. 2 In a casually inconsiderate manner.
SECRETE * v. 1 Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids. 2 Place out of sight; keep secret.
FORCIPATE * a. Shaped like a forceps; deeply forked.
HAIRINESS * n. The quality of having hair.
WITCH * --n. 1 A female sorcerer or magician. 2 A being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil. 3 A believer in Wicca. 4 An ugly evil-looking old woman. --v. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
QUATERNARY * --n. 1 Last 2 million years. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. --s. 1 Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four. 2 Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude.
HOMOPTERAN * n. Insects having membranous forewings and hind wings.
VENERABILITY * n. The quality of deserving veneration.
APPETENCE * n. A feeling of craving something.
ASSUMPTION * n. 1 A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. 2 A hypothesis that is taken for granted. 3 The act of taking possession of or power over something. 4 Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
HUMANISATION * n. The act of making more human.
FASCIST * --n. An adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views. --a. Relating to or characteristic of fascism.
BICONVEX * s. Convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil.
QUARTILE * n. (statistics) Any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores.
MCGRAW * n. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
ABACK * r. 1 Having the wind against the forward side of the sails. 2 By surprise.
QUAT * n. The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant.
SUCCESSFULNESS * n. The condition of prospering; having good fortune.
PHARMA * n. A company that makes and sells pharmaceuticals.
EXPELLING * n. Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.
VISCOUNTESS * n. 1 A wife or widow of a viscount. 2 A noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
GUMMITE * n. A gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende.
FIJIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Fiji. 2 The Oceanic language spoken on Fiji. --a. Of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture.
SUPERNATURALNESS * n. The quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces.
FINERY * n. Elaborate or showy attire and accessories.
STRIKING * --n. 1 The physical coming together of two or more things. 2 The act of contacting one thing with another. --s. 1 Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect. 2 Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
SD * n. A state in north central United States.
SQUELCHER * n. 1 A crushing remark. 2 An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise.
CANVASBACK * n. North American wild duck valued for sport and food.
CONTRASTING * s. Strikingly different; tending to contrast.
LEPTOMENINGITIS * n. Inflammation of the leptomeninges.
BRICKLAYER * n. A craftsman skilled in building with bricks.
HARPIA * n. A genus of Accipitridae.
PUTZ * n. 1 (Yiddish) A fool; an idiot. 2 Obscene terms for penis.
EXAMEN * n. 1 A detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits). 2 A critical study (as of a writer's work).
AORTA * n. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
CONSANGUINITY * n. (anthropology) Related by blood.
BEWAIL * v. Regret strongly.
SAURURACEAE * n. Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia.
BIOLUMINESCENCE * n. Luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly).
CLIMAX * --n. 1 The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. 2 The decisive moment in a novel or play. 3 The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse. 4 The most severe stage of a disease. --v. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.
CREATIVITY * n. The ability to create.
FORGIVER * n. A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense.
SUNLAMP * n. A mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments.
PLAUDITS * n. Enthusiastic approval.
POTMAN * n. A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
HYPOTENSION * n. Abnormally low blood pressure.
DECREMENT * n. 1 The amount by which something decreases. 2 A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
PROMYCELIUM * n. The basidium of various fungi.
DYIRBAL * n. A language of Australian aborigines.
THREE-FIGURE * s. (of numbers) Written with three figures.
SIS * n. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
PERSUASIVELY * r. In a persuasive manner.
GOOSENECK * n. Something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose).
KABBALA * n. 1 An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. 2 An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
PLUTEUS * n. A large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer.
PART-TIMER * n. Someone who works less than the customary or standard time.
SIGNER * n. 1 Someone who can use sign language to communicate. 2 Someone who signs and is bound by a document.
BENEDICT * n. 1 United States anthropologist (1887-1948). 2 Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547). 3 A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).
TRANSITIVE * --n. A verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical. --a. Designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning.
CIRCULATIVE * a. Of or relating to circulation.
ECHELON * n. 1 Status in a society or organization. 2 A body of troops arranged in a line. 3 A diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset.
MANGOLD-WURZEL * n. Beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed.
PICK * --n. 1 The person or thing chosen or selected. 2 The quantity of a crop that is harvested. 3 The best people or things in a group. 4 The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. --v. 1 Select carefully from a group. 2 Look for and gather. 3 Harass with constant criticism. 4 Provoke.
MOLDER * v. Break down.
PIANISSIMO * --n. (music) Low loudness. --s. (chiefly a direction or description in music) Very soft. --r. A direction in music; to be played very softly.
NEURONTIN * n. An anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles.
MINIMUS * n. The fifth digit; the little finger or little toe.
MERCUROUS * a. Of or containing mercury.
LAPAROCELE * n. Hernia through the abdomen.
SELF-EFFACEMENT * n. Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous.
QIN * n. The Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall.
SKIRRET * n. An Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root.
UNIMPRESSIONABLE * a. Not sensitive or susceptible to impression.
HONEYFLOWER * n. 1 Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar. 2 Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously.
MYOCARDIOPATHY * n. A disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium).
ADSORBATE * --n. A material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed. --a. Capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid.
ROMANSH * --n. The Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland. --a. Of or relating to the Romansh language.
MHO * n. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
UNPIN * v. Remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of.
KALASHNIKOV * n. A type of submachine gun made in Russia.
FABLED * s. Celebrated in fable or legend.
PLUTARCH * n. Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD).
PAX * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
AESTHESIS * n. An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.
COSTUME * --n. 1 The attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball. 2 Unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place. 3 The prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments). 4 The attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class. --v. 1 Dress in a costume. 2 Furnish with costumes; as for a film or play.
APPROPRIATION * n. 1 Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose. 2 Incorporation by joining or uniting. 3 A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner.
EXALTING * s. Tending to exalt.
ALCHEMIST * n. One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone.
ANGUIDAE * n. Alligator lizards.
SHOWSTOPPER * n. 1 An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down. 2 Something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal.
BASCULE * n. A structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw).
ONE-YEAR * a. Completing its life cycle within a year.
LOANWORD * n. A word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English.
OVERCOME * v. 1 Win a victory over. 2 Get on top of; deal with successfully. 3 Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. 4 Overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome.
HEATHLAND * n. A tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation.
LEATHERNECK * n. A member of the United States Marine Corps.
RATAN * n. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
BOMBLET * n. One of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb.
SIQUEIROS * n. Mexican painter of murals depicting protest and revolution (1896-1974).
FLEABAG * n. A run-down hotel.
TACKLER * n. A football player who tackles the ball carrier.
PRINCIPLED * a. Based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality.
HYPNOTISE * v. Induce hypnosis in.
ASSUMED * s. Adopted in order to deceive.
WHITETHORN * n. Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America.
NEPIDAE * n. Water scorpions.
GARBAGEMAN * n. Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse.
PARACHEIRODON * n. A genus of Characidae.
SUPERJACENT * a. Lying immediately above or on something else.
CHIMERAL * a. Being or relating to or like a chimera.
HOOVED * a. Having or resembling hoofs.
BRASSLIKE * a. Resembling the sound of a brass instrument.
IMPERMANENCY * n. The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations.
ACYL * n. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
EXACERBATING * s. Making worse.
INDIFFERENT * s. 1 Marked by a lack of interest. 2 Showing no care or concern in attitude or action. 3 (usually followed by `to') Unwilling or refusing to pay heed. 4 (often followed by `to') Lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other.
ROBED * s. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.
STATICS * n. The branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium.
ADULTEROUSLY * r. In an adulterous manner.
VARIATION * n. 1 An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change. 2 An activity that varies from a norm or standard. 3 A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished. 4 Something a little different from others of the same type.
ORNITHOPOD * n. Bipedal herbivorous dinosaur.
KINGSHIP * n. The dignity or rank or position of a king.
BIOTECH * n. The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes.
MUSCAT * n. 1 Any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes. 2 A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman. 3 Wine from muscat grapes. 4 Sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine.
OVERTLY * r. In an overt manner.
SUBSHRUB * n. Low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base.
LAPIDATION * n. The act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death).
POLYDIPSIA * n. Excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction).
TRANSLUNARY * --a. Situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth. --s. Unworldly or ethereal.
ELECTROMAGNETISM * n. 1 Magnetism produced by an electric current. 2 The branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena.
CONVEX * a. Curving or bulging outward.
PHOTALGIA * n. Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism).
SUBSTITUTABILITY * n. Exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable.
ASEXUALLY * r. In an asexual manner.
EELGRASS * n. 1 Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts. 2 Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia.
DRAIN * --n. 1 Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it. 2 Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material. 3 A pipe through which liquid is carried away. 4 A gradual depletion of energy or resources. --v. 1 Flow off gradually. 2 Deplete of resources. 3 Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from. 4 Make weak.
CONFIRMED * --s. Of persons; not subject to change. --a. Having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation.
INCORRECTLY * r. 1 In an incorrect manner. 2 In an inaccurate manner.
CARAT * n. 1 A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg. 2 The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold.
BODHISATTVA * n. Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others.
ARILLATE * s. (of some seeds) Having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover.
LOUVERED * s. Supplied with louvers for ventilation.
FROTHINESS * n. The property of giving off bubbles.
BULKY * s. Of large size for its weight.
PLACENTAL * --n. Mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials. --a. Pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta.
CANTERBURY * n. 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.
HONEYCOMB * --n. 1 A structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae. 2 A framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees. --v. 1 Carve a honeycomb pattern into. 2 Penetrate thoroughly and into every part. 3 Make full of cavities, like a honeycomb.
VOICEPRINT * n. Biometric identification by electronically recording and graphically representing a person's voice.
BEGUILEMENT * n. 1 Magnetic personal charm. 2 An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations.
PERCEIVABLE * s. 1 Capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing. 2 Capable of being apprehended or understood.
DESPAIRINGLY * r. With desperation.
ADJUSTIVE * s. Conducive to adjustment.
MAHDIST * n. An adherent of Mahdism.
PART-TIME * --a. Involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity. --r. For less than the standard number of hours.
CURST * a. Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier.
PERTAINYM * n. Meaning relating to or pertaining to.
NOVELTY * n. 1 Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel. 2 Originality by virtue of being new and surprising. 3 A small inexpensive mass-produced article. 4 Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
NARRATOR * n. Someone who tells a story.
CHAJA * n. Largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Argentina.
TROUBLOUS * s. Full of trouble.
ENCOMPASSING * s. 1 Broad in scope or content. 2 Closely encircling.
NO-TRUMP * n. A version of contract bridge in which no suit is designated as trump for the duration of the hand.
UHLAND * n. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
RESTIVE * s. 1 Being in a tense state. 2 Impatient especially under restriction or delay.
MASSETER * n. A large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing.
RARENESS * n. Noteworthy scarcity.
MATUREMENT * n. Coming to full development; becoming mature.
REASONABLE * --a. Showing reason or sound judgment. --s. 1 Not excessive or extreme. 2 Marked by sound judgment.
TURBULENTLY * r. 1 In a turbulent manner; with turbulence. 2 In a stormy or violent manner.
ARRAIGNMENT * n. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment.
LITIGANT * n. (law) A party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation.
STRUDEL * n. Thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked.
HAMPSHIRE * n. 1 A county of southern England on the English Channel. 2 British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep.
FLOSS * --n. 1 A soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery. 2 A soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth. --v. Use dental floss to clean.
BLOCKADING * s. Blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors.
41ST * s. The ordinal number of forty-one in counting order.
UNDERSELLER * n. A seller that sells at a lower price than others do.
BRACHIOPODA * n. Marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks.
PINION * --n. 1 A gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack. 2 Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. 3 Wing of a bird. --v. 1 Bind the arms of. 2 Cut the wings off (of birds).
THERMOHYDROMETRIC * a. Of or relating to thermal hydrometry.
LAPAROSCOPY * n. Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope that makes a small incision to examine the abdominal cavity (especially the ovaries and Fallopian tubes).
SCABBY * s. Covered with scabs.
QUOITS * n. A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
SHADOW * --n. 1 Shade within clear boundaries. 2 An unilluminated area. 3 Something existing in perception only. 4 A premonition of something adverse. --v. 1 Follow, usually without the person's knowledge. 2 Cast a shadow over. 3 Make appear small by comparison.
ENSEMBLE * n. 1 A group of musicians playing or singing together. 2 A cast other than the principals. 3 The chorus of a ballet company. 4 An assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole.
UNLEAVENED * a. Made without leavening.
OLIGOCHAETA * n. Earthworms.
MESOAMERICA * n. Mexico and Central America.
LOUSE * n. 1 Wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals. 2 A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect. 3 Any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants. 4 Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds.
RANK * --n. 1 A row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another. 2 Relative status. 3 The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army). 4 Position in a social hierarchy. --v. 1 Take or have a position relative to others. 2 Assign a rank or rating to. 3 Take precedence or surpass others in rank. --s. 1 Very fertile; producing profuse growth. 2 Very offensive in smell or taste. 3 Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. 4 Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
SOOTHSAYER * n. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).
REPUTABLE * a. Having a good reputation.
GO-AROUND * n. An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.
ENFEOFF * v. Put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society.
CASCARA * n. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
X-SCID * n. SCID in male children resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for a protein on the surface of T cells that allows them to develop a growth factor receptor.
SAURIAN * --n. Any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs. --a. Of or relating to lizards.
PHASE * --n. 1 Any distinct time period in a sequence of events. 2 (physical chemistry) A distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary. 3 A particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. 4 (astronomy) The particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun). --v. 1 Arrange in phases or stages. 2 Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition.
WITHDRAWER * n. 1 An authority who withdraws permission. 2 An individualist who withdraws from social interaction. 3 A drug addict who is discontinuing the use of narcotics. 4 A contestant who withdraws from competition.
MINT * --n. 1 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 2 Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers. 3 Any member of the mint family of plants. 4 The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied. --v. Form by stamping, punching, or printing. --s. As if new.
COOK * --n. 1 Someone who cooks food. 2 English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779). --v. 1 Prepare a hot meal. 2 Prepare for eating by applying heat. 3 Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating. 4 Tamper, with the purpose of deception.
HANDS-ON * s. Involving active participation.
ALMOST * r. (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
DESPISE * v. Look down on with disdain.
PUEBLO * n. 1 A member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock). 2 A city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs. 3 A communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States.
INDISTINCTNESS * n. The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines.
JOBBER * n. Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.
RE-ECHO * n. The echo of an echo.
DYSPNOEIC * a. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
SPRINGLESS * s. Lacking in elasticity or vitality.
UPWARD * --s. 1 Directed up. 2 Extending or moving toward a higher place. --r. 1 Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. 2 To a later time.
BRUMAIRE * n. Second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist.
SEMIOTICIAN * n. A specialist in the study of meaning.
BITOK * n. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
PENTECOSTALISM * n. The principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues.
ONE-THOUSANDTH * n. One part in a thousand equal parts.
WISTER * n. United States writer (1860-1938).
LIMNING * n. A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects.
AVENUE * n. 1 A line of approach. 2 A wide street or thoroughfare.
ASSURBANIPAL * n. King of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC).
CHOPIN * n. 1 The music of Chopin. 2 United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904). 3 French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849).
ADVERSATIVE * s. Expressing antithesis or opposition.
CAISSON * n. 1 An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. 2 A two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition. 3 A chest to hold ammunition. 4 Large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
DISBAND * v. 1 Cause to break up or cease to function. 2 Stop functioning or cohering as a unit.
CLADORHYNCUS * n. One of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills.
SQUEEZE * --n. 1 The act of gripping and pressing firmly. 2 A state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high. 3 A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer. 4 (slang) A person's girlfriend or boyfriend. --v. 1 To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. 2 Press firmly. 3 Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. 4 To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
LUTE * n. 1 A substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid. 2 Chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard.
GENETICS * n. The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms.
BRISKNESS * n. Liveliness and eagerness.
MANDUCTION * n. 1 The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist. 2 Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.
BOUFFE * n. Opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken.
PERIDINIIDAE * n. Marine and freshwater dinoflagellates.
ALL-DEVOURING * s. (of animals) Both plant-eating and flesh-eating.
HOUSE-PROUD * s. Proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep.
CHEESEMONGER * n. Someone who sells cheese.
POSTCAVA * n. Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins.
SHINTOIST * --n. A believer in Shintoism. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism.
TWO-LEAFED * s. Having two leaves.
REVET * v. 1 Construct a revetment. 2 Face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain.
DRAM * n. 1 A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. 2 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams. 3 The basic unit of money in Armenia.
TOLU * n. Aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups.
HAITIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Haiti. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people.
NINA * n. The Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
RHEUMATIC * --n. A person suffering with rheumatism. --s. Of or pertaining to arthritis.
FAUX * s. Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.
RARE-ROASTED * s. (meat) Roasted with the meat inside still rare.
UNLOVED * a. Not loved.
ZIRCONIA * n. A white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes.
DIMOCARPUS * n. Longan.
TELLUS * n. (Roman mythology) Goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea.
SELF-ABASEMENT * n. Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.
UPRAISED * s. Held up in the air.
CONSTRICTED * --s. Especially tense; especially in some dialects. --a. Drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically.
INFERTILE * a. Incapable of reproducing.
UNIOVULAR * a. Having a single ovule.
DINORNITHIFORMES * n. A ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand.
OMOMYID * n. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins.
JOCK * n. 1 A person trained to compete in sports. 2 A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise.
JAGUAR * n. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis.
USE * --n. 1 The act of using. 2 What something is used for. 3 A particular service. 4 (economics) The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. --v. 1 Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. 2 Take or consume (regularly or habitually). 3 Use up, consume fully. 4 Seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage.
PROTISTAN * n. Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes.
ISURUS * n. Mako sharks.
FLOUR * --n. Fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain. --v. 1 Cover with flour. 2 Convert grain into flour.
CALLIPER * --n. An instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural). --v. Measure the diameter of something with calipers.
BLECHNUM * n. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns.
MOORE * n. 1 United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969). 2 English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935). 3 English philosopher (1873-1958). 4 Irish poet who wrote nostalgic and patriotic verse (1779-1852).
PREPOSE * v. Place before another constituent in the sentence.
INNOVATE * v. Bring something new to an environment.
SUNTRAP * n. A terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds.
ARGYROXIPHIUM * n. Small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs.
PEDIMENT * n. A triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof.
PIOUSNESS * n. Righteousness by virtue of being pious.
PERFUSE * v. 1 Force a fluid through (a body part or tissue). 2 Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across.
ANECDOTIC * s. Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes.
STREPTOCOCCIC * a. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci.
JAUNTY * s. 1 Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. 2 Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
LITHESOME * s. Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
LAMELLIBRANCH * --n. Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together. --s. Bivalve.
CEROUS * a. Of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3.
CLADOPHYLL * n. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
SCARPER * v. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
WORTHLESSLY * r. In a worthless manner.
SNIDELY * r. With a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner.
DESIRED * s. Wanted intensely.
MOULTING * n. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
PANTY * n. Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).
ZWIEBACK * n. Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp.
MUSKY-SCENTED * s. Smelling of musk.
DAUBENTONIA * n. Type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae.
CONCLUSION * n. 1 A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration. 2 An intuitive assumption. 3 The temporal end; the concluding time. 4 Event whose occurrence ends something.
CANTLE * n. The back of a saddle seat.
VENESECT * v. Practice venesection.
ORCA * n. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
COMPTONIA * n. One species: sweet fern.
TRADECRAFT * n. Skill acquired through experience in a trade; often used to discuss skill in espionage.
PYRALID * n. Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.
THREADS * n. Informal terms for clothing.
SANDER * n. A power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor.
MAILMAN * n. A man who delivers the mail.
GRAYLAG * n. Common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds.
TYIYN * n. 100 tyiyn equal 1 som in Kyrgyzstan.
MISCHIEF * n. 1 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. 2 The quality or nature of being harmful or evil.
COPILOT * n. A relief pilot on an airplane.
MEADOWGRASS * n. Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture.
EQUIPT * a. Provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate.
SCANNER * n. 1 Someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables. 2 An electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer. 3 A radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area. 4 A radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or condition.
INLAND * --a. Situated away from an area's coast or border. --r. Towards or into the interior of a region.
INTESTINAL * a. Of or relating to or inside the intestines.
MONOLOGUE * n. 1 Speech you make to yourself. 2 A long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation). 3 A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor.
THATCHER * n. 1 British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925). 2 Someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage.
MAIGRE * n. Large European marine food fish.
SANDERLING * n. Small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world.
UNATTIRED * s. Having removed clothing.
ANDROMEDA * n. 1 Broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers. 2 Any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers. 3 (Greek mythology) An Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife. 4 A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy.
SUSPENDER * n. Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural).
CARPEL * n. A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil.
VACCINATED * s. Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease.
GROOVER * n. A device that makes grooves by cutting or punching.
MYTHICISE * v. 1 Interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology. 2 Make into a myth.
EMBARRASSED * s. 1 Feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed. 2 Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.
OREORTYX * n. Mountain quail of western United States.
SUMAC * n. 1 Wood of a sumac. 2 A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
INSPECTORSHIP * n. The office of inspector.
DIRIGIBLE * --n. A steerable self-propelled aircraft. --s. Capable of being steered or directed.
SPROG * n. 1 A new military recruit. 2 A child.
TIMBER-FRAMED * s. Framed by exposed timbers.
ALGORISM * n. 1 The Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration. 2 Computation with Arabic figures.
MONOPOLIST * n. Someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something.
SUCRASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.
FREEDMAN * n. A person who has been freed from slavery.
FIZZ * --n. An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic). --v. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
PRECEPT * n. 1 Rule of personal conduct. 2 A doctrine that is taught.
INTERROGATION * n. 1 A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply. 2 A transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder. 3 Formal systematic questioning. 4 An instance of questioning.
DATA-BASED * s. Relying on observation or experiment.
AIR-COOL * v. Equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature.
OUTRAGEOUSLY * r. 1 In a very offensive manner. 2 To an extravagant or immoderate degree.
STIRRUP-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a stirrup.
NAPROXEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain.
OVERBUSY * s. Too busy.
PIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
COCKFIGHT * n. A match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs.
TRICHOSTEMA * n. Genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs: blue curls.
BARE-ASS * s. (used informally) Completely unclothed.
TOOT * --n. 1 A blast of a horn. 2 Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party. --v. Make a loud noise.
UNFLEDGED * --a. (of birds) Not yet having developed feathers. --s. 1 (of an arrow) Not equipped with feathers. 2 Young and inexperienced.
DEMONETISE * v. Deprive of value for payment.
WEAPONRY * n. Weapons considered collectively.
CHILE * n. 1 A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast. 2 Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
STEINWAY * n. United States piano maker (born in Germany) who founded a famous piano manufacturing firm in New York (1797-1871).
BLENNIOIDEA * n. Blennies; butterfishes; gunnels.
CARTER * n. 1 Englishman and Egyptologist who in 1922 discovered and excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (1873-1939). 2 39th President of the United States (1924-). 3 Someone whose work is driving carts.
NYCTURIA * n. Excessive urination at night; especially common in older men.
MAYS * n. United States baseball player (born in 1931).
PLOTTER * n. 1 A planner who draws up a personal scheme of action. 2 A clerk who marks data on a chart. 3 A member of a conspiracy. 4 An instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures.
REVALUATION * n. A new appraisal or evaluation.
MAGNETOSPHERE * n. The magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field.
PURPLE-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with purple.
NEUROEPITHELIOMA * n. Malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium.
ACHAEA * n. A region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Peloponnese.
UNANIMOUS * s. 1 In complete agreement. 2 Acting together as a single undiversified whole.
NUTRIA * n. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur.
AUTOSTRADA * n. An expressway in an Italian-speaking country.
OBJECTIONABLE * s. 1 Causing disapproval or protest. 2 Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to.
DRAUGHTY * s. Not airtight.
HUS * n. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415).
MERE * --n. A small pond of standing water. --s. 1 Being nothing more than specified. 2 Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications.
HEMOPOIESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
USEABLENESS * n. The quality of being able to provide good service.
REPUBLISH * v. 1 Publish again. 2 Revive (a cancelled will or a libel).
CAPROS * n. A genus of fish in the family Caproidae.
MISDEED * n. Improper or wicked or immoral behavior.
RESORT * --n. 1 A hotel located in a resort area. 2 A frequently visited place. 3 Something or someone turned to for assistance or security. 4 Act of turning to for assistance. --v. 1 Have recourse to. 2 Move, travel, or proceed toward some place.
UNFEELINGNESS * n. Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness.
LIFELESSLY * r. 1 Without animation or vitality. 2 In a lifeless manner. 3 As if dead.
STONE-GRAY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
MULTIVERSITY * n. A university system having several separate campuses and colleges and research centers.
SEVENTY-NINE * s. Being nine more than seventy.
MONTMARTRE * n. The highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists.
ONCOGENE * n. A gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells.
CODFISH * n. 1 Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached. 2 Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters.
DITTY * n. A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).
SHREWDLY * r. In a shrewd manner.
EARTHBOUND * s. 1 Confined to the earth. 2 Lacking wit or imagination.
STARTUP * n. 1 The act of setting in operation. 2 The act of starting a new operation or practice.
OPTIMISTIC * --a. Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds. --s. Expecting the best.
HABITUATE * v. 1 Take or consume (regularly or habitually). 2 Make psychologically or physically used (to something).
ANNULATED * s. Shaped like a ring.
TOPIC * n. 1 The subject matter of a conversation or discussion. 2 Some situation or event that is thought about.
ZIONISM * n. 1 A policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine. 2 A movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine.
EPICUREAN * --n. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink). --a. Of Epicurus or epicureanism. --s. 1 Devoted to pleasure. 2 Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.
YASHMAC * n. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
AFRL * n. A United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces.
HIGHBINDER * n. A corrupt politician.
VARIANCE * n. 1 An event that departs from expectations. 2 Discord that splits a group. 3 The second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value. 4 A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions.
WILDLY * r. 1 To an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree. 2 In an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner. 3 With violent and uncontrollable passion.
RONDO * n. A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
VERIFYING * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
BUNCO * --n. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. --v. Deprive of by deceit.
SNAKEWOOD * n. East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents.
REICHSTEIN * n. A Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the adrenal cortex.
PENICILLAMINE * n. A drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis.
BLEB * n. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
SANGUINENESS * n. Feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident.
BIANNUAL * s. Occurring or payable twice each year.
BOXING * n. 1 Fighting with the fists. 2 The enclosure of something in a package or box.
INGRATIATE * v. Gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts.
SLATEY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
WISHFULNESS * n. An unrealistic yearning.
HALICARNASSUS * n. An ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
MINING * n. 1 The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth. 2 Laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment.
SADDEN * v. 1 Make unhappy. 2 Come to feel sad.
ID. * n. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
ELUTION * n. The process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions.
CURCULIONIDAE * n. True weevils: snout beetles.
PHENTOLAMINE * n. A virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
DAMOURITE * n. A variety of muscovite.
3RD * s. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.
FINALIZATION * n. The act of finalizing.
POMEGRANATE * n. 1 Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit. 2 Large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind.
BONDMAN * n. 1 A male bound to serve without wages. 2 A male slave.
SYNTACTICALLY * r. With respect to syntax.
WHAMMY * n. 1 A serious or devastating setback. 2 An evil spell.
COELENTERATE * n. Radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms.
EGOTISTIC * s. 1 Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. 2 Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
PEWEE * n. Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
QANDAHAR * n. A city in southern Afghanistan; an important trading center.
DEPRAVED * s. Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.
GARNISH * --n. 1 Something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration. 2 Any decoration added as a trimming or adornment. --v. 1 Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support. 2 Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
OLA * n. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
PREDATOR * n. 1 Someone who attacks in search of booty. 2 Any animal that lives by preying on other animals.
MUCHNESS * n. Greatness of quantity or measure or extent.
UNFURL * v. Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state.
AESTIVAL * s. (rare) Of or occurring in summer.
CRO-MAGNON * n. Extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe.
PERTURB * v. 1 Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. 2 Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom. 3 Cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull. 4 Throw into great confusion or disorder.
TOOTHY * s. Having or showing prominent teeth.
CORTEZ * n. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547).
WOODY * --a. Made of or containing or resembling wood. --s. 1 Abounding in trees. 2 Made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls.
ARBORIST * n. A specialist in treating damaged trees.
ACANTHOUS * s. Shaped like a spine or thorn.
PIVOT * --n. 1 The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver. 2 Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns. 3 The act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot. --v. Turn on a pivot.
PLUNKER * n. (baseball) Hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly.
KAT * n. The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant.
ARISTOCRATICALLY * r. In an aristocratic manner.
LEPUS * n. 1 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba. 2 Type genus of the Leporidae: hares.
WHIPLASH * n. 1 An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident). 2 A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object.
HYMENOPHYLLUM * n. Type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns.
GUITARIST * n. A musician who plays the guitar.
LOGINESS * n. A dull and listless state resulting from weariness.
PIRATE * --n. 1 Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own. 2 Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. 3 A ship that is manned by pirates. --v. 1 Copy illegally; of published material. 2 Take arbitrarily or by force.
BUNCHGRASS * n. Any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States.
HAMADRYAD * n. 1 The nymph or spirit of a particular tree. 2 Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja.
PROTO-NORSE * n. The Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700.
120 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve. --s. Being ten more than one hundred ten.
BUGGERY * n. Intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman.
REEDY * s. 1 Having a tone of a reed instrument. 2 Resembling a reed in being upright and slender.
TATTERDEMALION * --n. A dirty shabbily clothed urchin. --s. 1 Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing. 2 In deplorable condition.
DRIP * --n. 1 Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid. 2 The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop. 3 (architecture) A projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway). --v. 1 Fall in drops. 2 Let or cause to fall in drops.
BASS * --n. 1 The lowest part of the musical range. 2 The lowest part in polyphonic music. 3 An adult male singer with the lowest voice. 4 The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae. --s. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
HYPOVOLEMIA * n. A blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood.
PREACHING * n. 1 An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service). 2 A moralistic rebuke.
BEADS * n. Several beads threaded together on a string.
RESTORER * n. A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture.
OUTGROWTH * n. 1 A natural consequence of development. 2 The gradual beginning or coming forth. 3 A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.
GEMPYLID * n. Snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide.
CRYPTORCHIDY * n. Failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops.
SEQUESTERED * s. 1 Providing privacy or seclusion. 2 Kept separate and secluded.
COGENT * s. Powerfully persuasive.
STRUNG-OUT * s. Addicted to a drug.
ULTERIORITY * n. The quality of being ulterior.
MONOCLED * s. Wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass.
EXCITEMENT * n. 1 The feeling of lively and cheerful joy. 2 The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up. 3 Something that agitates and arouses. 4 Disturbance usually in protest.
INCONCEIVABLE * s. Totally unlikely.
HELMINTHOSTACHYS * n. One species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia.
NITROCHLOROMETHANE * n. Gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas.
PARAZOAN * n. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies.
UNSMILING * s. Not smiling.
HANDLING * n. 1 Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something. 2 The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means. 3 The management of someone or something.
SURFEIT * --n. 1 The state of being more than full. 2 The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall. 3 Eating until excessively full. --v. 1 Supply or feed to surfeit. 2 Indulge (one's appetite) to satiety.
SPACEWALKER * n. An astronaut who is active outside a spacecraft in outer space.
SESAMUM * n. Tropical African and Indian herbs.
CRYOCAUTERY * n. 1 An instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it. 2 Application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it.
EVAPOROMETER * n. An instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water.
PHYCOLOGY * n. The branch of botany that studies algae.
GHOUL * n. 1 Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection. 2 An evil spirit or ghost.
CONVINCINGLY * r. In a convincing manner.
UNIFORMNESS * n. The quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom).
CAKEWALK * --n. 1 A strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake. 2 An easy accomplishment. --v. Perform the cakewalk dance.
LIBRATION * n. (astronomy) A real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite.
RAVISH * v. 1 Force (someone) to have sex against their will. 2 Hold spellbound.
GURGLE * --n. The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck. --v. 1 Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. 2 Make sounds similar to gurgling water. 3 Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound. 4 Utter with a gurgling sound.
ANIMALISE * v. 1 Represent in the form of an animal. 2 Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman. 3 Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
DELAY * --n. 1 Time during which some action is awaited. 2 The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. --v. 1 Cause to be slowed down or delayed. 2 Act later than planned, scheduled, or required. 3 Stop or halt. 4 Slow the growth or development of.
COSTERMONGER * n. A hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow.
BATA * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
MATCHMAKING * n. Mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others.
BLUISH * s. Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
PEPTISE * v. Disperse in a medium into a colloidal state.
MECHANISED * s. 1 Using vehicles. 2 Equipped with machinery.
WONDERFUL * s. Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers.
FRUSTUM * n. A truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed.
MASTERSTROKE * n. An achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery.
STAKEHOLDER * n. Someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner.
CEPHALASPID * n. Extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head.
ROGAINE * n. A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness.
PLECTROPHENAX * n. Snow bunting.
ROSTOCK * n. A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century.
OXYGENATE * v. Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.
TRAPEZIUS * n. Either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms.
FACT * n. 1 A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred. 2 A statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened. 3 An event known to have happened or something known to have existed. 4 A concept whose truth can be proved.
RESEMBLE * v. Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.
GO-KART * n. A small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework; used for racing.
FAIR-HAIRED * s. Favorite.
MASCOT * n. A character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure.
CEREBRATE * v. Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
MANSLAUGHTER * n. Homicide without malice aforethought.
SUBJUNCTION * n. The act of supplementing.
SOLEMNLY * r. In a grave and sedate manner.
BETTER-KNOWN * s. More familiar or renowned than the other of two.
ENCELIOPSIS * n. Small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States.
ABUTILON * n. Herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow.
REPOSITORY * n. 1 A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. 2 A person to whom a secret is entrusted. 3 A burial vault (usually for some famous person).
LACTOSURIA * n. Presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation.
PHYTOLOGIST * n. A biologist specializing in the study of plants.
EUTROPHIC * a. (ecology) Of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication.
UNGRACIOUSNESS * n. An offensive lack of good manners.
RHABDOMYOMA * n. Benign tumor of striated muscle.
CLOTHESLINE * n. A cord on which clothes are hung to dry.
GLUMLY * r. In a sullen manner.
MORONIC * s. Having a mental age of between eight and twelve years.
AGAR-AGAR * n. A colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods.
ORGANICALLY * r. 1 As an important constituent. 2 Involving carbon compounds. 3 In an organic manner.
FLUXION * n. A flow or discharge.
GROUNDHOG * n. Reddish brown North American marmot.
AUSTRIA * n. A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century.
LIFEBOAT * n. A strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship.
ALECTO * n. One of the three Furies.
PROFOUNDLY * r. To a great depth psychologically or emotionally.
INCRUST * v. 1 Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems). 2 Cover or coat with a crust. 3 Form a crust or a hard layer.
BELL-BOTTOMS * n. (used in the plural) Trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s.
CONTUMELIOUS * s. Arrogantly insolent.
PENN * n. 1 Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718). 2 A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DACRYCARPUS * n. Evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines.
WURZBURG * n. A city of south central Germany.
JETTISON * v. 1 Throw away, of something encumbering. 2 Throw as from an airplane.
DESUETUDE * n. A state of inactivity or disuse.
HEREDITARY * s. 1 Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. 2 Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.
DEPRECATORY * s. Tending to diminish or disparage.
STILTEDLY * r. In a stilted manner.
CHARWOMAN * n. A human female employed to do housework.
ENTOMOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies insects.
SCANTINESS * n. The quality of being meager.
JOCKSTRAP * n. A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise.
PILAR * a. Of or relating to a hair.
BASTARDLY * s. 1 Born out of wedlock. 2 Of no value or worth.
SISE * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
RECLINING * n. The act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position.
BOLOGNA * n. 1 The capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines. 2 Large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and pork.
ANNIHILATED * s. Destroyed completely.
INDRIS * n. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
FONDLER * n. 1 A lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one. 2 A molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim.
HACKNEY * n. 1 A carriage for hire. 2 A compact breed of harness horse.
PASSIONATENESS * n. A strong feeling or emotion.
TIME-OUT * n. A brief suspension of play.
ERGOSTEROL * n. A plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation.
ENANTIOMORPHISM * n. The relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another.
PRESBYOPIA * n. A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45.
RETROSPECTIVE * --n. An exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work. --a. Concerned with or related to the past.
TWINNED * s. Being two identical.
MILCHER * n. Cattle that are reared for their milk.
LARCENOUS * n. Having a disposition to steal.
HOMELINESS * n. 1 Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance. 2 An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful.
UNWARMED * s. Not having been heated or warmed.
SECONDARILY * r. Of secondary import.
APPRECIATIVENESS * n. Warm friendly feelings of gratitude.
BRACED * s. 1 Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger. 2 Held up by braces or buttresses.
HAMMERSTEIN * n. United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers) (1895-1960).
KALUMPANG * n. Large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food.
RADIOPHONE * n. A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables.
XENOPHOBIC * s. Suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign.
UNOBSERVANT * s. Not consciously observing.
CEREBROSPINAL * a. Of or relating to the brain and spinal cord.
HORSE-HEAD * n. Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
UNRESTRAINT * n. The quality of lacking restraint.
BLACK-BARRED * s. Having a pattern consisting of black bars.
SELECTION * n. 1 The act of choosing or selecting. 2 An assortment of things from which a choice can be made. 3 The person or thing chosen or selected. 4 A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
RAPER * n. Someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse.
WEED-WHACKER * n. A hand tool for removing weeds.
RED-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with red.
SUPPORTED * a. 1 Sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support). 2 Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.
PATZER * n. A poor chess player.
SALT * --n. 1 A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal). 2 White crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food. 3 Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons. 4 The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth. --v. 1 Add salt to. 2 Sprinkle as if with salt. 3 Add zest or liveliness to. 4 Preserve with salt. --s. (of speech) Painful or bitter.
NEXT * --s. 1 Immediately following in time or order. 2 Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space. 3 (of elected officers) Elected but not yet serving. 4 (of a day of the week) Nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment. --r. At the time or occasion immediately following.
PUBLICITY * n. 1 A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution. 2 The quality of being open to public view.
TIAMAT * n. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
LITMUS * n. A coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator.
DIMAGGIO * n. United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999).
CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND * n. An imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality.
DISTURB * v. 1 Move deeply. 2 Change the arrangement or position of. 3 Tamper with. 4 Destroy the peace or tranquility of.
PIZARRO * n. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).
DIDION * n. United States writer (born in 1934).
SIMILARLY * r. In like or similar manner.
HETEROMETABOLISM * n. Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity.
AFFABILITY * n. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
INDISCRIMINATING * a. Not discriminating.
BURNED-OVER * s. Destroyed or badly damaged by fire.
NESTLED * s. Drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection.
VACUOLIZATION * n. The state of having become filled with vacuoles.
SEISMOGRAPHY * n. The measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
UNFEARING * s. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
PHILOSOPHIZER * n. Someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view.
ADZHARIA * n. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea.
UNDERPLAY * v. 1 Act (a role) with great restraint. 2 Play a card lower than (a held high card).
NASALIZATION * n. The act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators.
THANATOLOGY * n. The branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects).
VOICELESSNESS * n. 1 A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice. 2 Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords. 3 Having no voice in the management or control of affairs.
JABBERING * n. Rapid and indistinct speech.
ESCALADER * n. Someone who gains access by the use of ladders.
BIRD-ON-THE-WING * n. Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
TRANSMUTE * v. 1 Change in outward structure or looks. 2 Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature. 3 Alter the nature of (elements).
DIPLOMATIC * a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of diplomacy. 2 Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people.
THAUMATURGE * n. One who practices magic or sorcery.
SPRITZ * --n. A quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water). --v. 1 Eject (a liquid) quickly. 2 Cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it.
CARUNCLE * n. An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds.
BLACKISH-GREY * s. Of dark grey.
GUESSTIMATE * --n. An estimate that combines reasoning with guessing. --v. Estimate based on a calculation.
MISBEHAVE * v. Behave badly.
CRYPTOGRAMMA * n. Sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae.
SACCHARASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.
EXUBERATE * v. To express great joy.
CRACKLING * n. 1 The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered. 2 The sharp sound of snapping noises.
HAIRWEAVING * n. The act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair.
EMBRACING * n. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
BEADING * n. 1 Ornamentation with beads. 2 A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture.
SMOOTH-TEXTURED * s. Having a smooth, fine-grained structure.
SPEC * n. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
TALKILY * r. In a chatty loquacious manner.
BAVARIAN * --n. A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people.
AMMODYTIDAE * n. Sand lances.
CRIMSON-PURPLE * s. Purple tinged with crimson.
DISBELIEVINGLY * r. In an incredulous manner.
EHRENBERG * n. Russian novelist (1891-1967).
MADDER * --n. Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin. --v. Color a moderate to strong red.
GREYLAG * n. Common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds.
GREGORIAN * a. 1 Of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church. 2 Of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582.
HISTORIED * s. Having an illustrious past.
BUSHMAN * n. 1 Nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa. 2 A dweller in the Australian bush country.
FURNITURE * n. Furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy.
UNDISTURBED * s. Untroubled by interference or disturbance.
ECONOMICALLY * r. 1 With respect to economic science. 2 In an economical manner. 3 With respect to the economic system.
BUNJI-BUNJI * n. Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison.
ROMANOFF * n. 1 A member of the imperial family that ruled Russia. 2 The Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
DISSATISFIED * s. In a state of sulky dissatisfaction.
SWITCHEROO * n. A sudden unexpected switch.
CODPIECE * n. (15th-16th century) A flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches.
LYRE-FLOWER * n. Garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.
AZALEA * n. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
UNINSURED * a. Not covered by insurance.
CLUSTERED * s. 1 Growing close together but not in dense mats. 2 Clustered together but not coherent.
JOYSTICK * n. 1 A lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane. 2 A manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers.
BUM * --n. 1 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 2 A vagrant. 3 Person who does no work. 4 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --v. 1 Ask for and get free; be a parasite. 2 Be lazy or idle. --s. Of very poor quality; flimsy.
RWANDA * n. A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony.
AWL * n. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
LOOPING * n. (computer science) Executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained.
VILIPEND * v. Belittle.
PRECAMBRIAN * n. The eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago.
CHARMER * n. 1 Someone with an assured and ingratiating manner. 2 A person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness).
TURKIC-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Turkic.
PR * n. 1 A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process. 2 A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico. 3 A promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution.
EIGENVALUE * n. (mathematics) Any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant.
JADESTONE * n. A semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite.
CARDCASTLE * n. An unstable construction with playing cards.
ALLEGEDLY * r. According to what has been alleged.
PURINE * n. 1 Any of several bases that are derivatives of purine. 2 A colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances.
CHEW * --n. 1 A wad of something chewable as tobacco. 2 Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow. --v. Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
SNELLEN * n. Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908).
ESMOLOL * n. Intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time; used primarily for cardiac arrhythmias.
CAROUSE * --n. Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party. --v. Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
SUPREMELY * r. To the maximum degree.
HONEGGER * n. Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955).
EVILNESS * n. The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice.
MOONLIGHTER * n. A person who holds a second job (usually after hours).
TYROLESE * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people.
UNLINED * --a. Not having a lining or liner. --s. Smooth, especially of skin.
HIGH-STEPPING * s. Having or moving with a high step.
TEN-STRIKE * n. A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball.
CIDERPRESS * n. A press that is used to extract the juice from apples.
FREE-REED * n. A reed that does not fit closely over the aperture.
CARDIFF * n. The capital and largest city of Wales.
FUNDULUS * n. Killifish.
BERING * n. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741).
BIPINNATIFID * s. Pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid.
SPLINT * --n. 1 A thin sliver of wood. 2 An orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg). --v. Support with a splint.
GLYCOL * n. 1 A sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent. 2 Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
SURPRISINGLY * r. 1 In a surprising manner. 2 In an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise.
SCOTSWOMAN * n. A woman who is a Scot.
CHYLIFACTORY * a. Producing or converting into chyle.
DESTITUTE * s. 1 Poor enough to need help from others. 2 Completely wanting or lacking.
WILMINGTON * n. 1 A town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River. 2 The largest city in Delaware.
NEUROSCIENTIST * n. A neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain.
AMMO * n. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
PASSE * s. Out of fashion.
QUALIFYING * n. 1 The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase. 2 Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
NETTLESOME * s. 1 Causing irritation or annoyance. 2 Easily irritated or annoyed.
LEPIDODENDRACEAE * n. Fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk.
UNATTRACTIVENESS * n. An ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers.
ACTINOMYCETE * n. Any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales.
FLAVIN * n. A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin.
PAINLESSLY * r. Without pain.
ZINGIBER * n. Tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger.
ASUNCION * n. The capital and chief port of Paraguay.
BAIOMYS * n. Pygmy mice.
TOILET-TRAINED * s. (of children) Trained to use the toilet.
MATRONLY * s. Befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman.
WINE-COLORED * n. A red as dark as red wine.
SCANNING * n. 1 The process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer. 2 The act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission.
CRYPTICAL * s. 1 Of an obscure nature. 2 Having a secret or hidden meaning.
NEWSCAST * n. A broadcast of news or commentary on the news.
SHANGHAIER * n. A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship.
PSYCHOMOTOR * a. Of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa.
ADESITE * n. Dark greyish extrusive rock.
CEBUANO * n. Language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines.
ADZE * n. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
WINESAP * n. Crisp apple with dark red skin.
DUALITY * n. 1 Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses. 2 (physics) The property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory. 3 (geometry) The interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry.
RACKET * --n. 1 A loud and disturbing noise. 2 An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit. 3 The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience. 4 A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games. --v. 1 Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities. 2 Make loud and annoying noises. 3 Hit (a ball) with a racket.
JELLABA * n. A loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa.
LATENCY * n. 1 (computer science) The time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head. 2 The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it. 3 The state of being not yet evident or active.
SUNNY * s. Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer.
OBNUBILATE * v. 1 Make less visible or unclear. 2 Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.
CEASELESSLY * r. With unflagging resolve.
COUNTERACTION * n. Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action.
ULEMA * n. The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.
ALGONQUIAN * --n. 1 A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast. 2 Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains. --a. Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
DUCKBOARD * n. A boardwalk laid across muddy ground.
ROUGH-SAND * v. Sand roughly.
AFRICAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Africa. --a. Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.
ROOM * --n. 1 An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling. 2 Space for movement. 3 Opportunity for. 4 The people who are present in a room. --v. Live and take one's meals at or in.
VENERATOR * n. Someone who regards with deep respect or reverence.
OPPRESSOR * n. A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures.
CENTREPIECE * n. 1 The central or most important feature. 2 Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table).
DBA * n. (law) A name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation.
EMBITTERMENT * n. The state of being embittered.
RIMSKI-KORSAKOV * n. Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908).
FLAB * n. Loose or flaccid body fat.
MATT * --n. The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss. --s. Not reflecting light; not glossy.
EARTHY * --s. 1 Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent. 2 Not far removed from or suggestive of nature. 3 Hearty and lusty. 4 Sensible and practical. --a. Of or consisting of or resembling earth.
MACRODACTYLUS * n. A genus of Melolonthidae.
PRUDENTIAL * s. Arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters.
INSTANTANEOUSNESS * n. The quickness of action or occurrence.
BACKSTROKER * n. Someone who swims the backstroke.
BLINDING * s. Shining intensely.
BEESWAX * --n. A yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs. --v. Cover with beeswax.
DEADLY * --s. 1 Causing or capable of causing death. 2 Of an instrument of certain death. 3 Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom. 4 Involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death. --r. 1 As if dead. 2 (used as intensives) Extremely.
GYMNASTICS * n. A sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility.
PETFOOD * n. Food prepared for animal pets.
PAROCHIAL * --a. Relating to or supported by or located in a parish. --s. Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope.
MELENA * n. Abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding).
FORMATION * n. 1 An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit. 2 The act of fabricating something in a particular shape. 3 The act of forming or establishing something. 4 (geology) The geological features of the earth.
BARONETISE * v. Confer baronetcy upon.
LOOP-THE-LOOP * n. A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane.
BEECHER * n. United States clergyman who was a leader for the abolition of slavery (1813-1887).
PREFECTURAL * a. Of or relating to a prefecture.
TAEL * n. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
HALF-CRAZED * s. Driven insane.
OFFBEAT * --n. An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure). --s. (informal) Strikingly unconventional.
HIGH-RISK * s. Not financially safe or secure.
IMMUNIZE * v. 1 Law: grant immunity from prosecution. 2 Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation.
EPIZOOTIC * s. (of animals) Epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region.
BIU-MANDARA * n. A group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad.
CYMBALIST * n. A performer on the cymbals.
TRF * n. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
CRIMINOLOGIST * n. A specialist in criminology.
PRELAPSARIAN * a. Of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve.
NACHO * n. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
SALZBURG * n. City in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart.
KIND-HEARTED * s. Having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition.
CARDROOM * n. A room for gambling on card games.
DURION * n. Tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind.
CUSHING * n. United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939).
PRAG * n. The capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century.
LESSEE * n. A tenant who holds a lease.
MERGANSER * n. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
UNPRONOUNCEABLE * --a. Impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly. --s. Very difficult to pronounce correctly.
EQUIVOCATE * v. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
OEDOGONIUM * n. Type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments; usually free-floating when mature.
UMBRAGE * n. A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
BARBERRY * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries.
SMOOTHED * s. Made smooth by ironing.
SILVEX * n. A herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals.
MATRIMONIAL * a. Of or relating to the state of marriage.
ORTHOEPIST * n. A practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely).
BEHAVIORIST * --n. A psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism. --a. Of or relating to behaviorism.
FATIGUE * --n. 1 Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work. 2 Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress. 3 (always used with a modifier) Boredom resulting from overexposure to something. 4 Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on). --v. 1 Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody. 2 Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
TUPPENCE * n. A former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies.
INVIOLATE * s. 1 (of a woman) Having the hymen unbroken. 2 Must be kept sacred.
WORKMANLIKE * s. Worthy of a good workman.
GROWNUP * --n. A fully developed person from maturity onward. --s. (of animals) Fully developed.
KASHMIRI * --n. 1 A member of the people of Kashmir. 2 The official state language of Kashmir. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its people or culture.
CRUSHINGLY * r. In a crushing manner.
CHALONS * n. The battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451.
REPROACHER * n. Someone who finds fault or imputes blame.
PROCTOSCOPE * n. An endoscope for examining the rectum.
CHANNELIZE * v. 1 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 2 Make a channel for; provide with a channel. 3 Send from one person or place to another. 4 Cause to form a channel.
SEAFARER * n. A man who serves as a sailor.
DULUTH * n. A city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior.
ARCIDAE * n. Ark shells.
MUNDANELY * r. 1 In a worldly manner. 2 In a mundane manner.
FUSELAGE * n. The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo).
NOCTURIA * n. Excessive urination at night; especially common in older men.
NEUROFIBROMA * n. Tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve.
ENSCONCE * v. Fix firmly.
LUAU * n. An elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment).
LITTORAL * --n. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean. --a. Of or relating to a coastal or shore region.
AIDS * n. A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.
UNMYELINATED * a. (of neurons) Not myelinated.
GASTROSCOPE * n. A type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach.
UNREASONABLE * --a. Not reasonable; not showing good judgment. --s. Beyond normal limits.
AMMONIA * n. 1 A water solution of ammonia. 2 A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).
DELICHON * n. A genus of Hirundinidae.
DEVOTEDLY * r. With devotion.
SLUGGISHLY * r. In a sluggish manner.
BELL-BOTTOM * s. (of trousers) Having legs that flare at the bottom.
HUMAN-CENTERED * s. Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare.
ARCHITECTONIC * a. Of or pertaining to construction or architecture.
LOWERINGLY * r. In a menacing or scowling way.
PEASECOD * n. Husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas.
OD * n. 1 A doctor's degree in optometry. 2 The right eye.
ASALA * n. A militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia.
CHRISTLY * s. Resembling or showing the spirit of Christ.
CRENELATION * n. 1 A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns. 2 The action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows.
COUNTERREVOLUTION * n. A revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution.
OPUNTIA * n. Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears.
KEYED * --a. Fitted with or secured by a key. --s. Set to a key or tone.
SOWBREAD * n. Common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers.
KOKKA * --n. The branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan. --a. Of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto recognized as the state religion of Japan.
TUNER * n. 1 Someone who tunes pianos. 2 An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals.
DIPHTHONG * n. A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another.
MILEPOST * n. Stone post at side of a road to show distances.
DELPHINIDAE * n. Dolphins.
SUPERINTENDENT * n. 1 A person who directs and manages an organization. 2 A caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector.
PEPPER * --n. 1 Climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam. 2 Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers. 3 Pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground. 4 Sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum. --v. 1 Add pepper to. 2 Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles.
MUHLENBERGIA * n. A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia.
NEUROLINGUISTICS * n. The branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system.
TAIL * --n. 1 The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body. 2 The time of the last part of something. 3 Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal. 4 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --v. 1 Go after with the intent to catch. 2 Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. 3 Remove the stalk of fruits or berries.
PROVENTIL * n. A bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness.
GINGERLY * --s. With extreme care or delicacy. --r. In a gingerly manner.
SANDSTORM * n. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
PLODDING * --n. 1 Hard monotonous routine work. 2 The act of walking with a slow heavy gait. --s. (of movement) Slow and laborious.
SPHAEROCARPOS * n. Type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus.
CHARITABLENESS * n. Generosity as manifested by practicing charity (as for the poor or unfortunate).
UNDRAINED * a. Not drained.
RETROPHYLLUM * n. Small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America.
BLOWTORCH * n. A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
UNPRETENTIOUS * --a. 1 Lacking pretension or affectation. 2 Not ostentatious. --s. Exhibiting restrained good taste.
CONSERVES * n. Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
TECHNOPHOBIA * n. Dislike for new technology.
NONAPPOINTIVE * s. Filled by popular election rather than by appointment.
RADON * n. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health.
BURLY * s. Muscular and heavily built.
INCAUTIOUS * --a. Lacking in caution. --s. Carelessly failing to exercise proper caution.
MARVELLOUSLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
LATS * n. The basic unit of money in Latvia.
FATTISH * s. Somewhat fat.
TREMBLER * n. One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear.
NIGHTMARISH * s. Extremely alarming.
CHARGE * --n. 1 An impetuous rush toward someone or something. 2 (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense. 3 The price charged for some article or service. 4 The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons. --v. 1 To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle. 2 Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against. 3 Demand payment. 4 Move quickly and violently.
CELLULOSID * a. Of or containing or made from cellulose.
LEUCINE * n. A white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins.
BLING * n. Flashy, ostentatious jewelry.
MEN'S * n. A public toilet for men.
CAT'S-CLAW * n. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida.
PYXIDIUM * n. Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released.
FORMLESS * s. 1 Having no definite form or distinct shape. 2 Having no physical form.
MAXIMISE * v. 1 Make the most of. 2 Make as big or large as possible.
BREATH * n. 1 The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing. 2 The air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration. 3 A short respite. 4 An indirect suggestion.
UNDOMESTIC * a. Not domestic or related to home.
UNBALANCED * --a. Being or thrown out of equilibrium. --s. 1 Affected with madness or insanity. 2 Debits and credits are not equal.
PUERPERIUM * n. Time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved.
JAGGARY * n. Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
DEBS * n. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
EXPOSED * s. 1 With no protection or shield. 2 Not covered with clothing.
BACKSIDE * n. 1 The side of an object that is opposite its front. 2 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
SNOOPER * n. A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others.
FRANTIC * s. 1 Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. 2 Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.
MITSVAH * n. 1 (Judaism) A precept or commandment of the Jewish law. 2 (Judaism) A good deed performed out of religious duty.
KILOGRAM * n. One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
HOWELLS * n. United States writer and editor (1837-1920).
JAM-PACKED * s. Extremely crowed or filled to capacity.
HERMAPHRODITUS * n. (Greek mythology) Son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body.
HYDROCEPHALIC * a. Relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus.
BENNETTITACEAE * n. A family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous.
5TH * s. Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position.
ROSE-CHEEKED * s. Having the pinkish flush of health.
BICKERING * n. A quarrel about petty points.
DWARFISHNESS * n. Smallness of stature.
SPOROPHORE * n. A spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte.
HANDED * a. Having or involving the use of hands.
PARA * n. 1 (obstetrics) The number of liveborn children a woman has delivered. 2 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia. 3 A soldier in the paratroops. 4 An estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows.
SPYHOLE * n. A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep.
LUNCHROOM * n. A restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased.
DAREDEVILRY * n. Boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior.
JACKAL * n. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair.
SLATY-GREY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
COHO * n. 1 Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes. 2 Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes.
VIM * n. 1 A healthy capacity for vigorous activity. 2 An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).
APPLAUSE * n. A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.
MUCOUS * a. Of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus.
CANUTE * n. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).
ENAMOREDNESS * n. A feeling of love or fondness.
PUFFERY * n. A flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes).
COCKLESHELL * n. A small light flimsy boat.
PETABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
FOETOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus.
ICE * --n. 1 Water frozen in the solid state. 2 The frozen part of a body of water. 3 Diamonds. 4 A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes. --v. 1 Decorate with frosting. 2 Cause to become ice or icy. 3 Put ice on or put on ice.
REORGANIZED * s. Organized again.
PORPHYRITIC * a. (of rocks) Consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals.
MUTELY * r. Without speaking.
SNOBBERY * n. The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.
ENCHIRIDION * n. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.
UNDEMANDING * a. Requiring little if any patience or effort or skill.
DRAWNWORK * n. Ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns.
CHLOROPHYLL * n. Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms.
CARTWHEEL * --n. 1 A wheel that has wooden spokes and a metal rim. 2 Acrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel. 3 A dollar made of silver. --v. Do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet.
PLOUGHING * n. Tilling the land with a plow.
EVERMORE * r. 1 At any future time; in the future. 2 For a limitless time.
NINE-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members.
SOMA * n. 1 Leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink. 2 Personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual. 3 Alternative names for the body of a human being.
AIR-TIGHT * s. 1 Having no weak points. 2 Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out.
SHAKTISM * n. 1 A Hindu sect worshiping Shakti. 2 Worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
CAUTERIZE * v. 1 Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. 2 Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals.
LIFTOFF * n. The initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad.
PLATICHTHYS * n. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
UNAPPRECIATIVELY * r. In an ungrateful manner.
HORRIFY * v. Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
KOLAM * n. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
AURICULARE * n. The craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus.
GREYISH-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with grey.
USING * n. An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).
FLANK * --n. 1 The side of military or naval formation. 2 A subfigure consisting of a side of something. 3 A cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg. 4 The side between ribs and hipbone. --v. Be located at the sides of something or somebody.
Z-AXIS * n. The third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system.
EXPLICITNESS * n. Clarity as a consequence of being explicit.
UTILIZED * s. Put to use.
SEN * n. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel.
FOCALIZATION * n. 1 The confinement of an infection to a limited area. 2 The act of bringing into focus.
REGARDLESS * --s. (usually followed by `of') Without due thought or consideration. --r. In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks.
VIRAEMIA * n. The presence of a virus in the blood stream.
PARTTIME * r. For less than the standard number of hours.
SUMMERTIME * n. The warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.
PLANTAGO * n. Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs.
UNPRESSED * s. (of clothing) Not smoothed with heat.
MONOESTROUS * s. Having one estrous cycle per year.
GYMNORHINA * n. In some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows.
SELF-EXAMINING * a. Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences.
PALMITIN * n. An ester of glycerol and palmitic acid.
DEXTER * s. On or starting from the wearer's right.
PERIGONIUM * n. Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.
VIRTUOUSLY * r. 1 In a moral manner. 2 In a chaste and virtuous manner.
UNCLAD * s. Having removed clothing.
ARBITRATE * v. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
TEASPOONFUL * n. As much as a teaspoon will hold.
DEFOLIATE * --v. Strip the leaves or branches from. --s. Deprived of leaves.
EXTINGUISHED * s. Of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement.
VASE-FINE * n. Scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals.
WRAPPED * --s. 1 Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. 2 Giving or marked by complete attention to. --a. Enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like.
TRIPLING * n. Increase by a factor of three.
DEFERENTIALLY * r. 1 In a servile manner. 2 In a respectfully deferential manner.
ANTIMYCOTIC * n. Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi.
HYLACTOPHRYNE * n. Barking frogs.
RHINESTONE * n. An imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste.
WELL-WISHER * n. Someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful.
BRUCH * n. German composer (1838-1920).
GUEST * n. 1 A visitor to whom hospitality is extended. 2 United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959). 3 A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.. 4 (computer science) Any computer that is hooked up to a computer network.
EL-AKSUR * n. A city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes.
LOVESEAT * n. Small sofa that seats two people.
PENTAGON * n. 1 A government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. 2 The United States military establishment. 3 A five-sided polygon.
SOMBRE * s. 1 Lacking brightness or color; dull. 2 Grave or even gloomy in character.
BRAWN * n. Possessing muscular strength.
WEIZENBIER * n. A general name in southern Germany for wheat beers.
NOBELIST * n. Winner of a Nobel prize.
BOGEY * --n. 1 An evil spirit. 2 (golf) A score of one stroke over par on a hole. 3 An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft. --v. To shoot in one stroke over par.
VLDL * n. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL.
BRUNN * n. An industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague.
SOUNDBOARD * n. (music) Resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument.
XMAS * n. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.
HITCHHIKER * n. A person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles.
MATRIARCHY * n. A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line.
BUGABOO * n. 1 An imaginary monster used to frighten children. 2 A source of concern.
NEPETA * n. Catmint.
NAGOYA * n. An industrial city in southern Honshu.
SILKY-LEAFED * s. Having glossy leaves.
STUPOR * n. 1 The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally. 2 Marginal consciousness.
BATHYMETRICAL * a. Of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes.
DYARCHY * n. A form of government having two joint rulers.
LAZY * s. 1 Moving slowly and gently. 2 Disinclined to work or exertion.
ANTIPARALLEL * s. (especially of vectors) Parallel but oppositely directed.
LEADBELLY * n. United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949).
COCCOIDEA * n. Scale insects and mealybugs.
EMBARGO * --n. A government order imposing a trade barrier. --v. 1 Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons. 2 Prevent commerce.
TABERNACLES * n. A major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness.
SPINY * --a. Having spines. --s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
DERMATITIS * n. Inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters.
PAROXYSM * n. A sudden uncontrollable attack.
EPICRANIUM * n. The muscle and aponeurosis and skin covering the cranium.
IDENTIFIED * s. Having the identity known or established.
HUSTLER * n. 1 A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. 2 A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties.
INJURE * v. 1 Cause injuries or bodily harm to. 2 Hurt the feelings of. 3 Cause damage or affect negatively.
PARTICIPATORY * s. Affording the opportunity for individual participation.
PERCOIDEAN * n. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
DHARMA * n. Basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes.
BARRACOUTA * n. A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
ANOESTROUS * a. Of or relating to anestrus.
STAINABILITY * n. (cytology) The capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes.
INFANT * n. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
CHLORANTHUS * n. Type genus of the Chloranthaceae.
ASSOCIATESHIP * n. The position of associate (as in an office or academy).
AFRASIAN * n. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
HEPARIN * n. A polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery.
STEAMER * --n. 1 A clam that is usually steamed in the shell. 2 A cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it. 3 A ship powered by one or more steam engines. 4 An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe. --v. Travel by means of steam power.
ORAL * --n. An examination conducted by spoken communication. --s. Using speech rather than writing. --a. 1 Of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth. 2 Of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located. 3 A stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression.
TETRAZZINI * n. A pasta dish with cream sauce and mushrooms.
MANTICORA * n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
SPINY-STEMMED * s. Having a spiny stem.
PERSEUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster. 2 A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way.
OXIDIZABLE * s. Capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen.
IMAGINATION * n. 1 The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses. 2 The ability to form mental images of things or events. 3 The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems.
INORDINATE * s. Beyond normal limits.
GRAHAM * n. 1 United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918). 2 United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991). 3 Flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage).
PIKE-PERCH * n. Any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family.
THACKERAY * n. English writer (born in India) (1811-1863).
VICE-REGENT * n. A regent's deputy.
PYLE * n. United States writer and illustrator of children's books (1853-1911).
BEDSTEAD * n. The framework of a bed.
CERCARIAL * a. Of or relating to cercaria.
AGREEABILITY * n. A temperamental disposition to be agreeable.
BELLIED * --a. Having a belly; often used in combination. --s. Curving outward.
VISCUS * n. A main organ that is situated inside the body.
SAVINGS * n. A fund of money put by as a reserve.
MEASURE * --n. 1 Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal. 2 How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. 3 A statute in draft before it becomes law. 4 The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. --v. 1 Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of. 2 Express as a number or measure or quantity. 3 Have certain dimensions. 4 Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.
ATF * n. The law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson.
FOCAL * --s. Having or localized centrally at a focus. --a. Of or relating to a focus.
REDSTART * n. 1 Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail. 2 European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins.
AEROBIOSIS * n. Life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen.
HOLOMETABOLA * n. Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.
RIGHTFULNESS * n. Anything in accord with principles of justice.
TITIAN * n. Old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576).
CHOREOGRAPHIC * a. Of or concerned with choreography.
GRIFFITH * n. United States film maker who was the first to use flashbacks and fade-outs (1875-1948).
EDERLE * n. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003).
BABBITTING * n. Lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal.
UNREMARKABLY * r. Under normal conditions.
NICE * --n. A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera. --a. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance. --s. 1 Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous. 2 Done with delicacy and skill. 3 Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. 4 Exhibiting courtesy and politeness.
ANODIZE * v. Coat a metal with an oxide coat.
MUCUNA * n. Any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres.
PLEURODONT * n. An animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets.
PILLAR-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a cylindrical pillar.
ACCORD * --n. 1 Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters. 2 Concurrence of opinion. 3 A written agreement between two states or sovereigns. 4 Sympathetic compatibility. --v. 1 Go together. 2 Allow to have.
MANAGER * n. 1 Someone who controls resources and expenditures. 2 (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
DRIBLET * n. A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).
SRBIJA * n. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries.
CHALDRON * n. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 36 bushels.
ZOROASTRIANISM * n. System of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil).
LONG-SPURRED * a. Of flowers having a long extension at the base of the corolla.
INTERPLANETARY * a. Between or among planets.
VANILLA-SCENTED * s. Smelling of vanilla.
UNTRAINED * a. Not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training.
PURR * --n. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat. --v. 1 Make a soft swishing sound. 2 Indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats.
CODIFICATION * n. 1 The act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order. 2 A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones).
BOSELAPHUS * n. Indian antelopes: nilgais.
SOMATOTROPIN * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans.
FOLIATED * --a. Ornamented with foliage or foils. --s. (especially of metamorphic rock) Having thin leaflike layers or strata.
CO-OCCURRENCE * n. 1 An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. 2 The temporal property of two things happening at the same time.
ONE-TWELFTH * n. One part in twelve equal parts.
TRUCKLING * n. The act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons).
IDP * n. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
ONE-EIGHTH * n. One part in eight equal parts.
SHORT-HANDLED * a. Having a short handle.
HELL * n. 1 Any place of pain and turmoil. 2 A cause of difficulty and suffering. 3 (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. 4 (religion) The world of the dead.
INHARMONIC * s. Lacking in harmony.
INDUBITABLE * s. Too obvious to be doubted.
CATARACT * n. 1 An eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye. 2 A large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice.
HAGGADA * n. Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition.
KWELL * n. A preparation of lindane (trade name Kwell) that is used to kill lice and itch mites; available in cream or shampoo.
CONCEPTIONAL * s. Being of the nature of a notion or concept.
TIGHTNESS * n. 1 A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit. 2 A tight feeling in some part of the body. 3 The spatial property of being crowded together. 4 Extreme stinginess.
TITILLATED * s. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
TAILSPIN * n. 1 Loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse. 2 Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
ETYMOLOGIST * n. A lexicographer who specializes in etymology.
MISBELIEVER * n. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
PERSEPOLIS * n. An ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian Empire; now in ruins.
ERITREA * n. An African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993.
THIRD-RATE * s. Of lesser quality than second-rate.
ARMAGNAC * n. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
FIRE-EATER * n. 1 A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires. 2 A belligerent grouch. 3 A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
DULCIMER * n. 1 A stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings. 2 A trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers.
UNALTERABILITY * n. 1 The quality of not being alterable. 2 The quality of being fixed and unchangeable.
TACTFULNESS * n. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense.
NAPKIN * n. 1 A small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing. 2 Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement.
PLENTEOUSLY * r. In a bountiful manner.
SELF-ABNEGATION * n. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
ZIRBANIT * n. Consort of Marduk.
CHAMELEON * n. 1 A changeable or inconstant person. 2 A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa. 3 Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.
ARANEIDA * n. Spiders.
FLATTERER * n. A person who uses flattery.
PARING * n. 1 A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. 2 (usually plural) A part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel.
RABID * --a. Of or infected by rabies. --s. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
LOCKAGE * n. 1 A fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway. 2 A system of locks in a canal or waterway. 3 Passage through a lock in a canal or waterway.
ATTESTATOR * n. (law) A person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.
UNREQUITED * s. Not returned in kind.
OVERSKIRT * n. An outer skirt worn over another skirt.
WORCESTERSHIRE * n. A savory sauce of vinegar and soy sauce and spices.
LANDSIDE * n. Component consisting of a side piece opposite the moldboard.
CROSSJACK * n. The lowermost sail on a mizzenmast.
AUTHORIZED * --a. Endowed with authority. --s. Sanctioned by established authority.
CONSOLIDATION * n. 1 Combining into a solid mass. 2 The act of combining into an integral whole. 3 Something that has consolidated into a compact mass.
LETTING * n. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
CLUBHEAD * n. (golf) The head of the club which strikes the ball.
DEVITALIZE * v. Sap of life or energy.
MIASMIC * s. 1 Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution. 2 Filled with vapor.
AUBERGE * n. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
FREEMASON * n. A member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love.
JASMINUM * n. Shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine.
GASTRONOME * n. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
ANOLIS * n. New World chameleons.
PHENYLBUTAZONE * n. Anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin).
ROLEPLAY * v. Perform on a stage or theater.
SHRINE * --n. A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person. --v. Enclose in a shrine.
DRAGUNOV * n. A sniper rifle with a telescopic sight.
OCULUS * n. The organ of sight.
APOGEE * n. 1 A final climactic stage. 2 Apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth.
ALIENIST * n. A psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness.
SYNAGROPS * n. A genus of Serranidae.
DECOLOR * v. Remove color from.
GATECRASHER * n. Someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying.
CONGRUOUSNESS * n. The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.
MATH * n. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
BOAT * --n. 1 A small vessel for travel on water. 2 A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce. --v. Ride in a boat on water.
HELIOGRAM * n. A message transmitted by means of the sun's rays.
GENTIANELLA * n. 1 Genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana. 2 Low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers.
IDYLLICALLY * r. In an idyllic manner.
ENTHALPY * n. (thermodynamics) A thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure.
LECTURING * n. Teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class).
WORKHOUSE * n. 1 A poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor. 2 A county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months.
ORB-WEAVING * a. Of spiders who weave circular webs.
JACKSONVILLE * n. Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida.
EUCHARISTIC * a. Of or relating to the sacrament of the Eucharist.
HYMENOPTEROUS * a. Of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera.
GOITER * n. Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet.
HILARIOUSLY * r. In a hilarious manner.
FREGATA * n. Type genus of the Fregatidae.
ODOBENIDAE * n. Walruses and extinct forms.
DIVERSIFICATION * n. 1 The act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered). 2 The condition of being varied.
ITERATE * v. 1 To say, state, or perform again. 2 Run or be performed again.
FANTAIL * n. An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship.
AKMOLA * n. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
PALEOANTHROPOLOGY * n. The scientific study of human fossils.
CHIPOLATA * n. A small thin sausage.
DEFERVESCENCE * n. Abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature.
COLUMNIATION * n. (architecture) The arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure.
CURLED * s. (of hair) Making curls or having been made to curl.
SWINGY * s. Characterized by a buoyant rhythm.
GLOSSARIST * n. A scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries.
WHITETHROAT * n. 1 Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller. 2 Greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts. 3 Common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown.
FUR * n. 1 The dressed hairy coat of a mammal. 2 Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel). 3 A garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur.
PHILOSOPHIC * --a. Of or relating to philosophy or philosophers. --s. Characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment.
MICROMYX * n. Old World harvest mice.
REPENT * v. 1 Turn away from sin or do penitence. 2 Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about.
CONVERSATIONALLY * r. With the use of colloquial expressions.
SUGGEST * v. 1 Make a proposal, declare a plan for something. 2 Drop a hint; intimate by a hint. 3 Imply as a possibility. 4 Call to mind.
WHISTLER * n. 1 United States painter (1834-1903). 2 Someone who makes a loud high sound. 3 Large North American mountain marmot. 4 Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions.
TWEED * n. 1 Thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland. 2 (usually in the plural) Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth.
MOUSSAKA * n. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
IMPENDING * s. Close in time; about to occur.
INCREASING * a. 1 Becoming greater or larger. 2 (music) Increasing in tempo and/or volume.
TORR * n. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere; named after Torricelli.
ALLIGATORFISH * n. Small very elongate sea poachers.
BRYUM * n. Type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules.
STICTOMYS * n. Mountain pacas.
CANOE * --n. Small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle. --v. Travel by canoe.
SENSITIZER * n. (chemistry) A substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction.
FETOSCOPY * n. Prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood.
UNIVALENT * a. 1 Used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis. 2 Having a valence of 1.
OVERSPECIALISE * v. Become overly specialized.
CYLIX * n. A shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece.
CASSIOPEIA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda. 2 A W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris.
DEFAME * v. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
ADULTERINE * s. Conceived in adultery.
MESIC * a. 1 Of or pertaining to a meson. 2 Having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture.
SECESSION * n. 1 An Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s. 2 The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War. 3 Formal separation from an alliance or federation.
OMELET * n. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly.
THYMELAEALES * n. Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae.
CACHALOT * n. Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris.
BILINGUALLY * r. In a bilingual manner.
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID * n. One of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head.
STEALTHILY * r. In a stealthy manner.
CAROTIN * n. An orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver.
THREADER * n. A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops.
STAMBOUL * n. The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
PALESTINE * n. 1 A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948. 2 An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
PARVENUE * s. 1 Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position. 2 Of or characteristic of a parvenu.
PEDOPHILE * n. An adult who is sexually attracted to children.
POINTREL * n. A tool used by an engraver.
DODDER * --n. A leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria. --v. Walk unsteadily.
AMBIDEXTROUSNESS * n. The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
MORPHOLOGICAL * a. 1 Relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language. 2 Pertaining to geological structure. 3 Relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals.
PURIFYING * --a. 1 Serving to purge or rid of sin. 2 Freeing from noxious matter. --s. Acting like an antiseptic.
JOVE * n. (Roman mythology) Supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus.
PARCHESI * n. An ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board.
ABHENRY * n. A unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry.
TORMENTER * n. 1 Someone who torments. 2 A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings.
RUGELACH * n. Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves).
OJIBWA * n. 1 A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa.
SOLE * --n. 1 The underside of footwear or a golf club. 2 Lean flesh of any of several flatfish. 3 The underside of the foot. 4 Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European. --v. Put a new sole on. --s. 1 Not divided or shared with others. 2 Being the only one; single and isolated from others.
HOLOCAUST * n. 1 An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire). 2 The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945.
SOLICITATION * n. 1 An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status. 2 Request for a sum of money. 3 The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money).
DRUMMING * n. The act of playing drums.
NIPPER * n. 1 A young person of either sex. 2 A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.
SIRIS * n. Large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind.
RED-RIMMED * s. Rimmed with red.
AIRDROME * n. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
UNSTUDIED * --a. Not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu. --s. Lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field.
MISPLACEMENT * n. Faulty position.
COUNCILORSHIP * n. The position of council member.
UNPATTERNED * a. Lacking patterns especially in color.
FRIGGA * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin.
GAZETTE * --n. A newspaper or official journal. --v. Publish in a gazette.
CONGLOMERATE * --n. 1 A composite rock made up of particles of varying size. 2 A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization. --v. Collect or gather. --s. Composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass.
UNCANNY * s. 1 Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences. 2 Surpassing the ordinary or normal.
LOW-SUDSING * a. (used of e.g. detergents) Producing few suds.
DEIST * --n. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it. --a. Of or relating to deism.
ACROMIKRIA * n. Abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes).
CLEAN-LIVING * s. Morally pure.
DEGENERATION * n. 1 The process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality. 2 The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities. 3 Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form.
ORADEXON * n. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
AFFABLE * s. Diffusing warmth and friendliness.
CHROMOPHORE * n. The chemical group that gives color to a molecule.
DISFIGURE * v. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
INSTANTIATION * n. A representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it.
PURGATORIAL * a. 1 Serving to purge or rid of sin. 2 Of or resembling purgatory.
INCURABLE * --n. A person whose disease is incurable. --a. Incapable of being cured. --s. Unalterable in disposition or habits.
WHELK * --n. 1 Large marine snail much used as food in Europe. 2 Large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell. --v. Gather whelk.
ACCENTUATE * v. 1 To stress, single out as important. 2 Put stress on; utter with an accent.
TOPSOIL * n. The layer of soil on the surface.
BRUCKENTHALIA * n. A genus containing only one species: spike heath.
UNRELATEDNESS * n. The lack of any particular manner of connectedness.
CHETRUM * n. 100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan.
ASCENSION * n. 1 (Christianity) Celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter. 2 A movement upward. 3 (New Testament) The rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection. 4 (astronomy) The rising of a star above the horizon.
PRECIPITANCY * n. The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
INAUSPICIOUS * --a. Not auspicious; boding ill. --s. 1 Contrary to your interests or welfare. 2 Presaging ill fortune.
CORTINARIACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
FLEXIBLENESS * n. 1 The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped. 2 The quality of being adaptable or variable.
HAPLESS * s. Deserving or inciting pity.
BELTLIKE * s. Resembling a belt around something.
WICHITA * n. 1 A member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas. 2 The largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River. 3 The Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita.
JAIN * a. Relating to or characteristic of Jainism.
VOTIVE * s. Dedicated in fulfillment of a vow.
C-SECTION * n. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way).
JOLLIET * n. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700).
NONCONFORMIST * --n. 1 A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England. 2 Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct. --a. Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought. --s. Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion.
ILL-FAMED * s. Known widely and usually unfavorably.
DANIEL * n. 1 (Old Testament) A youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC). 2 A wise and upright judge. 3 An Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar.
PLOVDIV * n. An ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region.
STANDOFF * n. 1 The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided. 2 The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand.
REJOICE * v. 1 Feel happiness or joy. 2 To express great joy. 3 Be ecstatic with joy.
RUBIA * n. Type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots.
COUNTERFEIT * --n. A copy that is represented as the original. --v. Make a copy of with the intent to deceive. --a. Not genuine; imitating something superior.
PUTRIDNESS * n. In a state of progressive putrefaction.
PUSSLY * n. Weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan.
COUNTERPUNCH * n. A return punch (especially by a boxer).
W.H.O. * n. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
MONOCYTE * n. A type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria.
HAIRLESSNESS * n. 1 The condition of being void of hair. 2 The quality of not having hair.
CERVICITIS * n. Inflammation of the uterine cervix.
SUBCONTINENT * n. A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent.
INFECTIOUSLY * r. In a contagious manner.
NATALITY * n. The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
TEND * v. 1 Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. 2 Have care of or look after. 3 Manage or run.
CYSTOPARALYSIS * n. Paralysis of the urinary bladder.
CRUCIFER * n. Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae.
PASTED * s. Affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste.
SCOUTING * n. Exploring in order to gain information.
WHITENING * n. Changing to a lighter color.
MILHAUD * n. French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974).
EUTECTIC * n. A mixture of substances having a minimum melting point.
MECHANISM * n. 1 The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction. 2 The technical aspects of doing something. 3 A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function. 4 (philosophy) The philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes.
MUCOSAL * a. Of or relating to mucous membranes.
SLEET * --n. Partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow). --v. Precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow.
MISTINESS * n. Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor.
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK * --s. Cleverly amusing in tone. --r. 1 In a bantering fashion. 2 Not seriously.
CHICANE * --n. 1 A bridge hand that is void of trumps. 2 A movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file. 3 The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them). --v. 1 Defeat someone through trickery or deceit. 2 Raise trivial objections.
ALLIACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium.
COURSER * n. 1 A huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey. 2 Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle. 3 A dog trained for coursing. 4 Swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles.
POPULATION * n. 1 The people who inhabit a territory or state. 2 A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area. 3 (statistics) The entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn. 4 The number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.).
KETTLEFUL * n. The quantity a kettle will hold.
MANNEQUIN * n. 1 A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. 2 A life-size dummy used to display clothes.
LINGUIST * n. 1 A specialist in linguistics. 2 A person who speaks more than one language.
CHORUS * --n. 1 Any utterance produced simultaneously by a group. 2 A group of people assembled to sing together. 3 The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers. 4 A body of dancers or singers who perform together. --v. 1 Utter in unison. 2 Sing in a choir.
HYDRARGYRUM * n. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
FUMES * n. Gases ejected from an engine as waste products.
TRISKELION * n. A figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center.
PERORATION * n. 1 A flowery and highly rhetorical oration. 2 (rhetoric) The concluding section of an oration.
GLACIAL * --a. Relating to or derived from a glacier. --s. 1 Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. 2 Extremely cold.
FELAFEL * n. Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
CO-OCCUR * v. Go with, fall together.
THICK-BRANCHED * s. Having thick branches.
LIMESTONE * n. A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals.
ZIMBABWEAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people.
CONCHOLOGY * n. The collection and study of mollusc shells.
TORAH * n. 1 The whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition. 2 The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit. 3 (Judaism) The scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services.
NOCTURNAL * a. 1 Belonging to or active during the night. 2 Of or relating to or occurring in the night.
MASTOIDAL * --n. Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull. --a. Relating to or resembling a nipple.
TIMALIIDAE * n. Babblers.
APONEUROSIS * n. Any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons.
ARCHOSARGUS * n. A genus of Sparidae.
AERATED * s. 1 (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification. 2 Supplied with carbon dioxide.
SIT-UP * n. A stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage.
POGOSTEMON * n. Genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil.
GLUEY * s. Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
AFIBRINOGENEMIA * n. The absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding.
AVIFAUNISTIC * a. Of or relating to birds of a particular region or period.
MAHLER * n. Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911).
CADGER * n. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
FIVEPENCE * n. A coin worth five cents.
APPARENTNESS * n. The property of being apparent.
SCATTERBRAINED * s. 1 Lacking sense or discretion. 2 Guided by whim and fancy.
AORTITIS * n. Inflammation of the aorta.
ARCHOSAURIA * n. A large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts.
EXTRAVAGANTLY * r. 1 In an abundant manner. 2 In a wasteful manner. 3 In a rich and lavish manner.
LIAR * n. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
HOYLE * n. 1 An English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001). 2 English writer on card games (1672-1769).
MONOCHROMASY * n. Complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness.
THYROGLOBULIN * n. An iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins.
SEISMOLOGIC * a. Of or concerned with seismology.
CONCEIVABILITY * n. The state of being conceivable.
CASUALTY * n. 1 Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement. 2 Someone injured or killed in an accident. 3 An accident that causes someone to die. 4 A decrease of military personnel or equipment.
ARANEAE * n. Spiders.
MALACHI * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the 5th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book containing the prophecies of Malachi.
BRINE * --n. 1 Water containing salts. 2 A strong solution of salt and water used for pickling. --v. Soak in brine.
PURULENCY * n. Symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus).
RUSTY-BROWN * s. Of something having the brown color of rust.
ZUMBOORUK * n. A camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies.
INCREDULOUSLY * r. In an incredulous manner.
HEEDFULNESS * n. The trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities.
UMBO * n. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
GNOSTICISM * n. A religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches.
BATTLEFIELD * n. A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought.
ROUGH-TEXTURED * s. Having surface roughness.
AECIUM * n. Fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores.
UPSURGE * n. 1 A sudden forceful flow. 2 A sudden or abrupt strong increase.
GOLDBRICK * --n. 1 A soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort. 2 An idle worthless person. 3 A brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not. 4 Anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless. --v. 1 Deprive of by deceit. 2 Avoid (one's assigned duties).
MARGUERITE * n. 1 Tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum. 2 Perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum.
PAYMASTER * n. A person in charge of paying wages.
GENSERIC * n. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
ZEIDAE * n. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
GEOSTRATEGIC * a. Of or relating to geostrategy.
OXIDATION-REDUCTION * n. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.
BIBLIOGRAPHER * n. Someone trained in compiling bibliographies.
ARBORIZE * v. Branch out like trees.
GROUCH * --n. A bad-tempered person. --v. Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.
MAYONNAISE * n. Egg yolks and oil and vinegar.
INHABITATION * n. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men).
SPECIFIED * a. Clearly and explicitly stated.
ACERBATE * v. 1 Cause to be bitter or resentful. 2 Make sour or bitter.
MANOEUVRER * n. A person skilled in maneuvering.
CONCENTRICAL * a. Having a common center.
IMPULSIVE * s. 1 Proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus. 2 Without forethought. 3 Having the power of driving or impelling. 4 Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.
TWENTY-NINTH * s. Coming next after the twenty-eighth in position.
CONVIVIALLY * r. In a convivial manner.
INSISTENCY * n. 1 The state of demanding notice or attention. 2 The act of insisting on something.
CRINGE * v. 1 Draw back, as with fear or pain. 2 Show submission or fear.
GUESSER * n. A person who guesses.
BAPTISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church.
AERODYNAMICS * n. The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow.
MAINSPRING * n. The most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism.
ZEALANDER * n. A native or inhabitant of Zealand.
GALEA * n. An organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum.
INDIGENOUSLY * r. In an indigenous manner.
SCRUBBIRD * n. Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub.
ECCRINE * a. (of exocrine glands) Producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature.
CALVINO * n. Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987).
UNBELT * v. Undo the belt of.
PLENITUDE * n. A full supply.
DILUTED * a. Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity.
CHALICE * n. A bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup.
ANAPHYLAXIS * n. Hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance.
HORRIDLY * r. In a hideous manner.
QUIESCENCE * n. 1 A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction. 2 Quiet and inactive restfulness.
UNASHAMED * a. Used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame.
SCOTTISH * --n. The dialect of English used in Scotland. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language.
MAZOPATHY * n. Any pathology of the breast.
TICONDEROGA * n. A pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.
ARGON * n. A colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere.
WITH-IT * s. 1 In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style. 2 Having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment.
SWAINSONA * n. A genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas.
RESOLUTE * --a. Firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination. --s. Characterized by quickness and firmness.
EXTRAORDINAIRE * s. Extraordinary in a particular capacity.
ALPHABETICAL * a. 1 Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet. 2 Arranged in order according to the alphabet.
JOBHOLDER * n. An employee who holds a regular job.
UNBORN * a. Not yet brought into existence.
STERNOTHERUS * n. Musk turtles.
STELE * n. 1 The usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant. 2 An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
RAY * --n. 1 A column of light (as from a beacon). 2 A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence. 3 (mathematics) A straight line extending from a point. 4 A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation. --v. 1 Emit as rays. 2 Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center. 3 Expose to radiation.
UNATTAINABLE * s. Impossible to achieve.
CAROUSAL * n. Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party.
JEHAD * n. A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.
SPEAKABLE * s. Capable of being uttered in words or sentences.
AGROSTEMMA * n. A caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles.
ROBERTS * n. 1 United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943). 2 United States evangelist (born 1918). 3 United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957). 4 A Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722).
PIFFLE * --n. Trivial nonsense. --v. 1 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. 2 Act in a trivial or ineffective way.
GRANDMASTER * n. A player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge.
SMALL-MINDEDLY * r. In a narrow-minded manner.
FOIL * --n. 1 A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal. 2 Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities. 3 A device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through. 4 Picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector. --v. 1 Enhance by contrast. 2 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 3 Cover or back with foil.
PROCYONIDAE * n. Raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas.
SLOWPOKE * n. Someone who moves slowly.
HAEMOPROTEIDAE * n. Bird parasites.
UNDEPICTED * s. Not pictured.
READABLY * r. In a legible manner.
BIOGENOUS * a. Producing or produced by living things.
AMBUSH * --n. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. --v. 1 Wait in hiding to attack. 2 Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing.
SUSURROUS * s. Characterized by soft sounds.
SELF-FLAGELLATION * n. Self-punishment inflicted by whipping.
FLNC * n. A terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism.
RAPTOR * n. Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.
GODSON * n. A male godchild.
SHERRY * n. Dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif.
PILLAGED * s. 1 Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value. 2 Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
AVAHI * n. A genus of Indriidae.
AMORALIST * n. Someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid.
NSAID * n. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
DELUDE * v. Be false to; be dishonest with.
AZOTE * n. An obsolete name for nitrogen.
CONSTRUCTIVE * --a. Constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development. --s. Emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good.
BURHINUS * n. Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews.
AUTHORIAL * a. Of or by or typical of an author.
AWAKENED * --a. Aroused or activated. --s. (somewhat formal) Having been waked up.
ACTINIDE * n. Any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103.
XANTHOPHYCEAE * n. Yellow-green algae.
GLAMOURISE * v. 1 Interpret romantically. 2 Make glamorous and attractive.
HYDRODYNAMIC * a. Of or relating to hydrodynamics.
SUBTROPIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics.
PHILISTINE * --n. 1 A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits. 2 A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC. --a. Of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people. --s. Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
UNDERHAND * --a. With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level. --s. Marked by deception. --r. 1 Slyly and secretly. 2 With the hand swung below shoulder level.
MYRINGA * n. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
NAIADALES * n. An order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants.
SELACHII * n. Sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates.
PASSIONATE * a. Having or expressing strong emotions.
REPOT * v. Put in a new, usually larger, pot.
PIN-UP * n. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model.
YOGACARA * n. One of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness.
SHOED * a. Wearing footgear.
SCLEROSED * a. Relating to or having sclerosis; hardened.
DIASTOLIC * a. Of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole.
ALLIONIA * n. Small genus of chiefly American herbs.
LIVE-BEARER * n. Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control.
BRACHYCHITON * n. Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks).
WEASEL * n. 1 A person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky. 2 Small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck.
ACT * --n. 1 A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. 2 Something that people do or cause to happen. 3 A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet. 4 A short performance that is part of a longer program. --v. 1 Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action). 2 Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself. 3 Play a role or part. 4 Discharge one's duties.
RESINLIKE * a. Resembling resin in properties or texture.
CORDUROYS * n. Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth.
GEOPHAGIA * n. Eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior.
BROOKWEED * n. 1 American water pimpernel. 2 Water pimpernel of Europe to China.
CREDENCE * n. 1 The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true. 2 A kind of sideboard or buffet.
GLADIATOR * n. 1 (ancient Rome) A professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat. 2 A professional boxer.
CACODEMON * n. An evil spirit.
LIV * s. Being four more than fifty.
PENEUS * n. Type genus of the family Peneidae.
SOLITARY * --n. 1 Confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners. 2 One who lives in solitude. --s. 1 Characterized by or preferring solitude. 2 Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies. 3 Lacking companions or companionship. 4 Being the only one; single and isolated from others.
KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT * s. Extremely violent.
DEPRECIATING * s. Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value.
PELVIS * n. 1 The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates. 2 A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter.
PHYLLO * n. Tissue thin sheets of pastry used especially in Greek dishes.
DIVULGE * v. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
PREPOSTEROUSLY * r. So as to arouse or deserve laughter.
SURCHARGE * --n. An additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill). --v. 1 Charge an extra fee, as for a special service. 2 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 3 Fill to capacity with people. 4 Print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote.
NW * n. The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.
CALENDERED * s. (of paper and fabric and leather) Having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers.
LAXNESS * n. 1 The quality of being lax and neglectful. 2 The condition of being physiologically lax.
GRISTLE * n. Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults.
PHONEME * n. (linguistics) One of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language.
PREJUDICIAL * --s. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury. --a. Tending to favor preconceived ideas.
RUTHLESSNESS * n. 1 Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity. 2 Feelings of extreme heartlessness.
ERRONEOUS * s. Containing or characterized by error.
CINNAMON-COLORED * s. Having the color of cinnamon.
INIMITABLY * r. In an unreproducible manner.
PHRENOLOGIST * n. Someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull.
TUBER * n. 1 A fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage. 2 Type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles.
PANETELA * n. A long slender cigar.
JUNG * n. Swiss psychologist (1875-1961).
DOOR-TO-DOOR * s. 1 (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) Direct from point of origin to point of destination. 2 Omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next.
TROPAEOLUM * n. A tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae.
SOAPWORT * n. Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised.
ENTRAPMENT * n. A defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials.
PIZZICATO * --n. A note or passage that is played pizzicato. --s. (of instruments in the violin family) To be plucked with the finger. --r. With a light plucking staccato sound.
OHIOAN * n. A native or resident of Ohio.
OAT * n. 1 Annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats'). 2 Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats').
RUMEX * n. Docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions.
HARMONIZE * v. 1 Go together. 2 Write a harmony for. 3 Sing or play in harmony. 4 Bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously.
BOYCOTT * --n. A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies. --v. Refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with.
COCKEYED * s. 1 Turned or twisted toward one side. 2 So unreasonable as to invite derision. 3 Very drunk.
PROHIBITIVE * s. Tending to discourage (especially of prices).
AVES * n. (ornithology) The class of birds.
MODERATIONISM * n. The policy of being moderate or acting with moderation.
COLLIMATOR * n. 1 A small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one. 2 Optical device consisting of a tube containing a convex achromatic lens at one end and a slit at the other with the slit at the focus of the lens; light rays leave the slit as a parallel beam.
HEMPEN * s. Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute.
DECISION * n. 1 The act of making up your mind about something. 2 A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration. 3 (boxing) A victory won on points when no knockout has occurred. 4 The outcome of a game or contest.
SNIPER * n. A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place.
JAMBOS * n. Used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos).
CHUCKHOLE * n. A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface).
LUMINESCENCE * n. 1 Light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures. 2 Light from nonthermal sources.
DEVISAL * n. The act of devising something.
CERATOPSIA * n. Horned dinosaurs.
IMPLORE * v. Call upon in supplication; entreat.
SCYLIORHINIDAE * n. Small bottom-dwelling sharks.
STALKING-HORSE * n. 1 A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate. 2 Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason. 3 Screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game. 4 A horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game.
CAPERCAILZIE * n. Large black Old World grouse.
DAUGHTER * n. A female human offspring.
TOTALIZER * n. 1 Computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won. 2 A calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions.
RICH * --n. People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group). --a. 1 Possessing material wealth. 2 Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources). 3 High in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air. 4 Suggestive of or characterized by great expense. --s. 1 Of great worth or quality. 2 Marked by great fruitfulness. 3 Strong; intense. 4 Very productive.
CULL * --n. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. --v. 1 Remove something that has been rejected. 2 Look for and gather.
HUGGINS * n. English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910).
DIRECTING * s. Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on.
RESTRICT * v. 1 Place restrictions on. 2 Place under restrictions; limit access to by law. 3 Place limits on (extent or amount or access). 4 Prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed.
STACKER * n. A laborer who builds up a stack or pile.
EXEMPLARY * s. 1 Worthy of imitation. 2 Being or serving as an illustration of a type. 3 Serving to warn.
CANAL * --n. 1 (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion. 2 A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance. 3 Long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation. --v. Provide (a city) with a canal.
BUILT-UP * s. Peopled with settlers.
ABOLITIONIST * n. A reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
MILK-WHITE * s. Of a white the color of fresh milk.
THROMBOSE * v. Become blocked by a thrombus.
DOMINANCE * n. 1 Superior development of one side of the body. 2 The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. 3 The organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not. 4 The power or right to give orders or make decisions.
RED-HANDED * --s. In the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act. --r. Doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible.
UNPROFITABILITY * n. The quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit.
IMPLAUSIBLENESS * n. The quality of provoking disbelief.
PUFFINESS * n. 1 An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. 2 Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
GD * n. 1 A nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled. 2 A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
COOLIDGE * n. Elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933).
TARRAGON * n. 1 Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia. 2 Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning.
ICTERIDAE * n. American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks.
GUEVARA * n. An Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967).
PYRIDIUM * n. Analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections.
BEAMISH * s. Smiling with happiness or optimism.
CLOWNISH * s. Like a clown.
ASTRAPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of thunder and lightning.
CHEDDAR * n. 1 A village in southwestern England where cheddar cheese was first made. 2 Hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England.
HYPERBOLE * n. Extravagant exaggeration.
TRIP * --n. 1 A journey for some purpose (usually including the return). 2 A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs. 3 An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall. 4 An exciting or stimulating experience. --v. 1 Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. 2 Cause to stumble. 3 Make a trip for pleasure. 4 Put in motion or move to act.
CARTHAGINIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language.
CHEERLESSLY * r. In an unhappy manner.
SNITCH * --n. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. --v. 1 Take by theft. 2 Give away information about somebody.
RECALCITRATE * v. Show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient.
ENDLESS * s. 1 Tiresomely long; seemingly without end. 2 Infinitely great in number. 3 Having no known beginning and presumably no end. 4 Having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole.
CRYOMETER * n. A thermometer designed to measure low temperatures.
ROCKY * --s. 1 Abounding in rocks or stones. 2 Liable to rock. 3 Full of hardship or trials. --a. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
TAMER * n. An animal trainer who tames wild animals.
FINGERPRINTING * n. The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification.
RODEO * n. 1 An exhibition of cowboy skills. 2 An enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up.
JIMMY * --n. A short crowbar. --v. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.
DELACROIX * n. French romantic painter (1798-1863).
NETBALL * n. A team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post.
MANDARA * n. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels.
SIMPERER * n. A smiler whose smile is silly and self-conscious and sometimes coy.
ACRYLATE * n. A salt or ester of propenoic acid.
LOASACEAE * n. Family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia.
PONGIDAE * n. Usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons.
COWPEA * n. 1 Fruit or seed of the cowpea plant. 2 Sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure. 3 Eaten fresh as shell beans or dried.
JACKSON * n. 1 English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936). 2 United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958). 3 United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972). 4 United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941).
RISIBLE * s. Arousing or provoking laughter.
RECEIVE * v. 1 Get something; come into possession of. 2 Receive a specified treatment (abstract). 3 Register (perceptual input). 4 Go through (mental or physical states or experiences).
UNWATCHFUL * a. Not alert to what is potentially dangerous.
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY * n. The quality of being incomprehensible.
MIXOLOGIST * n. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
WIDENING * n. 1 An increase in width. 2 A part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park. 3 The act of making something wider.
ADRENALINE * n. A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action.
GESTURAL * s. 1 Used of the language of the deaf. 2 Being other than verbal communication.
MAGNETIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to or caused by magnetism. 2 Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel. 3 Capable of being magnetized. 4 Determined by earth's magnetic fields. --s. Possessing an extraordinary ability to attract.
DESERVINGNESS * n. The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance).
VIRGINAL * --n. A legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries. --a. Characteristic of a virgin or virginity. --s. 1 Untouched or undefiled. 2 In a state of sexual virginity.
SPECIOUSNESS * n. An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility.
IDIOPATHY * n. Any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause.
DOUBLE * --n. 1 A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base. 2 A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts. 3 Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor). 4 A quantity that is twice as great as another. --v. 1 Increase twofold. 2 Hit a two-base hit. 3 Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain. 4 Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions. --s. 1 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. 2 Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. 3 Twice as great or many. 4 Large enough for two. --a. 1 Used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements. 2 Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis. --r. 1 Downward and forward. 2 Two together. 3 To double the degree.
NORLESTRIN * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
MINERALOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them.
BHARAT * n. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.
DEPARTMENT * n. 1 A specialized division of a large organization. 2 The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France). 3 A specialized sphere of knowledge.
GROSSULARIACEAE * n. In some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry.
ARTOCARPUS * n. Evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit.
ERIGERON * n. Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally.
EMPLOYER * n. A person or firm that employs workers.
OVERRATE * v. Make too high an estimate of.
AMBROSIAL * s. 1 Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant. 2 Worthy of the gods.
PENTAVALENT * a. Having a valence of five.
AMULET * n. A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease.
SYLLABICATE * v. Divide into syllables.
CITY-BRED * s. Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
REPRIEVE * --n. 1 A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort. 2 An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. 3 A warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence). 4 The act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment. --v. 1 Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution. 2 Relieve temporarily.
ORNAMENTATION * n. 1 The state of being ornamented. 2 Something used to beautify. 3 The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.
CYSTITIS * n. Inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters.
PSITTACOSAURUS * n. Primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal.
HISTOGRAM * n. A bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies.
DECAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having ten plane faces.
REVERS * n. A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side.
MERINGUE * n. Sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar.
SPICEBUSH * n. 1 Deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries. 2 Straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers.
UNPEACEABLE * s. Not disposed to peace.
CONSTRAINED * s. Lacking spontaneity; not natural.
SCOFFING * n. Showing your contempt by derision.
KYPHOSUS * n. Type genus of the Kyphosidae.
ROSACEA * n. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
ABILA * n. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules.
AMBERGRIS * n. Waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume.
EXPONENT * n. 1 A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. 2 Someone who expounds and interprets or explains. 3 A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
MEDULLATED * a. (of neurons) Covered with a layer of myelin.
PIXEL * n. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
TENPINS * n. Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins.
STAGECRAFT * n. Skill in writing or staging plays.
ABSTENTION * n. The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol).
COITAL * a. Of or relating to coitus or copulation.
GASCONY * n. A region of southwestern France.
INSTITUTION * n. 1 An organization founded and united for a specific purpose. 2 An establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated. 3 A custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society. 4 The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
CARDIAC * a. Of or relating to the heart.
BITTERWEED * n. 1 Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States. 2 Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma.
INCERTITUDE * n. The state of being unsure of something.
MYRMECOBIUS * n. Banded anteater.
CLEISTOGAMY * n. The production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers.
DRACONTIUM * n. Any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves.
ARGOS * n. An ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC.
LEXIS * n. All of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function.
ABSORBING * s. Capable of arousing and holding the attention.
PERVERSENESS * n. 1 Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline. 2 Deliberately deviating from what is good.
REGISTRY * n. An official written record of names or events or transactions.
ALLERGIST * n. A physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.
MISTRUSTFULLY * r. With distrust.
MASSASOIT * n. Wampanoag leader who aided the Pilgrims (1580-1661).
OUTHOUSE * n. A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
DUMBLY * r. 1 In a stupid manner. 2 In an inarticulate manner.
DRYOPTERIS * n. Large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae.
SECOTIALES * n. An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes.
GPA * n. A measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted.
STREPTOCOCCI * n. Spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis.
EXOGENIC * a. Derived or originating externally.
ONE-YEAR-OLD * s. One year of age.
CLUBHOUSE * n. A building that is occupied by a social club.
GANGWAY * n. 1 A temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site). 2 A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside. 3 Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores.
ZOSTER * n. Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia.
DECENT * --s. 1 Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous. 2 In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion. 3 Sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public. 4 Observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress. --a. Conforming to conventions of sexual behavior. --r. In the right manner; correctly; suitably.
HAKIM * n. 1 A Muslim ruler or governor or judge. 2 A Muslim physician.
CANTONESE * n. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
SABAL * n. American dwarf fan palms.
HYPERCALCINURIA * n. The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis.
UNCTUOUSNESS * n. Smug self-serving earnestness.
EPHEMERIDAE * n. Mayflies.
PHANTASMAGORIA * n. A constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream).
ACCREDITATION * n. The act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards).
ADENIUM * n. One species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia.
OPERCULATE * a. Having an operculum.
LOHAN * n. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
AMICABLENESS * n. 1 A disinclination to quarrel. 2 Having a disposition characterized by warmth and friendliness.
MILLIVOLTMETER * n. Sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltage in millivolts.
ABELARD * n. French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142).
SUTHERLAND * n. Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926).
COOKHOUSE * n. 1 The area for food preparation on a ship. 2 A detached or outdoor shelter for cooking.
SLEEKNESS * n. 1 The quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored. 2 The smooth feel of silk fabric.
CHAP * --n. 1 A boy or man. 2 A long narrow depression in a surface. 3 A crack in a lip caused usually by cold. 4 (usually in the plural) Leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs. --v. Crack due to dehydration.
HYLOBATES * n. Gibbons.
OPERATIONALLY * r. In respect to operation.
OPISTHOTONOS * n. Severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back.
ENTEROBIASIS * n. An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by the pinworm Enterobius vermicularis; occurs especially in children.
THEOLOGIST * n. Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology.
BOUNDEDNESS * n. The quality of being finite.
FLAME-FLOWER * n. 1 A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers. 2 Plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots.
INAPPOSITENESS * n. Inappropriateness.
AGILE * s. 1 Moving quickly and lightly. 2 Mentally quick.
SECUNDIGRAVIDA * n. A woman who is pregnant for the second time.
AUSCHWITZ * n. A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in southwestern Poland during World War II.
CONDENSATION * n. 1 (psychoanalysis) An unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams. 2 The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state. 3 Atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold. 4 The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together.
CLUNKING * n. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.
SALYUT * n. Either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s.
FAS * n. A congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy.
RECONSTITUTE * v. Construct or form anew or provide with a new structure.
WHITE-RIBBED * s. Having white ribs.
UNWHOLESOMENESS * n. The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you.
LONG * --v. Desire strongly or persistently. --a. 1 Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified. 2 Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified. 3 Good at remembering. 4 Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices. --s. 1 Of relatively great height. 2 Involving substantial risk. 3 Planning prudently for the future. 4 Having or being more than normal or necessary. --r. 1 For an extended time or at a distant time. 2 For an extended distance.
CARTOONIST * n. A person who draws cartoons.
TERRORIST * n. A radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities.
KNEEPAN * n. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
JOT * --n. 1 A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note. 2 A slight but appreciable amount. --v. Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of.
BEADSMAN * n. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.
CLATTER * --n. A rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement). --v. Make a rattling sound.
HORSESHOER * n. A person who shoes horses.
ACROGEN * n. Any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
ALLOMORPH * n. 1 Any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound. 2 A variant phonological representation of a morpheme.
SELF-COLORED * s. Of the same color throughout.
PRIESTHOOD * n. The body of ordained religious practitioners.
ELFIN * --s. 1 Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness. 2 Small and delicate. 3 Usually good-naturedly mischievous. --a. Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf.
ANAGLYPTICAL * a. Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
CLUPEIDAE * n. Herrings; shad; sardines; etc..
DEVASTATING * s. 1 Making light of. 2 Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction. 3 Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.
OVERGENERALIZE * v. Draw too general a conclusion.
GREAT-AUNT * n. An aunt of your father or mother.
HAMPER * --n. 1 A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). 2 A basket usually with a cover. --v. 1 Prevent the progress or free movement of. 2 Put at a disadvantage.
ANGLOPHILIC * a. Characterized by Anglophilia.
UGRIC * n. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia.
RUB * --n. 1 An unforeseen obstacle. 2 The act of rubbing or wiping. --v. 1 Move over something with pressure. 2 Cause friction. 3 Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.
ENTEROKINASE * n. Enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin.
HOVERCRAFT * n. A craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines.
SITUATION * n. 1 The general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time. 2 A condition or position in which you find yourself. 3 A complex or critical or unusual difficulty. 4 Physical position in relation to the surroundings.
LILIOPSID * n. A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside.
NE'ER-DO-WELL * n. An idle worthless person.
FASTENING * n. 1 Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. 2 The act of fastening things together.
PENANG * n. The second smallest Malaysian state; located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
AVERTABLE * a. Capable of being avoided or warded off.
JAMJAR * n. A jar for holding jellies or preserves.
RANITIDINE * n. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
RE-INCORPORATE * v. Incorporate again or anew.
TERMER * n. A person who serves a specified term.
SUNDRESS * n. A light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders.
VAMOOSE * v. Leave suddenly.
MF * n. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
DEVOUR * v. 1 Destroy completely. 2 Enjoy avidly. 3 Eat up completely, as with great appetite. 4 Eat greedily.
PROPHETS * n. The second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.
SAUSSURE * n. Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913).
ALLEYWAY * n. A narrow street with walls on both sides.
CHRONICLER * n. Someone who writes chronicles.
HAJ * n. The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba.
BEL * n. 1 A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels. 2 Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil.
LEDE * n. The introductory section of a story.
NALTREXONE * n. An oral antagonist against the action of opiates.
RESULT * --n. 1 A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. 2 A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem. 3 Something that results. 4 The semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause. --v. 1 Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end. 2 Produce as a result or residue. 3 Come about or follow as a consequence.
GASCOGNE * n. A region of southwestern France.
JITTERBUG * --n. A jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s. --v. Do the jitterbug.
BETOKEN * v. 1 Be a signal for or a symptom of. 2 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
CLAIM * --n. 1 An assertion of a right (as to money or property). 2 An assertion that something is true or factual. 3 Demand for something as rightful or due. 4 An informal right to something. --v. 1 Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing. 2 Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to. 3 Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example. 4 Lay claim to; as of an idea.
MALACOSOMA * n. Tent caterpillars.
KNESSETH * n. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
FORDABLE * s. Shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
STRANGE * --a. 1 Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird. 2 Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. --s. Not known before.
PUPPETEER * n. One who operates puppets or marionettes.
RIGA * n. A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League.
INTERJECT * v. To insert between other elements.
ECHOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants.
PALL * --n. 1 A sudden numbing dread. 2 Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped. 3 Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). --v. 1 Become less interesting or attractive. 2 Cause to lose courage. 3 Cover with a pall. 4 Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing.
AXSEED * n. European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods.
TIGHTROPE * n. Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
WILE * n. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
CANTALOUPE * n. 1 A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh. 2 The fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh.
CHICKADEE * n. Any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America.
SITUATE * v. 1 Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. 2 Put (something somewhere) firmly.
ULCER * n. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
PUDDING * n. 1 Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes. 2 (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally). 3 Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed.
UP-COUNTRY * r. To or in the interior of a country or region.
BLASTOSPHERIC * a. Of or relating to a blastula.
TOTALISATOR * n. Computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won.
LEMNACEAE * n. Family of small free-floating thalloid plants.
COMPANIONABLENESS * n. Suitability to be a companion.
CHAPULTEPEC * n. A pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847).
NEWBIE * n. Any new participant in some activity.
SELF-RESTRAINING * s. Used of nonindulgent persons.
CEPHALOCHORDATA * n. Lancelets.
SCULPTOR * n. 1 An artist who creates sculptures. 2 A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus.
METACYESIS * n. Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.
LOBULE * n. A small lobe or subdivision of a lobe.
TUMEFY * v. 1 Cause to become very swollen. 2 Expand abnormally.
MELODRAMA * n. An extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization.
MITIGATIVE * s. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
HEMOSTASIA * n. Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat).
TECHNOLOGICALLY * r. By means of technology.
REEL * --n. 1 A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector. 2 Music composed for dancing a reel. 3 Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod. 4 A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. --v. 1 Walk as if unable to control one's movements. 2 Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. 3 Wind onto or off a reel.
CENTERPIECE * n. 1 The central or most important feature. 2 Something placed at the center of something else (as on a table).
LAMENTING * s. Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
PARTICIPIAL * --n. A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses. --a. Of or relating to or consisting of participles.
OVERCOMPENSATE * v. 1 Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities. 2 Make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
MACRENCEPHALY * n. An abnormally large braincase.
SQUINTER * n. A person with strabismus.
BOXED * s. 1 Enclosed in or set off by a border or box. 2 Enclosed in or as if in a box.
ELECT * --n. An exclusive group of people. --v. 1 Select by a vote for an office or membership. 2 Choose. --s. 1 Selected as the best. 2 Elected but not yet installed in office.
DAZEDLY * r. In a daze; in a dazed manner.
HOYDENISM * n. Masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women).
PASSER-BY * n. A person who passes by casually or by chance.
HEMIPARASITIC * a. Of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites.
PEDDLER * n. 1 Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals). 2 An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs.
ABLISM * n. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
ENTHRONE * v. 1 Provide with power and authority. 2 Put a monarch on the throne.
INPOUR * n. An inflow.
ABRUPTION * n. An instance of sudden interruption.
SCHIPPERKE * n. Breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
STOCKY * s. Having a short and solid form or stature.
CHOICENESS * n. The quality of being very good indeed.
ORUMIYEH * n. A city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran.
29TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-eighth in position.
FORT * --n. 1 A fortified military post where troops are stationed. 2 A fortified defensive structure. --v. 1 Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense. 2 Enclose by or as if by a fortification. 3 Station (troops) in a fort.
UNDECEIVE * v. Free from deception or illusion.
RAFFINOSE * n. A trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals.
VARICOLORED * s. 1 Having a variety of colors. 2 Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
MULTITUDINOUSNESS * n. A very large number (especially of people).
LAXATIVE * --n. A mild cathartic. --a. Stimulating evacuation of feces.
TOTTERING * s. 1 Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age. 2 (of structures or institutions) Having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse.
HUNGER * --n. 1 A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation. 2 Strong desire for something (not food or drink). --v. 1 Feel the need to eat. 2 Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. 3 Be hungry; go without food.
LONG-DATED * s. Of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption.
TWO-A-PENNY * s. Of trifling worth.
INTRINSICALLY * r. With respect to its inherent nature.
DIETETICS * n. The scientific study of food preparation and intake.
OLYMPUS * n. A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high).
WELL-TRIED * s. Tested and proved useful or correct.
PHASMID * n. Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects.
WATERCANNON * n. A hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters).
MICROSURGERY * n. Surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures.
HOROLOGER * n. Someone who makes or repairs watches.
KINGBOLT * n. Bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle.
ALBERTI * n. Italian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472).
THEORISATION * n. The production or use of theories.
CHANCEL * n. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
LEGALESE * n. A style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law.
POMFRET * n. Deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food.
ABYE * v. Make amends for.
SLIT * --n. 1 A long narrow opening. 2 Obscene terms for female genitals. 3 A depression scratched or carved into a surface. 4 A narrow fissure. --v. 1 Make a clean cut through. 2 Cut a slit into.
BRISKEN * v. Become brisk.
BELLYING * s. Curving outward.
EPIPHANY * n. 1 A divine manifestation. 2 Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus.
AZIDO * a. Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
GARDINER * n. British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of England (1829-1902).
COMMITTEE * n. 1 A special group delegated to consider some matter. 2 A self-constituted organization to promote something.
PLUCKILY * r. In a plucky manner.
PRESSURISE * v. 1 Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid. 2 Maintain a certain pressure. 3 Increase the pressure in or of.
LAGORCHESTES * n. Hare wallabies.
BLINDED * s. Deprived of sight.
BARBADOS * n. 1 A parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area. 2 Easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela.
ACCENTED * a. 1 (used of syllables) Bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch. 2 Bearing a stress or accent.
TREE-WORSHIP * n. The worship of trees.
BEDIM * v. 1 Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight. 2 Make obscure or unclear.
PROVABILITY * n. Capability of being demonstrated or logically proved.
HEMIN * n. A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood.
RESPITE * --n. 1 A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort. 2 A pause from doing something (as work). 3 An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. 4 A pause for relaxation. --v. Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution.
ARTHROPOD * n. Invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin.
SOOTHINGLY * r. In a soothing manner.
CASSIUS * n. Prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC).
SYNCATEGOREM * n. A syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition.
AMORPHOPHALLUS * n. Any plant of the genus Amorphophallus.
MYLITTA * n. Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte.
DILLYDALLY * v. Postpone doing what one should be doing.
LETCH * n. Man with strong sexual desires.
COOKOUT * n. An informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors.
ROTH * n. United States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933).
GAS-FILLED * s. Full of a gas.
TUBE-NOSED * s. Having a tubular nose.
ILLOGICALITY * n. Invalid or incorrect reasoning.
INLAY * --n. 1 (dentistry) A filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place. 2 A decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface. --v. Decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal.
SWALLOW-TAILED * s. (especially of butterflies and birds) Having a forked tail like that of a swallow.
DETERSIVE * s. Having cleansing power.
XANTHOMONAS * n. A genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water.
EARLOBE * n. The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
VERDANDI * n. Goddess of fate: an elf who personified the present.
UNHOMOGENIZED * s. Not having undergone homogenization.
UNTANNED * a. Not converted to leather by a tanning agent.
CYAMOPSIS * n. Small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia.
UNLIFELIKE * s. Without substance.
RIGOROUS * s. 1 Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard. 2 Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures.
ELLIPTIC * s. 1 (of a leaf shape) In the form of an ellipse. 2 Rounded like an egg. 3 Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements.
DISCOURAGINGLY * r. In a discouraging manner.
TRANSMIT * v. 1 Transfer to another. 2 Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. 3 Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. 4 Send from one person or place to another.
COHN * n. German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants.
DETACHMENT * n. 1 Avoiding emotional involvement. 2 The act of releasing from an attachment or connection. 3 The state of being isolated or detached. 4 A small unit of troops of special composition.
BIKER * n. A person who rides a bicycle.
CORALWOOD * n. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.
INFANTRYMAN * n. Fights on foot with small arms.
FOODIE * n. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
HOP * --n. 1 The act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot). 2 Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer. 3 An informal dance where popular music is played. --v. 1 Jump lightly. 2 Move quickly from one place to another. 3 Travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.. 4 Traverse as if by a short airplane trip.
KEFLIN * n. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
PPLO * n. A mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans.
BELITTLING * --n. 1 A belittling comment. 2 The act of belittling. --s. Tending to diminish or disparage.
ANTEBELLUM * s. Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War.
CAPPELLETTI * n. Small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings.
POLYBOTRYA * n. Tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later.
FLANGE * n. A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object.
LYOPHILISATION * n. A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes.
PENNATULA * n. Type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens.
SILVERFISH * n. 1 Silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing. 2 A silvery variety of Carassius auratus.
TORMENTED * s. 1 Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain. 2 Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears.
UNREPORTABLE * a. (of income) Not reportable; not required by law to be reported.
RASTAFARIANISM * n. A religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land.
GERENUK * n. Slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns.
IDENTIFIABLY * r. In an identifiable manner.
MITRE * n. 1 Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner. 2 The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made. 3 A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions.
SNOTTY * s. 1 (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant. 2 Dirty with nasal discharge.
SILLINESS * n. 1 A ludicrous folly. 2 An impulsive scatterbrained manner.
FAIR * --n. 1 A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.. 2 Gathering of producers to promote business. 3 A competitive exhibition of farm products. 4 A sale of miscellany; often for charity. --v. Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly. --a. 1 Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules. 2 (of a baseball) Hit between the foul lines. --s. 1 Not excessive or extreme. 2 Very pleasing to the eye. 3 Lacking exceptional quality or ability. 4 Attractively feminine. --r. 1 In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating. 2 Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner.
CYBERPUNK * n. 1 A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism. 2 A writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology. 3 A genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies.
SHAWM * n. A medieval oboe.
OCTOSYLLABLE * n. A verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines.
SHADOWBOXING * n. Sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training).
FAT * --n. 1 A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides). 2 A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs. 3 Excess bodily weight. --v. Make fat or plump. --a. 1 Having an (over)abundance of flesh. 2 Containing or composed of fat. --s. 1 Having a relatively large diameter. 2 Lucrative. 3 Marked by great fruitfulness.
INTERLUDE * --n. 1 An intervening period or episode. 2 A brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance. --v. Perform an interlude.
QUADRICEPS * n. A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg.
VANDA * n. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
WHITEWATER * n. Frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls.
VANQUISH * v. Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.
LINGERINGLY * r. In a slow, leisurely or prolonged way.
TURNCOAT * n. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc..
IRITIC * a. Of or relating to located near the iris of the eye.
GADGET * n. A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
GYROSTABILISER * n. A stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane.
MULTIPLEXER * n. A device that can interleave two or more activities.
EDMONTON * n. The capital of the province of Alberta.
UNBRAINWASHED * a. Not successfully subjected to brainwashing.
JACOBINICAL * a. Of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution.
FEUDATORY * --n. A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord. --a. Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord. --s. Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign.
GIANT * --n. 1 Any creature of exceptional size. 2 A person of exceptional importance and reputation. 3 An unusually large enterprise. 4 A very large person; impressive in size or qualities. --s. Of great mass; huge and bulky.
WMO * n. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
THUG * n. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
SERRATUS * n. Any of several muscles of the trunk.
SORBED * s. (of a substance) Taken into and retained in another substance.
LAMBERTIA * n. Small genus of Australian shrubs.
CHIRONOMIDAE * n. Midges.
VELVETWEED * n. Tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States.
UN * n. An organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security.
VALERIAN * n. A plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers.
HARDBALL * n. 1 A no-nonsense attitude in business or politics. 2 Baseball as distinguished from softball.
TING * --n. A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell. --v. 1 Cause to make a ting. 2 Make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'.
ALGOLAGNIA * n. Sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.
EVIDENCED * s. Supported by evidence.
SUMMATIVE * s. Of or relating to a summation or produced by summation.
PHENOBARBITAL * n. A long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative.
NOBLE-MINDED * s. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
HEP * s. Informed about the latest trends.
BUCKTHORN * n. 1 A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments. 2 Any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia. 3 An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions.
SCRIP * n. A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency.
THERMOSTATIC * a. Of or relating to a thermostat.
ZARATHUSTRA * n. Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC).
CONFIRMATIVE * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
PERFORMANCE * n. 1 A dramatic or musical entertainment. 2 The act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment. 3 The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it. 4 Any recognized accomplishment.
UNIONIZED * --a. Not converted into ions. --s. Being a member of or formed into a labor union.
LAWGIVER * n. A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws.
XXVIII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one. --s. Being eight more than twenty.
CREAMINESS * n. The property of having the thickness of heavy cream.
CLANDESTINE * s. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
SLAM-DUNK * v. 1 Make a forceful move against. 2 Make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk.
JIAO * n. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan in China.
REASSESS * v. Revise or renew one's assessment.
RABAT * n. The capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast.
MARA * n. 1 Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama. 2 Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina.
UNMINDFULNESS * n. The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
PROGESTATIONAL * a. 1 Of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone). 2 Preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum.
DIAPHYSIAL * a. Relating to the diaphysis of a bone.
DEBAUCHEE * n. A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained.
PETROLEUM * n. A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
SLUGGISHNESS * n. 1 A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness). 2 The pace of things that move relatively slowly. 3 Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.
JAHWEH * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
POLYMORPHISM * n. 1 (genetics) The genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on. 2 (chemistry) The existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound. 3 (biology) The existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).
ACCOUCHEUR * n. A physician specializing in obstetrics.
OVERSIMPLIFY * v. 1 Simplify to an excessive degree. 2 Make too simple.
CORPORALITY * n. The quality of being physical; consisting of matter.
FINALISE * v. Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.
VALIDATED * s. Declared or made legally valid.
PARALYZED * s. Affected with paralysis.
TEMPRA * n. An analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets).
CLUMSY * s. 1 Lacking grace in movement or posture. 2 Not elegant or graceful in expression. 3 Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape. 4 Showing lack of skill or aptitude.
KERENSKY * n. Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970).
CIRCUMFUSE * v. Spread something around something.
POPULARISER * n. Someone who makes something attractive to the general public.
PEARL * --n. 1 A smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel. 2 A shade of white the color of bleached bones. 3 A shape that is spherical and small. --v. Gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean.
SWILLING * n. The drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly.
SQUEAL * --n. A high-pitched howl. --v. 1 Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs. 2 Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
UNINSTRUCTIVE * a. Failing to instruct.
INSTILLATION * n. 1 The introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop. 2 A liquid that is instilled drop by drop.
SWEEP-SECOND * n. A second hand that is mounted on the same center as the hour and minute hand and is read on the minutes.
LIVERPUDLIAN * --n. A native or resident of Liverpool. --a. Of or relating to Liverpool or its people.
THRESHER * n. 1 A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw. 2 Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
TIMED * s. Regularly spaced in time.
GRIEG * n. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
MALTED * --n. A milkshake made with malt powder. --a. Of grain that has been converted into malt.
AFFIDAVIT * n. Written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath.
HOAX * --n. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. --v. Subject to a playful hoax or joke.
HEEDLESSLY * r. Without care or concern.
DEMORALIZE * v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. 3 Confuse or put into disorder.
LYRE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a lyre.
BABEL * n. 1 (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. 2 A confusion of voices and other sounds.
HIGHWAY * n. A major road for any form of motor transport.
SCOMBEROMORUS * n. Spanish mackerels.
BALLISTOCARDIOGRAM * n. A graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph.
ANTISOCIAL * s. 1 Shunning contact with others. 2 Hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior.
COUNTERPLEA * n. A plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea.
BOASTFULLY * r. In a boastful manner.
SELF-PUNISHMENT * n. Punishment inflicted on yourself.
ENID * n. A town in north central Oklahoma.
CERTIFICATED * s. Furnished with or authorized by a certificate:.
OBSERVER * n. 1 A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. 2 An expert who observes and comments on something.
LEGLIKE * s. Resembling or functioning like a leg.
LARGESSE * n. 1 A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously. 2 Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.
PLANTAGINACEAE * n. Cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds.
BINDWEED * n. Any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit.
MILLSTONE * n. 1 (figurative) Something that hinders or handicaps. 2 Any load that is difficult to carry. 3 One of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain.
REFORMISM * n. A doctrine of reform.
HIRSCHSPRUNG * n. Danish pediatrician (1830-1916).
OERSTED * n. 1 The magnetic field strength 1 cm from a unit magnetic pole. 2 Danish physicist (1777-1851).
BRAVO * --n. 1 A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed. 2 A cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance. --v. Applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'.
VESPIDAE * n. An arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps.
BOTCHER * n. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
IMPARTATION * n. The transmission of information.
HELIOTHIS * n. A genus of Noctuidae.
INTERPENETRATE * v. 1 Penetrate mutually or be interlocked. 2 Spread or diffuse through.
FOMOR * n. One of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature.
TORREON * n. A city in northern Mexico to the west of Monterrey.
ACLANT * n. A major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council.
CELIAC * a. 1 Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease. 2 Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
NANOTUBE * n. A fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape.
WINSTON-SALEM * n. A city of north central North Carolina.
SYNODONTIDAE * n. Soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes.
UNSCRUPULOUSNESS * n. The quality of unscrupulous dishonesty.
OVERLIE * v. 1 Lie upon; lie on top of. 2 Kill by lying on.
NORMAL * --n. Something regarded as a normative example. --a. 1 Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal. 2 In accordance with scientific laws. 3 Being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development. --s. Forming a right angle.
HALORAGIDACEAE * n. A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales.
PICCANINNY * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Black child.
DISSIPATION * n. 1 Breaking up and scattering by dispersion. 2 Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure. 3 Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly.
BALAENOPTERA * n. Type genus of the Balaenopteridae.
FURTIVE * s. 1 Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. 2 Secret and sly or sordid.
UNRELIABLENESS * n. The trait of not being dependable or reliable.
LEPECHINIA * n. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae.
DARK-BLUE * s. Of a dark shade of blue.
MEMOIR * n. 1 An account of the author's personal experiences. 2 An essay on a scientific or scholarly topic.
ATTRIBUTE * --n. 1 A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished. 2 An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. --v. 1 Attribute or credit to. 2 Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.
NOCTUIDAE * n. Cutworms; armyworms.
THIRY * n. French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe.
ADDENDUM * n. Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end.
MELLOWINGLY * r. So as to mellow.
LEPROUS * a. Relating to or resembling or having leprosy.
BARBELL * n. A bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting.
UNCONVINCINGLY * r. In an unconvincing manner.
GABORONE * n. Capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast.
GRISLY * s. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
EDGEWISE * r. 1 With the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge. 2 As if by an edge; barely.
PROCURE * v. 1 Get by special effort. 2 Arrange for sexual partners for others.
DISGUST * --n. Strong feelings of dislike. --v. 1 Fill with distaste. 2 Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.
RESEAT * v. 1 Provide with a new seat. 2 Provide with new seats. 3 Show to a different seat.
MICROSCOPIUM * n. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Sagittarius and Capricornus.
CONCUPISCENT * s. Vigorously passionate.
THOTH * n. Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods.
EPISPADIAS * n. A congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis.
LIPOSOME * n. An artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector.
INTRODUCE * v. 1 Cause to come to know personally. 2 Bring something new to an environment. 3 Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing. 4 Bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment.
VENTRICOSE * s. Having a swelling on one side.
BEQUEST * n. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
FINER * s. (comparative of `fine') Greater in quality or excellence.
CALOCEDRUS * n. Tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus.
AUTORADIOGRAPHY * n. Producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed.
BEANBALL * n. A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
ALPHA * --n. 1 The 1st letter of the Greek alphabet. 2 The beginning of a series or sequence. --s. 1 First in order of importance. 2 Early testing stage of a software or hardware product.
ALIGNING * s. Causing to fall into line or into position.
ESSENTIALITY * n. Basic importance.
CHATTER * --n. 1 Noisy talk. 2 The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine. 3 The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys). --v. 1 Click repeatedly or uncontrollably. 2 Cut unevenly with a chattering tool. 3 Talk socially without exchanging too much information. 4 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
CHOLANGIOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of the bile ducts after a contrast medium has been injected.
ACARPELLOUS * a. Having no carpels.
FRUSTRATION * n. 1 The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. 2 An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts. 3 A feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized.
UNWIRE * v. Undo the wiring of.
MACROSCOPICAL * s. 1 Visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye. 2 Large enough to be visible with the naked eye.
HELIOZOAN * n. Protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods.
OBSTRUCTED * a. Shut off to passage or view or hindered from action.
COMFORTER * n. 1 A person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune. 2 A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies. 3 Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. 4 Device used for an infant to suck or bite on.
CUBOID * --n. A rectangular parallelepiped. --s. Shaped like a cube.
VOIDER * n. 1 An official who can invalidate or nullify. 2 A person who defecates. 3 A piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate. 4 A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried.
BLAE * s. Of bluish-black or grey-blue.
LIVINGSTONE * n. Scottish missionary and explorer who discovered the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls (1813-1873).
AMENDATORY * s. Effecting amendment.
GARLICKY * a. Relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic.
TILTED * s. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
SUBCUTANEOUS * a. Relating to or located below the epidermis.
INDETERMINABLE * --a. Not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained. --s. Incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated.
JASPERS * n. German psychiatrist (1883-1969).
DUBYA * n. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946).
HOME-LOVING * s. Devoted to home duties and pleasures.
FOSSILIST * n. A specialist in paleontology.
WALBIRI * n. A language of Australian aborigines.
SHATTERED * s. Ruined or disrupted.
STERCOLITH * n. A hard mass of fecal matter.
TACTLESSLY * r. Without tact; in a tactless manner.
CHELIDONIUM * n. One species: greater celandine.
BOUNDLESSNESS * n. The quality of being infinite; without bound or limit.
PEG * --n. 1 A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface. 2 Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.. 3 Informal terms for the leg. 4 A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg. --v. 1 Succeed in obtaining a position. 2 Pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into. 3 Fasten or secure with a wooden pin. 4 Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations.
SPRITES * n. Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves).
IMPANEL * v. 1 Enter into a list of prospective jurors. 2 Select from a list.
LONG-CHAIN * a. Of molecules having relatively long chains of atoms in a molecule.
CLOZE * a. Based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure.
FIREBUG * n. 1 A criminal who illegally sets fire to property. 2 A true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain.
INTEND * v. 1 Have in mind as a purpose. 2 Design or destine. 3 Mean or intend to express or convey. 4 Denote or connote.
MISLEAD * v. 1 Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. 2 Give false or misleading information to.
SQUAB * --n. 1 Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled. 2 A soft padded sofa. 3 An unfledged pigeon. --s. Short and fat.
FORAGING * n. The act of searching for food and provisions.
ORANGISH-RED * s. Of red tinged with orange.
SOBERSIDED * s. Completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch.
ABSCISE * v. 1 Shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. 2 Remove or separate by abscission.
BO'S'N * n. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
INHERENTLY * r. In an inherent manner.
SHORTCOMING * n. A failing or deficiency.
CANDLEMAS * n. Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland.
EARN * v. 1 Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. 2 Acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions.
CO-PILOT * n. A relief pilot on an airplane.
IMPOVERISHED * s. 1 Poor enough to need help from others. 2 Destroyed financially.
SUFFERANCE * n. 1 Patient endurance especially of pain or distress. 2 A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations.
SUBVOCALIZER * n. Someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds.
NAPRAPATH * n. A therapist who practices naprapathy.
SHAM * --n. 1 Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. 2 A person who makes deceitful pretenses. --v. 1 Make a pretence of. 2 Make believe with the intent to deceive. --s. Adopted in order to deceive.
MAMILLA * n. The small projection of a mammary gland.
PHOTOLITHOGRAPH * n. A lithograph produced by photographically produced plates.
SUICIDAL * s. Dangerous to yourself or your interests.
GREYHOUND * n. A tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog.
SOLENOPSIS * n. Fire ants.
SARCOIDOSIS * n. A chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands.
TIGER-STRIPED * s. Having stripes resembling those of a tiger.
VINDICATORY * s. 1 Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution. 2 Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts. 3 Providing justification.
PIROSHKI * n. Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
LYCOPERSICON * n. Tomatoes.
HAZE * --n. 1 Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility. 2 Confusion characterized by lack of clarity. --v. 1 Become hazy, dull, or cloudy. 2 Harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions.
TRIGONOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to or according to the principles of trigonometry.
BIOCLIMATIC * a. Of or concerned with the relations of climate and living organisms.
KITTY-CORNER * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
MIDGET * --n. A person who is markedly small. --s. Very small.
MIRTHFULLY * r. In a joyous manner.
ERODED * s. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
COVARIANCE * n. (statistics) The mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means.
PASIPHAE * n. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne.
BANFF * n. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
RUNNER-UP * n. The competitor who finishes second.
KIBOSH * v. Stop from happening or developing.
CARNIVORA * n. Cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia.
LAMARCKIAN * --n. A believer in Lamarckism. --a. Of or relating to Lamarckism.
ANYPLACE * r. At or in or to any place.
ICKY * s. 1 Very bad. 2 Soft and sticky.
EUTHENICS * n. The study of methods of improving human well-being and efficient functioning by improving environmental conditions.
DETRITUS * n. 1 The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. 2 Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks.
MALATHION * n. A yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites.
DECREPITUDE * n. A state of deterioration due to old age or long use.
PRESCRIPT * n. Prescribed guide for conduct or action.
CONCOMITANT * --n. An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. --s. Occurring with or following as a consequence.
TABULATION * n. 1 Information set out in tabular form. 2 The act of putting into tabular form.
MONSTRANCE * n. 1 Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion. 2 (Roman Catholic Church) A vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
COCK-A-LEEKIE * n. Soup made from chicken boiled with leeks.
SLAVEHOLDER * n. Someone who holds slaves.
ELA * n. An extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States.
FLAMEN * n. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
ASPHERICAL * s. Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape.
SMOKE-FILLED * s. Containing smoke.
UNHAZARDOUS * s. Thought to be devoid of risk.
MALINOIS * n. Fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog.
ASTERN * r. 1 Stern foremost or backward. 2 At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane. 3 (of a ship or an airplane) Behind.
PRECISENESS * n. 1 Clarity as a consequence of precision. 2 The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance.
OWLISH * s. Resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance.
SMUDGY * s. Smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination.
CHILLER * n. Excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones.
ARGENTIC * a. Relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent.
KUANGCHOU * n. A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port.
PLETHORA * n. Extreme excess.
POTTY-TRAINED * s. (of children) Trained to use the toilet.
ACTINOMYCOTIC * a. Of or related to actinomycosis infection.
TAILPIPE * n. A pipe carrying fumes from the muffler to the rear of a car.
DEMYTHOLOGIZE * v. Remove the mythical element from (writings).
SAILCLOTH * n. A strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents.
SPLITSVILLE * n. Separation or breakup or divorce.
DETONATION * n. 1 A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction. 2 The act of detonating an explosive.
NONCOMPETITIVELY * r. In a noncompetitive manner.
CLASSICISM * n. A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms.
POSSESSIVELY * r. In a possessive manner.
BEMIDJI * n. A town in northern Minnesota.
CLEMENTINE * n. 1 A variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa. 2 A mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds.
SOLFA * n. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti.
BISMARCK * n. 1 German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898). 2 Capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river.
SHAMMER * n. 1 Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity. 2 A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
AGARICACEAE * n. Large family including many familiar mushrooms.
MEGALOMANIC * s. Suffering from megalomania.
OVAL-SHAPED * s. Rounded like an egg.
FEDERALISATION * n. 1 The state of being under federal control. 2 The act of being put under federal control.
BLACKFLY * n. 1 Blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets. 2 Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.
WOOZY * s. Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling.
SHINGLES * n. Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia.
AMPHIBOLIPS * n. Cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls.
GLUM * s. 1 Moody and melancholic. 2 Showing a brooding ill humor.
HA'PENNY * n. An English coin worth half a penny.
GREYED * s. Deprived of color.
EXPIRE * v. 1 Lose validity. 2 Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. 3 Expel air.
RIBBONFISH * n. 1 Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin. 2 Marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body.
WAUL * v. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
TENSENESS * n. 1 The physical condition of being stretched or strained. 2 (psychology) A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense.
SAPIDNESS * n. A pleasant flavor.
WISHBONE * n. The furcula of a domestic fowl.
INFORMALLY * r. 1 Without formality. 2 With the use of colloquial expressions.
MALAYO-POLYNESIAN * --n. The branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific. --a. Of or relating to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages.
INTRACRANIAL * a. Within the skull.
RANEE * n. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
CORNUS * n. A rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere.
STEM-WINDER * n. A watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem.
HARBOURAGE * n. (nautical) A place of refuge (as for a ship).
NON-BUOYANT * s. Tending to sink in a liquid or fall in air.
RIGHTEOUSNESS * n. Adhering to moral principles.
DOWNHEARTEDNESS * n. A feeling of low spirits.
FURLIKE * s. Resembling fur.
RUMP * n. 1 The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks. 2 Fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round. 3 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
COUNTERTERRORIST * --n. Someone who attempts to prevent terrorism. --a. Intended to prevent terrorism.
PSEUDOMONAS * n. Type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae.
TAXIMAN * n. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
CORN-FED * s. 1 Fed on corn. 2 Strong and healthy but not sophisticated.
GALATEA * n. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
LANDLUBBERLY * s. Inexperienced in seamanship.
WINNEBAGO * n. 1 A member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people. 2 The Siouan language spoken by the Winnebago.
DISAFFECTION * n. 1 The feeling of being alienated from other people. 2 Disloyalty to the government or to established authority.
IRREPARABLE * a. Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend.
SPRUCE * --n. 1 Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork. 2 Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea. --v. 1 Make neat, smart, or trim. 2 Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion. --s. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
PADLOCK * --n. A detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut. --v. Fasten with a padlock.
JURIST * n. 1 A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations. 2 A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice.
BULLDOZE * v. Flatten with or as if with a bulldozer.
MITRAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve. 2 Relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics.
BATHOLITIC * a. Of or relating to a batholith.
SYNCHROCYCLOTRON * n. Cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field.
GLYPTICS * n. The art of engraving on precious stones.
PACIFIER * n. 1 Someone who tries to bring peace. 2 Anything that serves to pacify. 3 Device used for an infant to suck or bite on.
PSALMS * n. An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms.
FORCELESS * a. Lacking force; feeble.
TORRICELLI * n. Italian physicist who invented the mercury barometer (1608-1647).
TANGENTIALLY * r. Peripherally.
TEMPLE * n. 1 Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity. 2 The flat area on either side of the forehead. 3 An edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes. 4 (Judaism) The place of worship for a Jewish congregation.
FLESHINESS * n. More than average fatness.
SAPHEAD * n. A person who lacks good judgment.
ANATOMICALLY * r. With respect to anatomy.
BANGOR * n. 1 A town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River. 2 A university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait. 3 A town in southeastern Northern Ireland.
STUCK-UP * s. (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant.
ANTEROOM * n. A large entrance or reception room or area.
FIRKIN * n. 1 A British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons. 2 A small wooden keg.
COMPRESSIBILITY * n. The property of being able to occupy less space.
AEOLIAN * --n. 1 A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. 2 The ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds; relating to or caused by the wind. 2 Of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people.
SENTIMENTALIZE * v. 1 Look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment. 2 Make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities. 3 Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.
XCL * s. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
JARFUL * n. The quantity contained in a jar.
NOTORNIS * n. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
HYPERPIESIS * n. Persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found.
SILENTLY * r. Without speaking.
CHRONOLOGISE * v. Establish the order in time of something.
RENEWABLE * --a. That can be renewed or extended. --s. Capable of being renewed; replaceable.
CLX * s. Being ten more than one hundred fifty.
LOOP * --n. 1 Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines. 2 Anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself). 3 (computer science) A single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated. 4 An inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan). --v. 1 Move in loops. 2 Make a loop in. 3 Fly loops, perform a loop. 4 Wind around something in coils or loops.
CHEVIOT * n. Hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool.
TAMARAU * n. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
EUROPEANISATION * n. Assimilation into European culture.
PLOWING * n. Tilling the land with a plow.
HELLHOLE * n. Any place of pain and turmoil.
FINCH * n. Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
SUPPLE * --v. Make pliant and flexible. --s. 1 Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. 2 (used of e.g. personality traits) Readily adaptable. 3 (used of persons' bodies) Capable of moving or bending freely.
AMEBOID * a. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
SENSUOUSLY * r. With aesthetic gratification or delight.
AXLE * n. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
DEVALUED * s. Lowered in value.
KOLONIA * n. Capital of Micronesia.
PLEDGEE * n. Someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge.
ALDERMANLY * a. Of or relating to or like an alderman.
CHILIASM * n. Belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations.
OPSONIZE * v. Make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
CAUTIOUSNESS * n. The trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger.
VILLAINESS * n. A woman villain.
THINGMAJIG * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
DOLOMITE * n. 1 A kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate. 2 A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer.
LIGHTBULB * n. Electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity.
DEPUTISE * v. 1 Act as a substitute. 2 Appoint as a substitute.
OFFICE-BEARER * n. The person who holds an office.
ALTERNATOR * n. An old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles).
ACTIN * n. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form.
DISTRIBUTOR * n. 1 Someone who markets merchandise. 2 A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion. 3 A company that markets merchandise. 4 Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence.
BOO-BOO * n. An embarrassing mistake.
HINAYANISM * n. The religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism.
RETROSPECTIVELY * r. In a manner contemplative of past events.
CARNAUBA * n. 1 Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes. 2 Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax.
CONFIT * n. A piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat.
SELF-FORGETFUL * s. Showing lack of self-interest.
CALYCANTHACEAE * n. Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia.
MANDELA * n. South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918).
HAWK'S-BEARD * n. Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere.
ANTIDOTAL * a. Counteracting the effects of a poison.
COZENAGE * n. A fraudulent business scheme.
THRACO-PHRYGIAN * n. An extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian.
MINUS * --n. An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated. --a. On the negative side or lower end of a scale. --s. Involving disadvantage or harm.
DISSOCIABLE * s. Capable of being divided or dissociated.
UNSHAVEN * a. Not shaved.
PROPAGATOR * n. 1 Someone who propagates plants (as under glass). 2 Someone who spreads the news.
LANOLIN * n. 1 A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics. 2 An emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep).
BUTLER * n. 1 A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table. 2 English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902). 3 English poet (1612-1680).
SHOTGUN * n. Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
JUDICIOUSLY * r. In a judicious manner.
COPERNICIA * n. Slow-growing tropical fan palms.
SOONEST * r. With the least delay.
IDENTIFIABLE * a. Capable of being identified.
PROPAGATE * v. 1 Transmit from one generation to the next. 2 Travel through the air. 3 Transmit. 4 Become distributed or widespread.
SKULDUGGERY * n. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
AMPICILLIN * n. Semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin).
BASKETWEAVER * n. Someone skilled in weaving baskets.
MILLILITRE * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
POLITICK * v. Engage in political activities.
DAYTIME * n. The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.
FRANCIUM * n. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
AFTERSHAFTED * s. Having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers).
GHOSTLINESS * n. Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear.
FROSTWEED * n. 1 Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts. 2 Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States.
FOOT-LAMBERT * n. A former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot.
PHONIC * a. 1 Pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading. 2 Relating to speech. 3 Of or relating to speech sounds.
PSYCHOPATHY * n. Any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.
UNHYGIENICALLY * r. In an unhygienic manner.
BUTTON-DOWN * s. 1 Unimaginatively conventional. 2 Of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons.
ENSKY * v. Exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise.
CALLOWNESS * n. Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life.
BELL-BOTTOMED * s. (of trousers) Having legs that flare at the bottom.
AMENDMENT * n. 1 The act of amending or correcting. 2 A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.).
CHELONIDAE * n. Green turtles; hawksbills.
OBTRUDE * v. 1 Push to thrust outward. 2 Thrust oneself in as if by force.
INCORRUPTIBILITY * n. The incapability of being corrupted.
PLATING * n. 1 A thin coating of metal deposited on a surface. 2 The application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis).
RANA * n. Type genus of the Ranidae.
AMSONIA * n. Genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America.
LEXICON * n. 1 A language user's knowledge of words. 2 A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.
MIRRORED * s. Like or characteristic of a mirror image.
SQUEAMISHNESS * n. 1 A mild state of nausea. 2 The trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked.
PARACELSUS * n. Swiss physician who introduced treatments of particular illnesses based on his observation and experience; he saw illness as having an external cause (rather than an imbalance of humors) and replaced traditional remedies with chemical remedies (1493-1541).
PEDAGOGICALLY * r. In a didactic manner.
STOLIDITY * n. 1 Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. 2 An indifference to pleasure or pain.
NUMBING * s. Causing numbness or insensitivity.
GUNNYSACK * n. A bag made of burlap.
STUNNINGLY * r. In a spectacular manner.
TOUGHLY * r. In a ruggedly tough manner.
CATLING * n. A long double-edged knife used for amputations.
SHOAT * n. A young pig.
THIBET * n. An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.
ABDICABLE * s. Capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished.
BROWSE * --n. 1 Vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat. 2 Reading superficially or at random. 3 The act of feeding by continual nibbling. --v. 1 Shop around; not necessarily buying. 2 Feed as in a meadow or pasture. 3 Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular. 4 Eat lightly, try different dishes.
SOCIOBIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to sociobiology.
PERONOSPORACEAE * n. Parasitic fungi: downy mildews.
ELECTROMECHANICAL * a. Of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device.
CENSORIAL * a. Belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions.
FATAL * --a. Bringing death. --s. 1 Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance. 2 (of events) Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. 3 Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined.
HINAYANIST * n. An adherent of Hinayana Buddhism.
SUPERLATIVELY * r. To a superlative degree.
COARSE-GRAINED * s. 1 Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. 2 Not having a fine texture.
HYDROMEL * n. Honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented.
VIVIFY * v. 1 Give new life or energy to. 2 Make more striking or animated.
GABRIEL * n. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
CHASIDIM * n. A sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly.
CHIVALROUS * s. Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.
XENOGRAFT * n. Tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species.
AWN * n. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
TOFFY * n. Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets.
NUCLEATED * a. Having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus.
WORLD-SHATTERING * s. Sufficiently significant to affect the whole world.
PUISSANCE * n. Power to influence or coerce.
SHE-DEVIL * n. A cruel woman.
GRAECO-ROMAN * s. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture.
DESYNCHRONISATION * n. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
PAWNEE * n. 1 A member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma. 2 The Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee.
SYNDICALIST * n. An advocate of anarchism.
PICOVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to one trillionth of a volt.
CARUNCULAR * a. Resembling a caruncle.
DYSSYNERGIA * n. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait.
SAT * n. The seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians.
OFFSHOOT * n. A natural consequence of development.
VERTEX * n. 1 The point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure. 2 The highest point (of something).
LUSH * --n. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. --s. 1 Produced or growing in extreme abundance. 2 Having strong sexual appeal. 3 Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality. 4 Tender and full of juice.
YARDSTICK * n. 1 A measure or standard used for comparison. 2 A ruler or tape that is three feet long.
THIEVISH * s. Given to thievery.
CAREFREENESS * n. 1 The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you. 2 The trait of being without worry or responsibility.
THORACIC * a. Of or relating to the chest or thorax.
SOULFULNESS * n. Deep feeling or emotion.
INSATIABLE * a. Impossible to satisfy.
PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY * n. A planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image.
KING-SIZE * s. Extra large.
PRACTICABLE * s. 1 Usable for a specific purpose. 2 Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
UNCOMBINED * a. Not joined or united into one.
HALF-INTENSITY * n. Half the maximum intensity.
HOWDAH * n. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
SEMIWEEKLY * --n. A periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year). --s. Occurring twice a week. --r. Twice a week.
SUNDAY * n. 1 First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians. 2 United States evangelist (1862-1935).
BLUEPRINT * --n. 1 Something intended as a guide for making something else. 2 Photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.. --v. Make a blueprint of.
PATRONIZINGLY * r. With condescension; in a patronizing manner.
PYROGRAPH * n. A design produced by pyrography.
HORROR-STRICKEN * s. Stricken with horror.
HAFTARAH * n. A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah.
FIG-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a fig.
WEB-TOED * s. Having feet with webbed toes.
GORGET * n. Armor plate that protects the neck.
BYELORUSSIA * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet.
SCISSOR * v. Cut with or as if with scissors.
FOUL-MOUTHED * s. Using foul or obscene language.
DECRIMINALISE * v. Make legal.
CONJURY * n. Calling up a spirit or devil.
GAFF * n. 1 A sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock. 2 A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail. 3 An iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish.
UNCONVENTIONAL * --a. 1 Not conforming to accepted rules or standards. 2 Not conventional or conformist. --s. Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention.
SCULPTURE * --n. 1 A three-dimensional work of plastic art. 2 Creating figures or designs in three dimensions. --v. 1 Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material. 2 Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.
NINETY-NINE * s. Being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety.
KARABINER * n. An oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes.
VOLCANISM * n. The phenomena associated with volcanic activity.
CELT * n. A member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times.
MICH. * n. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
EPIDERMAL * a. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
DOCTORIAL * a. Of or relating to a doctor or doctorate.
UTTERNESS * n. The quality of being complete or utter or extreme.
BOWLEGGED * s. Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
FOOTBRIDGE * n. A bridge designed for pedestrians.
PLASMID * n. A small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication.
DOLOROUS * s. Showing sorrow.
WADS * n. A large number or amount.
LAMB'S-QUARTERS * n. Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb.
PEIPING * n. Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city.
RINK * n. Building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating.
PARAKEET * n. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
ALAS * r. By bad luck.
PAVING * n. 1 Material used to pave an area. 2 The paved surface of a thoroughfare. 3 The act of applying paving materials to an area.
RELATIVITY * n. 1 (physics) The theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts. 2 The quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else.
SURVEIL * v. Keep under surveillance.
COMTISM * n. Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top.
PROFOUND * --a. Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth. --s. 1 Of the greatest intensity; complete. 2 Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something. 3 Coming from deep within one. 4 (of sleep) Deep and complete.
FANTASISE * v. 1 Indulge in fantasies. 2 Portray in the mind.
ARHUS * n. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
SPARLING * n. 1 Common smelt of Europe. 2 The common smelt of Europe.
RECESS * --n. 1 A state of abeyance or suspended business. 2 A small concavity. 3 An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands). 4 An enclosure that is set back or indented. --v. 1 Put into a recess. 2 Make a recess in. 3 Close at the end of a session.
OKEY * n. An endorsement.
DISJOINT * --v. 1 Part; cease or break association with. 2 Separate at the joints. 3 Make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of. 4 Become separated, disconnected or disjoint. --s. Having no elements in common.
RACON * n. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
QUEST * --n. 1 A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria. 2 The act of searching for something. --v. 1 Make a search (for). 2 Search the trail of (game). 3 Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs. 4 Seek alms, as for religious purposes.
TWOFER * n. 1 An offer of two for the price of one. 2 A coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one.
INVIGILATION * n. Keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating.
ONE-PARTY * s. Determined by a single party.
SALADE * n. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
PUTTER * --n. 1 A golfer who is putting. 2 The iron normally used on the putting green. --v. 1 Work lightly. 2 Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. 3 Move around aimlessly.
JILTED * s. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.
TRIGONOMETRY * n. The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions.
LIVEABLE * a. Fit or suitable to live in or with.
OPHTHALMIA * n. Severe conjunctivitis.
ANTITRADE * n. Winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics.
TRANSISTORISE * v. Equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors.
TYNE * n. A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea.
STRAGGLINGLY * r. In a ragged irregular manner.
FULL-FACE * s. Looking forward.
PAYSHEET * n. 1 The total amount of money paid in wages. 2 A list of employees and their salaries.
PLAUSIBLENESS * n. Apparent validity.
FEROCIOUS * s. Marked by extreme and violent energy.
LAUREL * n. 1 Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family. 2 United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965). 3 (antiquity) A wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory.
FULFILL * v. 1 Put in effect. 2 Meet the requirements or expectations of. 3 Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction.
SANCTION * --n. 1 Formal and explicit approval. 2 A mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards. 3 Official permission or approval. 4 The act of final authorization. --v. 1 Give sanction to. 2 Give authority or permission to. 3 Give religious sanction to, such as through on oath.
CSE * n. Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies.
COPPERSMITH * n. Someone who makes articles from copper.
WRIGGLING * s. Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.
TROOP * --n. 1 A group of soldiers. 2 A cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company. 3 A unit of Girl or Boy Scouts. 4 An orderly crowd. --v. 1 March in a procession. 2 Move or march as if in a crowd.
BACKPACKING * n. Carrying something in a pack on the back.
NOVELIZATION * n. Converting something into the form of a novel.
ELVISH * s. Usually good-naturedly mischievous.
TERCET * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
HURDLE * --n. 1 A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races. 2 An obstacle that you are expected to overcome. 3 The act of jumping over an obstacle. --v. Jump a hurdle.
RESEMBLANCE * n. Similarity in appearance or external or superficial details.
METALLURGICAL * a. Of or relating to metallurgy.
CROMWELLIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell.
FANION * n. A small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position.
PYROPHYLLITE * n. A white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc).
MISALLY * v. Make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately.
RG * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
PROFUSENESS * n. The property of being extremely abundant.
GLOSSODIA * n. Small genus of Australian orchids.
STRUGGLE * --n. 1 An energetic attempt to achieve something. 2 An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals). 3 Strenuous effort. --v. 1 Make a strenuous or labored effort. 2 To exert strenuous effort against opposition. 3 Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. 4 Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.
INCANDESCENCE * n. 1 The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised. 2 Light from heat.
NEVER-SAY-DIE * s. Impossible to subdue.
ISLET * n. A small island.
SCHOOLWORK * n. A school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher.
NIHILISM * n. 1 A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake. 2 The delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist; a sense that everything is unreal. 3 Complete denial of all established authority and institutions.
DESPOT * n. A cruel and oppressive dictator.
LASER * n. An acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
EXPEDITIONARY * s. (used of military forces) Designed for military operations abroad.
ABRASIVE * --n. A substance that abrades or wears down. --s. 1 Causing abrasion. 2 Sharply disagreeable; rigorous.
ACIDITY * n. 1 The property of being acidic. 2 The taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth. 3 PH values below 7.
EXCITANT * --n. A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process. --s. (of drugs e.g.) Able to excite or stimulate.
FEALTY * n. The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).
PERQUISITE * n. 1 An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right). 2 A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).
SAYANCI * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
RIKSMAAL * n. In 1929 this dialect of Norwegian was officially renamed Bokmal.
HAIR-RAISER * n. Excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones.
EUPNEIC * a. Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination.
VILLAINOUSNESS * n. The quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior.
ADAPTATIONAL * s. Of or relating to adaptation.
CURTISS * n. United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930).
COQUETTISH * s. Like a coquette.
MIRTHFULNESS * n. Great merriment.
DIT * n. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
SIGMOIDOSCOPY * n. Visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps.
OSTEOSTRACAN * n. Extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head.
THANKSGIVING * n. 1 Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. 2 A short prayer of thanks before a meal.
ANEMOGRAPHIC * a. Pertaining to the recording of wind measurements.
HAWTHORNE * n. United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864).
FATSO * n. A rotund individual.
FORESTRY * n. The science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber.
ANURIA * n. Inability to urinate.
NEDERLAND * n. A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.
WATCHFUL * --a. Engaged in or accustomed to close observation. --s. Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness.
HYDROCOLLOID * n. A substance that forms a gel with water.
WAGRAM * n. 1 A town in northeastern Austria. 2 A battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians.
LAOCOON * n. (Greek mythology) The priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them.
IFC * n. A United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank.
LIBERALIZE * v. 1 Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules. 2 Become more liberal.
LEONTOPODIUM * n. Edelweiss.
COLLUDE * v. Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose.
CORONATION * n. The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
CD8 * n. A membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells.
ATTRITED * s. Worn by rubbing or friction.
DISCOMFORT * n. 1 The state of being tense and feeling pain. 2 An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress.
CODDLE * v. 1 Treat with excessive indulgence. 2 Cook in nearly boiling water.
JOINT * --n. 1 (anatomy) The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion). 2 A disreputable place of entertainment. 3 The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. 4 A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion. --v. 1 Fit as if by joints. 2 Provide with a joint. 3 Fasten with a joint. 4 Separate (meat) at the joint. --a. United or combined. --s. 1 Affecting or involving two or more. 2 Involving both houses of a legislature.
CIRQUE * n. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.
BRISK * --v. Become brisk. --s. 1 Quick and energetic. 2 Imparting vitality and energy. 3 Very active.
FIREBRICK * n. Brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys.
IDEMPOTENT * s. Unchanged in value following multiplication by itself.
BENNINGTON * n. A town in southwestern Vermont.
INTERDEPENDENCY * n. A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups).
BRIDOON * n. A bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb.
RAKISH * s. 1 Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. 2 Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.
IRRETRIEVABLY * r. In an irretrievable manner.
UNCLUTTER * v. Rid of obstructions.
BOEUF * n. Meat from an adult domestic bovine.
DEMONSTRATIVE * --n. A pronoun that points out an intended referent. --a. Given to or marked by the open expression of emotion. --s. Serving to demonstrate.
SPIRILLACEAE * n. Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
SHAMEFACEDNESS * n. Feeling embarrassed about yourself.
CAT-O'-NINE-TAILS * n. A whip with nine knotted cords.
ROUTE * --n. 1 An established line of travel or access. 2 An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. --v. 1 Send documents or materials to appropriate destinations. 2 Send via a specific route. 3 Divert in a specified direction.
JOWETT * n. English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893).
CONTOUR * --n. 1 A line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height. 2 Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline). 3 A feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure. --v. Form the contours of.
IONOPHORESIS * n. The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode.
DEWLAP * n. A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck.
BERLAGE * n. Dutch architect and town planner (1856-1934).
INTRUDE * v. 1 Enter uninvited. 2 Enter unlawfully on someone's property. 3 Search or inquire in a meddlesome way. 4 Thrust oneself in as if by force.
MENTALITY * n. 1 A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations. 2 Mental ability.
SEEABLE * a. Capable of being seen; or open to easy view.
ACCIPITRIDAE * n. Hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles.
LANGOUSTINE * n. Caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster.
READY-TO-WEAR * --n. Ready-made clothing. --s. (especially of clothing) Made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.
EXCRUCIATE * v. 1 Torment emotionally or mentally. 2 Subject to torture.
BRIMMING * s. Filled to capacity.
HUSBANDMAN * n. A person who operates a farm.
BARTERER * n. A trader who exchanges goods and not money.
TAGORE * n. Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941).
BEIRUT * n. Capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean.
COGNIZANT * a. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.
FORTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of forty-five in counting order.
CONTENTEDNESS * n. The state of being contented with your situation in life.
PLIMSOLL * n. 1 Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded. 2 A light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top.
SPOILT * s. 1 Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention. 2 (of foodstuffs) Not in an edible or usable condition. 3 Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity.
HERETO * r. To this writing or document.
PLANNED * --a. Designed or carried out according to a plan. --s. With planning and intention.
TATTER * n. A small piece of cloth or paper.
PERCINA * n. A genus of Percidae.
JESUITICAL * a. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism.
STATUS * n. 1 The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society. 2 A state at a particular time.
GOOFBALL * n. 1 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 2 A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.
SIMAL * n. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
POLYCHAETE * n. Chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles.
PIPEFISH * n. Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates.
DEVOLVEMENT * n. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
NONCONTROVERSIAL * a. Not likely to arouse controversy.
SALIVATION * n. The secretion of saliva.
FREMONT * n. United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890).
SCOWL * --n. A facial expression of dislike or displeasure. --v. Frown with displeasure.
PRECONCEIVED * a. (of an idea or opinion) Formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice.
INTERMINABLY * r. All the time; seemingly without stopping.
UNREASON * n. The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding.
PROTECTORSHIP * n. The position of protector.
MYXINOIDEI * n. Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys.
ACETIN * n. Any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together.
SNOEK * n. A large marine food fish common on the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.
REBUILDING * n. Building again.
PEEPUL * n. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.
UNHELPFULNESS * n. An inability to be helpful.
UNGRUDGINGLY * r. In a generous and ungrudging manner.
PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC * a. Having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system.
MODULE * n. 1 One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. 2 Detachable compartment of a spacecraft. 3 Computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware). 4 A self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components.
EURHYTHMICS * n. The interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding.
IPO * n. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
BABUSHKA * n. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women.
HUBBY * n. A married man; a woman's partner in marriage.
PIUTE * n. A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States.
SIRACH * n. An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).
ICHTHYOLATRY * n. The worship of fish.
INGESTION * n. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
CALK * --n. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping. --v. 1 Provide with calks. 2 Seal with caulking. 3 Injure with a calk.
COUPLED * s. 1 Joined together especially in a pair or pairs. 2 Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
CHERRY-RED * s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
SIGHTREAD * v. Perform music from a score without having seen the score before.
AECIAL * a. Of or belonging to an aecium.
YET * r. 1 Up to the present time. 2 Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time. 3 To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons. 4 Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time.
ENDOTHELIAL * a. Of or relating to or located in the endothelium.
HERMETIC * s. Completely sealed; completely airtight.
DEPOSITION * n. 1 The natural process of laying down a deposit of something. 2 (law) A pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office. 3 The act of putting something somewhere. 4 The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office.
THAMNOPHILUS * n. A genus of Formicariidae.
INROAD * n. 1 An encroachment or intrusion. 2 An invasion or hostile attack.
ARMENIA * n. A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors.
ENSHROUD * v. Cover as if with a shroud.
PINYON * n. Any of several low-growing pines of western North America.
RHETORICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to rhetoric. 2 Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.
BURRO * n. Small donkey used as a pack animal.
CATBOAT * n. A sailboat with a single mast set far forward.
NATES * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
55 * s. Being five more than fifty.
TONSURE * --n. 1 The shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head. 2 Shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order. --v. Shave the head of a newly inducted monk.
OCEANIC * --n. An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages. --a. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean. --s. 1 Resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree. 2 Constituting or living in the open sea.
HATEFULNESS * n. The quality of being hateful.
METHOTREXATE * n. Toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.
JAT * n. A member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs.
CLANGOROUS * s. Having a loud resonant metallic sound.
HYDROZOA * n. Coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes.
PIGEON-TOED * a. Having feet that turn inward.
ZEBU * n. Domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia.
MAJESTICALLY * r. In a majestic manner.
BOWTIE * n. A man's tie that ties in a bow.
AMOUR * n. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
PERMANENTLY * r. For a long time without essential change.
REDEEM * v. 1 Save from sins. 2 Restore the honor or worth of. 3 To turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange. 4 Exchange or buy back for money; under threat.
HAZARDOUSNESS * n. The state of being dangerous.
LABORED * s. 1 Lacking natural ease. 2 Requiring or showing effort.
KERATOIRITIS * n. Inflammation of the cornea and the iris of the eye.
OSTYAK-SAMOYED * n. 1 One of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia. 2 The Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed.
MOSHAV * n. A cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms.
COROLLARY * n. 1 A practical consequence that follows naturally. 2 (logic) An inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition.
PROVERB * n. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
BUSHEL * --n. 1 A United States dry measure equal to 4 pecks or 2152.42 cubic inches. 2 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks. --v. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
ANTHROPOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to anthropometry.
ROULETTE * n. 1 A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure. 2 A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations. 3 A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in.
AGRANULOCYTIC * a. Relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis.
IMMODERATELY * r. 1 Without moderation; in an immoderate manner. 2 To a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation.
STENOTUS * n. Genus of western North American low evergreen shrubs growing in dense tufts.
HOTPOT * n. A stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot.
SERIOUSLY * r. 1 In a serious manner. 2 To a severe or serious degree.
HELMET-SHAPED * s. Having the convex shape of a helmet.
MISHPACHAH * n. (Yiddish) The entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends).
GOGGLE-EYED * s. With eyes or mouth open in surprise.
MOBILIZATION * n. 1 Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:. 2 Act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action.
FACTION * n. 1 A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue. 2 A dissenting clique.
NOAA * n. An agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather.
SVEDBERG * n. Swedish theologian (1688-1772).
HEARABLE * a. Heard or perceptible by the ear.
TIDEWAY * n. A channel in which a tidal current runs.
HEBDOMADARY * s. Of or occurring every seven days.
TEENAGE * s. Being of the age 13 through 19.
FERMION * n. Any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle.
DINOCERATE * n. An extinct ungulate.
NURSE * --n. 1 One skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician). 2 A woman who is the custodian of children. --v. 1 Try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury. 2 Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings). 3 Serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people. 4 Treat carefully.
PEPTISATION * n. The process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution.
CROSSHEADING * n. A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text.
MACROCYTE * n. Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia).
GURU * n. 1 A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher. 2 Each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion. 3 A recognized leader in some field or of some movement.
BATIK * --n. A dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not wanted. --v. Dye with wax.
EMBED * v. 1 Fix or set securely or deeply. 2 Attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war.
THALLOPHYTIC * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes.
MIND * --n. 1 That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason. 2 Recall or remembrance. 3 An opinion formed by judging something. 4 An important intellectual. --v. 1 Be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by. 2 Be concerned with or about something or somebody. 3 Be in charge of or deal with. 4 Pay close attention to; give heed to.
BIOARM * n. Any weapon usable in biological warfare.
POGONION * n. The craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin.
COMPROMISE * --n. 1 A middle way between two extremes. 2 An accommodation in which both sides make concessions. --v. 1 Make a compromise; arrive at a compromise. 2 Settle by concession. 3 Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.
CHINQUAPIN * n. 1 Shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States. 2 Shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts. 3 Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut.
POLYESTER * n. 1 Any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant. 2 A complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer. 3 Any of a large class of synthetic fabrics.
FILIATION * n. 1 The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. 2 Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.
MOLAR * --n. Grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth. 2 Designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution. 3 Containing one mole of a substance. 4 Pertaining to large units of behavior.
FEIST * n. A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog.
AMITOSIS * n. The direct method of cell division characterized by simple division of the nucleus without formation of chromosomes.
MYSTERIOUSLY * r. In a cryptic manner.
PALPATE * v. Examine (a body part) by palpation.
SALAMANDRIDAE * n. Salamanders.
ORTHOTOMUS * n. Tailorbirds.
NONVISCID * s. Not resembling glue in texture.
GARMENTLESS * s. Possessing no clothing.
KOASATI * n. 1 A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy. 2 The Muskhogean language spoken by the Koasati.
AARDVARK * n. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
CLAUSTROPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of being closed in a confined space.
QABBALAH * n. An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
PRECLUSIVE * s. Made impossible.
NAMELESS * s. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
ARDENT * s. 1 Characterized by intense emotion. 2 Characterized by strong enthusiasm. 3 Glowing or shining like fire.
EFFECTOR * n. 1 One who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose. 2 A nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion. 3 An organ (a gland or muscle) that becomes active in response to nerve impulses.
PASSIVE * --n. The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb. --a. 1 Lacking in energy or will. 2 Expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb. --s. Peacefully resistant in response to injustice.
SENTIMENTALITY * n. 1 Falsely emotional in a maudlin way. 2 Extravagant or affected feeling or emotion.
CHEAPLY * r. 1 In a stingy manner. 2 In a cheap manner. 3 With little expenditure of money.
SISAL * n. 1 A plant fiber used for making rope. 2 Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope.
LOCKSTEP * n. 1 A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly. 2 A manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
UNTIPPED * a. Not provided with a special tip.
ECCM * n. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
WOODENWARE * n. Ware for domestic use made of wood.
OED * n. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
RECOMBINANT * --n. A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred. --a. Of or relating to recombinant DNA.
CINE-FILM * n. Photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera.
FLOURISHING * s. Very lively and profitable.
FRAMEWORK * n. 1 A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process. 2 The underlying structure. 3 A structure supporting or containing something.
SQUAMATA * n. Diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards.
DIPOLAR * a. Having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance.
PERMISSIVE * a. 1 Not preventive. 2 Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline.
HOUSEGUEST * n. A guest entertained in your house.
SIT-IN * n. A form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move.
VARIX * n. Abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.
CONNARUS * n. Large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae.
RACCOON * n. 1 The fur of the North American racoon. 2 An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America.
BAHAI * --n. A teacher of or believer in Bahaism. --a. Of or relating to Bahaism.
MISAPPLICATION * n. 1 Wrong use or application. 2 The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
RECOMMENCE * v. 1 Cause to start anew. 2 Begin again.
SQUINCHED * s. Having eyes half closed in order to see better.
PALISH * s. Slightly pale.
BRYOPHYTE * n. Any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta.
TRANSEPT * n. Structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles.
DISLODGE * v. 1 Remove or force out from a position. 2 Change place or direction. 3 Remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.
UNSEX * v. 1 Deprive of sex or sexual powers. 2 Remove the qualities typical of one's sex. 3 Make infertile.
ESCROW * n. A written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition.
MIDRASH * n. (Judaism) An ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text.
DISSENTIOUS * s. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
SCROFULA * n. A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands.
BIRDHOUSE * n. A shelter for birds.
AZERBAIJAN * n. A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet.
PEAL * --n. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). --v. 1 Ring recurrently. 2 Sound loudly and sonorously.
DUNCAN * n. United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927).
CERAMIC * --n. An artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures. --a. Of or relating to or made from a ceramic.
VASOPRESSOR * n. Any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure).
UTOPIANISM * n. The political orientation of a Utopian who believes in impossibly idealistic schemes of social perfection.
EFFACEABLE * s. Capable of being effaced.
RACIALLY * r. With respect to race.
VISIGOTH * n. A member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France.
LANTANA * n. A flowering shrub.
FLOWING * --n. The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). --s. Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow.
BAEDA * n. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735).
CYSTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder). 2 Of or relating to or resembling a cyst.
BACKHANDED * --a. (of racket strokes) Made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke. --s. Roundabout or ambiguous.
VELAR * --n. A consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate. --a. Of or relating to the velum. --s. Produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing').
SHIP * --n. A vessel that carries passengers or freight. --v. 1 Transport commercially. 2 Hire for work on a ship. 3 Go on board. 4 Travel by ship.
EIFFEL * n. French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923).
EXCHEQUER * n. The funds of a government or institution or individual.
PERISTOME * n. 1 (botany) Fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule. 2 Region around the mouth in various invertebrates.
CURVET * --n. A light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down. --v. Perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse.
DARICON * n. An anticholinergic drug (trade name Daricon) used in treating peptic ulcers.
CONSUETUDE * n. A custom or usage that has acquired the force of law.
STUPIDLY * r. In a stupid manner.
OUTCLASSED * s. Decisively surpassed by something else so as to appear to be of a lower class.
ADVERTIZER * n. Someone whose business is advertising.
APOGONIDAE * n. Bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth.
UNDEVIATING * s. 1 Going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside. 2 Used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady.
CARRYCOT * n. Box-shaped baby bed with handles (for a baby to sleep in while being carried).
CEREBROMENINGITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges.
HEMISPHERICAL * a. Of or relating to or being a hemisphere.
BRAND-NEW * s. Conspicuously new.
SOHO * n. 1 A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts. 2 A city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs.
SPECIALLY * r. 1 In a special manner. 2 To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common.
CONTINUANT * --n. Consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract. --s. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
EXTERIORISE * v. Make external or objective, or give reality to.
TUREEN * n. Large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews.
UNBOUNDEDNESS * n. The quality of being infinite; without bound or limit.
HECTOR * --n. (Greek mythology) A mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War. --v. Be bossy towards.
TUSSAH * n. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
MIDSECTION * n. The middle area of the human torso (usually in front).
CAVILER * n. A disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections.
NISEI * n. A person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan.
UNEXCITINGLY * r. In an unexciting manner.
MESOTHELIOMA * n. A form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust.
AESCULUS * n. Deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia.
COERCE * v. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
DENSIMETER * n. A measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity.
BELIKE * r. With considerable certainty; without much doubt.
BACKBENCHER * n. A member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader.
MODIGLIANI * n. Italian painter and sculptor (1884-1920).
SIGNOR * n. Used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately.
REDISCOVER * v. Discover again.
CXXV * s. Being five more than one hundred twenty.
UNSATISFACTORY * a. Not giving satisfaction.
GERM * n. 1 Anything that provides inspiration for later work. 2 A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism. 3 A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.
ROLYPOLINESS * n. The property of having a plump and round body.
MISAPPROPRIATION * n. 1 The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else. 2 Wrongful borrowing.
FOAMING * s. 1 Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation. 2 Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease.
PROSTIGMIN * n. A cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis.
BILLIONAIRE * n. A very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY * n. A medicine intended to reduce inflammation.
HAMILTON * n. 1 Irish mathematician (1806-1865). 2 English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815). 3 United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970). 4 United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804).
ROCKET * --n. 1 Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. 2 A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion. 3 Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender. 4 Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon. --v. 1 Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket. 2 Propel with a rocket.
CONSOLIDA * n. Plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium.
HOUSECOAT * n. A loose dressing gown for women.
FLAGSTONE * n. Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones.
OSTRACISM * n. 1 The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent). 2 The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.
SLED * --n. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow. --v. Ride (on) a sled.
MISTY-EYED * s. Having eyes blurred as with tears.
TANEY * n. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864).
PLEACH * v. 1 Form or weave into a braid or braids. 2 Interlace the shoots of.
SETOFF * n. Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly.
HAEMULIDAE * n. Grunts.
HARMONIZER * n. 1 A musician who sings or plays in harmony. 2 A mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another.
PLACE-KICKER * n. (football) A kicker who makes a place kick for a goal.
CULINARY * a. Of or relating to or used in cooking.
PEN-AND-INK * n. A drawing executed with pen and ink.
NONINTERSECTING * s. (of lines, planes, or surfaces) Never meeting or crossing.
GOLDBEATER * n. An artisan who beats gold into gold leaf.
WORD * --n. 1 A unit of language that native speakers can identify. 2 A brief statement. 3 Information about recent and important events. 4 A verbal command for action. --v. Put into words or an expression.
INCIPIENCY * n. Beginning to exist or to be apparent.
RECOMPENSE * --n. 1 Payment or reward (as for service rendered). 2 The act of compensating for service or loss or injury. --v. 1 Make amends for; pay compensation for. 2 Make payment to; compensate.
REFORMATORY * --n. Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders. --s. Tending to reform.
DESPERATION * n. 1 A state in which all hope is lost or absent. 2 Desperate recklessness.
TAM-O'-SHANTER * n. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
GUTS * n. Fortitude and determination.
OMIT * v. 1 Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. 2 Leave undone or leave out.
LITURGICAL * a. Of or relating to or in accord with liturgy.
UTAHRAPTOR * n. Large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous.
OKAY * --n. An endorsement. --v. Give sanction to. --s. Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. --r. In a satisfactory or adequate manner.
ONEIRIC * a. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
UNMITIGABLE * s. Incapable of being mitigated.
CHARIOT * --n. 1 A light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage. 2 A two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome. --v. 1 Transport in a chariot. 2 Ride in a chariot.
RITUALIZE * v. Make or evolve into a ritual.
GHASTLY * s. 1 Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. 2 Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead.
BRILLIANTLY * r. 1 With brightness. 2 In an extremely intelligent way.
CUBITAL * a. Of or relating to the elbow.
CONTRALTO * --n. 1 A woman singer having a contralto voice. 2 The lowest female singing voice. --s. Of or being the lowest female voice.
INFLUENTIAL * a. Having or exercising influence or power.
CENOTAPH * n. A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered.
JUMPSUIT * n. One-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform.
HETERODOXY * n. 1 Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position. 2 The quality of being unorthodox.
RIGHT-HANDED * --a. Using or intended for the right hand. --s. Rotating to the right.
KENNEWICK * n. A town in southern Washington on the Columbia River.
NARA * n. The independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections.
MISFIRE * --n. 1 An explosion that fails to occur. 2 A failure to hit (or meet or find etc). --v. Fail to fire or detonate.
MISER * n. A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably).
ORTHOPTICS * n. Treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles).
NARY * s. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
SEQUENT * s. 1 In regular succession without gaps. 2 Occurring with or following as a consequence.
FLASHBOARD * n. Boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height.
WOODCARVING * n. A carving created by carving wood.
EMESIS * n. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
PTERYGIUM * n. Either of two thickened triangular layers of conjunctiva extending from the nasal edge of the eye to the cornea; it arises from irritation of the pinguecula.
HS * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
TELEPATHISE * v. Communicate nonverbally by telepathy.
PUBLISHABLE * a. Suitable for publication.
SMALLISH * s. Rather small.
1760S * n. The decade from 1760 to 1769.
PARTLY * r. To some extent; in some degree; not wholly.
MORDACITY * n. A disposition to biting.
THORSHAVN * n. The administrative center of the Faroe Islands.
ESM * n. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
CASED * s. 1 Covered or protected with or as if with a case. 2 Enclosed in a case.
IMPREGNABLE * s. 1 Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. 2 Capable of conceiving. 3 Incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted.
FUDDLED * s. Very drunk.
VIVACIOUS * s. Vigorous and animated.
SELES * n. United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973).
WOMANIZE * v. 1 Have amorous affairs; of men. 2 To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.
WHITTLER * n. Someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime).
GEMINI * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Gemini. 2 A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic. 3 The third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20.
ADACTYLIA * n. Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes.
LONG-WINDEDNESS * n. Boring verbosity.
IMPENDENCY * n. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
SCARABAEID * n. Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes.
BLACK-COATED * s. Coated with black.
SNOOPY * --n. A fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz. --s. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
MOORFOWL * n. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
DISPENSER * n. 1 A container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts. 2 A person who dispenses.
SCORPIO * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio. 2 A large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius. 3 The eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21.
DECIGRAM * n. 1/10 gram.
BIOSYSTEMATIC * a. Of or relating to biosystematics.
DEBAUCH * --n. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. --v. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
HODGKIN * n. 1 English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866). 2 English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994). 3 English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998).
PARADISAICAL * s. Relating to or befitting Paradise.
SALMONBERRY * n. 1 Creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries. 2 White-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries. 3 Large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries.
VIS-A-VIS * --n. 1 A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another. 2 Small sofa that seats two people. --r. Face-to-face with; literally `face to face'.
LAPPLANDER * n. A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
AZOIMIDE * n. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
BROADAXE * n. A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
CONSTERNATE * v. Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion.
FENRIR * n. (Norse mythology) An enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin.
MONTANA * n. A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border.
HOMOCHROMATIC * a. (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) Having only one wavelength.
ADVANTAGEOUSLY * r. In a manner affording benefit or advantage.
ROSA * n. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
METABOLICALLY * r. Involving metabolism.
PONYTAIL * n. A hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail.
FIGURATIVELY * r. In a figurative sense.
EMF * n. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts.
BLANDLY * r. In a bland manner.
PARTIAL * --n. 1 The derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant. 2 A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency. --s. 1 Being or affecting only a part; not total. 2 (followed by `of' or `to') Having a strong preference or liking for. --a. Showing favoritism.
PERAMBULATION * n. 1 A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries. 2 A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
MYXOPHYCEAE * n. Former terms for Cyanophyceae.
TASMANIA * n. 1 An Australian state on the island of Tasmania. 2 An island off the southeastern coast of Australia.
AMBITIONLESS * a. Having little desire for success or achievement.
HAPLOID * --n. (genetics) An organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes. --a. Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.
CORNCOB * n. The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
KINETOSIS * n. The state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle.
FUNDAMENT * n. 1 The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. 2 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 3 Lowest support of a structure.
PERNIO * n. Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.
CHANCROUS * a. Of or having chancres.
TETHERED * s. Confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain.
APPEARING * n. Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action.
LAW * n. 1 The collection of rules imposed by authority. 2 Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity. 3 A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. 4 A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature.
MONOCANTHIDAE * n. Filefishes.
COLUMBIA * n. 1 A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring. 2 A town in west central Tennessee. 3 Capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina. 4 A university town in central Missouri.
OLIGOPLITES * n. Leatherjackets.
IMPUISSANT * s. Lacking physical strength or vigor.
PRETENTIOUSNESS * n. 1 Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. 2 The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
GREENSBORO * n. A city of north central North Carolina.
UPHOLSTERY * n. 1 Covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture. 2 The craft of upholstering.
PREDACIOUS * s. 1 Hunting and killing other animals for food. 2 Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
ANTILEPTON * n. The antiparticle of a lepton.
EBV * n. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China.
DEPUTE * v. 1 Transfer power to someone. 2 Appoint as a substitute. 3 Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
INSTITUTIONALIZED * --a. Officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution. --s. Given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system.
SIXTY-EIGHT * s. Being eight more than sixty.
DOL * n. 1 A unit of pain intensity. 2 The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913.
MALACANTHIDAE * n. Short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored.
XXX * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the product of ten and three. 2 (genetics) Abnormal complement of three X chromosomes in a female. --s. Being ten more than twenty.
COMANDRA * n. Small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.
UNAPPEALABLE * a. Not subject to appeal.
PRECLUSION * n. The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively.
MOMOS * n. God of blame and mockery.
HOWL * --n. 1 A long loud emotional utterance. 2 The long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf. 3 A loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound. --v. 1 Emit long loud cries. 2 Cry loudly, as of animals. 3 Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles. 4 Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily.
SCLERODERMA * n. 1 An autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin. 2 Genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles.
OMSK * n. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
QUICKNESS * n. 1 Skillful performance or ability without difficulty. 2 Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay. 3 A rate that is rapid.
PITUITARY * --n. The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain. --a. Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
ANGLO-NORMAN * n. The French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
BLOCKISH * s. Resembling a block in shape.
BOILERSUIT * n. A loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work.
NOOK * n. 1 A sheltered and secluded place. 2 An interior angle formed by two meeting walls.
GIDDINESS * n. 1 An impulsive scatterbrained manner. 2 A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall.
GONGORIST * n. A practitioner of the affected elegant style of the Spanish poet Gongora.
SERZONE * n. An antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone).
NJ * n. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies.
MANGA * n. Graphic novel that originated in Japan, usually intended for adults and characterized by highly stylized art.
TAXABILITY * n. Liability to taxation.
SHORT-WINGED * s. (especially of certain insects) Having very short or rudimentary wings.
GENEALOGIST * n. An expert in genealogy.
LENGTHENED * s. Drawn out or made longer spatially.
SENSOR * n. Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
THEOLOGISER * n. Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology.
TAILGATER * n. A driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle.
PERITHELIUM * n. Tissue layer around small blood vessels.
ROSTRUM * n. 1 A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it. 2 Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils.
DOLLARFISH * n. 1 Small food fish of Atlantic coast. 2 Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
NON-PROLIFERATION * n. The prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons).
MONOMER * n. A simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers.
VILENESS * n. 1 The quality of being wicked. 2 The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions.
DEFERENCE * n. 1 A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard. 2 Courteous regard for people's feelings. 3 A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
KIRGIZSTAN * n. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
GIRAUDOUX * n. French novelist and dramatist whose plays were reinterpretations of Greek myths (1882-1944).
BHUTANESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Bhutan or its people or culture or language.
CONSPICUOUSLY * r. 1 In a manner tending to attract attention. 2 In a prominent way.
IXOBRYCHUS * n. Bitterns.
GUMWEED * n. Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock.
COLLIERY * n. A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.
CONCESSION * n. 1 A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business. 2 The act of conceding or yielding. 3 A point conceded or yielded.
SEISMOLOGICAL * a. Of or concerned with seismology.
RECONVERT * v. Convert back.
CREWELWORK * n. Embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn.
LIE * --n. 1 A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. 2 Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968). 3 Position or manner in which something is situated. --v. 1 Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. 2 Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position. 3 Originate (in). 4 Be and remain in a particular state or condition.
OVULATE * v. Produce and discharge eggs.
COFFERDAM * n. Large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
ELATED * --a. Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits. --s. Full of high-spirited delight.
AFFRICATION * n. The conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate.
FLAUNTY * s. Inclined to flaunt.
ISFAHAN * n. City in central Iran; former capital of Persia.
PORGY * n. 1 Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States. 2 Important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide.
ADVENTURE * --n. A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful). --v. 1 Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. 2 Put at risk.
DICTYOSOME * n. A netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions).
COLLABORATIONISM * n. Act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country.
AGREEABLENESS * n. 1 Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions. 2 A temperamental disposition to be agreeable.
TIREDLY * r. In a weary manner.
KAZAK * n. 1 A Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan). 2 A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991. 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Kazak.
ALLEGORICALLY * r. In an allegorical manner.
BRAHMS * n. 1 German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897). 2 The music of Brahms.
UNEXCEEDED * s. Not capable of being improved on.
ECG * n. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
COVALENCE * n. Valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share.
UNPRINCIPLED * --a. Lacking principles or moral scruples. --s. Having little or no integrity.
PHALLUS * n. 1 Genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem. 2 The male sex organ (`member' is a euphemism).
IMMACULATE * s. 1 Completely neat and clean. 2 Free from stain or blemish. 3 Without fault or error.
KIDNAPER * n. Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).
UNPLEASANTLY * r. In an unpleasant manner.
KAHIKATEA * n. New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood.
EXERCISER * n. Sports equipment used in gymnastic exercises.
UNLIVEABLE * a. Unfit or unsuitable to live in or with.
CLETHRACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Clethra.
PROFESSING * n. An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion.
BARGAINER * n. 1 Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold. 2 Negotiator of the terms of a transaction.
DREAMWORLD * n. A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination.
SPINSTER * n. 1 An elderly unmarried woman. 2 Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads).
PROTRACTION * n. 1 The consequence of being lengthened in duration. 2 The act of prolonging something.
SCIENTIFICALLY * r. With respect to science; in a scientific way.
NONINDUSTRIAL * a. Not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises.
WEIRDY * n. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
WEATHERVANE * n. Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind.
OVER-THE-COUNTER * --a. Purchasable without a doctor's prescription. --s. (of securities) Not traded on a stock exchange.
KOSTELETZYA * n. Small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa.
UNAMBITIOUSLY * r. In an unambitious manner.
CLAPPER * n. 1 Someone who applauds. 2 A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. 3 Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side.
INSECURELY * r. 1 In a tentative and self-conscious manner. 2 In a manner involving risk.
WOLLASTONITE * n. A white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium.
PROTOHEME * n. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
CURLY-GRAINED * s. Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel.
THREAD * --n. 1 A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. 2 Any long object resembling a thin line. 3 The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together. 4 The raised helical rib going around a screw. --v. 1 To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. 2 Pass a thread through. 3 Remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string. 4 Pass through or into.
UNIONISED * --a. Not converted into ions. --s. Being a member of or formed into a labor union.
ANDROECIUM * n. A male gametoecium.
SODDEN * s. Wet through and through; thoroughly wet.
SALTED * s. (used especially of meats) Preserved in salt.
CATASTROPHIC * s. Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin.
WESTERNIZE * v. Make western in character.
ILLIMITABLE * s. Without limits in extent or size or quantity.
HEREFORD * n. Hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States.
UNPUNCTUAL * a. Not punctual; after the appointed time.
GYNOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of women.
PERSEA * n. Avocado.
TWINKLING * --n. A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). --s. Shining intermittently with a sparkling light.
ANTHROPOID * --n. 1 Person who resembles a nonhuman primate. 2 Any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids. --s. 1 Resembling apes. 2 Resembling human beings.
BYPAST * s. Well in the past; former.
INGRATIATORY * s. 1 Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade. 2 Calculated to please or gain favor.
INEPT * s. 1 Not elegant or graceful in expression. 2 Generally incompetent and ineffectual. 3 Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.
ESTABLISHMENTISM * n. The doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment.
HEREWITH * r. (formal) By means of this.
RARIFY * v. Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
HALLUCINOGEN * n. A psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences.
HEMATITE * n. The principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form.
DIA * n. An intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition.
FUTON * n. Mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame.
TESTED * s. 1 Tested and proved useful or correct. 2 Tested and proved to be reliable.
IONOSPHERE * n. The outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons.
HYPERNYMY * n. The semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class.
FOURSOME * n. 1 Four people considered as a unit. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
VIDAR * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok.
CADMUS * n. (Greek mythology) The brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia.
CHIRRUP * --n. A series of chirps. --v. Make high-pitched sounds.
BHAGAVAD-GITA * n. (Hinduism) The sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life.
UNSUASIBLE * s. Not susceptible to persuasion.
MOTTLE * --n. An irregular arrangement of patches of color. --v. 1 Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained. 2 Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
TRISOMY * n. Chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell.
MAPUTO * n. The capital and largest city of Mozambique.
SKIVE * v. Remove the surface of.
CLAWBACK * n. Finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way.
COLEWORT * n. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
YOUNKER * n. A young person (especially a young man or boy).
MORALISM * n. 1 A moral maxim. 2 Judgments about another person's morality.
UNROMANTIC * s. Neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance.
BIOTIC * a. Of or relating to living organisms.
PERFUNCTORY * s. 1 Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. 2 Done or produced as a formality only.
MODS * n. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters.
CAECILIADAE * n. Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians.
GLUTTONIZE * v. Eat a lot and without restraint.
PLOWBOY * n. A boy who leads the animals that draw a plow.
ANNELIDAN * a. Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
PRESENTIST * n. A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time.
BLUSTEROUS * s. Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts.
INTERNATIONALE * n. A revolutionary socialist anthem.
HEATHFOWL * n. Large northern European grouse that is black with a lyre-shaped tail.
MEISSNER * n. 1 German anatomist (1829-1905). 2 German physicist (1882-1974).
WATUTSI * n. A member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi.
SUPERCHARGED * s. 1 (of e.g. an engine) Having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger. 2 Fraught with great emotion.
GOODENIACEAE * n. A family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China.
INHERENCE * n. The state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic.
JOIN * --n. 1 The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. 2 A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets. --v. 1 Become part of; become a member of a group or organization. 2 Cause to become joined or linked. 3 Come into the company of. 4 Make contact or come together.
AMBO * n. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
CATHETERIZE * v. Insert a catheter into (a body part).
SALVERFORM * s. Of or concerning a gamopetalous that has a slender tube and an abruptly expanded tip.
CLIP-ON * --n. A device (as an earring, sunglasses, microphone etc.) that is attached by clips. --s. Attachable by a clip.
INSIGNIFICANTLY * r. 1 In an insignificant manner. 2 Not to a significant degree or amount.
BOIDAE * n. Boas and pythons.
SNIVELING * n. Whining in a tearful manner.
K-LOR * n. Salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency.
ANNOTATE * v. 1 Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments. 2 Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.
PENALTY * n. 1 The act of punishing. 2 A payment required for not fulfilling a contract. 3 The disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition. 4 (games) A handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game.
SORDID * s. 1 Morally degraded. 2 Unethical or dishonest. 3 Foul and run-down and repulsive. 4 Meanly avaricious and mercenary.
LABLINK * n. A defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness.
SNOGGING * n. (British informal) Cuddle and kiss.
FIRSTLY * r. Before anything else.
ADVERSITY * n. 1 A state of misfortune or affliction. 2 A stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event.
ZEA * n. Corn.
FARTING * n. A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus.
ICHNEUMON * n. Northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs.
STREETLIGHT * n. A lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street.
BUN-FIGHT * n. (Briticism) A grand formal party on an important occasion.
INDUSTRIALISM * n. An economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship.
EXTRAVAGANCE * n. 1 The quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth. 2 The trait of spending extravagantly. 3 Excessive spending.
OSBORNE * n. English playwright (1929-1994).
AMPHIBIAN * --n. 1 A flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water. 2 An airplane designed to take off and land on water. 3 Cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form. --a. Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia.
PHYSA * n. Any member of the genus Physa.
PERCEPTUAL * a. Of or relating to the act of perceiving.
KT * n. The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold.
TOURACO * n. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
BETHE * n. United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for research in astrophysics and nuclear physics (1906-2005).
ISOMORPHISM * n. (biology) Similarity or identity of form or shape or structure.
DESTRUCTIVENESS * n. The quality of causing destruction.
SPECIALIZE * v. 1 Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study. 2 Be specific about. 3 Suit to a special purpose. 4 Devote oneself to a special area of work.
EONIAN * --a. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era). --s. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
INCANDESCENT * s. 1 Emitting light as a result of being heated. 2 Characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance.
ENDECOTT * n. Born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665).
MALLARME * n. French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898).
PATHOLOGIST * n. A doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis.
ELLINGTON * n. United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974).
WELL-PROPORTIONED * s. Of pleasing proportions.
MEDIATORY * a. Of or related to or directed toward mediation.
UNTRIMMED * a. Not trimmed.
UNAFFECTEDNESS * n. Not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained.
GREET * v. 1 Express greetings upon meeting someone. 2 Send greetings to. 3 React to in a certain way. 4 Be perceived by.
ANARTHRIA * n. Partial or total loss of articulate speech resulting from lesions of the central nervous system.
LYCOPERSICUM * n. Tomatoes.
FRAYED * s. Worn away or tattered along the edges.
ESSEX * n. A county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary.
INK * --n. 1 A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing. 2 Dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods. --v. 1 Append one's signature to. 2 Mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink. 3 Fill with ink.
SENORA * n. A Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'.
PINKISH-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with pink.
SETTER * n. 1 One who sets written material into type. 2 A long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point.
ORCHIDACEAE * n. Enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers.
LEVEL * --n. 1 A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality. 2 A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. 3 A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. 4 Height above ground. --v. 1 Aim at. 2 Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. 3 Make level or straight. 4 Direct into a position for use. --s. 1 Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. 2 Not showing abrupt variations. 3 Being on a precise horizontal plane. 4 Oriented at right angles to the plumb.
IMPUTRESCIBLE * s. Not subject to decay.
BLAHS * n. A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
WINDBREAKER * n. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
CLASSICALISM * n. A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms.
160 * s. Being ten more than one hundred fifty.
MAINSHEET * n. (nautical) A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.
BRUSHED * s. 1 Touched lightly in passing; grazed against. 2 (of hair or clothing) Groomed with a brush. 3 (of fabrics) Having soft nap produced by brushing.
RETROFIT * --n. 1 A component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured. 2 The act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured. --v. 1 Provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture. 2 Fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house. 3 Substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones.
DETERMINING * s. Having the power or quality of deciding.
RAVE * --n. 1 A dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played. 2 An extravagantly enthusiastic review. --v. 1 Participate in an all-night techno dance party. 2 Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner. 3 Praise enthusiastically.
MOUTON * n. Meat from a mature domestic sheep.
IMPENDENCE * n. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
CAGER * n. An athlete who plays basketball.
MOSEY * v. Walk leisurely.
MIDDLE * --n. 1 An area that is approximately central within some larger region. 2 An intermediate part or section. 3 The middle area of the human torso (usually in front). 4 Time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period. --v. Put in the middle. --s. 1 Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series. 2 Equally distant from the extremes. --a. 1 Of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages. 2 Between an earlier and a later period of time.
LODESTONE * n. A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically.
GEODUCK * n. A large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America; weighs up to six pounds; has siphons that can extend to several feet and cannot be withdrawn into the shell.
SQUALLY * s. 1 Characterized by short periods of noisy commotion. 2 Characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain.
INTONATION * n. 1 Rise and fall of the voice pitch. 2 Singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong. 3 The act of singing in a monotonous tone. 4 The production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations.
SCOUTMASTER * n. The leader of a troop of Scouts.
WAN * --n. A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network. --v. Become pale and sickly. --s. 1 (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. 2 Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress. 3 Lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness.
TRANSURANIC * a. Having an atomic number greater than 92.
PREDOMINATION * n. 1 The state of being predominant over others. 2 The quality of being more noticeable than anything else.
PERINEUM * n. The general region between the anus and the genital organs.
GREENERY * n. Green foliage.
DOTTEREL * n. Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia.
MALTO * n. 1 A member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India. 2 The Dravidian language spoken by the Malto.
WORRYING * --n. 1 The act of harassing someone. 2 The act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes. --s. Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
DECRYPTION * n. The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text.
LXXXI * s. Being one more than eighty.
THERMOHYDROMETER * n. A hydrometer that includes a thermometer.
INVIDIA * n. Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins).
CYBERNATION * n. The control of processes by computer.
WIDE-RANGING * s. 1 Including much. 2 Widely different.
ENDEARINGLY * r. In an adorable manner.
GRIN * --n. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement. --v. To draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl.
PREOPERATIVE * s. Happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation.
SOCK * --n. 1 Hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee. 2 A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind. --v. Hit hard.
AQUAPLANE * --n. A board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water. --v. 1 Rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road. 2 Ride on an aquaplane.
TELANTHERA * n. Used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera.
PLANER * n. A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood.
ENRAPTURE * v. Hold spellbound.
PINNULE * n. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
HYRACOIDEA * n. Hyraxes and some extinct animals.
ARMADILLIDIIDAE * n. Pill bugs.
BABBITT * --n. An alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction. --v. Line with a Babbitt metal.
EXTRAVERTIVE * s. Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
SUASIBLE * s. Being susceptible to persuasion.
TEAZEL * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
INEVITABLE * --n. An unavoidable event. --a. Incapable of being avoided or prevented. --s. Invariably occurring or appearing.
DRUMMER * n. Someone who plays a drum.
ERGOTISM * n. Poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs.
COREOPSIS * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America.
AIRLIFT * --n. Transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable). --v. Fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means.
UNSEAWORTHY * a. Unfit for a voyage.
ROSE-TINTED * s. Of a color tinged with rose.
RAFTSMAN * n. Someone who travels by raft.
MILITARILY * r. With respect to the military.
WITHERED * s. 1 Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. 2 (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
ACARIOSIS * n. Infestation with itch mites.
OPHIOLATRY * n. The worship of snakes.
RESTRAINER * n. 1 A chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film. 2 A person who directs and restrains.
SHEEPRUN * n. Farm devoted to raising sheep.
ECOLOGY * n. 1 The environment as it relates to living organisms. 2 The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment.
DUPLICATOR * n. Apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material.
READJUST * v. 1 Adjust anew. 2 Adjust again after an initial failure.
BRONTOSAURUS * n. Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic.
CALVINISTICAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents.
OLEANDRACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
GNAPHALIUM * n. Large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres.
WOOLLEY * n. English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960).
DAUCUS * n. Carrot.
BATHYMETRIC * a. Of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes.
EXPUNGE * v. Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
HOLOGRAPHIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to holography or holograms. 2 Written entirely in one's own hand. --s. Written wholly in the handwriting of the signer.
UNLOAD * v. 1 Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave. 2 Remove the load from (a container or vehicle).
UNFITNESS * n. 1 Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury). 2 Lacking the power to perform. 3 The quality of not being suitable.
INOFFENSIVE * a. 1 Not causing anger or annoyance. 2 Giving no offense.
COVEY * n. 1 A small collection of people. 2 A small flock of grouse or partridge.
CANTER * --n. A smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop. --v. 1 Ride at a canter. 2 Go at a canter, of horses. 3 Ride at a cantering pace.
ALACRITOUS * s. Quick and eager.
UNLEASH * v. 1 Release or vent. 2 Release from a leash. 3 Turn loose or free from restraint.
HANKERING * n. A yearning for something or to do something.
SUPRA * r. (in writing) At an earlier place.
SUNROSE * n. Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions.
ZANY * --n. 1 A buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect. 2 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. --s. 1 Ludicrous, foolish. 2 Like a clown.
GUSTATORIAL * a. Of or relating to gustation.
HYMNBOOK * n. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
INTEGRAL * --n. The result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x). --s. 1 Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic. 2 Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged. --a. Of or denoted by an integer.
SUITABILITY * n. The quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose.
REX * n. A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom.
PACHUCO * n. A Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes.
LAMIA * n. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
ASTROLABE * n. An early form of sextant.
PLOW * --n. A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing. --v. 1 To break and turn over earth especially with a plow. 2 Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression. 3 Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil.
SIDEWAYS * --s. (of movement) At an angle. --r. 1 With one side forward or to the front. 2 From the side; obliquely. 3 Toward one side. 4 To, toward or at one side.
DOORSTEP * n. The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway.
RADICCHIO * n. Prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves.
PUFFY * s. 1 Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing. 2 Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas. 3 Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts.
PLANOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or involving planography.
PUMPERNICKEL * n. Bread made of coarse rye flour.
FORESAIL * n. The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel.
AD * --n. A public promotion of some product or service. --r. In the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born.
RAILYARD * n. An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines.
FORTHCOMINGNESS * n. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
AQUINAS * n. (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274).
KEYNES * n. English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946).
ACCIDENT * n. 1 An unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury. 2 Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.
SUDDEN * a. Happening without warning or in a short space of time.
LANDMASS * n. A large continuous extent of land.
TURNBUCKLE * n. An oblong metal coupling with a swivel at one end and an internal thread at the other into which a threaded rod can be screwed in order to form a unit that can be adjusted for length or tension.
BEARABLE * s. Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
SAILOR * n. 1 Any member of a ship's crew. 2 A serviceman in the navy. 3 A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.
SOLIDNESS * n. 1 The state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape. 2 The consistency of a solid. 3 The quality of being substantial or having substance. 4 The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally.
ALTRUISM * n. The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
CRUCIFERAE * n. A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives.
STABLING * n. Accommodation for animals (especially for horses).
HATRED * n. The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action.
MENDEL * n. Augustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884).
CONTRACTOR * n. 1 Someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things. 2 The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps. 3 (law) A party to a contract. 4 A bodily organ that contracts.
VISELIKE * s. Clamped as in a vise.
DIVERTIMENTO * n. A musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form.
INCIENSO * n. Fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine.
MEROSTOMATA * n. Used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida.
DRAINPIPE * n. A pipe through which liquid is carried away.
NUREYEV * n. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938).
PETREL * n. Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.
HUNDRED-AND-FIFTEENTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order.
NEWT * n. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.
DRACULA * n. 1 Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips. 2 Fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker.
INSTILMENT * n. The introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop.
ZENAIDURA * n. Mourning doves.
GRAY-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with grey.
MYTHICAL * s. Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.
TRAGICOMIC * --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy. --s. 1 Manifesting both tragic and comic aspects. 2 Having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics.
GOODYEAR * n. United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860).
IMMUNOGEN * n. Any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body.
MAIM * v. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
UNDERIVED * a. Not derived; primary or simple.
UNWORKABLE * s. Not capable of being carried out or put into practice.
SCHOOLWIDE * s. Occurring or extending throughout a school.
CATTLESHIP * n. A cargo ship for the transport of livestock.
TANTRUM * n. A display of bad temper.
SPINNING * n. Creating thread.
KEAN * n. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
HEMODIALYSIS * n. Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure.
LAMELLA * n. 1 Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus. 2 A thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones. 3 Thin plate.
SHEETLIKE * s. Resembling a sheet.
BABYROUSA * n. A genus of Suidae.
KHALSA * n. The group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699.
CULMINATION * n. 1 A final climactic stage. 2 (astronomy) A heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon. 3 The decisive moment in a novel or play. 4 A concluding action.
PLUSH * --n. A fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet. --s. Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
FEEDBAG * n. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head.
EXEGETE * n. A person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts).
SCHISTOSOMA * n. Type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes.
GRUMMET * n. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
IRONMAN * n. A strong man of exceptional physical endurance.
PSYCHIATRIC * a. Relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry.
FROST-WEED * n. 1 Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts. 2 Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States.
SCHIZOGONY * n. Asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans.
THYMOSIN * n. Hormone secreted by the thymus; stimulates immunological activity of lymphoid tissue.
MUMBLE * --n. A soft indistinct utterance. --v. 1 Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. 2 Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty.
BRANCHIAL * a. Of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills).
DIAMETRAL * a. Related to or along a diameter.
BOWMAN * n. A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.
DISTEMPER * --n. 1 Any of various infectious viral diseases of animals. 2 An angry and disagreeable mood. 3 Paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder. 4 A painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder. --v. Paint with distemper.
CURTISIA * n. A large evergreen tree of South Africa.
COIN * --n. A flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. --v. 1 Make up. 2 Form by stamping, punching, or printing.
BEAR * --n. 1 Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws. 2 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. --v. 1 Have. 2 Cause to be born. 3 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. 4 Move while holding up or supporting.
SKULLDUGGERY * n. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
DEAMINATION * n. Removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound.
WHISPERER * n. One who speaks in a whisper.
NONCOLLAPSABLE * a. Not capable of collapsing.
BROODMARE * n. A female horse used for breeding.
ENCAINIDE * n. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
STITCHER * n. A garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps.
EXCRESCENCE * n. 1 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 2 (pathology) An abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body.
NANOMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
SKOPJE * n. Capital of modern Macedonia.
FARM * --n. Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit. --v. 1 Be a farmer; work as a farmer. 2 Collect fees or profits. 3 Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.
BC * r. Before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
BLACKFISH * n. 1 Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America. 2 Female salmon that has recently spawned. 3 Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school.
GRAVID * s. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
COHOE * n. 1 Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes. 2 Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes.
PASTORALE * n. A musical composition that evokes rural life.
CUBE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a cube.
BABY-FACED * s. Having a youthful-looking face.
SELF-MORTIFICATION * n. Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.
APOAPSIS * n. (astronomy) The point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited.
GIPSYWORT * n. Hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers.
UNINVENTIVE * s. Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.
THUNDEROUS * s. 1 Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss. 2 Extremely ominous.
CARPUS * n. A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones.
CROTAL * n. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
SUBLIMINAL * s. Below the threshold of conscious perception.
SENILE * s. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
STYLIZE * v. Represent according to a conventional style.
D.A. * n. A doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus.
EXTRASYSTOLIC * a. Of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole.
FLOOZY * n. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
TUMULTUOUS * s. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.
GALLIUM * n. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores.
PERCA * n. Type genus of the Percidae.
ALLOVER * s. Covering the entire surface.
APOPLECTOID * a. Resembling apoplexy.
ENGAGINGLY * r. In an engaging manner.
PRESBYTERY * n. Building reserved for the officiating clergy.
GOLDPLATE * v. Plate with gold.
MANCHESTER * n. 1 Largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river. 2 A city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England.
DOUBTFULLY * r. In a doubtful manner.
REINTRODUCTION * n. An act of renewed introduction.
WHEATEAR * n. Small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump.
OBITUARY * n. A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography.
CRIMINAL * --n. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. --s. 1 Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. 2 Guilty of crime or serious offense. 3 Involving or being or having the nature of a crime.
BATRACHOIDIDAE * n. Toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes.
NATIONALIST * --n. 1 One who loves and defends his or her country. 2 An advocate of national independence of or a strong national government. --s. Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others.
PLENTITUDE * n. A full supply.
BERTH * --n. 1 A job in an organization. 2 A place where a craft can be made fast. 3 A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers. --v. 1 Provide with a berth. 2 Secure in or as if in a berth or dock. 3 Come into or dock at a wharf.
BUOYANT * s. 1 Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas. 2 Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.
ADJUDICATION * n. The final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented.
DISQUISITION * n. An elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion.
DECEPTIVE * s. 1 Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true. 2 Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.
HOLINESS * n. The quality of being holy.
UNINSURABILITY * n. The quality of being uninsurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will refuse to issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company).
UNBRIDLE * v. Remove the bridle from (a horse or mule).
DYNAMICS * n. The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies.
SPRITE * n. A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers.
RECIPROCALLY * r. 1 (often followed by `for') In exchange or in reciprocation. 2 In a mutual or shared manner. 3 In an inverse or contrary manner.
CLATHRACEAE * n. Family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns.
BOXFISH * n. Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates.
IMPRUDENT * --a. Not prudent or wise. --s. Lacking wise self-restraint.
WRONGNESS * n. 1 Inappropriate conduct. 2 Contrary to conscience or morality. 3 The quality of not conforming to fact or truth.
ANEMIA * n. 1 A deficiency of red blood cells. 2 A lack of vitality. 3 Genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America.
PRESUMABLE * s. Capable of being inferred on slight grounds.
PATRISTICAL * a. Of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers.
VIREO * n. Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color.
DONKEY * n. 1 The symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874. 2 Domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn.
ROWANBERRY * n. Decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree.
SOLUBILITY * n. 1 The quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution). 2 The property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve. 3 The quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid.
XXII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one. --s. Being two more than twenty.
MEGACYCLE * n. One million periods per second.
COSIGNATORY * --n. One of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration). --s. Signing jointly with others.
DEVOURING * s. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
DIPOGON * n. One species: Australian pea.
UNPROCESSED * --a. 1 Not refined or processed. 2 Not altered from an original or natural state. --s. Not treated or prepared by a special process.
SOLDIERLIKE * s. (of persons) Befitting a warrior.
PET-FOOD * n. Food prepared for animal pets.
CASTELESS * s. Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society.
SHEEPMAN * n. 1 A man who raises (or tends) sheep. 2 A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock.
PEACEFULLY * r. In a peaceful manner.
BERSERK * --n. One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury. --s. Wildly frenzied and out of control.
ARCHWAY * n. A passageway under a curved masonry construction.
FAMISHED * s. Extremely hungry.
PORIFERAN * n. Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies.
UNGRACEFULNESS * n. An unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression.
CROZIER * n. A staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office.
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems.
SHORTIA * n. Any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers.
SELF-INVOLVED * s. Absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc.
GLAUCONITE * n. A green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand.
TWITTER * --n. A series of chirps. --v. Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds.
GERYON * n. (Greek mythology) A mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules.
PHOTOSTAT * --n. 1 A photocopy made on a Photostat machine. 2 A duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper. --v. Make a copy by means of a Photostat device.
AKINESIA * n. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
LISLE * n. 1 A fabric woven with lisle thread. 2 A strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton).
SOCIOBIOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to sociobiology.
MUSCLEBUILDING * n. Exercise that builds muscles through tension.
AMOS * n. 1 A Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies.
CANACHITES * n. Spruce grouse.
NAY * --n. A negative. --r. Not this merely but also; not only so but.
REVERENTIAL * s. Feeling or manifesting veneration.
RECORDED * --a. Set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction. --s. (of securities) Having the owner's name entered in a register.
GRAYISH-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with grey.
CATHOLICISE * v. Cause to adopt Catholicism.
MICRO-ORGANISM * n. Any organism of microscopic size.
GUESTHOUSE * n. A house separate from the main house; for housing guests.
SHORING * n. 1 A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support. 2 The act of propping up with shores.
DROUGHT * n. 1 A shortage of rainfall. 2 A prolonged shortage.
ACTINOMETRIC * a. Of or related to actinometry.
ROTE * n. Memorization by repetition.
LARGER * s. Large or big relative to something else.
MEDIATED * s. Acting or brought about through an intervening agency.
DIMLY * r. 1 In a dim indistinct manner. 2 In a manner lacking interest or vitality. 3 With a dim light.
DENSELY * r. 1 In a stupid manner. 2 In a concentrated manner.
QUARRELSOMENESS * n. An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious.
SCHISMATICALLY * r. In a manner that is schismatic.
WORK-IN * n. Occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory.
CASEWORM * n. Insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body.
PARACLETE * n. The third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost.
DELPHINAPTERUS * n. White whale.
ANICTERIC * --a. Without jaundice. --s. Not affected by jaundice.
OPEN * --n. 1 A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water. 2 Where the air is unconfined. 3 A tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play. 4 Information that has become public. --v. 1 Cause to open or to become open. 2 Start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning. 3 Become open. 4 Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.. --a. 1 Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed. 2 Affording free passage or access. 3 Used of mouth or eyes. 4 (set theory) Of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints. --s. 1 With no protection or shield. 2 Open to or in view of all. 3 Not having been filled. 4 Accessible to all.
CALCIUM-CYANAMIDE * n. A compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds.
COMPLEX * --n. 1 A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts. 2 A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated. 3 (psychoanalysis) A combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior. 4 A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures. --a. Complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts. --s. Difficult to analyze or understand.
FIRE * --n. 1 The event of something burning (often destructive). 2 The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy. 3 The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke. 4 A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning. --v. 1 Start firing a weapon. 2 Cause to go off. 3 Bake in a kiln so as to harden. 4 Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
SARDINE * n. 1 Small fatty fish usually canned. 2 Any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned. 3 A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony. 4 Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring.
STUDENT * n. 1 A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution. 2 A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines.
PRESCRIPTIVISM * n. 1 (ethics) A doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior. 2 (linguistics) A doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics.
THESSALY * n. A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece.
BOMBARDIER * n. 1 A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. 2 The member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target.
EDITORIAL * --n. An article giving opinions or perspectives. --a. 1 Of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives. 2 Relating to or characteristic of an editor.
NIGHEST * r. (superlative of `near' or `close') Within the shortest distance.
BLANKETED * s. Covered with (or as if with) a blanket.
AMATUNGULU * n. Very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves.
COPYHOLDER * n. Mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor.
INDICATION * n. 1 Something that serves to indicate or suggest. 2 The act of indicating or pointing out by name. 3 (medicine) A reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure. 4 Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary.
PELLITORY-OF-SPAIN * n. A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache.
LIPPI * n. 1 Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504). 2 Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469).
PARGET * --n. Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys. --v. Apply ornamental plaster to.
STEER * --n. 1 An indication of potential opportunity. 2 Castrated bull. --v. 1 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 2 Direct (oneself) somewhere. 3 Be a guiding or motivating force or drive.
NON-INVERTIBLE * a. Not admitting an additive or multiplicative inverse.
MIT * n. An engineering university in Cambridge.
PIMOZIDE * n. The most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine.
BAWDYHOUSE * n. A building where prostitutes are available.
MOUSELIKE * s. Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse.
CONTRIBUTE * v. 1 Bestow a quality on. 2 Contribute to some cause. 3 Be conducive to. 4 Provide.
LUTEFISK * n. Dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency.
GEISHA * n. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
WIREWORM * n. Wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants.
ALERTNESS * n. 1 The process of paying close and continuous attention. 2 A state of readiness to respond. 3 Lively attentiveness.
OPPORTUNISM * n. Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others.
DAVIESIA * n. Genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods.
SWIZZLE * n. Any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice.
REPROVAL * n. An act or expression of criticism and censure.
GOING * --n. 1 The act of departing. 2 Euphemistic expressions for death. 3 Advancing toward a goal. --s. In full operation.
VULVITIS * n. Inflammation of the vulva.
MISCARRY * v. 1 Be unsuccessful. 2 Suffer a miscarriage.
NIGHTIE * n. Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
SPIRITUALLY * r. In a spiritual manner.
WITTING * --a. Aware or knowing. --s. Intentionally conceived.
GORKY * n. 1 Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts. 2 An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky.
PIPERIN * n. Derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper.
SVERIGE * n. A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
ACTABLE * a. Capable of being acted; suitable for the stage.
REFORMATIVE * s. Tending to reform.
KATMANDU * n. The capital and largest city of Nepal.
ANGELUS * n. 1 The sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited. 2 A prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation.
NERVY * s. 1 Being in a tense state. 2 Showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger. 3 Offensively bold.
DEHYDROGENATE * v. Remove hydrogen from.
DEVOLVE * v. 1 Pass on or delegate to another. 2 Be inherited by. 3 Grow worse.
ANDROGEN * n. Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics.
BRIDEGROOM * n. 1 A man who has recently been married. 2 A man participant in his own marriage ceremony.
RIVALROUS * s. Eager to surpass others.
CICINDELIDAE * n. Tiger beetles.
OLEOPHOBIC * a. Lacking affinity for oils.
WAITER * n. 1 A person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant). 2 A person who waits or awaits.
CAESALPINIA * n. Small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana.
EOLITHIC * --n. The earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture. --a. Of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths).
FREE-LIVING * s. Not parasitic on another organism.
MODIOLUS * n. The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea.
BUTTERFISH * n. 1 Any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin. 2 Small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines. 3 Slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters.
HALVE * v. Divide by two; divide into halves.
NAIKI * n. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
DEMINERALISE * v. Remove the minerals or salts from.
SEAWEED * n. Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae.
SHIELDER * n. A person who cares for persons or property.
EPIPHENOMENON * n. A secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon.
WORKBAG * n. Container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing).
UHF * n. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
WELLNESS * n. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
OFFERTORY * n. 1 The offerings of the congregation at a religious service. 2 The part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God.
SWITCHMAN * n. A man who operates railroad switches.
PLUGGER * n. Someone who is an active supporter and advocate.
ICEMAN * n. 1 Someone who cuts and delivers ice. 2 A professional killer.
PEDICULUS * n. Type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans.
ALINE * v. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.
CANNULISE * v. Introduce a cannula or tube into.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT * n. A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response.
MUSHY * s. 1 Having the consistency of mush. 2 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
BARBU * n. Found along western Atlantic coast.
PURDAH * n. 1 A state of social isolation. 2 The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded. 3 A screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers.
BANKSIA * n. Any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds.
BLACKBERRY-LILY * n. Garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry.
COCKATRICE * n. Monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance.
PLOVER * n. Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers.
KAMARUPAN * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma.
CROSS-EXAMINATION * n. (law) Close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination.
MEMENTO * n. A reminder of past events.
UNLOADED * a. (of weapons) Not charged with ammunition.
BRAQUE * n. French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963).
SLINK * v. Walk stealthily.
RHIZOPHORACEAE * n. Trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts.
NERVILY * r. In a brash cheeky manner.
THIODIPHENYLAMINE * n. A compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites.
CONVINCE * v. Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something.
UPSETTING * s. Causing an emotional disturbance.
ARRESTER * n. A restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
KENYAPITHECUS * n. Extinct primate having powerful chewing muscles along with large molars and small incisors; fossils found in Kenya.
TNT * n. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
CHAIRPERSON * n. The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.
CATTLEYA * n. Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known.
YANGTZE * n. The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai.
H.P. * n. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
COUNTERDEMONSTRATOR * n. Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration.
BREVICIPITIDAE * n. Narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide.
FORMALLY * r. 1 With official authorization. 2 In a formal manner.
UPTOWN * --n. A residential part of town away from the central commercial district. --a. Of or located in the upper part of a town. --r. Toward or in the upper part of town.
BASSIA * n. Summer cypress.
PROCURABLE * s. Capable of being obtained.
BLATE * --v. Cry plaintively. --s. Disposed to avoid notice.
RUDDY * s. 1 Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life. 2 Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
PACKAGE * --n. 1 A collection of things wrapped or boxed together. 2 A wrapped container. 3 (computer science) Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory. --v. Put into a box.
LOOTER * n. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
BODDHISATVA * n. Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others.
CREATINE * n. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction.
EUTHANASIA * n. The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness).
MONTERREY * n. An industrial city in northeastern Mexico.
POTION * n. A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage.
DEROGATE * v. Cause to seem less serious; play down.
PROWLER * n. Someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions.
MOP-HEADED * s. (of trees) Having a bushy top without a leader.
RAINIER * n. A mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high).
DARWINISM * n. A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection.
PANELING * n. A panel or section of panels in a wall or door.
SCOUSER * n. A native or resident of Liverpool.
TWADDLER * n. Someone who twaddles; someone who writes or talks twaddle.
TOPOLOGICALLY * r. From the point of view of topology.
ATTACHMENT * n. 1 A feeling of affection for a person or an institution. 2 A supplementary part or accessory. 3 A writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding. 4 A connection that fastens things together.
GLIMMER * --n. 1 A flash of light (especially reflected light). 2 A slight suggestion or vague understanding. --v. Shine brightly, like a star or a light.
ASKING * n. The verbal act of requesting.
PROGRESSIVISM * n. The political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society.
BURNOOSE * n. A long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors.
41 * s. Being one more than forty.
MIAOW * --n. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this). --v. Make a cat-like sound.
TELOPEA * n. Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs.
ESTUARIAL * a. Of or relating to or found in estuaries.
ANIMATRONICS * n. The construction of robots to look like animals (developed for Disneyland).
UPWARDLY * r. Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position.
VALIDNESS * n. The quality of having legal force or effectiveness.
SLOVAKIA * n. A landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from the Czech Republic in 1993.
ACAUDAL * a. Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
LIVABLE * a. Fit or suitable to live in or with.
MANOEUVER * v. 1 Act in order to achieve a certain goal. 2 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 3 Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
CZAR * n. 1 A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917). 2 A person having great power.
NITROBACTERIA * n. Soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates.
UNCOUPLE * v. Disconnect or separate.
MINESHAFT * n. Excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine.
REDUCTIVE * s. Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment.
DECIMATE * v. 1 Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies. 2 Kill in large numbers.
STALL * --n. 1 A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed. 2 Small area set off by walls for special use. 3 A booth where articles are displayed for sale. 4 A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge. --v. 1 Postpone doing what one should be doing. 2 Come to a stop. 3 Deliberately delay an event or action. 4 Put into, or keep in, a stall.
CHAMPION * --n. 1 Someone who has won first place in a competition. 2 Someone who fights for a cause. 3 A person who backs a politician or a team etc.. 4 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. --v. Protect or fight for as a champion. --s. Holding first place in a contest.
MENDICANCY * n. 1 The state of being a beggar or mendicant. 2 A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).
PRELATE * n. A senior clergyman and dignitary.
FREEMAIL * n. A service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising.
SHREWDNESS * n. Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).
CARNALIZE * v. 1 Represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture. 2 Ascribe to an origin in sensation. 3 Debase through carnal gratification.
NUTRITIVE * s. Of or providing nourishment.
BENNETTITIS * n. Type of the Bennettitales.
FOUR-PETALED * s. (of flowers) Having four petals.
UNLAWFUL * --s. 1 Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. 2 Not morally right or permissible. 3 Having no legally established claim. 4 Contrary to or forbidden by law. --a. Contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law.
HAPSBURG * n. A royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806.
ARTIFACTUAL * a. Of or relating to artifacts.
OILSEED * n. Any of several seeds that yield oil.
CONCHA * n. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
DARK-FRUITED * s. Bearing dark fruit.
MONOPOLIZE * v. 1 Have and control fully and exclusively. 2 Have or exploit a monopoly of.
UNDERSTANDINGLY * r. With understanding.
HEMIMETABOLISM * n. Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects.
MASQUERADER * n. A participant in a masquerade.
ARBORACEOUS * s. Abounding in trees.
LIMP * --n. The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg. --v. 1 Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. 2 Proceed slowly or with difficulty. --s. 1 Without energy or will. 2 Lacking or having lost rigidity.
PECTORALIS * n. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
GEOPHILUS * n. Type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs.
PREPUCE * n. 1 A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris. 2 A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.
PACHYDERMA * n. Thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction.
FLAG-WAVER * n. An extreme bellicose nationalist.
ERRANCY * n. 1 (Christianity) Holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility. 2 Fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err.
NONPROTRACTILE * a. Not extensile.
COINCIDENCE * n. 1 An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. 2 The quality of occupying the same position or area in space. 3 The temporal property of two things happening at the same time.
PROSPEROUS * s. 1 In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich. 2 Very lively and profitable. 3 Marked by peace and prosperity. 4 Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome.
FMRI * n. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
DOS * n. 1 The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies. 2 An operating system that is on a disk.
MILLIONTH * --n. 1 Position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in a million equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one million in counting order.
KERATALGIA * n. Pain in the cornea.
REFIT * --n. Outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts). --v. Fit out again.
YAKETY-YAK * n. Noisy talk.
SCLEREDEMA * n. A skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face.
ACAUDATE * a. Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
SAGE-GREEN * s. Of the grey-green color of sage leaves.
COMPARATIVE * --n. The comparative form of an adjective or adverb. --a. 1 Relating to or based on or involving comparison. 2 Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete.
WINDMILL * n. 1 A mill that is powered by the wind. 2 Generator that extracts usable energy from winds.
STOVER * n. The dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested.
PHOSPHOCREATINE * n. An organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction.
SHOE-SHOP * n. A shop where shoes are sold.
INTERNMENT * n. 1 Confinement during wartime. 2 The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison). 3 Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.
VINOUS * a. Of or relating to wine.
CHARACIN * n. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
ARROW-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf shape) Like an arrow head without flaring base lobes.
SERFHOOD * n. The state of a serf.
SINGE * --n. A surface burn. --v. 1 Burn superficially or lightly. 2 Become superficially burned.
SELF-FERTILIZATION * n. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual.
EIGHTIETH * --n. Position 80 in a countable series of things. --s. The ordinal number of eighty in counting order.
BARKEEPER * n. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
ANKYLOSIS * n. Abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint.
THYROTROPHIN * n. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
SPOKANE * n. A city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border.
LONG-SHANKED * s. Having long legs.
MISHEGAAS * n. (Yiddish) Craziness; senseless behavior or activity.
ALLOTROPY * n. The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms.
THALASSAEMIA * n. An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin.
PRISSY * s. 1 Exaggeratedly proper. 2 Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
XIPHIIDAE * n. Comprising the common swordfishes.
EXASPERATINGLY * r. In an exasperating manner.
WALLER * n. United States jazz musician (1904-1943).
BETRAY * v. 1 Reveal unintentionally. 2 Deliver to an enemy by treachery. 3 Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake. 4 Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
CRYPTOGRAPH * n. 1 A secret method of writing. 2 A piece of writing in code or cipher. 3 A device for deciphering codes and ciphers.
FLOGGING * n. Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
DOODLE * --n. An aimless drawing. --v. Make a doodle; draw aimlessly.
RESEARCHER * n. A scientist who devotes himself to doing research.
POMOLOGIST * n. Someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees.
ANCISTRODON * n. Copperheads.
ANTHROPOGENIC * a. Of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings.
STOICAL * s. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive.
KNOWN * a. Apprehended with certainty.
RIGIDLY * r. In a rigid manner.
GOING-OVER * n. 1 A careful and thorough inspection. 2 A severe scolding.
CARBONOUS * a. Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
ILLEGALITY * n. Unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute.
MASSIVELY * r. To a massive degree or in a massive manner.
AFFECTION * n. A positive feeling of liking.
SELF-HEAL * n. Decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America.
FLURBIPROFEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
POCKMARK * --n. A scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease. --v. Mark with or as if with pockmarks.
CARPENTRY * n. The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood.
TROLLER * n. A fisherman who uses a hook and line.
KATTEGATT * n. A strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak.
DISORGANIZATION * n. 1 A condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted. 2 The disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion.
UNDERWAY * s. Currently in progress.
BLADDERWORT * n. Any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals.
AGGRAVATED * s. 1 Made more severe or intense especially in law. 2 Incited, especially deliberately, to anger.
UNSUBMISSIVE * a. Not servile or submissive.
FATHER-FIGURE * n. A man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically.
MACULATION * n. 1 A small contrasting part of something. 2 The act of spotting or staining something.
BEMIRE * v. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
APOCYNACEOUS * a. Of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae.
TADARIDA * n. Freetail bats.
ELEPHANT-TUSK * n. Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.
INCONGRUITY * n. The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate.
CANNONBALL * n. A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon.
SUB-ROSA * s. Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially.
RHIZOME * n. A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.
EQUIPOISE * n. Equality of distribution.
COURSE * --n. 1 Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings. 2 A connected series of events or actions or developments. 3 General line of orientation. 4 A mode of action. --v. 1 Move swiftly through or over. 2 Move along, of liquids. 3 Hunt with hounds. --r. As might be expected.
DISFRANCHISEMENT * n. The discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote.
PASIGRAPHY * n. An artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas.
SAWFLY * n. Insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant.
OSTEOLOGER * n. An anatomist who is skilled is osteology.
DEMUR * --n. (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings. --v. 1 Take exception to. 2 Enter a demurrer.
AMPHISTYLAR * s. 1 Having columns either at both ends or at both sides. 2 Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure.
IMMODERATENESS * n. The quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation.
PAPERBOARD * n. A cardboard suitable for making posters.
NUCLEON * n. A constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus.
AUTOMATISM * n. Any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy).
JACKFRUIT * n. 1 East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds. 2 Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted.
OXYURA * n. Ruddy duck.
INCORRECTNESS * n. 1 Lack of conformity to social expectations. 2 The quality of not conforming to fact or truth.
ESTHETICALLY * r. In a tasteful way.
UNPERSUADED * s. Not converted.
GEREA * n. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
UNDERSTANDING * --n. 1 The cognitive condition of someone who understands. 2 The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises. 3 An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion. 4 The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination. --s. Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy.
MANKIND * n. All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
MILKMAN * n. Someone who delivers milk.
FLEDGELING * --n. 1 Any new participant in some activity. 2 Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying. --s. (of a young bird) Having acquired its flight feathers.
RADIOCHLORINE * n. A radioactive isotope of chlorine.
OUTBRAVE * v. 1 Resist bravely. 2 Be braver than.
ENEMY * n. 1 An opposing military force. 2 An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force). 3 Any hostile group of people. 4 A personal enemy.
SYNECDOCHICAL * s. Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it.
SCROPHULARIA * n. Type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts.
LANTHANIDE * n. Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).
CLADDING * n. A protective covering that protects the outside of a building.
MINAH * n. Tropical Asian starlings.
APLITIC * a. Of or related to aplite.
LITERALLY * r. 1 In a literal sense. 2 (intensifier before a figurative expression) Without exaggeration.
JUMBO * s. Of great mass; huge and bulky.
LEG-PULL * n. As a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true.
MISGIVE * v. Suggest fear or doubt.
CULTIVATE * v. 1 Foster the growth of. 2 Prepare for crops. 3 Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. 4 Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
STATER * n. 1 Any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece. 2 A resident of a particular state or group of states.
RIBIER * n. Dark reddish-purple table grape of California.
JAYWALK * v. Cross the road at a red light.
POTATION * n. 1 A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg. 2 The act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink).
HYDRUS * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near the south celestial pole.
HEPATOCARCINOMA * n. Carcinoma of the liver.
STRAIGHTEN * v. 1 Straighten up or out; make straight. 2 Make straight. 3 Get up from a sitting or slouching position. 4 Put (things or places) in order.
HOLDOUT * n. 1 A negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms. 2 A refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal. 3 The act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later.
SNOBBISHLY * r. In a snobbish manner.
CHOREOGRAPHY * n. 1 A show involving artistic dancing. 2 The representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes. 3 A notation used by choreographers.
HUMOR * --n. 1 A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. 2 The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous. 3 A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. 4 The quality of being funny. --v. Put into a good mood.
ANCESTRY * n. 1 The descendants of one individual. 2 Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.
FEATHER-FOIL * n. A plant of the genus Hottonia.
IAPETUS * n. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
QINDARKA * n. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania.
TRANSPARENTLY * r. 1 So as to be easily understood or seen through. 2 So as to allow the passage of light.
UNSPORTSMANLIKE * s. Violating accepted standards or rules.
MYCOPLASMATALES * n. Coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae.
TONELESS * a. Lacking in tone or expression.
BELITTLED * s. Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth).
BESTIALISE * v. Make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to.
PRECIPITANCE * n. The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
HELSINGFORS * n. The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center.
OPHTHALMOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases.
DIASTEMA * n. A gap or vacant space between two teeth.
PANTHEIST * --n. Someone who believes that God and the universe are the same. --a. Of or relating to pantheism.
NEVER-NEVER * n. 1 Installment plan. 2 The remote outback of Australia; unpopulated desert country.
ROSY-PURPLE * s. Of purple with a rose tinge.
MANSION * n. 1 (astrology) One of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. 2 A large and imposing house.
SCRATCHPAD * n. (computer science) A high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information.
DESPONDENTLY * r. With desperation.
CITLALTEPETL * n. An extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet).
RICKEY * n. A mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor.
TOPEKA * n. The capital of the state of Kansas; located in eastern Kansas on the Kansas river.
PERIMETER * n. 1 The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary. 2 A line enclosing a plane areas. 3 The size of something as given by the distance around it.
TWO-LIPPED * s. Having two lips.
TREBUCHET * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
COMMONNESS * n. 1 The state of being that is commonly observed. 2 The quality of lacking taste and refinement. 3 Ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace. 4 Sharing of common attributes.
MAPLE-LEAF * n. The emblem of Canada.
FASCIOLIASIS * n. Infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot.
CLATTERY * s. A rattling sound as of hard things striking together.
SHONA * --n. 1 A member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe. 2 A Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas.
SATIRIZE * v. Ridicule with satire.
GOODLY * s. Large in amount or extent or degree.
SNIVELER * n. A person who breathes audibly through a congested nose.
MULTISTOREY * s. Having more than one story.
CHIFFON * n. A sheer fabric of silk or rayon.
DISGUSTEDLY * r. With disgust.
HEXAGON * n. A six-sided polygon.
HEMIMETABOLOUS * s. (of an insect with aquatic young) Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.
WAYFARING * --n. Traveling (especially on foot). --s. Traveling especially on foot.
LITHOGRAPHER * n. A printmaker who uses lithography.
LEATHER-LEAVED * s. Having leathery leaves.
NONSOCIAL * s. Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies.
GREY * --n. 1 United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939). 2 Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554). 3 Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845). 4 Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey. --v. 1 Make grey. 2 Turn grey. --s. 1 Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black. 2 Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. 3 Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms). 4 Intermediate in character or position.
HARTE * n. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
SLINGING * n. Throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling).
CYPRIPEDIUM * n. Genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum.
GRANULIFEROUS * a. Producing or full of granules.
PANDER * --n. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce). --v. 1 Yield (to); give satisfaction to. 2 Arrange for sexual partners for others.
COMPUNCTION * n. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
TELENCEPHALON * n. The anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus.
BIRR * --n. 1 The basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents. 2 Sound of something in rapid motion. --v. Make a soft swishing sound.
BRINDED * s. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
SECKEL * n. Small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear.
ACANTHOID * s. Shaped like a spine or thorn.
TALIPES * n. Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes.
ALPHABETISATION * n. The act of putting in alphabetical order.
PENOLOGY * n. The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation.
MEDICAID * n. Health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program.
GLAMORIZE * v. 1 Interpret romantically. 2 Make glamorous and attractive.
EIGHTPENNY * s. Used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long.
PURIST * n. Someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words).
CHILD * n. 1 A young person of either sex. 2 A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age. 3 An immature childish person. 4 A member of a clan or tribe.
STRUNG * a. That is on a string.
BELEMNITIDAE * n. Family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods.
RETAILING * n. The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers.
ECHINOCOCCOSIS * n. Infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms).
SMALLNESS * n. 1 The property of having a relatively small size. 2 The property of being a relatively small amount. 3 The property of having relatively little strength or vigor. 4 Lack of generosity in trifling matters.
CATAPLASIA * n. (biology) Degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form.
DARFUR * n. An impoverished region of western Sudan.
DEVILISHLY * r. 1 As a devil; in an evil manner. 2 In a playfully devilish manner. 3 (used as intensives) Extremely.
QUISCALUS * n. Grackles.
ALS * n. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs.
PHIZ * n. 1 English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882). 2 The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
ROWING * n. The act of rowing as a sport.
CITRIC * a. Of or related to citric acid.
TSS * n. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons.
BOOTJACK * n. Has V-shaped notch for pulling off boots.
ORTHOGRAPHY * n. A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols.
QUILT * --n. Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. --v. 1 Stitch or sew together. 2 Create by stitching together.
BROTHERLY * --a. Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother. --r. (archaic as adverb) In a brotherly manner.
DUCKY * n. A special loved one.
CONCEPCION * n. An industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago.
LURK * v. 1 Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner. 2 Be about. 3 Wait in hiding to attack.
ISOLATE * v. 1 Place or set apart. 2 Obtain in pure form. 3 Set apart from others. 4 Separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them.
CATECHESIS * n. Oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation).
REPORTER * n. A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.
ODD * --a. Not divisible by two. --s. 1 Not easily explained. 2 An indefinite quantity more than that specified. 3 Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. 4 Of the remaining member of a pair.
LOCOMOTOR * a. Of or relating to locomotion.
AUSPICIOUSNESS * n. The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result.
SCULLER * n. Someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward).
TARIFF * --n. A government tax on imports or exports. --v. Charge a tariff.
HIERATICAL * a. Associated with the priesthood or priests.
JIBBOOM * n. A spar that extends the bowsprit.
BOTTLENOSE * n. 1 Any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean. 2 Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
JAGANNATH * n. An avatar of Vishnu.
TASTING * n. 1 A small amount (especially of food or wine). 2 A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. 3 Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
DISCREPANCY * n. 1 A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. 2 An event that departs from expectations.
DORADO * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
WEEK * n. 1 Any period of seven consecutive days. 2 Hours or days of work in a calendar week. 3 A period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday.
DOXOLOGY * n. A hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God.
POLYPLACOPHORA * n. Small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura.
GINGER * --n. 1 Perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems. 2 Dried ground gingerroot. 3 Pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery. 4 Liveliness and energy. --v. Add ginger to in order to add flavor. --s. (used especially of hair or fur) Having a bright orange-brown color.
ERECTILE * s. 1 Capable of being raised to an upright position. 2 Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood.
NYSTAN * n. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes.
ANTILOGARITHM * n. The number of which a given number is the logarithm.
HUTMENT * n. An encampment of huts (chiefly military).
BRATISLAVA * n. Capital and largest city of Slovakia.
DIARCHY * n. A form of government having two joint rulers.
CROSSTIE * n. One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.
AIRFLOW * n. The flow of air.
UVULAR * a. Of or relating to or associated with the uvula.
SYLVINE * n. A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds.
SULFACETAMIDE * n. A topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections.
INTUMESCENCY * n. 1 Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion). 2 The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).
MUSTELID * n. Fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals.
NITRIC * a. Of or containing nitrogen.
PRECIPITIN * n. An antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen.
LEPIOTA * n. Any fungus of the genus Lepiota.
SHOELESS * s. Without shoes.
DETAILED * s. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
PULSING * n. (electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).
PHENOTYPIC * a. Of or relating to or constituting a phenotype.
MUNDANITY * n. 1 The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment. 2 The quality of being commonplace and ordinary.
DONATIST * --n. An adherent of Donatism. --a. Of or relating to Donatism.
TOBEY * n. United States abstract painter influenced by oriental calligraphy (1890-1976).
BUTTRESSED * s. Held up by braces or buttresses.
TWELFTH * --n. 1 Position 12 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in twelve equal parts. --s. Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position.
SELF-SUSTAINED * s. Needing no outside support.
FINGER-POINTING * n. The imputation of blame.
PI-MESON * n. A meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision.
ELEMENT * n. 1 An abstract part of something. 2 An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system. 3 Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter. 4 The most favorable environment for a plant or animal.
OUTMODED * s. Out of fashion.
ANEMOMETRICAL * a. Pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction.
STANHOPEA * n. Any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil.
VESICARIA * n. Small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods.
HEAR * v. 1 Perceive (sound) via the auditory sense. 2 Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. 3 Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process. 4 Receive a communication from someone.
FIBROCALCIFIC * a. Involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue.
NEIGH * --n. The characteristic sounds made by a horse. --v. Make a characteristic sound, of a horse.
BRIQUETTE * n. A block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel.
STARVE * v. 1 Be hungry; go without food. 2 Die of food deprivation. 3 Deprive of food. 4 Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
NEWSSHEET * n. Report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group.
APPETENT * s. Marked by eager desire.
ICONOSCOPE * n. The first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin.
SILVERSWORD * n. Low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem.
ESSENTIAL * --n. Anything indispensable. --s. 1 Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary. 2 Of the greatest importance. --a. 1 Basic and fundamental. 2 Being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc. 3 Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established.
FORGIVINGNESS * n. Tendency to be kind and forgiving.
RAOULIA * n. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia.
LIGAND * n. A substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom.
FIXINGS * n. 1 Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking. 2 The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity).
CYTIDINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose.
SUPERANNUATION * n. 1 A monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work. 2 The property of being out of date and not current. 3 The act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension).
COINSURE * v. Take out coinsurance.
ABKHAZ * --n. 1 A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea. 2 An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability. 3 Circassian people living east of the Black Sea. --a. Of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language.
BEARWOOD * n. Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada.
SOUL-DESTROYING * s. Destructive to the spirit or soul.
THIRTY * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and three. --s. Being ten more than twenty.
INSTRUCTIVE * a. Serving to instruct or enlighten or inform.
TERRITORIALIZE * v. 1 Organize as a territory. 2 Place on a territorial basis. 3 Extend by adding territory.
RUTTY * s. Full of ruts.
OCTUPLE * s. Having eight units or components.
OBSERVING * s. Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception.
SOLARISATION * n. Exposure to the rays of the sun.
SCREWING * n. Slang for sexual intercourse.
VERANDAH * n. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
MACOWANITES * n. A stout-stemmed genus of fungus belonging to the family Secotiaceae having fruiting bodies that never expand completely.
PIPRIDAE * n. Manakins.
ATOMIZE * v. 1 Spray very finely. 2 Strike at with firepower or bombs. 3 Break up into small particles.
BEAUGREGORY * n. A blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies.
JOKESTER * n. A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes.
FEINT * --n. Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack). --v. Deceive by a mock action.
CONJURER * n. 1 Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. 2 A witch doctor who practices conjury.
EXPEDITIOUSNESS * n. The property of being prompt and efficient.
DISCONTENTEDNESS * n. A longing for something better than the present situation.
BRISTLETAIL * n. Small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail.
HUNDRED-AND-FIFTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred fifty in counting order.
STOPPLE * --n. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly. --v. Close or secure with or as if with a stopper.
MULLOWAY * n. Large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre.
ARAGON * n. 1 French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982). 2 A region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I).
CHARTERHOUSE * n. A Carthusian monastery.
KLEPTOMANIA * n. An irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive.
BONESET * n. 1 European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America. 2 Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.
NOMINALIST * n. A philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism.
PHILTER * n. A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
SERAX * n. A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.
DEDICATED * a. 1 Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose. 2 Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose.
APPROVE * v. 1 Give sanction to. 2 Judge to be right or commendable; think well of.
TROGONIFORMES * n. Trogons.
IMPUDENCE * n. 1 An impudent statement. 2 The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties.
VOYEURISTICALLY * r. Like a voyeur.
CHAMPOLLION * n. Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832).
POWDER * --n. 1 A solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized. 2 A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks. 3 Any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder. --v. 1 Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust. 2 Apply powder to.
SAGO * n. Powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener.
MEGALITHIC * a. Of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths.
REFORGE * v. Cast or model anew.
AHISTORICAL * a. Unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition.
STEAM-HEAT * v. Heat by means of steam.
SYNOVIUM * n. A thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid.
INVOLVEMENT * n. 1 The act of sharing in the activities of a group. 2 A connection of inclusion or containment. 3 A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something. 4 A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
FORELAND * n. 1 A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). 2 Land forming the forward margin of something.
RACHITIC * s. Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets.
PUNCTUALLY * r. At the expected or proper time.
DURANT * n. United States historian (1885-1981).
TREMELLACEAE * n. A family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally.
MENTUM * n. 1 A projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids. 2 The protruding part of the lower jaw. 3 A projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin.
BRANCHLESS * a. Having no branches.
24/7 * n. Uptime is 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
UNWISHED * s. Not welcome.
MACROCOSMIC * a. Relating to or constituting a macrocosm.
ACCOMPANIED * a. 1 Having companions or an escort. 2 Playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment.
TRANSITIVITY * n. 1 (logic and mathematics) A relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third. 2 The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb.
EAGERLY * r. With eagerness; in an eager manner.
EMDA * n. Therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues.
IMPUTABLE * s. Capable of being assigned or credited to.
ATARAXIA * n. Peace of mind.
UNIONIDAE * n. Freshwater mussels found worldwide.
FLATBOAT * n. A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
CLAYEY * --a. Resembling or containing clay. --s. (used of soil) Compact and fine-grained.
GANGSAW * n. A power saw that has several parallel blades making simultaneous cuts.
ANTITOXIC * s. Counteracting a toxin or poison.
COMPASS * --n. 1 Navigational instrument for finding directions. 2 An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. 3 The limit of capability. 4 Drafting instrument used for drawing circles. --v. 1 Bring about; accomplish. 2 Travel around, either by plane or ship. 3 Get the meaning of something.
LINKSMAN * n. Someone who plays the game of golf.
REINTERPRETATION * n. 1 A new or different meaning. 2 A new or different interpretation.
UNDISCOURAGED * s. Not deterred.
CAMELPOX * n. A viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox.
BULLY * --n. 1 A cruel and brutal fellow. 2 A hired thug. --v. 1 Be bossy towards. 2 Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. --s. Very good.
WIGMAKER * n. Someone who makes and sells wigs.
DISPARATENESS * n. Utter dissimilarity.
QUINIDEX * n. Cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias.
EMCEE * --n. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers). --v. Act as a master of ceremonies.
PTERION * n. The craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle.
TINEOLA * n. Webbing clothes moths.
HOOFPRINT * n. A visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal.
COYDOG * n. Offspring of a coyote and a dog.
ARCHIVE * --n. A depository containing historical records and documents. --v. Put into an archive.
TOWNER * n. A resident of a town or city.
DOURAH * n. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
ACCOMPANY * v. 1 Be present or associated with an event or entity. 2 Go or travel along with. 3 Perform an accompaniment to. 4 Be a companion to somebody.
TIME-HONORED * s. 1 Acceptable for a long time. 2 Honored because of age or long usage.
OVERSUBSCRIBED * s. Sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets.
SPRING-CLEAN * v. Thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year.
RESURGENT * s. Rising again as to new life and vigor.
WAIT * --n. 1 Time during which some action is awaited. 2 The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something). --v. 1 Stay in one place and anticipate or expect something. 2 Wait before acting. 3 Look forward to the probable occurrence of. 4 Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
YATAGHAN * n. A long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge.
THEORIZATION * n. The production or use of theories.
SHAN * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
EQUISETATAE * n. Horsetails and related forms.
RENAISSANCE * n. 1 The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries. 2 The revival of learning and culture.
LARGE-GRAINED * s. Not having a fine texture.
CADETSHIP * n. The position of cadet.
COIGNE * n. 1 Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase. 2 The keystone of an arch.
SECOND * --n. 1 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 An indefinitely short time. 3 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield. 4 A particular point in time. --v. 1 Give support or one's approval to. 2 Transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment. --s. Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude. --a. A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first. --r. In the second place.
NOTICER * n. 1 Someone who takes notice. 2 Someone who gives formal notice.
SEARED * s. Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat.
CAVEAT * n. 1 A warning against certain acts. 2 (law) A formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing.
PROPOSITION * --n. 1 (logic) A statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. 2 A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection. 3 An offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors). 4 The act of making a proposal. --v. Suggest sex to.
M3 * n. A measure of the money supply; M2 plus deposits at institutions that are not banks (such as savings and loan associations).
BATTERING * n. The act of subjecting to strong attack.
IRRIDENTA * n. A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another.
BORIC * a. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
PHILIP * n. Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921).
OMERTA * n. A code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities.
BIRLE * v. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
UNEXTENDED * a. Not extended or stretched out.
CYTOPLASMIC * a. Of or relating to cytoplasm.
PROBLEMATICALLY * r. In such a way as to pose a problem.
UNWARILY * r. Without heed or caution.
BRINKMANSHIP * n. The policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster (to the limits of safety).
AVERAGE * --n. 1 A statistic describing the location of a distribution. 2 (sports) The ratio of successful performances to opportunities. 3 An intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual. --v. 1 Amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain. 2 Achieve or reach on average. 3 Compute the average of. --s. 1 Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value. 2 Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered. 3 Lacking exceptional quality or ability. 4 Around the middle of a scale of evaluation.
DESIGNATUM * n. Something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression.
TINSMITH * n. Someone who makes or repairs tinware.
TUMOR * n. An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
BOMBARDMENT * n. 1 The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). 2 The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target. 3 The act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays). 4 An attack by dropping bombs.
LITHOGRAPHY * n. 1 A method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface. 2 The act of making a lithographic print.
ACENTRIC * --a. Lacking a centromere. --s. Not centered or having no center.
HUMBLE * --v. 1 Cause to be unpretentious. 2 Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. --s. 1 Low or inferior in station or quality. 2 Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work). 3 Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense). --a. Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.
DARWIN * n. 1 English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882). 2 Provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia.
RUPTUREWORT * n. Common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures.
EXTREMITY * n. 1 An external body part that projects from the body. 2 An extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease). 3 The greatest or utmost degree. 4 The outermost or farthest region or point.
DOUALA * n. The largest city of Cameroon.
SIDESTROKE * n. A swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick.
CROSS-BANDED * s. (of snakes) Having crossing bands on the back.
SHENYANG * n. A city in northeastern China.
EXEMPLAR * n. Something to be imitated.
ASCENDING * --n. The act of changing location in an upward direction. --a. Moving or going or growing upward.
HELIOPSIS * n. Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
MICKEY * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Irish descent.
VACCINA * n. A local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar.
HIGHFALUTING * s. Affectedly genteel.
LEBISTES * n. Guppies.
PARKY * s. Appreciably or disagreeably cold.
NOURISHING * s. Of or providing nourishment.
SCREED * n. 1 A long monotonous harangue. 2 A long piece of writing. 3 An accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.
ALTOCUMULUS * n. A cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles.
ALUMNUS * n. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
RELIABILITY * n. The quality of being dependable or reliable.
DEWY-EYED * s. Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
ABBEY * n. 1 A church associated with a monastery or convent. 2 A convent ruled by an abbess. 3 A monastery ruled by an abbot.
EDIBLE * --n. Any substance that can be used as food. --a. Suitable for use as food.
WINLESS * s. Having no wins.
NOTORIOUSLY * r. To a notorious degree.
ISLAMIZE * v. 1 Cause to conform to Islamic law. 2 Convert to Islam.
FINDING * n. 1 The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation. 2 The decision of a court on issues of fact or law. 3 Something that is found.
PEDAGOGY * n. 1 The principles and methods of instruction. 2 The profession of a teacher. 3 The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.
WALK * --n. 1 The act of traveling by foot. 2 (baseball) An advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. 3 Manner of walking. 4 The act of walking somewhere. --v. 1 Use one's feet to advance; advance by steps. 2 Accompany or escort. 3 Obtain a base on balls. 4 Traverse or cover by walking.
COLLATION * n. 1 A light informal meal. 2 Assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence. 3 Careful examination and comparison to note points of disagreement.
INORGANICALLY * r. Not involving carbon compounds.
VASARELY * n. French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997).
ANOMY * n. 1 Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation. 2 Lack of moral standards in a society.
NICOLSON * n. English diplomat and author (1886-1968).
DETRIBALIZATION * n. 1 The act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living. 2 The decline or termination of tribal organization.
GESTATE * v. 1 Have the idea for. 2 Be pregnant with.
DZIGGETAI * n. Mongolian wild ass.
QUIETISM * n. A form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God.
CARILLON * n. 1 Set of bells hung in a bell tower. 2 Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower.
CAZIQUE * n. Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics.
SONNET * --n. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme. --v. 1 Praise in a sonnet. 2 Compose a sonnet.
HIGHLY-SEXED * s. Having excessive sexual desire or appeal.
SENEGAL * n. A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960.
CREATIVE * --a. Having the ability or power to create. --s. Promoting construction or creation.
AMORIST * n. One dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love.
JINGLY * s. Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells.
DRIED * s. 1 Not still wet. 2 Preserved by removing natural moisture.
QUANTIFICATION * n. 1 A limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no'). 2 The act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something.
HUNCHBACK * n. 1 An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column. 2 A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
INSOMUCH * r. To such an extent or degree; so.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY * n. Branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions.
GIRAFFE * n. Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.
MOPPING * n. Cleaning with a mop.
MONSTERA * n. 1 Any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants. 2 Tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor.
STANDSTILL * n. 1 A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. 2 An interruption of normal activity.
LECYTHIDACEAE * n. Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins.
STAPHYLACEAE * n. A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone.
ALMA-ATA * n. The largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998.
NATURALIZED * s. 1 Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation. 2 Planted so as to give an effect of wild growth.
TOLE * n. Enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century.
EXSANGUINOUS * s. Destitute of blood or apparently so.
THURBER * n. United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961).
WORKAHOLIC * n. Person with a compulsive need to work.
EXECRATION * n. 1 Hate coupled with disgust. 2 An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. 3 The object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated.
DIATHESIS * n. Constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality.
VOLATILISE * v. Make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor.
CHLORPROMAZINE * n. A drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer.
LOVINGLY * r. With fondness; with love.
GOAD * --n. 1 A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion. 2 A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something. --v. 1 Give heart or courage to. 2 Urge with or as if with a goad. 3 Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick. 4 Annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism.
GO-AHEAD * n. 1 A signal to proceed. 2 Readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
CROSSROAD * n. A junction where one street or road crosses another.
BUTTINSKY * n. A meddler who tends to butt in.
BIRETTA * n. A stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy.
ACTUATE * v. 1 Put in motion or move to act. 2 Give an incentive for action.
GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND * n. Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta.
POOL * --n. 1 An excavation that is (usually) filled with water. 2 A small lake. 3 An organization of people or resources that can be shared. 4 An association of companies for some definite purpose. --v. 1 Combine into a common fund. 2 Join or form a pool of people.
NUMINOUS * --s. Evincing the presence of a deity. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a numen.
SCHEMOZZLE * n. (Yiddish) A confused situation or affair; a mess.
ENTICE * v. Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
WISHFULLY * r. In a wishful manner.
VANCOMYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections.
CALLER * --n. 1 A social or business visitor. 2 An investor who buys a call option. 3 The bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands. 4 A person who announces the changes of steps during a dance. --s. 1 Providing coolness. 2 Fresh.
REPOSITING * n. Depositing in a warehouse.
EMACIATED * s. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
GERMICIDAL * s. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms.
PITEOUS * s. Deserving or inciting pity.
SHIFTILY * r. In a shifty manner.
TANTALITE * n. A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum.
PYRAUSTA * n. Moths whose larvae are corn borers.
BRENT * n. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
HYPOTHERMIC * a. Of or relating to or affected by hypothermia.
KARELIAN * n. 1 A member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia. 2 A Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia.
VERNONIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue.
COUNTERSINK * --n. 1 A hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface. 2 A bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole. --v. Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink).
VOLATILIZE * v. Make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor.
NIGHTDRESS * n. Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
HORTICULTURE * n. The cultivation of plants.
GRITROCK * n. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.
SWINE * n. Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals.
HOPPLE * v. Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison.
INSCRUTABLY * r. In an inscrutable manner.
ADVISORY * --n. An announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat. --s. Giving advice.
EPICONDYLE * n. A projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments.
MINERAL * --n. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition. --a. Relating to minerals. --s. Composed of matter other than plant or animal.
PARCHEESI * n. A modern board game based on pachisi.
MYXOSPORIDIAN * n. Mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens.
TIGHTS * n. Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.
CALAMARY * n. (Italian cuisine) Squid prepared as food.
WONT * n. An established custom.
PECULATE * v. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
CIRCUITRY * n. Electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits.
DESPICABLE * s. Morally reprehensible.
SOURBALL * n. Round piece of tart hard candy.
MWERA * n. A Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania.
CETRARIA * n. Foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes.
GEN * n. Informal term for information.
CONDUCTOR * n. 1 The person who leads a musical group. 2 A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat. 3 The person who collects fares on a public conveyance. 4 A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc..
SELENIPEDIUM * n. Genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla.
INEXPENSIVENESS * n. The quality of being affordable.
MALINGERING * n. Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated.
ESTHESIA * n. Mental responsiveness and awareness.
EIGHTVO * n. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
SALACIOUSNESS * n. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
BARYTES * n. A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium.
OVERHANDED * a. With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level.
FETISHIZE * v. Make a fetish of.
RHAPSODICALLY * r. In an ecstatic manner.
LEVERAGING * n. Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses).
DEB * n. A young woman making her debut into society.
PROFILE * --n. 1 An analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics. 2 An outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side). 3 Biographical sketch. 4 Degree of exposure to public notice. --v. 1 Write about. 2 Represent in profile, by drawing or painting.
DOZENS * n. A large number or amount.
RISSOLE * n. Minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat.
VICTIMISED * s. (of persons) Taken advantage of.
PHARYNGITIS * n. Inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
PROGNOSIS * n. 1 A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop. 2 A prediction of the course of a disease.
SPANGLE * --n. Adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing. --v. 1 Glitter as if covered with spangles. 2 Decorate with spangles.
UNFIT * --v. Make unfit or unsuitable. --a. 1 Below the required standards for a purpose. 2 Not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition. --s. Physically unsound or diseased.
HYPOBLAST * n. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
MEGILLAH * n. 1 (Yiddish) A long boring tediously detailed account. 2 (Judaism) The scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim.
SLAPSTICK * --n. 1 A boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes. 2 Acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone. --s. Characterized by horseplay and physical action.
PLACATION * n. The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity.
DESTRUCT * v. 1 Destroy (one's own missile or rocket). 2 Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.
INDIRECTLY * r. Not in a forthright manner.
INCOMMENSURABLE * s. 1 Impossible to measure or compare in value or size or excellence. 2 Not having a common factor.
HAWKBIT * n. Any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions.
HEREUPON * r. Immediately after this.
AMBIDEXTERITY * n. The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
DEMONISATION * n. To represent as diabolically evil.
SAVE-ALL * n. 1 A receptacle for catching waste products for further use. 2 A sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail. 3 A net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship.
ACCROIDES * n. An alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper.
BIHARI * n. The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh).
PARASOL * n. A handheld collapsible source of shade.
RAREFACTION * n. A decrease in the density of something.
NOTIFY * v. Inform (somebody) of something.
THORIUM * n. A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands.
RUDD * n. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
GRAPPA * n. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
TOULON * n. A port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast.
RABELAIS * n. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
BLASTOCYST * n. The blastula of a placental mammal in which some differentiation of cells has occurred.
VALIDLY * r. With validity; in a valid manner.
ABRASION * n. 1 An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. 2 Erosion by friction. 3 The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice.
TIMELESS * s. Unaffected by time.
AMEBIASIS * n. Infection by a disease-causing ameba.
SHIPWAY * n. 1 Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired. 2 A canal large enough for seagoing vessels.
ROCOCO * --n. Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century. --s. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
CHANGED * --a. Made or become different in nature or form. --s. 1 Made or become different in some respect. 2 Changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism.
SALMONELLOSIS * n. A kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium.
CUPFLOWER * n. 1 Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat. 2 Any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers.
ZEOLITE * n. Any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks.
IDEALIST * n. Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.
PROVABLE * s. Capable of being demonstrated or proved.
SUPERMOM * n. An informal term for a mother who can combine childcare and full-time employment.
ALL-FIREDLY * r. Extremely.
OSMERUS * n. Type genus of the Osmeridae.
ANEMOMETER * n. A gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind.
REARM * v. 1 Arm again. 2 Arm anew.
MONONUCLEATE * a. Having only one nucleus.
HYDRAULIC * a. 1 Moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil). 2 Of or relating to the study of hydraulics.
SUPERTITLE * n. Translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage.
COCKROACH * n. Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests.
HESPERIDES * n. (Greek mythology) Group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera.
DYSENTERY * n. An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea.
SNEERER * n. A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.
LOVE-POTION * n. A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
EPIGENESIS * n. A geological change in the mineral content of rock after the rock has formed.
FOUND * --n. Food and lodging provided in addition to money. --v. 1 Set up or found. 2 Set up or lay the groundwork for. 3 Use as a basis for; found on. --a. Come upon unexpectedly or after searching.
ARMIN * n. German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19).
MANGY * s. Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap.
DEPLETED * s. No longer sufficient.
SEXPOT * n. A young woman who is thought to have sex appeal.
CATSKILLS * n. A range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas.
CALIPH * n. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
ENERGY-STORING * s. Of or relating to anabolism.
DOWRY * n. Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.
PREFRONTAL * s. Anterior to a frontal structure.
TSARISTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
SINBAD * n. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
TRANSMITTAL * n. The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.
SEARCHER * n. 1 Someone making a search or inquiry. 2 A customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items. 3 Large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America.
L * --n. 1 A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints). 2 The cardinal number that is the product of ten and five. 3 A cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter. 4 The 12th letter of the Roman alphabet. --s. Being ten more than forty.
RECRIMINATION * n. Mutual accusations.
INSTALMENT * n. 1 A part of a broadcast serial. 2 A part of a published serial. 3 The act of installing something (as equipment).
KENYATA * n. Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978).
USCB * n. The agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs.
CIVILIAN * --n. A nonmilitary citizen. --a. Associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military.
VESPERS * n. The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays.
GELLY * n. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.
BARBEL * n. Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish.
GRAVITATE * v. 1 Move toward. 2 Be attracted to. 3 Move due to the pull of gravitation.
CLIME * n. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
EVENTUALLY * r. After an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay.
SHIPPING * n. 1 The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. 2 Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
KNOWINGNESS * n. 1 Having knowledge of. 2 Shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge.
SCALLOP * --n. 1 One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.). 2 Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces. 3 Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled. 4 Edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions. --v. 1 Decorate an edge with scallops. 2 Bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top. 3 Form scallops in. 4 Fish for scallops.
REASSURING * a. Restoring confidence and relieving anxiety.
TORTUOUSLY * r. 1 With twists and turns. 2 In a tortuous manner.
BROTHEL * n. A building where prostitutes are available.
BLATANTLY * r. In a blatant manner.
IDEOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or consisting of ideograms.
MOURNER * n. A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died).
PSYCHOLOGICALLY * r. 1 With regard to psychology. 2 In terms of psychology.
PATCHILY * r. In spots.
EMBROILED * s. Deeply involved especially in something complicated.
STRIKER * n. 1 A forward on a soccer team. 2 Someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating. 3 An employee on strike against an employer. 4 Someone who hits.
YI * n. A Loloish language.
EFFICACY * n. Capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
HELLISHLY * r. Extremely.
BLUDGEON * --n. A club used as a weapon. --v. 1 Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club. 2 Strike with a club or a bludgeon.
ARCSEC * n. The inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number.
EXPOSE * --n. The exposure of an impostor or a fraud. --v. 1 Expose or make accessible to some action or influence. 2 Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. 3 To show, make visible or apparent. 4 Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body.
BOOKISH * s. Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading.
ARIANROD * n. Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan.
UNWELL * s. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
ROADLESS * s. Lacking pathways.
TESTEE * n. Someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination).
SPECTACULAR * --n. A lavishly produced performance. --s. 1 Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect. 2 Characteristic of spectacles or drama. 3 Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
NEWSWOMAN * n. A female newsperson.
BLUE-CHIP * s. Extremely valuable.
VALID * --a. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force. --s. Still legally acceptable.
CNIDARIAN * n. Radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms.
NARCISSIST * n. Someone in love with themselves.
POROUSNESS * n. The property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids.
ACERATE * s. Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.
UNGRASPED * s. Not fully apprehended.
DEDUCTIVE * a. 1 Relating to logical deduction. 2 Involving inferences from general principles.
INTERLOBULAR * a. Between lobes or lobules.
WINTERY * a. Characteristic of or occurring in winter.
RERUN * --n. A program that is broadcast again. --v. 1 Broadcast again, as of a film. 2 Rerun a performance of a play, for example. 3 Run again for office. 4 Cause to perform again.
HUMOURLESSLY * r. In a humorless manner.
BUTCHERING * n. The business of a butcher.
ALSOPHILA * n. Geometrid moths.
COMMUNITY * n. 1 A group of people living in a particular local area. 2 A group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common. 3 Common ownership. 4 A group of nations having common interests.
CORRECT * --v. 1 Make right or correct. 2 Make reparations or amends for. 3 Censure severely. 4 Adjust for. --a. 1 Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth. 2 Correct in opinion or judgment. --s. 1 Socially right or correct. 2 In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure.
ALPHABETIC * a. 1 Relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet. 2 Arranged in order according to the alphabet.
HONCHO * n. A person who exercises control over workers.
EXCLAMATORY * s. Sudden and strong.
SLOUGH * --n. 1 Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass. 2 A hollow filled with mud. 3 A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou). 4 Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake). --v. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
TUSSUR * n. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
CLOG * --n. 1 Footwear usually with wooden soles. 2 Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction. 3 A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps. --v. 1 Become or cause to become obstructed. 2 Dance a clog dance. 3 Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden. 4 Impede with a clog or as if with a clog.
BOCCI * n. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court.
DISCOURTEOUS * --a. Showing no courtesy; rude. --s. Lacking social graces.
CHRONOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to chronology.
TULIP * n. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
POST-IMPRESSIONIST * n. An artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism.
CARDIOGRAPH * n. 1 Medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart. 2 A medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles.
POPPET * n. A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines.
PASTEURISE * v. Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms.
HERMIT * n. 1 One retired from society for religious reasons. 2 One who lives in solitude.
FLOWCHART * n. A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system.
UNWISHED-FOR * s. Not welcome.
FLAGFISH * n. A fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida.
WAKELESS * s. (of sleep) Deep and complete.
DISJUNCTION * n. 1 State of being disconnected. 2 The act of breaking a connection.
GRUNT * --n. 1 The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs. 2 An unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker. 3 Medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught. --v. Issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise.
HEIMDALLR * n. (Norse mythology) God of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard.
DEPUTY * n. 1 Someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies. 2 An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent. 3 A member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France). 4 A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others.
OUTWARD-BOUND * s. That is going out or leaving.
TUBULAR * s. Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
PEARLY * --n. Informal terms for a human `tooth'. --s. Of a white the color of pearls.
FAVORITE * --n. 1 Something regarded with special favor or liking. 2 A special loved one. 3 A competitor thought likely to win. --s. 1 Appealing to the general public. 2 Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
HOGGISH * s. Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
TULSA * n. A major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries.
GEOMETRICAL * --a. Of or relating to or determined by geometry. --s. Characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration.
SKYROCKET * --n. 1 Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon. 2 Sends a firework display high into the sky. --v. Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket.
PREVUE * n. An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future.
LARDNER * n. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
VESICANT * --n. A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas). --s. Causing blisters.
RECLASSIFICATION * n. Classifying something again (usually in a new category).
HYSON * n. A Chinese green tea with twisted leaves.
VOLGOGRAD * n. A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43.
RIGHT-DOWN * --s. Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. --r. Positively.
PIZZAZ * n. The activeness of an energetic personality.
HUMANISTIC * --a. 1 Of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion. 2 Of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism. 3 Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities. --s. Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare.
ELECTIVE * --n. A course that the student can select from among alternatives. --a. Subject to popular election. --s. Not compulsory.
PHLEBOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis.
BIBLIOTIST * n. Someone who engages in bibliotics.
INSTIGANT * n. Someone who deliberately foments trouble.
BROWN-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with brown.
BROADLY * r. 1 Without regard to specific details or exceptions. 2 In a wide fashion.
EMBODIED * s. Possessing or existing in bodily form.
CUPBEARER * n. The attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine.
DANSEUR * n. A male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina.
FUNNIES * n. A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book.
HATCHED * s. 1 Emerged from an egg. 2 Shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines.
WOVEN * a. Made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole.
ENLARGE * v. 1 Make larger. 2 Make large. 3 Become larger or bigger. 4 Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
CAMION * n. 1 A large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides. 2 A low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage.
PLF * n. A terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border.
BPM * n. The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
UNESSENTIAL * a. Not basic or fundamental.
RAPPROCHEMENT * n. The reestablishing of cordial relations.
TOADFISH * n. Bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth.
MIDAIR * n. Some point in the air; above ground level.
COSIGN * v. 1 Sign jointly. 2 Sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan.
SKYWALK * n. An elevated walkway between buildings (usually enclosed).
FRONTMOST * s. Preceding all others in spatial position.
EX * --n. 1 A man who was formerly a certain woman's husband. 2 A woman who was formerly a particular man's wife. 3 The 24th letter of the Roman alphabet. --s. Out of fashion.
DEALERSHIP * n. A business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area.
CACALIA * n. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia.
XXVI * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one. --s. Being six more than twenty.
MANDRAGORA * n. A genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae.
EMENDATION * n. A correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing.
INSPIRATIONALLY * r. With inspiration; in an inspiring manner.
DIATRIBE * n. Thunderous verbal attack.
BULBOUS * s. 1 Shaped like a bulb. 2 Curving outward.
AGREED * s. United by being of the same opinion.
BUNDESBANK * n. The central bank of Germany.
FIREDOG * n. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
UNSEAT * v. 1 Remove from political office. 2 Dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse.
YOGI * n. 1 United States baseball player (born 1925). 2 One who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight.
SUMACH * n. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
GAELIC * --n. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland. --a. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
SLYBOOTS * n. A shifty deceptive person.
SIMPLISM * n. 1 A simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation). 2 An act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is.
PSYCHOSIS * n. Any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted.
HONOURABLE * --a. Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect. --s. Adhering to ethical and moral principles.
SUPERINCUMBENT * s. Lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else.
SARCODINA * n. Characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda.
SINUOUSNESS * n. Having curves.
ILLUSTRATOR * n. An artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.).
MEDIUM-SIZED * s. Intermediate in size.
INWROUGHT * s. Having a decorative pattern worked or woven in.
VENTILATOR * n. 1 A device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air. 2 A device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure.
DRENCH * v. 1 Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. 2 Force to drink. 3 Permeate or impregnate. 4 Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
DRILLED * s. Trained in a skill by repetitious practice.
CONFORMIST * --n. Someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters). --a. Marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles. --s. Adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion).
WOODSINESS * n. The quality of abounding in trees.
GOLDWORKER * n. An artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold.
SUFFERER * n. 1 A person suffering from an illness. 2 One who suffers for the sake of principle.
SCREAK * v. 1 Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. 2 Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
DETERGENT * --n. 1 A surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering. 2 A cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension. --s. Having cleansing power.
SAPWOOD * n. Newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction.
ANGINOUS * a. Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
FOLLOW * v. 1 To travel behind, go after, come after. 2 Be later in time. 3 Come as a logical consequence; follow logically. 4 Travel along a certain course.
SEMIPERMANENT * s. Relating to or extending over a relatively long time.
ENCHILADA * n. Tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili.
RITTENHOUSE * n. United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796).
EVANGELISTIC * --a. Relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel. --s. Marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.
LEUCTRA * n. Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece.
AGEE * n. United States novelist (1909-1955).
ASCETICAL * --a. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline. --s. Practicing great self-denial.
CELEBES * n. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
TROUBLED * --a. Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need. --s. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.
TRANSPARENCE * n. 1 Permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation. 2 The quality of being clear and transparent.
PYTHONIDAE * n. In some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas.
MEZZO-RILIEVO * n. A sculptural relief between low relief and high relief.
URTICARIA * n. An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs.
TIPPY * s. (used of boats) Inclined to heel over easily under sail.
CENTRALIZATION * n. 1 The act of consolidating power under a central control. 2 Gathering to a center.
STROPHE * n. One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama.
AMAZING * s. 1 Surprising greatly. 2 Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
ZETA * n. The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet.
TRIUNE * s. Being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity.
CARACOLITO * n. Large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families.
WHIT * n. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
ROSY-COLORED * s. Having a rose color.
MUSEUM * n. A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value.
CHARACTERISTICALLY * r. In characteristic manner.
VALETTA * n. The capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island.
FRIGHTENINGLY * r. In an alarming manner.
DATELESS * s. 1 Having no known beginning and presumably no end. 2 Of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date. 3 Not bearing a date. 4 Unaffected by time.
DOMINOES * n. Any of several games played with small rectangular blocks.
GLOSSINIDAE * n. Flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies.
FOOTBALL * n. 1 Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. 2 The inflated oblong ball used in playing American football.
UNTHINKING * --s. 1 Not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought. 2 Without care or thought for others. 3 Mentally sluggish. --r. In a thoughtless manner.
FAUNTLEROY * n. An excessively polite and well-dressed boy.
MARUT * n. Any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra.
KURSK * n. A city of southwestern Russia.
INFRIGIDATION * n. The process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes.
HEFA * n. A major port in northwestern Israel.
CHRISTIANISE * v. Convert to Christianity.
CATECHUMEN * n. A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist.
NONINTELLECTUAL * a. Not intellectual.
INFLAMMATORY * s. 1 Characterized or caused by inflammation. 2 Arousing to action or rebellion.
SOFT-WITTED * s. (of especially persons) Lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
CULDOSCOPY * n. Endoscopic examination of a woman's pelvic organs by the insertion of a culdoscope through the vagina.
ACETONE * n. The simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics.
POSTICHE * n. 1 A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment. 2 Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be.
WAGGISHNESS * n. Waggish behavior.
WAREHOUSER * n. A workman who manages or works in a warehouse.
CESSATION * n. A stopping.
SUDDENNESS * n. The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
STRICTLY * r. 1 Restricted to something. 2 In a stringent manner. 3 In a rigorous manner.
EXTERRITORIAL * a. Outside territorial limits or jurisdiction.
TWO-CHANNEL * s. Designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels.
HIP-HOP * n. 1 An urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city. 2 Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged.
MACINTOSH * n. 1 A lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric. 2 A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
VERGE * --n. 1 A region marking a boundary. 2 The limit beyond which something happens or changes. 3 A ceremonial or emblematic staff. 4 A grass border along a road. --v. Border on; come close to.
SENSE * --n. 1 A general conscious awareness. 2 The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted. 3 The faculty through which the external world is apprehended. 4 Sound practical judgment. --v. 1 Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. 2 Detect some circumstance or entity automatically. 3 Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. 4 Comprehend.
BITTACIDAE * n. A family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera.
FEVERISHLY * r. In a feverish manner.
ROTTING * n. (biology) The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
TORTURED * s. Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
CLENCH * --n. 1 A small slip noose made with seizing. 2 The act of grasping. --v. 1 Hold in a tight grasp. 2 Squeeze together tightly.
DREADED * s. Causing fear or dread or terror.
ELECTRODYNAMOMETER * n. Measuring instrument that uses the interaction of the magnetic fields of two coils to measure current or voltage or power.
BOWDLERIZER * n. A person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages.
FALL-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the autumn.
ISLAM * n. 1 The civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion. 2 The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.
SURMISAL * n. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
COARSENESS * n. 1 Language or humor that is down-to-earth. 2 The quality of being composed of relatively large particles. 3 Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth). 4 The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
DRUNKEN * s. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.
BONEFISH * n. Slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons.
LEPIDOPTERY * n. The branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera.
IMPLAUSIBLE * a. Having a quality that provokes disbelief.
BUREAUCRATIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy.
KENTAN * n. East Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals.
WERNICKE * n. German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905).
OVAL * --n. A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it. --s. Rounded like an egg.
CROTONBUG * n. Small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest.
ORLEANS * n. 1 A city on the Loire river in north central France; site of the siege of Orleans by the English (1428-1429). 2 A long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429.
ABOLISHABLE * s. Capable of being abolished.
POTBELLY * n. 1 Slang for a paunch. 2 A bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned.
NATIONALISE * v. 1 Make national in character or scope. 2 Put under state control or ownership.
ACTINIOPTERIS * n. Terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa.
ANIME * n. 1 A hard copal derived from an African tree. 2 Any of various resins or oleoresins. 3 A style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes.
ARBITRARY * a. Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice.
QUITTANCE * n. 1 A document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt. 2 Payment of a debt or obligation.
VILIFIER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
REDHORSE * n. North American sucker with reddish fins.
HERCULES'-CLUB * n. 1 Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies. 2 Small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States.
GRAYISH * s. Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.
PRESTIDIGITATION * n. Manual dexterity in the execution of tricks.
SUBVOCALISE * v. Articulate without making audible sounds.
OUTGROW * v. 1 Grow too large or too mature for. 2 Grow faster than.
THORACENTESIS * n. Removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
TERGIVERSATE * v. 1 Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. 2 Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.
IMPERIOUSNESS * n. The trait of being imperious and overbearing.
ETHICAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics. 2 Conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior. --s. Adhering to ethical and moral principles.
BLEACHERS * n. (used in the plural) An outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached.
PARTICULATE * --n. A small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant). --a. Composed of distinct particles.
AVOCADO * --n. 1 A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed. 2 Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits. --s. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado.
RACECARD * n. A program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses.
WICK * n. 1 Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action. 2 A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.
BANDELET * n. Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column.
OUTAOUAIS * n. A river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal.
SUNDIAL * n. Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial.
ARAUCARIA * n. Any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds.
CATERCORNER * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
ARGONAUT * n. 1 Someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure. 2 (Greek mythology) One of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece. 3 Cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells.
UNLUCKILY * r. By bad luck.
CARLOS * n. Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949).
PART-SINGING * n. Singing with three or more voice parts.
COUNTERCLOCKWISE * --a. In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock. --r. In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
THONG * n. 1 Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip. 2 Underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants. 3 A thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together. 4 Minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband.
CHEERILY * r. In a cheerful manner.
ERYTHRITE * n. A reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic.
MANTLE * --n. 1 The cloak as a symbol of authority. 2 United States baseball player (1931-1997). 3 The layer of the earth between the crust and the core. 4 Anything that covers. --v. 1 Spread over a surface, like a mantle. 2 Cover like a mantle.
DISSIMULATOR * n. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
REDUVIID * n. A true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals.
MALADJUSTED * --a. Poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living. --s. 1 Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships. 2 Not well adjusted.
TRY-ON * n. Putting clothes on to see whether they fit.
FANATIC * --n. A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause). --s. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
ARSE * n. 1 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2 Vulgar slang for anus.
DECO * n. A style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production.
WIGNER * n. United States physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on the structure of the atom and its nucleus (1902-1995).
AVIFAUNAL * a. Of or relating to birds of a particular region or period.
GLARY * s. Shining intensely.
HUMIDIFY * v. Make (more) humid.
TIMBERED * --a. Furnished with or made of wood or timbers. --s. Covered with growing timber.
SIDEWALK * n. Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway.
RECRIMINATIVE * s. Countering one charge with another.
HOME * --n. 1 Where you live at a particular time. 2 Housing that someone is living in. 3 The country or state or city where you live. 4 (baseball) Base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score. --v. 1 Provide with, or send to, a home. 2 Return home accurately from a long distance. --a. 1 Used of your own ground. 2 Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are. --s. Inside the country. --r. 1 At or to or in the direction of one's home or family. 2 On or to the point aimed at. 3 To the fullest extent; to the heart.
DEVOIR * n. Formal expression of respect.
GRAYISH-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with grey.
PANOFSKY * n. Art historian (1892-1968).
SURFING * n. The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave.
MULTIVALENCY * n. (chemistry) The state of having a valence greater than two.
NOETIC * s. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind.
INCH * --n. 1 A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot. 2 A unit of measurement for advertising space. --v. Advance slowly, as if by inches.
OVERLOADED * s. Loaded past capacity.
UNREPLACEABLE * a. Impossible to replace.
EGALITARIANISM * n. The doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality.
AREAL * a. Of or relating to or involving an area.
INTERMITTENCE * n. The quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping.
TANGA * n. 1 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble. 2 A port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean.
TWENTY-FIVE * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one. --s. Being five more than twenty.
GRINNING * n. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement.
OVERVALUATION * n. 1 An appraisal that is too high. 2 Too high a value or price assigned to something.
SCOREBOARD * n. A large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information).
MOONSHINE * --n. 1 The light of the Moon. 2 Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash. --v. Distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine.
PARTNERSHIP * n. 1 The members of a business venture created by contract. 2 A cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal. 3 A contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses.
SARDIS * n. An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402.
CAFFRE * n. An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.
TURBOGENERATOR * n. Generator consisting of a steam turbine coupled to an electric generator for the production of electric power.
PONDERING * s. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
POMPOUS * --s. Puffed up with vanity. --a. Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display.
BOATING * n. Water travel for pleasure.
PEDOMETER * n. Measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking.
GRAECOPHILIC * a. Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things.
FORMICATE * v. Crawl about like ants.
DATRIL * n. An analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets).
POMMEL * --n. 1 A handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse. 2 Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle. 3 An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger. --v. Strike, usually with the fist.
PAN * --n. 1 Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel. 2 (Greek mythology) God of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus. 3 Shallow container made of metal. 4 Chimpanzees; more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids. --v. 1 Make a sweeping movement. 2 Wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals. 3 Express a totally negative opinion of.
RETROGRESS * v. 1 Get worse or fall back to a previous condition. 2 Go back to bad behavior.
TRICKSY * s. Marked by skill in deception.
PURSUAL * n. The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.
CHRONOMETER * n. An accurate clock (especially used in navigation).
TRAVERSER * n. Someone who moves or passes across.
BOOKSHELF * n. A shelf on which to keep books.
MAGNETICALLY * r. 1 By the use of magnetism. 2 As if by magnetism.
INCONGRUOUSNESS * n. The quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate.
KNAPWEED * n. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers.
DISCORD * --n. 1 Lack of agreement or harmony. 2 Disagreement among those expected to cooperate. 3 A harsh mixture of sounds. 4 Strife resulting from a lack of agreement. --v. Be different from one another.
GRAY-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with grey.
FERRIC * a. Of or relating to or containing iron.
RADIO-GRAMOPHONE * n. Electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player.
TELEOST * n. A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.
DEMOGRAPHIST * n. A scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics.
SAGITTIFORM * s. (of a leaf shape) Like an arrow head without flaring base lobes.
SUSTAINED * s. 1 Maintained at length without interruption or weakening. 2 (of an electric arc) Continuous.
PERITHELIAL * a. Of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels.
DUMBFOUNDED * s. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
TILT * --n. 1 A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. 2 A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. 3 A slight but noticeable partiality. 4 The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. --v. 1 To incline or bend from a vertical position. 2 Heel over. 3 Move sideways or in an unsteady way. 4 Charge with a tilt.
GILT-EDGED * s. 1 Of the highest quality or value. 2 Having gilded edges as the pages of a book.
SCIAENIDAE * n. Warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout.
INSUFFICIENTLY * r. To an insufficient degree.
CONFEDERATE * --n. 1 A supporter of the Confederate States of America. 2 Someone who assists in a plot. 3 A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan). --v. 1 Form a group or unite. 2 Form a confederation with; of nations. --s. 1 Of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War. 2 United in a confederacy or league.
ANGLO-CATHOLICISM * n. A doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition.
PARVENU * --n. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class. --s. 1 Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position. 2 Of or characteristic of a parvenu.
VAISHNAVA * n. Worshipper of Vishnu.
CUPBOARD * n. A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space.
LASH-LIKE * a. Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
CASCADES * n. A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range.
SPLINTER * --n. A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. --v. 1 Withdraw from an organization or communion. 2 Divide into slivers or splinters. 3 Break up into splinters or slivers.
BOMBINATE * v. Make a buzzing sound.
CORRIGENDA * n. A list of printing errors in a book along with their corrections.
INTERRUPTION * n. 1 An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. 2 Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity. 3 A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
CANARA * n. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
FATIHA * n. The first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers.
MOLINDONE * n. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
ACK-ACK * n. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
SPIRILLUM * n. 1 Spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water. 2 Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form.
ACETAMINOPHEN * n. An analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets).
INHALE * v. 1 Draw deep into the lungs in by breathing. 2 Draw in (air).
SALINATE * v. Add salt to.
COUNTINGHOUSE * n. Office used by the accountants of a business.
IXC * s. Being nine more than eighty.
METALEPSIS * n. Substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another.
LIEPAJA * n. A city of southwestern Latvia on the Baltic Sea.
MR * n. A form of address for a man.
CAIMAN * n. A semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly.
MALLARD * n. Wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed.
SEYMOUR * n. Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537).
NEGLECTFUL * s. 1 Not showing due care or attention. 2 Failing in what duty requires.
DESCANT * --n. A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody. --v. 1 Sing in descant. 2 Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling. 3 Talk at great length about something of one's interest.
MARBLEIZED * s. Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble.
PRIVY * --n. 1 A room or building equipped with one or more toilets. 2 A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate. --s. 1 Hidden from general view or use. 2 (followed by `to') Informed about something secret or not generally known.
DAEDALUS * n. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus.
MICROCOCCACEAE * n. Spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes.
COWBOY * n. 1 A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback. 2 A performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging. 3 Someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles).
SITAR * n. A stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings.
CECITY * n. The state of being blind or lacking sight.
MORGUE * n. A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
EASEMENT * n. 1 (law) The privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land). 2 The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).
CONGRATULATORY * s. Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune.
DEMONSTRATIVENESS * n. Tending to express your feelings freely.
WINDINESS * n. 1 A mildly windy state of the air. 2 Boring verbosity.
SZENT-GYORGYI * n. United States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986).
PANTRYMAN * n. A manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table.
ANNUITY * n. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
PATISSERIE * n. A bakery specializing in French pastry.
SWISH * --n. A brushing or rustling sound. --v. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound. --s. Elegant and fashionable.
TROPIDOCLONION * n. Lined snakes.
PINKO * n. A person with mildly leftist political views.
TACTICALLY * r. With regard to tactics.
CANULIZATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
FORESHORTEN * v. 1 Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. 2 Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth.
GROTESQUE * --n. Art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants. --s. 1 Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous. 2 Ludicrously odd.
NOISE * --n. 1 Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound). 2 The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience. 3 Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. 4 A loud outcry of protest or complaint. --v. Emit a noise.
TREACHEROUSLY * r. In a disloyal and faithless manner.
CHICKASAW * n. 1 A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi. 2 The Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw.
DEHYDRATION * n. 1 Dryness resulting from the removal of water. 2 Depletion of bodily fluids. 3 The process of extracting moisture.
D-LAYER * n. The lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves.
RANGING * a. Wandering freely.
FLEUR-DE-LYS * n. (heraldry) Charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris.
NINETIES * n. 1 The decade from 1890 to 1899. 2 The decade from 1990 to 1999. 3 The time of life between 90 and 100.
ABDUCENT * --n. A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye. --a. Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part.
CLOSE * --n. 1 The temporal end; the concluding time. 2 The last section of a communication. 3 The concluding part of any performance. --v. 1 Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut. 2 Become closed. 3 Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. 4 Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.). --a. 1 At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other. 2 Close in relevance or relationship. 3 Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. --s. 1 Rigorously attentive; strict and thorough. 2 Marked by fidelity to an original. 3 (of a contest or contestants) Evenly matched. 4 Crowded. --r. 1 Near in time or place or relationship. 2 In an attentive manner.
DRESSED-UP * s. Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.
SIMONY * n. Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments.
ODIN * n. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan.
RELOCATED * s. Settled in a new location.
TRIBOLOGY * n. The branch of engineering that deals with the interaction of surfaces in relative motion (as in bearings or gears): their design and friction and wear and lubrication.
PLYBOARD * n. A laminate made of thin layers of wood.
AT-BAT * n. (baseball) A turn trying to get a hit.
CUTENESS * n. The quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman).
PHILLYREA * n. Small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region.
SOCIOBIOLOGIST * n. A biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior.
GRIOT * n. A storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village.
BALLET * n. 1 A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers. 2 Music written for a ballet.
MISTIME * v. Time incorrectly.
URACIL * n. A base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.
SANIOUS * a. Of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies.
FERROUS * a. Of or relating to or containing iron.
ARCHIDISKIDON * n. A genus of Elephantidae.
FBI * n. A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice.
COPPERPLATE * n. 1 A graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings. 2 A print made from an engraved copperplate. 3 An engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has been etched or engraved.
ELUTE * v. Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
INCULPATIVE * a. Causing blame to be imputed to.
SCHMUCK * n. (Yiddish) A jerk.
ELECTRONEGATIVITY * n. (chemistry) The tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond.
LONGHORN * n. Long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States.
SERRATULA * n. Genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves.
SERIGRAPHY * n. The act of making a print by the silkscreen method.
AVALOKITESHVARA * n. A male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people.
HARDENBERGIA * n. Small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia.
ALTERING * n. The sterilization of an animal.
DRAWN * s. 1 Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. 2 Having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut.
VOL-AU-VENT * n. Puff paste shell filled with a savory meat mixture usually with a sauce.
SCAMMER * n. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
CHIMNEYSWEEP * n. Someone who cleans soot from chimneys.
NIOBIUM * n. A soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium.
CATKINATE * a. Resembling a catkin.
CONVEYOR * n. 1 A person who conveys (carries or transmits). 2 A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory).
BRANCHIOPODAN * --n. Aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda.
GUMPTIOUS * s. Working hard to promote an enterprise.
STUNNING * s. 1 Commanding attention. 2 Causing great astonishment and consternation. 3 Causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility. 4 Strikingly beautiful or attractive.
CONTESTER * n. Someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.).
ISI * n. The Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and delivery capabilities; has had strong ties with the Taliban and other militant Islamic groups.
CAMISOLE * n. 1 A short sleeveless undergarment for women. 2 A short negligee.
PARTHENON * n. The main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture.
HEXAGRAM * n. A regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles.
ARCHITECT * n. Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings).
RAINCOAT * n. A water-resistant coat.
INTERDEPENDENCE * n. A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups).
MIDPOINT * n. A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.
MITHAN * n. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
ANALPHABETIC * --n. An illiterate person who does not know the alphabet. --a. 1 Relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic. 2 Not alphabetic. --s. Having little acquaintance with writing.
UNCOMPARABLY * r. In an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree.
PLAINTIVENESS * n. Expressing sorrowfulness.
FAST-BREAKING * s. Occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession.
AMPHICTYONY * n. An association of neighboring states or tribes in ancient Greece; established originally to defend a common religious center.
GARBOLOGY * n. The study of a society by analyzing its garbage.
PYROTECHNIC * --n. (usually plural) A device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.. --a. Of or relating to the craft of making fireworks. --s. Suggestive of fireworks.
MISHPOCHA * n. (Yiddish) The entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends).
SCHOOLFELLOW * n. An acquaintance that you go to school with.
WAKE-ROBIN * n. 1 Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower. 2 Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries.
RECKLESSLY * r. In a reckless manner.
DECODE * v. Convert code into ordinary language.
OBTAIN * v. 1 Come into possession of. 2 Receive a specified treatment (abstract). 3 Be valid, applicable, or true.
SOLANACEAE * n. Large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra.
PANCREAS * n. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin.
DEFAULTER * n. 1 Someone who fails to make a required appearance in court. 2 Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation. 3 A contestant who forfeits a match.
INVOLVED * --a. Connected by participation or association or use. --s. 1 Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire. 2 Emotionally involved. 3 Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. 4 Enveloped.
UNREALISED * s. Of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities.
BARDEEN * n. United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991).
STRAWFLOWER * n. 1 Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried. 2 Any of various plants of the genus Helipterum. 3 Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers.
RIDICULOUS * s. 1 Inspiring scornful pity. 2 So unreasonable as to invite derision. 3 Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.
FAIRBANKS * n. 1 United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000). 2 United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939).
EUDAEMONIA * n. A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.
STABILE * --n. A sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support. --s. 1 (chemistry, physics, biology) Resistant to change. 2 Not able or intended to be moved.
DASYPODIDAE * n. Armadillos.
GONDI * n. A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond in south central India.
SHERIDAN * n. Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816).
UNINTERESTINGNESS * n. Inability to capture or hold one's interest.
SHRUBBERY * n. 1 An area where a number of shrubs are planted. 2 A collection of shrubs growing together.
FULMINANT * s. Sudden and severe.
STOREFRONT * n. The front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows.
PLATYCTENEAN * n. Ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body.
ADMASS * n. The segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British).
VERSIFY * v. Compose verses or put into verse.
FIGURING * n. Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities.
APELIKE * s. 1 Resembling apes. 2 Being or given to servile imitation.
MARENGO * n. A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians.
KEELED * a. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.
BEATING * n. 1 The act of overcoming or outdoing. 2 The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
ORGANON * n. A system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge.
JUMPSTART * --n. Starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car. --v. 1 Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery. 2 Start or re-start vigorously.
ASTONIED * s. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
APTERYX * n. Nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes.
ANOECTOCHILUS * n. Genus of delicate Asiatic orchids.
CONTEXTUAL * a. Relating to or determined by or in context.
STITCHWORT * n. Low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side.
TRIANGLE * n. 1 A three-sided polygon. 2 Something approximating the shape of a triangle. 3 A small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries. 4 Any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles.
JEWISH-ORTHODOX * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism.
SAMA-VEDA * n. A collection of mantras and tunes for use with the Rig-Veda.
LEONOTIS * n. Small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa.
MIDWEST * n. The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America).
DEBRIEFING * n. Report of a mission or task.
TROMBICULIASIS * n. Infestation with chiggers.
GLAND * n. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
KIBBUTZ * n. A collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively.
SELF-IMPOSED * s. Voluntarily assumed or endured.
BELLETRISTIC * s. Written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content.
SUKKOTH * n. A major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness.
CONSORT * --n. 1 The husband or wife of a reigning monarch. 2 A family of similar musical instrument playing together. --v. 1 Keep company with; hang out with. 2 Go together. 3 Keep company.
FRONTIER * n. 1 A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country. 2 An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary. 3 An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.
MICROMETEORITE * n. A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere.
FIREBREAK * n. A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire.
PENSIONABLE * s. Entitled to receive a pension.
UNWEARYING * s. Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality.
PERDURABILITY * n. The property of being extremely durable.
PIMA * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. 2 The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima.
SURRENDER * --n. 1 Acceptance of despair. 2 A verbal act of admitting defeat. 3 The delivery of a principal into lawful custody. 4 The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions). --v. 1 Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another. 2 Relinquish possession or control over.
BETELGEUSE * n. The second brightest star in Orion.
NEBRASKAN * n. A native or resident of Nebraska.
GLACIALLY * r. By a glacier.
CHOCOLATE-COLOURED * s. Having the color of dark chocolate.
DEVALUE * v. 1 Remove the value from; deprive of its value. 2 Lower the value or quality of. 3 Lose in value.
HYPOGLYCAEMIC * a. Of or relating to hypoglycemia.
CELIBACY * n. 1 An unmarried status. 2 Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows).
TAMELY * r. In a tame manner.
TALKATIVE * s. 1 Full of trivial conversation. 2 Unwisely talking too much. 3 Friendly and open and willing to talk.
THOLEPIN * n. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
REPELLANT * --n. 1 A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water. 2 A chemical substance that repels animals. 3 The power to repel. --s. 1 Serving or tending to repel. 2 Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
LARGE-LEAVED * s. Having relatively large leaves.
AMPERE-HOUR * n. A unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs.
MATRICARIA * n. Chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum.
VENDEMIAIRE * n. First month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvest.
TELEROBOTICS * n. The area of robotics that is concerned with the control of robots from a distance.
COLUMNIFORM * s. Having the form of a column.
LEAKY * --a. Permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases. --s. 1 Used informally; unable to retain urine. 2 Prone to communicate confidential information.
DESALINATION * n. The removal of salt (especially from sea water).
ANALOGY * n. 1 An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others. 2 Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect. 3 The religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate.
MENDELISM * n. The theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws.
FERROCERIUM * n. A pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints.
BRUTE * --n. 1 A cruelly rapacious person. 2 A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. --s. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
INQUIETUDE * n. Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.
BLUEWEED * n. A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States.
ELDER * --n. 1 A person who is older than you are. 2 Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit. 3 Any of various church officers. --s. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
FOUQUIERIACEAE * n. Small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States.
DIRECTORY * n. 1 An alphabetical list of names and addresses. 2 (computer science) A listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk).
PERFORMING * n. The performance of a part or role in a drama.
COACHING * n. The job of a professional coach.
ARCHILOCHUS * n. A genus of Trochilidae.
BESPRINKLE * v. Scatter with liquid; wet lightly.
COGNITIVE * a. Of or being or relating to or involving cognition.
OVARIAN * a. Of or involving the ovaries.
UNPOPULATED * s. With no people living there.
PROMINENT * s. 1 Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. 2 Conspicuous in position or importance.
KOR * n. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
REDEEMED * s. Saved from the bondage of sin.
HYPHENATION * n. 1 Division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page. 2 Connecting syllables and words by hyphens.
PRECURSOR * n. 1 A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction). 2 A person who goes before or announces the coming of another. 3 Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
COY * s. 1 Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way. 2 Showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement. 3 Modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures.
LENDABLE * s. Available for lending.
PHAGOCYTIC * a. Capable of functioning as a phagocyte.
RATIONALISE * v. 1 Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results. 2 Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. 3 Think rationally; employ logic or reason. 4 Remove irrational quantities from.
TAUTLY * r. In a taut manner.
REPLICATE * v. 1 Bend or turn backward. 2 Reproduce or make an exact copy of. 3 Make or do or perform again.
STOCKJOBBER * n. One who deals only with brokers or other jobbers.
FIRE-RETARDANT * s. Difficult to burn.
TECHNOPHILE * n. A person who is enthusiastic about new technology.
CUT-PRICE * s. Costing less than standard price.
GLOOMY * s. 1 Depressingly dark. 2 Filled with melancholy and despondency. 3 Causing dejection.
SZELL * n. United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970).
HECTOLITRE * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
GLINT * --n. 1 A momentary flash of light. 2 A spatially localized brightness. --v. 1 Be shiny, as if wet. 2 Throw a glance at; take a brief look at.
XANTHOMONAD * n. Bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants.
PRODDING * n. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
PERIPETY * n. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).
CASCADE * --n. 1 A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls. 2 A succession of stages or operations or processes or units. 3 A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower. --v. 1 Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade. 2 Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible.
MAUSER * n. 1 German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol (1838-1914). 2 Trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol.
GASTRECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach.
IDOLIZATION * n. 1 The act of admiring strongly. 2 The act of worshiping blindly and to excess.
PLAYGROUND * n. 1 An area where many people go for recreation. 2 Yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play.
PETTISHLY * r. In a petulant manner.
SYMONS * n. English poet (1865-1945).
CRAZILY * r. In an insane manner.
NINETY-ONE * s. Being one more than ninety.
IOWA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri. 2 A state in midwestern United States. 3 A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa.
TABULATOR * n. A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens.
OPPOSITIVE * s. Expressing antithesis or opposition.
MALAYSIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Malaysia. 2 The Malay language spoken in Malaysia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia.
ESAU * n. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage.
GYMNOMYCOTA * n. Slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.
TAPIOCA * n. Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
MUGGINS * n. A person who lacks good judgment.
SKITTLE * --n. A bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles. --v. Play skittles.
QUOTABLE * --a. Able or fit to be repeated or quoted. --s. Suitable for or worthy of quotation.
EPHEDRA * n. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
UNWRAP * v. 1 Remove the outer cover or wrapping of. 2 Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
THROMBOSIS * n. The formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel.
APPRECIABLY * r. To a noticeable degree.
ANACOLUTHON * n. An abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.
CYAMUS * n. Whale lice.
BREAK * --n. 1 Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity. 2 An unexpected piece of good luck. 3 (geology) A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. 4 A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). --v. 1 Terminate. 2 Become separated into pieces or fragments. 3 Render inoperable or ineffective. 4 Ruin completely.
MASTIGOMYCOTA * n. Fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota.
FAUNUS * n. (Roman mythology) Ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan.
BONEHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
FIRMLY * r. 1 With resolute determination. 2 In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger. 3 With firmness.
NEEDLESS * s. Unnecessary and unwarranted.
TOPER * n. A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).
ROSWELL * n. A town in southeast New Mexico.
NUMBLY * r. In a numb manner; without feeling.
FIVEFOLD * s. Having five units or components.
NECESSITY * n. 1 The condition of being essential or indispensable. 2 Anything indispensable.
ROUGHEN * v. Make rough or rougher.
VAPORIZATION * n. 1 Annihilation by vaporizing something. 2 The process of becoming a vapor.
CLADONIA * n. Type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.
PATROCLUS * n. (Greek mythology) A friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon.
MAXIMIZING * s. Making as great as possible.
PALGRAVE * n. English poet (1824-1897).
SCRIMMAGE * --n. 1 (American football) Practice play between a football team's squads. 2 A noisy riotous fight. --v. Practice playing (a sport).
PARER * n. 1 A manicurist who trims the fingernails. 2 A small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables.
GHOSTWRITER * n. A writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else.
SHORT-RUN * s. Relating to or extending over a limited period.
100 * --n. Ten 10s. --s. Being ten more than ninety.
STERCORARIUS * n. Type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers.
LAKSHMI * n. Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity.
T'IEN-CHING * n. A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China.
WHISKERS * n. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
HETERODOX * s. Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.
CAMARADERIE * n. The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
UNWILLINGNESS * n. The trait of being unwilling.
RECOMBINATION * n. 1 (physics) A combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles. 2 (genetics) A combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents.
GIGABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits.
BROADENING * n. 1 The act of making something wider. 2 The action of making broader. 3 An increase in width.
BIOGRAPHY * n. An account of the series of events making up a person's life.
SYMPLOCUS * n. Type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf.
EFFERVESCENT * --a. 1 Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide. 2 (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles. --s. Marked by high spirits or excitement.
UNWEDDED * s. Of someone who has not been married.
BASENJI * n. Small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark.
SAMARIUM * n. A grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite.
ABSORBENT * --n. A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance. --a. Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.).
BARNBURNER * n. 1 Someone who burns down a barn. 2 An impressively successful event.
SW * n. The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees.
SOUSE * --n. 1 A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. 2 Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled. 3 The act of making something completely wet. --v. 1 Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. 2 Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. 3 Become drunk or drink excessively. 4 Cook in a marinade.
GLEICHENIACEAE * n. A family of ferns belonging to order Filicales.
VALIDATORY * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
INFRARED * --n. 1 The infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range. 2 Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves. --s. Having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end.
TACKING * n. 1 A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together. 2 (nautical) The act of changing tack.
NEWTON * n. 1 English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727). 2 A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes.
PAPERCLIP * n. A wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together.
INTERSTICE * n. 1 A small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ. 2 Small opening between things.
TACTICIAN * n. A person who is skilled at planning tactics.
UNCRYSTALLISED * --a. Not finally or definitely formed. --s. Without real or apparent crystalline form.
EPISCOPALIAN * --n. A member of the Episcopal church. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church.
PROTO * s. Indicating the first or earliest or original.
FULVICIN * n. A kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium.
ARANEIDAN * a. Relating to or resembling a spider.
PALPEBRATION * n. Repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent).
ECHOCARDIOGRAPH * n. A sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities.
JEWISON * n. Canadian filmmaker (born in 1926).
ABSTRACT * --n. 1 A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance. 2 A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. --v. 1 Consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically. 2 Make off with belongings of others. 3 Consider apart from a particular case or instance. 4 Give an abstract (of). --a. Existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment. --s. 1 Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. 2 Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention.
POCKETABLE * s. Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket.
PURAU * n. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament.
CONNECTIVITY * n. The property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections.
PERIPLOCA * n. Genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World.
UNLOOSE * v. 1 Grant freedom to; free from confinement. 2 Loosen the ties of.
DRAFTING * n. 1 Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later. 2 The craft of drawing blueprints. 3 The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.
AUTOCHTHONAL * s. Originating where it is found.
TRAITOROUS * s. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor.
MALFEASANCE * n. Wrongful conduct by a public official.
PORCUPINEFISH * n. Spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters.
UP-AND-COMING * s. Working hard to promote an enterprise.
REGISTERED * --a. 1 (of animals) Officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book. 2 Listed or recorded officially. --s. (of a boat or vessel) Furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc.
LUXURIANT * s. 1 Marked by complexity and richness of detail. 2 Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. 3 Produced or growing in extreme abundance.
DREISSENA * n. Zebra mussels.
ADMISSION * n. 1 The act of admitting someone to enter. 2 An acknowledgment of the truth of something. 3 The fee charged for admission. 4 The right to enter.
PERIL * --n. 1 A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. 2 A state of danger involving risk. 3 A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. --v. 1 Pose a threat to; present a danger to. 2 Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
SNUGGLED * s. Drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection.
KUSAN * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Kusan.
MASSE * n. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball.
PENNINES * n. A system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers.
REPRODUCIBLY * r. In a manner that is reproducible.
ROENTGENOGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or produced by roentgenography.
LOBSTER * n. 1 Flesh of a lobster. 2 Any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae.
WHEREWITHAL * n. The necessary means (especially financial means).
CHARINESS * n. The trait of being cautious and watchful.
MILKSOP * n. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
DECOMPOSITIONAL * s. Causing organic decay.
ENDOCENTRIC * a. Fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents.
MARVELL * n. English poet (1621-1678).
MCG * n. One millionth (1/1,000,000) gram.
LOTS * --n. A large number or amount. --r. To a very great degree or extent.
FILLE * n. A young female.
FILAMENTLIKE * s. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.
UNLISTED * --a. Not on a list. --s. Not having your name entered on a voting list.
SORDINO * n. A mute for a violin.
GAUCHE * s. Lacking social polish.
ACTUALLY * r. 1 In actual fact. 2 Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly. 3 At the present moment. 4 As a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis.
LAMBERT * n. 1 A cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter. 2 English composer and conductor (1905-1951).
BLUETHROAT * n. Songbird of northern Europe and Asia.
NEBULAR * --a. Of or relating to or resembling a nebula. --s. Resembling a cloud.
TOXICOLOGIST * n. One who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment.
CORDAITES * n. Tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers.
PASSIONLESS * --a. Not passionate. --s. Unmoved by feeling.
NEWFOUNDLAND * n. 1 A breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland. 2 An island in the north Atlantic.
POSTAGE * n. 1 The charge for mailing something. 2 A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid.
CUMULATIVELY * r. In a cumulative manner.
ORPIMENT * n. A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic.
CERTIFIABLE * s. 1 Fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly). 2 Capable of being guaranteed or certified.
CUFFLINK * n. Jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt.
STENOPELMATUS * n. Sand crickets.
LIGHTHEADED * s. 1 Weak and likely to lose consciousness. 2 Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
NONCRYSTALLINE * a. Not crystalline.
INTROMIT * v. Allow to enter; grant entry to.
SYMPHONIST * n. A composer of symphonies.
UNFOUNDED * s. Without a basis in reason or fact.
BREWER * n. 1 Someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water. 2 The owner or manager of a brewery.
TETRAHALIDE * n. Any halide containing four halogen atoms in its molecules.
MYA * n. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
WINKING * --n. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. --s. Closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly.
CUMULONIMBUS * n. A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
VOCALIZATION * n. 1 The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract. 2 The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication.
BACKSCATTER * v. Scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes.
BARRENNESS * n. 1 The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children. 2 The quality of yielding nothing of value.
PHALANGERIDAE * n. Phalangers; koalas.
PTILONORHYNCHIDAE * n. Bowerbirds.
1830S * n. The decade from 1830 to 1839.
COMPARABLY * r. In a comparable manner or to a comparable degree.
PLIANCY * n. 1 The property of being pliant and flexible. 2 Adaptability of mind or character.
MOTHPROOF * --v. Protect from moths. --s. Resistant to damage by moths.
RANT * --n. 1 A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion. 2 Pompous or pretentious talk or writing. --v. Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.
CYTOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to the science of cytology.
ABROGATOR * n. An authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal.
KARLFELDT * n. Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931).
DISBELIEVE * v. Reject as false; refuse to accept.
MID-SEPTEMBER * n. The middle part of September.
MECONIUM * n. Thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child.
DAMPNESS * n. A slight wetness.
UNSCHOLARLY * a. Not scholarly.
CUCURBITACEAE * n. A family of herbaceous vines (such as cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin).
SNAPPY * s. 1 Apt to speak irritably. 2 Smart and fashionable. 3 Pleasantly cold and invigorating. 4 Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
HOOEY * n. Senseless talk.
SLANTINGLY * r. With a slant.
BELATEDLY * r. Later than usual or than expected.
WRAPPING * n. 1 The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped. 2 An enveloping bandage.
VISCOSE * n. 1 A cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda. 2 A rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers.
TERRYCLOTH * n. A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes.
LOLLOP * v. Walk clumsily and with a bounce.
ZYGNEMATACEAE * n. Pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses.
WHEAL * n. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions.
SOREX * n. Type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews.
CORRAL * --n. A pen for cattle. --v. 1 Enclose in a corral. 2 Arrange wagons so that they form a corral. 3 Collect or gather.
CYSTOPTERIS * n. Chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae.
PERFECTIVE * n. 1 A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect). 2 The aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action.
MUNJEET * n. Perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient.
PORTLAND * n. 1 Freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains. 2 Largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state.
DIMINUTION * n. 1 Change toward something smaller or lower. 2 The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original). 3 The act of decreasing or reducing something.
GEOMYS * n. Type genus of the Geomyidae.
USABILITY * n. The quality of being able to provide good service.
IMPROBABILITY * n. The quality of being improbable.
IMMACULATENESS * n. The state of being spotlessly clean.
IDOLISATION * n. 1 The act of admiring strongly. 2 The act of worshiping blindly and to excess.
IMPOTENCE * n. 1 The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble. 2 An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate.
CORYLUS * n. Deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae.
PARALLELOPIPED * n. A prism whose bases are parallelograms.
RESETTLEMENT * n. The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind).
DAYFLY * n. Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
ACUMEN * n. 1 A tapering point. 2 Shrewdness shown by keen insight.
MYLODON * n. Large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America.
CALLIRHOE * n. Small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.
TEARFULLY * r. With tears; in a tearful manner.
FASHIONING * n. The act that results in something coming to be.
TURBIDITY * n. Muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended.
LEVANT * --n. 1 A heavy morocco often used in bookbinding. 2 The former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. --v. Run off without paying a debt.
SELF-SATISFACTION * n. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself.
THREE-LEGGED * s. Having or as if having three legs.
MAHOE * n. 1 Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament. 2 Erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks.
IMPORTANT * --a. 1 Of great significance or value. 2 Important in effect or meaning. 3 Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis. --s. 1 Having authority or ascendancy or influence. 2 Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position.
115 * s. Being five more than one hundred ten.
MESMERISED * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
WANE * --n. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). --v. 1 Grow smaller. 2 Become smaller. 3 Decrease in phase.
FOLKSY * s. 1 Belonging to the common people, especially in regard to speech patterns, attitudes, etc.. 2 Very informal and familiar.
NYBBLE * n. A small byte.
CUSTOM * --n. 1 Accepted or habitual practice. 2 A specific practice of long standing. 3 Money collected under a tariff. 4 Habitual patronage. --a. Made according to the specifications of an individual.
HEIRESS * n. A female heir.
NONCOLUMNED * a. Not having columns.
SANITIZE * v. 1 Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing. 2 Make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features.
FORTY-NINE * s. Being nine more than forty.
NOSTOCACEAE * n. Blue-green algae.
AMENDED * --a. Of legislation. --s. Modified for the better.
GOBLET-SHAPED * s. Resembling the shape of a goblet.
KLYUCHEVSKAYA * n. An inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946.
COALITION * n. 1 An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. 2 The state of being combined into one body. 3 The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
BOHEMIAN * --n. 1 A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America). 2 A native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. 3 A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life. --a. Of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people. --s. Unconventional in especially appearance and behavior.
VALUER * n. Someone who assesses the monetary worth of possessions.
DEDUCIBLE * s. Capable of being deduced.
GOOD-BY * n. A farewell remark.
PRETENTIOUS * --a. 1 Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction. 2 Intended to attract notice and impress others. --s. (of a display) Tawdry or vulgar.
PROMISSORY * a. Relating to or having the character of a promise.
HUCK * n. Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
WHITMONDAY * n. The day after Whitsunday; a legal holiday in England and Wales and Ireland.
NAVARINO * n. A decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE * n. A county is central England.
ARTILLERY * n. 1 Large but transportable armament. 2 An army unit that uses big guns. 3 A means of persuading or arguing.
POLL * --n. 1 An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people. 2 The top of the head. 3 The part of the head between the ears. 4 A tame parrot. --v. 1 Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions. 2 Vote in an election at a polling station. 3 Get the votes of. 4 Convert into a pollard.
PHOENICIA * n. An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean.
FORTEMENTE * s. (chiefly a direction or description in music) Loud and strong.
MYCOTOXIN * n. A toxin produced by a fungus.
FLATULENCE * n. 1 A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal. 2 Pompously embellished language.
H.I. * n. A group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific.
CHOPHOUSE * n. A restaurant that specializes in steaks.
CHEMOTHERAPEUTICAL * a. Of or relating to chemotherapy.
BITUMENOID * a. Like bitumen.
ARYAN * --n. 1 (according to Nazi doctrine) A Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew). 2 A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European. --a. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
MELLOWING * n. The process of becoming mellow.
SOMATOSENSE * n. Any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain.
UX. * n. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
ACHYLIA * n. Absence of gastric juices (partial or complete).
UNCOOL * s. (spoken slang) Unfashionable and boring.
PERILUNE * n. Periapsis in orbit around the moon.
FIEND * n. 1 A cruel wicked and inhuman person. 2 An evil supernatural being. 3 A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause).
EXORBITANTLY * r. To an exorbitant degree.
MYOCASTOR * n. A genus of Capromyidae.
2-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits.
CENOBITIC * a. Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.
INSIDE * --n. 1 The region that is inside of something. 2 The inner or enclosed surface of something. --a. Relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space. --s. 1 Being or applying to the inside of a building. 2 Confined to an exclusive group. 3 Away from the outer edge. --r. 1 Within a building. 2 On the inside. 3 With respect to private feelings. 4 In reality.
RETROFLEXION * n. 1 A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part. 2 An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth. 3 The act of bending backward.
STILL-FISH * v. Fish with the line and bait resting still or stationary in the water.
ANNULET * n. 1 (heraldry) A charge in the shape of a small ring. 2 Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column.
FALLOPIUS * n. Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562).
UGLI * n. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
MANDAEANISM * n. A Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs.
HESTIA * n. (Greek mythology) The goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta.
ECCYESIS * n. Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.
ORTHODONTIST * n. A dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth.
BEER * n. A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops.
HICCUP * --n. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion. --v. Breathe spasmodically, and make a sound.
LEVITICAL * a. Of or relating to the book of Leviticus in the Bible.
SORBET * n. An ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice.
ROOTSTOCK * n. 1 A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure. 2 Root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots.
GEOMETRIDAE * n. Measuring worms.
SCHEMATIZATION * n. 1 Providing a chart or outline of a system. 2 The act of reducing to a scheme or formula.
SHOWERHEAD * n. A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather.
ABDUCTION * n. 1 The criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife. 2 (physiology) Moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body.
UTRILLO * n. French painter noted for his paintings of Parisian street scenes (1883-1955).
MENDER * n. A skilled worker who mends or repairs things.
MECHANICS * n. 1 The branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference. 2 The technical aspects of doing something.
TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of the number 13.
IGNORANCE * n. The lack of knowledge or education.
GILL-LESS * a. Having no gills.
SQUIRE * --n. 1 Young nobleman attendant on a knight. 2 An English country landowner. 3 A man who attends or escorts a woman. --v. Attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire.
MALLEABLE * s. 1 Easily influenced. 2 Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
ANNOUNCED * s. Declared publicly; made widely known.
CHORIOALLANTOIS * n. The very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois.
HELIOSPHERE * n. The region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system.
CONFIDANTE * n. A female confidant.
PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC * s. Having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex.
INDECISIVENESS * n. 1 Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action. 2 The trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose.
STATELESS * s. Without nationality or citizenship.
TOWELING * n. Any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels.
RENT-FREE * --s. Complimentary; without payment of rent. --r. Without paying rent.
ISLAND * n. 1 A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. 2 A zone or area resembling an island.
RUBY-RED * s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
KWA * n. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
DOMINUS * n. A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
ALCAEUS * n. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC).
NEWARI * n. Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal.
NAPU * n. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya.
COPPER-BOTTOMED * s. Having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper.
DIPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of corresponding parts on both sides of the body.
LEMNOS * n. A Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties.
PLEOMORPHIC * a. Relating to or characterized by pleomorphism.
NARWHAL * n. Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
STEWED * s. Cooked in hot water.
MALAPROP * n. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.
CHEREPOVETS * n. A city of east central Russia to the north of Moscow.
TUBERCULAR * --n. A person with pulmonary tuberculosis. --a. 1 Characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles. 2 Pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle. 3 Relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it. --s. Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus.
PLETHODONTIDAE * n. Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults.
TEAR * --n. 1 A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands. 2 An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. 3 An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. 4 The act of tearing. --v. 1 Separate or cause to separate abruptly. 2 To separate or be separated by force. 3 Move quickly and violently. 4 Strip of feathers.
REARRANGEMENT * n. Changing an arrangement.
INSOMNIAC * --n. Someone who cannot sleep. --s. Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness.
FOOTNOTE * --n. A printed note placed below the text on a printed page. --v. Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments.
LOCALIZED * s. 1 Confined or restricted to a particular location. 2 Made local or oriented locally.
ORBITUAL * s. Describing a circle; moving in a circle.
PHOLISTOMA * n. Straggling herbs of southwestern United States.
BERGENIA * n. Any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms.
SALMAGUNDI * n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 Cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing.
GREYLY * r. Having a grey appearance.
LITHOPHRAGMA * n. Small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America.
PETTERIA * n. One species: Dalmatian laburnum.
HYPNOS * n. (Greek mythology) The Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx.
APERY * n. The act of mimicking; imitative behavior.
OUTRIVAL * v. Be more of a rival than.
ZEALOUSLY * r. In a zealous manner.
OREGON * n. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
COCKADE * n. An ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat.
UNOFFENDING * a. 1 Not offending. 2 Not causing anger or annoyance.
DECAMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
VENETIA * n. A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
BRIEFS * n. (used in the plural) Short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts).
MISTLETOE * n. 1 American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe. 2 Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas. 3 Shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks.
PEEP * --n. 1 The short weak cry of a young bird. 2 A secret look. --v. 1 Look furtively. 2 Cause to appear. 3 Make high-pitched sounds. 4 Speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice.
CLAMS * n. Informal terms for money.
IMBAUBA * n. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
FORMULATE * v. 1 Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses. 2 Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. 3 Put into words or an expression. 4 Prepare according to a formula.
SAWTOOTHED-EDGED * s. (of leaves) Having an edged resembling a sawtooth.
STONEWASH * v. Wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance.
LUCIFUGOUS * a. Light-avoiding.
VIEWFINDER * n. Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.
115TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order.
SPONGINESS * n. 1 The porosity of a sponge. 2 The property of being able to occupy less space.
SCABROUS * s. 1 Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf. 2 Dealing with salacious or indecent material.
HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA * n. An abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection.
GRADATION * n. 1 Relative position in a graded series. 2 A degree of ablaut. 3 The act of arranging in grades.
SYMPATHIZER * n. 1 A person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune. 2 Someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful.
PSEUDALETIA * n. Moths whose larvae are armyworms.
POECILOCAPSUS * n. A genus of Miridae.
LIPIDAEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
SATYRIC * a. Of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr.
FALLOFF * n. A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality.
WAXY * --a. 1 Made of or covered with wax. 2 Easily impressed or influenced. --s. 1 Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. 2 Having the paleness of wax.
UNASSUMINGLY * r. In an unassuming manner.
OVOVIVIPAROUS * a. Producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body.
CARABINER * n. An oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes.
HARSHNESS * n. 1 The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions. 2 The quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses. 3 The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance. 4 Excessive sternness.
TAYASSU * n. Type genus of the Tayassuidae.
MID-WATER * n. The water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom.
TREF * s. Not conforming to dietary laws.
YAKIMA * n. A town in south central Washington.
NUMBFISH * n. Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges.
WELL-ENDOWED * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
UNAWARE * a. (often followed by `of') Not aware.
STOMACHER * n. Garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century.
CHIANTI * n. Dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany.
INDULGE * v. 1 Give free rein to. 2 Yield (to); give satisfaction to. 3 Enjoy to excess. 4 Treat with excessive indulgence.
STIPULATION * n. 1 (law) An agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record. 2 An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else. 3 A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement.
RICKETINESS * n. The quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place.
CHIASMUS * n. Inversion in the second of two parallel phrases.
DIFFLUGIA * n. A protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains.
DORMIE * s. In match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played.
WOG * n. (offensive British slang) Term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia.
STIPPLE * v. 1 Engrave by means of dots and flicks. 2 Make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink. 3 Apply (paint) in small dots or strokes. 4 Produce a mottled effect.
UNGULATE * --n. Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically. --a. Having or resembling hoofs.
BRUTISH * s. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
PLAGIOCLASTIC * a. Of or relating to plagioclase.
GUARDSMAN * n. A soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'.
YOUNG-BEGETTING * s. Capable of fathering offspring.
FIXTURE * n. 1 An object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household). 2 A regular patron. 3 The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. 4 The act of putting something in working order again.
REALTY * n. Property consisting of houses and land.
CHAIRMAN * --n. The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization. --v. Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university.
SCOPAL * a. Of or relating to scope.
ANACHRONIC * s. Chronologically misplaced.
MARRUECOS * n. A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956.
SYNERGY * n. The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects.
LUNGER * n. 1 Someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing). 2 A person with pulmonary tuberculosis.
CARCAJOU * n. Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.
COERCIVE * s. Serving or intended to coerce.
SPECIALISED * a. Developed or designed for a special activity or function.
PLEAT * --n. Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape. --v. 1 Pleat or gather into a ruffle. 2 Fold into pleats.
ILL-FED * s. Not getting adequate food.
PRAXITELES * n. Ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC).
ABSURDNESS * n. A message whose content is at variance with reason.
LICHTENSTEIN * n. United States painter who was a leading exponent of pop art (1923-1997).
AFORETHOUGHT * s. With planning and intention.
DASYMETER * n. Densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density.
WHALER * n. 1 A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales. 2 A ship engaged in whale fishing.
CLEAVER * n. A butcher's knife having a large square blade.
SUPERLUNARY * --a. Situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth. --s. Unworldly or ethereal.
PELOBATIDAE * n. The amphibian family of spadefoot toads.
CANICULE * n. The hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity.
PUG-NOSED * s. Having a blunt nose.
ANTIPARTICLE * n. A particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy.
RICKOVER * n. United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986).
EPIGASTRIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen. 2 Lying on or over the stomach.
DISTEND * v. 1 Become wider. 2 Cause to expand as it by internal pressure. 3 Swell from or as if from internal pressure.
INSTITUTIONALISE * v. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
DE-IODINASE * n. An enzyme that removes the iodine radical.
TACTICAL * a. Of or pertaining to tactic or tactics.
INADVISABLE * --a. Not prudent or wise; not recommended. --s. Not advisable.
FUMIGANT * n. A chemical substance used in fumigation.
WOEFUL * s. 1 Affected by or full of grief or woe. 2 Of very poor quality or condition.
CORNHUSK * n. The husk of an ear of corn.
THERMOPYLAE * n. A famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece.
CONDEMNABLE * s. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
PAGANINI * n. Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840).
BEAKED * a. Having or resembling a beak.
UNFAITHFUL * --a. 1 Not true to duty or obligation or promises. 2 Having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend. --s. 1 Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. 2 Not trustworthy.
PUNKAH * n. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room.
YEAR-ROUND * a. Operating or continuing throughout the year.
SUITING * n. A fabric used for suits.
ISOSCELES * s. (of a triangle) Having two sides of equal length.
WHISH * v. 1 Make a sibilant sound. 2 Move with a whishing sound.
STATUARY * --n. Statues collectively. --a. Of or relating to or suitable for statues.
LOW-CLASS * a. Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society.
INCESSANCY * n. The quality of something that continues without end or interruption.
BEARCAT * n. Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
RUNYON * n. United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946).
SUPERFINE * s. 1 Of extremely fine size or texture. 2 Excessively delicate or refined. 3 (used especially of merchandise) Very fine in quality.
GLOOMING * s. Depressingly dark.
RETICULATION * n. 1 (photography) The formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion. 2 An arrangement resembling a net or network.
ADVECT * v. Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid.
SPACE-TIME * n. The four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located.
ORDINANCE * n. 1 An authoritative rule. 2 A statute enacted by a city government. 3 The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders.
DULCORATE * v. Make sweeter in taste.
BERIBERI * n. Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).
CARUNCULA * n. An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds.
WHOLEHEARTEDLY * r. Without reserve; without reservation.
APOSELENE * n. Apoapsis in orbit around the moon.
NARCISM * n. An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself.
DOBRICH * n. A city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region.
SPHECOIDEA * n. Families Sphecidae and Stizidae.
TRIENNIAL * --n. The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --s. Occurring every third year or lasting 3 years.
HATBAND * n. A band around the crown of a hat just above the brim.
BROWNED * s. (of skin) Deeply suntanned.
DEVISING * n. The act that results in something coming to be.
EPOCHAL * s. Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.
HUMANIST * --n. 1 A classical scholar or student of the liberal arts. 2 An advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism. 2 Of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion. 3 Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities. --s. Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare.
OVOTESTIS * n. Hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue.
CASTRATION * n. 1 Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles. 2 Surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men). 3 The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.
VAPOURISH * s. Resembling or characteristic of vapor.
MONGOLISM * n. A congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation.
PROF * n. Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university.
WASHERMAN * n. Operates industrial washing machine.
SAFE-DEPOSIT * n. A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables.
TIBERIUS * n. Son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37).
GLYCERALDEHYDE * n. A sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars.
TRAGICOMEDY * n. 1 A dramatic composition involving elements of both tragedy and comedy usually with the tragic predominating. 2 A comedy with serious elements or overtones.
CENTROSOME * n. Small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules.
HIGHLANDER * n. 1 A soldier in a Scottish regiment from the Highlands. 2 A native of the Highlands of Scotland.
DIVULGEMENT * n. The act of disclosing something that was secret or private.
FORTY-THREE * s. Being three more than forty.
ULTRAMARINE * --n. 1 Blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli. 2 A vivid blue to purple-blue color. --s. Of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color.
DROPFORGE * v. Forge with a dropforge.
ANTIBACTERIAL * --n. Any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth. --a. Destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth.
FRATRICIDE * n. 1 A person who murders their brother or sister. 2 Fire that injures or kills an ally. 3 The murder of your sibling.
TUMOUR * n. An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
QUADRATE * --n. 1 A cubelike object. 2 A square-shaped object. --s. Having four sides and four angles.
MUTANT * --n. 1 (biology) An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration. 2 An animal that has undergone mutation. --a. Tending to undergo or resulting from mutation.
CHYLIFACTIVE * a. Producing or converting into chyle.
HYPOGONADISM * n. Incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk.
SEXUALITY * n. The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles.
GAND * n. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry.
THEURGY * n. 1 The effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs. 2 White magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists).
FAROES * n. 1 A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands. 2 A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands.
SEX-STARVED * s. Desiring but deprived of sexual gratification.
ROOMMATE * n. An associate who shares a room with you.
UNREDUCED * s. Not altered by reduction.
THIRTY-FIRST * s. Coming next after the thirtieth in position.
WELL-TIMED * --s. Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time. --r. At an opportune time.
ADMINISTER * v. 1 Work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of. 2 Perform (a church sacrament) ritually. 3 Administer or bestow, as in small portions. 4 Give or apply (medications).
SOOT * --n. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. --v. Coat with soot.
GRIMNESS * n. 1 The quality of being ghastly. 2 Something hard to endure.
INANELY * r. Vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish.
SWORDSMANSHIP * n. Skill in fencing.
COCHIN * n. Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs.
LINEARITY * n. The property of having one dimension.
CYTOSTOME * n. Mouth of a protozoan.
CONSULTANCY * n. The practice of giving expert advice within a particular field.
MUNIFICENCE * n. Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.
LAURASIA * n. A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia.
PREPUBERTY * n. A period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur.
LEM * n. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
MYXINE * n. Type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes).
UNDERPRODUCTION * n. Inadequate production or less than expected.
PERPLEXED * a. Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment.
DIMITY * n. A strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains.
TOYONAKI * n. A Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka.
BLAMELESS * s. Free of guilt; not subject to blame.
TULARAEMIA * n. A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
BOOGIE * --n. An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano). --v. Dance to boogie music.
ACRIMONIOUS * s. Marked by strong resentment or cynicism.
VERSATILE * s. 1 Having great diversity or variety. 2 Changeable or inconstant. 3 Competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another. 4 Able to move freely in all directions.
STYLISH * a. 1 Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. 2 Being or in accordance with current social fashions.
INSTITUTIONALLY * r. By an institution.
RECURRENT * s. Recurring again and again.
FOUR-NEEDLED * s. (of conifers) Having four needles.
GLACIATED * s. Covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action.
STALACTITE * n. A cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave.
EOCENE * n. From 58 million to 40 million years ago; presence of modern mammals.
AURICULARIACEAE * n. Fungi having gelatinous sporophores.
DAKOIT * n. A member of an armed gang of robbers.
THATCH * --n. 1 Hair resembling thatched roofing material. 2 Plant stalks used as roofing material. 3 An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718). 4 A house roof made with a plant material (as straw). --v. Cover with thatch.
AHAB * n. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
LATTICELIKE * s. Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
NAKED-TAILED * s. Having a tail that is hairless.
TELLTALE * --n. Someone who gossips indiscreetly. --s. Disclosing unintentionally something concealed.
ROUMANIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages.
OVERNICE * s. Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
YOUTH * n. 1 A young person (especially a young man or boy). 2 Young people collectively. 3 The time of life between childhood and maturity. 4 Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced.
CRABS * n. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
ANTILOPE * n. Blackbucks.
BAILABLE * s. 1 Admitting of bail. 2 Eligible for bail.
MEEKNESS * n. 1 The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness. 2 A disposition to be patient and long suffering.
SIDEWALL * n. 1 The side of an automobile tire. 2 A wall that forms the side of a structure.
TSWANA * n. 1 A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa. 2 The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana.
HARDSHIP * n. 1 A state of misfortune or affliction. 2 Something hard to endure. 3 Something that causes or entails suffering.
NEGATIVITY * n. 1 The character of the negative electric pole. 2 Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands. 3 An amount less than zero. 4 (chemistry) The tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond.
EMPYEMA * n. A collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity).
PROTEST * --n. 1 A formal and solemn declaration of objection. 2 The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. 3 The act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval. --v. 1 Utter words of protest. 2 Express opposition through action or words. 3 Affirm or avow formally or solemnly.
YELLOW-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with yellow.
NORTHWEST * --n. 1 The northwestern region of the United States. 2 The direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point. 3 The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees. 4 A location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the northwest. 2 Coming from the northwest. --r. To, toward, or in the northwest.
RESISTIVE * --a. Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance. --s. Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.
HAEMATOGENIC * a. Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells.
VERBALISER * n. Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous).
PROTRACT * v. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer.
CHLOROFLUOROCARBON * n. A fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans.
CONCEPTUALISE * v. Have the idea for.
SERIES * n. 1 Similar things placed in order or happening one after another. 2 A serialized set of programs. 3 A periodical that appears at scheduled times. 4 (sports) Several contests played successively by the same teams.
DE-IONATE * v. Remove ions from.
HANNUKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
COUNSEL * --n. 1 A lawyer who pleads cases in court. 2 Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. --v. Give advice to.
NEPHRECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a kidney.
THEOPHRASTACEAE * n. Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae.
DEPORTMENT * n. (behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people.
CURABILITY * n. Capability of being cured or healed.
OROBANCHACEAE * n. Brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.
FAIRWAY * n. 1 The area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short. 2 The usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters. 3 A tract of ground free of obstacles to movement.
EXOGAMOUS * a. 1 Characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related. 2 Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe.
SENSITIVENESS * n. 1 Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others). 2 (physiology) Responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. 3 The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences. 4 The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment.
SPADE-LIKE * s. Shaped in the form of a spade.
FACETIOUSLY * r. Not seriously.
NUMMULITE * n. Large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period.
GENOVA * n. A seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria.
MASONIC * a. 1 Of or relating to stonemasons or masonry. 2 Of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry.
BEHALF * n. 1 As the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as `on behalf of' rather than `in behalf of'). 2 For someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive).
TOMBAC * n. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
AWFUL * --s. 1 Exceptionally bad or displeasing. 2 Causing fear or dread or terror. 3 Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. 4 Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. --a. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. --r. Used as intensifiers.
CANISTER * n. 1 A metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm. 2 Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour.
SPRINKLES * n. Bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream.
THUCYDIDES * n. Ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC).
ANGRILY * r. With anger.
BESSERA * n. Small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae.
FRAY * --n. A noisy fight. --v. 1 Wear away by rubbing. 2 Cause friction.
ASSYRIA * n. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
SOMERSET * n. 1 A county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel. 2 An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.
CROWN-BEARD * n. Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads.
VITUPERATION * n. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.
PUFF * --n. 1 A short light gust of air. 2 A light inflated pastry or puff shell. 3 Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes). 4 Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. --v. 1 Smoke and exhale strongly. 2 Suck in or take (air). 3 Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. 4 Make proud or conceited. --s. Gathered for protruding fullness.
CENTAVO * n. A fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal.
SEMBLANCE * n. 1 An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading. 2 An erroneous mental representation. 3 Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.
MEME * n. A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation).
CERUMEN * n. A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
UNOBTRUSIVENESS * n. The quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way.
DOCKSIDE * n. The region adjacent to a boat dock.
FLUKEY * s. Subject to accident or chance or change.
REDEPOSITION * n. Deposition from one deposit to another.
FICKLENESS * n. Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous.
MELICYTUS * n. A genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands.
TUNING * n. (music) Calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency.
DISGRUNTLEMENT * n. A feeling of sulky discontent.
SHATTER * v. 1 Break into many pieces. 2 Damage or destroy. 3 Cause to break into many pieces.
PONTEDERIACEAE * n. Aquatic or bog plants.
HONEY-COLORED * s. Having the color of honey.
OUTDOORSMAN * n. A person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing).
PROPOSE * v. 1 Make a proposal, declare a plan for something. 2 Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.. 3 Propose or intend. 4 Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.
ARRANGING * n. The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music.
STEATOCYSTOMA * n. A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked.
ENOLOGIST * n. A specialist in wine making.
ORANGEWOOD * n. Fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork.
FACING * n. 1 A lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening. 2 An ornamental coating to a building. 3 A protective covering that protects the outside of a building. 4 Providing something with a surface of a different material.
CEWA * n. A member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe.
ORBITER * n. Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon.
RATIONING * n. The act of rationing.
ARCHAEOLOGIC * a. Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology.
LINGUA * n. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
GRACILE * s. Slender and graceful.
HAWK-EYED * s. Having very keen vision.
AUSTENITE * n. A solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite.
CAPEK * n. Czech writer who introduced the word `robot' into the English language (1890-1938).
NORTHWESTWARDLY * r. In a northwestward direction.
INDUE * v. Give qualities or abilities to.
NONPARTISANSHIP * n. An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally.
WAYLAY * v. Wait in hiding to attack.
BROMBERG * n. An industrial city and river port in northern Poland.
ATRIUM * n. 1 Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart). 2 The central area in a building; open to the sky.
LAMENTATIONS * n. An Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah.
ALCOHOLISM * n. 1 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. 2 An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess.
RIATA * n. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
INDOMETHACIN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin).
SETLINE * n. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
CACOPHONY * n. 1 A loud harsh or strident noise. 2 Loud confusing disagreeable sounds.
FREE-ASSOCIATE * v. Associate freely.
CONCOCT * v. 1 Make a concoction (of) by mixing. 2 Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients. 3 Invent. 4 Devise or invent.
SHRIMP-FISH * n. Slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates.
SLANGY * s. Constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang.
HOMICIDE * n. The killing of a human being by another human being.
MENINGOCELE * n. A congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue).
CRACK * --n. 1 A long narrow opening. 2 A narrow opening. 3 A long narrow depression in a surface. 4 A sudden sharp noise. --v. 1 Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only. 2 Make a very sharp explosive sound. 3 Make a sharp sound. 4 Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise. --s. Of the highest quality.
KATYDID * n. Large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings.
SETTLER * n. 1 A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country. 2 A negotiator who settles disputes. 3 A clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings.
DISPARAGE * v. Express a negative opinion of.
CROSSCURRENT * n. 1 A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. 2 Actions counter to the main group activity.
FLATULENCY * n. A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
DECAMPMENT * n. 1 The act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest). 2 Breaking camp.
BRITCHES * n. (used in the plural) Informal term for breeches.
NONCONDUCTOR * n. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.
STERILIZE * v. 1 Make free from bacteria. 2 Make infertile.
ZIZZ * n. 1 A buzzing or whizzing sound. 2 A nap.
MICTURITION * n. The discharge of urine.
INTERMIT * v. Cease an action temporarily.
SEEDBED * n. A bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting.
SPRING-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the spring.
CREOSOL * n. A colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote.
TRANSDUCE * v. Cause transduction (of energy forms).
IMPLEMENT * --n. Instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end. --v. 1 Apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design. 2 Ensure observance of laws and rules. 3 Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue.
BOWELS * n. The center of the Earth.
BLASTOPORE * n. The opening into the archenteron.
CLERK * --n. 1 An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts). 2 A salesperson in a store. --v. Work as a clerk, as in the legal business.
HUSSEIN * n. 1 Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937). 2 King of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999).
TRANSMIGRATION * n. The passing of a soul into another body after death.
WOOLLCOTT * n. United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943).
NIGHTCAP * n. 1 An alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic. 2 A cloth cap worn in bed. 3 The final game of a double header.
UNDIVIDABLE * s. Cannot be divided without leaving a remainder.
GALVANISM * n. 1 Electricity produced by chemical action. 2 The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis).
SHITLIST * n. A list of people who are out of favor.
HAPTICALLY * r. By touch.
CRAFTINESS * n. 1 Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. 2 The quality of being crafty.
ENDARTERITIS * n. Inflammation of the inner lining of an artery.
CORDOVAN * n. A fine leather originally made in Cordoba, Spain.
BLOODBATH * n. Indiscriminate slaughter.
PLUNGE * --n. 1 A brief swim in water. 2 A steep and rapid fall. --v. 1 Thrust or throw into. 2 Drop steeply. 3 Dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity. 4 Begin with vigor.
UNPRODUCTIVE * --a. Not producing or capable of producing. --s. Not producing desired results.
PORPHYRIO * n. Old World purple gallinules.
ARTEMISIA * n. Any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage.
MUTE * --n. 1 A deaf person who is unable to speak. 2 A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument. --v. Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. --s. 1 Expressed without speech. 2 Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness.
SYNECDOCHIC * s. Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it.
NEOPOLITAN * n. A resident of Naples.
SEPTUM * n. 1 (anatomy) A dividing partition between two tissues or cavities. 2 A partition or wall especially in an ovary.
UNDERSTATE * v. Represent as less significant or important.
EXPANSIVE * --a. Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion. --s. 1 Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope. 2 Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur. 3 Friendly and open and willing to talk.
DOWNLOAD * v. Transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location.
O.E.D. * n. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
SCOFFLAW * n. One who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses.
SECRETASE * n. A set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's).
DENTICULATE * s. Having a very finely toothed margin.
SWORDPLAY * n. The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully.
SHAKESPEARE * n. English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616).
LEMNISCATE * n. Any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight.
SCHOLARLY * a. Characteristic of scholars or scholarship.
PELTER * n. 1 A heavy rain. 2 A thrower of missiles.
AUTHORISER * n. An authority who authorizes (people or actions).
ANGUILLIDAE * n. Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
CPU * n. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
PLECTANIA * n. Genus of fungi in the family Pezizaceae closely related to and often included in genus Peziza.
NONHEREDITARY * s. Not acquirable by inheritance.
HO * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds.
CORKBOARD * n. A heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking.
TROTLINE * n. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
BEDSIDE * n. Space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person).
CLOCHE * n. 1 A low transparent cover put over young plants to protect them from cold. 2 A woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet.
OPERATIVELY * r. In a manner to produce an effect.
DOUBLE-DATE * v. Go out on a date with a partner and another couple.
CONSPICUOUSNESS * n. 1 The state of being conspicuous. 2 High visibility.
RENTIER * n. Someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments.
PLASMACYTE * n. A cell that develops from a B lymphocyte in reaction to a specific antigen; found in bone marrow and sometimes in the blood.
STEEPLE * n. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
ANTHROPOMORPHIC * s. Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things.
CUPULAR * s. Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
SUNDOWNER * n. 1 A tramp who habitually arrives at sundown. 2 A drink taken at sundown.
RECLINER * n. An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it.
NONSENSE * --n. 1 A message that seems to convey no meaning. 2 Ornamental objects of no great value. --s. Having no intelligible meaning.
SPECULAR * s. Capable of reflecting light like a mirror.
DECARBOXYLATE * v. 1 Lose a carboxyl group. 2 Remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound).
BREATHTAKING * s. Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing.
BURRED * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
PEPTIZE * v. Disperse in a medium into a colloidal state.
PLATITUDINAL * s. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
SUMMERSAULT * n. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.
TAXIDERMIST * n. A craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display.
TRIGGER-HAPPY * s. 1 Irresponsible in the use of firearms. 2 Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.
COMPELLING * s. 1 Driving or forcing. 2 Tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument.
LOBACHEVSKY * n. Russian mathematician who independently discovered non-Euclidean geometry (1792-1856).
TO-DO * n. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
VISCOUNTY * n. 1 The dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess. 2 The domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess.
SACRIFICEABLE * s. May be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective.
SEISM * n. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.
PROGRAM * --n. 1 A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished. 2 A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need. 3 A radio or television show. 4 A document stating the aims and principles of a political party. --v. 1 Arrange a program of or for. 2 Write a computer program.
NATTERJACK * n. Common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops.
INDUSTRIALIZATION * n. The development of industry on an extensive scale.
BRANDYBALL * n. A British candy flavored with brandy.
PIPPIN * n. Any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red.
CLOSER * --n. 1 A person who closes something. 2 (baseball) A relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game. --r. (comparative of `near' or `close') Within a shorter distance.
COUPLING * n. 1 A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together. 2 A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects. 3 The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
ALUMINOUS * a. Pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum.
CRETAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
URBAN * a. 1 Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area. 2 Located in or characteristic of a city or city life.
STREETWALK * v. Walk the streets in search of customers.
ARHAT * n. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
IDOLISE * v. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.
QUADRIPARA * n. (obstetrics) Woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies.
PREPAYMENT * n. Payment in advance.
REFRIGERATED * s. Made or kept cold by refrigeration.
INSECTICIDAL * a. Of or relating to insecticide.
SIXTEENTH * --n. 1 Position 16 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in sixteen equal parts. --s. Coming next after the fifteenth in position.
GRAD * n. 1 One-hundredth of a right angle. 2 A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
SALAT * n. The second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca.
CHENOPODIUM * n. Goosefoot; pigweed.
CHEERER * n. A spectator who shouts encouragement.
TASHKENT * n. The capital of Uzbekistan.
BOASTER * n. A very boastful and talkative person.
GRASS-EATING * s. Feeding on grasses.
AGNI * n. (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas.
FRICANDEAU * n. Larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices.
LOTUSLAND * n. An idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence.
SUPPURATIVE * a. Relating to or characterized by suppuration.
UNINQUISITIVE * --a. Not inquiring. --s. Deficient in curiosity.
ALSTONIA * n. Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia.
WINCEY * n. A plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas.
OUZEL * n. Common black European thrush.
SIXTY-FIVE * s. Being five more than sixty.
IMPURITY * n. 1 Worthless or dangerous material that should be removed. 2 The condition of being impure.
TBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits.
VIOLET-PURPLE * s. Light violet and dark purple.
WORTHFUL * s. Having worth or merit or value.
GUNPOWDER * n. A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks.
LUCITE * n. A transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin.
TURBANED * s. Wearing a turban.
DUSKY-COLORED * s. Having a dark color.
STAGED * --a. Written for or performed on the stage. --s. Deliberately arranged for effect.
BLANKET * --n. 1 Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed. 2 Anything that covers. 3 A layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor. --v. 1 Cover as if with a blanket. 2 Form a blanket-like cover (over). --s. Broad in scope or content.
CIRROCUMULUS * n. A cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples.
LEPTODACTYLIDAE * n. New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae.
CHOC-ICE * n. Colloquial British abbreviation for chocolate ice cream.
COINAGE * n. 1 Coins collectively. 2 A newly invented word or phrase. 3 The act of inventing a word or phrase.
ADYNAMIA * n. Lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness).
URBANIZE * v. 1 Make more industrial or city-like. 2 Impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon.
GALORE * s. 1 In great numbers. 2 Existing in abundance.
PNEUMOCYTOSIS * n. Pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims).
WISTFUL * s. Showing pensive sadness.
MAILBAG * n. 1 Pouch used in the shipment of mail. 2 Letter carrier's shoulder bag.
ASTUTELY * r. In a shrewd manner.
AUSPICE * n. A favorable omen.
SECERNMENT * n. 1 The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance. 2 The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished.
INDIGNANTLY * r. In an indignant manner.
SPHYRAENA * n. Type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda.
THALAMUS * n. Large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon.
ANURESIS * n. Inability to urinate.
FIGURAL * s. Consisting of or forming human or animal figures.
JOWLY * s. Having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.
PISCIVOROUS * s. Feeding on fishes.
SINCLAIR * n. 1 United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968). 2 English electrical engineer who founded a company that introduced many innovative products (born in 1940).
PHENOBARBITONE * n. A long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative.
TORN * s. 1 Having edges that are jagged from injury. 2 Disrupted by the pull of contrary forces.
VOID * --n. 1 The state of nonexistence. 2 An empty area or space. --v. 1 Declare invalid. 2 Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something. 3 Take away the legal force of or render ineffective. 4 Excrete or discharge from the body. --s. 1 Lacking any legal or binding force. 2 Containing nothing.
TERRORISATION * n. 1 The act of inspiring with fear. 2 An act of terrorism.
SOAPBOX * n. 1 A crate for packing soap. 2 A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
DICRANUM * n. Type genus of Dicranaceae.
DISCONCERT * v. 1 Cause to feel embarrassment. 2 Cause to lose one's composure.
CROSSBREEDING * n. 1 (genetics) The act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. 2 Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons).
MAURITANIE * n. A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert.
WORST * --n. 1 The least favorable outcome. 2 The greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable. 3 The weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of. --v. Defeat thoroughly. --a. (superlative of `bad') Most wanting in quality or value or condition. --r. To the highest degree of inferiority or badness.
PRUNING * n. 1 Something that has been pruned off of a plant. 2 The act of trimming a plant.
BABYSITTER * n. A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
OYABUN * n. A Japanese supervisor.
INC * n. A heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government.
TRIPLE-DECKER * n. Made with three slices of usually toasted bread.
MUCORALES * n. An order of mostly saprophytic fungi.
HOOLIGAN * n. A cruel and brutal fellow.
KHABAROVSK * n. 1 A city on the Amur River on the border of China and the capital of Khabarovsk. 2 An administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia.
LAGODON * n. A genus of Sparidae.
BUTTRESS * --n. A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building. --v. 1 Reinforce with a buttress. 2 Make stronger or defensible.
ETYMOLOGICAL * a. Based on or belonging to etymology.
EQUIVALENCE * n. 1 A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced. 2 Essential equality and interchangeability. 3 Qualities that are comparable.
BENZENOID * a. Similar to benzene in structure or linkage.
TRAVELOGUE * n. A film or illustrated lecture on traveling.
TINBERGEN * n. 1 Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988). 2 Dutch economist noted for his work in econometrics (1903-1994).
TECHNICOLOR * n. A trademarked method of making color motion pictures.
SPECKED * s. Having a pattern of dots.
RYA * n. A shag rug made in Sweden.
INDENTION * n. The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line.
FAMOUS * s. Widely known and esteemed.
GELATINOUS * s. Thick like gelatin.
AUSTERLITZ * n. 1 A town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. 2 A decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II.
UNOXYGENATED * s. (used of blood) Not supplied with oxygen.
ISOMERIZATION * n. The conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself.
BRITISH * --n. The people of Great Britain. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture.
TRILOGY * n. A set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme.
PRINCIPAL * --n. 1 The original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated. 2 The educator who has executive authority for a school. 3 An actor who plays a principal role. 4 Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it. --s. Most important element.
OVER-THE-TOP * s. Far more than usual or expected.
PLUMELIKE * s. Resembling a plume.
DOLOUR * n. (poetry) Painful grief.
TREASURED * s. Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.
TERPSICHOREAN * --n. A performer who dances professionally. --a. Of or relating to dancing.
TIBETO-BURMAN * n. A branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages spoken from Tibet to the Malay Peninsula.
MATRICULATE * --n. Someone who has been admitted to a college or university. --v. Enroll as a student.
CRYPTOMERIA * n. Japanese cedar; sugi.
CONENOSE * n. Large bloodsucking bug.
ARISTA * n. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
CATCALL * --n. A cry expressing disapproval. --v. Utter catcalls at.
ABORTUS * n. A human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body.
CHRYSOPHRYS * n. Australian snapper.
CARACUL * n. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.
SEROUS * a. Of or producing or containing serum.
CLAMOROUS * s. Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.
RANUNCULUS * n. Annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot.
DRYOPITHECUS * n. Genus of Old World hominoids; Miocene and Pliocene.
AUTOTELIC * a. Of or relating to or believing in autotelism.
LIZARD * n. 1 Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail. 2 A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him.
ALMS * n. Money or goods contributed to the poor.
ANAGYRIS * n. Very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods.
PROVERA * n. A progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders.
REPUDIATIVE * s. Rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning.
COUNTERPOSE * v. Constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to.
ANADIPLOSIS * n. Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
FAMILIARISE * v. Make familiar or conversant with.
EXCISION * n. 1 The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage. 2 Surgical removal of a body part or tissue. 3 The act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society. 4 The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
SIGNIFY * v. 1 Denote or connote. 2 Convey or express a meaning. 3 Make known with a word or signal.
SILVERY-BODIED * s. Having a silver-colored body.
AFL-CIO * n. The largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955.
LXXXIII * s. Being three more than eighty.
WORKROOM * n. Room where work is done.
STRIP-SEARCH * v. Search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes.
UNDERWING * n. Moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings.
GRAYISH-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with grey.
CARMINATIVE * --n. Medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing. --s. Relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping).
DENTITION * n. 1 The eruption through the gums of baby teeth. 2 The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal.
TOGGLE * --n. 1 Any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time. 2 A hinged switch that can assume either of two positions. 3 A fastener consisting of a peg or pin or crosspiece that is inserted into an eye at the end of a rope or a chain or a cable in order to fasten it to something (as another rope or chain or cable). --v. 1 Provide with a toggle or toggles. 2 Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle. 3 Release by a toggle switch.
LONGLEGS * n. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
STOICALLY * r. Without emotion; in a stoic manner.
DYSPNEA * n. Difficult or labored respiration.
SAVVY * --n. The cognitive condition of someone who understands. --v. Get the meaning of something.
FLUNK * --n. Failure to reach a minimum required performance. --v. Fail to get a passing grade.
KWEEK * n. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India.
1750S * n. The decade from 1750 to 1759.
RIVETING * s. Capable of arousing and holding the attention.
ELBOWING * n. Jostling with the elbows.
BALANIDAE * n. Stalkless barnacles.
SEEDED * --a. (of the more skilled contestants) Selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds. --s. 1 Having the seeds extracted. 2 Having seeds as specified. 3 Having or supplied with seeds. 4 Sprinkled with seed.
FOOLSCAP * n. A size of paper used especially in Britain.
PALOMINO * n. A horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail.
GRAVIMETER * n. 1 A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid. 2 A measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth.
FAIRGROUND * n. An open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses.
SVOBODA * n. (Russia) Freedom.
GOBIO * n. True gudgeons.
XANTHOPSIA * n. Visual defect in which objects appear to have a yellowish hue; sometimes occurs in cases of jaundice.
RUMOURMONGER * n. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
IMMOBILE * --a. Not capable of movement or of being moved. --s. Securely fixed in place.
FACIA * n. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
HORTATORY * s. Giving strong encouragement.
UPANISHAD * n. A later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions.
HOOKY * n. Failure to attend (especially school).
CUSTODIAN * n. One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals.
TRUANCY * n. Failure to attend (especially school).
DUNNOCK * n. Small brownish European songbird.
ALKALIZE * v. Turn basic and less acidic.
BLUE-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with blue.
PARSI * n. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India.
UNTROD * s. Lacking pathways.
CANCELLATE * s. 1 Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows. 2 Having an open or latticed or porous structure.
NAUCH * n. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
DEPRAVE * v. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
POSSEMAN * n. An able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse.
MIKIR-MEITHEI * n. Kamarupan languages spoken in the states of Manipur and Assam in northeastern India.
BULBAR * a. Involving the medulla oblongata.
BOXBERRY * n. 1 Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries. 2 Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
TEASING * --n. 1 The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. 2 Playful vexation. 3 The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb. --s. 1 Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule). 2 Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it. 3 Causing irritation or annoyance.
MAGICAL * s. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
APPLE-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of an apple.
NEUROPTERON * n. Insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins.
CONIOGRAMME * n. Terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia.
GENETIC * --s. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. --a. 1 Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene. 2 Pertaining to or referring to origin. 3 Of or relating to the science of genetics.
DEFIANCE * n. 1 Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude. 2 A hostile challenge. 3 A defiant act.
UNCONTROVERSIAL * a. Not likely to arouse controversy.
HEBDOMAD * n. Any period of seven consecutive days.
NASION * n. The craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet.
CRASHER * n. Someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying.
CARTILAGE * n. Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults.
CANNABIS * n. 1 Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs. 2 The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect.
PULL * --n. 1 The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you. 2 The force used in pulling. 3 Special advantage or influence. 4 A device used for pulling something. --v. 1 Cause to move by pulling. 2 Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes. 3 Move into a certain direction. 4 Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.
EMBRYO * n. 1 (botany) A minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium. 2 An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life.
FRACTIOUS * s. 1 Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. 2 Easily irritated or annoyed. 3 Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome.
ZITI * n. Medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces.
RELAY * --n. 1 The act of passing something along from one person or group to another. 2 A crew of workers who relieve another crew. 3 A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals. 4 A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance. --v. 1 Pass along. 2 Control or operate by relay.
ITTY-BITTY * s. (used informally) Very small.
CONGEST * v. Become or cause to become obstructed.
POISED * s. 1 Marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action. 2 In full control of your faculties.
MONOLINGUALLY * r. In a monolingual manner.
NEMBUTAL * n. A barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic.
NEIGHBOURLY * s. Exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.
HEDGING * n. 1 Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change. 2 An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement.
ANTHUS * n. Pipits.
POTAMOGALIDAE * n. Otter shrews.
CAMPHORATED * a. Impregnated with camphor.
DIAMANTINE * a. Consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds.
CUM * n. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.
PALEORNITHOLOGY * n. The paleobiology of birds.
DANCEABLE * s. Suitable for dancing.
LUBRICITY * n. Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
EARLYISH * s. Being somewhat early.
NERVURE * n. 1 Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ. 2 One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.
TOKIO * n. The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan.
NOMADIC * s. Migratory.
ENTOZOIC * a. Living within a living animal usually as a parasite.
HANDS * n. 1 (with `in') Guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child. 2 The force of workers available.
ASCERTAIN * v. 1 Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. 2 Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something. 3 Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. 4 Learn or discover with certainty.
CONVEYING * n. Act of transferring property title from one person to another.
FROG'S-BIT * n. European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers.
ALLHALLOWTIDE * n. The season of All Saints' Day.
VOLGA * n. A Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea.
SHANDY * n. A drink made of beer and lemonade.
ARCHIPELAGO * n. A group of many islands in a large body of water.
SIRENIDAE * n. Sirens.
CURRENTNESS * n. The property of belonging to the present time.
MULTIVALENT * --a. 1 Used of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis. 2 Having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher. --s. Having many values, meanings, or appeals.
VOLUND * n. (Norse mythology) A wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland.
DETERMINANT * --n. 1 A determining or causal element or factor. 2 The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself. 3 A square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations. --s. Having the power or quality of deciding.
FULFIL * v. 1 Put in effect. 2 Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. 3 Meet the requirements or expectations of.
CATER-CORNERED * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
EXPAND * v. 1 Extend in one or more directions. 2 Become larger in size or volume or quantity. 3 Make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity. 4 Grow vigorously.
DEFRAY * v. Bear the expenses of.
BERK * n. A stupid person who is easy to take advantage of.
JERUSALEM * n. Capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom.
PRIESTLEY * n. English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804).
YIELDING * --n. 1 A verbal act of admitting defeat. 2 The act of conceding or yielding. --s. 1 Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control. 2 Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure. 3 Tending to give in or surrender or agree.
MANCUNIAN * --n. A native or resident of Manchester. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents.
SMOOTH-SHAVEN * s. Closely shaved recently.
NEURINOMA * n. Tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve.
INDRI * n. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
DISINCLINED * a. Unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval.
FUSED * s. Joined together into a whole.
SIF * n. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
SOFTENING * --n. The process of becoming softer. --s. Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin.
MUGILIDAE * n. Grey mullets.
MYOSIS * n. 1 An acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest). 2 Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller.
SPARRING * n. 1 An argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage. 2 Making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer.
AMPHIBIOUS * a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia. 2 Operating or living on land and in water.
NONINHERITABLE * a. Not inheritable.
LANSING * n. Capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River.
ETHERNET * n. A type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second.
DECLENSION * n. 1 The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages. 2 Process of changing to an inferior state. 3 A downward slope or bend. 4 A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms.
INTERNATIONALISM * n. 1 The doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences. 2 Quality of being international in scope.
HEADWATER * n. The source of a river.
REECHO * v. 1 Echo repeatedly, echo again and again. 2 Repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back. 3 Repeat back like an echo.
ROSTOV * n. A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia.
CURATOR * n. The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library).
SPARGANIACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Sparganium.
MANGEL-WURZEL * n. 1 Beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed. 2 Cultivated as feed for livestock.
REAMER * n. 1 A squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit. 2 A drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes.
TAILLESS * s. Not having a tail.
HEMATOCYTOPENIA * n. An abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood.
REBOOT * v. Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes.
APSIS * n. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar.
FUGLY * s. (slang) Extremely ugly.
RAGAMUFFIN * n. A dirty shabbily clothed urchin.
EQUIDISTRIBUTION * n. A flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence.
ENERGETIC * --a. Possessing or exerting or displaying energy. --s. Working hard to promote an enterprise.
MALACHITE * n. A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects.
HEYSE * n. German writer (1830-1914).
SHINY * --s. 1 Reflecting light. 2 Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. --a. Having a shiny surface or coating.
FLACCIDITY * n. A flabby softness.
BRIEF * --n. 1 A document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case. 2 A condensed written summary or abstract. --v. Give essential information to someone. --s. 1 Of short duration or distance. 2 Concise and succinct. 3 (of clothing) Very short.
BARORECEPTOR * n. A sensory receptor that responds to pressure.
SHORT-LIVED * s. Lasting a very short time.
STAINLESS * --n. Steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion. --s. (of reputation) Free from blemishes.
SPECTROGRAPH * n. 1 A spectroscope by which spectra can be photographed. 2 A photographic record of a spectrum.
DEVIATIONISM * n. Ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism).
RISIBILITY * n. A disposition to laugh.
AVOWER * n. 1 Someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly. 2 Someone who claims to speak the truth.
MAIL * --n. 1 The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service. 2 The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. 3 A conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system. 4 Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered. --v. 1 Send via the postal service. 2 Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.
CORAGYPS * n. A genus of Cathartidae.
NARRATION * n. 1 A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. 2 The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events. 3 (rhetoric) The second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth.
WARDROBE * n. 1 A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes. 2 Collection of clothing belonging to one person. 3 Collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company.
UNWARRANTABLE * s. Incapable of being justified or explained.
KHANTY * n. 1 A member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals). 2 A Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak.
ANACHRONISTIC * s. Chronologically misplaced.
FALCONINE * a. Relating to or resembling a falcon.
DENSE * s. 1 Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. 2 Hard to pass through because of dense growth. 3 Having high relative density or specific gravity. 4 Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
ORIGINATOR * n. Someone who creates new things.
RANGE * --n. 1 An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. 2 The limits within which something can be effective. 3 A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze. 4 A series of hills or mountains. --v. 1 Change or be different within limits. 2 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. 3 Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun. 4 Range or extend over; occupy a certain area.
GRISTLY * s. Difficult to chew.
AMMONIFICATION * n. Impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia.
BELLY-LAND * v. Land on the underside without the landing gear.
SALTPETRE * n. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
OVERCREDULITY * n. Too much credulity.
RETRAL * s. 1 Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction. 2 At or near or toward the posterior.
GARNET * n. Any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive.
ILIUM * n. 1 An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War. 2 The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone.
SCUTIGERELLA * n. Garden centipedes.
PHANEROZOIC * n. The period from about 540 million years ago until the present, a period when abundant life existed.
HYDROPHILIC * a. Having a strong affinity for water; tending to dissolve in, mix with, or be wetted by water.
TEX. * n. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
UNTEMPTING * s. 1 Not tempting. 2 Not appealing to the senses.
THREE-QUARTERS * n. Three of four equal parts.
BARCAROLLE * n. A boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers.
CHANGER * n. 1 A person who changes something. 2 An automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
ADAPTABILITY * n. The ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances.
SMILACACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
LYMPHOCYTE * n. An agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection.
MANHOOD * n. 1 The state of being a man; manly qualities. 2 The quality of being human. 3 The status of being a man.
SPHAEROCARPACEAE * n. Liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales.
BECHANCE * v. 1 Become of; happen to. 2 Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance.
CASTANETS * n. (used in the plural) 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.
INTERROGATORY * --n. Formal systematic questioning. --a. Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.
YHWH * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
HEXALECTRIS * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae.
GOITRE * n. Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet.
SYNCRETICAL * a. 1 Relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections. 2 Of or characterized by syncretism.
UNSUITABLE * s. 1 Not meant or adapted for a particular purpose. 2 Not capable of being applied. 3 Not conducive to good moral development. 4 Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse).
REMOTENESS * n. 1 The property of being remote. 2 A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner.
GORDIMER * n. South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923).
CUTCH * n. Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
VILNIUS * n. The capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania.
DEOXIDIZE * v. To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons.
CAULDRON * n. A very large pot that is used for boiling.
UNHEARING * s. Totally deaf; unable to hear anything.
PHENSUXIMIDE * n. Anticonvulsant (trade name Milontin) used to treat petit mal.
HANUMAN * n. 1 In Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage. 2 Langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India.
OPPORTUNIST * --n. A person who places expediency above principle. --s. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
FORECASTING * n. A statement made about the future.
PITTANCE * n. An inadequate payment.
CRIB * --n. 1 Baby bed with high sides made of slats. 2 A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). 3 A bin or granary for storing grains. 4 The cards discarded by players at cribbage. --v. 1 Use a crib, as in an exam. 2 Take unauthorized (intellectual material). 3 Line with beams or planks.
SUPPRESSANT * n. A drug that suppresses appetite.
ILL-HUMOURED * s. Brusque and surly and forbidding.
PALEOGEOGRAPHY * n. The study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs.
DATING * n. Use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens.
DOGIE * n. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
KICK-START * v. Start (a motorcycle) by means of a kick starter.
ANISOTROPIC * a. Not invariant with respect to direction.
UNBEARABLY * r. To an unbearable degree.
GETABLE * s. Capable of being obtained.
CELLAR * n. 1 The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage. 2 An excavation where root vegetables are stored. 3 Storage space where wines are stored.
BUSINESSLIKE * s. 1 Exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business. 2 Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal.
ASCOCARPOUS * a. Of or relating to ascocarps.
ASTEROIDAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling an asteroid.
INTERSCHOLASTIC * s. Used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools.
GRASSLAND * n. Land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life.
CADRE * n. 1 A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement. 2 A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion.
ELBOW * --n. 1 Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped. 2 A sharp bend in a road or river. 3 A length of pipe with a sharp bend in it. 4 The part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint. --v. 1 Push one's way with the elbows. 2 Shove one's elbow into another person's ribs.
VIOL * n. Any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family.
EFFLUX * n. The process of flowing out.
NUCLEOLE * n. A small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis.
CATHAYA * n. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere.
INCITIVE * s. Arousing to action or rebellion.
TILE * --n. 1 A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces. 2 A thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing. 3 Game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.. --v. Cover with tiles.
SCHONBERG * n. United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951).
HOPSACKING * n. A loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing.
INTERLOCK * --n. 1 A device that prevents an automotive engine from starting. 2 The act of interlocking or meshing. --v. 1 Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively. 2 Hold in a locking position. 3 Become engaged or intermeshed with one another.
CELLULOSE * n. A polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers.
PREFERENT * s. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
ICEHOUSE * n. A house for storing ice.
UNSTUFF * v. Cause to become unblocked.
RETINUE * n. The group following and attending to some important person.
EXTRACURRICULAR * s. 1 Outside the regular academic curriculum. 2 Outside the regular duties of your job or profession. 3 Characterized by adultery.
DRIP-DRY * --v. Dry by hanging up wet. --s. 1 Treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing. 2 Used of fabrics that do not require ironing.
WOODENLY * r. Without grace; rigidly.
PENSION * --n. A regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working. --v. Grant a pension to.
INJECT * v. 1 Give an injection to. 2 To introduce (a new aspect or element). 3 Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing. 4 Take by injection.
ZAG * n. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
OBSESSION * n. 1 An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will. 2 An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.
RIJSTTAFFEL * n. Dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice.
DESPOILATION * n. The act of stripping and taking by force.
ASSEMBLING * n. The act of gathering something together.
SNOWY * s. 1 Marked by the presence of snow. 2 Covered with snow. 3 Of the white color of snow.
MUCILAGE * n. 1 A gelatinous substance secreted by plants. 2 Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
TRAINBEARER * n. One who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion.
HOOKS * n. Large strong hand (as of a fighter).
ENTOZOAN * --n. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms). --a. 1 Of or relating to entozoa. 2 Living within a living animal usually as a parasite.
REMOVER * n. 1 A solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface). 2 Someone who works for a company that moves furniture.
GROUNDKEEPER * n. Someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field).
CONTRAFAGOTTO * n. The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family.
ROUNDERS * n. An English ball game similar to baseball.
STRADAVARIUS * n. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
UNSATISFIED * s. 1 Not having been satisfied. 2 Worried and uneasy.
SCHOOLCRAFT * n. United States geologist and ethnologist and explorer who discovered the source of the Mississippi River (1793-1864).
INSTAL * v. 1 Set up for use. 2 Put into an office or a position. 3 Place.
QUATERNION * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
CIRRUS * n. 1 Usually coiled. 2 A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles). 3 A slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile.
MENORRHEA * n. Flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years.
JAMMING * n. Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems.
CALUMNIOUS * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
BEGOTTEN * s. (of offspring) Generated by procreation.
PEPTO-BISMAL * n. An antacid.
DOER * n. A person who acts and gets things done.
MUSCULOSKELETAL * a. Relating to muscles and skeleton.
ENCOURAGEMENT * n. 1 The expression of approval and support. 2 The act of giving hope or support to someone. 3 The feeling of being encouraged.
FAZE * v. Disturb the composure of.
POKER * n. 1 Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire. 2 Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand.
EMBATTLE * v. 1 Fortify by furnishing with battlements for defense. 2 Prepare for battle or conflict.
TETRA * n. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
ENDPOINT * n. A place where something ends or is complete.
CAPUCHIN * n. 1 A hooded cloak for women. 2 Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl.
CANAANITE * n. 1 A member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites. 2 The extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest.
HALLUCINATORY * s. Characterized by or characteristic of hallucination.
SCANDENT * s. Used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb.
HONEYPOT * n. South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes.
UNREVERBERANT * a. Not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate.
DIMENSIONAL * --a. Of or relating to dimensions. --s. Having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person.
BIO-ASSAY * n. Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard.
TEFILLIN * n. (Judaism) Either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer.
ULTRAVIOLET * --n. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays. --s. Having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end.
ACETONURIA * n. Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation.
MAGISTERIAL * --a. Of or relating to a magistrate. --s. 1 Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. 2 Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person.
FINGERLING * n. A young or small fish.
FORTRESS * n. A fortified defensive structure.
CYPRAEIDAE * n. Family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries.
UNCHANGINGNESS * n. The quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged.
RUSTINESS * n. 1 The condition of being coated or clogged with rust. 2 Ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice.
UNPROVED * a. Not proved.
MIMICRY * n. 1 The act of mimicking; imitative behavior. 2 The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators.
SLAVELESS * s. Where slavery was prohibited.
HEALTHY * --a. Having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease. --s. 1 Financially secure and functioning well. 2 Promoting health; healthful. 3 Exercising or showing good judgment. 4 Large in amount or extent or degree.
TATOUAY * n. Naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America.
PORE * --n. 1 Any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas). 2 Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal. 3 A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass. --v. Direct one's attention on something.
ARBITRAL * a. Relating to or resulting from arbitration.
BALACLAVA * n. A cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face.
COONHOUND * n. Any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons.
CIRCUMSTANCE * n. 1 A condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity. 2 The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. 3 Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision. 4 Formal ceremony about important occasions.
ANTIAUTHORITARIAN * s. Opposed to authoritarianism.
CYPRINIFORMES * n. An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi.
SELF-DEPRECIATION * n. A feeling of being of little worth.
FOSTER-CHILD * n. A child who is raised by foster parents.
GEOCHEMISTRY * n. The chemistry of the earth's crust.
PREPOTENCY * n. The state of being predominant over others.
TAMPER * --n. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.). --v. 1 Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly. 2 Intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.
2 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. --s. Being one more than one.
PRICING * n. The evaluation of something in terms of its price.
CLEARLY * r. 1 Without doubt or question. 2 In an intelligible manner. 3 Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment. 4 In an easily perceptible manner.
BREECHCLOUT * n. A garment that provides covering for the loins.
UNCREATIVE * a. Not creative.
ISCHEMIA * n. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
VERBALISATION * n. 1 The words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization. 2 The activity of expressing something in words.
DACITIC * a. Relating to or consisting of dacite.
FLOREY * n. British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968).
POLYMERISE * v. 1 Cause (a compound) to polymerize. 2 Undergo polymerization.
INTERROGATIVELY * r. 1 In a questioning format. 2 With curiosity.
IGNITABLE * s. Capable of burning.
CLIT * n. A female sexual organ homologous to the penis.
SKILL * n. 1 An ability that has been acquired by training. 2 Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.
FIVES * n. A game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls.
SKINNERIAN * --n. A follower of the theories or methods of B. F. Skinner. --a. Of or relating to B. F. Skinner or his behaviorist psychology.
PIANISTIC * a. 1 Skilled at or adapted for the piano. 2 Of or relating to the piano.
HAWKINS * n. 1 English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595). 2 United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969).
BEDCLOTHES * n. Coverings that are used on a bed.
FASTENER * n. 1 A person who fastens or makes fast. 2 Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.
HEMATOMA * n. A localized swelling filled with blood.
NOSTALGIA * n. Longing for something past.
QUEENLY * s. Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen.
TUFFET * n. A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
NETT * --v. Catch with a net. --a. Remaining after all deductions.
PURANIC * a. Of or relating to the Purana.
BLOODROOT * n. Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant.
MARINER * n. A man who serves as a sailor.
SLOTHFULNESS * n. A disinclination to work or exert yourself.
REVOLVE * v. 1 Turn on or around an axis or a center. 2 Move in an orbit. 3 Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.
DISCOLOR * v. 1 Lose color or turn colorless. 2 Cause to lose or change color. 3 Change color, often in an undesired manner.
MESUA * n. Genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers.
OSTRYA * n. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae.
ABSURDITY * n. 1 A message whose content is at variance with reason. 2 A ludicrous folly.
VALVOTOMY * n. Incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction.
SUBTROPICS * n. Regions adjacent to the tropics.
FEDERALISE * v. 1 Put under the control and authority of a federal government. 2 Enter into a league for a common purpose. 3 Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league.
EXTRALINGUISTIC * a. Not included within the realm of language.
BOARDER * n. 1 A tenant in someone's house. 2 Someone who forces their way aboard ship. 3 A pupil who lives at school during term time.
DEC * n. 1 The last (12th) month of the year. 2 (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere.
A-BOMB * n. A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239).
SPANIARD * n. A native or inhabitant of Spain.
SCOLDER * n. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
MULTI-VALUED * s. Having many values, meanings, or appeals.
KOREAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language. 2 The Altaic language spoken by Koreans. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language.
CATHECTIC * a. Of or relating to cathexis.
OPEN-AND-SHUT * s. So obvious as to be easily solved or decided.
PINOPHYTINA * n. Most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
MOUSTACHE * n. An unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip.
PROFIT-MAXIMIZING * s. Making the profit as great as possible.
HUB-AND-SPOKE * n. A system of air transportation in which local airports offer air transportation to a central airport where long-distance flights are available.
.22-CALIBRE * a. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter.
TOLLGATHERER * n. Someone employed to collect tolls.
BIOWEAPON * n. Any weapon usable in biological warfare.
YOGISTIC * a. Of or relating to yoga.
GLIDE-BOMB * v. Bomb by gliding.
ANGUILLA * n. 1 A British colony in the West Indies. 2 Type genus of the Anguillidae: eels.
REPROACHFULLY * r. In a reproving or reproachful manner.
FIBERBOARD * n. Wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets.
ADENOMYOSIS * n. The presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea.
KILOWATT * n. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
DIVERSIONIST * n. Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks.
STAFFA * n. An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave.
SWAG * --n. 1 Valuable goods. 2 Goods or money obtained illegally. 3 A bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman. --v. 1 Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. 2 Walk as if unable to control one's movements. 3 Sway heavily or unsteadily.
DUSTCLOTH * n. A piece of cloth used for dusting.
MYG * n. One ten thousandth of a centner.
GUAM * n. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898.
CUCULUS * n. Type genus of the Cuculidae.
WOUNDING * --n. The act of inflicting a wound. --s. Causing physical or especially psychological injury.
DARN * --n. 1 Something of little value. 2 Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment). --v. Repair by sewing.
DTIC * n. The agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors.
LAZYBONES * n. A lazy person.
MOISTLY * r. In a damp manner.
FLAVIVIRIDAE * n. A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods.
ALCELAPHUS * n. African antelopes: hartebeests.
STEVENS * n. 1 United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973). 2 United States poet (1879-1955). 3 United States filmmaker (1905-1975).
CRUS * n. The leg from the knee to foot.
REFLEX * --n. An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus. --s. Without volition or conscious control.
EPISPERM * n. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
HELSINKI * n. The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center.
TRIBROMOETHANOL * n. An intravenous anesthetic.
TSK * v. Utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval.
GEOPOLITICS * n. The study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state.
CONSTANTINE * n. 1 Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337). 2 A walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I.
BUSTLE * --n. 1 A rapid active commotion. 2 A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt. --v. Move or cause to move energetically or busily.
TELEPATHIST * n. 1 Someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly. 2 A magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice).
ANDORRAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Andorra. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its people.
PLICA * n. A folded part (as in skin or muscle).
ESCHATON * n. (New Testament) Day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives.
ACROMYOTONIA * n. Myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot.
ASSUMPTIVE * s. 1 Excessively forward. 2 Accepted as real or true without proof.
APPETIZER * n. Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course).
TINNED * s. Sealed in a can or jar.
FORINT * n. The basic unit of money in Hungary.
AMAUROPELTA * n. Epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia.
ERECTNESS * n. 1 The property of being upright in posture. 2 Position at right angles to the horizon.
QUANGO * n. A quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government.
UPROOTER * n. A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.
MURRUMBIDGEE * n. A river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River.
UNPLUG * v. Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable.
ANTIC * --n. A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. --v. Act as or like a clown. --s. Ludicrously odd.
TRUSTER * n. A supporter who accepts something as true.
CANTOR * n. 1 The musical director of a choir. 2 The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
TUNELESSLY * r. In a tuneless fashion.
ANGER * --n. 1 A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. 2 The state of being angry. 3 Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins). --v. 1 Make angry. 2 Become angry.
UNFILMED * s. Not recorded on film or tape.
OPTICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or involving light or optics. 2 Relating to or using sight. 3 Of or relating to or resembling the eye.
BUDDING * --n. Reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent. --s. Beginning to develop.
LEMUROIDEA * n. Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii.
UKRANIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of the Ukraine.
SPONDYLITIS * n. Inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness.
LYMPHOCYTOPENIA * n. An abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood.
OSMOSIS * n. (biology, chemistry) Diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal.
MARIHUANA * n. 1 A strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction. 2 The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect.
BBL * n. Any of various units of capacity.
PONYCART * n. A cart with an underslung axle and two seats.
ERINACEUS * n. Type genus of the family Erinaceidae: hedgehogs.
PLICATION * n. 1 An angular or rounded shape made by folding. 2 The act of folding in parallel folds.
HIRSUTENESS * n. Excessive hairiness.
MATRIARCHIC * s. (of societies or families) Having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line.
BLACKHEAD * n. A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin.
BANK * --n. 1 Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water). 2 A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities. 3 A long ridge or pile. 4 An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers. --v. 1 Tip laterally. 2 Enclose with a bank. 3 Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank. 4 Act as the banker in a game or in gambling.
WAREHOUSEMAN * n. A workman who manages or works in a warehouse.
CYTOPATHOGENIC * s. Of or relating to or causing pathological changes in cells.
EIGHTFOLD * s. Having eight units or components.
BLANKLY * r. In a blank and uncomprehending manner.
NOCK * v. Make small marks into the surface of.
UNSOLDER * v. Remove the soldering from.
SCEPTRED * s. Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
XLVIII * s. Being eight more than forty.
TEENS * n. 1 The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20. 2 All the numbers that end in -teen.
ORLON * n. An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
KIBITZ * v. Make unwanted and intrusive comments.
AUTOTROPH * n. Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.
TIMIDNESS * n. Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions.
UNALTERABLY * r. In an unalterable and unchangeable manner.
AGA * n. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
CONSTITUTIVE * s. Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup).
UNSLEEPING * s. Fully awake.
LABYRINTHODONTA * n. Extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic.
QUILTING * n. 1 Stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design. 2 A material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric.
FOOTSTALL * n. An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).
SHORT-SPURRED * a. Of flowers have a short extension at the base of the corolla.
CRYPTOTERMES * n. Genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes.
PHOTOMECHANICS * n. 1 The process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods. 2 The technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing.
SHOVELLER * n. 1 A worker who shovels. 2 Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill.
MATURE * --v. 1 Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation. 2 Develop and work out fully in one's mind. 3 Become due for repayment. 4 Cause to ripen or develop fully. --a. 1 Characteristic of maturity. 2 Having reached full natural growth or development. 3 Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used. 4 (of birds) Having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination. --s. Fully considered and perfected.
CORER * n. A device for removing the core from apples.
PARVATI * n. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty.
ASSESSEE * n. A person (or property) that is assessed.
CORINTH * n. The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens.
JAGUARUNDI * n. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
DECKLED * s. Having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade.
LANDLORD * n. A landowner who leases to others.
DINNER * n. 1 The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday. 2 A party of people assembled to have dinner together.
MEPHISTOPHELEAN * s. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
INADEQUATELY * r. In an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree.
LOBULARITY * n. The property of having lobules.
GREISEN * n. A granitic rock composed of quartz and mica.
EDUCATOR * n. Someone who educates young people.
SIDETRACK * --n. A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass. --v. Wander from a direct or straight course.
RESTORATIVE * --n. 1 A medicine that strengthens and invigorates. 2 A device for treating injury or disease. --s. 1 Tending to impart new life and vigor to. 2 Promoting recuperation.
VELVETY-PLUMAGED * s. Plumage resembling velvet.
FORNIX * n. 1 Generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space). 2 An arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies.
SINGABLE * s. Suitable for singing.
SUBNORMALITY * n. 1 The state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence). 2 Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
TRACY * n. United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967).
UNBENEFICED * a. Not having a benefice.
ADJUNCTIVE * s. Joining; forming an adjunct.
MAGISTERIALLY * r. 1 In an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator. 2 In an authoritative and magisterial manner.
TINKLING * s. Like the short high ringing sound of a small bell.
FERIA * n. 1 A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated. 2 (in Spanish speaking regions) A local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint.
RUSSET * --n. A reddish brown homespun fabric. --s. Of brown with a reddish tinge.
WHENCE * r. From what place, source, or cause.
CASSAVA * n. 1 A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. 2 Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. 3 Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
NIGHTCLOTHES * n. Garments designed to be worn in bed.
EAGLE * --n. 1 Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight. 2 (golf) A score of two strokes under par on a hole. 3 A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars. 4 An emblem representing power. --v. 1 Shoot two strokes under par. 2 Shoot in two strokes under par.
JABALPUR * n. An industrial city of central India to the southeast of Delhi.
GIRLFRIEND * n. 1 Any female friend. 2 A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved.
NOISELESSNESS * n. The property of making no noise.
BANDMASTER * n. The conductor of a band.
DARLINGTONIA * n. One species: California pitcher plant.
BUTTONED-UP * s. 1 (British colloquial) Not inclined to conversation. 2 Conservative in professional manner.
PHOSPHORESCE * v. To exhibit phosphorescence.
BRANCHY * a. Having many branches.
T-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter T.
SELF-CONSTITUTED * s. Constituted by or established by itself.
HEM * --n. 1 The edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down. 2 The utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.. --v. 1 Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem. 2 Utter `hem' or `ahem'.
CRAVEN * --n. An abject coward. --s. Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful.
CLAUSEWITZ * n. Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831).
SCARLET * --n. A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge. --s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
GREENWICH * n. A borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time.
SMARTA * n. One of a group of brahmans who uphold nonsectarian orthodoxy according to the Vedanta school of Hinduism.
NONCHALANCE * n. The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern.
80TH * s. The ordinal number of eighty in counting order.
IMBECILIC * s. Having a mental age of three to seven years.
CALDERA * n. A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
SHIRKER * n. A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).
UNNECESSARILY * r. 1 In an unnecessary manner. 2 Without any necessity.
HIGHLIGHT * --n. 1 The most interesting or memorable part. 2 An area of lightness in a picture. --v. 1 Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent. 2 Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent.
DHU'L-QA'DAH * n. The eleventh month of the Islamic calendar.
ASTRONOMIC * --a. Relating or belonging to the science of astronomy. --s. Inconceivably large.
DOCUDRAMA * n. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
ADDIBLE * s. Capable of being added or added to.
SUBSTITUTE * --n. 1 A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another. 2 An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced. 3 Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). --v. 1 Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items. 2 Be a substitute. 3 Act as a substitute. --s. 1 Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team. 2 Serving or used in place of another. 3 Artificial and inferior.
PSYCHOSEXUALITY * n. The mental representation of sexual activities.
OLIVE-COLORED * s. Having the color of green olives.
WAGONER * n. The driver of a wagon.
MORLEY * n. United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923).
VISUALIZER * n. One whose prevailing mental imagery is visual.
FUGITIVE * --n. 1 Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation. 2 Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice. --s. Lasting for a markedly brief time.
SNARE * --n. 1 Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares. 2 A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head. 3 A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities. 4 Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit. --v. 1 Catch in or as if in a trap. 2 Entice and trap.
ABJURER * n. A person who abjures.
POROSE * s. Forming a continuous series of pores.
JET * --n. 1 An airplane powered by one or more jet engines. 2 The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). 3 A hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation. 4 Atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward. --v. 1 Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth. 2 Fly a jet plane. --s. Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.
JUGGLERY * n. 1 Artful trickery designed to achieve an end. 2 The performance of a juggler.
COOPERATE * v. Work together on a common enterprise of project.
ENTEROPATHY * n. A disease of the intestinal tract.
MATMAN * n. Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground.
PRESUME * v. 1 Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof. 2 Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission. 3 Constitute reasonable evidence for. 4 Take liberties or act with too much confidence.
AMYTAL * n. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic.
SULFONYLUREA * n. Antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus.
LEUWENHOEK * n. Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723).
TRIFID * s. Divided into three lobes.
LATERAL * --n. A pass to a receiver upfield from the passer. --s. 1 Situated at or extending to the side. 2 Lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body.
UNHEARD * s. Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
LENSMAN * n. Someone who takes photographs professionally.
GRANDUNCLE * n. An uncle of your father or mother.
SEVENSOME * n. Seven people considered as a unit.
INTUMESCENCE * n. 1 Swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion). 2 The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).
HEADWAY * n. 1 Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something. 2 Forward movement.
HISTOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies the microscopic structure of animal or plant tissues.
RUPICOLOUS * a. Composed of or inscribed on rock.
SCOUNDREL * n. A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately.
NADOLOL * n. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
SAVOURING * n. Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
CHEQUER * --n. One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers. --v. 1 Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on. 2 Variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns.
CRUSTACEOUS * a. 1 Of or belonging to the class Crustacea. 2 Being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell.
LASHING * --n. 1 Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. 2 Rope that is used for fastening something to something else. --s. Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
DREADLOCK * n. One of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians.
EIGHTY-EIGHT * s. Being eight more than eighty.
PANDIONIDAE * n. Ospreys.
VANCOUVER * n. 1 English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798). 2 A town in southwestern Washington on the Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon. 3 A port city in southwestern British Columbia on an arm of the Pacific Ocean opposite Vancouver Island; Canada's chief Pacific port and third largest city.
IMPAIRMENT * n. 1 The occurrence of a change for the worse. 2 A symptom of reduced quality or strength. 3 The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness. 4 Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality.
CRABBEDNESS * n. A disposition to be ill-tempered.
BRAINISH * s. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
SELF-CONTRADICTORY * s. 1 Seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true. 2 In disagreement.
OILFISH * n. Very large deep-water snake mackerel.
ANDELMIN * n. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
SCARCENESS * n. A small and inadequate amount.
SHEEPISH * s. 1 Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity. 2 Showing a sense of shame.
ENJOYABLY * r. In an enjoyable manner.
HELLMAN * n. United States playwright; her plays were often indictments of injustice (1905-1984).
MAN-OF-THE-EARTH * n. 1 A morning glory with long roots of western United States. 2 Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato.
UNPROBLEMATIC * s. Easy and not involved or complicated.
ERGOTROPIC * a. Of or relating to ergotropism.
VOWEL * n. 1 A speech sound made with the vocal tract open. 2 A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel.
LOATH * s. 1 Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom. 2 (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
CYTOARCHITECTURAL * a. Of or relating to cytoarchitecture.
MANSI * n. 1 A member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals. 2 The Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Vogul.
OVERGROWTH * n. 1 Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. 2 A profusion of growth on or over something else.
INCOGNIZANCE * n. A lack of knowledge or recognition.
AUNT * n. The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle.
UNDERLIE * v. 1 Be or form the base for. 2 Lie underneath.
STABILIZING * s. Causing to become stable.
EXECUTIVE * --n. 1 A person responsible for the administration of a business. 2 Persons who administer the law. 3 Someone who manages a government agency or department. --a. Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc..
HYPNOTIZE * v. Induce hypnosis in.
CHIRICO * n. Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barren landscapes strongly influenced the surrealists (1888-1978).
GREEDY * s. 1 Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. 2 (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous. 3 Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.
PYTHIAS * n. Friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC).
SPOROZOA * n. Strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites.
DOMINICUS * n. First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.
STARKNESS * n. 1 The quality of being complete or utter or extreme. 2 An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation.
EMBARKATION * n. The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft.
CONGENIALITY * n. 1 Compatibility between persons. 2 A congenial disposition.
LISINOPRIL * n. An ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinival or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks.
HALL * n. 1 An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open. 2 A large entrance or reception room or area. 3 A large room for gatherings or entertainment. 4 A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
HUFF * --n. A state of irritation or annoyance. --v. 1 Inhale recreational drugs. 2 Blow hard and loudly.
PURPLISH-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with purple.
ENRAGEMENT * n. A feeling of intense anger.
EMU * n. 1 Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism. 2 Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller.
FRICATIVE * --n. A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract. --s. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
JOINTER * n. A long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together.
CAREERISM * n. The practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity.
SELF-CONSCIOUS * s. 1 Aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts. 2 Excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior.
RELIEVE * v. 1 Provide physical relief, as from pain. 2 Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations. 3 Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. 4 Lessen the intensity of or calm.
DUVALIER * n. 1 Son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951). 2 Oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971).
VESEY * n. United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822).
NORTH-NORTHEAST * r. To, toward, or in the north-northeast.
GASTROBOLETUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae; they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium.
T * n. 1 A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine. 2 One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose). 3 A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms. 4 The 20th letter of the Roman alphabet.
MOCKERY * n. 1 Showing your contempt by derision. 2 A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. 3 Humorous or satirical mimicry.
INCURVATURE * n. A shape that curves or bends inward.
SPOONFUL * n. As much as a spoon will hold.
TELETHERMOMETER * n. A thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point.
DROPLINE * n. A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
BEETLING * s. Jutting or overhanging.
HELIOS * n. (Greek mythology) Ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol.
SHUT * --v. 1 Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut. 2 Become closed. 3 Prevent from entering; shut out. --a. 1 Not open. 2 Used especially of mouth or eyes.
FREEWOMAN * n. A person who is not a serf or a slave.
TICKTOCK * --n. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock. --v. Make a sound like a clock or a timer.
PRIONACE * n. Blue sharks.
MEDIANT * n. (music) The third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant.
MANILA * n. 1 A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp. 2 The capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon.
CYCLOTHYMIA * n. A mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time.
ADVENTURESOME * a. Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises.
SHARE-OUT * n. A distribution in shares.
TREE-SHAPED * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
METAMATHEMATICS * n. The logical analysis of mathematical reasoning.
STEPDAUGHTER * n. A daughter of your spouse by a former marriage.
HERTFORDSHIRE * n. A county in southern England.
AVOUCHMENT * n. A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
UNCLOTHE * v. 1 Strip. 2 Take the covers off. 3 Get undressed.
COGITATE * v. 1 Consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind. 2 Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
MOURNFULNESS * n. A state of gloomy sorrow.
DETECTED * --a. Perceived or discerned. --s. Perceived with the mind.
SAPOROUS * s. Full of flavor.
ONISCIDAE * n. A family of Isopoda.
STEADYING * s. Causing to become steady.
HAFNIUM * n. A grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons.
UNAVOIDABLY * r. By necessity.
CHALYBITE * n. Iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate.
CULPABLY * r. In a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure.
REFEREE * --n. 1 (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play. 2 Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication. 3 An attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case. --v. 1 Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition. 2 Evaluate professionally a colleague's work.
AXIOLOGY * n. The study of values and value judgments.
CEPHALOTAXUS * n. The genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews).
LEMON * n. 1 Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh. 2 A strong yellow color. 3 A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit. 4 A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons.
ARSENIOUS * a. Relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent.
STOMACHIC * a. Relating to or involving the stomach.
ENTEROTOMY * n. Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine.
UNPLACED * s. Not one of the first three in a race or competition.
APPOINTED * --a. Subject to appointment. --s. 1 Selected for a job. 2 Fixed or established especially by order or command. 3 Provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind).
TURBINE * n. Rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate.
AIREDALE * n. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
EQUATE * v. 1 Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. 2 Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics. 3 Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.
PARANTHROPUS * n. Former classification for Australopithecus robustus.
'HOOD * n. (slang) A neighborhood.
CLINID * n. Mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds.
LIOPELMA * n. Type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
UNCONSCIENTIOUS * a. Not conscientious.
STAIN * --n. 1 A soiled or discolored appearance. 2 (microscopy) A dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible. 3 The state of being covered with unclean things. 4 A symbol of disgrace or infamy. --v. 1 Color with a liquid dye or tint. 2 Produce or leave stains. 3 Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. 4 Color for microscopic study.
DANUBE * n. The 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea.
FONTEYN * n. English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919).
COAGULATE * --v. 1 Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state. 2 Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state. --s. Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass.
DOWNPOUR * n. A heavy rain.
CHAPLAIN * n. A clergyman ministering to some institution.
STEERAGEWAY * n. (nautical) The minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered.
PRESERVED * a. 1 Prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use. 2 Kept intact or in a particular condition.
170TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred seventy in counting order.
MARCUSE * n. United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979).
RUSH-GRASS * n. Grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles.
AXILLA * n. The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder.
PETTISH * s. Easily irritated or annoyed.
ZYGOMATIC * --n. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek. --a. Of or relating to the cheek region of the face.
VOLUNTARY * --n. 1 (military) A person who freely enlists for service. 2 Composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance. --a. 1 Of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled. 2 Controlled by individual volition.
PLOUGHBOY * n. A boy who leads the animals that draw a plow.
CRYPTOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to cryptanalysis.
SPANNER * n. A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt.
JUSTIFICATIVE * s. 1 Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing. 2 Providing justification.
AIRMAIL * --n. 1 Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft. 2 A system of conveying mail by aircraft. --v. Send or transport by airmail.
QUADRILLE * n. 1 Music for dancing the quadrille. 2 A square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples.
QUOTIDIAN * s. Found in the ordinary course of events.
NO-ACCOUNT * --n. An idle worthless person. --s. Without merit; of little or no value or use.
CADIZ * n. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
DISSEMINATE * v. Cause to become widely known.
VOLUMETER * n. A meter to measure the volume of gases, liquids, or solids (either directly or by displacement).
KALININ * n. Soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946).
MPS * n. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
MAN-CHILD * n. A child who is male.
RECOVERER * n. Someone who saves something from danger or violence.
UNFIXED * --a. Not firmly placed or set or fastened. --s. Lacking definition or definite content.
STYLISATION * n. The act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style.
UNSCIENTIFIC * a. Not consistent with the methods or principles of science.
MONTENEGRO * n. A former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
CRANIATA * n. Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals.
ANTICONVULSANT * n. A drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy).
SABA * n. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
HOG * --n. 1 A person regarded as greedy and pig-like. 2 A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared. 3 Domestic swine. --v. Take greedily; take more than one's share.
BALLOONIST * n. Someone who flies a balloon.
FLAGELLUM * n. 1 A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor). 2 A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa).
CAROM * --n. 1 A glancing rebound. 2 A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other. --v. 1 Rebound after hitting. 2 Make a carom.
MATRIARCH * n. 1 A female head of a family or tribe. 2 A feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons).
SEEDCASE * n. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
UNLOCK * v. 1 Open the lock of. 2 Set free or release. 3 Become unlocked.
IDITAROD * n. An important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail.
MADWORT * n. Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers.
THOMISM * n. The comprehensive theological doctrine created by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century and still taught by the Dominicans.
IMPROPRIETY * n. 1 An improper demeanor. 2 The condition of being improper. 3 An indecent or improper act. 4 An act of undue intimacy.
NAZARENE * --n. 1 A member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome. 2 An early name for any Christian. 3 An inhabitant of Nazareth. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion. 2 Of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants.
UNAWED * a. Not awed.
DI-IODOTYROSINE * n. Tyrosine with two iodine atoms added.
TAICHUNG * n. A city in Taiwan.
MEMORIALIZE * v. 1 Address in a memorial. 2 Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.
UNEXPECTED * a. Not expected or anticipated.
NEWSLESS * s. 1 Not having or receiving news or information. 2 Not providing news or information.
EXALTATION * n. 1 A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. 2 The location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence. 3 A flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead). 4 The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god).
DEODAR * n. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber.
SONGBIRD * n. Any bird having a musical call.
AUTOMATED * s. Operated by automation.
PERPLEX * v. 1 Be a mystery or bewildering to. 2 Make more complicated.
PLATYRHINIAN * a. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
ICHTHYOSAURIA * n. Extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs.
FOUR-FOLD * s. 1 Having four units or components. 2 Four times as great or many.
GROUT * --n. A thin mortar that can be poured and used to fill cracks in masonry or brickwork. --v. Bind with grout.
EUCLID * n. Greek geometer (3rd century BC).
CONSOLINGLY * r. In a comforting or consoling manner.
DISCORDANCE * n. 1 A harsh mixture of sounds. 2 Strife resulting from a lack of agreement.
SPELLBOUND * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
CHRYSOTHERAPY * n. The use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis).
PILLORY * --n. A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn. --v. 1 Expose to ridicule or public scorn. 2 Punish by putting in a pillory. 3 Criticize harshly or violently.
POUNDER * n. 1 (used only in combination) Something weighing a given number of pounds. 2 A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone.
UNTANGLED * a. Not tangled.
SAVELOY * n. A ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage.
HONEY-COLOURED * s. Having the color of honey.
SCORER * n. 1 A player who makes a score in a game or contest. 2 A logger who marks trees to be felled. 3 An official who records the score during the progress of a game.
TRISECT * v. Cut in three.
AFFLICTED * s. 1 Grievously affected especially by disease. 2 Mentally or physically unfit.
ADMISSIBLE * a. Deserving to be admitted.
CACUMINAL * s. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate.
ANIMIZE * v. Give lifelike qualities to.
TAILBOARD * n. A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading.
POCKETCOMB * n. A small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket.
INSURRECTIONAL * a. Of or relating to or given to insurrection.
PRINCE'S-PLUME * n. 1 Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America. 2 Perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome. 3 Tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal.
MANDIBULATE * a. Having mandibles.
NITROBACTER * n. Rod-shaped soil bacteria.
BERRA * n. United States baseball player (born 1925).
ANIMALISATION * n. An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
LENNOACEAE * n. Family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico.
SUPINATE * v. Turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg).
DECISIVENESS * n. 1 The trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose. 2 The quality of being final or definitely settled.
EXCURSION * n. 1 A journey taken for pleasure. 2 Wandering from the main path of a journey.
INHOSPITABLY * r. In an inhospitable manner.
NONRUMINANT * a. Not ruminant.
SUNBERRY * n. Improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries.
REREDOS * n. A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
CONCEITEDNESS * n. The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride.
PISMIRE * n. Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers.
ABYSMALLY * r. In a terrible manner.
KNOB * n. 1 A circular rounded projection or protuberance. 2 A round handle. 3 Any thickened enlargement. 4 An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger.
CELESTIAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to the sky. 2 Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven. --s. Of heaven or the spirit.
RAFTS * n. A large number or amount.
DISPLACEMENT * n. 1 Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics. 2 An event in which something is displaced without rotation. 3 The act of uniform movement. 4 (chemistry) A reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
GROUND-BERRY * n. 1 Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia. 2 Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil.
JINGLING * s. Having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells.
INSENSATELY * r. In an insensate manner.
OXIDANT * n. A substance that oxidizes another substance.
CHORION * n. The outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
KNOTGRASS * n. Low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems.
CONCEALED * --s. Not accessible to view. --a. Hidden on any grounds for any motive.
LAO * --n. 1 A member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais. 2 The Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos. --a. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
PARIMUTUEL * n. Betting where winners share the total amount wagered.
PRINCEDOM * n. 1 The dignity or rank or position of a prince. 2 Territory ruled by a prince.
ADENOSIS * n. A disorder of the glands of the body.
CLAMP * --n. A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together. --v. 1 Fasten or fix with a clamp. 2 Impose or inflict forcefully.
ORGANISATIONAL * a. Of or relating to an organization.
QUINCENTENARY * --n. The 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to a 500th anniversary.
DACTYLOPTERIDAE * n. Flying gurnards.
NEO-LAMARCKIAN * a. Of or relating to a modern version of Lamarckism.
EPIZOIC * a. Living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite.
VELOUR * n. Heavy fabric that resembles velvet.
RANID * n. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
LINGERIE * n. Women's underwear and nightclothes.
STM * n. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
GOSSYPIUM * n. Herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton.
LONG-BODIED * s. Having a relatively long body.
JUNIPER * n. 1 Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista. 2 Coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones.
WYCHERLEY * n. English playwright noted for his humorous and satirical plays (1640-1716).
ADJUSTABLE * s. 1 Capable of being changed so as to match or fit. 2 Capable of being regulated.
RADIOPHOTOGRAPHY * n. Transmission of photographs by radio waves.
CASSIRER * n. German philosopher concerned with concept formation in the human mind and with symbolic forms in human culture generally (1874-1945).
EXAMINEE * n. Someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination).
IMPROVIDENCE * n. A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources.
HASTILY * r. In a hurried or hasty manner.
PIPEFITTING * n. Fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together.
MILLENARIAN * --n. A person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity). --a. Relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness.
VERVE * n. An energetic style.
ANTEROGRADE * a. Of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma.
PASSABLY * r. To certain extent or degree.
JERKILY * r. 1 With spasms. 2 With jerking motions.
NECKLET * n. Decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament.
INTEGUMENT * n. An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell.
BLACK-GREY * s. Of dark grey.
OUTNUMBER * v. Be larger in number.
MITIGATION * n. 1 To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. 2 A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances. 3 The action of lessening in severity or intensity.
PICOMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter.
EXPOSITION * n. 1 A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic. 2 A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. 3 An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse. 4 (music) The section of a movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes first occur.
FLATMATE * n. An associate who shares an apartment with you.
ABBREVIATED * s. 1 (of clothing) Very short. 2 Cut short in duration.
YALTOPYA * n. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia.
UFO * n. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins.
VIBRATION * n. 1 The act of vibrating. 2 A shaky motion. 3 (physics) A regular periodic variation in value about a mean. 4 A distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively.
MONOGENESIS * n. Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.
CROSSING * n. 1 Traveling across. 2 A shallow area in a stream that can be forded. 3 A point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect. 4 A junction where one street or road crosses another.
SCHOENBERG * n. United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951).
SUGGESTION * n. 1 An idea that is suggested. 2 A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection. 3 A just detectable amount. 4 Persuasion formulated as a suggestion.
WYCLIF * n. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
WIMPISH * s. Weak and ineffectual.
ATOLL * n. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
GALLOWS * n. An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.
GARY * n. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan; steel production.
RUSHDIE * n. British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947).
HEMATOLOGIST * n. A doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs.
DISSIMULATION * n. The act of deceiving.
GROZNY * n. The capital of Chechnya in southwestern Russia; center of extensive oil fields.
CALL-BOARD * n. A bulletin board backstage in a theater.
ELITE * --n. A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status. --s. Selected as the best.
PLASTERER * n. A worker skilled in applying plaster.
PANTHEON * n. 1 All the gods of a religion. 2 A monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes. 3 (antiquity) A temple to all the gods.
MOHAIR * n. Fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat.
DIEGUENO * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of southern California. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Diegueno.
ORCHIL * n. 1 A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens. 2 Any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil.
CURVE * --n. 1 The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. 2 A line on a graph representing data. 3 A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. 4 The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface. --v. 1 Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. 2 Extend in curves and turns. 3 Form an arch or curve. 4 Bend or cause to bend.
PRECONCERTED * s. Previously arranged or agreed on.
ARB * n. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
SHAY * n. A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse.
CONVENIENCE * n. 1 The state of being suitable or opportune. 2 The quality of being useful and convenient. 3 A toilet that is available to the public. 4 A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
UNBEND * v. 1 Straighten up or out; make straight. 2 Unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay. 3 Free from flexure. 4 Make less taut.
UNDISGUISED * s. Plain to see.
JACK-O-LANTERN * n. A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent.
FOURPENCE * n. A former English silver coin worth four pennies.
WELL-BOUND * s. (of books) Having a sturdy and attractive binding.
QUIZZICALLY * r. In a quizzical and questioning manner.
EARWAX * n. A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
METHARBITAL * n. Anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy.
PITHEAD * n. The entrance to a coal mine.
YELLOWKNIFE * n. A town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake.
VISUALIZE * v. 1 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. 2 View the outline of by means of an X-ray. 3 Form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract. 4 Make visible.
MYSTIC * --n. Someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension. --s. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding. --a. 1 Relating to or resembling mysticism. 2 Relating to or characteristic of mysticism.
BEDIGHT * v. Decorate.
CORVUS * n. 1 A small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo. 2 Type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens.
RIBHUS * n. One of three artisans of the Hindu gods.
IMMENSURABLE * a. Impossible to measure.
GOBIESOCIDAE * n. Clingfishes.
FUNICLE * n. The stalk of a plant ovule or seed.
SELF-DISTRUST * n. Lack of self-confidence.
MOLLYMAWK * n. Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight.
2ND * s. Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude.
VICEROYSHIP * n. The position of viceroy.
MACROMOLECULE * n. Any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals.
CASTOROIDES * n. Extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States.
CARPOBROTUS * n. A caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus.
BEDCHAMBER * n. A room used primarily for sleeping.
AMBASSADRESS * n. A woman ambassador.
NONCONDUCTING * a. Not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound.
EDENTATA * n. Order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos.
LOGOMANIA * n. Pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
DICE * --n. A small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers. --v. 1 Cut into cubes. 2 Play dice.
MUTAFACIENT * a. Capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents).
CYON * n. Asiatic wild dog.
BLACKCAP * n. 1 Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit. 2 Small black-headed European gull. 3 Chickadee having a dark crown. 4 Small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown.
MOOR-BIRD * n. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
BIDIRECTIONAL * a. Reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions.
VIRICIDAL * a. Tending to destroy viruses.
CANDIDACY * n. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
NOTE * --n. 1 A brief written record. 2 A short personal letter. 3 A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound. 4 A tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling. --v. 1 Make mention of. 2 Notice or perceive. 3 Observe with care or pay close attention to. 4 Make a written note of.
IRRADIATE * v. 1 Give spiritual insight to; in religion. 2 Cast rays of light upon. 3 Expose to radiation.
DIRAC * n. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
ATHIRST * s. (usually followed by `for') Extremely desirous.
LOBE * n. 1 (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part. 2 (botany) A part into which a leaf is divided. 3 The enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern. 4 A rounded projection that is part of a larger structure.
NEUROTRICHUS * n. Shrew moles.
DARJEELING * n. A fine variety of black tea grown in northern India.
SILVER-WHITE * s. Of a white that resembles silver.
OUTDOORSWOMAN * n. A woman who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting and fishing).
CALCEOLATE * a. Of slipper-shaped blossoms.
TYMPANITIC * a. Of or relating to tympanites.
SCHNABEL * n. United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951).
RADIO * --n. 1 Medium for communication. 2 An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals. 3 A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves. --v. Transmit messages via radio waves. --a. Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
DISCONNECT * --n. An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding). --v. 1 Pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable. 2 Make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten.
PUDENDUM * n. Human external genital organs collectively especially of a female.
LABORIOUSNESS * n. The quality of requiring extended effort.
INCUBATION * n. 1 Maintaining something at the most favorable temperature for its development. 2 (pathology) The phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear. 3 Sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
RECTOSIGMOID * a. Of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum.
GRATEFUL * --a. Feeling or showing gratitude. --s. Affording comfort or pleasure.
ASSIZES * n. The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts).
IMMOBILITY * n. 1 Remaining in place. 2 The quality of not moving.
YANKEE-DOODLE * n. An American (especially to non-Americans).
MISCUE * n. 1 A faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball. 2 A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..
CHALCEDON * n. 1 A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon. 2 The fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ.
CLOGGED * s. 1 Thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots). 2 Stopped up; clogged up. 3 Loaded with something that hinders motion.
MANOMETER * n. A pressure gauge for comparing pressures of a gas.
RELIEVER * n. 1 Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). 2 A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies. 3 A pitcher who does not start the game.
GLOSSA * n. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
BENUMB * v. Make numb or insensitive.
ANTINOMASIA * n. Substitution of a title for a name.
SEVERALISE * v. 1 Distinguish or separate. 2 Mark as different.
HORSESHOW * n. A competitive exhibition of horses.
WHIPPOORWILL * n. American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage.
SPOILED * s. 1 Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention. 2 (of foodstuffs) Not in an edible or usable condition.
MANGANATE * n. A salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion.
MUSTELIDAE * n. Weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens.
DESYREL * n. Oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative.
SYNCRETISE * v. 1 Become fused. 2 Unite (beliefs or conflicting principles).
ANTISEPSIS * n. 1 (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms. 2 The process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms.
HAUTBOY * n. A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece.
MYXOBACTERIACEAE * n. Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung.
EXTRAVAGANCY * n. The quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth.
SNOWCAP * n. A covering of snow (as on a mountain peak).
PREDNISOLONE * n. A glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions.
CONGESTIVE * a. Relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid.
VENTUROUS * s. Disposed to venture or take risks.
FAMILIARIZED * s. Having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment.
RELENTLESSNESS * n. Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
TRAILBLAZER * n. 1 Someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees. 2 Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art.
SCORCHING * --s. Hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface. --r. Capable of causing burns.
AUDITOR * n. 1 Someone who listens attentively. 2 A student who attends a course but does not take it for credit. 3 A qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization.
METHUSELAH * n. 1 (Old Testament) A patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years. 2 A man who is very old.
ZYGOMYCOTINA * n. Division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores.
ACCUMULATED * s. Periodically accumulated over time.
PHYTOLACCACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma.
COALESCING * s. Growing together, fusing.
INSINCERE * a. Lacking sincerity.
MENANDER * n. Comic dramatist of ancient Greece (342-292 BC).
STAVANGER * n. A port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry.
FERMENTING * n. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol.
COOLHEADED * s. Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional.
PISSED * s. 1 Aroused to impatience or anger. 2 Very drunk.
FACTORIZATION * n. (mathematics) The resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression.
FULL-OF-THE-MOON * n. The time when the Moon is fully illuminated.
QUINACRINE * n. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
JOHNNY-JUMP-UP * n. 1 A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived. 2 Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies.
PRAKRIT * n. 1 Any of the modern Indic languages. 2 Any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD.
CUNEUS * n. Any shape that is triangular in cross section.
CHAMBERS * n. English architect (1723-1796).
COMPROMISER * n. A negotiator willing to compromise.
SEVENTEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one. --s. Being one more than sixteen.
CLASSIFICATION * n. 1 The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type. 2 A group of people or things arranged by class or category. 3 The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories. 4 Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people.
RECEPTIVE * --s. 1 Open to arguments, ideas, or change. 2 Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system. 3 Able to absorb liquid (not repellent). --a. Ready or willing to receive favorably.
TETANILLA * n. Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis.
TOADSHADE * n. Trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor.
THEORETICIAN * n. Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art).
HAEMOPIS * n. Leeches.
POTSHOT * n. 1 A shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter). 2 Criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration.
DAYDREAMING * n. Absentminded dreaming while awake.
HOMERIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him.
MALICIOUS * a. Having the nature of or resulting from malice.
FARSI * n. 1 A person of Iranian descent. 2 The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms.
CONTOPUS * n. Pewees.
POLLENATION * n. Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant.
SUBFUSC * s. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
SAWBONES * n. A physician who specializes in surgery.
LAUNDRESS * n. A working woman who takes in washing.
BLACKBALL * --n. The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto. --v. 1 Expel from a community or group. 2 Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent.
BUILT-IN * s. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.
ADDITION * n. 1 A component that is added to something to improve it. 2 The act of adding one thing to another. 3 A quantity that is added. 4 Something added to what you already have.
MEGACHILE * n. Type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees.
QUODLIBET * n. An issue that is presented for formal disputation.
ANTHROPOMORPHISE * v. Ascribe human features to something.
ZEBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits.
HIRE-PURCHASE * n. Installment plan.
CONSTRUCTIVE-METABOLIC * s. Of or relating to anabolism.
WALKOUT * n. 1 A strike in which the workers walk out. 2 The act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest.
DOUBLE-DEALER * n. A person who says one thing and does another.
SANNYASIN * n. A Hindu religious mendicant.
BESMIRCH * v. 1 Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. 2 Smear so as to make dirty or stained.
TUBERACEAE * n. Family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple.
CAREWORN * s. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
ANIMIST * --n. One who accepts the doctrine of animism. --a. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism.
WOODCUTTER * n. Cuts down trees and chops wood as a job.
WEIGELA * n. Deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers.
CONJECTURALLY * r. In a manner involving or inclined to conjecture and supposition.
EFFICACIOUS * a. 1 Marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect. 2 Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect.
AEGOSPOTAMI * n. 1 A creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War. 2 A river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC).
LACTATING * a. Producing or secreting milk.
HECTARE * n. (abbreviated `ha') A unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters).
COMMISERATE * v. To feel or express sympathy or compassion.
FLUORESCE * v. Exhibit or undergo fluorescence.
PADDLEFISH * n. Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout.
HIGHFLYER * n. A person of great ability and ambition.
OBECHI * n. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
THEELIN * n. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency.
ASHUR * n. 1 Chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar. 2 An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq.
SLOUCHINGLY * r. With a slouching gait or posture.
EGGWHISK * n. A mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream.
PHALANGIDA * n. Harvestmen.
STENOTOMUS * n. Scups.
DIPHENHYDRAMINE * n. Antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness.
BLITHENESS * n. A feeling of spontaneous good spirits.
TIMID * --n. People who are fearful and cautious. --a. 1 Showing fear and lack of confidence. 2 Lacking self-confidence. --s. Lacking conviction or boldness or courage.
LUCULLAN * s. Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
FLATTERY * n. Excessive or insincere praise.
POPULARIZATION * n. 1 An interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable. 2 The act of making something attractive to the general public.
DONNISH * s. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
BUTEA * n. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak.
CINCTURE * n. A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
FIELDWORKER * n. A researcher who works in the field.
AFLOAT * --s. 1 Aimlessly drifting. 2 Covered with water. --a. Borne on the water; floating.
ARAXES * n. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes.
CLINTON * n. 1 Wife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-). 2 42nd President of the United States (1946-). 3 United States politician who as governor of New York supported the project to build the Erie Canal (1769-1828). 4 A town in east central Iowa.
HOMOGENISE * v. 1 Break up the fat globules of. 2 Become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing. 3 Cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing.
HOUSEPAINT * n. Paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house.
MARBLED * s. Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble.
TURBID * s. (of liquids) Clouded as with sediment.
THALLUS * n. A plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes.
OCELLUS * n. 1 An eye having a single lens. 2 An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color.
CONVEXITY * n. 1 The property possessed by a convex shape. 2 A shape that curves or bulges outward.
ITEMISE * v. 1 Place on a list of items. 2 Specify individually.
FRIEDCAKE * n. Small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat.
CAUSTICALLY * r. In a caustic vitriolic manner.
ACTINAL * a. (of radiate organisms) Located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated.
JUNKETEER * v. Go on a pleasure trip.
BILESTONE * n. A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts.
POTOROO * n. Australian rat kangaroos.
UNDERFOOT * r. 1 Under the feet. 2 In the way and hindering progress.
FLYSPECK * --n. A tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly. --s. Very small.
LEGION * --n. 1 Archaic terms for army. 2 Association of ex-servicemen. 3 A large military unit. 4 A vast multitude. --s. Amounting to a large indefinite number.
TATTLER * n. 1 Someone who gossips indiscreetly. 2 Any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry.
HORSE * --n. 1 Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times. 2 A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs. 3 Troops trained to fight on horseback. 4 A framework for holding wood that is being sawed. --v. Provide with a horse or horses.
CARBONIC * a. Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
AORIST * n. A verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation.
CLUB-HEAD * n. (golf) The head of the club which strikes the ball.
CRIMSON-YELLOW * s. Yellow tinged with crimson.
ANGLICISE * v. Make English in appearance.
SQUASHED * a. That has been violently compressed.
NONMETALLIC * a. Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
DAWSON * n. A town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike.
WIRETAPPER * n. Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire.
ENGRAFT * v. 1 Cause to grow together parts from different plants. 2 Fix or set securely or deeply.
JESSAMINE * n. A climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea.
CENTENNIAL * --n. The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years.
SINGLES * n. 1 Badminton played with one person on each side. 2 Tennis played with one person on each side.
OBFUSCATE * v. Make obscure or unclear.
DEVITALISATION * n. The act of reducing the vitality of something.
BRAW * s. Brightly colored and showy.
SKETCHY * s. Giving only major points; lacking completeness.
IRREGARDLESS * r. Regardless; a combination of irrespective and regardless sometimes used humorously.
PROCLIVITY * n. A natural inclination.
BAIZE * n. A bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables.
METASEQUOIA * n. Large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China.
GERIATRICS * n. The branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people.
DIPTEROUS * a. Of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera.
BIMILLENARY * n. 1 The 2000th anniversary (or the celebration of it). 2 A span of 2000 years.
CRENELLE * n. 1 One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.). 2 A notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement.
LONELY * s. 1 Lacking companions or companionship. 2 Marked by dejection from being alone. 3 Characterized by or preferring solitude. 4 Devoid of creatures.
REASSESSMENT * n. A new appraisal or evaluation.
SHIRTDRESS * n. A dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front.
SANDY * --s. Of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown. --a. Resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas.
SELF-RESTRAINT * n. Exhibiting restraint imposed on the self.
UNINTENDED * a. Not deliberate.
VOW * --n. A solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner. --v. 1 Make a vow; promise. 2 Dedicate to a deity by a vow.
WHIMSY * n. 1 An odd or fanciful or capricious idea. 2 The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
ATATURK * n. Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938).
ANAPHORA * n. 1 Using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier. 2 Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
ISOTHERMAL * s. Of a process or change taking place at constant temperature.
EFF * v. Have sexual intercourse with.
PICCALILLI * n. Relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion.
MAYORALTY * n. The position of mayor.
SCHIZOPHRENIC * --n. Someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia. --s. Suffering from some form of schizophrenia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia.
CTENE * n. A locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
ABETTER * n. One who helps or encourages or incites another.
CUSK * n. 1 The lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters. 2 Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod. 3 Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.
MOP * --n. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors. --v. 1 To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop. 2 Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip.
MICROECONOMICS * n. The branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms.
QUIDDITY * n. 1 An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. 2 The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.
ORB-WEAVER * n. Spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution.
SOBERNESS * n. 1 The state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol. 2 A manner that is serious and solemn.
COMMON * --n. A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. --a. 1 Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public. 2 Having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual. --s. 1 Common to or shared by two or more parties. 2 Commonly encountered. 3 Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language. 4 Of or associated with the great masses of people.
GREWIA * n. A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees.
REEVALUATION * n. The evaluation of something a second time (or more).
MELANERPES * n. A genus of Picidae.
AMBITION * --n. 1 A cherished desire. 2 A strong drive for success. --v. Have as one's ambition.
ASTANA * n. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
PLEXIGLAS * n. A light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic.
LETTER-PERFECT * s. Correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.
NONEXPLORATORY * a. Not exploratory.
POTHOLE * n. A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface).
PATRILINEAL * s. Based on or tracing descent through the male line.
CHIPPER * s. Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
COZILY * r. In a cozy manner.
MARQUE * n. A name given to a product or service.
CYTISUS * n. Large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom.
CYTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to the science of cytology.
POSITIVE * --n. 1 The primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution. 2 A film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject. --a. 1 Characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.. 2 Indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen. 3 Of or relating to positivism. 4 Reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion. --s. 1 Persuaded of; very sure. 2 Involving advantage or good. 3 Formally laid down or imposed. 4 Impossible to deny or disprove.
BEGUILE * v. 1 Influence by slyness. 2 Attract; cause to be enamored.
BOMBYCID * n. Moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk.
TANDOOR * n. A clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan.
AMPHICARPAEA * n. Very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut.
VIKING * n. Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries.
UNDRIED * s. Still wet or moist.
ERINGO * n. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
HAND-LOOMED * s. Made on a handloom.
NECK * --n. 1 The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body. 2 A narrow elongated projecting strip of land. 3 A cut of meat from the neck of an animal. 4 A narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form. --v. Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.
TARAKTOGENOS * n. Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees.
DICTATE * --n. 1 An authoritative rule. 2 A guiding principle. --v. 1 Issue commands or orders for. 2 Say out loud for the purpose of recording. 3 Rule as a dictator.
COMPTON * n. United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962).
ACCOMMODATION * n. 1 Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. 2 A settlement of differences. 3 In the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality. 4 Living quarters provided for public convenience.
LIPOTYPHLA * n. Moles; hedgehogs; true shrews.
HERE * --n. 1 The present location; this place. 2 Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno. --s. Being here now. --r. 1 In or at this place; where the speaker or writer is. 2 In this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail. 3 To this place (especially toward the speaker). 4 At this time; now.
SYNCHRONOUS * a. 1 Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase. 2 (digital communication) Pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions.
PLEAD * v. 1 Appeal or request earnestly. 2 Offer as an excuse or plea. 3 Enter a plea, as in courts of law. 4 Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts.
BELT * --n. 1 Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys. 2 A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist). 3 An elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found. 4 A vigorous blow. --v. 1 Sing loudly and forcefully. 2 Deliver a blow to. 3 Fasten with a belt.
COCYTUS * n. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron.
TWERP * n. Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
WAINSCOTED * s. Fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting.
FILEFISH * n. Narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine.
TOURS * n. An industrial city in western France on the Loire River.
LAWYER * n. A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice.
CORRODENTIA * n. An order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice.
FABACEAE * n. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
IMPOSSIBILITY * n. 1 Incapability of existing or occurring. 2 An alternative that is not available.
HEMODYNAMICS * n. The branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved.
HEGEMON * n. A leading or paramount power.
CAUSALGIA * n. A burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes.
EMANCIPATOR * n. Someone who frees others from bondage.
PONDEROSA * n. Common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature.
CONSTANTAN * n. An alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire.
BEAVERBROOK * n. British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964).
UNDECIPHERABLE * s. Not easily deciphered.
UNTWIST * v. Cause to become untwisted.
BUFFLEHEAD * n. Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage.
DE-ACCESS * v. Dispose of by selling.
CONTUMACY * n. 1 Willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court. 2 Obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority.
PALINDROME * n. A word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward.
HOSPITALIZE * v. Admit into a hospital.
BYROAD * n. A side road little traveled (as in the countryside).
MONASTERY * n. The residence of a religious community.
CAITIFF * --n. A cowardly and despicable person. --s. Despicably mean and cowardly.
VULPECULAR * a. Resembling or characteristic of a fox.
OVERSPEND * v. 1 Spend more than available of (a budget). 2 Spend at a high rate.
BIMODAL * a. Of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes.
HYPERNYM * n. A word that is more generic than a given word.
PILLWORT * n. European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps.
SOAK * --n. 1 The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid). 2 Washing something by allowing it to soak. --v. 1 Submerge in a liquid. 2 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 3 Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto. 4 Leave as a guarantee in return for money.
PANSEXUAL * n. A person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds.
COGNATE * --n. 1 One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another. 2 A word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language. --s. 1 Related in nature. 2 Having the same ancestral language. 3 Related by blood.
GONER * n. A person in desperate straits; someone doomed.
NONSOVEREIGN * s. (of peoples and political bodies) Controlled by outside forces.
WALNUT * n. 1 Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell. 2 Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling. 3 Any of various trees of the genus Juglans.
ANGERED * s. Marked by extreme anger.
HELIX * n. 1 A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle. 2 A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. 3 Type genus of the family Helicidae.
TELEGNOSIS * n. Apparent knowledge of distant events without using sensory perceptions.
INEQUITY * n. Injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards.
AKHBARI * n. A religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli.
SALACITY * n. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
RIPPLE-GRASS * n. An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions.
MEED * n. A fitting reward.
TRAPEZOHEDRON * n. A polyhedron whose faces are trapeziums.
HINDMOST * s. Located farthest to the rear.
DIOCLETIAN * n. Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313).
WATERER * n. 1 Someone who waters plants or crops. 2 An assistant who supplies drinking water.
ELEPHANTOPUS * n. Perennial American herb.
VERTICILLIUM * n. A fungus of the genus Verticillium.
CELLULITE * n. Lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc..
PEYOTE * n. 1 A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons. 2 The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.
CROCKED * s. Very drunk.
PAVLOVA * n. 1 Russian ballerina (1882-1931). 2 A dessert consisting of a meringue base or cup filled with fruit and whipped cream.
AFTERGLOW * n. 1 A glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset. 2 The pleasure of remembering some pleasant event.
HINDOSTANI * n. A form of Hindi spoken around Delhi.
ANTITYPE * n. 1 A person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament. 2 An opposite or contrasting type.
STOCK * --n. 1 The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity). 2 The merchandise that a shop has on hand. 3 The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun. 4 A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation. --v. 1 Have on hand. 2 Equip with a stock. 3 Supply with fish. 4 Supply with livestock. --s. 1 Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. 2 Routine. 3 Regularly and widely used or sold.
BARON * n. 1 A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank. 2 A British peer of the lowest rank. 3 A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
INTERESTED * --a. Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern. --s. Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in.
FLASHILY * r. 1 In a meretricious manner. 2 In a fancy colorful manner.
AIRSTREAM * n. 1 A relatively well-defined prevailing wind. 2 The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
GROUPING * n. 1 Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. 2 The activity of putting things together in groups. 3 A system for classifying things into groups.
ORIGIN * n. 1 The place where something begins, where it springs into being. 2 Properties attributable to your ancestry. 3 An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. 4 The point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero.
PYRAMIDAL * s. Resembling a pyramid.
ODYNOPHAGIA * n. Severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus.
STALINIST * --n. A follower of Stalin and Stalinism. --a. Of or relating to Joseph Stalin or his times.
MOSSBACK * n. An extremely old-fashioned conservative.
ADJECTIVE * --n. 1 A word that expresses an attribute of something. 2 The word class that qualifies nouns. --a. 1 Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. 2 Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law.
SCUDDING * n. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
CATHETERIZATION * n. The operation of introducing a catheter into the body.
BACKLIGHTING * n. Lighting from behind.
ALFALFA * n. 1 Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop. 2 Leguminous plant grown for hay or forage.
LEPIDIUM * n. Cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress.
GRUFFNESS * n. 1 A throaty harshness. 2 An abrupt discourteous manner.
DIRNDL * n. 1 A full skirt with a gathered waistband. 2 A dress with a tight bodice and full skirt.
GRIEVER * n. A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died).
IPSEDIXITISM * n. An unsupported dogmatic assertion.
TOR * n. 1 A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill. 2 A high rocky hill.
UNKEMPT * s. 1 Not neatly combed. 2 Not properly maintained or cared for.
HEADMASTER * n. Presiding officer of a school.
PRISONBREAK * n. An escape from jail.
PRIMARILY * r. 1 For the most part. 2 Of primary import.
FAN * --n. 1 A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces. 2 An enthusiastic devotee of sports. 3 An ardent follower and admirer. --v. 1 Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher). 2 Make (an emotion) fiercer. 3 Agitate the air. 4 Blow away or off with a current of air.
JADEITE * n. A hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma.
MEAT-EATING * s. (of animals) Carnivorous.
TWENTY-TWENTY * n. Normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet.
LANCEOLATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.
CROSS-STITCH * n. 1 Two stitches forming a cross or X. 2 Embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other.
EDIRNE * n. A city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
CERESIN * n. A white wax extracted from ozokerite.
EIGHTER * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
CHESTY * s. 1 Marked by a large or well-developed chest. 2 Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.
BASTARDISED * s. Deriving from more than one source or style.
ESCAPEE * n. Someone who escapes.
TRIGGERMAN * n. A professional killer who uses a gun.
HURRYING * --n. Changing location rapidly. --s. Moving with great haste.
UNPURIFIED * s. Not made pure.
REFINISHER * n. A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture.
ETUDE * n. A short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity.
ACOUSTICS * n. The study of the physical properties of sound.
CARNATION * --n. 1 Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors. 2 A pink or reddish-pink color. --s. Pink or pinkish.
YOBO * n. A cruel and brutal fellow.
BALLAD * n. 1 A narrative song with a recurrent refrain. 2 A narrative poem of popular origin.
LEDERHOSEN * n. Leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria.
STRIKINGLY * r. In a striking manner.
GLENGARRY * n. A Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.
ELFLIKE * s. Small and delicate.
ICELANDIC-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Icelandic.
ESTHETIC * --n. (philosophy) A philosophical theory as to what is beautiful. --a. 1 Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste. 2 Relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics. --s. Aesthetically pleasing.
ALL-WEATHER * s. Usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather.
PLASMAPHERESIS * n. Plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor.
UNRUFFLED * s. 1 Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension. 2 (of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves.
ERIOGONUM * n. Any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers.
SEMESTRIAL * s. Occurring every six months or during every period of six months.
COPENHAGEN * n. The capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand.
CRISTOBALITE * n. A white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks.
PUCKISHLY * r. In an appealing but bold manner.
DIWAN * n. 1 A Muslim council of state. 2 A collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author). 3 A Muslim council chamber or law court.
CANDYWEED * n. Bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers.
BAKELITE * n. A thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc..
CLEISTOTHECIUM * n. Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration.
SOFT * --a. 1 Yielding readily to pressure or weight. 2 Compassionate and kind; conciliatory. 3 (of sound) Relatively low in volume. 4 Produced with vibration of the vocal cords. --s. 1 Easily hurt. 2 (of a commodity or market or currency) Falling or likely to fall in value. 3 Using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation. 4 Tolerant or lenient. --r. In a relaxed manner; or without hardship.
DOCENT * n. A teacher at some universities.
SABBATIC * a. Of or relating to the Sabbath.
DEGRADE * v. 1 Reduce the level of land, as by erosion. 2 Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. 3 Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth.
GOULASH * n. A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
UNGRAMMATICALLY * r. In an ungrammatical manner.
HEADWIND * n. Wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft.
DEMISE * --n. The time when something ends. --v. Transfer by a lease or by a will.
SURFBIRD * n. Sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America.
SEEDSMAN * n. A dealer in seeds.
UNCOMPROMISING * a. Not making concessions.
ECONOMY * n. 1 The system of production and distribution and consumption. 2 The efficient use of resources. 3 Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources. 4 An act of economizing; reduction in cost.
NATION * n. 1 A politically organized body of people under a single government. 2 The people who live in a nation or country. 3 United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911). 4 A federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes).
TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE * n. Sausage baked in batter.
FULGID * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
DIAZEPAM * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning.
NUCLEOSIDE * n. A glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid.
JACKSCREW * n. Screw-operated jack.
WONDER * --n. 1 The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising. 2 Something that causes feelings of wonder. 3 A state in which you want to learn more about something. --v. 1 Have a wish or desire to know something. 2 Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation. 3 Be amazed at.
PISSIS * n. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,241 feet high).
MEZZANINE * n. 1 First or lowest balcony. 2 Intermediate floor just above the ground floor.
THUMB * --n. 1 The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb. 2 The part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb. 3 A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse. --v. 1 Travel by getting free rides from motorists. 2 Look through a book or other written material. 3 Feel or handle with the fingers.
WONDERWORKING * s. Performing or able to perform wonders or miracles.
BIG-BELLIED * s. Having a prominent belly.
FIELDMOUSE * n. Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens.
EPROM * n. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
PSALM * --n. 1 One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David. 2 Any sacred song used to praise the deity. --v. Sing or celebrate in psalms.
CALENDER * --n. A machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers. --v. Press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets.
NONLINGUISTIC * a. Not consisting of or related to language.
LANDED * a. Owning or consisting of land or real estate.
TACAMAHAC * n. Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves.
NEARER * r. (comparative of `near' or `close') Within a shorter distance.
CAPITULARY * a. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
FEEBLENESS * n. 1 The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age). 2 The quality of lacking intensity or substance.
PERSPEX * n. A transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin.
CHARLOCK * n. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
CALLIGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy.
IRIDONCUS * n. Swelling of the iris of the eye.
MOUND * --n. 1 (baseball) The slight elevation on which the pitcher stands. 2 A small natural hill. 3 A collection of objects laid on top of each other. 4 Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones. --v. Form into a rounded elevation.
EFFORT * n. 1 Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. 2 Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. 3 A notable achievement. 4 A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end.
FIRST-STRING * s. 1 Of members of a team; not substitutes. 2 Being a regular member of a team.
DDT * n. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972.
CREDIBILITY * n. The quality of being believable or trustworthy.
EMULSION * n. 1 (chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquids. 2 A light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin.
EXTERNALIZATION * n. 1 Attributing to outside causes. 2 Embodying in an outward form.
ULEMORRHAGIA * n. Bleeding of the gums.
HONKY-TONK * n. A cheap drinking and dancing establishment.
UNINSTRUCTIVELY * r. In an uninformative manner.
MEDEVAC * n. The evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care.
PIPISTRELLE * n. Small European brown bat.
REAPPRAISAL * n. A new appraisal or evaluation.
ABYSSAL * --a. Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters. --s. Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable.
SCALENE * a. 1 Of a triangle having three sides of different lengths. 2 Of or relating to any of the scalene muscles.
SERVE * --n. (sports) A stroke that puts the ball in play. --v. 1 Serve a purpose, role, or function. 2 Do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function. 3 Contribute or conduce to. 4 Be used by; as of a utility.
SEASONABLENESS * n. Being at the right time.
CLASSWORK * n. The part of a student's work that is done in the classroom.
PROGERIA * n. A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child.
GERBERT * n. French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003).
LENINISM * n. The political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries).
WRATHFULLY * r. In a wrathful manner.
ANTICOAGULATIVE * a. Of or relating to an anticoagulant.
AFTERBIRTH * n. The placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born.
BIN * --n. 1 A container; usually has a lid. 2 The quantity contained in a bin. 3 An identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself. --v. Store in bins.
YELLING * n. Uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement.
WHISKER * --n. 1 A very small distance or space. 2 A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat. --v. Furnish with whiskers.
CUSTODIANSHIP * n. The position of custodian.
HEALED * s. Freed from illness or injury.
HAIR-SHIRTED * a. Self-sacrificing or austere.
PETERSBURG * n. 1 A town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War. 2 The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee.
SITA * n. Wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood.
SOTERIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to soteriology.
WINDHOEK * n. Capital of Namibia in the center of the country.
MAKER * n. 1 A person who makes things. 2 Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. 3 A business engaged in manufacturing some product.
CONCERNED * --a. Feeling or showing worry or solicitude. --s. 1 Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in. 2 Culpably involved.
IDIOMATICAL * a. Of or relating to or conforming to idiom.
STRETCHED * s. 1 (of muscles) Relieved of stiffness by stretching. 2 Extended or spread over a wide area or distance.
HYALIN * n. A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions.
FETISHIST * n. One who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature).
UNBEKNOWNST * --s. (usually used with `to') Occurring or existing without the knowledge of. --r. Without someone's knowledge.
BARRATOR * n. Someone guilty of barratry.
CONTENTIOUSNESS * n. An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious.
PASCHAL * a. Of or relating to Passover or Easter.
PINE * --n. 1 A coniferous tree. 2 Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus. --v. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.
DECEPTIVENESS * n. The quality of being deceptive.
OGALALA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota. 2 A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala.
CAPITONIDAE * n. Barbets.
HALF-TRUTH * n. A partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead.
ATHIORHODACEAE * n. Small motile sulphur bacteria.
MERCHANT * n. A businessperson engaged in retail trade.
LEPIDOCROCITE * n. A red to reddish brown mineral consisting of iron oxide hydroxide; often found in iron ores together with goethite.
GOOF * --n. 1 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 2 A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. --v. Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.
IMPARTIAL * a. 1 Showing lack of favoritism. 2 Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions.
FASCINATE * v. 1 Cause to be interested or curious. 2 To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. 3 Attract; cause to be enamored.
INSALUBRITY * n. The quality of being insalubrious and debilitating.
YIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits.
RESISTANCE * n. 1 The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with. 2 Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion. 3 A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms. 4 The military action of resisting the enemy's advance.
REECHOING * s. (of sounds) Repeating by reflection.
FOETOMETRY * n. Measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head).
FOSAMAX * n. A tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause.
RISOTTO * n. Rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese.
WHEATFLAKE * n. Crisp flake made from wheat.
HARPULLA * n. Fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building.
MACHAERANTHERA * n. Wildflowers of western North America.
INTERCONNECTED * s. 1 Reciprocally connected. 2 Operating as a unit.
PORTABLE * --n. A small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried. --a. Easily or conveniently transported. --s. Of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull.
LARDIZABALACEAE * n. Thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit.
UNSANCTIFICATION * n. Unholiness by virtue of being profane.
GUATEMALA * n. A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable.
IMMATERIALIZE * v. Render immaterial or incorporeal.
AKKA * n. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
ACCESSIBILITY * n. 1 The quality of being at hand when needed. 2 The attribute of being easy to meet or deal with.
OSTEOPETROSIS * n. An inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated.
VARICELLA * n. An acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body.
HASTE * n. 1 Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). 2 The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. 3 A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry.
OBTUSELY * r. In a stupid manner.
SCOWLING * s. Sullen or unfriendly in appearance.
MONSOON * n. 1 A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter. 2 Rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains. 3 Any wind that changes direction with the seasons.
JENNER * n. English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823).
DISBELIEF * n. 1 Doubt about the truth of something. 2 A rejection of belief.
VIAND * n. A choice or delicious dish.
MODERN-DAY * s. Characteristic of the present.
GOPHERWOOD * n. Small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye.
PARCHMENT * n. 1 A superior paper resembling sheepskin. 2 Skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.
FLAVOROUS * s. Full of flavor.
ARBORICULTURIST * n. Someone trained in forestry.
NUCLEASE * n. General term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units.
NONRACIAL * a. Not racial; having nothing to do with race or races.
SAUCER-EYED * s. Having large round wide-open eyes.
COSTOCHONDRITIS * n. Inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage.
COMEDY * n. 1 Light and humorous drama with a happy ending. 2 A comic incident or series of incidents.
HYGIENE * n. 1 A condition promoting sanitary practices. 2 The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
SMALL-EARED * s. Having small ears.
SUSTAINABLE * a. Capable of being sustained.
SCHIZOPHRAGMA * n. Small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae.
EPIDEICTICAL * s. Designed primarily for rhetorical display.
SUBTERFUGE * n. Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
AUBURN * s. (of hair) Colored a moderate reddish-brown.
KRAUTHEAD * n. Offensive term for a person of German descent.
PERSISTING * s. Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit.
SQUASHY * s. 1 Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness. 2 (of soil) Soft and watery. 3 Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility.
VARIOUSLY * r. In diverse ways.
12 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
WELL-BALANCED * s. 1 In an optimal state of balance or equilibrium. 2 Free from psychological disorder.
UNDEMONSTRATIVE * a. Not given to open expression of emotion.
INNOCENCE * n. 1 The quality of innocent naivete. 2 The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil. 3 A state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense.
ELECTROPLATER * n. A plater who uses electrolysis.
BOMBILATE * v. Make a buzzing sound.
EMPTY-BELLIED * s. Needing nourishment.
BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOR * n. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
FECUND * s. 1 Capable of producing offspring or vegetation. 2 Intellectually productive.
MELIPHAGIDAE * n. Honey eaters.
LYCOPHYTA * n. Used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses.
TWO-SEATER * n. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
MALAPROPISM * n. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.
CENTREBOARD * n. A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward.
PINTER * n. English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930).
SELF-STYLED * s. As claimed by and for yourself often without justification.
TUES * n. The third day of the week; the second working day.
KILOTON * n. 1 One thousand tons. 2 A measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of 1000 tons of TNT.
VOUCHER * n. 1 Someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement. 2 A document that serves as evidence of some expenditure. 3 A negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed.
CILIATE * --n. A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell. --a. 1 Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell. 2 Of or relating to the human eyelash. --s. Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.
UPROOT * v. 1 Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment. 2 Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. 3 Pull up by or as if by the roots.
90TH * s. The ordinal number of ninety in counting order.
MULTIPROGRAMMING * n. The execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer.
LARVACEA * n. Small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order.
INDOCTRINATE * v. Teach doctrines to; teach uncritically.
HALOBACTERIA * n. Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats.
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to or involved with biogeography.
CRUSTLIKE * s. Having a hardened crust as a covering.
OBSEQUIOUSNESS * n. Abject or cringing submissiveness.
LILAC * --n. Any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers. --s. Of a pale purple color.
PTERIDOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to the study of ferns.
TIBIA * n. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
MAILED * s. Wearing protective mail.
FIREBALL * n. 1 An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding). 2 A highly energetic and indefatigable person. 3 A ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning). 4 The luminous center of a nuclear explosion.
FOREMAN * n. 1 A person who exercises control over workers. 2 A man who is foreperson of a jury.
FORGET-ME-NOT * n. Small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers.
RAZOR * --n. Edge tool used in shaving. --v. Shave with a razor.
ANTALYA * n. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
COUNTERMAN * n. Someone who attends a counter (as in a diner).
ITALICIZE * v. Print in italics.
DEMOCRATISATION * n. The action of making something democratic.
MATRIX * n. 1 (mathematics) A rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules. 2 (geology) A mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded. 3 An enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb). 4 The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded.
OCTAVO * n. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
ALKALOSIS * n. Abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues.
PONTOON * n. 1 (nautical) A floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge. 2 A float supporting a seaplane.
AIR-CONDITION * v. 1 Control the humidity and temperature of. 2 Equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature.
TREELET * n. A small tree.
SEDUM * n. Any of various plants of the genus Sedum.
ITCH * --n. 1 A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation. 2 A strong restless desire. 3 An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch. --v. 1 Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. 2 Have or perceive an itch. 3 Cause to perceive an itch. 4 Have a strong desire or urge to do something.
LEMMON * n. United States film actor (1925-2001).
UNHEARABLE * a. Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear.
ARBOROUS * a. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
CHURCHWARDEN * n. An officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters.
TENABILITY * n. The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person.
DUCK * --n. 1 Small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs. 2 (cricket) A score of nothing by a batsman. 3 Flesh of a duck (domestic or wild). 4 A heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents. --v. 1 To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away. 2 Submerge or plunge suddenly. 3 Dip into a liquid. 4 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
LEGISLATOR * n. Someone who makes or enacts laws.
ANEMOPHILOUS * a. Of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind.
TABLEAU * n. 1 A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting). 2 Any dramatic scene.
51 * s. Being one more than fifty.
BUTANONE * n. Colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid.
SPELLBIND * v. 1 To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. 2 Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. 3 Put into a trance.
APODIFORMES * n. Swifts; hummingbirds.
RUDRA * n. Father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva.
ERROR * n. 1 A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. 2 Inadvertent incorrectness. 3 A misconception resulting from incorrect information. 4 (baseball) A failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed.
SHREWISHNESS * n. A nature given to nagging or scolding.
ABUTTER * n. The owner of contiguous property.
SIDDHARTHA * n. Founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC).
LIGHTHEARTED * s. Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
CHOLERA * n. An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
PLANERA * n. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States.
NONSTICK * s. (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) Permitting easy removal of adherent food particles.
UNBENDABLE * s. Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
PLEXIGLASS * n. A light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic.
DANGLA * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad; uses seven vowels plus differences in vowel length.
BACTERIAEMIA * n. Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood.
INFANCY * n. 1 The early stage of growth or development. 2 The earliest state of immaturity.
TUNNAGE * n. A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship.
SAUTERNES * n. Semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California.
UNDERWEAR * n. Undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments.
CELL-LIKE * s. Resembling a cell.
DISFIGUREMENT * n. 1 An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. 2 The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.
INTERROGATIVE * --n. 1 A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply. 2 Some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood. --a. 1 Relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood. 2 Relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation.
DECALESCENT * s. Absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point.
NEWCASTLE * n. A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary).
SAFRANINE * n. Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes.
SNOW-CAPPED * a. (of mountains) Capped with a covering of snow.
HARVESTER * n. 1 Someone who helps to gather the harvest. 2 Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields.
TRANSFERRIN * n. A globulin in blood plasma that carries iron.
BRATTISH * s. (used of an ill-mannered child) Impolitely unruly.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY * n. The medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
HFC * n. A fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing.
SELF-EDUCATION * n. The process of educating yourself.
SMOLDERINGLY * r. With barely repressed anger.
OXIDATIVE * s. Taking place in the presence of oxygen.
SPARSE * s. Not dense.
ARCHDIOCESE * n. The diocese of an archbishop.
INDELICACY * n. 1 The trait of being indelicate and offensive. 2 An impolite act or expression.
BIRCHEN * s. Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
TONGUEFLOWER * n. Orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base.
CAVITY * n. 1 A sizeable hole (usually in the ground). 2 Space that is surrounded by something. 3 Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth. 4 (anatomy) A natural hollow or sinus within the body.
NOOKIE * n. Slang for sexual intercourse.
EVOKED * s. Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
STURDINESS * n. 1 The state of being vigorous and robust. 2 The property of something that is strongly built. 3 Resoluteness evidenced by strength of character.
ACCESS * --n. 1 The right to enter. 2 The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership). 3 A way of entering or leaving. 4 A code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.). --v. 1 Obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer. 2 Reach or gain access to.
SYMPHORICARPOS * n. Deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China.
AZYGOUS * s. Occurring singly; not one of a pair.
REPRESS * v. 1 Put down by force or intimidation. 2 Impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of. 3 Suppress in order to conceal or hide. 4 Put out of one's consciousness.
HYPOTHERMIA * n. Subnormal body temperature.
CHATEAUBRIAND * n. 1 French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848). 2 A very thick center cut of beef tenderloin.
CORNFLOWER * n. 1 Plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried. 2 An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers.
KOBE * n. A port city in Japan on Osaka Bay in southern Honshu; was damaged by an earthquake in 1995.
WELL-BRANCHED * s. Having good branches.
LOYOLA * n. Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation (1491-1556).
HUSSY * n. A woman adulterer.
DREAMY * s. 1 Dreamy in mood or nature. 2 Lacking spirit or liveliness.
UNCONSIDERED * s. Without proper consideration or reflection.
STRUCTURALLY * r. With respect to structure.
GUMSHOE * n. 1 Someone who is a detective. 2 A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
HAIRCARE * n. Care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair.
UNCOILED * a. No longer coiled.
SIGNALLY * r. 1 As a signal. 2 In a signal manner.
HAEMOPOIETIC * a. Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells.
PARSER * n. A computer program that divides code up into functional components.
AMALGAMATOR * n. A businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies.
BRAZIER * n. Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times.
WELL-ADVISED * a. Having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel.
REQUIREMENT * n. 1 Required activity. 2 Anything indispensable. 3 Something that is required in advance.
OBLIGATORILY * r. 1 In an obligatory manner. 2 In a manner that cannot be evaded.
REFECTION * n. A light meal or repast.
SEPTOBASIDIUM * n. Type genus of Septobasidiaceae: smooth shelf fungi usually having a well-developed sometimes thick-walled hypobasidium.
CONSERVATIVISM * n. A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes.
BARKLEY * n. United States politician and lawyer; vice president of the United States (1877-1956).
BRIGHT * --a. 1 Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts. 2 Not made dim or less bright. --s. 1 Having strong or striking color. 2 Characterized by quickness and ease in learning. 3 Having lots of light either natural or artificial. 4 Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. --r. With brightness.
SULFUR-YELLOW * s. Of something having the yellow color of sulfur.
BRYALES * n. Category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space.
WURTZITE * n. A brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide.
MITIGABLE * s. Capable of being alleviated.
CLAP * --n. 1 A sudden very loud noise. 2 A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra. 3 A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated. --v. 1 Put quickly or forcibly. 2 Cause to strike the air in flight. 3 Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval. 4 Clap one's hands together.
WEARING * --n. 1 (geology) The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it). 2 The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment. --s. Producing exhaustion.
CARBONIFEROUS * --n. From 345 million to 280 million years ago. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era. 2 Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
PSOPHIA * n. Type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters.
CURDLE * v. 1 Turn into curds. 2 Go bad or sour. 3 Turn from a liquid to a solid mass.
MONOPOLY * n. 1 (economics) A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller. 2 Exclusive control or possession of something. 3 A board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die.
EDUCATIVE * s. Resulting in education.
APPENDICLE * n. A small appendage.
TUNGUSIC * n. 1 Any member of a people speaking a language in the Tungusic family. 2 A family of Altaic languages spoken in Mongolia and neighboring areas.
HIV * n. 1 Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus. 2 The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells.
SPORTY * s. 1 Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play. 2 (used especially of clothes) Marked by conspicuous display. 3 Appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport.
HEAL * v. 1 Heal or recover. 2 Get healthy again. 3 Provide a cure for, make healthy again.
SEMIPOLITICAL * s. Political in some (but not all) aspects.
DAMNATORY * s. Threatening with damnation.
SPAWL * n. A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.
POPULARITY * n. The quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN * n. A dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself.
GRUESOME * s. Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.
FINE-LEAFED * s. Having fine leaves.
FELLATIO * n. Oral stimulation of the penis.
OMPHALOSKEPSIS * n. Literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption.
FORSWEARING * n. The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.).
CONFUCIUS * n. Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC).
ALTOGETHER * --n. Informal terms for nakedness. --r. 1 To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'). 2 With everything included or counted. 3 With everything considered (and neglecting details).
SWANK * --n. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable. --v. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously. --s. Imposingly fashionable and elegant.
TEMUCO * n. A city in central Chile to the south of Concepcion.
UNPREDICTED * s. Without warning or announcement.
PROTOZOON * n. Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic.
GREY-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with grey.
POUDRIN * n. Small crystals of ice.
SOLEUS * n. A broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle.
INDICT * v. Accuse formally of a crime.
EXCEEDINGLY * r. To an extreme degree.
BALAENOPTERIDAE * n. Rorquals; blue whales.
COCOON * --n. Silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs. --v. 1 Retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment. 2 Wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection.
PAPILLEDEMA * n. Swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure.
BUCCANEERING * n. Hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
PANDAR * n. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
SALVAGER * n. Someone who salvages.
HENBANE * n. Poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine.
SINNER * n. A person who sins (without repenting).
FISHILY * r. In a questionably unusual manner.
DAY * n. 1 Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis. 2 Some point or period in time. 3 A day assigned to a particular purpose or observance. 4 The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside.
DISCONCERTMENT * n. Anxious embarrassment.
HYPERICUM * n. Large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers; cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and Arctic or high altitudes and desert regions.
SELF * --n. 1 Your consciousness of your own identity. 2 A person considered as a unique individual. --a. (used as a combining form) Relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self.
APPENDICECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
BEST-SELLING * s. Selling in great numbers.
TIBUR * n. A town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls.
MOISTENING * n. The act of making something slightly wet.
TETRAPOD * n. A vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages.
POLYNUCLEOTIDE * n. (biochemistry) A linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule.
TAMERLANE * n. Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405).
WINCH * --n. Lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds. --v. Pull or lift up with or as if with a winch.
EPHESUS * n. 1 An ancient Greek city on the western shore of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the Temple of Artemis; was a major trading center and played an important role in early Christianity. 2 The third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius.
CROOKEDLY * r. In a crooked lopsided manner.
CRATE * --n. 1 A rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping. 2 The quantity contained in a crate. --v. Put into a crate; as for protection.
SERAPHIC * --a. Of or relating to an angel of the first order. --s. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub.
SYLLEPSIS * n. Use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one.
STAPLER * n. A machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together.
PLOSION * n. The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant.
KANAWHA * n. A tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia.
UNSEEDED * --a. Not seeded; used of players of lesser skill. --s. (of a piece of ground) Not have a crop sown on it.
KICKAPOO * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 2 The Algonquian language of the Kickapoo.
SCOTCHWOMAN * n. A woman who is a Scot.
TYRANNOUS * s. Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior.
WHIRLPOOL * --n. A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides). --v. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.
CHEROOT * n. A cigar with both ends cut flat.
BLACKISH-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with black.
NAZIISM * n. A form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader.
HAUTEUR * n. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
NONAGGRESSIVE * a. Not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness.
BARMY * s. 1 Marked by spirited enjoyment. 2 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
PREEMINENCE * n. High status importance owing to marked superiority.
CONFESSOR * n. 1 A priest who hears confession and gives absolution. 2 Someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves).
RIGHTMOST * s. Farthest to the right.
PROLETARIAT * n. A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
VETCHWORM * n. Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops.
PIROPLASM * n. Minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals.
CONNARACEAE * n. Mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae.
SECURELY * r. 1 In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger. 2 In a confident and unselfconscious manner. 3 In a manner free from fear or risk. 4 In an invulnerable manner.
LATINESCE * n. An artificial language based on Latin.
SUBSEQUENTLY * r. Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
MANNA * n. 1 Hardened sugary exudation of various trees. 2 (Old Testament) Food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus.
GITANO * n. A Spanish male Gypsy.
FOOTPAD * n. A highwayman who robs on foot.
GUARDEDLY * r. In a conservative manner.
ANHINGIDAE * n. Snakebirds.
PRESENTISM * n. The doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled.
KANTREX * n. Antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections.
CHANNELS * n. Official routes of communication.
VITILIGO * n. An acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border).
HET * s. Made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated').
TUBEROSE * n. A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers.
HACEK * n. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation.
TREMBLING * --n. A shaky motion. --s. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze.
BENEFICED * a. Having a benefice.
FURTHERMORE * r. In addition.
LOYANG * n. A city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties.
AWARDING * n. A grant made by a law court.
ASSIMILATION * n. 1 The state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family. 2 The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another. 3 The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion. 4 A linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound.
VISITOR * n. Someone who visits.
HONOR * --n. 1 A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction. 2 The state of being honored. 3 The quality of being honorable and having a good name. 4 A woman's virtue or chastity. --v. 1 Bestow honor or rewards upon. 2 Show respect towards. 3 Accept as pay.
HIERACIUM * n. Large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella.
PHTHIRIIDAE * n. Crab lice.
GRATITUDE * n. A feeling of thankfulness and appreciation.
BENINESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Benin. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
MAHARANI * n. A great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja.
ADOPTABLE * a. Suitable or eligible for adoption.
DOCKER * n. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
ALTERABILITY * n. The quality of being alterable.
LIPLESS * a. Without a lip or lips.
TELEVANGELISM * n. Evangelism at a distance by the use of television.
SELF-DIGESTION * n. Lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process.
TALIPED * s. Having a deformed foot.
BLATHERSKITE * n. Foolish gibberish.
JAEGER * n. Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
SYNCHRONIZING * n. 1 The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. 2 An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison. 3 Coordinating by causing to indicate the same time.
CROSS-FERTILIZATION * n. 1 Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species. 2 Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial.
PRESBYTERIANISM * n. The doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism.
CHANGELESSNESS * n. 1 The property of remaining unchanged. 2 The quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged.
HULSEA * n. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs; Pacific coast of the northwestern United States.
HYDRALAZINE * n. An antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure.
AGONIZED * s. Expressing pain or agony.
MALFUNCTION * --n. A failure to function normally. --v. Fail to function or function improperly.
WORRIEDLY * r. In a worried manner.
LUMINOSITY * n. The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
GERMANIST * n. A specialist in the study of Germanic language or culture or literature.
RIGHTEOUS * --a. Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice. --s. Morally justified.
GOOD-NATUREDNESS * n. A cheerful willingness to be obliging.
BEMUSED * s. 1 Deeply absorbed in thought. 2 Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
CUBICAL * s. Shaped like a cube.
LATINIZE * v. 1 Write in the Latin alphabet. 2 Translate into Latin. 3 Cause to adopt Catholicism.
LOGIC * n. 1 The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference. 2 Reasoned and reasonable judgment. 3 The principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation. 4 The system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations.
ANOREXIGENIC * s. Causing loss of appetite.
SATISFIER * n. Any agent capable of producing satisfaction.
SECRETARIAL * a. Of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work.
EUCALYPTUS * n. 1 Wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber. 2 A tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
LIAO * n. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
FLEDGLING * --n. 1 Any new participant in some activity. 2 Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying. --s. 1 (of a young bird) Having acquired its flight feathers. 2 Young and inexperienced.
MALECITE * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick. 2 The Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody.
ASAT * a. Of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit.
VINDICATOR * n. A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution.
THIRTY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than thirty.
BEFALL * v. 1 Become of; happen to. 2 Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance.
VALUABLE * --n. Something of value. --a. Having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange. --s. Having worth or merit or value.
LIFE-SIZED * s. Being of the same size as an original.
DEEPLY * r. 1 To a great depth psychologically or emotionally. 2 To a great depth; far down or in.
LUPIN * n. Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers.
STOREHOUSE * n. A depository for goods.
CULCITA * n. Includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands.
SYMPHONIZE * v. Play or sound together, in harmony.
ACANTHOSIS * n. An abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis).
INFATUATE * v. Arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way.
YANAN * n. A language group of the Hokan family.
MALAXIS * n. Large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan.
LONG-WOOLED * s. (of sheep) Having relatively long wool.
TAPPED * a. In a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug.
PROCARDIA * n. Calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks.
CHABAD-LUBAVITCH * n. A large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study.
CRAFT * --n. 1 The skilled practice of a practical occupation. 2 A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space. 3 People who perform a particular kind of skilled work. 4 Skill in an occupation or trade. --v. Make by hand and with much skill.
UNREWARDED * s. Having acquired or gained nothing.
PAWNBROKER * n. A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security.
OWNER-DRIVER * n. A motorist who owns the car that he/she drives.
DYNAMICAL * a. Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality.
KERUGMA * n. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
UNITISATION * n. 1 (psychology) The configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units. 2 The act of packaging cargo into unit loads. 3 Conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust. 4 The joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies.
TRADE-IN * n. An item of property that is given in part payment for a new one.
CYTOPLASMICALLY * r. By means of cytoplasm.
CROWDED * a. Overfilled or compacted or concentrated.
BULK * --n. 1 The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part. 2 The property of something that is great in magnitude. 3 The property possessed by a large mass. --v. 1 Stick out or up. 2 Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
SODDING * s. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
PEPLUM * n. 1 A flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse. 2 A garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist.
COLUMBARY * n. A birdhouse for pigeons.
SNAKEBIRD * n. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
EMPIRICISM * n. 1 (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge derives from experience. 2 The application of empirical methods in any art or science. 3 Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings.
WEIGHER * n. An official who weighs and records the weight.
DUNCICAL * s. (used informally) Stupid.
VEPS * n. 1 A member of a Finnish people of Russia. 2 A Finnic language spoken by the Veps.
VORACIOUSLY * r. In an eagerly voracious manner.
TAVERN * n. A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks.
RESPECTIVE * s. Considered individually.
IRRIDENTIST * n. An advocate of irredentism.
BH * n. A transuranic element.
TUTU * n. 1 South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931). 2 Very short skirt worn by ballerinas.
ARCHDUCAL * a. Belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy.
WARILY * r. In a wary manner.
DISSERTATE * v. Talk at length and formally about a topic.
SPENDING * n. 1 The act of spending or disbursing money. 2 Money paid out; an amount spent.
SUPPOSED * s. 1 Required or under orders. 2 Mistakenly believed. 3 Doubtful or suspect. 4 Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
CHARADE * n. 1 A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades. 2 Making a false outward show.
HORRIBLE * s. Provoking horror.
ACCUSTOM * v. Make psychologically or physically used (to something).
CAMCORDER * n. A portable television camera and videocassette recorder.
YAHWEH * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
VENTURI * n. 1 United States architect (born in 1925). 2 A tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in the air inlet of a carburetor).
LEV * n. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
MANNHEIM * n. A city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.
LYRA * n. A small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega.
EXCHANGEABLE * --a. 1 Suitable to be exchanged. 2 Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value. --s. Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability.
TITRATOR * n. An apparatus for performing a titration.
PULASSAN * n. 1 East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan. 2 Fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter.
ATTAINABLENESS * n. The state of being achievable.
ERIOPHORUM * n. Cotton grass.
DOMINEER * v. Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner.
BROADWISE * r. In the direction of the breadth.
PERTH * n. The state capital of Western Australia.
WEIRDLY * r. In a weird manner.
DISASSOCIATION * n. 1 The state of being unconnected in memory or imagination. 2 A state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently.
CONCERNEDLY * r. In a manner showing concern.
DEFORMATIONAL * a. Relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure.
WRAITH * n. A mental representation of some haunting experience.
CHINLESS * s. Having a receding chin.
HANDBELL * n. A bell that is held in the hand.
METHANOGEN * n. Archaebacteria found in anaerobic environments such as animal intestinal tracts or sediments or sewage and capable of producing methane; a source of natural gas.
ISOTROPIC * a. Invariant with respect to direction.
CONVOKE * v. Call together.
HYPOADRENALISM * n. A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin.
XEROGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to xerography.
MOTORCADE * n. A procession of people traveling in motor cars.
MONTAIGNE * n. French writer regarded as the originator of the modern essay (1533-1592).
ILL-TREATED * a. Subjected to cruel treatment.
SHARPNESS * n. 1 A quick and penetrating intelligence. 2 The attribute of urgency in tone of voice. 3 A strong odor or taste property. 4 The quality of being keenly and painfully felt.
SULFONATE * n. A salt of sulphonic acid.
PURELY * r. Restricted to something.
FAULT * --n. 1 A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. 2 An imperfection in an object or machine. 3 The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection. 4 (geology) A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. --v. Put or pin the blame on.
ACCUSATORIAL * a. Specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor.
BRETON * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language). 2 A Celtic language of Brittany.
MARCONI * n. Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937).
DEMEAN * v. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.
APATHETIC * s. 1 Showing little or no emotion or animation. 2 Marked by a lack of interest.
GANYMEDE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods. 2 The largest of Jupiter's satellites.
LASCIVIOUSNESS * n. Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
MEDICATE * v. 1 Impregnate with a medicinal substance. 2 Treat medicinally, treat with medicine.
SHOWMAN * n. 1 A person skilled at making effective presentations. 2 A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments.
INCONSEQUENTLY * r. Lacking consequence.
MORTGAGER * n. The person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid.
CHIMNEY * n. 1 A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building. 2 A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp.
SLOUCHY * s. Lacking stiffness in form or posture.
TYMPANUM * n. 1 The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear. 2 The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound. 3 A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
JAUNDICED * s. 1 Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc. 2 Showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste.
SYNGONIUM * n. Epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage.
PTYALISM * n. Excessive flow of saliva.
BEDAZE * v. Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief.
TABLETOP * n. The top horizontal work surface of a table.
CAUCASOID * s. Of or relating to Caucasian people.
DECIDING * --n. The cognitive process of reaching a decision. --s. Having the power or quality of deciding.
UNETHICALLY * r. In an unethical manner.
SPELEOLOGY * n. 1 The scientific study of caves. 2 The pastime of exploring caves.
ENFORCEMENT * n. The act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to.
UNSTABLE * --a. Lacking stability or fixity or firmness. --s. 1 Highly or violently reactive. 2 Affording no ease or reassurance. 3 Suffering from severe mental illness. 4 Disposed to psychological variability.
GOATFISH * n. Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY * n. The disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures.
UNBOUNDED * s. Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent.
GLOBALIZATION * n. Growth to a global or worldwide scale.
HARELIP * n. A congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip.
LYCIAN * n. An Anatolian language.
RATIONALIST * --n. Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism.
CIVET * n. Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes.
FART * --n. A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus. --v. Expel intestinal gases through the anus.
CHARLOTTETOWN * n. The provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island.
ALLIED * --s. 1 Related by common characteristics or ancestry. 2 United in a confederacy or league. 3 Joined by treaty or agreement. --a. 1 Of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II. 2 Of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I.
MANIOC * n. 1 A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. 2 Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. 3 Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
ANTHOLOGIST * n. An editor who makes selections for an anthology.
WOODRUFF * n. 1 Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula. 2 Any plant of the genus Asperula.
APPENDANT * s. Affixed as an appendage.
OXYACID * n. Any acid that contains oxygen.
CENTRE * --n. 1 A low-lying region in central France. 2 An area that is approximately central within some larger region. 3 A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. 4 A place where some particular activity is concentrated. --v. 1 Move into the center. 2 Direct one's attention on something.
ENCRIMSON * v. Make crimson.
PRISMATIC * --a. Of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism. --s. Exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism.
SCALPER * n. Someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost.
NONBEARING * a. (of a structural member) Supporting no vertical weight other than its own.
MARSUPIAL * --n. Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried. --a. Of or relating to the marsupials.
CGS * n. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
CRONE * n. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
INDISSOLUBLE * --a. (of a substance) Incapable of being dissolved. --s. Used of decisions and contracts.
NAUSEANT * n. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
ARIZONIAN * n. A native or resident of Arizona.
AGLAIA * n. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
ESCHRICHTIUS * n. Type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae.
HYDROPS * n. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.
LITURGICS * n. The study of liturgies.
ABM * n. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
DICTYOPTERA * n. In some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera.
SURTAX * --n. An additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed. --v. Levy an extra tax on.
KRISHNAISM * n. Worship of Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu.
FORTY-NINTH * s. The ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order.
EIGHTY * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight. --s. Being ten more than seventy.
EMBALM * v. Preserve a dead body.
POUNCE * --n. The act of pouncing. --v. Move down on as if in an attack.
CREDULOUSLY * r. In a credulous manner.
ENTRAIN * v. Board a train.
UNUNQUADIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
ANALPHABETISM * n. An inability to read.
FURUNCLE * n. A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus.
NONVOLATILIZABLE * a. Not volatilizing readily.
ANTERIORITY * n. 1 The quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head. 2 Preceding in time.
XEROGRAPHY * n. Forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas.
MUIR * n. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
MIRID * n. A variety of leaf bug.
SYNAERESIS * n. 1 The contraction of two vowels into a diphthong. 2 The separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making).
AUDIBLY * r. In an audible manner.
HANSOM * n. A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers.
BARTLESVILLE * n. A town in northeastern Oklahoma.
PORTUNIDAE * n. Swimming crabs.
SEEL * v. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.
MOUTHPART * n. Any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding.
MIGRATOR * n. 1 Traveler who moves from one region or country to another. 2 An animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year.
REVEREND * --n. 1 A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church. 2 A title of respect for a clergyman. --s. Worthy of adoration or reverence.
160TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred sixty in counting order.
RECONCILING * s. Tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony.
FIBERGLASS * n. A covering material made of glass fibers in resins.
VOCALISER * n. 1 An organism that can utter vocal sounds. 2 A person who sings.
DELIBLE * s. Capable of being deleted.
MOORGAME * n. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
DETAIN * v. 1 Deprive of freedom; take into confinement. 2 Stop or halt. 3 Cause to be slowed down or delayed.
GENOCIDE * n. Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.
GRUMP * n. A bad-tempered person.
VIRILIZATION * n. The abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction).
BOOTLEG * --n. 1 Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash. 2 The part of a boot above the instep. --v. 1 Sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol. 2 Produce or distribute illegally. --s. Distributed or sold illicitly.
ENGULF * v. 1 Devote (oneself) fully to. 2 Flow over or cover completely.
JEWELRY * n. An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems).
STRUGGLER * n. A person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort.
DEADHEAD * n. 1 A nonenterprising person who is not paying his way. 2 A train or bus or taxi traveling empty.
UNEXPLORATIVE * a. Not exploratory.
CUTE * s. 1 Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness. 2 Obviously contrived to charm.
UNCORRECTED * --a. Left faulty or wrong. --s. Not subjected to correction or discipline.
WHIFF * --n. 1 A short light gust of air. 2 A lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil. 3 A strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike. --v. 1 Perceive by inhaling through the nose. 2 Drive or carry as if by a puff of air. 3 Strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third. 4 Smoke and exhale strongly.
FOUR-YEAR-OLD * s. Four years of age.
COLOR * --n. 1 A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect. 2 Interest and variety and intensity. 3 The timbre of a musical sound. 4 An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading. --v. 1 Add color to. 2 Affect as in thought or feeling. 3 Modify or bias. 4 Decorate with colors. --a. Having or capable of producing colors.
REFRIGERANT * --n. Any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator). --s. Causing cooling or freezing.
ME. * n. A state in New England.
FITMENT * n. Any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture).
SKINFLINT * n. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
CHICKEREE * n. Far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel.
ENOLOGY * n. The art of wine making.
RE-ARGUE * v. Argue again.
CICERONE * n. A guide who conducts and informs sightseers.
TOXICOLOGY * n. The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature and effects and treatments of poisons.
DAMPISH * s. Slightly wet.
BALKANS * n. 1 The major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula. 2 A large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range. 3 The Balkan countries collectively.
ANTIPATHETICAL * s. 1 (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed. 2 Characterized by antagonism or antipathy.
EMBOLECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of an embolus (usually from an artery).
COMMERCIALISE * v. Make commercial.
VASSALAGE * n. The state of a serf.
YPRES * n. 1 Battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery. 2 Battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient. 3 Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others.
CROUPY * a. Resembling or arising from or indicating croup.
PILEWORT * n. Perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles.
PIETY * n. Righteousness by virtue of being pious.
MARGATE * n. A grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil.
COLUMBITE * n. A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum.
TAU * n. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
UNDUTIFUL * s. Lacking due respect or dutifulness.
ANTI-AMERICAN * --n. A person who is opposed to the United States and its policies. --a. Opposed to the United States and its policies.
ENATION * n. 1 Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family. 2 A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ.
TAMOXIFEN * n. An antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer.
URAEMIC * a. Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency).
CURLING * --n. A game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target. --s. (of hair) Making curls or having been made to curl.
GIGOLO * n. A man who has sex with and is supported by a woman.
PHYLLOCLAD * n. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
EXHIBITIONISTIC * s. Compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior.
FUGALLY * r. In a fugal style.
FELICITATE * v. Express congratulations.
RUHR * n. 1 A tributary of the Rhine. 2 A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany.
ACROCEPHALUS * n. A genus of Sylviidae.
TREVINO * n. United States golfer (born in 1939).
CARTESIAN * --n. A follower of Cartesian thought. --a. Of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works.
KRISHNA * n. 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute.
AGRYPNIA * n. A vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter).
VESTRYWOMAN * n. A woman who is a member of a church vestry.
REPROOF * --n. An act or expression of criticism and censure. --v. Take to task.
DESTRUCTIVELY * r. In a destructive manner.
MURDER * --n. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being. --v. 1 Kill intentionally and with premeditation. 2 Alter so as to make unrecognizable.
KARAKUL * n. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued for their soft curly black fur.
MITOGEN * n. An agent that triggers mitosis.
UNKEMPTNESS * n. A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for.
RENOUNCEMENT * n. An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned.
VERBOSE * s. Using or containing too many words.
DERRICK * n. 1 A framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered. 2 A simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom.
BAMBOOZLE * v. Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
FAWKES * n. English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606).
LOSINGS * n. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
ENCAPSULATION * n. 1 The condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule). 2 The process of enclosing (as in a capsule).
SELF-INDULGENT * s. Indulgent of your own appetites and desires.
LIVE-AND-DIE * n. Prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled.
CONTINUATIVE * n. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences.
SMEAR * --n. 1 Slanderous defamation. 2 A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope. 3 A blemish made by dirt. 4 An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. --v. 1 Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance. 2 Make a smudge on; soil by smudging. 3 Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it. 4 Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
EQUIPPING * n. The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
UNDOING * n. 1 An act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done). 2 Loosening the ties that fasten something.
ECUMENICAL * s. 1 Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions. 2 Of worldwide scope or applicability.
QABALA * n. An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret.
WALDMEISTER * n. 1 Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula. 2 Fragrant dark green leaves used to flavor May wine.
CASSETTE * n. A container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video.
ASYMPTOTICALLY * r. Toward an asymptote.
CRAGFAST * s. Stranded on or as if on a crag.
10-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members.
QUICK-CHANGE * s. Adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes.
MUCOCUTANEOUS * a. Of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin.
MORPHOLOGIC * a. 1 Relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals. 2 Relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language. 3 Pertaining to geological structure.
PROSTITUTION * n. Offering sexual intercourse for pay.
FOOT-TON * n. 2240 foot-pounds.
ALTAZIMUTH * n. An instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation.
SIGNIOR * n. Used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately.
KWANGJU * n. City in southwestern South Korea; an important military base during the Korean War.
MACROBIOTIC * a. Of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics.
7-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with seven members.
DEFAMER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
QUIZ * --n. An examination consisting of a few short questions. --v. Examine someone's knowledge of something.
OVERKILL * n. 1 The capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required. 2 Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal.
RECUSATION * n. 1 (law) The disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves. 2 (law) An objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties.
INKY-BLACK * s. Of the color of black ink.
FAYETTEVILLE * n. 1 A town in central West Virginia on the New River. 2 A town in south central North Carolina. 3 A university town in northwestern Arkansas in the Ozarks.
BLAXPLOITATION * n. The exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies).
GEE * --n. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated. --v. 1 Turn to the right side. 2 Give a command to a horse to turn to the right side.
CHARINA * n. Boas of western North America.
ECONOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to econometrics.
UNTUNE * v. 1 Cause to lose one's composure. 2 Cause to be out of tune.
POWER-ASSISTED * s. Supplementing or replacing manual effort.
EPIC * --n. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. --s. Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale). --a. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
RETRY * v. Hear or try a court case anew.
DOME-SHAPED * s. Having the shape of a dome.
HEBEI * n. A populous province in northeastern China.
RESTRICTIVE * --a. Serving to restrict. --s. (of tariff) Protective of national interests by restricting imports.
SCRUB-BIRD * n. Small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub.
PIERCINGLY * r. 1 Extremely and sharply. 2 In a shrill voice.
POLITY * n. 1 The form of government of a social organization. 2 A politically organized unit. 3 Shrewd or crafty management of public affairs.
WASTE-YARD * n. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
CORNISHMAN * n. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall.
ANNUL * v. 1 Declare invalid. 2 Cancel officially.
DEFENSELESSLY * r. Without defense.
PERIARTERITIS * n. Inflammation of the outer coat of an artery.
COMPLEMENTARITY * n. 1 A relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities. 2 The interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other.
ARMILLARIA * n. Genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot.
YELLOWISH-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with yellow.
GYMNOSOPHIST * n. Member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism).
LOATHING * n. Hate coupled with disgust.
INTERMESHED * s. 1 Caught as if in a mesh. 2 (used of toothed parts or gears) Interlocked and interacting.
NAMER * n. A person who gives a name or names.
ATELES * n. Spider monkeys.
INSTRUCTRESS * n. A woman instructor.
BRAND * --n. 1 A name given to a product or service. 2 A recognizable kind. 3 Identification mark on skin, made by burning. 4 A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning. --v. 1 Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals. 2 To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. 3 Mark with a brand or trademark. 4 Mark or expose as infamous.
SHTICKL * n. A really little shtik.
ALA. * n. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
SPATIALLY * r. With regard to space.
SWOP * --n. An equal exchange. --v. Exchange or give (something) in exchange for.
HUNGRILY * r. In the manner of someone who is very hungry.
SHEEPSHANK * n. A knot for shortening a line.
GENTEELNESS * n. Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression.
ANTAKIYA * n. A town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity.
INGRATE * n. A person who shows no gratitude.
HYALOPLASMIC * a. Of or relating to hyaloplasm.
WAIF * n. A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.
MOTLEY * --n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 A garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume). 3 A multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England. --v. 1 Make something more diverse and varied. 2 Make motley; color with different colors. --s. 1 Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. 2 Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
CHYLIFEROUS * a. Transmitting chyle.
EMPTY * --n. A container that has been emptied. --v. 1 Make void or empty of contents. 2 Become empty or void of its content. 3 Leave behind empty; move out of. 4 Remove. --a. Holding or containing nothing. --s. 1 Devoid of significance or force. 2 Needing nourishment. 3 Emptied of emotion.
KUI * n. 1 A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India. 2 The Dravidian language spoken by the Kui in southeastern India.
BASSINE * n. Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
UNSOLICITED * s. Not requested or sought.
CITRINE * n. Semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz.
TAWDRILY * r. In a tastelessly garish manner.
SELF-ABUSE * n. Manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure.
KHOISAN * n. 1 Nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa. 2 A family of languages spoken in southern Africa.
PRECAUTIONAL * s. Taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure.
SMALLHOLDER * n. A person owning or renting a smallholding.
EISENSTEIN * n. Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is considered among the most influential film makers in the history of motion pictures (1898-1948).
AGGLOMERATION * n. 1 A jumbled collection or mass. 2 The act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating.
LACEPOD * n. Annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
SEDULITY * n. The quality of being constantly diligent and attentive.
REFLECTIVITY * n. 1 The fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface. 2 The ability to reflect beams or rays. 3 The capability of quiet thought or contemplation.
DISRESPECTFUL * --a. Exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous. --s. Neither feeling nor showing respect.
SATIETY * n. The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more.
WHEATWORM * n. Small roundworm parasitic on wheat.
ABSOLVE * v. 1 Grant remission of a sin to. 2 Let off the hook.
MELEAGRIS * n. Type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys.
AMARELLE * n. 1 Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice. 2 Pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice.
ORACHE * n. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
BALALAIKA * n. A stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings.
TOJO * n. Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948).
SCIOLISTIC * s. Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish.
FREEHOLD * n. 1 An estate held in fee simple or for life. 2 Tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life.
PALIMPSEST * n. A manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
FOREPERSON * n. The presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf.
CYPHER * --n. 1 A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. 2 A quantity of no importance. 3 A person of no influence. 4 A secret method of writing. --v. 1 Convert ordinary language into code. 2 Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
PLACEMAN * n. A disparaging term for an appointee.
FRAISE * n. 1 A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century. 2 Sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes.
BOOKBINDER * n. A worker whose trade is binding books.
URTICATE * v. 1 Whip with or as with nettles. 2 Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation.
TOLLER * n. 1 A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation). 2 Someone employed to collect tolls.
COOL-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with blue.
HEEBIE-JEEBIES * n. Extreme nervousness.
RE-SENTENCING * n. (law) The reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law.
MOTH-RESISTANT * s. Resistant to damage by moths.
SCHIZOPETALON * n. A dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers.
NOME * n. A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century.
SCUMBLE * n. The application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture.
DISTRESSFULNESS * n. The quality of arousing fear or distress.
SCATHE * n. The act of damaging something or someone.
DAIKON * n. Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
EXCOGITATOR * n. A thinker who considers carefully and thoroughly.
GAP-TOOTHED * s. Having widely spaced teeth.
CHONDRUS * n. A genus of protoctist.
TAIWAN * n. 1 A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong. 2 An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea.
LIPO-HEPIN * n. A polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery.
HANDOUT * n. 1 An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation. 2 Giving money or food or clothing to a needy person.
NEPHRITIC * a. 1 Affected by nephritis. 2 Of or relating to the kidneys.
LIMEKILN * n. A kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime.
REDLY * r. Displaying a red color.
STUBBLE * n. 1 Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. 2 Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.
TENT-FLY * n. Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent.
KITE * --n. 1 A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value. 2 A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float. 3 Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string. 4 Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals. --v. 1 Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently. 2 Get credit or money by using a bad check. 3 Soar or fly like a kite. 4 Fly a kite.
WEARILY * r. In a weary manner.
CERAMICS * n. The art of making and decorating pottery.
THREE-SIDED * s. Having three sides.
GADFLY * n. 1 A persistently annoying person. 2 Any of various large flies that annoy livestock.
GERRES * n. Type genus of the Gerreidae.
PIGEONHOLING * n. A system for classifying things into groups.
BEYOND * r. 1 Farther along in space or time or degree. 2 On the farther side from the observer. 3 In addition.
SPREADHEAD * n. Two facing pages of a book or other publication.
RIMACTANE * n. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
S-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter S.
EPICURUS * n. Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC).
STICKLEBACK * n. Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research.
UNSCRUPULOUS * a. Without scruples or principles.
COAGULATION * n. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.
OVEREXPLOITATION * n. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
PSALMIST * n. A composer of sacred songs.
WOEBEGONE * s. 1 Worn and broken down by hard use. 2 Affected by or full of grief or woe.
REPROCESS * v. Use again after processing.
HOWITZER * n. A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range.
DAMA * n. Fallow deer.
LOGJAM * n. 1 Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity. 2 An immovable mass of logs blocking a river.
FORAMINIFER * n. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
PICARIAE * n. Term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes.
SCHIST * n. Any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.
AGORA * n. 1 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel. 2 The marketplace in ancient Greece. 3 A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece.
ADJUVANT * --n. An additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment. --s. 1 Furnishing added support. 2 Enhancing the action of a medical treatment.
URIAH * n. (Old Testament) The husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC).
GENICULATE * s. Bent at a sharp angle.
STOMACHAL * a. Relating to or involving the stomach.
MAGADHAN * n. A subfamily of Indic languages.
YESTERYEAR * n. The time that has elapsed.
UNRESPECTABILITY * n. Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation.
FINANCIALLY * r. From a financial point of view.
BOUDOIR * n. A lady's bedroom or private sitting room.
BONESHAKER * n. Any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable.
HASSIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
STAPH * n. Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections.
MACAW * n. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots.
SYSTEMATIC * a. 1 Characterized by order and planning. 2 Of or relating to taxonomy.
QUASSIA * n. 1 A bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge; extracted from the wood and bark of trees of the genera Quassia and Picrasma. 2 Handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark.
TRIPLE-SPACE * v. Type with two empty spaces between lines.
PALPABILITY * n. The quality of being perceivable by touch.
IMPERISHABILITY * n. The property of being resistant to decay.
DAPPLE-GREY * n. Grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.
CREED * n. 1 Any system of principles or beliefs. 2 The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group.
CHOC * n. Colloquial British abbreviation.
TORONTO * n. The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada).
DISTINCTIVELY * r. In an identifiably distinctive manner.
FLYER * n. 1 An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. 2 Someone who travels by air. 3 Someone who operates an aircraft.
COPYWRITER * n. A person employed to write advertising or publicity copy.
LASHKAR-E-TOIBA * n. A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India.
APPRESSED * s. Pressed close to or lying flat against something.
NONFINITE * a. (of verbs) Not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive).
IPOMOEA * n. Morning glory.
ROUGH-HAIRED * s. Having hair that feels rough.
STANDBY * --n. 1 Something that can be relied on when needed. 2 An actor able to replace a regular performer when required. --s. Ready for emergency use.
PINNING * n. A mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin.
COLLECTIVELY * r. In conjunction with; combined.
POLYOICOUS * s. Having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant.
CONIDIOPHORE * n. A specialized fungal hypha that produces conidia.
LINSTOCK * n. A stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons.
ORYX * n. Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns.
INDIVIDUALISE * v. 1 Make or mark or treat as individual. 2 Make personal or more personal.
ACHROMATOUS * s. Having little or inadequate color.
BUKHARIN * n. Bolshevik leader in Russia who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms; was executed in a purge by Stalin (1888-1938).
WILLIAMS * n. 1 United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953). 2 English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003). 3 United States poet (1883-1963). 4 United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002).
TROUSERED * s. Dressed in trousers.
UNDETERRED * s. Not deterred.
SEGNO * n. (music) A notation written at the beginning or end of a passage that is to be repeated.
PERITONEUM * n. A transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera.
BUCHENWALD * n. A Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central Germany.
PENGUIN * n. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers.
LYNCH * v. Kill without legal sanction.
TONE-BEGINNING * n. A decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase.
CURED * s. 1 Freed from illness or injury. 2 (used of rubber) Treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity). 3 (used of concrete or mortar) Kept moist to assist the hardening. 4 (used of hay e.g.) Allowed to dry.
MARRIED * --n. A person who is married. --a. 1 Joined in matrimony. 2 Of or relating to the state of marriage.
FRIGHTENING * --n. The act of inspiring with fear. --s. Causing fear or dread or terror.
INTERSTATE * --n. One of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. --a. Involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States.
PESTHOLE * n. A breeding ground for epidemic disease.
BAIRAVA * n. Epithet of Siva.
ENDLESSNESS * n. The property of being (or seeming to be) without end.
TEAT * n. The small projection of a mammary gland.
TRIPLETAIL * n. Large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail.
DULSE * n. Coarse edible red seaweed.
GORGONACEA * n. Red corals and sea fans.
AQUA * n. A shade of blue tinged with green.
SUFI * --n. A Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam; a Muslim who seeks direct experience of Allah; mainly in Iran. --a. Of or relating to the Sufis or to Sufism.
IMP * n. 1 (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 2 One who is playfully mischievous.
OVERFULL * s. Exceeding demand.
APPETENCY * n. A feeling of craving something.
ONE-EARED * s. Having a single ear.
REPUTABILITY * n. Honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation.
COMPARTMENTALIZATION * n. 1 A mild state of dissociation. 2 The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
FAKERY * n. The act of faking (or the product of faking).
PODZOL * n. A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer.
PALLIDITY * n. Being deficient in color.
PROCESS * --n. 1 A particular course of action intended to achieve a result. 2 (psychology) The performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents. 3 A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant. 4 A mental process that you are not directly aware of. --v. 1 Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition. 2 Deal with in a routine way. 3 Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information. 4 Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
GONIOPTERIS * n. Terrestrial ferns of Florida and West Indies to Central and South America.
INDICATOR * n. 1 A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time. 2 A signal for attracting attention. 3 A device for showing the operating condition of some system. 4 (chemistry) A substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction.
UNNERVING * s. Inspiring fear.
IMPORTANTLY * r. 1 In an important way or to an important degree. 2 In an important way.
OGLER * n. A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person.
HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE * n. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries.
CONSTIPATED * a. Have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels.
TEMPORISER * n. Someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time.
VARNISH * --n. A coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface. --v. Cover with varnish.
7TH * s. Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position.
HORTICULTURALLY * r. By means of horticulture.
PIGNUT * n. An American hickory tree having bitter nuts.
CD-ROM * n. A compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user.
ALBACORE * n. 1 Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna. 2 Large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters.
BACTERICIDAL * s. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms.
IMPETIGINOUS * a. Of or relating to or having impetigo.
PICKER * n. 1 A person who chooses or selects out. 2 Someone who gathers crops or fruits etc..
THICKLY * r. 1 Spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue. 2 In a concentrated manner. 3 With a thick consistency. 4 With thickness; in a thick manner.
DISAPPOINTINGLY * r. In a disappointing manner.
CLAIRVOYANCE * n. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
ALBUCA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa.
BICORNUOUS * s. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
PENTECOSTALIST * n. Any member of a Pentecostal religious body.
SINECURE * n. 1 A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached. 2 An office that involves minimal duties.
MOURN * v. 1 Feel sadness. 2 Observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one.
COUNTERMINE * --n. (military) A tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy. --v. 1 Destroy property or hinder normal operations. 2 Destroy enemy mines with one's own mines.
SELF-PRIDE * n. A feeling of pride in yourself.
ELIZABETH * n. 1 Daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-). 2 Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603).
SOMEONE * n. A human being.
MELLON * n. United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937).
WIZARDRY * n. Exceptional creative ability.
PEACEABLE * --s. 1 Inclined or disposed to peace. 2 Disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature. --a. Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war.
DEIFIC * s. Characterized by divine or godlike nature.
BOVRIL * n. An extract of beef (given to people who are ill).
MISCARRIAGE * n. 1 Failure of a plan. 2 A natural loss of the products of conception.
WORM-EATEN * s. Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms.
THERMOLABILE * s. (chemistry, physics, biology) Readily changed or destroyed by heat.
AMSINCKIA * n. Rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks.
NEOCLASSIC * s. Characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style.
ISOTHERM * n. (meteorology) An isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time.
BESSEYA * n. Genus of North American spring wildflowers.
STEPLADDER * n. A folding portable ladder hinged at the top.
ILLUMINE * v. Make lighter or brighter.
THERMORECEPTOR * n. A sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold.
SIDESTEP * --n. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing). --v. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
DISCERN * v. Detect with the senses.
BASHFULLY * r. In a shy or timid or bashful manner.
MAHABHARATUM * n. (Hinduism) A sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families.
WIRY * --s. 1 Lean and sinewy. 2 Of hair that resembles wire in stiffness. --a. Of or relating to wire.
WORRIER * n. Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.
MACROTUS * n. Large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico.
CONVERGE * v. 1 Be adjacent or come together. 2 Approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit. 3 Move or draw together at a certain location. 4 Come together so as to form a single product.
SIRE * --n. 1 A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority. 2 The founder of a family. 3 Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse. --v. Make (offspring) by reproduction.
MAPMAKING * n. The making of maps and charts.
NANOTECHNOLOGY * n. The branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules).
INULIN * n. Used to manufacture fructose and in assessing kidney function.
BENNET * n. 1 Avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers. 2 North American white-flowered avens.
SKANDA * n. Hindu god of war.
HEADMISTRESS * n. A woman headmaster.
ANATOMICAL * --n. An expression that relates to anatomy. --a. 1 Of or relating to the structure of the body. 2 Of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms.
UNDIFFERENTIATED * a. Not differentiated.
PLAQUE * n. 1 (pathology) A small abnormal patch on or inside the body. 2 A memorial made of brass.
GUAR * n. Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
REFRESHFUL * s. Imparting vitality and energy.
DEKALITER * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
DISCALCEATE * a. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
MALS * n. A master's degree in library science.
HOT-BLOODED * s. Prone to emotion.
CLAPPERBOARD * n. Photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together.
ROUNDNESS * n. 1 The fullness of a tone of voice. 2 The quality of being round numbers. 3 The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular. 4 The bodily property of being well rounded.
AUDEN * n. United States poet (born in England) (1907-1973).
TRANQUILIZE * v. 1 Make calm or still. 2 Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.
OZONOSPHERE * n. A layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
HOLOTYPE * n. The original specimen from which the description of a new species is made.
NONAGE * n. Any age prior to the legal age.
CONFIDENTIALITY * n. 1 The state of being secret. 2 Discretion in keeping secret information.
CONSISTORY * n. A church tribunal or governing body.
PONDWEED * n. 1 Any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae. 2 Submerged freshwater perennials.
PSEUDONYMOUS * s. Bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name.
SUBROUTINE * n. A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program.
FANATICISM * n. Excessive intolerance of opposing views.
MEMORIZE * v. Commit to memory; learn by heart.
ZOMBIE * n. 1 A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force. 2 (voodooism) A spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body. 3 A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies. 4 Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way.
CLUTTER * --n. 1 A confused multitude of things. 2 Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen. --v. Fill a space in a disorderly way.
WINCKELMANN * n. German archaeologist and art historian said to be the father of archaeology (1717-1768).
AFTERNOON * n. 1 The part of the day between noon and evening. 2 A conventional expression of greeting or farewell.
PRICKLING * n. A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings.
BACCIVOROUS * s. Feeding on berries.
QUARTZOSE * a. Relating to or made of quartz.
DOMED * s. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
BRADFORD * n. United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752).
WYETH * n. United States painter (born in 1917).
WELL-TO-DO * s. In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.
UMBRIAN * n. An extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy.
MYTILIDAE * n. Marine mussels.
WANKER * n. Terms of abuse for a masturbator.
TRITELY * r. In a trite manner.
DEFAT * v. Remove the fat from.
GORGER * n. Someone who eats food rapidly and greedily.
RUSCUS * n. A genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae.
BREEDER * n. A person who breeds animals.
ENGROSS * v. 1 Devote (oneself) fully to. 2 Consume all of one's attention or time.
WOLFF * n. German anatomist (1733-1794).
BARBARIZATION * n. An act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
GERIATRIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the aged. 2 Of or relating to or practicing geriatrics.
HIND * --n. 1 Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers. 2 A female deer, especially an adult female red deer. --s. Located at or near the back of an animal.
BIDENTATE * s. Having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed.
INFATUATION * n. 1 A foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration. 2 Temporary love of an adolescent. 3 An object of extravagant short-lived passion.
CTENIDIUM * n. Comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks.
UNFASTEN * v. 1 Cause to become undone. 2 Become undone or untied.
SCEPTRE * n. 1 The imperial authority symbolized by a scepter. 2 A ceremonial or emblematic staff.
PANCHAYAT * n. A village council in India or southern Pakistan.
CIRCULARLY * r. In a circular manner.
PLASMA * n. 1 The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended. 2 A green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone. 3 (physical chemistry) A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons.
HUMIFICATION * n. The process of the formation of humus from plant remains.
NONALLELE * n. Genes that are not competitors at the same locus.
ASPHYXIATION * n. 1 The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped). 2 Killing by depriving of oxygen.
IMPOSINGLY * r. In an impressive manner.
BOND * --n. 1 An electrical force linking atoms. 2 A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal. 3 A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest. 4 (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial. --v. 1 Stick to firmly. 2 Create social or emotional ties. 3 Issue bonds on. 4 Bring together in a common cause or emotion.
RESTER * n. A person who rests.
COMPANIONWAY * n. A stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
UPTHRUST * n. (geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
ARMSTRONG * n. 1 United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-). 2 United States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).
HYPOADRENOCORTICISM * n. A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin.
VALDOSTA * n. A town in southern Georgia near the Florida border.
CALUMNIATION * n. A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
IODOPROTEIN * n. A protein that contains iodine.
FREQUENCY * n. 1 The number of occurrences within a given time period. 2 The ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations. 3 The number of observations in a given statistical category.
SKATEBOARDING * n. The sport of skating on a skateboard.
GEOPHAGY * n. Eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior.
HELIPTERUM * n. Genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma.
MISTREAT * v. Treat badly.
MORPHOPHONEMICS * n. The study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language.
ASTOMATOUS * a. Having no mouth or mouthlike opening.
PROTEGEE * n. A woman protege.
TONUS * n. The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
BUYER * n. A person who buys.
ANOMALOPIDAE * n. A family of fish including: flashlight fishes.
POUR * v. 1 Cause to run. 2 Move in large numbers. 3 Pour out. 4 Flow in a spurt.
GLUON * n. A gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks.
LAMARCKISM * n. A theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring.
HOMOZYGOUS * a. Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci.
HOUSEWRECKER * n. A wrecker of houses.
SENTENCE * --n. 1 A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language. 2 (criminal law) A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed. 3 The period of time a prisoner is imprisoned. --v. Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.
PROACCELERIN * n. A coagulation factor.
HEMMINGE * n. English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630).
SAAMI * n. 1 A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. 2 The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
SARACEN * n. 1 (historically) A member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire. 2 (when used broadly) Any Arab. 3 (historically) A Muslim who opposed the Crusades.
INVIGILATE * v. Watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating).
APETALOUS * a. (of flowers) Having no petals.
CHANG * n. The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai.
CONFITURE * n. Preserved or candied fruit.
ANAL * a. 1 Of or related to the anus. 2 A stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc..
SLEUTHING * n. A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.
CONSERVATIONIST * n. Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution.
UNFORGIVING * --a. Unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy. --s. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
MEDUSA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus. 2 One of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles.
KERYGMA * n. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
SHORT-STAFFED * s. Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..
CONDYLURA * n. Star-nosed moles.
GANGLING * s. 1 Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. 2 Tall and thin.
QUELLING * n. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.
CORONACH * n. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
CHAMAECYTISUS * n. Small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus.
STEERAGE * n. 1 The cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship. 2 The act of steering a ship.
PORTRAITIST * n. A painter or drawer of portraits.
DRAUGHTS * n. A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces.
EXTRAVERT * --n. (psychology) A person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings. --s. Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
CRANGONIDAE * n. Shrimps.
FLAT-BELLIED * a. Lacking a prominent belly.
CHURCHGOER * n. A religious person who goes to church regularly.
NARCOLEPTIC * --n. 1 A person who has narcolepsy. 2 A soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep. --a. Of or relating to narcolepsy.
DISCERP * v. 1 Divide into pieces. 2 Cut off from a whole.
FERN * n. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores.
PUPPETRY * n. 1 The art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows. 2 A stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets).
PSYCHOPSIS * n. Epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium.
CHANOYU * n. An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea.
AGATHIS * n. Kauri pine.
TICK-WEED * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America.
SIPHONOPHORE * n. A floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored.
HADJ * n. The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba.
CLOISTERED * s. 1 Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows. 2 Providing privacy or seclusion.
RETICULAR * a. Resembling or forming a network.
CURIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei.
GARB * --n. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion. --v. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
DRUMBEAT * n. 1 The sound made by beating a drum. 2 (military) The beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown. 3 A vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause.
SPLASHING * n. 1 The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface. 2 The act of scattering water about haphazardly.
PASPALUM * n. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
DROOPING * s. 1 Weak from exhaustion. 2 Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness). 3 Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
ANANIAS * n. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).
DILATER * n. A surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ.
SPRUE * n. A chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation.
MARINE * --n. 1 A member of the United States Marine Corps. 2 A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land. --a. 1 Of or relating to the sea. 2 Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. 3 Of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps). 4 Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea. --s. Native to or inhabiting the sea.
BEDROLL * n. Bedding rolled up for carrying.
CXL * s. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
KONOYE * n. Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945).
REFRACTURE * v. Break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way.
DEADLOCKED * s. At a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.
WAVER * --n. 1 Someone who communicates by waving. 2 The act of pausing uncertainly. 3 The act of moving back and forth. --v. 1 Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. 2 Be unsure or weak. 3 Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way. 4 Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.
BOUNDEN * s. Morally obligatory.
RUDIMENTARY * s. 1 Being or involving basic facts or principles. 2 Being in the earliest stages of development. 3 Not fully developed in mature animals.
SECOND-STRING * s. Being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team.
TABOR * n. A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
CONVERSATIONALIST * n. Someone skilled at conversation.
ENPLANE * v. Board a plane.
FANTAST * n. Someone who predicts the future.
CHOREA * n. 1 Chorea in dogs. 2 Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs.
RESEW * v. Sew again.
DESPOND * v. Lose confidence or hope; become dejected.
BRANCHIOPOD * --n. Aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda.
8-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members.
MANICHEE * --n. An adherent of Manichaeism. --a. Of or relating to Manichaeism.
BRIEFLY * r. 1 For a short time. 2 In a concise manner; in a few words.
GRANDMOTHER * n. The mother of your father or mother.
ABSENTEE * n. One that is absent or not in residence.
SLAVEY * n. A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work.
COUNTERBALANCED * s. Brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another.
DOUBLETHINK * n. Believing two contradictory ideas at the same time.
CROAT * n. A member of the Slavic people living in Croatia.
MACHINE-MADE * a. Made by machine.
TOBOGGAN * --n. A long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front. --v. Move along on a luge or toboggan.
ABRUPTLY * r. Quickly and without warning.
DECELERATION * n. 1 A decrease in rate of change. 2 (physics) A rate of decrease in velocity. 3 The act of decelerating; decreasing the speed.
BOUTIQUE * n. A shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry.
CORREGGIO * n. Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534).
MARTINGALE * n. 1 A harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head. 2 Spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat.
NEGLECTER * n. A person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities.
MIRACULOUS * s. 1 Being or having the character of a miracle. 2 Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention.
ULCERATE * v. 1 Undergo ulceration. 2 Affect with an ulcer.
HIGHFALUTIN * s. Affectedly genteel.
TUTELARY * s. Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding.
LEGALISATION * n. The act of making lawful.
MONEYMAN * n. A person skilled in large scale financial transactions.
REPLACEABLE * a. Capable of being replaced.
ROTTERDAM * n. The 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea.
ANACARDIACEAE * n. The cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac.
SECOTIACEAE * n. A family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi.
INFRACTION * n. A crime less serious than a felony.
SMALTITE * n. A grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel.
IDIOSYNCRASY * n. A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
MESS-UP * n. Something badly botched or muddled.
MENURAE * n. Lyrebirds and scrubbirds.
POLYHYMNIA * n. (Greek mythology) The Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance.
TABLEMATE * n. Someone you dine with.
GREYISH-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with grey.
INDENE * n. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins.
IMMISCIBLE * a. (chemistry, physics) Incapable of mixing.
SHORTENER * n. Any agent that shortens.
NONCRUCIAL * a. 1 Of little importance; not decisive. 2 Not in a state of crisis or emergency.
HODMAN * n. A laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers.
MEGALOSAURIDAE * n. Megalosaurs.
REVERED * s. Profoundly honored.
ONE-NINTH * n. One part in nine equal parts.
PHARMACOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to pharmacology.
CHORE * n. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.
ALGOID * a. Of or resembling algae.
RECENTLY * r. In the recent past.
LIQUEFIED * s. 1 Reduced to a liquid state. 2 Reduced to liquid form by heating.
CESAREAN * --n. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way). --a. Relating to abdominal delivery.
FLYCATCHER * n. 1 Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing. 2 Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing.
BYZANT * n. A gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages.
PRO-LIFER * n. An advocate of full legal protection for embryos and fetuses; someone opposed to legalized induced abortion.
CHELYDRIDAE * n. Snapping turtles.
TORINO * n. Capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy.
SMARM * n. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
DIPLOPODA * n. Arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes.
BIBLE-WORSHIP * n. The worship of the Bible.
BERKELEY * n. 1 Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753). 2 A city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley.
BLEAR-EYED * s. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
CHICKENSHIT * n. A false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear.
MINGY * s. (used of persons or behavior) Characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.
CHILDLESS * s. Without offspring.
ROPINESS * n. The property of being cohesive and sticky.
CHEERFULLY * r. In a cheerful manner.
GLUTTON * n. 1 A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. 2 Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia.
PUSHING * n. The act of applying force in order to move something away.
RAP * --n. 1 A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. 2 A gentle blow. 3 The sound made by a gentle blow. 4 Voluble conversation. --v. 1 Strike sharply. 2 Make light, repeated taps on a surface. 3 Perform rap music. 4 Talk volubly.
HARKAT-UL-MUJAHIDIN * n. An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan.
CAGY * s. 1 Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others. 2 Characterized by great caution and wariness.
PANTILE * n. A roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap.
BEAMING * s. 1 Cheerful and bright. 2 Pleased and proud. 3 Radiating or as if radiating light.
LINSEY-WOOLSEY * n. A rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof.
PINACEAE * n. A family of Pinaceae.
ADVERTENTLY * r. In a careful deliberate manner.
ADVERTORIAL * n. An advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report.
PENT-UP * s. Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions.
155TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order.
MINISTERIALLY * r. In the manner of a minister or clergyman.
PINTAIL * n. Long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers.
REANIMATE * v. Give new life or energy to.
SM * n. 1 A grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite. 2 A master's degree in science.
INFANT'S-BREATH * n. Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America.
ACALYPHA * n. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
DEMATIACEAE * n. Family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia.
TREELESS * a. Not wooded.
GRACIOUSLY * r. In a gracious or graceful manner.
BREAK-DANCE * v. Do a break dance.
ROSEMALING * n. A Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs.
CONSOLIDATIVE * s. 1 Combining into a single unit. 2 Tending to consolidate.
NONFAT * a. Without fat or fat solids.
RIBAND * n. A ribbon used as a decoration.
PSITTACUS * n. Type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey.
MARVELOUSLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
PHYTOHORMONE * n. (botany) A plant product that acts like a hormone.
SLATY-GRAY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
DISABLE * v. 1 Make unable to perform a certain action. 2 Injure permanently.
HEARTSEED * n. Herbaceous vine of tropical America and Africa.
OBSTREPEROUSNESS * n. Noisy defiance.
JUGOSLAV * n. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.
SLUM * --n. A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. --v. Spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive.
ENUMERATION * n. 1 A numbered list. 2 The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.
ROOFTOP * n. The top of a (usually flat) roof.
PRESCRIBED * s. 1 Set down as a rule or guide. 2 Fixed or established especially by order or command. 3 Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline. 4 Formally laid down or imposed.
NESTORIUS * n. Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of Christ was named after him (died in 451).
ALGERIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Algeria. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants.
POLYSYLLABIC * s. 1 Having or characterized by words of more than three syllables. 2 (of words) Long and ponderous; having many syllables.
DECONSTRUCTIVISM * n. A school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction.
FIRST-CLASS * s. Very good; of the highest quality.
LONGSTANDING * s. Having existed for a long time.
GALATIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC).
GULP * --n. 1 A large and hurried swallow. 2 A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing. --v. 1 To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught. 2 Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly.
CONCORD * --n. 1 Capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river. 2 A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. 3 The determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations. 4 Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought. --v. 1 Go together. 2 Arrange by concord or agreement. 3 Arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance. 4 Be in accord; be in agreement.
NONCRITICAL * a. 1 Not critical; not at a point of abrupt change. 2 Not in a state of crisis or emergency. 3 Marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures.
NONARBITRABLE * a. Not appropriate for or subject to arbitration.
ASLEEP * --a. In a state of sleep. --s. 1 Lacking sensation. 2 Dead. --r. 1 Into a sleeping state. 2 In the sleep of death.
NOBLEWOMAN * n. A woman of the peerage in Britain.
KVASS * n. Fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley.
RADIOACTIVITY * n. The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay.
METACARPAL * --n. Any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers. --a. Of or relating to the metacarpus.
CHOLESTERIN * n. An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues.
UNMOVED * --a. Emotionally unmoved. --s. Being in the original position; not having been moved.
ARAK * n. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
MILLENNIAN * a. Relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years.
DEED * n. 1 A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it. 2 Something that people do or cause to happen.
MIGRANT * --n. Traveler who moves from one region or country to another. --s. Habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work.
UNDECIPHERED * a. Not deciphered.
ASPIRATE * --n. A consonant pronounced with aspiration. --v. 1 Remove by suction. 2 Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds. 3 Inhale (air, water, etc.).
PATWIN * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California. 2 A Copehan language spoken by the Patwin.
CANKEROUS * s. Having an ulcer or canker.
SATISFYING * s. 1 Providing abundant nourishment. 2 Providing freedom from worry.
WAXWORK * n. 1 Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds. 2 An effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax.
NEUROLOGIST * n. A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it.
PRIONOTUS * n. A genus of Triglidae.
BELEM * n. Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin.
MULTIVALENCE * n. (chemistry) The state of having a valence greater than two.
GASTROMY * n. Surgical incision into the stomach.
MINOCIN * n. Tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections.
ADAPID * n. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins.
TESTATRIX * n. A female testator.
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE * n. Small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea.
ERIN * n. An early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry.
MUSINGLY * r. In a reflective manner.
MITFORD * n. 1 United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996). 2 English writer of comic novels (1904-1973).
VERVET * n. South African monkey with black face and hands.
LOCATING * n. 1 The act of putting something in a certain place. 2 A determination of the place where something is.
TASTY * a. Pleasing to the sense of taste.
VINCIBLE * s. Susceptible to being defeated.
INDIE * --n. 1 A pop group not affiliated with a major record company. 2 An independent film company not associated with an established studio. --s. (of pop groups) Not affiliated with a major recording company.
UPSTAGER * n. A selfish actor who upstages the other actors.
CARINAL * a. Relating to or resembling a carina.
CONOSPERMUM * n. Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush.
TEETOTALISM * n. Abstaining from alcohol.
AEGYPIUS * n. A genus of Accipitridae.
SQUEAKING * s. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
FOHN * n. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
ORB * --n. 1 The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye. 2 An object with a spherical shape. --v. Move in an orbit.
WANING * --n. A gradual decrease in magnitude or extent. --a. (of the Moon) Pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases.
SHELLED * a. Of animals or fruits that have a shell.
BOSNIA * n. 1 The northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. 2 A mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims.
GUNSLINGER * n. A professional killer who uses a gun.
CAPRIMULGID * n. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects.
OCTOGENARIAN * --n. Someone whose age is in the eighties. --s. Being from 80 to 89 years old.
THERMISTOR * n. A semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit.
HIGH-RESOLUTION * a. Producing images that are sharp and finely detailed.
REDDISH-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with red.
CRUMHORN * n. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
LASH * --n. 1 Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids. 2 Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip. 3 A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object. --v. 1 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 2 Lash or flick about sharply. 3 Strike as if by whipping. 4 Bind with a rope, chain, or cord.
BORTSCH * n. A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
PROPAGATIVE * a. Characterized by propagation or relating to propagation.
KRAFT * n. Strong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution.
APPEASABLE * s. Capable of being pacified.
MATER * n. An informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously.
PENDANT * --n. 1 An adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring). 2 Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling. --s. Held from above and hanging down.
GETUP * n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
CRANIATE * n. Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium.
POLYSTICHUM * n. Small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae.
NASCENCE * n. The event of being born.
CHERIMOLLA * n. Large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples.
MNEMONICS * n. A method or system for improving the memory.
JUNKETING * n. Taking an excursion for pleasure.
ARAMAEAN * --n. A member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC. --a. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
ALLEGE * v. Report or maintain.
SPINDLE-SHANKED * s. Having long slender legs.
OVERFLY * v. Fly over.
STRAD * n. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
KENAF * n. 1 Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus. 2 Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
FWS * n. An agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution.
THINGUMABOB * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
SPECIALITY * n. 1 An asset of special worth or utility. 2 A distinguishing trait. 3 The special line of work you have adopted as your career.
LOGICAL * --a. 1 Capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning. 2 Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. --s. 1 Based on known statements or events or conditions. 2 Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner.
PHALAROPE * n. Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics.
LODGMENT * n. 1 Bringing a charge or accusation against someone. 2 The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily.
HIDDENNESS * n. The state of being covert and hidden.
LANSEH * n. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
OVERPRESSURE * n. A transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
ECRU * n. A very light brown.
BALLISTITE * n. An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant.
BRAKE * --n. 1 A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle. 2 Any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants. 3 Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan. 4 An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. --v. 1 Stop travelling by applying a brake. 2 Cause to stop by applying the brakes.
DEPOLARIZATION * n. A loss of polarity or polarization.
FRUMENTY * n. Sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat.
SAGITTARIUS * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius. 2 A large zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Scorpius and Capricornus. 3 The ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21. 4 Type genus of the Sagittariidae.
UTTERMOST * --n. The greatest possible degree. --s. 1 Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity. 2 (comparatives of `far') Most remote in space or time or order.
AQUEDUCT * n. A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
POLECAT * n. 1 American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae. 2 Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.
ANESTHETISE * v. Administer an anesthetic drug to.
CORROSIVE * --n. A substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali). --s. 1 Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action. 2 Spitefully sarcastic.
RID * v. Relieve from.
SWAMMERDAM * n. Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680).
OVERLADEN * s. Loaded past capacity.
GRUDGE * --n. A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation. --v. 1 Bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings. 2 Accept or admit unwillingly.
WHATCHAMACALLUM * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
SPOONFEED * v. 1 Feed with a spoon. 2 Teach without challenging the students.
SUBMISSIVE * --a. Inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination. --s. Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
KNEECAP * --n. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint. --v. Shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning.
CASUALNESS * n. A casual manner.
SYNCOPATE * v. 1 Omit a sound or letter in a word. 2 Modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat.
FORFICULA * n. Type genus of Forficulidae.
SAUTEED * s. Fried quickly in a little fat.
DANDILY * r. In a dandy manner.
XV * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one. --s. Being one more than fourteen.
BROKEN-BACKED * s. 1 Having the spine damaged. 2 (of a horse) Having bones of the back united by a bony growth. 3 (of a ship) So weakened as to sag at each end.
FLICKERING * s. Shining unsteadily.
ABHOR * v. Find repugnant.
DIVESTITURE * n. 1 An order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior. 2 The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division.
LEGIONNAIRE * n. 1 A member of the American Legion. 2 A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion).
TENDERIZER * n. A substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender.
SLAPPER * n. A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand.
WHITEHEAD * n. 1 English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947). 2 A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland.
EXANTHEMA * n. Eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease.
BULB * n. 1 A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure. 2 Electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity. 3 A rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end). 4 Anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop.
HEMOGLOBINOPATHY * n. A blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood.
LIMBER * --n. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson. --v. 1 Attach the limber. 2 Cause to become limber. --s. 1 (used of e.g. personality traits) Readily adaptable. 2 (used of artifacts) Easily bent. 3 (used of persons' bodies) Capable of moving or bending freely.
CHOLELITHIASIS * n. The presence of gallstones in the gallbladder.
SICILY * n. 1 The Italian region on the island of Sicily. 2 The largest island in the Mediterranean.
GENUS * n. 1 A general kind of something. 2 (biology) Taxonomic group containing one or more species.
CATAPRES * n. An antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches.
PHASMIDAE * n. Stick insects.
RINSING * n. The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing.
WISHY-WASHY * s. Weak in willpower, courage or vitality.
CONVULSIVE * s. 1 Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm. 2 Resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent.
DENOTE * v. 1 Be a sign or indication of. 2 Have as a meaning. 3 Make known; make an announcement.
MICROMETER * n. 1 A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter. 2 Caliper for measuring small distances.
INQUISITIVENESS * n. A state of active curiosity.
FEBRILE * a. Of or relating to or characterized by fever.
OFF * --v. Kill intentionally and with premeditation. --a. 1 Not in operation or operational. 2 (of events) No longer planned or scheduled. --s. 1 Below a satisfactory level. 2 In an unpalatable state. 3 Not performing or scheduled for duties. --r. 1 From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete). 2 At a distance in space or time. 3 No longer on or in contact or attached.
POSTMERIDIAN * a. After noon.
TELEGRAPHESE * n. Language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams.
MICRO-COOK * v. Cook or heat in a microwave oven.
GUAVA * n. 1 Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit. 2 Small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit. 3 Tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies.
LOSSLESS * a. Characterized by or causing no dissipation of energy.
RAPT * s. Feeling great rapture or delight.
PYROCEPHALUS * n. A genus of Tyrannidae.
PALMLIKE * s. Resembling a palm tree.
SLATHER * v. Spread thickly.
SUBLEASE * --n. A lease from one lessee to another. --v. Lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person.
INTERNE * n. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
DIPODIDAE * n. Old World jerboas.
RANSACKED * s. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.
TRANSFEROR * n. (law) Someone who conveys a title or property to another.
HAIRSPRING * n. A fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece.
APATHETICALLY * r. In an apathetic manner.
EXPATRIATION * n. 1 The act of expelling a person from their native land. 2 Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).
TRI-IODOTHYRONINE * n. Thyronine with three iodine atoms added.
WATER-TARGET * n. Aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums.
SUPERFLUOUS * s. 1 Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. 2 More than is needed, desired, or required.
FLAMING * --n. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke. --s. 1 Informal intensifiers. 2 Very intense.
BLEAT * --n. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this). --v. 1 Talk whiningly. 2 Cry plaintively.
PYCNOGONID * n. Any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs.
PUB * n. Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals.
PYROXYLIN * n. Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers.
BUNGLER * n. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
CICADA * n. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.
ALBANIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Albania. 2 The Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania. --a. Of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture.
VIVERRA * n. Type genus of the family Viverridae.
BETROTHAL * n. 1 A mutual promise to marry. 2 The act of becoming betrothed or engaged.
REDUCTIO * n. (reduction to the absurd) A disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction.
DEMONSTRABILITY * n. Capability of being demonstrated or logically proved.
POLYURIA * n. Renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with diabetes.
ALMSGIVER * n. A person who gives alms.
GENTILE * --n. 1 A person who does not acknowledge your god. 2 A person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus. 3 A Christian as contrasted with a Jew. 4 A Christian. --a. Belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples.
BODEGA * n. A small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries.
CAPTIVATINGLY * r. In a bewitching manner.
CENTROSEMA * n. A genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers.
GARISH * s. Tastelessly showy.
HOUMMOS * n. A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East.
TANTILLA * n. Black-headed snakes.
CEASELESS * s. Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
CACKLY * s. Like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg.
ASSIDUOUS * s. Marked by care and persistent effort.
ERETMOCHELYS * n. Hawksbills.
CENTERFIELDER * n. The person who plays center field.
CALLIGRAPHY * n. Beautiful handwriting.
SCONCE * n. 1 A shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather. 2 A small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate. 3 A candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce. 4 A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light.
KOSCIUSKO * n. Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817).
UNORIGINALITY * n. 1 Uncreativeness due to a lack of originality. 2 The quality of being unoriginal.
NOPAL * n. 1 Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits. 2 Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears.
MUSK-SCENTED * s. Smelling of musk.
MICROSPOROPHYLL * n. In non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia.
DILANTIN * n. An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative.
IROQUOIAN * n. A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois.
FLOODHEAD * n. A wall of water rushing ahead of the flood.
STATIONMASTER * n. The person in charge of a railway station.
GYNAEOLATRY * n. The worship of women.
MINICAB * n. A minicar used as a taxicab.
MARGINOCEPHALIA * n. Includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs.
KLOPSTOCK * n. German poet (1724-1803).
POSH * s. Elegant and fashionable.
BALEFULNESS * n. The quality or nature of being harmful or evil.
COLONISATION * n. The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
METRONOME * n. Clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music.
INVADING * s. Involving invasion or aggressive attack.
GABLE * n. 1 The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof. 2 United States film actor (1901-1960).
GAMING * n. The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
LOSSES * n. Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).
RETROACTIVE * --a. Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously. --s. Affecting things past.
CRAZE * --n. 1 An interest followed with exaggerated zeal. 2 State of violent mental agitation. 3 A fine crack in a glaze or other surface. --v. 1 Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind. 2 Develop a fine network of cracks.
SULLENLY * r. In a sullen manner.
OIL-BEARING * s. Containing oil.
RECURRENCE * n. Happening again (especially at regular intervals).
PERSEVERATE * v. Psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus.
STRUCK * s. (used in combination) Affected by something overwhelming.
ACCOUNTABILITY * n. Responsibility to someone or for some activity.
NORMALISATION * n. The imposition of standards or regulations.
PAPERMAKING * n. The craft of making paper.
SILURIFORMES * n. An order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes.
DIARIST * n. Someone who keeps a diary or journal.
BUGGINESS * n. The state of having bugs.
SKIP * --n. 1 A gait in which steps and hops alternate. 2 A mistake resulting from neglect. --v. 1 Bypass. 2 Intentionally fail to attend. 3 Jump lightly. 4 Leave suddenly.
LEPISMA * n. Type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish.
UNUSABLE * s. Not capable of being used.
ACRE * n. 1 A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries. 2 A territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru. 3 A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
DEUTEROMYCOTA * n. Large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known.
PARDONER * n. 1 A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense. 2 A medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences.
INEFFICIENCY * n. Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency.
DISLOCATION * n. 1 An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. 2 The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue. 3 A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column).
MOLDINESS * n. The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy.
BERIA * n. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953).
DISAPPEARING * n. The act of leaving secretly or without explanation.
IRRELIGIOUSNESS * n. The quality of not being devout.
UNCONSTRICTED * a. Not constricted physically or by extension psychologically.
SKULK * v. 1 Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner. 2 Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill. 3 Move stealthily.
SACCULATED * a. Formed with or having saclike expansions.
STARLIT * s. Lighted only by stars.
DROPSEED * n. A grass of the genus Sporobolus.
CORSAIR * n. 1 A pirate along the Barbary Coast. 2 A swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction).
IMBRICATED * s. Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles.
CELL * n. 1 Any small compartment. 2 (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. 3 A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction. 4 A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
KINDA * r. To some (great or small) extent.
PUNCTUATE * v. 1 Insert punctuation marks into. 2 To stress, single out as important. 3 Interrupt periodically.
BACKGROUNDING * n. The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system.
SEVEN-SPOT * n. One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face.
SOBER * --v. 1 Cause to become sober. 2 Become more realistic. 3 Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption. --a. 1 Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol). 2 Completely lacking in playfulness. --s. 1 Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises. 2 Lacking brightness or color; dull.
VIGILANTISM * n. The actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws.
TRUE-BLUE * s. Marked by unswerving loyalty.
BURDENSOMENESS * n. Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.
LAP-JOINTED * s. Jointed so as to produce a flush surface.
INTROVERTED * a. Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences.
LOPPER * n. A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees.
DEPOLARIZE * v. Eliminate the polarization of.
BYELORUSSIAN * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Byelorussia. 2 The Slavic language spoken in Belarus.
TUBERCLE * n. 1 A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. 2 Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant. 3 A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.
TESTY * s. Easily irritated or annoyed.
ROADHOUSE * n. An inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling.
LACTOBACILLUS * n. A Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk).
POLYPODIACEAE * n. Ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae).
PAR * --n. 1 (golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course. 2 A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced. --v. Make a score (on a hole) equal to par.
SINGSONG * --n. 1 A regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation. 2 Informal group singing of popular songs. --v. 1 Speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong. 2 Move as if accompanied by a singsong. --s. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
IAMBUS * n. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
DYNAMICALLY * r. In a forceful dynamic manner.
NEUTROPENIA * n. Leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte).
UNLADE * v. Remove the load from (a container or vehicle).
DISTINCTION * n. 1 A discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes. 2 High status importance owing to marked superiority. 3 A distinguishing difference between similar things or people. 4 An honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority.
DISLIKED * a. Regarded with aversion.
REJUVENATION * n. 1 The phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored. 2 The act of restoring to a more youthful condition.
LIBRITABS * n. A tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism.
ANTENNAL * a. Of or relating to antennae.
ANTECUBITAL * a. Of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow.
TUNGUSKA * n. 1 A river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River. 2 A river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River. 3 A river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River.
UNCHAINED * s. Not bound by shackles and chains.
LOGGINESS * n. A dull and listless state resulting from weariness.
WHIPCORD * n. 1 Closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips. 2 A strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib.
WATERCOURSE * n. 1 Natural or artificial channel through which water flows. 2 A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. 3 A conduit through which water flows.
ANIMALCULUM * n. Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium.
DOUGHY * s. Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking.
COROZO * n. Any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts.
BOLSHEVISTIC * a. Of or relating to Bolshevism.
BRACES * n. An appliance that corrects dental irregularities.
TROY * n. 1 A system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains. 2 An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
SEEKING * n. 1 The act of searching for something. 2 An attempt to acquire or gain something.
KOALA * n. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark.
RATATOUILLE * n. A vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings.
BROMINE * n. A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water.
MADAGASCAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Madagascar. --a. Of or relating to Madagascar or its people.
ALDOSTERONISM * n. A condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA * n. A former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
NOSY-PARKER * n. A person who meddles in the affairs of others.
ARCELLA * n. An amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella.
PARTHENOGENESIS * n. 1 Human conception without fertilization by a man. 2 Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods.
SCNT * n. Moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another.
VANED * s. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
CORRUPTNESS * n. 1 The state of being corrupt. 2 Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
ARTISTE * n. A public performer (a dancer or singer).
ANGLOPHOBIC * a. Characterized by Anglophobia.
NEWSSTAND * n. A stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold.
STREAMLET * n. A small stream.
CZARIST * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
REDUCTANT * n. A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver.
DIVERSION * n. 1 An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates. 2 A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern). 3 An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack.
HORSETAIL * n. Perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America.
REELER * n. 1 Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall. 2 A dancer of reels.
FLIMFLAM * n. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
ADMISSIBILITY * n. Acceptability by virtue of being admissible.
TRANSLUNAR * --a. Situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth. --s. Unworldly or ethereal.
DEGLYCEROLISE * v. Remove from glycerol.
PENALISATION * n. The act of punishing.
RAGTIME * n. Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano).
KNAWE * n. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
TRANSONIC * a. (of speed) Having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level.
HORSERADISH * n. 1 The root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning. 2 Coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root. 3 Grated horseradish root.
PLAINSMAN * n. An inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America).
PAPERBACK * --n. A book with paper covers. --s. (of books) Having a flexible binding.
BRACHIOPODOUS * a. Of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda.
SILKY * s. Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
PHONE-IN * n. A program in which the audience participates by telephone.
DECENTRALIZATION * n. 1 The social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts. 2 The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments.
DEMONETIZATION * n. Ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country.
INSEMINATION * n. 1 The act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.). 2 The introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female.
WINDOW-SHOP * v. Examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only.
ALUMINATE * n. A compound of alumina and a metallic oxide.
KOUDOU * n. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
UNRECOGNISABLE * --s. Defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration. --r. Beyond recognition; in an unrecognizable manner.
I.Q. * n. A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100).
LAMPRIS * n. Type genus of the Lampridae.
CRAPE * --n. 1 Small very thin pancake. 2 A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. --v. 1 Cover or drape with crape. 2 Curl tightly.
DO-GOODER * n. Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms.
SMALL-FRUITED * s. Bearing small fruit.
SQUEAMISH * s. Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
COST-EFFECTIVE * s. Productive relative to the cost.
SANDWICHMAN * n. A person with advertising boards hanging from the shoulders.
OUTTURN * n. What is produced in a given time period.
CAMPSTOOL * n. A folding stool.
INSECURE * --a. 1 Not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way. 2 Lacking in security or safety. 3 Lacking self-confidence or assurance. --s. Not safe from attack.
GALE * n. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale.
OVERACHIEVE * v. Perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected.
SHARP-SET * s. Extremely hungry.
PROFILING * n. Recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people.
UNARBITRARY * a. Not subject to individual determination.
CONTENTION * n. 1 A point asserted as part of an argument. 2 A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. 3 The act of competing as for profit or a prize.
PRIMORDIAL * s. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.
COINCIDENTLY * r. Happening at the same time.
EUTHYNNUS * n. A genus of Scombridae.
CONFIDING * s. Willing to entrust personal matters.
DERMATOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or practicing dermatology.
DHEGIHA * n. 1 Any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages. 2 A branch of the Siouan languages.
OLDTIMER * n. 1 An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service. 2 An elderly man.
COEXTENSIVE * s. Being of equal extent or scope or duration.
TUNABURGER * n. A sandwich that resembles a hamburger but made with tuna instead of beef.
PRONOMINAL * --n. A phrase that functions as a pronoun. --a. Relating to pronouns.
RUNCINATE * s. Having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves.
SHMOOZE * --n. (Yiddish) A warm heart-to-heart talk. --v. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
SERBIAN * --n. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries. --a. Of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia.
GISMO * n. 1 Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known. 2 A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
EE * n. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
DEFEMINIZE * v. Remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats).
MASSENET * n. French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912).
GUINEVERE * n. (Arthurian legend) Wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table.
NYX * n. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox.
INFLAMMABLE * s. Easily ignited.
ZIGADENE * n. Any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous.
ERNE * n. Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland.
VAPOUR * n. 1 A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance. 2 The process of becoming a vapor.
SACRISTAN * n. An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects.
TERCELET * n. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
STOCKTAKE * n. An instance of stocktaking.
SILOXANE * n. Any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms.
PLEURONECTES * n. Type genus of the Pleuronectidae.
GASKIN * n. Lower part of a horse's thigh between the hock and the stifle.
GRATE * --n. 1 A frame of iron bars to hold a fire. 2 A harsh rasping sound made by scraping something. 3 A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. --v. 1 Furnish with a grate. 2 Gnaw into; make resentful or angry. 3 Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface. 4 Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together.
QUEERLY * r. 1 In a strange manner. 2 In a questionably unusual manner.
CONTINGENCE * n. A possible event or occurrence or result.
MANOEUVRABLE * s. Capable of maneuvering or changing position.
RUEFULLY * r. In a rueful manner.
HOLDER * n. 1 A holding device. 2 A person who holds something. 3 The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it.
POSTULATE * --n. (logic) A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. --v. 1 Maintain or assert. 2 Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom. 3 Require as useful, just, or proper.
SARAN * n. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
KASPAROV * n. Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963).
ALBINISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
SOCIOLINGUIST * n. A linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication.
VIOLET-SCENTED * s. Smelling of violets.
FILM-MAKE * v. Make films; be a film maker.
GOETHALS * n. United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928).
UNENERGETICALLY * r. Without energy; in a lethargic manner.
NEWBORN * --n. A baby from birth to four weeks. --s. 1 Recently born. 2 Having just or recently arisen or come into existence.
AKHENATON * n. Early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC).
DUTIABLE * s. Subject to import tax.
ASTAIRE * n. United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987).
CORALBERRY * n. 1 North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits. 2 Shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India.
ASSEVERATE * v. State categorically.
LOQUAT * n. 1 Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan. 2 Yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies.
SECRETIVENESS * n. 1 Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes). 2 The trait of keeping things secret.
ABETMENT * n. The verbal act of urging on.
MULLOIDICHTHYS * n. A genus of Mullidae.
DIGNITY * n. 1 The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect. 2 Formality in bearing and appearance. 3 High office or rank or station.
CUT-AND-DRY * s. According to ordinary expectations.
UNDERSKIRT * n. Undergarment worn under a skirt.
TACONITE * n. A variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore.
APPETIZING * a. Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma.
PLANTATION * n. 1 An estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas). 2 A newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America). 3 Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
GRAY-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with grey.
ALCAPTONURIA * n. A rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine.
VOLUPTUOUSLY * r. 1 In a shapely and voluptuous manner. 2 In an indulgently voluptuous manner.
SPINALLY * r. In the spine.
TREPANG * n. Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese.
QUANTIFY * v. 1 Use as a quantifier. 2 Express as a number or measure or quantity.
DAYDREAM * --n. Absentminded dreaming while awake. --v. 1 Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. 2 Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.
SIMPLENESS * n. 1 A lack of penetration or subtlety. 2 The quality of being simple or uncompounded. 3 Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. 4 Lack of ornamentation.
SLAYING * n. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
ASSOCIATIVE * a. Characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
PRECOCITY * n. Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules.
DYEWEED * n. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
PLATALEIDAE * n. Spoonbills.
DOGTROT * n. A steady trot like that of a dog.
FOUR-WHEELED * a. Of or relating to vehicles with four wheels.
MAKE-UP * n. 1 An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event. 2 The way in which someone or something is composed. 3 Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance.
AGITPROP * n. Political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema.
HIGHBALL * n. A mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass.
POLISTES * n. A genus of Vespidae.
INVOLUTION * n. 1 Reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth). 2 A long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction. 3 Marked by elaborately complex detail. 4 The act of sharing in the activities of a group.
MAN-EATER * n. 1 A person who eats human flesh. 2 Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.
TWENTY-EIGHT * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one. --s. Being eight more than twenty.
SPELTER * n. Impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots).
CEREMONIOUSNESS * n. A ceremonial manner.
WIRINESS * n. The property of being lean and tough and sinewy.
FREEMAN * n. A person who is not a serf or a slave.
CYMATIIDAE * n. Tritons.
GELECHIA * n. Type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms.
CIRCUMFERENCE * n. 1 The size of something as given by the distance around it. 2 The boundary line encompassing an area or object. 3 The length of the closed curve of a circle.
GLAUCOMA * n. An eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness).
LUMMOX * n. An awkward stupid person.
INHARMONIOUS * --a. Not in harmony. --s. Lacking in harmony of parts.
DENATIONALISE * v. Put under private control or ownership.
TIDILY * r. In a tidy manner.
SURREAL * s. 1 Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions. 2 Resembling a dream.
SMOG * n. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
REPRISAL * n. A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime.
DUMPER * n. Truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity.
MULTIPARTITE * s. Involving more than two parties.
FLAGON * n. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine).
ADRENALECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.
TOWLINE * n. (nautical) A rope used in towing.
STANISLAVSKY * n. Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938).
SCRIPPS * n. 1 United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926). 2 United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908).
SPASMOLYSIS * n. The relaxation or relief of muscle spasms.
PATHOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases. 2 Any deviation from a healthy or normal condition.
TINSNIPS * n. (plural) Hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
DUSKINESS * n. 1 The state of being poorly illuminated. 2 A swarthy complexion.
SCARRED * s. 1 Deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury. 2 Blemished by injury or rough wear.
ISOPROPANOL * n. Alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent.
SUBSPACE * n. A space that is contained within another space.
EYEGLASS * n. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles.
UNSOCIABLY * r. In an unsociable manner.
PROPAGANDIZE * v. 1 Subject to propaganda. 2 Spread by propaganda.
NGANASAN * n. 1 A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia. 2 The Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan.
POLYDACTYLY * n. Birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
PLUMBING * n. 1 Utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage. 2 The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building). 3 Measuring the depths of the oceans.
FURLOUGH * --n. A temporary leave of absence from military duty. --v. 1 Dismiss, usually for economic reasons. 2 Grant a leave to.
TENABLENESS * n. The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person.
BOOKSTORE * n. A shop where books are sold.
AGGLUTINATE * --v. 1 String together (morphemes in an agglutinating language). 2 Clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.. --s. United as if by glue.
DESERTIFICATION * n. The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land.
SCAUP * n. Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
SPERGULARIA * n. Chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry.
PYROELECTRICITY * n. Generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature.
OWNER-OCCUPIER * n. An occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in.
STROMA * n. 1 A mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on it. 2 The dense colorless framework of a chloroplast. 3 The supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma).
UNHEWN * s. (of stone especially) Not given a finished form by or as if by hewing.
SOMATESTHESIA * n. 1 The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. 2 The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
STALKING * n. 1 A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush. 2 The act of following prey stealthily.
SINGLE-CELLED * s. Having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells).
PERKY * s. Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.
UNHAPPILY * r. 1 In an unpleasant way. 2 In an unfortunate way.
SYLLABICALLY * r. In or with syllables.
IDEOLOGIC * s. Concerned with or suggestive of ideas.
PROPITIATION * n. 1 The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity. 2 The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).
INATTENTION * n. Lack of attention.
ORTHOGONALITY * n. 1 The relation of opposition between things at right angles. 2 The quality of lying or intersecting at right angles.
ZORIL * n. Muishond of northern Africa.
NEUROLOGY * n. 1 The branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system. 2 (neurology) The branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders.
CLAPTRAP * n. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
ENDANGERMENT * n. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.
LIFT * --n. 1 The act of giving temporary assistance. 2 The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity. 3 The event of something being raised upward. 4 A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground. --v. 1 Raise from a lower to a higher position. 2 Take hold of something and move it to a different location. 3 Move upwards. 4 Move upward.
SEVENER * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
JFK * n. 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963).
RENDER * --n. A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls. --v. 1 Cause to become. 2 Give something useful or necessary to. 3 Give an interpretation or rendition of. 4 Give or supply.
SHIELDING * n. 1 The act of shielding from harm. 2 A shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay. 3 Shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference.
COMEDIAN * n. 1 A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. 2 An actor in a comedy.
OVERPOPULATION * n. Too much population.
SICKEN * v. 1 Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of. 2 Get sick. 3 Upset and make nauseated. 4 Make sick or ill.
SOFFIT * n. The underside of a part of a building (such as an arch or overhang or beam etc.).
EXAERETODON * n. A genus of reptiles of the division Cynodontia.
WIRER * n. 1 Someone who sends a telegram. 2 A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring.
DRUGGED * s. Under the influence of narcotics.
MECHANISTICALLY * r. In a mechanistic manner.
KYOTO * n. A city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan.
HELMHOLTZ * n. German physiologist and physicist (1821-1894).
KOODOO * n. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
BELGIQUE * n. A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NAPERY * n. Linens for the dining table.
LACHRYMAL * a. 1 Of or relating to tears. 2 Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
BEAUTICIAN * n. Someone who works in a beauty parlor.
CONCEALING * --n. The activity of keeping something secret. --a. Covering or hiding.
MONOCLINAL * s. Of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.
EXTRACTOR * n. 1 An instrument for extracting tight-fitting components. 2 An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension. 3 A mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector.
HERACLES * n. (classical mythology) A hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
ACROPHONY * n. Naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter.
URARTHRITIS * n. A painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints.
DENATURIZED * s. Changed in nature or natural quality.
DENMARK * n. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
MILIUM * n. A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland.
CALORIMETRIC * a. Of or relating to the measurement of heat.
HEMOPROTEIN * n. A conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin.
UNINHABITABLE * s. Not fit for habitation.
DANA * n. Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don.
ABSURDLY * r. In an absurd manner or to an absurd degree.
WALPOLE * n. 1 English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797). 2 Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745).
FOOTLOOSE * s. Free to go or do as one pleases.
DISAGREEMENT * n. 1 A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters. 2 A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions. 3 The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing.
HYDROMORPHONE * n. A narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain.
TARMACADAM * n. 1 A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving. 2 A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.
VISCUM * n. Type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods.
HEAD-IN-THE-CLOUDS * s. Guided by whim and fancy.
MEZCAL * n. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.
FOEHN * n. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
MELANISM * n. A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin).
CARVEDILOL * n. Beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced.
SNOW-BLINDNESS * n. Temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice.
SADOMASOCHISTIC * a. Of or relating to sadomasochism.
MARCEL * --n. A hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron. --v. Make a marcel in a woman's hair.
PENDRAGON * n. The supreme war chief of the ancient Britons.
MYRMELEONTIDAE * n. Antlions.
TREMATODA * n. Parasitic flatworms (including flukes).
LEGIONARY * n. A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion).
CATALYTICALLY * r. By catalytic action; in a catalytic manner.
WELKIN * n. The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
BLOTCH * --n. An irregularly shaped spot. --v. Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.
SEXLESSNESS * n. Having no evident sex or sex organs.
DECREED * s. Fixed or established especially by order or command.
REFRESHING * s. 1 Imparting vitality and energy. 2 Pleasantly new or different.
DEADENED * s. 1 Devoid of physical sensation; numb. 2 Made or become less intense.
ATTEMPTER * n. One who tries.
MEGALOMANIAC * n. A pathological egotist.
SYNCOPATION * n. 1 (phonology) The loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle'). 2 A musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat. 3 Music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm.
LAPP * n. 1 A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. 2 The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
BLANDNESS * n. 1 The trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern. 2 Lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property. 3 The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.
RESURVEY * n. A new survey or study.
INDO-EUROPEAN * --n. 1 A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European. 2 The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Indo-European language family. 2 Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
AGUISH * s. Affected by ague.
HAREDI * n. Any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
IGLU * n. An Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome.
MOUSER * n. A cat proficient at mousing.
EXHIBITION * n. 1 The act of exhibiting. 2 A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
TRICHOMANES * n. Bristle ferns; kidney ferns.
FUND * --n. 1 A reserve of money set aside for some purpose. 2 A supply of something available for future use. 3 A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies. --v. 1 Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds. 2 Place or store up in a fund for accumulation. 3 Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest. 4 Invest money in government securities.
TACHOGRAM * n. A graphical record of speed and distance produced by a tachograph.
DOLL * n. 1 A small replica of a person; used as a toy. 2 Informal terms for a (young) woman.
BASIN * n. 1 A bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids. 2 The quantity that a basin will hold. 3 A natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it. 4 The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet.
XXY * n. (genetics) Abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male resulting in Klinefelter's syndrome.
JURISDICTION * n. 1 (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law. 2 In law; the territory within which power can be exercised.
OXIDATE * v. 1 Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide. 2 Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen.
COAGULATED * s. 1 Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass. 2 Changed into a solid mass.
MILITANCE * n. A militant aggressiveness.
MYXOBACTERALES * n. An order of higher bacteria.
UNLITTERED * s. Having nothing extraneous.
ALIQUANT * n. An integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity.
TRIVIALLY * r. 1 With little effort. 2 In a frivolously trivial manner.
BREWING * n. The production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast.
THOUGHTLESSNESS * n. 1 The quality of failing to be considerate of others. 2 The trait of not thinking carefully before acting.
HETH * n. The 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
PASTE * --n. 1 Any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency. 2 A hard, brilliant lead glass that is used in making artificial jewelry. 3 An adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard. 4 A tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes. --v. 1 Join or attach with or as if with glue. 2 Hit with the fists. 3 Cover the surface of.
KUNZITE * n. A pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone.
HELIOCENTRIC * a. Having the sun as the center.
CLARINET * n. A single-reed instrument with a straight tube.
NEUROTRANSMITTER * n. A neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse.
STICKPIN * n. A decorative pin that is worn in a necktie.
ANNAM * n. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945.
OLIGOPOLY * n. (economics) A market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors.
RISQUE * s. Suggestive of sexual impropriety.
NEURO-MARKETING * n. Marketing based on studies of  consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses.
JATI * n. (Hinduism) A Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter).
ANILINE * n. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
UNEXPLODED * s. Still capable of exploding or being fired.
DISINTEREST * n. Tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement.
UNPREJUDICED * a. Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions.
PADDOCK * n. Pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race.
JUXTAPOSITION * n. 1 The act of positioning close together (or side by side). 2 A side-by-side position.
MONSIEUR * n. Used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'.
DEMOTE * v. Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.
LYMPHADENOPATHY * n. Chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease).
DSCDNA * n. Double-stranded cDNA.
UPDRAFT * n. A strong upward air current.
EIJKMAN * n. Dutch physician who discovered that beriberi is caused by a nutritional deficiency (1858-1930).
GASOMETER * n. 1 A meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe. 2 A large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel.
AIRMAILER * n. A mailer for airmail.
GRAPELIKE * a. Resembling the fruit of a grape vine.
DERMAPTERA * n. Earwigs and a few related forms.
BARNUM * n. United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891).
INCORPORATIVE * s. Growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories.
MAROONED * s. Cut off or left behind.
UNSPORTING * s. Violating accepted standards or rules.
CASSIRI * n. A drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice.
BRISTLINESS * n. The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines.
HORNED * a. Having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind.
SYSTEMATISATION * n. Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale.
MAKEOVER * n. 1 An overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance. 2 A complete reconstruction and renovation of something.
PAINSTAKINGLY * r. In a fastidious and painstaking manner.
SPRITSAIL * n. A fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit.
WHITEWASHED * s. Coated with whitewash.
WIDE-OPEN * s. 1 Open wide. 2 Lax in enforcing laws.
UNHARMED * s. Not injured or harmed.
GLYCEROL * n. A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils.
AUTHORESS * n. A woman author.
GUCK * n. Any thick, viscous matter.
ISOANTIBODY * n. An antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species.
DIPTERA * n. A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies.
NICHROME * n. An alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elements.
DISCONFIRMING * --a. Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition. --s. Establishing as invalid or untrue.
CHALDEAN * --n. 1 A wise man skilled in occult learning. 2 An inhabitant of ancient Chaldea. --a. Of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture.
GAGWRITER * n. Someone who writes comic material for public performers.
ASTROLATRY * n. The worship of planets or stars.
MASTALGIA * n. Pain in the breast.
OCTANT * n. A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body; similar to a sextant but with 45 degree calibration.
CONFEDERACY * n. 1 The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. 2 A union of political organizations. 3 A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose. 4 A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.
BESOT * v. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation.
BICAMERAL * --a. Composed of two legislative bodies. --s. Consisting of two chambers.
IGUANIDAE * n. New World lizards.
ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA * n. A rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels.
LITANY * n. 1 Any long and tedious address or recital. 2 A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation.
GESTALT * n. A configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts.
BEMUSE * v. Cause to be confused emotionally.
UNPRESIDENTIAL * a. Not presidential.
PROSCENIUM * n. 1 The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain). 2 The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater.
ADJUNCTION * n. An act of joining or adjoining things.
DISOBEDIENCE * n. 1 The failure to obey. 2 The trait of being unwilling to obey.
INSATIABLY * r. 1 To an insatiable degree. 2 In an insatiable manner; with persistence but without satisfaction.
SUBTOPIA * n. Monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings.
RECKLESS * s. 1 Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences. 2 Characterized by careless unconcern.
TAX * --n. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government. --v. 1 Levy a tax on. 2 Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine). 3 Use to the limit. 4 Make a charge against or accuse.
BAREBACKED * --s. Riding without a saddle. --r. Without a saddle.
MOMENTUM * n. 1 An impelling force or strength. 2 The product of a body's mass and its velocity.
FRANCOPHOBE * n. A person who hates France and everything French.
CHORDATE * --n. Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata.
HORSEFISH * n. Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
NONEXPLOSIVE * a. Not explosive.
FIREFLY * n. 1 Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots. 2 Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs.
CROUPE * n. The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
OTITIS * n. Inflammation of the ear.
AFFAIRS * n. 1 Matters of personal concern. 2 Transactions of professional or public interest.
DECILITER * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
ACTINOMETRICAL * a. Of or related to actinometry.
POPISHLY * r. Like the Pope; in a popish manner.
LARGO * --n. (music) A composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner. --s. Very slow in tempo and broad in manner. --r. Slowly and broadly.
KINA * n. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
BULLACE * n. Small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters.
COPRA * n. The dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted.
HANDGUN * n. A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
SEAMANLY * a. Characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship.
EIGHTY-SIX * s. Being six more than eighty.
MIGNONETTE * n. Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance.
BUNFIGHT * n. (Briticism) A grand formal party on an important occasion.
CURLICUE * n. 1 A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). 2 A short twisting line.
STANFORD * n. 1 United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893). 2 A university in California.
GUM * --n. 1 A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing. 2 The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth. 3 Any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying. 4 Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive. --v. 1 Cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum. 2 Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty. 3 Become sticky. 4 Exude or form gum.
UNTIRED * s. With unreduced energy.
SOLFEGGIO * n. 1 Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major. 2 A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable.
ADJACENCY * n. The attribute of being so near as to be touching.
RICHMONDENA * n. Cardinals.
RING * --n. 1 A characteristic sound. 2 A toroidal shape. 3 A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling. 4 (chemistry) A chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop. --v. 1 Sound loudly and sonorously. 2 Ring or echo with sound. 3 Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification. 4 Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
MUSNUD * n. A seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes.
BIRTHPLACE * n. 1 The place where someone was born. 2 Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence.
HOGSHEAD * n. 1 A British unit of capacity for alcoholic beverages. 2 A large cask especially one holding 63 gals.
BELTWAY * n. A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center.
SHIATSU * n. Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.
HASHISH * n. Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen.
GIGACYCLE * n. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
REFLECTOMETER * n. A meter that measures the reflectance of a surface.
PUFFBALL * n. 1 Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature. 2 Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
PIECE-DYE * v. Dye after weaving.
TAMBOURINE * n. A shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides.
ADVANCING * s. Moving forward.
KANTIAN * a. Of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy.
TRIPLE-CROWN * s. 1 Of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races. 2 Unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in.
TOOTHSOMENESS * n. Extreme appetizingness.
ALIMENTATIVE * a. Related to the supply of aliment.
WASHUP * n. 1 The act of washing yourself (or another person). 2 The act of washing dishes.
CASTRO * n. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927).
CORRELATION * n. 1 A reciprocal relation between two or more things. 2 A statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation). 3 A statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other.
AMPUTATION * n. 1 A condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs. 2 A surgical removal of all or part of a limb.
PIPEFUL * n. The quantity of tobacco that can be smoked in a pipe at one time.
ANTICIPATE * v. 1 Regard something as probable or likely. 2 Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. 3 Realize beforehand. 4 Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
SIESTA * n. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries).
CONVALESCE * v. Get over an illness or shock.
INTUMESCENT * s. Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas.
SELF-IMPORTANT * s. Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.
SHITLESS * s. (used as complement) To the utmost degree.
HULA * n. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
TROMBONIST * n. A musician who plays the trombone.
LESBIANISM * n. Female homosexuality.
VARIOLIC * a. Relating to small pox.
CYCLONIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm.
PLUME-TIPPED * s. Of a plant tipped with a plume.
ONE-MEMBER * s. Based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature).
BARLEY * n. 1 A grain of barley. 2 Cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain.
COCA * n. 1 A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine. 2 United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001). 3 Dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect.
MAGNESITE * n. A white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium.
ENDGAME * n. 1 The final stages of an extended process of negotiation. 2 The final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
AMPLE * --a. More than enough in size or scope or capacity. --s. 1 Affording an abundant supply. 2 Fairly large in size.
ELECTROPHORIDAE * n. Small family comprising the electric eels.
FATIHAH * n. The first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers.
UNITARD * n. A tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance.
WEEWEE * n. Liquid excretory product.
PARTICULARLY * r. 1 To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common. 2 Specifically or especially distinguished from others. 3 Uniquely or characteristically.
ENERGID * n. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
EBONICS * n. A nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States.
ALECTORIA * n. Lichens having dark brown erect or pendulous much-branched cylindrical thallus.
ANGLICIZE * v. Make English in appearance.
BELORUSSIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Byelorussia.
EARL * n. A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount.
BACCHANALIAN * s. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
WATT * n. 1 A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm. 2 Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819).
FORGIVABLY * r. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.
BOLOGRAM * n. Record or recording made by a bolometer.
BUNGLE * --n. An embarrassing mistake. --v. 1 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. 2 Spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly.
THOREAUVIAN * a. Relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau.
INUIT * n. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people').
CAREFULLY * r. 1 Taking care or paying attention. 2 As if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact.
BIALYSTOKER * n. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
MARGINALISATION * n. The social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society).
KITTUL * n. Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.
MIZZENMAST * n. Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
RECRUDESCENT * s. The revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement.
HORNWORT * n. 1 Any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams. 2 Liverworts with slender hornlike capsules.
MYELOID * a. 1 Of or relating to bone marrow. 2 Marrowlike. 3 Of or relating to the spinal cord.
AUCTIONEER * --n. An agent who conducts an auction. --v. Sell at an auction.
POPINJAY * n. 1 A vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot). 2 An archaic term for a parrot.
HIGGLE * v. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
JOYCE * n. Influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941).
REALIST * n. 1 A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them. 2 A person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly. 3 A painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style.
SELACHIAN * n. Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates.
VULCANISATION * n. Process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them.
VIOMYCIN * n. A basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis.
RALE * n. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
KNOBKERRY * n. A short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa.
DEMON-RIDDEN * s. As if possessed by demons.
THWARTED * s. Disappointingly unsuccessful.
ADITYA * n. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light.
PADEREWSKI * n. Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941).
HIZBOLLAH * n. A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon.
UP-TO-DATENESS * n. The property of belonging to the present time.
ENCRUSTED * s. Having a hardened crust as a covering.
TACO * n. 1 (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Mexican descent. 2 A tortilla rolled cupped around a filling.
CARJACK * v. Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it.
FLAMEFLOWER * n. 1 A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers. 2 Plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots.
SOWETO * n. A large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans.
DENOTATION * n. 1 The act of indicating or pointing out by name. 2 The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to.
AMPERE-MINUTE * n. A unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs.
ENTREMETS * n. A dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course.
SOUP * --n. 1 Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food. 2 Any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup. 3 An unfortunate situation. --v. Dope (a racehorse).
DENTATE * s. Having toothlike projections in the margin.
PLUSH-LIKE * s. (of textures) Resembling plush.
8VO * n. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.
ANTIMICROBIC * --n. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease. --s. Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.
SECONDLY * r. In the second place.
PUMA * n. Large American feline resembling a lion.
ABWATT * n. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
PAUNCHINESS * n. The bodily property of a protruding belly.
SWEPT * a. Possessing sweep.
BIZARRENESS * n. Strikingly out of the ordinary.
MERCHANTMAN * n. A cargo ship.
CAPTAIN * --n. 1 An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant. 2 The naval officer in command of a military ship. 3 A policeman in charge of a precinct. 4 An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship. --v. Be the captain of a sports team.
UNEMBODIED * s. Not having a material body.
MANY-LOBED * s. Having many lobes.
SECOBARBITAL * n. Barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions.
BRACHIAL * a. Of or relating to an arm.
BLERIOT * n. French aviator who in 1909 made the first flight across the English Channel (1872-1936).
LOGGERHEAD * n. 1 A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. 2 Very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas.
STARLIGHT * n. The light of the stars.
IRELANDER * n. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.
BOWDLERISER * n. A person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages.
MACHO-MAN * n. A man who is virile and sexually active.
FERMIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
EMOTION * n. Any strong feeling.
UNNATURAL * a. 1 Not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature. 2 Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. 3 Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
SCHIZOTHYMIA * n. Resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality.
RITALIN * n. Central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children.
BECALMED * s. Rendered motionless for lack of wind.
DISFRANCHISED * a. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.
CUNT * n. 1 A person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked. 2 Obscene terms for female genitals.
VASCULARITY * n. The property being vascular.
ESPANA * n. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power.
PRESENTATIONAL * a. Of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy).
HISTORIOGRAPHY * n. 1 A body of historical literature. 2 The writing of history.
CRINOID * --n. Primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea.
DAGGA * n. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
ANTIHYPERTENSIVE * n. A drug that reduces high blood pressure.
BOOMERANG * --n. 1 A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower. 2 A miscalculation that recoils on its maker. --v. Return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang.
CATARRHAL * a. Of or relating to a catarrh.
TIRO * n. Someone new to a field or activity.
INDETERMINATENESS * n. The quality of being vague and poorly defined.
PHYSIOTHERAPY * n. Therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities.
CHLOROPHONEUS * n. A genus of Malaconotinae.
MAYFLOWER * n. 1 The ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620. 2 Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.
MENNONITE * n. A member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life.
DEPRESSING * a. Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
SYBARITIC * s. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.
FIFTY-SIX * s. Being six more than fifty.
PREFAB * --n. A prefabricated structure. --s. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
SUBURBANISED * s. Surrounded by many suburbs.
FEW * --n. A small elite group. --a. A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number.
BROWNISH-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with brown.
INTANGIBILITY * n. The quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch.
TRIOPIDAE * n. A family of Notostraca.
STUPID * --n. A person who is not very bright. --a. 1 Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. 2 Lacking intelligence. --s. In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock.
CHEMAKUAN * n. A group of Mosan languages spoken in Washington.
SKILLET * n. A pan used for frying foods.
QUARTER-CENTURY * n. A period of 25 years.
HAEMOPHILIA * n. Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son.
TRICHODONTIDAE * n. Two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud.
CONTERMINOUS * s. 1 Connecting without a break; within a common boundary. 2 Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. 3 Being of equal extent or scope or duration.
CYRILLIC * --n. An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages). --a. Relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages.
BRASSIA * n. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids.
ELIOT * n. 1 British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965). 2 British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880).
IMPARTING * n. The transmission of information.
HORRIFYINGLY * r. In a horrifying manner.
HYPOCHONDRIAC * --n. A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments. --s. Suffering from hypochondria.
RACOON * n. An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America.
INQUIRY * n. 1 A search for knowledge. 2 An instance of questioning. 3 A systematic investigation of a matter of public interest.
SARAGOSSA * n. An ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon.
ATTITUDINIZE * v. Assume certain affected attitudes.
TATTILY * r. In a cheap manner.
ESCALATOR * n. 1 A clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index). 2 A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt.
VARICOCELE * n. Dilatation of the veins associated with the spermatic cord in the testes.
SADLERIA * n. Low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands.
ORIGINALITY * n. 1 The ability to think and act independently. 2 The quality of being new and original (not derived from something else).
DISPENSATION * n. 1 An exemption from some rule or obligation. 2 A share that has been dispensed or distributed. 3 The act of dispensing (giving out in portions).
REPOSSESSION * n. The action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default).
MIRKY * s. 1 (of liquids) Clouded as with sediment. 2 Dark or gloomy.
RIFFRAFF * n. Disparaging terms for the common people.
COYOL * n. Tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber.
EDS * n. A rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports.
BOLLIX * v. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
LOCK-GATE * n. A gate that can be locked.
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
SARCOPTID * n. Whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals.
EMPOWERED * s. Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
NEEDLEPOINT * n. 1 Lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern. 2 Embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry.
CHOKER * n. 1 Someone who kills by strangling. 2 An unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation. 3 Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck. 4 A high tight collar.
SIRC * n. An agency of the Canadian government that oversees the activities of the Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada and has the power to intrude on the privacy of suspected terrorists or spies.
PHAIUS * n. An orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers.
EXCRETION * n. 1 The bodily process of discharging waste matter. 2 Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
PLURALISE * v. Mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural.
ANAMNESTIC * a. Of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory.
RHINOTOMY * n. Surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus.
VESTIBULE * n. 1 A large entrance or reception room or area. 2 Any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina).
LOWNESS * n. 1 A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation. 2 A feeling of low spirits. 3 The quality of being low; lacking height. 4 A low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.).
SAFETY-DEPOSIT * n. A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables.
PACIFISTIC * s. Opposed to war.
INSECTAN * a. Of or relating to the class Insecta.
EUSTOMA * n. Small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America.
BOOKKEEPER * n. Someone who records the transactions of a business.
TEMPT * v. 1 Dispose or incline or entice to. 2 Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. 3 Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting. 4 Induce into action by using one's charm.
DUAL * s. 1 Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs. 2 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. 3 A grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural).
RORIDULACEAE * n. In some classifications included in the family Droseraceae.
REVELATION * n. 1 The speech act of making something evident. 2 An enlightening or astonishing disclosure. 3 Communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency. 4 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.
PHRAGMIPEDIUM * n. Genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers.
TRANSPLACENTAL * s. Occurring through or by way of the placenta.
REFUTER * n. A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument.
DILUTANT * n. A diluting agent.
PROTOZOA * n. In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers.
ERWINIA * n. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
MPEG * n. A set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards.
TRACHEAL * a. Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea.
ASSOCIABLE * s. Capable of being associated.
SHAMANISE * v. Practice shamanism.
BILLIONTH * --n. 1 Position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in a billion equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one billion in counting order.
PAISA * n. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
TRANSMISSIBLE * s. 1 (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection. 2 Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. 3 Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.
MONTFORT * n. An English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265).
ZEPPO * n. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979).
BILIARY * a. 1 Relating to or containing bile. 2 Relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder.
DIM-SIGHTED * s. Having greatly reduced vision.
NEEDLE-SHAPED * s. Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.
COLOMBIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Colombia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people.
MESOPHYRON * n. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges.
WAMBLE * v. Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion.
QUERULOUSLY * r. In a peevish manner.
KINKAJOU * n. 1 Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail. 2 A kind of lemur.
UNDEFENDED * s. Not defended or capable of being defended.
PROCONVERTIN * n. A coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K.
CAIRN * n. 1 A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path. 2 Small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland.
ENVISION * v. 1 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. 2 Picture to oneself; imagine possible.
LAGOS * n. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria.
FLEXILE * a. Able to flex; able to bend easily.
HETEROSEXUAL * --n. A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex. --a. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
PESAH * n. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
AMPHIMIXIS * n. 1 Reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete. 2 Union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction.
ATLANTIC * --n. The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east. --a. Relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
SISKIN * n. Small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak.
KIOWA * n. 1 A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States. 2 The Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa.
SUFFICE * v. Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.
SCHISTOSOME * n. Flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals.
ANGUISH * --n. 1 Extreme mental distress. 2 Extreme distress of body or mind. --v. 1 Suffer great pains or distress. 2 Cause emotional anguish or make miserable.
OXALACETATE * n. A salt or ester of oxalacetic acid.
MINISTER * --n. 1 A person authorized to conduct religious worship. 2 A person appointed to a high office in the government. 3 A diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador. 4 The job of a head of a government department. --v. 1 Attend to the wants and needs of others. 2 Work as a minister.
WILSONIAN * a. Of or relating to or suggestive of Woodrow Wilson.
RARITY * n. 1 Noteworthy scarcity. 2 A rarified quality. 3 Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
PROPHETICAL * a. Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention.
SILVA * n. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
ONSLAUGHT * n. 1 A sudden and severe onset of trouble. 2 (military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons). 3 The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written).
RUBEL * n. The basic unit of money in Belarus.
ANAGRAM * --n. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. --v. Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning.
NODDLE * n. An informal British expression for head or mind.
UNSOLUBLE * s. Not easily solved.
EDUCATIONIST * n. A specialist in the theory of education.
ENTRY * n. 1 An item inserted in a written record. 2 The act of beginning something new. 3 A written record of a commercial transaction. 4 Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition).
SWAMPHEN * n. Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens.
ISRAEL * n. 1 Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine. 2 An ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC.
EARWIG * n. Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
FRUCTIFY * v. 1 Become productive or fruitful. 2 Make productive or fruitful. 3 Bear fruit.
CXV * s. Being five more than one hundred ten.
LATTER * --n. The second of two or the second mentioned of two. --a. Referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several).
INSTRUCTIONS * n. A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it.
BIDDY * n. 1 Adult female chicken. 2 Young bird especially of domestic fowl.
DEFENSE * n. 1 (military) Military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies. 2 Protection from harm. 3 (sports) The team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring. 4 The justification for some act or belief.
SULLEN * s. 1 Showing a brooding ill humor. 2 Darkened by clouds.
ZWEIG * n. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
REGIMENTALS * n. The military uniform and insignia of a regiment.
AFFILIATE * --n. 1 A subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization. 2 A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization. --v. 1 Keep company with; hang out with. 2 Join in an affiliation.
EPONYMY * n. The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person.
DISAGREEABLE * --a. Not to your liking. --s. 1 Unpleasant to interact with. 2 Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations.
AMEBIC * a. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
CATCHPHRASE * n. A phrase that has become a catchword.
ECCENTRICITY * n. 1 Strange and unconventional behavior. 2 (geometry) A ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis. 3 A circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path.
THURIFY * v. Perfume especially with a censer.
YUKAWA * n. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
TEDDY * n. 1 Plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials). 2 A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
STOCKTAKING * n. 1 Reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook. 2 Making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand.
AMPHISBAENA * n. 1 (classical mythology) A serpent with a head at each end of its body. 2 Type genus of the Amphisbaenidae.
SELF-EMPLOYED * a. Working for yourself.
RELENT * v. Give in, as to influence or pressure.
OCTANGULAR * a. Of or relating to or shaped like an octagon.
ARBITRARINESS * n. The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
VESPID * n. Mostly social nest-building wasps.
FIBROSITY * n. The quality of being fibrous.
HOMOEROTICISM * n. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.
HAP * --n. An accidental happening. --v. Come to pass.
EMPYREAN * --n. The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. --a. Of or relating to the sky or heavens. --s. Inspiring awe.
BLURRINESS * n. The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines.
CASQUE * n. (15-16th century) Any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor.
EYELET * n. 1 A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar. 2 Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
PAGURUS * n. Type genus of the family Paguridae.
QUICKER * r. More quickly.
PRIORITIZE * v. Assign a priority to.
BULLHEAD * n. 1 Freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines. 2 Any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States.
SARCOPTES * n. Type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites.
MONOPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of a single limb.
BIFLAGELLATE * a. Having two flagella.
WHOP * v. 1 Hit hard. 2 Hit hard.
ARUGULA * n. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
DEMODULATE * v. Extract information from a modulated carrier wave.
LOBATED * a. Having or resembling a lobe or lobes.
NEUROSIS * n. A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction.
SCARCITY * n. A small and inadequate amount.
FORBIDDINGLY * r. In an unpleasant or menacing manner.
EXPRESSIVE * s. Characterized by expression.
COMMANDMENT * n. 1 Something that is commanded. 2 A doctrine that is taught.
INITIATION * n. 1 A formal entry into an organization or position or office. 2 The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new. 3 Wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge. 4 An act that sets in motion some course of events.
MANGABEY * n. Large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids.
FAEROESE * n. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
GAZILLION * n. A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).
OVERCOOK * v. Cook too long.
DESPOIL * v. 1 Steal goods; take as spoils. 2 Destroy and strip of its possession.
GYRATE * v. 1 To wind or move in a spiral course. 2 Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.
PITCH-DARK * s. Extremely dark.
RETEM * n. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista.
PARTHENIUM * n. Small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers.
DEFT * s. Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
HERON * n. 1 Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century). 2 Grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill.
BABY-WALKER * n. An enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk.
ANDROID * n. An automaton that resembles a human being.
WRIGHT * n. 1 United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939). 2 United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960). 3 United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912). 4 United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948).
CRABGRASS * n. Grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns.
EXULTANT * s. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
DEMO * --n. A visual presentation showing how something works. --v. Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
HARMONY * n. 1 Compatibility in opinion and action. 2 The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords. 3 A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole. 4 Agreement of opinions.
SHOWING * n. 1 The display of a motion picture. 2 Something shown to the public.
IMPRESSED * s. Deeply or markedly affected or influenced.
SAPONARIA * n. Mostly perennial Old World herbs.
CORNBREAD * n. Bread made primarily of cornmeal.
AUTONOMIC * s. Relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
PAVIOUR * n. A machine for laying pavement.
SYNTHETISM * n. A genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas.
STINKINESS * n. The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.
LAWS * n. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit.
NYCTICEBUS * n. A genus of Lorisidae.
ENGINEERING * n. 1 The practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry. 2 The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems. 3 A room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located.
ACHROMATIC * a. Having no hue.
LIBRARIAN * n. A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services.
SENSUOUS * s. Taking delight in beauty.
COMPLINE * n. Last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring.
ASP * n. 1 Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder. 2 Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death.
PINK-SLIPPED * s. Having lost your job.
EXPECTEDNESS * n. 1 The state of being that is commonly observed. 2 Ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising.
BLADDERLIKE * a. Resembling a bladder.
INTRACTABLY * r. In an intractable manner.
COSMOLOGICAL * a. 1 Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe. 2 Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality.
DELUSORY * s. Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true.
UNFUELED * a. Not provided with fuel.
DYSPNOEA * n. Difficult or labored respiration.
ARVICOLA * n. In some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.
TAENIIDAE * n. A family of Cestoda.
PREEMINENTLY * r. To a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner.
SPLENOMEGALY * n. An abnormal enlargement of the spleen.
PREVIOUS * s. 1 Just preceding something else in time or order. 2 (used especially of persons) Of the immediate past. 3 Too soon or too hasty.
AMAZE * v. 1 Affect with wonder. 2 Be a mystery or bewildering to.
PAPERBOY * n. A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.
BEZZANT * n. A gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages.
ALLOPATRY * n. The occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap.
HIROSHIMA * n. A port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area.
PLEUROTHALLIS * n. Any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers.
ASYLUM * n. 1 A shelter from danger or hardship. 2 A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person.
HOMINIAN * s. Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.
ELEMENTARY * --s. 1 Easy and not involved or complicated. 2 Of or being the essential or basic part. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education.
CYSTOLITH * n. A calculus formed in the bladder.
MELANOMA * n. Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes.
FRONTIERSWOMAN * n. A woman who lives on the frontier.
WAKASHAN * n. 1 A member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language. 2 A family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington.
COMBATIVE * s. 1 Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits. 2 Striving to overcome in argument. 3 Having or showing a ready disposition to fight.
JACOBI * n. German mathematician (1804-1851).
PUBLICIZING * n. The business of drawing public attention to goods and services.
CYCLOSPOREAE * n. In more recent classifications superseded by the order Fucales.
ILL-FAVORED * s. Usually used of a face.
DESPISING * n. A feeling of scornful hatred.
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONIST * n. A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution.
CONNECTOR * n. An instrumentality that connects.
COMPLAISANCE * n. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
MALPOSITION * n. Faulty position.
VESTED * s. Fixed and absolute and without contingency.
SOLO * --n. 1 Any activity that is performed alone without assistance. 2 A musical composition for one voice or instrument (with or without accompaniment). 3 A flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied. --v. 1 Fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers. 2 Perform a piece written for a single instrument. --s. Composed or performed by a single voice or instrument. --r. Without anybody else or anything else.
ONION * n. 1 The bulb of an onion plant. 2 Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb. 3 An aromatic flavorful vegetable.
GLAZIER * n. Someone who cuts flat glass to size.
AUTOFOCUS * n. An optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically.
COLLAGENIC * a. Relating to or consisting of collagen.
RUBBER * --n. 1 An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products. 2 Any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber. 3 A contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides. 4 An eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil. --v. Coat or impregnate with rubber. --s. Returned for lack of funds.
ALENDRONATE * n. A tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause.
BUBALUS * n. In some classification systems included in genus Bos; water buffaloes.
SAGACIOUS * s. 1 Acutely insightful and wise. 2 Skillful in statecraft or management.
GAMBLING * n. The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
DECIMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter.
HOODOO * --n. 1 (geology) A column of weathered and unusually shaped rock. 2 A practitioner of voodoo. 3 A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. 4 Something believed to bring bad luck. --v. Bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune.
DIOSCOREA * n. Yams.
EMINENCE * n. 1 High status importance owing to marked superiority. 2 A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.
METRALGIA * n. Pain in the uterus.
MESTRANOL * n. A synthetic form of estrogen used in combination with a progestin in oral contraceptives.
ARBITRAMENT * n. The act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment.
DABBLED * s. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination).
UNTRAVELED * --a. Not traveled over or through. --s. Not having traveled much, especially to foreign lands; not having gained experience by travel.
SUBTILIZE * v. 1 Mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words. 2 Make more subtle or refined. 3 Make (senses) more keen.
FRINGE * --n. 1 The outside boundary or surface of something. 2 A part of the city far removed from the center. 3 One of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light. 4 A social group holding marginal or extreme views. --v. 1 Adorn with a fringe. 2 Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe.
CARTING * n. The work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it.
HYPEREMIC * a. Relating to or caused by hyperemia.
UNFIRM * s. 1 Not firmly or solidly positioned. 2 (of soil) Unstable.
MEASLY * s. Contemptibly small in amount.
PLAYOFF * n. Any final competition to determine a championship.
UNENCOURAGING * s. Not encouraging.
BANDBOX * n. A light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats).
WEED * --n. 1 Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants. 2 A black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning. 3 Street names for marijuana. --v. Clear of weeds.
WHITEBAIT * n. 1 Minnows or other small fresh- or saltwater fish (especially herring); usually cooked whole. 2 The edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts.
BISULCATE * s. (used of hooves) Split, divided.
DISNEY * n. United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966).
OENOPHILE * n. Someone who appreciates wine.
MYCOSTATIN * n. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes.
BORON * n. A trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder.
RECAPITULATION * n. 1 Emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species. 2 (music) The section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated. 3 A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. 4 (music) The repetition of themes introduced earlier (especially when one is composing the final part of a movement).
BRIG * n. 1 Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts. 2 A penal institution (especially on board a ship).
QUINTET * n. 1 A musical composition for five performers. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 3 Five performers or singers who perform together. 4 A set of five similar things considered as a unit.
GRIDDLECAKE * n. 1 A scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle. 2 A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
MOTIVELESS * s. Occurring without motivation or provocation.
RICHLY * r. 1 To an ample degree or in an ample manner. 2 In a rich manner. 3 In a rich and lavish manner.
RAYON * n. A synthetic silklike fabric.
CHATEAU-THIERRY * n. A World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918.
HEEL * --n. 1 The bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation. 2 The back part of the human foot. 3 Someone who is morally reprehensible. 4 One of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread. --v. 1 Tilt to one side. 2 Follow at the heels of a person. 3 Perform with the heels. 4 Strike with the heel of the club.
TOWHEE * n. Any of numerous long-tailed American finches.
FORFEIT * --n. 1 Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. 2 A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something. 3 The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.. --v. Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. --s. Surrendered as a penalty.
MARITAL * a. Of or relating to the state of marriage.
GAUDI * n. Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926).
LITTER-BEARER * n. One who helps carry a stretcher.
CONGLUTINATE * v. 1 Cause to adhere. 2 Stick together.
THREE-LIPPED * s. Having three lips.
EXCITING * --a. Creating or arousing excitement. --s. Stimulating interest and discussion.
ARKANSAWYER * n. A native or resident of Arkansas.
GHANESE * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
EXOGAMIC * a. 1 Characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related. 2 Pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe.
COST * --n. 1 The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. 2 The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold). 3 Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. --v. 1 Be priced at. 2 Require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice.
FRUGAL * s. Avoiding waste.
POLLUTION * n. 1 Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities. 2 The state of being polluted. 3 The act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.
CLXX * s. Being ten more than one hundred sixty.
ROCKIES * n. The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide.
WHIMSICAL * s. Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.
KATABOLIC * a. 1 Relating to or characterized by catabolism. 2 Characterized by destructive metabolism.
RIGAMAROLE * n. 1 A set of confused and meaningless statements. 2 A long and complicated and confusing procedure.
MACROGLOSSIA * n. A congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome.
PURCHASE * --n. 1 The acquisition of something for payment. 2 Something acquired by purchase. 3 A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage. 4 The mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever. --v. Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.
OUTCASTE * --n. A person belonging to no caste. --s. Not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society.
LUES * n. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
VI * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. 2 More than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
YULETIDE * n. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
CHA-CHA * --n. A modern ballroom dance from Latin America; small steps and swaying movements of the hips. --v. Dance the cha-cha.
GATEAU * n. Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.
PYROSTAT * n. A thermostat that operates at very high temperatures.
STARKEY * n. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
GLARINGLY * r. In a glaring manner.
FOUR-PLY * s. Having a thickness made up of four layers or strands.
BESTIARY * n. A medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals.
BREATHED * s. Uttered without voice.
XENICIDAE * n. Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens.
401-K * n. A retirement savings plan that is funded by employee contributions and (often) matching contributions from the employer; contributions are made from your salary before taxes and the funds grow tax-free until they are withdrawn, at which point they can be converted into an IRA; funds can be transferred if you change employers and you can (to some extent) manage the investments yourself.
SHAVEN * a. Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.
MILLAY * n. United States poet (1892-1950).
MINIBIKE * n. Small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars.
POSTPOSE * v. Place after another constituent in the sentence.
PRICELESS * s. Having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth.
GRAY-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with grey.
TAOS * n. 1 A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico. 2 An artist colony in northern New Mexico.
NURSING * n. 1 The work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm. 2 The profession of a nurse. 3 Nourishing at the breast.
INTRIGUING * s. 1 Disturbingly provocative. 2 Capable of arousing interest or curiosity.
THEME * --n. 1 The subject matter of a conversation or discussion. 2 A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work. 3 (music) Melodic subject of a musical composition. 4 An essay (especially one written as an assignment). --v. Provide with a particular theme or motive.
MARGINALIA * n. Notes written in the margin.
PLEASURABLY * r. In a very pleasurable manner.
DIOMEDEIDAE * n. Albatrosses.
MISCHIEVOUSLY * r. In a disobedient or naughty way.
STILTED * s. Artificially formal.
RECUPERATIVE * s. Promoting recuperation.
ACROLEIN * n. A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene.
ESTRADIOL * n. The most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer.
PATRIAL * n. A person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent).
REGRETFULLY * r. With regret (used in polite formulas).
TELEOSTAN * n. A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.
REDDISH * s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
BELCH * --n. A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth. --v. 1 Expel gas from the stomach. 2 Become active and spew forth lava and rocks.
BULAWAYO * n. Industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe.
FOLKS * n. 1 Your parents. 2 People in general (often used in the plural).
PHYSICIST * n. A scientist trained in physics.
DUSE * n. Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924).
RHINELAND * n. A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river.
RESILIENCY * n. 1 An occurrence of rebounding or springing back. 2 The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit.
BRAINCASE * n. The part of the skull that encloses the brain.
CHILD-PROOF * v. Make safe against children.
CONSECRATION * n. 1 A solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal). 2 (religion) Sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God.
TARDIVE * s. Late-occurring (especially with reference to symptoms of a disease).
WAFTURE * n. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
STRIDENCY * n. Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound.
CORROSION-RESISTANT * s. Impervious to corrosion.
INVOLUNTARINESS * n. The trait of being unwilling.
SOCIOMETRY * n. The quantitative study of social relationships.
SPINELESS * --s. 1 Weak in willpower, courage or vitality. 2 Lacking thorns. --a. 1 Lacking a backbone or spinal column. 2 Lacking spiny processes.
SHEEP * n. 1 Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat. 2 A timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon. 3 A docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision.
EGOMANIAC * n. An abnormally egotistical person.
WEBBING * n. 1 Something forming a web (as between the toes of birds). 2 A narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat belts. 3 A strong fabric woven in strips.
PONCHO * n. A blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head.
REMIT * --n. 1 The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with. 2 (law) The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court). --v. 1 Send (money) in payment. 2 Hold back to a later time. 3 Release from (claims, debts, or taxes). 4 Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision.
STUCCO * --n. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces. --v. 1 Decorate with stucco work. 2 Coat with stucco.
CRYOLITE * n. A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine.
OSTRACODA * n. Seed shrimps.
SOLEMNISE * v. 1 Observe or perform with dignity or gravity. 2 Perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies. 3 Make solemn and grave.
MISOGYNY * n. Hatred of women.
TIFLIS * n. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
TREASURE * --n. 1 Accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.. 2 Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection. 3 Any possession that is highly valued by its owner. 4 A collection of precious things. --v. 1 Hold dear. 2 Be fond of; be attached to.
BELLYBUTTON * n. A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
SEPULCHRAL * --a. Of or relating to a sepulchre. --s. 1 Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead. 2 Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial.
ARALIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers.
FINK * --n. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. --v. 1 Take the place of work of someone on strike. 2 Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure.
LOXOMATACEAE * n. Very small family of New Zealand ferns.
HEROINE * n. 1 The main good female character in a work of fiction. 2 A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds.
CONDO * n. One of the dwelling units in a condominium.
TUCKED * a. Having tucked or being tucked.
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED * a. Unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy.
ABNORMALITY * n. 1 An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies. 2 Retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence. 3 Marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal. 4 Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality.
ANATOMY * n. 1 The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals. 2 Alternative names for the body of a human being. 3 A detailed analysis.
DISPIRITEDNESS * n. A feeling of low spirits.
DECARBURISE * v. Remove carbon from (an engine).
SURROGATE * --n. 1 Someone who takes the place of another person. 2 A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others. --s. Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.
RESEARCH * --n. 1 Systematic investigation to establish facts. 2 A search for knowledge. --v. 1 Attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner. 2 Inquire into.
AILMENT * n. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
DREADFUL * s. 1 Causing fear or dread or terror. 2 Exceptionally bad or displeasing. 3 Extremely disagreeable and unpleasant.
TECHNIQUE * n. 1 A practical method or art applied to some particular task. 2 Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity.
GLEEFULNESS * n. Great merriment.
EGYPTOLOGY * n. Archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts.
ANAPAESTIC * a. (of a metric foot) Characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.
HELPFUL * a. Providing assistance or serving a useful function.
ILLICITLY * r. 1 In a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom. 2 In an illegal manner.
ULAMA * n. The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community.
HOLYSTONE * --n. A soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship. --v. Scrub with a holystone.
IMPOSTER * n. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
ROBBERY * n. 1 Larceny by threat of violence. 2 Plundering during riots or in wartime.
KAPEIKA * n. 100 kapeikas equal 1 rubel in Belarus.
STYRENE * n. A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene.
IMPOSSIBLY * r. To a degree impossible of achievement.
DOSAGE * n. 1 The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time. 2 A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
LAELIA * n. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
BEREAVEMENT * n. State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one.
LATRINE * n. A public toilet in a military area.
SIMILARITY * n. 1 The quality of being similar. 2 A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit.
NEOPLATONISM * n. A system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable.
LEVELING * n. 1 Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface. 2 Complete destruction of a building. 3 The act of making equal or uniform.
ACHROMOUS * s. Having no color.
CARTIER * n. French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557).
HERMITICAL * s. Characterized by ascetic solitude.
BIOGRAPHER * n. Someone who writes an account of a person's life.
NONENTITY * n. 1 The state of not existing. 2 A person of no influence.
BEATEN-UP * s. Damaged by blows or hard usage.
ELABORATELY * r. With elaboration.
LEMPIRA * n. The basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos.
COPROLITH * n. A hard mass of fecal matter.
ROMANESQUE * n. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades.
SERENELY * r. In a peacefully serene manner.
SWEETBRIER * n. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
NISUS * n. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
CUTTING-EDGE * s. In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style.
ASSAIL * v. 1 Attack someone physically or emotionally. 2 Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with. 3 Attack in speech or writing.
STROHEIM * n. United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957).
CHOIRMASTER * n. The musical director of a choir.
MONAZITE * n. A reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium.
KOUMISS * n. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia.
ARRHENIUS * n. Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (1859-1927).
GOLFCLUB * n. Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball.
ROENTGENOGRAM * n. A radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis.
DIOVAN * n. An angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure.
POWERED * a. (often used in combination) Having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind.
SUSPICIOUSNESS * n. Being of a suspicious nature.
MONTIA * n. Small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia.
UNOPEN * a. Not open.
RESISTLESS * --a. Impossible to resist; overpowering. --s. Offering no resistance.
EXPONENTIATION * n. The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power.
EXULTANTLY * r. In an exultant manner.
INTERCEPTOR * n. A fast maneuverable fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft.
THEMIS * n. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology.
AUTOGRAPHED * s. Bearing an autograph.
FOOD * n. 1 Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. 2 Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment. 3 Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking.
SCIAENID * n. Widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound.
DANGLE * v. 1 Hang freely. 2 Cause to dangle or hang freely.
TURPENTINE * n. 1 Obtained from conifers (especially pines). 2 Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.
B.C.E. * r. Of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians.
GROVES * n. United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970).
UNDERCOATED * s. (of motor vehicles) Having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside.
AYR * n. A port in southwestern Scotland.
RUSSIAN-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Russian.
SELF-DETERMINATION * n. 1 Government of a political unit by its own people. 2 Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion.
COMFREY * n. 1 Perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas. 2 Leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked.
OPACIFY * v. 1 Make opaque. 2 Become opaque.
UNMALICIOUS * a. Not malicious or spiteful.
LARVACEAN * n. Any member of the class Larvacea.
CURL * --n. 1 A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). 2 American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933). 3 A strand or cluster of hair. --v. 1 Form a curl, curve, or kink. 2 Shape one's body into a curl. 3 Wind around something in coils or loops. 4 Twist or roll into coils or ringlets.
DARPA * n. The central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11.
CARACK * n. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
NERITIDAE * n. Neritids.
SNUB * --n. 1 An instance of driving away or warding off. 2 A refusal to recognize someone you know. --v. 1 Refuse to acknowledge. 2 Reject outright and bluntly. --s. Unusually short.
GLUE * --n. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive. --v. 1 Join or attach with or as if with glue. 2 Be fixed as if by glue.
GIRAFFIDAE * n. Giraffes.
XANTHATE * n. A salt or ester of xanthic acid.
CRYSTAL * n. 1 A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure. 2 A crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices. 3 A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces. 4 Colorless glass made of almost pure silica.
LIEDERKRANZ * n. A soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor.
CALADENIA * n. Any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia.
TALLAPOOSA * n. River that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River.
YAGI * n. A sharply directional antenna.
MAKALU * n. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
SHRINKAGE * n. 1 Process or result of becoming less or smaller. 2 The amount by which something shrinks. 3 The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.
LAO-ZI * n. Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC).
JEJUNELY * r. In an immature manner.
MOTACILLIDAE * n. Pipits and wagtails.
VERDUN * n. A battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped.
ANDROPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of men.
HOARD * --n. A secret store of valuables or money. --v. 1 Save up as for future use. 2 Get or gather together.
DISGUISE * --n. 1 An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something. 2 Any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity. 3 The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance. --v. Make unrecognizable.
CHOPPY * s. 1 Marked by abrupt transitions. 2 Rough with small waves.
MORTALITY * n. 1 The quality or state of being mortal. 2 The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
AESCHYNANTHUS * n. A plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex.
MASTOCYTE * n. A large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation.
PURSUING * s. Following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit.
PHARMACOKINETICS * n. The study of the action of drugs in the body: method and rate of excretion; duration of effect; etc..
SOPHISTIC * --a. Of or pertaining to sophists. --s. Plausible but misleading.
TWO-DIMENSIONALITY * n. The property of having two dimensions.
PUZZLING * s. 1 Not clear to the understanding. 2 Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
STAIRCASE * n. A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
PAYENA * n. Genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha.
TIPPED * --a. Having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination). --s. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
FORNICATRESS * n. A woman adulterer.
GAROTTE * --n. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. --v. Strangle with an iron collar.
ESCAROLE * n. Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges.
DIETITIAN * n. A specialist in the study of diet and nutrition.
GLEAN * v. Gather, as of natural products.
CIRCUMSTANCES * n. 1 Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). 2 A person's financial situation (good or bad).
BRAMANTE * n. Great Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514).
SPEARMINT * n. Common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring.
NEGLIGEE * n. A loose dressing gown for women.
DICKEY * --n. 1 A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater. 2 A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt. --s. (British informal) Faulty.
CONTEMPORARIES * n. All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
UDA * n. The major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs.
AETIOLOGICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the philosophical study of causation. 2 Relating to the etiology of a disease.
GLUTINOUS * s. Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
UNWEARIED * s. With unreduced energy.
MISGUIDE * v. 1 Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. 2 Give bad advice to.
FORMAT * --n. 1 The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing). 2 The general appearance of a publication. --v. 1 Set (printed matter) into a specific format. 2 Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science). 3 Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.
PLANTER * n. 1 The owner or manager of a plantation. 2 A worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground. 3 A decorative pot for house plants.
CHONDROMA * n. A common benign tumor of cartilage cells.
PROLIFIC * s. 1 Intellectually productive. 2 Bearing in abundance especially offspring.
CLASSIC * --n. 1 A creation of the highest excellence. 2 An artist who has created classic works. --a. Of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.. --s. 1 Of a well-known type; remarkably typical. 2 Considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth. 3 Well-known and long-established in form or style.
UNADULTERATED * s. 1 Not mixed with impurities. 2 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
CUMBERLAND * n. 1 English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765). 2 A river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky.
ARTS * n. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
PEDIATRICIAN * n. A specialist in the care of babies.
DEFANG * v. Remove the fangs from.
AEOLUS * n. God of the winds in ancient mythology.
FULMINATION * n. 1 Thunderous verbal attack. 2 The act of exploding with noise and violence.
BARD * --n. 1 A lyric poet. 2 An ornamental caparison for a horse. --v. Put a caparison on.
PREFER * v. 1 Like better; value more highly. 2 Select as an alternative over another. 3 Promote over another. 4 Give preference to one creditor over another.
ENRAGED * s. Marked by extreme anger.
ALLOPHONIC * a. Pertaining to allophones.
UNVANQUISHED * s. Not conquered.
TETRACYCLINE * n. An antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections.
HOMBURG * n. A hat made of felt with a creased crown.
CAYUSE * n. A small native range horse.
NEOLIBERALISM * n. A political orientation originating in the 1960s; blends liberal political views with an emphasis on economic growth.
YAOUNDE * n. The capital of Cameroon.
SOJOURN * --n. A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest). --v. Spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily.
STREAKY * s. Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.
HANKEY * n. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
TARACAHITIAN * n. A member of a group of peoples of Mexico.
WORLDLINESS * n. 1 The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment. 2 Concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs.
UNMINGLED * s. Not mixed with extraneous elements.
PROHIBIT * v. Command against.
SADHE * n. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
STYROFOAM * n. A light resilient foam of polystyrene.
SEROLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to serology.
QUARRYING * n. The extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
UNVENTILATED * a. Not ventilated.
ANTHOLOGY * n. A collection of selected literary passages.
RETARDATION * n. 1 A decrease in rate of change. 2 The extent to which something is delayed or held back. 3 Any agent that retards or delays or hinders. 4 Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
CALL-IN * n. A telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program.
DIPPERS * n. A Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion.
PEPPER-AND-SALT * n. A fabric woven with flecks of light and dark.
DIURETIC * n. Any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water.
HIGH-TOPPED * s. (of shoes or boots) Having relatively high uppers.
ENDOTHERMAL * a. (of a chemical reaction or compound) Occurring or formed with absorption of heat.
EOLIC * n. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
CRISP * --n. A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. --v. 1 Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic. 2 Make brown and crisp by heating. --s. 1 (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined. 2 Tender and brittle. 3 Pleasantly cold and invigorating. 4 Pleasingly firm and fresh.
NOSEBAG * n. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head.
ANODYNE * --n. A medicine used to relieve pain. --s. Capable of relieving pain.
CHARACTERLESS * s. Lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting.
ANOPIA * n. Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
FLATBED * n. 1 Freight car without permanent sides or roof. 2 An open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects.
BUGLOSS * n. 1 Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers. 2 Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.
ESTROGEN * n. A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.
GRUDGINGLY * r. In a grudging manner.
LEGEND * n. 1 A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events. 2 Brief description accompanying an illustration.
COSMETICIAN * n. 1 Someone who sells or applies cosmetics. 2 Someone who works in a beauty parlor.
TOLLBAR * n. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
PROVENCAL * --n. The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France). --a. Of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture.
DISTRAINT * n. The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim.
SARASVATI * n. Hindu goddess of learning and the arts.
CHERTY * a. Resembling or containing chert.
SFAX * n. The second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region.
LOW-CEILINGED * s. Having a lower than normal ceiling.
HUSSAR * n. A member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress.
ATROPHIC * a. Relating to or characterized by atrophy.
CHRYSOBALANUS * n. Coco plums.
ALLITERATIVELY * r. In an alliterative manner.
SORBONNE * n. A university in Paris; intellectual center of France.
CATECHOLAMINE * n. Any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland.
NITROGLYCERINE * n. A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat).
TUB-THUMPER * n. A noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker.
UNDOCUMENTED * a. Lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country).
DATABLE * a. That can be given a date.
ALUMINUM * n. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
MULTIPLICATIVELY * r. In a multiplicative manner.
THREE-BAGGER * n. A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base.
GIGGLER * n. A person who laughs nervously.
HOUSEROOM * n. Space for accommodation in a house.
CERVICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the cervix of the uterus. 2 Relating to or associated with the neck.
BURMESE-YI * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern Burma and Yunnan.
HAEMATOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or involved in hematology.
CREESE * n. A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade.
UPPERCUT * n. A swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin).
TYPEWRITE * v. Write by means of a keyboard with types.
RATIONALE * n. (law) An explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature).
BAIN-MARIE * n. A large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly.
SHEARER * n. 1 Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926). 2 A workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles. 3 A skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals.
CHALAZA * n. 1 Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined. 2 One of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell.
INERTNESS * n. Immobility by virtue of being inert.
RESPONSIBLENESS * n. A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct.
GUNMETAL * n. A type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water).
MONEYER * n. A skilled worker who coins or stamps money.
CALYCULUS * n. 1 A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus. 2 A small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp).
INDUSTRIOUSLY * r. In an industrious manner.
QUARRELLER * n. A disputant who quarrels.
BREEZILY * r. In a breezy manner.
HITLESS * s. 1 (of a batter) Without a hit. 2 Having no points scores.
MOZZARELLA * n. Mild white Italian cheese.
DELINEATION * n. 1 A graphic or vivid verbal description. 2 A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects. 3 Representation by drawing or painting etc.
PROJECTOR * n. 1 An optical device for projecting a beam of light. 2 An optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen.
BEEKEEPING * n. The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey.
LEAFING * n. (botany) The process of forming leaves.
RUNWAY * n. 1 A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. 2 A chute down which logs can slide. 3 A narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.. 4 A strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land.
HYSTERICALLY * r. In a hysterical manner.
CORDGRASS * n. Any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders.
CERATOSTOMATACEAE * n. Fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks.
VOCATION * n. 1 The particular occupation for which you are trained. 2 A body of people doing the same kind of work.
MOSCOW * n. A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation.
MOMENTARILY * r. 1 For an instant or moment. 2 At any moment.
ED * n. Impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis.
PINETUM * n. An area planted with pine trees or related conifers.
AZURE * --n. A light shade of blue. --v. Color azure. --s. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
SELLOUT * n. 1 Someone who has sold out. 2 An event for which all tickets are sold. 3 The selling of an entire stock of something. 4 A betrayal of one's principles principles, country, cause, etc..
METAL-LOOKING * s. Resembling metal.
INTRUSION * n. 1 Any entry into an area not previously occupied. 2 Entrance by force or without permission or welcome. 3 The forcing of molten rock into fissures or between strata of an earlier rock formation. 4 Rock produced by an intrusive process.
BIB * --n. 1 Top part of an apron; covering the chest. 2 A napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating. --v. Drink moderately but regularly.
VALIANTLY * r. With valor; in a valiant manner.
PALE-FACED * s. Having a pale face.
CREDULOUS * --a. Disposed to believe on little evidence. --s. Showing a lack of judgment or experience.
PEEPER * n. 1 A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others. 2 An informal term referring to the eye. 3 An animal that makes short high-pitched sounds.
PREVENTATIVE * --n. 1 Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease. 2 Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. 3 An agent or device intended to prevent conception. --a. Tending to prevent or hinder. --s. Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease.
SQUISH * --n. The noise of soft mud being walked on. --v. 1 Walk through mud or mire. 2 Put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action.
HERTZIAN * a. Of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work.
KNUCKLER * n. A baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin.
WARLIKE * s. 1 Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies. 2 Suggesting war or military life.
TRADEMARKED * s. (of goods and merchandise) Labeled with proprietary (and legally registered) identification guaranteeing exclusive use.
PAMLICO * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina. 2 The Algonquian language of the Pamlico.
NOREG * n. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905.
JINXED * s. (usually used colloquially) Causing or accompanied by misfortune.
HOMESTRETCH * n. 1 The end of an enterprise. 2 The straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line.
MCALESTER * n. A town in southeastern Oklahoma.
PAPILLON * n. Small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat.
DACHSIE * n. Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows.
LEPTOTYPHLOPS * n. Blind snakes of Asia and Africa and Americas.
CANTABILE * s. Smooth and flowing.
LOVE-TOKEN * n. Keepsake given as a token of love.
PENETRATIVELY * r. With ability to see into deeply.
GOOD-NEIGHBOURLINESS * n. A disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors.
THEROPODA * n. Carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous.
CART * --n. 1 A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal. 2 Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels. --v. 1 Draw slowly or heavily. 2 Transport something in a cart.
SHARPLY * r. 1 In an aggressive manner. 2 In a well delineated manner. 3 Changing suddenly in direction and degree. 4 Very suddenly and to a great degree.
INDECORUM * n. 1 A lack of decorum. 2 An act of undue intimacy.
ASTROGATOR * n. The navigator of a spacecraft.
NONNORMATIVE * s. Not based on a norm.
A.M. * --s. Before noon. --r. Before noon.
GESTURE * --n. 1 Motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling. 2 The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. 3 Something done as an indication of intention. --v. Show, express or direct through movement.
BICYCLIC * s. Having molecules consisting of two fused rings.
HEMATEMESIS * n. Vomiting blood.
SKULKER * n. 1 Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity. 2 Someone waiting in concealment.
CUD * n. 1 Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again. 2 A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
LEUCOTHOE * n. Any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia.
ROOMETTE * n. A small private compartment for one on a sleeping car.
HEADMASTERSHIP * n. The position of headmaster.
TOXOPLASMOSIS * n. Infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus.
KITTEN * --n. Young domestic cat. --v. Give birth to kittens.
OHMMETER * n. A meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms.
PAHAUTEA * n. Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.
MIRY * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
AMUN * n. A primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes.
ETHNOCENTRIC * a. Centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own.
DIFFERENTIATION * n. 1 A discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes. 2 The mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function. 3 (biology) The structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function.
SPIRANTHES * n. Large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids.
BAILIWICK * n. 1 The area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction. 2 A branch of knowledge.
GUJERATI * n. 1 A member of the people of Gujarat. 2 The Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India.
CHAIRWOMAN * n. The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.
THREADWORM * n. Small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children.
WITHSTAND * v. 1 Resist or confront with resistance. 2 Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
AEROLITIC * a. Of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites.
INFREQUENTLY * r. Not many times.
ASPERGILL * n. A short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water.
POKOMO * n. A Bantu language spoken in the Kenyan coastal areas of East Africa.
BIGRAM * n. A word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic writing system.
PFALZ * n. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
NEEDLEFISH * n. 1 Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters. 2 Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates.
OVERPRICE * v. Price excessively high.
TONSURED * s. Having a bald spot either shaved or natural.
STERNWHEELER * n. A paddle steamer having the paddle wheel in the stern.
UNDERPOPULATED * s. Having a lower population density than normal or desirable.
SPHAGNALES * n. Coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass.
FASCIA * n. 1 A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc. 2 Instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls.
VAPOURISED * s. Converted into a gas or vapor.
PETER * n. Disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope.
UNCOMPLIMENTARY * a. 1 Showing or representing unfavorably. 2 Tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage.
GEMINATE * --n. A doubled or long consonant. --v. 1 Form by reduplication. 2 Occur in pairs. 3 Arrange in pairs. 4 Arrange or combine in pairs.
WAIVE * v. 1 Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. 2 Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.
ANDROGENIC * a. Of or related to the male hormone androgen.
PISIFORM * n. A small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral.
GORGONOCEPHALUS * n. Basket stars.
SPELLER * n. 1 Someone who spells words. 2 An introductory textbook to teach spelling.
PHILEMON * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety. 2 (New Testament) A Christian (probably living in Colossae) whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul. 3 A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping.
NATIONALITY * n. 1 People having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation. 2 The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization.
CLUNK * --n. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). --v. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
ORCHESTRAL * a. Relating to or composed for an orchestra.
ACCENTUATION * n. 1 The use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance. 2 The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
OESTRADIOL * n. The most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer.
COLLABORATIVE * s. Accomplished by collaboration.
SPROUTING * n. The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow.
SIDNEY * n. English poet (1554-1586).
CONJURE * v. 1 Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. 2 Ask for or request earnestly. 3 Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.
TENTACLE * n. 1 Something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold. 2 Any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion.
DECATHLON * n. An athletic contest consisting of ten different events.
ODD-PINNATE * s. (a leaf shape) Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex.
POPOVER * n. Light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup.
VASARI * n. Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574).
EDAPHOSAURIDAE * n. A family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria.
SUBSIDISATION * n. 1 Money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy. 2 The act of providing a subsidy.
PACA * n. Large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food.
UNCONTROLLABLY * r. In an uncontrolled manner.
DELICACY * n. 1 The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance. 2 Something considered choice to eat. 3 Refined taste; tact. 4 Smallness of stature.
QUAPAW * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas. 2 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw.
MISAPPROPRIATED * s. Taken for your own use in violation of a trust.
VIRGINIAN * n. A native or resident of Virginia.
COMMONWEAL * n. The good of a community.
DIK-DIK * n. Any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit.
BLUE-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with blue.
UNWORRIED * s. Free of trouble and worry and care.
HARD-OF-HEARING * s. Having a hearing loss.
FARMING * --n. 1 The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. 2 Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life. --s. Relating to farming or agriculture.
HEAVYHEARTEDNESS * n. A feeling of dispirited melancholy.
FLOCCULATE * v. 1 Form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass. 2 Cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate.
TOPSAIL * n. A sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
AVIANISE * v. To modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo.
RUGGER * n. A form of football played with an oval ball.
SHOWTIME * n. The time at which something is supposed to begin.
ROCKFISH * n. 1 The lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks. 2 Marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America. 3 Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone.
KWELA * n. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments.
QUESTION * --n. 1 An instance of questioning. 2 The subject matter at issue. 3 A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply. 4 Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something. --v. 1 Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of. 2 Pose a series of questions to. 3 Pose a question. 4 Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting.
AIRWOMAN * n. A woman aviator.
LAWSUIT * n. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
METICULOSITY * n. Strict attention to minute details.
AWE * --n. 1 An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration. 2 A feeling of profound respect for someone or something. --v. Inspire awe in.
POSTDOCTORAL * --n. A grant that funds postdoctoral study or research. --a. Of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed.
ACTIVENESS * n. 1 The state of being active. 2 The trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically.
HIN * n. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
INTENTIONAL * --s. Characterized by conscious design or purpose. --a. Done or made or performed with purpose and intent.
HEBBEL * n. German dramatist (1813-1863).
UNSUITED * s. Not easy to combine harmoniously.
LOAD * --n. 1 Weight to be borne or conveyed. 2 A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time. 3 Goods carried by a large vehicle. 4 An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate. --v. 1 Fill or place a load on. 2 Provide (a device) with something necessary. 3 Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory. 4 Put (something) on a structure or conveyance.
EXHILARATION * n. The feeling of lively and cheerful joy.
SPECTRE * n. 1 A ghostly appearing figure. 2 A mental representation of some haunting experience.
DISTORTED * s. 1 So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. 2 Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented.
REDUCE * v. 1 Cut down on; make a reduction in. 2 Make less complex. 3 Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition. 4 Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.
MERCURIC * a. Of or containing mercury.
LANTHANOID * n. Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).
TENIA * n. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
SAPID * s. Full of flavor.
INSURGENCY * n. An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
MEDIUM-SIZE * s. Intermediate in size.
CLIMBING * n. An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.).
UNTRUSTWORTHINESS * n. The trait of not deserving trust or confidence.
GIRLISHLY * r. Like a girl.
UNCOMMITTED * --a. 1 Not bound or pledged. 2 Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship. --s. Not busy; not otherwise committed.
NEMATOCERA * n. Mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies.
INHOSPITALITY * n. Unkind and inconsiderate welcome.
AL-QUR'AN * n. The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina.
LIPOGRAM * n. A text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet.
BLUNTED * s. Made dull or blunt.
BISHOPRY * n. The office and dignity of a bishop.
OVERFATIGUE * v. Tire excessively.
KROPOTKIN * n. Russian anarchist (1842-1921).
WANT * --n. 1 A state of extreme poverty. 2 The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. 3 Anything that is necessary but lacking. 4 A specific feeling of desire. --v. 1 Feel or have a desire for; want strongly. 2 Have need of. 3 Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason. 4 Wish or demand the presence of.
ARCANE * s. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
SHOFAR * n. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions.
KYAT * n. The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
EPITOME * n. 1 A standard or typical example. 2 A brief abstract (as of an article or book).
TALENTED * a. Endowed with talent or talents.
TRIANGULUM * n. A small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries.
SARCOPLASM * n. The cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.
SUPERIORITY * n. 1 The quality of being superior. 2 The quality of being at a competitive advantage. 3 Displaying a sense of being better than others. 4 The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits.
RATABLE * s. Liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes.
MERCIFULLY * r. In a compassionate manner.
MILLED * s. (of grains especially rice) Having the husk or outer layers removed.
BEAKLESS * a. Not having a beak or bill.
ACCESSIBLE * --a. Capable of being reached. --s. 1 Capable of being read with comprehension. 2 Easily obtained. 3 Easy to get along with or talk to; friendly.
SEGREGATIONISM * n. A political orientation favoring political or racial segregation.
ACCELERATION * n. 1 An increase in rate of change. 2 The act of accelerating; increasing the speed. 3 (physics) A rate of increase of velocity.
INFERENTIAL * --a. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference. --s. 1 Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion. 2 Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference. 3 Derived or capable of being derived by inference. 4 Based on interpretation; not directly expressed.
MOHAMMED * n. The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632).
PERSONNEL * n. 1 Group of people willing to obey orders. 2 The department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management.
REPLENISH * v. Fill something that had previously been emptied.
LIQUOR * n. 1 An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. 2 A liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process. 3 The liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked.
NECTAROUS * s. Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant.
CONFECTIONARY * n. A confectioner's shop.
SEEDER * n. 1 A person who seeds clouds. 2 A mechanical device that sows grass seed or grain evenly over the ground. 3 A kitchen utensil that removes seeds from fruit.
UTILITY * --n. 1 A company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation. 2 The quality of being of practical use. 3 The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility. 4 (economics) A measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice. --s. 1 Used of beef; usable but inferior. 2 Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team.
GAMINE * n. 1 A homeless girl who roams the streets. 2 A girl of impish appeal.
AEROPLANE * n. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
TANTALUS * n. (Greek mythology) A wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it.
UNHYGIENIC * s. Unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease.
PREDECESSOR * n. 1 One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office). 2 Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
UKRAYINA * n. A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century.
AFFINED * s. Closely related.
BOXCARS * n. (usually plural) An expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots.
EMOTIONAL * --a. 1 Determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason. 2 Of more than usual emotion. 3 Of or pertaining to emotion. --s. (of persons) Excessively affected by emotion.
AMATIVENESS * n. The arousal of feelings of sexual desire.
ROOTED * s. Absolutely still.
GOSSIPING * n. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people.
CAVALRYMAN * n. 1 A soldier in a motorized army unit. 2 A soldier mounted on horseback.
BARBER * --n. 1 United States composer (1910-1981). 2 A hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade. --v. Perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of.
DIAMETRICALLY * r. As from opposite ends of a diameter.
COLUTEA * n. Small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods.
LEMNA * n. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
MUMMY-BROWN * s. Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.
TOE * --n. 1 One of the digits of the foot. 2 The part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes. 3 Forepart of a hoof. 4 (golf) The part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft. --v. 1 Walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction. 2 Drive obliquely. 3 Hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club. 4 Drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club.
HIGH-BACKED * s. Having a high back.
SUPPERTIME * n. The customary or habitual hour for the evening meal.
RUMANSH * --n. The Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland. --a. Of or relating to the Romansh language.
UNWITTING * --s. 1 Not done with purpose or intent. 2 Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge. --a. Not aware or knowing.
FELONY * n. A serious crime (such as murder or arson).
VADUZ * n. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
DEEP-EYED * s. Characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.
WHITLOW * n. A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.
WOODWARDIA * n. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns.
UNMOLESTED * s. Not interfered with, disturbed, or harmed.
PROFITABLY * r. In a productive way.
HOSPITABLENESS * n. Having a disposition that welcomes guests and is fond of entertaining.
NEOCORTEX * n. The cortical part of the neencephalon.
HELIOZOA * n. Mostly freshwater protozoa.
ARRANGE * v. 1 Put into a proper or systematic order. 2 Make arrangements for. 3 Plan, organize, and carry out (an event). 4 Set (printed matter) into a specific format.
RECEIVER * n. 1 Set that receives radio or tv signals. 2 (law) A person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties. 3 Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds. 4 A person who receives something.
SYNDIC * n. One appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions.
TUGHRIK * n. The basic unit of money in Mongolia.
ALLANTOIS * n. The vascular fetal membrane that lies below the chorion and develops from the hindgut in many embryonic higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
IRISH * --n. 1 People of Ireland or of Irish extraction. 2 Whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley. 3 The Celtic language of Ireland. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
WORKFORCE * n. The force of workers available.
7 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. --s. Being one more than six.
PANJANDRUM * n. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
PURSUANCE * n. 1 A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria. 2 The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
HERZBERG * n. Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904).
TAMARILLO * n. South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor.
BYSSUS * n. Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface.
HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY * n. Surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them.
POSING * n. (photography) The act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait).
OVUM * n. The female reproductive cell; the female gamete.
ZUMBOORUCK * n. A camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies.
ROMANIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Romania. 2 An eastern Romance language spoken in Romania. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages.
FAIRLEAD * n. A pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing.
STYLOPODIUM * n. An enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae.
HARRY * v. 1 Annoy continually or chronically. 2 Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes.
PROLOGISE * v. Write or speak a prologue.
TICKLE * --n. 1 A cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking. 2 The act of tickling. --v. 1 Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements. 2 Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion. 3 Touch or stroke lightly.
RICKSHAW * n. A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person.
NAST * n. United States political cartoonist (1840-1902).
BEHMENISM * n. The mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers.
KI * n. 1 The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health. 2 Goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru.
MUSD * n. A doctor's degree in music.
PICNIC * --n. 1 A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering. 2 Any undertaking that is easy to do. 3 Any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion. --v. Eat alfresco, in the open air.
NICAEAN * a. Of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor.
PROTOTHERIA * n. Echidnas; platypus.
INFLUENZA * n. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
NONLIVING * a. Not endowed with life.
GLEN * n. A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
HIRER * n. A person responsible for hiring workers.
BUTTERWORT * n. Any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects.
UNRECIPROCATED * s. Not returned in kind.
DERMABRASION * n. Removal of scars or tattoos by anesthetizing the skin surface and then sanding or scraping off some of the outer skin layer.
INCOORDINATION * n. A lack of coordination of movements.
DIP * --n. 1 A depression in an otherwise level surface. 2 (physics) The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon. 3 A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places. 4 Tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped. --v. 1 Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. 2 Dip into a liquid while eating. 3 Go down momentarily. 4 Stain an object by immersing it in a liquid.
VEXER * n. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
DAM * --n. 1 A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea. 2 A metric unit of length equal to ten meters. 3 Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock. --v. Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam.
BARBATE * s. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
CHITTAMWOOD * n. 1 Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. 2 Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico. 3 Shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke.
JOBLESS * s. Not having a job.
BATHER * n. 1 A person who travels through the water by swimming. 2 A person who takes a bath.
SIXTH * --n. 1 Position six in a countable series of things. 2 One part in six equal parts. 3 The musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it. --s. Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position.
COCKUP * n. Something badly botched or muddled.
PHOCIDAE * n. Earless seals.
GRAPHICS * n. 1 Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication. 2 The drawings and photographs in the layout of a book.
MISINTERPRET * v. 1 Interpret falsely. 2 Interpret wrongly. 3 Interpret in the wrong way.
LEFT-HANDEDNESS * n. 1 The status of being born of a morganatic marriage. 2 Preference for using the left hand.
AVASCULAR * a. Without blood vessels.
TETROXIDE * n. An oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
SWEEPING * --n. The act of cleaning with a broom. --s. 1 Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination. 2 Ignoring distinctions.
FLASHER * n. 1 Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals. 2 An electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display). 3 A light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages.
SYMPATHISER * n. 1 A person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune. 2 Someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful.
SOLIDIFYING * n. The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization.
PASTURAGE * n. 1 Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land. 2 Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle.
FERROMAGNETIC * a. Relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism.
FAIRLY * r. 1 To certain extent or degree. 2 Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner. 3 In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating.
AEOLIS * n. An ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC.
CRIMINATORY * s. Charging or suggestive of guilt or blame.
VERMEER * n. Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675).
CRYOANAESTHESIA * n. Insensibility resulting from cold.
AMPHIPROSTYLAR * s. Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure.
THALASSOMA * n. A genus of Labridae.
NONLETHAL * s. Not capable of causing death.
SPUR * --n. 1 A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something. 2 Any sharply pointed projection. 3 Tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers. 4 A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward. --v. 1 Incite or stimulate. 2 Give heart or courage to. 3 Strike with a spur. 4 Goad with spurs.
RENOUNCE * v. 1 Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations. 2 Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. 3 Turn away from; give up. 4 Cast off.
SNAIL * --n. 1 Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell. 2 Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic. --v. Gather snails.
IDEOGRAPH * n. A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it.
CROSS-SENTENTIAL * a. Of or relating to relations between sentences.
SUMMIT * --n. 1 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 2 The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). 3 A meeting of heads of governments. --v. Reach the summit (of a mountain).
YOBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes.
EXAMPLE * n. 1 An item of information that is typical of a class or group. 2 A representative form or pattern. 3 Something to be imitated. 4 Punishment intended as a warning to others.
WHACKED * s. (British informal) Exhausted or worn out.
AUTOEROTICISM * n. Using you own body as a sexual object.
QUAKER * n. 1 A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers). 2 One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear.
SUSQUEHANNA * n. A river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay.
IAMB * n. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
CONSCIONABLE * s. Acceptable to your conscience.
HALOGEN * n. Any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions.
TARSUS * n. The part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively.
BELIEVE * v. 1 Accept as true; take to be true. 2 Judge or regard; look upon; judge. 3 Be confident about something. 4 Follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.
NONPARTICIPANT * n. A person who does not participate.
MANDAEAN * --n. 1 A member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah. 2 The form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans. --a. Of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture.
BREACH * --n. 1 A failure to perform some promised act or obligation. 2 An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification). 3 A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). --v. 1 Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. 2 Make an opening or gap in.
BOBBY * n. An informal term for a British policeman.
RETURNABLE * a. That may be returned.
HARGEISA * n. A city in northwestern Somalia.
STINKBIRD * n. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
BROKER * --n. A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. --v. Act as a broker.
SCAUPER * n. A graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal.
BYE * n. 1 An automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent. 2 A farewell remark.
COFFEA * n. Coffee trees.
ROOKERY * n. A breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks).
STANDPOINT * n. A mental position from which things are viewed.
INBOARD * a. Located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft.
DECIPHERABLE * s. Easily deciphered.
NYMPHET * n. A sexually attractive young woman.
SUBJECTIVELY * r. In a subjective way.
ROUGHENED * s. Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure.
LEVERET * n. A young hare especially one in its first year.
AHPCRC * n. A United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry.
ASEXUAL * a. Not having or involving sex.
BSARCH * n. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
BRANCHIURA * n. Copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes.
IGNORAMUS * n. An ignorant person.
SIMULACRUM * n. 1 An insubstantial or vague semblance. 2 A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture).
RHADAMANTHUS * n. (Greek mythology) A judge of the dead in the underworld.
PIBROCH * n. Martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes.
STULTIFICATION * n. 1 Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent. 2 The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
UNDERCUT * --n. 1 The material removed by a cut made underneath. 2 The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column. 3 A notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall. 4 (sports) A stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball. --v. 1 Sell cheaper than one's competition. 2 Cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief. 3 Cut away the underpart of. 4 Strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot.
GIZMO * n. 1 Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known. 2 A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
POCATELLO * n. A university town in southeastern Idaho.
FIRMIANA * n. Small genus of Asian trees or shrubs.
HYPNOGOGIC * s. Sleep inducing.
BEAMY * s. 1 Broad in the beam. 2 Radiating or as if radiating light.
UNMANFUL * a. Not possessing qualities befitting a man.
ION * n. A particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons.
GALLOUS * n. Alternative terms for gallows.
PRE-EMPTION * n. 1 The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject. 2 The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property). 3 The right to purchase something in advance of others. 4 A prior appropriation of something.
PIQUERIA * n. Small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia.
PROLIXITY * n. Boring verbosity.
LEGISLATORSHIP * n. The office of legislator.
SHRIEKED * a. Uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror.
GOLDBRICKING * n. The evasion of work or duty.
COTOPAXI * n. The world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador.
MADLY * r. 1 In an uncontrolled manner. 2 In an insane manner. 3 (used as intensives) Extremely.
YELLOW-BANDED * s. Having yellow bands.
REGIMENTAL * a. Belonging to or concerning a regiment.
RETAILER * n. A merchant who sells goods at retail.
UNSPECIFIC * s. Not detailed or specific.
EROSIVE * s. 1 Wearing away by friction. 2 Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
LILLIE * n. British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989).
WORTHINESS * n. The quality or state of having merit or value.
MUMBLETY-PEG * n. A game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground.
OUTRIGGER * n. A stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull.
SANITATION * n. 1 The state of being clean and conducive to health. 2 Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSOR * n. A drug that lowers the body's normal immune response.
DALIAN * n. A port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda.
JACOBEAN * --n. Any distinguished personage during the reign of James I. --a. Of or relating to James I or his reign or times.
SPECIFICALLY * r. In distinction from others.
ROUND-BOTTOMED * s. Having a rounded bottom.
SUFFOCATE * v. 1 Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. 2 Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. 3 Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled. 4 Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of.
WINDBURNED * s. Suffering from windburn.
ELECTRIFICATION * n. 1 The activity of thrilling or markedly exciting some person or group. 2 The act of providing electricity.
SUPRARENALECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands.
NONVIABLE * s. Not capable of living or developing successfully.
CRANBERRY * n. 1 Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries. 2 Very tart red berry used for sauce or juice.
DROP-OFF * n. 1 A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. 2 A steep high face of rock. 3 A change downward.
ABIDJAN * n. City recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast.
HEULANDITE * n. A group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium.
LIVE-BEARING * a. Producing living young (not eggs).
DUAL-PURPOSE * s. Designed for or serving two purposes.
GRANULAR * --s. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. --a. Having a granular structure like that of chondrites.
AJAR * s. Slightly open.
YEZO * n. The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu.
WOODWORKER * n. Makes things out of wood.
IODOTYROSINE * n. Tyrosine with iodine added.
COLLECTIVIZE * v. Bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises.
BERYCOMORPHI * n. An order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii.
FASCICLE * n. 1 An installment of a printed work. 2 A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers).
PASTEL-COLORED * s. Having pale delicate colors.
PARQUET * n. 1 A floor made of parquetry. 2 Seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
REVEALING * --n. The speech act of making something evident. --s. Disclosing unintentionally something concealed. --a. Showing or making known.
HUMUS * n. 1 Partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil. 2 A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East.
BRAINWORKER * n. Someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems.
BACILLARIOPHYCEAE * n. Marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms.
GOVERNING * --n. The act of governing; exercising authority. --s. Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws.
SELF-ASSERTING * a. Aggressively self-assured.
AMYLACEOUS * s. Resembling starch.
UNSNARLING * n. The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
MORES * n. (sociology) The conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group.
BRIBERY * n. The practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage.
TRIPINNATIFID * s. (of a leaf shape) Bipinnatifid with segments pinnatifid.
IMMURE * v. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
DEATH * n. 1 The event of dying or departure from life. 2 The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism. 3 The absence of life or state of being dead. 4 The time when something ends.
SUNKEN-EYED * s. Characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.
METRONIDAZOLE * n. Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis.
WISH-WASH * n. 1 Any thin watery drink. 2 Nonsensical talk or writing.
FLUTE * --n. 1 A high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown. 2 A tall narrow wineglass. 3 A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column). --v. Form flutes in.
MILIEU * n. The environmental condition.
FATUOUSNESS * n. A ludicrous folly.
SWANKY * s. Imposingly fashionable and elegant.
COGITABLE * s. Capable of being thought about.
BACKROOM * n. The meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations.
ARGUABLE * s. 1 Capable of being supported by argument. 2 Open to argument or debate.
DIPNOI * n. Bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii.
AAR * n. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
THICKET * n. A dense growth of bushes.
APOLOGUE * n. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
COMMUNISATION * n. 1 A change from private property to public property owned by the community. 2 The organization of a nation of the basis of communism. 3 Changing something from private to state ownership or control.
CUNEATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base.
SAYING * n. A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
AEC * n. A former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
SUBALTERN * --n. A British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain. --s. Inferior in rank or status.
DOORFRAME * n. The frame that supports a door.
SHAWNEE * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee.
RHYMED * a. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
HEDJAZ * n. A coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
TRAUTVETTERIA * n. Small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane.
NAEMORHEDUS * n. Gorals.
LUXURIATE * v. 1 Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously. 2 Enjoy to excess. 3 Thrive profusely or flourish extensively.
CIRCADIAN * a. Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals.
LUCULUS * n. Roman general famous for giving lavish banquets (110-57 BC).
CATALEXIS * n. The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.
SPRECHSTIMME * n. A style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking.
LAWCOURT * n. A tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws.
RIVAL * --n. The contestant you hope to defeat. --v. 1 Be equal to in quality or ability. 2 Be the rival of, be in competition with.
INTIMATELY * r. 1 In a close manner. 2 With great or especially intimate knowledge.
ESTHETICIAN * n. 1 A worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.). 2 A philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty.
EUPHAUSIACEA * n. Small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill.
CONDESCENDINGNESS * n. Affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank.
DOUGHBOY * n. 1 An American infantryman in World War I. 2 A rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread.
THICK-LIPPED * s. Having thick lips.
FILMABLE * s. (used of a story or literary work) Capable of being adapted to motion picture form.
BLIGHTED * s. Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity.
BACTERIOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to bacteriology.
PURPLE-SPOTTED * s. Having purple spots.
FLIM-FLAM * v. Deceive somebody.
LAYETTE * n. Kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby.
QUADRAPHONIC * a. Of or relating to quadraphony.
GEOMETRID * n. Slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms.
DIGGINGS * n. 1 An excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology. 2 Temporary living quarters.
DEUTEROMYCOTINA * n. Large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known.
LIGHTWEIGHT * --n. 1 A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds. 2 Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous. 3 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds. 4 A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds. --s. 1 Weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use. 2 Having no importance or influence.
OUSTER * n. 1 A person who ousts or supplants someone else. 2 A wrongful dispossession. 3 The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.
VISUALISATION * n. A mental image that is similar to a visual perception.
ENTERTAIN * v. 1 Provide entertainment for. 2 Take into consideration, have in view. 3 Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).
CAPE * n. 1 A strip of land projecting into a body of water. 2 A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter.
VIZIER * n. A high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire).
NOZZLE * n. 1 A projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged. 2 Informal terms for the nose.
RETIRED * s. No longer active in your work or profession.
PREFECTURE * n. 1 The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire). 2 The office of prefect.
OREO * n. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
CARINA * n. 1 A keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus. 2 Any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused petals of a pea blossom.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE * --n. A person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics. --s. Characterized by obsessions and compulsions.
LARCENIST * n. A person who commits larceny.
PUNCTUATION * n. 1 Something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions. 2 The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. 3 The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases.
GIBRALTAR * n. Location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules.
EVERY * s. 1 (used of count nouns) Each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception. 2 Each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified.
SUBTERRANEAN * s. 1 Being or operating under the surface of the earth. 2 Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).
UNBLEACHED * s. Not artificially colored or bleached.
EFFECTED * s. Settled securely and unconditionally.
PECTINIDAE * n. Scallops.
UNCOMFORTABLENESS * n. 1 The state of being tense and feeling pain. 2 Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you.
LIMITER * n. (electronics) A nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform).
VIRTUOUSNESS * n. The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.
LOGOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to logograms or logographs.
MSC * n. A master's degree in science.
SINUATE * s. 1 Curved or curving in and out. 2 Having a strongly waved margin alternately concave and convex.
NOTHINGNESS * n. 1 The state of nonexistence. 2 Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
KNAVISHLY * r. In an artful manner.
OBSERVE * v. 1 Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. 2 Make mention of. 3 Observe with care or pay close attention to. 4 Watch attentively.
UNSTUCK * --a. Free. --s. Thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence.
MALDIVIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Maldives.
OTOSCLEROSIS * n. Hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness.
EDIBLENESS * n. The property of being fit to eat.
CABMAN * n. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
6 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
BAKEHOUSE * n. A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold.
PROBABILISTICALLY * r. By the use of probability theory.
ZESTRIL * n. An ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinival or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks.
ACROCOMIA * n. Central and South American feather palms.
CURARE * n. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
SUMMONS * --n. 1 A request to be present. 2 An order to appear in person at a given place and time. 3 A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant. --v. Call in an official matter, such as to attend court.
EMANCIPATE * v. 1 Give equal rights to; of women and minorities. 2 Free from slavery or servitude.
ASCENDER * n. 1 Someone who ascends. 2 A lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters. 3 (printing) The part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters.
PUNCTURELESS * a. Being without punctures or incapable of being punctured.
TRICK * --n. 1 A cunning or deceitful action or device. 2 A period of work or duty. 3 An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent. 4 A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. --v. Deceive somebody.
SENSIBILIZE * v. Make sensitive or aware.
TENNIEL * n. English cartoonist (1820-1914).
SPLEENWORT * n. Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium.
PARKINSONISM * n. A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination.
CRUET-STAND * n. A stand for cruets containing various condiments.
AMBLYOPIA * n. Visual impairment without apparent organic pathology.
VOTARY * n. 1 One bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service. 2 A priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult. 3 A devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity.
MELCHITE * n. 1 An eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor. 2 An Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem.
UNEXAMPLED * s. Having no previous example or precedent or parallel.
UNTIRING * s. Characterized by hard work and perseverance.
AIRFRAME * n. The framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines).
OVERWHELM * v. 1 Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. 2 Charge someone with too many tasks. 3 Cover completely or make imperceptible. 4 Overcome by superior force.
HORNLIKE * s. Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn).
SELF-INTEREST * n. 1 Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others. 2 Concern for your own interests and welfare.
SOFTWARE * n. (computer science) Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory.
DEFECT * --n. 1 An imperfection in a bodily system. 2 A failing or deficiency. 3 An imperfection in an object or machine. 4 A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). --v. Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
MINSTREL * --n. 1 A singer of folk songs. 2 A performer in a minstrel show. --v. Celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels.
PURIFY * v. 1 Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. 2 Make pure or free from sin or guilt. 3 Become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin.
JOURNALISTICALLY * r. By journalists.
PROPHYLAXIS * n. The prevention of disease.
PALESTRINA * n. Italian composer (1526-1594).
BRISS * n. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
OUTMATCH * v. Be or do something to a greater degree.
MONNET * n. French economist who advocated a Common Market in Europe (1888-1979).
RUMMER * n. A large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts.
CHRISTIANIZE * v. 1 Adapt in the name of Christianity. 2 Convert to Christianity.
GALLAUDET * n. United States educator who established the first free school in the United States for the hearing impaired (1787-1851).
DIM-WITTED * s. Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
KENYAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Kenya. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people.
BRAID * --n. 1 A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. 2 Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains. --v. 1 Make by braiding or interlacing. 2 Decorate with braids or ribbons. 3 Form or weave into a braid or braids.
BELLY * --n. 1 The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. 2 A protruding abdomen. 3 A part that bulges deeply. 4 The hollow inside of something. --v. Swell out or bulge out.
ECOSYSTEM * n. A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment.
AIRWORTHINESS * n. Fitness to fly.
COENOBITE * n. A member of a religious order living in common.
NICARAGUAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Nicaragua. --a. Of or relating to Nicaragua or is people.
TOYSHOP * n. Shop where toys are sold.
FORECOURT * n. The outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings.
MINISTRATION * n. Assistance in time of difficulty.
ACETYLENIC * a. Of or related to acetylene.
FRAGILITY * n. 1 Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed. 2 Lack of physical strength.
DAIRY * n. A farm where dairy products are produced.
SESBANIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pea-like flowers.
NONEVENT * n. An anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected.
PASSAGEWAY * n. 1 A passage between rooms or between buildings. 2 A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass.
SWEETLEAF * n. Small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye.
CHINGPO * n. A Kachinic language.
COLLARBONE * n. Bone linking the scapula and sternum.
FLOOR * --n. 1 The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure). 2 A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. 3 A lower limit. 4 The ground on which people and animals move about. --v. 1 Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. 2 Knock down with force.
FIRST-YEAR * s. Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college).
SEAPORT * n. A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
EXPECTANTLY * r. In an expectant manner.
MRS. * n. A form of address for a married woman.
HEIRLOOM * n. 1 (law) Any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance. 2 Something that has been in a family for generations.
SELF-APPOINTED * s. Designated or chosen by yourself.
PRODUCER * n. 1 Someone who manufactures something. 2 Someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work). 3 Something that produces.
DYNAMOMETER * n. Measuring instrument designed to measure power.
PICTORIAL * --n. A periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures. --a. Pertaining to or consisting of pictures. --s. Evoking lifelike images within the mind.
MOONEYE * n. Recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness.
MAGIC * --n. 1 Any art that invokes supernatural powers. 2 An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. --s. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
ENGROSSED * s. 1 Giving or marked by complete attention to. 2 Written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document.
NAIVE * --a. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. --s. 1 Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style. 2 Inexperienced. 3 Lacking information or instruction. 4 Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.
REAGAN * n. 40th President of the United States (1911-2004).
ACRONYMOUS * a. Characterized by the use of acronyms.
THREADLIKE * s. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.
SNAKELIKE * s. Resembling a serpent in form.
TRADESCANT * n. English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638).
CORBEL * --n. (architecture) A triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent). --v. Furnish with a corbel.
WEISMANN * n. German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914).
EPIPLEXIS * n. A rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them.
ELOQUENTLY * r. 1 With eloquence. 2 In an articulate manner.
NEGROID * n. A person with African ancestry,.
SORRY * --a. Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. --s. 1 Bad; unfortunate. 2 Without merit; of little or no value or use. 3 Causing dejection.
ROSETTE * n. 1 An ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor. 2 Rhizoctinia disease of potatoes. 3 A cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground). 4 Circular window filled with tracery.
SILVERROD * n. Plant of eastern North America having creamy white flowers.
YAZOO * n. A river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg.
BEZANT * n. A gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages.
MIDLAND * --n. 1 A town in west central Texas. 2 The interior part of a country. --s. Of or coming from the middle of a region or country.
BUTEONINE * --n. Any hawk of the genus Buteo. --a. Relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo.
SATINETTE * n. A fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber.
LEAN * --n. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. --v. 1 To incline or bend from a vertical position. 2 Cause to lean or incline. 3 Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. 4 Rely on for support. --a. 1 Lacking excess flesh. 2 Lacking in mineral content or combustible material. --s. 1 Containing little excess. 2 Not profitable or prosperous.
SURFER * n. Someone who engages in surfboarding.
DEUTZIA * n. Any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters.
SAUCEPAN * n. A deep pan with a handle; used for stewing or boiling.
WARPED * s. Used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture.
OVERSHADOW * v. 1 Be greater in significance than. 2 Make appear small by comparison. 3 Cast a shadow upon.
SPHERULE * n. A small sphere.
BENGALI * --n. 1 (Hinduism) A member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus). 2 An ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India. 3 A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
UNCIVILLY * r. In an uncivil manner.
BARGEE * n. Someone who operates a barge.
AMMONITE * n. One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.
ALOFT * r. 1 At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship. 2 Upward. 3 At or to great height; high up in or into the air. 4 In the higher atmosphere above the earth.
WHIRLAWAY * n. Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1941.
SHOGUNATE * n. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
ABORTIVELY * r. In an unfruitful manner.
SPELLING * n. Forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage.
MOULDING * n. 1 A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing. 2 A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. 3 Sculpture produced by molding. 4 A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.
THIRTY-ONE * s. Being one more than thirty.
WORDINESS * n. Boring verbosity.
SEAT * --n. 1 A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane). 2 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 3 Furniture that is designed for sitting on. 4 Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit). --v. 1 Show to a seat; assign a seat for. 2 Be able to seat. 3 Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position. 4 Put a seat on a chair.
REPERTOIRE * n. 1 The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation. 2 A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule.
SELF-CONCEITEDLY * r. With conceit; in a conceited manner.
MARLBERRY * n. Tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries.
WOLVERINE * n. 1 A native or resident of Michigan. 2 Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia. 3 Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.
SCIARA * n. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
PENOCHE * n. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
GRUMBLER * n. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
FOREPLAY * n. Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse.
ORLOP * n. The fourth or lowest deck.
ENSNARE * v. 1 Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. 2 Catch in or as if in a trap.
DIDACTICAL * s. Instructive (especially excessively).
PLAYPEN * n. A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play.
BLOWN * s. 1 Being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor. 2 Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
ROCKEFELLER * n. United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937).
INDIANAN * n. A native or resident of Indiana.
NONWASHABLE * a. Not washable.
BEFORE * r. 1 Earlier in time; previously. 2 At or in the front.
STOPPED * s. (of a nose) Blocked.
FOOT-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a foot.
HARMONIZATION * n. 1 A piece of harmonized music. 2 Singing in harmony.
PRECESS * v. Move in a gyrating fashion.
MIRACLE * n. 1 Any amazing or wonderful occurrence. 2 A marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent.
SOFTBALL * n. 1 Ball used in playing softball. 2 A game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer.
KINSFOLK * n. People descended from a common ancestor.
SIZZLING * s. 1 Hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound. 2 Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement.
CHLOROPLAST * n. Plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis.
FOLDERAL * n. Ornamental objects of no great value.
DOCUMENTARY * --n. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event. --a. Relating to or consisting of or derived from documents. --s. (of film, television, radio, or photography) Depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event.
ASCRIPTION * n. 1 Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing. 2 Assigning to a cause or source.
FLATLET * n. A tiny flat.
AMUSE * v. 1 Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. 2 Make (somebody) laugh.
UPPISHLY * r. In a snobbish manner.
TRACHEA * n. 1 Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi. 2 One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids.
LAUNDRYWOMAN * n. A working woman who takes in washing.
UNDEREMPLOYED * s. Employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills.
LACRIMATOR * n. A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds.
IE * --n. A commercial browser. --r. That is to say; in other words.
VERMILLION * s. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
ALEPH-NOUGHT * n. The smallest infinite integer.
ROUND-ARM * --s. With the arm swung round at shoulder height. --r. With an outward or horizontal swing of the arm.
NECROMANTIC * --a. Relating to or associated with necromancy. --s. Given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead.
BETA-CAROTENE * n. An isomer of carotene that is found in dark green and dark yellow fruits and vegetables.
TWENTY * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one. 2 A United States bill worth 20 dollars. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.
CHISELER * n. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
VAIN * s. 1 Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. 2 Unproductive of success.
DIGOXIN * n. Digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully.
ABNORMAL * --a. 1 Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. 2 Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development. --s. Much greater than the normal.
FINDINGS * n. A collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes.
PORTICO * n. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area.
PROVOKED * s. Incited, especially deliberately, to anger.
INDO-GERMANIC * a. Of or relating to the Indo-European language family.
SEQUENCE * --n. 1 Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern. 2 A following of one thing after another in time. 3 Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie. 4 The action of following in order. --v. 1 Arrange in a sequence. 2 Determine the order of constituents in.
KAUNAS * n. A city in central Lithuania.
CACKLE * --n. 1 The sound made by a hen after laying an egg. 2 Noisy talk. 3 A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle. --v. 1 Talk or utter in a cackling manner. 2 Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens. 3 Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.
MAHIMAHI * n. 1 The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii). 2 Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
TEHRAN * n. The capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran.
UNAFFIXED * a. Not affixed.
DAMNED * --n. People who are condemned to eternal punishment. --s. 1 Expletives used informally as intensifiers. 2 In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell. --r. In a damnable manner.
LIGHTHEADEDNESS * n. 1 A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall. 2 A frivolous lack of prudence.
CONTORTED * s. Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle).
COMMUNALLY * r. By a group of people rather than an individual.
VAUX * n. United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895).
OTTAWA * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario. 2 A river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal. 3 The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec).
PRINCIPALLY * r. For the most part.
INTROSPECT * v. Reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings.
COBBLER * n. 1 A person who makes or repairs shoes. 2 Tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit. 3 A pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit.
WRECKAGE * n. The remaining parts of something that has been wrecked.
SECOND-STRINGER * n. An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced.
SILYBUM * n. Small genus of east African herbs.
DIASTOLE * n. The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood.
PERENNIALLY * r. In a perennial manner; repeatedly.
INSTINCTIVELY * r. As a matter of instinct.
MITCHUM * n. United States film actor (1917-1997).
MYCENAEN * n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Mycenae.
AGON * n. A festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes.
FLUB * --n. An embarrassing mistake. --v. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
TWO-TIME * v. Carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time.
SHOCKINGLY * r. 1 Extremely. 2 Very badly. 3 So as to shock the feelings.
GRAMICIDIN * n. An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria.
THECODONTIA * n. Extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic.
SECRETER * n. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
DONNE * n. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631).
FUKUOKA * n. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
BRITTANIC * n. A southern group of Celtic languages.
HALF-AND-HALF * --n. Half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat. --s. In equal parts. --r. In equal parts.
APHIS * n. Type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables.
PERSPIRATION * n. 1 Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. 2 The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.
KASHAG * n. The advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
TOWHEADED * s. Of hair color; whitish.
CARNIVAL * n. 1 A festival marked by merrymaking and processions. 2 A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment. 3 A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc..
ESTRIOL * n. A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency.
CYCLOID * --n. A line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line. --s. Resembling a circle.
UNDERARM * --a. With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level. --r. With the hand swung below shoulder level.
MONOTONY * n. 1 The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety. 2 Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection.
HOKUM * n. A message that seems to convey no meaning.
RELISTENING * n. The act of hearing again.
LAVISHLY * r. 1 In a wasteful manner. 2 In a rich and lavish manner.
VITELLUS * n. Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg).
UNERECT * a. Not upright in position or posture.
TITANIA * n. 1 A white powder used as a pigment for its high covering power and durability. 2 (Middle Ages) The queen of the fairies in medieval folklore.
TUBED * a. Of a tire; having an inner tube.
DEOXYTHYMIDINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose.
MOTIVATE * v. Give an incentive for action.
MISLAID * s. Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place.
CIRCULAR-KNIT * s. Knitted in tubular form.
EXTRAVERTED * s. Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
CATAMITE * n. A boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man.
TRY * --n. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. --v. 1 Make an effort or attempt. 2 Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. 3 Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of. 4 Take a sample of.
NONCOMPREHENSIVE * a. Not comprehensive.
HATTIESBURG * n. A town in southeast Mississippi.
LEUKAEMIA * n. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.
BROWNE * n. 1 English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882). 2 United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867).
DERMATOMYOSITIS * n. Myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling accompanied by skin rash affecting cheeks and eyelids and neck and chest and limbs; progression and severity vary among individuals.
MONOZYGOTIC * a. Derived from a single fertilized egg.
GYNAECOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or practicing gynecology.
SMILAX * n. 1 Sometimes placed in Smilacaceae. 2 Fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration.
PINOCYTOSIS * n. Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid.
STRATIFY * v. 1 Divide society into social classes or castes. 2 Form layers or strata. 3 Develop different social levels, classes, or castes. 4 Form, arrange, or deposit in layers.
PANETELLA * n. A long slender cigar.
SUNSHADE * n. 1 A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun. 2 A handheld collapsible source of shade.
CHLAMYDIACEAE * n. Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates.
OBSTACLE * n. 1 Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted. 2 An obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented).
APLANATIC * s. Free from or corrected for spherical aberration.
PRODROMIC * a. Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease.
PRANK * --n. 1 Acting like a clown or buffoon. 2 A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. --v. 1 Dress or decorate showily or gaudily. 2 Dress up showily.
ARCIFORM * s. Forming or resembling an arch.
ANALYTICALLY * r. By virtue of analysis.
RECIPE * n. Directions for making something.
STARSHIP * n. A spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction).
NONFISSIONABLE * a. Not capable of undergoing fission.
OVERTAKE * v. 1 Catch up with and possibly overtake. 2 Travel past. 3 Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
MUTATIONAL * a. Of or relating to or resulting from mutation.
INKBERRY * n. Evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries.
WIDTH * n. The extent of something from side to side.
BRIMSTONE * n. An old name for sulfur.
KAOLIANG * n. Sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching).
ARSENOPYRITE * n. A silver-white or grey ore of arsenic.
AUTOMATION * n. 1 The act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware. 2 The condition of being automatically operated or controlled. 3 Equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation.
BEEFED-UP * s. Made greater or stronger.
TILLED * s. Turned or stirred by plowing or harrowing or hoeing.
UNDERPAYMENT * n. 1 A payment smaller than needed or expected. 2 The act of paying less than required.
SIBYLLINE * s. 1 Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. 2 Having a secret or hidden meaning.
HUMPBACK * n. 1 An abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column. 2 A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine. 3 Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives.
UNNERVE * v. Disturb the composure of.
PESTHOUSE * n. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).
SPIN * --n. 1 A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile). 2 The act of rotating rapidly. 3 A short drive in a car. 4 Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. --v. 1 Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. 2 Stream in jets, of liquids. 3 Cause to spin. 4 Make up a story.
CONTRADICT * v. 1 Be in contradiction with. 2 Deny the truth of. 3 Be resistant to. 4 Prove negative; show to be false.
DESPICABILITY * n. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
KYLIE * n. An Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex.
STOTINKA * n. 100 stotinka equal 1 lev in Bulgaria.
CHUFA * n. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
VOTYAK * n. 1 A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Votyak.
LANTHANOTUS * n. One species.
SCURRILOUSLY * r. In a scurrilously manner.
STRETCHY * s. Capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape.
ECTOPIC * a. Exhibiting ectopia.
GIRANDOLE * n. An ornate candle holder; often with a mirror.
SQUIRRELFISH * n. 1 Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States. 2 Very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark.
UNDERSECRETARY * n. A secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government.
INDISCREETLY * r. Without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint.
STILBESTEROL * n. 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.
SCLERANTHUS * n. Small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel.
UNKINDLY * --s. Lacking in sympathy and kindness. --r. In an unkind manner or with unkindness.
USABLE * s. 1 Capable of being put to use. 2 Fit or ready for use or service. 3 Convenient for use or disposal.
BLOW-DRY * v. Dry hair with a hair dryer.
RESCUER * n. 1 A person who rescues you from harm or danger. 2 Someone who saves something from danger or violence.
PROSPERITY * n. 1 An economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment. 2 The condition of prospering; having good fortune.
BREATHLESSLY * r. In a breathless manner.
RAGTAG * n. Disparaging terms for the common people.
AUDIBLENESS * n. Quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear.
CULBERTSON * n. United States authority on contract bridge whose books helped to popularize the game (1891-1955).
BRISBANE * n. Capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia.
DYSTHYMIA * n. Mild chronic depression.
QUARRELER * n. A disputant who quarrels.
WUSS * n. A person who is physically weak and ineffectual.
BUBBLE * --n. 1 A hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide). 2 A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control. 3 An impracticable and illusory idea. 4 A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic. --v. 1 Form, produce, or emit bubbles. 2 Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. 3 Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles. 4 Cause to form bubbles.
SELF-ENCLOSED * s. Of self-imposed enclosure or confinement.
DIALYZER * n. A medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes.
BEHOLD * v. See with attention.
OZOCERITE * n. A waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles.
FABLE * n. 1 A deliberately false or improbable account. 2 A short moral story (often with animal characters). 3 A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
PROVE * v. 1 Be shown or be found to be. 2 Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. 3 Provide evidence for. 4 Prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof.
IMPOSTURE * n. Pretending to be another person.
MILLETTIA * n. Any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood.
MICROPHAGE * n. A neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria).
LILIUOKALANI * n. Queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917).
MASTER-AT-ARMS * n. The senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship.
SYNECHIA * n. Adhesions between the iris and the lens or cornea resulting from trauma or eye surgery or as a complication of glaucoma or cataract; can lead to blindness.
LABYRINTH * n. 1 Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost. 2 A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium.
CASTRATE * --n. A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction. --v. 1 Deprive of strength or vigor. 2 Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. 3 Remove the testicles of a male animal. 4 Remove the ovaries of.
COMPLIANT * a. Inclined to comply.
YTTERBITE * n. A mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium.
ALSATIA * n. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
KENTISH * n. 1 One of the major dialects of Old English. 2 A dialect of Middle English.
SIGNORINA * n. 1 An Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name. 2 An Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman.
AKU * n. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria.
BROWN-STRIPED * s. Having brown stripes.
DEATHLIKE * s. Having the physical appearance of death.
FEIGNED * s. Not genuine.
NITROGENASE * n. An enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia.
MARKAZ-UD-DAWA-WAL-IRSHAD * n. A Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; opposes missionary groups from the United States; has Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as its armed wing.
RADIOGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or produced by radiography.
RIDDLE * --n. 1 A difficult problem. 2 A coarse sieve (as for gravel). --v. 1 Pierce with many holes. 2 Set a difficult problem or riddle. 3 Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff. 4 Spread or diffuse through.
EMULSIFY * v. 1 Cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion. 2 Form into or become an emulsion.
STRETCH * --n. 1 A large and unbroken expanse or distance. 2 The act of physically reaching or thrusting out. 3 A straightaway section of a racetrack. 4 Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent. --v. 1 Occupy a large, elongated area. 2 Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body. 3 Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. 4 Become longer by being stretched and pulled. --s. 1 Having an elongated seating area. 2 Easily stretched.
CID * n. The United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world.
TELL * --n. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap). --v. 1 Express in words. 2 Let something be known. 3 Narrate or give a detailed account of. 4 Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
LODGEMENT * n. 1 Bringing a charge or accusation against someone. 2 The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily.
APOCALYPSE * n. 1 A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil. 2 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.
NIPPON * n. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.
RAVAGED * s. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
INVETERATE * --s. Habitual. --r. In a habitual and longstanding manner.
NATTA * n. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
ANTHRACITE * n. A hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat.
SUBDUED * s. 1 In a softened tone. 2 Restrained in style or quality. 3 Quieted and brought under control. 4 Not brilliant or glaring.
COLORIMETRY * n. Quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter.
COLOURS * n. 1 A distinguishing emblem. 2 A flag that shows its nationality.
AFOREMENTIONED * s. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
HUJI * n. An extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
DEARTH * n. 1 An acute insufficiency. 2 An insufficient quantity or number.
PICKERINGIA * n. One species: chaparral pea.
RNASE * n. A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid.
NONGRANULAR * s. Not having granules.
FASTNESS * n. 1 A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens. 2 The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. 3 A strongly fortified defensive structure.
BISHOPRIC * n. The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop.
ANCIENTLY * r. In ancient times; long ago.
STRENGTHENER * n. A device designed to provide additional strength.
IRRESOLUTELY * r. Lacking determination or decisiveness.
HAVELOCK * n. A cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun.
PHOLIDOTA * n. 1 Genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific. 2 Pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata.
PARK * --n. 1 A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property. 2 A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. 3 A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games). 4 Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806). --v. 1 Place temporarily. 2 Maneuver a vehicle into a parking space.
TAIYUAN * n. An ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production.
CD-WO * n. A compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory.
RENTAL * --n. 1 Property that is leased or rented out or let. 2 The act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car). --a. 1 Available to rent or lease. 2 Of or relating to rent.
COMBUST * v. 1 Cause to burn or combust. 2 Start to burn or burst into flames. 3 Get very angry and fly into a rage. 4 Cause to become violent or angry.
SPEAKEASY * n. (during prohibition) An illegal barroom.
MUENSTER * n. Semisoft pale-yellow cheese.
UNCURLED * s. 1 Not curled. 2 Not having been curled.
CAPTIOUSLY * r. In a captious, carping manner.
FOCUSED * --a. Being in focus or brought into focus. --s. 1 (of light rays) Converging on a point. 2 Of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image.
PULICARIA * n. Genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane.
BACCHANTIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler.
DELUSIONAL * s. Suffering from or characterized by delusions.
BIDDABLE * s. Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest.
CHARACID * n. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
APPARELED * s. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.
SPATULATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base.
BABY-SIT * v. 1 Take watchful responsibility for. 2 Work or act as a baby-sitter.
SPONGE * --n. 1 A porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used. 2 Someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily. 3 A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. 4 Primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies. --v. 1 Wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten. 2 Ask for and get free; be a parasite. 3 Erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard. 4 Soak up with a sponge.
CURIOUSNESS * n. 1 A state of active curiosity. 2 The quality of being alien or not native.
REDEEMING * s. 1 Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin. 2 Compensating for some fault or defect.
PEPPERCORN * n. Pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground.
VERSICLE * n. A short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a response from the congregation.
PERORATE * v. 1 Conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation. 2 Deliver an oration in grandiloquent style.
NONASTRINGENT * a. Not astringent.
LAUNDRY * n. 1 Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering. 2 Workplace where clothes are washed and ironed.
ABSTRACTOR * n. One who makes abstracts or summarizes information.
DIVIDED * --a. Separated into parts or pieces. --s. 1 Having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions. 2 Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose.
BONELET * n. A small bone; especially one in the middle ear.
OPULENTLY * r. In a sumptuous and opulent manner.
DOWNWARDS * r. Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
IMPLAUSIBLY * r. Not easy to believe.
MAWKISHLY * r. In a mawkish and emotional manner.
NAPHAZOLINE * n. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation.
EXOPHTHALMOS * n. Protrusion of the eyeball from the socket.
HISPANIC * --n. An American whose first language is Spanish. --a. Related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.
STUPEFY * v. 1 Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation. 2 Be a mystery or bewildering to. 3 Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
PROSELYTISE * v. Convert to another faith or religion.
FUNEREAL * s. Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial.
HIP * --n. 1 Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh. 2 The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates. 3 The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum. 4 (architecture) The exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof. --s. Informed about the latest trends.
ULTIMO * s. In or of the month preceding the present one.
RODHOS * n. A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes.
CENTESIS * n. (surgery) The act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid.
VERTICALITY * n. Position at right angles to the horizon.
GRADUATION * n. 1 The successful completion of a program of study. 2 An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred. 3 A line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement. 4 The act of arranging in grades.
CREDIBLY * r. Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence.
ASSISTANCE * n. 1 The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 2 A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do. 3 Gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause.
BOLINGBROKE * n. The first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413).
QUIETUS * n. Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb).
PEDALIACEAE * n. The family of plants of order Polemoniales.
LAMBDA * n. 1 The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. 2 The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull.
SPECIALIZER * n. An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning.
GASCONADE * --n. An instance of boastful talk. --v. Show off.
RUBDOWN * n. The act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes.
DERIDE * v. Treat or speak of with contempt.
AMON * n. A primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes.
SOUPCON * n. A slight but appreciable amount.
SNEEZING * n. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
BAN * --n. 1 A decree that prohibits something. 2 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova. 3 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania. 4 An official prohibition or edict against something. --v. 1 Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper). 2 Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure. 3 Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment. 4 Expel from a community or group.
CONSULAR * a. Having to do with a consul or his office or duties.
PHILATELICAL * a. Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.
BROCKET * n. 1 Small South American deer with unbranched antlers. 2 Male red deer in its second year.
DOGWATCH * n. Either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm.
TONOMETER * n. Measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma).
LOXODROME * n. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction.
IRIDESCE * v. Be iridescent.
KNOXVILLE * n. A city in eastern Tennessee on the Tennessee River.
POTATO * n. 1 An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland. 2 Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
IGNITER * n. 1 A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire. 2 A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.
GUANACO * n. Wild llama.
CAVALRY * n. 1 Troops trained to fight on horseback. 2 A highly mobile army unit.
NONINTEGRATED * a. Not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole.
PHILOSOPHY * n. 1 A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school. 2 The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics. 3 Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.
NEGLECTFULLY * r. In a neglectful manner.
PDL * n. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons.
TANBARK * n. Bark rich in tannin; bruised and cut in pieces to use for tanning; spent tanbark used as a ground covering.
GRATUITOUSLY * r. In an uncalled-for manner.
TABOUR * n. A small drum with one head of soft calfskin.
FORMULARISE * v. Express as a formula.
THIRSTER * n. A person with a strong desire for something.
BRONTE * n. 1 English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849). 2 English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848). 3 English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855).
POLYGYNOUS * s. Having more than one wife at a time.
ATTENTIVE * a. 1 (often followed by `to') Giving care or attention. 2 Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention.
CHUDDAR * n. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
ESTUARY * n. The wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix.
SCHWEIZ * n. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe.
DODGSON * n. English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898).
SPRAWL * --n. 1 An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities. 2 An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about. --v. 1 Sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. 2 Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way.
PRIMLY * r. In a prissy manner.
SILVAN * --n. A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods. --s. Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions.
ADDER * n. 1 A person who adds numbers. 2 A machine that adds numbers. 3 Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.
ANKLE-DEEP * s. Coming only to the ankle or knee.
BARF * --n. The matter ejected in vomiting. --v. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
EPIPHYTIC * a. Of or relating to epiphytes.
PEALING * n. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
INTERNALITY * n. Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values).
WELL-DRESSED * s. Having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat.
GUADALAJARA * n. A city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era.
SYMPHONISE * v. Play or sound together, in harmony.
UNSEEMLINESS * n. A lack of consideration for others.
CLAPPING * n. A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.
MANIPULATION * n. 1 Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage. 2 The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means.
AGENTIAL * a. Of or relating to an agent or agency.
FULL-BLOWN * s. 1 Fully ripe; at the height of bloom. 2 Having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness.
BHUTAN * n. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India.
FRACTIOUSNESS * n. The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
MORACEAE * n. Trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis.
AMNIOS * n. Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
BRAINCHILD * n. A product of your creative thinking and work.
CONTRASTY * a. Having sharp differences between black and white.
BERMUDIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Bermuda.
B.T.U. * n. A unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour.
BEERBOHM * n. English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956).
HATED * s. Treated with dislike or contempt.
CAPITALISM * n. An economic system based on private ownership of capital.
BELLYBAND * n. 1 A cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed). 2 A strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon.
SLITHERY * s. Having a slippery surface or quality.
COUNTERSUIT * n. A suit brought against someone who has sued you.
RED-HOT * s. 1 Having strong sexual appeal. 2 Newest or most recent. 3 Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement. 4 Glowing red with heat.
PREDNISONE * n. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant.
WASHRAG * n. Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
INSEPARABLY * r. Without possibility of separation.
SNAPPISH * s. Apt to speak irritably.
OUTBREAK * n. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition).
HYDROCORTONE * n. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
KINESTHETICS * n. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
CENTAURUS * n. A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
CONTENDER * n. The contestant you hope to defeat.
AUCTION * --n. 1 A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge. 2 The public sale of something to the highest bidder. --v. Sell at an auction.
EAR-SHELL * n. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
CORTICALLY * r. With respect to the cortex.
CERATOSAUR * n. Primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America.
PENTACLE * n. A star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon.
POM * n. A disparaging term for a British person.
POTHOLER * n. A person who explores caves.
WAIST-LENGTH * s. (of clothing) Extending only to the waist.
KITBAG * n. A knapsack (usually for a soldier).
FACTORISATION * n. (mathematics) The resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression.
LAMINAL * s. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
ANAPAEST * n. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
THREE-SEEDED * s. Having three seeds.
CONTESTED * a. Disputed or made the object of contention or competition.
ANNOYER * n. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
CONTAINERISE * v. Package in a container.
AEDES * n. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
THROTTLE * --n. 1 A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine. 2 A pedal that controls the throttle valve. --v. 1 Place limits on (extent or amount or access). 2 Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. 3 Reduce the air supply.
PRETERIST * n. A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled.
JACKSONIA * n. Genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches.
FLUORITE * n. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine.
CILIOFLAGELLATA * n. In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta.
TWO-TIMING * s. Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
SPIC * --n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for persons of Latin American descent. --s. Completely neat and clean.
CONSOLING * s. Affording comfort or solace.
RIRA * n. A radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement.
DEAF-AND-DUMB * s. Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak.
ESP * n. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
TRICE * --n. A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). --v. 1 Raise with a line. 2 Hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope.
CONNOTE * v. 1 Express or state indirectly. 2 Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
INSPECTION * n. A formal or official examination.
LINDEN * n. 1 Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork. 2 Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber.
14TH * s. Coming next after the thirteenth in position.
TORY * n. 1 An American who favored the British side during the American Revolution. 2 A member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs. 3 A supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative.
SALTWATER * n. Water containing salts.
METEORITICAL * a. Of or relating to or caused by meteorites.
QUIBBLE * --n. An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. --v. 1 Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. 2 Argue over petty things.
PAIGE * n. United States baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982).
SPORTSCAST * --n. A broadcast of sports news or commentary. --v. Broadcast a sports event.
CUMQUAT * n. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp.
TERTRY * n. A battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis.
LUMBUS * n. Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds.
MYLIOBATIDAE * n. Eagle rays.
KINGLET * n. Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice.
OPALISE * v. 1 Make opalescent. 2 Replace or convert into opal.
ENTOMOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of insects.
DEAFENING * s. Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.
POLISH * --n. 1 The property of being smooth and shiny. 2 A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. 3 A preparation used in polishing. 4 The Slavic language of Poland. --v. 1 Make (a surface) shine. 2 Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. 3 Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state. --a. Of or relating to Poland or its people or culture.
ANTIPOLLUTION * a. Intended to reduce pollution.
RADIOLYSIS * n. Molecular disintegration resulting from radiation.
SCAPHOID * s. Shaped like a boat.
ANNOYANCE * n. 1 The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed. 2 Anger produced by some annoying irritation. 3 An unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating. 4 Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.
LIMITLESSNESS * n. The quality of being infinite; without bound or limit.
EXBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits.
MULTICOLOURED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
TOOTHPASTE * n. A dentifrice in the form of a paste.
SEASONER * n. 1 A cook who uses seasonings. 2 Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
YEDDO * n. The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan.
INFERIOR * --n. 1 One of lesser rank or station or quality. 2 A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character. --a. 1 Of or characteristic of low rank or importance. 2 Of low or inferior quality. 3 Written or printed below and to one side of another character. 4 Having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit. --s. 1 Lower than a given reference point. 2 Falling short of some prescribed norm.
MICROPYLAR * a. Of or relating to a micropyle.
SWEATPANTS * n. Loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes.
OPERATION * n. 1 The state of being in effect or being operative. 2 A business especially one run on a large scale. 3 A planned activity involving many people performing various actions. 4 (computer science) Data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction).
TABOO * --n. 1 A prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature. 2 An inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion. --v. Declare as sacred and forbidden. --s. 1 Excluded from use or mention. 2 Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
INCISIVE * s. 1 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 2 Suitable for cutting or piercing.
SATIN * n. A smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back.
GLYBURIDE * n. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
TIMETABLE * n. 1 A schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place. 2 A schedule of times of arrivals and departures.
ALTERCATION * n. Noisy quarrel.
COUNTRY-STYLE * s. Typical of the country.
PEAR-SHAPED * s. 1 Having a round shape tapered at one end. 2 (of sounds) Full and rich.
KNEELER * n. 1 A person in a kneeling position. 2 A board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on.
UPRIVER * r. Toward the source or against the current.
SMOKY * --a. Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke. --s. Tasting of smoke.
SUSPENSIVE * s. 1 (of a situation) Characterized by or causing suspense. 2 Undecided or characterized by indecisiveness.
LONGBOWMAN * n. A medieval English archer who used a longbow.
COULISSE * n. 1 A flat situated in the wings. 2 A timber member grooved to take a sliding panel.
KALAHARI * n. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
BACTERICIDE * n. 1 Any chemical agent that destroys bacteria. 2 Any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth.
HESITANT * s. Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly.
DACITE * n. A grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals.
WEATHER-BEATEN * s. 1 Tanned and coarsened from being outdoors. 2 Worn by exposure to the weather.
PYGOPODIDAE * n. Australian and Tasmanian lizards.
IZANAMI * n. Sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan.
TOKAMAK * n. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle.
COARSE-TEXTURED * s. Having surface roughness.
CHANCE-MEDLEY * n. An unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense.
CRYPTOGRAPHER * n. Decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms.
BRAIN-STEM * n. The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus.
EXOBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life.
INVOLVE * v. 1 Connect closely and often incriminatingly. 2 Engage as a participant. 3 Have as a necessary feature. 4 Require as useful, just, or proper.
REPRESSOR * n. An agent that represses.
ABUNDANT * a. Present in great quantity.
GROATS * n. The hulled and crushed grain of various cereals.
MELTDOWN * n. 1 Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping. 2 A disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown.
HYLA * n. The type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads.
BRONC * n. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
TRADING * n. Buying or selling securities or commodities.
NON-SLAVE * s. Where slavery was prohibited.
UNENLIGHTENING * a. 1 Failing to inform or clarify. 2 Not edifying.
NORGESTREL * n. Synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives.
ADNOUN * n. An adjective used as a noun.
ELOPS * n. Type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder.
SAONE * n. A river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone.
HARLOW * n. United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937).
SWEETIE * n. A person loved by another person.
HYPHA * n. Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.
SLOPSELLER * n. A dealer in cheap ready-made clothing.
NAVEL-GAZING * n. Literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption.
UNDERESTIMATION * n. An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value.
POGGE * n. Northern Atlantic sea poacher.
FUSION * n. 1 An occurrence that involves the production of a union. 2 The state of being combined into one body. 3 The merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words. 4 A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.
AIRLIKE * s. Resembling air or having the form of air.
PROGRAMMING * n. 1 Setting an order and time for planned events. 2 Creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something.
CRIME * n. 1 (criminal law) An act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act. 2 An evil act not necessarily punishable by law.
ENDEAVOUR * --n. 1 A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness). 2 Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. --v. Attempt by employing effort.
EMPLANE * v. Board a plane.
VIZOR * n. 1 A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face. 2 A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
UNDISTINGUISHABLE * a. Not capable of being distinguished or differentiated.
IMPROVIZE * v. Perform without preparation.
DREAMER * n. 1 Someone who is dreaming. 2 Someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations. 3 A person who escapes into a world of fantasy.
GRUBBILY * r. In a dingy manner.
PEDIPALPI * n. Whip scorpions.
YENTA * n. 1 (Yiddish) A vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant. 2 (Yiddish) A woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal.
SWOT * --n. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. --v. Study intensively, as before an exam.
REIGNITE * v. Ignite anew, as of something burning.
TRANSIENCE * n. 1 An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying. 2 The attribute of being brief or fleeting.
HERDSMAN * n. Someone who drives a herd.
TWENTY-SECOND * s. Coming next after the twenty-first in position.
DEMENTED * s. Affected with madness or insanity.
REALIZABLE * s. 1 Capable of being realized. 2 Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do.
TUNDRA * n. A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen.
WELL-KNOWN * s. 1 Widely or fully known. 2 Frequently experienced; known closely or intimately.
BILLFISH * n. 1 Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth. 2 Giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw. 3 Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters. 4 Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters.
WITHDRAWAL * n. 1 A retraction of a previously held position. 2 The act of taking out money or other capital. 3 The act of withdrawing. 4 Avoiding emotional involvement.
MAJORCA * n. The largest of the Balearic Islands.
GIDDILY * r. In a giddy light-headed manner.
RESIFT * v. Sift anew.
LEAD-COLOURED * s. Having the color of lead.
KIDDY * n. Informal term for a young child.
RHODODENDRON * n. Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers.
BUOYANCY * n. 1 Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface. 2 The property of something weightless and insubstantial. 3 The tendency to float in water or other liquid. 4 Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit.
POMPOSITY * n. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
NEUTRALITY * n. 1 Nonparticipation in a dispute or war. 2 Tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement. 3 PH value of 7.
MOLLYCODDLE * --n. A pampered darling; an effeminate man. --v. Treat with excessive indulgence.
MICROTUBULE * n. A microscopically small tubule.
SLATTERNLINESS * n. In the manner of a slattern.
NUDENESS * n. The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind.
MOUTHLIKE * s. Of an opening that resembles a mouth.
ARBITREMENT * n. The act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment.
OXYTONE * n. Word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
RATTLING * --n. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders). --s. 1 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. 2 Quick and energetic. --r. Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.
PARQUETRY * n. A patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor.
UNHEALTHINESS * n. A state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain.
EQUIPOISED * s. Lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed.
REDWING * n. 1 North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings. 2 Small European thrush having reddish flanks.
ANNULATE * s. Shaped like a ring.
DECENTRALIZE * v. Make less central.
UNDERFUR * n. Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair.
VIVISECTION * n. The act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research).
DEIGN * v. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
ARGASID * n. Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head.
BARONETCY * n. 1 The rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness. 2 The title of a baron.
GOLDSTONE * n. Aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles.
NITRIFICATION * n. 1 The chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound). 2 The oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants).
LAMPREY * n. Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.
RUSSELL * n. 1 United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916). 2 English film director (born in 1927). 3 United States basketball center (born in 1934). 4 United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922).
FANTASIZE * v. 1 Indulge in fantasies. 2 Portray in the mind.
NANOVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to one billionth of a volt.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE * n. A building where animals are butchered.
YOBBO * n. A cruel and brutal fellow.
LAP * --n. 1 The upper side of the thighs of a seated person. 2 An area of control or responsibility. 3 The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs. 4 A flap that lies over another part. --v. 1 Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another. 2 Pass the tongue over. 3 Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound. 4 Take up with the tongue.
AMITY * n. 1 A cordial disposition. 2 A state of friendship and cordiality.
SPORADICALLY * r. In a sporadic manner.
METALHEAD * n. A fan of heavy metal music.
HYPERSENSITIZED * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
REWRITER * n. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
UNOBLIGING * a. Not accommodating.
PATER * n. An informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously.
STEPHANOTIS * n. Any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers.
28 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one. --s. Being eight more than twenty.
FINGERROOT * n. Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.
SCOUNDRELLY * s. Lacking principles or scruples.
TAILFIN * n. 1 A stabilizer that is part of the vertical tail structure of an airplane. 2 One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile.
POMP * n. 1 Cheap or pretentious or vain display. 2 Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
FLAT-TOP * s. Having a flat or flattened upper surface.
GOBI * n. A desert in central China.
CROSBY * n. United States singer and film actor (1903-1977).
GONION * n. The craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw.
SETOPHAGA * n. A genus of Parulidae.
SPIV * n. A person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time.
IMPRECATE * v. 1 Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. 2 Utter obscenities or profanities.
LIEN * n. 1 The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged. 2 A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses.
EXCOMMUNICATION * n. 1 The state of being excommunicated. 2 The act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society.
HALF-BOUND * s. (of books) Having the back bound in one material and the sides in another.
SELF-POLLINATED * s. Fertilized by its own pollen.
FINANCE * --n. 1 The commercial activity of providing funds and capital. 2 The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets. 3 The management of money and credit and banking and investments. --v. 1 Obtain or provide money for. 2 Sell or provide on credit.
WASTEWEIR * n. A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction.
BENTWOOD * n. Wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture.
SPIRITUALITY * n. 1 Property or income owned by a church. 2 Concern with things of the spirit.
ATTENTIVELY * r. With attention; in an attentive manner.
POWDERINESS * n. Having a very fine texture.
DIABETA * n. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
UNSUFFERABLY * r. To an insufferable degree.
UNMUSICALLY * r. In an unmusical manner.
POL * n. A person active in party politics.
DECOY * --n. 1 A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot). 2 Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. --v. Lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.
PITYROGRAMMA * n. Terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae.
BALANOPOSTHITIS * n. Inflammation of both the head of the penis and the foreskin.
CHOKE * --n. 1 A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current. 2 A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine. --v. 1 Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion. 2 Be too tight; rub or press. 3 Wring the neck of. 4 Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
SUFFICIENTLY * r. To a sufficient degree.
PRETENCE * n. 1 A false or unsupportable quality. 2 An artful or simulated semblance. 3 Pretending with intention to deceive. 4 Imaginative intellectual play.
UNACCOMPANIED * --a. 1 Being without an escort. 2 Playing or singing without accompaniment. --s. (of a state or an event) Taking place without something specified occurring at the same time. --r. Without anybody else or anything else.
ASYMPTOTIC * a. Relating to or of the nature of an asymptote.
TRACT * n. 1 An extended area of land. 2 A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose. 3 A brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet. 4 A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain.
KERATOMYCOSIS * n. Fungal infection of the cornea.
CIMICIDAE * n. Wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects.
CALCINATION * n. The conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature.
MITHRA * n. Ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god.
DECEIVINGLY * r. In a misleading way.
HYPOCELLULARITY * n. The state of having abnormally few cells.
RHYNCHOELAPS * n. Australian coral snakes.
LIMPER * n. Someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait.
UPHEAVE * v. Lift forcefully from beneath.
UNASCERTAINABLE * s. Not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery.
PEARLITE * n. A lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron.
BALSAM * n. 1 Any seed plant yielding balsam. 2 Any of various fragrant oleoresins used in medicines and perfumes. 3 An ointment containing a fragrant resin.
INDO-IRANIAN * n. The branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups.
BITTERNUT * n. Hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts.
GEEK * n. 1 A carnival performer who does disgusting acts. 2 A person with an unusual or odd personality.
LACONICALLY * r. In a dry laconic manner.
WEAVER * n. 1 A craftsman who weaves cloth. 2 Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests.
SUCCESSIVENESS * n. A following of one thing after another in time.
CHLAMYS * n. 1 Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils. 2 A short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece.
TACT * n. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense.
CALYPTRATE * a. 1 Having calypters. 2 Having a calyptra.
DEFECTIVENESS * n. The state of being defective.
VALSE * n. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
SHANDYGAFF * n. A drink made of beer and lemonade.
PEGGED-DOWN * s. Fastened by pegs.
FACTORY * n. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
RESIGNEDLY * r. 1 With resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner. 2 In a hopeless resigned manner.
THERAVADA * n. One of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia.
HYPOKALEMIA * n. Abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics.
APPOSE * v. Place side by side or in close proximity.
AGRANULOSIS * n. An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes.
SIDEWARDS * r. Toward one side.
CHARON * n. (Greek mythology) The ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades.
PREMISE * --n. A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. --v. 1 Set forth beforehand, often as an explanation. 2 Furnish with a preface or introduction. 3 Take something as preexisting and given.
VISITING * n. The activity of making visits.
SCHEFFLERA * n. Large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage.
MOTORCYCLIST * n. A traveler who rides a motorcycle.
INDIGESTION * n. A disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea.
HYMENIUM * n. Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia.
DASYURID * n. Small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania.
CORALROOT * n. European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock.
UNSHARED * a. Not shared.
CLIMB * --n. 1 An upward slope or grade (as in a road). 2 An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.). 3 The act of climbing something. --v. 1 Go upward with gradual or continuous progress. 2 Move with difficulty, by grasping. 3 Go up or advance. 4 Slope upward.
IMMIGRATE * v. 1 Migrate to a new environment. 2 Introduce or send as immigrants. 3 Come into a new country and change residency.
DOLLOP * n. A small measure (usually of food).
LIME * --n. 1 A caustic substance produced by heating limestone. 2 A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide. 3 A sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds. 4 Any of various related trees bearing limes. --v. 1 Spread birdlime on branches to catch birds. 2 Cover with lime so as to induce growth.
SOOCHONG * n. A fine quality of black tea native to China.
HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAM * n. X ray of the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually done in diagnosing infertility (to see if there any blockages).
LALLANS * n. A dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland.
ARBORESQUE * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
BREUGHEL * n. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
PREMEDITATED * a. Characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning.
CONSCIENCE-SMITTEN * s. Affected by conscience.
BREATHALYZE * v. Test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer.
HEADLAND * n. A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
FORT-LAMY * n. The capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river.
ASYMMETRIC * a. Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components.
BLACKBIRD * n. 1 Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black. 2 Common black European thrush.
UKULELE * n. A small guitar having four strings.
UNMAPPED * s. (of unknown regions) Not yet surveyed or investigated.
ALMSGIVING * n. Making voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
CELEBRATOR * n. A person who is celebrating.
PALEODENDROLOGY * n. The branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees.
OFF-GUARD * s. Not prepared or vigilant.
BOURSE * n. The stock exchange in Paris.
DYKE * --n. 1 (slang) Offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. 2 A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea. --v. Enclose with a dike.
MAPLELIKE * s. Resembling maple.
GOY * n. A Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
DEACTIVATION * n. 1 Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges). 2 The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb).
WALDENSES * n. A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century.
SWAGGERER * n. Someone who walks in an arrogant manner.
SIOUX * n. A member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains.
MEAGRENESS * n. The quality of being meager.
PHOTOELECTRICALLY * r. By photoelectric means.
UFA * n. A city in the European part of Russia.
PILES * n. 1 Venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter. 2 A large number or amount.
TABLESPOON * n. 1 As much as a tablespoon will hold. 2 A spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving.
SPF * n. The degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun.
DEFOG * v. Free from mist.
CEPHALOTHIN * n. A semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin.
CONIDIOSPORE * n. An asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore.
CORACIAS * n. Type genus of the Coraciidae.
DECOMMISSION * v. Withdraw from active service.
DRY-GULCHING * n. The act of killing from ambush.
GYNEOLATRY * n. The worship of women.
ACCIDENTAL * --n. A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature. --s. 1 Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. 2 Not of prime or central importance.
COORDINATION * n. 1 The skillful and effective interaction of movements. 2 The regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation. 3 The grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form. 4 Being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree.
MELODRAMATIC * s. 1 Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama. 2 Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected.
SLENDERIZE * v. 1 Make slender or appear to be slender. 2 Take off weight.
CONSERVATISM * n. A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes.
UNSUITABLENESS * n. The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose.
RABBITWOOD * n. Shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes.
GREEDILY * r. In a greedy manner.
CHATTILY * r. In a chatty manner.
NOPALEA * n. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
BIVOUAC * --n. 1 Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. 2 A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent. --v. Live in or as if in a tent.
DIAGLYPH * n. Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo).
SMOTHER * --n. 1 A confused multitude of things. 2 A stifling cloud of smoke. --v. 1 Envelop completely. 2 Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. 3 Suppress in order to conceal or hide. 4 Form an impenetrable cover over.
ALUMINIUM * n. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
FOODSTUFF * n. 1 (usually plural) Consumer goods sold by a grocer. 2 A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food.
ZITHROMAX * n. A systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body.
ASPHALT * --n. 1 Mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing. 2 A dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons. --v. Cover with tar or asphalt.
AVIATRIX * n. A woman aviator.
FLOP * --n. 1 An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers. 2 Someone who is unsuccessful. 3 A complete failure. 4 The act of throwing yourself down. --v. 1 Fall loosely. 2 Fall suddenly and abruptly. 3 Fail utterly; collapse. --r. 1 With a flopping sound. 2 Exactly.
DERMACENTOR * n. Vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
PEONAGE * n. 1 The condition of a peon. 2 The practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged.
MIDFIELD * n. (sports) The middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse).
WILTED * s. 1 (of plants) Limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease. 2 Without energy or will.
PRAUNUS * n. A genus of Mysidae.
COURSING * n. Hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent.
LIGHT-DUTY * a. Not designed for heavy work.
LARYNGISMUS * n. Laryngeal spasm caused by the sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles.
BROCA * n. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an area of the brain now known as Broca's area (1824-1880).
DISPLAY * --n. 1 Something intended to communicate a particular impression. 2 Something shown to the public. 3 A visual representation of something. 4 Behavior that makes your feelings public. --v. 1 To show, make visible or apparent. 2 Attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals.
HABILITATE * v. 1 Qualify for teaching at a university in Europe. 2 Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
UNBRAID * v. Undo the braids of.
UNASTERISKED * s. Not marked with an asterisk.
NUNAVUT * n. An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago.
BRACKISHNESS * n. The quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water.
BORZOI * n. Tall fast-moving dog breed.
HANDCOLOR * v. Color by hand.
RIPPER * n. A murderer who slashes the victims with a knife.
NOISOMENESS * n. The quality of being noxious.
TUSSER * n. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
WATERTOWN * n. 1 A town in southeastern Wisconsin. 2 A town in northern New York.
GUESS * --n. 1 A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. 2 An estimate based on little or no information. --v. 1 Expect, believe, or suppose. 2 Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. 3 Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). 4 Guess correctly; solve by guessing.
STINT * --n. 1 An unbroken period of time during which you do something. 2 Smallest American sandpiper. 3 An individual's prescribed share of work. --v. 1 Subsist on a meager allowance. 2 Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.
ABOULIC * s. Suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions.
JAGGEDLY * r. With a ragged and uneven appearance.
PLATYHELMINTH * n. Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body.
PURPLISH * s. Of a color intermediate between red and blue.
HALICTIDAE * n. A family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture.
FACEPLATE * n. A protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component).
DECEASE * --n. The event of dying or departure from life. --v. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
MANGROVE * n. A tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building.
FREON * n. Any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant.
MOSSAD * n. The Israeli foreign intelligence agency.
CANDLE * --n. 1 Stick of wax with a wick in the middle. 2 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. --v. Examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light.
EXOTHERM * n. A compound that gives off heat during its formation and absorbs heat during its decomposition.
SYNAESTHESIA * n. A sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated.
DEBACLE * n. 1 A sudden and violent collapse. 2 Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer. 3 A sound defeat.
HIGHNESS * n. 1 (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) Title used to address a royal person. 2 The quality of being high or lofty. 3 A high degree (of amount or force etc.).
COURGETTE * n. 1 Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small. 2 Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green.
AVICENNIACEAE * n. Used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia.
MONTRACHET * n. A white Burgundy wine.
OXIDOREDUCTION * n. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.
ORDERLY * --n. 1 A soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer. 2 A male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients. --a. Devoid of violence or disruption. --s. Clean or organized.
EX-GAMBLER * n. A former gambler.
PYRRHIC * --n. 1 A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables. 2 An ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare. --a. 1 Of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece. 2 Of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables. 3 Of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans).
MAN-PORTABLE * s. Portable by one man.
THROW * --n. 1 The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist). 2 A single chance or instance. 3 The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam. 4 Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something. --v. 1 Propel through the air. 2 Move violently, energetically, or carelessly. 3 Get rid of. 4 Place or put with great energy.
GIVING * --n. 1 The act of giving. 2 The imparting of news or promises etc.. 3 Disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return. --s. Given or giving freely.
CROSS-REFER * v. Refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists.
APPROXIMATION * n. 1 An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth. 2 The quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity). 3 An imprecise or incomplete account. 4 The act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue.
EXPOUND * v. 1 Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. 2 State.
MATERIALISE * v. Come into being; become reality.
ROUGH * --n. The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short. --v. Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form. --a. 1 Having or caused by an irregular surface. 2 Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped. 3 Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. 4 Not shaped by cutting or trimming. --s. 1 (of persons or behavior) Lacking refinement or finesse. 2 Not quite exact or correct. 3 Full of hardship or trials. 4 Violently agitated and turbulent. --r. 1 With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'). 2 With rough motion as over a rough surface.
LIVING * --n. 1 The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. 2 People who are still living. 3 The condition of living or the state of being alive. 4 The financial means whereby one lives. --a. Pertaining to living persons. --s. 1 True to life; lifelike. 2 (informal) Absolute. 3 Still in existence. 4 Still in active use.
IRRECLAIMABLE * s. Insusceptible of reform.
DEFAULT * --n. 1 Loss due to not showing up. 2 Act of failing to meet a financial obligation. 3 Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid. 4 An option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified. --v. Fail to pay up.
ALPACA * n. 1 Wool of the alpaca. 2 A thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool. 3 Domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco.
HOITY-TOITY * s. Affectedly genteel.
SARABAND * n. 1 Music composed for dancing the saraband. 2 A stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time.
DOUBLE-BOGEY * n. (golf) A score of two strokes over par for a hole.
INTROMISSION * n. The act of putting one thing into another.
TATTING * n. 1 Needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle. 2 The act or art of making handmade lace.
ONE-SPOT * n. A domino or die whose upward face shows one pip.
DIALECT * n. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
BELLY-FLOP * v. Dive so that one hits the water with one's belly.
MEGATHERIID * n. A large extinct ground sloth.
JOHNNYCAKE * n. Cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England).
CONSENSUS * n. Agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole.
ARROWSMITH * n. A maker of arrows.
CHABLIS * n. 1 A town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines. 2 Dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it.
RECOLLECT * v. Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
JOHNNY * n. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms.
LONGANIMOUS * s. Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment.
IMMUNE * --n. A person who is immune to a particular infection. --a. Relating to the condition of immunity. --s. 1 Secure against. 2 Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection). 3 (usually followed by `to') Not affected by a given influence.
NEWLYWED * n. Someone recently married.
ARDUOUSLY * r. In an arduous manner.
SUMPTUOUS * s. Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality.
TRAPEZIUM * n. 1 A quadrilateral with no parallel sides. 2 A multiple star in the constellation of Orion. 3 The wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals.
CHALCOCITE * n. A heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper.
HYNERPETON * n. Earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania.
TOPV * n. An oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
UNEXCEPTIONAL * s. Not special in any way; lacking distinction.
LOTHARIO * n. A successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women.
BOGY * n. 1 An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft. 2 An evil spirit.
WARFARE * n. 1 The waging of armed conflict against an enemy. 2 An active struggle between competing entities.
MOON-RAY * n. A ray of moonlight.
CERES * n. 1 (Roman mythology) Goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter. 2 The largest asteroid and the first discovered.
NOTEBOOK * n. 1 A book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda. 2 A small compact portable computer.
INTELLECTION * n. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.
PULLOVER * n. A sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head.
DUTCH * --n. 1 The people of the Netherlands. 2 The West Germanic language of the Netherlands. --a. Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.
CHECHNYA * n. An autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic.
SYMBOLIC * --a. 1 Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols. 2 Using symbolism. --s. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract.
ASTRONOMICALLY * r. Enormously.
BLIZZARD * n. 1 A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds. 2 A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences.
CERTIFICATE * --n. 1 A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts. 2 A formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends. --v. 1 Present someone with a certificate. 2 Authorize by certificate.
CETACEA * n. An order of Eutheria.
SCHLESINGER * n. 1 United States historian and advisor to President Kennedy (born in 1917). 2 United States historian (1888-1965).
CRYOGENICS * n. The branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures.
SWIPE * --n. A sweeping stroke or blow. --v. 1 Strike with a swiping motion. 2 Make off with belongings of others.
REPEL * v. 1 Cause to move back by force or influence. 2 Be repellent to; cause aversion in. 3 Force or drive back. 4 Reject outright and bluntly.
MAHA * n. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska.
ALL-NIGHT * s. Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night.
CAMBIUM * n. 1 A formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth. 2 The inner layer of the periosteum.
HAUTBOIS * n. A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece.
CONSTITUTE * v. 1 Form or compose. 2 Create and charge with a task or function. 3 To compose or represent. 4 Set up or lay the groundwork for.
ROADSTEAD * n. A partly sheltered anchorage.
BIVALENT * a. 1 Having a valence of two or having two valences. 2 Used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis.
FREUDIAN * --n. A person who follows the basic theories or practices of Sigmund Freud. --a. Of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his psychoanalytic ideas.
SALVING * s. Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin.
WALLOW * --n. 1 A puddle where animals go to wallow. 2 An indolent or clumsy rolling about. --v. 1 Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure. 2 Roll around. 3 Rise up as if in waves. 4 Be ecstatic with joy.
LOLL * v. 1 Hang loosely or laxly. 2 Be lazy or idle.
DERACINATE * v. 1 Move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment. 2 Pull up by or as if by the roots.
DIFFIDENT * --s. Showing modest reserve. --a. Lacking self-confidence.
OVERSTAY * v. Stay too long.
SERICOCARPUS * n. Small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters.
LABORIOUSLY * r. In a laborious manner.
ABECEDARIUS * n. A poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order.
BATTEN * --n. 1 Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber. 2 A strip fixed to something to hold it firm. --v. 1 Furnish with battens. 2 Secure with battens.
CHRONOPERATES * n. A reptile genus of Therapsida.
NIMRAVUS * n. False sabertoothed tigers.
SONSIE * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
MINNEAPOLIS * n. Largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities.
SEVERITY * n. 1 Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. 2 Something hard to endure. 3 Extreme plainness. 4 Excessive sternness.
SUGGESTIBILITY * n. Susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion.
OVERCAPITALISE * v. 1 Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level. 2 Overestimate the market value of. 3 Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant.
LARD * --n. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog. --v. 1 Prepare or cook with lard. 2 Add details to.
STINGILY * r. In a stingy manner.
EUSTACHIO * n. Italian anatomist who was one of the fathers of modern anatomy; noted for descriptions of the ear and the heart (1520-1574).
APPLIQUE * --n. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another. --v. Sew on as a decoration.
PERSEVERATION * n. 1 The tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it. 2 The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior.
PRESCRIPTIVE * a. Pertaining to giving directives or rules.
FIREHOUSE * n. A station housing fire apparatus and firemen.
ENDOPLASM * n. The inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.
ASSASSINATE * v. 1 Murder; especially of socially prominent persons. 2 Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation.
STOCHASTICALLY * r. By stochastic means.
ENTREE * n. 1 The principal dish of a meal. 2 The right to enter. 3 Something that provides access (to get in or get out). 4 An entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage.
PATRICK * n. Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century.
SOUTHWESTER * n. A strong wind from the southwest.
SPOILER * n. 1 A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning. 2 Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). 3 Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence. 4 An airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds.
WEND * v. Direct one's course or way.
XANTHIUM * n. Coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles.
PAROCHIALISM * n. A limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish.
CHEMOIMMUNOLOGY * n. The field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies).
IMPERFECT * --n. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going. --a. Not perfect; defective or inadequate. --s. Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings.
UNEASINESS * n. 1 Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable. 2 Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression). 3 Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you. 4 The trait of seeming ill at ease.
TRICHLOROETHYLENE * n. A heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage.
IMPRECATION * n. 1 The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult). 2 A slanderous accusation.
CALDERON * n. Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681).
ERADICABLE * a. Able to be eradicated or rooted out.
CORRECTITUDE * n. Correct or appropriate behavior.
DELIQUESCE * v. 1 Melt away in the process of decay. 2 Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
CASTE * n. 1 Social status or position conferred by a system based on class. 2 (Hinduism) A hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity. 3 A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth. 4 In some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony.
UROKINASE * n. Protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis.
ANTILLES * n. A group of islands in the West Indies.
HARP * --n. 1 A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers. 2 A pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade. 3 A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole. --v. 1 Come back to. 2 Play the harp.
COTSWOLD * n. Sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills.
MIXTURE * n. 1 (chemistry) A substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding). 2 Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. 3 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 4 An event that combines things in a mixture.
CHRISTIANITY * n. 1 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. 2 The collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia).
RESERVOIR * n. 1 A large or extra supply of something. 2 Lake used to store water for community use. 3 Tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil). 4 Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies.
ATTEMPER * v. Modify the temperature of.
ESPECIALLY * r. 1 To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common. 2 In a special manner.
INCONCEIVABILITY * n. The state of being impossible to conceive.
TERNION * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
DISLOGISTIC * s. Expressing disapproval.
CAPREOLUS * n. Roe deer.
ANNUAL * --n. 1 (botany) A plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year. 2 A reference book that is published regularly once every year. --a. Completing its life cycle within a year. --s. Occurring or payable every year.
VT * n. A state in New England.
DOESKIN * n. 1 Soft leather from deerskin or lambskin. 2 A fine smooth soft woolen fabric.
ELLUL * n. The twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September).
HAGRIDDEN * s. Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears.
NEVER * r. 1 Not ever; at no time in the past or future. 2 Not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances.
HOME-BREWED * s. Brewed at home.
EXECUTOR * n. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will.
SHRIEK * --n. 1 Sharp piercing cry. 2 A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. --v. Utter a shrill cry.
SPORTIVE * --a. Relating to or interested in sports. --s. Given to merry frolicking.
THOUSAND-FOLD * r. By three orders of magnitude.
SPICCATO * n. Bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings.
EPITHELIAL * a. Of or belonging to the epithelium.
ASEPSIS * n. 1 (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms. 2 The process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms.
CALANDRINIA * n. Large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
PROPAROXYTONE * n. Word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult.
FANTODS * n. An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
PROTEOLYTIC * a. Of or relating to proteolysis.
VERDIN * n. Very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America.
EPHEMERID * n. Short-lived insect.
MUJIK * n. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
DADAISM * n. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty.
SILVERY-GREEN * s. Of something having a color that is a light shiny green.
LAFAYETTE * n. 1 French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834). 2 A town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians. 3 A university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River.
TACTICS * n. 1 The branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy. 2 A plan for attaining a particular goal.
ARMET * n. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
FORESTAY * n. An adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast.
PENSIONARY * n. 1 The beneficiary of a pension fund. 2 A person who works only for money.
ARCHAISTIC * a. Imitative of an archaic style or manner.
UNAGGRESSIVE * a. Not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness.
DOUGHNUT-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a ring.
SOBERSIDES * n. A serious and sedate individual.
CATAPLASTIC * a. Of or relating to cataplasia.
ANI * n. Black tropical American cuckoo.
DUOMO * n. The principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese.
FUMEROOT * n. 1 Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally. 2 Herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers.
FRETFULLY * r. In a fretful manner.
AIX * n. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
ARCHAEOBACTERIA * n. Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae.
FERRY * --n. 1 A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule. 2 Transport by boat or aircraft. --v. 1 Transport from one place to another. 2 Transport by ferry. 3 Travel by ferry.
BALEFUL * s. 1 Deadly or sinister. 2 Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
ROMANISE * v. Write in the Latin alphabet.
EDGER * n. 1 A person who puts finishing edges on a garment. 2 Garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard.
LYSSAVIRUS * n. A neurotropic non-arbovirus of the family Rhabdoviridae that causes rabies.
PALMISTRY * n. Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand.
ENORMITY * n. 1 The quality of being outrageous. 2 Vastness of size or extent. 3 The quality of extreme wickedness. 4 An act of extreme wickedness.
SUPERIMPOSED * s. 1 Placed on or over something else. 2 With one layer on top of another.
POTOMANIA * n. An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess.
PRESTIDIGITATOR * n. Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.
SHADBLOW * n. Any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit.
NARCOTIC * --n. A drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction. --a. Of or relating to or designating narcotics. --s. 1 Inducing stupor or narcosis. 2 Inducing mental lethargy.
PRACTICIAN * n. Someone who practices a learned profession.
COUNSELOR * n. 1 Someone who gives advice about problems. 2 Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp. 3 A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
JAKES * n. A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
FEEL * --n. 1 An intuitive awareness. 2 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. 3 A property perceived by touch. 4 Manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure. --v. 1 Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind. 2 Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds. 3 Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. 4 Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state.
AGGRADE * v. Build up to a level by depositing sediment.
ADJOURNMENT * n. 1 The termination of a meeting. 2 The act of postponing to another time or place.
TARE * n. 1 An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods. 2 Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage. 3 Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous. 4 The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo.
HOBBY * n. 1 An auxiliary activity. 2 A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride. 3 Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds.
HYPERLIPOIDEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
JAKARTA * n. Capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century.
RESTART * v. 1 Start an engine again, for example. 2 Take up or begin anew.
CASTANEA * n. Chestnuts; chinkapins.
ACIPENSERIDAE * n. Sturgeons.
TRUSTINGNESS * n. The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others.
XXXV * s. Being five more than thirty.
OOPHOROSALPINGECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes.
HYGRODEIK * n. A wet and dry bulb hygrometer.
SCORPAENIDAE * n. Scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes.
HIPPOSIDERIDAE * n. Old World leafnose bats.
CORALLORHIZA * n. Genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions.
FIBREGLASS * n. A covering material made of glass fibers in resins.
ANISOPTERA * n. Dragonflies.
PUCKISH * s. Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
LIPEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
SAPONIFIED * a. Converted into soap.
MEGALOCEPHALY * n. An abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.
DERVISH * n. An ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements.
MIOTIC * --n. A drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye). --a. Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye.
SHEEPSHEARING * n. 1 The time or season when sheep are sheared. 2 A festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared. 3 Act of shearing sheep.
PARADE * --n. 1 A ceremonial procession including people marching. 2 An extended (often showy) succession of persons or things. 3 A visible display. --v. 1 Walk ostentatiously. 2 March in a procession.
MEMBRANE-FORMING * s. Characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane).
MANSERVANT * n. A man servant.
ASSAY * --n. 1 An appraisal of the state of affairs. 2 A substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components. 3 A written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance. 4 A quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.. --v. 1 Analyze (chemical substances). 2 Make an effort or attempt.
UNARTICULATED * --a. Not consisting of segments that are held together by joints. --s. Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables.
APOPHTHEGM * n. A short pithy instructive saying.
IO * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer. 2 The closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes.
ACCORDANT * --a. Being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'. --s. In keeping.
TOPONOMY * n. 1 The nomenclature of regional anatomy. 2 The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language.
PYREXIA * n. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
NEPHROPTOSIA * n. Prolapse of the kidney.
BLIMPISH * s. Pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic.
COWRIE * n. Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.
DILATORY * s. Wasting time.
MOHAVE * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California. 2 A desert area in southern California and western Arizona. 3 The Yuman language spoken by the Mohave.
HEAUME * n. A large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders.
ASTRONOMY * n. The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole.
PREFERENTIAL * s. Manifesting partiality.
JUGLANDALES * n. Coextensive with the family Juglandaceae.
RAYLEIGH * n. English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919).
EMMENTHALER * n. Swiss cheese with large holes.
KHAMSIN * n. An oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring.
POLARIMETER * n. An optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light.
TRADUCEMENT * n. A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
EXTRAMURAL * a. Carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community.
VIRILITY * n. 1 The masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation. 2 The trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male.
ICBM * n. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
CANTANKEROUS * s. 1 Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate. 2 Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
SEMISOLID * s. Partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid.
DEVELOPMENT * n. 1 Act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining. 2 A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage). 3 (biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. 4 A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.
INCIPIENCE * n. Beginning to exist or to be apparent.
HAEMATOCOLPOS * n. Accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina (usually due to an imperforate hymen).
GNOME * n. 1 A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure. 2 A short pithy saying expressing a general truth.
WEAKNESS * n. 1 A flaw or weak point. 2 Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act. 3 The property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain. 4 The condition of being financially weak.
MUTISM * n. The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak.
BOUNDLESSLY * r. Without bounds.
EPONYM * n. 1 The person for whom something is named. 2 The name derived from a person (real or imaginary).
SECESSIONIST * n. An advocate of secessionism.
MAURITANIA * n. A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert.
MICHAELMAS * n. Honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.
CEPHALOTAXACEAE * n. A family of Cephalotaxaceae.
CYCLIST * n. A person who rides a bicycle.
HEMEROCALLIDACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis.
NANKEEN * n. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
LIGHT-ARMED * s. 1 Armed with light weapons. 2 Armed with light equipment and weapons.
ANGLE * --n. 1 The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. 2 A biased way of looking at or presenting something. 3 A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons. --v. 1 Move or proceed at an angle. 2 To incline or bend from a vertical position. 3 Seek indirectly. 4 Fish with a hook.
GEORGETOWN * n. 1 A section of northwestern Washington, D.C.. 2 Port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana.
UZBEKISTANI * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uzbekistan or its people or culture.
BATHOLITHIC * a. Of or relating to a batholith.
IDOLATRESS * n. A woman idolater.
SEYCHELLOIS * --n. A native or inhabitant of Seychelles. --a. Of the Seychelles or their people.
SHASTA * n. 1 A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon. 2 A volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high). 3 The Shastan language spoken by the Shasta.
DOTING * s. Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.
ISEULT * n. (Middle Ages) The bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
VEXATIOUSLY * r. In a vexatious manner.
UNLIMITED * --a. Having no limits in range or scope. --s. 1 Without reservation or exception. 2 That cannot be entirely consumed or used up.
FARRAGO * n. A motley assortment of things.
INFINITELY * r. 1 Without bounds. 2 Continuing forever without end.
UTILITARIAN * --n. Someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility. --s. 1 Having a useful function. 2 Having utility often to the exclusion of values.
BASICS * n. 1 A statement of fundamental facts or principles. 2 Principles from which other truths can be derived.
EPINEPHRIN * n. A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action.
ENSORCELLED * s. Captured, as if under a spell.
UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS * s. Occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society.
RUSCACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
AUTOMATISE * v. 1 Turn into an automaton. 2 Make automatic or control or operate automatically.
ACETATE * n. 1 A salt or ester of acetic acid. 2 A fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate.
WAFFLER * n. Someone who speaks or writes in a vague and evasive manner.
TUFTED * s. 1 (of plants) Growing in small dense clumps or tufts. 2 Having or adorned with tufts. 3 (of a bird or animal) Having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination.
DISGUSTINGLY * r. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree.
SARCODINIAN * n. Protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods.
CONEY * n. 1 Black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins. 2 Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes. 3 Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America. 4 Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food.
QUERCITRON * n. 1 A yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree. 2 Medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped.
JINGHPO * n. A Kachinic language.
STAIRWAY * n. A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
FISSION * n. 1 Reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts. 2 A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.
HUMOUROUS * a. Full of or characterized by humor.
BRUSHUP * n. Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory.
ORANGISH * s. Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange.
ESTOPPEL * n. A rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled.
PURUS * n. A Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River.
SINKER * n. 1 A small ring-shaped friedcake. 2 A weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water). 3 A pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate.
PORTAGE * n. 1 The cost of carrying or transporting. 2 Overland track between navigable waterways. 3 Carrying boats and supplies overland.
FROWNING * s. Showing displeasure or anger.
MODERATELY * r. 1 To certain extent or degree. 2 With moderation; in a moderate manner.
UNDISCIPLINED * s. 1 Not subjected to discipline. 2 Not subjected to correction or discipline. 3 Lacking in discipline or control.
DISORDERLINESS * n. 1 A condition in which things are not in their expected places. 2 Rowdy behavior. 3 Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance).
KIGALI * n. The national capital and largest city of Rwanda; located in central Rwanda.
DRIVE * --n. 1 The act of applying force to propel something. 2 A mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine. 3 A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. 4 A road leading up to a private house. --v. 1 Operate or control a vehicle. 2 Travel or be transported in a vehicle. 3 Cause someone or something to move by driving. 4 Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically.
FIEFDOM * n. 1 The domain controlled by a feudal lord. 2 An organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group.
OBJECTIVENESS * n. Judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.
ACROBAT * n. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination.
CAUTERANT * n. An instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it.
OSTENTATIOUS * --a. Intended to attract notice and impress others. --s. (of a display) Tawdry or vulgar.
AMATORY * s. Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance.
GODDAMN * --s. 1 Used as expletives. 2 Expletives used informally as intensifiers. --r. Extremely.
AEGATES * n. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
TABRIZ * n. An ancient city in northwestern Iran; known for hot springs.
MUSSITATE * v. Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice.
VALUELESSNESS * n. Having none of the properties that endow something with value.
MYRMECOPHAGIDAE * n. New World anteaters.
ILEUS * n. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
FERRITE * n. A solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent.
SUMEROLOGY * n. The archeology of ancient Sumerians.
PROPERTY-OWNING * s. Owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue.
VIRAZOLE * n. An inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections.
UNTEMPERED * a. 1 Not brought to a proper consistency or hardness. 2 Not moderated or controlled.
NEON * n. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts.
TEENTSY * s. (used informally) Very small.
DEEM * v. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
NEMATODE * n. Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic.
INEXTERMINABLE * s. Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
MONTEVERDI * n. Italian composer (1567-1643).
REACTANT * n. A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.
APPURTENANCE * n. 1 Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.. 2 A supplementary component that improves capability.
EDEMA * n. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.
NIGGLER * n. Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way.
DUCTILITY * n. The malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets.
SUBTROPICAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics.
CHEQUERED * s. Patterned with alternating squares of color.
LYCHEE * n. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
SOCKEYE * n. 1 Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers. 2 Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning.
CORNCRIB * n. A crib for storing and drying ears of corn.
INESSENTIAL * --n. Anything that is not essential. --a. Not basic or fundamental. --s. Not absolutely necessary.
EXTENDABLE * s. Capable of being lengthened.
WOMANLIKE * --n. The trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female. --s. Resembling a woman.
TRANSAMINATE * v. 1 Change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another. 2 Undergo transfer from one compound to another.
AMYOTONIA * n. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
CONCEIVE * v. 1 Have the idea for. 2 Judge or regard; look upon; judge. 3 Become pregnant; undergo conception.
OOSPORE * n. A thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi.
UNDERSOIL * n. The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock.
PSEUDEMYS * n. Sliders; red-bellied terrapin.
KITH * n. Your friends and acquaintances.
LAMINITIS * n. Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse.
NONUNIFORMITY * n. The quality of being diverse and interesting.
AGRONOMICAL * a. Of or relating to or promoting agronomy.
X-RADIATION * n. 1 Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target. 2 Obtaining images by the use of X rays.
TREPONEMA * n. Spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws).
DOSTOEVSKIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski.
NON-DISCRIMINATION * n. Fairness in treating people without prejudice.
TROUBLESOME * s. Causing difficulty or annoyance.
ABSORBATE * n. A material that has been or is capable of being absorbed.
LETTERER * n. A painter of letters.
KNOBBED * s. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots.
NNW * n. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
OBSESSIVENESS * n. Extreme compulsiveness.
LACRIMATORY * a. Relating to or prompting tears.
ALTERNATING * --a. (of a current) Reversing direction. --s. Occurring by turns; first one and then the other.
ARTISTRY * n. A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation.
PLUTON * n. Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
DRAPERY * n. 1 Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). 2 Cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds.
MUNJUK * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
SUPERSTITIOUSLY * r. In a superstitious manner.
CURVACEOUS * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
MULTIPLICATION * n. 1 The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. 2 A multiplicative increase. 3 An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed.
RABATO * n. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century.
TENACIOUSLY * r. With obstinate determination.
SUBJUNCTIVE * --n. A mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible. --a. Relating to a mood of verbs.
CARCHARIIDAE * n. Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae.
EUDAIMONIA * n. A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.
JUT * --n. 1 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 2 The act of projecting out from something. --v. Extend out or project in space.
ALLOSAUR * n. Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus.
FOLDOUT * n. An oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine.
DOTARD * n. An oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect.
ESPOUSAL * n. 1 Archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast. 2 The act of becoming betrothed or engaged. 3 The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception.
CAVE * --n. A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea. --v. 1 Hollow out as if making a cave or opening. 2 Explore natural caves.
GRANGER * n. A person who operates a farm.
SINCERITY * n. 1 An earnest and sincere feeling. 2 The quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical. 3 A quality of naturalness and simplicity. 4 The trait of being serious.
RANSACK * v. 1 Steal goods; take as spoils. 2 Search thoroughly.
ENSHRINE * v. 1 Enclose in a shrine. 2 Hold sacred.
BOTULISMOTOXIN * n. Potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon.
UTILITARIANISM * n. Doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
HENCHMAN * n. Someone who assists in a plot.
ARISHTH * n. Large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia.
UNMANNED * a. Lacking a crew.
BOULEVARDIER * n. A visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris).
KALAPOOIAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya.
TAMBOCOR * n. Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
EVACUATE * v. 1 Move out of an unsafe location into safety. 2 Empty completely. 3 Move people from their homes or country. 4 Create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel).
AGRIPPA * n. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
MIDSHIPS * r. At or near or toward the center of a ship.
SLIGHTINGLY * r. In a disparaging manner.
COPEPOD * n. Minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish.
POLYODON * n. Type genus of the Polyodontidae.
FORMATTING * n. The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing).
TOP-NOTCH * s. Of the highest quality.
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA * n. A vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension.
MISHMASH * n. A motley assortment of things.
WAVERING * --n. 1 Indecision in speech or action. 2 The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes. --s. Uncertain in purpose or action.
MASCULINIZE * v. 1 Give a masculine appearance or character to. 2 Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.
ROT * --n. 1 A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor. 2 (biology) The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action. 3 Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements). --v. 1 Break down. 2 Become physically weaker.
NONPRODUCTIVE * s. Not directly productive.
LUNDA * n. Puffins.
FALANGE * n. The Spanish Nazi party under Franco.
OCTOPOD * n. A cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell.
EUPHRATES * n. A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia.
TOURISM * n. The business of providing services to tourists.
CUDDLING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
LIDO * n. A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
PEDIGREED * s. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
PLAGIARISER * n. Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
ROUNDUP * n. 1 The activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold. 2 A summary list; as in e.g.. 3 The systematic gathering up of suspects by the police.
DRESSED * s. 1 Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination. 2 Treated with medications and protective covering. 3 (of lumber or stone) To trim and smooth. 4 Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.
SEPARATOR * n. An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension.
SPLINTERS * n. Wood in small pieces or splinters.
WEBPAGE * n. A document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser.
KNOTTED * s. 1 Tied with a knot. 2 Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots.
LEONARD * n. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925).
TODDLER * n. A young child.
PERILYMPH * n. The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
CYMBAL * n. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together.
COWBERRY * n. 1 Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries. 2 Tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller.
SMOLDER * --n. A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame. --v. 1 Burn slowly and without a flame. 2 Have strong suppressed feelings.
DECLARATORY * a. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
HUMOUR * --n. 1 A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. 2 A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. 3 (Middle Ages) One of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state. 4 The liquid parts of the body. --v. Put into a good mood.
OVERLEAF * r. On or to the other side of a page.
TAHINI * n. A thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds.
FRANKLIN * n. 1 United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915). 2 Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790). 3 A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth.
HELTER-SKELTER * --s. 1 Lacking a visible order or organization. 2 With undue hurry and confusion. --r. Haphazardly.
ITINERATION * n. Journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing; a preaching tour or lecturing tour.
SUBBASE * n. The lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard.
SICKBED * n. The bed on which a sick person lies.
JUDO * n. A sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan.
SUPERGIANT * n. An extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density.
RIKSMAL * n. In 1929 this dialect of Norwegian was officially renamed Bokmal.
ANAGRAMMATIZE * v. Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning.
OSCITANT * s. Showing lack of attention or boredom.
TIMOLOL * n. A beta blocker (trade name Blocadren) administered after heart attacks.
CHICHA * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
FIR * n. 1 Nonresinous wood of a fir tree. 2 Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas.
CARDIOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases.
DAREDEVIL * --n. A reckless impetuous irresponsible person. --s. Presumptuously daring.
MARCIONISM * n. The Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human.
UNSILENCED * a. Not silenced.
PAUPERIZATION * n. 1 A state of extreme poverty or destitution. 2 The act of making someone poor.
HOMEROOM * n. A classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business.
ENCYCLICAL * --n. A letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world. --s. Intended for wide distribution.
BEGINNER * n. 1 Someone new to a field or activity. 2 A person who founds or establishes some institution.
ACCELERATE * v. 1 Move faster. 2 Cause to move faster.
ESTHER * n. 1 (Old Testament) A beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim). 2 An Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre.
CANKERWEED * n. Herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes.
HAMMERING * n. The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).
IMMINENTLY * r. In an imminent manner.
FULL-BOSOMED * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
MESHUGGENER * --n. (Yiddish) A crazy fool. --s. Senseless; crazy.
PHENYLTOLOXAMINE * n. Antihistamine included in some preparations used to treat coughing and nasal congestion.
UNPROGRESSIVE * s. Old-fashioned and out of date.
VITAMIN * n. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism.
MAGUS * n. 1 A magician or sorcerer of ancient times. 2 A member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians.
CYCLONE * n. 1 (meteorology) Rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. 2 A violent rotating windstorm.
SLATE * --n. 1 (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate. 2 Thin layers of rock used for roofing. 3 A fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers. 4 A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices. --v. 1 Designate or schedule. 2 Enter on a list or slate for an election. 3 Cover with slate.
PARASITAXUS * n. One species: parasite yew.
PROVENANCE * n. Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence.
DOLABRIFORM * s. Having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver.
SELZNICK * n. United States filmmaker noted for his film adaptations of popular novels (1902-1965).
SOCIALIZER * n. A person who takes part in social activities.
ACCRETIONARY * s. Marked or produced by accretion.
CARMELITE * --n. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers. --a. Of or relating to the Carmelite friars.
STRONGHOLD * n. A strongly fortified defensive structure.
NAPOLI * n. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region.
BUNKMATE * n. Someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself.
UNWARRANTED * s. 1 Incapable of being justified or explained. 2 Without a basis in reason or fact. 3 Lacking justification or authorization.
SQUINTY * --a. Characterized by squinting. --s. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
EINSTEIN * n. 1 Physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955). 2 Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.
ASANA * n. (Hinduism) A posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga).
GALEN * n. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
WEATHER-STRIPPED * s. Having cracks blocked with weather stripping.
AUTOMAKER * n. A business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles.
VOCATIVE * --n. The case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed. --a. Relating to a case used in some languages.
PREMATURE * --a. Born after a gestation period of less than the normal time. --s. 1 Too soon or too hasty. 2 Uncommonly early or before the expected time.
AIRSICKNESS * n. Motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence).
PLEUROCARPOUS * a. (of mosses) Having the archegonia on short lateral branches.
ENGROSSING * s. Capable of arousing and holding the attention.
KANDY * n. A city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center.
INCORPOREALITY * n. The quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter.
DISAGREE * v. 1 Be of different opinions. 2 Be different from one another.
METALWORKING * n. The activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner.
PALACE * n. 1 A large and stately mansion. 2 The governing group of a kingdom. 3 A large ornate exhibition hall. 4 Official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign).
HALF-HOUR * n. A half of an hour.
CIRCUMSPECTION * n. 1 Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. 2 The trait of being circumspect and prudent.
HARD-HITTING * s. 1 Characterized by or full of force and vigor. 2 Aggressively and persistently persuasive.
ASSAY-MARK * n. A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
PAGEBOY * n. 1 A boy who is employed to run errands. 2 A smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward.
TRAGICALLY * r. In a tragic manner; with tragic consequences.
VOLUMETRIC * a. Of or relating to measurement by volume.
HORNBLENDE * n. A green to black mineral of the amphibole group; consists of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron.
BEFOULED * s. Made dirty or foul.
RECIFE * n. A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic.
SNEAKER * n. 1 A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole. 2 Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
AUGEND * n. A number to which another number (the addend) is added.
BEDREST * n. Confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons).
MACHINIST * n. A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools.
ELEVEN-SIDED * s. Having eleven sides.
PLACEHOLDER * n. 1 A person authorized to act for another. 2 A symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set.
UNMARRIED * a. Not married or related to the unmarried state.
WATER-WASH * v. Wash with water.
SACCHARUM * n. Tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane.
SCYTHIAN * --n. 1 A member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia. 2 The Iranian language spoken by the ancient Scythians. --a. Of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language.
ALTOSTRATUS * n. A stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles.
FIVE-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.
IMPRECISELY * r. In an imprecise manner.
DEGUST * v. Taste with relish.
PYRRHUS * n. King of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC).
SCAPULOHUMERAL * a. Relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone.
MINUTES * n. A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
LOCKSTITCH * n. Machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread.
BUMBLER * n. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
PLUNDERER * n. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
EUPHORIC * a. Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation.
DERMATOSIS * n. Disorder involving lesions or eruptions of the skin (in which there is usually no inflammation).
OVERRULE * v. Rule against.
FORGOTTEN * s. Not noticed inadvertently.
FOUR-FOOTED * a. Having four feet.
CHISEL * --n. An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge. --v. 1 Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud. 2 Deprive somebody of something by deceit. 3 Carve with a chisel.
D.O.A. * s. Abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room.
KOPJE * n. A small hill rising up from the African veld.
RYDBERG * n. A wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element.
STEREO * --n. 1 Reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound. 2 Two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together. --s. Designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels.
PAMELOR * n. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Pamelor) used along with psychotherapy to treat dysthymic depression; may interact dangerously if taken with other drugs.
SEOUL * n. The capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia; located in northwestern South Korea.
PELLITORY-OF-THE-WALL * n. Herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers.
SPEECHIFY * v. Make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality.
MUGILOIDEA * n. Fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae.
SPLASH * --n. 1 The sound like water splashing. 2 A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event. 3 A small quantity of something moist or liquid. 4 A patch of bright color. --v. 1 Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. 2 Walk through mud or mire. 3 Dash a liquid upon or against. 4 Mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered.
DENTINE * n. 1 A calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth. 2 Bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth.
SETTERWORT * n. Digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally.
THEOTERRORISM * n. Terrorism for a religious purpose.
FEMALE * --n. 1 An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa). 2 A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies. --a. Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop. --s. 1 Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman. 2 For or pertaining to or composed of women or girls.
ETAMIN * n. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc..
RANI * n. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
SAUTEING * n. Cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle.
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE * s. Tending to hinder the achievement of a goal.
ANTABUSE * n. A drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested.
ALL-TIME * s. Unsurpassed in some respect up to the present.
CENTAUR * n. 1 (classical mythology) A mythical being that is half man and half horse. 2 A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
GENET * n. 1 French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834). 2 French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986). 3 Agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail.
COMMUTER * n. 1 A passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another. 2 Someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city.
MOTHER-NAKED * s. As naked as at birth.
GAUGE * --n. 1 A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.. 2 Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared. 3 The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train. 4 The thickness of wire. --v. 1 Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). 2 Rub to a uniform size. 3 Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation. 4 Measure precisely and against a standard.
WOOLY-MINDED * s. Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
MUBARAK * n. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
LANTHANON * n. Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).
ARCHIMANDRITE * n. The superior of an abbey of monks.
CARCHARHINIDAE * n. Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks.
COLEUS * n. Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers.
BLINDFOLD * --n. A cloth used to cover the eyes. --v. Cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing. --s. Wearing a blindfold.
CAREERIST * n. A professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity.
DAISY-CHAIN * v. Connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer.
JUNCUS * n. Type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes.
PIETA * n. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
CARTOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to the making of maps or charts.
AUTOSOME * n. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa.
FETLOCK * n. 1 The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern. 2 Projection behind and above a horse's hoof.
SARDINIA * n. 1 The Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century. 2 An island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy.
EXCESSIVE * s. 1 Beyond normal limits. 2 Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.
TRESTLEWORK * n. A supporting structure composed of a system of connected trestles; for a bridge or pier or scaffold e.g..
FOSSILIZED * s. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.
DUMDUM * n. A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound.
EVOLUTION * n. 1 A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage). 2 (biology) The sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms.
CAPRIMULGUS * n. Type genus of the Caprimulgidae.
TRANSOCEANIC * a. On or from the other side of an ocean.
BEEFY * s. Muscular and heavily built.
NONSYLLABIC * a. 1 Not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong). 2 (of speech sounds) Not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable.
SOUPY * s. 1 Having the consistency and appearance of soup. 2 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
MOBAN * n. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
NORTH-EAST * r. To, toward, or in the northeast.
NISI * s. Not final or absolute.
XERORADIOGRAPHY * n. Radiography using X-rays and xerographic (rather than roentgenographic) techniques.
FALCO * n. A genus of Falconidae.
HAEMAGGLUTINATE * v. Cause the clumping together (of red blood cells).
SCHLESIEN * n. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland.
NOCTILUCENT * s. Shining or glowing by night.
INTERLACING * s. Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
TROTTER * n. 1 Foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food. 2 A horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing.
KIPPER * n. Salted and smoked herring.
MOMMA * n. Informal terms for a mother.
SLAVERY * n. 1 The state of being under the control of another person. 2 The practice of owning slaves. 3 Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay.
MARKKA * n. Formerly the basic unit of money in Finland.
RING-BINDER * n. Holds loose papers or magazines.
CONSISTENCY * n. 1 The property of holding together and retaining its shape. 2 A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts. 3 Logical coherence and accordance with the facts. 4 (logic) An attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another.
DIMENSION * --n. 1 The magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height). 2 A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished. 3 One of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space. 4 Magnitude or extent. --v. 1 Indicate the dimensions on. 2 Shape or form to required dimensions.
VITRIOLICALLY * r. In a caustic vitriolic manner.
180 * s. Being ten more than one hundred seventy.
INTERBREED * v. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
SABRA * n. A native-born Israeli.
CONSERVATION * n. 1 An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change. 2 The preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources. 3 (physics) The maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations.
FEED * --n. Food for domestic livestock. --v. 1 Provide as food. 2 Give food to. 3 Feed into; supply. 4 Introduce continuously.
DAWDLING * n. The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working.
BILLYO * n. An unimaginably large amount.
NURSED * s. (of an infant) Breast-fed.
DERMOPTERA * n. Flying lemurs.
BUSTARD * n. Large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes.
CRUD * n. 1 Heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing. 2 Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant. 3 An ill-defined bodily ailment.
EVERLASTING * --n. Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color. --s. 1 Continuing forever or indefinitely. 2 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
LXXIV * s. Being four more than seventy.
PELECANIFORMES * n. Pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants.
KVETCH * --n. 1 (Yiddish) A constant complainer. 2 (Yiddish) A nagging complaint. --v. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
KOPIYKA * n. 100 kopiykas equal 1 hryvnia in Ukraine.
LOPSIDEDNESS * n. An oblique or slanting asymmetry.
SAHIB * n. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name.
FITFUL * s. 1 Occurring in spells and often abruptly. 2 Intermittently stopping and starting.
MATTER-OF-FACT * s. 1 Not fanciful or imaginative. 2 Concerned with practical matters.
OSTRACISE * v. 1 Expel from a community or group. 2 Avoid speaking to or dealing with.
BOMBIE * n. An unexploded bomblet.
HYDERABAD * n. 1 A city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River. 2 A city in south central India in Andhra Pradesh.
UNDERSIZED * s. Smaller than normal for its kind.
ULITIS * n. Inflammation of the gums.
DISINTERESTED * s. Unaffected by self-interest.
APPERTAIN * v. Be a part or attribute of.
STOLONIFEROUS * a. Producing stolons.
CARCINOGEN * n. Any substance that produces cancer.
MENACE * --n. 1 Something that is a source of danger. 2 A threat or the act of threatening. --v. 1 Pose a threat to; present a danger to. 2 Express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture. 3 Act in a threatening manner.
DECADENCY * n. The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.
MARIACHI * n. A group of street musicians in Mexico.
ABOMASUM * n. The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place.
LANCELIKE * s. (of a leaf shape) Shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex.
PROGNATHOUS * a. Having a projecting lower jaw.
RESIN * n. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules.
COPESTONE * n. 1 A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination. 2 A stone that forms the top of wall or building.
QIANGIC * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan.
LEANER * n. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
POLAROGRAPHIC * a. Of or involving polarography.
LUCUBRATE * v. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
BRIGID * n. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).
YAWS * n. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions.
LABIUM * n. A liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva).
TERRITORIALITY * n. The behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory.
RANCOUR * n. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
GASTROENTEROLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that studies the gastrointestinal tract and its diseases.
OUT-TRAY * n. A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material.
AUDITIVE * a. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
WANGLING * n. An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery.
ALEVE * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation.
CANTONAL * a. Of or relating to a canton.
LUCENT * s. Softly bright or radiant.
DANK * s. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
OSTEICHTHYES * n. A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage.
GLIAL * a. Of or relating to neuroglia.
WILLOWHERB * n. A plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs.
PROX * s. In or of the next month after the present.
KIGGELARIA * n. Small genus of South African shrubs or small trees.
EMERSION * n. 1 (astronomy) The reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse. 2 The act of emerging.
BREASTPLATE * n. Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass.
MARTEN * n. Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels.
MISCEGENATION * n. Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons).
SAVER * n. 1 Someone who saves something from danger or violence. 2 Someone who saves (especially money).
POLLINATOR * n. An insect that carries pollen from one flower to another.
LONGAN * n. Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium.
COTYLOID * s. Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.
DRYDOCK * --n. A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline. --v. Maneuver (a ship) into a drydock.
ANO * n. A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries.
FUNDED * a. Furnished with funds.
RUS * n. The medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev.
SPACEFARING * n. A voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere.
ETAMINE * n. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc..
STOOPER * n. 1 A person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others. 2 A person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward.
PENTOBARBITAL * n. A barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic.
ENTSI * n. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian.
TITHE * --n. 1 A levy of one tenth of something. 2 An offering of a tenth part of some personal income. --v. 1 Exact a tithe from. 2 Levy a tithe on (produce or a crop). 3 Pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church. 4 Pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church.
LIVERY * --n. 1 Uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs. 2 The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another. 3 The care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay. --s. Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress.
CLANSWOMAN * n. A member of a clan.
GALLEON * n. A large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries.
TRIVET * n. 1 A three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth. 2 A stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table.
SACCHARINE * s. Overly sweet.
CHIVALROUSLY * r. In a gallant manner.
EBIONITE * --n. A member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome. --a. Of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion.
CALF * n. 1 Young of domestic cattle. 2 The muscular back part of the shank. 3 Fine leather from the skin of a calf. 4 Young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo.
TRIUMPHANT * s. 1 Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success. 2 Experiencing triumph.
LANGLEY * n. 1 Unit of solar radiation. 2 United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906).
TUSCARORA * n. 1 A member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois. 2 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Tuscarora.
PISTOL * n. A firearm that is held and fired with one hand.
MUSTARD * n. 1 Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica. 2 Pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds. 3 Leaves eaten as cooked greens.
MANE * n. 1 Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck. 2 Growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being.
SABAOTH * n. (plural) Hosts or armies; used in the book of Romans in the New Testament.
ABET * v. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
OBTAINMENT * n. The act of obtaining.
PORC * n. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
LOCO * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
ATHENIAN * --n. A resident of Athens. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants.
REPREHEND * v. Express strong disapproval of.
DAPHNIA * n. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae.
KIPLINGESQUE * a. In the manner of Rudyard Kipling.
BATHYMETER * n. An instrument that measures the depth of water.
POSTERIOR * --n. 1 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2 A tooth situated at the back of the mouth. --a. Located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure. --s. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
RADIUM * n. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
MESMERISM * n. The act of inducing hypnosis.
LARIAT * n. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
FORTUNELLA * n. Small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats.
ALKALINITY * n. PH values above 7.
UNCORK * v. 1 Release. 2 Draw the cork from (bottles).
AIRBRUSH * --n. An atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air. --v. Paint with an airbrush.
STEAMROLLER * --n. 1 A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way. 2 Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements. --v. 1 Bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure. 2 Proceed with great force. 3 Crush with a steamroller as if to level. 4 Overwhelm by using great force.
GARRICK * n. English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779).
TRUCULENCE * n. Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness.
SYMMETRY * n. 1 (mathematics) An attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane. 2 Balance among the parts of something. 3 (physics) The property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions.
BINNACLE * n. A nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm).
BECK * n. A beckoning gesture.
UNCOMMERCIAL * s. Not conducive to commercial success.
PLIER * n. Someone who plies a trade.
CRYPTOMONAD * n. Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms.
PORTABILITY * n. The quality of being light enough to be carried.
CAMPANILE * n. A bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building.
PARADIDDLE * n. The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.
LOTIC * a. Of or relating to or living in actively moving water.
PURPURATE * v. Color purple.
MUJAHEDIN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
MASORETIC * a. Of or relating to the Masorah.
LENARD * n. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
COL * n. A pass between mountain peaks.
SIMPLY * r. 1 And nothing more. 2 (used for emphasis) Absolutely. 3 Absolutely; altogether; really. 4 In a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment.
HOYDENISH * s. Used of girls; wild and boisterous.
BY-BID * v. Bid on behalf of someone else.
SUPPOSITION * n. 1 A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. 2 A hypothesis that is taken for granted. 3 The cognitive process of supposing.
DIONYSIA * n. An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus).
STERNAL * a. Of or relating to or near the sternum.
ENCASED * s. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
DAHL * n. 1 Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics. 2 Small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant.
HN * n. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
CARPETED * a. Covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination.
DEEP-FRY * v. Cook by immersing in fat.
CENTRICAL * s. Having or situated at or near a center.
SUMP * n. 1 An oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine. 2 A well or other hole in which water has collected. 3 A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it.
TUMBLE * --n. 1 An acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end. 2 A sudden drop from an upright position. --v. 1 Fall down, as if collapsing. 2 Cause to topple or tumble by pushing. 3 Roll over and over, back and forth. 4 Fly around.
AUTOGENICS * n. Training patients in self-induced relaxation.
TERMINATION * n. 1 A coming to an end of a contract period. 2 A place where something ends or is complete. 3 Something that results. 4 The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme).
SALTWORKS * n. A plant where salt is produced commercially.
PIPERACEAE * n. Tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets.
ATTORN * v. Acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord.
ACTIAS * n. Luna moths.
EGLANTINE * n. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
FUNKA * n. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae.
PASSADO * n. (fencing) An attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward.
ANACHRONISM * n. 1 Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred. 2 An artifact that belongs to another time. 3 A person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age.
EDGEWAYS * r. 1 As if by an edge; barely. 2 With the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge.
UNEMOTIONAL * --a. Unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion. --s. Cool and formal in manner.
ZIZIPHUS * n. Spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes.
MANTISSA * n. The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808.
UNISEXUAL * s. Relating to only one sex or having only one type of sexual organ; not hermaphroditic.
SARDINA * n. Pilchards.
SUBLINGUAL * a. Beneath the tongue.
UNPROFITABLENESS * n. The quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit.
BIREFRINGENT * a. Relating to or characterized by double refraction.
DUODENAL * a. In or relating to the duodenum.
WAISTBAND * n. A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
CHORAGIC * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus.
REPLENISHMENT * n. Filling again by supplying what has been used up.
ORAD * r. Toward the mouth or oral region.
TRAPEZOID * n. 1 A quadrilateral with two parallel sides. 2 The wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones.
OUTTAKE * n. A scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film.
RUSTICATION * n. 1 The condition naturally attaching to life in the country. 2 The construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner. 3 The action of retiring to and living in the country. 4 Temporary dismissal of a student from a university.
NEUTROPHIL * n. The chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes.
EBULLIENT * s. Joyously unrestrained.
BREEZY * s. 1 Fresh and animated. 2 Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes.
KACHINA * n. 1 A masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit. 2 A deified spirit of the Pueblo people. 3 A carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift.
APHORIST * n. Someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms.
MEGALITH * n. Memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe).
UNDEVELOPED * a. 1 Not developed, mature, or fully formulated. 2 Not developed, improved, exploited or used.
STADIUM * n. A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.
SARRACENIALES * n. Plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae.
ENTHRALL * v. Hold spellbound.
SYMBOLOLATRY * n. The worship of symbols.
BELFAST * n. Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland.
BLOB * --n. An indistinct shapeless form. --v. Make a spot or mark onto.
UNLOCATED * s. Lacking a particular location.
HIRUDINEA * n. Hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids.
ZIONIST * --n. A Jewish supporter of Zionism. --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of Zionism. 2 Relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism.
DEMI-GLAZE * n. Sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry.
DASHEEN * n. 1 Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 2 Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. 3 Tropical starchy tuberous root.
STRAFER * n. A combat pilot who strafes the enemy.
SAPRAEMIA * n. Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter.
HUNCHED * s. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
QUANTIFIABILITY * n. The quality of being measurable.
ALCAPTON * n. An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
DRIVEN * s. 1 Compelled forcibly by an outside agency. 2 Urged or forced to action through moral pressure. 3 Strongly motivated to succeed.
COWSHED * n. A barn for cows.
ARGYLE * n. 1 A covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm. 2 A design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland. 3 A sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural).
HARLOTRY * n. Offering sexual intercourse for pay.
WORK * --n. 1 Activity directed toward making or doing something. 2 A product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing. 3 The occupation for which you are paid. 4 Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading). --v. 1 Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity. 2 Be employed. 3 Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected. 4 Perform as expected when applied.
UNBALANCE * --n. 1 A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium. 2 A state of mental disturbance and disorientation. --v. 1 Throw out of balance or equilibrium. 2 Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane.
PROMOTION * n. 1 A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution. 2 Act of raising in rank or position. 3 Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something. 4 The advancement of some enterprise.
PURITY * n. 1 Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material. 2 The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil. 3 A woman's virtue or chastity.
FELT * --n. A fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers. --v. 1 Mat together and make felt-like. 2 Cover with felt. 3 Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.
VARIOUS * s. 1 Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity. 2 Considered individually. 3 Distinctly dissimilar or unlike. 4 Having great diversity or variety.
ELAPID * n. Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres.
MASSEUSE * n. A female massager.
EMPIRICIST * n. A philosopher who subscribes to empiricism.
WINTRY * --a. Characteristic of or occurring in winter. --s. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain.
ARAGUAIA * n. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
RISKY * s. 1 Involving risk or danger. 2 Not financially safe or secure.
TORPIDLY * r. In a daze; in a dazed manner.
CRASS * s. (of persons) So unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
REHARMONISE * v. Provide with a different harmony.
DISCOURAGING * --a. Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action. --s. Expressing disapproval in order to dissuade.
COOLY * n. (ethnic slur) An offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer.
IAEA * n. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
LENIENCY * n. 1 Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant. 2 A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone. 3 Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers.
ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE * --n. Disorderly fighting. --s. Characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules.
UNDERACHIEVER * n. A student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates.
ENCIPHER * v. Convert ordinary language into code.
TROPONYMY * n. 1 The semantic relation of being a manner of does something. 2 The place names of a region or a language considered collectively.
GUNSTOCK * n. The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun.
CHRONOGRAPH * n. An accurate timer for recording time.
EPICENE * --n. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made. --s. 1 Having an ambiguous sexual identity. 2 Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
DESHABILLE * n. The state of being carelessly or partially dressed.
AZIMUTH * n. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
FO'C'SLE * n. Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed.
FISSIPED * n. Terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons.
CAPSULISE * v. 1 Enclose in a capsule. 2 Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.
IRRELIGIOUS * a. Hostile or indifferent to religion.
PERMANENT-PRESS * s. Used of fabrics that do not require ironing.
SIX * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. 2 A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
IMPUDENTLY * r. In an impudent or impertinent manner.
MARVELLER * n. Someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something.
UNSATED * s. Not having been satisfied.
INESSENTIALITY * n. Not of basic importance.
AMMINO * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt).
BANG-UP * s. Very good.
MUON * n. An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino.
PROVO * n. A city in north central Utah settled by Mormons.
SUMMARISE * v. 1 Be a summary of. 2 Give a summary (of).
UNPERMED * s. Not having had a permanent wave.
TAPED * s. 1 Secured or held in place by tape. 2 Recorded on tape.
SHALL-FLOWER * n. Cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes.
TOBAGONIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of the island of Tobago in the West Indies. --a. Of or relating to Tobago or its people.
DUSTPANFUL * n. The quantity that a dustpan will hold.
DIAGRAMMING * n. Providing a chart or outline of a system.
COBALTITE * n. A rare silvery-white mineral; important ore of cobalt.
ENTERPRISING * a. Marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects.
PANIC-STRUCK * s. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
IMPERMEABILITY * n. The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid.
STRONG-BONED * s. Having strong bones.
RUANDA * n. A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony.
EFFECTS * n. Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business.
PLAY-BOX * n. A box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school).
BELGIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Belgium. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people.
OPENNESS * n. 1 Without obstructions to passage or view. 2 Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive. 3 Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas).
INVERTASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose.
HYMEN * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The god of marriage. 2 A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin.
PELTATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example).
DEMOSTHENIC * a. Of or relating to Demosthenes or his oratory.
URETHRITIS * n. Inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination.
AMBULACRUM * n. One of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located.
GROUNDING * n. 1 Education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge. 2 Fastening electrical equipment to earth.
VIVIDLY * r. In a vivid manner.
AUVERGNE * n. A region in central France.
IDEOLOGUE * n. An advocate of some ideology.
JACOBINIC * a. Of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution.
LAST-DITCH * s. Of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster).
PARTICULARISTIC * a. Relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.).
COMMINATE * v. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
ARGEMONE * n. Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America.
ACHIRA * n. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
AMENORRHEA * n. Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow.
PATRONYMIC * --n. A family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor). --a. Of or derived from a personal or family name.
VIZIERSHIP * n. The position of vizier.
LARGE-HEARTED * s. Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity.
CHANNIDAE * n. Snakeheads.
UNSEAMANLIKE * a. Not seamanlike.
COLUGO * n. Arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps.
INFELICITOUSLY * r. In an infelicitous manner.
LYSOZYME * n. An enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria.
MELES * n. In some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae.
WILDLIFE * n. All living things (except people) that are undomesticated.
METEMPSYCHOSIS * n. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.
ANGSTROM * n. A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
VENGEFULNESS * n. A malevolent desire for revenge.
MYSORE * n. 1 A city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore. 2 State in southern India; formerly Mysore.
KHARKIV * n. A city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine.
PHALAENOPSIS * n. Genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia.
SYNTHETICALLY * r. By synthesis; in a synthetic manner.
DEVITRIFY * v. 1 Become crystalline. 2 Make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque.
DAMOCLES * n. The Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC).
QUINE * n. United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001).
BURGLARIOUS * a. Involving or resembling burglary.
COMMEMORATION * n. 1 A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something. 2 A recognition of meritorious service.
DAMSEL * n. A young unmarried woman.
ACTUATING * s. Causing motion or action or change.
RETROFLECTION * n. 1 A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part. 2 An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth. 3 The act of bending backward.
HAVE-NOT * n. A person with few or no possessions.
BLOODLEAF * n. Any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage.
ELAPHURE * n. Large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds.
ROUNDED * a. Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged.
TOPPER * n. 1 A worker who makes or adds the top to something. 2 A worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.). 3 The person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others. 4 An exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before.
GLYCEROLE * n. A medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin.
THERMOREGULATOR * n. A regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat.
SCARFACE * n. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
FIXATION * n. 1 An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely. 2 An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone. 3 The activity of fastening something firmly in position. 4 (histology) The preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.
TYNDALE * n. English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).
BLUNDERER * n. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
INCLEMENTNESS * n. Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities.
BATTLEMENTED * s. 1 Protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through. 2 Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement.
FORECASTER * n. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).
TUSKEGEE * n. A town in eastern Alabama.
SALIENCY * n. The state of being salient.
CENTROSYMMETRIC * s. Having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point.
DIESTRUM * n. (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) A state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity.
WARNING * --n. 1 A message informing of danger. 2 Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness). 3 Notification of something, usually in advance. --s. Serving to warn.
PUTRESCINE * n. A colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter.
ANTITYPIC * a. 1 Of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite. 2 Of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol.
FLUE * n. 1 Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor. 2 Organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip. 3 A conduit to carry off smoke.
MIAO * n. 1 A people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States. 2 A language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong.
GORMLESS * s. (British informal) Lacking intelligence and vitality.
FANCY * --n. 1 Something many people believe that is false. 2 Imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination. 3 A predisposition to like something. --v. 1 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. 2 Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for. --a. Not plain; decorative or ornamented.
HANDY * --n. United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958). --s. 1 Easy to reach. 2 Useful and convenient. 3 Skillful with the hands.
WHORTLEBERRY * n. 1 Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries. 2 Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries.
TRIONYCHIDAE * n. Soft-shelled turtles.
MUDDINESS * n. 1 The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water. 2 A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. 3 The quality of being cloudy.
HYALINISATION * n. The state of being hyaline or having become hyaline.
DISFOREST * v. Remove the trees from.
MADE-UP * s. Having been paved.
FISHBONE * n. A bone of a fish.
SPEAKERSHIP * n. The position of Speaker.
MINKOWSKI * n. German mathematician (born in Russia) who suggested the concept of four-dimensional space-time (1864-1909).
STEP-DOWN * n. The act of decreasing or reducing something.
SMASHING * --n. The act of breaking something into small pieces. --s. Very good.
IODIZE * v. 1 Treat with iodine. 2 Treat with iodine so as to prevent infection.
RACKETEERING * n. Engaging in a racket.
MATCHWEED * n. Any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches.
HYDANTOIN * n. Any of a group of anticonvulsant drugs used in treating epilepsy.
YALE * n. 1 A university in Connecticut. 2 English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721).
CANDY * --n. A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts. --v. Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze.
BEAUMONTIA * n. Small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia.
STOGIE * n. A cheap cigar.
NOVOBIOCIN * n. An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria.
BARBECUE * --n. 1 Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce. 2 A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit. 3 A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors. --v. Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill.
INCENTIVE * n. 1 A positive motivational influence. 2 An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output.
TANNERY * n. Workplace where skins and hides are tanned.
OUTFIT * --n. 1 Any cohesive unit such as a military company. 2 A set of clothing (with accessories). 3 Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose. --v. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.
MAYDAY * n. An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).
COPPERHEAD * n. 1 Common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States. 2 Venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia.
PASSIVELY * r. In a passive manner.
PUTSCH * n. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
THIMBLERIG * n. A swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under.
PUKKA * s. Absolutely first class and genuine.
LEPIDOPTERA * n. Moths and butterflies.
PROTHORAX * n. The anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs.
ARK * n. 1 (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments. 2 A boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood.
REPRODUCIBLE * a. Capable of being reproduced.
FASCISTIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of fascism.
FASCISTA * n. An Italian fascist under Mussolini.
FOIST * v. 1 To force onto another. 2 Insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
WOMAN-WORSHIP * n. The worship of women.
BUSTY * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
IMPASSIVE * s. 1 Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited. 2 Deliberately impassive in manner.
SULPHA * n. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
ALMOND-EYED * s. Having almond-shaped eyes.
ANTECEDENTLY * r. At an earlier time or formerly.
TEMPURA * n. Vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried.
PIAGET * n. Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980).
INVOLUNTARY * a. 1 Not subject to the control of the will. 2 Controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control.
SCORPAENOID * n. Fishes having the head armored with bony plates.
LISTLESSLY * r. In a listless manner.
COMMONSENSE * s. Exhibiting native good judgment.
SPENGLER * n. German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936).
PROCREATE * v. Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.
UNAPPEALING * a. 1 (of characters in literature or drama) Tending to evoke antipathetic feelings. 2 Not able to attract favorable attention.
WEEDLESS * a. Free from weeds.
ACCELERATED * s. Speeded up, as of an academic course.
PTOMAIN * n. Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria.
CANONIZED * s. Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.
ANGELIM * n. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
DYSPHONIA * n. Speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation.
LECANORA * n. Any lichen of the genus Lecanora; some used in dyeing; some used for food.
SEMANTIC * a. Of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning.
PASTEURIAN * a. Of or relating to Louis Pasteur or his experiments.
ANHEDONIA * n. An inability to experience pleasure.
TOUPE * n. A small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
DECARBONATE * v. Remove carbon dioxide from.
COLCHICACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: genera Colchicum and Gloriosa.
DISPROPORTIONAL * a. Out of proportion.
STETHOSCOPE * n. A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.
HOAR * --n. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside). --s. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
PAPUAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea. 2 Any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages. --a. Of or relating to Papua or its people or language.
VELOCIRAPTOR * n. Small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs.
KNOW-HOW * n. The (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something.
ZARQA * n. City in northwestern Jordan.
VERMIS * n. The narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres.
SAIGA * n. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
NEATLY * r. With neatness.
CROOKNECK * n. Yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin.
PILE * --n. 1 A collection of objects laid on top of each other. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit). 4 Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs). --v. 1 Arrange in stacks. 2 Press tightly together or cram. 3 Place or lay as if in a pile.
COCKSUCKER * n. 1 A person who performs fellatio. 2 Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
SIGN-LANGUAGE * s. Used of the language of the deaf.
ALKALEMIA * n. A blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale).
ERNST * n. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of dadaism; developed the technique of collage (1891-1976).
PORCUPINES * n. Meat patties rolled in rice and simmered in a tomato sauce.
UNCATEGORIZED * s. Not categorized or sorted.
RAYONS * n. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).
INCOMPATIBILITY * n. 1 The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time. 2 (immunology) The degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue). 3 The quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination.
MICROFICHE * n. Small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material.
PASSKEY * n. Key that secures entrance everywhere.
COLORFUL * a. 1 Having much or varied color. 2 Striking in variety and interest. 3 Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination.
SHOUTER * n. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
CHOU * n. 1 The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism. 2 Any of various types of cabbage. 3 Puff filled with cream or custard.
CELLIST * n. Someone who plays a violoncello.
BARNSTORMER * n. 1 An actor who travels around the country presenting plays. 2 A pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting.
SHINPLASTER * n. Paper money of little value issued on insufficient security.
VENUS * n. 1 The second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'. 2 Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite. 3 Type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells.
QUORATEAN * n. A group of languages of the Hokan family.
VICTORIA * n. 1 Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901). 2 (Roman mythology) Goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike. 3 A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally. 4 A town in southeast Texas to the southeast of San Antonio.
TRIPOLI * n. 1 A weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing. 2 The capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC. 3 A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
SCREENLAND * n. The personnel of the film industry.
XANTHOPHYLL * n. Yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks.
TRANSCRIPTION * n. 1 Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation. 2 (genetics) The organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA. 3 A sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording). 4 The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music.
GIBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits.
CONJUGAL * a. Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband.
ETHNOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to ethnology.
ANAGOGE * n. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
CHEESEBOARD * n. Tray on which cheeses are served.
DITA * n. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally.
YAMMER * v. 1 Cry loudly, as of animals. 2 Complain whiningly.
HORSEMINT * n. 1 An annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico. 2 Tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico. 3 A coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States.
DISPIRITING * s. Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
MIRTH * n. Great merriment.
HEADPIECE * n. 1 The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head. 2 A protective helmet for the head.
MONOCHROMIA * n. Complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness.
CROWBAR * n. A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.
HYPERTEXT * n. Machine-readable text that is not sequential but is organized so that related items of information are connected.
HYPNOTIC * --n. A drug that induces sleep. --a. Of or relating to hypnosis. --s. Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
SAVAGE * --n. 1 A member of an uncivilized people. 2 A cruelly rapacious person. --v. 1 Attack brutally and fiercely. 2 Criticize harshly or violently. --s. 1 (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. 2 Wild and menacing. 3 Without civilizing influences. 4 Marked by extreme and violent energy.
MOISTURISE * v. Make (more) humid.
BOBFLOAT * n. A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.
PLEASURE * n. 1 A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience. 2 Something or someone that provides a source of happiness. 3 A formal expression. 4 An activity that affords enjoyment.
UNAWAKENED * --a. Not aroused or activated. --s. Still asleep.
COEXISTING * s. Existing at the same time.
PAY-STATION * n. A coin-operated telephone.
CONCEIVABLE * s. Capable of being imagined.
BRIGHTON * n. A city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex.
DIAPER * n. 1 Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement. 2 A fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures.
ALL-METAL * s. Consisting completely of metal.
RENEGE * --n. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so. --v. Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.
UMBELLIFORM * a. Resembling or in the form of an umbel.
TYMPANITES * n. Distension of the abdomen that is caused by the accumulation of gas in the intestines or the peritoneal cavity.
PLACENTATION * n. 1 The formation of the placenta in the uterus. 2 Arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary.
CORRUGATION * n. 1 A ridge on a corrugated surface. 2 The act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves.
NONFEASANCE * n. A failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do.
CANNULIZATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
SNOT * n. 1 A person regarded as arrogant and annoying. 2 Nasal mucus.
UNASSERTIVENESS * n. Diffidence about self promotion.
UNPLEASINGNESS * n. The quality of being unpleasant to to the senses.
BENZEDRINE * n. A form of amphetamine.
HORSELAUGH * n. A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing.
BYPRODUCT * n. 1 A secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence. 2 A product made during the manufacture of something else.
ODOVAKAR * n. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
FLIMSY * --n. A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies. --s. 1 Lacking solidity or strength. 2 Lacking substance or significance. --a. Not convincing.
DELIQUESCENT * s. (especially of certain salts) Becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
COVERING * n. 1 A natural object that covers or envelops. 2 An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). 3 The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. 4 The act of protecting something by covering it.
URTICALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae.
PHILAENUS * n. A genus of Cercopidae.
BOOKSTALL * n. A shop where books are sold.
POOP * n. 1 Obscene terms for feces. 2 A stupid foolish person. 3 Slang terms for inside information. 4 The rear part of a ship.
FLUSHED * s. 1 Having the pinkish flush of health. 2 (especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
UNWASHED * s. 1 Of or associated with the great masses of people. 2 Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water.
OSTEOBLAST * n. A cell from which bone develops.
NATIONHOOD * n. The state of being a nation.
PRECEDENTED * a. Having or supported or justified by a precedent.
BROAD-HEADED * s. Having a brachycephalic head.
HYPODERMA * n. In some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies.
BLOWOUT * n. 1 An easy victory. 2 A sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus. 3 A gay festivity.
SMOOTHNESS * n. 1 A texture without roughness; smooth to the touch. 2 Powerful and effective language. 3 The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner. 4 The quality of having a level and even surface.
BOMBAX * n. Trees of chiefly South America.
RATIFIER * n. Someone who expresses strong approval.
HYPERTONIA * n. (of muscular tissue) The state of being hypertonic.
DOUBLE-SPACE * v. Type with a full space between lines.
CRUCIAL * --a. Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis. --s. 1 Having crucial relevance. 2 Of the greatest importance.
THORNINESS * n. 1 The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines. 2 A rough and bitter manner.
BESTOW * v. 1 Present. 2 Give as a gift. 3 Bestow a quality on.
EQUISETUM * n. Horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae.
SPHERICALNESS * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
CRANESBILL * n. Any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium.
STANDARDIZER * n. A person who sets a standard for things to conform to.
CLIFF-HANGING * s. (of a situation) Characterized by or causing suspense.
ALKA-SELTZER * n. A commercial antacid that contains aspirin; tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution.
GOBS * n. A large number or amount.
CARANDAY * n. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
FREEZING * n. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.
DIGITIZATION * n. Conversion of analog information into digital information.
FRATERNIZATION * n. Associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy.
ANAPLASIA * n. Loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor.
JOPPA * n. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950.
ETHNICALLY * r. With respect to ethnicity.
AKIN * s. 1 Similar in quality or character. 2 Related by blood.
BREAST-HIGH * r. Up to the breast.
GLORIOLE * n. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
PACIFISTICALLY * r. In a pacifistic manner.
ARABIST * n. A scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture.
CARLSBAD * n. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits.
ALLEGORISER * n. Someone who communicates in allegories.
MISCELLANEA * n. A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
ARCTOCEPHALUS * n. Fur seals.
ARA * n. 1 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma. 2 Macaws.
SEMIPARASITE * n. A parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis.
UNDERDEVELOPMENT * n. 1 State of inadequate development. 2 (photography) Inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast.
BORROWING * n. 1 The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source. 2 Obtaining funds from a lender.
DOLMAN * n. 1 A hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders. 2 A woman's cloak with dolman sleeves.
MAKE-PEACE * n. Someone who tries to bring peace.
PROMISCUITY * n. Indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations.
CRENATED * s. Having a margin with rounded scallops.
SCHOOLBOYISH * s. Befitting or characteristic of a young boy.
HYSTEROSCOPY * n. Visual examination of the uterus and uterine lining using an endoscope inserted through the vagina.
RETOOL * v. 1 Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving. 2 Provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools.
RADYERA * n. Very small genus of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus.
COOKERY * n. The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
TINKERER * n. 1 An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend. 2 A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts.
PARADISIACAL * s. Relating to or befitting Paradise.
APRIL * n. The month following March and preceding May.
COLUBER * n. Racers.
ADD * --n. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders. --v. 1 Make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of. 2 State or say further. 3 Bestow a quality on. 4 Make an addition by combining numbers.
PRODIGAL * --n. A recklessly extravagant consumer. --s. Recklessly wasteful.
SHEEPISHLY * r. In a sheepish manner.
PERFUMED * s. 1 Filled or impregnated with perfume. 2 Having a natural fragrance.
DINKEY * n. A small locomotive.
ADOPTED * a. Acquired as your own by free choice.
MOURNFUL * s. 1 Expressing sorrow. 2 Filled with or evoking sadness.
CHILIAD * n. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
WIND * --n. 1 Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. 2 A tendency or force that influences events. 3 Breath. 4 Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk. --v. 1 To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. 2 Extend in curves and turns. 3 Arrange or or coil around. 4 Catch the scent of; get wind of.
DECOCT * v. 1 Extract the essence of something by boiling it. 2 Be cooked until very little liquid is left. 3 Steep in hot water.
CHARILY * r. With great caution; warily.
ANCILLARY * s. Furnishing added support.
ONEROUS * s. Not easily borne; wearing.
OMPHALUS * n. A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
SUASION * n. The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action.
ZIGADENUS * n. Genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
HINDER * --v. 1 Be a hindrance or obstacle to. 2 Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. 3 Put at a disadvantage. --s. Located at or near the back of an animal.
BLAIN * n. An inflammatory swelling or sore.
HOLOFERNES * n. (Apocrypha) The Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith.
ACTINOMYCES * n. Soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites.
SELF-SERVICE * --n. The practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria). --a. Of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves.
FLORIDNESS * n. Extravagant elaborateness.
KILOVOLT-AMPERE * n. A unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes.
PANTRY * n. A small storeroom for storing foods or wines.
TIBIAL * a. Relating to or located near a tibia.
SCLEROPROTEIN * n. A simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye.
CLOTHESPIN * n. Wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline.
ALTISSIMO * s. Very high.
SIDELINE * --n. 1 A line that marks the side boundary of a playing field. 2 An auxiliary line of merchandise. 3 An auxiliary activity. --v. Remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position.
STUDIOUSLY * r. In a studious manner.
CHECKED * s. Patterned with alternating squares of color.
NIGER * n. 1 An African river; flows into the South Atlantic. 2 A landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert.
FELICITATION * n. 1 (usually plural) An expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another. 2 The act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration.
BOLE * n. 1 A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment). 2 The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber. 3 A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
FIBROCARTILAGE * n. Cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue.
CUMULATION * n. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
WAY * --n. 1 How something is done or how it happens. 2 Thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end. 3 A line leading to a place or point. 4 The condition of things generally. --r. To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States).
PELEW * n. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
SHIRTFRONT * n. 1 The front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket). 2 A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt.
JINGOIST * n. An extreme bellicose nationalist.
SABBATIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes.
TRINITROTOLUENE * n. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
SOBBING * n. Convulsive gasp made while weeping.
RE-ESTABLISHMENT * n. Restoration to a previous state.
MARMOREAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of marble.
METE * n. A line that indicates a boundary.
INOPERATIVE * a. Not working or taking effect.
ACUPRESSURE * n. Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.
COTTONY-WHITE * s. Of something as white as cotton.
RECEDE * v. 1 Pull back or move away or backward. 2 Retreat. 3 Become faint or more distant.
FOUR-PETALLED * s. (of flowers) Having four petals.
BEFITTINGLY * r. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
NEATEN * v. 1 Put (things or places) in order. 2 Care for one's external appearance.
MUSKMELON * n. 1 Any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell. 2 The fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers.
STARTLE * --n. A sudden involuntary movement. --v. 1 To stimulate to action. 2 Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm.
TORTOISESHELL * n. 1 The mottled horny substance of the shell of some turtles. 2 Brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles. 3 A cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings.
UNMELODIOUSLY * r. In an unmelodious manner.
AFLICKER * s. Shining unsteadily.
NUFFIELD * n. British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963).
GLASSBLOWER * n. Someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass.
DAYSTAR * n. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
IMPINGE * v. 1 Impinge or infringe upon. 2 Advance beyond the usual limit.
HINDERANCE * n. 1 Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. 2 Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. 3 The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding.
CONDENSER * n. 1 An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge. 2 An apparatus that converts vapor into liquid. 3 A hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat. 4 Lens used to concentrate light on an object.
RAMOUS * s. Having branches.
BRANDYSNAP * n. A gingersnap flavored with brandy.
CHAINLIKE * s. Having a chainlike form.
DISUNIFY * v. Break up or separate.
HYDROFOIL * n. 1 A device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through. 2 A speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds.
BINOCULAR * a. Relating to both eyes.
HOLLOW-EYED * s. Characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.
ORIZABA * n. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz); a popular resort.
CHOLECALCIFEROL * n. A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets.
ARTHROSPORE * n. 1 A body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria. 2 One of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi.
SEPARABILITY * n. The capability of being separated.
FILAMENT * n. 1 A very slender natural or synthetic fiber. 2 The stalk of a stamen. 3 A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells). 4 A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current.
HASSIDIM * n. A sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly.
AQUAMARINE * n. 1 A transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color. 2 A shade of blue tinged with green.
PROCAINE * n. A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine.
ONGOING * s. Currently happening.
DOTREL * n. Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia.
EPIMEDIUM * n. Herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia.
WEBB * n. 1 English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943). 2 English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947).
CONJURATION * n. 1 A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect. 2 Calling up a spirit or devil. 3 An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
SEDER * n. (Judaism) The ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.
OX * n. 1 An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus. 2 Any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos.
SKINCARE * n. Care for the skin.
OPEN-SOURCE * a. Of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available.
NUDITY * n. The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind.
SELF-REGULATING * s. Designed to activate or move or regulate itself.
ASCOMYCETES * n. Large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi.
ANOMIC * s. Socially disoriented.
PENTOXIDE * n. An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
PHYSICIAN * n. A licensed medical practitioner.
HIDATSA * n. 1 A member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota. 2 A Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa.
SANCTIONATIVE * s. Implying sanction or serving to sanction.
PERIGONAL * a. Of or relating to a perigone.
PANDANALES * n. Families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae.
CHIMWINI * n. A Bantu language spoken in southern Somalia.
CHAFEWEED * n. Weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike.
ACADIA * n. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
DETERMINISM * n. (philosophy) A philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will.
DESALINISATION * n. The removal of salt (especially from sea water).
TIRED * --a. Depleted of strength or energy. --s. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
CHUKKA * n. 1 (polo) One of six divisions into which a polo match is divided. 2 A shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets; often made of suede.
4TO * n. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves.
BLOWBACK * n. 1 The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired. 2 Misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service.
STOEP * n. Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house.
SCRAPHEAP * n. 1 An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter. 2 Pile of discarded metal.
BLUFFLY * r. In a blunt direct manner.
VEGETARIANISM * n. A diet excluding all meat and fish.
FELLOE * n. Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.
PRISON-BREAKING * n. An escape from jail.
REVIVAL * n. 1 Bringing again into activity and prominence. 2 An evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion.
SHORTHAND * --n. A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system. --s. Written in abbreviated or symbolic form.
UNIFIED * s. 1 Formed or united into a whole. 2 Operating as a unit.
BEVERAGE * n. Any liquid suitable for drinking.
TRANSLITERATION * n. A transcription from one alphabet to another.
CALYCEAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
SOFT-SOAP * v. 1 Persuade someone through flattery. 2 Use flattering talk on somebody.
ISOGONE * n. An imaginary line connecting points on the Earth's surface where the magnetic declination is the same.
WELL-DEFINED * --s. Having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges. --a. Accurately stated or described.
SNUFFLING * s. Liable to sniffle.
BLANDFORDIA * n. Small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs.
SUV * n. A high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis.
STIRRED * --a. Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion. --s. 1 Emotionally aroused. 2 Set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend.
GIDGEE * n. Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
ENCIRCLE * v. 1 Form or draw a circle around. 2 Bind with something round or circular.
THINGAMAJIG * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
COLCHICUM * n. Chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae.
MONOGAMY * n. The practice or state of having only one spouse at a time.
TREASONOUS * s. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor.
WHODUNIT * n. A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie.
SUCCUS * n. Any of several liquids of the body.
EXPLICATE * v. 1 Make plain and comprehensible. 2 Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses.
PULPWOOD * n. Softwood used to make paper.
SUGGESTIVE * s. 1 Tending to suggest or imply. 2 (usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly. 3 Tending to suggest something improper or indecent.
CERCOSPORA * n. Form genus of imperfect fungi that are leaf parasites with long slender spores.
TOFU * n. Cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk.
CAENOGENESIS * n. Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).
UNANALYZED * a. Not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination.
GALATIA * n. An ancient country in central Asia Minor.
GERBILLE * n. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
STREPTOMYCETACEAE * n. Higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes.
RED-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with red.
WHIT-TUESDAY * n. The day after Whitmonday.
MINNESOTAN * n. A native or resident of Minnesota.
SLAM * --n. 1 Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge. 2 The noise made by the forceful impact of two objects. 3 A forceful impact that makes a loud noise. 4 An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. --v. 1 Close violently. 2 Strike violently. 3 Dance the slam dance. 4 Throw violently.
FLINDERSIA * n. Small genus of Australian timber trees.
OGLALA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota. 2 A Siouan language spoken by the Oglala.
APOPEMPTIC * a. Addressed to one who is departing.
KHADI * n. A coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India.
ADMIRALTY * n. 1 The department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain). 2 The office of admiral.
APPORTIONING * n. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
GLANS * n. A small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris.
LUTHIER * n. A craftsman who makes stringed instruments (as lutes or guitars or violins).
LEOPARD * n. 1 The pelt of a leopard. 2 Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots.
ENQUIRER * n. Someone who asks a question.
SYNCRETISTICAL * a. 1 Relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections. 2 Of or characterized by syncretism.
ADIANTUM * n. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae.
QUIAQUIA * n. Small fusiform fish of western Atlantic.
THALLOPHYTA * n. Used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens.
HEAVILY * r. 1 To a considerable degree. 2 In a heavy-footed manner. 3 With great force. 4 In a manner designed for heavy duty.
SPHENOID * n. Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull.
PENTECOSTAL * --n. Any member of a Pentecostal religious body. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members. 2 Of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost.
ONE-FIFTH * n. One part in five equal parts.
ASSESS * v. 1 Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. 2 Charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine. 3 Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine). 4 Estimate the value of (property) for taxation.
DANAUS * n. Type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies.
PRINCIPALSHIP * n. The post of principal.
ANTIOXIDANT * n. Substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides.
DESPERATELY * r. 1 With great urgency. 2 In intense despair.
SMEGMA * n. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
ORTHODONTIC * a. Of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics.
PIED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
WELL-MANNERED * s. 1 Of good upbringing. 2 Socially correct in behavior.
MELOSPIZA * n. American song sparrow and swamp sparrow.
TOGETHERNESS * n. Affectionate closeness.
CHIRONOMUS * n. Type genus of the Chironomidae.
LIVERWORT * n. Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses.
LADYBUG * n. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
MUSCATEL * n. 1 Wine from muscat grapes. 2 Sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine.
INVERTIBLE * a. Having an additive or multiplicative inverse.
TRANDATE * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
BULLA * n. 1 (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. 2 The round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull.
INDEFATIGABLY * r. With indefatigable energy.
PHRYNOSOMA * n. Horned lizards.
PHONETICIAN * n. A specialist in phonetics.
PFANNKUCHEN * n. Puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce.
BORACIC * a. Of or relating to or derived from or containing boron.
COMMUNIZE * v. 1 Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles. 2 Make into property owned by the state.
INSPECTOR * n. 1 A high ranking police officer. 2 An investigator who observes carefully.
TUCHMAN * n. United States historian (1912-1989).
SCHWANN * n. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882).
SILVER-LEAFED * s. Having silvery leaves.
CHRYSOLOPHUS * n. Golden pheasants.
WHEATSTONE * n. English physicist and inventor who devised the Wheatstone bridge (1802-1875).
CRYPTOGAMOUS * a. Of or relating to a cryptogam.
BACITRACIN * n. A polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms; usually applied locally.
GREATHEARTED * s. Noble and generous in spirit.
SPLINTERING * n. The act of chipping something.
SATISFACTION * n. 1 The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation. 2 State of being gratified or satisfied. 3 Compensation for a wrong. 4 (law) The payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.
IMPERFECTIBILITY * n. The capability of becoming imperfect.
ARNICA * n. 1 Used especially in treating bruises. 2 Any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica. 3 An ointment used in treating bruises.
BAIKAL * n. The largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world.
ALGORITHMIC * a. Of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm.
TUNISIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Tunisia. --a. 1 Of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents. 2 Of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants.
DEXTROUSLY * r. With dexterity; in a dexterous manner.
BOUNTEOUSLY * r. In a bountiful manner.
PSYCHIC * --n. A person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception. --s. 1 Affecting or influenced by the human mind. 2 Outside the sphere of physical science.
FACTUALNESS * n. The quality of being actual or based on fact.
COLLISION * n. 1 (physics) A brief event in which two or more bodies come together. 2 An accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object. 3 A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals.
DISPASSION * n. Objectivity and detachment.
CAUDATED * a. Having a tail or taillike appendage.
VERLAINE * n. French symbolist poet (1844-1896).
READERSHIP * n. The audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.).
MATERNALLY * r. In a maternal manner; as a mother.
CRORE * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million.
SPLINTERLESS * s. Resistant to shattering or splintering.
FRAGMENTED * s. Having been divided; having the unity destroyed.
WATERSIDE * n. Land bordering a body of water.
SELF-DESTRUCTION * n. 1 The act of killing yourself. 2 The act of destroying yourself.
PA * n. 1 An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. 2 A short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead. 3 A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter. 4 A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
MAXILLA * n. The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium.
CLOVEROOT * n. Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
CUPLIKE * s. Resembling the shape of a cup.
EZECHIEL * n. 1 A Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC. 2 An Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration.
HUMANITY * n. 1 The quality of being humane. 2 The quality of being human. 3 All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
GIFT-WRAP * v. Wrap (a gift) attractively.
SHETLAND * n. 1 An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. 2 A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands.
HIERARCHICALLY * r. In a hierarchical manner.
LENTENTIDE * n. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
FEWNESS * n. The quality of being small in number.
LINNAEAN * a. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed.
AGRICULTURALIST * n. Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil.
PARTIZAN * --n. 1 An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. 2 A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries. --a. Devoted to a cause or party.
CORRIE * n. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.
UNJUSTIFIABLY * r. Without any excuse.
SKITTISH * s. Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).
RUBBISH * --n. 1 Worthless material that is to be disposed of. 2 Nonsensical talk or writing. --v. Attack strongly.
IMPREGNABILITY * n. Having the strength to withstand attack.
TOLAZAMIDE * n. A drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
BROSMIUS * n. Cusk.
BORER * n. 1 A drill for penetrating rock. 2 Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood.
INDEMNIFY * v. 1 Secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for. 2 Make amends for; pay compensation for.
BEADLE * n. 1 A minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function. 2 United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989).
NONMANDATORY * s. Not required by rule or law.
TURF * --n. 1 Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots. 2 The territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own. 3 Range of jurisdiction or influence. --v. Cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots.
EGO * n. 1 An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. 2 Your consciousness of your own identity. 3 (psychoanalysis) The conscious mind.
FET * n. A transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field.
GONAD * n. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
BEFOOLING * n. Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent.
SNICK * --n. 1 A small cut. 2 A glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat. --v. 1 Hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat. 2 Cut slightly, with a razor.
MYTHOLOGIZATION * n. The restatement of a message as a myth.
ADA-SCID * n. SCID resulting from mutation of a gene that codes for adenosine deaminase.
INDIUM * n. A rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite.
GUNSMITH * n. Someone who makes or repairs guns.
CALLITRIS * n. Evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines.
VIBRATORY * s. Moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down.
BRALESS * s. Having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity.
UNWITTINGLY * r. Without knowledge or intention.
DUCTILENESS * n. The malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets.
YACK * --n. Noisy talk. --v. Talk incessantly and tiresomely.
ELISA * n. An assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria).
PROPHETESS * n. A woman prophet.
INKPOT * n. A bottle of ink.
PRUDENT * a. Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment.
DICENTRA * n. North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers.
DOWNHEARTED * s. Filled with melancholy and despondency.
ARCTURUS * n. The 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth.
FEMINISATION * n. The process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration.
PYROPE * n. A deep red garnet used as a gemstone.
ANALGESIA * n. Absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness.
PLATYCEPHALIDAE * n. Scorpaenoid flatheads.
HIBERNATE * v. 1 Sleep during winter. 2 Be in an inactive or dormant state.
CARUSO * n. Outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921).
REARRANGE * v. Put into a new order or arrangement.
UN-AMERICAN * s. Considered contrary to the best interests of the United States.
FIBREOPTICS * n. The transmission of light signals via glass fibers.
INQUISITIVE * s. 1 Showing curiosity. 2 Inquiring or appearing to inquire.
DASYPROCTIDAE * n. Agoutis and pacas.
TEARJERKER * n. An excessively sentimental narrative.
RATIOCINATOR * n. Someone who reasons logically.
LATITUDE * n. 1 The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself. 2 Freedom from normal restraints in conduct. 3 An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator. 4 Scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction.
UNHEALED * s. Not healed.
BOILED * s. Cooked in hot water.
HANKY * n. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
ANESTHESIOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that studies and applies anesthetics.
WBS * n. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
LARGE-CAP * a. Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more.
ABASEMENT * n. 1 A low or downcast state. 2 Depriving one of self-esteem.
AMMONIURIA * n. Excessive ammonia in the urine.
CHITTIMWOOD * n. 1 Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. 2 Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico.
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior. 2 The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
SAHARAN * --n. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad. --a. Of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert.
DESULFURIZE * v. Remove sulfur from.
BARTHOLDI * n. French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor.
INTERLINEAL * a. Written between lines of text.
BURGOYNE * n. British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792).
FALLIBLE * --a. Likely to fail or make errors. --s. Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings.
FROGMOUTH * n. Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth.
ZILLION * --n. A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole). --s. Very large indeterminate number.
ARACHNIDIAN * a. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
SAFENESS * n. The quality of being safe.
BIPINNATE * s. Of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns).
STELIS * n. Any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers.
VULTURE * n. 1 Any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion. 2 Someone who attacks in search of booty.
JACOB * n. 1 French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920). 2 (Old Testament) Son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God').
INCARNATION * n. 1 A new personification of a familiar idea. 2 (Christianity) The Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ. 3 Time passed in a particular bodily form. 4 The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc..
OILSTONE * n. A whetstone for use with oil.
CRIMINALISATION * n. Legislation that makes something illegal.
CROUTON * n. A small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads.
SHANTUNG * n. A heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation).
THIRDLY * r. In the third place.
MONTEZ * n. Irish dancer (1818-1861).
KORANIC * a. Of or related to the sacred texts of Islam.
CYME * n. More or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first.
PREFORMATION * n. A theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell.
ROBITUSSIN * n. Trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up.
LEVALLORPHAN * n. Drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects.
NASALIS * n. Proboscis monkeys.
HOHENLINDEN * n. 1 A town in Bavaria (near Munich). 2 A battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians.
HAMSTER * n. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches.
ACCUSED * n. A defendant in a criminal proceeding.
TORPEDINIDAE * n. Electric rays.
FUCALES * n. Coextensive with the family Fucaceae.
DEFICIT * n. 1 The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. 2 A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning. 3 (sports) The score by which a team or individual is losing. 4 An excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period).
CLINICIAN * n. A practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments.
DECEASED * --n. Someone who is no longer alive. --s. Dead.
MEANTIME * --n. The time between one event, process, or period and another. --r. During the intervening time.
ESOTERIC * a. Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
SPOONERISM * n. Transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words.
SEIZURE * n. 1 A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease. 2 The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. 3 The act of taking of a person by force. 4 The taking possession of something by legal process.
DOWERLESS * s. Lacking a dowry.
REVERBERATING * s. Characterized by resonance.
USTILAGINOIDEA * n. Genus of imperfect fungi causing plant diseases like smut.
SPHACELATE * v. Undergo necrosis.
SADDLE-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a horse's saddle.
MILE * n. 1 A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters. 2 A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude. 3 A large distance. 4 A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters).
MENDICITY * n. The state of being a beggar or mendicant.
ROUGHLEG * n. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
MASH * --n. 1 A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing. 2 Mixture of ground animal feeds. --v. 1 To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition. 2 Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. 3 Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
CHRYSOTILE * n. A grey or green fibrous mineral; an important source of commercial asbestos.
UPDIKE * n. United States author (born 1932).
ACROSOME * n. A process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg.
ONE-EYED * s. Having or showing only one eye.
RUBUS * n. Large genus of brambles bearing berries.
REIMBURSEMENT * n. Compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc..
JUDICATURE * n. 1 An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business. 2 The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government. 3 The act of meting out justice according to the law. 4 The position of judge.
WELSH * --n. 1 A native or resident of Wales. 2 A Celtic language of Wales. 3 A breed of dual-purpose cattle developed in Wales. --v. Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
UNNERVED * s. Deprived of courage and strength.
STORK * n. Large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage.
BLUE * --n. 1 Blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime. 2 Blue clothing. 3 Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue. 4 The sky as viewed during daylight. --v. Turn blue. --s. 1 Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky. 2 Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms). 3 Filled with melancholy and despondency. 4 Characterized by profanity or cursing.
COMPONENT * n. 1 An abstract part of something. 2 Something determined in relation to something that includes it. 3 An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system.
MADREPORE * n. Corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands.
FOREFINGER * n. The finger next to the thumb.
LEUKOCYTOSIS * n. An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia).
AYAPANA * n. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium.
PURENESS * n. 1 Being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material. 2 The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil. 3 A woman's virtue or chastity.
UNPERCEPTIVENESS * n. The lack of insight and sympathetic understanding.
TOUCH-TYPE * v. Type without looking at the keyboard.
TRANSATLANTIC * a. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
RELUCTIVITY * n. (physics) The resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it.
RUDDINESS * n. A healthy reddish complexion.
AIRFOIL * n. A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
BASIDIOLICHEN * n. A lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete.
MOSSBAUER * n. German physicist (born in 1929).
SNOT-NOSED * s. 1 (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant. 2 Dirty with nasal discharge.
PANTALOONED * s. Dressed in trousers.
PERCEPTIBLE * --a. Capable of being perceived by the mind or senses. --s. Easily seen or detected.
IRATELY * r. In an irate manner.
SQUAWK * --n. 1 The noise of squawking. 2 Informal terms for objecting. --v. 1 Utter a harsh abrupt scream. 2 Complain.
DEPERSONALISE * v. Make impersonal or present as an object.
DEFENSIVE * --n. An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive'). --a. Intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack. --s. Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing.
WAVE * --n. 1 One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). 2 A movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon. 3 (physics) A movement up and down or back and forth. 4 Something that rises rapidly. --v. 1 Signal with the hands or nod. 2 Move or swing back and forth. 3 Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. 4 Twist or roll into coils or ringlets.
CHINAMAN * n. 1 (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Chinese descent. 2 A ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg.
MARLIN * n. Large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes.
MATHEMATICAL * --a. 1 Of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics. 2 Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers. --s. 1 Beyond question. 2 Statistically possible though highly improbable. 3 Characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics.
DIAPHEROMERA * n. A variety of stick insect.
CAVUM * n. (anatomy) A natural hollow or sinus within the body.
RHYTHMIC * a. Recurring with measured regularity.
NEURASTHENIC * --n. A person suffering a nervous breakdown. --a. Of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia.
MONOGAMOUS * a. (used of relationships and of individuals) Having one mate.
UNFERTILIZED * s. Not having been fertilized.
SUPPLEMENTARY * s. 1 Functioning in a supporting capacity. 2 Added to complete or make up a deficiency.
CLOWNING * n. 1 Acting like a clown or buffoon. 2 A comic incident or series of incidents.
BLOWFLY * n. Large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds.
HEAVENWARDLY * r. Toward heaven.
MANIPULATOR * n. 1 An agent that operates some apparatus or machine. 2 A person who handles things manually.
SQUEEZING * n. The act of gripping and pressing firmly.
SNORING * n. The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound.
DISCOMFIT * v. Cause to lose one's composure.
BOSS-EYED * s. (British informal) Cross-eyed.
PROXEMICS * n. The study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations.
CHIGGERFLOWER * n. Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers.
PERVERSE * s. 1 Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict. 2 Resistant to guidance or discipline. 3 Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.
FANGED * a. Having fangs.
ARDOR * n. 1 A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). 2 Intense feeling of love. 3 Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
EZO * n. The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu.
STALK * --n. 1 Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. 2 A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. 3 A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush. 4 The act of following prey stealthily. --v. 1 Walk stiffly. 2 Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to. 3 Go through (an area) in search of prey.
KALEIDOSCOPIC * s. Continually shifting or rapidly changing.
KUTCH * n. Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
DYSTOPIAN * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia. 2 As bad as can be; characterized by human misery.
DIVISIBLE * a. Capable of being or liable to be divided or separated.
AVIDNESS * n. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
CODEX * n. 1 An official list of chemicals or medicines etc.. 2 An unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll).
BLACK-TIE * s. Moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket.
SURVEY * --n. 1 A detailed critical inspection. 2 Short descriptive summary (of events). 3 The act of looking or seeing or observing. --v. 1 Consider in a comprehensive way. 2 Look over carefully or inspect. 3 Keep under surveillance. 4 Hold a review (of troops).
IMMUTABLENESS * n. The quality of being incapable of mutation.
UNFORFEITABLE * s. Not subject to forfeiture.
NEUTRALISATION * n. 1 A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water. 2 (euphemism) The removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation). 3 Action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war. 4 Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action.
SEXLESS * s. 1 Having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs. 2 Having no sexual desire. 3 Sexually unattractive.
ROUNDHEADED * s. Having a brachycephalic head.
ITERATION * n. 1 (computer science) A single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated. 2 (computer science) Executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained. 3 Doing or saying again; a repeated performance.
HANNOVER * n. A port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League.
STAB * --n. 1 A sudden sharp feeling. 2 A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument. 3 Informal words for any attempt or effort. --v. 1 Use a knife on. 2 Stab or pierce. 3 Poke or thrust abruptly.
CUPRONICKEL * n. A 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel.
SYLLABIZE * v. 1 Divide into syllables. 2 Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable.
GUESTWORKER * n. A person with temporary permission to work in another country.
PINON * n. Any of several low-growing pines of western North America.
SILURUS * n. Type genus of the Siluridae: catfishes.
CHRYSOCHLORIDAE * n. Golden moles.
BROME * n. Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions.
AFGHANISTANI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
KOMONDOR * n. Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog.
SNAPLINE * n. A chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface.
HIGI * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
CONFECT * --n. A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts. --v. 1 Make or construct. 2 Make into a confection.
CASAVA * n. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
DISPOSE * v. 1 Give, sell, or transfer to another. 2 Throw or cast away. 3 Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief. 4 Place or put in a particular order.
INVIGORATION * n. 1 Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous. 2 The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something.
AUTOCRACY * n. 1 A political system governed by a single individual. 2 A political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual.
PTOSIS * n. Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness.
SODALITY * n. People engaged in a particular occupation.
NEPHRALGIA * n. Pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins).
BIOFLAVINOID * n. A vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation.
KEMADRIN * n. Drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonism.
FLACOURTIA * n. Often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa.
DISCOMBOBULATED * s. Having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion.
CONSIDERED * s. Carefully weighed.
CHARIOTEER * n. 1 The driver of a chariot. 2 A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way.
CYPRAEA * n. Type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries.
UNSANITARINESS * n. A state that is not conducive to health.
AWLWORT * n. Small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal.
LODE * n. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
VERTICALLY * r. In a vertical direction.
BULLET-HEADED * s. 1 Obstinate and stupid. 2 Having a small round head.
PLACE * --n. 1 A point located with respect to surface features of some region. 2 Any area set aside for a particular purpose. 3 An abstract mental location. 4 A general vicinity. --v. 1 Put into a certain place or abstract location. 2 Place somebody in a particular situation or location. 3 Assign a rank or rating to. 4 Assign a location to.
ORGANDIE * n. A sheer stiff muslin.
TETRAO * n. Type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies.
SWEET-TALK * v. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
SPONGY * s. 1 Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility. 2 Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed.
EQUID * n. Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck.
DEFINITE * --a. Precise; explicit and clearly defined. --s. Known for certain.
OILCAN * n. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
HYDROTHERAPY * n. The internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease.
SINOPIS * n. A red ocher formerly used as a pigment.
BRAINWASH * v. 1 Persuade completely, often through coercion. 2 Submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly.
AMALGAMATIVE * a. Characterized by or tending toward amalgamation.
BULLETPROOF * --v. Make bulletproof. --s. 1 Without flaws or loopholes. 2 Not penetrable by bullets.
HYDROGENATION * n. A chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil.
ISOLATIONISTIC * a. Of or relating to isolationism.
DRUMFIRE * n. Intense and continuous artillery fire.
BRAHMAPUTRA * n. An Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal.
MARRY * v. 1 Take in marriage. 2 Perform a marriage ceremony.
MARGINOCEPHALIAN * n. Includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs.
PHONER * n. The person initiating a telephone call.
SENIOR * --n. 1 An undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation. 2 A person who is older than you are. --a. Older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service. --s. 1 Used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college. 2 Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables).
INSULATOR * n. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.
BAHASA * n. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
CHECKREIN * n. A rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position.
AWHEEL * s. Traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g..
GESNER * n. Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565).
ARCUATE * s. Forming or resembling an arch.
TUMULT * n. 1 A state of commotion and noise and confusion. 2 Violent agitation. 3 The act of making a noisy disturbance.
SLOPPINESS * n. 1 The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water. 2 A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for. 3 The quality of not being careful or taking pains. 4 Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
XCIII * s. Being three more than ninety.
THREE-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits.
NAILBRUSH * n. A brush used to clean a person's fingernails.
SCUM * --n. 1 Worthless people. 2 A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid. --v. Remove the scum from.
OCCLUSION * n. 1 Closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel). 2 (meteorology) A composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft. 3 (dentistry) The normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed. 4 An obstruction in a pipe or tube.
MOJARRA * n. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
PROTOARCHAEOLOGY * n. The study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils.
BIRD-NEST * v. Gather birdnests.
VIRGO * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Virgo. 2 A large zodiacal constellation on the equator; between Leo and Libra. 3 The sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22.
SHORT-SNOUTED * s. Having a snout that is shorter than average.
UNBENDING * s. Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances.
ZIDOVUDINE * n. An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow.
NONSPECIFICALLY * r. Without specificity.
CAPRICIOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses. 2 The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
MUNDA-MON-KHMER * n. A family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia.
LAUDABLY * r. In an admirable manner.
STEATOPYGIA * n. An extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks.
SILVER-LEAVED * s. Having silvery leaves.
GROUND-HUGGING * s. Of plants that grow relatively low to the ground.
ARTHROGRAM * n. An X ray of a joint after the injection of a contrast medium.
TAEKWONDO * n. A Korean martial art similar to karate.
FEEDBACK * n. 1 The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output. 2 Response to an inquiry or experiment.
KILOVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts.
NEVIRAPINE * n. A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV.
IJTIHAD * n. The endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen.
WATER-SHIELD * n. 1 Aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums. 2 Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.
BERLIOZ * n. French composer of romantic works (1803-1869).
CARVEN * a. Made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary).
MINIATURE * --n. 1 Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts). 2 A copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size. --s. Being on a very small scale.
PYROGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or produced by pyrography.
ASPIRIN * n. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets.
OCCURRENT * --n. An event that happens. --s. Presently occurring (either causally or incidentally).
MARBLEWOOD * n. 1 Hard marbled wood. 2 Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood.
GENEVA * n. 1 A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations. 2 Gin made in the Netherlands.
HAZAN * n. The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
ANAGRAMMATISE * v. Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning.
VENOMED * s. Full of malice or hate.
WRETCH * n. 1 Performs some wicked deed. 2 Someone you feel sorry for.
PINTADO * n. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
ANGLICISM * n. 1 An expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English). 2 A custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens.
BACTERIOLOGIST * n. A biologist who studies bacteria.
PUGIN * n. English architect who played a prominent role in the 19th century revival of Gothic architecture (1812-1852).
CLEAN * --n. A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead. --v. 1 Make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from. 2 Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits. 3 Clean and tidy up the house. 4 Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing. --a. 1 Free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits. 2 Ritually clean or pure. 3 Not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination. 4 (of behavior or especially language) Free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers. --s. 1 Free of restrictions or qualifications. 2 (of sound or color) Free from anything that dulls or dims. 3 Free from impurities. 4 (of a record) Having no marks of discredit or offense. --r. 1 Completely; used as intensifiers. 2 In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating.
DESPOINA * n. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.
UNVANED * s. (of an arrow) Not equipped with feathers.
TWINKLER * n. An object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner.
GITA * n. (Hinduism) The sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life.
WITTOL * n. An archaic term for a cuckold who knows about his wife's infidelity but tolerates it.
MOTORCYCLING * n. Riding a motorcycle.
OVERDOSE * v. Dose too heavily.
IRRELIGIONIST * n. Someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion.
HETEROSCELUS * n. Tattlers.
METALWARE * n. Household articles made of metal (especially for use at table).
AIRY * s. 1 Open to or abounding in fresh air. 2 Not practical or realizable; speculative. 3 Having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air. 4 Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.
ANGELOLOGY * n. The branch of theology that is concerned with angels.
VINDICATE * v. 1 Show to be right by providing justification or proof. 2 Maintain, uphold, or defend. 3 Clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof.
BULLRUSH * n. 1 Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa. 2 Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America.
OPENED * --a. Used of mouth or eyes. --s. 1 Made open or clear. 2 Not sealed or having been unsealed.
ADVENTIVE * s. Not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized.
HOGGISHNESS * n. An excessive desire for food.
POPULARISATION * n. 1 An interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable. 2 The act of making something attractive to the general public.
DECORUM * n. Propriety in manners and conduct.
HEMOSTAT * n. A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
LBF. * n. A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec.
THORN-TIPPED * s. Of a plant tipped with a thorn.
AERIALLY * r. By means of aircraft.
METEOROLOGICALLY * r. With respect to the weather.
NEUROLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology.
MOOD * n. 1 A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. 2 The prevailing psychological state. 3 Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
MUGIL * n. Type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets.
RISER * n. 1 A person who rises (especially from bed). 2 A vertical pipe in a building. 3 Structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step.
PROTUBERATE * v. 1 Cause to bulge out or project. 2 Form a rounded prominence.
PERISHABLENESS * n. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction.
STEMMED * --a. 1 Having a stem or stems or having a stem as specified; often used in combination. 2 (of plants) Producing a well-developed stem above ground. --s. Having the stem removed.
GANG-RAPE * v. Rape (someone) successively with several attackers.
SPECTROMETER * n. Spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer.
CHALET * n. A Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style.
INMARRIAGE * n. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.
CIS * n. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
PSILOTUM * n. Type genus of the Psilotaceae.
INVADER * n. Someone who enters by force in order to conquer.
REND * v. Tear or be torn violently.
ECHINOPS * n. Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles.
CHECKERED * s. 1 Patterned with alternating squares of color. 2 Marked by changeable fortune.
PIGHEADED * s. Obstinate and stupid.
LUMBERYARD * n. A workplace where lumber is stocked for sale.
ESPRIT * n. Liveliness of mind or spirit.
UNMARKED * --a. Not having an identifying mark. --s. Not taken into account.
CAUSEWAY * --n. A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand. --v. 1 Provide with a causeway. 2 Pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles.
MANICHEAN * --n. An adherent of Manichaeism. --a. Of or relating to Manichaeism.
SUFFRAGISM * n. The belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women).
ELECTRODE * n. A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit.
ECCENTRIC * --n. 1 A person with an unusual or odd personality. 2 A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). --s. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. --a. Not having a common center; not concentric.
FLUTIST * n. Someone who plays the flute.
EMASCULATION * n. 1 Loss of power and masculinity. 2 Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles.
OSCILLATING * s. Having periodic vibrations.
PYROTECHNY * n. The craft of making fireworks.
MEDICI * n. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
WHITETAIL * n. Common North American deer; tail has a white underside.
UNRIVALLED * s. Eminent beyond or above comparison.
PATROLLER * n. Someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area.
SARONG * n. A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body; worn by both women and men in the South Pacific.
UNTAPED * s. Not recorded on film or tape.
OUST * v. 1 Remove from a position or office. 2 Remove and replace.
CHALDAEA * n. 1 An ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II. 2 An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king).
PREGNANT * --a. Carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life. --s. 1 Rich in significance or implication. 2 Filled with or attended with.
CRIMINALITY * n. The state of being a criminal.
CANTILLATE * v. Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.
CHERUBIC * s. Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub.
COLORECTAL * a. Relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum.
PARALYSIS * n. Loss of the ability to move a body part.
ABSORBANCE * n. (physics) A measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation.
KINDHEARTEDNESS * n. Sympathy arising from a kind heart.
EPIDERMIS * n. The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates.
PASTOR * n. 1 A person authorized to conduct religious worship. 2 Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus.
SKEPFUL * n. The quantity a skep can hold.
WICKIUP * n. A lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States.
UNTAXED * s. (of goods or funds) Not taxed.
INTUBATE * v. Introduce a cannula or tube into.
MATERIALITY * n. 1 Relevance requiring careful consideration. 2 The quality of being physical; consisting of matter.
EDP * n. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
CRUISER * n. 1 A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters. 2 A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer. 3 A large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board.
EMPATHETICALLY * r. In a sympathetic manner.
LEGITIMATE * --v. 1 Make legal. 2 Show or affirm to be just and legitimate. 3 Make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone). --a. Of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful. --s. 1 Based on known statements or events or conditions. 2 In accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles. 3 Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law.
MASTICOPHIS * n. Whip snakes.
COLA * n. 1 Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts. 2 Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States).
DEBUG * v. Locate and correct errors in a computer program code.
ENLACE * v. Spin, wind, or twist together.
HARPER * n. Someone who plays the harp.
INSHORE * --a. (of winds) Coming from the sea toward the land. --s. Close to a shore. --r. Toward the shore.
SANDRIL * n. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
MOTHY * s. 1 Worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths. 2 Infested with moths.
MEANINGFULLY * r. In a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful.
UNALLOYED * s. Free from admixture.
LVI * s. Being six more than fifty.
MIFF * --n. A state of irritation or annoyance. --v. Cause to be annoyed.
STEINMAN * n. United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960).
MILLENNIUMISM * n. Belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations.
SLOP-SELLER * n. A dealer in cheap ready-made clothing.
CASSOWARY * n. Large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest.
RESOLUTION * n. 1 A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote. 2 The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together. 3 The trait of being resolute. 4 Finding a solution to a problem.
YMIR * n. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull.
COUNTEREXAMPLE * n. Refutation by example.
STAIDLY * r. In a grave and sober manner.
STRENUOSITY * n. Intense energy.
AIGRET * n. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
PITCH * --n. 1 The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration. 2 (baseball) The act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. 3 A vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk). 4 Promotion by means of an argument and demonstration. --v. 1 Throw or toss with a light motion. 2 Move abruptly. 3 Fall or plunge forward. 4 Set to a certain pitch.
STIGMATIC * --n. A person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ). --a. 1 Pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata. 2 Pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images). 3 Not astigmatic.
GONADOTROPIN * n. Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.
METEOR * n. 1 (astronomy) Any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere. 2 A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode.
GOFFER * --n. 1 A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman). 2 An iron used to press pleats and ridges. 3 An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats. --v. Make wavy with a heated goffering iron.
O'CONNOR * n. United States writer (1925-1964).
OSTEITIS * n. Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration.
MAIDISM * n. A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments.
INEXPENSIVELY * r. 1 In a cheap manner. 2 With little expenditure of money.
DEVALUATION * n. 1 An official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries. 2 The reduction of something's value or worth.
DANO-NORWEGIAN * n. Book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish.
WARBLE * --n. A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly. --v. 1 Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below. 2 Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling.
CARANX * n. Type genus of the Carangidae.
SMIRK * --n. A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure. --v. Smile affectedly or derisively.
CATION * n. A positively charged ion.
AL-QAIDA * n. A terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries.
RUBIALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary.
STARBOARD * --n. The right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose. --v. Turn to the right, of helms or rudders. --s. Located on the right side of a ship or aircraft.
LOLITA * n. A sexually precocious young girl.
TITLE-HOLDER * n. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
90 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine. --s. Being ten more than eighty.
QUINTILLION * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros.
ARTAMUS * n. Type genus of the Artamidae.
PSYCHOACTIVE * a. Affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes.
CORYNEBACTERIACEAE * n. A large family of mostly Gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales.
BANDOLIER * n. A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers.
RADIOTELEPHONY * n. Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire.
SYRRHAPTES * n. A genus of Pteroclididae.
ARAMUS * n. Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin.
FIN * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2 One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile. 3 One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain. 4 A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater). --v. 1 Equip (a car) with fins. 2 Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion. 3 Show the fins above the water while swimming.
LEADERS * n. The body of people who lead a group.
SKIM * --n. 1 A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid. 2 Reading or glancing through quickly. --v. 1 Travel on the surface of water. 2 Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of. 3 Examine hastily. 4 Cause to skip over a surface. --s. Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
ACCESSORY * --n. 1 Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing. 2 A supplementary component that improves capability. 3 Someone who helps another person commit a crime. --s. 1 Aiding and abetting in a crime. 2 Furnishing added support.
PEE * --n. 1 Liquid excretory product. 2 Informal terms for urination. --v. Eliminate urine.
LACCOPETALUM * n. One species: giant buttercup.
RIBLIKE * s. Resembling a rib.
UNDERVALUE * v. 1 Assign too low a value to. 2 Esteem lightly. 3 Lose in value.
UNDERTAKER * n. One whose business is the management of funerals.
UNOBSERVED * s. Not seen or observed.
DISCOURAGED * s. 1 Made less hopeful or enthusiastic. 2 Lacking in resolution.
SPANDRIL * n. An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them.
DISCERNABLE * a. Perceptible by the senses or intellect.
ENCLOSED * a. Closed in or surrounded or included within.
FOUR-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with four members.
SECOND-CLASS * s. Of inferior status or quality.
BRUTALIZATION * n. 1 The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner. 2 The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously. 3 An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
OLEACEAE * n. Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac.
NOMENCLATURE * n. A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.
ZAFTIG * s. (of a female body) Healthily plump and vigorous.
GARGET * n. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.
DISINFECT * v. Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing.
SNIFFY * s. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
JOURNEYER * n. A traveler going on a trip.
SUPPLANT * v. Take the place or move into the position of.
PHALLOPLASTY * n. Reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury.
SALICORNIA * n. Glassworts.
EIGHT-SIDED * s. Having eight sides.
SLO-BID * n. A colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator.
BONDERISE * v. Coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion.
WIS. * n. A midwestern state in north central United States.
KANARESE * n. 1 A member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India. 2 A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
MALIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Mali. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Mali or its people.
OLED * n. A self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers.
PEACH * --n. 1 Cultivated in temperate regions. 2 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. 3 Downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh. 4 A shade of pink tinged with yellow. --v. Divulge confidential information or secrets.
CATMINT * n. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats.
ATONE * v. 1 Make amends for. 2 Turn away from sin or do penitence.
SOLITUDINARIAN * n. One who lives in solitude.
OPHIURIDA * n. Brittle stars.
HUMBLED * s. Subdued or brought low in condition or status.
DEMEANOUR * n. (behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people.
GRUMPILY * r. In an ill-natured manner.
ALMS-GIVING * n. Making voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
AMAZEMENT * n. The feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.
AL-HAKIM * n. An Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021).
TATTY * s. 1 Showing signs of wear and tear. 2 Tastelessly showy.
COLD-TEMPERATE * s. The colder parts of temperate waters.
INDIAMAN * n. A large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India.
DOINGS * n. Manner of acting or controlling yourself.
SCREAM * --n. 1 Sharp piercing cry. 2 A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. 3 A joke that seems extremely funny. --v. 1 Utter a sudden loud cry. 2 Utter or declare in a very loud voice. 3 Make a loud, piercing sound.
ERUCT * v. 1 Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical. 2 Expel gas from the stomach.
DRAGGINGLY * r. In a dragging manner.
IODISED * a. Treated with iodine.
COMATULID * n. Free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms.
DILEMMA * n. State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.
PITCHING * n. 1 (baseball) Playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team. 2 Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance).
SCHOOLMA'AM * n. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).
WELL-INTENTIONED * s. Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results.
CONVEXNESS * n. The property possessed by a convex shape.
CLOTTED * s. Thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots).
MULATTO * n. An offspring of a black and a white parent.
SIMON * n. 1 One of the twelve Apostles (first century). 2 United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942). 3 United States playwright noted for light comedies (born in 1927). 4 United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001).
PUPPET * n. 1 A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer. 2 A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else. 3 A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers.
METAPHYSICAL * --a. Pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics. --s. 1 Transcending physical matter or the laws of nature. 2 Highly abstract and overly theoretical.
MICROCEPHALOUS * a. Having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
POOR-SPIRITED * s. Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.
AMON-RA * n. Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy.
REFRACTOMETER * n. Measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance.
MOTIVATIONAL * a. Of or relating to motivation.
MEDICINAL * s. Having the properties of medicine.
DIMWIT * n. A stupid incompetent person.
BATSMAN * n. (baseball) A ballplayer who is batting.
BAROMETRIC * a. Relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer.
COVALENT * a. Of or relating to or characterized by covalence.
GENETICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene. 2 Of or relating to the science of genetics.
BULLYBOY * n. A swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction.
EUROPEANIZATION * n. Assimilation into European culture.
EUCHRE * n. A card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand.
LEPTOGLOSSUS * n. Leaf-footed bugs.
LITIGIOUSNESS * n. A quarrelsome disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.
SAPPY * s. 1 Abounding in sap. 2 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
LIGNITE * n. Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal.
CELOSIA * n. Annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa.
TWENTY-FOUR * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one. --s. Being four more than twenty.
LOVER * n. 1 A person who loves someone or is loved by someone. 2 An ardent follower and admirer. 3 A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage.
CRIMSON-MAGENTA * s. Magenta tinged with crimson.
CHELATION * n. 1 (medicine) The process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning. 2 The process of forming a ring by forming one or more hydrogen bonds.
SWITCH-HITTER * n. 1 A baseball player who can bat either right or left handed. 2 Slang term for a bisexual person.
ECTODERMIC * a. Of or relating to the ectoderm.
ANOSMIC * --a. Relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell. --s. Having impaired sense of smell.
BACKPLATE * n. Plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass.
HYDROPHOBIA * n. 1 A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids. 2 A morbid fear of water. 3 An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.
TOPSY-TURVYNESS * n. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
GRAMPUS * n. 1 Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas. 2 Slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas.
DACCA * n. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
SUMO * n. A Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground.
GUILLOTINE * --n. 1 Closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill. 2 Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people. --v. Kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine.
XANTHOSIS * n. An abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin.
INNOVATOR * n. Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art.
LXIII * s. Being three more than sixty.
AYTHYA * n. Canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc..
CODIFIED * s. Enacted by a legislative body.
WRONGDOING * n. 1 Departure from what is ethically acceptable. 2 Activity that transgresses moral or civil law.
MULTILEVEL * a. Of a building having more than one level.
HOGMANAY * n. New Year's Eve in Scotland.
MACRAME * --n. A relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords. --v. Make knotted patterns.
ASSUMING * s. Excessively forward.
QUINTESSENCE * n. 1 The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies. 2 The purest and most concentrated essence of something. 3 The most typical example or representative of a type.
JEWESS * n. A woman who is a Jew.
INKLING * n. A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
LIPFERN * n. Any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semiarid temperate or tropical regions.
NAVIGATE * v. 1 Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means. 2 Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance. 3 Direct carefully and safely.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION * n. Lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer).
MIGRAINE * n. A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men.
PLATITUDE * n. A trite or obvious remark.
HALAL * --n. (Islam) Meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah. --s. 1 Proper or legitimate. 2 Conforming to dietary laws.
HAYASTAN * n. A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors.
GORBACHEV * n. Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931).
BRAVENESS * n. A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear.
FAMOUSLY * r. 1 In a manner or to an extent that is well known. 2 Extremely well.
VESTURE * --n. 1 Something that covers or cloaks like a garment. 2 A covering designed to be worn on a person's body. --v. Provide or cover with a cloak.
WHITE-LIVERED * s. Easily frightened.
CYTOPLASTIC * a. Of or relating to a cytoplast.
SEEDINESS * n. A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
ASYNCHRONISM * n. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
MUDHIF * n. A reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained.
NONARBITRARY * a. Not subject to individual determination.
THERETO * r. To that.
UNSIGHTLINESS * n. Ugliness that is unpleasant to look at.
BRAUNSCHWEIG * n. A city in central Germany.
MACLURA * n. Yellowwood trees or shrubs.
PANICLED * a. Having panicles; occurring in panicles.
ICAO * n. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
CULTURATI * n. People interested in culture and cultural activities.
VIRGILIA * n. Genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods.
HALOALKANE * n. Organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane.
RECTAL * a. Of or involving the rectum.
EUTROPHICATION * n. Excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life.
TINPOT * s. Inferior (especially of a country's leadership).
LIAISE * v. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
ANISETTE * n. Liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed.
LYSICHITON * n. Skunk cabbage.
MURMANSK * n. A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II.
COLDWORK * v. Shape (metal) without heat.
WAR-TORN * s. Laid waste by war.
ANOLE * n. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
INDICATE * v. 1 Be a signal for or a symptom of. 2 Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively. 3 To state or express briefly. 4 Give evidence of.
UNIAT * n. A member of the Uniat Church.
CATALYTIC * a. Relating to or causing or involving catalysis.
MURDEROUSLY * r. 1 As if bent on murder. 2 In a murderous frenzy.
DILATE * v. 1 Become wider. 2 Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
PURPLE * --n. 1 A purple color or pigment. 2 (in ancient Rome) Position of imperial status. 3 (Roman Catholic Church) Official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes. --v. 1 Become purple. 2 Color purple. --s. 1 Of a color intermediate between red and blue. 2 Excessively elaborate or showily expressed. 3 Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
BOLETE * n. Any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
STARE * --n. A fixed look with eyes open wide. --v. 1 Look at with fixed eyes. 2 Fixate one's eyes.
CORROBORATION * n. Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence.
RUINER * n. A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.
BALSAM-SCENTED * s. Smelling of balsam resin.
CONELIKE * a. Relating to or resembling a cone.
ACER * n. Type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit.
EPOXY * --n. A thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates. --v. Glue with epoxy.
GRATIFICATION * n. 1 State of being gratified or satisfied. 2 The act or an instance of satisfying.
MARASMIUS * n. Chiefly small mushrooms with white spores.
MATHS * n. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
URINARY * a. 1 Of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine. 2 Of or relating to the urinary system of the body.
TERYLENE * n. A kind of polyester fabric.
WHOOPEE * n. Noisy and boisterous revelry.
LITCHEE * n. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
INGATHERING * n. Request for a sum of money.
DYNAMITE * --n. An explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp. --v. Blow up with dynamite.
EPIDIDYMIS * n. A convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens.
DIRECTORATE * n. A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution.
KROON * n. The basic unit of money in Estonia.
FOGLAMP * n. Headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather.
CALYMMATOBACTERIUM * n. A genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale.
SEVENTY-ONE * s. Being one more than seventy.
EGERIA * n. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
SUBOCULAR * a. Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket.
EXUBERANCE * n. 1 Joyful enthusiasm. 2 Overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval.
ENCUMBERED * a. Loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load.
EGRETTA * n. Small Old and New World herons.
SMARMINESS * n. Smug self-serving earnestness.
ALKALOID * n. Natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants.
UNGUICULATE * --n. A mammal having nails or claws. --a. Having or resembling claws or nails.
BABESIIDAE * n. Piroplasms and cattle pathogens.
DRAFTEE * n. Someone who is drafted into military service.
GUSTO * n. Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
FONDLING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
WEDLOCK * n. The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce).
IMBALANCED * a. Being or thrown out of equilibrium.
INURE * v. Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate.
ANVERS * n. A busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460.
PECULATION * n. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
DRAKE * n. 1 English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). 2 Adult male of a wild or domestic duck.
PARLANCE * n. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
TAMARICACEAE * n. Family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes).
JUMENT * n. An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work.
OATH * n. 1 Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. 2 A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury. 3 A solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior.
LATROBE * n. United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820).
KAZOO * n. A toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece.
UNTIER * n. A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens.
CATAPHORESIS * n. The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode.
MUSKELLUNGE * n. 1 Flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish. 2 Large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America.
CHANCY * s. 1 Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk. 2 Subject to accident or chance or change.
CHROMATICITY * n. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
SMELT * --n. 1 Small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water. 2 Small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters. --v. Extract (metals) by heating.
UTRICULARIA * n. Bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution.
TOMCAT * n. Male cat.
INTRENCH * v. Fix firmly or securely.
ARTHRODESIS * n. The surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion.
UNINFORMED * a. Not informed; lacking in knowledge or information.
AGAMOGENETIC * s. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
MATURITY * n. 1 The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed. 2 State of being mature; full development. 3 The date on which an obligation must be repaid.
PARISIENNE * n. A female native or resident of Paris.
CNPZ * n. A terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s.
PILEUP * n. Multiple collisions of vehicles.
PRETTY * --s. 1 Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing. 2 (used ironically) Unexpectedly bad. --r. To certain extent or degree.
INSUBSTANTIALITY * n. 1 Lack of solid substance and strength. 2 Lacking substance or reality.
LEVELER * n. A radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions.
VISCOELASTIC * s. Having viscous as well as elastic properties.
ZENO * n. 1 Ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC). 2 Ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC).
ASTROPHYSICAL * a. Of or concerned with astrophysics.
CLAVER * v. Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
SCRAWNINESS * n. 1 The bodily property of lacking flesh. 2 The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality.
HEARTLESSLY * r. In a heartless manner.
AMMOTRAGUS * n. Genus of wild sheep.
SOLDER * --n. An alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces. --v. Join or fuse with solder.
HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA * n. Any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in high levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood.
BENEFICIARY * --n. 1 The recipient of funds or other benefits. 2 The semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause. --a. Having or arising from a benefice.
GENERALLY * r. 1 Usually; as a rule. 2 Without distinction of one from others. 3 Without regard to specific details or exceptions.
DEMONIZATION * n. To represent as diabolically evil.
NEWSMAN * n. A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.
SEAMANLIKE * a. Characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship.
AMNIC * a. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
ACHIEVABLE * s. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do.
RUM * --n. 1 Liquor distilled from fermented molasses. 2 A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards. --s. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
FILMY * s. So thin as to transmit light.
NEBN * n. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
BIFID * s. Divided into two lobes.
HYPATIA * n. Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415).
TROPICALLY * r. In a tropical manner.
VIOLINIST * n. A musician who plays the violin.
PARCAE * n. Any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns.
DIVARICATION * n. Branching at a wide angle.
SUNG * n. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy.
ROCKABILLY * n. A fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat.
ANKARA * n. The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats.
CHLAMYDIA * n. 1 A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia. 2 Coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract.
PENTOSE * n. Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.
EISTEDDFOD * n. Any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing).
PLUNDERED * s. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.
VAMP * --n. 1 A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. 2 An improvised musical accompaniment. 3 Piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe. --v. 1 Make up. 2 Piece (something old) with a new part. 3 Act seductively with (someone). 4 Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.
PERMIAN * n. From 280 million to 230 million years ago; reptiles.
BLUE-VIOLET * s. Of violet tinted with blue.
PRUDENTLY * r. In a prudent manner.
SPLASHED * s. 1 (of a fluid) Having been propelled about in flying drops or masses. 2 Covered with bright patches (often used in combination).
INTRACTABLE * a. Not tractable; difficult to manage or mold.
LAMASERY * n. A monastery for lamas.
GRILLROOM * n. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
LEPIDOCHELYS * n. Ridleys.
BEGUINE * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) A member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life. 2 Music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance. 3 A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba.
TEARAWAY * --n. A reckless and impetuous person. --s. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
CLEVELAND * n. 1 The largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port. 2 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908).
CHUBBINESS * n. The property of having a plump and round body.
LXXIII * s. Being three more than seventy.
KUTUZOV * n. Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813).
TEFLON * n. A material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided.
EXCEED * v. 1 Be greater in scope or size than some standard. 2 Be superior or better than some standard. 3 Be or do something to a greater degree.
UMBELLULARIA * n. Aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast.
RENAL * a. Of or relating to the kidneys.
DISAPPROVINGLY * r. Showing disapproval.
TELEMARKETING * n. The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales.
REMAIN * v. 1 Stay the same; remain in a certain state. 2 Continue in a place, position, or situation. 3 Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.. 4 Stay behind.
DISINCARNATE * v. Make immaterial; remove the real essence of.
UDMURT * n. 1 A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Votyak.
INFUSE * v. 1 Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions. 2 Fill, as with a certain quality. 3 Undergo the process of infusion. 4 Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse.
PHILHELLENIC * a. Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things.
EYEWASH * n. Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.
RHINOTERMITIDAE * n. Large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions.
TURREAE * n. Any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers.
DRAGONET * n. Small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America.
UNINTEGRATED * a. 1 Not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole. 2 Separated or isolated from others or a main group.
BARE-ASSED * s. (used informally) Completely unclothed.
SYDNEY * n. The largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port.
BATTER-FRIED * s. Fried in batter.
PLANULA * n. The flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates.
GOO * n. Any thick, viscous matter.
CAIRNED * a. Marked by cairns.
POWDERER * n. Someone who applies or scatters powder.
MIDWESTERN * s. Of a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota.
SEISMOSAURUS * n. Genus of large herbivorous dinosaurs of Cretaceous found in western North America.
MEETINGHOUSE * n. A building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers).
PREDICATIVELY * r. Occurring within the predicate phrase.
SURFACING * n. Emerging to the surface and becoming apparent.
BASKETMAKER * n. Someone skilled in weaving baskets.
COMPEER * n. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
STAPLE * --n. 1 (usually in the plural) A necessary commodity for which demand is constant. 2 A natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn. 3 Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing. 4 A short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables. --v. Secure or fasten with a staple or staples. --s. Necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities.
ZYGOSPORE * n. A plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells.
SWEET-SMELLING * s. Having a natural fragrance.
COCKATIEL * n. Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head.
INTERRUPTED * s. 1 Discontinued temporarily. 2 Intermittently stopping and starting.
MARIPOSAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley.
SHIFTLESS * s. Lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy.
BEAUTIFUL * --a. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration. --s. (of weather) Highly enjoyable.
SYLLOGIZER * n. Logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning.
GLOVELESS * a. Devoid of gloves.
UNANSWERED * s. Not returned in kind.
TRAGEDIENNE * n. An actress who specializes in tragic roles.
ASLOPE * s. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
APTERYGIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Apterygiformes.
WAW * n. The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
RETRIEVAL * n. 1 (computer science) The operation of accessing information from the computer's memory. 2 The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory. 3 The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).
DIRK * n. A relatively long dagger with a straight blade.
DEAD-ON * s. Accurate and to the point.
MENDACITY * n. The tendency to be untruthful.
OLD-FASHIONED * s. Out of fashion.
HETEROTHERMIC * s. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.
SAUROPTERYGIA * n. Extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs.
INNERMOST * s. 1 Being deepest within the self. 2 Situated or occurring farthest within.
ST.-BRUNO'S-LILY * n. A variety of spiderwort.
MULTIPAROUS * a. Producing more than one offspring at a time.
DREAM * --n. 1 A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep. 2 Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake. 3 A cherished desire. 4 A fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe). --v. 1 Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. 2 Experience while sleeping.
MOGHUL * n. A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
PRESENTLY * r. 1 In the near future. 2 At this time or period; now.
BITCHERY * n. Aggressive remarks and behavior like that of a spiteful malicious woman.
BUJUMBURA * n. The capital and largest city of Burundi.
KOUSSEVITZKY * n. United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951).
SUSTAINABILITY * n. The property of being sustainable.
HURTING * n. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
PAYGRADE * n. Rank in a military organization.
ENDUE * v. Give qualities or abilities to.
FESTERING * n. 1 (medicine) The formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus. 2 A fluid product of inflammation.
LUCILIA * n. Greenbottle flies.
MANGOSTEEN * n. 1 East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit. 2 Two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples.
GRAVIMETRY * n. The measurement of specific gravity.
BRIOSCHI * n. An antacid.
PROTACTINIUM * n. A short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead.
TABI * n. A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese.
FOOTLE * v. 1 Be about. 2 Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense.
WHIN * n. 1 Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe. 2 Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental. 3 Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
UNIDENTIFIABLE * a. Impossible to identify.
READER * n. 1 A person who enjoys reading. 2 Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication. 3 A person who can read; a literate person. 4 Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication.
UNPATRONIZED * a. Having little patronage or few clients.
SECTARIST * n. A member of a sect.
JINKS * n. Noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
ARAME * n. An edible seaweed with a mild flavor.
EFFICIENTLY * r. With efficiency; in an efficient manner.
PROVOCATIVELY * r. In a provocative manner.
FREE-SWIMMING * s. (of animals) Able to swim about; not attached.
HEMOSTATIC * s. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels.
KERATITIS * n. Inflammation of the cornea causing watery painful eyes and blurred vision.
MACHINE-WASH * v. Wash by machine.
ARETHUSA * n. Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.
CAREFUL * --a. Exercising caution or showing care or attention. --s. 1 Cautiously attentive. 2 Unhurried and with care and dignity. 3 Full of cares or anxiety. 4 Mindful of the future in spending money.
PA. * n. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
UNSEASONABLE * --a. Not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season. --s. Badly timed.
RAVENALA * n. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers.
PERCH * --n. 1 Support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird). 2 A linear measure of 16.5 feet. 3 A square rod of land. 4 An elevated place serving as a seat. --v. 1 Sit, as on a branch. 2 To come to rest, settle. 3 Cause to perch or sit.
HYDROLIZE * v. Make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis.
AMYGDALOTOMY * n. Psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence).
PHALANGIST * n. A Spanish member of General Franco's political party.
PILARY * s. Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
BISTRO * n. A small informal restaurant; serves wine.
BASE * --n. 1 Installation from which a military force initiates operations. 2 Lowest support of a structure. 3 A place that the runner must touch before scoring. 4 The bottom or lowest part. --v. 1 Use as a basis for; found on. 2 Situate as a center of operations. 3 Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes. --s. 1 Serving as or forming a base. 2 Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense). 3 (used of metals) Consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal. 4 Not adhering to ethical or moral principles.
UMPIRE * --n. 1 An official at a baseball game. 2 Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue. --v. Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition.
ETHERIALISE * v. Make ethereal.
PROVOCATION * n. 1 Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment. 2 Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action. 3 Needed encouragement.
MOMENTLY * r. 1 For an instant or moment. 2 At any moment.
VIBRATOR * n. 1 A mechanical device that vibrates. 2 Mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage.
ROUNDEDNESS * n. The property possessed by a rounded convexity.
POGROM * n. Organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews).
KINESTHESIA * n. 1 The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc. 2 The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
SPIRILLA * n. Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form.
DISPERSE * v. 1 Distribute loosely. 2 To cause to separate and go in different directions. 3 Cause to separate. 4 Move away from each other.
BALLOT * --n. 1 A document listing the alternatives that is used in voting. 2 A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative. --v. Vote by ballot.
ANDRYALA * n. Any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers.
ARTAMIDAE * n. Wood swallows.
FAY * n. A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers.
MATERIALISTIC * s. 1 Marked by materialism. 2 Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
MESONIC * a. Of or pertaining to a meson.
APPROVINGLY * r. In an approving manner.
LOXOMA * n. One species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand.
ENLISTMENT * n. 1 A period of time spent in military service. 2 The act of enlisting (as in a military service).
DIASTROPHISM * n. The process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust.
IDAHOAN * n. A native or resident of Idaho.
SECRETORY * a. Of or relating to or producing a secretion.
KENNEDYA * n. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
STREETWISE * s. Having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment.
SKEDADDLE * --n. A hasty flight. --v. Run away, as if in a panic.
GOETHEAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe.
UNPERCEIVABLE * a. Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses.
TROUNCING * n. 1 A sound defeat. 2 The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
AXILLARY * a. 1 Of or relating to the axil. 2 Of or relating to the armpit.
CISTERNA * n. A sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid.
AMALGAMATE * --v. To bring or combine together or with something else. --s. Joined together into a whole.
RICKETTSIALPOX * n. Mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox.
ANTIPYRESIS * n. Medication with antipyretics to treat a fever.
TAKELMA * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma.
NORMAN-FRENCH * n. The medieval Norman dialect of Old French.
TERRITORIALISATION * n. The act of organizing as a territory.
PENNYWORTH * n. The amount that can be bought for a penny.
RECANTATION * n. A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.
FAILLE * n. A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton.
DINGLE * n. A small wooded hollow.
UNREPRODUCIBLE * a. Impossible to reproduce or duplicate.
MYELOBLAST * n. A precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow.
EYEPIECE * n. Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments.
SKREIGH * v. Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
OPTICS * n. 1 The branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light. 2 Optical properties.
KHIRGHIZ * n. 1 A member of a people vast regions of central Siberia. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz.
HEBRIDES * n. A group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland.
HUMANKIND * n. All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
LOVE-IN-A-MIST * n. 1 Tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed. 2 Chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers. 3 European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers.
FRANCE * n. 1 A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe. 2 French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924).
PRINCESS * n. A female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign).
FORECLOSURE * n. The legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default.
GAMINESS * n. Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
OPSIN * n. Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.
NONAGON * n. A nine-sided polygon.
DINGY * s. 1 Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. 2 (of color) Discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. 3 Causing dejection.
METAPHORIC * s. Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another.
SKEWNESS * n. An oblique or slanting asymmetry.
TRINECTES * n. A genus of Soleidae.
FINGERPRINT * --n. 1 A print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations. 2 A generic term for any identifying characteristic. 3 A smudge made by a (dirty) finger. --v. Take an impression of a person's fingerprints.
OUTFACE * v. Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring.
CLUSIACEAE * n. Widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber.
BENEDICTORY * a. Expressing benediction.
PRIMULA * n. Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
BERNHARDT * n. French actress (1844-1923).
IMPLICATE * v. 1 Bring into intimate and incriminating connection. 2 Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.
FLASHGUN * n. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.
TRAMCAR * n. 1 A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine. 2 A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
VOCIFERATOR * n. A loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest).
NITROGEN-FIXING * a. Contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation.
NEGLIGENCE * n. 1 Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. 2 The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.
DAGUERRE * n. French inventor of the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1789-1851).
VAULTED * s. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
MILL-HAND * n. A workman in a mill or factory.
POSTGANGLIONIC * a. Beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia).
TENACIOUS * --a. Good at remembering. --s. 1 Stubbornly unyielding. 2 Sticking together.
NIPA * n. 1 Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia. 2 Made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm.
CAMPONOTUS * n. Carpenter ants.
ATROCIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
AWE-INSPIRING * s. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
TINTINNABULATION * n. The sound of a bell ringing.
IMIDE * n. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
CONIDIUM * n. An asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore.
TALLIN * n. A port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia.
NONSENSITIVE * s. Never having had security classification.
UNAVAILING * s. Producing no result or effect.
UNINFLECTED * a. 1 (of the voice) Not inflected. 2 Not inflected. 3 Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection.
POLYZOAN * n. Sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding.
SLICER * n. 1 A golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers). 2 A machine for cutting; usually with a revolving blade. 3 Knife especially designed for slicing particular foods, as cheese.
URSINE * a. Of or relating to or similar to bears.
RUBRICATE * v. 1 Place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint. 2 Furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics. 3 Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red. 4 Sign with a mark instead of a name.
LAISSEZ-FAIRE * s. With minimally restricted freedom in commerce.
CITRONWOOD * n. 1 Wood of a citron tree. 2 Durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain).
POLYPEDATIDAE * n. Old World tree frogs.
APPLIANCE * n. 1 A device or control that is very useful for a particular job. 2 Durable goods for home or office use.
FORRARD * r. At or to or toward the front.
SUBDOMINANT * n. (music) The fourth note of the diatonic scale.
BLUEBERRY * n. 1 Any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries. 2 Sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants.
CAPROIDAE * n. Boarfishes.
DEARLY * r. 1 In a sincere and heartfelt manner. 2 At a great cost. 3 With affection.
ARYTAENOID * n. Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached.
OUTBRED * a. Bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes.
EXCOGITATIVE * s. Concerned with excogitating or having the power of excogitation.
DRONING * n. An unchanging intonation.
STRIPLING * n. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
MATRICENTRIC * s. Centered upon the mother.
AIR-DROP * v. Drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter.
FLOODING * n. A technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them.
PRESUPPOSE * v. 1 Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand. 2 Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition.
HYDRAZINE * n. A colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels.
FLODDEN * n. 1 A hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513. 2 A battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed.
OXYLEBIUS * n. A genus of Hexagrammidae.
WAXLIKE * s. Having the paleness of wax.
BLASTOMYCETE * n. Any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals.
COMPLAISANT * s. Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.
TARDINESS * n. The quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time.
CHINOOKAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook.
INSECTIVOROUS * a. (of animals and plants) Feeding on insects.
MEXICALI * n. A city in northwestern Mexico near the California border.
SALWAR * n. A pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez).
ARRACK * n. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
DARKNESS * n. 1 Absence of light or illumination. 2 An unilluminated area. 3 Absence of moral or spiritual values. 4 An unenlightened state.
SEMINOMA * n. Malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men.
ENCRUST * v. 1 Cover or coat with a crust. 2 Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems). 3 Form a crust or a hard layer.
IMPUNITY * n. Exemption from punishment or loss.
BUTTERCRUNCH * n. Lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves.
YELLOWCAKE * n. An impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore.
BARBARIC * s. 1 Without civilizing influences. 2 Unrestrained and crudely rich.
VOCATIONALLY * r. Affecting the pursuit of a vocation or occupation.
APPREHENDED * s. Fully understood or grasped.
CHICKENFEED * n. A trifling sum of money.
EPISCOPACY * n. The collective body of bishops.
HELOT * n. (Middle Ages) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
LD. * n. A company that is organized to give its owners limited liability.
DEFERENTIAL * s. Showing deference.
PAEAN * n. 1 A formal expression of praise. 2 (ancient Greece) A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
URANINITE * n. A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore.
SINGLY * r. 1 One by one; one at a time. 2 Apart from others.
DECARBONIZE * v. Remove carbon from (an engine).
TENDERIZE * v. Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.
VULGARIAN * n. A vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth).
POUT * --n. 1 A disdainful grimace. 2 Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas. 3 Catfish common in eastern United States. --v. 1 Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. 2 Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip.
MADEIRA * n. 1 A Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River. 2 An island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands. 3 An amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands.
BICORNED * s. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
UNSUPPORTABLE * s. Not able to be supported or defended.
DIMORPHOTHECA * n. South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers.
FONDANT * n. Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste.
JAWED * a. Of animals having jaws of a specified type.
AUTOTYPIC * a. Of or relating to autotypy.
DESALINIZE * v. Remove salt from.
LIFEHACK * v. Make one's day-to-day activities more efficient.
ANTHROPOMORPHIZE * v. Ascribe human features to something.
CATASTROPHICALLY * r. With unfortunate consequences.
SUNKEN * s. Having a sunken area.
UNCATEGORISED * s. Not categorized or sorted.
FLEUR-DE-LIS * n. 1 Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals. 2 (heraldry) Charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris.
UNDOUBTEDLY * r. Without doubt; certainly.
EMBRITTLE * v. Make brittle.
DREDGE * --n. A power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed. --v. 1 Cover before cooking. 2 Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. 3 Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water.
PONDEROUSLY * r. 1 In an uninterestingly ponderous manner. 2 In a heavy ponderous manner.
VEERY * n. Tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song.
YAMALTU * n. A three-tone Chadic language.
CONNIVE * v. 1 Encourage or assent to illegally or criminally. 2 Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
ATAVISTIC * s. Characteristic of an atavist.
BRNO * n. An industrial city in Moravia in Czech Republic to the southeast of Prague.
OFF-COLOR * s. 1 In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent. 2 Humorously vulgar.
BIONOMIC * a. Of or relating to the science of ecology.
NAVEL * n. 1 A scar where the umbilical cord was attached. 2 The center point or middle of something.
TENDERFOOT * n. An inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living).
JUSTLY * r. 1 With honesty. 2 In accordance with moral or social standards.
DOGSHIT * n. Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.
KINGFISH * n. 1 The lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States. 2 Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters. 3 Small silvery marine food fish found off California. 4 Any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast.
PROBLEMATIC * s. 1 Open to doubt or debate. 2 Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
MINIATURIZE * v. Design or construct on a smaller scale.
MOOLAH * n. Informal terms for money.
CASKET * --n. 1 Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 Small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables. --v. Enclose in a casket.
TWENTY-EIGHTH * s. Coming next after the twenty-seventh in position.
JUDICIARY * n. 1 Persons who administer justice. 2 The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government.
ETHICIST * n. A philosopher who specializes in ethics.
ENDING * n. 1 The end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme). 2 The act of ending something. 3 The point in time at which something ends. 4 Event whose occurrence ends something.
KENTUCKY * n. A state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses.
DUPLICATE * --n. 1 Something additional of the same kind. 2 A copy that corresponds to an original exactly. --v. 1 Make or do or perform again. 2 Duplicate or match. 3 Make a duplicate or duplicates of. 4 Increase twofold. --s. 1 Identically copied from an original. 2 Being two identical.
CANONISE * v. 1 Treat as a sacred person. 2 Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
INEQUALITY * n. Lack of equality.
OENGUS * n. Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women.
MULTIFARIOUSLY * r. In diverse ways.
FIREPOWER * n. (military) The relative capacity for delivering fire on a target.
ALUM * n. 1 A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum. 2 A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum. 3 A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university). 4 A double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things).
MENACINGLY * r. In a menacing manner.
WHIPSTITCH * n. A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally.
GNOSTIC * --n. An advocate of Gnosticism. --a. 1 Of or relating to Gnosticism. 2 Possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things.
SHEATH * n. 1 A protective covering (as for a knife or sword). 2 An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part. 3 A dress suitable for formal occasions.
RISING * --n. 1 A movement upward. 2 Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. --a. Advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status. --s. 1 Sloping upward. 2 Coming to maturity. 3 Newly come into prominence.
HIGHBROW * --n. A person of intellectual or erudite tastes. --s. Highly cultured or educated.
AVOCET * n. Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
DAGUERREOTYPE * n. A photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor.
CHLOROQUINE * n. An antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus.
SELF-PROTECTION * n. The act of defending yourself.
BO'SUN * n. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
WHEELHOUSE * n. An enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated.
ABDIAS * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible.
BEWITCHED * s. Captured, as if under a spell.
GRIPE * --n. Informal terms for objecting. --v. Complain.
LUBAVITCH * n. 1 A town in Belarus that was the center of the Chabad movement for a brief period during the 19th century. 2 A large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study.
NEED * --n. 1 A condition requiring relief. 2 Anything that is necessary but lacking. 3 The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior. 4 A state of extreme poverty or destitution. --v. 1 Require as useful, just, or proper. 2 Have need of. 3 Have or feel a need for.
SAWPIT * n. A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw.
PRERECORD * v. Record before presentation, as of a broadcast.
HOOKED * s. 1 Curved down like an eagle's beak. 2 Addicted to a drug. 3 Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold).
SAYDA * n. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
BARBERSHOP * n. A shop where men can get their hair cut.
NAGANO * n. A city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine.
RETRACTOR * n. Surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision.
FREELOAD * v. Live off somebody's generosity.
RAETAM * n. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista.
INTERAHAMWE * n. A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again.
PREFIXATION * n. Formation of a word by means of a prefix.
SNOBBY * s. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
PABULUM * n. 1 Any substance that can be used as food. 2 Insipid intellectual nourishment.
VIOLET-FLOWERED * s. Having a violet color.
LATTICED * s. Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
XI * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one. 2 The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. --s. Being one more than ten.
FELONIOUS * s. Involving or being or having the nature of a crime.
ORGANICISM * n. Theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes.
CHELYABINSK * n. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
EXTRANEOUSNESS * n. Unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand.
BOUNTIFUL * s. 1 Given or giving freely. 2 Producing in abundance.
FREEWILL * s. Done of your own accord.
POVERTY * n. The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.
BLADE * n. 1 Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole. 2 A dashing young man. 3 Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass. 4 A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.
HULA-HOOP * n. Plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips.
TOTTERER * n. Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall.
KWAI * n. The basic unit of money in China.
SOURDINE * n. 1 A mute for a violin. 2 An organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound.
CUSTARD * n. Sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen.
EXHAUSTIBLE * --a. Capable of being used up. --s. Capable of being used up; capable of being exhausted.
UNSPECIALISED * a. Not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function.
CEREMENT * n. Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped.
LXXXVIII * s. Being eight more than eighty.
RIVE * v. 1 Tear or be torn violently. 2 Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
ANASPID * n. Extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian.
RIDER * n. 1 A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel). 2 A clause that is appended to a legislative bill. 3 A traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle). 4 A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it.
MID-MAY * n. The middle part of May.
TRANSISTORIZE * v. Equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors.
CAUTIONARY * s. 1 Warding off. 2 Serving to warn.
FACE-HARDEN * v. Harden steel by adding carbon.
SYMPATHETICALLY * r. 1 With respect to the sympathetic nervous system. 2 In a sympathetic manner.
SAUDI-ARABIAN * a. Of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people.
PHAROS * n. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
RINGLET * n. 1 A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). 2 A strand or cluster of hair. 3 A small ring. 4 Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae.
GOLDMINE * n. 1 A good source of something that is desired. 2 A mine where gold ore is found.
LEATHERETTE * n. Fabric made to look like leather.
N.J. * n. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies.
VINIFICATION * n. The process whereby fermentation changes grape juice into wine.
DEMOBILISATION * n. Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops.
BEAUMONT * n. 1 United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853). 2 English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616). 3 A city of southeastern Texas near Houston.
SMEW * n. Smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia.
VACUOLATION * n. The state of having become filled with vacuoles.
GLAMOUR * --n. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal). --v. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
LARGE-MOUTHED * s. Having a relatively large mouth.
LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS * n. Inflammation of the larynx and trachea and bronchial passageways.
HYDROCHLORIDE * n. A complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride.
PICTURESQUENESS * n. 1 The quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid. 2 Visually vivid and pleasing.
NIGHTCLUB * n. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.
SHOWER * --n. 1 A plumbing fixture that sprays water over you. 2 Washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle. 3 A brief period of precipitation. 4 A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower. --v. 1 Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns. 2 Spray or sprinkle with. 3 Take a shower; wash one's body in the shower. 4 Rain abundantly.
CRUSADER * n. 1 A disputant who advocates reform. 2 A warrior who engages in a holy war.
TIMIMOUN * n. A town in central Algeria in the Atlas Mountains.
DOWERY * n. Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.
ANTENNA * n. 1 An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals. 2 Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ. 3 One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste.
AMMONIFY * v. Treat with ammonia; cause to undergo ammonification.
FREE-LIVER * n. Someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom.
PALATOGLOSSAL * a. Relating to the palate and tongue.
NOV-ESPERANTO * n. An artificial language based on Esperanto.
RADIANTLY * r. In a radiant manner.
JUMBAL * n. Small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie.
COUNTERSUBVERSION * n. The aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activities.
LANGSIDE * n. (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants.
BIOSYNTHESIS * n. Production of a chemical compound by a living organism.
ANGWANTIBO * n. A kind of lemur.
ROMANTICISE * v. 1 Interpret romantically. 2 Make romantic in style.
FORBEARING * s. Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment.
BRAIN-WORKER * n. Someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems.
YEARN * v. 1 Desire strongly or persistently. 2 Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. 3 Have affection for; feel tenderness for.
FULLER * n. 1 United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910). 2 United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983). 3 A workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living.
LAMENTER * n. A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died).
HOHERIA * n. Small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks.
SUSURRATE * v. Issue soft noises.
CLUNKY * s. 1 Lacking grace in movement or posture. 2 Making a clunking sound.
CURSED * --a. Deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier. --s. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.
THRYOTHORUS * n. Carolina wrens.
ASCLEPIAS * n. Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed.
IMPOVERISHMENT * n. 1 The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions. 2 The act of making someone poor.
DISACCORD * v. Be different from one another.
DACTYLOSCOPIDAE * n. Sand stargazers.
PEZIZACEAE * n. Large family comprising many typical cup fungi.
ORNITHOPODA * n. Widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon).
MUCOSA * n. Mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior.
ENSIS * n. Razor clams.
LASIURUS * n. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
ALAUDA * n. Type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks.
RECLAIMED * s. Delivered from danger.
CHLORHEXIDINE * n. A long-lasting liquid antiseptic; used by surgeons to wash their hands before performing surgery.
VOLATILITY * n. 1 The property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor. 2 The trait of being unpredictably irresolute. 3 Being easily excited.
NEGATIVE * --n. 1 A reply of denial. 2 A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed. --v. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. --a. 1 Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features. 2 Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial. 3 Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition. 4 Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive. --s. 1 Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant. 2 Less than zero. 3 Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions. 4 Having a negative charge.
SOLEMN * s. 1 Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises. 2 Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.
HAGGIS * n. Made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach.
URGE * --n. 1 An instinctive motive. 2 A strong restless desire. --v. 1 Force or impel in an indicated direction. 2 Push for something. 3 Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
BRACHYCEPHALISM * n. The quality of being brachycephalic.
MEDIATOR * n. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.
ZETTABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits.
NOUVEAU-RICHE * --n. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class. --s. Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.
DEFLATED * s. Brought low in spirit.
BONOBO * n. Small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species.
INDECISION * n. 1 Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action. 2 The trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose.
AORTAL * a. Of or relating to the aorta.
VERSATILITY * n. Having a wide variety of skills.
INSURRECTIONISM * n. The principle of revolt against constituted authority.
PHOTOMETRICALLY * r. By photometric means.
TRAILHEAD * n. The beginning of a trail.
SPINSTERHOOD * n. The state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman).
MISTRUSTFUL * s. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
TREPAN * --n. 1 A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull. 2 A drill for cutting circular holes around a center. --v. Cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery.
TAILCOAT * n. Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.
PEREGRINATE * v. Travel around, through, or over, especially on foot.
EXACERBATE * v. 1 Make worse. 2 Exasperate or irritate.
PHYLLIDAE * n. Leaf insects.
MICROWAVE * --n. 1 A short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data. 2 Kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food. --v. Cook or heat in a microwave oven.
CALL * --n. 1 A telephone connection. 2 A special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course. 3 A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. 4 A demand especially in the phrase. --v. 1 Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to. 2 Ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality. 3 Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. 4 Utter a sudden loud cry.
BIVALVIA * n. Oysters; clams; scallops; mussels.
PERMEATING * s. Spreading or spread throughout.
RENDEZVOUS * --n. 1 A meeting planned at a certain time and place. 2 A place where people meet. 3 A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex. --v. Meet at a rendezvous.
BOOKIE * n. A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races).
CONSCIOUS * --s. 1 Intentionally conceived. 2 (followed by `of') Showing realization or recognition of something. --a. Knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts.
ACTINOMYCETAL * a. Of or belonging to the actinomycetes.
STREPSIRHINI * n. In some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs.
BREECHLOADER * n. A gun that is loaded at the breech.
FULL-BLOODED * s. 1 Of unmixed ancestry. 2 Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health.
DEKAMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
LANGBEINITE * n. A mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer.
ZAMAN * n. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
DELEGATION * n. 1 A group of representatives or delegates. 2 Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
NONASSERTIVE * s. Not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence.
THIOSULFIL * n. Trade name for a sulfonamide antibacterial.
DISREGARDING * r. In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks.
ALUMBLOOM * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera.
FERINE * s. Wild and menacing.
GOALKEEPER * n. 1 The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal. 2 The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.
KANGAROO'S-FOOT * n. Sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia.
PINKIFY * v. Make pink.
DILUVIAL * a. Of or connected with a deluge.
DILATOR * n. 1 A muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part. 2 A drug that causes dilation. 3 A surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ.
RHABDOMANCER * n. Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water.
ARENAVIRIDAE * n. A family of arborviruses carried by arthropods.
AMBAGIOUS * s. Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
IDEALISTIC * --a. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas. --s. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
PLANKTONIC * a. Of or relating to plankton.
CHIMNEYPIECE * n. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
GALINGALE * n. European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots.
ENDURINGNESS * n. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
PORRIDGE * n. Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick.
ERITHACUS * n. Old World thrushes.
PIE-EYED * s. Very drunk.
ENUMERABLE * s. That can be counted.
ASSENTIENT * s. Expressing agreement or consent.
POLICEWOMAN * n. A woman policeman.
HAMATE * n. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
MASQUE * n. A party of guests wearing costumes and masks.
PALEOGRAPHER * n. An archeologist skilled in paleography.
HESITATING * s. Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly.
RED-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with red.
LICHEN * n. 1 Any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks. 2 Any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc..
PRINIA * n. A genus of Sylviidae.
STACHYOSE * n. A tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke.
JAPHETH * n. (Old Testament) Son of Noah.
OVERJOYED * s. Extremely joyful.
EPONA * n. (possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses.
PEAN * n. 1 (ancient Greece) A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity). 2 A formal expression of praise.
TANGINESS * n. A tart spicy quality.
CLIVE * n. British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774).
INSISTENTLY * r. In an insistent manner.
FASTING * n. Abstaining from food.
NIOBRARA * n. A tributary of the Missouri River.
INTROVERSION * n. 1 The condition of being folded inward or sheathed. 2 The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface. 3 (psychology) An introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings.
PRECORDIAL * a. In front of the heart; involving the precordium.
STRAIGHTJACKET * n. A garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person.
JASSID * n. A variety of leafhopper.
JIHADI * a. Of or relating to a jihad.
CROCHET * --n. Needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle. --v. 1 Create by looping or crocheting. 2 Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle.
RATIONALISTIC * a. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism.
CAPTURE * --n. 1 The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. 2 A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field. 3 Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle. 4 The act of taking of a person by force. --v. 1 Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible. 2 Attract; cause to be enamored. 3 Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase. 4 Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit.
JURISPRUDENTIALLY * r. In respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law.
SUBTOTAL * n. The sum of part of a group of numbers.
EPITOMIZE * v. Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of.
AGAL * n. A cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh.
FIFTY-FOUR * s. Being four more than fifty.
CRUSHING * --n. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. --s. Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination.
OVERPROTECT * v. 1 Care for like a mother. 2 Protect excessively.
RESOURCEFUL * s. Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative.
PATINA * n. 1 A fine coating of oxide (produced by oxidation over a long period of time) on the surface of a metal (particularly copper). 2 An acquired change in the appearance of something (other than metal or wood). 3 A gloss or sheen on wooden furniture produced by age, polishing, or handling.
BROMIDE * n. 1 Any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs. 2 A trite or obvious remark.
WINTERACEAE * n. Small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae.
HELENIUM * n. Genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds.
SCHEUCHZERIACEAE * n. A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales.
PALMATELY-LOBED * s. Having lobes radiating from a central point.
SYMMETRICALNESS * n. (mathematics) An attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
KILDEER * n. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry.
PREY * --n. 1 A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence. 2 Animal hunted or caught for food. --v. 1 Profit from in an exploitatory manner. 2 Prey on or hunt for.
CERATOPOGONIDAE * n. Biting midges; sand flies.
OPTOMETRY * n. The practice of an optometrist.
SUPERNOVA * n. A star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process.
WINDBREAK * n. Hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion.
QUECHUAN * --n. The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas. --a. Of or relating to the Quechua or their language.
INTUSSUSCEPT * v. Introvert or invaginate.
XXXVIII * s. Being eight more than thirty.
GLAREOLE * n. Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers.
BRUNELLESCHI * n. Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446).
ONE-SEVENTH * n. One part in seven equal parts.
TENABLE * s. Based on sound reasoning or evidence.
TURPITUDE * n. A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice.
UNLIKELINESS * n. The improbability of a specified outcome.
PROSERPINA * n. Goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone.
IODINE-125 * n. Light radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 60 days; used as a tracer in thyroid studies and as a treatment for hyperthyroidism.
CARNAL * --s. Marked by the appetites and passions of the body. --a. Of or relating to the body or flesh.
LANOXIN * n. Digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully.
OPISTHORCHIASIS * n. Infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia.
UROPYGIUM * n. Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow.
OOTID * n. Mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote.
DECLIVITY * n. A downward slope or bend.
SEICHE * n. A wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances.
ACTUATED * s. Moved to action.
UNBELOVED * s. Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love.
TRANQUIL * s. 1 (of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves. 2 Not agitated; without losing self-possession.
ROSARY * n. A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics).
SCRUTINY * n. 1 The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). 2 A prolonged intense look.
SANTALALES * n. Order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots.
CERVINE * a. Relating to or resembling deer.
TRIBOLIUM * n. Flour beetles.
FEMORAL * a. Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh.
TOLEDO * n. 1 An industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie. 2 A city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel and swords since the first century.
CHELONIA * n. 1 Green turtles. 2 Tortoises and turtles.
PROGNOSTICATE * v. 1 Make a prediction about; tell in advance. 2 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
DISTINGUISHED * s. 1 (used of persons) Standing above others in character or attainment or reputation. 2 Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person.
ZHUKOV * n. Soviet general who during World War II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974).
SWARM * --n. 1 A moving crowd. 2 A group of many things in the air or on the ground. --v. 1 Be teeming, be abuzz. 2 Move in large numbers.
NITRIFY * v. 1 Convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria. 2 Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound. 3 Treat (soil) with nitrates.
AMYOTROPHIA * n. Progressive wasting of muscle tissues.
QADHAFI * n. Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942).
LUCRATIVENESS * n. The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit.
SURVIVING * s. Still in existence.
PRIACANTHIDAE * n. Small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas.
VERAPAMIL * n. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
EQUIDISTANT * s. The same distance apart at every point.
METICULOUSLY * r. In a meticulous manner.
SARCOLEMNOUS * a. Of or relating to sarcolemma.
ADVERTENCE * n. The process of being heedful.
HEFTY * s. 1 (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. 2 Of considerable weight and size. 3 Large in amount or extent or degree.
REVISE * --n. The act of rewriting something. --v. 1 Make revisions in. 2 Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving.
SHARPEN * v. 1 Make sharp or sharper. 2 Make crisp or more crisp and precise. 3 Become sharp or sharper. 4 Put (an image) into focus.
DISOBEDIENTLY * r. In a disobedient manner.
SKIRMISH * --n. A minor short-term fight. --v. Engage in a skirmish.
BELLHOP * n. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
BIONOMICAL * a. Of or relating to the science of ecology.
MYXOMYCETES * n. The class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota.
METHIONINE * n. A crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition.
LOWSET * s. Lower than average.
HARD-BOILED * s. 1 Tough and callous by virtue of experience. 2 Used of persons; emotionally hardened. 3 (eggs) Cooked until the yolk is solid.
VACCINEE * n. A patient who has been vaccinated.
UNDYED * s. Not artificially colored or bleached.
ANTIBARYON * n. The antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1.
FIJIS * n. A group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral.
DIVINATION * n. 1 Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck. 2 A prediction uttered under divine inspiration. 3 The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
RANDOMISE * v. Arrange in random order.
SYNOVIAL * a. Relating to or secreting synovia.
SEPTILLION * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros.
ROMANTICIZATION * n. The act of indulging in sentiment.
NANSEN * n. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).
OXYOPIA * n. Unusually acute vision.
MARBLEISE * v. Make something look like marble.
INTRAVENOUS * a. Within or by means of a vein.
INAPPLICABLE * s. Not capable of being applied.
CHADDAR * n. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
SHILOH * n. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory.
INCLEMENT * a. 1 (of weather or climate) Severe. 2 Used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy.
INTERSTELLAR * a. Between or among stars.
DEANERY * n. 1 The official residence of a dean. 2 The position or office of a dean.
MOTIONLESS * s. Not in physical motion.
WASTEYARD * n. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
TORPOR * n. 1 A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility. 2 Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.
AR * n. 1 A colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere. 2 A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters. 3 A state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
DIE-SINKER * n. Someone who makes dies.
WESTWARD * --n. The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees. --s. Moving toward the west. --r. Toward the west.
ALLEVIATED * s. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
JINGLE-JANGLE * v. Make a sound typical of metallic objects.
ACCHO * n. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
INTERWOVEN * s. Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
DANGLE-BERRY * n. Huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit.
JUGOSLAVIJA * n. A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
WEENY * s. (used informally) Very small.
UNWEATHERED * s. Not worn by exposure to the weather.
DICEROS * n. Most common species in Africa.
STRANDED * s. Cut off or left behind.
LOWBRED * s. (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace.
UNREASONING * s. Not based on reason or evidence.
DOT * --n. 1 A very small circular shape. 2 The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966. 3 The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code. 4 Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. --v. 1 Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs. 2 Distribute loosely. 3 Make a dot or dots. 4 Mark with a dot.
DENOUEMENT * n. 1 The outcome of a complex sequence of events. 2 The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.
XEROPHTHALMUS * n. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A.
SACRILEGE * n. Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character.
IPROCLOZIDE * n. An antidepressant drug that acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
CREEL * n. A wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish.
ECLIPTIC * n. The great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator.
XENOLITH * n. (geology) A piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded.
MACON * n. 1 A city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta. 2 Fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry.
AYE-AYE * n. Nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs.
LINCOLN * n. 1 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865). 2 Capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska. 3 Long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire.
EXPLORATORY * a. Serving in or intended for exploration or discovery.
IRRESISTIBILITY * n. The quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist.
DRAINED * --a. Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid). --s. 1 Very tired. 2 Drained of electric charge; discharged.
SUBGROUP * n. 1 A distinct and often subordinate group within a group. 2 (mathematics) A subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group.
PENEPLAIN * n. A more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements.
FALSEHOOD * n. 1 A false statement. 2 The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting.
SEVERN * n. 1 A river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay. 2 A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain.
RUST-RESISTANT * s. Resistant to rust.
BOMBING * n. 1 An attack by dropping bombs. 2 The use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists.
PILLAR * n. 1 A fundamental principle or practice. 2 Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. 3 A prominent supporter. 4 A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument).
UNGRATEFUL * --a. Not feeling or showing gratitude. --s. Disagreeable.
UVEAL * a. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
MAZDAISM * n. System of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil).
SPECTROMETRY * n. The use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra.
PORNOGRAPHER * n. Someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores.
SALEM * n. 1 Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River. 2 A city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692. 3 A city in southern India.
ORBIGNYA * n. Palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm.
BURSITIS * n. Inflammation of a bursa; frequently in the shoulder.
ARM * --n. 1 A human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb. 2 Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. 3 Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting. 4 The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person. --v. 1 Prepare oneself for a military confrontation. 2 Supply with arms.
UNPAID * --a. Not paid. --s. 1 Without payment. 2 Engaged in as a pastime.
LAMENT * --n. 1 A cry of sorrow and grief. 2 A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. 3 A mournful poem; a lament for the dead. --v. 1 Express grief verbally. 2 Regret strongly.
GRANDILOQUENCE * n. High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation.
NORMODYNE * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
APPROACHABILITY * n. The attribute of being easy to meet or deal with.
VIREMIA * n. The presence of a virus in the blood stream.
FREIGHT * --n. 1 Goods carried by a large vehicle. 2 Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates. 3 The charge for transporting something by common carrier. --v. 1 Transport commercially as cargo. 2 Load with goods for transportation.
TEPID * s. 1 Moderately warm. 2 Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.
STERNUM * n. The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
BUMPTIOUS * s. Offensively self-assertive.
COLONIZED * s. Inhabited by colonists.
LACERATION * n. 1 A torn ragged wound. 2 The act of lacerating.
JUNEBERRY * n. 1 Any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit. 2 Edible purple or red berries.
MIMOSOIDEAE * n. Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae.
CARCINOMATOUS * a. Being or relating to carcinoma.
GLOWER * --n. An angry stare. --v. 1 Look at with a fixed gaze. 2 Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
1860S * n. The decade from 1860 to 1869.
OPENING * --n. 1 An open or empty space in or between things. 2 A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise. 3 Becoming open or being made open. 4 The first performance (as of a theatrical production). --a. First or beginning.
TESTUDO * n. 1 A movable protective covering that provided protection from above; used by Roman troops when approaching the walls of a besieged fortification. 2 Type genus of the Testudinidae.
ABKHAZIAN * --n. 1 A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea. 2 A Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz. --a. Of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language.
SCABIOUS * n. Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa.
ROMBERG * n. United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951).
BLUEPOINT * n. 1 Oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw. 2 Small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island.
RELATEDNESS * n. A particular manner of connectedness.
PRECAST * s. Of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of installation.
FATE * --n. 1 An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. 2 The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman). 3 Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). --v. Decree or designate beforehand.
EXCULPATE * v. Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
POTTERER * n. A person who putters about.
SLIPPER * n. 1 Low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors. 2 A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction.
HALYARD * n. A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag.
SCHEDULED * a. Planned or scheduled for some certain time or times.
REALISE * v. 1 Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. 2 Convert into cash; of goods and property. 3 Expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass. 4 Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to.
BOLETUS * n. Type genus of Boletaceae; genus of soft early-decaying pore fungi; some poisonous and some edible.
SARATOV * n. An industrial city in the European part of Russia.
PENNATULIDAE * n. Sea pens.
DISGRUNTLED * s. In a state of sulky dissatisfaction.
CHELICERA * n. Either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing.
EARLY * --a. 1 At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time. 2 Being or occurring at an early stage of development. 3 Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature. --s. 1 Belonging to the distant past. 2 Very young. 3 Expected in the near future. --r. 1 During an early stage. 2 Before the usual time or the time expected. 3 In good time.
INTRADOS * n. The interior curve of an arch.
CANTERING * a. Riding at a gait between a trot and a gallop.
KNUT * n. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).
MIRACLE-WORSHIP * n. The worship of miracles.
DACRYMYCETACEAE * n. A family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa.
SIREN * n. 1 A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived. 2 A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive. 3 A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound. 4 An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
FORTUNETELLING * n. The practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment).
TRM * n. The coordinated universal time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
EQUITATION * n. The sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements.
SPEECHWRITER * n. A writer who composes speeches for others to deliver.
SOY * n. 1 A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food. 2 Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia. 3 Thin sauce made of fermented soy beans. 4 The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein).
CO-BENEFICIARY * n. One of two or more beneficiaries of the same benefit.
HURT * --n. 1 Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. 2 Psychological suffering. 3 Feelings of mental or physical pain. 4 A damage or loss. --v. 1 Be the source of pain. 2 Give trouble or pain to. 3 Cause emotional anguish or make miserable. 4 Cause damage or affect negatively. --s. 1 Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle. 2 Damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value.
INALIENABLY * r. In an inalienable manner.
THIEVISHNESS * n. Having a disposition to steal.
SORELY * r. 1 To a great degree. 2 In or as if in pain.
MONOCOTYLEDONOUS * a. (of a flowering plant) Having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies.
UNDERTAKING * n. 1 Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. 2 The trade of a funeral director.
HAWKSHAW * n. Someone who is a detective.
REVERSIONIST * n. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
IN-YOUR-FACE * s. Blatantly aggressive.
SARNOFF * n. United States businessman who pioneered in radio and television broadcasting (1891-1971).
PATERNITY * n. 1 The state of being a father. 2 The kinship relation between an offspring and the father. 3 The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing.
SLOANEA * n. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
CONSULSHIP * n. The post of consul.
MESOCARP * n. The middle layer of a pericarp.
TENORMIN * n. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.).
BLASTODERMIC * a. Of or relating to a blastoderm.
WOLFFISH * n. 1 Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins. 2 Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.
ONOPORDUM * n. A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers.
BITINGLY * r. Extremely and sharply.
ISOMERISM * n. The state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers.
BENWEED * n. Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity.
UNLAMENTED * a. Not grieved for; causing no mourning.
KONGFUZE * n. Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC).
EPITOMISE * v. Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of.
MARMARA * n. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles.
IRRAWADDY * n. The main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea.
WINGER * n. (sports) Player in wing position.
SOMNILOQUISM * n. Uttering speech while asleep.
CONCENTRATION * n. 1 The strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume. 2 The spatial property of being crowded together. 3 Strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material. 4 Increase in density.
PURULENT * s. Containing pus.
STERILISER * n. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments.
DETRACTION * n. 1 A petty disparagement. 2 The act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander).
SYMPATHIZE * v. 1 Share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of. 2 Be understanding of. 3 To feel or express sympathy or compassion.
ALLYLIC * a. Of or pertaining to the allyl radical.
OBSERVINGLY * r. In an observant manner.
HYPERCRITICAL * s. Inclined to judge too severely.
HEATHER * n. 1 Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere. 2 Interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color.
ARIOSE * s. Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
VEPSIAN * n. 1 A member of a Finnish people of Russia. 2 A Finnic language spoken by the Veps.
OBLATENESS * n. The property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.
ANOINT * v. 1 Choose by or as if by divine intervention. 2 Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
INTRINSICAL * a. Belonging to a thing by its very nature.
HEAVY-COATED * s. Wearing a heavy coat.
DILUENT * n. A diluting agent.
PLATYCERIUM * n. Often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns.
FLUORAPATITE * n. A form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine.
ALEPPO * n. A city in northwestern Syria.
CREEPS * n. 1 A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait. 2 A feeling of fear and revulsion.
ENDICOTT * n. Born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665).
PHILANTHROPIC * --s. Generous in assistance to the poor. --a. Of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy.
ELECTRONIC * a. 1 Of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons. 2 Of or concerned with electrons.
NUTRITIONIST * n. A specialist in the study of nutrition.
DISEMBODY * v. Free from a body or physical form or reality.
REPRESSED * s. Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions.
AMBIT * n. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.
MASHHAD * n. The holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran.
TAILWORT * n. Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach.
MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS * n. Any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues.
BIOCATALYST * n. A biochemical catalyst such as an enzyme.
PLEUROCARP * n. A moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk.
LAGOPHTHALMOS * n. Abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely.
DOWSE * --n. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod. --v. 1 Wet thoroughly. 2 Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal. 3 Slacken. 4 Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
INTIMATE * --n. Someone to whom private matters are confided. --v. 1 Give to understand. 2 Imply as a possibility. --s. 1 Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity. 2 Concerning things deeply private and personal. 3 Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere. 4 Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.
EPENDYMA * n. Thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal.
SCIENTER * r. (law) Deliberately or knowingly.
ABAXIALLY * r. In an abaxial manner.
STEAMFITTER * n. A craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating.
PLOT * --n. 1 A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal). 2 A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation. 3 The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.. 4 A chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object. --v. 1 Plan secretly, usually something illegal. 2 Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed. 3 Make a plat of. 4 Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet).
MANIKIN * n. 1 A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal. 2 A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. 3 A life-size dummy used to display clothes.
PENNYWEIGHT * n. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains.
BAUXITE * n. A clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst.
ROADSTER * n. 1 An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat. 2 A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse.
HELIAC * a. Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun.
DTS * n. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
SOFT-HAIRED * s. Having soft hair.
HOMOMORPHY * n. Similarity of form.
SACRILEGIOUSLY * r. In a sacrilegious manner.
SCD * n. An honorary degree in science.
SELF-INDUCED * --a. Produced by electrical self-induction. --s. Brought about by yourself.
ENTASIS * n. A slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight.
INTERLOPER * n. Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
HYDROCHOERUS * n. A genus of Hydrochoeridae.
BATTERY-ACID * n. Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.
HELIOPAUSE * n. The boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet.
FIERCENESS * n. The property of being wild or turbulent.
AMBERBOA * n. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
PHYLLOCLADUS * n. Celery pine.
MUSTER * --n. 1 A gathering of military personnel for duty. 2 Compulsory military service. --v. 1 Gather or bring together. 2 Call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc..
OUTRIDER * n. An escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard).
CROCUS * n. Any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated.
DOMBEYA * n. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves.
SEMIPERMEABLE * s. (of a membrane) Selectively permeable.
UNPILLARED * s. Lacking pillars.
INTERSTRATIFY * v. Arrange rocks in alternating strata.
VENA * n. A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
GELATINLIKE * s. Thick like gelatin.
YOGHURT * n. A custard-like food made from curdled milk.
ABS * n. Any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances.
RAFTERED * s. Having the rafters especially having them visible.
HANOVERIAN * --n. 1 Any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover. 2 A member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover. --a. Of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters.
PRAESIDIUM * n. A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session.
UVULARIACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae.
FORAMEN * n. A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
KEPI * n. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
ESCAPADE * n. 1 A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful). 2 Any carefree episode.
LECANORACEAE * n. A fungus family of the division Lichenes.
IMPLY * v. 1 Express or state indirectly. 2 Suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic. 3 Have as a logical consequence. 4 Suggest that someone is guilty.
OPPOSITENESS * n. The relation between opposed entities.
VIZ. * r. As follows.
EXPLOITATORY * s. Tending to exploit or make use of.
ORCHIECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one or both testicles.
COMPETITIVE * --a. Involving competition or competitiveness. --s. 1 Subscribing to capitalistic competition. 2 Showing a fighting disposition.
SPOKEN * a. Uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination.
GRACIOUSNESS * n. 1 Excellence of manners or social conduct. 2 The quality of being kind and gentle.
HTTP * n. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
AEROSOL * n. 1 A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas. 2 A dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas).
NONRADIOACTIVE * a. Not radioactive.
BIGNONIA * n. One species: cross vine.
PREPARATORY * s. Preceding and preparing for something.
KOBUS * n. African antelopes: waterbucks.
HOOK-NOSED * s. Having an aquiline nose.
APPROPRIATE * --v. 1 Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause. 2 Take possession of by force, as after an invasion. --a. Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc.
HEATHENISM * n. Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism.
GLAUCOUS * s. Having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants.
CHARRONIA * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
KARYOPLASM * n. The protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell.
ARM-TWISTING * n. Persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure.
LEGALITY * n. Lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute.
UNEFFECTIVE * a. Not producing an intended effect.
SABELLIAN * n. An extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions.
CAREX * n. Large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges.
SPRAWLING * --n. An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about. --s. Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly.
LUXURIANCE * n. The property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses.
APPLE * n. 1 Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh. 2 Native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits.
GOTTERDAMMERUNG * n. Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
HELIACAL * a. Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun.
ULTIMATUM * n. A final peremptory demand.
IODOPSIN * n. A violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision.
SANITARINESS * n. The state of being conducive to health.
TALKATIVELY * r. In a chatty loquacious manner.
LACUNAR * n. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
THEROPOD * n. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs.
GOATEED * s. Having a small pointed chin beard.
POTENTILLA * n. Chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil.
TYPOGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or occurring or used in typography.
WAKENING * n. The act of waking.
ANDALUCIA * n. A region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization.
VILIFICATION * n. 1 Slanderous defamation. 2 A rude expression intended to offend or hurt.
POLEMICALLY * r. Involving controversy.
CA * n. 1 A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals. 2 A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes.
ROTTED * s. Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless.
SEX-LIMITED * a. Relating to characteristics that are expressed differently in the two sexes.
GASFIELD * n. A region where there is natural gas underground.
SPLINE * n. 1 A flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines. 2 A thin strip (wood or metal).
VEBLEN * n. 1 United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929). 2 United States mathematician (1880-1960).
EDO * n. 1 A member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria. 2 The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan.
FRAGMENTISE * v. Break or cause to break into pieces.
MSASA * n. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
UNIVERSALISTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or tending toward universalism. 2 Of or relating to the whole.
BENT * --n. 1 A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way. 2 Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens. 3 An area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges. 4 A special way of doing something. --s. 1 Fixed in your purpose. 2 Used of the back and knees; stooped. 3 Of metal e.g..
MODIFICATION * n. 1 The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). 2 Slightly modified copy; not an exact copy. 3 The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase. 4 An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.
HEXANGULAR * a. Having six sides or divided into hexagons.
STEW * --n. 1 Agitation resulting from active worry. 2 Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables. --v. 1 Be in a huff; be silent or sullen. 2 Bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings. 3 Cook slowly and for a long time in liquid.
NORMALLY * r. Under normal conditions.
BIBLIOPOLIST * n. A dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books).
SIDS * n. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
STANDOFFISHNESS * n. A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner.
BULLETHEAD * n. A head shaped like a bullet.
VASE * n. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers.
IDEATIONAL * s. Being of the nature of a notion or concept.
MUDSKIPPER * n. Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins.
CICATRIZE * v. Form a scar, after an injury.
CAYMAN * n. A semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly.
SOMNAMBULIST * n. Someone who walks about in their sleep.
CRONARTIUM * n. Rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns.
INDOCTRINATION * n. Teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically.
PLIABLE * s. 1 Susceptible to being led or directed. 2 Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. 3 Able to adjust readily to different conditions. 4 Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.
REDBERRY * n. 1 Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries. 2 North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.
COEFFICIENT * n. A constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
ACRASIOMYCETES * n. Cellular slime molds; in some classifications placed in kingdom Protoctista.
STELLATE * s. Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center.
CHINOOK * n. 1 A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. 2 A member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes. 3 Pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon. 4 A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook.
COMFORTABLENESS * n. 1 A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain. 2 A feeling of being at ease in a relationship.
MISCHIEF-MAKING * n. Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
ROTUNDLY * r. In a sonorous manner.
DURANTE * n. United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980).
SCOREKEEPER * n. An official who records the score during the progress of a game.
1900S * n. The decade from 1900 to 1909.
NOTABLY * r. 1 Especially; in particular. 2 To a remarkable degree or extent.
CEREBRALLY * r. 1 In an intellectual manner. 2 In the brain.
JESPERSEN * n. Danish linguist (1860-1943).
FRAGMENTARY * s. Consisting of small disconnected parts.
LESS * --a. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) A quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree. --s. 1 (usually preceded by `no') Lower in quality. 2 (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) Fewer. --r. 1 Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs. 2 Comparative of little.
UNJUSTIFIED * s. Lacking justification or authorization.
TRICHROMATIC * s. Having or involving three colors.
SPOONFEEDING * n. 1 Feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon. 2 Teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought.
EMPLACEMENT * n. 1 Military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon. 2 The act of putting something in a certain place.
PARABOLOIDAL * s. Having the shape of a paraboloid.
REPROACHFUL * s. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
RAILROADING * n. The activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads.
EPISTEMOLOGY * n. The philosophical theory of knowledge.
TILL * --n. 1 Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together. 2 A treasury for government funds. 3 A strongbox for holding cash. --v. Work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation.
BAIL * --n. 1 (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial. 2 The legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial). --v. 1 Release after a security has been paid. 2 Deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period. 3 Secure the release of (someone) by providing security. 4 Empty (a vessel) by bailing.
PALERMO * n. The capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years.
FIRE-RESISTING * s. Difficult to burn.
AUBERGINE * n. 1 Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable. 2 Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow.
GRAY-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with grey.
PRIGGISH * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
OREIDE * n. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry.
BENZENE * n. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds.
NARDO * n. Australian clover fern.
HEMIEPIPHYTE * n. A plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life.
DRAGONFLY * n. Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc..
PANSINUSITIS * n. Inflammation of all of the paranasal sinuses.
HEINZ * n. United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919).
BIWEEKLY * --n. A periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year). --s. 1 Occurring every two weeks. 2 Occurring twice a week. --r. 1 Twice a week. 2 Every two weeks.
STRABISMUS * n. Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes.
ICTERUS * n. 1 Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia. 2 Type genus of the Icteridae.
ANAEROBIC * a. 1 Living or active in the absence of free oxygen. 2 Not aerobic.
NONPROFESSIONAL * a. Not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain.
YHVH * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
COMOROS * n. A country on the Comoro Islands.
BLOODBERRY * n. Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas.
NONLEXICAL * a. Not relating to words.
MINION * n. A servile or fawning dependant.
RHEIMS * n. A city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II.
WAR-WORN * s. Laid waste by war.
INEXPLICABLY * r. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.
PADEMELON * n. Small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea.
MANET * n. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
LIECHTENSTEINER * --n. A native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein. --a. Of or relating to Liechtenstein or its inhabitants.
ASSEMBLY * n. 1 A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit. 2 The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery). 3 A public facility to meet for open discussion. 4 A group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose.
LIVERPOOL * n. A large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports.
KHZ * n. One thousand periods per second.
CENTENNIALLY * r. Every hundred years; once in a century.
CATTY * --n. Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams). --s. Marked by or arising from malice.
CHAETOGNATH * n. Any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth.
COMBUSTION * n. 1 A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light. 2 A state of violent disturbance and excitement. 3 The act of burning something.
RETAIL * --n. The selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale. --v. 1 Be sold at the retail level. 2 Sell on the retail market. --r. At a retail price.
NIGHTGOWN * n. Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
MENIERE * n. French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862).
DAUNTED * s. Caused to show discomposure.
LEGLESS * a. Not having legs.
FRENCHMAN * n. A person of French nationality.
MYRMECOPHILOUS * s. Living symbiotically with ants.
ADORER * n. Someone who admires a young woman.
BACK-FORMATION * n. A word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it.
FRAGILE * s. 1 Easily broken or damaged or destroyed. 2 Vulnerably delicate. 3 Lacking substance or significance.
PONGEE * n. A soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation).
PHYLUM * n. 1 (linguistics) A large group of languages that are historically related. 2 (biology) The major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes.
ONRUSH * n. 1 (military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons). 2 A forceful forward rush or flow.
DOLICHOS * n. Genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma.
PROPITIATIVE * s. Intended to reconcile or appease.
HIPPOBOSCIDAE * n. Winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.
RIG-VEDA * n. A Veda consisting of a collection of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC.
CARDIORESPIRATORY * a. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions.
3 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. --s. Being one more than two.
HEADSAIL * n. Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.
EMERGENT * s. 1 Occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action. 2 Coming into existence.
SAXONY * n. An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons.
CHITTERLINGS * n. Small intestines of hogs prepared as food.
NUISANCE * n. 1 (law) A broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive. 2 A bothersome annoying person.
CYDER * n. A beverage made from juice pressed from apples.
HIGH-POTENTIAL * s. Operating on or powered by a high voltage.
SEMIGLOSS * n. A paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat.
PROSPER * v. Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.
CRAPPIE * n. 1 Small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers. 2 Small sunfishes of central United States rivers.
CONDITIONALLY * r. Subject to a condition.
OUTSTANDINGLY * r. In an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree.
53 * s. Being three more than fifty.
MYOGLOBIN * n. A hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed.
PRAT * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
LXVIII * s. Being eight more than sixty.
DEROGATORY * s. Expressive of low opinion.
UNINTELLIGIBLE * --a. Poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise. --s. Hard or impossible to understand.
LINGENBERRY * n. Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries.
PLAIT * --n. 1 A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. 2 Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape. --v. 1 Make by braiding or interlacing. 2 Weave into plaits.
SISYRIDAE * n. An arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies.
PURPLE-FLOWERED * s. Having purple flowers.
DRYDEN * n. The outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700).
ANTIPHON * n. A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.
ECONOMICAL * --s. 1 Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness. 2 Avoiding waste. --a. Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth.
HOMOIOTHERM * n. An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature.
TRADEOFF * n. An exchange that occurs as a compromise.
SURGERY * n. 1 The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures. 2 A room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted. 3 A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations. 4 A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.
NOSH * --n. (Yiddish) A snack or light meal. --v. Eat a snack; eat lightly.
HIPPED * a. 1 Having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination). 2 (of a roof) Sloping on all sides.
BIPAROUS * s. Producing two offspring at a time.
CONSOLIDATED * s. 1 Joined together into a whole. 2 Forming a solid mass.
MAIDENLY * s. Befitting or characteristic of a maiden.
OPPRESSIVENESS * n. 1 A feeling of being oppressed. 2 Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.
ADDUCTOR * n. A muscle that draws a body part toward the median line.
ALBINISM * n. The congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair.
SELLER * n. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
WORLD-CLASS * s. Ranking above all others.
SIDESADDLE * --n. A saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse. --r. On or as if on a sidesaddle.
SPITZBERGEN * n. Islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway.
PALMATIFID * s. Of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed.
DENDROCOLAPTES * n. Type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae.
ENAMORED * s. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
CONDENSE * v. 1 Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops. 2 Make more concise. 3 Remove water from. 4 Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.
MALEBRANCHE * n. French philosopher (1638-1715).
NONAGED * a. Not of legal age.
AIR-CONDITIONER * n. An appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it.
CHEEKILY * r. In a brash cheeky manner.
THORNTON * n. American architect (1759-1828).
LAPIDATE * v. 1 Kill by throwing stones at. 2 Throw stones at.
CATTAIL * n. Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes.
SERIGRAPH * n. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil.
SOUND * --n. 1 The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause. 2 The subjective sensation of hearing something. 3 Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium. 4 The sudden occurrence of an audible event. --v. 1 Appear in a certain way. 2 Make a certain noise or sound. 3 Give off a certain sound or sounds. 4 Announce by means of a sound. --a. 1 Financially secure and safe. 2 In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay. --s. 1 Exercising or showing good judgment. 2 In excellent physical condition. 3 Logically valid. 4 Having legal efficacy or force.
CENTROID * n. The center of mass of an object of uniform density.
POLYGONAL * a. Having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons.
POLYTONALITY * n. Music that uses two or more different keys at the same time.
POLYPORACEAE * n. Fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees.
COFFEEBERRY * n. Evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits.
OVER-CORRECT * v. Make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
PUNCHBALL * n. An inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing.
ENDOCARP * n. The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.
DED * n. A doctor's degree in education.
PIQUANTNESS * n. 1 A tart spicy quality. 2 The quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting.
WORSHIPFUL * s. 1 Showing adoration. 2 Showing great reverence for god.
CHANDELIER * n. Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling.
CRAVED * s. Wanted intensely.
ARAWN * n. Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies).
ALIZARINE * n. An orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing.
LACKADAISICAL * s. 1 Lacking spirit or liveliness. 2 Idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way.
SUFFRAGE * n. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment.
SODOKU * n. The form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East.
IMPORTUNATE * s. Expressing persistant and earnest entreaty.
HEMIPTERON * n. Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
NODE * n. 1 A connecting point at which several lines come together. 2 Any thickened enlargement. 3 (botany) The small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge. 4 (physics) The point of minimum displacement in a periodic system.
DIAPHYSIS * n. The main (mid) section of a long bone.
APOLOGISE * v. 1 Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. 2 Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.
ARTICULATED * a. Consisting of segments held together by joints.
LOWEST * --s. Lowest in rank or importance. --r. In the lowest position; nearest the ground.
SULAMYD * n. A topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections.
NIFEDIPINE * n. Calcium blocker (trade name Procardia); appears to increase the risk of recurrent heart attacks.
SURFPERCH * n. Small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America.
MEALY-MOUTHED * s. Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy.
BITUMINIZE * v. Treat with bitumen.
BOUNDLESS * s. Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent.
TRICUSPIDATE * s. Having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth).
CARABINIER * n. A soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine.
LETTER * --n. 1 A written message addressed to a person or organization. 2 The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech. 3 Owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire. 4 A strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention). --v. 1 Win an athletic letter. 2 Set down or print with letters. 3 Mark letters on or mark with letters.
TRAMPLER * n. 1 Someone who injures by trampling. 2 Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground.
VOMITIVE * n. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
CHIGOE * n. Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans.
KERION * n. Ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard that usually results in a swelling that is covered with pustules and oozes fluid.
RELUCTANCE * n. 1 (physics) Opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance). 2 A certain degree of unwillingness.
STRETCHABLE * s. Capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape.
BOMBASTIC * s. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
OVERABUNDANT * s. Excessively abundant.
CO-RESPONDENT * n. The codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding.
OVERCAUTIOUS * s. Unnecessarily cautious.
OSTEOBLASTOMA * n. Benign tumor of bone and fibrous tissue; occurs in the vertebrae or femur or tibia or arm bones (especially in young adults).
LACONIC * s. Brief and to the point; effectively cut short.
MELANOTIS * n. A genus of Mimidae.
HOTEI * n. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
DISREPAIR * n. In need of repairs.
FAULTY * s. 1 Having a defect. 2 Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules.
INTERMOLECULAR * a. Existing or acting between molecules.
DRUID * n. A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland.
KEEPING * n. 1 Conformity or harmony. 2 The responsibility of a guardian or keeper. 3 The act of retaining something.
SPITZ * n. Any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail.
AROMATHERAPY * n. The therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage.
MYRTILLOCACTUS * n. Small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America.
DULCINEA * n. A woman who is a man's sweetheart.
SARRACENIACEAE * n. Insectivorous plants.
MASONITE * n. A type of fiberboard.
RAILWAY * n. 1 Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight. 2 A line of track providing a runway for wheels.
DEARLY-WON * s. Entailing great loss or sacrifice.
HUMANLIKE * s. Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things.
NONCHALANT * s. Marked by blithe unconcern.
BEDE * n. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735).
UNBRUSHED * s. (of hair or clothing) Not brushed.
VIRGULE * n. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
THALASSEMIA * n. An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin.
TRAILING * n. The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind.
GAMES-MASTER * n. The teacher in charge of games at a school.
PERDICIDAE * n. Old World partridges.
BLADDERWRACK * n. 1 Similar to and found with black rockweed. 2 A common rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure.
NOTORYCTIDAE * n. Pouched moles.
KENDREW * n. English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917).
AMELIA * n. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
PROPONENT * n. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
CIGAR-SHAPED * s. Tapering at each end.
INSALUBRIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being insalubrious and debilitating.
SEXTUPLET * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
MONGRELISE * v. Cause to become a mongrel.
BAILEY * n. 1 United States singer (1918-1990). 2 English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742). 3 The outer courtyard of a castle. 4 The outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle.
SILVERY-LEAVED * s. Having silvery leaves.
UNTRACKED * s. Lacking pathways.
MIGRATE * v. 1 Move from one country or region to another and settle there. 2 Move periodically or seasonally.
REFER * v. 1 Make reference to. 2 Be relevant to. 3 Think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another. 4 Send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision.
MYOLOGY * n. The branch of physiology that studies muscles.
CANONISED * s. Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.
EUNUCHOIDISM * n. The state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop).
QUANTISATION * n. The act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory.
PRANKISH * s. Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
CONGLOBATE * v. Assume a globular shape.
SHATTERING * --n. The act of breaking something into small pieces. --s. Seemingly loud enough to break something; violently rattling or clattering.
ACCUMULATOR * n. 1 A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes). 2 A voltaic battery that stores electric charge. 3 (computer science) A register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register.
NULLIFY * v. 1 Declare invalid. 2 Show to be invalid. 3 Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of.
CLINCHER * n. 1 An argument that is conclusive. 2 A point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively. 3 A tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets.
NONPROLIFERATION * n. The prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons).
NEGGRAM * n. Antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections.
PHOTOELECTRICITY * n. Electricity generated by light or affected by light.
CHAPERON * --n. One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people. --v. Accompany as a chaperone.
UPRIGHTLY * r. 1 In an honorable manner. 2 In an upright position.
SUPERFICIALITY * n. 1 Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling. 2 Shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something.
MISADVISE * v. Give bad advice to.
PTARMIGAN * n. Large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage.
LANTERN-FLY * n. Large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light.
BRONCHIAL * a. Relating to or associated with the bronchi.
GIPSY * n. 1 A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment. 2 A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America). 3 A person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life.
STERNPOST * n. (nautical) The principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel.
TELEMARK * n. A turn made in skiing; the outside ski is placed ahead and turned gradually inwards.
GANTRY * n. A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc..
MISCONCEIVE * v. Interpret in the wrong way.
UNSCHOOLED * s. Lacking in schooling.
SELF-AWARE * s. Aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts.
INDOLENCE * n. Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work.
BLACKFRIAR * n. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order.
JUDICIOUS * s. Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters.
WORKSHOP * n. 1 Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done. 2 A brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solving.
OUTSIZED * s. Larger than normal for its kind.
VEDANGA * n. Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology.
OUTWORK * n. Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area.
LUCULLUS * n. Roman general famous for self-indulgence and giving lavish banquets (circa 110-57 BC).
NOTORIOUS * s. Known widely and usually unfavorably.
UNREADY * a. Not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond.
CARFUL * n. The quantity that a car will hold.
AGED * --n. People who are old collectively. --s. 1 Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables). 2 At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable). 3 Having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable). 4 Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable).
COPLANAR * s. Lying in the same plane.
PEJORATIVELY * r. In a pejorative manner.
LEGERITY * n. The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble.
OBSCURANTIST * n. A person who is deliberately vague.
ZYDECO * n. Music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues.
WITHDRAWN * s. 1 Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude. 2 Tending to reserve or introspection.
LUTYENS * n. English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944).
SILVERY-GREY * s. Of grey resembling silver.
MEDICINE * --n. 1 The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques. 2 (medicine) Something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. 3 The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries. 4 Punishment for one's actions. --v. Treat medicinally, treat with medicine.
GOETHIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe.
INDIGESTIBLENESS * n. The property of being difficult to digest.
PRAETORIAN * --n. A member of the Praetorian Guard. --a. Of or relating to a Roman praetor. --s. Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.
NLP * n. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
CEBIDAE * n. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
GUEVINA * n. One species: Chilean nut.
HOLLO * --n. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). --v. 1 Encourage somebody by crying hollo. 2 Cry hollo. 3 Utter a sudden loud cry.
CLAD * --a. Wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination. --s. Having an outer covering especially of thin metal.
AEROPHYTE * n. Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.
WAD * --n. 1 A small mass of soft material. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 A wad of something chewable as tobacco. --v. 1 Compress into a wad. 2 Crowd or pack to capacity.
HIPPODAMIA * n. Genus of ladybugs.
DOUBTFULNESS * n. 1 The state of being unsure of something. 2 Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something.
TALKER * n. Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous).
CANVASS * --n. 1 The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account. 2 An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people. 3 A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel. 4 A tent made of canvas fabric. --v. 1 Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions. 2 Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign. 3 Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
GRADER * n. A judge who assigns grades to something.
EYRE * n. A shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent.
IMMORALITY * n. 1 The quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct. 2 Morally objectionable behavior.
POST-MENOPAUSE * n. The state in which women have stopped ovulating.
FITNESS * n. 1 The quality of being suitable. 2 Good physical condition; being in shape or in condition. 3 The quality of being qualified.
SPICINESS * n. 1 The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored. 2 Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
POLYNEURITIS * n. Inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy).
PLUMBAGINACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Plumbaginaceae.
ENVIRONMENTALISM * n. 1 The philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth. 2 The activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction.
DICKY-SEAT * n. A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
HITTER * n. 1 (baseball) A ballplayer who is batting. 2 Someone who hits.
EUROTIALES * n. Order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium.
JANUS * n. (Roman mythology) The Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head.
DRAINPLUG * n. A removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin.
DEUCEDLY * r. (used as intensives) Extremely.
ALLITERATION * n. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
MELOSA * n. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil.
APHORISE * v. Speak or write in aphorisms.
BASENESS * n. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
MYELOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space).
ARGUSIANUS * n. Argus pheasants.
GREENISHNESS * n. The property of being somewhat green.
SYNTACTIC * a. Of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax.
WARM-UP * n. Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity.
SPIRITUAL * --n. A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States. --s. 1 Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church. 2 Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul. 3 Lacking material body or form or substance. 4 Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
SARTORIAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the sartorius muscle. 2 Of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring.
MEDICALLY * r. Involving medical practice.
PERMANGANATE * n. A dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.
NO. * n. The number designating place in an ordered sequence.
BUILDER * n. 1 A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action. 2 A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country. 3 Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building).
PEPLOS * n. A garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist.
PHONOGRAPH * n. Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically.
LUMBER * --n. 1 The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material. 2 An implement used in baseball by the batter. --v. 1 Move heavily or clumsily. 2 Cut lumber, as in woods and forests.
AVESTA * n. A collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries.
TEARLESS * a. Free from tears.
EUCLIDIAN * a. Relating to geometry as developed by Euclid.
BRANDMARK * v. Mark with a brand or trademark.
GIFT * --n. 1 Something acquired without compensation. 2 Natural abilities or qualities. 3 The act of giving. --v. 1 Give qualities or abilities to. 2 Give as a present; make a gift of.
WASHROOM * n. A lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place).
BUCHLOE * n. Buffalo grass.
SHARP-TOOTHED * s. Having sharp teeth.
DECANTATION * n. The act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees.
DENSITOMETER * n. 1 A measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density. 2 A measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity.
FUNICULUS * n. 1 The stalk of a plant ovule or seed. 2 Any of several body structure resembling a cord.
DELTASONE * n. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant.
FRUMPILY * r. In a dowdy unfashionable manner.
VASCULARISE * v. 1 Become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids. 2 Make vascular.
BEGGAR-MY-NEIGHBOUR * n. A card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards.
VOCIFEROUS * s. Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.
ETHOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats.
PARAPET * n. 1 A low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony. 2 Fortification consisting of a low wall.
CHANCE * --n. 1 A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances. 2 An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. 3 A risk involving danger. 4 A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible. --v. 1 Be the case by chance. 2 Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. 3 Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. --s. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
HYACINTHACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
DISORIENTATION * n. 1 A wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug). 2 Confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction.
CLADRASTIS * n. Yellowwoods.
COLUMNED * a. Having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form).
REFRIGERATING * s. Causing cooling or freezing.
WOODSY * s. 1 Characteristic or suggestive of woods. 2 Abounding in trees.
USHAS * n. Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night.
SIDESPLITTINGLY * r. In a very humorous manner.
LADDER * --n. 1 Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down. 2 Ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress. 3 A row of unravelled stitches. --v. Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.
HALLUCINATING * s. Experiencing delirium.
GERMANISM * n. A custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens.
TENTHREDINIDAE * n. Sawflies.
SYMBOL * n. 1 An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. 2 Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible.
SEDULOUSNESS * n. The quality of being constantly diligent and attentive.
FLETCHER * n. Prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625).
CONFUSEDNESS * n. A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior.
MUDDLE * --n. 1 A confused multitude of things. 2 Informal terms for a difficult situation. --v. 1 Make into a puddle. 2 Mix up or confuse.
ABOCCLUSION * n. The condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting.
VIBE * n. A distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively.
VANISHER * n. A person who disappears.
COWSKIN * n. Leather made from the hide of a cow.
SAXITOXIN * n. A powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans.
GALSWORTHY * n. English novelist (1867-1933).
CATCHALL * n. An enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends.
ASCIDIACEAE * n. Sometimes classified as an order: sea squirts.
FLOREAL * n. Eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers.
GENEVE * n. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations.
ARCADIC * n. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.
PRETEXT * n. 1 Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason. 2 An artful or simulated semblance.
SYNTAX * n. 1 The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences. 2 A systematic orderly arrangement. 3 Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences.
ARDEA * n. Type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons.
ASSAM * n. State in northeastern India.
CLINIC * n. 1 A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists. 2 Meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity. 3 A healthcare facility for outpatient care.
EROTICIZE * v. Give erotic character to or make more interesting.
BIOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
IMPINGEMENT * n. 1 Influencing strongly. 2 A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something.
MERRY-GO-ROUND * n. 1 A never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose). 2 A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement.
CUNNILINGUS * n. Oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris.
SEND * v. 1 Cause to go somewhere. 2 To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place. 3 Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place. 4 Transport commercially.
DRILY * r. In a dry laconic manner.
SUBTERRANEOUS * s. 1 Being or operating under the surface of the earth. 2 Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed).
DIPOLE * n. 1 A pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance. 2 An aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center.
QUAFFER * n. A person who drinks heartily.
INTERPOLATE * v. 1 Estimate the value of. 2 Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.
POSTURAL * a. Of or relating to or involving posture.
ADOPTER * n. A person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child.
WORLDWIDE * s. 1 Spanning or extending throughout the entire world. 2 Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope. 3 Of worldwide scope or applicability.
VICTUALLER * n. 1 An innkeeper (especially British). 2 A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.
UNORIENTED * a. Not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained.
MOSLEM * --n. A believer in or follower of Islam. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
HOKAN * n. 1 A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California. 2 A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages.
HARD-ON * n. An erect penis.
LEARNEDNESS * n. Profound scholarly knowledge.
BREIZ * n. A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
AFFECTIONATENESS * n. 1 A positive feeling of liking. 2 A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love.
FLYSWATTER * n. An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects.
CULPABLE * s. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
NOMINALISM * n. (philosophy) The doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.
ESCAPEMENT * n. Mechanical device that regulates movement.
EPILACHNA * n. Genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both larvae and adults feed on plants.
BOKMAAL * n. Book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish.
TUTSI * n. A member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi.
KASBAH * n. An older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located.
CULLENDER * n. Bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods.
DEFLATOR * n. A statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars.
POORHOUSE * n. An establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless.
SOUTHERLY * --n. A wind from the south. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the south. 2 From the south; used especially of wind. --r. 1 Toward the south. 2 From the south.
NONTELESCOPING * s. Not telescopic.
NEGATIVENESS * n. 1 The character of the negative electric pole. 2 Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands. 3 An amount less than zero.
ABSTRACTIVE * s. Of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting.
ARMENIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Armenia. 2 The Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan. 3 A writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written. --a. Of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of Armenia.
HORSECLOTH * n. A cloth for the trapping of a horse.
NSF * n. An independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education.
POROSITY * n. The property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids.
UNVEILED * a. Revealed; especially by having a veil removed.
ADUST * s. 1 Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. 2 Burned brown by the sun.
CASINO-HOTEL * n. 1 A business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel. 2 A building that houses both a hotel and a casino.
CHILBLAINS * n. Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.
SECOND-RATER * n. A person of second-rate ability or value.
CENTNER * n. 1 A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms. 2 In some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms. 3 A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
CHALKBOARD * n. Sheet of slate; for writing with chalk.
UPSETTER * n. An unexpected winner; someone who defeats the favorite competitor.
SESQUIPEDALIAN * --n. A very long word (a foot and a half long). --s. 1 Given to the overuse of long words. 2 (of words) Long and ponderous; having many syllables.
SAMARSKITE * n. A complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites.
CANULISATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
WEDNESDAY * n. The fourth day of the week; the third working day.
IMMENSENESS * n. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
ROGUISHNESS * n. 1 The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks. 2 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
SAEK * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
LASCAUX * n. A cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings.
EXPECTABLE * s. To be expected.
VOIDABLE * s. Capable of being rescinded or voided.
DIOON * n. Any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks.
LEXICOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to lexicography.
UNWRINKLED * a. Not wrinkled or creased.
SARCOPHAGUS * n. A stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions).
FIENDISH * s. Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
PRIMOGENITURE * n. Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son.
SPACEY * s. Stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug.
LAPSED * s. No longer active or practicing.
CRICKET * --n. 1 Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together. 2 A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. --v. Play cricket.
CANCELLATED * s. 1 Having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows. 2 Having an open or latticed or porous structure.
INCLINING * n. The act of inclining; bending forward.
INSENSITIVENESS * n. The inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment.
HELIOGRAVURE * n. An intaglio print produced by gravure.
VENTURESOMENESS * n. The trait of being adventurous.
GHETTO * n. 1 Formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live. 2 Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping. 3 A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions.
JUDDER * v. Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively.
HIPPOGLOSSUS * n. Halibuts.
GILDER * n. Someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt.
AMBIGUOUS * --a. 1 Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead. 2 Having more than one possible meaning. --s. Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns.
SHILL * --n. A decoy who acts as an enthusiastic customer in order to stimulate the participation of others. --v. Act as a shill.
REAPPORTIONMENT * n. A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results).
AMIANTHUM * n. One species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
SEMISWEET * s. Having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness.
APLACOPHORA * n. An order of Amphineura.
BONAVIST * n. Perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos.
FARTHEST * --s. (comparatives of `far') Most remote in space or time or order. --r. 1 To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense). 2 To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense).
MARMITE * n. 1 Soup cooked in a large pot. 2 A large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup.
MELODIOUSLY * r. In a melodious manner.
PYKNIC * a. Having a squat and fleshy build.
CHELA * n. 1 A Hindu disciple of a swami. 2 A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.
STITCHED * s. Fastened with stitches.
NIGHTSHADE * n. Any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit.
LIMICOLAE * n. Term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii.
UNFROCK * v. Divest of the frock; of church officials.
REVOLUTIONARY * --n. A radical supporter of political or social revolution. --s. Markedly new or introducing radical change. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn. 2 Relating to or having the nature of a revolution. 3 Advocating or engaged in revolution.
SCRAPE * --n. 1 A harsh noise made by scraping. 2 An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. 3 A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility). 4 An indication of damage. --v. 1 Scratch repeatedly. 2 Make by scraping. 3 Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of. 4 Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.
MYXOBACTERIUM * n. Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.
BAWLER * n. 1 Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice. 2 A loud weeper.
SAPIENT * s. Acutely insightful and wise.
EPACRIDACEAE * n. Australasian shrubs or small trees.
BLASTOSPHERE * n. Early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs.
TWIRP * --n. Someone who is regarded as contemptible. --v. Make a weak, chirping sound.
HIGH-FIVE * n. A gesture of greeting or elation; one person's upraised palm slaps the upraised palm of another person.
BARRATER * n. Someone guilty of barratry.
BACK-BLAST * n. Backfire from a recoilless weapon.
FRAUGHT * s. 1 Marked by distress. 2 Filled with or attended with.
HEADLINE * --n. The heading or caption of a newspaper article. --v. 1 Publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline. 2 Provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline.
SUPERTANKER * n. The largest class of oil tankers.
STIMULATING * --a. Rousing or quickening activity or the senses. --s. 1 That stimulates. 2 Making lively and cheerful.
FLAMINIUS * n. Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC).
ISCHAEMIA * n. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
PEPTONE * n. Any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids.
DIOPHANTUS * n. Greek mathematician who was the first to try to develop an algebraic notation (3rd century).
QUIBBLER * n. A disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections.
CALCIFY * v. 1 Become impregnated with calcium salts. 2 Become inflexible and unchanging. 3 Turn into lime; become calcified. 4 Convert into lime.
LABORING * s. Doing arduous or unpleasant work.
SOLDIER * --n. 1 An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army. 2 A wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony. --v. Serve as a soldier in the military.
INDORSE * v. 1 Be behind; approve of. 2 Give support or one's approval to. 3 Guarantee as meeting a certain standard. 4 Sign as evidence of legal transfer.
REVITALISE * v. Give new life or vigor to.
FLOUNCE * --n. 1 A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim. 2 The act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions. --v. Walk emphatically.
ECONOMETRIST * n. An economist who uses statistical and mathematical methods.
GIGUE * n. Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
GAY * --n. Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. --s. 1 Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer. 2 Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. 3 Given to social pleasures often including dissipation. 4 Brightly colored and showy.
BASEMENT * n. 1 The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage. 2 The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture.
BADAGA * n. 1 A member of an agricultural people of southern India. 2 The dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga.
ARICARA * n. 1 A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river. 2 The Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara.
ELATERIDAE * n. Click beetles and certain fireflies.
ABSORBEFACIENT * s. Inducing or promoting absorption.
SIGHTEDNESS * n. Normal use of the faculty of vision.
PLANIMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure.
ZWORYKIN * n. United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982).
HADROSAUR * n. Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic.
ASAFETIDA * n. The brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic.
BUSHED * s. Very tired.
CYCADACEAE * n. Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids.
RIFFIAN * n. A Berber living in northern Morocco.
CHASTISEMENT * n. 1 Verbal punishment. 2 A rebuke for making a mistake.
CHILDPROOF * v. Make safe against children.
FLAGELLANT * n. 1 A person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification. 2 A person who whips himself as a religious penance.
LADENED * s. Filled with a great quantity.
FUSCOBOLETINUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae.
IBERO-MESORNIS * n. Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds.
PISTIA * n. Pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes.
NORTH * --n. 1 The region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line. 2 The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). 3 The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees. 4 A location in the northern part of a country, region, or city. --a. Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north. --r. In a northern direction.
AUROREAN * a. Characteristic of the dawn.
ERYTHROBLASTOSIS * n. A blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood.
MAMO * n. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct.
CONNECTER * n. An instrumentality that connects.
KALUGA * n. A city of central Russia to the south of Moscow.
HEINOUSLY * r. In a terribly evil manner.
NEUROMARKETING * n. Marketing based on studies of  consumers' sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective responses.
URICACIDURIA * n. Presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout.
REQUISITE * --n. Anything indispensable. --s. Necessary for relief or supply.
CYPRE * n. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
TEUCRIUM * n. Large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia.
MUSCADET * n. 1 White grape grown especially in the valley the Loire in France. 2 Dry white wine from the Loire valley in France.
CHEIRANTHUS * n. Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers.
PERIPATIDAE * n. A family of Onychophora.
SECULARIZATION * n. 1 The activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion. 2 Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.
GROOM * --n. 1 A man participant in his own marriage ceremony. 2 Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses. 3 A man who has recently been married. --v. 1 Educate for a future role or function. 2 Give a neat appearance to. 3 Care for one's external appearance.
ARCHDEACON * n. (Anglican Church) An ecclesiastical dignitary usually ranking just below a bishop.
FESTIVE * s. Offering fun and gaiety.
ADAMS * n. 1 American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803). 2 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848). 3 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826). 4 A mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high).
SEMIDIAMETER * n. The apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth.
SPLENDOUR * n. 1 A quality that outshines the usual. 2 The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.
SUPERSEDURE * n. Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior.
RAMESES * n. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
ENERGY * n. 1 (physics) A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs. 2 Forceful exertion. 3 Enterprising or ambitious drive. 4 An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).
NONEFFERVESCENT * a. 1 Not sparkling. 2 Not effervescent.
MAOI * n. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
ASSONANT * s. 1 Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables. 2 Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables.
CUBAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Cuba. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.
MIRO * n. 1 New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry. 2 Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983).
TANKER * n. 1 A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk. 2 A soldier who drives a tank.
SYLLABIC * a. 1 Of or relating to syllables. 2 Consisting of or using a syllabary. 3 (of verse) Having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities. 4 Consisting of a syllable or syllables.
LITRE * n. A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints).
CRYPTOCERCIDAE * n. A family of Blattodea.
TEASLE * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
IMPELLER * n. The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine).
SALPIDAE * n. A small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea.
GARRULOUSNESS * n. The quality of being wordy and talkative.
EYELESSNESS * n. Blindness due to loss of the eyes.
SANCHEZ * n. Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949).
ATTICUS * n. Atlas moth.
BANDAGING * n. The act of applying a bandage.
JURY-RIGGED * s. Done or made using whatever is available.
CONRADINA * n. Small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United States.
MALRAUX * n. French novelist (1901-1976).
CONTRACEPTION * n. Birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery.
EVENINGWEAR * n. Attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
37TH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-seven in counting order.
POLITE * --a. 1 Showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.. 2 Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others. --s. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
ANTEPARTUM * a. Occurring or existing before birth.
YEARLING * n. 1 A young child. 2 A racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth. 3 An animal in its second year.
ABSORPTIVITY * n. (physics) The property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body.
LINGER * v. 1 Remain present although waning or gradually dying. 2 Be about. 3 Leave slowly and hesitantly. 4 Take one's time; proceed slowly.
BUXOMLY * r. In a curvaceous way.
REITERATE * v. To say, state, or perform again.
CAROL * --n. 1 Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ. 2 A joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ). --v. Sing carols.
THROWSTER * n. A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.
OZAWA * n. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935).
DIPLADENIA * n. Genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap.
ODDISH * s. Somewhat strange.
CD * --n. 1 A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores. 2 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. 3 A debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest. 4 A digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser. --s. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
DENUNCIATORY * s. Containing warning of punishment.
COHOSH * n. A plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries.
DISINFLATION * n. A reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments.
PIERIS * n. 1 Decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines. 2 Type genus of the Pieridae.
EVENTUATE * v. Come out in the end.
FEWER * a. (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) Quantifier meaning a smaller number of.
TIMEKEEPING * n. The act or process of determining the time.
INTERLACE * v. 1 Spin, wind, or twist together. 2 Hold in a locking position.
COPAIBA * n. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
MURDEROUS * s. Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being.
EATING * n. The act of consuming food.
WOOD * n. 1 The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. 2 The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area. 3 United States film actress (1938-1981). 4 English conductor (1869-1944).
SNEER * --n. 1 A facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls. 2 A contemptuous or scornful remark. --v. 1 Express through a scornful smile. 2 Smile contemptuously.
DISPLEASE * v. Give displeasure to.
CARBOLOY * n. An alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder; used in making metal-cutting tools.
ABYLA * n. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules.
TIRE * --n. Hoop that covers a wheel. --v. 1 Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody. 2 Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. 3 Deplete. 4 Cause to be bored.
HOOSEGOW * n. Slang for a jail.
BANGTAIL * n. A horse bred for racing.
BEZEL * n. A sloping edge on a cutting tool.
PSEUDOBULB * n. A solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids.
IRRESOLUTENESS * n. The trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose.
BOTCHY * s. Poorly done.
BALK * --n. 1 The area on a billiard table behind the balkline. 2 Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. 3 One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof. 4 An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base. --v. Refuse to comply.
POLYMERIC * a. Of or relating to or consisting of a polymer.
OBSTRUCTION * n. 1 Any structure that makes progress difficult. 2 The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. 3 Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted. 4 The act of obstructing.
RIGGED * a. Fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc).
FOETOR * n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
ASSENTING * n. Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly).
IMMUNOCHEMISTRY * n. The field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies).
FRANKNESS * n. 1 The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. 2 The trait of being blunt and outspoken.
THREE-WHEEL * a. Of or relating to vehicles having three wheels.
HETEROSTRACI * n. Extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear.
PAVONIA * n. Any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers.
CAKILE * n. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
PREINDICATION * n. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
TARA * n. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century.
EPISTOLARY * s. Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence.
OCCIPUT * n. Back part of the head or skull.
BLACKTHORN * n. 1 A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits. 2 Erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries.
CYMBIDIUM * n. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers.
VICKSBURG * n. 1 A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves. 2 A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered.
CORSAGE * n. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
BENIGHT * v. 1 Overtake with darkness or night. 2 Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness. 3 Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight.
CACHI * n. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,047 feet high).
CONSERVATOR * n. 1 The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library). 2 Someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person.
SPHYRAENIDAE * n. Monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda.
SHINTOISM * n. The ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors.
TETANY * n. Clinical neurological syndrome characterized by muscular twitching and cramps and (when severe) seizures; associated with calcium deficiency (hypoparathyroidism) or vitamin D deficiency or alkalosis.
MASTIGOPHORAN * n. A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.
SHOJI * n. A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper.
MOONSHELL * n. Marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires.
MATERFAMILIAS * n. A female head of a family or tribe.
BOOTMAKER * n. A maker of boots.
ELVES * n. An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere.
FLEA-BITTEN * s. Worn and broken down by hard use.
DOUBLE-GLAZE * v. Provide with two sheets of glass.
UNDERSIZE * s. Smaller than normal for its kind.
KOWEIT * n. 1 A seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait. 2 An Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum.
POGEY * n. Money received from the state.
UNDOER * n. 1 A seducer who ruins a woman. 2 A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens. 3 A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.
DIURNAL * --a. Of or belonging to or active during the day. --s. Having a daily cycle or occurring every day.
ELATION * n. 1 An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression. 2 A feeling of joy and pride.
GEE-GEE * n. A word for horse used by children or in adult slang.
DERIVATION * n. 1 The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues). 2 (historical linguistics) An explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase. 3 A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions. 4 (descriptive linguistics) The process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation.
FLUME * n. 1 A narrow gorge with a stream running through it. 2 Watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs.
REGRESS * --n. 1 The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence. 2 Returning to a former state. --v. 1 Go back to a statistical means. 2 Go back to a previous state. 3 Get worse or fall back to a previous condition. 4 Go back to bad behavior.
CHARDONNAY * n. 1 White wine grape. 2 Dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes.
PIGSTICKING * n. The sport of hunting wild boar with spears.
DISHRAG * n. A cloth for washing dishes.
PUTREFACIENT * s. Causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction.
ROSMARINUS * n. Rosemary.
DOMINIQUE * n. American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs.
UNCONSTRUCTIVE * s. Not constructive.
MISTAKENLY * r. In a mistaken or erroneous manner.
PRACTICALITY * n. Concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities.
CONTRALATERAL * a. On or relating to the opposite side (of the body).
IMPASSIVELY * r. In an impassive manner.
DUETTE * n. 1 Two performers or singers who perform together. 2 A musical composition for two performers.
THREE-DECKER * n. 1 Made with three slices of usually toasted bread. 2 Any ship having three decks. 3 A warship carrying guns on three decks.
YEASTLIKE * a. Of or resembling or containing yeast.
SUNPORCH * n. A room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun.
UNARM * v. Take away the weapons from; render harmless.
PATTER * --n. 1 Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson). 2 A quick succession of light rapid sounds. --v. 1 Rain gently. 2 Make light, rapid and repeated sounds.
TRICHECHUS * n. Type and sole genus of the Trichechidae.
MISOGYNIC * s. (used of men) Having deep-seated distrust of women.
SALINGER * n. United States writer (born 1919).
DUMBSTRICKEN * s. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
FIREGUARD * n. 1 A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire. 2 A metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks).
NYCTOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of night or darkness.
AEROPHILATELY * n. The collection and study of airmail stamps.
REBOZO * n. A long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women.
DIESTOCK * n. A device that holds the dies that cut external threads on metal cylinders.
PYROGALLIC * a. Of or relating to pyrogallol.
BORGIA * n. 1 Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458). 2 Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519). 3 Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507). 4 Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503).
TIPSTAFF * n. Staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable.
AUGITE * n. Dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium.
CLOTHE * v. 1 Provide with clothes or put clothes on. 2 Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. 3 Cover as if with clothing.
SERIALISATION * n. Publication in serial form.
AFRIKAANS * --n. An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish. --a. Belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language.
MUNRO * n. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
INDUSTRIOUSNESS * n. Persevering determination to perform a task.
CAMACHILE * n. Common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
BALLISTICS * n. 1 The trajectory of an object in free flight. 2 The science of flight dynamics.
UNTRAVERSED * s. Not traveled over or through.
ABOLITION * n. The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery).
NEV. * n. A state in the western United States.
TYPOGRAPHY * n. 1 The craft of composing type and printing from it. 2 Art and technique of printing with movable type.
KOLKHOZ * n. A collective farm owned by the communist state.
CORNY * s. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
EBENACEAE * n. Fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon.
UNSPORTINGLY * r. In an unsportsmanlike manner.
MADEIRAS * n. A group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco; the group forms an autonomous region of Portugal.
FLOUTER * n. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
TERATOGENIC * a. Of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development.
BETTER * --n. 1 Something superior in quality or condition or effect. 2 Someone who bets. 3 A superior person having claim to precedence. 4 The superior one of two alternatives. --v. 1 Surpass in excellence. 2 To make better. 3 Get better. --a. 1 (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. 2 (comparative of `good') Changed for the better in health or fitness. --s. 1 (comparative and superlative of `well') Wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable. 2 More than half. --r. 1 Comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.. 2 From a position of superiority or authority.
AGITATIVE * s. Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment.
SCRIBER * n. A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut.
COUNTLESSNESS * n. A number beyond counting.
DECLAMATION * n. 1 Vehement oratory. 2 Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric.
FRIZZLE * v. 1 Fry something until it curls and becomes crisp. 2 Curl tightly.
DEFACEMENT * n. The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.
ALLY * --n. 1 A friendly nation. 2 An associate who provides cooperation or assistance. --v. Become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage.
TORTUOUSNESS * n. 1 A tortuous and twisted shape or position. 2 Puzzling complexity.
DIVVY * n. Short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society.
YELLOWHAMMER * n. 1 Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail. 2 European bunting the male being bright yellow.
STROPHANTHIN * n. A bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison.
BRAMIDAE * n. Deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas.
LIQUEFACTION * n. The conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid.
BOTTLENECK * --n. 1 A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel. 2 The narrow part of a bottle near the top. --v. 1 Slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. 2 Become narrow, like a bottleneck.
HYPERVITAMINOSIS * n. An abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K.
BEFITTING * s. Appropriate to.
34 * s. Being four more than thirty.
CENTAL * n. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
ZAMIA * n. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads.
RUNNING * --n. 1 (American football) A play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team. 2 The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace. 3 The state of being in operation. 4 The act of administering or being in charge of something. --a. 1 (of fluids) Moving or issuing in a stream. 2 Of advancing the ball by running. 3 Executed or initiated by running. --s. 1 Continually repeated over a period of time. 2 Measured lengthwise. 3 (of e.g. a machine) Performing or capable of performing.
NAVIGABILITY * n. The quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft.
RAMADAN * n. 1 The ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith. 2 (Islam) A fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
CONSTITUTION * n. 1 Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government. 2 The act of forming or establishing something. 3 The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states. 4 The way in which someone or something is composed.
PAXTO * n. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.
PASHTO * n. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.
SCALED * s. 1 Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles. 2 (used of armor) Having overlapping metal plates attached to a leather backing.
MYTILUS * n. Type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels.
SILK-LINED * s. Having a silk lining.
PALLADIUM * n. A silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry.
PHTHORIMAEA * n. Potato moths.
BAWD * n. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.
POSTMORTAL * a. Occurring or done after death.
TRICHYS * n. A genus of Hystricidae.
ANGLEWING * n. Nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings.
TABUN * n. The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare.
PSI * n. 1 A unit of pressure. 2 The 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
HEATLESS * s. Without generating heat.
YEARBOOK * n. 1 A book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students. 2 A reference book that is published regularly once every year.
ARISAEMA * n. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
DIZYGOUS * a. Derived from two separately fertilized eggs.
POMMY * n. A disparaging term for a British person.
ABSQUATULATE * v. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.
WANTER * n. A person who wants or needs something.
AUDIBILITY * n. Quality or fact or degree of being audible or perceptible by the ear.
TWEEDY * s. 1 Of textiles; having a rough surface. 2 (of country gentry) Informal, clannish and outdoorsy.
LIQUIDITY * n. 1 The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. 2 The property of flowing easily. 3 Being in cash or easily convertible to cash; debt paying ability.
SNOW-BLIND * --v. Affect with snow blindness. --s. Temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice.
CLUBBING * n. A condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease.
DANU * n. Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don.
COMMONWEALTH * n. 1 The official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico). 2 A politically organized body of people under a single government. 3 A world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another. 4 A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
RADIOGRAPHY * n. 1 The process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light. 2 Photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light.
CHECKSUM * n. A digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage.
19TH * s. Coming next after the eighteenth in position.
DEKKO * n. British slang for a look.
MID-JUNE * n. The middle part of June.
OLEOPHILIC * a. Having a strong affinity for oils rather than water.
WIPER * n. 1 A worker who wipes. 2 Contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet. 3 A mechanical device that cleans the windshield.
INTERVENE * v. 1 Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force. 2 Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events. 3 Occur between other event or between certain points of time.
LETHARGIC * a. Deficient in alertness or activity.
CHUCKLE * --n. A soft partly suppressed laugh. --v. Laugh quietly or with restraint.
ENCEPHALOMYELITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
FORTY-EIGHT * s. Being eight more than forty.
PLEA * n. 1 A humble request for help from someone in authority. 2 (law) A defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer). 3 An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed.
MAHRATTI * n. An Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script.
REVITALIZATION * n. Bringing again into activity and prominence.
COUCAL * n. Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw.
BANDAGE * --n. A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body. --v. 1 Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose. 2 Dress by covering or binding.
JACK-O'-LANTERN * n. 1 A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground. 2 Lantern carved from a pumpkin.
SUBMISSIVELY * r. In a servile manner.
TINDER * n. Material for starting a fire.
PUSHFUL * s. Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative.
INHABITANT * n. A person who inhabits a particular place.
23 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one. --s. Being three more than twenty.
SEAMSTRESS * n. Someone who makes or mends dresses.
IN-LAW * n. A relative by marriage.
ADENOSINE * n. (biochemistry) A nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP.
MOSAIC * --n. 1 Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass. 2 Viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves. 3 A freeware browser. 4 A pattern resembling a mosaic. --a. Of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him.
APOMICTIC * --a. Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis. --s. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
DUTY * n. 1 The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force. 2 Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons. 3 A government tax on imports or exports.
SERRATED * s. Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex.
BY-PRODUCT * n. 1 A secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence. 2 A product made during the manufacture of something else.
MODILLION * n. (architecture) One of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice.
STENOGRAPHY * n. 1 A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system. 2 The act or art of writing in shorthand.
PLANAR * a. Involving or having two dimensions.
HAYMAKING * n. 1 Taking full advantage of an opportunity while it lasts. 2 Cutting grass and curing it to make hay.
KURDISH * --n. An Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia. --a. Of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture.
EXCITABLENESS * n. Being easily excited.
SCHUBERT * n. Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828).
AFFAIRE * n. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
INHIBITOR * n. A substance that retards or stops an activity.
CARCASS * n. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
HARLEQUINADE * n. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
COW * --n. 1 Female of domestic cattle:. 2 Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'. 3 A large unpleasant woman. --v. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats).
PROTOZOOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies protozoans.
DWARFISH * s. Atypically small.
GOALLESS * s. Having no points scores.
140 * s. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
LOBULAR * a. Of or relating to or resembling a lobule.
ROTUNDA * n. 1 A building having a circular plan and a dome. 2 A large circular room.
HOBBLER * n. Someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait.
CAPONIZE * v. Convert a cock into a capon.
STUYVESANT * n. The last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672).
SAPHAR * n. The second month of the Islamic calendar.
TRAUMATISE * v. Inflict a trauma upon.
AGONADAL * a. Lacking gonads.
BITTERCRESS * n. Any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic.
TROCHEE * n. A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables.
VERBOSENESS * n. An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
COINCIDENT * s. 1 Occurring or operating at the same time. 2 Matching point for point.
VINAIGRETTE * n. Oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic.
POMATUM * n. Hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment.
MIDMOST * --s. Being in the exact middle. --r. The middle or central part or point.
CHALK * --n. 1 A soft whitish calcite. 2 A pure flat white with little reflectance. 3 An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant. 4 A piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces. --v. Write, draw, or trace with chalk.
STIZIDAE * n. Cicada killers.
USNEACEAE * n. Fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea, Evernia, Ramalina, Alectoria.
UVULARIA * n. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States.
HONORABLENESS * n. The quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor.
RETRACTILE * a. Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back.
MUDRA * n. Ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing.
PRECARIOUSLY * r. In a precarious manner.
PROSPECT * --n. 1 The possibility of future success. 2 Belief about (or mental picture of) the future. 3 Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.). 4 The visual percept of a region. --v. 1 Search for something desirable. 2 Explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals.
HELPLESS * s. 1 Lacking in or deprived of strength or power. 2 Unable to function; without help. 3 Unable to manage independently.
DIE-CAST * s. Formed by forcing molten metal into a die.
ANNIHILATING * s. 1 Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction. 2 Making light of.
LASCIVIOUS * s. Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.
BLOODTHIRSTY * s. Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed.
SNAKY * s. Resembling a serpent in form.
AFFECTIONAL * s. Characterized by emotion.
ZINACEF * n. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges.
FLIRT * --n. 1 A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. 2 Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest. --v. 1 Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. 2 Behave carelessly or indifferently.
LAURENTIUS * n. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258).
VERBALISE * v. 1 Be verbose. 2 Express in speech. 3 Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise. 4 Convert into a verb.
SPELL-CHECKER * n. An electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words.
UROLITH * n. A urinary stone.
WORDSWORTH * n. A romantic English poet whose work was inspired by the Lake District where he spent most of his life (1770-1850).
CRYPTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to cryptanalysis.
SKIMMING * n. 1 The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid. 2 Reading or glancing through quickly. 3 Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it. 4 The act of brushing against while passing.
UNCERTAINLY * r. 1 In an unsteady manner. 2 Showing lack of certainty.
DUMBFOUND * v. Be a mystery or bewildering to.
YOLK * n. 1 The yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen. 2 Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg).
RHO * n. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
HECHT * n. United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946).
APPRENTICED * s. Bound by contract.
AFISR * n. An agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms.
LATE-SPRING-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the spring.
CERIMAN * n. 1 Tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor. 2 Tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor.
COMPENDIOUS * s. Briefly giving the gist of something.
BROBDINGNAG * n. A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous.
KANSU * n. A province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia.
PRESCIENT * s. Perceiving the significance of events before they occur.
FORGIVINGLY * r. With forgiveness; in a forgiving manner.
PHOENICURUS * n. Old World thrushes.
CHIDING * n. Rebuking a person harshly.
OPERCULATED * a. Having an operculum.
INSUFFLATE * v. 1 Breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit. 2 Treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity. 3 Blow or breathe hard on or into.
CONSTANCY * n. 1 The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation. 2 (psychology) The tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation. 3 Faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity).
PARASITICALLY * r. In a parasitic manner.
PROLOGIZE * v. Write or speak a prologue.
ACINUS * n. 1 One of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry. 2 One of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland.
CONCUPISCENCE * n. A desire for sexual intimacy.
FORETASTE * n. An early limited awareness of something yet to occur.
INTERMEDIARY * n. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.
ADAPA * n. A Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam).
CRINKLE * --n. A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. --v. 1 Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic. 2 Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
ZIMMER * n. A light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk.
UNSATURATED * a. 1 Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature. 2 Used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond. 3 (of color) Not chromatically pure; diluted.
SCIADOPITYACEAE * n. Family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae.
HOUSE-BUILDER * n. Someone who builds houses as a business.
SUBARCTIC * a. Of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle.
ARGENTIFEROUS * s. Containing or yielding silver.
APPROBATE * v. 1 Approve or sanction officially. 2 Accept (documents) as valid.
CIBOTIUM * n. In some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds.
RIDING * n. 1 The sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements. 2 Travel by being carried on horseback.
DANAU * n. The 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea.
TOD * --n. A unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds. --s. Alone and on your own.
BAREFOOTED * --s. Without shoes. --r. Without shoes on.
DROMEDARY * n. One-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
FAIRNESS * n. 1 Conformity with rules or standards. 2 Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty. 3 The property of having a naturally light complexion. 4 The quality of being good looking and attractive.
SG * n. A transuranic element.
BJS * n. The agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers.
HELPLESSNESS * n. 1 Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act. 2 The state of needing help from something. 3 A feeling of being unable to manage.
SCAMMONY * n. 1 Tropical American morning glory. 2 Resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia. 3 Twining plant of Asia Minor having cream-colored to purple flowers and long thick roots yielding a cathartic resin.
EXOCYCLOIDA * n. Flat sea urchins.
PATCH * --n. 1 A small contrasting part of something. 2 A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation. 3 A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole. 4 A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition. --v. 1 To join or unite the pieces of. 2 Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically. 3 Mend by putting a patch on. 4 Repair by adding pieces.
BREAKABILITY * n. Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed.
PYRITES * n. Any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest).
VERMIN * n. 1 An irritating or obnoxious person. 2 Any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats.
NONKOSHER * s. Not conforming to dietary laws.
FRISIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia. 2 A West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English. --a. Of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia.
INTERESTING * a. Arousing or holding the attention.
POLYGONIA * n. Comma butterflies.
MANDIBULOFACIAL * a. Of or relating to the lower jaw and face.
DIVERSE * s. 1 Many and different. 2 Distinctly dissimilar or unlike.
TRANSIT * --n. 1 A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod. 2 A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. 3 A journey usually by ship. --v. 1 Make a passage or journey from one place to another. 2 Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place). 3 Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction. 4 Cause or enable to pass through.
PROPITIOUSLY * r. In an auspicious manner.
CROSS-DIVISION * n. Classification according to more than one attribute at the same time.
TASTILY * r. 1 In a tasty manner. 2 With taste; in a tasteful manner.
ZALOPHUS * n. Sea lions.
TRIPPINGLY * r. Moving with quick light steps.
BESIEGER * n. 1 An enemy who lays siege to your position. 2 An energetic petitioner.
HARD-NOSED * s. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
CONDITION * --n. 1 A state at a particular time. 2 An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else. 3 A mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing. 4 Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision. --v. 1 Establish a conditioned response. 2 Develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control. 3 Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. 4 Put into a better state.
WONDERINGLY * r. In a curious and questioning manner.
WHIMPER * --n. A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way. --v. Cry weakly or softly.
GENEVAN * n. 1 A native or resident of Geneva. 2 An adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin.
CELTIS * n. Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit.
ZOOPHILISM * n. A sexual attraction to animals.
CALIGINOUS * s. Dark and misty and gloomy.
BOTANY * n. 1 All the plant life in a particular region or period. 2 The branch of biology that studies plants.
HAYRICK * n. A stack of hay.
SYSTOLIC * a. Of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole.
PELAGIC * a. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean.
CYNOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of dogs.
OBVIATE * v. 1 Do away with. 2 Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
POSITRON * n. An elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation.
HOMOPTERA * n. Plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects.
SENESCENT * s. Growing old.
UPHEAVAL * n. 1 A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally). 2 A violent disturbance. 3 (geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building). 4 Disturbance usually in protest.
DISCONTINUITY * n. Lack of connection or continuity.
SINGLE-HUMPED * a. Having one hump.
LIETUVA * n. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
FLIRTATION * n. Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
VANDALISE * v. Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.
PONTIFICAL * --n. The vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop). --a. 1 Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles. 2 Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops. --s. Puffed up with vanity.
HELLBENDER * n. Large salamander of North American rivers and streams.
CYCLORAMA * n. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
SA * n. Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943.
LOOFA * n. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer.
SLAVIC * --n. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages. --a. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
PREDISPOSED * s. Made susceptible.
RECEIVERSHIP * n. 1 The state of property that is in the hands of a receiver. 2 A court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all. 3 The office of a receiver.
TRASH * --n. 1 Worthless material that is to be disposed of. 2 Worthless people. 3 Nonsensical talk or writing. 4 An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant. --v. 1 Dispose of (something useless or old). 2 Express a totally negative opinion of.
UNMOTIVATED * a. Without motivation.
CONVULSION * n. 1 A sudden uncontrollable attack. 2 Violent uncontrollable contractions of muscles. 3 A violent disturbance. 4 A physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval.
MORBIDNESS * n. 1 An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind. 2 The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you.
OPERATING * --a. Involved in a kind of operation. --s. Being in effect or operation.
NET * --n. 1 A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange. 2 A trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects. 3 The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). 4 A goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey). --v. 1 Make as a net profit. 2 Yield as a net profit. 3 Construct or form a web, as if by weaving. 4 Catch with a net. --a. Remaining after all deductions. --s. Conclusive in a process or progression.
RESPONSIVENESS * n. 1 Responsive to stimulation. 2 The quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events.
ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY * n. A noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain.
COMPOUNDED * s. Combined into or constituting a chemical compound.
EVEN-TOED * a. Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla.
HYPERPITUITARISM * n. Excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone).
UNHARMONIOUSLY * r. In a discordant manner.
SEA-EAR * n. An abalone found near the Channel Islands.
PAGET * n. English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899).
RIBBONY * s. Long and thin; resembling a ribbon.
NONCYCLICAL * a. Not cyclic.
SNARF * v. Make off with belongings of others.
BANZAI * n. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
MUKALLA * n. A port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden.
PURACE * n. An inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950.
NOVITIATE * n. 1 The period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order). 2 Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows.
NUPHAR * n. Spatterdocks.
BILIRUBIN * n. An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice.
FRIENDLESS * s. Excluded from a society.
UNBORDERED * a. Having no border.
ERGOTIC * a. Relating to or produced by ergot.
UNBECOMINGNESS * n. The quality of being unbecoming.
RUNNER * n. 1 Someone who imports or exports without paying duties. 2 Someone who travels on foot by running. 3 A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents. 4 A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base).
COUNTERCULTURE * n. A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture.
ELEGY * n. A mournful poem; a lament for the dead.
HOLOMETABOLOUS * s. (of an insect) Undergoing complete metamorphosis.
BENNY * n. 1 East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil. 2 United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974).
MUSTACHE * n. An unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip.
PLENTY * --n. 1 A full supply. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. --r. As much as necessary.
COSEISMAL * s. Being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously.
CLEMENCY * n. 1 Good weather with comfortable temperatures. 2 Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.
OUTSPREAD * s. Fully extended in width.
ISOCHRONE * n. An isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time.
UNIFORMLY * r. In a uniform manner.
INTRASENTENTIAL * a. Of or relating to constituents within a sentence.
DISCOMFITURE * n. Anxious embarrassment.
SERAPE * n. A long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men.
HALIDE * n. A salt of any halogen acid.
ORUVAIL * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail).
WORTH * --n. 1 An indefinite quantity of something having a specified value. 2 The quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful. 3 French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895). --s. 1 (often used ironically) Worthy of being treated in a particular way. 2 Having a specified value.
ACCLAIM * --n. Enthusiastic approval. --v. 1 Praise vociferously. 2 Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
ESCHEW * v. Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of.
SANDPAPERY * s. Having the abrasive texture of sandpaper.
PATRISTICS * n. 1 The writings of the early Church Fathers. 2 The study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers.
CENTROPOMUS * n. Type genus of the Centropomidae: snooks.
THALASSIC * a. Relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas.
FOLLOWUP * n. 1 A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work. 2 An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done. 3 A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment.
SEERSUCKER * n. A light puckered fabric (usually striped).
DURGA * n. Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi.
MICROSPORUM * n. A genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm.
LEMONY * s. Tasting sour like a lemon.
MINORITY * n. 1 A group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part. 2 Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts. 3 Any age prior to the legal age.
CERTIORARI * n. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case.
PUSILLANIMOUS * s. Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.
AMINOPHERASE * n. A class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound).
LABOURSAVING * s. Designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor.
INDIVIDUALISTICALLY * r. In an individualistic manner.
SYMPOSIUM * n. A meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
DOUBLE-TONGUED * s. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
RAFFIA * n. 1 Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.. 2 Fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets. 3 Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes.
AIRCREWMAN * n. A member of an aircrew.
UNEDIFYING * a. Not edifying.
PARISH * n. 1 A local church community. 2 The local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor.
COUTHY * s. (chiefly Scottish) Agreeable and genial.
DENTIN * n. 1 A calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth. 2 Bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth.
NIDAROS * n. A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord.
TORTICOLLIS * n. An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted.
FORWARDING * n. 1 The act of sending on to another destination. 2 The advancement of some enterprise.
IMPISH * s. Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
JAM * --n. 1 Preserve of crushed fruit. 2 Informal terms for a difficult situation. 3 A dense crowd of people. 4 Deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems. --v. 1 Press tightly together or cram. 2 Push down forcibly. 3 Crush or bruise. 4 Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals.
INST * s. In or of the present month.
DIVERTICULOSIS * n. Presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon.
UNDERSIGN * v. Sign at the bottom of (a document).
OVERTURNED * s. Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom.
CLAMBER * --n. An awkward climb. --v. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
THIRTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order.
CANAVANINE * n. An amino acid found in the jack bean.
MISCELLANEOUS * s. 1 Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. 2 Having many aspects or qualities.
LATHE * n. Machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool.
INSPIRIT * v. Infuse with spirit.
BIOELECTRICITY * n. Electric phenomena in animals or plants.
MASQUERADE * --n. 1 A party of guests wearing costumes and masks. 2 A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. 3 Making a false outward show. --v. 1 Take part in a masquerade. 2 Pretend to be someone or something that you are not.
RALLYING * --n. 1 The act of mobilizing for a common purpose. 2 The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort. --s. Rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort.
TRIAZOLAM * n. A form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep.
GNOMON * n. Indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial.
BOTTOM-FEEDER * n. 1 A scavenger that feeds low on the food chain. 2 A fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water.
RATITAE * n. Used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders.
BLACKBEETLE * n. Dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution.
BUSKER * n. A person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money.
OXYURIDAE * n. Pinworms.
UMAYYAD * n. The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus.
SERRATION * n. 1 The condition of being serrated. 2 A row of notches. 3 A single notch in a row of notches.
INTOXICATION * n. 1 The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance. 2 A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol. 3 Excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety.
JUGGLER * n. A performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity.
EXIGENT * s. 1 Demanding attention. 2 Requiring precise accuracy.
PERIODONTITIS * n. A disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth.
PROXIMAL * a. Situated nearest to point of attachment or origin.
SPHERICAL * --a. Of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere. --s. Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
LUSTRELESSNESS * n. The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.
KEGFUL * n. The quantity contained in a keg.
STYPTIC * --n. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals. --s. Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels.
MUDSLIDE * n. A landslide of mud.
NONVISUAL * s. Not resulting in vision.
BUCKBEAN * n. Perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface.
GREAVE * n. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
SPEAK * v. 1 Express in speech. 2 Exchange thoughts; talk with. 3 Use language. 4 Give a speech to.
CONTRIBUTORY * s. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
ANDROGYNE * n. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.
ERODING * n. (geology) The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
HERM * n. A statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost.
LEPTOSPIRA * n. Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever.
MUTILATOR * n. A person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples.
UNSPEAKABLE * s. 1 Defying expression or description. 2 Exceptionally bad or displeasing. 3 Too sacred to be uttered.
TUMIDNESS * n. Slight swelling of an organ or part.
CEREMONIOUSLY * r. In a ceremonious manner.
STRANGLEHOLD * n. 1 Complete power over a person or situation. 2 A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe.
OUTROAR * v. Roar louder than.
FUSTIAN * n. 1 Pompous or pretentious talk or writing. 2 A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap.
UNHOPEFUL * s. Showing utter resignation or hopelessness.
ASTERION * n. The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture.
PPK * n. A Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey.
YARD * n. 1 A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. 2 The enclosed land around a house or other building. 3 A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings). 4 The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
TRACK * --n. 1 A line or route along which something travels or moves. 2 Evidence pointing to a possible solution. 3 A pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels. 4 A course over which races are run. --v. 1 Carry on the feet and deposit. 2 Observe or plot the moving path of something. 3 Go after with the intent to catch. 4 Travel across or pass over.
ELECTROSCOPE * n. Measuring instrument that detects electric charge; two gold leaves diverge owing to repulsion of charges with like sign.
LAURELLED * a. Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
TIME * --n. 1 An instance or single occasion for some event. 2 A period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something. 3 An indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities). 4 A suitable moment. --v. 1 Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time. 2 Assign a time for an activity or event. 3 Set the speed, duration, or execution of. 4 Regulate or set the time of.
ETD * n. A system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives.
UNEVEN * --a. 1 Not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture. 2 Not divisible by two. --s. 1 (of a contest or contestants) Not fairly matched as opponents. 2 Variable and recurring at irregular intervals. 3 Lacking consistency.
GREENWING * n. Common teal of Eurasia and North America.
SUITOR * n. A man who courts a woman.
PASQUEFLOWER * n. Any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone.
CAUSA * n. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
LANK * s. 1 Long and thin and often limp. 2 Long and lean.
CRINOIDEA * n. Sea lilies.
OSSICULATE * a. Pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear.
WELLBEING * n. A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.
PROGRAMING * n. 1 Setting an order and time for planned events. 2 Creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something.
CORCHORUS * n. 1 Any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute. 2 Widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia.
REUNION * n. 1 A party of former associates who have come together again. 2 The act of coming together again.
DEDICATE * v. 1 Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. 2 Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building. 3 Inscribe or address by way of compliment. 4 Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church.
BRIO * n. Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous.
SKINNER * n. 1 United States actor (1858-1942). 2 United States actress noted for her one-woman shows (1901-1979). 3 United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990). 4 A person who prepares or deals in animal skins.
NAMPA * n. A town in southwestern Idaho.
VACATIONING * n. The act of taking a vacation.
STYMY * --n. 1 A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole. 2 A thwarting and distressing situation. --v. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.
BATTERCAKE * n. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
SIND * n. A region of southeastern Pakistan.
BEVEL * --n. 1 Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees. 2 A hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size. --v. Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel.
PYA * n. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar.
SHORTISH * s. Somewhat short.
KIKLADHES * n. A group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean.
PSITTACIFORMES * n. An order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets.
KHI * n. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
OPHIOGLOSSUM * n. The type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae.
T-JUNCTION * n. A junction where two roads or pipes etc. meet to form a T.
ADDLEPATED * s. Stupid and confused.
ODOR * n. 1 Any property detected by the olfactory system. 2 The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
CURLY-LEAVED * s. Having curly leaves.
LANGTRY * n. British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929).
RADIATOR * n. 1 Any object that radiates energy. 2 Heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings. 3 A mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan.
JERICHO * n. A village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land.
REACHABLE * s. Easily approached.
CITYWIDE * s. Occurring or extending throughout a city.
PANOPLY * n. A complete and impressive array.
AMIIDAE * n. Only the bowfins.
PSYCHOTRIA * n. Tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees.
DISPIRIT * v. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.
BIPRISM * n. An optical device for obtaining interference fringes.
CHEKHOV * n. Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904).
DO-OR-DIE * s. Desperately determined.
BURBLING * s. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm.
FAUNA * n. 1 All the animal life in a particular region or period. 2 A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
CEREBRATION * n. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.
PINGER * n. A pulse generator used for echo sounding in sonar.
U308 * n. An impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore.
LIOPELMIDAE * n. Primitive New Zealand frogs.
VALENCE * n. 1 (biology) A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate. 2 (chemistry) A property of atoms or radicals; their combining power given in terms of the number of hydrogen atoms (or the equivalent).
DEBRIS * n. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
SERRANIDAE * n. Marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish.
ASTATINE * n. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium.
DIKE * --n. 1 (slang) Offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. 2 A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea. --v. Enclose with a dike.
GRATIFYING * s. 1 Pleasing to the mind or feeling. 2 Affording satisfaction or pleasure.
LARYNGOPHARYNX * n. The lower part of the pharynx.
SIGNING * n. Language expressed by visible hand gestures.
Y-AXIS * n. The vertical axis in a plane coordinate system.
HAIRSTYLE * n. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
FURRIER * n. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments.
UNDESIRED * s. Not desired.
AUTOTOMY * n. Spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack.
CHANNELISE * v. 1 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 2 Make a channel for; provide with a channel. 3 Send from one person or place to another. 4 Cause to form a channel.
ANCYLIDAE * n. Freshwater gastropod.
TERRAPENE * n. Box turtles.
UNIFACIAL * s. Having but one principal or specialized surface.
CORRUPTIBILITY * n. The capability of being corrupted.
VARSITY * n. 1 A British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University. 2 A team representing a college or university.
ANTHYLLIS * n. Genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs.
MECOPTERA * n. An order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip.
GRUFFLY * r. In a gruff manner.
SOLARIUM * n. A room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun.
ARDUOUS * s. 1 Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. 2 Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. 3 Difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill.
UNSUSPICIOUS * s. Not suspicious.
HENCOOP * n. A farm building for housing poultry.
STYLITE * n. An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars.
ANTHOZOAN * n. Sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
CLUBROOM * n. A room used for the activities of a club.
MUTINOUS * s. 1 Disposed to or in a state of mutiny. 2 Consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny.
APOCYNACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs.
MANY-SIDED * --a. Having many parts or sides. --s. 1 Having many aspects or qualities. 2 Full of variety or interest.
NIHILIST * n. 1 Someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief. 2 An advocate of anarchism.
KINGCUP * n. 1 Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups. 2 Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
REAFFIRMATION * n. Renewed affirmation.
HATIORA * n. Small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.
REMILITARIZE * v. Militarize anew.
UNVARNISHED * s. 1 Not having a coating of stain or varnish. 2 Free from any effort to soften to disguise.
P * n. 1 A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms. 2 The 16th letter of the Roman alphabet.
AMBOYNA * n. 1 Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus. 2 Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
AWNINGED * s. Covered with an awning.
OUTFITTER * n. 1 Someone who sells men's clothes. 2 A shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose.
ARCH * --n. 1 A curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening. 2 A curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet). 3 A passageway under a curved masonry construction. 4 (architecture) A masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it. --v. Form an arch or curve. --s. 1 (used of behavior or attitude) Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. 2 Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
PRESOCRATIC * a. Before the time of Socrates.
PASSE-PARTOUT * n. 1 Key that secures entrance everywhere. 2 A mounting for a picture using gummed tape.
INELOQUENTLY * r. Without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner.
CLOAK-AND-DAGGER * s. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
EASYGOINGNESS * n. Being without worry or concern.
HUDDLE * --n. 1 (informal) A quick private conference. 2 A disorganized and densely packed crowd. --v. 1 Crowd or draw together. 2 Crouch or curl up.
TRANSPORTABLE * s. Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.
ONOMASTIC * a. Of or related to onomastics.
EVOLUTIONIST * n. A person who believes in organic evolution.
CLADOGRAM * n. A tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships.
PLATINIZE * v. Coat with metallic platinum.
ENORMOUSLY * r. Extremely.
FISSILE * a. 1 Capable of undergoing nuclear fission. 2 Capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain.
HYPOPITYS * n. Term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa.
N.H. * n. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.
DIALECTICS * n. A rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces.
SOLVING * n. Finding a solution to a problem.
ANERGY * n. 1 Reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen. 2 Inactivity and lack of energy.
PEABODY * n. Educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894).
DEODORIZE * v. Eliminate the odor from.
DICHROISM * n. Pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions.
WETHER * n. Male sheep especially a castrated one.
DISSATISFACTORY * s. Not up to expectations.
CEPHALASPIDA * n. Extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear.
DASHT-E-LUT * n. A desert in eastern Iran.
ANGLIAN * n. One of the major dialects of Old English.
XYLENE * n. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
BLOODTHIRSTINESS * n. A disposition to shed blood.
FORTIES * n. 1 The time of life between 40 and 50. 2 The decade from 1940 to 1949.
SCARTELLA * n. A genus of Blenniidae.
CIO * n. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
WESTERLY * --n. The winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth. --s. 1 Of wind; from the west. 2 Moving toward the west. --r. 1 Toward the west. 2 From the west.
GRUMBLE * --n. 1 A loud low dull continuous noise. 2 A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone. --v. 1 Show one's unhappiness or critical attitude. 2 Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath. 3 To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds. 4 Make a low noise.
ILLITERACY * n. 1 Ignorance resulting from not reading. 2 An inability to read.
REITER * n. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969).
LEASE-LEND * n. The transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause.
REMINISCENCE * n. 1 A mental impression retained and recalled from the past. 2 The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
VIGNA * n. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus.
MISTRESS * n. 1 An adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man. 2 A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict). 3 A woman master who directs the work of others.
OECUMENIC * s. Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions.
PIANISM * n. Performance by or technique of a pianist.
RELIABLE * --a. Worthy of reliance or trust. --s. 1 Worthy of being depended on. 2 Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief.
SELF-OPINIONATED * s. Obstinate in your opinions.
SHELTER * --n. 1 A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger. 2 Protective covering that provides protection from the weather. 3 The condition of being protected. 4 A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings. --v. 1 Provide shelter for. 2 Invest (money) so that it is not taxable.
SYSTEM * n. 1 Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity. 2 A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole. 3 (physical chemistry) A sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium. 4 A complex of methods or rules governing behavior.
SUNBEAM * n. A ray of sunlight.
UNASHAMEDLY * r. Without shame.
BARRICADED * s. Preventing entry or exit or a course of action.
SMOCK * --n. A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles. --v. Embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally.
ALKALESCENT * s. Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.
CALLING * n. The particular occupation for which you are trained.
NUBILE * s. Of girls or women who are eligible to marry.
COCAINIZE * v. Anesthetize with cocaine.
UNIPOLAR * a. Having a single pole.
UPHOLDER * n. Someone who upholds or maintains.
AQUATICS * n. Sports that involve bodies of water.
UNPATRONISED * a. Having little patronage or few clients.
TRANSSEXUALISM * n. Condition in which a person identifies with a gender different from his or her physical gender.
PHILATELIST * n. A collector and student of postage stamps.
TOTEMIC * a. Relating to totemism.
BUNTAL * n. Fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats.
BROOD * --n. The young of an animal cared for at one time. --v. 1 Think moodily or anxiously about something. 2 Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. 3 Be in a huff and display one's displeasure. 4 Be in a huff; be silent or sullen.
CONSPECTUS * n. An overall summary.
PORCELLIONIDAE * n. Sow bugs.
CLERID * n. Predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic.
INTRAMUSCULAR * a. Within a muscle.
OMMIAD * n. The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus.
PHRENIC * a. Of or relating to the diaphragm.
NESOKIA * n. Bandicoot rats.
AGONISTICAL * s. Striving to overcome in argument.
SHEEPWALK * n. Farm devoted to raising sheep.
DIALECTICIAN * n. A logician skilled in dialectic.
SALOMON * n. American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785).
ACTINARIA * n. Sea anemones.
FLASHY * s. 1 Tastelessly showy. 2 (used especially of clothes) Marked by conspicuous display.
TALLOW * n. Obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants.
APPLET * n. A Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface.
IMPROPERLY * r. In an improper way.
MARCHIONESS * n. 1 The wife or widow of a marquis. 2 A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess.
TALA * n. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
MADMAN * n. An insane person.
UNDERACHIEVE * v. Perform less well or with less success than expected.
SBA * n. An independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts.
OUTBOARD * --n. 1 A motorboat with an outboard motor. 2 Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat. --a. Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft.
SQUAWKER * n. 1 A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining. 2 The loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system.
MALAGA * n. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
DISILLUSIONMENT * n. Freeing from false belief or illusions.
PRIMER * n. 1 An introductory textbook. 2 Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. 3 The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface.
HONEYED * s. 1 With honey added. 2 Pleasing to the ear.
HYPERTHYROIDISM * n. An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones.
NECROLOGY * n. 1 A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography. 2 A list of people who died recently.
FERVID * s. 1 Characterized by intense emotion. 2 (archaic) Extremely hot, burning, or glowing.
LOVELESS * s. 1 Without love. 2 Receiving no love.
CRYPTOPHYTA * n. A phylum in the kingdom Protoctista.
SANATARIUM * n. A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases.
IMPECCANT * s. Free from sin.
SUMMER-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the summer.
CRYPTOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to cryptanalysis.
ENIGMATICAL * s. Not clear to the understanding.
EXTERMINATED * s. Destroyed completely.
INTACT * s. 1 Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged. 2 (of a woman) Having the hymen unbroken. 3 (used of domestic animals) Sexually competent. 4 Undamaged in any way.
NOGGING * n. Rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame.
OVERBURDENED * s. Heavily burdened with work or cares.
DERIVATIONAL * a. Characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base.
THIN-SHELLED * s. Of animals or plants that have a thin shell.
HOUSEFUL * n. As many as a house will accommodate.
TETRAIODOTHYRONINE * n. Hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells.
STILLBORN * s. 1 Failing to accomplish an intended result. 2 (of newborn infant) Showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn.
CHROMATOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to chromatography.
MANHUNT * n. An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).
RARE * s. 1 Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness. 2 Recurring only at long intervals. 3 Not widely distributed. 4 Having low density.
AUTHORITATIVE * s. 1 Having authority or ascendancy or influence. 2 Of recognized authority or excellence. 3 Sanctioned by established authority.
THEREFROM * r. 1 From that circumstance or source. 2 From that place or from there.
CATHEDRA * n. A throne that is the official chair of a bishop.
HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES * n. Category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes.
FEEBLE * s. 1 Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. 2 Lacking strength or vigor. 3 Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. 4 Lacking strength.
MALTREATED * a. Subjected to cruel treatment.
EUROCURRENCY * n. Currency of the major financial and industrial countries held in those countries for the purpose of lending and borrowing.
VUILLARD * n. French painter (1868-1940).
SECTOR * n. 1 A plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle. 2 A social group that forms part of the society or the economy. 3 A particular aspect of life or activity. 4 The minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes.
SLATTERNLY * s. Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
SUBDUEDNESS * n. 1 The property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity. 2 A disposition to be patient and long suffering.
PUNISHABLE * s. 1 Liable to or deserving punishment. 2 (of an act or offense) Subject to punishment by law.
IRREGULAR * --n. 1 A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment. 2 Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name. --a. 1 Contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice. 2 (used of the military) Not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces. 3 (of solids) Not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement. --s. 1 Not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals. 2 Failing to meet a standard of manufacture due to an imperfection. 3 Deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal. 4 Lacking continuity or regularity.
VICUNA * n. 1 The wool of the vicuna. 2 A soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna. 3 Small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat.
KNOWLEDGEABLE * s. 1 Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding. 2 Alert and fully informed. 3 Thoroughly acquainted through study or experience.
DEVOUTLY * r. In a devout and pious manner.
APOTHECIAL * a. Of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi.
SCOUR * --n. A place that is scoured (especially by running water). --v. 1 Examine minutely. 2 Clean with hard rubbing. 3 Rub hard or scrub. 4 Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid.
CROCKERY * n. Tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively.
GALLAMINE * n. Neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia.
FINANCING * n. The act of financing.
PLACIDITY * n. 1 A feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling. 2 A disposition free from stress or emotion.
TSUGA * n. Hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce.
MILEAGE * n. 1 Distance measured in miles. 2 The ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned. 3 A travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled.
DEVILFISH * n. 1 Medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific. 2 Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles. 3 Extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned.
DIPSACUS * n. Type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel.
GOOSE-TANSY * n. Low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia.
POLIO * n. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
OUTCALL * v. Make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game.
WAHUNSONACOCK * n. Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618).
MICROCOMPUTER * n. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
UNFACETED * a. Lacking facets.
INSTIGATOR * n. 1 Someone who deliberately foments trouble. 2 A person who initiates a course of action.
PHYLACTERY * n. (Judaism) Either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer.
SCENESHIFTER * n. A stagehand responsible for moving scenery.
LAPIDATOR * n. An attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill).
TENDERLOIN * n. 1 A city district known for its vice and high crime rate. 2 The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column.
ERYTHROXYLUM * n. A large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae.
AMIABLENESS * n. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
EXPLAIN * v. 1 Make plain and comprehensible. 2 Define. 3 Serve as a reason or cause or justification of.
HAEMODORUM * n. Type genus of family Haemodoraceae.
ORTHOCHOREA * n. A form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect.
INCORPORATE * --v. 1 Make into a whole or make part of a whole. 2 Include or contain; have as a component. 3 Form a corporation. 4 Unite or merge with something already in existence. --s. Formed or united into a whole.
CO-ORDINATED * s. 1 Intentionally matched. 2 Operating as a unit. 3 Being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements.
OPERATIONAL * --a. 1 Pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result. 2 (military) Of or intended for or involved in military operations. --s. 1 Fit or ready for use or service. 2 Being in effect or operation.
BRICKLE * s. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped.
GROPING * s. Acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence.
CHAPEL * n. 1 A place of worship that has its own altar. 2 A service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar.
PLIABILITY * n. 1 The property of being easily bent without breaking. 2 Adaptability of mind or character.
ASCUS * n. Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
LYMPHURIA * n. The presence of lymph in the urine.
DEMONSTRATOR * n. 1 A teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught. 2 Someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer. 3 Someone who participates in a public display of group feeling.
SINGLE-LEAF * n. Pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems; important as a nut pine.
ALVEOLAR * --n. A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge. --a. 1 Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs. 2 Pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw.
SERPENT * n. 1 Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous. 2 A firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited. 3 An obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake.
LIPECTOMY * n. Plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue.
TRIPLET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 One of three offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy. 3 A set of three similar things considered as a unit.
PERPETRATION * n. The act of committing a crime.
MINDORO * n. A mountainous island in the central Philippines.
BARNSTORM * v. 1 Appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper. 2 Tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays.
COLLAPSABLE * a. Capable of collapsing or being collapsed.
REMONSTRATION * n. The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
STUNTING * n. The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft.
ALTERNANTHERA * n. Genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera.
DISPUTE * --n. 1 A disagreement or argument about something important. 2 Coming into conflict with. --v. 1 Take exception to. 2 Have a disagreement over something.
CALVINISTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents.
OSMANLI * n. A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I).
NOUS * n. 1 Common sense. 2 That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason.
JACULUS * n. Jerboas.
STRAIGHT-LEGGED * s. Having straight legs.
HISTRIONIC * s. Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected.
MILDEW * --n. 1 The process of becoming mildewed. 2 A fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter. --v. Become moldy; spoil due to humidity.
FORTY * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four. --s. Being ten more than thirty.
BRAIN-FAG * n. Exhaustion that affects mental keenness.
SPLEEN * n. 1 A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses. 2 A feeling of resentful anger.
PRESTO * --s. (of tempo) Very fast. --r. 1 Suddenly. 2 At a very fast tempo (faster than allegro).
COCCYX * n. The end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes.
APIARY * n. A shed containing a number of beehives.
UNITEDLY * r. With cooperation and interchange.
LAYBY * n. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
UNGULATED * a. Having or resembling hoofs.
STRAITS * n. 1 A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs. 2 A difficult juncture.
AMICABLE * a. Characterized by friendship and good will.
GAUNTLET * n. 1 To offer or accept a challenge. 2 A glove of armored leather; protects the hand. 3 A glove with long sleeve. 4 A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim.
IDIOLATRY * n. The worship of yourself.
TWINKLY * s. Smiling with happiness or optimism.
MONARDELLA * n. A genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States.
LAY-BY * n. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
SPONTANEOUSNESS * n. The quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint.
UNSEEING * s. 1 Not consciously observing. 2 Lacking sight.
HISTONE * n. A simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids; present in cell nuclei in association with nucleic acids.
MALAR * n. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
SEMANTICALLY * r. With regard to meaning.
SEPIOLITE * n. A white clayey mineral.
POSSIBLY * r. 1 By chance. 2 To a degree possible of achievement or by possible means.
LUMP * --n. 1 A compact mass. 2 An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. 3 An awkward stupid person. 4 A large piece of something without definite shape. --v. 1 Put together indiscriminately. 2 Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
ARTIFICER * n. 1 Someone who is the first to think of or make something. 2 A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft. 3 An enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc..
REVENGEFULLY * r. In a vindictive, revengeful manner.
REMITTANCE * n. A payment of money sent to a person in another place.
ICARUS * n. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned.
ADVISEMENT * n. Careful consideration.
CYMULE * n. A small cyme, generally with few flowers.
HOFFA * n. United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975).
MUZZLE * --n. 1 The open circular discharging end of a gun. 2 Forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose. 3 A leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting. 4 Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting. --v. 1 Fit with a muzzle. 2 Prevent from speaking out. 3 Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them.
EXPERIMENTALLY * r. In an experimental fashion.
IMAGE * --n. 1 An iconic mental representation. 2 (Jungian psychology) A personal facade that one presents to the world. 3 A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. 4 A standard or typical example. --v. 1 Render visible, as by means of MRI. 2 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.
CATACALA * n. Moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings.
SWAGGIE * n. An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work.
HYPESTHESIA * n. Impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity.
PERISPERM * n. The nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds.
BOTTLE-GREEN * s. Of a dark to moderate greyish green color.
HURL * --n. A violent throw. --v. 1 Throw forcefully. 2 Make a thrusting forward movement. 3 Utter with force; utter vehemently.
MEAGER * a. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
LIGHTER * --n. 1 A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire. 2 A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. 3 A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals). --v. Transport in a flatbottom boat.
REGIOMONTANUS * n. German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476).
HEAVYWEIGHT * n. 1 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds. 2 A wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds. 3 A professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds. 4 A very large person; impressive in size or qualities.
MILLIAMMETER * n. A sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes.
MORTISE * --n. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint. --v. 1 Cut a hole for a tenon in. 2 Join by a tenon and mortise.
ALMANAC * n. 1 An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year. 2 An annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
OXALIS * n. Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis.
SEQUELLA * n. A secondary consequence.
OBTRUSIVENESS * n. An unwelcome conspicuousness.
ECREVISSE * n. 1 Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly. 2 Small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America.
LOCATOR * n. A person who fixes the boundaries of land claims.
III * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. --s. Being one more than two.
SHAMBLING * n. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.
BUTADIENE * n. A gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers.
HYPERLIPIDEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
PERMIC * n. A group of Finnic languages spoken in the northwest Urals.
JAMBOSA * n. Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit.
BARRICADO * v. Block off with barricades.
SUPERFLUITY * n. Extreme excess.
ENUCLEATION * n. Surgical removal of something without cutting into it.
ABSOLUTIST * --n. One who advocates absolutism. --a. Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism.
HESITATER * n. One who hesitates (usually out of fear).
PESSIMISTIC * a. Expecting the worst possible outcome.
TOUTER * n. Someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way.
CELECOXIB * n. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
PEACEFULNESS * n. 1 A state that is calm and tranquil. 2 The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
MAULSTICK * n. A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush.
DOMINICK * n. American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs.
COCOS * n. Coconut palms.
MYXINIDAE * n. Slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes.
HAUSSA * n. 1 A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria. 2 The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language.
SAINT * --n. 1 A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization. 2 Person of exceptional holiness. 3 Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. --v. 1 Hold sacred. 2 Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
ANTIOCH * n. A town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity.
MID-TWENTIES * n. The time of life between 20 and 30.
PUT-ON * n. 1 A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. 2 Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. 3 A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
TWOPENCE * n. A former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies.
ANIMATION * n. 1 The condition of living or the state of being alive. 2 The property of being able to survive and grow. 3 Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous. 4 The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something.
NIST * n. An agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs.
SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to a work that combines autobiography and fiction.
PREMATURELY * r. 1 (of childbirth) Before the end of the normal period of gestation. 2 Too soon; in a premature manner.
JERRY-BUILDER * n. Someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit.
ANAXIMANDER * n. A presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC).
BANDOLEER * n. A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers.
INTEGRALITY * n. The state of being total and complete.
TERSENESS * n. A neatly short and concise expressive style.
BALSAMROOT * n. A plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots.
ACELLULAR * a. Not made up of or divided into cells.
UNSHADED * a. 1 (of pictures) Not having shadow represented. 2 Not darkened or dimmed by shade.
BUGANDA * n. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
PEDIONOMUS * n. Plain wanderer.
MANTELL * n. English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852).
CHASTENESS * n. Lack of ornamentation.
GADABOUT * n. A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
EPICYCLE * n. A circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid.
CANTY * s. Lively and brisk.
STANDARDIZATION * n. 1 The condition in which a standard has been successfully established. 2 The imposition of standards or regulations. 3 The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument.
OUTSTAY * v. 1 Stay too long. 2 Surpass in staying power.
FORDING * n. The act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse.
OVERREACHING * s. Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights.
MARKS * n. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
STREP * --n. Spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis. --a. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci.
INSOLENT * s. 1 Marked by casual disrespect. 2 Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
MEDUSAN * n. One of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles.
COTTAR * n. 1 A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands. 2 Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.
ANACLITIC * a. Of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another.
UNPRETENTIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being natural and without pretensions.
OVEREAGER * s. Excessively eager.
COITUS * n. Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur.
ACQUAINT * v. 1 Cause to come to know personally. 2 Make familiar or conversant with. 3 Inform.
HYPERADRENALISM * n. A glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity.
HEADS-UP * --n. A warning message. --s. Fully alert and watchful.
TUNGUZ * n. The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia.
FOUR-SIDED * s. Having four sides.
ALMOND-SCENTED * s. Smelling of almond.
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY * n. The medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
UNMOTORIZED * a. Having no motor.
MASTABAH * n. An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof.
TRAFALGAR * n. A naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded).
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS * n. The study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal).
RUBBLE * n. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
PROFUSION * n. The property of being extremely abundant.
HERPES * n. 1 Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane. 2 Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin.
DAUBENTONIIDAE * n. Comprising solely the aye-aye.
UNWANTED * a. 1 Not wanted; not needed. 2 Not wanted.
BRANTA * n. Wild geese.
INTRANSITIVENESS * n. The grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb.
CURVED * a. Having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend.
UNSUPPRESSED * s. Given vent to.
SPEED * --n. 1 Distance travelled per unit time. 2 A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens. 3 Changing location rapidly. 4 The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system. --v. 1 Move hurridly. 2 Move faster. 3 Move very fast. 4 Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity.
MAKEWEIGHT * n. 1 Anything added to fill out a whole. 2 A weight added to the scale to reach a required weight.
COSPONSOR * v. Sponsor together with another sponsor.
USTILAGINACEAE * n. A fungus family of loose smuts.
INFORMING * n. 1 To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors). 2 A speech act that conveys information.
RINGGIT * n. The basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen.
THIRTY-SIX * s. Being six more than thirty.
CONVALESCENCE * n. Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury.
SPREE * --n. A brief indulgence of your impulses. --v. Engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping.
RATIFIED * s. Formally approved and invested with legal authority.
STABLEMATE * n. A horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person.
HILLBILLY * n. A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person.
FEROCIOUSLY * r. In a physically fierce manner.
NONDISJUNCTION * n. Meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells.
ARSENIC * n. 1 A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer. 2 A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar.
UNSHOCKABLE * a. Incapable of being shocked.
PAINSTAKING * s. Characterized by extreme care and great effort.
WOOLY-HAIRED * s. Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
HELOISE * n. Student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164).
SHOVER * n. Someone who pushes.
EARTH-BALL * n. Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe.
PHTHISIS * n. Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.
OVERLOAD * --n. 1 An electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power. 2 An excessive burden. --v. 1 Become overloaded. 2 Fill to excess so that function is impaired. 3 Place too much a load on.
FLAVOURSOME * s. Full of flavor.
MARBLEIZING * n. A texture like that of marble.
INGA * n. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals.
FIRSTHAND * --s. Received directly from a source. --r. From the original source; directly.
CORTLAND * n. Large apple with a red skin.
NAIVETE * n. Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
POMACANTHUS * n. Angelfishes.
ROADS * n. A partly sheltered anchorage.
REFORMABLE * s. Susceptible to improvement or reform.
AMATEURISH * s. Lacking professional skill or expertise.
UNDENIABLY * r. To an undeniable degree or in an undeniable manner.
SQUINT * --n. 1 Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes. 2 The act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed. --v. 1 Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus. 2 Be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus. 3 Partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light. --s. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
JUNOESQUE * s. Suggestive of a statue.
HERACLITUS * n. A presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC).
HALCHIDHOMA * n. A member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa.
BASICALLY * r. In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
TEAHOUSE * n. A restaurant where tea and light meals are available.
SQUATTING * n. 1 Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles. 2 The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.
HADRIAN * n. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138).
SURREBUTTAL * n. (law) A pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter.
RADIOACTIVE * a. Exhibiting or caused by radioactivity.
SENDUP * n. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
DEMOISELLE * n. 1 A young unmarried woman. 2 Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
BURN * --n. 1 Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire. 2 A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. 3 An injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation. 4 A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body). --v. 1 Destroy by fire. 2 Shine intensely, as if with heat. 3 Undergo combustion. 4 Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
SONOROUSLY * r. In a sonorous manner.
SCROLL * --n. 1 A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). 2 A document that can be rolled up (as for storage). --v. Move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen.
UNEMPLOYED * --n. People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group). --a. Not engaged in a gainful occupation.
AMENITY * n. Pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions.
MASCULINITY * n. 1 The properties characteristic of the male sex. 2 The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men.
PADDLER * n. Someone paddling a canoe.
REPRIMAND * --n. An act or expression of criticism and censure. --v. 1 Rebuke formally. 2 Censure severely or angrily.
PYRENE * n. 1 A pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar. 2 The small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it.
SMOOCHING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
DEVILRY * n. 1 Wicked and cruel behavior. 2 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
HOMEBOY * n. 1 A fellow male member of a youth gang. 2 A male friend from your neighborhood or hometown.
CALUMNIATORY * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
FEIGN * v. 1 Make believe with the intent to deceive. 2 Make a pretence of.
CORTISOL * n. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
TRIAENODON * n. A genus of Triakidae.
TITER * n. The concentration of a solution as determined by titration.
BANJUL * n. A port city and capital of Gambia.
MU * n. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
CONTRADISTINCTION * n. A distinction drawn on the basis of contrast.
MOTIVITY * n. The power or ability to move.
LANKY * s. 1 Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. 2 Tall and thin.
NINEVEH * n. An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq.
BURNT * s. 1 Ruined by overcooking. 2 Treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point. 3 Destroyed or badly damaged by fire.
VIEW * --n. 1 A way of regarding situations or topics etc.. 2 The visual percept of a region. 3 The act of looking or seeing or observing. 4 The range of the eye. --v. 1 Deem to be. 2 Look at carefully; study mentally. 3 See or watch.
PROLATE * --a. Having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter. --s. Rounded like an egg.
UNSYMPATHISING * s. Not showing or expressing sympathy.
HARP-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a harp.
TERMINOLOGICAL * a. Of or concerning terminology.
COOLNESS * n. 1 Calm and unruffled self-assurance. 2 The property of being moderately cold. 3 Fearless self-possession in the face of danger. 4 A lack of affection or enthusiasm.
DISCREDITABLY * r. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
DELEGATE * --n. A person appointed or elected to represent others. --v. 1 Transfer power to someone. 2 Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
THIEVERY * n. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
VALVED * a. (of brass instruments) Having valves.
87 * s. Being seven more than eighty.
LIMNOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes.
VAPOURS * n. A state of depression.
BUDGE * --n. United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000). --v. Move very slightly.
SPRUCENESS * n. The state of being neat and smart and trim.
NB * n. 1 A soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium. 2 A Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something.
AQUILEGE * n. A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains.
PLURALIZATION * n. The act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to.
UNMERCENARY * s. Not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains.
MERMAID * n. Half woman and half fish; lives in the sea.
TROMBICULA * n. Type genus of the family Trombiculidae.
VENUSHAIR * n. Delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan.
JUPATY * n. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
SEVENTIETH * --n. Position 70 in a countable series of things. --s. The ordinal number of seventy in counting order.
SAVED * --a. Rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin. --s. Guarded from injury or destruction.
COTE * n. A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons).
MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN * n. An event that could have occurred but never did.
UNSYMMETRICALLY * r. In an asymmetrical manner.
APPENDICULARIA * n. Free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates.
BIOLOGISM * n. Use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior.
STOLIDNESS * n. An indifference to pleasure or pain.
TELEPHONER * n. The person initiating a telephone call.
MALAYSIA * n. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.
ICSH * n. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals.
MYTH * n. A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people.
DORIC * --n. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris. --a. Of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture.
RHOMBUS * n. A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram.
ANTHROPOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings.
CLI * n. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
STOCKILY * r. So as to be stocky.
SUNBONNET * n. A large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women.
CEREUS * n. Genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white.
HANDLINE * n. A fishing line managed principally by hand.
VERGIL * n. A Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC).
WINDSTORM * n. A storm consisting of violent winds.
BRONCHO * n. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
FRUITLESSLY * r. In an unproductive manner.
NEVUS * n. A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth.
POSSUMWOOD * n. Medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe.
SUPPLYING * n. The activity of supplying or providing something.
PARDNER * n. An associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest.
PROTOPLAST * n. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
BALLY * s. Informal intensifiers.
SHAGGY-COATED * s. Used of hair; thick and poorly groomed.
DEFEATED * --n. People who are defeated. --a. Beaten or overcome; not victorious. --s. Disappointingly unsuccessful.
GLUTEUS * n. Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
LUNETTE * n. 1 Temporary fortification like a detached bastion. 2 Oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault.
METH * n. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.
AXLETREE * n. A dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolve.
SILVERISH * s. Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver.
LATHI * n. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India.
BRICKELLIA * n. Genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath.
TYMPANUCHUS * n. Prairie chickens.
VENEZUELA * n. A republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil.
LEPTOPTILUS * n. Adjutant birds and marabous.
DUMBBELL * n. 1 An exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle. 2 An ignorant or foolish person.
TAUTOLOGIC * s. Repetition of same sense in different words.
SIGURD * n. (Norse mythology) Mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart.
SEMINIFEROUS * a. Bearing or producing seed or semen.
ARISARUM * n. Tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area.
ETC. * r. Continuing in the same way.
HYPOTHYROIDISM * n. An underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones.
CHERRYSTONE * n. 1 Small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino. 2 A half-grown quahog.
NEWLY * r. Very recently.
JOKING * s. Characterized by jokes and good humor.
OFFENSE * n. 1 A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. 2 A feeling of anger caused by being offended. 3 A transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right. 4 The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score.
TITRATE * v. Measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration.
BENTHOS * n. 1 A region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones. 2 Organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea.
ASPARAGUS * n. 1 Plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. 2 Edible young shoots of the asparagus plant.
ODONTOCETI * n. Toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales.
ACYLATION * n. The process of introducing an acyl group into a compound.
UNTURNED * a. Not turned.
REALTOR * n. A real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors.
PORTENTOUSLY * r. In a portentous manner.
ABATTOIR * n. A building where animals are butchered.
OMISSIVE * a. Characterized by omissions.
SCHIZAEA * n. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern.
EXPRESSIVELY * r. With expression; in an expressive manner.
ENTRANCEWAY * n. Something that provides access (to get in or get out).
FIFTY-THREE * s. Being three more than fifty.
DINETTE * n. A small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining.
NUMERIC * --a. Of or relating to or denoting numbers. --s. Measured or expressed in numbers.
HAMMER * --n. 1 The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. 2 A hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking. 3 The ossicle attached to the eardrum. 4 A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.. --v. 1 Beat with or as if with a hammer. 2 Create by hammering.
CRAUNCH * v. Press or grind with a crushing noise.
AUTOTELISM * n. Belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification.
GIRL * n. 1 A young female. 2 A youthful female person. 3 A female human offspring. 4 A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved.
CAUTIOUSLY * r. 1 As if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact. 2 In a conservative manner.
DISTALLY * r. Far from the center.
CRIPPLED * s. Disabled in the feet or legs.
CAREW * n. Englishman and Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639).
FARGO * n. Largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river.
PIDLIMDI * n. A three-tone Chadic language.
ARIDNESS * n. A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall).
RELY * v. Have faith or confidence in.
AEONIAN * --a. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era). --s. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
INFORMATIONAL * a. Relating to or having the nature of information.
MIND-ALTERING * s. Producing mood changes or distorted perception.
ARMAGEDDON * n. 1 (New Testament) The scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world. 2 Any catastrophically destructive battle.
SEMITROPICAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics.
ENTEROBACTERIA * n. Rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals.
SPIKELET * n. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.
GENIP * n. 1 Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp. 2 Round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes.
EVIL-MINDED * s. Having evil thoughts or intentions.
BLUBBER * --n. 1 An insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil. 2 Excess bodily weight. --v. 1 Cry or whine with snuffling. 2 Utter while crying.
POINTY-TOED * s. Having a pointed toe.
LOBULARIA * n. Sweet alyssum.
CARPETBAG * --n. Traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century. --a. Following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers. --s. Presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality.
DYSCALCULIA * n. Impaired ability to learn grade-appropriate mathematics.
WOLF-WHISTLE * v. Whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males.
GINKGOPSIDA * n. Ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
ATONALISTIC * a. Of or relating to atonalism.
INFIRMITY * n. The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
STERADIAN * n. The unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
BEHAVIORISTIC * a. Of or relating to behaviorism.
PADDLE * --n. 1 Small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games. 2 A blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel. 3 An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board. 4 A short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat. --v. 1 Propel with a paddle. 2 Play in or as if in water, as of small children. 3 Swim like a dog in shallow water. 4 Walk unsteadily.
HANDCUFF * --n. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. --v. Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs.
YEMEN * n. A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990.
QABALISTIC * s. Having a secret or hidden meaning.
MICRURUS * n. Coral snakes.
SUDAFED * n. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation.
DESTABILIZE * v. 1 Become unstable. 2 Make unstable.
HUGE * s. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
SALUBRIOUS * s. 1 Promoting health; healthful. 2 Favorable to health of mind or body.
PLUMPING * s. Very large; of exceptional size for its kind.
ERN * n. Bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland.
FRAIL * --n. 1 The weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds. 2 A basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs). --a. Physically weak. --s. 1 Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. 2 Easily broken or damaged or destroyed.
PERIGON * n. An angle of 360 degrees.
TOPOLATRY * n. The worship of places.
RIGOUT * n. A person's costume (especially if bizarre).
ML * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
LENTIGINOSE * s. Relating to or covered with or resembling freckles.
LAMIUM * n. Genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits.
ORNAMENTALLY * r. In an ornamental, nonfunctional manner.
REORGANIZATION * n. 1 The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes). 2 An extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government.
WORTHLESSNESS * n. 1 Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful. 2 The quality of being without practical use.
WMD * n. A weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons).
BEETLEWEED * n. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
DIAMETER * n. 1 The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference. 2 A straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface).
CUNNINGLY * r. 1 In an attractive manner. 2 In an artful manner.
CHROMATOGRAM * n. The recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography.
OSSIFIED * s. Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.
XENOPHANES * n. Greek philosopher (560-478 BC).
RIMLESS * a. Lacking a rim or frame.
DISTENTION * n. 1 The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions. 2 The act of expanding by pressure from within.
COMMENSALISM * n. The relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it.
NONLITERATE * s. Used of a society that has not developed writing.
HARD-LINE * s. Firm and uncompromising.
SYNEZESIS * n. The contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis.
LINANTHUS * n. A genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States.
PSYCHEDELIC * s. 1 Producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis. 2 Having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states. 3 (of a mental state) Characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair.
THEORY * n. 1 A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena. 2 A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. 3 A belief that can guide behavior.
CHATTERBOX * n. 1 Orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf. 2 An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.
GUTSINESS * n. The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury.
PIXY * n. 1 Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas. 2 (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
AMPHIPODA * n. Small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp.
EMBARRASSMENT * n. 1 The shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public. 2 The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy). 3 Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed. 4 Extreme excess.
NONEXISTENT * a. Not having existence or being or actuality.
SEASHORE * n. The shore of a sea or ocean.
CONGREVE * n. English playwright remembered for his comedies (1670-1729).
PECULIARITY * n. 1 An odd or unusual characteristic. 2 A distinguishing trait. 3 Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
AUTUMNAL * --a. Of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn. --s. Characteristic of late maturity verging on decline.
COMMERCIAL-GRADE * s. Of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior.
MISGAUGE * v. Gauge something incorrectly or improperly.
BORASSUS * n. Palmyra.
POUND * --n. 1 16 ounces avoirdupois. 2 The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence. 3 A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy. 4 The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters. --v. 1 Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument. 2 Strike or drive against with a heavy impact. 3 Move heavily or clumsily. 4 Move rhythmically.
CORNWALLIS * n. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805).
LEVELHEADED * s. Exercising or showing good judgment.
INTERPRETIVE * s. That provides interpretation.
OVERHEATING * n. Excessive heating.
FORETELLING * n. 1 A statement made about the future. 2 The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
GREENPEACE * n. An international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species.
DOLICHOCEPHALY * n. The quality of being dolichocephalic.
KICKING * n. 1 A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics. 2 The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
DOWNRIVER * r. Away from the source or with the current.
STONE-GREY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
KERN * --n. 1 United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945). 2 The part of a metal type that projects beyond its body. --v. 1 Furnish with a kern. 2 Remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters).
HELLENISM * n. The principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilization.
PRECARIOUS * s. 1 Affording no ease or reassurance. 2 Fraught with danger. 3 Not secure; beset with difficulties.
SNUFF * --n. 1 The charred portion of a candlewick. 2 A pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time. 3 Finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose. 4 Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose. --v. 1 Sniff or smell inquiringly. 2 Inhale (something) through the nose. --s. Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.
ABDUCTOR * n. 1 Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom). 2 A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line.
HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order.
STOCKPILING * n. Accumulating and storing a reserve supply.
RELATION * n. 1 An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. 2 Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur. 3 A person related by blood or marriage. 4 An act of narration.
AFFIRMER * n. Someone who claims to speak the truth.
MUTTER * --n. 1 A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. 2 A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone. --v. 1 Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. 2 Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
NORMALCY * n. 1 Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning. 2 Expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common.
WHITSUN * n. Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days).
NILPOTENT * a. Equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
ATROPINE * n. A poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides.
MITER * --n. 1 Joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner. 2 The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made. 3 A liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions. --v. 1 Bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint. 2 Confer a miter on (a bishop). 3 Fit together in a miter joint.
INTRAPULMONARY * a. Being or occurring within a lung.
V.P. * n. An executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances.
FREE-RANGE * s. Of livestock and domestic poultry; permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot.
UROCHESIA * n. Passage of urine from the anus.
THUJOPSIS * n. One species; has close similarity to genus Thuja.
PAST * --n. 1 The time that has elapsed. 2 A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret). 3 A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past. --a. Earlier than the present time; no longer current. --s. Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. --r. So as to pass a given point.
RUN-DOWN * s. 1 Worn and broken down by hard use. 2 Having the spring unwound.
PASSING * --n. 1 (American football) A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate. 2 Euphemistic expressions for death. 3 The motion of one object relative to another. 4 The end of something. --s. 1 Lasting a very short time. 2 Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily. 3 Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. --a. Of advancing the ball by throwing it. --r. To an extraordinary degree.
DONKEYWORK * n. Hard monotonous routine work.
ULTIMATELY * r. As the end result of a succession or process.
LACERTIDAE * n. Old World lizards.
SOLICITOUSLY * r. In a concerned and solicitous manner.
EGGBEATER * n. 1 An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades. 2 A mixer for beating eggs or whipping cream.
SILK * n. 1 A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae. 2 Animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders.
DETRANSITIVIZE * v. Intransitivize.
TAILOR-MADE * --n. Custom-made clothing. --s. (of clothing) Custom-made.
CROW-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a crow.
SNOW-COVERED * s. Covered with snow.
INGROUP * n. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
DODO * n. 1 Someone whose style is out of fashion. 2 Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons.
CASQUET * n. A light open casque without a visor or beaver.
ONTOGENESIS * n. (biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.
PULSELESS * s. Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.
ANTAGONIST * n. 1 Someone who offers opposition. 2 A muscle that relaxes while another contracts. 3 A drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug.
JOCULARITY * n. 1 A feeling facetious merriment. 2 Fun characterized by humor. 3 Activity characterized by good humor.
FLESHLY * s. Marked by the appetites and passions of the body.
TEAMMATE * n. A fellow member of a team.
UPROARIOUSLY * r. In a hilarious manner.
HEMIANOPSIA * n. Blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes.
SYNTHESIST * n. An intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods.
CHAGALL * n. French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and brilliant colors (1887-1985).
GOYA * n. Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828).
HELIUM * n. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas).
CLARK * n. 1 United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River; Clark was responsible for making maps of the area (1770-1838). 2 United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984). 3 United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005). 4 Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-).
SOLITUDE * n. 1 A state of social isolation. 2 The state or situation of being alone. 3 A solitary place.
SEMI-UPRIGHT * s. Of animals that are partly erect.
ADONIS * n. 1 Any handsome young man. 2 Annual or perennial herbs. 3 (Greek mythology) A handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone.
BLARE * --n. A loud harsh or strident noise. --v. 1 Make a strident sound. 2 Make a loud noise.
HIDING * n. 1 The activity of keeping something secret. 2 The state of being hidden.
JUNCACEAE * n. Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes.
ETHANAMIDE * n. A colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds.
STATESMANSHIP * n. Wisdom in the management of public affairs.
EXTRAGALACTIC * a. Outside or beyond a galaxy.
CANVAS * --n. 1 A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents). 2 An oil painting on canvas fabric. 3 The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account. 4 A tent made of canvas fabric. --v. Cover with canvas.
POPILLIA * n. A genus of Scarabaeidae.
MICROSCOPICALLY * r. 1 By using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope. 2 As if by using a microscope; with extreme precision and attention to detail; in minute detail.
REFUSAL * n. 1 The act of refusing. 2 A message refusing to accept something that is offered.
EXHALE * v. 1 Expel air. 2 Give out (breath or an odor).
COOPERATOR * n. An associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest.
DOORJAMB * n. A jamb for a door.
SMART * --n. A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore. --v. Be the source of pain. --a. Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness. --s. 1 Elegant and stylish. 2 Characterized by quickness and ease in learning. 3 Improperly forward or bold. 4 Painfully severe.
NOMOGRAM * n. A graphic representation of numerical relations.
ABKHASIAN * n. 1 A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea. 2 A Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz.
MINA * n. Tropical Asian starlings.
JULIENNE * --n. 1 A vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish). 2 A clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables. --v. Cut into long thin strips.
GINEP * n. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
DICLINOUS * a. Having pistils and stamens in separate flowers.
INFALLIBILITY * n. The quality of never making an error.
ONEIROMANCY * n. Divination through the interpretation of dreams.
PEDIOCACTUS * n. Low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America.
COLLECTING * n. The act of gathering something together.
GIVER * n. 1 Someone who devotes himself completely. 2 Person who makes a gift of property.
CARACAS * n. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
LAUD * v. Praise, glorify, or honor.
TUGELA * n. A major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap.
ACAPULCO * n. A port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving).
UNSTYLISH * a. 1 Lacking in style or elegance. 2 Not in accord with or not following current fashion.
AMIDOPYRINE * n. A white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic.
DINGO * n. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia.
WIFE * n. A married woman; a man's partner in marriage.
PROSTAGLANDIN * n. A potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity.
CALDWELL * n. United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987).
DESALINISE * v. Remove salt from.
SOOTHE * v. 1 Give moral or emotional strength to. 2 Cause to feel better.
NUTTILY * r. In a mildly insane manner.
CONIFEROPHYTA * n. Cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian).
DEVIATE * --n. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. --v. 1 Turn aside; turn away from. 2 Be at variance with; be out of line with. 3 Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course. --s. Markedly different from an accepted norm.
RECTITUDE * n. Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest.
GAMENESS * n. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
OPPOSITELY * r. In an opposite position.
EXENTERATION * n. Surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis).
PINNATE-LEAVED * s. Having pinnate leaves.
ARGENTITE * n. A valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S).
HUMILIATE * v. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
EXHUME * v. Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.
GHRELIN * n. A gastrointestinal hormone produced by epithelial cells lining the fundus of the stomach; appears to be a stimulant for appetite and feeding, but is also a strong stimulant of growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary.
INDIGESTIBILITY * n. The property of being difficult to digest.
STOCKING * n. 1 Close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural). 2 The activity of supplying a stock of something.
PHALGUNA * n. The twelfth month of the Hindu calendar.
PUBLISHING * n. The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution.
GRES-GRIS * n. An African amulet.
MALIGNITY * n. 1 Wishing evil to others. 2 Quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will.
MUSKY * s. Resembling the smell of musk.
POTPOURRI * n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources. 3 A jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume.
AWLESS * s. 1 Devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence. 2 Neither feeling nor showing respect.
LINEUP * n. 1 (baseball) A list of batters in the order in which they will bat. 2 A line of persons arranged by police for inspection or identification. 3 The schedule of programs for a particular period.
BONBON * n. A candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate.
FLOORWALKER * n. An employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems.
DEICE * v. Make or become free of frost or ice.
COLZA * n. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop.
ADIOS * n. A farewell remark.
CHAGRINED * s. Feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed.
MUSCI * n. True mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales.
SORENSEN * n. Danish chemist who devised the pH scale (1868-1939).
NAGI * n. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan.
LONGYI * n. A long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma.
THRALL * n. 1 The state of being under the control of another person. 2 Someone held in bondage.
SLOE * n. 1 Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh. 2 A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits. 3 Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush.
GRANNY * n. 1 The mother of your father or mother. 2 An old woman. 3 A reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure.
ORTHOSCOPE * n. An ophthalmoscope with a layer of water to neutralize the refraction of the cornea.
GERUNDIAL * a. Relating to or like a gerund.
TENPIN * n. One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
LUMINESCE * v. Be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence.
BENEFACTOR * n. A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help).
MATTERHORN * n. A mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape.
CRYOGENY * n. The branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures.
DIFFUSER * n. 1 Baffle that distributes sound waves evenly. 2 Optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly.
BOLSHEVISE * v. Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles.
STAR-GLORY * n. Tropical American annual climber having red (sometimes white) flowers and finely dissected leaves; naturalized in United States and elsewhere.
KREMLIN * n. 1 Citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government. 2 Citadel of a Russian town.
GUN * --n. 1 A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). 2 Large but transportable armament. 3 A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability). 4 A professional killer who uses a gun. --v. Shoot with a gun.
GARBO * n. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
LAVENDER * --n. 1 Any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated. 2 A pale purple color. --s. Of a pale purple color.
LEATHERED * s. Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
FALCIFORM * s. Curved like a sickle.
SATIRICALLY * r. In a satirical manner.
LUNCHER * n. Someone who is eating lunch.
CRACKERBERRY * n. Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.
CONVICT * --n. 1 A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison. 2 A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense. --v. Find or declare guilty.
BSE * n. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system; causes staggering and agitation.
AERTEX * n. A trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear.
GLYCERITE * n. A medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin.
SYNCHRONOSCOPE * n. An instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines).
MAETERLINCK * n. Belgian playwright (1862-1949).
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH * n. Medical instrument that records electric currents generated by the brain.
TOMPION * n. Plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture.
ENDAMOEBA * n. The type genus of the family Endamoebidae.
FIVE-FINGER * n. Any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties.
PANDERER * n. 1 Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce). 2 A person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make money).
KARTTIKA * n. The eighth month of the Hindu calendar.
DUVET * n. A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider.
CONVENTIONALIZATION * n. The act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style.
UNTELLABLE * s. Defying expression or description.
ODIST * n. A poet who writes odes.
LIBERIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Liberia. --a. Of or relating to Liberia or its people.
NOVATE * v. Replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one.
CHALCID * n. Any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects.
METALLIC * --n. 1 A fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal. 2 A yarn made partly or entirely of metal. --a. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
UNSELFCONSCIOUS * s. Not self-conscious.
SYMPLOCARPUS * n. One species: skunk cabbage.
SHEAR * --n. 1 (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves. 2 A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it. --v. 1 Cut with shears. 2 Shear the wool from. 3 Cut or cut through with shears. 4 Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
NONACCOMPLISHMENT * n. An act that does not achieve its intended goal.
TELEGRAM * n. A message transmitted by telegraph.
TEMPERANCE * n. 1 The trait of avoiding excesses. 2 Abstaining from excess. 3 The act of tempering.
CANTILLATION * n. Liturgical chanting.
STRIKE * --n. 1 A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions. 2 An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective. 3 A gentle blow. 4 A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball. --v. 1 Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon. 2 Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. 3 Hit against; come into sudden contact with. 4 Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.
FORFEND * v. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
CYTOSOL * n. The aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended.
PECTORAL * --n. 1 Either of two large muscles of the chest. 2 An adornment worn on the chest or breast. --a. Of or relating to the chest or thorax.
TRANSIENCY * n. An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.
NICELY * r. In a nice way.
PONGO * n. Type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans.
ANNUALRY * n. The third finger (especially of the left hand).
HOCKEY * n. 1 A game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net. 2 A game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks.
KUKI-CHIN * n. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India.
SHAKESPEARIAN * --n. A Shakespearean scholar. --a. Of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works.
ALLARGANDO * s. (music) Gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner.
MURRE * n. Black-and-white diving bird of northern seas.
ARGUFY * v. Have a disagreement over something.
REFLECTIVENESS * n. The capability of quiet thought or contemplation.
BACKFIRE * --n. 1 The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired. 2 A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine. 3 A fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path. 4 A miscalculation that recoils on its maker. --v. 1 Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. 2 Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire. 3 Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire.
TAXIWAY * n. A paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport.
ARMPIT * n. The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder.
ARTHROSPOROUS * a. Of or relating to arthrospores.
TRUANT * --n. 1 One who is absent from school without permission. 2 Someone who shirks duty. --s. Absent without permission.
CATACLYSMAL * s. Severely destructive.
JOB * --n. 1 The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. 2 A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. 3 A workplace; as in the expression `on the job'. 4 An object worked on; a result produced by working. --v. 1 Profit privately from public office and official business. 2 Arranged for contracted work to be done by others. 3 Work occasionally. 4 Invest at a risk.
HARA-KIRI * n. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.
NONRETRACTABLE * a. Not capable of being retracted.
GENERALISSIMO * n. The officer who holds the supreme command.
LXX * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven. --s. Being ten more than sixty.
MESMERIC * s. Attracting and holding interest as if by a spell.
CULPABILITY * n. A state of guilt.
ANTHERICUM * n. Genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
HEGIRA * n. 1 The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year. 2 A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.
BROWN-PURPLE * s. Of dark purple tinted with brown.
SEAM * --n. 1 Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces. 2 A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. 3 A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit. --v. Put together with a seam.
INACTIVITY * n. 1 The state of being inactive. 2 A disposition to remain inactive or inert. 3 Being inactive; being less active.
INEXORABLE * s. 1 Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. 2 Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
POPLIN * n. A ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery.
INSENSIBILITY * n. 1 A lack of sensibility. 2 Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness.
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY * n. The branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals.
PRECEPTORSHIP * n. The position of preceptor.
COMMERCIALIZATION * n. The act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce.
NUMEROUS * s. Amounting to a large indefinite number.
HACKSAW * n. Saw used with one hand for cutting metal.
SCHELDT * n. A river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea.
METAPROTERENOL * n. A bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness.
HUMOROUSNESS * n. The trait of merry joking.
NOTTURNO * n. A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano).
LAURELED * a. Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
PLUS * --n. 1 A useful or valuable quality. 2 The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers. --a. On the positive side or higher end of a scale. --s. Involving advantage or good.
SIRACUSA * n. A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC.
DOXEPIN * n. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
HUNDRED-AND-TWENTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order.
OBTAINABLE * s. Capable of being obtained.
TRASHY * s. 1 Cheap and inferior; of no value. 2 Tastelessly showy.
PLEURA * n. The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
ARTESIAN * a. (of water) Rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure.
GLEAMING * --n. 1 A flash of light (especially reflected light). 2 An appearance of reflected light. --s. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
BEHOOVE * v. Be appropriate or necessary.
PLATONIC * --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy. --s. Free from physical desire.
COUNCILMAN * n. A man who is a council member.
IMMEDIATELY * r. 1 Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. 2 Near or close by. 3 Bearing an immediate relation.
SLANGUAGE * n. Language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant.
MARXIST-LENINIST * a. Following the ideas of Marx expanded to include those of Lenin.
OVERSTEP * v. 1 Pass beyond (limits or boundaries). 2 Be superior or better than some standard.
COMFORTS * n. Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
CEYLONITE * n. A dark-colored spinel containing iron.
SWAGMAN * n. An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work.
PUBLICIZE * v. 1 Make public. 2 Call attention to.
POLYNESIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Polynesia. 2 The branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific. --a. Of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture.
CENOZOIC * --n. Approximately the last 63 million years. --a. Of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era.
PALAEOECOLOGY * n. The branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology.
UNCHALLENGEABLE * s. Not open to challenge.
FIREBRAND * n. 1 A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning. 2 Someone who deliberately foments trouble.
RENTING * n. The act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car).
FECUNDITY * n. 1 The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination. 2 The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring. 3 The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth.
UNELABORATE * s. Not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail.
MICROFARAD * n. A unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad.
ACHROMYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections.
DEMEANOR * n. (behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people.
PRESIDIUM * n. A permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session.
MINIATURIST * n. Someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail.
ALLIS * n. European shad.
CONFUSING * s. 1 Causing confusion or disorientation. 2 Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
PANT * --n. 1 The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine). 2 (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately. 3 A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open. --v. 1 Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. 2 Utter while panting, as if out of breath.
IMMINENCY * n. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
GROW * v. 1 Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become. 2 Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain. 3 Increase in size by natural process. 4 Cause to grow or develop.
BANDY-LEGGED * s. Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
URETHROCELE * n. Prolapse of the urethra into the vagina.
MANTILLA * n. 1 A woman's silk or lace scarf. 2 Short cape worn by women.
INKA * n. 1 A member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru. 2 The small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s.
CATEGORISATION * n. 1 A group of people or things arranged by class or category. 2 The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories. 3 The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
EVANGELICALISM * n. Stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation.
APERCU * n. A short synopsis.
THUNDERBOLT * n. 1 A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder. 2 A shocking surprise.
REDEYE * n. A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep.
HAFT * n. The handle of a weapon or tool.
PREDATION * n. 1 An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding. 2 The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey.
GRISEOFULVIN * n. A kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium.
SPECIMEN * n. 1 An example regarded as typical of its class. 2 A bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes.
DISMAL * s. Causing dejection.
AERONAUT * n. Someone who operates an aircraft.
UNGRADED * s. 1 (of roads) Not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel. 2 Not arranged in order hierarchically.
APPRECIABLE * s. Enough to be estimated or measured.
PYROCELLULOSE * n. Nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder.
PONDERER * n. A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
CATOPTRIC * a. Of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors.
COUNTERESPIONAGE * n. Spying on the spies.
VIRION * n. (virology) A complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses).
MAINTENON * n. French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719).
EUMECES * n. New World skinks.
CORUNDUM * n. Very hard mineral used as an abrasive.
PEPSI * n. Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola.
PANORAMA * n. 1 The visual percept of a region. 2 A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
MARIMBA * n. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets.
SPIK * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for persons of Latin American descent.
THERE * --n. A location other than here; that place. --r. 1 In or at that place or location. 2 In that matter; in that respect; on that point. 3 To or toward that place; away from the speaker.
MESOPOTAMIA * n. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq.
UNFRUITFUL * a. Not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production.
ANGIITIS * n. Inflammation of a blood vessel or lymph duct.
GIRLISHNESS * n. Being characteristic of a girl.
PALEENCEPHALON * n. The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex.
RALLENTANDO * --s. (music) Gradually decreasing in tempo. --r. Slowing down.
HYPERALIMENTATION * n. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes.
ILL-AFFECTED * s. Discontented as toward authority.
VINO * n. Fermented juice (of grapes especially).
CRASHING * s. Informal intensifiers.
DIMETANE * n. Antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis).
BLOTTO * s. Very drunk.
HUTTON * n. 1 English cricketer (1916-1990). 2 Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797).
HARDINESS * n. 1 The property of being strong and healthy in constitution. 2 The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.
QUADROON * n. An offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black.
COLLEGIAL * a. 1 Characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues. 2 Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students.
SOLDIERFISH * n. The larger squirrelfishes.
SMIDGEON * n. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
SESSILE * a. 1 Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. 2 Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
POE * n. United States writer and poet (1809-1849).
CATCHMENT * n. A structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area).
UNCONFIRMED * a. Not finally established or settled.
SALMO * n. Type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout.
ALPENSTOCK * n. A stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers.
HIEROGLYPHICAL * a. 1 Resembling hieroglyphic writing. 2 Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols.
MAXOSTOMA * n. A genus of fish in the family Catostomidae.
ATTORNEY * n. A professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice.
LEUCOGENES * n. New Zealand edelweiss.
APOPLECTIFORM * a. Resembling apoplexy.
CROSS-DRESSER * n. Someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex.
YANKEE * --n. 1 An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War). 2 An American who lives in New England. 3 An American (especially to non-Americans). --s. Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
RUNT * n. Disparaging terms for small people.
CHANGJIANG * n. The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai.
RIBONUCLEINASE * n. A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid.
MAGMA * n. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
URINALYSIS * n. (medicine) The chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis).
ASTATIC * s. Not static or stable.
MAKE-BELIEVE * --n. 1 Imaginative intellectual play. 2 The enactment of a pretense. --s. Imagined as in a play.
NO-GO * a. Not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding.
AUREOLARIA * n. Small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia.
HYPNAGOGIC * s. Sleep inducing.
TINEID * n. Small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur.
WADING * n. Walking with your feet in shallow water.
SPECS * n. (plural) Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
HYPERTHERMAL * a. Of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia.
POIVRADE * n. For venison: brown sauce with sauteed vegetables and trimmings and marinade and plenty of pepper.
ONO * n. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
ORANGUTAN * n. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
BOWELLESS * s. Ruthless in competition.
GATEPOST * n. Either of two posts that bound a gate.
MOTIVATIVE * s. Impelling to action.
KARNATAKA * n. State in southern India; formerly Mysore.
ANNE * n. 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).
SPONGIOBLASTOMA * n. A fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal.
AEROEMBOLISM * n. 1 Obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving. 2 Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
STUDDED * s. Dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination.
LEROT * n. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
AUTOBIOGRAPHIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer. 2 Relating to or in the style of an autobiography.
UNRAVELLER * n. A person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state.
APPROACHABLE * --s. 1 Capable of being read with comprehension. 2 Easily approached. --a. Easy to meet or converse or do business with.
WINDOW * n. 1 A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. 2 A transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened. 3 A transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material. 4 An opening that resembles a window in appearance or function.
WOOF * n. The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
SILIQUA * n. Narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae.
EDAM * n. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering.
STRAIGHTARROW * s. Conventionally moral and upright.
NONDISPOSABLE * a. 1 (of assets) Unavailable for use. 2 Not designed to be thrown away after use.
THERMOMETROGRAPH * n. A thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time.
PROTHROMBIN * n. A protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin.
ANNA * n. A former copper coin of Pakistan and India.
FARCICALLY * r. In a farcical manner.
NICKNAME * --n. 1 A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name). 2 A descriptive name for a place or thing. --v. Give a nickname to.
PUTIN * n. Russian statesman chosen as president of the Russian Federation in 2000; formerly director of the Federal Security Bureau (born in 1952).
QUICKEN * v. 1 Move faster. 2 Make keen or more acute. 3 Give life or energy to. 4 Show signs of life.
PERODICTICUS * n. A genus of Lorisidae.
GETAWAY * n. 1 The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. 2 A rapid escape (as by criminals).
HISTRIONICS * n. 1 A performance of a play. 2 A deliberate display of emotion for effect.
SADDLEBILL * n. Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle.
CRUSHER * n. A device that crushes something.
CATACLYSM * n. 1 A sudden violent change in the earth's surface. 2 An event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
ATTENUATOR * n. An electrical device for attenuating the strength of an electrical signal.
SHOVEL * --n. 1 A hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle. 2 The quantity a shovel can hold. 3 A fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace. 4 A machine for excavating. --v. Dig with or as if with a shovel.
ADMITTEDLY * r. As acknowledged.
ASHEVILLE * n. A town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte.
PRIMOGENITOR * n. An ancestor in the direct line.
TERMINALLY * r. At the end.
LEXICALIZED * a. Expressed by a word.
PAIUTE * n. 1 A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States. 2 The Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute.
SELF-DESTRUCT * v. Do away with oneself or itself.
SYNCHRONAL * a. Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.
GLYCERIDE * n. An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils.
TOPSY-TURVILY * r. In disorderly haste.
EXPUNCTION * n. Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
PISTOLEER * n. Someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed).
UNMINDFUL * --a. Not mindful or attentive. --s. (followed by `to' or `of') Lacking conscious awareness of.
DWEEB * n. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
HAREM * n. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
PHOBIA * n. An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations.
LYONNAISE * s. Cooked with onions.
ALHAMBRA * n. A fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages.
TELEPHOTOGRAPHY * n. 1 Transmission and reproduction of photographs and charts and pictures over a distance. 2 Photography using a telephoto lens.
VELVETY-HAIRED * s. Having hair that feels like velvet.
ALLIONIACEAE * n. A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales.
ELAGATIS * n. A genus of Carangidae.
GLUCOSURIA * n. The presence of abnormally high levels of glucose in the urine.
MELLIFLUOUS * s. Pleasing to the ear.
FLEXOR * n. A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint.
PSYCHICALLY * r. From a psychic point of view.
RUSSULA * n. Large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice.
HALLEL * n. (Judaism) A chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh.
PHYSALIS * n. Ground cherries.
CURSORILY * r. Without taking pains.
STOOL * --n. 1 A simple seat without a back or arms. 2 Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels. 3 (forestry) The stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings. 4 A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. --v. 1 Lure with a stool, as of wild fowl. 2 React to a decoy, of wildfowl. 3 Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. 4 Have a bowel movement.
UNTRAVELLED * --a. Not traveled over or through. --s. Not having traveled much, especially to foreign lands; not having gained experience by travel.
HUGGING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
SHOPFRONT * n. The front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows.
COUNSELLING * n. Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
NUPTIALS * n. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.
DYSLOGISTIC * s. Expressing disapproval.
STUDIOUSNESS * n. Diligent study.
UNSTAPLE * v. Take the staples off.
GUAMA * n. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations.
WHITEWASH * --n. 1 A defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score. 2 Wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces. 3 A specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects. --v. 1 Cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error. 2 Cover with whitewash. 3 Exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data.
MAKEREADY * n. Final preparation and adjustments.
THUNDERER * n. 1 An epithet for Jupiter. 2 A noisemaker that makes a sound like thunder.
SUBMARINER * n. A member of the crew of a submarine.
COUNTRYWIDE * s. Occurring or extending throughout a country or nation.
TREMELLALES * n. Fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic.
INTERMIX * v. Combine into one.
ROTUND * s. 1 Spherical in shape. 2 (of sounds) Full and rich. 3 Excessively fat.
SHEIKDOM * n. The domain ruled by a sheik.
IODOTHYRONINE * n. Thyronine with iodine added.
MEASURABILITY * n. The quality of being measurable.
TURACO * n. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
BOOTED * s. Wearing boots.
SEGREGATE * --n. Someone who is or has been segregated. --v. 1 Separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation. 2 Divide from the main body or mass and collect. 3 Separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others.
KICKSTAND * n. A swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden.
SHAMPOO * --n. 1 Cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair. 2 The act of washing your hair with shampoo. --v. Use shampoo on (hair).
SOVIETS * n. The government of the Soviet Union.
PROGRESSION * n. 1 A series with a definite pattern of advance. 2 A movement forward. 3 The act of moving forward (as toward a goal).
FATUOUSLY * r. Vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish.
OTHERWISE * --s. Other than as supposed or expected. --r. 1 In other respects or ways. 2 In another and different manner.
CHALCIDIDAE * n. An arthropod family including: chalcidflies.
ELABORATION * n. 1 Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail. 2 The result of improving something. 3 A discussion that provides additional information. 4 Marked by elaborately complex detail.
SUDSY * a. Resembling lather or covered with lather.
NEPHROBLASTOMA * n. Malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass.
CHINOISERIE * n. A style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned.
RALEGH * n. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618).
SACCHARIN * n. A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener.
TANGELO * n. 1 Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida. 2 Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
DIFFERENTIATE * v. 1 Mark as different. 2 Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. 3 Calculate a derivative; take the derivative. 4 Become different during development.
MILITAINMENT * n. Entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated.
URTH * n. Goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past.
MAKO * n. Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific.
WEST * --n. 1 The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America. 2 The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees. 3 The region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River. 4 The direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point. --a. Situated in or facing or moving toward the west. --r. To, toward, or in the west.
INCALESCENCE * n. The property of being warming.
MYTILENE * n. An island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry.
PENELOPE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them. 2 A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds).
FAITHFULNESS * n. The quality of being faithful.
LOUGH * n. 1 A long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland. 2 Irish word for a lake.
FIBRINOLYSIS * n. A normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots.
SPLICING * n. A junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together.
NEW * --a. 1 Not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered. 2 Unaffected by use or exposure. --s. 1 Original and of a kind not seen before. 2 Lacking training or experience. 3 Having no previous example or precedent or parallel. 4 Other than the former one(s); different. --r. Very recently.
DELINQUENT * --n. A young offender. --s. 1 Guilty of a misdeed. 2 Failing in what duty requires. 3 Past due; not paid at the scheduled time.
CONDESCENDING * s. (used of behavior or attitude) Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.
FEDERALIZATION * n. 1 The state of being under federal control. 2 The act of being put under federal control.
PRAISEWORTHILY * r. In an admirable manner.
INFILTRATOR * n. 1 Someone who takes up a position surreptitiously for the purpose of espionage. 2 An intruder (as troops) with hostile intent.
LARGER-THAN-LIFE * s. Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale).
KARYOTYPE * n. The appearance of the chromosomal makeup of a somatic cell in an individual or species (including the number and arrangement and size and structure of the chromosomes).
UNJUSTIFIABLE * s. Incapable of being justified or explained.
CAMP * --n. 1 Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. 2 A group of people living together in a camp. 3 Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers. 4 An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. --v. 1 Live in or as if in a tent. 2 Establish or set up a camp. 3 Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to. --s. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
HYPOCHONDRIASIS * n. Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments.
BALANCING * n. Getting two things to correspond.
CALORIFACIENT * s. Producing heat; usually used of foods.
SALSA * n. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
CROSS-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a cross.
SAPINDALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants.
CHASTELY * r. In a chaste and virtuous manner.
REVERSIBLE * --n. A garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing). --a. 1 Capable of reversing or being reversed. 2 Capable of being reversed or used with either side out. --s. 1 Capable of being reversed. 2 Capable of assuming or producing either of two states.
THUGGEE * n. Murder and robbery by thugs.
ASSASSINATION * n. 1 An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation. 2 Murder of a public figure by surprise attack.
BURIAL * n. 1 The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave. 2 Concealing something under the ground.
BORAGO * n. Perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
ALLOCUTION * n. (rhetoric) A formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts.
SUNBATHER * n. Someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan.
RESPECTFULLY * r. In a respectful manner.
NAIANT * s. Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
PEDIAMYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.
NON-JEW * n. A Christian as contrasted with a Jew.
OPUS * n. A musical work that has been created.
EARNER * n. Someone who earn wages in return for their labor.
ESPIAL * n. The act of detecting something; catching sight of something.
UPWARDS * r. 1 Spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position. 2 To a later time.
HALF-WITTED * s. Retarded in intellectual development.
PHONOLOGY * n. The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes.
INTEROCEPTIVE * a. Of or relating to interoception.
TARDY * s. After the expected or usual time; delayed.
MUMMIFY * v. 1 Preserve while making lifeless. 2 Remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it. 3 Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
GRABBER * n. An unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately.
DRY-DOCK * v. Maneuver (a ship) into a drydock.
BESTIALITY * n. 1 The stupid brutal quality of a beast. 2 Sexual activity between a person and an animal.
DEFIBRILLATE * v. Stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks.
ARMATURE * n. Coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field.
WBC * n. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system.
IRREPRODUCIBLE * a. Impossible to reproduce or duplicate.
BANNERLIKE * r. Like a banner.
ASSURANCE * n. 1 Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. 2 A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something. 3 A statement intended to inspire confidence. 4 A British term for some kinds of insurance.
SCRUTINISER * n. A careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care.
CICADELLIDAE * n. Leafhoppers.
NONRETICULATE * a. Not resembling or forming a network.
RUBLE * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Tajikistan. 2 The basic unit of money in Russia.
SOUTH-CENTRAL * s. 1 Situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region. 2 Being in or of a region of the United States including the states of the lower Mississippi valley and east of the Rio Grande.
DUNG * --n. Fecal matter of animals. --v. 1 Fertilize or dress with dung. 2 Defecate; used of animals.
KNOUT * n. A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.
GELECHIID * n. Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests.
WOODBURY * n. United States social economist (1876-1933).
JEJUNOILEITIS * n. Inflammation of the jejunum and the ileum of the small intestine.
METASTABILITY * n. The quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed.
SUBCONTRACT * --n. A contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract. --v. 1 Arranged for contracted work to be done by others. 2 Work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract.
MATURENESS * n. State of being mature; full development.
CORDIALLY * r. In a hearty manner.
QUARTAN * --n. A malarial fever that recurs every fourth day. --a. Occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria).
TIMBALE * n. 1 Individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell. 2 Small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods.
DRIFTING * --n. Aimless wandering from place to place. --s. Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.
ACETIC * a. Relating to or containing acetic acid.
CONVENTIONALISE * v. Make conventional or adapt to conventions.
AKRON * n. A city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry.
TRACKER * n. Someone who tracks down game.
RISEN * s. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
AIRLOCK * n. A chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure.
DIAMINE * n. Any organic compound containing two amino groups.
AVERTING * n. 1 The act of preventing something from occurring. 2 The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away.
OVERCROWD * v. 1 Cause to crowd together too much. 2 Crowd together too much.
SPIZELLA * n. Chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow.
COMBER * n. 1 A person who separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool. 2 A long curling sea wave. 3 A machine that separates and straightens the fibers of cotton or wool.
MEPHISTOPHELIAN * s. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
CARBONISATION * n. The destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens).
CUPOLA * n. 1 A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting. 2 A roof in the form of a dome.
CHLAMYPHORE * n. Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.
OROGRAPHY * n. The science of mountains.
RUNAWAY * --n. 1 An easy victory. 2 Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation. --s. Completely out of control.
PRAETORSHIP * n. The office of praetor.
PERCHANCE * r. 1 Through chance. 2 By chance.
INTERDENOMINATIONAL * s. Occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations.
AGITATING * s. Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment.
SNOOTINESS * n. The quality of being snooty.
GAB * --n. Light informal conversation for social occasions. --v. Talk profusely.
ADVERTISED * s. Called to public attention.
NONRESISTANT * s. 1 (often followed by `to') Likely to be affected with. 2 Not resistant.
PICK-ME-UP * n. 1 Anything with restorative powers. 2 A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor).
LIBERATOR * n. Someone who releases people from captivity or bondage.
LAGOSTOMUS * n. Viscachas.
SOFT-FOOTED * s. Sound of quiet gentle steps.
UNQUESTIONABLENESS * n. The quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt.
JUMBOJET * n. A very large jet plane.
PRATE * --n. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. --v. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
UNBIASSED * s. 1 Characterized by a lack of partiality. 2 Without bias.
LEIOPHYLLUM * n. One species: sand myrtle.
BIOHAZARD * n. 1 Hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions. 2 Any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare.
PARAPHRASTIC * s. Altered by paraphrasing.
MERCHANT-VENTURER * n. A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas).
OFFICIOUS * s. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
MERRIMAC * n. An ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
TOQUE * n. 1 A tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs. 2 A small round woman's hat.
MONOD * n. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
DRACUNCULIDAE * n. Greatly elongated roundworm.
STONEWARE * n. Ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous.
ACQUITTANCE * n. A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.
PYROXENE * n. Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
WESTSIDE * s. Of the western part of a city.
THUMBPRINT * n. Fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb).
BALANCED * a. Being in a state of proper equilibrium.
ZANGWILL * n. English writer (1864-1926).
UNCORDIAL * s. Lacking warmth or friendliness.
SECTIONALISM * n. A partiality for some particular place.
CROCODILE * n. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters.
CATTY-CORNER * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
TLINGIT * n. 1 A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska. 2 The Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit.
TUMIDITY * n. Slight swelling of an organ or part.
ADJUST * v. 1 Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard. 2 Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight. 3 Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions. 4 Make correspondent or conformable.
GRAMMAR * n. The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics).
INEFFICIENTLY * r. In an inefficient manner.
RUGGEDNESS * n. 1 The property of being big and strong. 2 The quality of being topologically uneven. 3 The quality of being difficult to do.
RELISHING * n. Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
FLESHY * --s. Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. --a. Of or relating to or resembling flesh.
CHARCOAL * --n. 1 A carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air. 2 A stick of black carbon material used for drawing. 3 A very dark grey color. 4 A drawing made with a stick of black carbon material. --v. Draw, trace, or represent with charcoal. --s. Of a very dark grey.
COBBLING * n. The shoemaker's trade.
OUTFITTING * n. The act of renovating and fitting out a ship.
VENTILATE * v. 1 Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen. 2 Expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage. 3 Circulate through and freshen. 4 Give expression or utterance to.
CREDENTIALLED * s. Certified as professional by evidence or testimonials.
MANNERISM * n. 1 A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual. 2 A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
TUNGUS * n. 1 A member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu. 2 The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia.
THRAUPIDAE * n. Tanagers.
TINGE * --n. 1 A slight but appreciable amount. 2 A pale or subdued color. --v. 1 Affect as in thought or feeling. 2 Color lightly.
WOAD * n. 1 A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant. 2 Any of several herbs of the genus Isatis.
FRUCTIFICATION * n. 1 The bearing of fruit. 2 Organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses).
FRETSAW * n. Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines.
TRIPPING * s. 1 Characterized by a buoyant rhythm. 2 Moving easily and quickly; nimble.
POLYPEPTIDE * n. A peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids.
ENCULTURATION * n. The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture.
HEART-LEAF * n. 1 Wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama. 2 Evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina.
STOLON * n. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
CYLINDER * n. 1 A solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases). 2 A surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line. 3 A chamber within which piston moves. 4 A cylindrical container for oxygen or compressed air.
PREDISPOSE * v. Make susceptible.
HOMOPHONIC * s. 1 Having the same sound. 2 Having a single melodic line with accompaniment.
TRESPASS * --n. 1 A wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages. 2 Entry to another's property without right or permission. --v. 1 Enter unlawfully on someone's property. 2 Make excessive use of. 3 Break the law. 4 Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law.
ENHANCIVE * s. 1 Intensifying by augmentation and enhancement. 2 Serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body.
SUDAN * n. 1 A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956. 2 A region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
FISSIPEDIA * n. In some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora.
SIMMPLENESS * n. Absence of affectation or pretense.
MELODIC * a. 1 Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody. 2 Of or relating to melody.
PLECOPTERAN * n. Primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones.
FEEDSTOCK * n. The raw material that is required for some industrial process.
HOUSETOP * n. The roof of a house.
SHAGGINESS * n. 1 Unkemptness of hair. 2 Roughness of nap produced by long woolly hairs.
CARAMELISE * v. 1 Be converted into caramel. 2 Convert to caramel.
MAGNIFIED * s. Enlarged to an abnormal degree.
ENCOMIASTIC * s. Formally expressing praise.
SOVIETISE * v. 1 Bring under Soviet control, of a country. 2 Model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union.
ILL-BEING * n. Lack of prosperity or happiness or health.
DIAMETRIC * --a. Related to or along a diameter. --s. Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.
GREENLAND * n. The largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark.
PUREE * --n. Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender. --v. Rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender.
PRUSSIAN * --n. A German inhabitant of Prussia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants.
PINNATIPED * n. Aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers.
IGBO * n. A member of the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria.
HUMULUS * n. Hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae.
SMALL-SEEDED * s. Having relatively small seeds.
MEMBRANOPHONE * n. A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.
COGNOSCIBLE * a. Capable of being known.
BOUNDERISH * s. (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace.
EJECTOR * n. 1 A person who ousts or supplants someone else. 2 A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
AMNION * n. Thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals).
GALVANIZE * v. 1 To stimulate to action. 2 Cover with zinc. 3 Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock.
JOVIALLY * r. In a jovial manner.
UNISEX * s. Not distinguished on the basis of sex.
REGNANT * s. Exercising power or authority.
CHARACIDAE * n. Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America.
TETRODOTOXIN * n. A powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish.
OVERLEAP * v. 1 Defeat (oneself) by going too far. 2 Jump across or leap over (an obstacle). 3 Leave undone or leave out.
TRANSFORM * v. 1 Subject to a mathematical transformation. 2 Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature. 3 Change in outward structure or looks. 4 Change from one form or medium into another.
IMPALPABLY * r. Not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness.
CALLOPHIS * n. Asian coral snakes.
FENCELIKE * s. Resembling a fence.
RIMBAUD * n. French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891).
SELF-CONFIDENCE * n. Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
HAUNTED * s. 1 Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something. 2 Showing emotional affliction or disquiet. 3 Inhabited by or as if by apparitions.
PROTRUSILE * s. Capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue.
ACHONDROPLASTIC * a. Of or relating to achondroplasia.
ECSTATICALLY * r. In an ecstatic manner.
STUDIOUS * s. 1 Marked by care and effort. 2 Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading.
SPOT * --n. 1 A point located with respect to surface features of some region. 2 A short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising. 3 An outstanding characteristic. 4 A blemish made by dirt. --v. 1 Catch sight of. 2 Detect with the senses. 3 Mar or impair with a flaw. 4 Make a spot or mark onto.
NETHERLANDS * n. A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.
SCUMMY * s. 1 Of the most contemptible kind. 2 Covered with scum.
HOUSEWIFE * n. A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income.
VODKA * n. Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
DRINKER * n. 1 A person who drinks liquids. 2 A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).
WAYS * n. Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
MISSTATE * v. State something incorrectly.
SONGWRITER * n. A composer of words or music for popular songs.
SHORT * --n. 1 The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed. 2 Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference. 3 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. --v. 1 Cheat someone by not returning him enough money. 2 Create a short circuit in. --a. 1 Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration. 2 (primarily spatial sense) Having little length or lacking in length. 3 Low in stature; not tall. 4 (of memory) Deficient in retentiveness or range. --s. 1 Of insufficient quantity to meet a need. 2 Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. 3 Lacking foresight or scope. 4 Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening. --r. 1 Quickly and without warning. 2 Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold. 3 Clean across. 4 At some point or distance before a goal is reached.
BRICK-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a brick.
REIMBURSE * v. 1 Pay back for some expense incurred. 2 Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss.
FOREHAND * --n. (sports) A return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash). --a. (of racket strokes) Made with palm facing direction of stroke.
LANGSYNE * --n. Past times remembered with nostalgia. --r. At a distant time in the past (chiefly Scottish).
LUXEMBURGER * --n. A native or inhabitant of Luxembourg. --a. 1 Of or relating to the capital city of Luxemburg. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the grand duchy of Luxemburg or its people.
IMPATIENCE * n. 1 A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay. 2 A restless desire for change and excitement. 3 A dislike of anything that causes delay.
TITFER * n. A hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat').
ALIENABLE * a. Transferable to another owner.
INANIMATENESS * n. Not having life.
TONGAN * --n. 1 A Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga. 2 The Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people. --a. Of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its people.
EMBLEMATIC * s. 1 Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract. 2 Being or serving as an illustration of a type.
ORTHOPEDIC * a. Of or relating to orthopedics.
BRIONY * n. A vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties.
LANGUAGE * n. 1 A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols. 2 (language) Communication by word of mouth. 3 The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number. 4 The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication.
USER * n. 1 A person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something. 2 A person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically. 3 A person who takes drugs.
UNCONSOLABLE * a. Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled.
TRANSFUSE * v. 1 Impart gradually. 2 Pour out of one vessel into another. 3 Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin. 4 Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to.
LANATE * s. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
PISONIA * n. Genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America.
FINGER-ROOT * n. Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.
NATIVISTIC * a. 1 Advocating the perpetuation of native societies. 2 Of or relating to or advocating nativism.
EXTRUDE * v. Form or shape by forcing through an opening.
MICK * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Irish descent.
ABJECTLY * r. In a hopeless resigned manner.
MITT * n. 1 The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. 2 The handwear used by fielders in playing baseball.
GRUMPINESS * n. A fussy and eccentric disposition.
TRAVELOG * n. A film or illustrated lecture on traveling.
SCAPHOPODA * n. Small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells.
CRYOSURGERY * n. The use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers).
UNEXCUSED * s. Not excused.
DACELO * n. Australasian kingfishers.
MANDRILLUS * n. Baboons.
SITOPHYLUS * n. A genus of Bruchidae.
DICHROMATOPSIA * n. A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
ALBUGO * n. Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts.
ANGIOLOGIST * n. A physician who specializes in angiology.
BISCUTELLA * n. Genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard.
UNREQUESTED * a. Not requested.
SUPERNAL * --a. Being or coming from on high. --s. Of heaven or the spirit.
HTLV-1 * n. Retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia.
INTEREST * --n. 1 A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something. 2 A reason for wanting something done. 3 The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.). 4 A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed. --v. 1 Excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. 2 Be on the mind of. 3 Be of importance or consequence.
TRANCELIKE * s. As if in a trance.
WOODSCREW * n. A metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver.
ORIENTAL * s. Denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East.
PYTHAGOREAN * a. Of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry.
THURIBLE * n. A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).
MOIST * s. Slightly wet.
ATTRACTIVE * --a. 1 Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm. 2 Having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull. --s. Having power to arouse interest.
WHITTIER * n. United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892).
OPTIONALLY * r. In an optional manner.
HOKA * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages. 2 A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California.
ISCHIGUALASTIA * n. Early reptile found in Argentina.
AUGUR * --n. (ancient Rome) A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy. --v. 1 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. 2 Predict from an omen.
SELF-PRODUCED * s. Originating from the self.
WINE-RED * s. Of something having the dark red color of red wine.
LULUABOURG * n. A city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg.
DREAMINESS * n. A relaxed comfortable feeling.
SLAUGHTEROUS * s. Accompanied by bloodshed.
PUGILIST * n. Someone who fights with his fists for sport.
TRACHINOTUS * n. A genus of Carangidae.
BRAMA * n. Type genus of the Bramidae.
PREMISES * n. Land and the buildings on it.
PET * --n. 1 A domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement. 2 A special loved one. 3 A fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight). 4 Using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain). --v. 1 Stroke or caress gently. 2 Stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking. --s. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
EMANCIPATIONIST * n. A reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
POLICEMAN * n. A member of a police force.
TACITURN * a. Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
TASTER * n. Someone who samples food or drink for its quality.
NITROSOMONAS * n. Ellipsoidal soil bacteria.
ADDLEHEAD * n. A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
PUNGENTLY * r. 1 With pungency; in a pungent manner. 2 With a pungent taste or smell.
BACCIFEROUS * s. Producing or bearing berries.
DESTINE * v. 1 Decree or designate beforehand. 2 Design or destine.
PSYCHOKINESIS * n. The power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force.
SCISSION * n. The act of dividing by cutting or splitting.
AROUSE * v. 1 Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). 2 Stop sleeping. 3 Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. 4 Cause to be alert and energetic.
SNUFFER * n. 1 A cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles. 2 A person who snuffs out candles. 3 A person who uses snuff.
LYSILOMA * n. Small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods.
TECHNO * n. A style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals.
TENTING * n. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.
IRONIC * s. 1 Humorously sarcastic or mocking. 2 Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
CHLAMYPHORUS * n. Pichiciago.
AUSTRO-ASIATIC * n. A family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern Asia.
ANTHROPOMORPHISM * n. The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits.
PYGOPUS * n. Type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary hind limbs.
MONO-IODOTYROSINE * n. Tyrosine with one iodine atom added.
INDISPUTABLE * s. 1 Not open to question; obviously true. 2 Impossible to doubt or dispute.
APERIENT * --n. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels. --s. Mildly laxative.
RINGDOVE * n. 1 Greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged. 2 Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck.
BENZOQUINONE * n. Any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes.
NERUDA * n. Chilean poet (1904-1973).
DESTROYABLE * s. Capable of being destroyed.
ARBORVIRUS * n. A large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis.
DENDRANTHEMA * n. Comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.
CONFERRER * n. 1 Person who makes a gift of property. 2 Someone who converses or confers (as in a conference).
SPERMATOGENESIS * n. Development of spermatozoa.
PRANCE * --n. A proud stiff pompous gait. --v. 1 To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. 2 Spring forward on the hind legs. 3 Cause (a horse) to bound spring forward. 4 Ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward.
END-STOPPED * a. (verse) Having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line.
CNIDOSCOLUS * n. A genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
RESTATE * v. To say, state, or perform again.
TRANSLATION * n. 1 A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language. 2 A uniform movement without rotation. 3 The act of changing in form or shape or appearance. 4 (mathematics) A transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same.
MUSKETEER * n. A foot soldier armed with a musket.
ANTISPASMODIC * n. A drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles).
UNFERTILE * a. Incapable of reproducing.
UNYIELDINGNESS * n. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
REENACT * v. 1 Enact or perform again. 2 Enact again. 3 Act out; represent or perform as if in a play.
PLANOCOCCUS * n. A genus of Pseudococcidae.
HF * n. 1 A grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons. 2 3 to 30 megahertz.
SALE * n. 1 A particular instance of selling. 2 The general activity of selling. 3 An occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices. 4 The state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling.
DISASSOCIATE * v. Part; cease or break association with.
CHIFFONIER * n. A tall elegant chest of drawers.
FORCEFULNESS * n. Physical energy or intensity.
IMMATURELY * r. In an immature manner.
LUNG-LIKE * a. Performing functions similar to those performed by lungs.
GAMBLE * --n. 1 Money that is risked for possible monetary gain. 2 A risky act or venture. --v. 1 Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. 2 Play games for money.
METICULOUSNESS * n. Strict attention to minute details.
SEASONED * --a. Aged or processed. --s. Rendered competent through trial and experience.
PERINATOLOGIST * n. An obstetrician specializing in perinatology.
ANOXIC * a. Relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs.
SUMMER-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the summer.
NEWTONIAN * --n. A follower of Isaac Newton. --a. Of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science.
COMPENDIUM * n. 1 A publication containing a variety of works. 2 A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work.
MASER * n. An acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation.
TANNIC * a. Derived from tannin.
POLLUTER * n. A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment.
TENEMENT * n. A run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards.
IGNATIUS * n. Bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110).
GUMMED * s. Covered with adhesive gum.
DRAWBAR * n. A strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled.
CHRYSOLEPIS * n. Two species: golden chinkapins.
PROBABILITY * n. 1 A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible. 2 The quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event.
INCINERATE * v. 1 Become reduced to ashes. 2 Cause to undergo combustion.
BESEECHINGLY * r. In a beseeching manner.
ASTROPHYSICS * n. The branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies.
PREDICTABLE * a. Capable of being foretold.
SIAM * n. A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula.
DISSIMULATIVE * s. Concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive.
DAUNTLESS * s. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
SIXPENCE * n. A small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970.
COAGULASE * n. An enzyme that induces coagulation.
EMBARRASSINGLY * r. Causing embarrassment.
FLUOROSCOPE * n. An X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation.
PARMELIACEAE * n. A family of lichens.
INDIRECTION * n. 1 Indirect procedure or action. 2 Deceitful action that is not straightforward.
CEDAR * n. 1 Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars. 2 Durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests. 3 Any cedar of the genus Cedrus.
FAIL-SAFE * --n. A mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction. --s. 1 Guaranteed not to fail. 2 Eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction.
SUBCLINICAL * a. Relating to the stage in the development of a disease before the symptoms are observed.
RAMBUNCTIOUS * s. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.
GRANITIC * s. 1 Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. 2 Hard as granite.
INFORM * v. 1 Impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to. 2 Give character or essence to. 3 Act as an informer.
AMBASSADOR * n. 1 A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another. 2 An informal representative.
WAYWARD * s. Resistant to guidance or discipline.
HEAVY-FOOTED * a. (of movement) Lacking ease or lightness.
OBSCURANTISM * n. 1 A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge. 2 A deliberate act intended to make something obscure.
CHIASMIC * a. Of or relating to a chiasm.
STRASSBURG * n. City on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port.
RHINONICTERIS * n. Orange horseshoe bats.
INJUN * n. (slang) Offensive term for Native Americans.
FOAMINESS * n. The property of being foamy.
FOUNDER * --n. 1 Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. 2 A person who founds or establishes some institution. 3 A worker who makes metal castings. --v. 1 Fail utterly; collapse. 2 Sink below the surface. 3 Break down, literally or metaphorically. 4 Stumble and nearly fall.
ASYMMETRY * n. (mathematics) A lack of symmetry.
ACAROPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms.
INDISTINGUISHABILITY * n. Exact sameness.
ZIZANIA * n. Wild rice.
REFUTE * v. 1 Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof. 2 Prove to be false or incorrect.
105TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order.
BRAISING * n. Cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture.
VULGAR * s. 1 Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. 2 Of or associated with the great masses of people. 3 Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language. 4 Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent.
ADEPTNESS * n. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.
YELLOW-WHITE * s. Of a white tinged with yellow.
NATRIURESIS * n. The presence of abnormally large amounts of sodium in the urine.
HYEMOSCHUS * n. Water chevrotains.
CREEP * --n. 1 Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric. 2 A slow longitudinal movement or deformation. 3 A pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot. 4 A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. --v. 1 Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. 2 To go stealthily or furtively. 3 Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface). 4 Show submission or fear.
OBTUND * v. Reduce the edge or violence of.
MISPLACED * s. 1 Put in the wrong place or position. 2 Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place.
MERITORIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance).
ACCOUNTANTSHIP * n. The position of accountant.
PSYLLID * n. Small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices.
OVERFEEDING * n. Excessive feeding.
WATER-RESISTANT * s. Hindering the penetration of water.
35TH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order.
VIBRIONIC * a. Caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
TELSONTAIL * n. Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter.
CONTRIBUTING * s. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
PROPAGANDA * n. Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause.
CHRISTMASTIME * n. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
DALO * n. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
CONSANGUINEAL * s. Related by blood.
CALAMAGROSTIS * n. Reed grass.
LEONURUS * n. Genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls.
FEIJOA * n. 1 South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit. 2 Dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves.
DRIVESHAFT * n. A rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application.
SOREHEAD * n. Someone who is peevish or disgruntled.
DEPORT * v. 1 Behave in a certain manner. 2 Hand over to the authorities of another country. 3 Expel from a country.
CONTROVERSIALIST * n. A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy.
ARCHESPORE * n. Primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
INCONVERTIBILITY * n. The quality of not being exchangeable.
NADP * n. A coenzyme similar to NAD and present in most living cells but serves as a reductant in different metabolic processes.
DUALISTIC * a. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism.
OKRA * n. 1 Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant. 2 Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus. 3 Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews.
SUCCADE * n. Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals.
TRUCULENCY * n. Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness.
ALIENISM * n. 1 An obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness. 2 The quality of being alien.
SEROTINE * n. Common brown bat of Europe.
VARICELLIFORM * a. Resembling the rash of chickenpox.
QUATERNATE * s. Consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four.
EXEGETICAL * a. Relating to exegesis.
ALGOLAGNIC * a. Of or relating to algolagnia.
CAVILLER * n. A disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections.
VEDIST * n. A scholar of or an authority on the Vedas.
VOYEURISTICAL * a. Of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism.
IDENTIFY * v. 1 Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something. 2 Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. 3 Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else. 4 Conceive of as united or associated.
GABAPENTIN * n. An anticonvulsant (trade name Neurontin) used to control some types of seizures in the treatment of epilepsy; also used to manage neuralgia caused by shingles.
POEM * n. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
TELEOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to teleology.
COSEISMIC * s. Being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously.
HOBBYIST * n. A person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure.
GLASSHOUSE * n. A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.
ISOAGGLUTINATION * n. Agglutination of an agglutinogen of one individual by a serum from another individual of the same species.
QUINQUEFOLIATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having five leaflets.
FENCE-SITTER * n. A person who won't take sides in a controversy.
UNSHAKABLE * s. 1 Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. 2 Without flaws or loopholes.
PERTURBATION * n. 1 An unhappy and worried mental state. 2 (physics) A secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly. 3 Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption. 4 A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset.
FURANE * n. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
BROGAN * n. A thick and heavy shoe.
MUTAGENESIS * n. An event capable of causing a mutation.
SESAME * n. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.
DUSTMOP * n. A dry swab for dusting floors.
NARCISSUS * n. 1 Bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters. 2 (Greek mythology) A beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection.
MAFA * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
OVEREXCITED * s. Unduly excited.
MIZEN * n. 1 Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy. 2 Fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.
RECIRCULATION * n. Circulation again.
BROMOFORM * n. Colorless liquid haloform CHBr3.
PARASYMPATHETIC * --n. Originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels. --a. Of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system.
ALGOPHILIA * n. Sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.
PREDOMINANCE * n. 1 The state of being predominant over others. 2 The quality of being more noticeable than anything else.
PTEROIS * n. Lionfishes.
HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER * n. A musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note.
GESSO * n. Gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared).
DISORIENT * v. Cause to be lost or disoriented.
CRACKLE * --n. 1 The sharp sound of snapping noises. 2 Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface. --v. 1 Make a crackling sound. 2 Make a crushing noise. 3 To become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks. --s. Having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware.
ELECTROPHORETIC * a. Of or relating to electrophoresis.
RAVEL * --n. 1 French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937). 2 A row of unravelled stitches. --v. 1 Disentangle. 2 Tangle or complicate.
COMPETENTLY * r. With competence; in a competent capable manner.
PARKA * n. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
JINX * --n. 1 A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him. 2 An evil spell. --v. 1 Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something. 2 Foredoom to failure.
HELICIDAE * n. Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests.
CELLULARITY * n. The state of having cells.
SHITTIMWOOD * n. 1 Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico. 2 Shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit. 3 Wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle.
FLYWHEEL * n. Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine.
MAMMY * n. 1 An offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.. 2 Informal terms for a mother.
SIMENON * n. French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989).
LYRICALITY * n. The property of being suitable for singing.
BEHIND-THE-SCENES * s. Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially.
AMYGDALIN * n. A bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds.
TIN-PLATING * n. The application of a protective layer of tin.
INNUMERATE * a. Lacking knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and methods.
SHLIMAZEL * n. (Yiddish) A very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything.
CARSON * n. 1 United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964). 2 United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (1809-1868).
TAGASASTE * n. Shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder.
RIOTOUS * s. 1 Produced or growing in extreme abundance. 2 Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination. 3 Unrestrained by convention or morality.
FREEING * n. The act of liberating someone or something.
LEARNER * n. 1 Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs. 2 Works for an expert to learn a trade.
MUTTON * n. Meat from a mature domestic sheep.
LYMPHOGRANULOMA * n. Swelling of a lymph node.
COUMARONE * n. A colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins.
BLUENESS * n. Blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime.
ARANEIDAL * a. Relating to or resembling a spider.
LILAC-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with lavender.
STARCHY * --a. Consisting of or containing starch. --s. Rigidly formal.
WELLPOINT * n. A perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area.
SPEEDBOAT * n. A fast motorboat.
ANGUISHED * s. Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.
LOCUTION * n. A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
HOMOGENEOUSLY * r. All similarly.
FT-L * n. A former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot.
PLIANTNESS * n. 1 The property of being pliant and flexible. 2 Adaptability of mind or character.
LAMINA * n. A thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral).
DEPOLARISE * v. Eliminate the polarization of.
CRAX * n. Type genus of the Cracidae: curassows.
MULTIPLE * --n. The product of a quantity by an integer. --a. Having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual.
LAUGHER * n. 1 A person who is laughing or who laughs easily. 2 An easy victory.
READABILITY * n. 1 The quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand. 2 A quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read.
SLIPPING * s. Moving as on a slippery surface.
SUMPTUARY * s. Regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior.
RELENTLESS * s. 1 Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. 2 Never-ceasing.
PUFFINUS * n. Shearwaters.
HOMMOS * n. A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East.
PRIMO * --n. The principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet). --s. The best of its kind.
CATHARTES * n. Type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures.
OVERACT * v. Exaggerate one's acting.
BOGART * n. United States film actor (1899-1957).
PART-OWNER * n. A person who owns something in common with others.
CALLISTEPHUS * n. One species: erect Asiatic herb with large flowers.
QUARK * n. 1 (physics) Hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3. 2 Fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet.
STANDARDISE * v. 1 Evaluate by comparing with a standard. 2 Cause to conform to standard or norm.
OUTSIDER * n. 1 Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group. 2 A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win.
CULLIS * n. A gutter in a roof.
ARIDITY * n. 1 The quality of yielding nothing of value. 2 A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall).
TINAMIDAE * n. Comprising the tinamous.
AERIFEROUS * a. Conveying air; as the bronchial tubes.
LEAF-MINER * n. Any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae.
MYTHOLOGISATION * n. The restatement of a message as a myth.
PAPERWORK * n. Work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc..
VENTRICULUS * n. Thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food.
EXCHANGED * s. Changed for (replaced by) something different.
GLYCOPROTEIN * n. A conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component.
FLOW * --n. 1 The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). 2 The amount of fluid that flows in a given time. 3 The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. 4 Any uninterrupted stream or discharge. --v. 1 Move or progress freely as if in a stream. 2 Move along, of liquids. 3 Cause to flow. 4 Be abundantly present.
INCOMPUTABLE * s. Beyond calculation or measure.
ROTIFER * n. Minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton.
DUCTLESS * a. Not having a duct.
PLAGUY * --s. Causing irritation or annoyance. --r. In a disagreeable manner.
WINNIPEG * n. 1 The capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters. 2 A lake in southern Canada in Manitoba.
ENVELOPING * s. Surrounding and closing in on or hemming in.
INSCRUTABILITY * n. The quality of being impossible to investigate.
MARIJUANA * n. 1 A strong-smelling plant whose dried leaves can be smoked for a pleasant effect or pain reduction. 2 The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect.
AZONIC * s. Not restricted to any particular zone or region.
DECOR * n. Decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior.
FLAVOURLESS * s. Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
HAWSEHOLE * n. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
NORTHEASTERLY * s. 1 Coming from the northeast. 2 Situated in or oriented toward the northeast.
OXIMETER * n. A measuring instrument that measures the oxygen in arterial blood.
CYNOGLOSSIDAE * n. Tonguefishes.
COCHLEAR * a. Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear.
HALE * --n. 1 A soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776). 2 United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938). 3 Prolific United States writer (1822-1909). --v. 1 To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means. 2 Draw slowly or heavily. --s. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
WHIST * n. A card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six.
OPALESCENT * s. Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.
EGALITY * n. Social and political equality.
LEY * n. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
XCV * s. Being five more than ninety.
ORNITHOGALUM * n. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
PNEUMOCOCCUS * n. Bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans.
POYOU * n. Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts.
TATARY * n. The vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries.
THREE-HUNDREDTH * s. The ordinal number of three hundred in counting order.
RELEGATING * n. Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
BETAINE * n. A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.
ZUNI * n. A member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico.
ILANG-ILANG * n. 1 Oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree; used in perfumery. 2 Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental.
SPIRITUALISTIC * a. Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism.
MISCONCEPTION * n. An incorrect conception.
CARBONDALE * n. A town in southern Illinois.
BIGNONIACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae.
SPOKESPERSON * n. An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.
RAINBOW * n. 1 An arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain. 2 An illusory hope.
HEADSTALL * n. The band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head.
IMPOLITELY * r. In an impolite manner.
LANDWARD * r. Toward land.
SKUNKBUSH * n. Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit.
RAINMAKING * n. Activity intended to produce rain.
CAPLIN * n. Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes.
INDRAWN * s. Tending to reserve or introspection.
1728 * n. A cardinal number equal to one dozen gross.
SEAGULL * n. Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs.
RAPTORIAL * --a. Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey. --s. Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
BY-ELECTION * n. A special election between regular elections.
AUTOMATICALLY * r. 1 In a reflex manner. 2 In a mechanical manner; by a mechanism.
EXTINGUISHABLE * a. Capable of being extinguished or killed.
PUSSY'S-PAW * n. Pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America.
DOBSON * n. 1 Large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait. 2 Large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait.
DERMATOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
DERRIS * n. Any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons.
LUSTINESS * n. The property of being strong and healthy in constitution.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN * n. A woman assemblyman.
SPACIOUSLY * r. With ample room.
TRANCHE * n. A portion of something (especially money).
ORINOCO * n. A South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic.
WROTHFUL * s. Vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
DRIPPILY * r. In a mawkish and emotional manner.
DACTYLIC * a. Of or consisting of dactyls.
UNVENTED * s. Not provided with vents.
BELLICOSITY * n. A natural disposition to fight.
ADVENT * n. 1 Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous). 2 The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas. 3 (Christian theology) The reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment.
FOOTPLATE * n. The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls.
ASSIGNING * n. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons.
DISESTABLISH * v. Deprive (an established church) of its status.
LEFTOVER * --n. A small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. --s. Not used up.
STRAIGHTNESS * n. 1 (of hair) Lack of a tendency to curl. 2 Freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles. 3 Trueness of course toward a goal. 4 Having honest intentions.
CAUTERISATION * n. The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing.
BANDELETTE * n. Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column.
SOURING * n. The process of becoming sour.
FINGER-PAINT * v. Apply colors with one's fingers.
SURVIVAL * n. 1 A state of surviving; remaining alive. 2 A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment. 3 Something that survives.
IMPERATIVELY * r. In an imperative and commanding manner.
PODETIUM * n. An organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne.
DECAGRAM * n. 10 grams.
APPALACHIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Appalachia. --a. In or relating to Appalachia.
THANKFULLY * r. 1 In a thankful manner; with thanks. 2 Let us be thankful that.
CODLINS-AND-CREAM * n. Plant of Europe and Asia having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves; introduced into North America.
AGAMID * n. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
VIRTUE * n. 1 The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. 2 Any admirable quality or attribute. 3 Morality with respect to sexual relations. 4 A particular moral excellence.
PYROTECHNICS * n. 1 (music) Brilliance of display (as in the performance of music). 2 The craft of making fireworks.
DOLICHONYX * n. Bobolinks.
JUSTIFIED * s. Having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins.
SPHEROIDAL * s. Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.
CYNICALLY * r. With cynicism; in a cynical manner.
FRUNZE * n. The capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
REEXAMINATION * n. 1 (law) Questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination. 2 A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment.
GEOGRAPHICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the science of geography. 2 Determined by geography.
EXTRICABLE * a. Capable of being extricated.
PENNILESSNESS * n. A state of lacking money.
TOTEMIST * n. A person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem.
BRIARY * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
CRED * n. Credibility among young fashionable urban individuals.
SUGARLOAF * n. A large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar.
GROUPED * s. Arranged into groups.
FINITUDE * n. The quality of being finite.
HOTLY * r. In a heated manner.
ENOPHILE * n. Someone who appreciates wine.
NEPTUNE * n. 1 (Roman mythology) God of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon. 2 A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants.
GOODALL * n. English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934).
CHELICEROUS * a. Having chelicerae.
SUTURA * n. An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull).
ANTIQUARK * n. The antiparticle of a quark.
SELFLESSNESS * n. 1 The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others. 2 Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.
PROPELLENT * --n. Any substance that propels. --s. Tending to or capable of propelling.
TESLA * n. 1 A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter. 2 United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943).
HELPMATE * n. A helpful partner.
HYDROKINETICS * n. Study of fluids in motion.
SPOKE * n. 1 Support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim. 2 One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
SYNAPSIS * n. The side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis.
DISPUTATION * n. 1 The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote). 2 A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
COLANDER * n. Bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods.
GLAMOURIZATION * n. The act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way).
MYRIAPOD * n. General term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes.
QUAG * n. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
POLYPROPYLENE * n. A polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material.
ACETYLATION * n. The process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound.
LOUDEN * v. 1 Become louder. 2 Cause to become loud.
SPACIOTEMPORAL * s. Existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration.
YUMAN * --n. A group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico. --a. Of or relating to the language or culture of the Yuma people.
APHYLLANTHACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes.
INFERIORITY * n. 1 The state of being inferior. 2 An inferior quality. 3 The quality of being a competitive disadvantage.
TRANSNATIONAL * s. Involving or operating in several nations or nationalities.
HYPOPHYSIS * n. The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.
SARPANITU * n. Consort of Marduk.
BULLFROG * n. Largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice.
INTERCHANGEABLY * r. In an interchangeable manner.
REIGN * --n. 1 A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful. 2 The period during which a monarch is sovereign. 3 Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch. --v. 1 Have sovereign power. 2 Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.
ANCHORPERSON * n. A television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute.
SECOND-IN-COMMAND * n. Someone who relieves a commander.
STUMP * --n. 1 The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled. 2 The part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed. 3 (cricket) Any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket. 4 A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it. --v. 1 Cause to be perplexed or confounded. 2 Walk heavily. 3 Travel through a district and make political speeches. 4 Remove tree stumps from.
ISSACHAR * n. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
HEATEDLY * r. In a heated manner.
INTRAGROUP * s. Occurring within an institution or community.
TACOMA * n. A city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle.
CANOPY * --n. 1 The transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit. 2 The umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air. 3 A covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather. --v. Cover with a canopy.
INTEROCEPTION * n. Sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body.
CLANGOR * --n. A loud resonant repeating noise. --v. 1 Make a loud resonant noise. 2 Make a loud noise.
ZIMBALIST * n. United States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985).
CAD * n. 1 Someone who is morally reprehensible. 2 Software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing.
PATRONYM * n. A family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor).
LAMBDACISM * n. Speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'.
POLLINIUM * n. A coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids).
SQUIFFY * s. Very drunk.
WEI * n. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
HUMANITARIAN * --n. 1 Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms. 2 An advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. --s. Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism.
DECARBURIZE * v. Remove carbon from (an engine).
UNSCIENTIFICALLY * r. In an unscientific way; not according to the principles of science.
HUMMING * n. 1 A humming noise. 2 The act of singing with closed lips.
STOKE * v. Stir up or tend; of a fire.
AALII * n. A small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood.
TABARD * n. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald.
TAOISEACH * n. The prime minister of the Irish Republic.
MONOCHAMUS * n. Sawyer beetles.
PIERCE * --n. 14th President of the United States (1804-1869). --v. 1 Cut or make a way through. 2 Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply. 3 Sound sharply or shrilly. 4 Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
SYNDACTYLISM * n. Birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes.
MUTON * n. The smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur.
PHOTOMOSAIC * n. Arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture.
TRACEABLE * --s. (usually followed by `to') Able to be traced to. --a. Capable of being traced or tracked.
RENIN * n. A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys; catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood pressure.
NERD * n. 1 An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. 2 An intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession.
CORPORAL * --n. A noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines. --s. 1 Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit. 2 Possessing or existing in bodily form.
MOLDAVIA * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991.
OLDEN * s. Relating to time long past.
MICTURATE * v. Eliminate urine.
ACHIEVE * v. To gain with effort.
BIPEDAL * a. Having two feet.
VINDICTIVE * s. 1 Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge. 2 Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.
HOUSEMAID * n. A female domestic.
MODELLING * n. 1 A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied. 2 The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale).
FACTIOUS * s. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
ROPER * n. 1 A decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game). 2 A cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses. 3 A craftsman who makes ropes.
WEEKLONG * s. Lasting through a week.
CONJUNCTIVE * --n. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences. --a. Serving or tending to connect. --s. Involving the joint activity of two or more.
CESSION * n. The act of ceding.
UNCHIVALROUS * s. Offensively discourteous.
DEBUNK * v. Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.
GILLIE * n. 1 A young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief. 2 A shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.
BERNINI * n. Italian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680).
EMPIRIN * n. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets.
MERCENARY * --n. A person hired to fight for another country than their own. --s. 1 Marked by materialism. 2 Serving for wages in a foreign army. 3 Profit oriented.
PST * n. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west; used in far western states of the United States.
ACETONEMIA * n. An abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus.
HIGH-CEILINGED * s. Having a higher than normal ceiling.
STRELITZIACEAE * n. Woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae.
ORTHODONTICS * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth.
HOUR * n. 1 A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day. 2 Clock time. 3 A special and memorable period. 4 Distance measured by the time taken to cover it.
LANCE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a lance.
SIBELIUS * n. Finnish composer (1865-1957).
SCAFFOLD * --n. 1 A platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded). 2 A temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers. --v. Provide with a scaffold for support.
DITHYRAMB * n. 1 A wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing. 2 (ancient Greece) A passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus).
HAIR-RAISING * s. Extremely alarming.
UNDULATION * n. 1 An undulating curve. 2 Wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves. 3 (physics) A movement up and down or back and forth.
DEPLORE * v. 1 Express strong disapproval of. 2 Regret strongly.
ERASURE * n. 1 A correction made by erasing. 2 A surface area where something has been erased. 3 Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
FISSURELLIDAE * n. Marine limpets.
BISHKEK * n. The capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
ALPHANUMERICAL * a. Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters.
MANIPULATIVELY * r. In an artfully manipulative manner.
BERET * n. A cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth.
SYMPHILID * n. Minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops.
TAMANDUA * n. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America.
DOCKYARD * n. An establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired.
MURRAY * n. 1 British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957). 2 Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915). 3 A southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide.
PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL * s. Suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder.
HEMOCHROMATOSIS * n. Pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints.
COUNCIL * n. 1 A body serving in an administrative capacity. 2 (Christianity) An assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine. 3 A meeting of people for consultation.
CONCILIATIVE * a. Intended to placate.
SPARKLER * n. 1 Diamonds. 2 A firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks.
YELLOW-BEIGE * s. Of beige tinged with yellow.
SEALER * n. 1 A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface). 2 An official who affixes a seal to a document.
UNICORN * n. An imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead.
ANTIGRAM * n. An anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase.
SPIROCHETE * n. Parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals.
PRETEND * --n. The enactment of a pretense. --v. 1 Make believe with the intent to deceive. 2 Behave unnaturally or affectedly. 3 Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of. 4 Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. --s. Imagined as in a play.
VAUDOIS * n. A Christian sect of dissenters that originated in southern France in the late 12th century adopted Calvinist doctrines in the 16th century.
TITILLATION * n. 1 A tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling). 2 An agreeable arousal. 3 The act of tickling.
PLEUROSORUS * n. Small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand.
EVENTFUL * --a. Full of events or incidents. --s. Having important issues or results.
SUPINATOR * n. A muscle (especially in the forearm) that produces or assists in supination.
INDUCT * v. 1 Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position. 2 Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite. 3 Admit as a member. 4 Produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes.
BARTENDER * n. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
LARYNX * n. A cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech.
TYLER * n. 1 Elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862). 2 A town in northeast Texas.
EVEN-TEXTURED * s. Having an even texture.
BADLANDS * n. 1 Deeply eroded barren land. 2 An eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska.
BRUSK * s. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
AMOEBAN * a. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
UNTIMELINESS * n. 1 Being at an inappropriate time. 2 The quality of occurring at an inconvenient time.
TOTAL * --n. 1 The whole amount. 2 A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers. --v. 1 Add up in number or quantity. 2 Determine the sum of. 3 Damage beyond the point of repair. --s. 1 Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. 2 Complete in extent or degree and in every particular.
WESTMOST * s. Farthest to the west.
PRAGMATICS * n. The study of language use.
KARYOLYMPH * n. A clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed.
HUMBLING * s. Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
WHEEDLER * n. Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing.
ASSERTABLE * s. Capable of being affirmed or asserted.
STOCHASTICITY * n. The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.
DEVELOPMENTALLY * r. With respect to development.
FAE * n. A device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below.
PRAGMATICAL * --a. Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism. --s. Concerned with practical matters.
LEEWARD * --n. 1 The direction in which the wind is blowing. 2 The side of something that is sheltered from the wind. --a. On the side away from the wind. --r. Away from the wind.
DICAMPTODON * n. Salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year.
CLINOCEPHALISM * n. A congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex).
BUBBLY * --n. A white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there. --s. 1 Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation. 2 Full of or showing high spirits.
SORROWFULLY * r. 1 In a sorrowful manner. 2 With sadness; in a sorrowful manner.
INTELLIGIBILITY * n. The quality of language that is comprehensible.
DISPLEASURE * n. The feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something.
MOUSE-COLORED * s. Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse.
UNEXCEPTIONABLE * s. Completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach.
YELLOW-MARKED * s. Having yellow marks.
WASHSTAND * n. 1 Furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term. 2 A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face.
ARTICULATOR * n. 1 Someone who pronounces words. 2 A movable speech organ.
COHUNE * n. Tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
GROUND * --n. 1 The solid part of the earth's surface. 2 A rational motive for a belief or action. 3 The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface. 4 A relation that provides the foundation for something. --v. 1 Fix firmly and stably. 2 Confine or restrict to the ground. 3 Place or put on the ground. 4 Instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject.
WASHBOWL * n. 1 A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face. 2 A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
GROUPER * n. 1 Flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass. 2 Usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas.
FLAK * n. 1 A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. 2 Intense adverse criticism. 3 Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
BENTONITIC * a. Of or relating to or containing bentonite.
INJURED * --a. Harmed. --s. Emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed.
TETRAMETHYLDIARSINE * n. A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.
RADIOBIOLOGIST * n. A biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms.
UNSIMILARITY * n. The quality of being dissimilar.
MYRTACEAE * n. Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil.
OBVIATING * s. Made impossible.
SPASMOLYTIC * n. A drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles).
LONG-LEGS * n. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
UNLIKELIHOOD * n. The improbability of a specified outcome.
GARDANT * s. Looking forward.
PREHENSION * n. The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).
BACKSLAP * v. Display excessive cordiality (towards).
BOAR * n. 1 Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States. 2 An uncastrated male hog.
ANON. * a. Having no known name or identity or known source.
URCHIN * n. Poor and often mischievous city child.
FREEZE * --n. 1 The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid. 2 Weather cold enough to cause freezing. 3 An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement. 4 Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level. --v. 1 Stop moving or become immobilized. 2 Change to ice. 3 Be cold. 4 Cause to freeze.
BLAME * --n. 1 An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed. 2 A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. --v. 1 Put or pin the blame on. 2 Harass with constant criticism. 3 Attribute responsibility to. --s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
OESTERREICH * n. A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century.
AMOEBIDA * n. The animal order including amoebas.
FIRE-WORSHIP * n. The worship of fire.
KNICKERBOCKERS * n. (used in the plural) Trousers ending above the knee.
FLOURISH * --n. 1 A showy gesture. 2 An ornamental embellishment in writing. 3 A display of ornamental speech or language. 4 The act of waving. --v. 1 Grow vigorously. 2 Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance. 3 Move or swing back and forth.
SOPOR * n. A torpid state resembling deep sleep.
ANDROGLOSSIA * n. A woman's voice with male qualities.
TIEN-PAO * n. A member of the Taoist Trinity.
TERZETTO * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
GAD * --n. 1 An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months. 2 A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward. --v. Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure.
VERBIAGE * n. 1 Overabundance of words. 2 The manner in which something is expressed in words.
ADP * n. 1 An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage. 2 Data processing by a computer.
VICAR-GENERAL * n. (Roman Catholic Church) An administrative deputy who assists a bishop.
SCALING * n. 1 The act of arranging in a graduated series. 2 Act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale. 3 Ascent by or as if by a ladder.
COUCHANT * s. Lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward.
FLUORESCENT * --n. A lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp. --s. 1 Emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source. 2 Brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.
VALUED * s. 1 (usually used in combination) Having value of a specified kind. 2 Held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature.
RAINFOREST * n. A forest with heavy annual rainfall.
ARP * n. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of dadaism in Zurich; noted for abstract organic sculptures (1887-1966).
IMPENETRABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.). 2 Incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand.
CANNAE * n. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
LAP-STREAKED * a. Having overlapping hull planks.
TYRANT * n. 1 A cruel and oppressive dictator. 2 In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it. 3 Any person who exercises power in a cruel way.
BIOSYNTHETIC * a. Of or relating to biosynthesis.
MASTERED * s. Understood perfectly.
CAFTAN * n. 1 A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East. 2 A (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant.
SOUTHBOUND * s. Moving toward the south.
SHABBY * s. 1 Showing signs of wear and tear. 2 Mean and unworthy and despicable.
WANDERER * n. 1 Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life. 2 A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine.
DISSEMBLE * v. 1 Make believe with the intent to deceive. 2 Hide under a false appearance. 3 Behave unnaturally or affectedly.
CALDER * n. United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976).
EXTERNALITY * n. The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior.
GUERDON * n. A reward or payment.
CLOUDINESS * n. 1 The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds. 2 Gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover. 3 The quality of being cloudy.
EVILDOING * n. The act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle.
HAYS * n. 1 United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954). 2 United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials (1881-1954). 3 A town in central Kansas.
CARHOP * n. A waiter at a drive-in restaurant.
NABOKOV * n. United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977).
BAGGY * s. Not fitting closely; hanging loosely.
HYDROBATIDAE * n. Storm petrels.
RETRANSMIT * v. Transmit again.
RIGHT-HANDEDNESS * n. Preference for using the right hand.
FORECASTLE * n. Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed.
GRILLE * n. 1 Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted. 2 Grating that admits cooling air to car's radiator. 3 A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate.
ROTARIAN * n. A member of a Rotary Club.
ROTAVIRUS * n. The reovirus causing infant enteritis.
JOHNSON * n. 1 English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784). 2 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973). 3 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875).
SURPLICE * n. A loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves.
CLARION * --n. A medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone. --v. 1 Blow the clarion. 2 Proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion. --s. Loud and clear.
SUPERABLE * s. Capable of being surmounted or excelled.
ACARIDIASIS * n. Infestation with itch mites.
FRISBEE * n. A light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition.
EMBALMMENT * n. Preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals.
FULBRIGHT * n. United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995).
FULFILLED * s. Completed to perfection.
TAO * n. 1 An adherent of any branch of Taoism. 2 The ultimate principle of the universe.
SMARMILY * r. In an unctuous manner.
SOUBISE * n. Veloute sauce with sauteed chopped onions and whipping cream.
ZINSSER * n. United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940).
ATHLETE * n. A person trained to compete in sports.
CHOERONYCTERIS * n. A genus of Phyllostomatidae.
ABCOULOMB * n. A unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs.
CAPABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally. 2 The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment. 3 An aptitude that may be developed.
OOPHORITIS * n. Inflammation of one or both ovaries.
SUSSEX * n. A county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century.
SISYPHUS * n. (Greek legend) A king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again.
CERUMINOUS * a. Relating to or secreting cerumen.
FARAWAYNESS * n. The property of being remote.
HAW-HAW * n. 1 A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing. 2 A ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.
TUMBLEBUG * n. Any of various dung beetles.
ONYCHIUM * n. Small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae.
SLIPPERY * --a. Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide. --s. Not to be trusted.
DIPSOMANIAC * n. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
MUD * --n. 1 Water soaked soil; soft wet earth. 2 Slanderous remarks or charges. --v. 1 Soil with mud, muck, or mire. 2 Plaster with mud.
TIGHTFISTEDNESS * n. Extreme stinginess.
EEL-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of an eel.
OURANOPITHECUS * n. A genus of Hominidae.
HEBEPHRENIA * n. A form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions.
STARK * --s. 1 Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment. 2 Severely simple. 3 Complete or extreme. 4 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. --r. Completely.
TIPI * n. A Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
DOYLEY * n. A small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl.
RIPARIAN * a. Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream.
HADAL * a. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
WATERINESS * n. 1 The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water. 2 Meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food). 3 The property of resembling the viscosity of water.
PSEUDOWINTERA * n. Evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand.
SUPERVISOR * n. 1 One who supervises or has charge and direction of. 2 A program that controls the execution of other programs.
HEARTLAND * n. The central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture.
KWAZULU-NATAL * n. A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean.
POMACENTRUS * n. Type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes.
YELLOWFIN * n. May reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics.
UNITISE * v. 1 Divide (bulk material) and process as units. 2 Make into a unit. 3 Separate or classify into units.
SING * v. 1 Deliver by singing. 2 Produce tones with the voice. 3 To make melodious sounds. 4 Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.
PLATTER * n. 1 A large shallow dish used for serving food. 2 Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove.
EQUUS * n. Type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae.
BAPTISTS * n. Any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers.
FORSOOTH * r. An archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief.
SWASHBUCKLING * --n. Flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior. --s. Flamboyantly adventurous.
GERRIS * n. Type genus of the Gerrididae.
INCONCLUSIVELY * r. Not conclusively.
UNFAIRNESS * n. 1 Partiality that is not fair or equitable. 2 Injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards. 3 An unjust act.
ISOLATIONISM * n. A policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations.
NOTICEABILITY * n. The property of being easy to see and understand.
TAILED * s. Having a tail of a specified kind; often used in combination.
CHIPEWYAN * n. 1 A member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay. 2 The language spoken by the Chipewyan.
BARYTONE * n. A male singer.
HANGZHOU * n. A city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world.
FESTIVAL * n. 1 A day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration. 2 An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place).
CONTO * n. 1 conto equals 1,000 escudos in Portugal.
HEROICALLY * r. In a heroic manner.
DROOPY * s. Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness).
GLOWWORM * n. The luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly.
LEGIBLE * a. (of handwriting, print, etc.) Capable of being read or deciphered.
SATYRIASIS * n. Abnormally intense sexual desire in men.
GAT * n. A gangster's pistol.
TRANSCRIBED * s. Recorded for broadcast.
CESPITOSE * s. (of plants) Growing in small dense clumps or tufts.
BOLDNESS * n. 1 The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger. 2 Impudent aggressiveness. 3 The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly.
TIMEWORN * s. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
CHASED * n. A person who is being chased.
N.C. * n. A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies.
REMINDFUL * s. Serving to bring to mind.
DISEASE * n. An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning.
PLATEAU * n. A relatively flat highland.
SHEATHED * a. Enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination.
BUTTERFLOWER * n. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
FEARFULNESS * n. 1 An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). 2 The trait of being afraid.
UNEXPANSIVE * --a. Showing no tendency to expand. --s. Not given to high spirits or effusiveness.
ATTIC * --n. 1 Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage. 2 The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia. 3 Informal terms for a human head. 4 (architecture) A low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof. --a. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
NANCHANG * n. A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang.
DIPTERON * n. Insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing.
SUPERNATANT * --n. The clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate. --s. Of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate.
HASDRUBAL * n. General who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC).
DIANA * n. 1 English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997). 2 (Roman mythology) Virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis.
FUNFAIR * n. 1 A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement. 2 A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc..
KICHAGA * n. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania.
MOTHERWORT * n. Bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers.
SOLD-OUT * s. 1 Having taken a bribe or bribes. 2 Sold completely in advance.
SCOFFINGLY * r. In a disrespectful and mocking manner.
ANKYLOTIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis.
CANALICULATE * s. Having thin parallel channels.
ARGIL * n. A white clay (especially a white clay used by potters).
TERMINABLE * s. Capable of being terminated after a designated time.
WHISKERY * s. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
PROSIMII * n. Not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea.
IGNOBLY * r. In a currish manner; meanspiritedly.
BIGAMY * n. 1 The state of having two spouses at the same time. 2 The offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred.
LEPIDOBOTRYS * n. African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds.
MAINSTAY * n. 1 A prominent supporter. 2 A central cohesive source of support and stability. 3 The forestay that braces the mainmast.
NINON * n. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT * n. A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door).
BLOOMER * n. 1 A flower that blooms in a particular way. 2 An embarrassing mistake.
COWBELL * n. A bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located.
BUCCANEER * --n. Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. --v. Live like a buccaneer.
MERCHANDISER * n. A businessperson engaged in retail trade.
CAR-FERRY * n. A ferry that transports motor vehicles.
BOOKING * n. 1 Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time. 2 The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group).
FILIBUSTERER * n. A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes.
WOODED * a. Covered with growing trees and bushes etc.
PREVENIENT * s. In anticipation.
BUDDY-BUDDY * s. (used informally) Associated on close terms.
DIAZOTIZE * v. Convert (an amine) into a diazo compound.
FIDDLEHEAD * n. 1 Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes. 2 New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible.
AMRINONE * n. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium.
CERATITIS * n. Mediterranean fruit flies.
FENUGREEK * n. 1 Annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry. 2 Aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry.
BUSHTIT * n. Active grey titmice of western North America.
LOGAN * n. A mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
CICER * n. Chickpea plant; Asiatic herbs.
FUNICULAR * --n. A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars. --a. Relating to or operated by a cable.
HYDROPLANE * --n. 1 An airplane that can land on or take off from water. 2 A speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds. --v. Glide on the water in a hydroplane.
TECHNOLOGY * n. 1 The application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment. 2 The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems. 3 Machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences.
MOW * --n. A loft in a barn where hay is stored. --v. 1 Cut with a blade or mower. 2 Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip.
FRIJOLITO * n. Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans.
CURING * n. The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization.
STEVIA * n. 1 Any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America. 2 Any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia.
DOGMATIZE * v. 1 State as a dogma. 2 Speak dogmatically.
LORFAN * n. Drug (trade name Lorfan) that is related to morphine but that counteracts the respiratory depression produced by morphine poisoning but without affecting its analgesic effects.
ACNE * n. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones.
FISHERMAN * n. Someone whose occupation is catching fish.
HAYDN * n. 1 Prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809). 2 The music of Haydn.
BOOMING * s. 1 Very lively and profitable. 2 (used of the voice or sound) Deep and resonant.
ORTHOPTERAN * n. Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts.
WRISTWATCH * n. A watch that is worn strapped to the wrist.
HYPETHRAL * s. Partly or entirely open to the sky.
PEDOPHILIA * n. A sexual attraction to children.
REVITALISATION * n. Bringing again into activity and prominence.
IRONS * n. Metal shackles; for hands or legs.
LANDLESS * a. Owning no land.
GANEF * n. (Yiddish) A thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
PATHOGEN * n. Any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism).
HYPOTHESISE * v. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
PANDION * n. Type genus of the Pandionidae.
TRIMMING * n. 1 The act of adding decoration. 2 A decoration or adornment on a garment. 3 Cutting down to the desired size or shape.
STERCORARIIDAE * n. Jaegers and skuas:.
JR * n. A son who has the same first name as his father.
IROQUOIS * n. 1 Any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution. 2 A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois.
SATURATE * v. 1 Cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance. 2 Infuse or fill completely.
WAHABISM * n. A conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia.
DISULFIRAM * n. A drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested.
MAMEY * n. 1 Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind. 2 Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.
SERICULTURAL * a. Of or relating to sericulture.
VOLTARIAN * a. In the manner of Voltaire.
RAPTUROUSLY * r. In an ecstatic manner.
ACTINOMYXIDIA * n. Parasites of worms.
HANDWASH * v. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine.
FIB * --n. A trivial lie. --v. Tell a relatively insignificant lie.
LUCE * n. 1 United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967). 2 United States playwright and public official (1902-1987).
BOLD * --n. A typeface with thick heavy lines. --a. Fearless and daring. --s. 1 Clear and distinct. 2 Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front.
ERYTHROBLAST * n. A nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop.
REQUIRED * s. 1 Necessary for relief or supply. 2 Required by rule.
NANOMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
DISSEVER * v. Separate into parts or portions.
PODLIKE * s. Resembling a pod.
PRIMORDIUM * n. An organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development.
CYCADOFILICALES * n. Fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns.
CUB * --n. 1 An awkward and inexperienced youth. 2 A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy). 3 The young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion. --v. Give birth to cubs.
SEVENTY-FIVE * s. Being five more than seventy.
BARMAN * n. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
HAIRGRIP * n. A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place.
TONALITY * n. Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music.
CONTRARILY * r. 1 In a contrary disobedient manner. 2 Contrary to expectations.
GORKIY * n. An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky.
GYRAL * a. Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain.
SHIPLOAD * n. The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car.
DOCTORFISH * n. Surgeon fish of the West Indies.
TEENAGED * s. Being of the age 13 through 19.
CLUELESS * s. Totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring.
RECURVE * v. Curve or bend (something) back or down.
SHAPE * --n. 1 Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline). 2 The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance. 3 Alternative names for the body of a human being. 4 A concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept. --v. 1 Shape or influence; give direction to. 2 Make something, usually for a specific function. 3 Give shape or form to.
PIMPLE * n. A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne.
SPAVINED * s. (of horses) Afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint.
CARBONYL * --n. A compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide. --a. Relating to or containing the carbonyl group.
AMPHIBRACH * n. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember').
ALEXANDRIAN * --n. A resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt). --a. Of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire.
TRANSALPINE * --n. One living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy. --s. On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps).
SYNTACTICAL * a. Of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax.
BENEFICE * --n. An endowed church office giving income to its holder. --v. Endow with a benefice.
MULTITUDINOUS * s. Too numerous to be counted.
CONGLOBATION * n. 1 A rounded spherical form. 2 An occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass.
FISHEYE * a. Of or relating to a fisheye lens.
DISFUNCTION * n. (medicine) Any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group.
CROSSWIND * n. Wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft.
POLITBURO * n. The chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party.
PECOPTERIS * n. Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb.
NARTHECIUM * n. Bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
ANGUILLULA * n. A genus of Cephalobidae.
TRUNCATION * n. 1 The property of being truncated or short. 2 The replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces). 3 The act of cutting short.
GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE * s. Not bound by rule or law or convention.
STOICHIOMETRY * n. (chemistry) The relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers).
INEXORABILITY * n. Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
COUCHETTE * n. A compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping.
DAGDA * n. Chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit.
INTERCESSION * n. 1 A prayer to God on behalf of another person. 2 The act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.).
TREMOLO * n. 1 (music) A tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones. 2 Vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one.
UNFORESEEN * s. Not anticipated.
WANTING * s. 1 Nonexistent. 2 Inadequate in amount or degree.
TICKLING * --n. The act of tickling. --s. Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
WONDROUSLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
LIECHTENSTEIN * n. A small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland.
PULEX * n. Type genus of the Pulicidae.
ZYGOMYCOTA * n. Division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores.
GRIPES * n. Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
CE * --n. A ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group. --r. Of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians.
JOYFUL * --a. Full of or producing joy. --s. Full of high-spirited delight.
UNCOMMERCIALISED * s. Not having been commercialized.
RUN * --n. 1 A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely. 2 The act of testing something. 3 A race run on foot. 4 An unbroken series of events. --v. 1 Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time. 2 Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. 3 Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point. 4 Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..
SHANK * --n. 1 A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg. 2 The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle. 3 Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. 4 Cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head. --v. Hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.
TANK * --n. 1 An enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads. 2 A large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids. 3 As much as a tank will hold. 4 A freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk. --v. 1 Store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it. 2 Consume excessive amounts of alcohol. 3 Treat in a tank.
SYMPOSIAST * n. Someone who participates in a symposium.
FOSSILOLOGY * n. The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
FRONTSTALL * n. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
DERRING-DO * n. Brave and heroic feats.
EARLIER * --s. (comparative and superlative of `early') More early than; most early. --r. 1 Earlier in time; previously. 2 Comparatives of `soon' or `early'. 3 Before now.
LONGROOT * n. Deep-rooted perennial of southeastern United States.
KLEENEX * n. A piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief.
CONVIVIAL * s. Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.
EMBRYOLOGIST * n. A physician who specializes in embryology.
EPICTETUS * n. Greek philosopher who was a Stoic (circa 50-130).
DEPENDABLENESS * n. The quality of being dependable or reliable.
VOCAL * --n. 1 Music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment. 2 A short musical composition with words. --a. 1 Relating to or designed for or using the singing voice. 2 Having or using the power to produce speech or sound. --s. 1 Given to expressing yourself freely or insistently. 2 Full of the sound of voices.
DEMERIT * n. 1 A mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces. 2 The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection.
LATINISE * v. 1 Write in the Latin alphabet. 2 Cause to adopt Catholicism.
ACARICIDE * n. A chemical agent used to kill mites.
GRISELINIA * n. Evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America.
HOMOSTYLOUS * a. (botany) Having styles all of the same length.
NINGAL * n. (Akkadian) A goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin.
GRANDAD * n. The father of your father or mother.
DISPASSIONATE * s. Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice.
PIGGISHLY * r. In a piggish manner.
ZOONOTIC * a. Of or relating to or constituting zoonosis.
LINK * --n. 1 The means of connection between things linked in series. 2 A fastener that serves to join or connect. 3 The state of being connected. 4 A connecting shape. --v. 1 Make a logical or causal connection. 2 Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces. 3 Be or become joined or united or linked. 4 Link with or as with a yoke.
EZEKIEL * n. 1 A Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC. 2 An Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration.
STEREOPHONIC * s. Designating the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels.
BOLUS * n. 1 A small round soft mass (as of chewed food). 2 A large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine.
PROSPICIENCE * n. Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing.
CAPRIFOLIACEAE * n. Shrubs and small trees and woody vines.
OGRE * n. 1 A cruel wicked and inhuman person. 2 (folklore) A giant who likes to eat human beings.
MORTMAIN * n. 1 Real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation). 2 The oppressive influence of past events or decisions.
JURISPRUDENCE * n. 1 The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do. 2 The collection of rules imposed by authority.
SANCTIFY * v. 1 Render holy by means of religious rites. 2 Make pure or free from sin or guilt.
TRACTARIAN * n. A follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times').
SHLEMIEL * n. (Yiddish) A dolt who is a habitual bungler.
TRAVERSE * --n. 1 A horizontal beam that extends across something. 2 A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it. 3 Taking a zigzag path on skis. 4 Travel across. --v. 1 Travel across or pass over. 2 To cover or extend over an area or time period. 3 Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit.
ASSEVERATION * n. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
SSE * n. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
QUARRELSOME * s. Given to quarreling.
AETHER * n. 1 Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness. 2 A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
SUSURRATION * n. 1 The indistinct sound of people whispering. 2 Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords.
GAUNTRY * n. A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc..
CURRANT * n. 1 Any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams. 2 Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants. 3 Small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking.
REMBRANDT * n. Influential Dutch artist (1606-1669).
LOZIER * n. United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888).
EXULTING * s. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
CONGRATULATION * n. 1 The act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration. 2 (usually plural) An expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another.
RHIZOMATOUS * a. Producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes.
BADDELEYITE * n. A mineral consisting of zirconium oxide.
UNCOUTHLY * r. In an uncouth manner.
PARTITIONIST * n. An advocate of partitioning a country.
SUCCUSSION * n. Shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity.
REDEMPTIVE * --a. Of or relating to or resulting in redemption. --s. Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin.
OPTEZ * n. An artificial language.
FLAMBOYANT * --n. Showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana. --s. 1 Marked by ostentation but often tasteless. 2 Elaborately or excessively ornamented.
FRENCH-FRY * v. Cook by immersing in fat.
DEHISCENCE * n. (biology) Release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound.
RADIOSCOPY * n. (radiology) Examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation.
LOGOMACHY * n. Argument about words or the meaning of words.
PHOSPHATE * n. 1 A salt of phosphoric acid. 2 Carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid.
DULLY * r. 1 Without liveliness. 2 Without luster or shine.
SOPPING * r. Extremely wet.
CONFIGURATIONAL * a. Of or relating to or characterized by configuration.
RAPIDLY * r. With speed.
INVECTIVE * n. Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will.
SELF-GOVERNING * s. (of political bodies) Not controlled by outside forces.
GURNEY * n. A metal stretcher with wheels.
POLYCYTHEMIA * n. A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood.
PRIMROSE * n. Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads.
EJACULATION * n. 1 An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion. 2 The discharge of semen in males.
EGG * --n. 1 Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds. 2 Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food. 3 One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. --v. 1 Throw eggs at. 2 Coat with beaten egg.
COPULA * n. An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
OXANDRA * n. Genus of tropical trees.
ANIMAL-WORSHIP * n. The worship of animals.
COSMETICALLY * r. For cosmetic purposes to improve appearance.
TOUCH-ME-NOT * n. 1 North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil. 2 Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched. 3 Prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled.
CHARLOTTE * n. 1 The largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina. 2 A mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard.
BROOKE * n. English lyric poet (1887-1915).
BLUNTLY * r. In a blunt direct manner.
POECILOGALE * n. Muishonds.
KUMIS * n. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia.
ACTINIDIA * n. Small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit.
BLUFF * --n. 1 A high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion). 2 Pretense that your position is stronger than it really is. 3 The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards. --v. 1 Deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand. 2 Frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is. --s. 1 Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front. 2 Bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured.
SHEPHERD * --n. 1 A clergyman who watches over a group of people. 2 A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock. --v. 1 Watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils. 2 Tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats.
EGOCENTRISM * n. Concern for your own interests and welfare.
TCHAD * n. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960.
HARGREAVES * n. English inventor of the spinning jenny (1720-1778).
HAWKYNS * n. English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595).
PEE-PEE * v. Eliminate urine.
PALAEONTOLOGY * n. The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
KATABOLISM * n. Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy.
MUSSOLINI * n. Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945).
UNQUIET * --a. Characterized by unrest or disorder. --s. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
GRIMACE * --n. A contorted facial expression. --v. Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state.
INCOMPRESSIBLE * a. Incapable of being compressed; resisting compression.
WHITLOWWORT * n. Any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail).
GROWER * n. Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil.
BEFOOL * v. 1 Make a fool or dupe of. 2 Fool or hoax.
ELECTROSHOCK * n. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
AERODYNAMIC * --a. Of or relating to aerodynamics. --s. Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow.
GIMP * --n. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet. --v. Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury.
BIRTHMARK * n. A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth.
PUNCTILIOUSNESS * n. Strict attention to minute details.
CLAVICIPITACEAE * n. Any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes.
COUNTERBALANCE * --n. 1 A weight that balances another weight. 2 Equality of distribution. 3 A compensating equivalent. --v. 1 Adjust for. 2 Contrast with equal weight or force. 3 Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.
NIGHTRIDER * n. Member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge.
PUNG * n. A one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners.
SWEATER * n. 1 A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body. 2 A person who perspires.
LAWTON * n. A town in southwest Oklahoma.
SKITTLES * n. A bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins.
EYETOOTH * n. One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars.
HANDLELESS * a. Having no handle.
STRAFE * --n. An attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane. --v. Attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane.
DEBUNKING * n. The exposure of falseness or pretensions.
DISENCHANTMENT * n. Freeing from false belief or illusions.
SEX-LINKED * a. Concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular).
GLOCHIDIUM * n. A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti).
GROUNDFISH * n. Fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder).
MOXIE * n. Fortitude and determination.
BOTHER * --n. 1 An angry disturbance. 2 Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness. --v. 1 Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself. 2 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 3 To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. 4 Intrude or enter uninvited.
IMPOTENCY * n. 1 The quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble. 2 An inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate.
DISCLAIM * v. 1 Renounce a legal claim or title to. 2 Make a disclaimer about.
GLOOMFUL * s. Depressingly dark.
AUSTERE * s. 1 Severely simple. 2 Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. 3 Practicing great self-denial.
SCROPHULARIACEAE * n. A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales.
COLORIMETRICAL * a. Of or relating to colorimetry.
ISOGAMY * n. (biology) Reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure.
LEON * n. 1 A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain. 2 A city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains. 3 A city in central Mexico.
SCIMITAR * n. A curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade.
CINCH * --n. 1 Any undertaking that is easy to do. 2 Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place. 3 A form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps. --v. 1 Tie a cinch around. 2 Make sure of. 3 Get a grip on; get mastery of.
TORMENTOR * n. 1 Someone who torments. 2 A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings.
HYPERCALCAEMIA * n. The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease.
ALEUT * n. 1 A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska. 2 A community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska. 3 The language spoken by the Aleut.
CORNU * n. (anatomy) Any structure that resembles a horn in shape.
LACY * s. 1 Made of or resembling lace. 2 Having open interstices or resembling a web.
PRETTINESS * n. The quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman).
PYELOGRAM * n. An X ray of the kidneys and ureters.
METRO * n. An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
MENSHEVIK * n. A Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution.
PE * n. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
SCALINESS * n. The property of being scaly.
DISTENSIBLE * s. Capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand.
ENZYMATIC * a. Of or relating to or produced by an enzyme.
ROTUNDNESS * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
OLIGODENDROGLIA * n. Tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers.
MUNJ * n. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
PATENTED * s. (of devices and processes) Protected by patent.
STRIPY * s. Marked or decorated with stripes.
ZYMURGY * n. The branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling).
ENERVATED * s. Lacking energy or vitality.
ROSITA * n. Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States.
ACTING * --n. The performance of a part or role in a drama. --s. Serving temporarily especially as a substitute.
CLUCKING * n. The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks).
BUCEPHALA * n. Buffleheads and goldeneyes.
NONMETAL * --n. A chemical element lacking typical metallic properties. --a. Not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
EXCRUCIATING * s. Extremely painful.
TINNING * n. 1 The application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them. 2 The application of a protective layer of tin.
ALBUTEROL * n. A bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness.
ANTHONOMUS * n. Weevils destructive of cultivated plants.
CHOW * n. 1 The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism. 2 Informal terms for a meal. 3 Breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China.
ISOLABLE * s. Capable of being isolated or disjoined.
DISHFUL * n. The quantity that a dish will hold.
SELF-REFORMATION * n. The act of improving yourself.
ETAGERE * n. A piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments.
HUMAN * --n. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. --a. 1 Characteristic of humanity. 2 Relating to a person. 3 Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings.
REASSEMBLY * n. Assembling again.
MARICOPA * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Maricopa and the Halchidhoma.
EQUIVOCAL * --a. Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead. --s. 1 Open to question. 2 Uncertain as a sign or indication.
CIRCUMLOCUTIOUS * s. Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
INTERPRETABLE * s. Capable of being understood.
RIPELY * r. With mature or developed appearance.
INTOLERANCE * n. 1 Impatience with annoyances. 2 Unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs.
CLAWHAMMER * n. A hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails.
RICRAC * n. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
TELESCOPICALLY * r. In a telescopic manner.
NYDRAZID * n. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
OBLIGER * n. Someone who performs a service or does a favor.
BLOSSOM * --n. 1 Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. 2 The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. --v. 1 Produce or yield flowers. 2 Develop or come to a promising stage.
HUMANOID * n. An automaton that resembles a human being.
SLIM * --v. Take off weight. --s. 1 Being of delicate or slender build. 2 Small in quantity.
STAPEDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear.
SCARP * n. 1 A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion. 2 A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
BIZARRE * s. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
REGINA * n. The provincial capital of Saskatchewan.
ALANINE * n. A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins.
REFRACTION * n. 1 The change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another. 2 The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.
READABLE * s. Easily deciphered.
PODOCARP * n. Any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed.
SILKWEED * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.
WELL-CONNECTED * s. Connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position.
ANIMATENESS * n. The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
SUBMERSE * v. 1 Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. 2 Put under water.
BAWLING * n. Loud cries made while weeping.
TRIBALIZATION * n. The act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis.
ENSNARL * v. Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh.
MENTION * --n. 1 A remark that calls attention to something or someone. 2 A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. 3 An official recognition of merit. --v. 1 Make reference to. 2 Make mention of. 3 Commend.
BRING * v. 1 Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere. 2 Cause to come into a particular state or condition. 3 Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. 4 Go or come after and bring or take back.
PERIPATOPSIDAE * n. A family of Onychophora.
ENGLISH-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in English.
INKPAD * n. A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp.
PLATYHELMINTHES * n. Flatworms.
WIFI * n. A local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol.
IMBALANCE * n. 1 A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium. 2 (mathematics) A lack of symmetry.
NIHAU * n. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
DEVILTRY * n. 1 Wicked and cruel behavior. 2 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
GENOISE * n. Rich and delicate Italian sponge cake.
AGGLUTINOGEN * n. Any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production.
COMPETENT * --a. 1 Properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient. 2 Legally qualified or sufficient. --s. Adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional.
CARPETBAGGING * s. Presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality.
VOX * n. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
HITCHHIKE * v. Travel by getting free rides from motorists.
MINI * --n. A very short skirt. --a. Used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee.
HUSAIN * n. 1 Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937). 2 King of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999).
BOGARTIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the style of Humphrey Bogart.
SOUTH-WEST * r. To, toward, or in the southwest.
COMPLIMENT * --n. A remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration. --v. 1 Say something to someone that expresses praise. 2 Express respect or esteem for.
DISGUSTING * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
AUTARKICAL * --a. Of or relating to or characterized by autarchy. --s. Of countries; not relying on imports.
LOBATA * n. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes.
HEPATICOPSIDA * n. Liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales.
PRIORY * n. Religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress.
TANTALIZINGLY * r. In a tantalizing manner.
CONFIRMING * --a. Indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen. --s. Serving to support or corroborate.
CONVENTIONEER * n. Someone who attends a convention.
CRIMP * --n. 1 An angular or rounded shape made by folding. 2 Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers. 3 A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled. --v. 1 Make ridges into by pinching together. 2 Curl tightly.
CARDINALITY * n. (mathematics) The number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping).
TEMPORALITY * n. The worldly possessions of a church.
AMORALISM * n. The doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid.
OVERWEIGHT * --n. The property of excessive fatness. --s. Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it.
YELLOWLEGS * n. Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs.
PROTHALAMION * n. A song in celebration of a marriage.
PERCOLATION * n. 1 The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium. 2 The act of making coffee in a percolator. 3 The filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification.
WRITINGS * n. The third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.
MAGILP * n. A medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine.
DECOLONISATION * n. The action of changing from colonial to independent status.
DAIQUIRI * n. A cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice.
HOCK * --n. 1 Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage). 2 Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle. --v. 1 Leave as a guarantee in return for money. 2 Disable by cutting the hock.
NOTABILITY * n. A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.
BR * n. 1 A nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water. 2 A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989.
OBNOXIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being hateful.
DARING * --n. 1 A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy. 2 The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger. --s. 1 Disposed to venture or take risks. 2 Radically new or original.
CHAMAECRISTA * n. Genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods; some species placed in genus Cassia.
NONFICTION * n. Prose writing that is not fictional.
BRYOPSIDA * n. True mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales.
FULL-BLOOD * s. Of unmixed ancestry.
DE-ESCALATE * v. 1 Diminish in size, scope, or intensity. 2 Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.
VULGATE * n. The Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church.
UMBRELLAWORT * n. A plant of the genus Mirabilis.
DERECOGNISE * v. Cause to be no longer approved or accepted.
PLUMAGED * s. Having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form.
SECRETARY * n. 1 A person who is head of an administrative department of government. 2 An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization. 3 A person to whom a secret is entrusted. 4 A desk used for writing.
WORKING-CLASS * s. 1 Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. 2 Working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries.
SAIMIRI * n. Squirrel monkeys.
AMERICANIZATION * n. Assimilation into American culture.
ENCHAINED * s. Bound with chains.
FANNED * s. Especially spread in a fan shape.
IRK * v. Irritate or vex.
KID * --n. 1 A young person of either sex. 2 Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat. 3 English dramatist (1558-1594). 4 A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age. --v. 1 Tell false information to for fun. 2 Be silly or tease one another.
BURGESS * n. 1 English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993). 2 A citizen of an English borough.
VAMBRACE * n. Cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm.
DHAL * n. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics.
NONES * n. The fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m..
RUEFULNESS * n. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment.
PINCHED * s. 1 Sounding as if the nose were pinched. 2 Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. 3 Not having enough money to pay for necessities. 4 As if squeezed uncomfortably tight.
NOSEBAND * n. A strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose.
CLOTH * n. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.
SCABBARD * n. A sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet.
PLUMBOUS * a. Relating to or consisting of lead.
DELIGHTED * s. 1 Greatly pleased. 2 Filled with wonder and delight.
ANNIHILATIVE * s. Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction.
WEFT * n. The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
PONIARD * --n. A dagger with a slender blade. --v. Stab with a poniard.
UPSTAIRS * --n. The part of a building above the ground floor. --a. On or of upper floors of a building. --r. 1 On a floor above. 2 With respect to the mind.
INDISPENSABLENESS * n. The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without.
DEFLOWER * v. 1 Deprive of virginity. 2 Make imperfect.
WHISKERLESS * s. Having no beard.
SLANGINESS * n. Casualness in use of language.
COAT * --n. 1 An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors. 2 A thin layer covering something. 3 Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal. --v. 1 Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface. 2 Cover or provide with a coat. 3 Form a coat over.
ABACUS * n. 1 A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave. 2 A calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves.
GLISTEN * --n. The quality of shining with a bright reflected light. --v. Be shiny, as if wet.
NP * n. 1 A radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium. 2 A registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician.
CHALLENGING * s. 1 Requiring full use of your abilities or resources. 2 Stimulating interest or thought. 3 Disturbingly provocative.
MELODIOUSNESS * n. The property of having a melody.
OVERBLOWN * s. 1 Puffed up with vanity. 2 Past the stage of full bloom.
FROTH * --n. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid. --v. 1 Become bubbly or frothy or foaming. 2 Make froth or foam and become bubbly. 3 Exude or expel foam.
ALL-INCLUSIVE * s. Broad in scope or content.
PYRAMIDICAL * s. Resembling a pyramid.
WISE * --n. 1 A way of doing or being. 2 United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949). 3 United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900). --a. Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment. --s. 1 Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters. 2 Evidencing the possession of inside information. 3 Improperly forward or bold.
TRADE-OFF * n. An exchange that occurs as a compromise.
SOUL * n. 1 The immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life. 2 A human being. 3 Deep feeling or emotion. 4 The human embodiment of something.
ARMORIAL * a. Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms.
CAPITULATE * v. Surrender under agreed conditions.
REGRESSIVE * a. 1 (of taxes) Adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases. 2 Opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state.
HE-HUCKLEBERRY * n. Deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.
SERVIETTE * n. A small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing.
COLD * --n. 1 A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs). 2 The absence of heat. 3 The sensation produced by low temperatures. --a. 1 Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration. 2 Extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion. --s. 1 Having lost freshness through passage of time. 2 (color) Giving no sensation of warmth. 3 Marked by errorless familiarity. 4 Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.
BRAHMAN * n. 1 A member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family). 2 A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas. 3 The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category. 4 Any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding.
LEATHERWORK * n. Work made of leather.
THC * n. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
SNIT * n. A state of agitated irritation.
ULFILA * n. A Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382).
DUBIOUS * s. 1 Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. 2 Open to doubt or suspicion. 3 Not convinced.
MILLRUN * n. A channel for the water current that turns a millwheel.
MOONLIT * a. Lighted by moonlight.
RUSHED * s. Done under pressure.
SHMEAR * n. (Yiddish) A batch of things that go together.
SKIDPAN * n. A paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them.
KECHUA * n. 1 A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire. 2 A community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire. 3 The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas.
DISHARMONY * n. A lack of harmony.
SERTULARIA * n. Sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies.
SUPERSTRATUM * n. 1 Any stratum or layer superimposed on another. 2 The language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language.
HYDRODYNAMICS * n. Study of fluids in motion.
LONG-RUN * s. Relating to or extending over a relatively long time.
POLICY * n. 1 A plan of action adopted by an individual or social group. 2 A line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government. 3 Written contract or certificate of insurance.
MINGLING * n. The action of people mingling and coming into contact.
APOPHYSIS * n. 1 (botany) A natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers. 2 (anatomy) A natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra.
DEFLORATION * n. 1 An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something. 2 The act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse).
TREAD * --n. 1 A step in walking or running. 2 The grooved surface of a pneumatic tire. 3 The part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground. 4 Structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step. --v. 1 Put down or press the foot, place the foot. 2 Tread or stomp heavily or roughly. 3 Crush as if by treading on. 4 Brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center.
LACE * --n. 1 A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). 2 A delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns. --v. 1 Spin, wind, or twist together. 2 Make by braiding or interlacing. 3 Do lacework. 4 Draw through eyes or holes.
UNSURMOUNTABLE * --a. Not capable of being surmounted or overcome. --s. Incapable of being surmounted or climbed.
BIRTHDAY * n. 1 An anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it). 2 The date on which a person was born.
CALICHE * n. 1 Crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions. 2 Nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru.
NYMPHALIDAE * n. Large beautifully colored butterflies.
CRUSTACEA * n. Class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas.
COUNTERPOISON * n. A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison.
GUNNEL * n. 1 Wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel. 2 Small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic.
VICARIATE * n. The religious institution under the authority of a vicar.
BUREAU * n. 1 An administrative unit of government. 2 Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.
PHOXINUS * n. Minnows.
STOPPABLE * a. Capable of being stopped.
SOMMELIER * n. A waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant.
XYLOPIA * n. Tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African.
STROBOSCOPE * n. Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary.
70 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven. --s. Being ten more than sixty.
SOPH * n. A second-year undergraduate.
CEFOBID * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections.
MUST * --n. 1 A necessary or essential thing. 2 Grape juice before or during fermentation. 3 The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy. --s. Highly recommended.
HELOTIALES * n. Order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium.
CAMPBELL * n. United States mythologist (1904-1987).
LEES * n. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
BICYCLE-BUILT-FOR-TWO * n. A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats.
QUERULOUS * s. Habitually complaining.
HARMFULNESS * n. 1 Destructiveness that causes harm or injury. 2 The quality of being noxious.
YODELING * n. Singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto.
BACHELOR * --n. 1 A man who has never been married. 2 A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon. --v. Lead a bachelor's existence.
CONSTATATION * n. An assumption that is basic to an argument.
MAHAYANISM * n. The religious doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism.
INNOXIOUS * s. Having no adverse effect.
MELIORISM * n. The belief that the world can be made better by human effort.
COPERNICUS * n. 1 Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543). 2 A conspicuous crater on the Moon.
CALVINISM * n. The theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone.
BRAVE * --n. 1 A North American Indian warrior. 2 People who are brave. --v. Face and withstand with courage. --a. Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching. --s. 1 Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. 2 Brightly colored and showy.
DISCUSSANT * n. A participant in a formal discussion.
ZIPPY * s. 1 Quick and energetic. 2 Marked by lively action.
KALAPOOIA * n. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
EXCITABLE * --a. Easily excited. --s. Capable of responding to stimuli.
ATTALEA * n. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
MICROCODE * n. (computer science) Coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory.
CZARISTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
NAVRATILOVA * n. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in 1956).
COMFORTABLY * r. 1 In mental comfort; without stress. 2 In physical comfort. 3 In financial comfort.
ARTIST * n. A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination.
VIZSLA * n. Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat.
DIGNIFIED * --a. Having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance. --s. Having or showing self-esteem.
EASILY * r. 1 With ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'). 2 Without question. 3 Indicating high probability; in all likelihood.
ACIDOPHILIC * s. Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium.
TAMPION * n. Plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture.
ASYMMETRICALLY * r. In an asymmetrical manner.
MALLON * n. United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938).
RECOGNIZANCE * n. (law) A security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited.
FLAVORFUL * s. Full of flavor.
STRAIGHTAWAY * --n. A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse. --s. Performed with little or no delay. --r. Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening.
IMPERMEABLENESS * n. The property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid.
ETHNOGRAPHY * n. The branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies.
SUDANESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Sudan. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people.
GAINSAY * v. Take exception to.
EXONERATION * n. 1 The condition of being relieved from blame or obligation. 2 The act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc..
MONETISE * v. Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country.
TALLAHASSEE * n. Capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida.
LADYLIKENESS * n. Behavior befitting a lady.
PLATALEA * n. Type genus of the Plataleidae.
FARSEEING * s. 1 Capable of seeing to a great distance. 2 Planning prudently for the future.
TURNPIKE * n. 1 (from 16th to 19th centuries) Gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid. 2 An expressway on which tolls are collected.
DOO-WOP * n. A genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup.
ALKALIFY * v. Turn basic and less acidic.
MEDITATION * n. 1 Continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature. 2 (religion) Contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects).
KISHAR * n. Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world'.
PALPITATING * s. Having a slight and rapid trembling motion.
BITUMINISE * v. Treat with bitumen.
OLIGOCLASE * n. Any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks.
POETIZER * n. A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets).
AFRIKANDER * n. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
ALIENOR * n. Someone from whom the title of property is transferred.
WAGONWRIGHT * n. A wagon maker.
SILICOSIS * n. A lung disease caused by inhaling particles of silica or quartz or slate.
DIFFERENT * --a. Unlike in nature or quality or form or degree. --s. 1 Distinctly separate from the first. 2 Differing from all others; not ordinary. 3 Distinct or separate.
ANATHEMATIZE * v. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
HEMOGLOBINEMIA * n. Presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma.
COX * --n. 1 Either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin. 2 The helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew. --v. Act as the coxswain, in a boat race.
DEREGULATE * v. Lift the regulations on.
TAMPONADE * n. Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).
SPASMODIC * s. 1 Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm. 2 Occurring in spells and often abruptly.
INSPIRED * s. Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods.
IMPLICATIVE * s. Tending to suggest or imply.
EVADE * v. 1 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). 2 Escape, either physically or mentally. 3 Practice evasion. 4 Use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid.
UNREASSURING * a. Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety.
SLOWNESS * n. 1 Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. 2 A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry. 3 Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
SHOWPIECE * n. The outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection.
CONGENIAL * --a. Suitable to your needs. --s. (used of plants) Capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted.
CATOSTOMIDAE * n. Suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae.
MALAY * --n. 1 A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago. 2 A western subfamily of Western Malayo-Polynesian languages. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.
HIPPOPOTAMIDAE * n. Hippopotami.
ANORTHOGRAPHY * n. A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion.
CONSIDERATENESS * n. Kind and considerate regard for others.
MALNOURISH * v. Provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment.
THM * n. A master's degree in theology.
HYPOPARATHYROIDISM * n. Inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood.
MANSFIELD * n. 1 New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923). 2 A town in north central Ohio.
CAMPESTRAL * s. Of fields or open country.
CAMWOOD * n. Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye.
HURLING * n. A traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each.
ITEMIZE * v. 1 Specify individually. 2 Place on a list of items.
TYROCIDIN * n. A basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin.
GASTROESOPHAGEAL * a. Of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus.
CARAMEL * --n. 1 Firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk. 2 Burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food. 3 A medium to dark tan color. --s. Having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown.
SPARID * n. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
ENDURABLE * s. Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
MEMORABLE * s. Worth remembering.
DRAPER * n. A dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods).
PROFITEER * --n. Someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply). --v. Make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods.
ABYSSINIAN * n. A small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat.
SIOUAN-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in a Siouan language.
CZESTOCHOWA * n. A city of southern Poland whose church contains the statue of the black Madonna which attracts many pilgrims.
CIRCUMSCRIBED * s. Subject to limits or subjected to limits.
GYNECOLOGIST * n. A specialist in gynecology.
SUBSISTENCE * n. 1 Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting. 2 A means of surviving. 3 The state of existing in reality; having substance.
HEADFIRST * --s. With the head foremost. --r. With the head foremost.
LOW-NECKED * s. (of a garment) Having a low-cut neckline.
BUBULCUS * n. Small white egrets.
NEWSPAPERING * n. Journalism practiced for the newspapers.
FORM-ONLY * s. Being a matter of form only; lacking substance.
NONSUBJECTIVE * a. Undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena.
AIDE * n. 1 An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer. 2 Someone who acts as assistant.
LOX * n. 1 A bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants. 2 Brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked.
SUPPLIANT * --n. One praying humbly for something. --s. Humbly entreating.
CI * --n. A unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second. --s. Being one more than one hundred.
SALPA * n. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
CASUARIDAE * n. A family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries.
COTINGA * n. Passerine bird of New World tropics.
NOMINEE * n. A politician who is running for public office.
TRANSITIVELY * r. In a transitive manner.
GRANDPARENT * n. A parent of your father or mother.
VALVULOTOMY * n. Incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction.
REPINE * v. Express discontent.
STUPIDITY * n. 1 A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience. 2 A stupid mistake.
MONETARIST * n. An advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money.
SMOKE-CURED * s. (used especially of meats and fish) Dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke.
HAWFINCH * n. A common large finch of Eurasia.
PACING * n. 1 (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played. 2 Walking with slow regular strides.
CARDIOGRAM * n. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
PROTOCTISTA * n. In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals.
EXPLOSION * n. 1 A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction. 2 The act of exploding or bursting. 3 A sudden great increase. 4 The noise caused by an explosion.
ADVANTAGE * --n. 1 The quality of having a superior or more favorable position. 2 (tennis) First point scored after deuce. 3 Benefit resulting from some event or action. --v. Give an advantage to.
MISCAST * v. Cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role.
CHLORATE * n. Any salt of chloric acid.
CONTAMINATIVE * s. Making impure by contact or mixing.
TETTERWORT * n. Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant.
DOUBLE-BEDDED * s. Having a double bed.
CHARA * n. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
DOORBELL * n. A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.
OBESE * s. Excessively fat.
SADISTIC * a. Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another.
ENFEEBLE * v. Make weak.
TRUMPET * --n. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves. --v. 1 Proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet. 2 Play or blow on the trumpet. 3 Utter in trumpet-like sounds.
PRANDIAL * a. Of or relating to a meal.
BURMANNIA * n. Type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth.
DEBILITATION * n. Serious weakening and loss of energy.
SCHMOOSE * --n. An informal conversation. --v. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
EBENALES * n. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
SILVER-WORKER * n. Someone who makes or repairs articles of silver.
TRUMP * --n. 1 A playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps. 2 (card games) The suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand. 3 A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves. --v. 1 Produce a sound as if from a trumpet. 2 Get the better of. 3 Play a trump. 4 Proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare.
BEEFEATER * n. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
MULTIFARIOUS * s. Having many aspects or qualities.
CLINK * --n. 1 A short light metallic sound. 2 A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). --v. 1 Make a high sound typical of glass. 2 Make or emit a high sound.
DERANGE * v. 1 Derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane. 2 Throw into great confusion or disorder.
SASKATCHEWAN * n. One of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada.
MANGANITE * n. A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese.
ITHACA * n. 1 A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga. 2 A Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king.
HALOTHANE * n. A nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures.
INDEPENDENT * --n. 1 A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics). 2 A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. --a. 1 Free from external control and constraint. 2 (of a clause) Capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence. --s. 1 (of political bodies) Not controlled by outside forces. 2 Not controlled by a party or interest group.
MONAL * n. Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
CARPER * n. Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way.
RED-STRIPED * s. Having red stripes.
AGNOSTICISM * n. 1 A religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God. 2 The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.
PRECONDITIONED * s. Having already been put into a suitable condition.
SET-ASIDE * s. Reserved in advance.
ICEPICK * n. Pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice.
PARAGRAPH * --n. One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line. --v. 1 Divide into paragraphs, as of text. 2 Write about in a paragraph. 3 Write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher.
GYNECOMASTIA * n. Excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives).
BELLYLAUGH * v. Laugh a deep, hearty laugh.
SHAMEFULNESS * n. Unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor.
SYNCHROTRON * n. Cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency.
PHARMACOGENETICS * n. The branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms.
OVEN-SHAPED * s. Shaped like an oven.
VISION * n. 1 A vivid mental image. 2 The ability to see; the visual faculty. 3 The perceptual experience of seeing. 4 The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses.
HERDER * n. 1 German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803). 2 Someone who drives a herd.
COENZYME * n. A small molecule (not a protein but sometimes a vitamin) essential for the activity of some enzymes.
INKWELL * n. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.
MELICOCCA * n. Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries.
AEROBATICS * n. The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft.
BUSTLING * s. Full of energetic and noisy activity.
MIRASOL * n. Annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil; common throughout United States and much of North America.
MEASURING * n. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.
HYPOCREACEAE * n. Family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales.
WELLBORN * s. Of good or upper-class lineage.
BEWILDERED * s. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
REAFFIRM * v. Affirm once again.
TUCKER-BAG * n. A bag used for carrying food.
MADRONO * n. Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning.
STRATEGICAL * a. Relating to or concerned with strategy.
BANDWAGON * n. 1 A popular trend that attracts growing support. 2 A large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band.
KURCHI * n. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
WORTHILY * r. In a worthy manner; with worthiness.
AVENGE * v. Take revenge for a perceived wrong.
NEO-LAMARCKISM * n. A modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters.
AMNIOCENTESIS * n. (pregnancy) Extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities.
DIMORPHOUS * a. Occurring or existing in two different forms.
DAGO * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Italian descent.
UNADJUSTED * --a. Not altered to fit certain requirements. --s. Not having adapted to new conditions.
AENGUS * n. Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women.
GORGERIN * n. The molding at the top of a column.
PARALLELISM * n. Similarity by virtue of corresponding.
COAXINGLY * r. In a cajoling manner.
TRANSVERSALLY * r. In a transverse manner.
COORDINATELY * r. In a coordinated manner.
HYPONYM * n. A word that is more specific than a given word.
UNGRAMMATICAL * a. Not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage.
PROTROPIN * n. Trade name of a synthetic human growth hormone given to children deficient in the hormone; use by athletes and weightlifters is banned.
SHEATHE * v. 1 Cover with a protective sheathing. 2 Enclose with a sheath. 3 Plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh.
PROGNOSTICATIVE * s. Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions.
LENTIGO * n. A small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin.
REDBUD * n. Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood.
PYRAMIDICALLY * r. In a pyramidal manner or shape.
MALIGNMENT * n. Slanderous defamation.
TOTALISE * v. Make into a total.
LANGMUIR * n. United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957).
POPULARISE * v. 1 Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. 2 Make understandable to the general public.
TREFOIL * n. 1 Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. 2 A plant of the genus Trifolium. 3 An architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle.
FUDDLE * --n. A confused multitude of things. --v. 1 Make stupid with alcohol. 2 Consume alcohol. 3 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
OVERCALL * n. (bridge) A bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand).
VIOLATOR * n. 1 Someone who violates the law. 2 Someone who assaults others sexually.
EXPECTORATOR * n. 1 A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth). 2 A medicine promoting expectoration.
AUTONOMY * n. 1 Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence. 2 Personal independence.
UNREVISED * s. Not improved or brought up to date.
SPERMATOCYTE * n. A male gametocyte that develops into four spermatids.
URINAL * n. A plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate.
COCK-A-HOOP * s. Exhibiting self-importance.
INGOT * n. Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling.
HATCH * --n. 1 The production of young from an egg. 2 Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines. 3 A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open. 4 A movable barrier covering a hatchway. --v. 1 Emerge from the eggs. 2 Devise or invent. 3 Inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating. 4 Draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper.
BEETROOT * n. 1 Beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption. 2 Round red root vegetable.
NORDIC * --n. The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland. --a. 1 Of or relating to or constituting the Scandinavian group of languages. 2 Relating to Germany and Scandinavia. --s. Resembling peoples of Scandinavia.
DOWNSTREAM * --a. In the direction of a stream's current. --r. Away from the source or with the current.
PINWHEEL * n. 1 Perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels. 2 A wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim. 3 A toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind. 4 A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire.
DEFINING * n. Any process serving to define the shape of something.
HOPER * n. A person who hopes.
HELICAL * s. In the shape of a coil.
DISCRIMINATING * --a. Showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste. --s. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
MELANESIA * n. The islands in the southwestern part of Oceania.
ACROSS-THE-BOARD * s. Broad in scope or content.
BIALY * n. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
CANCERWEED * n. Sage of eastern United States.
PUPPIS * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat.
LEPOMIS * n. Bream.
PLOUGH * --n. 1 A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. 2 A farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing. --v. 1 Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil. 2 To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.
PLEASINGNESS * n. The quality of giving pleasure to the senses.
ZACHARIAS * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity.
PARAPSYCHOLOGY * n. Phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes.
POSTPOSITIVE * a. (of a modifier) Placed after another word.
ATTITUDE * n. 1 A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways. 2 The arrangement of the body and its limbs. 3 A theatrical pose created for effect. 4 Position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion).
STONE-COLD * s. Completely cold.
AFTERS * n. A dish served as the last course of a meal.
TRICOT * n. A knitted fabric or one resembling knitting.
CYTOKININ * n. Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves.
IGNOBILITY * n. The quality of being ignoble.
SHORTGRASS * n. Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains.
UNPRACTISED * s. Not having had extensive practice.
INELASTICITY * n. The lack of elasticity.
GRAHAME * n. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
POVERTY-STRICKEN * s. Poor enough to need help from others.
COMPREHENSIBLE * a. Capable of being comprehended or understood.
NEGLIGENT * a. Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern.
HESITATINGLY * r. With hesitation; in a hesitant manner.
DISGRUNTLE * v. Put into a bad mood or into bad humour.
OCEAN * n. 1 A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. 2 Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume.
URN * n. 1 A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet. 2 A large pot for making coffee or tea.
NATIONALLY * r. 1 With regard to a nation taken as a whole. 2 Extending throughout an entire nation.
TUNG * n. Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
CLAW-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a claw.
LYSIS * n. 1 Recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside. 2 (biochemistry) Dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria.
BERRY * --n. 1 Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves. 2 A small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry). 3 United States rock singer (born in 1931). --v. Pick or gather berries.
EXTRASYSTOLE * n. A premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia.
FOREFOOT * n. A front foot of a quadruped.
COWTOWN * n. A small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America.
SERBIA * n. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries.
SOMNIFIC * s. Sleep inducing.
ACCIDENCE * n. The part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words.
LACQUER * --n. 1 A black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish. 2 A hard glossy coating. --v. Coat with lacquer.
NARRATIVE * --n. A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. --s. Consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story.
CLARINETIST * n. A musician who plays the clarinet.
VAGRANT * --n. A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support. --s. Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.
NEC * n. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow.
UNCEREMONIOUSLY * r. In an unceremonious manner.
HYPERCAPNIA * n. The physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood.
COSY * --n. A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm. --s. Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space.
COURAGEOUS * a. Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.
SPRIG * n. 1 A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year. 2 An ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers.
WAIL * --n. A cry of sorrow and grief. --v. 1 Emit long loud cries. 2 Cry weakly or softly.
KHALIF * n. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
STYPHELIA * n. Australian heathlike shrubs.
BRASENIA * n. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
SCOMBROID * n. Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters.
FRANC-TIREUR * n. A sharpshooter (in the French army).
ACONITUM * n. Genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal.
FEEDLOT * n. A building where livestock are fattened for market.
ADJECTIVALLY * r. As an adjective; in an adjectival manner.
DIOL * n. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
DEFIBRILLATION * n. Treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator).
ISTANBUL * n. The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
AGENIZE * v. Age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride).
CASUAL * s. 1 Marked by blithe unconcern. 2 Without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand. 3 Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions. 4 Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
UNMANLY * --a. Not possessing qualities befitting a man. --s. Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful. --r. Without qualities thought to befit a man.
CAUDATE * --n. 1 A tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain. 2 Amphibians that resemble lizards. --a. Having a tail or taillike appendage. --s. (of a leaf shape) Tapering gradually into a long taillike tip.
AMERICANA * n. Any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America.
DISPOSABLE * --n. An item that can be disposed of after it has been used. --a. 1 Free or available for use or disposition. 2 Designed to be disposed of after use.
VESICAL * a. Of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder).
CHERNOBYL * n. A city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986).
GRANVILLE-BARKER * n. English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946).
CHAUFFEUSE * n. A woman chauffeur.
DISINTERESTEDLY * r. Without bias; without selfish motives.
ROMANIST * a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
TELECOMMUTING * n. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem.
DEHORN * v. 1 Prevent the growth of horns of certain animals. 2 Take the horns off (an animal).
UNFEELING * s. 1 Devoid of feeling for others. 2 Devoid of feeling or sensation.
RECONVENE * v. Meet again.
ELLAS * n. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil.
CHIROGRAPHY * n. Beautiful handwriting.
URANUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) God of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology. 2 A giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites.
TURN-ON * n. Something causing excitement or stimulating interest.
PARTHENOGENY * n. 1 Human conception without fertilization by a man. 2 Process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods.
NICOTIANA * n. American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage.
OAK * n. 1 The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring. 2 A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves.
HOMAGE * n. Respectful deference.
GRAYLY * r. Having a grey appearance.
RAMPANT * s. 1 Unrestrained and violent. 2 Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile. 3 (of a plant) Having a lush and unchecked growth.
O'KEEFFE * n. United States painter (1887-1986).
HELIOLATRY * n. The worship of the sun.
JUTISH * n. One of the major dialects of Old English.
RAGE * --n. 1 A feeling of intense anger. 2 A state of extreme anger. 3 Something that is desired intensely. 4 Violent state of the elements. --v. 1 Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. 2 Be violent; as of fires and storms. 3 Feel intense anger.
GAS-TIGHT * s. Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out.
PIECEMEAL * --s. One thing at a time. --r. A little bit at a time.
SIAMANG * n. Large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web.
GOSSIPMONGER * n. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
SUPERSCRIBE * v. 1 Write on the top or outside. 2 Write on the outside or upper part of.
MELANODERMA * n. Abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin.
NONCOMMISSIONED * a. (of military officers) Appointed from enlisted personnel.
PAULINE * a. Relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines.
TREE * --n. 1 A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. 2 A figure that branches from a single root. 3 English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917). --v. 1 Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. 2 Plant with trees. 3 Chase an animal up a tree. 4 Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree.
APOTHEGMATICAL * a. Given to or characterized by terse apothegms.
OFFHANDEDLY * r. 1 Without previous thought or preparation. 2 In a casually inconsiderate manner.
ACERACEAE * n. A family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples.
RAZZMATAZZ * n. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
BENZOATE * n. Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.
NIGGLE * v. 1 Worry unnecessarily or excessively. 2 Argue over petty things.
MYALGIA * n. Pain in a muscle or group of muscles.
WRETCHEDNESS * n. 1 A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. 2 The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant. 3 The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry.
PAGEANTRY * n. 1 A rich and spectacular ceremony. 2 An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes.
COUTH * --n. (used facetiously) Refinement. --s. (used facetiously) Refined and well-mannered.
SOUNDMAN * n. A technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast).
HIGH-LOW * n. Poker in which the high and low hands split the pot.
DOJ * n. The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870.
ALLEVIANT * n. Remedy that alleviates pain without curing.
HANDHELD * a. Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands.
GINGIVA * n. The tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth.
CYNODON * n. Creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa.
MACAU * n. A former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999.
PHILADELPHACEAE * n. One genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae.
MAULDIN * n. United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003).
VICEROY * n. 1 Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign. 2 Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller.
CHOCOLATE * n. 1 A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot. 2 A food made from roasted ground cacao beans. 3 A medium brown to dark-brown color.
STUB * --n. 1 A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost. 2 A small piece. 3 A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt. 4 The part of a check that is retained as a record. --v. 1 Pull up (weeds) by their roots. 2 Extinguish by crushing. 3 Clear of weeds by uprooting them. 4 Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object.
OTIDIDAE * n. Bustards.
FRESS * v. Eat a lot and without restraint.
EPICARP * n. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
LACTASE * n. Any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose.
OPHIODONTIDAE * n. Fishes closely related to greenlings.
CLINIDAE * n. Viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas.
MONASTIC * --n. A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work. --s. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.
AMEBAN * a. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
PIGLET * n. A young pig.
CARCINOGENIC * a. Causing or tending to cause cancer.
CYNTHIA * n. (Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana.
HAWKING * n. 1 English theoretical physicist (born in 1942). 2 The act of selling goods for a living.
SCALLYWAG * n. 1 A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest). 2 A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. 3 One who is playfully mischievous.
ABERRANT * --n. One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group. --s. Markedly different from an accepted norm.
HANDOFF * n. (American football) A play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate.
PEEPHOLE * n. A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep.
PLEDGER * n. Someone who makes or gives a pledge.
GLYCOLYSIS * n. A metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP.
UNREMITTING * s. Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
SUCCULENCE * n. A juicy appetizingness.
SCHEELITE * n. A mineral used as an ore of tungsten.
FULICA * n. Coots.
CEFOPERAZONE * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections.
KNITWORK * n. Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine.
PYROPHORUS * n. Tropical click beetles.
MICROCOCCUS * n. Type genus of the family Micrococcaceae.
SALVE * --n. 1 Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. 2 Anything that remedies or heals or soothes. --v. 1 Save from ruin, destruction, or harm. 2 Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing.
HOMARIDAE * n. Large-clawed lobsters.
BEDRID * s. Confined to bed (by illness).
FREYA * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey.
POLAROGRAPHY * n. An electrochemical method of chemical analysis.
FAULTFINDING * --n. Persistent petty and unjustified criticism. --s. 1 Tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions. 2 Tending to find and call attention to faults.
NINNY * n. A stupid foolish person.
RAMEAU * n. French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764).
LOWERING * --n. 1 The act of causing to become less. 2 The act of causing something to move to a lower level. --s. Darkened by clouds.
PODGY * s. Short and plump.
ANKYLOSE * v. 1 Produce ankylosis by surgery. 2 Undergo ankylosis.
STEROL * n. Any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances.
SQUABBLER * n. Someone who quarrels about a small matter.
CURETTAGE * n. Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.
UTN * n. A nongovernmental organization of Pakistani scientists that has been a supporter of terrorism; has provided information about chemical and biological and nuclear warfare to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
TRAUBEL * n. United States operatic soprano (1903-1972).
SCORECARD * n. (golf) A record of scores (as in golf).
SPERM-FILLED * s. Filled with sperm.
HIEROGLYPHICALLY * r. By means of hieroglyphs.
SLOVEN * n. A coarse obnoxious person.
CHANUKKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
RELATE * v. 1 Make a logical or causal connection. 2 Be relevant to. 3 Give an account of. 4 Be in a relationship with.
X-RAYING * n. Obtaining images by the use of X rays.
DOMESTICATION * n. 1 Adaptation to intimate association with human beings. 2 The attribute of having been domesticated. 3 Accommodation to domestic life.
HODER * n. (Norse mythology) A blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe.
ATABRINE * n. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
OPHIODON * n. A genus of Ophiodontidae.
MULTILATERALLY * r. In a multilateral manner;so as to affect many parties or governments.
LIONHEARTED * s. Extraordinarily courageous.
FANTASTIC * s. 1 Ludicrously odd. 2 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. 3 Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish. 4 Existing in fancy only.
GOWNED * s. Wearing a gown.
REST * --n. 1 Something left after other parts have been taken away. 2 Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility). 3 A pause for relaxation. 4 A state of inaction. --v. 1 Not move; be in a resting position. 2 Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax. 3 Give a rest to. 4 Have a place in relation to something else.
LONGUEUR * n. A period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art).
ZEALAND * n. The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.
POLLYANNAISH * s. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
IMPERTURBABLENESS * n. Calm and unruffled self-assurance.
SELVEDGE * n. 1 Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet. 2 The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray.
DIVAN * n. 1 A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall). 2 A Muslim council of state. 3 A collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author). 4 A Muslim council chamber or law court.
GREY-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with grey.
ASSIMILATIVE * s. 1 Capable of mentally absorbing. 2 Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution.
EB * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits. 2 A unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes. 3 A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes.
PARGETTING * n. 1 Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys. 2 Ornamental plasterwork. 3 Ornamental plastering.
ANAPHASIC * a. Of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase.
SELANGOR * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
MODERNE * s. Of or relating to a popularization of art deco that used bright colors and rectangular shapes.
CENTRALISTIC * a. Advocating centralization.
ANOPERINEAL * a. Relating to the anus and surrounding perineum.
LABILE * s. 1 (chemistry, physics, biology) Readily undergoing change or breakdown. 2 Liable to change.
TORTIOUS * a. Of or pertaining to the nature of a tort.
CHORDITIS * n. 1 Inflammation of the spermatic cord. 2 Inflammation of the vocal cords.
HOMOCERCAL * a. Possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes).
BLASTOCYTOMA * n. A tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells.
GANGLION * n. An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons.
CHEILOSIS * n. A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin.
SPEEDOMETER * n. A meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed.
GINZO * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Italian descent.
INNOCENCY * n. An innocent quality or thing or act.
MATTE * --n. 1 A mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted. 2 The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss. --v. Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like. --s. Not reflecting light; not glossy.
TWO-BY-FOUR * n. A timber measuring (slightly under) 2 inches by 4 inches in cross section.
ICHOROUS * a. Of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies.
CRYPTANALYTICS * n. The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms.
LEIGH * n. English film actress (1913-1967).
CALVADOS * n. Dry apple brandy made in Normandy.
OBEY * v. Be obedient to.
FUTILE * s. 1 Producing no result or effect. 2 Unproductive of success.
BEDDED * a. 1 Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers. 2 Having a bed or beds as specified.
DESTRUCTIVE * a. Causing destruction or much damage.
CUCULIDAE * n. Includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner.
NOOKY * n. Slang for sexual intercourse.
TUB * n. 1 A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body. 2 A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids. 3 The amount that a tub will hold.
NO-BRAINER * n. Anything that requires little thought.
MORPHEUS * n. The Roman god of sleep and dreams.
MISOGYNISTIC * s. Hating women in particular.
CROFTER * n. An owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain.
DEFIANT * a. Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force.
UNINTELLIGENTLY * r. In an unintelligent manner.
MASTOIDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process.
OGRESS * n. (folklore) A female ogre.
METAL-CUTTING * s. Hard and sharp enough to cut metal.
ROOF * --n. 1 A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building. 2 Protective covering on top of a motor vehicle. 3 The inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space. 4 An upper limit on what is allowed. --v. Provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof.
CONTROLLER * n. 1 Someone who maintains and audits business accounts. 2 A person who directs and restrains. 3 A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine.
PSEUDACRIS * n. Chorus frogs.
BROCHETTE * n. A small spit or skewer.
SELF-BALANCING * s. Of someone or something that balances himself or itself.
REJECTED * s. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.
DULL-WHITE * s. Of a dull shade of white.
ADAPTATION * n. 1 A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form. 2 The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions). 3 (physiology) The responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light).
PEACEKEEPER * n. 1 A member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area. 2 Someone who keeps peace. 3 The pistol of a law officer in the old West.
BALMORAL * n. 1 A sturdy laced walking shoe. 2 A brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side.
TRESPASSING * s. Gradually intrusive without right or permission.
WALK-THROUGH * n. 1 A thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process. 2 A pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building. 3 A first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed. 4 The act of walking in order to view something.
MIGRATIONAL * a. Of or related to migration.
POENOLOGY * n. The branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation.
REGGAE * n. Popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar.
CHOCK * --n. A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object. --v. 1 Secure with chocks. 2 Support on chocks. --r. As completely as possible.
DAGESTANI * n. An ethnic minority living on the Caspian Sea in southwestern Russia and Azerbaijan.
METAPHYSICALLY * r. In a metaphysical manner.
REDUCIBLE * a. Capable of being reduced.
YEATS * n. Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939).
MUSA * n. Type genus of the Musaceae: bananas.
BOSK * n. A small wooded area.
PHTHIRUS * n. True lice: crab lice.
UNSEEABLE * a. Impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye.
HERCULEAN * s. 1 Displaying superhuman strength or power. 2 Extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules.
HAVASUPAI * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Havasupai.
UNDERTIDE * n. A current below the surface of a fluid.
VIRUCIDAL * a. Tending to destroy viruses.
NEPHOLOGY * n. The branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation.
NOSOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease.
CHAETOGNATHAN * a. Of or relating to arrowworms.
MACRO * --n. A single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language. --s. Very large in scale or scope or capability.
MASSAGER * n. Someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation.
PSYCHODID * n. A fly of the family Psychodidae.
VT. * n. A state in New England.
ZIGGURAT * n. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
BALD-PATED * s. Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp.
II * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. --s. Being one more than one.
NETSCAPE * n. A commercial browser.
AVIONICS * n. Science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics.
VERBENACEAE * n. Family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees.
RINKHALS * n. Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.
LEVITATION * n. 1 The phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means. 2 Movement upward in virtue of lightness. 3 The act of raising (a body) from the ground by presumably spiritualistic means.
SIMAZINE * n. A herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops).
MALE * --n. 1 An animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova). 2 A person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies. 3 The capital of Maldives in the center of the islands. --a. Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation. --s. 1 Characteristic of a man. 2 For or pertaining to or composed of men or boys.
TENDERISED * s. Made tender as by marinating or pounding.
ORCHESTRATED * a. Arranged for performance by an orchestra.
KIND * --n. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality. --a. Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior. --s. 1 Agreeable, conducive to comfort. 2 Tolerant and forgiving under provocation.
FRAGMENTATION * n. 1 Separating something into fine particles. 2 The disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships. 3 (computer science) The condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk. 4 The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes.
HACKLES * n. A feeling of anger and animosity.
NOWISE * r. In no manner.
BOSKY * s. Covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets.
SALAI * n. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
CATA-CORNERED * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
LEEDS * n. A city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry.
ENDOZOAN * --n. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms). --a. Of or relating to entozoa.
SMALL-TOOTHED * s. Having small teeth.
LINEATION * n. 1 The line that appears to bound an object. 2 The act of marking or outlining with lines.
HOKKAIDO * n. The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu.
EMARGINATE * s. Having a notched tip.
DRUDGERY * n. Hard monotonous routine work.
UNDOGMATIC * s. Unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion).
OMNIBUS * --n. 1 An anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author. 2 A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport. --s. Providing for many things at once.
PRETTIFY * v. Make more beautiful.
HARIKARI * n. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.
ASSIGNED * a. Appointed to a post or duty.
SQUALIDAE * n. Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin.
WOOLLY-HAIRED * s. Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
CIRRHOSIS * n. A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism.
IUD * n. Contraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus.
BIOREMEDIATION * n. 1 The branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems. 2 The act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances.
SAINT-MIHIEL * n. A battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France.
PLASSEY * n. The victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal.
TRIAVIL * n. Tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults.
GREASY * s. 1 Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil. 2 Smeared or soiled with grease or oil.
REPUTEDLY * r. By repute; according to general belief.
ROPING * n. Capturing cattle or horses with a lasso.
WHALEBOAT * n. A long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas.
CODSWALLOP * n. Nonsensical talk or writing.
SOFTENED * s. 1 Toned down. 2 Being or made softer or less loud or clear.
COMPETITOR * n. The contestant you hope to defeat.
DEFUSING * n. The act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb).
PLENTEOUS * s. Affording an abundant supply.
EUGLENOPHYTE * n. Marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism.
HAGIOGRAPHER * n. The author of a worshipful or idealizing biography.
KEEN-EYED * s. Having keen eyesight.
PROSY * s. Lacking wit or imagination.
CHISEL-LIKE * s. Resembling a chisel.
ABAMP * n. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
GOATSBEARD * n. Weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.
EMBEZZLER * n. Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.
HIGHLANDS * n. A mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse).
SPRIGHTLINESS * n. Animation and energy in action or expression.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL * --a. Involving or having two dimensions. --s. Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth.
LUGANDA * n. The Bantu language of the Buganda people; spoken in Uganda.
FERRYING * n. Transport by boat or aircraft.
PEDILANTHUS * n. Tropical American succulent shrubs.
GAMELY * r. In a plucky manner.
HOMEGROWN * s. Grown or originating in a particular place.
CONQUERABLE * --a. Subject to being conquered or overcome. --s. Capable of being surmounted or excelled.
METALLURGIST * n. An engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals.
LANGSAT * n. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
DOE * n. 1 The federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977. 2 Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
PRICK * --n. 1 Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous. 2 A depression scratched or carved into a surface. 3 Obscene terms for penis. 4 The act of puncturing with a small point. --v. 1 Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn. 2 Cause a stinging pain. 3 Raise. 4 Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick.
CO-DISCOVERER * n. Someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something.
ORZO * n. Pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine.
SOAPWEED * n. Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States.
WAXYCAP * n. Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
FATTINESS * n. Having the property of containing fat.
SWEETBREAD * n. Edible glands of an animal.
ARTHROSCOPY * n. A minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision.
GUSH * --n. 1 A sudden rapid flow (as of water). 2 An unrestrained expression of emotion. --v. 1 Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. 2 Praise enthusiastically. 3 Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth.
HUARACHES * n. A sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps.
PLUMMY * s. 1 Very desirable. 2 (of a voice) Affectedly mellow and rich.
CYTOMEMBRANE * n. A thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell.
GRID * n. 1 A pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines. 2 A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region. 3 A perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material. 4 An electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube.
NAMEKO * n. One of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan.
TRUEHEARTED * s. Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause.
VEIL * --n. 1 A garment that covers the head and face. 2 A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms. 3 The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth). 4 A vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl. --v. 1 To obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil. 2 Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
MAN-ABOUT-TOWN * n. A man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure.
COPALITE * n. Partly mineralized copal dug from the ground.
CARYA * n. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China.
UNIQUE * s. 1 Radically distinctive and without equal. 2 (followed by `to') Applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality. 3 The single one of its kind. 4 Highly unusual or rare but not the single instance.
LOWAN * n. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
BACON * n. 1 Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried. 2 English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292). 3 English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626).
PHOTOVOLTAIC * a. Producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light).
HAYES * n. 1 Acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993). 2 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893).
WORRY * --n. 1 Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. 2 A strong feeling of anxiety. --v. 1 Be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy. 2 Be concerned with. 3 Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. 4 Be on the mind of.
CORTICOTROPHIN * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
MENOTYPHLA * n. Elephant shrews; tree shrews.
POLITELY * r. In a polite manner.
HABITUE * n. A regular patron.
HYBRIDIZE * v. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
RAMANAVAMI * n. Hindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama.
UNCONDITIONED * a. 1 Not established by conditioning or learning. 2 Not conditional.
GETTING * n. The act of acquiring something.
DISUNITY * n. Lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension).
TRENCH * --n. 1 A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth. 2 A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. 3 Any long ditch cut in the ground. --v. 1 Impinge or infringe upon. 2 Fortify by surrounding with trenches. 3 Cut or carve deeply into. 4 Set, plant, or bury in a trench.
ENLARGED * --a. (of an organ or body part) Excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells. --s. 1 As of a photograph; made larger. 2 Larger than normal. 3 Enlarged to an abnormal degree.
PROCUREMENT * n. The act of getting possession of something.
SPURIOUSNESS * n. State of lacking genuineness.
FAUCET * n. A regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
MONEYBAG * n. A drawstring bag for holding money.
SWIFT * --n. 1 United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903). 2 An English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745). 3 A small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. 4 Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks. --s. Moving very fast.
CATFISH * n. 1 Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed. 2 Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins. 3 Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
DEMOCRATICALLY * r. In a democratic manner; based on democratic principles.
WINGBACK * n. 1 (football) The person who plays wingback. 2 (American football) The position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end.
LIGHTSOMELY * r. 1 Moving with quick light steps. 2 In a light-hearted manner.
ROUSE * v. 1 Become active. 2 Force or drive out. 3 Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. 4 Cause to become awake or conscious.
MIMIR * n. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
UNBELIEVING * s. 1 Rejecting any belief in gods. 2 Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible. 3 Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion.
RHENISH * --n. Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage). --a. Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it.
TIMECARD * n. 1 A card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day. 2 A card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day.
VIRAMUNE * n. A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV.
ENHANCED * s. Increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality.
INDIVIDUALIST * --n. A person who pursues independent thought or action. --s. Marked by or expressing individuality.
TULOSTOMACEAE * n. Stalked puffballs.
AZTREONAM * n. An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects.
MAPINGUARI * n. Supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest.
IRONED * a. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
MOMBASA * n. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
PROSTITUTE * --n. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. --v. Sell one's body; exchange sex for money.
DEBARMENT * n. 1 The state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices). 2 The act of prevention by legal means.
MATELESS * s. 1 Not mated sexually. 2 Of someone who has no marriage partner.
GLIB-TONGUED * s. Artfully persuasive in speech.
TERCE * n. The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m..
ENDLESSLY * r. 1 Continuing forever without end. 2 With unflagging resolve. 3 (spatial sense) Seeming to have no bounds. 4 All the time; seemingly without stopping.
ILE-ST-LOUIS * n. Island in Paris on the Seine.
KERATINISE * v. 1 Convert into keratin. 2 Become horny and impregnated with keratin.
TRAFFIC * --n. 1 The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time. 2 Buying and selling; especially illicit trade. 3 The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time. 4 Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with'). --v. 1 Deal illegally. 2 Trade or deal a commodity.
INOCULATE * v. 1 Introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of. 2 Introduce a microorganism into. 3 Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation. 4 Insert a bud for propagation.
PROTANOPIA * n. Dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue.
SUPERNATURALLY * r. In a supernatural manner.
PAN-BROIL * v. Broil in a pan.
MUTTONHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
BAREBOATING * n. Boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions.
ANXIOLYTIC * --n. A tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability. --a. Anxiety relieving.
ANNON * n. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
ETHRANE * n. A nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic.
MATSYENDRA * n. (Hinduism) A religious posture.
LYING * n. The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
POKING * n. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
TOTE * --n. A capacious bag or basket. --v. Carry with difficulty.
CROCK * --n. 1 A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. 2 Nonsense; foolish talk. 3 An earthen jar (made of baked clay). --v. 1 Release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric. 2 Soil with or as with crock.
SKIAGRAM * n. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
MUSKETRY * n. 1 Musketeers and their muskets collectively. 2 The technique of using small arms (especially in battle).
COGNIZANCE * n. 1 Having knowledge of. 2 Range of what one can know or understand. 3 Range or scope of what is perceived.
JAUNDICE * --n. 1 Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia. 2 A rough and bitter manner. --v. 1 Distort adversely. 2 Affect with, or as if with, jaundice.
VITICULTURIST * n. A cultivator of grape vine.
BARONESS * n. A noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron.
REVERSELY * r. In an opposite way; so as to be reversed.
MYXINOIDEA * n. Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys.
CATHEDRAL * --n. 1 Any large and important church. 2 The principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese. --a. Relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne.
BETHEL * n. A house of worship (especially one for sailors).
NULLITY * n. 1 The state of nonexistence. 2 Something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity).
THOUGHTFULNESS * n. 1 A calm, lengthy, intent consideration. 2 Kind and considerate regard for others. 3 The trait of thinking carefully before acting. 4 A considerate and thoughtful act.
BIZET * n. French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875).
AMMONIACAL * a. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia.
165 * s. Being five more than one hundred sixty.
COMPULSIVELY * r. In a compulsive manner.
PITCHER-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a pitcher.
REMARK * --n. 1 A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information. 2 Explicit notice. --v. 1 Make mention of. 2 Make or write a comment on.
KATAMORPHISM * n. Metamorphism that occurs at or near the earth's surface; breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
JUMPING * n. 1 The act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump. 2 The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground.
HUMIFY * v. Convert (plant remains) into humus.
PUZZLEMENT * n. Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
MONOVALENT * a. 1 Containing only one kind of antibody. 2 Having a valence of 1.
MICROCEPHALY * n. An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
NOTARY * n. Someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions.
PICTURING * n. 1 Visual imagery. 2 Visual representation as by photography or painting.
IMPENETRABLE * --a. Not admitting of penetration or passage into or through. --s. 1 Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter. 2 Impossible to understand.
FLANNELBUSH * n. Any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers.
MACROEVOLUTION * n. Evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups.
TRACKED * a. Having tracks.
ANALOG * --n. Something having the property of being analogous to something else. --a. Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
EUASCOMYCETES * n. Category not used in many classification systems.
UNDERSPEND * v. 1 Spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example). 2 Spend at less than the normal rate.
THEATERGOER * n. Someone who attends the theater.
POLE-HANDLED * s. Having a long handle.
MICRODESMIDAE * n. Worm fish.
EXPANSIONISM * n. The doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country.
PALLBEARER * n. One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral.
AUSTEN * n. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817).
OILRIG * n. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
HIGH-PITCHED * --a. Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency. --s. Set at a sharp or high angle or slant.
KADIKOY * n. A former town on the Bosporus (now part of Istanbul); site of the Council of Chalcedon.
LADYLOVE * n. A woman who is a man's sweetheart.
DILUTION * n. 1 A diluted solution. 2 Weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner.
HOPELESSNESS * n. The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success.
ENKAID * n. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
GUMMOSIS * n. 1 Pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees. 2 Disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora.
CLOSE-PACKED * s. Packed especially tightly.
PLACARD * --n. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. --v. 1 Post in a public place. 2 Publicize or announce by placards.
SATISFIED * s. 1 Filled with satisfaction. 2 Allayed.
CELERITY * n. A rate that is rapid.
CREATION * n. 1 The human act of creating. 2 An artifact that has been brought into existence by someone. 3 The event that occurred at the beginning of something. 4 The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
AIL * --n. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning. --v. 1 Be ill or unwell. 2 Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.
LINENDRAPER * n. A retail dealer in yard goods.
RESPECTS * n. (often used with `pay') A formal expression of esteem.
YACHT * --n. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing. --v. Travel in a yacht.
DEMONSTRATE * v. 1 Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. 2 Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. 3 Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. 4 March in protest; take part in a demonstration.
FREE * --n. People who are free. --v. 1 Grant freedom to; free from confinement. 2 Relieve from. 3 Remove or force out from a position. 4 Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. --a. 1 Not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint. 2 Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion. 3 Not held in servitude. --s. 1 Costing nothing. 2 Not occupied or in use. 3 Not fixed in position. 4 Not taken up by scheduled activities. --r. Without restraint.
GALBANUM * n. A bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida.
LATE-RIPENING * s. Of plants that ripen in the fall.
CORONATE * v. Invest with regal power; enthrone.
SPEARHEAD * --n. 1 Someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.). 2 The leading military unit in an attack. 3 The head and sharpened point of a spear. --v. Be the leader of.
BALSAMINACEAE * n. Distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers.
DIAMONDBACK * n. Large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings.
PEUL * n. A family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages.
ODDMENT * n. 1 A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. 2 Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
BOURDON * n. A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone.
GREENSKEEPER * n. Someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course.
SUPPRESSED * --a. Kept from public knowledge by various means. --s. 1 Manifesting or subjected to suppression. 2 Held in check with difficulty.
GRANT * --n. 1 Any monetary aid. 2 The act of providing a subsidy. 3 (law) A transfer of property by deed of conveyance. 4 Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978). --v. 1 Let have. 2 Give as judged due or on the basis of merit. 3 Be willing to concede. 4 Allow to have.
ZOLA * n. French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902).
MACADAMIA * n. Any tree of the genus Macadamia.
HELIOPHILA * n. Any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes.
HALF-BRED * s. (of animals) Having only one purebred parent.
PODOCARPUS * n. Evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae.
PAPILLIFORM * a. Shaped like a papilla.
SPARKLE * --n. 1 Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. 2 The occurrence of a small flash or spark. 3 The quality of shining with a bright reflected light. --v. 1 Reflect brightly. 2 Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity. 3 Emit or produce sparks. 4 Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
CATEGORY * n. 1 A collection of things sharing a common attribute. 2 A general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme.
WORKSHEET * n. 1 A sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements. 2 A piece of paper recording work planned or done on a project.
COMPILING * n. The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list).
WOLOF * n. The West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula.
THICKSET * s. 1 Having a short and solid form or stature. 2 Planted or growing close together.
NUZZLE * v. 1 Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. 2 Rub noses. 3 Dig out with the snout.
ASHE * n. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
NEGATION * n. 1 A negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement. 2 The speech act of negating. 3 (logic) A proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false.
CLOSED-CAPTIONED * a. Broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers.
ANTHROPOPHAGY * n. Human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh.
SUPPER * n. 1 A light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime. 2 A social gathering where a light evening meal is served.
HANDMADE * a. Made by hand or a hand process.
BOMAREA * n. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae.
FLUMMERY * n. 1 A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal. 2 Meaningless ceremonies and flattery.
FUNNEL * --n. 1 A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends. 2 A conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth. 3 (nautical) Smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship). --v. Move or pour through a funnel.
INTERCALATION * n. An insertion into a calendar.
PUNICA * n. Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
AXIOMATICALLY * r. On the basis of axioms.
UNSUBSTANTIALIZE * v. Render immaterial or incorporeal.
SLEEPWALKER * n. Someone who walks about in their sleep.
CUBISM * n. An artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes.
DEJEUNER * n. A midday meal.
SPHINGID * n. Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed.
GHAT * n. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
NOTATE * v. Put into notation, as of music or choreography.
DISLODGMENT * n. Forced removal from a position of advantage.
AGGRESSIVE * --a. Having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends. --s. 1 Tending to spread quickly. 2 Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight.
ASCENDENT * --n. 1 Position or state of being dominant or in control. 2 Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). --s. 1 Tending or directed upward. 2 Most powerful or important or influential.
SEAGRASS * n. Any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds.
RUN-ON * a. (verse) Without a rhetorical pause between lines.
INADVERTENCY * n. The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
TUXEDO * n. Semiformal evening dress for men.
FICTILE * --a. Of or relating to the craft of pottery. --s. 1 Susceptible to being led or directed. 2 Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material).
ARNO * n. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
CALUMET * n. A highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace).
BANDERILLERO * n. The bullfighter who implants decorated darts (banderillas) into the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight.
TESTIFIER * n. A person who testifies or gives a deposition.
PLANT * --n. 1 Buildings for carrying on industrial labor. 2 (botany) A living organism lacking the power of locomotion. 3 An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience. 4 Something planted secretly for discovery by another. --v. 1 Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground. 2 Fix or set securely or deeply. 3 Set up or lay the groundwork for. 4 Place into a river.
LYSINE * n. An essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein.
LIMBED * a. Having or as if having limbs, especially limbs of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
SUNBURST * n. 1 A sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds. 2 A design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it. 3 A jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun.
PURPURA * n. Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding.
SUFFER * v. 1 Undergo or be subjected to. 2 Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). 3 Experience (emotional) pain. 4 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
DIVIDE * --n. 1 A serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility). 2 A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems. --v. 1 Separate into parts or portions. 2 Perform a division. 3 Act as a barrier between; stand between. 4 Come apart.
BACKSLIDER * n. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
CARE * --n. 1 The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something. 2 Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger. 3 An anxious feeling. 4 A cause for feeling concern. --v. 1 Feel concern or interest. 2 Provide care for. 3 Prefer or wish to do something. 4 Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of.
VULPINE * a. Resembling or characteristic of a fox.
INTROVERSIVE * a. Directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings.
NAUPATHIA * n. Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water.
PICADOR * n. The horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low.
RESTORE * v. 1 Return to its original or usable and functioning condition. 2 Return to life; get or give new life or energy. 3 Give or bring back. 4 Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
DISPERSAL * n. The act of dispersing or diffusing something.
SINGAN * n. A city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.
DEXEDRINE * n. An isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant.
SAWYER * n. 1 One who is employed to saw wood. 2 Any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers.
PLEASANTLY * r. 1 In a cheerful manner. 2 In an enjoyable manner.
DISPOSSESSED * s. Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
HINDUISM * n. 1 The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. 2 A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils.
CASH * --n. 1 Money in the form of bills or coins. 2 Prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check. 3 United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003). --v. Exchange for cash.
INVALIDATING * s. Establishing as invalid or untrue.
MOONSHINER * n. Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor.
EURYALE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) One of the three Gorgons. 2 Basket stars.
UNASSAILABLY * r. In an unalterable and unchangeable manner.
WBN * n. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
CLEAN-BURNING * s. Leaving little contamination while consuming fuel.
PRECIOUSLY * r. Extremely.
SPORRAN * n. A fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders.
PATRIMONY * n. 1 A church endowment. 2 An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture).
PRONE * s. 1 Having a tendency (to); often used in combination. 2 Lying face downward.
PROTELES * n. Aardwolf.
ACIDOSIS * n. Abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues.
PANDURIFORM * s. (of a leaf shape) Having rounded ends and a contracted center.
CLIENTELE * n. Customers collectively.
ABODE * n. 1 Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily. 2 Housing that someone is living in.
PURPLE-TINTED * s. Of a color tinged with purple.
OMELETTE * n. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly.
VENULE * n. A minute vein continuous with a capillary.
GOD * n. 1 The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions. 2 Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force. 3 A man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people. 4 A material effigy that is worshipped.
FIFTY-FIFTY * s. Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced.
BASEL * n. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
PIERCING * s. 1 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 2 Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
CONTAMINANT * n. A substance that contaminates.
AGONAL * a. Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies).
MYRSINE * n. Evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand).
REBUKE * --n. An act or expression of criticism and censure. --v. Censure severely or angrily.
HIGH-SPIRITED * s. Joyously unrestrained.
BOTULISM * n. Food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly.
COMRADESHIP * n. The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
GAVIALIDAE * n. Gavials.
SHAPELESSNESS * n. 1 An amorphous or indefinite shape. 2 The quality of lacking an esthetically pleasing shape.
MANOR * n. 1 The mansion of a lord or wealthy person. 2 The landed estate of a lord (including the house on it).
ROSELLE * n. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber.
MIKE * n. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
GAZEBO * n. A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
KAZAKSTAN * n. A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991.
RESONANT * s. 1 Characterized by resonance. 2 Serving to bring to mind.
LEXICOLOGY * n. The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language.
COFOUNDER * n. One of a group of founders.
AEPYORNIS * n. Huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar.
CHRYSOPSIS * n. Golden aster.
SCORPAENA * n. Type genus of the Scorpaenidae: scorpionfishes.
PALMY * s. Very lively and profitable.
MARBLEIZATION * n. A texture like that of marble.
MELEAGRIDIDAE * n. Turkeys and some extinct forms.
DOMESTICATE * v. 1 Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. 2 Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. 3 Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.
SOUNDLESSNESS * n. The property of making no sound.
SUPERSESSION * n. Act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior.
EULOGIUM * n. A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently.
KEYNESIAN * --n. A follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. --a. Of or relating to John Maynard Keynes or to his economic theories.
DIBRANCHIA * n. Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish).
GUESSWORK * n. An estimate based on little or no information.
VOICING * n. The act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color.
NEXUS * n. 1 The means of connection between things linked in series. 2 A connected series or group.
RADIOSENSITIVE * s. Sensitive to radiation.
GREENHOUSE * --n. A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions. --a. Of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect.
GAGSTER * n. Someone who writes comic material for public performers.
DINING-HALL * n. A large room at a college or university; used especially for dining.
CITIZEN * n. A native or naturalized member of a state or other political community.
NOBLE-MINDEDNESS * n. Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued.
KATHAROBIC * a. Of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter.
SHORT-TEMPERED * s. Quickly aroused to anger.
CHROMATICALLY * r. With respect to color.
RECUPERATION * n. Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury.
COMMENCEMENT * n. 1 The time at which something is supposed to begin. 2 An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred. 3 The act of starting something.
VIRUCIDE * n. An agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses.
MODULATION * n. 1 A musical passage moving from one key to another. 2 (electronics) The transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase. 3 Rise and fall of the voice pitch. 4 A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.
EVOLVE * v. 1 Work out. 2 Undergo development or evolution. 3 Gain through experience.
POLEMONIALES * n. Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales.
DEFOLIATED * s. Deprived of leaves.
REQUIRE * v. 1 Require as useful, just, or proper. 2 Consider obligatory; request and expect. 3 Make someone do something. 4 Have need of.
PREDIGESTED * s. Artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action.
STARCHES * n. Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread).
NEOCERATODUS * n. Extant Australian lungfishes.
SLIPKNOT * n. A knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made.
SALIFEROUS * s. Containing or yielding salt.
LOIR * n. Large European dormouse.
WASP-WAISTED * s. Having a small waist.
PICK-OFF * n. A baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out.
SNOOZE * --n. Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed). --v. Sleep lightly or for a short period of time.
INTONATE * v. 1 Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone. 2 Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm.
APOMICTICAL * a. Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis.
ARISTOLOCHIALES * n. Order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary.
CAROUSING * s. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
CHASSE * --n. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading. --v. Perform a chasse step, in ballet.
REBUILD * v. Build again.
PRE-EMPTOR * n. 1 Someone who acquires land by preemption. 2 A bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid.
CMB * n. (cosmology) The cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin.
SUITE * n. 1 A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected. 2 Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel). 3 The group following and attending to some important person. 4 A matching set of furniture.
BRONCHOPNEUMONIA * n. Pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles.
SUCCEEDING * --a. Coming after or following. --s. (of elected officers) Elected but not yet serving.
DINERO * n. Informal terms for money.
SPLICER * n. 1 A woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice. 2 A worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands. 3 A mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape.
SCREENWRITER * n. Someone who writes screenplays.
ATROPIDAE * n. Booklice.
TITBIT * n. A small tasty bit of food.
THIOTHIXENE * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
CORKSCREW * --n. A bottle opener that pulls corks. --v. Move in a spiral or zigzag course.
GEORDIE * n. 1 A native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 2 The nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
SUGARED * s. With sweetening added.
ELASTIC * --n. 1 A narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together. 2 A fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material. --a. Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy. --s. Able to adjust readily to different conditions.
MICROSOMAL * a. Of or relating to microsomes.
RACKETY * s. Uncontrollably noisy.
LOCKBOX * n. A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables.
USTILAGINALES * n. Parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes.
DISSERTATION * n. A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree.
HALDANE * n. 1 Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964). 2 Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936). 3 Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937). 4 Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928).
ENTERAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the enteron. 2 Of or relating to or inside the intestines.
AFLAME * s. 1 Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement. 2 Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
FALSENESS * n. 1 The state of being false or untrue. 2 Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous. 3 The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical.
FRUITION * n. 1 The condition of bearing fruit. 2 Enjoyment derived from use or possession. 3 Something that is made real or concrete.
CIRCUMSPECT * s. Heedful of potential consequences.
SUPERCLASS * n. (biology) A taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class.
LENTIC * a. Of or relating to or living in still waters (as lakes or ponds).
ALLEGORISE * v. 1 Interpret as an allegory. 2 Make into an allegory.
UNTOUCHED * --s. 1 Still full. 2 Not influenced or affected. --a. 1 Not having come in contact. 2 Emotionally unmoved.
ELOPEMENT * n. The act of running away with a lover (usually to get married).
ERYTHROMYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.
MARRIAGE * n. 1 The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). 2 Two people who are married to each other. 3 The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony. 4 A close and intimate union.
VIRGIL * n. A Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC).
GROSSLY * r. In a gross manner.
URANYL * n. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
SUBDUCTION * n. A geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate.
ICTONYX * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
WENCH * --n. Informal terms for a (young) woman. --v. Frequent prostitutes.
BACILLARY * --a. Relating to or produced by or containing bacilli. --s. Formed like a bacillus.
IMPETUOUSNESS * n. Rash impulsiveness.
ANIMATEDLY * r. In an animated manner.
AUROCHS * n. 1 European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison. 2 Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle.
TOOTHPICK * n. Pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth.
BILLOW * --n. A large sea wave. --v. 1 Rise up as if in waves. 2 Move with great difficulty. 3 Rise and move, as in waves or billows. 4 Become inflated.
SCUTCHEON * n. 1 A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers. 2 A shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms.
BARRIE * n. Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937).
DISGUISED * s. Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading.
QUANTITATIVELY * r. In a quantitative manner.
STOLE * n. A wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women.
ARDEIDAE * n. Herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns.
ORDINAND * n. A person being ordained.
THIEVING * --n. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. --s. Given to thievery.
STEPHANOMERIA * n. Malheur wire lettuce.
RENUNCIANT * s. Used especially of behavior.
COWLED * s. Having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood.
WHOLENESS * n. 1 An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting. 2 A state of robust good health.
MELATONIN * n. Hormone secreted by the pineal gland.
MESOCRICETUS * n. Golden hamsters.
DISTINCTLY * r. 1 Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment. 2 In a distinct and distinguishable manner. 3 To a distinct degree.
COTERMINOUS * s. Being of equal extent or scope or duration.
GLANCE * --n. A quick look. --v. 1 Throw a glance at; take a brief look at. 2 Hit at an angle.
UNDERCLASSMAN * n. An undergraduate who is not yet a senior.
LIPITOR * n. An oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides; potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be given.
PALEOCEREBELLUM * n. The anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals.
EIMERIIDAE * n. A family of protoctist in the order Coccidia.
PIKE * n. 1 A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic. 2 Highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh. 3 A sharp point (as on the end of a spear). 4 Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet.
KATSUWONUS * n. Oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae.
BISEXUAL * --n. A person who is sexually attracted to both sexes. --a. Sexually attracted to both sexes. --s. Having an ambiguous sexual identity.
SANELY * r. 1 With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner. 2 In a sane or lucid manner.
LOCHIA * n. Substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth.
BONY-PLATED * s. Covered with bony plates.
PARAMEDICAL * --n. A person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment. --a. Of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities.
INSENTIENT * a. Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation.
VOUCHSAFE * v. Grant in a condescending manner.
METABOLOUS * a. Undergoing metamorphosis.
NEY * n. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815).
MAULERS * n. Large strong hand (as of a fighter).
NEBBECH * n. (Yiddish) A timid unfortunate simpleton.
TENTORIUM * n. (anatomy) A fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.
LILLIPUT * n. A land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people.
VERONICA * n. Any plant of the genus Veronica.
BRIC-A-BRAC * n. Miscellaneous curios.
DISCLIKE * s. Having a flat circular shape.
SPHECOTHERES * n. A genus of Old World orioles.
PIGTAIL * n. A plait of braided hair.
COEXTENSION * n. Equality of extension or duration.
SELF-INDUCTANCE * n. The ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries.
EFFETE * s. 1 Affected, overrefined, and effeminate. 2 Deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective.
DIADROMOUS * a. (used of fish) Migratory between fresh and salt waters.
ACARINE * n. Mite or tick.
MACROTHELYPTERIS * n. Medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas.
FARMERETTE * n. A woman working on a farm.
NOCTAMBULISM * n. Walking by a person who is asleep.
NEVADAN * n. A native or resident of Nevada.
PROXIMO * s. In or of the next month after the present.
ASTONISHING * s. 1 Surprising greatly. 2 So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.
LEAF-CUTTER * n. Bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest.
CRYPTOCORYNE * n. Any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia.
SECALE * n. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye.
LESVOS * n. An island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry.
DEMONETIZE * v. Deprive of value for payment.
NOWNESS * n. The quality of being the present.
NIGHTBIRD * n. A person who likes to be active late at night.
PLAINCHANT * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line.
ASCERTAINED * s. Discovered or determined by scientific observation.
NOUGHT * n. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
BONNET * --n. 1 A hat tied under the chin. 2 Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine. --v. Dress in a bonnet.
CALABAZILLA * n. Perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit.
PHOTIC * a. Of or relating to or caused by light.
GOBLET * n. 1 A drinking glass with a base and stem. 2 A bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup.
OCTOBER * n. The month following September and preceding November.
VACCINIA * n. 1 A local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar. 2 A viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox.
ARMS-RUNNER * n. A smuggler of guns.
FABRICATOR * n. Someone who tells lies.
BICEPHALOUS * s. Having two heads.
CONCRETIZE * v. 1 Make something concrete. 2 Become specific.
SUMMERY * a. Belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer.
LUBA * n. 1 A member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo. 2 A Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo.
NOBILITY * n. 1 A privileged class holding hereditary titles. 2 The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct. 3 The state of being of noble birth.
CURACY * n. The position of a curate.
TORTRIX * n. 1 California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges. 2 Small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants.
HEGARI * n. Sudanese sorghums having white seeds; one variety grown in southwestern United States.
POKE * --n. 1 Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous. 2 Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. 3 A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. 4 A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). --v. 1 Poke or thrust abruptly. 2 Search or inquire in a meddlesome way. 3 Stir by poking. 4 Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.
PERRY * n. 1 United States philosopher (1876-1957). 2 United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858). 3 United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819). 4 A fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider.
CETONIIDAE * n. Considered a separate family in some classification systems.
ENABLE * v. Render capable or able for some task.
BOYISHNESS * n. Being characteristic of a boy.
FLAMENCO * n. 1 Guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco. 2 A style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet.
ALCEA * n. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea.
TRANSMITTED * s. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.
UNCONVENTIONALITY * n. 1 Originality by virtue of being unconventional. 2 Unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional.
COOLWART * n. Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant.
LOTUS * n. 1 Native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers. 2 Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. 3 White Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians.
DYED * s. (used of color) Artificially produced; not natural.
CASEOUS * s. Of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike.
ALCOVE * n. A small recess opening off a larger room.
PERMISSIVELY * r. In a permissive manner.
TL * n. A soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores.
MALEFICENT * a. Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
FRICTIONAL * a. Pertaining to or worked or produced by friction.
PROTUBERANT * s. Curving outward.
POLYPHASE * a. Of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle.
REFINANCE * v. Renew the financing of.
FUCOID * n. 1 A fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales. 2 Any of various algae of the family Fucaceae.
PHILANTHROPY * n. Voluntary promotion of human welfare.
XLII * s. Being two more than forty.
LIPASE * n. An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
PILLOWCASE * n. Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.
GRAZ * n. An industrial city is southeastern Austria.
BARBECUING * n. Roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire.
AMBAGE * n. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
CLUTCHES * n. The act of grasping.
SWANSON * n. United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983).
PHEIDIAS * n. Ancient Greek sculptor (circa 500-432 BC).
ACCENTUAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to accent or stress. 2 (of verse) Having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity.
TULESTOMA * n. Type genus of the Tulostomaceae.
URCEOLE * n. A vessel that holds water for washing the hands.
SINGULARIZE * v. Distinguish as singular.
BY-AND-BY * n. An indefinite time in the future.
CLASSIFIED * --n. A short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type. --a. 1 Arranged into classes. 2 Official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation.
SAMBAR * n. A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines.
STEGOSAUR * n. Herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon.
KINDLINESS * n. Friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition.
REB * n. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms.
DRAGOON * --n. A member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen. --v. 1 Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. 2 Subjugate by imposing troops.
DILAUDID * n. A narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain.
SENATE * n. 1 Assembly possessing high legislative powers. 2 The upper house of the United States Congress.
QUARTET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. 2 Four performers or singers who perform together. 3 A set of four similar things considered as a unit. 4 Four people considered as a unit.
SHUFFLING * n. 1 Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. 2 The act of mixing cards haphazardly.
NAVAL * a. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
EYEBALL * --n. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye. --v. Look at.
LOB * --n. 1 An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc. 2 The act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc. --v. Propel in a high arc.
POLYPLOID * --n. (genetics) An organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes. --a. Of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes.
HAPLOTYPE * n. (genetics) A combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together.
ECBALLIUM * n. Exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber.
ELLISON * n. United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994).
MEAGRE * a. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
TEPIDLY * r. In an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner.
MYOPATHY * n. Any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction.
FRIGHTENED * s. 1 Made afraid. 2 Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
DOLDRUMS * n. 1 A state of inactivity (in business or art etc). 2 A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific.
AGGRANDISEMENT * n. The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something.
PLAGIOCEPHALY * n. Congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique.
BOTSWANAN * a. Of or pertaining to Botswana or the people of Botswana.
POLYUNSATURATED * s. (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) Having many unsaturated bonds.
SILTSTONE * n. A fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt.
HYDROMETER * n. A measuring instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid or solid.
LUBAVITCHER * n. A member of the Lubavitch movement; a follower of Chabad Hasidism.
CLACK * --n. 1 A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated. 2 A simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction. --v. 1 Make a rattling sound. 2 Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens. 3 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
VANISH * v. 1 Get lost, as without warning or explanation. 2 Become invisible or unnoticeable. 3 Pass away rapidly. 4 Cease to exist.
RAMIPRIL * n. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack.
UROCHORD * n. 1 Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva. 2 A notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region.
LEDGEMAN * n. A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
INACCESSIBLY * r. In an inaccessible manner.
DIVERSITY * n. 1 Noticeable heterogeneity. 2 The condition or result of being changeable.
BEVATRON * n. A cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts.
OKLA. * n. A state in south central United States.
HOMOZYGOTE * n. (genetics) An organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic.
REPUGN * v. To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.
HYPERSOMNIA * n. An inability to stay awake.
NOTORIETY * n. The state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality.
PNEUMOGASTRIC * --n. A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera. --a. 1 Of or relating to the vagus nerve. 2 Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach.
THYROID * --n. Located near the base of the neck. --a. 1 Of or relating to the thyroid gland. 2 Suggestive of a thyroid disorder.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY * n. Personal independence.
OVERSEAS * --s. 1 In a foreign country. 2 Being or passing over or across the sea. --r. 1 Beyond or across the sea. 2 In a place across an ocean.
COMPUTERISE * v. 1 Provide with computers. 2 Store in a computer. 3 Control a function, process, or creation by a computer.
MX * n. A cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss.
PRIVATENESS * n. 1 The condition of being concealed or hidden. 2 The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others.
ORANGE-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of an orange.
CLIP-CLOP * n. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.
ROBINIA * n. Deciduous flowering trees and shrubs.
BALDERDASH * n. Trivial nonsense.
OPPOSER * n. Someone who offers opposition.
ANALYZED * a. Examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts.
OVERSPREAD * v. Spread across or over.
ARAGONITE * n. A mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite.
CHRISTOPHER * n. Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century).
ELEGIAC * --a. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy. --s. Expressing sorrow often for something past.
VAGABONDAGE * n. Travelling about without any clear destination.
PASTINACA * n. A rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips.
ANTIKNOCKING * s. Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines.
THREE-LOBED * s. 1 (of a leaf shape) Divided into three lobes. 2 Having three lobes.
VENTURESOME * s. Disposed to venture or take risks.
DELIVERY * n. 1 The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). 2 The event of giving birth. 3 Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally. 4 The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another.
RECESSED * s. 1 Having a sunken area. 2 Resembling an alcove.
TRIPALMITIN * n. A triglyceride of palmitic acid.
DIAGONALIZABLE * a. Capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix.
ROSTRATE * s. Having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis.
DOUBLE-CHECK * v. Check once more to be absolutely sure.
FEMUR * n. The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee.
JUST * --a. 1 Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting. 2 Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience. 3 Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules. --s. Of moral excellence. --r. 1 And nothing more. 2 Indicating exactness or preciseness. 3 Only a moment ago. 4 (used for emphasis) Absolutely.
QUADRAPHONY * n. A stereophonic sound recording or reproducing system using four separate channels.
JITTERING * s. Undergoing small rapid variations.
UNCONSTRAINT * n. The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry.
AEROFOIL * n. A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.
SUBACUTE * s. Less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it.
THRIFTY * --a. Careful and diligent in the use of resources. --s. Mindful of the future in spending money.
SOPHOMORE * --n. A second-year undergraduate. --s. Used of the second year in United States high school or college.
CARMAKER * n. A business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles.
COUNTERPOINT * --n. A musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies. --v. 1 To show differences when compared; be different. 2 Write in counterpoint.
YEOMAN * n. 1 Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch. 2 In former times was free and cultivated his own land.
UPBRAID * v. Express criticism towards.
DEERHOUND * n. Very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland.
SARDONICALLY * r. In a sarcastic manner.
ARRAY * --n. 1 An orderly arrangement. 2 An impressive display. 3 Especially fine or decorative clothing. 4 An arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics. --v. 1 Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line. 2 Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
COGNIZE * v. Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.
ENNOBLE * v. 1 Confer dignity or honor upon. 2 Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility.
MYELINIC * a. Of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers.
MARKETPLACE * n. 1 The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold. 2 An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
SUPERIMPOSE * v. Place on top of.
DOZER * n. Large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground.
BERGMAN * n. 1 Swedish film actress (1915-1982). 2 Swedish film director who used heavy symbolism and explored the psychology of the characters (born 1918).
HUMORAL * a. Of or relating to bodily fluids.
UNALARMING * a. Not alarming; assuaging alarm.
BUMPINESS * n. The texture of a surface that has many bumps.
BIGEYE * n. Red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales.
EYESIGHT * n. Normal use of the faculty of vision.
UNINTERRUPTEDLY * r. Without interruption.
CAPSULATED * s. Used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule.
ASSAULT * --n. 1 Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. 2 A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped. 3 Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946. 4 The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will. --v. 1 Attack someone physically or emotionally. 2 Force (someone) to have sex against their will. 3 Attack in speech or writing.
ECONOMIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth. 2 Of or relating to the science of economics. --s. 1 Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness. 2 Concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money). 3 Financially rewarding.
WOODWORKING * n. The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood.
SEAWARD * --n. The direction toward the sea. --a. (of winds) Coming from the land. --s. Directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast. --r. In the direction of the sea.
BONNETHEAD * n. Small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
COCKEREL * n. A young domestic cock; not older than one year.
MARGARIN * n. 1 A glyceryl ester of margaric acid. 2 A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
SUBJACENT * a. Lying nearby but lower.
SOFT-FINNED * a. Of or relating to fish with soft fins.
GYPSYWEED * n. Common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes.
KAYOED * s. Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow.
LITTER * --n. 1 The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal. 2 Rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places). 3 Conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers. 4 Material used to provide a bed for animals. --v. 1 Strew. 2 Make a place messy by strewing garbage around. 3 Give birth to a litter of animals.
ANATOXIN * n. A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin.
ANGIOEDEMA * n. Recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs.
HYPODERMIS * n. Layer of cells that secretes the chitinous cuticle in e.g. arthropods.
COERCION * n. 1 The act of compelling by force of authority. 2 Using force to cause something to occur.
NOSEBLEED * n. Bleeding from the nose.
ARMOIRE * n. A large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons.
CATADROMOUS * a. Migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn.
22 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one. --s. Being two more than twenty.
KATZENJAMMER * n. 1 Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol). 2 Loud confused noise from many sources.
INSTITUTIONALIZE * v. Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
CURBING * n. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
NEBULISER * n. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
PROCURAL * n. The act of getting possession of something.
ARMOUR * --n. 1 A military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles. 2 Protective covering made of metal and used in combat. 3 Tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant. --v. Equip with armor.
GARTER * --n. A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve). --v. Fasten with or as if with a garter.
ESCARPMENT * n. 1 A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion. 2 A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
HARDENING * n. 1 Abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue. 2 The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization. 3 The act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact).
TOSS-UP * n. An unpredictable phenomenon.
BREMEN * n. A city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the North Sea; in the Middle Ages it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League.
PATCHING * n. The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it.
SEPTUAGESIMA * n. The 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter).
ALTHEA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea.
HOMOMORPHISM * n. Similarity of form.
ALLHALLOWS * n. A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835.
STINGRAY * n. Large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds.
MAAR * n. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water.
ANAGOGICAL * a. Based on or exemplifying anagoge.
POIGNANCY * n. 1 A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow. 2 A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow).
COVETOUSNESS * n. 1 An envious eagerness to possess something. 2 Extreme greed for material wealth. 3 Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins).
AGUE * n. 1 A fit of shivering or shaking. 2 Successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria. 3 A mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.
FRYPAN * n. A pan used for frying foods.
AMYL * n. A hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds.
SKEET * n. The sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird.
TIMOROUS * s. Timid by nature or revealing timidity.
INTERFERE * v. 1 Come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle. 2 Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.
PROSERPINE * n. Goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone.
CREAM * --n. 1 The best people or things in a group. 2 The part of milk containing the butterfat. 3 Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin. --v. 1 Make creamy by beating. 2 Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. 3 Put on cream, as on one's face or body. 4 Remove from the surface.
CRESCENTIA * n. A genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches.
ENTERITIS * n. Inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea.
IRONSIDE * n. A man of great strength or bravery.
MOSQUITO * n. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
BID * --n. 1 An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. 2 An attempt to get something. 3 A formal proposal to buy at a specified price. 4 (bridge) The number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. --v. 1 Propose a payment. 2 Invoke upon. 3 Ask for or request earnestly. 4 Make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands.
SCHTIKL * n. A really little shtik.
PUNINESS * n. 1 The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. 2 Smallness of stature.
COMPORTMENT * n. Dignified manner or conduct.
CORTICOTROPIN * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
PARVO * n. Any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease.
ORDERER * n. 1 Someone who places an order to buy. 2 An organizer who puts things in order.
MYRINGOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear).
NONFATAL * a. Not bringing death.
WAGE * --n. Something that remunerates. --v. Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns).
SPIELBERG * n. United States filmmaker (born in 1947).
DOUBT * --n. 1 The state of being unsure of something. 2 Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something. --v. 1 Consider unlikely or have doubts about. 2 Lack confidence in or have doubts about.
RUBRIC * --n. 1 An authoritative rule of conduct or procedure. 2 An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text. 3 Directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book). 4 A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with. --v. Adorn with ruby red color.
OBLIQUE * --n. 1 Any grammatical case other than the nominative. 2 A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso. --a. Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled. --s. Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading.
DISSOLVENT * n. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances.
INFRASTRUCTURE * n. 1 The basic structure or features of a system or organization. 2 The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area.
FIVE-HUNDREDTH * s. The ordinal number of five hundred in counting order.
THERMODYNAMICAL * a. Of or concerned with thermodynamics.
LOCALISATION * n. 1 (physiology) The principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body. 2 A determination of the place where something is.
VULVAL * a. Of or relating to the vulva.
BILBY * n. Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit.
PYROCHEMISTRY * n. Processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures.
BIONT * n. A discrete unit of living matter.
PRINTABLE * a. Fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable.
SIGNAL * --n. 1 Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message. 2 Any incitement to action. 3 An electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes. --v. 1 Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs. 2 Be a signal for or a symptom of. --s. Notably out of the ordinary.
CHYLE * n. A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats.
PERIMYSIUM * n. The sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers.
ENLISTEE * n. Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces).
CIVVIES * n. Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
BALANUS * n. Type genus of the family Balanidae.
THEBE * n. 100 thebe equal 1 pula in Botswana.
BLOCKHOUSE * n. A stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire.
METROXYLON * n. A genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die.
PHOTOMETRICAL * a. Of or relating to photometry.
PRAIRIAL * n. Ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); the month of meadows.
INDABA * n. A council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question.
TEKKI * n. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
GOVERNOR * n. 1 The head of a state government. 2 A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel).
ANGUS * n. 1 Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women. 2 Black hornless breed from Scotland.
CHANDI * n. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
HYPOCYCLOID * n. A line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle.
EMPHYSEMA * n. An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age.
WAISTLINE * n. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.
ROUND-BACKED * s. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
MISANTHROPICAL * s. 1 Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others. 2 Hating mankind in general.
MEPRIN * n. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
ISOTONIC * --a. 1 (used of solutions) Having the same or equal osmotic pressure. 2 Relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale. 3 Of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes. --s. Of two or more muscles; having equal tension.
SEEDTIME * n. 1 Any time of new development. 2 The time during which seeds should be planted.
HEMOGENESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
BETEL * n. 1 A leaf of a vine from the betel pepper. 2 Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
HYPENTELIUM * n. A genus of fish in the family Catostomidae.
CREMATE * v. Reduce to ashes.
SUPPLICATORY * s. Humbly entreating.
DEKAGRAM * n. 10 grams.
EXCAVATE * v. 1 Recover through digging. 2 Find by digging in the ground. 3 Form by hollowing. 4 Remove the inner part or the core of.
FOSTER-PARENT * n. A person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child.
PREPONDERANCE * n. 1 Superiority in power or influence. 2 A superiority in numbers or amount. 3 Exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight.
ABIENCE * n. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
XENARTHRA * n. Armadillos; American anteaters; sloths.
HALOGETON * n. A coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content.
LCD * n. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc..
PLAY * --n. 1 A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage. 2 A theatrical performance of a drama. 3 A preset plan of action in team sports. 4 A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill. --v. 1 Participate in games or sport. 2 Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome. 3 Play on an instrument. 4 Play a role or part.
SCOT * n. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
RECIPROCATIVE * s. 1 Given or done or owed to each other. 2 Moving alternately backward and forward.
PREHISTORIC * --s. 1 Belonging to or existing in times before recorded history. 2 No longer fashionable. --a. Of or relating to times before written history.
PROPOSER * n. 1 Someone who advances a suggestion or proposal. 2 (parliamentary procedure) Someone who makes a formal motion.
ARIANA * n. City in Tunisia.
TRANSCUTANEOUS * a. Through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches).
VAPORING * n. An instance of boastful talk.
DAH * n. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
MERCHANDISING * n. The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money.
FLAPJACK * n. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
UNWIND * v. 1 Reverse the winding or twisting of. 2 Separate the tangles of. 3 Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease. 4 Cause to feel relaxed.
RUPTURE * --n. 1 State of being torn or burst open. 2 A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). 3 The act of making a sudden noisy break. --v. Separate or cause to separate abruptly.
BUMPY * --a. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. --s. Covered with or full of bumps.
COMMISERATION * n. 1 A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. 2 An expression of sympathy with another's grief.
CONTORTION * n. 1 The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself). 2 A tortuous and twisted shape or position.
SPARTIUM * n. One species: Spanish broom.
REALITY * n. 1 All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. 2 The state of being actual or real. 3 The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be. 4 The quality possessed by something that is real.
NABU * n. Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
MARSUPIALIA * n. Coextensive with the subclass Metatheria.
RHOMBIC * a. Resembling a rhombus.
MUJAHADEIN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
DL * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
RESCRIPT * n. 1 A reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality. 2 A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge). 3 The act of rewriting something. 4 Something that has been written again.
UNAFFECTED * --a. 1 Undergoing no change when acted upon. 2 Emotionally unmoved. 3 Free of artificiality; sincere and genuine. --s. Unaware of or indifferent to.
GLITTERING * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
CHLAMYDEOUS * a. Having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla.
LESSER * --a. Of less size or importance. --s. Smaller in size or amount or value.
YAJUR-VEDA * n. A collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers.
PYROMETER * n. A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
REFLOAT * v. Set afloat again.
FOREWING * n. Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings.
PROCREATIVE * s. Producing new life or offspring.
WAIN * n. 1 English writer (1925-1994). 2 A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. 3 Large open farm wagon.
RV * n. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
LADOGA * n. A lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland.
TRIFLE * --n. 1 A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate. 2 A detail that is considered insignificant. 3 Something of small importance. --v. 1 Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. 2 Act frivolously. 3 Consider not very seriously.
CURMUDGEONLY * s. Brusque and surly and forbidding.
PETALOUS * a. (of flowers) Having petals.
SQUAW * n. Derogatory terms for an American Indian woman.
SELF-RESPECTING * s. Having or showing self-esteem.
GUITARFISH * n. Primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body.
SIXTY * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and six. --s. Being ten more than fifty.
SYMPHONIC * --a. Relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony. --s. Harmonious in sound.
RUBBING * n. 1 The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another. 2 Representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal. 3 Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.
ZSIGMONDY * n. German chemist (born in Austria) honored for his research on colloidal solutions (1865-1929).
EXTENDIBLE * s. Capable of being lengthened.
CHRESTOMATHY * n. A selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language.
JUAREZ * n. A city in northern Mexico on the Rio Grande opposite El Paso.
MILKSHAKE * n. Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream.
PROTOZOOLOGICAL * a. Concerning the branch of zoology that studies protozoans.
FRIGID * s. 1 Sexually unresponsive. 2 Extremely cold. 3 Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain.
MOLAL * a. Designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.
ASSIMILATORY * s. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution.
VITAMINIZE * v. Add vitamins as a supplement.
INFECT * v. 1 Communicate a disease to. 2 Contaminate with a disease or microorganism. 3 Corrupt with ideas or an ideology. 4 Affect in a contagious way.
GAMESMANSHIP * n. The use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game.
REGOSOL * n. A type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand.
VERIDICAL * s. Coinciding with reality.
LASSA * n. The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers.
CYCLOSTOME * n. Primitive aquatic vertebrate.
STERTOROUS * s. Of breathing having a heavy snoring sound.
MERETRICIOUSLY * r. In a meretricious manner.
REQUEST * --n. 1 A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. 2 The verbal act of requesting. --v. 1 Express the need or desire for. 2 Ask (a person) to do something. 3 Inquire for (information).
COPULATORY * a. Of or relating to coitus or copulation.
THREAD-FISH * n. Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins.
INANIMATE * --a. 1 Belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things. 2 Not endowed with life. --s. Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.
BRIDECAKE * n. A rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception.
DOUBLES * n. 1 Badminton played with two players on each side. 2 Tennis played with two players on each side.
TELESCOPY * n. The art of making and using telescopes.
YEA * --n. An affirmative. --r. Not only so, but.
COOPERATIVENESS * n. The trait of being cooperative.
DUCAL * a. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
SOUTHERNNESS * n. The property of being to the south.
SAND * --n. 1 A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral. 2 French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876). 3 Fortitude and determination. --v. Rub with sandpaper.
AUTHORITIES * n. The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.
JIMMIES * n. Bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream.
SARCOCEPHALUS * n. Genus of tropical African trees and shrubs.
FLYTRAP * n. A trap for catching flies.
DECAPODA * n. 1 Lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns. 2 Squids and cuttlefishes.
OPERATIONALISM * n. (philosophy) The doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it.
MICAWBER * n. Fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist.
VERBOLATRY * n. The worship of words.
VESICOPAPULE * n. A papule that changes into a blister.
PHARMACEUTICAL * --n. Drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment. --a. 1 Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists. 2 Of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment.
THERMEL * n. A thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature.
SHEETROCK * n. A kind of plasterboard.
UTILISER * n. Someone who puts to good use.
ECARTE * n. A card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high.
GIMBALED * s. Supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips.
BACTERIEMIA * n. Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood.
PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC * a. Of or relating to or used in physical therapy.
HALF-TIME * --s. Involving half the standard or customary time for an activity. --r. For less than the standard number of hours.
APRON * n. 1 A garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing. 2 (golf) The part of the fairway leading onto the green. 3 The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain). 4 A paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used.
ENVIOUSNESS * n. A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another.
AESTHETIC * --n. (philosophy) A philosophical theory as to what is beautiful. --a. 1 Relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics. 2 Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste. --s. Aesthetically pleasing.
JUNK * --n. 1 The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. 2 Any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails. --v. Dispose of (something useless or old).
RHODOPSIN * n. A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light.
DAFTLY * r. In a mildly insane manner.
IMPLICITLY * r. 1 Without doubting or questioning. 2 Without ever expressing so clearly.
CYTOPHOTOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer.
WASHINGTON * n. 1 The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791. 2 A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific. 3 The federal government of the United States. 4 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).
PROVENIENCE * n. Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence.
AUGUST * --n. The month following July and preceding September. --s. 1 Of or befitting a lord. 2 Profoundly honored.
TOUCHWOOD * n. Material for starting a fire.
WASHER * n. 1 Someone who washes things for a living. 2 Seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage. 3 A home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically.
MATED * --a. Mated sexually. --s. 1 Occurring in pairs or as a pair. 2 Of or relating to a marriage partner.
INDICATORIDAE * n. Honey guides.
EFFORTLESSNESS * n. The quality of requiring little effort.
MAKATAIMESHEKIAKIAK * n. Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838).
UNRESPONSIVE * --a. Not responding to some influence or stimulus. --s. 1 Aloof or indifferent. 2 Not susceptible to suggestion or influence.
RACONTEUR * n. A person skilled in telling anecdotes.
IDDM * n. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease.
PULVERISE * v. 1 Destroy completely. 2 Become powder or dust. 3 Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
TEIID * n. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
ULALGIA * n. Pain in the gums.
CLAYTONIA * n. Genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes.
DISEASED * s. Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology.
SMOOTH-BODIED * s. Having a smooth body.
UNFLAVORED * s. Without flavoring added.
AMMOBIUM * n. Any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage.
EMOTIONALITY * n. Emotional nature or quality.
VEDA * n. (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') Any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads.
TRANSFUSION * n. 1 The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery. 2 The action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another.
SALESROOM * n. An area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed.
DRMS * n. The organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus.
LEAFY-STEMMED * s. Having a leafy stem.
SLEEPLESSNESS * n. A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep.
THROW-WEIGHT * n. The weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket).
NEREUS * n. (Greek mythology) A sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids.
TONGUELIKE * s. Resembling a tongue in form or function.
MINIMALLY * r. To a minimal degree.
APPETISER * n. Food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course).
CANONISATION * n. (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) The act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints.
ROUGHISH * s. Somewhat rough.
HIGHLIGHTING * n. An area of lightness in a picture.
AA * n. 1 A dry form of lava resembling clinkers. 2 An international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism. 3 An associate degree in arts.
CO-ED * --n. A female student at a coeducational college or university. --s. Attended by members of both sexes.
BIGMOUTHED * s. Unwisely talking too much.
RADICLE * n. (anatomy) A small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
ABSTRACTED * s. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.
SABINE * --n. 1 A river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico. 2 A member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines.
NEOCORTICAL * a. Of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum.
VILLOMA * n. A benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass.
INTERFERING * s. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
EPIGRAMMATIC * s. Terse and witty and like a maxim.
COWHERB * n. European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort.
INVITATION * n. 1 A request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something. 2 A tempting allurement.
GUJARATI * n. 1 A member of the people of Gujarat. 2 The Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India.
SPORTSMANSHIP * n. Fairness in following the rules of the game.
COMFORTLESS * s. Without comfort.
ACCRETE * v. 1 Grow together (of plants and organs). 2 Grow or become attached by accretion.
ODO * n. French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099).
CROSSRUFF * v. Trump alternately in two hands.
FOLIE * n. (psychiatry) A psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness.
GROGRAM * n. A coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum.
CARUM * n. Caraway.
HYDROMYINAE * n. Water rats of Australia and New Guinea.
CURIA * n. (Roman Catholic Church) The central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church.
MEDIAEVAL * --a. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages. --s. As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened.
UNIONIZATION * n. Act of forming labor unions.
ARMLESS * a. Having no arms.
DIDANOSINE * n. An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection.
ACCORDINGLY * r. 1 (sentence connectors) Because of the reason given. 2 In accordance with.
STRESSED * --s. Suffering severe physical strain or distress. --a. Bearing a stress or accent.
APPENDIX * n. 1 Supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book. 2 A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch.
UNSWORN * a. Not bound by or stated on oath.
SICKNESS * n. 1 Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism. 2 Defectiveness or unsoundness. 3 The state that precedes vomiting.
NONOBJECTIVE * s. Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature.
POTBOY * n. A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
BALEFULLY * r. In a baleful manner.
CHUMP * n. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
INTENSE * --a. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree. --s. 1 Extremely sharp or severe. 2 (of color) Having the highest saturation.
INFLEXIBLY * r. In an inflexible manner.
WHITEN * v. Turn white.
GAG * --n. 1 A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. 2 Restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting. --v. 1 Prevent from speaking out. 2 Be too tight; rub or press. 3 Tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them. 4 Make jokes or quips.
SWAMPLAND * n. Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.
TENDOSYNOVITIS * n. Inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath.
EFFLORESCE * v. 1 Come into or as if into flower. 2 Assume crystalline form; become crystallized. 3 Become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation.
BODYBUILDING * n. Exercise that builds muscles through tension.
RNA * n. (biochemistry) A long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell.
DISK * --n. 1 Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate. 2 A flat circular plate. 3 Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove. 4 (computer science) A memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored. --v. Draw a harrow over (land).
NORTHER * n. A wind that blows from the north.
KATHAROMETER * n. Measures thermal conductivity.
BOOSTER * n. 1 A person who backs a politician or a team etc.. 2 Someone who is an active supporter and advocate. 3 A thief who steals goods that are in a store. 4 An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal.
CORRUPTIBLE * s. Capable of being corrupted.
PILL * n. 1 Something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size. 2 A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet. 3 A unpleasant or tiresome person. 4 Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured.
COALFIELD * n. A region where there is coal underground.
LAYOUT * n. 1 A plan or design of something that is laid out. 2 The act of laying out (as by making plans for something).
TERN * n. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
ERRATICALLY * r. In an erratic unpredictable manner.
ISSUANCE * n. The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity).
FOURPENNY * s. Used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long.
CRISSCROSSED * s. Marked with crossing lines.
BRAINPAN * n. The part of the skull that encloses the brain.
PERGAMUM * n. An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here.
UPSIDE-DOWN * s. Being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed.
GOVERNED * n. The body of people who are citizens of a particular government.
SERPENTES * n. Snakes.
LONG-PLAY * s. (used of records) Playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records.
UNHARMONIOUS * a. Not in harmony.
WEISSHORN * n. A mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high).
DUPLEX * --n. 1 A house with two units sharing a common wall. 2 An apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase. --v. Change into a duplex. --s. 1 (used technically of a device or process) Having two parts. 2 Allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously.
EFFECT * --n. 1 A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. 2 An outward appearance. 3 An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived). 4 The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. --v. 1 Produce. 2 Act so as to bring into existence.
PERCALE * n. A fine closely woven cotton fabric.
DINGBAT * n. A silly empty-headed person.
SELF-GOVERNMENT * n. Government of a political unit by its own people.
CORSLET * n. A piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece.
SUPERSTRUCTURE * n. Structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck.
TRUMPETS * n. Pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids.
ISOMER * n. A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight.
TWO-STEP * --n. A ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps. --v. Dance the two-step.
COFACTOR * n. A substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result.
OSTEOMA * n. A slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible.
INDISCERNIBLE * --a. Difficult or impossible to perceive or discern. --s. Barely able to be perceived.
ORTHILIA * n. A shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions.
RAMROD * n. 1 A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm. 2 A harshly demanding overseer. 3 A rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm.
MODERNITY * n. The quality of being current or of the present.
CASHEW * n. 1 Tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted. 2 Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted.
OTHELLO * n. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife.
SEDULOUS * s. Marked by care and persistent effort.
SHORELINE * n. A boundary line between land and water.
MANDUCATE * v. Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
HYPOSTASIS * n. 1 The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene. 2 The accumulation of blood in an organ. 3 Any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united. 4 (metaphysics) Essential nature or underlying reality.
RIANT * s. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
MILCH * a. Giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production.
ANALPHABET * n. An illiterate person who does not know the alphabet.
HOAXER * n. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
EGOISTICAL * a. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
PROTRUDE * v. 1 Extend out or project in space. 2 Bulge outward. 3 Swell or protrude outwards.
GREYISH-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with grey.
SAURIA * n. True lizards; including chameleons and geckos.
MERRYMAKING * n. A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.
THIRD-RATER * n. One who is third-rate or distinctly inferior.
GUADELOUPE * n. An island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry.
BARKER * n. 1 Someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers. 2 Informal terms for dogs.
MANDATORY * --n. 1 The recipient of a mandate. 2 A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves. --s. Required by rule.
NATRIX * n. Water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus.
DECELERATE * v. 1 Lose velocity; move more slowly. 2 Reduce the speed of.
WINTUN * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California. 2 A Copehan language spoken by the Wintun.
HERRICK * n. English lyric poet (1591-1674).
UNFAILING * s. 1 Not liable to failure. 2 Always able to supply more. 3 Unceasing.
IRON-TREE * n. A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape.
DISREGARDED * s. Not noticed inadvertently.
DESIROUS * a. Having or expressing desire for something.
DUBIETY * n. The state of being unsure of something.
SINGLE-LANE * a. (of roads) Having a single lane for traffic in both directions; when vehicles meet one must pull off the road to let the other pass.
CALICO * --n. Coarse cloth with a bright print. --a. Made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned. --s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
BANTOID * a. Relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu.
GODLESSNESS * n. Impiety by virtue of not being a godly person.
CENTERFIELD * n. 1 The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher. 2 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield.
GREEN * --n. 1 Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass. 2 A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. 3 United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952). 4 An environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party. --v. Turn or become green. --s. 1 Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass. 2 Looking pale and unhealthy. 3 Naive and easily deceived or tricked. --a. 1 Concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party. 2 Not fully developed or mature; not ripe.
PRICKLY * s. 1 Very irritable. 2 Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
SOLANUM * n. Type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet.
GODCHILD * n. An infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism.
RICEBIRD * n. 1 Migratory American songbird. 2 Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields.
DASYPUS * n. Type genus of the Dasypodidae.
DEPART * v. 1 Move away from a place into another direction. 2 Be at variance with; be out of line with. 3 Leave. 4 Go away or leave.
ENTER * v. 1 To come or go into. 2 Become a participant; be involved in. 3 Register formally as a participant or member. 4 Be or play a part of or in.
DOWNSHIFT * n. 1 A change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one. 2 A change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle.
GATLING * n. United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903).
PROBE * --n. 1 An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities. 2 A flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities. 3 An exploratory action or expedition. 4 An investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity. --v. 1 Question or examine thoroughly and closely. 2 Examine physically with or as if with a probe.
DEBILE * s. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
TRAGICOMICAL * s. 1 Manifesting both tragic and comic aspects. 2 Having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics.
DISTURBING * s. Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
FREETOWN * n. Port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.
SAG * --n. A shape that sags. --v. 1 Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. 2 Cause to sag.
IRRETRIEVABLE * s. Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome.
SWELLING * n. 1 An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. 2 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 3 The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).
OILSTOVE * n. Heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking.
INTERLOCUTOR * n. 1 The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk. 2 A person who takes part in a conversation.
REBUT * v. 1 Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof. 2 Prove to be false or incorrect.
ENTOMOPHTHORA * n. Type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects.
WATERLESS * s. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
ALIVE * --a. 1 Possessing life. 2 Having life or vigor or spirit. --s. 1 (often followed by `with') Full of life and spirit. 2 (followed by `to' or `of') Aware of. 3 In operation. 4 Mentally perceptive and responsive.
HOMOIOTHERMIC * s. Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature.
ADMINISTRIVIA * n. The tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization.
POLEMONIACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae.
SOUSED * s. Very drunk.
BOTTLE-FED * a. (of an infant) Given milk from a bottle.
MORN * n. The time period between dawn and noon.
POLARISATION * n. 1 The condition of having or giving polarity. 2 The phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration.
LYMPHOPOIESIS * n. The formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen.
TRIPPER * n. 1 (slang) Someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations. 2 A walker or runner who trips and almost falls. 3 A tourist who is visiting sights of interest. 4 A catch mechanism that acts as a switch.
NEPHROLITH * n. A calculus formed in the kidney.
HYDROLYSATE * n. A product of hydrolysis.
UNINJURED * a. Not injured physically or mentally.
BROTULIDAE * n. Chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae.
CENOGENESIS * n. Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).
ALTERNATIVELY * r. In place of, or as an alternative to.
TRIFURCATION * n. The act of splitting into three branches.
WAISTCOAT * n. A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat.
NUCLEOPROTEIN * n. Any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a nucleic acid.
BRACING * --n. A structural member used to stiffen a framework. --s. Imparting vitality and energy.
MORTICE * --n. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint. --v. 1 Cut a hole for a tenon in. 2 Join by a tenon and mortise.
SMALL-WINGED * s. Having small wings.
RHABDOSARCOMA * n. A highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle.
CONDONE * v. Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with.
CLOWDER * n. A group of cats.
SELF-IMPORTANCE * n. 1 An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. 2 An exaggerated opinion of your own importance.
WORRIMENT * n. A difficulty that causes anxiety.
PEPEROMIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage.
ACTIVISM * n. A policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal.
POORLY * --s. Somewhat ill or prone to illness. --r. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) In a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well.
LEAF * --n. 1 The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. 2 A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). 3 Hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door). --v. 1 Look through a book or other written material. 2 Turn over pages. 3 Produce leaves, of plants.
DISORIENTED * s. 1 Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity. 2 Socially disoriented.
SPERMICIDAL * a. Destructive to spermatozoa.
PALEO-AMERICAN * n. A member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch.
SUPREMACIST * n. A person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or racial group over all others.
PHOSPHOPROTEIN * n. Containing chemically bound phosphoric acid.
SPOT-WELDER * n. A welder who does spot welding.
SPUTTERING * n. The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.
UNSHOED * a. Not shod.
FIELDSMAN * n. A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting.
RAZE * v. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
TASTEBUD * n. An oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue.
SECTARIAN * --n. A member of a sect. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects. 2 Belonging to or characteristic of a sect.
JOLLY * --n. 1 A happy party. 2 A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work. --v. Be silly or tease one another. --s. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. --r. To certain extent or degree.
ALEPH-ZERO * n. The smallest infinite integer.
COOLIE * n. (ethnic slur) An offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer.
RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL * n. Pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy.
SYNCHRONY * n. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time.
MALOPTERURUS * n. Electric catfish.
ANTHILL * n. A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest.
LETTERCARD * n. A postcard that folds so the message is inside.
HALF-CENTURY * n. A period of 50 years.
PUTREFACTION * n. 1 A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor. 2 (biology) The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action. 3 Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.
INDIRECTNESS * n. Having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal.
CRISPIN * n. Patron saint of shoemakers; he and his brother were martyred for trying to spread Christianity (3rd century).
CENTAURIUM * n. Genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
CUMULUS * n. 1 A globular cloud. 2 A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
UNFEIGNED * s. Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed.
DUMPY * --a. Resembling a garbage dump. --s. 1 Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature. 2 Short and plump.
HEMING * n. English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630).
HARDLY * r. 1 Only a very short time before. 2 Almost not. 3 Slowly and with difficulty.
ANDROGYNOUS * a. 1 Relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance. 2 Having both male and female characteristics.
EIGHTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order.
OVERRECKONING * n. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
MYRIAGRAM * n. One ten thousandth of a centner.
WOLD * n. A tract of open rolling country (especially upland).
MIDNIGHT * n. 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
EXACTITUDE * n. The quality of being exact.
GANGPLANK * n. A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.
PATRICIAN * --n. 1 A person of refined upbringing and manners. 2 A member of the aristocracy. --s. 1 Befitting a person of noble origin. 2 Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
4-DIMENSIONAL * s. Involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time.
SADOMASOCHISM * n. Sadism and masochism combined in one person.
FIDDLER * n. 1 A musician who plays the violin. 2 Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner. 3 An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend.
BLAMEABLE * s. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
READOUT * n. 1 The output of a computer in readable form. 2 The information displayed or recorded on an electronic device. 3 An electronic device the displays information in a visual form.
MONK * n. 1 A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work. 2 United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982).
FIBREOPTIC * a. Of or relating to fiber optics.
YAWP * v. 1 Make a raucous noise. 2 Complain whiningly.
LAMBASTE * v. 1 Beat with a cane. 2 Censure severely or angrily.
RUN-THROUGH * n. An uninterrupted rehearsal.
PROSELYTISM * n. 1 The practice of proselytizing. 2 The state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel.
STEMLESS * a. 1 Not having a stem. 2 (of plants) Having no apparent stem above ground.
REMILITARISATION * n. The act of militarizing again.
TAX-EXEMPT * --n. A security that is not subject to taxation. --s. (of goods or funds) Not taxed.
CERVANTES * n. Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616).
DRAMA * n. 1 A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage. 2 An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional. 3 The literary genre of works intended for the theater. 4 The quality of being arresting or highly emotional.
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS * n. Failure to adhere to moral principles.
PERSIFLAGE * n. Light teasing.
HELVETICA * n. A typeface in which characters have no serifs.
AGGLOMERATOR * n. A device that causes material to gather into rounded balls.
EGOMANIA * n. An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs.
DETERMINER * n. 1 An argument that is conclusive. 2 One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases. 3 A determining or causal element or factor.
IDIOTICALLY * r. In an idiotic manner.
JEWISH * a. Of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion.
BOW * --n. 1 A knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces. 2 A slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments. 3 Front part of a vessel or aircraft. 4 A weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow. --v. 1 Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head. 2 Yield to another's wish or opinion. 3 Bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting. 4 Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.
UUH * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
ASURA * n. Earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura.
SARCOLEMMAL * a. Of or relating to the sarcolemma.
INCEPTION * n. An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events.
MICRON * n. A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.
BINATE * s. Growing in two parts or in pairs.
FORETOKEN * n. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
RECCE * n. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
TENSOR * n. 1 A generalization of the concept of a vector. 2 Any of several muscles that cause an attached structure to become tense or firm.
WORTHWHILENESS * n. Value sufficient to repay time or effort spent.
SCHEMATIZE * v. 1 Formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula. 2 Give conventional form to.
LUSTILY * r. In a healthy manner.
CONTRACTUALLY * r. By virtue of a contract.
HUNDRED-AND-NINETIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred eighty-five in counting order.
PATERNAL * --a. 1 Belonging to or inherited from one's father. 2 Characteristic of a father. 3 Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent. --s. Related on the father's side.
MECLIZINE * n. An antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness.
INVAGINATION * n. 1 The condition of being folded inward or sheathed. 2 The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface.
POWELL * n. 1 United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937). 2 English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969).
WARDROOM * n. Military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain).
STREEP * n. United States film actress (born in 1949).
DAPPLED * s. Having spots or patches of color.
FAEROES * n. 1 A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands. 2 A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands.
ERYNGIUM * n. Large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution.
PROGNATHIC * a. Having a projecting lower jaw.
CALLIPHORA * n. Type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies.
CUTTHROAT * --n. Someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat. --s. Ruthless in competition.
UNLIKE * a. 1 Marked by dissimilarity. 2 Not equal in amount.
ANATOMIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the structure of the body. 2 Of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms.
RHODES * n. 1 British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902). 2 A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes.
WEATHER-BOUND * s. Delayed or shut in by bad weather.
ANGIOTELECTASIA * n. Dilation and enlargement of arterioles.
GARRULINAE * n. Subfamily of the crow family: jays.
LOANING * n. Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.
VEXATIOUS * s. Causing irritation or annoyance.
TRANSLUCENCE * n. The quality of allowing light to pass diffusely.
BOONDOCKS * n. A remote and undeveloped area.
FALLBACK * n. To break off a military action with an enemy.
SOVIETISM * n. Soviet communism.
MAGNIFICATION * n. 1 The act of expanding something in apparent size. 2 The ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object. 3 Making to seem more important than it really is. 4 A photographic print that has been enlarged.
SPANGLED * s. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
IATROGENIC * s. Induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment).
FALSITY * n. 1 The state of being false or untrue. 2 A false statement.
UNSAY * v. Take back what one has said.
ELABORATENESS * n. 1 Marked by elaborately complex detail. 2 An ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated.
OX-EYED * s. Having large round eyes like those of an ox.
DISTRIBUTIONAL * a. Of or relating to spatial distribution.
VULNERABLY * r. In a vulnerable manner.
UNTAMED * a. In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated.
LATISH * s. Somewhat late.
PISCATORIAL * a. Relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing.
PLANOCONVEX * s. Flat on one side and convex on the other.
RHOMBOHEDRAL * s. Having threefold symmetry.
PONG * n. An unpleasant smell.
FEBRICITY * n. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
DENEB * n. The brightest star in Cygnus.
PAMPAS * n. The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina.
LETO * n. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology.
DISCHARGE * --n. 1 The sudden giving off of energy. 2 The act of venting. 3 A substance that is emitted or released. 4 Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body. --v. 1 Complete or carry out. 2 Pour forth or release. 3 Free from obligations or duties. 4 Remove the charge from.
TRIPLOID * s. Of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes.
WEIZENBOCK * n. A German wheat beer of bock strength.
PINSCHER * n. Any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped.
LONG-DISTANCE * --a. Of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call. --s. Covering a long distance.
SORCERER * n. One who practices magic or sorcery.
KATSUWONIDAE * n. In some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos.
MUSCULUS * n. One of the contractile organs of the body.
HERSCHEL * n. 1 English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871). 2 English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822).
LER * n. The sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr.
CLEAN-SHAVEN * s. Closely shaved recently.
AWNED * a. Having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
SUCKLE * v. 1 Suck milk from the mother's breasts. 2 Give suck to.
SPECIALISTIC * --a. Of or related to or characteristic of specialists. --s. Showing focused training.
PEDIGREE * --n. 1 The descendants of one individual. 2 Line of descent of a purebred animal. 3 Ancestry of a purebred animal. --s. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
BROCADED * s. Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery.
VENEER * --n. 1 Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood. 2 An ornamental coating to a building. --v. Cover with veneer.
PYEMIC * a. Of or relating to pyemia.
PRESSURE-WASH * v. Wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew.
SEISMOSAUR * n. Huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America.
SEANAD * n. The upper house of the parliament of the Irish Republic.
NERNST * n. German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941).
PITIABLY * r. In a manner arousing sympathy and compassion.
THAWED * s. 1 No longer frozen solid. 2 No longer frozen.
LULLI * n. French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687).
SOFTWOOD * n. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
ACTUATION * n. The act of propelling.
FERULE * n. A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children.
CYBERWAR * n. An assault on electronic communication networks.
ODONATA * n. Dragonflies and damselflies.
RUNUP * n. A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time.
CHECKBOOK * n. A book issued to holders of checking accounts.
APIA * n. The capital of Western Samoa.
RISK-FREE * s. Thought to be devoid of risk.
BLARING * --n. A loud harsh or strident noise. --s. Unpleasantly loud and penetrating.
CULIACAN * n. A city in northwestern Mexico.
PROCTOSCOPY * n. Visual examination of the rectum and the end of the colon by means of a proctoscope.
WELL-OFF * s. 1 In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich. 2 Fortunately situated.
PAPULOVESICLE * n. A papule that changes into a blister.
HIGH-SOUNDING * s. Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals).
ANGINA * n. 1 Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain. 2 A heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart.
BOBBYSOCKS * n. A sock that reaches just above the ankle.
BEDAMN * v. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.
RENT * --n. 1 A payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service. 2 An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. 3 The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. 4 The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. --v. 1 Let for money. 2 Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract. 3 Engage for service under a term of contract. 4 Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services.
LATTERLY * r. In the recent past.
JAMBOREE * n. A gay festivity.
MAJESTIC * s. 1 Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters. 2 Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. 3 Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
FAST-GROWING * s. Tending to spread quickly.
HETEROSIS * n. (genetics) The tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent.
DERMATOSCLEROSIS * n. An autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin.
NECESSITOUS * s. Poor enough to need help from others.
POLYDACTYL * a. Of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits.
TRAUMATIC * --a. Of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body. --s. Psychologically painful.
STRIKEBREAKER * n. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
HALLOWEEN * n. The evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people.
CHICO * n. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961).
SMOULDERING * s. Showing scarcely suppressed anger.
LOFTY * s. 1 Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. 2 Of imposing height; especially standing out above others. 3 Having or displaying great dignity or nobility.
VESPUCCI * n. Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512).
QUILTED * s. Made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching.
TSINE * n. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
DOD * n. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947.
DEFECATE * v. Have a bowel movement.
BACTEREMIA * n. Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood.
MORBILLIFORM * a. Of a rash that resembles that of measles.
TUPINAMBIS * n. Tejus.
RUNCH * n. Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits.
POLITICIAN * n. 1 A leader engaged in civil administration. 2 A person active in party politics. 3 A schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways.
VITALNESS * n. 1 The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without. 2 The quality of being essential to maintain life.
DYSGENIC * a. Pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced.
TANTRISM * n. 1 Movement within Buddhism combining elements of Hinduism and paganism. 2 Doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet.
SILURID * n. Old World freshwater catfishes having naked skin and a long anal fin more or less merged with the eellike caudal fin.
AETIOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the etiology of diseases.
OVERESTIMATION * n. 1 An appraisal that is too high. 2 A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
GROUNDSEL * n. Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers.
ANTITHESIS * n. 1 Exact opposite. 2 The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance.
STEENBOK * n. Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa.
CYTOGENETICAL * a. Of or relating to cytogenetics.
DISCURSIVENESS * n. The quality of being discursive.
CONSPICUOUS * --a. Obvious to the eye or mind. --s. Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious.
VINCA * n. Periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials.
REMINISCENTLY * r. In a reminiscent manner.
NIECE * n. A daughter of your brother or sister.
DESPOLIATION * n. The act of stripping and taking by force.
IRASCIBILITY * n. A feeling of resentful anger.
GOIDELIC * n. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
ONE-MAN * s. Designed for or restricted to a single person.
ZILCH * n. A quantity of no importance.
TROAT * v. Emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time.
SN * n. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide.
GANGRENOUS * s. Suffering from tissue death.
ACEROLA * n. 1 Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries. 2 Acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C.
EFFORTFUL * a. Requiring great physical effort.
SIDEREAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the stars or constellations. 2 (of divisions of time) Determined by daily motion of the stars.
NIEREMBERGIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers.
SPHINCTER * n. A ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening.
BRONTOSAUR * n. Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic.
RANGIFER * n. Reindeer or caribou.
MELAMPSORACEAE * n. Rust fungi.
STANDER * n. An organism (person or animal) that stands.
ANACYCLUS * n. A Spanish pellitory.
INSIDE-OUT * s. With the inside surface on the outside.
ASTERIDAE * n. A group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
GUESSING * n. An estimate based on little or no information.
HARBORAGE * n. (nautical) A place of refuge (as for a ship).
HAIRSPLITTER * n. A disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions.
REFLEXOLOGY * n. 1 The study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms. 2 Massage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body.
KRUGER * n. Boer statesman (1825-1904).
POLITENESS * n. 1 A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage. 2 The act of showing regard for others.
PERIODICAL * --n. A publication that appears at fixed intervals. --a. Happening or recurring at regular intervals.
BIOPSY * n. Examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease.
LEVANTINE * --n. (formerly) A native or inhabitant of the Levant. --a. Of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants.
CRAWDADDY * n. Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
REBELLIOUS * s. 1 Resisting control or authority. 2 Discontented as toward authority. 3 Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government.
FIGHT * --n. 1 A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war. 2 The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. 3 An aggressive willingness to compete. 4 An intense verbal dispute. --v. 1 Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight. 2 Fight against or resist strongly. 3 Make a strenuous or labored effort. 4 Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.
ICHTHYOSAURIDAE * n. Later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres.
LONG-LASTING * s. Existing for a long time.
CORYANTHES * n. Small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids.
UNASSISTED * --s. Unsupported by other people. --a. Lacking help.
DEMORALISING * s. Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
PULVERIZED * s. Consisting of fine particles.
UNWEAVE * v. Undo strands that have been woven together.
USSHER * n. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
LIPID * n. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates).
GULPER * n. A drinker who swallows large amounts greedily.
HAND-PICK * v. Pick personally and very carefully.
FRACTAL * n. (mathematics) A geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry.
DOWNSTAIRS * --a. On or of lower floors of a building. --r. On a floor below.
COELOGYNE * n. Any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black.
RUSHLIGHT * n. A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick.
SYNGNATHIDAE * n. Pipefishes.
CUTLET * n. Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled.
NEUROSPORA * n. Genus of fungi with black perithecia used extensively in genetic research; includes some forms with orange spore masses that cause severe damage in bakeries.
TRAITOROUSNESS * n. Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
TRUTHFULLY * r. With truth.
SEACOAST * n. The shore of a sea or ocean.
TAW * n. 1 The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 2 A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles.
INSTRUCT * v. 1 Impart skills or knowledge to. 2 Give instructions or directions for some task. 3 Make aware of.
POLYTHEISTIC * a. Worshipping or believing in more than one god.
APOLLINAIRE * n. French poet; precursor of surrealism (1880-1918).
OFF-SITE * a. Taking place or located away from the site.
CITIZENSHIP * n. 1 The status of a citizen with rights and duties. 2 Conduct as a citizen.
CARIOUS * s. (of teeth) Affected with cavities or decay.
POINTEDLY * r. In such a manner as to make something clearly evident.
MEGILP * n. A medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine.
STAR-THISTLE * n. Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America.
MUSTINESS * n. The quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy.
CONTAMINATE * v. 1 Make impure. 2 Make radioactive by adding radioactive material.
HITHERTO * r. Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.
WORDMONGER * n. A writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning.
GREATNESS * n. 1 The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence. 2 Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
MACADAMIZE * v. Surface with macadam.
KNUCKLEBALL * n. A baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin.
DECEMBER * n. The last (12th) month of the year.
KERFUFFLE * n. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
CAUL * n. 1 Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines. 2 The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).
MATRILINEALLY * r. By descent through the female line.
EGOIST * n. 1 A conceited and self-centered person. 2 A self-centered person with little regard for others.
CRISPNESS * n. 1 A pleasing firmness and freshness. 2 An expressive style that is direct and to the point. 3 Firm but easily broken.
AARE * n. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
AROUND * r. 1 In the area or vicinity. 2 By a circular or circuitous route. 3 Used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction. 4 In a circle or circular motion.
SANITATE * v. Provide with sanitary facilities or appliances.
PHENYLKETONURIA * n. A genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency.
CERTAIN * --s. 1 Definite but not specified or identified. 2 Reliable in operation or effect. 3 Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance. --a. 1 Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured. 2 Established beyond doubt or question; definitely known. 3 Certain to occur; destined or inevitable. 4 Established irrevocably.
SEMITONE * n. The musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument.
HEMOLYSIS * n. Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin.
PASTY * --n. 1 Small meat pie or turnover. 2 (usually used in the plural) One of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers. --s. 1 Resembling paste in color; pallid. 2 Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
WISCONSIN * n. 1 A tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin. 2 A midwestern state in north central United States.
INGENUOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of innocent naivete. 2 Openly straightforward or frank.
BRADSTREET * n. Poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672).
BESPECKLE * v. Mark with small spots.
SYNCHRONISE * v. 1 Happen at the same time. 2 Make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action. 3 Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur. 4 Operate simultaneously.
LITCHI * n. 1 Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium. 2 Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
NEMOPHILA * n. Any plant of the genus Nemophila.
UNHEARD-OF * s. Previously unknown.
MACERATE * v. 1 Separate into constituents by soaking. 2 Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking. 3 Soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result. 4 Cause to grow thin or weak.
PARIDAE * n. Titmice and chickadees.
VOLUMINOUSNESS * n. Greatness of volume.
PHOTOMECHANICAL * a. Of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing.
CHIOCOCCA * n. Shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World.
UNHESITATING * s. Characterized by quickness and firmness.
WISEACRE * n. An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.
BROCADOPA * n. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease.
AIDE-MEMOIRE * n. A memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications).
BLINKS * n. Small Indian lettuce of northern regions.
DICTATOR * n. 1 A speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine. 2 A ruler who is unconstrained by law. 3 A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner.
POTTO * n. 1 Arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail. 2 A kind of lemur.
LAUDANUM * n. Narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient.
DRAWL * --n. A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels. --v. Lengthen and slow down or draw out.
FOUR-IN-HAND * n. 1 A long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other. 2 A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver.
TENDER * --n. 1 Something that can be used as an official medium of payment. 2 Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. 3 A formal proposal to buy at a specified price. 4 Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water. --v. 1 Offer or present for acceptance. 2 Propose a payment. 3 Make a tender of; in legal settlements. 4 Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer. --a. 1 Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality. 2 Easy to cut or chew. 3 Physically untoughened. --s. 1 Hurting. 2 Young and immature. 3 Having or displaying warmth or affection. 4 (used of boats) Inclined to heel over easily under sail.
ACCOUNTANT * n. Someone who maintains and audits business accounts.
PLETHODONT * n. Mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water.
HODUR * n. (Norse mythology) A blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe.
PEROXIDASE * n. Any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide.
BALISTES * n. Type genus of the Balistidae.
LAKEFRONT * n. Land bordering a lake.
GLUCOSE * n. A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy.
UNCASE * v. Get undressed.
BOWLS * n. A bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack.
ACINIC * a. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
RHODOMONTADE * n. Vain and empty boasting.
NASTY * --a. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. --s. 1 Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent. 2 Characterized by obscenity. 3 Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter.
ROADBLOCK * n. 1 Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective. 2 A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc..
LATEX * n. 1 A milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air. 2 A water-base paint that has a latex binder.
LINGUALLY * r. With respect to language.
LUSTRELESS * s. 1 Lacking brilliance or vitality. 2 Lacking luster or shine.
CALCULATING * s. Acting with a specific goal.
CONGLUTINATION * n. 1 Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones. 2 The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
MOLOTHRUS * n. Cowbirds.
VANZETTI * n. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927).
TURAKOO * n. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
KSHATRIYA * n. A member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste.
SUPERMAN * n. 1 A person with great powers and abilities. 2 Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.
SPOILATION * n. The act of stripping and taking by force.
LASSO * --n. 1 Belgian composer (1532-1594). 2 A long noosed rope used to catch animals. --v. Catch with a lasso.
POSTGRADUATE * --n. A student who continues studies after graduation. --s. Of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree.
CVA * n. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
TENTHLY * r. (in enumerating something, such as topics or points of discussion) In the tenth place.
JITTER * n. 1 Small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources. 2 A small irregular movement.
HAEMATOCELE * n. Swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis).
SMALLER * s. Small or little relative to something else.
VOICED * a. Produced with vibration of the vocal cords.
CAUDALLY * r. Toward the posterior end of the body.
OAST * n. A kiln for drying hops.
GAUZY * s. So thin as to transmit light.
KBO * n. Any of many minor planets in the Kuiper belt outside the orbit of Neptune at the edge of the solar system.
GRIPSACK * n. A small suitcase.
TASSEL * n. Adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end.
BOBSLEDDING * n. Riding on a bobsled.
ENFORCED * a. Forced or compelled or put in force.
VEDANTA * n. (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') One of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas.
HAIRSPLITTING * --n. Making too fine distinctions of little importance. --s. Developed in excessively fine detail.
YEOMANRY * n. 1 Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land. 2 A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
SCUFFLE * --n. 1 Disorderly fighting. 2 A hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling. 3 An unceremonious and disorganized struggle. --v. 1 Walk by dragging one's feet. 2 Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters.
DISMANTLING * n. The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery).
QUARANTINE * --n. 1 Enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease. 2 Isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease. --v. Place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons.
SELF-ABSORPTION * n. Preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else.
ABLE * --a. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something. --s. 1 Have the skills and qualifications to do things well. 2 Having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity. 3 Having a strong healthy body.
ARABILITY * n. The quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation.
OSTENSIVE * s. 1 Manifestly demonstrative. 2 Represented or appearing as such; pretended.
APROPOS * --a. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. --r. 1 At an opportune time. 2 Introducing a different topic.
INTERPOSITION * n. 1 The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts. 2 The act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others.
SISSOO * n. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties.
CANID * n. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
CUSHION * --n. 1 A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses. 2 The layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle. 3 A soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.. --v. Protect from impact.
EXOTHERMAL * a. (of a chemical reaction or compound) Occurring or formed with the liberation of heat.
CONGENIALLY * r. In a congenial manner.
TRANSFORMED * s. Given a completely different form or appearance.
PATINIZE * v. Coat with a patina.
VIRCHOW * n. German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902).
ENCYCLOPEDIST * n. A person who compiles information for encyclopedias.
MANGLE * --n. Clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers. --v. 1 Press with a mangle. 2 Injure badly by beating. 3 Alter so as to make unrecognizable. 4 Destroy or injure severely.
VENIRE * n. (law) A group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen).
STILLNESS * n. 1 (poetic) Tranquil silence. 2 Calmness without winds. 3 A state of no motion or movement.
RASPUTIN * n. Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916).
DISHCLOTH * n. A cloth for washing dishes.
CHAROLAIS * n. Large white or cream-colored breed from France.
STUBBLY * s. Having a short growth of beard.
TUBULE * n. A small tube.
UNCAULKED * a. Not caulked or sealed.
INFORMERCIAL * n. A television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary.
OVERPOPULATE * v. Cause to have too great a population.
VEXED * s. 1 Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. 2 Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed.
PLATELIKE * s. As the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks.
ELECTRIFYING * s. Causing a surge of emotion or excitement.
KHUKURI * n. A curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal.
PLAYER * n. 1 A person who participates in or is skilled at some game. 2 Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession). 3 A theatrical performer. 4 A person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously.
BULL'S-EYE * n. A lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light.
TUXEDOED * s. Dressed in a tuxedo.
VOWER * n. Someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way.
REPP * n. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
INTEGRALLY * r. In an integral manner.
BOCCIE * n. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court.
UNREGULARITY * n. Not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals.
HYDROBATES * n. Type genus of the Hydrobatidae.
THIRTY-EIGHT * s. Being eight more than thirty.
CYCLOPTERIDAE * n. Lumpfishes.
TAPHOUSE * n. Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals.
CHABAD * n. 1 A large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study. 2 A form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement.
SELF-CONDEMNATION * n. An admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be.
SURPRISER * n. A captor who uses surprise to capture the victim.
OSCHEOCOELE * n. Swelling of the scrotum.
SPARAXIS * n. Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa.
HANDEL * n. 1 A prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759). 2 The music of Handel.
MORDACIOUS * s. 1 Capable of wounding. 2 Biting or given to biting.
PURPLE-TINGED * s. Of a color tinged with purple.
DIAPENSIALES * n. Used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae.
CHIVE * n. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
ROOTER * n. An enthusiastic devotee of sports.
STORERIA * n. A genus of Colubridae.
GLOSSY-FURRED * s. Having glossy hair.
GAOLBREAK * n. An escape from jail.
WELCHER * n. Someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager.
MASSASAUGA * n. 1 Small pygmy rattlesnake. 2 Pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians.
LADDER-PROOF * s. (of hosiery) Resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders.
FASCINATED * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
SCRAG * --n. 1 A person who is unusually thin and scrawny. 2 Lean end of the neck. 3 The lean end of a neck of veal. --v. 1 Strangle with an iron collar. 2 Wring the neck of.
COCKNEY * --n. 1 A native of the east end of London. 2 The nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London. --a. 1 Characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect. 2 Relating to or resembling a cockney.
SHARE * --n. 1 Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group. 2 Any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate. 3 The allotment of some amount by dividing something. 4 The effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result. --v. 1 Have in common. 2 Use jointly or in common. 3 Have, give, or receive a share of. 4 Give out as one's portion or share.
FLAGGING * --n. 1 Flagstones collectively. 2 A walk of flagstones. --s. Weak from exhaustion.
TELLURIUM * n. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold.
RUBICELLE * n. A yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel.
RUDELY * r. In an impolite manner.
DEFILER * n. A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment.
SHELVY * s. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
HARSH-VOICED * s. Having an unusually harsh sound.
HAPPENING * n. An event that happens.
DOUBTLESS * r. Without doubt; certainly.
WALK-UP * --n. 1 An apartment in a building without an elevator. 2 An apartment building without an elevator. --s. A building with no elevator.
TIC-TAC-TOE * n. A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does.
HYPOVOLEMIC * a. Of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood.
FLAVOURSOMENESS * n. Having an appetizing flavor.
COGNISANCE * n. Having knowledge of.
EDGAR * n. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975).
SLEAZY * s. 1 Of cloth; thin and loosely woven. 2 Of very poor quality; flimsy. 3 Morally degraded.
FOSTER-SISTER * n. Your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents.
EVALUATOR * n. An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality.
TURMOIL * n. 1 A violent disturbance. 2 Violent agitation. 3 Disturbance usually in protest.
SCAMPO * n. Caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster.
TRIPOS * n. Final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University.
FROSTINESS * n. 1 Coldness as evidenced by frost. 2 A silvery-white color.
OESTROGEN * n. A general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics.
NOBLE * --n. A titled peer of the realm. --s. 1 Impressive in appearance. 2 Inert especially toward oxygen. --a. 1 Of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times. 2 Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character.
GUERIDON * n. A small round table.
UNFORTUNATE * --n. A person who suffers misfortune. --a. 1 Not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune. 2 Not auspicious; boding ill. --s. Unsuitable or regrettable.
GOOSEBERRY * n. 1 Spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries. 2 Currant-like berry used primarily in jams and jellies.
VAUDEVILLIAN * n. A performer who works in vaudeville.
NATANTIA * n. Shrimp; prawns; etc..
UNPALATABLY * r. In an unpalatable way.
EXISTENT * a. 1 Having existence or being or actuality. 2 Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory. 3 Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible.
REASSAIL * v. Assail again.
MONOGYNIC * s. Having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines).
WHITLAVIA * n. Desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes.
RECONSIDERATION * n. 1 A consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision. 2 Thinking again about a choice previously made.
CIALIS * n. Virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
LEARNING * n. 1 The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge. 2 Profound scholarly knowledge.
SOLVATION * n. A chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound.
KEG * n. 1 The quantity contained in a keg. 2 Small cask or barrel.
SPECIALISM * n. 1 The concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation. 2 The special line of work you have adopted as your career.
SIGNATORY * n. Someone who signs and is bound by a document.
SALVADOR * n. A republic on the Pacific coast of Central America.
WORKS * n. 1 Buildings for carrying on industrial labor. 2 Everything available; usually preceded by `the'. 3 Performance of moral or religious acts. 4 The internal mechanism of a device.
FINGER-SPELL * v. Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language.
NONPROPRIETARY * a. Not protected by trademark or patent or copyright.
DISASTROUSLY * r. In a disastrous manner.
REWARDFUL * s. Offering or productive of reward.
CELESTA * n. A musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard.
CARILLONNEUR * n. A musician who plays a carillon.
CULDOSCOPE * n. A specialized endoscope for visually examining a woman's pelvic organs.
ATTACKING * s. Disposed to attack.
CLUBBY * s. 1 Effusively sociable. 2 Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
WORCESTER * n. 1 United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865). 2 An industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston. 3 A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn.
BAYAT * n. An oath of allegiance to an emir.
OVERCOAT * n. 1 A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter. 2 An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish).
HEW * v. 1 Make or shape as with an axe. 2 Strike with an axe; cut down, strike.
FCS * n. A cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers.
NIGHT-STOP * n. A break in a journey for the night.
OVERLAYER * n. Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior.
ARIOMMA * n. A genus of Stromateidae.
LATTER-DAY * s. Belonging to the present or recent times.
RANGER * n. 1 A member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier. 2 An official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest. 3 A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids.
MASSICOTITE * n. The mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment.
UNREPORTED * a. Not reported.
JUDGE * --n. 1 A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. 2 An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality. --v. 1 Determine the result of (a competition). 2 Form a critical opinion of. 3 Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). 4 Pronounce judgment on.
UNIRONED * a. (of linens or clothes) Not ironed.
NI-RESIST * n. Cast iron consisting of graphite in a matrix of austenite.
DOCK * --n. 1 An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial. 2 Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine. 3 A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. 4 A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded. --v. 1 Come into dock. 2 Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty. 3 Deduct from someone's wages. 4 Remove or shorten the tail of an animal.
IDOLATROUS * --a. Relating to or practicing idolatry. --s. Blindly or excessively devoted or adoring.
ENGRAULIS * n. Type genus of the family Engraulidae.
PREDICATIVE * a. Of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence.
WRECKED * s. Destroyed in an accident.
ECESIS * n. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
SOCIALISING * n. The act of meeting for social purposes.
MOLALITY * n. Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
FISSIPAROUS * s. 1 Reproducing by fission. 2 Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude.
KNOWING * --n. A clear and certain mental apprehension. --s. 1 Evidencing the possession of inside information. 2 Characterized by conscious design or purpose. 3 Alert and fully informed. 4 Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding.
APACHE * n. 1 Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma. 2 A Parisian gangster. 3 The language of the Apache.
MYSTIFICATION * n. 1 Confusion resulting from failure to understand. 2 Something designed to mystify or bewilder. 3 The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered.
PUDDING-FACE * n. A large fat human face.
MAN-TO-MAN * --s. 1 Forthright and honest. 2 Being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player. --r. Directly.
MULTILANE * a. (of roads and highways) Having two or more lanes for traffic.
TRIGLIDAE * n. In some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins).
LEMAIREOCEREUS * n. Tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit.
PILFER * v. Make off with belongings of others.
INTERSPERSION * n. The act of combining one thing at intervals among other things.
CONSTANTINOPLE * n. 1 The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church. 2 The council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches. 3 The sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human. 4 The fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic.
SWIG * --n. A large and hurried swallow. --v. 1 Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat. 2 To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught.
ROYALISM * n. Adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government.
NASOPHARYNGEAL * a. Of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx.
APPROBATIVE * s. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.
LANKINESS * n. A tall and thin physique.
ANORCHIA * n. Absence of one of both testes.
POLYNOMIAL * --n. A mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms. --a. Having the character of a polynomial.
ECK * n. A German Roman Catholic theologian who was an indefatigable opponent of Martin Luther (1486-1543).
BLUE-GREEN * s. Of a bluish shade of green.
PORCELAIN * n. Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic.
ATTRACT * v. 1 Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes. 2 Be attractive to. 3 Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.
JULEP * n. Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice.
HAULING * n. The activity of transporting goods by truck.
ROOTLESS * s. Wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community.
ANGLICAN * --n. A Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church.
CALISTHENIC * a. Of or relating to calisthenics.
DEMURRAL * n. (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings.
PERMEABLE * a. Allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through.
REMUNERATED * s. Receiving or eligible for compensation.
ARTIFACT * n. A man-made object taken as a whole.
TUG-OF-WAR * n. 1 Any hard struggle between equally matched groups. 2 A contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses.
CHECHENIA * n. An autonomous republic in southwestern Russia in the northern Caucasus Mountains bordering on Georgia; declared independence from the USSR in 1991 but Russian troops invaded and continue to prosecute a relentless military campaign in the largely Muslim republic.
REDCOAT * n. British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution).
POLIANTHES * n. Genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae.
BOLERO * n. 1 Music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance. 2 A short jacket; worn mostly by women. 3 A Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets.
SOUTHEASTWARD * --n. The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees. --s. Toward the southeast. --r. In a southeastward direction.
BOXLIKE * s. Resembling a box in rectangularity.
SLUE * v. 1 Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. 2 Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
INTERPLAY * n. Reciprocal action and reaction.
ACADEMICIAN * n. 1 Someone elected to honorary membership in an academy. 2 A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation. 3 An educator who works at a college or university.
NIGHTFALL * n. The time of day immediately following sunset.
PURPLE-RED * s. Of red tinged with purple.
GREEN-WHITE * s. Of white flowers tinged with green.
HIGHJACKER * n. 1 Someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination. 2 A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it.
SAINTHOOD * n. 1 Saints collectively. 2 The status and dignity of a saint.
SAMOVAR * n. A metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea.
SOCIALISER * n. A person who takes part in social activities.
PERISH * v. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
COCKSURENESS * n. Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant.
CONSTELLATE * v. 1 Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs. 2 Come together as in a cluster or flock. 3 Form a constellation or cluster.
ABSEIL * --n. (mountaineering) A descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body. --v. Descend by means of a rappel.
CARBONATE * --n. A salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3). --v. 1 Turn into a carbonate. 2 Treat with carbon dioxide.
PUTOUT * n. An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout).
HESPERIAN * s. Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere.
SKINNED * a. Having skin of a specified kind.
ASHCAKE * n. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern).
SARCOSINE * n. A sweetish crystalline amino acid.
SCHIZOCARP * n. A dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed.
UNTIED * --a. 1 Not tied. 2 With laces not tied. --s. Not bound by shackles and chains.
PERFIDY * n. 1 Betrayal of a trust. 2 An act of deliberate betrayal.
PULL-UP * n. 1 A roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers. 2 An arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar.
ANAPSID * n. Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles.
PROSTHEON * n. Craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla.
SCREW-LOOSE * s. Not behaving normally.
CHORAL * --n. A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune. --a. Related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir.
GWYNN * n. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
PSYCHOANALYST * n. A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis.
SCOUT * --n. 1 A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. 2 A Boy Scout or Girl Scout. 3 Someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports). 4 Someone who can find paths through unexplored territory. --v. Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
BATNA * n. A town in north central Algeria.
WOODGRAINING * n. A texture like that of wood.
PARALDEHYDE * n. A colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent.
OBJECTIVE * --n. 1 The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable). 2 The lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed. --a. 1 Undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena. 2 Serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes. --s. 1 Emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation. 2 Belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events.
HUSAYN * n. 1 Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937). 2 King of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999).
PROCYCLIDINE * n. Drug (trade name Kemadrin) used to reduce tremors in Parkinsonism.
SEROSA * n. A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid.
SAMARITAN * n. A member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times.
CHARACTERISE * v. 1 Be characteristic of. 2 Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.
MONGOOSE * n. Agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents.
COUNTRYMAN * n. 1 A man from your own country. 2 A man who lives in the country and has country ways.
RIEMANN * n. Pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866).
CONGESTION * n. 1 Excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part. 2 Excessive crowding.
BALE * --n. 1 A large bundle bound for storage or transport. 2 A city in northwestern Switzerland. --v. Make into a bale.
PLURALISM * n. 1 A social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated. 2 The doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements. 3 The practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time.
CHEEKY * s. Offensively bold.
UNSORTED * s. 1 Not arranged according to size. 2 Not categorized or sorted.
KOINONIA * n. Christian fellowship or communion with God or with fellow Christians; said in particular of the early Christian community.
ASTROLOGIST * n. Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon.
SIXER * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
POLYPUS * n. A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.
FUNGICIDAL * a. Capable of destroying fungi.
SCULPTURER * n. An artist who creates sculptures.
VELODROME * n. A banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing.
UNCONQUERABLE * --a. Not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome. --s. Incapable of being surmounted or excelled.
DISEMBOWEL * v. Remove the entrails of.
UNDERRUN * v. 1 Run or pass below. 2 Haul onto a boat.
MICROCHIP * n. Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit.
SPITTLEBUG * n. Small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete.
EURYPTERIDA * n. Extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic.
UNIONIST * n. A worker who belongs to a trade union.
EATABLE * --n. Any substance that can be used as food. --a. Suitable for use as food.
PERVERSELY * r. 1 Deliberately deviant. 2 In a contrary disobedient manner.
STARKERS * s. (British informal) Stark naked.
EXTANT * a. Still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.
JUDGESHIP * n. The position of judge.
LONGEST * r. For the most time.
SUPEREGO * n. (psychoanalysis) That part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience.
STILLBIRTH * n. A natural loss of the products of conception.
REMOTE * --n. A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance. --s. 1 Located far away spatially. 2 Very unlikely. 3 Separate or apart in time. 4 Inaccessible and sparsely populated. --a. Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship.
EXOCARP * n. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
PEPLUS * n. A garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist.
UNNUMBERABLE * s. Too numerous to be counted.
HULLABALOO * n. Disturbance usually in protest.
TRIOLEIN * n. A naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
UREMIA * n. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
NUDISM * n. Going without clothes as a social practice.
FIFTEENTH * --n. Position 15 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position.
COLONIAL * --n. A resident of a colony. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony. 2 Of animals who live in colonies, such as ants. --s. Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony.
TEARING * --n. Shedding tears. --s. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.
NONCARBONATED * s. Not having carbonation.
CHOCK-A-BLOCK * r. As completely as possible.
FLEDGELESS * s. (of an arrow) Not equipped with feathers.
CHUTZPAH * n. (Yiddish) Unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.
ADLUMIA * n. One species: climbing fumitory.
HEAVENLY * a. 1 Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven. 2 Of or relating to the sky. 3 Of or belonging to heaven or god.
SCRUNCH * --n. A crunching noise. --v. 1 Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants. 2 Sit on one's heels. 3 Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic.
ORGANDY * n. A sheer stiff muslin.
FAR-FAMED * s. Widely known and esteemed.
ELEPHANTINE * s. Of great mass; huge and bulky.
ARTSD * n. An honorary arts degree.
MATERIAL * --n. 1 The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. 2 Information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form. 3 Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers. 4 Things needed for doing or making something. --s. 1 Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests. 2 Concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being. --a. 1 Derived from or composed of matter. 2 Directly relevant to a matter especially a law case. 3 Having material or physical form or substance. 4 Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.
OVERACTIVITY * n. Excessive activity.
STIMULATION * n. 1 The act of arousing an organism to action. 2 Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. 3 (physiology) The effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.). 4 Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse.
REDETERMINE * v. Fix, find, or establish again.
NIPR * n. A clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002.
SCORCH * --n. 1 A surface burn. 2 A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues. 3 A discoloration caused by heat. --v. 1 Make very hot and dry. 2 Become superficially burned. 3 Destroy completely by or as if by fire. 4 Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
HAUSEN * n. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas.
NUCLEOLUS * n. A small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis.
WATERWORN * s. (of rocks especially) Worn smooth by the action of water.
OCCASION * --n. 1 An event that occurs at a critical time. 2 A vaguely specified social event. 3 Reason. 4 The time of a particular event. --v. Give occasion to.
WHEEZINESS * n. Presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis).
PERSONALTY * n. Movable property (as distinguished from real estate).
AMPHIUMA * n. Aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States.
ATMOSPHERICAL * a. Relating to or located in the atmosphere.
OSTEOTOMY * n. Surgical sectioning of bone.
SORTIE * n. 1 A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position. 2 (military) An operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation).
BACHELORHOOD * n. 1 The time of a man's life prior to marriage. 2 The state of being an unmarried man.
HUYGENS * n. Dutch physicist who first formulated the wave theory of light (1629-1695).
DANDIFIED * s. Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner.
PARGETRY * n. Ornamental plasterwork.
CHIRR * v. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
DISDAINFULLY * r. 1 In a proud and domineering manner. 2 Without respect; in a disdainful manner.
DYSCHEZIA * n. Difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate).
INSANENESS * n. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
CATALYSE * v. Change by catalysis or cause to catalyze.
ROUTEMARCH * n. A long training march for troops.
UNCOMPREHENSIBLE * a. Difficult to understand.
TUNELESS * a. Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune.
JINNEE * n. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
ATROPHEDEMA * n. Recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs.
DACTYLORHIZA * n. Genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa.
SULTAN * n. The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire).
DISUSED * s. No longer in use.
RENT-A-CAR * n. A rented car.
PANICLE * n. Compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers.
CHIT-CHAT * --n. Light informal conversation for social occasions. --v. Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
HORSEFLY * n. 1 Winged fly parasitic on horses. 2 Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
UNMECHANISED * s. Not mechanized.
GASTROSTOMY * n. Surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage).
KITCHENER * n. British field marshal (1850-1916).
GRAPHOLOGY * n. The study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition).
TOWNSENDIA * n. Genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy.
FLAGROOT * n. Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots.
SHOE * --n. 1 Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. 2 (card games) A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time. 3 U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof. 4 A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation. --v. Furnish with shoes.
HYMENANTHERA * n. A genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand.
SOUCHONG * n. A fine quality of black tea native to China.
IMPOSSIBLE * --n. Something that cannot be done. --a. Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with. --s. 1 Totally unlikely. 2 (used of persons or their behavior) Not acceptable or reasonable.
ADORNED * a. Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
AMPHIDIPLOID * n. (genetics) An organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent.
TENDENCY * n. 1 An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. 2 An inclination to do something. 3 A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect. 4 A general direction in which something tends to move.
TRITIUM * n. A radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms.
MORBIFIC * s. Able to cause disease.
STAIRWELL * n. A vertical well around which there is a stairway.
OBSERVABLE * s. Capable of being seen or noticed.
TEAKETTLE * n. Kettle for boiling water to make tea.
MANAMA * n. The capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island.
HOOTER * n. 1 Informal terms for the nose. 2 A device on an automobile for making a warning noise. 3 Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
XEROPHYTIC * s. Adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment.
AKIMBO * --s. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body. --r. With hands on hips and elbows extending outward.
PORK-FISH * n. Black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil.
MASSACHUSETTS * n. 1 A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies. 2 A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay. 3 One of the British colonies that formed the United States. 4 The Algonquian language of the Massachuset.
GLUTETHIMIDE * n. Sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders.
LITTORINIDAE * n. Periwinkles.
TAMARIX * n. Genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia.
HANDSPRING * n. An acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again.
HOOP * --n. 1 A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt. 2 A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling. 3 A small arch used as croquet equipment. 4 Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball. --v. Bind or fasten with a hoop.
RESPECT * --n. 1 (usually preceded by `in') A detail or point. 2 The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded). 3 An attitude of admiration or esteem. 4 A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard. --v. 1 Regard highly; think much of. 2 Show respect towards.
RAUWOLFIA * n. 1 Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina. 2 Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives.
CERISE * --n. A red the color of ripe cherries. --s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
INTANGIBLENESS * n. The quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch.
SPHYRNA * n. Type genus of the Sphyrnidae.
CALCIFUGOUS * a. Growing or living in acid soil.
TADZHIK * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China. 2 A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet. 3 An ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China. 4 The Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan.
UNSPECIFIED * a. Not stated explicitly or in detail.
PLUM * --n. 1 Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone. 2 Any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit. 3 A highly desirable position or assignment. --r. 1 Exactly. 2 Completely; used as intensifiers.
TUSKER * n. Any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar).
ICTALURUS * n. Channel catfishes.
EXANTHEM * n. Eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease.
OUTRIGGED * s. Rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc.
LANDMARK * n. 1 The position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape. 2 An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend. 3 A mark showing the boundary of a piece of land. 4 An anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken.
AGRICULTURAL * --a. Relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming. --s. Relating to farming or agriculture.
MB * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits. 2 A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes. 3 A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes. 4 (a British degree) A bachelor's degree in medicine.
TREENAIL * n. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast.
KHALKHA * n. 1 The Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia. 2 The language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic.
OUTSIZE * --n. An unusual garment size (especially one that is very large). --s. Larger than normal for its kind.
CAMPHORWEED * n. Aromatic plant of western United States.
VIOSTEROL * n. A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets.
CAVIL * --n. An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections. --v. Raise trivial objections.
SANDBURG * n. United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967).
PERCEPTUALLY * r. With regard to perception.
DIVALENT * a. Having a valence of two or having two valences.
BALTIMORE * n. The largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center.
DRUGGET * n. A rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling.
AVOWED * s. Openly declared as such.
ERIS * n. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord; sister of Ares.
MUNTJAC * n. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
SILVERWORKER * n. Someone who makes or repairs articles of silver.
TAJIK * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China. 2 A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet. 3 An ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China. 4 The Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan.
STOPPAGE * n. 1 The state of inactivity following an interruption. 2 An obstruction in a pipe or tube. 3 The act of stopping something.
ALTHAEA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea.
GLANDERS * n. A destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans.
GARIBALDI * n. 1 Italian patriot whose conquest of Sicily and Naples led to the formation of the Italian state (1807-1882). 2 A loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers.
CAMPANIA * n. A region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia.
SORTITION * n. Making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn.
SPIKENARD * n. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
DRYER * n. An appliance that removes moisture.
FARINA * n. Fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings.
BLOODCURDLING * s. Extremely alarming.
CONTRADANCE * --n. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line. --v. Perform a contradance.
LOCKUP * n. 1 Jail in a local police station. 2 The act of locking something up to protect it.
DOPPELGANGER * n. A ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart.
STUNT * --n. 1 A difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention. 2 A creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth. --v. 1 Check the growth or development of. 2 Perform a stunt or stunts.
WHEEL * --n. 1 A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines). 2 A handwheel that is used for steering. 3 Forces that provide energy and direction. 4 A circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel. --v. 1 Change directions as if revolving on a pivot. 2 Wheel somebody or something. 3 Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. 4 Ride a bicycle.
UNAPPETIZINGNESS * n. The property of spoiling the appetite.
AUTOLOGOUS * a. Derived from organisms of the selfsame individual.
INCIDENCE * n. 1 The relative frequency of occurrence of something. 2 The striking of a light beam on a surface.
UNCONQUERED * s. Not conquered.
UNDERBRED * s. 1 (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace. 2 Of inferior or mixed breed.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD * s. Five years of age.
SENSELESS * s. 1 Not marked by the use of reason. 2 Unresponsive to stimulation. 3 Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. 4 (of especially persons) Lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
UNRECOGNISED * s. 1 Not having a secure reputation. 2 Not recognized.
ARUBA * n. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
HONOURABLENESS * n. The quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor.
CHRYSOMELIDAE * n. Leaf beetles.
NONRECIPROCAL * a. Not reciprocal.
SEMI-AUTOMATISE * v. Make semiautomatic.
IRATE * s. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
T-SHIRT * n. A close-fitting pullover shirt.
ALLOMETRIC * a. Relating to or marked by allometry.
REHNQUIST * n. United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924).
ESTROGENIC * a. Relating to or caused by estrogen.
SHAMEFACEDLY * r. In a shamefaced manner.
SPODE * n. 1 English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827). 2 A brand of fine English porcelain.
TYMPANOPLASTY * n. Surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear.
PAROUSIA * n. (Christian theology) The reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment.
SCELOGLAUX * n. A genus of Strigidae.
PENNONCELLE * n. A small pennant borne on a lance.
VULCANIZED * s. (used of rubber) Treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity).
NONFICTIONAL * a. Not fictional.
MUSCICAPA * n. Type genus of the Muscicapidae.
TULOSTOMATALES * n. An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes.
UNFILLED * a. Of purchase orders that have not been filled.
POSSESSIVENESS * n. Excessive desire to possess or dominate.
SELF-SUGGESTION * n. A system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
POTENTIATION * n. (medicine) The synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously.
DIENCEPHALON * n. The posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon.
SCOLOPENDRIUM * n. A fern thought to resemble a millipede.
VIDEOTAPE * --n. 1 A video recording made on magnetic tape. 2 A relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound. --v. Record on videotape.
CINDERELLA * n. 1 A woman whose merits were not been recognized but who then achieves sudden success and recognition. 2 A fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince.
PTOLEMAIC * --a. Of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy. --s. Of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system.
BUCHNER * n. German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation and discovered zymase (1860-1917).
MULTI-COLOUR * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
MOSS * n. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
UNCHARITABLE * a. Lacking love and generosity.
DECARBONISE * v. Remove carbon from (an engine).
CORNFLOUR * n. Starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.
BULLISH * s. Expecting a rise in prices.
COMMUNAL * --s. For or by a group rather than individuals. --a. Relating to a small administrative district or community.
ROADMAN * n. 1 A salesman who travels to call on customers. 2 A workman who is employed to repair roads.
BLOODMOBILE * n. A motor vehicle equipped to collect blood donations.
ADJUSTER * n. One who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement.
HEXED * s. (usually used colloquially) Causing or accompanied by misfortune.
NOTIFIABLE * s. Requiring that official notification be given.
COURTING * n. A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
TEACUPFUL * n. As much as a teacup will hold.
TIC * n. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
SEMINARIAN * n. A student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary).
DERISORILY * r. In a disrespectful and mocking manner.
INTERCELLULAR * a. Located between cells.
RECONDITENESS * n. 1 Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound. 2 The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand.
SHAITAN * n. (Islam) A rebellious jinni who leads men astray.
AGNATIC * s. Related on the father's side.
ELINVAR * n. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
UNWHOLESOME * a. Detrimental to physical or moral well-being.
RETICENTLY * r. With reticence; in a reticent manner.
BAR * --n. 1 A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter. 2 A counter where you can obtain food or drink. 3 A rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon. 4 Musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats. --v. 1 Prevent from entering; keep out. 2 Render unsuitable for passage. 3 Expel, as if by official decree. 4 Secure with, or as if with, bars.
SHRIVELLED * s. 1 (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture. 2 Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. 3 Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity.
UNCLIMBABLE * --a. Incapable of being ascended. --s. Incapable of being surmounted or climbed.
LOGE * n. 1 Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine. 2 Private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance.
HUM-VEE * n. A high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive.
WHOOP * --n. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement. --v. 1 Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm. 2 Cough spasmodically.
CATCLAW * n. Erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida.
DOUSE * v. 1 Put out, as of a candle or a light. 2 Wet thoroughly. 3 Dip into a liquid. 4 Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.
VARANUS * n. Type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae.
ELOPE * v. Run away secretly with one's beloved.
REVERSIONER * n. (law) A party who is entitled to an estate in reversion.
UNSUSPECTED * a. Not suspected or believed likely.
CHEWING * n. Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.
DOWNWARDLY * r. Spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position.
BIG-TICKET * s. Very expensive.
SEALED * --a. 1 Established irrevocably. 2 Closed or secured with or as if with a seal. --s. 1 Undisclosed for the time being. 2 Determined irrevocably. 3 Having been paved. 4 Covered with a waterproof coating.
BERZELIUS * n. Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848).
TRICHOBEZOAR * n. A compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur).
SOLICITOR * n. 1 A petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes. 2 A British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents.
UNDISCHARGED * s. 1 Owed as a debt. 2 Still capable of exploding or being fired.
MISLEADINGLY * r. In a misleading way.
SPOONBILL * n. Wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon.
ARTEFACT * n. A man-made object taken as a whole.
FOULNESS * n. 1 Disgusting wickedness and immorality. 2 A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse. 3 (of weather) The badness of the weather. 4 The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.
CYRTOMIUM * n. Small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae.
HEX * --n. An evil spell. --v. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something. --a. Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base.
BAEDEKER * n. 1 German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859). 2 Any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker.
ADMIRER * n. 1 A person who backs a politician or a team etc.. 2 A person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves. 3 Someone who admires a young woman.
NITPICK * v. Be overly critical; criticize minor details.
RITE * n. 1 An established ceremony prescribed by a religion. 2 Any customary observance or practice.
ALLOMETRY * n. The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole.
PEDAGOGICS * n. The principles and methods of instruction.
ACROGENOUS * a. Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
JACONET * n. A lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages.
CICHLIDAE * n. Cichlids.
OVERLYING * s. Placed on or over something else.
EPSILON * n. The 5th letter of the Greek alphabet.
MORGEN * n. A South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres.
LOGOGRAMMATICALLY * r. By means of logograms.
STREAMLINED * s. 1 Made efficient by stripping off nonessentials. 2 Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow.
MIHRAB * n. 1 (Islam) A design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca. 2 (Islam) A niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.
POSTERITY * n. 1 All of the offspring of a given progenitor. 2 All future generations.
MARQUIS * n. 1 Humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937). 2 Nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count.
NOMA * n. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children.
INCULPATE * v. Suggest that someone is guilty.
ALLERGENIC * a. Relating to or having the effect of an allergen.
CONSUBSTANTIAL * a. Regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity).
ESTABLISHED * --a. Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established. --s. 1 Settled securely and unconditionally. 2 Conforming with accepted standards. 3 Shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt. 4 Introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation.
KALMIA * n. Any plant of the genus Kalmia.
SHRUBLET * n. Dwarf shrub.
DECAFFEINATE * v. Remove caffeine from (coffee).
PODARGUS * n. Type genus of the Podargidae.
MANIACAL * s. Wildly disordered.
WRANGLE * --n. 1 An angry dispute. 2 An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining). --v. 1 To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively. 2 Herd and care for.
FIDDLE-FADDLE * n. Trivial nonsense.
EASTERNER * n. An inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S..
INCESSANT * s. Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
DITHER * --n. An excited state of agitation. --v. 1 Act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain. 2 Make a fuss; be agitated.
PLUVIALIS * n. Golden plovers.
OILED * a. Treated with oil.
PUDDLE * --n. 1 A mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry. 2 A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid. 3 Something resembling a pool of liquid. --v. 1 Wade or dabble in a puddle. 2 Subject to puddling or form by puddling. 3 Dip into mud before planting. 4 Work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud.
PABIR * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
SELJUK * --n. Any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders. --a. Of or relating to the Seljuks.
ARCHBISHOP * n. A bishop of highest rank.
PARKED * a. That have been left.
EMINENTLY * r. In an eminent manner.
SOOTINESS * n. The state of being dirty with soot.
LASHER * n. A driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip.
WANK * --n. Slang for masturbation. --v. Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation.
SCRAGGLY * s. 1 Ragged, thin, or untidy in appearance. 2 Being very thin.
KITAMBILLA * n. 1 A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India. 2 Maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
HOTPLATE * n. A portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm.
OUTBUILDING * n. A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building.
JOCUNDITY * n. A feeling facetious merriment.
POMACENTRIDAE * n. Damselfishes.
SPHENISCIDAE * n. Comprising all existing penguins.
YAWNING * --n. An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom. --s. 1 Gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something. 2 With the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness. 3 Showing lack of attention or boredom.
DISHONOURABLE * a. Lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor.
SPEAKERPHONE * n. A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker; can be used without picking up a handset; several people can participate in a call at the same time.
LYCOPENE * n. Carotenoid that makes tomatoes red; may lower the risk of prostate cancer.
CO-DEFENDANT * n. A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action.
PRAGMATISM * n. 1 (philosophy) The doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value. 2 The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.
PROFITLESS * s. Without profit or reward.
EXPRESSION * n. 1 The feelings expressed on a person's face. 2 Expression without words. 3 The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions. 4 A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
ENTEROSTENOSIS * n. Abnormal narrowing of the intestine.
MICROEVOLUTION * n. Evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies.
INTERSECTION * n. 1 A point where lines intersect. 2 A junction where one street or road crosses another. 3 A point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations. 4 The set of elements common to two or more sets.
MADAM * n. 1 A woman of refinement. 2 A woman who runs a house of prostitution.
MISTER * n. A form of address for a man.
LOADSTAR * n. 1 Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy. 2 Something that serves as a model or guide.
ULANOVA * n. Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998).
NEAR-BLIND * s. Having greatly reduced vision.
ADROITNESS * n. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.
AQUICULTURE * n. A technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.
RETRANSLATE * v. Translate again.
SUNSCREEN * n. A cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn.
EXOTIC * s. 1 Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world. 2 Strikingly strange or unusual.
FACED * a. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination.
ROGUISHLY * r. 1 Like a dishonest rogue. 2 In a playfully roguish manner.
CAROLEAN * a. Of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England.
KOK-SAGYZ * n. Perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content.
MICROPYLE * n. Minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters.
DONG * --n. The basic unit of money in Vietnam. --v. Go `ding dong', like a bell.
PERCUSSION * n. 1 The act of playing a percussion instrument. 2 The act of exploding a percussion cap. 3 The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments. 4 Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes.
COSSET * v. Treat with excessive indulgence.
SUNDRY * s. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds.
REFRESHMENT * n. 1 Snacks and drinks served as a light meal. 2 Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation.
FECES * n. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
BETTER-LOOKING * s. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
TOOSHIE * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
GAEL * n. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
AILUROPODIDAE * n. In some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas.
GRUBSTAKE * --n. Funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits. --v. Supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits.
INCOMPARABLY * r. In an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree.
ENTERPRISE * n. 1 A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness). 2 An organization created for business ventures. 3 Readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
HIEROCRACY * n. A ruling body composed of clergy.
MALDIVES * n. 1 A republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965. 2 A group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean.
SOIL-BUILDING * s. (of crops) Planted to improve the quality of the soil.
SOLICITOUS * s. 1 Full of anxiety and concern. 2 Showing hovering attentiveness.
DOROTHEANTHUS * n. A caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus.
UNEATABLE * a. Not suitable for food.
EINSTEINIAN * a. Of or relating to Albert Einstein or his theories.
SCROTUM * n. The external pouch that contains the testes.
DOUBLE-CHINNED * s. Having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.
ABORT * --n. The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed. --v. 1 Terminate before completion. 2 Cease development, die, and be aborted. 3 Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.
MEUSE * n. 1 A European river; flows into the North Sea. 2 An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11.
GRAMINALES * n. Grasses; sedges; rushes.
GOLD-PLATE * v. Plate with gold.
HOOKNOSE * n. A nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge.
BICYCLING * n. Riding a bicycle.
HERR * n. 1 A German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English. 2 A German courtesy title or form of address for a man.
CHROMOSOMAL * a. Of or relating to a chromosome.
LADEN * --v. 1 Remove with or as if with a ladle. 2 Fill or place a load on. --s. 1 Filled with a great quantity. 2 Burdened psychologically or mentally.
NEUROBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system.
CALIBRE * n. 1 A degree or grade of excellence or worth. 2 Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.
PARKS * n. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913).
SELF-FERTILIZED * s. Fertilized by its own pollen.
SERVOMECHANISM * n. Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system.
RANCIDNESS * n. The property of being rancid.
INCENDIARY * --n. 1 A criminal who illegally sets fire to property. 2 A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel). --a. Involving deliberate burning of property. --s. 1 Arousing to action or rebellion. 2 Capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily.
GEODESICAL * a. Of or relating to or determined by geodesy.
VOMER * n. Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum.
PHYLLOXERA * n. Type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice.
ATHINAI * n. The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess).
SPITBALL * n. 1 A projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere. 2 An illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it.
CHRONIC * --a. Being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering. --s. 1 Of long duration. 2 Habitual.
COMPARE * --n. Qualities that are comparable. --v. 1 Examine and note the similarities or differences of. 2 Be comparable. 3 Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. 4 To form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb.
TWITTERER * n. A bird that twitters.
UNNATURALIZED * s. Not having acquired citizenship.
PLAYFUL * a. Full of fun and high spirits.
ITEM-BY-ITEM * s. Separate and distinct from others of the same kind.
PHALANGITIS * n. Inflammation of a finger or toe.
HOMOCYCLIC * s. Containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms.
BERKSHIRE * n. A county in southern England.
GEAR * --n. 1 A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion. 2 Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed. 3 A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle). 4 Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.. --v. Set the level or character of.
BOOZE-UP * n. Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party.
GRACILLARIIDAE * n. Leaf miners.
INTRANET * n. A restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software.
ELL * n. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
UNFRAMED * a. Not provided with a frame.
CARCINOMA * n. Any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer.
ACHROMATISM * n. The visual property of being without chromatic color.
ONCOMING * --n. The beginning or early stages. --s. Moving toward one.
EMMENTHAL * n. Swiss cheese with large holes.
GASEOUS * a. Existing as or having characteristics of a gas.
CASTILIAN * n. The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.
TALLBOY * n. A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs.
MISSIVE * n. A written message addressed to a person or organization.
CREDENDUM * n. (Christianity) Any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided.
BASTER * n. 1 A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy. 2 A sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches. 3 A tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat.
UNWEARABLE * a. Not suitable for wear or able to be worn.
HYPNOANALYSIS * n. The use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis.
HYSTEROTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section).
STRATOSPHERE * n. The atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere.
MIX * --n. 1 A commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients. 2 An event that combines things in a mixture. 3 The act of mixing together. --v. 1 Mix together different elements. 2 Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups. 3 Combine (electronic signals). 4 Add as an additional element or part.
BROWN-HAIRED * s. Having hair of a dark color.
CLIMACTERIC * n. 1 A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause. 2 The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends.
QUESTIONABLY * r. In a questionable and dubious manner.
INSOLVABLE * s. Not easily solved.
ROBOT * n. A mechanism that can move automatically.
SEMIPRECIOUS * s. Used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones.
ABDUCT * v. 1 Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. 2 Pull away from the body.
MATTER * --n. 1 A vaguely specified concern. 2 Some situation or event that is thought about. 3 That which has mass and occupies space. 4 A problem. --v. Have weight; have import, carry weight.
SCINCIDAE * n. Skinks.
HOOFING * n. Dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures.
CONTAGIOUSLY * r. In a contagious manner.
TURRET * n. 1 A small tower extending above a building. 2 A self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation.
SAVORLESSNESS * n. The property of having no flavor.
DOGMATIST * n. A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions.
RUTHFULNESS * n. A state of gloomy sorrow.
SCRUTINIZER * n. A careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care.
PROTRACTIBLE * s. Able to be extended.
TRABECULATE * a. Of or relating to trabeculae.
GNETOPSIDA * n. Gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta).
AUTOEROTIC * s. Sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation).
FLAXEDIL * n. Neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia.
BACKSTAIRS * --n. A second staircase at the rear of a building. --s. Secret and sly or sordid.
CROTAPHION * n. The tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
FOOTSLOG * v. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
COMMUNICATIVE * a. 1 Of or relating to communication. 2 Able or tending to communicate.
VOLTE-FACE * n. A major change in attitude or principle or point of view.
PATHAN * n. 1 A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan. 2 An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.
GAMETOECIUM * n. Gametangia and surrounding bracts.
EVANGELIST * n. 1 A preacher of the Christian gospel. 2 (when capitalized) Any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
AFRO-ASIAN * a. Of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples.
MARBLES * n. 1 A children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass). 2 The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception.
LARYNGECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of part or all of the larynx (usually to treat cancer of the larynx).
MAIN-TOPMAST * n. The topmast next above the mainmast.
IDIOMATICALLY * r. In an idiomatic manner.
ATONEMENT * n. 1 Compensation for a wrong. 2 The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).
BOLOGRAPH * n. Record or recording made by a bolometer.
HIGH-RANKING * s. At an elevated level in rank or importance.
IMPROPERNESS * n. An improper demeanor.
PORTULACACEAE * n. Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas.
GYROSTABILIZER * n. A stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane.
PLAINTIVE * s. Expressing sorrow.
PASSIVENESS * n. 1 Submission to others or to outside influences. 2 The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.
ANTHEM * n. 1 A song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school). 2 A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
PRODROMAL * a. Symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease.
PROVOKER * n. Someone who deliberately foments trouble.
OUTLAWRY * n. Illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law.
SUPERTWISTER * n. The most powerful tornado which can create enormously devastating damage.
OLIGODENDROCYTE * n. A cell of the oligodendroglia.
SYSTEMATISE * v. Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system.
CHURCHILLIAN * a. Of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill.
CHARACTERISTIC * --n. 1 A prominent attribute or aspect of something. 2 A distinguishing quality. 3 The integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2. 4 Any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions. --a. Typical or distinctive.
RIG * --n. 1 Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise. 2 A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together. 3 Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel. 4 A set of clothing (with accessories). --v. 1 Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit. 2 Manipulate in a fraudulent manner. 3 Connect or secure to. 4 Equip with sails or masts.
NOTEPAPER * n. Writing paper intended for writing short notes or letters.
ACHRAS * n. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
FALCON-GENTIL * n. Female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon.
CHEMOSORPTIVE * s. Having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces.
MESMERIZER * n. A person who induces hypnosis.
DISPARAGING * s. Expressive of low opinion.
CHEESELIKE * s. Having the consistency of cheese.
DISSIPATED * s. 1 Unrestrained by convention or morality. 2 Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.
BALZACIAN * a. Of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings.
CILIOPHORA * n. Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle.
PAMPERING * --n. The act of indulging or gratifying a desire. --s. Gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires.
AFTERPAINS * n. Pains felt by a woman after her baby is born; associated with contractions of the uterus.
COURSEWORK * n. Work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course.
BRANDED * --s. (of goods and merchandise) Marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights. --a. Marked with a brand.
UNMERCIFULNESS * n. Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving.
GALVANIZATION * n. 1 Stimulation with a galvanic current. 2 Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action. 3 Either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting.
TRUE * --n. Proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment. --v. Make level, square, balanced, or concentric. --a. 1 Consistent with fact or reality; not false. 2 Expressing or given to expressing the truth. --s. 1 Accurately placed or thrown. 2 Devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth. 3 Conforming to definitive criteria. 4 Worthy of being depended on. --r. As acknowledged.
LEPIDOPTERIST * n. An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths.
PLOSIVE * n. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it.
INFRAHUMAN * s. Belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development.
NUMEROSITY * n. A large number.
LIPARIDAE * n. Snailfishes.
ROGATION * n. A solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church.
BRITTLE * --n. Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets. --s. 1 Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped. 2 Lacking warmth and generosity of spirit. 3 (of metal or glass) Not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured.
AMNESIAC * --n. A person suffering from amnesia. --s. Suffering from a partial loss of memory.
SPOROTRICHOSIS * n. A chronic fungal infection of the skin and lymph nodes.
IMF * n. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
DOUBLESPEAK * n. Any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not.
JIGGERY-POKERY * n. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
SANTA * n. The legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas.
GROTESQUENESS * n. Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.
MOMMSEN * n. German historian noted for his history of Rome (1817-1903).
PALMISTER * n. Fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms.
GUMBO * n. 1 Any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water. 2 Tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus. 3 Long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews. 4 A soup or stew thickened with okra pods.
PERI * n. 1 A beautiful and graceful girl. 2 (Persian folklore) A supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done.
SEEM * v. 1 Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. 2 Seem to be true, probable, or apparent. 3 Appear to exist. 4 Appear to one's own mind or opinion.
SYNOPSIS * n. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
LAPIDARIAN * s. Inscribed on stone.
TELEGRAPHIST * n. Someone who transmits messages by telegraph.
BAKSHISH * n. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
RENDING * s. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
PISTOL-WHIP * v. Beat with a pistol.
OPORTO * n. Port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine.
BURKED * s. Suppressed quietly or indirectly.
UNBAFFLED * s. Not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements.
LANDING * n. 1 An intermediate platform in a staircase. 2 Structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods. 3 The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface). 4 The act of coming to land after a voyage.
MAKIN * n. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.
SANTOLINA * n. Genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads.
UNPLEDGED * s. Not promised in marriage.
ADORING * s. 1 Showing adoration. 2 Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.
MONARCHIST * n. An advocate of the principles of monarchy.
ULTRACENTRIFUGATION * n. Centrifugation at very high speeds.
ILLUMINATE * v. 1 Make lighter or brighter. 2 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. 3 Add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts).
CHANGING * s. Marked by continuous change or effective action.
GRASPING * --n. 1 Understanding with difficulty. 2 The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles). --s. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
BUMBLING * s. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
TYPHOEUS * n. (Greek mythology) Son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire.
FLUSTER * --n. A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset. --v. 1 Be flustered; behave in a confused manner. 2 Cause to be nervous or upset.
JERKING * --n. An abrupt spasmodic movement. --s. Lacking a steady rhythm.
DISRESPECT * --n. 1 An expression of lack of respect. 2 A disrespectful mental attitude. 3 A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. --v. 1 Show a lack of respect for. 2 Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt.
SHABUOTH * n. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
INVESTIGATING * n. The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically.
INCUMBENCY * n. 1 The term during which some position is held. 2 A duty that is incumbent upon you. 3 The office of an incumbent.
UNVENDIBLE * s. Not fit for sale.
JUTLAND * n. 1 Peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany. 2 An indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark.
GLOB * n. A compact mass.
MONOSACCHAROSE * n. A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates.
NONWOODY * a. Not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood.
EXEMPLIFICATION * n. 1 Showing by example. 2 A representational or typifying form or model.
ROPE-MAKER * n. A craftsman who makes ropes.
FRANTICALLY * r. In an uncontrolled manner.
MAINTENANCE * n. 1 Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order. 2 Means of maintenance of a family or group. 3 Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated. 4 The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
CANDLEPINS * n. A bowling game using slender bowling pins.
STEAMY * s. 1 Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist. 2 Hot or warm and humid. 3 Feeling great sexual desire.
SHUTTLE * --n. 1 Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers. 2 Public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that flies back and forth between two points. 3 Bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads. --v. Travel back and forth between two points.
XCVIII * s. Being eight more than ninety.
SYSTEMATIZER * n. An organizer who puts things in order.
WARMONGERING * n. A policy of advocating war.
MISSILE * n. 1 A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control. 2 A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled.
NUMIDINAE * n. Guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.
BENEFACTION * n. 1 A contribution of money or assistance. 2 An act intending or showing kindness and good will.
EROS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) God of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid. 2 A desire for sexual intimacy.
UNAVAILABILITY * n. The quality of not being available when needed.
ELISION * n. 1 Omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next). 2 A deliberate act of omission.
DEFLECTOR * n. A device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc).
ROMANCE * --n. 1 A relationship between two lovers. 2 An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure). 3 The group of languages derived from Latin. 4 A story dealing with love. --v. 1 Make amorous advances towards. 2 Have a love affair with. 3 Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. 4 Tell romantic or exaggerated lies. --a. Relating to languages derived from Latin.
DECIDEDLY * r. Without question and beyond doubt.
HINDENBURG * n. German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934).
DOGFIGHTER * n. A fighter pilot who engages in an aerial dogfights.
WEATHERSTRIPPING * n. A narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold.
PUG-FACED * s. Having the flat wrinkled face of a pug dog.
SAUK * n. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay.
HYDROXYMETHYL * n. A methyl with hydroxide replacing the hydrogen atoms.
VACANTLY * r. In a vacant manner.
SQUARE-JAWED * s. Having a relatively square jaw.
CLIPPING * n. 1 An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine. 2 Cutting down to the desired size or shape. 3 The act of clipping or snipping.
SOMEWAYS * r. In some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means.
HAEMATOLYSIS * n. Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin.
MOVABLE * --n. Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc). --s. 1 (of personal property as opposed to real estate) Can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand). 2 Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.
PROPORTIONALITY * n. 1 A ratio of two quantities that is constant. 2 Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design).
DACRON * n. A kind of polyester fabric.
GLADSTONE * n. 1 Liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898). 2 A large travelling bag made of stiff leather.
HYDROCRACKING * n. The process whereby hydrocarbon molecules of petroleum are broken down into kerosene and gasolene by the addition of hydrogen under high pressure in the presence of a catalyst.
FLOWERED * s. Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers.
SHOD * a. 1 Wearing footgear. 2 Used of certain religious orders who wear shoes.
DEGRADATION * n. 1 Changing to a lower state (a less respected state). 2 A low or downcast state.
DIPLOMATICAL * a. Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people.
CONVENTIONALITY * n. 1 Conformity with conventional thought and behavior. 2 Unoriginality as a result of being too conventional. 3 Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional.
PERFECTER * n. A skilled worker who perfects something.
OCHNA * n. Type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics.
AVADAVAT * n. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
UNCARBONATED * s. Not having carbonation.
RUNOFF * n. 1 The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity. 2 A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner.
UNREMEDIED * s. Not having been put right.
UNBARRED * s. Not firmly fastened or secured.
NOTECASE * n. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
INEXHAUSTIBLY * r. With indefatigable energy.
STODGINESS * n. Dull and pompous gravity.
LONGING * n. Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
ASPADANA * n. City in central Iran; former capital of Persia.
HM * n. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
ALSOBIA * n. Tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia.
MAYAPPLE * n. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit.
PLATYRHINE * a. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
VACUOUSLY * r. In a vacuous manner.
MIEN * n. Dignified manner or conduct.
WHITEFISH * n. 1 Any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring. 2 Flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere. 3 Silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere.
CANAPE * n. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
QUIT * v. 1 Put an end to a state or an activity. 2 Give up or retire from a position. 3 Go away or leave. 4 Turn away from; give up.
SINUSITIS * n. Inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses.
GUARANTY * n. A collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults.
SCHOOLROOM * n. A room in a school where lessons take place.
CHAHTA * n. The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw.
HOTHR * n. (Norse mythology) A blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe.
MID-OFF * n. The fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the off side.
PETTILY * r. In a petty way.
WHEEL-LIKE * s. Round like a wheel.
ACOUSTIC * --n. A remedy for hearing loss or deafness. --a. Of or relating to the science of acoustics.
CONTORT * v. Twist and press out of shape.
LOADER * n. 1 A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port. 2 An attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game.
ARABIC * --n. The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
BLEEP * --n. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning. --v. Emit a single short high-pitched signal.
SPURIOUSLY * r. In a false and spurious manner.
TUNE-UP * n. 1 Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity. 2 Adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance.
ACCOMMODATING * --a. Helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation. --s. Obliging; willing to do favors.
JAGANNATHA * n. An avatar of Vishnu.
FRORE * s. Very cold.
CORTES * n. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547).
SEDATION * n. 1 A state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent. 2 The administration of a sedative agent or drug.
TEETOTALER * n. A total abstainer.
ATP * n. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions.
HIERATIC * --n. A cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests. --a. 1 Associated with the priesthood or priests. 2 Written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing. --s. Adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal.
GRITS * n. Coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States.
REMOVED * s. 1 Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent. 2 Separate or apart in time.
DYSPLASIA * n. Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth.
CELEBRATORY * a. Used for celebrating.
MEDICAL * --n. A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person. --a. 1 Relating to the study or practice of medicine. 2 Requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery. 3 Of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art.
ENDAEMONISM * n. An ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason.
DHAVA * n. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
IMPIOUSNESS * n. Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.
NEOLOGY * n. 1 A newly invented word or phrase. 2 The act of inventing a word or phrase.
HETEROSEXISM * n. Discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people.
LAGENOPHERA * n. Small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solitary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis.
ASPHODELINE * n. Genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
PROW * n. Front part of a vessel or aircraft.
DEPRAVITY * n. 1 Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. 2 A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice.
DESK-BOUND * s. Restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity.
ACINONYX * n. Cheetahs.
KRAKOW * n. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
TURKISTAN * n. A historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West.
AMPUTATE * v. Remove surgically.
EMIGRANT * n. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
SEQUESTER * v. 1 Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property. 2 Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. 3 Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion. 4 Keep away from others.
CONFETTI * n. Small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding).
SMOOTH-HAIRED * s. Having hair that feels smooth.
BRITTEN * n. Major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976).
PRECHLORINATION * n. Chlorination prior to another chemical process.
IQ * n. A measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100).
LIMA * n. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru; located in western Peru; was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century.
SPUNKY * s. 1 Showing courage. 2 Willing to face danger.
CHARYBDIS * n. (Greek mythology) A ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla.
BOCCE * n. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court.
PROSTHETIST * n. An expert in prosthetics.
CHIN-WAG * n. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
OSTREIDAE * n. Oysters.
RAISE * --n. 1 The amount a salary is increased. 2 An upward slope or grade (as in a road). 3 Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker). 4 The act of raising something. --v. 1 Raise the level or amount of something. 2 Raise from a lower to a higher position. 3 Cause to be heard or known; express or utter. 4 Collect funds for a specific purpose.
LIRIODENDRON * n. Tulip trees.
LABIATAE * n. A large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary.
FAULTILY * r. In an inaccurate manner.
MODAL * --n. An auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality. --s. Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution. --a. 1 Of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode. 2 Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb.
SQUAWBUSH * n. Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit.
SCIENTOLOGY * n. A new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment.
OFFICIATING * n. The act of umpiring.
WINTERIZE * v. Prepare for winter.
FLUENCY * n. 1 Powerful and effective language. 2 Skillfulness in speaking or writing. 3 The quality of being facile in speech and writing.
CANASTA * n. A form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank.
MYELENCEPHALON * n. The posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults.
INTERLAYER * n. A layer placed between other layers.
QUINTUPLE * --n. A set of five similar things considered as a unit. --v. Increase fivefold. --s. Having five units or components.
SINGLESTICK * n. A stick used instead of a sword for fencing.
BOUGAINVILLAEA * n. Ornamental tropical woody vines.
MOVED * a. Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion.
POWDER-PUFF * s. Used of competitive activities in which only women take part.
JEZEBEL * n. 1 Wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC). 2 A shameless impudent scheming woman.
AUTACOIDAL * a. Of or relating to an autacoid.
JUDICIAL * --s. 1 Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice. 2 Expressing careful judgment. --a. 1 Belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge. 2 Relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge.
PINNA * n. 1 Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf. 2 The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear.
BLUR * --n. A hazy or indistinct representation. --v. 1 Become glassy; lose clear vision. 2 To make less distinct or clear. 3 Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred. 4 Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.
PERFECTA * n. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
HAGBUT * n. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
FARAWAY * s. 1 Very far away in space or time. 2 Far removed mentally.
ENCLOTHE * v. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
39 * s. Being nine more than thirty.
MISLEADER * n. Someone who leads astray (often deliberately).
BROADLOOM * --n. A carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams. --s. (of rugs or carpets) Woven full width.
VENEZIA * n. The provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction.
GAMETANGIUM * n. Cell or organ in which gametes develop.
HANDSTAMP * --n. A stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand. --v. Stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document.
TESSELLATE * v. 1 Fit together exactly, of identical shapes. 2 Tile with tesserae.
WEEPER * n. 1 A person who weeps. 2 A hired mourner.
CUMINUM * n. Cumin.
SVR * n. Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and organized crime.
BRUNEI * n. A sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984.
STAGY * s. Having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality.
JEREMIAD * n. A long and mournful complaint.
AGEISM * n. Discrimination on the basis of a person's age.
TETRAMEROUS * s. Having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers.
FENESTRAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or having a fenestra. 2 Of or relating to windows.
RECALL * --n. 1 A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair). 2 A call to return. 3 A bugle call that signals troops to return. 4 The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort). --v. 1 Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection. 2 Go back to something earlier. 3 Call to mind. 4 Summon to return.
GOOFPROOF * v. Proof against human misuse or error.
ALPHA-TOCOPHERAL * n. A potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis.
SCHLEP * --n. 1 (Yiddish) An awkward and stupid person. 2 A tedious or difficult journey. --v. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.
BUTTERBUR * n. Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas.
EMBER * n. A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering.
TIMUR * n. Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405).
SAPROBIC * a. Living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen.
TENET * n. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
VELD * n. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
RUMMAGE * --n. 1 A jumble of things to be given away. 2 A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion). --v. Search haphazardly.
BULLION * n. 1 A mass of precious metal. 2 Gold or silver in bars or ingots.
FALLS * n. 1 The petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris). 2 A steep descent of the water of a river.
EVENING-SNOW * n. Small California annual with white flowers.
ZEAL * n. 1 A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). 2 Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end. 3 Prompt willingness.
HACK * --n. 1 One who works hard at boring tasks. 2 A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends. 3 A mediocre and disdained writer. 4 A tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil. --v. 1 Cut with a hacking tool. 2 Be able to manage or manage successfully. 3 Cut away. 4 Kick on the arms.
TRADUCER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
GJELLERUP * n. Danish novelist (1857-1919).
DISADVANTAGEOUS * a. Involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness.
CYTOLYSIS * n. Pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane.
COLLOIDALLY * r. In a colloidal manner.
SEPHARDI * n. A Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent.
FIRMAMENTAL * a. Relating to the firmament or upper regions.
BRAE * n. A slope or hillside.
INTERFACE * n. 1 (chemistry) A surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases). 2 (computer science) A program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system. 3 The overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other. 4 (computer science) Computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals).
YORKSHIRE * n. A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties.
PERITRATE * n. A coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris.
FLASHFLOOD * n. A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration.
UNLAURELED * a. Not crowned with laurel; having no acclaim or reward.
CHEQUEBOOK * n. A book issued to holders of checking accounts.
BRICKKILN * n. A kiln for making bricks.
CAPRICE * n. A sudden desire.
HYDROID * n. Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant.
SEPARATISM * n. 1 A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups. 2 A disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists. 3 Advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state.
ZANUCK * n. United States filmmaker whose works include the first full-length feature film with sound sequences (1902-1979).
UNWISE * s. 1 Showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom. 2 Not appropriate to the purpose.
URALS * n. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia.
UNSTRUCTURED * --a. Lacking definite structure or organization. --s. Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies.
IONTOPHORESIS * n. Therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues.
INSANITARY * a. Not sanitary or healthful.
SCARCELY * r. 1 Only a very short time before. 2 Almost not.
BYDGOSZCZ * n. An industrial city and river port in northern Poland.
FEUDAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
BIGWIG * n. The most important person in a group or undertaking.
JUGGLE * --n. 1 The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression. 2 Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously. --v. 1 Influence by slyness. 2 Manipulate by or as if by moving around components. 3 Deal with simultaneously. 4 Throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously.
POLARISCOPE * n. An optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light.
NICENE * a. Of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor.
LJUBLJANA * n. The capital of Slovenia.
PSYCHODYNAMICS * n. 1 The interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation. 2 The branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation.
YORE * n. Time long past.
SPATTERING * n. 1 The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. 2 The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.
RADIOTHERAPIST * n. A medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease.
PLACENTA * n. 1 That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form. 2 The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus.
ANIMADVERT * v. 1 Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation. 2 Express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark.
ARGILLITE * n. A sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages.
CROESUS * n. 1 Last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC). 2 A very wealthy man.
SIVAPITHECUS * n. Fossil primates found in India.
ALASTRIM * n. A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus.
APPROBATORY * s. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.
SALINOMETER * n. A hydrometer that determines the concentration of salt solutions by measuring their density.
MONTSERRATIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Montserrat. --a. Of or relating to Montserrat or the inhabitants of Montserrat.
MEDDLESOMENESS * n. Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation.
BURDOCK * n. Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs.
METALLIC-COLORED * s. Having a metallic color.
TRUSTFULNESS * n. The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others.
FORGETTABLE * a. Easily forgotten.
SAHARA * n. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa.
BRACHYCOME * n. Mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads.
TRICHINA * n. Parasitic nematode occurring in the intestines of pigs and rats and human beings and producing larvae that form cysts in skeletal muscles.
ANTAGONIZE * v. 1 Provoke the hostility of. 2 Act in opposition to.
HEMIANOPIA * n. Blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes.
PALLIDLY * r. In a manner lacking interest or vitality.
DAD * n. An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
AMPERE-SECOND * n. A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second.
THIRTIETH * --n. Position 30 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the twenty-ninth in position.
REPAIR * --n. 1 The act of putting something in working order again. 2 A formal way of referring to the condition of something. 3 A frequently visited place. --v. 1 Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. 2 Make amends for; pay compensation for. 3 Move, travel, or proceed toward some place. 4 Set straight or right.
C-NOTE * n. A United States bill worth 100 dollars.
SWASH * --n. The movement or sound of water. --v. 1 Make violent, noisy movements. 2 Dash a liquid upon or against. 3 Show off. 4 Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.
ANSWERABLENESS * n. Responsibility to someone or for some activity.
HEADBOARD * n. A vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead.
ORGANELLE * n. A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ.
COVERTNESS * n. The state of being covert and hidden.
ENTEROLOBIUM * n. Small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia.
WROUGHT * s. Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).
ALT * n. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL * n. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
FAIENCE * n. Glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors.
CROFT * n. A small farm worked by a crofter.
LYOPHILISE * v. To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum.
INFERNO * n. 1 Any place of pain and turmoil. 2 A very intense and uncontrolled fire. 3 (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.
BENNISEED * n. Small oval seeds of the sesame plant.
PUBERTAL * a. Of or related to puberty.
GAYAL * n. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
UNDEPENDABLENESS * n. The trait of not being dependable or reliable.
PLAYING * n. 1 The act of playing a musical instrument. 2 The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation. 3 The performance of a part or role in a drama.
HIPPOGLOSSOIDES * n. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
JAVANESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Java. 2 The Indonesian language spoken on Java. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language.
MECOPTERAN * n. Any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera.
PSYCHOPHYSICS * n. The branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their psychological effects.
POOH-POOH * v. 1 Express contempt about. 2 Reject with contempt.
GIDDY * s. 1 Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling. 2 Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
PARODIST * n. Mimics literary or musical style for comic effect.
NOG * n. 1 A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface. 2 A wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it.
DECONSTRUCT * v. Interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing.
OPENER * n. 1 The first event in a series. 2 A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens. 3 A hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans).
FOURTHLY * r. In the fourth place.
UNSOLDIERLY * s. Not conforming to military standards.
GREENROOM * n. A backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors.
CASABLANCA * n. A port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco.
TAINT * --n. The state of being contaminated. --v. 1 Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. 2 Contaminate with a disease or microorganism.
PERTUSSIS * n. A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.
SUPPOSITIONAL * s. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
GOBIESOX * n. Type genus of the Gobiesocidae.
TIME-RELEASE * a. Of or relating to a preparation that gradually releases an active substance (especially a drug) over a period of time.
UNDERDOG * n. One at a disadvantage and expected to lose.
INTERSTITIAL * a. Of or relating to interstices.
NATIONALISATION * n. 1 The action of forming or becoming a nation. 2 The action of rendering national in character. 3 Changing something from private to state ownership or control.
PLAYGOER * n. Someone who attends the theater.
ABROCOMA * n. Abrocomes.
ILK * n. A kind of person.
TRIAZINE * n. Any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring.
FUTURE * --n. 1 The time yet to come. 2 A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future. 3 Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. --a. 1 Yet to be or coming. 2 A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened. --s. 1 Effective in or looking toward the future. 2 (of elected officers) Elected but not yet serving.
VINYLBENZENE * n. A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene.
PONDEROUSNESS * n. 1 An oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency. 2 The property of being large in mass.
MOUNTING * n. 1 An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.). 2 Framework used for support or display.
NITROGLYCERIN * n. A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat).
REPAND * s. Having a slightly undulating margin.
INFANTILISM * n. 1 An abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics. 2 Infantile behavior in mature persons.
POPPING * n. A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork.
PEPPERWOOD * n. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood.
HETEROZYGOTE * n. (genetics) An organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring.
HEARTY * s. 1 Showing warm and heartfelt friendliness. 2 Providing abundant nourishment. 3 Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health. 4 Consuming abundantly and with gusto.
GOOFY * --n. A cartoon character created by Walt Disney. --s. Ludicrous, foolish.
DICTAPHONE * n. A tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation.
TRUSTBUSTER * n. A federal agent who engages in trust busting.
GENERALIZE * v. 1 Draw from specific cases for more general cases. 2 Speak or write in generalities. 3 Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. 4 Become systemic and spread throughout the body.
ENGRAULIDAE * n. Anchovies.
CARTON * n. 1 The quantity contained in a carton. 2 A box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top.
GENTRIFICATION * n. The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents).
FLABBERGAST * v. Overcome with amazement.
LIGHTNESS * n. 1 A feeling of joy and pride. 2 The property of being comparatively small in weight. 3 The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble. 4 Having a light color.
KEB * n. Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis.
FAIRY * n. 1 A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers. 2 Offensive term for a homosexual man.
LAMINATOR * n. A person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates).
OLMSTED * n. United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903).
SURPRISING * a. Causing surprise or wonder or amazement.
PHILOPHYLLA * n. Leaf miners.
SHERATON * n. A furniture style that originated in England around 1800; simple in design with straight lines and classical ornamentation.
INADVERTENCE * n. 1 An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something. 2 The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities.
CONQUEST * n. 1 The act of conquering. 2 Success in mastering something difficult. 3 An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone.
SPYING * n. 1 Keeping a secret or furtive watch. 2 The act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes. 3 The act of detecting something; catching sight of something.
ODONTASPIDIDAE * n. Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae.
EXTERNALISATION * n. 1 Attributing to outside causes. 2 Embodying in an outward form.
TRICKER * n. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
PYTHIUS * n. Epithet for Apollo; from the dragon Python which he killed.
ACCULTURATION * n. 1 The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture. 2 All the knowledge and values shared by a society. 3 The process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
GLASS-LIKE * s. Resembling glass.
NI * n. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite.
PHILOMACHUS * n. Ruffs.
DEVOID * s. Completely wanting or lacking.
ILL-SORTED * s. Not easy to combine harmoniously.
MID-EIGHTIES * n. The time of life between 80 and 90.
CHIROPODIST * n. A specialist in care for the feet.
INACCESSIBILITY * n. The quality of not being available when needed.
ENOL * n. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
CAMPONG * n. A native village in Malaysia.
PERSEPHONE * n. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.
BOOTIE * n. A slipper that is soft and wool (for babies).
CRIMINATE * v. 1 Bring an accusation against; level a charge against. 2 Rebuke formally.
CARED-FOR * a. Having needed care and attention.
LONG-SUFFERING * --n. Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness. --s. Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble.
DUMPING * n. Selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market.
ARTHRALGIA * n. Pain in a joint or joints.
FIFE * n. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band.
BPS * n. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
GLAUCIUM * n. Herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy.
ACETOPHENETIDIN * n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
LETHALITY * n. The quality of being deadly.
GANGBOARD * n. A temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside.
SPRINGBOARD * n. 1 A flexible board for jumping upward. 2 A beginning from which an enterprise is launched.
FL * n. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
LIBERALIZATION * n. The act of making less strict.
ANNUM * n. (Latin) Year.
REST-CURE * n. Rest as a medical treatment for stress or anxiety etc..
MAJA * n. Type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution.
FASHIONABLY * r. In a fashionable manner.
EIGHTY-FIVE * s. Being five more than eighty.
COMRADERY * n. The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
PORTRAYED * s. Represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.
SCANTLING * n. An upright in house framing.
OVERLAPPING * n. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).
FIBRILLOSE * a. Covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed.
ENDOVENOUS * a. Within or by means of a vein.
SPECIFY * v. 1 Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. 2 Decide upon or fix definitely. 3 Determine the essential quality of. 4 Be specific about.
SPARTINA * n. Grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands.
LACK * --n. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. --v. Be without.
DEKKER * n. English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632).
ASTREUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Geastraceae.
SHOWGIRL * n. A woman who dances in a chorus line.
RAMPAGEOUS * s. Displaying raging violence; often destructive.
WIENER * n. 1 United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964). 2 A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.
POSSESSED * --s. Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion. --a. Of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon.
BITCHY * s. Marked by or arising from malice.
SPALLATION * n. (physics) A nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles.
OAXACA * n. A city of southeastern Mexico.
TOILETTE * n. The act of dressing and preparing yourself.
LYSOGENIZATION * n. The process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome.
DISJOINED * s. Have the connection undone; having become separate.
VERMINOUS * s. Of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive.
FIBRILLATION * n. 1 Muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination. 2 Act or process of forming fibrils.
FLAIL * --n. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing. --v. 1 Give a thrashing to; beat hard. 2 Move like a flail; thresh about.
GALLIC * a. 1 Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls. 2 Of or pertaining to France or the people of France.
LOW-KEYED * s. Restrained in style or quality.
LIVID * s. 1 Anemic looking from illness or emotion. 2 (of a light) Imparting a deathlike luminosity. 3 Furiously angry. 4 Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin.
SOP * --n. 1 Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid. 2 A concession given to mollify or placate. 3 A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely. --v. 1 Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to. 2 Be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid. 3 Dip into liquid. 4 Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.
INGENUOUS * --a. Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious. --s. Lacking in sophistication or worldliness.
MEGALOMANIACAL * s. Suffering from megalomania.
PSYCHOGENETIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder. 2 Of or relating to the origin and development of the mind.
MRNA * n. The template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell.
PARSONAGE * n. An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
ELOQUENT * s. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
PUSSY-PAW * n. Pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America.
HYPNOTISM * n. The act of inducing hypnosis.
OBLIQUE-ANGLED * s. Having oblique angles.
COLD-BLOODEDLY * r. Emotionlessly and heartlessly; with deliberate cruelty or callousness.
PRO-LIFE * a. Advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses (especially opposing the legalization of induced abortions).
VITALISM * n. (philosophy) A doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry.
SPARGANIUM * n. Type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions.
PANCARDITIS * n. Inflammation of the entire heart (the epicardium and the myocardium and the endocardium).
SERENGETI * n. A vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife.
LUXURIOUSLY * r. 1 In an indulgently luxurious manner. 2 In a rich manner.
BURBAGE * n. English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619).
ASCOMA * n. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
CONTRACTILE * s. Capable of contracting or being contracted.
PYROLATRY * n. The worship of fire.
BOUNCE * --n. 1 The quality of a substance that is able to rebound. 2 A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. 3 Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts). --v. 1 Spring back; spring away from an impact. 2 Hit something so that it bounces. 3 Move up and down repeatedly. 4 Come back after being refused.
LOASA * n. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
EFFECTUALNESS * n. Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect.
ASTRANTIA * n. Any plant of the genus Astrantia.
HAYRIG * n. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
CROSSBOW * n. A bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel).
VOLVOCACEAE * n. Unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates.
HETEROMELES * n. One species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia.
DISSYMMETRY * n. (mathematics) A lack of symmetry.
SOURWOOD * n. Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves.
PINNY * n. A sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing.
PLAGE * n. The beach at a seaside resort.
SIXTY-TWO * s. Being two more than sixty.
HAUL * --n. 1 The act of drawing or hauling something. 2 The quantity that was caught. --v. 1 Draw slowly or heavily. 2 Transport in a vehicle.
LEPIDOPTEROLOGY * n. The branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera.
SUPERSONIC * --a. (of speed) Greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air). --s. Having frequencies above those of audible sound.
WARHOL * n. United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987).
BRONCHIOLITIS * n. Inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchioles.
EXCEPTIONALLY * r. To an exceptional degree.
GUNRUNNER * n. A smuggler of guns.
SECT * n. 1 A subdivision of a larger religious group. 2 A dissenting clique.
NORMALISER * n. A person who normalizes.
ENRICH * v. 1 Make better or improve in quality. 2 Make wealthy or richer.
MUNIMENTS * n. Deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land.
FALLIBILITY * n. The likelihood of making errors.
TREVELYAN * n. 1 English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962). 2 English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928).
MAJUSCULAR * s. Of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules.
GADOLINITE * n. A mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium.
TELEPATHIZE * v. Communicate nonverbally by telepathy.
QUIETLY * r. 1 With low volume. 2 With little or no sound. 3 With little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'). 4 In a restful manner.
DYSPNOEAL * a. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
FISTULINA * n. Fungi having each pore separate though crowded.
DEMONIACALLY * r. In a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit.
DAY-OLD * s. Not fresh today.
HANDCOLOUR * v. Color by hand.
HANDBAG * n. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
PEARLFISH * n. Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds.
SCELOPORUS * n. Spiny lizards.
SHOOTER * n. 1 A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles. 2 A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot). 3 A gambler who throws dice in the game of craps. 4 (sports) A player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket).
TRENTAL * n. A drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet.
JUNKY * n. 1 A narcotics addict. 2 Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction.
WITTINESS * n. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
BEARBERRY * n. 1 Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. 2 Deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States. 3 Chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas.
ANNUALLY * r. 1 Without missing a year. 2 By the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received).
SCRIM * n. A firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater.
BROOM * --n. 1 A cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle. 2 Any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers. 3 Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere. --v. 1 Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom. 2 Finish with a broom.
EQUATABILITY * n. Capability of being equated.
GLABELLA * n. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges.
VIRILISM * n. The development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy).
MUSJID * n. (Islam) A Muslim place of worship.
MONGOLOID * --n. 1 A member of the Mongoloid family. 2 A person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive). --a. 1 Characteristic of or resembling a Mongol. 2 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia. 3 (offensive) Of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome.
SOLICITUDE * n. A feeling of excessive concern.
BIOCHEMICALLY * r. With respect to biochemistry.
MORTIFYING * s. 1 Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation. 2 Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
NINEPIN * n. A bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles.
ACULEATED * a. Having or resembling a stinger or barb.
SHOVELFUL * n. The quantity a shovel can hold.
COUNTRY-BRED * s. Rough and uncouth.
LEONINE * a. Of or characteristic of or resembling a lion.
MISCREANT * n. A person without moral scruples.
BEGILD * v. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
FOOL * --n. 1 A person who lacks good judgment. 2 A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. 3 A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages. --v. 1 Make a fool or dupe of. 2 Spend frivolously and unwisely. 3 Fool or hoax. 4 Indulge in horseplay.
VICTORIOUS * s. 1 Having won. 2 Experiencing triumph.
BARIUM * n. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite.
PHOTOCATHODE * n. A cathode that emits electrons when illuminated.
REDE * v. 1 Give an interpretation or explanation to. 2 Give advice to.
AZACTAM * n. An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections; has minimal side effects.
KNIGHTLINESS * n. The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct.
EQUALITARIANISM * n. The doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality.
PERPHENAZINE * n. Tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults.
WHAP * v. Hit hard.
BEAGLING * n. Hunting rabbits with beagles.
UNVARYING * --s. Unvarying in nature. --a. 1 Lacking variety. 2 Always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences.
ACERVATE * a. Pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass.
ABATABLE * s. Capable of being abated.
MOOCHER * n. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
BILOCULAR * s. Divided into or containing two cells or chambers.
THERMOMETER * n. Measuring instrument for measuring temperature.
JASPER * n. An opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone.
GOLDEN * s. 1 Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. 2 Marked by peace and prosperity. 3 Made from or covered with gold. 4 Supremely favored.
TOBOGGANING * n. Riding on a long light sled with low handrails.
MESTIZA * n. A woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry).
CREEPY-CRAWLIES * n. Feelings of dislike and anxiety.
TROUBLE-FREE * s. Without problems or difficulties.
MONAUL * n. Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
UNTRUSTY * a. Not worthy of trust or belief.
TRANSPOSON * n. A segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole).
YO-YO * n. A toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand.
WESTERNER * n. An inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S..
LOCUSTA * n. A genus of Acrididae.
HUBBARD * n. 1 A United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986). 2 A mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high).
NENTSY * n. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia.
BUNGEE * n. An elasticized rope.
CONSTRUCTIVENESS * n. The quality of serving to build or improve.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM * n. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
INFER * v. 1 Reason by deduction; establish by deduction. 2 Draw from specific cases for more general cases. 3 Conclude by reasoning; in logic. 4 Guess correctly; solve by guessing.
INGRAIN * v. 1 Thoroughly work in. 2 Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.
GUARNIERI * n. 1 Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745). 2 Founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698).
HAUSTORIUM * n. A root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host.
DETRANSITIVISE * v. Intransitivize.
GRANULOCYTIC * a. Of or relating to granulocytes.
MOYNIHAN * n. United States politician and educator (1927-2003).
ANTIHERETICAL * s. Opposed to heresy.
ANGLING * n. Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole).
ALULA * n. 1 Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly. 2 Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing.
FILUM * n. A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
GALLICAN * a. Relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism.
MESHUGGA * s. Senseless; crazy.
QUADRUPEDAL * a. Having four feet.
DEFALCATE * v. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
DONIZETTI * n. Italian composer of operas (1797-1848).
NINCOMPOOP * n. A stupid foolish person.
TREWS * n. (used in the plural) Tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan.
BETTING * s. Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.
SALUTARY * s. Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health.
REVEL * --n. Unrestrained merrymaking. --v. 1 Take delight in. 2 Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.
ASTRINGENCE * n. A sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker.
ATTENUATE * --v. 1 Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance). 2 Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude. --s. Reduced in strength.
TAYLOR * n. 1 United States composer and music critic (1885-1966). 2 United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932). 3 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850).
ABBREVIATOR * n. One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work.
LUXURIOUSNESS * n. Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.
VAPIDLY * r. In a vapid manner.
THIEVISHLY * r. In a manner characteristic of a thief.
APHAERETIC * a. Relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis.
REFINISH * v. Give a new surface.
HUMOROUSLY * r. In a humorous manner.
GEOPHYTE * n. A perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms.
COSTS * n. Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation.
UNDERHANDED * --s. Marked by deception. --a. With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
IMMUNOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system.
DHOLE * n. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
DIASTASIS * n. Separation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone.
PENTANGLE * n. A star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon.
DOSSIER * n. A collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record).
COMB * --n. 1 A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair. 2 The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. 3 Any of several tools for straightening fibers. 4 Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore. --v. 1 Straighten with a comb. 2 Search thoroughly. 3 Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.
COMATOSE * --a. Relating to or associated with a coma. --s. In a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli.
BOLLYWOOD * n. The film industry of India.
SATELLITE * --n. 1 Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon. 2 A person who follows or serves another. 3 Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star. --v. Broadcast or disseminate via satellite. --s. Surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power.
NGUNI * n. A group of southern Bantu languages.
PSILOCIN * n. A hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom.
CLEANLINESS * n. 1 The habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections. 2 Diligence in keeping clean.
TALLITH * n. (Judaism) A shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer.
XIAN * n. A city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.
SOMEBODY * n. A human being.
DAEMON * n. 1 An evil supernatural being. 2 A person who is part mortal and part god.
PHOTOTHERAPY * n. The use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn.
COADJUTOR * n. An assistant to a bishop.
HOTFOOT * --n. A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it. --v. Move hurridly. --r. Without delay; speedily.
INEXPERTLY * r. In a crude and unskilled manner.
PHONEMICALLY * r. By phonemics.
COLETTE * n. French writer of novels about women (1873-1954).
CHLOROPHIS * n. African green snakes.
MICELLE * n. An electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents.
FINDER * n. 1 Someone who comes upon something after searching. 2 Someone who is the first to observe something. 3 Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.
HUARACHE * n. A sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps.
LEUCANTHEMUM * n. Comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.
UNUTTERABLE * s. 1 Too sacred to be uttered. 2 Defying expression or description. 3 Very difficult to pronounce correctly.
QUIETUDE * n. A state of peace and quiet.
LUO * n. A Nilotic language.
NEAREST * r. (superlative of `near' or `close') Within the shortest distance.
TIDEMARK * n. Indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides.
MITHRAICISM * n. Ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d..
ASTROCYTIC * a. Of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia.
CATECHISTIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism.
ECONOMIST * n. An expert in the science of economics.
MOON * --n. 1 The natural satellite of the Earth. 2 Any object resembling a moon. 3 The period between successive new moons (29.531 days). 4 The light of the Moon. --v. 1 Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake. 2 Be idle in a listless or dreamy way. 3 Expose one's buttocks to.
UNEASE * n. 1 Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression). 2 The trait of seeming ill at ease.
SUBSPECIES * n. (biology) A taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species.
SCHNOZ * n. Informal terms for the nose.
TREY * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips.
ES * n. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
BLASTULAR * a. Of or relating to a blastula.
SWIMMING * --n. The act of swimming. --s. 1 Filled or brimming with tears. 2 Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
GADGETRY * n. Appliances collectively.
BERMUDAS * n. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort.
EPISCLERITIS * n. Inflammation of the sclera of the eye.
THANKS * n. 1 An acknowledgment of appreciation. 2 With the help of or owing to.
ESTIMATE * --n. 1 An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth. 2 A judgment of the qualities of something or somebody. 3 A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation). 4 A statement indicating the likely cost of some job. --v. 1 Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). 2 Judge to be probable.
INTELLECTUALIZATION * n. (psychiatry) A defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict.
HYDROPATHY * n. The internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease.
CONVOLUTION * n. 1 The shape of something rotating rapidly. 2 A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain. 3 The action of coiling or twisting or winding together.
HESITATE * v. 1 Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. 2 Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing.
SATISFISE * v. Decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal.
SCINCID * n. Alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide.
DRESSER * n. 1 Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes. 2 A person who dresses in a particular way. 3 A wardrobe assistant for an actor. 4 Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup.
LAMPRIDAE * n. Opahs.
TRACTABILITY * n. The trait of being easily persuaded.
INFIDELITY * n. The quality of being unfaithful.
SYMONDS * n. English writer (1840-1893).
THAWING * n. 1 The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. 2 Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt.
TERRY * n. 1 English actress (1847-1928). 2 A pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes.
UNCOMPENSATED * s. Not paying a salary.
DECENTALISATION * n. The social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts.
HOTEL * n. A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services.
FRUSTRATED * s. Disappointingly unsuccessful.
RACETRACK * n. A course over which races are run.
OCULISM * n. The craft of an oculist.
UNCHARTERED * a. Not chartered.
MIZZEN * n. 1 Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy. 2 Fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast.
HEALTHIER * s. Improved in health or physical condition.
NYCTANASSA * n. American night herons.
PATROLOGY * n. 1 The writings of the early Church Fathers. 2 The study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers.
SECTION * --n. 1 A self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical). 2 A very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope. 3 A distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people. 4 One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object. --v. Divide into segments.
CHANTERELLE * n. Widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma.
FETID * s. Offensively malodorous.
CHELONE * n. Herbaceous perennials: shellflower.
CHECKMATE * --n. 1 Complete victory. 2 A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king. --v. Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.
BUTTERNUT * n. 1 North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye. 2 Oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family.
REM * n. 1 A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep. 2 (roentgen equivalent man) The dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays.
CHYLACEOUS * a. Consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle.
BRECCIA * n. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
PAUNCH * n. A protruding abdomen.
REFLECTED * a. (especially of incident sound or light) Bent or sent back.
ERIVAN * n. Capital of Armenia.
UNALERT * a. Not alert to what is potentially dangerous.
HEPATIC * --n. Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses. --a. Pertaining to or affecting the liver.
WINDOWSILL * n. The sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame.
SALMON * --n. 1 Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn. 2 A tributary of the Snake River in Idaho. 3 Flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae. 4 A pale pinkish orange color. --s. Of orange tinged with pink.
OUTLANDISH * s. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
MAGNETIZATION * n. 1 The extent or degree to which something is magnetized. 2 The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently). 3 The physical property of being magnetic.
COLINUS * n. New World quail: the bobwhites.
ORNERINESS * n. Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness.
INSTANTLY * r. 1 Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. 2 Without any delay.
RETALIATE * v. 1 Take revenge for a perceived wrong. 2 Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil.
PREDECEASE * v. Die before; die earlier than.
FIREDRAKE * n. A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings.
MENSAL * a. Pertaining to or used at the dining table.
ASS-KISSER * n. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
ENTHUSIASM * n. 1 A feeling of excitement. 2 Overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval. 3 A lively interest.
CHIASMATIC * a. Of or relating to a chiasm.
PLUTOCRAT * n. Someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth.
SOU * n. A former French coin of low denomination; often used of any small amount of money.
SKINT * s. Lacking funds.
NEPHROTOMY * n. Incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone).
BOLIDE * n. An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding).
LABYRINTHIAN * s. Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity.
ABLUTIONARY * s. Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands.
KOBO * n. 100 kobos equal 1 naira in Nigeria.
HABIT-FORMING * a. Causing or characterized by addiction.
SPOONFLOWER * n. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
FROBISHER * n. English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594).
STAGGERS * n. A disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling.
RILIEVO * n. Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
NEPENTHACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Nepenthes.
SCRIABIN * n. Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915).
FROELICHIA * n. Genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed.
TOMENTOSE * --a. Covered with densely matted filaments. --s. Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs.
MURMUR * --n. 1 A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. 2 A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant. 3 An abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves. 4 A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone. --v. 1 Speak softly or indistinctly. 2 Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
MORBILLI * n. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.
ILL-BREEDING * n. Impoliteness resulting from ignorance.
PLAGIARISTIC * s. Copied and passed off as your own.
ANTIRRHINUM * n. A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers.
ALGONQUIN * --n. 1 A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast. 2 Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains. --a. Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
PERVIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.).
BORDER * --n. 1 A line that indicates a boundary. 2 The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary. 3 The boundary of a surface. 4 A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. --v. 1 Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2 Form the boundary of; be contiguous to. 3 Enclose in or as if in a frame. 4 Provide with a border or edge.
DILDO * n. A vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation.
ENESCO * n. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
LAKESIDE * n. The shore of a lake.
DIABOLIST * n. An adherent of Satan or Satanism.
STOPES * n. Birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958).
ASTYLAR * s. Lacking columns or pillars.
LATIUM * n. An ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
MONTGOMERY * n. 1 Canadian novelist (1874-1942). 2 English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976). 3 The state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River.
BUNGALOW * n. A small house with a single story.
ZOOMASTIGOTE * n. Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics.
BILL * --n. 1 A statute in draft before it becomes law. 2 An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered. 3 A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank). 4 The entertainment offered at a public presentation. --v. 1 Demand payment. 2 Advertise especially by posters or placards. 3 Publicize or announce by placards.
AFFECTED * a. 1 Acted upon; influenced. 2 Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression. 3 Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion.
PRIMP * v. Dress or groom with elaborate care.
PHRAGMACONE * n. The thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite.
REBORN * s. 1 Spiritually reborn or converted. 2 Restored to new life and vigor.
REFORESTATION * n. The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting.
PREDICATOR * n. An expression that predicates.
CFTR * n. The gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis.
QUAGGA * n. Mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century.
PRIMIPAROUS * a. Of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once.
MUTCHKIN * n. A Scottish unit of liquid measure equal to 0.9 United States pint.
ENORMOUSNESS * n. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
DIBRANCHIATA * n. Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish).
CATARRHINIAN * a. Of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward.
METEOROLOGY * n. 1 Predicting what the weather will be. 2 The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather).
GROUPIE * n. An enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around).
ILL-CONCEIVED * s. Poorly conceived or thought out.
LUSTERLESS * s. 1 Lacking brilliance or vitality. 2 Lacking luster or shine.
MORAVIAN * a. Of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia.
HYDROCELE * n. Disorder in which serous fluid accumulates in a body sac (especially in the scrotum).
INFANTICIDE * n. 1 A person who murders an infant. 2 Murdering an infant.
VELVETLEAF * n. 1 Arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States. 2 Tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States.
CONVEYANCER * n. A lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties.
EIRE * n. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921.
SIGMOIDAL * a. Of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine.
FUCACEAE * n. Small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds.
PREDESTINATE * --v. Foreordain by divine will or decree. --s. Established or prearranged unalterably.
GREY-HEADED * s. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
CONTRACTURE * n. An abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle.
COLONISE * v. 1 Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world. 2 Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).
DESTABILIZATION * n. 1 An event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft). 2 The action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy).
PHENACETIN * n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
CYCLOSIS * n. The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell.
BUGLER * n. Someone who plays a bugle.
TELEMETRY * n. Automatic transmission and measurement of data from remote sources by wire or radio or other means.
GRIPPE * n. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
KHALIFAH * n. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
COASTER * n. 1 A resident of a coastal area. 2 Someone who coasts. 3 A covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle).
ALGARROBA * n. 1 Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute. 2 Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob. 3 Mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing. 4 Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela.
LANIARY * a. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.
UNSOCIAL * a. Not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions.
MAGNILOQUENTLY * r. In a rhetorically grandiloquent manner.
CEMENT * --n. 1 Concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement. 2 A building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar. 3 Something that hardens to act as adhesive material. 4 Any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth. --v. 1 Make fast as if with cement. 2 Cover or coat with cement. 3 Bind or join with or as if with cement.
PHLOGISTON * n. A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.
HABITANT * n. A person who inhabits a particular place.
RETRIAL * n. A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors.
FOSTER-NURSE * n. A nurse who raises another woman's child as her own.
THERAPIST * n. A person skilled in a particular type of therapy.
ENDOGEN * n. A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside.
NORMAN * --n. 1 United States operatic soprano (born in 1945). 2 Australian golfer (born in 1955). 3 An inhabitant of Normandy. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans.
MAT * --n. 1 A thick flat pad used as a floor covering. 2 Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture. 3 Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports. 4 A mass that is densely tangled or interwoven. --v. 1 Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass. 2 Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like. --s. Not reflecting light; not glossy.
LUGE * --n. A racing sled for one or two people. --v. Move along on a luge or toboggan.
COMBAT * --n. 1 An engagement fought between two military forces. 2 The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. --v. Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
ANILE * s. Of or like a feeble old woman.
UNMUTILATED * a. Free from physical or moral spots or stains.
PHILANTHROPICALLY * r. In a philanthropic manner.
BACKBLAST * n. Backfire from a recoilless weapon.
UNASSIGNED * a. Not assigned.
COMMERCIALISM * n. Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services).
UNEXHAUSTED * a. Not used up completely.
AMPHIBIA * n. The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians.
AUTOCATALYSIS * n. Catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction.
MORBIDLY * r. In a morbid manner or to a morbid degree.
COHABITATION * n. The act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married).
ALGARROBILLA * n. Mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing.
DETACHABLE * a. Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
CONCLUDING * s. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
RATIOCINATION * n. 1 The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism). 2 Logical and methodical reasoning.
IMPASTO * n. Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.
ENFORCER * n. One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior.
ASTONISHINGLY * r. In an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise.
SEPARATIST * --n. An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union). --s. Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude.
SNEAD * n. United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002).
SANDBOX * n. 1 Mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal. 2 A plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in.
DIVAGATION * n. 1 A message that departs from the main subject. 2 A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern).
WINEMAKING * n. The craft and science of growing grapes and making wine.
SEMITRANCE * n. A trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent.
ARBORESCENT * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
GYRFALCON * n. Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.
SANDBOY * n. A young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'.
RHINITIS * n. An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge).
EARTHBALL * n. Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
MORALIZE * v. 1 Interpret the moral meaning of. 2 Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements. 3 Improve the morals of.
BOTULIN * n. Potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon.
HARMONISATION * n. 1 A piece of harmonized music. 2 Singing in harmony.
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM * n. Magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature.
EBRO * n. A river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean.
QUOIT * n. Game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits.
SHARP-EYED * s. 1 Having very keen vision. 2 Keenly perceptive or alert. 3 Having keen eyesight.
BLITHER * v. To talk foolishly.
PATHWAY * n. 1 A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain. 2 A trodden path.
COTINGIDAE * n. Cotingas; umbrella birds.
ASCOCARP * n. Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus.
SONGFUL * s. Richly melodious.
DUPE * --n. A person who is tricked or swindled. --v. Fool or hoax.
UNRHYMED * a. Not having rhyme.
MESOPHYTE * n. Land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte.
CIRCULARITY * n. The roundness of a 2-dimensional figure.
REDBRICK * s. Of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century.
CISMONTANE * a. On this (the speaker's) side of the mountains.
SINEWY * --s. 1 (of meat) Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew. 2 (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. --a. Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon.
SURLINESS * n. A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
UNSPARINGLY * r. In a scathing and unsparing manner.
MINUIT * n. Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638).
HERBACEOUS * s. Characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part.
DECONTROL * v. Relax or remove controls of.
MISCEGENATE * v. Marry or cohabit with a person of another race.
PERMEATION * n. 1 The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance. 2 Mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other.
OVEREAT * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
HYOSCYAMINE * n. A poisonous crystalline alkaloid (isometric with atropine but more potent); used to treat excess motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
AGRIBUSINESS * n. A large-scale farming enterprise.
SCANDALISE * v. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
SUBTREASURY * n. A subordinate treasury or place of deposit.
33RD * s. The ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order.
BREATHALYSER * n. A device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath.
B.O. * n. Malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe.
GREENMAIL * n. (corporation) The practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business.
SPECTATE * v. Be a spectator in a sports event.
NORTH-NORTHWEST * r. To, toward, or in the north-northwest.
EXPOSIT * v. 1 State. 2 Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
GAL * n. 1 United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters. 2 A unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo). 3 Alliterative term for girl (or woman).
FOLK * n. 1 People in general (often used in the plural). 2 A social division of (usually preliterate) people. 3 People descended from a common ancestor. 4 The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community.
CARANGID * --n. A percoid fish of the family Carangidae. --a. Of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae.
MOIRAE * n. Any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns.
NAUSEA * n. 1 The state that precedes vomiting. 2 Disgust so strong it makes you feel sick.
MATCHWOOD * n. 1 Wood in small pieces or splinters. 2 Wood suitable for making matchsticks. 3 Fragments of wood.
PALMETTO * n. Any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves.
LOCKMAN * n. A worker in charge of a lock (on a canal).
READILY * r. 1 Without much difficulty. 2 In a punctual manner.
INCHWORM * n. Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae.
QUOTA * n. 1 A prescribed number. 2 A proportional share assigned to each participant. 3 A limitation on imports.
CUSTARD-LIKE * a. Resembling custard in consistency.
DEPICT * v. 1 Show in, or as in, a picture. 2 Give a description of. 3 Make a portrait of.
DISCREPANT * s. 1 Not compatible with other facts. 2 Not in agreement. 3 Not in accord.
TAMARACK * n. Medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark.
LORDOLATRY * n. The worship of a lord because of his rank or title.
LEND-LEASE * n. The transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause.
QUIFF * n. A prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead).
COCKLE * --n. 1 Common edible European bivalve. 2 Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs. --v. 1 Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. 2 To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.
GODHEAD * n. Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.
ACROMEGALIC * s. Marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face.
SCRATCH * --n. 1 An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. 2 A depression scratched or carved into a surface. 3 Informal terms for money. 4 A competitor who has withdrawn from competition. --v. 1 Cause friction. 2 Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of. 3 Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. 4 Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.
BONDING * n. 1 A close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child). 2 (dentistry) A technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel. 3 Fastening firmly together.
BLOCKY * s. Resembling a block in shape.
DROMAEOSAURIDAE * n. Swift-running bipedal dinosaurs.
ROCK * --n. 1 A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. 2 Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. 3 United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984). 4 (figurative) Someone who is strong and stable and dependable. --v. 1 Move back and forth or sideways. 2 Cause to move back and forth.
CHUCK-FULL * s. Packed full to capacity.
PERFLUOROCARBON * n. A powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum.
FICTIONALISATION * n. 1 A literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction. 2 Writing in a fictional form.
FORTY-THIRD * s. The ordinal number of forty-three in counting order.
BIOPHYSICS * n. Physics as applied to biological problems.
CHRYSOBERYL * n. A rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone.
SILVERY-GRAY * s. Of grey resembling silver.
MOOSE * n. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America.
FASCIOLA * n. A genus of Fasciolidae.
RADIOGRAM * n. 1 A message transmitted by wireless telegraphy. 2 A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
MOZARTIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
LOVOA * n. Genus of African timber trees.
MICROCIRCUIT * n. A microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component.
AGAIN * r. Anew.
HANDBOOK * n. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.
SCHEMER * n. A planner who draws up a personal scheme of action.
DETUMESCENCE * n. Diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen.
INANITY * n. Total lack of meaning or ideas.
AIDED * a. Having help; often used as a combining form.
OUTPOST * n. 1 A station in a remote or sparsely populated location. 2 A settlement on the frontier of civilization. 3 A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
CADENZA * n. A brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music.
SARCOPHAGA * n. Flesh flies.
ENHANCEMENT * n. An improvement that makes something more agreeable.
ACTUARIAL * a. Of or relating to the work of an actuary.
SETON * n. United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).
CUSPIDOR * n. A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place).
FLYLEAF * n. A blank leaf in the front or back of a book.
CIRCINUS * n. A small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe.
BROOKLYN * n. A borough of New York City.
ORDAIN * v. 1 Order by virtue of superior authority; decree. 2 Appoint to a clerical posts. 3 Invest with ministerial or priestly authority. 4 Issue an order.
BRUNHILD * n. A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide.
INSOBRIETY * n. A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
HILAR * a. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
DECIPHER * v. 1 Convert code into ordinary language. 2 Read with difficulty.
PERSONABLENESS * n. The complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive.
HANGBIRD * n. Eastern subspecies of northern oriole.
INJUDICIOUSLY * r. In an injudicious manner.
RESPECTABLY * r. 1 To a tolerably worthy extent. 2 In a decent and morally reputable manner.
CHATOYANT * s. Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
SINFUL * s. 1 Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin. 2 Having committed unrighteous acts. 3 Far more than usual or expected.
TAMMERFORS * n. An industrial city in south central Finland.
HERMAPHRODITISM * n. 1 Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics. 2 Showing characteristics of both sexes.
ADMONISH * v. 1 Advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. 2 Warn strongly; put on guard. 3 Take to task.
INTRADERMIC * a. Relating to areas between the layers of the skin.
COCOSWOOD * n. Wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets.
LITERATI * n. The literary intelligentsia.
FEATHERED * --s. Adorned with feathers or plumes. --a. Having or covered with feathers.
REMORSELESSLY * r. Without pity; in a merciless manner.
EMBROIDER * v. 1 Decorate with needlework. 2 Add details to.
MELLIVORA * n. Ratels.
TIMER * n. 1 A timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end. 2 (sports) An official who keeps track of the time elapsed. 3 A regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times.
LATIN * --n. 1 Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome. 2 An inhabitant of ancient Latium. 3 A person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin. --a. 1 Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language. 2 Relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages. 3 Relating to languages derived from Latin. 4 Of or relating to the ancient region of Latium.
GROOVED * s. Established as if settled into a groove or rut.
INCONSTANCY * n. 1 Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous. 2 The quality of being changeable and variable.
PEARLY-WHITE * s. Of a white the color of pearls.
TOOTHLESS * --a. Lacking teeth. --s. Lacking necessary force for effectiveness.
HOMOLOGICAL * s. Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function.
DEAF-AID * n. An electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing.
NARROWING * --n. 1 An instance of becoming narrow. 2 A decrease in width. 3 The act of making something narrower. --s. 1 Becoming gradually narrower. 2 (of circumstances) Tending to constrict freedom.
BULBED * a. Having a bulb.
36TH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order.
LISPINGLY * r. With a lisp.
NONINVASIVE * a. Relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity.
LEPIDODENDRALES * n. Fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous.
MONOTONE * --n. 1 An unchanging intonation. 2 A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts). --a. Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value. --s. Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.
MATISSE * n. French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954).
CINEMA * n. 1 A medium that disseminates moving pictures. 2 A theater where films are shown.
IMPERVIABLE * a. Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected.
PLUMBAGINACEAE * n. Perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas.
TOPONYMY * n. 1 The nomenclature of regional anatomy. 2 The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language.
UNBECOMINGLY * r. Without decorousness.
BLUE-RIBBON * s. Selected or chosen for special qualifications.
GADIDAE * n. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
SCUPPERNONG * n. Amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States.
THRESHOLD * n. 1 The starting point for a new state or experience. 2 The smallest detectable sensation. 3 The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close. 4 The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway.
SNITCHER * n. 1 A thief who steals without using violence. 2 Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
QUERCUS * n. Oaks.
ANISOTREMUS * n. A genus of Haemulidae.
HORRIFYING * s. Provoking horror.
LIBERTY * n. 1 Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence. 2 Freedom of choice. 3 Personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression. 4 Leave granted to a sailor or naval officer.
UNAPPARENT * s. Not readily apparent.
SCINTILLATE * v. 1 Give off. 2 Reflect brightly. 3 Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner. 4 Physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon.
RAGUSA * n. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center.
HIGH-TONED * s. Pretentiously elegant.
PUNJABI * n. 1 A member of the people of Pakistan and Punjab. 2 The Indic language spoken by people in Pakistan and Punjab.
BRUCHIDAE * n. Seed beetles.
PRODUCE * --n. Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market. --v. 1 Bring forth or yield. 2 Create or manufacture a man-made product. 3 Cause to happen, occur or exist. 4 Bring out for display.
CRUTCH * n. 1 A wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking. 2 Anything that serves as an expedient.
AGEING * --n. 1 Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time. 2 The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age. --s. Growing old.
COUNTRY * n. 1 A politically organized body of people under a single government. 2 The territory occupied by a nation. 3 The people who live in a nation or country. 4 An area outside of cities and towns.
PELECANIDAE * n. Pelicans.
CREPITATE * v. Make a crackling sound.
STYLIST * n. 1 An artist who is a master of a particular style. 2 Someone who cuts or beautifies hair.
SECURITY * n. 1 The state of being free from danger or injury. 2 Defense against financial failure; financial independence. 3 Freedom from anxiety or fear. 4 A formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends.
STUART * n. 1 United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828). 2 A member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England. 3 The royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714.
BELOSTOMATIDAE * n. Water bugs.
MYXOMA * n. A benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material.
FURUNCULOSIS * n. Acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles.
DOOJIGGER * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
EPICURE * n. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
EVENTIDE * n. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).
CLAPBOARD * --n. A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below. --v. Cover with clapboards.
CEIBA * n. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
PACHINKO * n. A Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board.
ACCOMPLISHMENT * n. 1 The action of accomplishing something. 2 An ability that has been acquired by training.
LEWISIA * n. Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
INHERE * v. Be inherent in something.
ZARPANIT * n. Consort of Marduk.
TONGUE-LASHING * n. Rebuking a person harshly.
PRIVILEGE * --n. 1 A special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all. 2 A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right). 3 (law) The right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship. --v. Bestow a privilege upon.
PTSD * n. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images.
CHRONICALLY * r. 1 In a habitual and longstanding manner. 2 In a slowly developing and long lasting manner.
DERBY * n. A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim.
DISCRETENESS * n. The state of being several and distinct.
POLYAMIDE * n. A polymer containing repeated amide groups.
INDUCEMENT * n. 1 A positive motivational influence. 2 Act of bringing about a desired result.
CAMPHORIC * a. Relating to or derived from or containing camphor.
OVERSTRUNG * s. 1 Being in a tense state. 2 Too tightly strung.
LABIALIZE * v. Pronounce with rounded lips.
UNRESTED * s. Not rested or refreshed.
BELDAM * n. 1 An ugly evil-looking old woman. 2 A woman of advanced age.
MATCHBOOK * n. A small folder of paper safety matches.
THROMBASTHENIA * n. A rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results.
OUTFOX * v. 1 Outdo someone in trickery. 2 Beat through cleverness and wit.
STONE-FACE * n. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
TWINKLE * --n. 1 A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash. 2 Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. --v. 1 Gleam or glow intermittently. 2 Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner.
SEMIFINAL * n. One of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament.
MYOPIC * --a. Unable to see distant objects clearly. --s. Lacking foresight or scope.
PYROGENETIC * a. Produced by or producing fever.
BEDTIME * n. The time you go to bed.
SMIRCH * --n. 1 A blemish made by dirt. 2 An act that brings discredit to the person who does it. --v. 1 Smear so as to make dirty or stained. 2 Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
BARCELONA * n. A city in northeastern Spain on the Mediterranean; 2nd largest Spanish city and the largest port and commercial center; has been a center for radical political beliefs.
BIGOT * n. A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.
SOUTHEASTERN * s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the southeast. 2 Of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina.
THREATENED * s. (of flora or fauna) Likely in the near future to become endangered.
NEVIS * n. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis.
INTERDICTION * n. 1 Authoritative prohibition. 2 A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity.
DYING * --n. The time when something ends. --a. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be. --s. Eagerly desirous.
LAGUNA * n. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
CHRYSOTHAMNUS * n. Genus of low branching shrubs of western North America.
ACETIFY * v. 1 Make sour or more sour. 2 Turn acidic.
VENICE * n. The provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction.
EXPANDABLE * s. 1 Able to expand or be expanded. 2 (of gases) Capable of expansion.
TENURE * --n. 1 The term during which some position is held. 2 The right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands. --v. Give life-time employment to.
BANKBOOK * n. A record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks.
INTERLINK * v. 1 Be interwoven or interconnected. 2 Cause to be interconnected or interwoven.
INFUSORIAN * n. Any member of the subclass Infusoria.
PERIACTIN * n. An antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions.
PILLAGE * --n. 1 Goods or money obtained illegally. 2 The act of stealing valuable things from a place. --v. Steal goods; take as spoils.
VOCALIZER * n. 1 An organism that can utter vocal sounds. 2 A person who sings.
ETHERISE * v. Anesthetize with ether.
UNCARVED * a. Not carved.
WHEAT-GRASS * n. A grass of the genus Agropyron.
PORTUGAL * n. A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil).
SCROUNGE * v. 1 Collect or look around for (food). 2 Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.
VENIAL * s. 1 Warranting only temporal punishment. 2 Easily excused or forgiven.
ATTIRED * s. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.
CALCULATE * v. 1 Make a mathematical calculation or computation. 2 Judge to be probable. 3 Keep an account of. 4 Predict in advance.
SETACEOUS * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
PYROGRAPHY * n. The act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame.
TAPEWORM * n. Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.
ENCHANTED * a. Influenced as by charms or incantations.
POLYCHROME * --n. A piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors. --v. Color with many colors; make polychrome. --s. Having or exhibiting many colors.
INLET * n. 1 An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands). 2 An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container.
MANDE * n. A group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast.
UNMIXABLE * a. (chemistry, physics) Incapable of mixing.
CATAFALQUE * n. A decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral.
CHARACTER * --n. 1 An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story). 2 A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. 3 The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions. 4 An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. --v. Engrave or inscribe characters on.
SQUIRTER * n. Plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water.
HARMONIOUS * --a. Musically pleasing. --s. 1 Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities. 2 Suitable and fitting. 3 Existing together in harmony.
17TH * s. Coming next after the sixteenth in position.
CHAMPLAIN * n. 1 French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635). 2 A lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812.
MERCHANDISE * --n. Commodities offered for sale. --v. Engage in the trade of.
HUM * --n. 1 The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity. 2 An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan. 3 A humming noise. --v. 1 Sing with closed lips. 2 Be noisy with activity. 3 Sound with a monotonous hum. 4 Make a low continuous sound.
STUBBORNNESS * n. 1 The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome. 2 Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
AUTOFLUORESCENT * s. Emitting light via self-induced fluorescence.
TRICHOSURUS * n. A genus of Phalangeridae.
HARVEY * n. English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657).
POLLEX * n. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.
PERLIS * n. The smallest Malaysian state; located at the northern part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
BURBLE * v. Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.
UNSATIABLY * r. 1 To an insatiable degree. 2 In an insatiable manner; with persistence but without satisfaction.
SQUARE-TAILED * s. Having a square tail.
ORDEAL * n. 1 A severe or trying experience. 2 A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence.
MYXEDEMA * n. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
NAQUA * n. Diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension.
CONSUETUDINAL * n. A manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order).
STEELMAN * n. A worker engaged in making steel.
SLOPED * s. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
TORCHBEARER * n. A leader in a campaign or movement.
DOORPOST * n. A jamb for a door.
GENITAL * a. Of or relating to the external sex organs.
DEFENESTRATION * n. The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
CASTANOPSIS * n. Evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand.
MATAKAM * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
ENSURE * v. 1 Make certain of. 2 Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.
DROP-KICK * v. 1 Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick. 2 Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal.
EQUILATERAL * --n. A figure whose sides are all equal. --s. Having all sides or faces equal.
GASOLINE * n. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
LEOPARDBANE * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads.
UNICEF * n. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
RESTFULNESS * n. The attribute of being restful.
SNAKEFLY * n. Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax.
GENERALIZATION * n. 1 Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. 2 An idea or conclusion having general application. 3 The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances. 4 (psychology) Transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.
BREAKNECK * s. Moving at very high speed.
STAPHYLOCOCCAL * a. Of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria.
CONTENTIOUS * s. 1 Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits. 2 Involving or likely to cause controversy.
TEACHABLE * s. Ready and willing to be taught.
PLANNER * n. 1 A person who makes plans. 2 A notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc..
AGROUND * --a. Stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float. --r. With the bottom lodged on the ground.
HALF-SIZE * s. Half the usual or regular size.
VACUOUS * s. 1 Devoid of intelligence or thought. 2 Devoid of significance or force. 3 Devoid of matter.
PROTECTIONIST * n. An advocate of protectionism.
ADORABLY * r. In an adorable manner.
MONTE * n. A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time.
DUCTULE * n. A very small duct.
SUPERPOSE * v. 1 Place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide. 2 Place on top of.
PERUSAL * n. Reading carefully with intent to remember.
COLORADO * n. 1 A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains. 2 A river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico. 3 An important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States.
CHIPS * n. Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
FORESIGHTFULNESS * n. Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future.
PAPERHANGING * n. The application of wallpaper.
MOBCAP * n. Large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women.
SUMPTER * n. An animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads.
HEREOF * r. Of or concerning this.
RAISING * --n. 1 The event of something being raised upward. 2 The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child. 3 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. --s. Increasing in quantity or value.
DEOXIDISE * v. To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons.
CHANGE-OF-PACE * n. A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball.
UNGUSSETED * a. Not having gussets.
ELGAR * n. British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934).
PIGEON * n. Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
STIRRINGLY * r. In a stirring manner.
SUNDACARPUS * n. One species.
POLYHEDRON * n. A solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces.
SUFFIX * --n. An affix that is added at the end of the word. --v. Attach a suffix to.
PHILIPPIANS * n. A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia.
PORTMANTEAU * n. 1 A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings. 2 A large travelling bag made of stiff leather.
UNAVENGED * a. For which vengeance has not been taken.
COUGAR * n. Large American feline resembling a lion.
KYYIV * n. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center.
DINAR * n. 1 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran. 2 The basic unit of money in Yugoslavia. 3 The basic unit of money in Tunisia. 4 The basic unit of money in Libya.
ALKALINURIA * n. A condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline.
MARUM * n. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats.
SOVIET * --n. An elected governmental council in a communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people.
BATTALION * n. 1 An army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies. 2 A large indefinite number.
NOTED * s. Widely known and esteemed.
STATISTICAL * a. Of or relating to statistics.
FANTABULOUS * s. Very good; of the highest quality.
SATUREIA * n. Savory.
CORESPONDENT * n. The codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding.
PITTSBURGH * n. A city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
KOLAMI * n. The Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam in central India.
PAINSTAKINGNESS * n. The trait of being painstaking and careful.
DESEX * v. Make infertile.
RAHU * n. A Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
HIGH-UP * n. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
ASPERGILLACEAE * n. Family of fungi including some common molds.
DOWNWARD-ARCHING * s. Curving downward.
PHYLLIFORM * s. Having the shape of a leaf.
CLEOME * n. 1 Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers. 2 Tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs.
AUTARKY * n. Economic independence as a national policy.
TEMUJIN * n. Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227).
AVIATE * v. Operate an airplane.
SPELT * n. Hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed.
INITIATORY * s. Serving to set in motion.
EGYPTOLOGIST * n. An archeologist who specializes in Egyptology.
DUPLICABLE * s. Capable of being duplicated.
MOPES * n. An informal expression for a mildly depressed state.
SARCOMA * n. A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer.
GLADNESS * n. Experiencing joy and pleasure.
TUTSAN * n. Deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain.
BAR-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood.
SUSIANA * n. An ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people.
THORTVEITITE * n. A mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium.
APLECTRUM * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae.
AFRO * n. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
ARIANRHOD * n. Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan.
SEPPUKU * n. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.
CARE-LADEN * s. Burdened by cares.
ACQUISITIVENESS * n. Strong desire to acquire and possess.
FARRELL * n. 1 United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979). 2 United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002).
AURIFORM * s. Having a shape resembling an ear.
BASSIST * n. A musician who play the bass viol.
NONDIGESTIBLE * s. Not digestible.
SERVER * n. 1 A person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant). 2 (court games) The player who serves to start a point. 3 (computer science) A computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network. 4 Utensil used in serving food or drink.
DUBBING * n. A new soundtrack that is added to a film.
MERTON * n. 1 United States religious and writer (1915-1968). 2 United States sociologist (1910-2003).
UNSEASONED * --a. Not aged or processed. --s. 1 Without salt or seasoning. 2 Not tried or tested by experience.
INSALUBRIOUS * s. Detrimental to health.
TUNIC * n. 1 An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue. 2 Any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees.
KEELSON * n. A longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it.
SQUATTY * s. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature.
IL * --n. A midwestern state in north-central United States. --s. Being nine more than forty.
AMBROSIAN * --a. Of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose. --s. 1 Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant. 2 Worthy of the gods.
LEAF-BOOK * n. An unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll).
ONDAATJE * n. Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943).
CYNOSCEPHALAE * n. 1 The fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians. 2 The battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece.
CONFIGURATION * n. 1 An arrangement of parts or elements. 2 Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline).
CANNULISATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
CATAPHATISM * n. The religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image').
LEMONADE * n. Sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice.
DESIGN * --n. 1 The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan). 2 An arrangement scheme. 3 Something intended as a guide for making something else. 4 A decorative or artistic work. --v. 1 Make or work out a plan for; devise. 2 Plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect. 3 Create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner. 4 Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form.
MEPHISTOPHELES * n. Evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul.
GETTABLE * s. Capable of being obtained.
BASTILLE * n. 1 A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution. 2 A jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).
LEVITICUS * n. The third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents.
ROUGH-SPOKEN * s. Rude or uncouth in speech.
INCREDULOUS * a. Not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving.
CRIMINALNESS * n. The state of being a criminal.
DECREPITATION * n. The crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated.
BURLED * s. (of wood) Have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl.
EREMITE * n. A Christian recluse.
VIRAGO * n. 1 A noisy or scolding or domineering woman. 2 A large strong and aggressive woman.
PERPENDICULAR * --n. 1 A straight line at right angles to another line. 2 A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting. 3 A cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point. 4 An extremely steep face. --a. 1 Intersecting at or forming right angles. 2 At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line. --s. So steep as to be nearly veritcal.
SKITTISHNESS * n. Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright.
BACKWARDNESS * n. Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
DIPLOPTERYGIUM * n. Scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific.
LICHEE * n. 1 Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium. 2 Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
VIBRISSA * n. A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
CERATOPTERIS * n. Water ferns.
RHODESIA * n. A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980.
ABROCOME * n. Ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes.
WHIZZ * --n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. --v. 1 Make a soft swishing sound. 2 Move along very quickly.
SAIGON * n. A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina.
CANDIDATE * n. 1 A politician who is running for public office. 2 Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
LOYALLY * r. With loyalty; in a loyal manner.
TALINUM * n. Genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY * n. The branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.
INSIDER * n. An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
NONHARMONIC * a. Not harmonic.
TUBULIDENTATA * n. An order of Eutheria.
TORTURE * --n. 1 Extreme mental distress. 2 Unbearable physical pain. 3 Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. 4 The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. --v. 1 Torment emotionally or mentally. 2 Subject to torture.
PHOTOSYNTHETIC * a. Relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis.
MERCERISE * v. Treat to strengthen and improve the luster.
BELTED * a. Having or provided with a belt.
AMPULLAR * a. Of or related to an ampulla.
INCONTESTABLE * --a. Incapable of being contested or disputed. --s. Not open to question; obviously true.
ROMANIC * a. Of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome).
ARISTOCRATICAL * s. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
RIGGER * n. 1 Someone who rigs ships. 2 A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists. 3 Someone who works on an oil rig. 4 A sailing vessel with a specified rig.
GRACIE * n. United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964).
FORTITUDE * n. Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
34TH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-four in counting order.
DEALINGS * n. 1 Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with'). 2 Mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups. 3 The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).
CATEGOREMATIC * a. Of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition.
PTYALISE * v. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
HALITUS * n. Exhaled breath.
SIMEON * n. (Old Testament) The 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel.
SITWELL * n. English poet (1887-1964).
MARKING * n. 1 A distinguishing symbol. 2 A pattern of marks. 3 Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score. 4 The act of making a visible mark on a surface.
OVERREACTION * n. An excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior.
SPIRITIZE * v. Imbue with a spirit.
AFRAMOMUM * n. An African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae.
ATAYALIC * n. A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa.
CONDEMNATORY * s. Containing or imposing condemnation or censure.
FROTHY * s. 1 Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation. 2 Marked by high spirits or excitement.
ECDEMIC * a. Of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs.
IODINE * n. 1 A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks). 2 A tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic.
PETTING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
MUMMICHOG * n. Silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
BRIERPATCH * n. Tangled mass of prickly plants.
CEDRUS * n. True cedars.
ANATHEMATISATION * n. The formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed.
NEBIIM * n. The second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.
PUT-UP * s. Planned secretly.
SENSIBLENESS * n. The quality of showing good sense or practical judgment.
GRAMOPHONE * n. An antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically.
PHASMIDA * n. In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects.
PATRIARCHIC * s. (of societies) Being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line.
TWIRL * --n. 1 A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. 2 The act of rotating rapidly. --v. 1 Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. 2 Cause to spin.
MINCEMEAT * n. Spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat.
UNHINDERED * s. Not slowed or blocked or interfered with.
VAULTING * --n. 1 (architecture) A vaulted structure. 2 A light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down. --s. Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights.
PRECAUTION * n. 1 A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.. 2 The trait of practicing caution in advance. 3 Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger.
ADYNAMIC * --a. Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness. --s. Lacking energy or vitality.
URETER * n. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
TINT * --n. 1 A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color. 2 A dye for coloring the hair. 3 A just detectable amount. --v. Color lightly.
BIRCHBARK * n. A canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.
JERKWATER * s. Small and remote and insignificant.
ERIODICTYON * n. Small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico.
HOT-ROD * n. A car modified to increase its speed and acceleration.
TRAINMASTER * n. A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.
FIBULA * n. The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
OVERSTATED * s. Represented as greater than is true or reasonable.
PAPAVERALES * n. An order of dicotyledonous plants.
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE * n. Family of birthworts (including wild ginger).
ORANGE-COLOURED * s. Having the color of ripe oranges.
COLLECTIBLE * --n. Things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique). --s. Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified.
UVEITIS * n. Inflammation of the uvea of the eye.
LIMENITIS * n. Mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars.
SKYWAY * n. A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another.
STOOLIE * n. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
HYPERCOASTER * n. A roller coaster that goes up 200 feet or higher and can catapult riders from 0 to 70 mph in 4 seconds by motors originally designed to launch rockets.
HOMOGRAFT * n. Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft.
BLACKSHIRT * n. A member of the Italian fascist party before World War II.
HIGHLIGHTER * n. 1 A cosmetic used to highlight the eyes or cheekbones. 2 A fluorescent marker used to mark important passages in a text.
SEA-COAST * n. The shore of a sea or ocean.
SOUTHEASTERLY * s. 1 Coming from the southeast. 2 Situated in or oriented toward the southeast.
LANCELET * n. Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates.
PROXIMATE * --a. Closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects. --s. Very close in space or time.
OXYTOCIN * n. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk.
CYCLOTRON * n. An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles.
GRANICUS * n. The battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC).
GASTRULATION * n. The process in which a gastrula develops from a blastula by the inward migration of cells.
SURROUND * --n. The area in which something exists or lives. --v. 1 Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2 Envelop completely. 3 Surround so as to force to give up. 4 Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
ACCENTOR * n. Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia.
FEDERATION * n. 1 An organization formed by merging several groups or parties. 2 A union of political organizations. 3 The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs.
IMPRIMATUR * n. Formal and explicit approval.
SCANT * --v. 1 Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially. 2 Limit in quality or quantity. 3 Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. --s. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
BACKLOG * --n. 1 An accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services). 2 The large log at the back of a hearth fire. 3 Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. --v. Accumulate and create a backlog.
FAME * n. 1 The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed. 2 Favorable public reputation.
THALLIUM * n. A soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores.
UNTIDY * a. Not neat and tidy.
FROGBIT * n. European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers.
SUPPLICATION * n. 1 A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service. 2 A humble request for help from someone in authority. 3 The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving).
PASTERN * n. The part between the fetlock and the hoof.
DESTROYED * --a. Spoiled or ruined or demolished. --s. Destroyed physically or morally.
NONSPATIAL * a. Not spatial.
INWARDS * r. 1 To or toward the inside of. 2 Toward the center or interior.
HASCHISCH * n. Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen.
NONHERITABLE * a. Not inheritable.
HE-GOAT * n. Male goat.
EFFEMINISE * v. To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.
REGORGE * v. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
PODOPHYLLUM * n. Perennial rhizomatous herbs.
LUMBERMAN * n. A person who fells trees.
ACNED * s. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
PROGNE * n. A genus of Hirundinidae.
FEEDER * n. 1 An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening. 2 Someone who consumes food for nourishment. 3 A branch that flows into the main stream. 4 A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material.
SUBNORMAL * --n. A person of less than normal intelligence. --s. Below normal or average.
SIGHTS * n. An optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
CONE-SHAPED * a. Relating to or resembling a cone.
UNSNARLED * s. Straightened out.
SUMMARISATION * n. The act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly.
JUNKER * n. Member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism.
MOTIONLESSLY * r. Without moving; in a motionless manner.
MAURITIUS * n. 1 A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius. 2 An island in the southwestern Indian Ocean.
SINKING * n. 1 A descent as through liquid (especially through water). 2 A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength). 3 A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension.
RECOLLECTIVE * a. Good at remembering.
COKE * --n. 1 Carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal. 2 Coca Cola is a trademarked cola. 3 Street names for cocaine. --v. Become coke.
NEMATODA * n. Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms.
HANDCLAP * n. A clap of the hands to indicate approval.
EXCOGITATION * n. 1 Thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it. 2 The creation of something in the mind.
DECAY * --n. 1 The process of gradually becoming inferior. 2 A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current. 3 The organic phenomenon of rotting. 4 An inferior state resulting from the process of decaying. --v. 1 Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current. 2 Fall into decay or ruin. 3 Undergo decay or decomposition.
FO * n. An officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel.
RASTA * n. Follower of Rastafarianism.
NIHILISTIC * a. Of or relating to nihilism.
LUNACY * n. 1 Obsolete terms for legal insanity. 2 Foolish or senseless behavior.
BALKING * s. Stopping short and refusing to go on.
ETERNIZE * v. 1 Cause to continue indefinitely. 2 Make famous forever.
PREMIUM * --n. 1 Payment for insurance. 2 The amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value. 3 A fee charged for exchanging currencies. 4 A prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.. --s. Having or reflecting superior quality or value.
UNLIKEABLE * --a. (of characters in literature or drama) Tending to evoke antipathetic feelings. --s. Difficult or impossible to like.
IVORY * n. 1 A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses. 2 A shade of white the color of bleached bones.
ELM * n. 1 Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees. 2 Hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture.
XANTHEMIA * n. Excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color.
FALLACIOUSNESS * n. Result of a fallacy or error in reasoning.
REDEEMABLE * s. 1 Recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition. 2 Able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent. 3 Susceptible to improvement or reform.
BALDACHIN * n. Ornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar).
PHONOGRAMIC * a. Of or relating to a phonogram.
COQUETTISHLY * r. In a flirtatious manner.
NAMIBIA * n. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa.
GRACELESSNESS * n. 1 An unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression. 2 The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
DEFEND * v. 1 Argue or speak in defense of. 2 Be on the defensive; act against an attack. 3 Protect against a challenge or attack. 4 Fight against or resist strongly.
COMPORT * v. 1 Behave well or properly. 2 Behave in a certain manner.
SEWERAGE * n. 1 Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains. 2 A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
SKEPTICAL * s. 1 Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion. 2 Marked by or given to doubt.
FRAGARIA * n. Strawberries.
SPERMICIDE * n. A contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa.
INADEQUATENESS * n. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.
MINDER * n. 1 Someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors. 2 A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working.
STEATORNITHIDAE * n. Oilbirds.
DACRYOCYST * n. Either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands.
FUNDUS * n. (anatomy) The base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening.
TYRANNOSAUR * n. Large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America.
STILE * n. An upright that is a member in a door or window frame.
LEFT * --n. 1 Location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east. 2 Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare. 3 The hand that is on the left side of the body. 4 The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left. --a. 1 Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north. 2 Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left. --s. 1 Not used up. 2 Intended for the left hand. --r. Toward or on the left; also used figuratively.
ANSERIFORMES * n. Ducks; geese; swans; screamers.
WITCHGRASS * n. 1 North American grass with slender brushy panicles; often a weed on cultivated land. 2 European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.
SAXATILE * a. Growing on or living among rocks.
CECIDOMYIDAE * n. Gall midges.
WICLIF * n. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
PIE * n. 1 Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top. 2 A prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages.
DEPIGMENTATION * n. Absence or loss of pigmentation (or less than normal pigmentation) in the skin or hair.
SOFT-SPOKEN * s. Having a speaking manner that is not loud or harsh.
INCREMENTAL * s. Increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions.
PHARMACOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to pharmacology.
SOUVLAKIA * n. Made of lamb.
FRATERNISATION * n. Associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy.
ANTEDON * n. A genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae.
UNCONVERTIBLE * a. Used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value.
DUGOUT * n. 1 Either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game. 2 A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log. 3 A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground.
STRAIGHTWAY * r. 1 At once. 2 In a direct course.
DROVER * n. Someone who drives a herd.
FLUSTERED * s. Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term).
OHMIC * a. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
TURBELLARIA * n. Free-living flatworms.
CONTAINERSHIP * n. A cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes.
DISPROPORTIONATE * --a. Out of proportion. --s. Not proportionate.
HEALER * n. A person skilled in a particular type of therapy.
DEPILOUS * s. Completely hairless.
THIN-SKINNED * s. Quick to take offense.
ACRITICAL * s. Without a crisis (as of some diseases).
VOIDING * n. The bodily process of discharging waste matter.
OCULIST * n. 1 A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses. 2 A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye.
RECUSANCY * n. Refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England.
NOTION * n. 1 A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. 2 A general inclusive concept. 3 An odd or fanciful or capricious idea. 4 (usually plural) Small personal articles or clothing or sewing items.
CHALAZION * n. A small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked.
RATSBANE * n. A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer.
HYPOSTATISATION * n. Regarding something abstract as a material thing.
COMMIPHORA * n. Genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products.
LOUDLY * r. 1 With relatively high volume. 2 In manner that attracts attention. 3 Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly.
1-DODECANOL * n. A colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals.
PENONCEL * n. A small pennant borne on a lance.
ACCIACCATURA * n. An embellishing note usually written in smaller size.
HEART-HEALTHY * s. Of foods that are low in fats and sodium and other ingredients that may foster heart disease.
PLASM * n. 1 The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes. 2 The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended.
INDEPENDENCY * n. Freedom from control or influence of another or others.
TEXT * n. 1 The words of something written. 2 A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon. 3 A book prepared for use in schools or colleges. 4 The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.).
LUGGAGE * n. Cases used to carry belongings when traveling.
METRIC * --n. 1 A function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them. 2 A decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds). 3 A system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic. --a. Based on the meter as a standard of measurement. --s. The rhythmic arrangement of syllables.
SUGARINESS * n. 1 The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth. 2 The sweetness of sugar.
SORPTION * n. The process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption).
SCRATCHING * n. A harsh noise made by scraping.
SHABU * n. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.
JESTINGLY * r. In jest.
FULL-LENGTH * s. 1 Representing or accommodating the entire length. 2 Complete.
AMARILLO * n. A city in the northern panhandle of Texas.
FIBROUS * s. 1 Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute. 2 (of meat) Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
SEMANTICS * n. 1 The study of language meaning. 2 The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text.
FETTERBUSH * n. 1 Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers. 2 Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel.
HYSSOPUS * n. Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
ORDINARILY * r. Under normal conditions.
REVELER * n. A celebrant who shares in a noisy party.
NATURISTIC * a. In accord with naturism.
TRANSGENE * n. An exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism.
BUTTERFLY * --n. 1 Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings. 2 A swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down. --v. 1 Flutter like a butterfly. 2 Cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking. 3 Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
PERIDIUM * n. Outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi.
MYSIS * n. Type genus of the family Mysidae.
FEMALENESS * n. The properties characteristic of the female sex.
MARRAKECH * n. A city in western Morocco; tourist center.
CRACKER-BARREL * s. Characteristic of country life.
CREWMAN * n. 1 Any member of a ship's crew. 2 A member of a flight crew. 3 A member of a work crew.
CRASSOSTREA * n. Virginia oysters.
ARGYROL * n. Antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol).
SIXTY-ONE * s. Being one more than sixty.
SHILLELAGH * n. A cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn).
ESTRANGE * v. 1 Remove from customary environment or associations. 2 Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.
CEDRELA * n. Tropical American trees.
FIXER-UPPER * n. A house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price).
PITH * --n. 1 Soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants. 2 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. --v. Remove the pith from (a plant).
HAVEN * n. 1 A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary. 2 A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
PARR * n. 1 Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548). 2 A young salmon up to 2 years old. 3 The young of various fishes.
EGGNOG * n. A punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor.
NONINTERFERENCE * n. A foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes.
REARWARD * --n. Direction toward the rear. --s. 1 Located in or toward the back or rear. 2 Directed or moving toward the rear. --r. At or to or toward the back or rear.
SLENDER * s. 1 Being of delicate or slender build. 2 Very narrow. 3 Having little width in proportion to the length or height. 4 Small in quantity.
BROADLEAF * s. Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves.
LAH * n. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
SOUSSE * n. A port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean.
MITIGATED * a. Made less severe or intense.
REUNITE * v. 1 Have a reunion; unite again. 2 Unify again, as of a country.
QUEASINESS * n. 1 A mild state of nausea. 2 Inability to rest or relax or be still.
SEMINAL * --a. Pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen. --s. Containing seeds of later development.
PRECEDENCE * n. 1 Status established in order of importance or urgency. 2 Preceding in time. 3 The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
GOURMANDIZE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
HAZELNUT * n. 1 Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk. 2 Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
DIAGNOSTIC * --a. Concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis. --s. Characteristic or indicative of a disease.
REISSUE * --n. A publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale. --v. 1 Print anew. 2 Issue (a new version of).
GLUG * v. Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.
CRISPINESS * n. Firm but easily broken.
REFERENDUM * n. A legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate.
ASBESTOS * n. A fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer.
POLO-NECK * n. A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar.
CHAMOSITE * n. A greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum.
TAR-WOOD * n. 1 New Zealand shrub. 2 New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes.
CANALICULUS * n. A small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants.
SAMOAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands. --a. Of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture.
BIBLICAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible. 2 In keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people.
FRENCHIFY * v. 1 Make French in appearance or character. 2 Become French in appearance or character.
FLAT-BOTTOMED * s. Having a flat bottom.
REPLY-PAID * s. With cost of reply prepaid by sender.
DETOXIFICATION * n. 1 A treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances. 2 Treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver).
HYSSOP * n. 1 A European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil. 2 Bitter leaves used sparingly in salads; dried flowers used in soups and tisanes.
TRIGON * n. 1 A three-sided polygon. 2 (astrology) One of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees. 3 A triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome.
DIMASH * n. An ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus.
LUCRE * n. 1 Informal terms for money. 2 The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).
CONSTITUTIONALIZE * v. 1 Provide with a constitution, as of a country. 2 Take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal. 3 Incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional.
ENTITLE * v. 1 Give the right to. 2 Give a title to. 3 Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility.
SECULARIST * n. An advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education.
DROOLER * n. A person who dribbles.
CERCOSPORELLA * n. Form genus of imperfect fungi lacking pigment in the spores and conidiophores.
ATOPOGNOSIS * n. Absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch.
DASYPROCTA * n. Type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis.
MALFEASANT * n. One guilty of malfeasance.
GASTRODUODENAL * a. Of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum.
CLOSE-GRAINED * s. Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
CONSCIENTIOUSLY * r. With extreme conscientiousness.
TRAMONTANE * --n. A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean. --a. On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker). --s. Being or coming from another country.
TRANSITORILY * r. For a very brief time.
INMATE * n. 1 One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital). 2 A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated. 3 A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
CHESSBOARD * n. A checkerboard used to play chess.
HIPLENGTH * a. Extending to or just over the hips.
GANESA * n. Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles.
REGULARISATION * n. 1 The condition of having been made regular (or more regular). 2 The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular.
DEVOUTNESS * n. Piety by virtue of being devout.
MOTORISED * a. Equipped with a motor or motors.
YODH * n. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
ROOD-TREE * n. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
BUCCULA * n. A fold of fatty tissue under the chin.
KINOSTERNIDAE * n. Mud turtles; musk turtles.
BASEBOARD * n. A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor.
CLOMP * v. Walk clumsily.
RESOURCEFULNESS * n. 1 The quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation. 2 The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems.
ABOMINATOR * n. One who hates or loathes.
NUMDAH * n. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
POLYURETHAN * n. Any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber.
DECKER * n. 1 English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632). 2 (often used in combinations) Something constructed with multiple levels.
DOUBLE-BASS * s. Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range.
D.J. * n. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
LOBLOLLY * n. Thick gruel.
EXPLANATION * n. 1 A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.. 2 Thought that makes something comprehensible. 3 The act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible.
LITERALISM * n. 1 The doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature. 2 A disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense.
ARROBA * n. 1 A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries. 2 A liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries.
ANEURISMAL * a. Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
SHOPSOILED * s. Worn or faded from being on display in a store.
ADMITTABLE * s. Deserving to be allowed to enter.
PROCESS-SERVER * n. Someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant.
PLANETOID * n. Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun.
ALLOCATE * v. Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.
MAJORS * n. The most important league in any sport (especially baseball).
HYAENA * n. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
WITS * n. The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception.
ADOLESCE * v. Become adolescent; pass through adolescence.
DUB * --n. The new sounds added by dubbing. --v. 1 Give a nickname to. 2 Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language. 3 Raise (someone) to knighthood.
GOATSUCKER * n. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects.
PROTOHEMIN * n. A reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood.
PHYSICAL * --a. 1 Involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit. 2 Relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics. --s. 1 Having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses. 2 According with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter). 3 Characterized by energetic bodily activity. 4 Impelled by physical force especially against resistance.
DIGITIGRADE * --n. An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses. --a. (of mammals) Walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do).
ALABAMA * n. 1 A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. 2 A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama. 3 A river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River. 4 The Muskhogean language of the Alabama.
HAECCEITY * n. The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.
PAPOOSEROOT * n. Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally.
ANGIOCARPOUS * a. Having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk.
PERESKIA * n. Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers.
EMG * n. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
CARDITIS * n. Inflammation of the heart.
ASTACUS * n. Type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish.
DOWDILY * r. In a dowdy unfashionable manner.
SUBSTANDARD * s. Falling short of some prescribed norm.
PACKTHREAD * n. A strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages.
ROUND * --n. 1 A charge of ammunition for a single shot. 2 An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. 3 A regular route for a sentry or policeman. 4 (often plural) A series of professional calls (usually in a set order). --v. 1 Wind around; move along a circular course. 2 Make round. 3 Pronounce with rounded lips. 4 Attack in speech or writing. --a. Having the shape or form of a circle. --s. 1 (of sounds) Full and rich. 2 (mathematics) Expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand. --r. From beginning to end; throughout.
LXI * s. Being one more than sixty.
IONISE * v. 1 Become converted into ions. 2 Convert into ions.
NOREASTER * n. A storm blowing from the northeast.
INFLATABLE * s. Designed to be filled with air or gas.
FRIESLAND * n. 1 The western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands. 2 One of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands.
TAIL-SHAPED * s. Shaped like the tail of an animal.
ZIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes.
RANALES * n. Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae.
JACKKNIFE * --n. 1 A large knife with one or more folding blades. 2 A dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out. --v. Dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife.
BONITO * n. 1 Flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna. 2 Fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna. 3 Any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas.
MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE * n. Complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue.
TIMBERLINE * n. Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes.
DREADFULNESS * n. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
UNSKILLED * --a. Not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency. --s. 1 Lacking professional skill or expertise. 2 Not doing a good job.
BLOC * n. A group of countries in special alliance.
DISINHERIT * v. Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF * n. The officer who holds the supreme command.
4WD * n. 1 A motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system. 2 A transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle.
LIBRARY * n. 1 A room where books are kept. 2 A collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing. 3 A depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study. 4 (computing) A collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use.
TRADEMARK * --n. 1 A distinctive characteristic or attribute. 2 A formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product. --v. 1 Mark with a brand or trademark. 2 Register the trademark of.
INGRES * n. French classical painter (1780-1867).
PIMPINELLA * n. Anise.
INWARD-DEVELOPING * s. Toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center.
SUBSTRUCTURE * n. 1 The basic structure or features of a system or organization. 2 Lowest support of a structure.
SERVILELY * r. In an obsequious manner.
STONEWALLING * n. Stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate.
MILLIDEGREE * n. A unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree.
DANEWORT * n. Dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor.
MYELITIS * n. Inflammation of the spinal cord.
MONERON * n. Organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
TRUNCHEON * n. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
AGUACATE * n. A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed.
UNANSWERABLE * s. Impossible to answer.
ADEQUATENESS * n. The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:.
OSMANTHUS * n. Widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan.
CAST-OFF * s. Thrown away.
COMPLAIN * v. 1 Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. 2 Make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge.
DOSED * s. Treated with some kind of application.
PROVISORY * s. Subject to a proviso.
METABOLIC * a. 1 Of or relating to metabolism. 2 Undergoing metamorphosis.
HEARTSEASE * n. 1 A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived. 2 Violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet. 3 Common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers. 4 The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
MARASCA * n. 1 Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made. 2 Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.
OPERON * n. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
BRONCHODILATOR * n. A drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs.
SNEAKY * s. 1 Marked by deception. 2 Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.
STANZA * n. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
ADD-ON * n. 1 A software module that extends or enhances the capabilities of an existing application. 2 A component that is added to something to improve it. 3 A supplementary component that improves capability.
BONHOMIE * n. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
SALVIFIC * a. Pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption.
JUDEO-SPANISH * n. The Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script.
FLORID * s. 1 Elaborately or excessively ornamented. 2 Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.
LONGTIME * s. Having existed or persisted or continued in a particular role or state for a long time.
SALSILLA * n. 1 Tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia. 2 Tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America.
OTOLOGIST * n. A physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases.
TORTUOUS * s. 1 Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. 2 Marked by repeated turns and bends. 3 Not straightforward.
SERVICEABLE * --a. Ready for service or able to give long service. --s. 1 Capable of being put to good use. 2 Intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration.
HYPOCALCEMIA * n. Abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency.
BOS * n. Wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini.
NARCOTISING * s. Inducing stupor or narcosis.
INNKEEPER * n. The owner or manager of an inn.
CINNAMON-RED * s. Red tinged with cinnamon.
UNENDOWED * a. Not equipped or provided.
EUCHARIST * n. A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine.
MRD * n. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary; organized alphabetically.
HYDROPONIC * a. Of or relating to aquiculture.
PRIVATE * --n. An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines. --a. Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy. --s. 1 Concerning things deeply private and personal. 2 Concerning one person exclusively. 3 Not expressed.
MICROPHONE * n. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
LOWER * --n. The lower of two berths. --v. 1 Move something or somebody to a lower position. 2 Set lower. 3 Make lower or quieter. 4 Cause to drop or sink.
DOWNCAST * --n. A ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine. --s. 1 Directed downward. 2 Filled with melancholy and despondency.
DAUPHIN * n. Formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne.
RAMBLE * --n. An aimless amble on a winding course. --v. 1 Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner. 2 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
ALLOT * v. 1 Give out. 2 Allow to have. 3 Administer or bestow, as in small portions.
CONCLUDE * v. 1 Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion. 2 Bring to a close. 3 Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation. 4 Come to a close.
INFRAMAXILLARY * a. Relating to the lower jaw.
DYESTUFF * n. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
STROKE * --n. 1 (sports) The act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand. 2 The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam. 3 A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. 4 A light touch. --v. 1 Touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions. 2 Strike a ball with a smooth blow. 3 Row at a particular rate. 4 Treat gingerly or carefully.
AKVAVIT * n. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
PLANKTON * n. The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water.
ZAMBIA * n. A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964.
MINOAN * --n. A Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete.
VAGUS * n. A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.
GOLDENSEAL * n. Perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves.
CRUX * n. 1 A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus. 2 The most important point.
FLINDERS * n. 1 British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814). 2 Bits and splinters and fragments.
GARROTTER * n. Someone who kills by strangling.
HALF * --n. 1 One of two equal parts of a divisible whole. 2 One of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval. --s. 1 Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity. 2 Partial. --a. (of siblings) Related through one parent only. --r. Partially or to the extent of a half.
INGENUOUSLY * r. In an ingenuous manner.
PISTIL * n. The female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma.
CORNSTALK * n. The stalk of a corn plant.
FLOGGER * n. A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders).
ACQUAINTED * s. Having fair knowledge of.
MASTER * --n. 1 An artist of consummate skill. 2 A person who has general authority over others. 3 A combatant who is able to defeat rivals. 4 Directs the work of others. --v. 1 Be or become completely proficient or skilled in. 2 Get on top of; deal with successfully. 3 Have dominance or the power to defeat over. 4 Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of. --s. Most important element.
ICTODOSAUR * n. Intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals.
NARWHALE * n. Small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
UMPTEENTH * s. Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
CONSEQUENCE * n. 1 A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. 2 The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual. 3 Having important effects or influence.
GENDER * n. 1 A grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness. 2 The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles.
SEMICOMA * n. A mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli.
GOOSE * --n. 1 Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks. 2 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 3 Flesh of a goose (domestic or wild). --v. 1 Pinch in the buttocks. 2 Prod into action. 3 Give a spurt of fuel to.
AMARETTO * n. An Italian almond liqueur.
HARD-SHELLED * s. Of animals or plants that have a hard shell.
SPINNBAR * s. Capable of being spun into fibres.
DECIDUA * n. The epithelial tissue of the endometrium.
SCALP * --n. The skin that covers the top of the head. --v. 1 Sell illegally, as on the black market. 2 Remove the scalp of.
WHALESUCKER * n. Large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins.
CARRAGEEN * n. Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
GARNET-COLORED * s. Having the color of garnet.
RECEIVABLE * s. Awaiting payment.
BALL * --n. 1 Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games. 2 A solid projectile that is shot by a musket. 3 An object with a spherical shape. 4 The people assembled at a lavish formal dance. --v. Form into a ball by winding or rolling.
TESTIMONY * n. 1 A solemn statement made under oath. 2 An assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact. 3 Something that serves as evidence.
ONE-HORSE * s. Small and remote and insignificant.
PRONGBUCK * n. Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns.
WATER-WASHED * s. 1 Washed or swept with water especially waves of the sea. 2 Clean by virtue of having been washed in water.
FRIEND * n. 1 A person you know well and regard with affection and trust. 2 An associate who provides cooperation or assistance. 3 A person with whom you are acquainted. 4 A person who backs a politician or a team etc..
MALVALES * n. Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae.
ABSCISSA * n. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
TYRANNOSAURUS * n. Large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America.
INVITEE * n. A visitor to whom hospitality is extended.
LINEAMENT * n. 1 A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. 2 The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin.
SOWER * n. Someone who sows.
ATTITUDINAL * a. Of or relating to attitudes.
TYCHE * n. (Greek mythology) The goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna.
LOLLYGAG * v. Be about.
VODOUN * n. A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
MINUSCULAR * a. Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries.
INTERNATIONALISTIC * s. Influenced by or advocating internationalism.
COUTURIER * n. Someone who designs clothing.
ABATTIS * n. A line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy.
TSURIS * n. (Yiddish) Aggravating trouble.
TETANIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or causing tetany. 2 Of or relating to or causing tetanus.
HORN-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a horn.
DARKENING * --n. Changing to a darker color. --s. Becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over.
KANDINSKI * n. Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944).
PUSHBALL * n. A game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal.
GROVELLER * n. Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.
LOMARIOPSIDACEAE * n. Small family of usually scandent ferns.
OCCASIONS * n. Something you have to do.
INQUEST * n. An inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death.
RECRIMINATE * v. Return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return.
HEARTILY * r. 1 With gusto and without reservation. 2 In a hearty manner.
KIDSKIN * n. Soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat.
INEXTENSIBLE * a. Not extensile.
CAPPADOCIAN * a. Of or pertaining to Cappadocia or its people or culture.
POLITIC * --a. Marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness. --s. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
DOWNSTAIR * a. On or of lower floors of a building.
CHASIDISM * n. Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews.
PICANINNY * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Black child.
MALPOSED * s. Characterized by malposition.
HARMSWORTH * n. British newspaper publisher (1865-1922).
FURL * v. Form into a cylinder by rolling.
CROW-BAIT * n. An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
PRIODONTES * n. Solely the giant armadillo.
NINIGI * n. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY * n. The study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs.
DEHUMANIZATION * n. The act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities.
PILAFF * n. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
GREYISH-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with grey.
CHERT * n. Variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz.
GULAG * n. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
REACTIVE * --a. Participating readily in reactions. --s. Reacting to a stimulus.
CASINO * n. 1 A public building for gambling and entertainment. 2 A card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.
SELF-SOWN * s. Growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds.
APHELION * n. Apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun.
RESECTION * n. Surgical removal of part of a structure or organ.
SARDONIC * s. Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking.
JOLTING * a. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
ADULTHOOD * n. 1 The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed. 2 The state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity.
LISBOA * n. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic.
UNITING * n. 1 The combination of two or more commercial companies. 2 The act of making or becoming a single unit.
HEMICRANIA * n. A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men.
APPLY * v. 1 Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. 2 Be pertinent or relevant or applicable. 3 Ask (for something). 4 Apply to a surface.
SKINNY-DIPPER * n. A naked swimmer.
WORKPIECE * n. Work consisting of a piece of metal being machined.
TROPHOBIOSIS * n. A symbiotic relation in which one organism protects the other in return for some kind of food product.
PENEPLANE * n. A more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements.
WEAKENED * s. 1 Impaired by diminution. 2 Made weak or weaker. 3 Reduced in strength. 4 Mixed with water.
SAINT-JOHN'S-BREAD * n. Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute.
IRREFUTABLE * s. Impossible to deny or disprove.
CRAFTSMAN * n. 1 A professional whose work is consistently of high quality. 2 A creator of great skill in the manual arts. 3 A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
GARROTTE * --n. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. --v. Strangle with an iron collar.
PINESAP * n. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys.
NARCOTRAFFIC * n. Traffic in illegal drugs.
PRECIPITATE * --n. A precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering. --v. 1 Bring about abruptly. 2 Separate as a fine suspension of solid particles. 3 Fall from clouds. 4 Fall vertically, sharply, or headlong. --s. Done with very great haste and without due deliberation.
SIMPLE * --n. 1 Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties. 2 A person lacking intelligence or common sense. --a. 1 Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved. 2 (botany) Of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. --s. 1 Easy and not involved or complicated. 2 Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications. 3 Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. 4 Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
TEHERAN * n. The capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran.
RESCALE * v. Establish on a new scale.
PANTS * n. (used in the plural) Underpants worn by women.
ROSS * n. 1 Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856). 2 British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862). 3 British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932). 4 A politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977).
DEFTNESS * n. Skillful performance or ability without difficulty.
HIGHTAIL * v. Retreat at full speed.
NEGRO * --n. A person with African ancestry,. --s. Having skin rich in melanin pigments.
SLEEPLESSLY * r. Without sleep; in a sleepless manner.
PLOWSHARE * n. A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil.
PARALYTICAL * a. Relating to or of the nature of paralysis.
UTA * n. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
NONCONVERGENT * s. (of lines, planes, or surfaces) Never meeting or crossing.
BREAKABLE * --n. An article that is fragile and easily broken. --a. Capable of being broken or damaged.
DISTINGUISHABLE * --a. Capable of being perceived as different or distinct. --s. (often followed by `from') Not alike; different in nature or quality.
RELINE * v. 1 Provide with a new lining. 2 Put new lines on.
DEPUTIZE * v. 1 Act as a substitute. 2 Appoint as a substitute.
OVERBALANCE * v. 1 Weigh more heavily. 2 Cause to be off balance.
WHEEDLE * v. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
SPHERICITY * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
TYRANNIC * s. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
SCRUMPTIOUSLY * r. So as to produce a delightful taste.
DISARRANGED * a. Having the arrangement disturbed; not in order.
VACCINATOR * n. A medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases.
SCORZONERA * n. 1 Perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots. 2 Long black salsify.
AEROSPACE * n. The atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole.
VARIOMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field.
SYLLABICITY * n. The pattern of syllable formation in a particular language.
EPAULIERE * n. Armor plate that protects the shoulder.
DILATATION * n. 1 The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions. 2 The act of expanding an aperture.
ERG * n. A cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter.
CHAD * n. 1 A small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape. 2 A lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river. 3 A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960. 4 A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
CARNOSAURA * n. Largest carnivorous land animals ever known.
ARTERIECTASIS * n. An abnormal distension of an artery.
BREATHER * n. 1 A short respite. 2 Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time.
PLOWWRIGHT * n. A workman who makes and repairs plows.
PIGFISH * n. 1 Found around the Great Barrier Reef. 2 Found from Long Island southward.
SCULPTURAL * --a. Relating to or consisting of sculpture. --s. Resembling sculpture.
FAVOURITISM * n. 1 An inclination to favor some person or group. 2 Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
DOMINATE * v. 1 Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. 2 Be in control. 3 Have dominance or the power to defeat over. 4 Be greater in significance than.
MATZO * n. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
COCKLOFT * n. A small loft or garret.
JURISDICTIONAL * s. Restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction.
OMISSIBLE * s. Capable of being left out.
LATANIER * n. Fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
ABARTICULATION * n. Dislocation of a joint.
MYCELIUM * n. The vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae.
REPUTE * --n. The state of being held in high esteem and honor. --v. Look on as or consider.
CADENCED * s. Marked by a rhythmical cadence.
ATROCITY * n. 1 The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane. 2 An act of atrocious cruelty.
STRONG-MINDED * s. 1 Having a determined will. 2 Marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment.
SILVERSMITH * n. Someone who makes or repairs articles of silver.
DICOTYLEDONES * n. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
SELF-ACTING * s. Designed to activate or move or regulate itself.
SINKIANG * n. An autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people.
CARAVANSERAI * n. An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
FOETID * s. Offensively malodorous.
HANDBASIN * n. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
BARBAROUSNESS * n. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
BAYCOL * n. An oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
HANDSOME * s. 1 Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion. 2 Given or giving freely.
ENTENTE * n. 1 An informal alliance between countries. 2 A friendly understanding between political powers.
ORNERY * s. Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
DARMSTADTIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
EXPOSITIVE * s. Serving to expound or set forth.
CJD * n. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control.
OCCUR * v. 1 Come to pass. 2 Come to one's mind; suggest itself. 3 To be found to exist.
T-SCOPE * n. Scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures.
HEATHLIKE * a. Resembling heath.
ZERO * --n. 1 A quantity of no importance. 2 A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. 3 The point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured. 4 The sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing. --v. 1 Adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value. 2 Adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun). --s. 1 Indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration. 2 Having no measurable or otherwise determinable value. 3 Indicating an initial point or origin. --a. Of or relating to the null set (a set with no members).
UNIMPROVED * --a. Not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing. --s. (of land) Not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state.
CUBELIKE * s. Shaped like a cube.
GYNOSTEGIUM * n. The crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias.
SCORPION * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio. 2 The eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21. 3 Arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger.
RADIOLOGIST * n. A medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease.
FIDUCIAL * --a. 1 Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another). 2 Used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement. --s. Based on trust.
LASCIVIOUSLY * r. In a lascivious manner.
THESIS * n. 1 An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument. 2 A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree.
ANTELOPE * n. Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks.
CHEMISORPTION * n. Adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces.
MOLDABLE * s. Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material).
SUPERVENE * v. Take place as an additional or unexpected development.
ALLAYER * n. A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies.
EXURBIA * n. A residential area outside of a city and beyond suburbia.
PAPPUS * n. Calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions.
FAERY * n. 1 A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers. 2 The enchanted realm of fairies.
UNFRETTED * a. Without frets.
PERCENT * n. A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).
ASSOCIATE * --n. 1 A person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor. 2 A friend who is frequently in the company of another. 3 A person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise. 4 Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another. --v. 1 Make a logical or causal connection. 2 Keep company with; hang out with. 3 Bring or come into association or action. --s. Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status.
PERIWIGGED * s. Wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
ANOPHELES * n. Malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae.
DIRECTION * n. 1 A line leading to a place or point. 2 The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves. 3 A general course along which something has a tendency to develop. 4 Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
MONGOLIAN * --n. 1 A member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia. 2 A family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia. --a. 1 Of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic. 2 Of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures.
ENDOSPERM * n. Nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo within seeds of flowering plants.
SWEETEN * v. 1 Make sweeter in taste. 2 Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable.
BRAZZAVILLE * n. The capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo.
GALLINACEAN * n. Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds.
STARTER * n. 1 An electric motor for starting an engine. 2 A contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning. 3 The official who signals the beginning of a race or competition. 4 Any new participant in some activity.
SILVERY * s. 1 Resembling or reminiscent of silver. 2 Having the white lustrous sheen of silver. 3 Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver.
SCAR * --n. 1 A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue. 2 An indication of damage. --v. Mark with a scar.
LUMINOUS * s. Softly bright or radiant.
EYEPATCH * n. A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.
STULTIFY * v. 1 Prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence. 2 Cause to appear foolish. 3 Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless.
CHEAPEN * v. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth.
HSV-2 * n. A herpes virus that can cause genital herpes.
INR * n. An agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community.
HEARTBURN * n. A painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder.
POLYCIRRUS * n. Genus of soft-bodied polychete marine worms.
SIDE-WHISKERS * n. Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).
NOVA * n. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process.
JADE * --n. 1 A semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite. 2 A woman adulterer. 3 A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green. 4 An old or over-worked horse. --v. 1 Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody. 2 Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress. --s. Of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green.
PLATYCTENEA * n. An order of Tentaculata.
INTERCOM * n. A communication system linking different rooms within a building or ship etc.
VOLCANICALLY * r. By or like volcanoes.
MONOTREME * n. The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria.
ECHIDNOPHAGA * n. A genus of Siphonaptera.
TARAHUMARA * n. A member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico.
TRICYCLE * n. A vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals.
REPEATABLE * a. Able or fit to be repeated or quoted.
1000 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
PLASTERING * n. The application of plaster.
FEMTOMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
HAASTIA * n. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep.
PROFESSIONALIZATION * n. The social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood.
MUNGGO * n. 1 Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food. 2 Seed of the mung bean plant used for food.
PHENICIA * n. An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean.
GUSSETED * a. Provided or reinforced with gussets.
ENSLAVEMENT * n. 1 The state of being a slave. 2 The act of making slaves of your captives.
MARUMI * n. Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats.
PANINI * n. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
HUFFINESS * n. A passing state of anger and resentment.
EERY * s. Inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening.
JUNGERMANNIACEAE * n. Comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales.
ALPHA-LIPOPROTEIN * n. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.
BLATTIDAE * n. Domestic cockroaches.
IFFY * s. Subject to accident or chance or change.
UNPUBLISHED * a. Not published.
WHISTLEBLOWER * n. An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it.
DIALECTIC * --n. 1 Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments. 2 A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction. --a. Of or relating to or employing dialectic.
MARRIAGEABLE * s. Of girls or women who are eligible to marry.
HOSPITABLE * --a. 1 Favorable to life and growth. 2 Disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity. --s. Having an open mind.
NON-ISSUE * n. The state of something that has outlived its relevance.
CAMELIDAE * n. Camels and llamas and vicunas.
RAGEE * n. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
WILLFUL * s. 1 Done by design. 2 Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
GENITOURINARY * a. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
ACETYLCHOLINE * n. A neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
ATTACKER * n. Someone who attacks.
APLITE * n. Light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
PROVERBIAL * --a. Of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb. --s. Widely known and spoken of.
RUSTLER * n. Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle).
ANTIPYRETIC * --n. Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever. --a. Preventing or alleviating fever.
MEDUSOID * --n. One of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles. --a. Relating to or resembling a medusa.
GUENON * n. Small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face.
FATLESS * a. Without fat or fat solids.
EMASCULATED * s. (of a male animal) Having the testicles removed.
FRUITFULNESS * n. 1 The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth. 2 The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination.
STERNUTATOR * n. A chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying.
TURD * n. Obscene terms for feces.
INCAPACITATING * s. That cripples or disables or incapacitates.
SUDATE * v. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.
CUT * --n. 1 A share of the profits. 2 (film) An immediate transition from one shot to the next. 3 A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation. 4 A step on some scale. --v. 1 Separate with or as if with an instrument. 2 Cut down on; make a reduction in. 3 Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. 4 Make an incision or separation. --a. 1 Separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument. 2 Fashioned or shaped by cutting. 3 Made neat and tidy by trimming. 4 (used of grass or vegetation) Cut down with a hand implement or machine. --s. 1 With parts removed. 2 (of a male animal) Having the testicles removed. 3 (used of rates or prices) Reduced usually sharply. 4 Mixed with water.
DOCTOROW * n. United States novelist (born in 1931).
EARPIECE * n. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.
HARLEM * n. A district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto.
PHYSICALISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.
EHADHAMEN * n. City in Tunisia.
ALLEGHENY * n. A river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River.
PREVISE * v. 1 Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning. 2 Realize beforehand.
SUBDIRECTORY * n. (computer science) A directory that is listed in another directory.
SKULLCAP * n. 1 Rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head. 2 A herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised. 3 The dome of the skull.
ILL-JUDGED * s. Not given careful consideration.
MEDFLY * n. Small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit.
MEASURABLY * r. To a measurable degree.
DISTAL * a. 1 Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone. 2 Directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body.
UNHESITATINGLY * r. Without hesitation.
DISSOLUTION * n. 1 Separation into component parts. 2 The process of going into solution. 3 Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure. 4 The termination of a meeting.
ROUTINE * --n. 1 An unvarying or habitual method or procedure. 2 A short performance that is part of a longer program. 3 A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program. --s. Found in the ordinary course of events.
SALMACIS * n. Nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body.
RIGHTNESS * n. 1 According with conscience or morality. 2 Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing. 3 Conformity to fact or truth. 4 Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety.
ANOXEMIC * a. Relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood.
JAMMED * s. Extremely crowed or filled to capacity.
FRUIT-EATING * s. Feeding on fruit.
HORTICULTURIST * n. An expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants).
LOGICALNESS * n. Correct and valid reasoning.
APODIDAE * n. Swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes.
PLURALISATION * n. The act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to.
BLOCKER * n. 1 A football player whose responsibility is to block players attempting to stop an offensive play. 2 A class of drugs that inhibit (block) some biological process.
OVERSEWN * s. Sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together).
PARAMOUNTCY * n. The state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority.
SHILLYSHALLY * --n. The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. --v. 1 Be uncertain and vague. 2 Postpone doing what one should be doing.
CONVERSELY * r. With the terms of the relation reversed.
NORTHWARDS * r. In a northern direction.
MORTAR * --n. 1 A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range. 2 Used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall. 3 A bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle. --v. Plaster with mortar.
RATHER * r. 1 On the contrary. 2 To some (great or small) extent. 3 More readily or willingly. 4 To a degree (not used with a negative).
BEDWETTER * n. Someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed.
ACCURST * s. Under a curse.
SUBJOINING * n. The act of supplementing.
SYNCHROFLASH * n. A device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter.
INDRIIDAE * n. A family of Lemuroidea.
IN-FIGHTING * n. 1 Conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders). 2 Boxing at close quarters.
ROSY * s. 1 Reflecting optimism. 2 Having the pinkish flush of health. 3 Of blush color. 4 Presaging good fortune.
CONCEIVABLY * r. Within the realm of possibility.
UNAWARES * r. 1 Without forethought or plan; inadvertently. 2 Suddenly and unexpectedly. 3 At a disadvantage.
GETTYSBURG * n. 1 A small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery. 2 A battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union.
REVERSIVE * s. Tending to be turned back.
MILITARIZED * s. Issued military arms.
FILLAGREE * n. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire).
RORIDULA * n. Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs.
PAN-HELLENIC * a. Of or relating to all the Greeks.
MERALGIA * n. Pain in the thigh.
AFFIXIAL * a. Of or pertaining to a linguistic affix.
GRANARY * n. A storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed.
LENTIGINOUS * s. Relating to or covered with or resembling freckles.
FLATWARE * n. 1 Tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece. 2 Silverware eating utensils.
THEISM * n. The doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods.
BARBACAN * n. A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
INTRON * n. Sequence of a eukaryotic gene's DNA that is not translated into a protein.
MOMENTOUS * s. Of very great significance.
BONDMAID * n. 1 A female bound to serve without wages. 2 A female slave.
ANDROGENESIS * n. Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization.
IPSUS * n. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius.
BARCAROLE * n. A boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers.
HATLESS * a. Not wearing a hat.
ANOXIA * n. Severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues.
KAOCHLOR * n. Salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency.
SHAGGILY * r. In a shaggy manner.
FIRST-RATE * --s. Of the highest quality. --r. Quite well.
CHARACEAE * n. Green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts.
STRESS * --n. 1 The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch). 2 (psychology) A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. 3 Special emphasis attached to something. 4 Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension. --v. 1 To stress, single out as important. 2 Put stress on; utter with an accent. 3 Test the limits of.
SOPORIFIC * --n. A drug that induces sleep. --s. 1 Sleep inducing. 2 Inducing mental lethargy.
HOORAY * n. A victory cheer.
CALADIUM * n. Any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red.
ICEBOX * n. White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures.
XIX * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one. --s. Being one more than eighteen.
YERUPAJA * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
WILLET * n. Large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts.
DOT-COM * --n. A company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'. --a. Of or relating to an internet company.
CUPPA * n. A cup of tea.
THUMBNUT * n. A threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning.
WITWATERSRAND * n. A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese.
DEHUMANIZED * s. Divested of human qualities or attributes.
WYLER * n. United States filmmaker (1902-1981).
TZAR * n. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
BARBARY * n. A region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries.
DECORATOR * n. 1 A person who specializes in interior decoration. 2 Someone who decorates.
SCRIPTWRITER * n. Someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas.
STORMBOUND * s. Delayed or confined or cut off by a storm.
ANTIFUNGAL * --n. Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi. --a. Capable of destroying fungi.
LEAVED * s. Having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination.
USUMBURA * n. The capital and largest city of Burundi.
BAYBERRY * n. 1 West Indian tree; source of bay rum. 2 Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries.
POPISH * a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
WETLAND * n. A low area where the land is saturated with water.
BEAST * n. 1 A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. 2 A cruelly rapacious person.
H2O * n. Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent.
VERBOSITY * n. An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words.
JUMPY * --s. Being in a tense state. --a. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
SOCIALISM * n. 1 A political theory advocating state ownership of industry. 2 An economic system based on state ownership of capital.
FORBEAR * --n. A person from whom you are descended. --v. 1 Refrain from doing. 2 Resist doing something.
SUBCOMMITTEE * n. A subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose.
BULLHORN * n. A portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier.
MAGNIFY * v. 1 Increase in size, volume or significance. 2 To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. 3 Make large.
JOSHUA * n. 1 (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho. 2 A book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses.
JALAPENO * n. 1 Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red. 2 Hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico.
PEATY * a. Of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat.
ACTINOMERIS * n. Used in some classification systems for plants now included in genus Verbesina.
TRUENESS * n. 1 Conformity to reality or actuality. 2 The quality of being loyal. 3 Exactness of adjustment.
MACHIAVELLI * n. A statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527).
CABARET * n. 1 A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink. 2 A series of acts at a night club.
PARADOX * n. (logic) A statement that contradicts itself.
STRAIGHTLACED * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
GOOSELIKE * s. Having or revealing stupidity.
OFF-COLOUR * s. In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent.
MUSE * --n. 1 In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science. 2 The source of an artist's inspiration. --v. Reflect deeply on a subject.
TCHAIKOVSKY * n. Important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893).
ANTIPSYCHOTIC * n. Tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired.
ATRIAL * a. Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart).
CHERRY * --n. 1 Wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry. 2 Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood. 3 A red fruit with a single hard stone. 4 A red the color of ripe cherries. --s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
CENOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to cenogenesis.
MOZARTEAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
STURDILY * r. In a sturdy manner.
SECTARY * n. A member of a sect.
COMPLICATION * n. 1 The act or process of complicating. 2 A situation or condition that is complex or confused. 3 Any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease. 4 A development that complicates a situation.
KABALA * n. 1 An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. 2 An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
REASSERTION * n. Renewed affirmation.
PINDARIC * n. An ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units.
NONVOLATILE * a. Not volatilizing readily.
VARICOLOURED * s. 1 Having a variety of colors. 2 Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
GOALPOST * n. One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field.
CORNACEAE * n. A rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia.
REVAMP * v. 1 To patch up or renovate; repair or restore. 2 Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.
ORYZA * n. Rice.
MYSIDACEA * n. Opossum shrimp.
HABITAT * n. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
DISLOCATE * v. 1 Move out of position. 2 Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship.
REDHEADER * n. Someone who has red hair.
REGGANE * n. A town in central Algeria.
NALCHIK * n. A city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains; an industrial center and health resort.
ITEMISATION * n. The act of making a list of items.
US * n. 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.
DREARY * s. 1 Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise. 2 Causing dejection.
PUBLISH * v. 1 Put into print. 2 Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. 3 Have (one's work) issued for publication.
CLOVER * n. A plant of the genus Trifolium.
PLEATING * n. The act of folding in parallel folds.
BOYNE * n. A battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts.
TREPID * s. Timid by nature or revealing timidity.
DOLOBID * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
CONTEMPTUOUS * s. Expressing extreme contempt.
RAPPAHANNOCK * n. A river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region.
URAEMIA * n. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
SURF * --n. Waves breaking on the shore. --v. 1 Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard. 2 Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular. 3 Switch channels, on television.
LEUCORRHEA * n. Discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection.
TOURTIERE * n. A meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec.
RINGED * s. 1 Shaped like a ring. 2 Having colored rings around the body. 3 Wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married.
DIGITALIN * n. A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove.
DIOCESE * n. The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop.
PALAQUIUM * n. Large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves.
ITINERARY * n. 1 An established line of travel or access. 2 A guidebook for travelers. 3 A proposed route of travel.
STRONG-GROWING * s. Tending to spread quickly.
SPANG * v. Leap, jerk, bang.
LIMANDA * n. A genus of Pleuronectidae; righteye flounders having a humped nose and small scales; the underside is often brightly colored.
SULPHATE * n. A salt or ester of sulphuric acid.
SIXTH-FORMER * n. A student in the sixth form.
RIBBON-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a ribbon.
BRILL * n. European food fish.
POUNDAGE * n. 1 A charge based on weight measured in pounds. 2 A fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals. 3 Weight expressed in pounds. 4 Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.
SPATULA-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf shape) Having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base.
PRESCIENCE * n. The power to foresee the future.
IRONING * n. 1 Garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed. 2 The work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles.
DISSUASIVE * a. Deterring from action.
SUPPRESSOR * n. 1 Someone who suppresses. 2 A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene). 3 An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents.
PARTICOLORED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
COLLOCALIA * n. A genus of Apodidae.
BLOG * --n. A shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies. --v. Read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal.
INCENSE * --n. 1 A substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned. 2 The pleasing scent produced when incense is burned. --v. 1 Perfume especially with a censer. 2 Make furious.
GALENA * n. Soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead.
BUTTONED-DOWN * s. Unimaginatively conventional.
PETAURISTIDAE * n. Old World flying squirrels.
FAUTEUIL * n. An upholstered armchair.
GRASSY-LEAFED * s. Having leaves that resemble grass.
VEGETATIONAL * a. Composed of vegetation or plants.
TUPI * n. 1 A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay. 2 The language spoken by the Tupi of Brazil and Paraguay.
CHEESE * --n. 1 A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk. 2 Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States. --v. 1 Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it). 2 Wind onto a cheese.
REVERBERATION * n. 1 The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves. 2 A remote or indirect consequence of some action.
BARGAIN * --n. 1 An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each. 2 An advantageous purchase. --v. 1 Negotiate the terms of an exchange. 2 Come to terms; arrive at an agreement.
STOREKEEPER * n. A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
PERFORCE * r. By necessity; by force of circumstance.
CONJUGATION * n. 1 The state of being joined together. 2 The inflection of verbs. 3 The complete set of inflected forms of a verb. 4 A class of verbs having the same inflectional forms.
RUSTLING * --n. 1 The stealing of cattle. 2 A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. --s. Characterized by soft sounds.
PANFISH * n. Any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market.
SELF-LIMITED * a. Relating to a disease that tends to run a definite course without treatment.
SENTIMENTALISATION * n. The act of indulging in sentiment.
CHEF-D'OEUVRE * n. The most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman.
COLLABORATION * n. 1 Act of working jointly. 2 Act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country.
STRIKEBOUND * s. Closed or immobilized by a strike.
SAPSUCKER * n. Small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees.
CATEGORIZE * v. Place into or assign to a category.
BLACKWASH * --n. 1 An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation. 2 A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores. 3 A wash that colors a surface black. --v. 1 Bring (information) out of concealment. 2 Color with blackwash.
GENEROUS * --a. 1 Willing to give and share unstintingly. 2 Not petty in character and mind. --s. More than is usual or necessary.
DINNERWARE * n. The tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal.
SERRATIA * n. A genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod.
WORSHIP * --n. 1 The activity of worshipping. 2 A feeling of profound love and admiration. --v. 1 Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol. 2 Show devotion to (a deity). 3 Attend religious services.
JNR * n. A son who has the same first name as his father.
BRICKWORK * n. Masonry done with bricks and mortar.
PROLOGUE * n. An introduction to a play.
TRANSCRIPTASE * n. The enzyme that copies DNA into RNA.
5-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.
UKASE * n. An edict of the Russian tsar.
UNSHEARED * --a. Not sheared. --s. (used especially of fur or wool) Not having been sheared.
NEOBIOTIC * n. An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery.
BONDUC * n. 1 Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute. 2 Tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries.
FIERILY * r. With passionate fervor.
GADOLINIUM * n. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
PERTURBED * s. Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term).
KUVI * n. A Dravidian language spoken in southeast India.
INSTANT * --n. 1 A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). 2 A particular point in time. --s. 1 Occurring with no delay. 2 In or of the present month. 3 Demanding attention.
OVERFOND * s. Excessively fond.
STREET * n. 1 A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings. 2 The part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel. 3 The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction. 4 A situation offering opportunities.
HETEROICOUS * s. Having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant.
LINKBOY * n. (formerly) An attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets.
HALTER * --n. 1 Rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading. 2 A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging. 3 A woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered. 4 Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight. --v. 1 Hang with a halter. 2 Prevent the progress or free movement of.
PROSOM * n. A frequently prescribed sleeping pill (trade name ProSom).
HYPOCHLORITE * n. Any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
HELLFIRE * n. A place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned.
WALKWAY * n. A path set aside for walking.
CARIBOU * n. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America.
PHAGUN * n. The twelfth month of the Hindu calendar.
GOOSEFISH * n. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
LUMEN * n. 1 A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions. 2 A cavity or passage in a tubular organ.
EMBRYOTIC * s. In an early stage of development.
GHETTOIZE * v. Put in a ghetto.
DUBUQUE * n. A town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River.
FOENICULUM * n. Very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers.
VATICAL * s. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
DEWAR * n. 1 Vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments. 2 Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923).
SIGNALING * n. Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.
GANGLAND * n. Underworld organizations.
TRANSVESTIC * a. Receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex.
MUNTIACUS * n. Muntjacs.
IVY * n. Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits.
SURFACTANT * n. A chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
CHEATGRASS * n. Annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean.
BHAGAVADGITA * n. (Hinduism) The sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life.
SESSION * n. 1 A meeting for execution of a group's functions. 2 The time during which a school holds classes. 3 A meeting devoted to a particular activity. 4 A meeting of spiritualists.
CAMASS * n. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
IGNOBLENESS * n. The quality of being ignoble.
DODGY * s. 1 Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk. 2 Marked by skill in deception.
MINISCULE * s. Extremely small.
MALMO * n. A port in southern Sweden.
POACHED * s. Cooked in hot water.
DEPRIVE * v. 1 Take away possessions from someone. 2 Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. 3 Take away.
MACLEAYA * n. A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy.
GONADOTROPIC * a. Of or relating to or involving gonadotropin.
SAAME * n. 1 A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. 2 The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
THERMOGRAM * n. A graphical record produced by a thermograph.
DIALYSE * v. Separate by dialysis.
LEIPOA * n. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
MACRODANTIN * n. Derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract.
WORRISOME * --a. Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety. --s. Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
ARKANSAN * n. A native or resident of Arkansas.
ENERGIZER * n. 1 Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people. 2 A device that supplies electrical energy.
AYRSHIRE * n. Hardy breed of dairy cattle from Ayr, Scotland.
PROVISIONAL * s. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.
PUTRID-SMELLING * s. Having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter.
TYLENCHUS * n. Type genus of the family Tylenchidae.
PROMPTBOOK * n. The copy of the playscript used by the prompter.
READY-TO-EAT * s. Food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold.
DEGRADER * n. A person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins).
DRAGGER * n. 1 Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something. 2 A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
INJURIOUSNESS * n. Destructiveness that causes harm or injury.
CHUNKING * n. (psychology) The configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units.
ICE-COLD * s. As cold as ice.
GILDED * s. 1 Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold. 2 Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. 3 Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality. 4 Made from or covered with gold.
TREPIDATION * n. A feeling of alarm or dread.
BACTERIOPHAGOUS * a. Of or relating to bacteriophages.
ETHNIC * --n. A person who is a member of an ethnic group. --s. 1 Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people. 2 Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
BELAY * --n. Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured. --v. 1 Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him. 2 Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat.
POLLUTANT * n. Waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil.
HYPERBOLOIDAL * s. Having the shape of a hyperboloid.
MEBENDAZOLE * n. An anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations.
LATEEN-RIG * n. The rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel.
IRIDESCENCE * n. The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface.
GREASEPAINT * n. A greasy substance used as makeup by actors.
URBANISED * s. Made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics.
RETIE * v. Tie again or anew.
ADVERT * --n. A public promotion of some product or service. --v. 1 Give heed (to). 2 Make a more or less disguised reference to. 3 Make reference to.
CRABAPPLE * n. 1 Any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms. 2 Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit. 3 Small sour apple; suitable for preserving.
BREADTHWISE * r. In the direction of the breadth.
SACRIFICIAL * a. Used in or connected with a sacrifice.
VOLGAIC * n. A group of Finnic languages spoken around the Volga river.
ORECTOLOBUS * n. Carpet sharks.
ABSTRACTION * n. 1 A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance. 2 The act of withdrawing or removing something. 3 The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances. 4 An abstract painting.
MASTIC * n. 1 An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes. 2 A pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler. 3 An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin.
AUTHENTICATED * s. Established as genuine.
NAUCLEA * n. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.
PROCARBAZINE * n. An antineoplastic drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease.
DAISY * n. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
LAURACEAE * n. A family of Lauraceae.
VISCACHA * n. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
ACETOSE * s. Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
CALABA * n. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
FORKLIFT * n. A small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them.
CYANOBACTERIA * n. Predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton.
INTEGRATIVE * --a. Combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole. --s. Tending to consolidate.
AOUDAD * n. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
RENDERING * n. 1 A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.. 2 An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious. 3 The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance. 4 A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
CONTRITION * n. Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation.
BOTTOM-DWELLER * n. A fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water.
FORMULATION * n. 1 A substance prepared according to a formula. 2 Inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally. 3 The style of expressing yourself.
SQUINT-EYE * n. A person with strabismus.
UNATTACHED * --s. 1 Not fastened together. 2 (of animals) Able to swim about; not attached. --a. Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
REPAYABLE * s. Subject to repayment.
THEREWITHAL * r. Together with all that; besides.
BINOMIAL * --n. (mathematics) A quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms. --a. Of or relating to or consisting of two terms. --s. Having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies.
VIDALIA * n. A town in central Georgia; the origin of Vidalia onions.
CENTRISM * n. A political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action.
SEXPLOITATION * n. The commercial exploitation of sex or sexuality or explicit sexual material.
ALOES * n. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
YIPS * n. Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts).
AFFIRMED * n. Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978.
HEMOPHILIA * n. Congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son.
DOLICHOCRANIC * a. Having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75.
PHOEBUS * n. (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis.
PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL * s. Beyond normal physical explanation.
GASTRITIS * n. Inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating.
FLUCTUATION * n. 1 A wave motion. 2 An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change. 3 The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes.
AHRIMAN * n. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism; arch rival of Ormazd.
PIRANGA * n. A genus of Thraupidae.
UNBRACED * s. Without braces or props.
ALPHA-INTERFERON * n. A form of interferon that is produced endogenously and commercially for its pharmacological effects (including regulation of the immune system and antiviral and antineoplastic effects).
BISON * n. Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns.
DOUBLE-BARRELLED * --a. Having two barrels mounted side by side. --s. Having two purposes; twofold.
UNTRIED * s. 1 Not tried or tested by experience. 2 Not yet proved or subjected to testing.
AGAMIDAE * n. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
LEONTOCEBUS * n. Tamarins.
APATITE * n. A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus.
UNSTILTED * s. Flowing naturally and continuously.
CONJUNCTIVITIS * n. Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye.
CIMARRON * n. 1 A river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River. 2 Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns.
TROUPE * n. Organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical).
PINICOLA * n. A genus of Fringillidae.
COMPOSING * n. 1 The spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole. 2 Musical creation.
TABOURET * n. A low stool in the shape of a drum.
UPENDING * n. Turning upside down; setting on end.
PAT * --n. 1 The sound made by a gentle blow. 2 A light touch or stroke. --v. 1 Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin. 2 Hit lightly. --s. 1 Having only superficial plausibility. 2 Exactly suited to the occasion. --r. Completely or perfectly.
DESCENDING * a. Coming down or downward.
SHELL-FLOWER * n. Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple.
PROSTHETIC * a. 1 Of or relating to prosthetics. 2 Relating to or serving as a prosthesis.
FANATISM * n. Excessive intolerance of opposing views.
HAMMETT * n. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961).
MARROW * n. 1 The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones. 2 Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh. 3 Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones. 4 Large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins.
MELBA * n. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
LAWYERBUSH * n. Stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth.
ANAGLYPTIC * a. Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
URGENCY * n. 1 The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity. 2 Pressing importance requiring speedy action. 3 An urgent situation calling for prompt action. 4 Insistent solicitation and entreaty.
MASTERY * n. 1 Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity. 2 Power to dominate or defeat. 3 The act of mastering or subordinating someone.
MILLERITE * n. A yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel.
SOMAESTHESIS * n. The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
BIB-AND-TUCKER * n. An attractive outfit.
CIVILISED * --a. Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological. --s. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
ENDANGER * v. 1 Pose a threat to; present a danger to. 2 Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
PUSAN * n. A city in southeastern South Korea on the Korean Strait; the chief port and second largest city.
OSTEOPOROSIS * n. Abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women.
REJOINDER * n. 1 A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). 2 (law) A pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.
MOONFLOWER * n. Pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers.
DIALOGUE * n. 1 A conversation between two persons. 2 The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction. 3 A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people. 4 A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
ERUPTIVE * --a. 1 Producing or characterized by eruptions. 2 Produced by the action of fire or intense heat. --s. Actively spewing out lava.
OBLIVIOUS * s. 1 (followed by `to' or `of') Lacking conscious awareness of. 2 Failing to keep in mind.
PIETISM * n. 1 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion. 2 Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal.
OMPHALOTUS * n. A genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap.
DUCKWEED * n. Any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds.
APOLOGETIC * a. Offering or expressing apology.
TOILETRY * n. Artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body).
IMMUNOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to immunology.
RIFAMPIN * n. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
STATURE * n. 1 High level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement. 2 (of a standing person) The distance from head to foot.
PLOUGHLAND * n. Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
PULMONIC * a. Relating to or affecting the lungs.
REUBEN * n. 1 (Old Testment) A son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel. 2 A hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread.
PUBLICAN * n. The keeper of a public house.
ANATROPOUS * a. (of a plant ovule) Completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk.
TEAKWOOD * n. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding.
IONATE * v. Add ions to.
LETDOWN * n. A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized.
PERSONAL * --n. A short newspaper article about a particular person or group. --a. 1 Concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality. 2 Of or arising from personality. 3 Indicating grammatical person. --s. 1 Particular to a given individual. 2 Intimately concerning a person's body or physical being.
EMBIOPTERA * n. Web spinners.
AUSTRALIA * n. 1 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. 2 The smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
PANCREATIC * a. Of or involving the pancreas.
DESYNCHRONISE * v. Cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times.
PSYCHOBABBLE * n. Using language loaded with psychological terminology.
HYPHEMA * n. Bleeding into the interior chamber of the eye.
MALCONTENT * --n. A person who is discontented or disgusted. --s. Discontented as toward authority.
PNEUMATOPHORE * n. An air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant.
SAPROPHYTE * n. An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium.
REREBRACE * n. Cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm.
CUCKOOPINT * n. Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.
CRYPTOGAMIC * a. Of or relating to a cryptogam.
EASTERN * --s. 1 Lying toward or situated in the east. 2 Lying in or toward the east. 3 From the east; used especially of winds. --a. 1 Of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States. 2 Relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world.
IDOLATER * n. A person who worships idols.
UNDERNOURISH * v. Provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment.
HUNKPAPA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains. 2 A Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa.
CRYPTOLOGIST * n. Decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms.
FRIGHTFUL * s. 1 Provoking horror. 2 Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. 3 Extremely distressing.
UNSPELL * v. Release from a spell.
ECHIDNA * n. 1 A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea. 2 A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.
ANTECEDE * v. Be earlier in time; go back further.
ELODEA * n. Submerged freshwater perennials.
RAMBLER * n. 1 A person who takes long walks in the country. 2 A person whose speech or writing is not well organized.
GUILLEMOT * n. Small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas.
FORLORNLY * r. In a forlorn manner.
DIVIDER * n. 1 A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics. 2 A person who separates something into parts or groups. 3 A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another). 4 A drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements.
MARCHLAND * n. District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area.
GAMMON * n. 1 Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 2 Hind portion of a side of bacon.
EXTORTIONIST * n. A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them.
POLYNYA * n. A stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas).
BOSTONIAN * n. A native or resident of Boston.
LECTERN * n. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
TROPICBIRD * n. Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land.
WINDWARD * --n. 1 The direction from which the wind is coming. 2 The side of something that is toward the wind. --a. On the side exposed to the wind. --r. Toward the wind.
WAFER-THIN * --s. Very thin. --r. Very thin.
COOKING * n. The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
LID * n. 1 Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye. 2 A movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.. 3 Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim.
RAMALINA * n. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
ORANGUTANG * n. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
BUTCHERY * n. 1 A building where animals are butchered. 2 The business of a butcher. 3 The savage and excessive killing of many people.
RADIO-PHONOGRAPH * n. Electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player.
PORTERHOUSE * n. Large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin.
MALAWI * n. A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.
TIRAMISU * n. An Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate.
INCURSION * n. 1 The act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers). 2 An attack that penetrates into enemy territory. 3 The mistake of incurring liability or blame.
BONE-IDLE * s. Constitutionally lazy or idle.
BILLOWING * s. Characterized by great swelling waves or surges.
LOUVAR * n. Large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton.
UNENLIGHTENMENT * n. A lack of understanding.
ONUS * n. An onerous or difficult concern.
PSILOPHYTE * n. Any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant.
DOG-IRON * n. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
DRAWN-OUT * s. 1 Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted. 2 (used of speech) Uttered slowly with prolonged vowels.
BRONCHIOLE * n. Any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli.
EPISTEMOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to epistemology.
SYNCHRONIZE * v. 1 Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner. 2 Happen at the same time. 3 Make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action. 4 Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.
FRANCO-AMERICAN * n. An American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French.
INSIPIDITY * n. 1 Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest. 2 Lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property.
CANTATA * n. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
SHAMANISM * n. 1 Any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes). 2 An animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans.
RAPACIOUSNESS * n. 1 Extreme gluttony. 2 An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts).
NEOLITHIC * --n. Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere). --a. Of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic).
ASSURED * s. 1 Marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence. 2 Characterized by certainty or security.
SILURIDAE * n. Old World catfishes.
QUADRIPLEGIC * n. A person who is paralyzed in both arms and both legs.
TRANSLOCATE * v. 1 Transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position. 2 Move from one place to another, especially of wild animals.
DRAG * --n. 1 The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. 2 Something that slows or delays progress. 3 Something tedious and boring. 4 Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man). --v. 1 Pull, as against a resistance. 2 Draw slowly or heavily. 3 Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. 4 Move slowly and as if with great effort.
UNINSTRUCTED * s. Lacking information or instruction.
SPORTIVELY * r. In a merry sportive manner.
TAILORED * s. 1 Severely simple in line or design. 2 (of clothing) Custom-made.
TOUSLED * s. In disarray; extremely disorderly.
TITRE * n. The concentration of a solution as determined by titration.
SILVERY-LEAFED * s. Having silvery leaves.
FICTITIOUS * s. 1 Formed or conceived by the imagination. 2 Adopted in order to deceive.
ICONOGRAPHY * n. The images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject.
SPECTER * n. 1 A mental representation of some haunting experience. 2 A ghostly appearing figure.
110 * s. Being ten more than one hundred.
SUBCONSCIOUSNESS * n. A state of mind not immediately available to consciousness.
TAD * n. A slight amount or degree of difference.
ALTER * v. 1 Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. 2 Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. 3 Make an alteration to. 4 Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby.
DISESTEEM * --n. The state in which esteem has been lost. --v. Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt.
JUDICIOUSNESS * n. 1 Good judgment. 2 The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating.
OINK * --n. The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs. --v. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
VULCANOLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies volcanoes.
EVOCATIVE * s. Serving to bring to mind.
UNOBJECTIONABLE * --a. (of behavior or especially language) Free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers. --s. 1 Not causing disapproval. 2 Not objectionable.
NINEPENNY * s. Used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long.
DISOWNMENT * n. Refusal to acknowledge as one's own.
DUEL * --n. 1 A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor. 2 Any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups). --v. Fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman.
IMPROVE * v. 1 To make better. 2 Get better.
HEADSMAN * n. An executioner who beheads the condemned person.
INDIVIDUAL * --n. 1 A human being. 2 A single organism. --a. Being or characteristic of a single thing or person. --s. 1 Separate and distinct from others of the same kind. 2 Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. 3 Concerning one person exclusively.
VICTIMIZE * v. 1 Make a victim of. 2 Punish unjustly. 3 Deprive of by deceit.
DECLINE * --n. 1 Change toward something smaller or lower. 2 A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state. 3 A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current. 4 A downward slope or bend. --v. 1 Grow worse. 2 Refuse to accept. 3 Show unwillingness towards. 4 Grow smaller.
TACCACEAE * n. Small family of tropical herbs.
FLITTER * v. Move back and forth very rapidly.
ADVENTURER * n. 1 A person who enjoys taking risks. 2 Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose).
CROUSE * n. United States playwright (1893-1966).
PURL * --n. 1 Gold or silver wire thread. 2 A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stich from the righthand side. --v. 1 Flow in a circular current, of liquids. 2 Make a murmuring sound. 3 Knit with a purl stitch. 4 Edge or border with gold or silver embroidery.
COLLATERAL * --n. A security pledged for the repayment of a loan. --a. Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines. --s. 1 Serving to support or corroborate. 2 Additional but secondary; auxiliary. 3 Situated or running side by side. 4 Occurring with or following as a consequence.
UNLIVABLE * a. Unfit or unsuitable to live in or with.
LAMAISM * n. A Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism.
QUADRILLION * n. 1 The number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros. 2 The number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros.
INARTICULATE * a. Without or deprived of the use of speech or words.
LACTOFLAVIN * n. A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
MILITARIST * n. A person who advocates war or warlike policies.
EXTROVERT * --n. (psychology) A person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings. --s. Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
ANTITOXIN * n. An antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin.
BLIGHIA * n. Small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe.
MANNITOL * n. A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
CHAOTIC * --s. 1 Lacking a visible order or organization. 2 Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing. --a. Of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions.
COAPT * v. 1 Cause to adhere. 2 Fit tightly and fasten.
BURMEISTERIA * n. A genus of Dasypodidae.
NERGAL * n. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
RUEFUL * s. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
WHOLEMEAL * a. Of or relating to or derived from wheat.
OBELISK * n. 1 A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top. 2 A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
PICTURE * --n. 1 A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. 2 Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. 3 A clear and telling mental image. 4 A situation treated as an observable object. --v. 1 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. 2 Show in, or as in, a picture.
BIRO * n. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
KILDERKIN * n. An obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons.
ARTIODACTYLA * n. An order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes.
ANTITUSSIVE * n. Any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing.
ARNG * n. A civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies.
LONG-BEARD * n. A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).
PERJURY * n. Criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
JOLTY * a. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
ZEROTH * s. Preceding even the first.
RHINION * n. The anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones.
SCRUBBED * s. Made clean by scrubbing.
LOW-TECH * a. Not involving high technology.
LOBBY * --n. 1 A large entrance or reception room or area. 2 The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest. 3 An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying. --v. Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.
RUSKIN * n. British art critic (1819-1900).
RHINOPLASTY * n. Cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose.
ESKIMO * n. 1 A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people'). 2 The language spoken by the Eskimo.
HI * n. 1 An expression of greeting. 2 A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
DISHONOR * --n. 1 A state of shame or disgrace. 2 Lacking honor or integrity. --v. 1 Bring shame or dishonor upon. 2 Force (someone) to have sex against their will. 3 Refuse to accept.
DIAPENSIACEAE * n. North temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales.
CORYTHOSAURUS * n. Duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet.
LACUSTRINE * a. Of or relating to or living near lakes.
CONCILIATORY * a. 1 Making or willing to make concessions. 2 Intended to placate.
COMPILATION * n. 1 Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file). 2 The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list).
CONVERTIBILITY * n. The quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction).
DAGGERBOARD * n. A removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel.
JERRY-BUILT * s. Badly or hastily built.
ARRIVAL * n. 1 Accomplishment of an objective. 2 The act of arriving at a certain place. 3 Someone who arrives (or has arrived).
ASSIGNMENT * n. 1 A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces). 2 The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another. 3 The act of distributing something to designated places or persons. 4 (law) A transfer of property by deed of conveyance.
SINAPIS * n. Small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica.
ICEBOAT * n. 1 A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation. 2 A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice.
PROMISINGLY * r. In an auspicious manner.
BILABIATE * s. Having two lips.
PELICAN * n. Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.
UNTARNISHED * s. (of reputation) Free from blemishes.
OVERSEA * --s. Being or passing over or across the sea. --r. Beyond or across the sea.
OVATE * s. 1 Of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base. 2 Rounded like an egg.
EFFLORESCENT * s. Bursting into flower.
ODOURISE * v. Cause to smell or be smelly.
INCONGRUOUS * a. Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness.
CAPIBARA * n. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent.
DENITRIFY * v. Remove nitrogen from.
DOUBLE-MAGNUM * n. A large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon).
STEEPLECHASE * n. 1 A footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump. 2 A horse race over an obstructed course.
NEUROGENIC * a. Arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues.
DEMANDINGLY * r. In a demanding manner.
LANDLER * n. 1 Music in triple time for dancing the landler. 2 A moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping.
REMORSE * n. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
PEZIZALES * n. Order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps.
REENACTMENT * n. Performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time.
EMBOTHRIUM * n. Small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters.
BOOTLICKING * s. 1 Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. 2 Attempting to win favor by flattery.
SEXINESS * n. The arousal of feelings of sexual desire.
UNRENTABLE * a. Not able or fit to be rented.
NIMBLEWILL * n. Slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States.
ARCHITECTURAL * a. Of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture.
BALAENICEPS * n. Type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills.
UNCONFORMABLE * s. Not correspondent.
STANCH * v. Stop the flow of a liquid.
FOOTRACE * n. A race run on foot.
SILVER-PLATE * v. Plate with silver.
HEADSHAKE * n. The act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement.
DESENSITIZE * v. 1 Cause not to be sensitive. 2 Make insensitive.
DEFERVESCENT * a. Of or relating to the reduction of a fever.
COMPANIONABILITY * n. Suitability to be a companion.
STAGING * n. 1 The production of a drama on the stage. 2 A system of scaffolds. 3 Travel by stagecoach. 4 Getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket.
AERATION * n. 1 The process of exposing to air (so as to purify). 2 The act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent.
SOLVENT * --n. 1 A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances. 2 A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem. --a. Capable of meeting financial obligations.
APONEUROTIC * a. Of or relating to an aponeurosis.
APIAN * a. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
SURPRISINGNESS * n. Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected.
FOURTH * --n. 1 Following the third position; number four in a countable series. 2 One of four equal parts. 3 The musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it. --s. Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude. --r. In the fourth place.
JACOBITE * n. A supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts.
GALILEAN * --n. 1 An inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ). 2 One of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo. --a. 1 Of or relating to Galileo or his works. 2 Of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants.
BUDGEREEGAH * n. Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
TYTO * n. Type and only genus of the family Tytonidae.
DISINGENUOUS * a. Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness.
TRICUSPID * s. Having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth).
UNHEALTHY * --a. Not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind. --s. 1 Detrimental to health. 2 Not conducive to good health.
GALVANIZING * s. Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling.
BILLY-HO * n. An unimaginably large amount.
JOG * --n. 1 A sharp change in direction. 2 A slow pace of running. 3 A slight push or shake. --v. 1 Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner. 2 Even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing. 3 Run for exercise. 4 Run at a moderately swift pace.
OUTVIE * v. Be more of a rival than.
TWENTY-SIXTH * s. Coming next after the twenty-fifth in position.
SPIROCHAETA * n. The type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic.
ISOCRATES * n. Athenian rhetorician and orator (436-338 BC).
DEBAR * v. 1 Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. 2 Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. 3 Prevent from entering; keep out.
ACHY * s. Causing a dull and steady pain.
NOSTRIL * n. Either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose.
TOUR * --n. 1 A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area. 2 A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else). 3 A period of time spent in military service. --v. Make a tour of a certain place.
MILITARISATION * n. Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:.
THROW-IN * n. (rugby) An act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play.
EULOGIST * n. An orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics.
REWRITING * n. Editing that involves writing something again.
BUCKAROO * n. Local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California).
SHIPBOARD * s. Casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship.
ASMERA * n. The capital of Eritrea.
ALGAL * a. Of or relating to alga.
BREADTH * n. 1 The capacity to understand a broad range of topics. 2 The extent of something from side to side.
MORTIFIED * s. 1 Suffering from tissue death. 2 Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.
SILVERY-WHITE * s. Of a white that resembles silver.
ALABAMAN * n. A native or resident of Alabama.
GYMSLIP * n. A sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform.
TESSELLATED * s. 1 Having a checkered or mottled appearance. 2 Decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic.
HAIRLESS * a. Having no hair or fur.
CUSPIDATION * n. A decoration using cusps.
PERMISSIBLY * r. In a permissible manner.
BEVERIDGE * n. British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963).
GLUMNESS * n. 1 An atmosphere of depression and melancholy. 2 A gloomy ill-tempered feeling.
QUASAR * n. A starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts.
FUTILELY * r. In a futile and unproductive manner.
COTYLOIDAL * s. Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone.
SERVANT * n. 1 A person working in the service of another (especially in the household). 2 In a subordinate position.
EXTRAPOLATION * n. 1 (mathematics) Calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values. 2 An inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations.
HOARY * s. 1 Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. 2 Ancient. 3 Covered with fine whitish hairs or down.
INN * n. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
PUKE * --n. 1 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 2 The matter ejected in vomiting. --v. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
TERRORISM * n. The calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.
PEACH-COLORED * s. Having the color of a ripe peach.
NEEDLELIKE * s. Ending in a sharp point.
OARLOCK * n. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
SUM * --n. 1 A quantity of money. 2 A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers. 3 The final aggregate. 4 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. --v. 1 Be a summary of. 2 Determine the sum of.
ABRONIA * n. Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers.
ROLY-POLY * --n. 1 A rotund individual. 2 Pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed. --s. Short and plump.
WATCHBAND * n. A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist.
DIMORPHIC * a. Occurring or existing in two different forms.
SELF-DEFEATING * s. Acting to defeat its own purpose.
EXECUTION * n. 1 Putting a condemned person to death. 2 The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it. 3 (computer science) The process of carrying out an instruction by a computer. 4 (law) The completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable.
CARDIUM * n. Type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles.
VERSE * --n. 1 Literature in metrical form. 2 A piece of poetry. 3 A line of metrical text. --v. 1 Compose verses or put into verse. 2 Familiarize through thorough study or experience.
FLUFFINESS * n. A light softness.
MYTHOLOGY * n. 1 Myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person. 2 The study of myths.
MATCH-UP * n. The pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition.
ELKWOOD * n. Small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches.
NATURALISTIC * s. Representing what is real; not abstract or ideal.
CROSS-LINKAGE * n. A side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule.
INDICTMENT * n. 1 A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense. 2 An accusation of wrongdoing.
SWEPTWING * s. (of an aircraft) Having sweptback wings.
PESSIMUM * s. Of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival.
TRANSLOCATION * n. 1 The transport of dissolved material within a plant. 2 (genetics) An exchange of chromosome parts.
NOUMENON * n. The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception.
SAINTED * s. Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint.
RAINPROOF * s. Not permitting the passage of water.
CLAN * n. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
PINUS * n. Type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines.
DEPOSITARY * n. A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
UNSPOTTED * s. Without soil or spot or stain.
JAKOBSON * n. United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982).
SHASTAN * n. A group of languages of the Hokan family in California.
PASSIONFLOWER * n. Any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit.
PITAHAYA * n. 1 Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit. 2 Highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach.
WRACK * --n. 1 Dried seaweed especially that cast ashore. 2 The destruction or collapse of something. 3 Growth of marine vegetation especially of the large forms such as rockweeds and kelp. --v. Smash or break forcefully.
DISSIMILITUDE * n. Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness.
AMMONIATE * v. Treat with ammonia.
THICKHEADED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
BLANCH * v. 1 Turn pale, as if in fear. 2 Cook (vegetables) briefly.
TANAGER * n. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
FLURAZEPAM * n. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
OCT * n. The month following September and preceding November.
FROSTILY * r. Without warmth or enthusiasm.
APPLICATION * n. 1 The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose. 2 A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school. 3 The work of applying something. 4 A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task.
AMAIN * r. 1 At full speed; with great haste. 2 With all your strength.
ERGOMETER * n. Measuring instrument designed to measure power.
MYOTIC * --n. A drug that causes miosis (constriction of the pupil of the eye). --a. Of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye.
BRACHYURAN * n. Typical crabs.
SLACKER * n. A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).
G-JO * n. Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.
SUBSTRING * n. A string that is part of a longer string.
ROOMILY * r. With ample room.
PURSUE * v. 1 Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in. 2 Follow in or as if in pursuit. 3 Go in search of or hunt for. 4 Carry further or advance.
GRAYISH-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with grey.
CORDARONE * n. An antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective.
VISUALLY * r. With respect to vision.
UPSTAGE * --n. The rear part of the stage. --v. 1 Treat snobbishly, put in one's place. 2 Move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience. 3 Steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else. --a. Of the back half of a stage. --s. Remote in manner. --r. At or toward the rear of the stage.
STIPULE * n. A small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed.
TARPAULIN * n. Waterproofed canvas.
SHADOWED * s. Filled with shade.
TEMPESTUOUSNESS * n. 1 A state of wild storminess. 2 A state of agitation or turbulent change or development.
UPPER-NORMANDY * n. A division of Normandy.
ADVISER * n. An expert who gives advice.
MURRAIN * n. Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.
MUTSUHITO * n. Emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912).
IAA * n. 1 A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots. 2 Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen.
EDEN * n. 1 Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. 2 A beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man).
HALLOWMAS * n. A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835.
FIJI * n. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
POTOMAC * n. 1 A river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay. 2 Term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C..
BITARTRATE * n. An acid tartrate; a hydrogen tartrate.
EISENHOWER * n. United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States (1890-1961).
PERIODICITY * n. The quality of recurring at regular intervals.
EARTHQUAKE * n. 1 Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity. 2 A disturbance that is extremely disruptive.
GALLEY * n. 1 A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading. 2 (classical antiquity) A crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars. 3 The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner. 4 The area for food preparation on a ship.
TREND * --n. 1 A general direction in which something tends to move. 2 General line of orientation. 3 A general tendency to change (as of opinion). 4 The popular taste at a given time. --v. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
SONOMETER * n. An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing.
GLASSWORT * n. 1 Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash. 2 Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass.
HERODOTUS * n. The ancient Greek known as the father of history; his accounts of the wars between the Greeks and Persians are the first known examples of historical writing (485-425 BC).
DIM * --v. 1 Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam. 2 Become dim or lusterless. 3 Make dim or lusterless. 4 Make dim by comparison or conceal. --s. 1 Lacking in light; not bright or harsh. 2 Lacking clarity or distinctness. 3 Offering little or no hope. 4 Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. --a. Made dim or less bright.
HALF-HARDY * s. (of plants) Requiring protection from frost.
UNHELPFULLY * r. In an unhelpful manner.
ANTONY * n. Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC).
BEAUJOLAIS * n. Dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France.
URUS * n. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle.
YARROW * n. Ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America.
BENELUX * n. A customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg.
DISPUTED * s. Subject to disagreement and debate.
MEI * n. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
TAXIS * n. 1 A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism. 2 The surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part.
PUSSYFOOT * v. To go stealthily or furtively.
SYNAGOGUE * n. (Judaism) The place of worship for a Jewish congregation.
PERIDOTITE * n. A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine.
STEROPE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) One of the 7 Pleiades. 2 One of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades.
SHEKEL * n. The basic unit of money in Israel.
FIGURATION * n. 1 Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory. 2 Decorating with a design.
CASTILLEIA * n. Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses.
WAGGONWRIGHT * n. A wagon maker.
BRAINSTORM * --n. The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. --v. Try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it.
GNATHOSTOME * n. A vertebrate animal possessing true jaws.
SWEDENBORG * n. Swedish theologian (1688-1772).
DEBTOR * n. A person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt.
AZIMUTHAL * a. Of or relating to or in azimuth.
ORBISON * n. United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988).
UNCLASSIFIABLE * s. Not possible to classify.
NASCENT * a. Being born or beginning.
OOH * v. Express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'.
LANCET-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a lancet.
BIZE * n. A dry cold north wind in southeastern France.
PATELLIFORM * s. Shaped like a dish or pan.
SKANK * --n. 1 Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant. 2 A rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees. --v. Dance the skank.
TROLLIUS * n. Perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers.
GREENSWARD * n. Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots.
PROSOPIS * n. Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite.
VENOMOUSLY * r. In a very malevolent manner.
OSSIFEROUS * a. Containing bones (especially fossil bones).
CONTUMELY * n. A rude expression intended to offend or hurt.
MECLOMEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis.
ALKALIZER * n. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach).
FORESEEABLE * s. Capable of being anticipated.
SOS * n. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
PSEPHOLOGY * n. The branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls).
STAMMERER * n. Someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions.
UNCOMMUNICATIVENESS * n. The trait of being uncommunicative.
VIDEODISK * n. A digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set.
CLINOPODIUM * n. Wild basil.
DIOSPYROS * n. A genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood.
YARMULKA * n. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
PERICEMENTOCLASIA * n. Pus pocket formation around a tooth.
HYPERDACTYLY * n. Birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes.
BLUES * n. 1 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. 2 A state of depression.
COLOMBIA * n. A republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language.
NAMBY-PAMBY * --n. An insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental. --s. Weak in willpower, courage or vitality.
SUNBATHE * v. Expose one's body to the sun.
RUNDSTEDT * n. German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953).
PARABOLICAL * --a. Resembling or expressed by parables. --s. Having the form of a parabola.
CRUSTAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon.
LIVEDO * n. Skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin.
MEROVINGIAN * --n. 1 A member of the Merovingian dynasty. 2 A Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750. --a. Of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members.
STINKY * --a. Having an unpleasant smell. --s. Very bad.
PREFERENTIALLY * r. In a preferential manner.
SLOVENIA * n. A mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991.
FUSTIGATE * v. Strike with a cudgel.
CHILDBEARING * --n. The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. --a. Relating to or suitable for childbirth.
PACHYDERMIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms.
ECSTATIC * s. Feeling great rapture or delight.
INTERNALIZE * v. Incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal.
STENOGRAPH * --n. 1 A shorthand character. 2 A machine for typewriting shorthand characters. --v. Write in shorthand.
COMMONLY * r. Under normal conditions.
PREHENSOR * n. The anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths.
UNCOMPARABLE * a. Such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared.
CURACAO * n. 1 A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles. 2 Flavored with sour orange peel.
ERSE * n. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
KALAPUYAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya.
CHAGA * n. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania.
GWYDION * n. Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization.
MINUET * n. 1 A stately court dance in the 17th century. 2 A stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite.
CORPOREAL * --a. Having material or physical form or substance. --s. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit.
AVARICE * n. 1 Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins). 2 Extreme greed for material wealth.
ELFISH * s. Usually good-naturedly mischievous.
EXCISE * --n. A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate). --v. 1 Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. 2 Levy an excise tax on. 3 Remove by cutting.
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS * n. Bearberry; manzanita.
TOTALISER * n. 1 Computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won. 2 A calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions.
CHEROKEE * n. 1 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee. 2 A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma.
CRENEL * --n. 1 One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.). 2 A notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement. --v. Supply with battlements.
HORSEPOND * n. A pond for watering horses.
REFLECTORIZE * v. Provide with reflectors, such as chemicals.
CLEARCUTNESS * n. Clarity as a consequence of precision.
GAZPACHO * n. A soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold.
ASYNERGIA * n. Absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously.
SLUMBERY * s. Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.
SURCOAT * n. 1 A loose outer coat usually of rich material. 2 A tunic worn over a knight's armor.
RETARDENT * n. Any agent that retards or delays or hinders.
DISSECT * v. 1 Cut open or cut apart. 2 Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features.
GNATCATCHER * n. Very small North American and South American warblers.
HAREBRAINED * s. Very foolish.
UPTURNED * s. 1 Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom. 2 (used of noses) Turned up at the end.
BIRMINGHAM * n. 1 The largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama. 2 A city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center.
BALANITIS * n. Inflammation of the head of the penis.
COUNTERPROPOSAL * n. A proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal.
SOPHONIAS * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah.
TRUSTWORTHINESS * n. The trait of deserving trust and confidence.
RUST-FREE * s. Free of rust.
CONTRASTIVE * s. 1 Of words so related that one contrasts with the other. 2 Strikingly different; tending to contrast. 3 Syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence.
SNEEZER * n. A person who sneezes.
CONDUCTRESS * n. A woman conductor.
HORSEFLESH * n. The flesh of horses as food.
EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS * n. Saddlebills.
JUMPER * n. 1 A person who jumps. 2 An athlete who competes at jumping. 3 A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body. 4 A coverall worn by children.
NEFERTITI * n. Queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC).
SERTULARIAN * n. Feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps.
LITTORINA * n. Type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles.
ATTAINT * v. 1 Bring shame or dishonor upon. 2 Condemn by attainder.
OKENFUSS * n. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
WAILING * --n. Loud cries made while weeping. --s. Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
GUINNESS * n. 1 English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000). 2 A kind of bitter stout.
CHOLECYSTOKININ * n. A gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction and emptying of the gall bladder; its release is stimulated by the presence of fatty acids and amino acids in the small intestine.
.22 * n. A .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle).
NOTIONAL * s. 1 Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination. 2 Not based on fact or investigation. 3 Indulging in or influenced by fancy. 4 Being of the nature of a notion or concept.
GRIP * --n. 1 The act of grasping. 2 The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it. 3 A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes. 4 The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road). --v. 1 Hold fast or firmly. 2 To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match. 3 To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.
RHEIN * n. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea.
ROUND-EYED * s. 1 Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. 2 Having large round wide-open eyes.
TARTNESS * n. 1 The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth. 2 A sharp sour taste. 3 A rough and bitter manner.
SUBEDIT * v. Edit and correct (written or printed material).
INCESSANTLY * r. 1 With unflagging resolve. 2 Without interruption.
WILLAMETTE * n. A river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland.
EMPETRACEAE * n. Heathlike shrubs.
STELLARIA * n. Common chickweed; stitchwort.
RECOUNTING * n. An act of narration.
TRUE-FALSE * a. Offering a series of statements each of which is to be judged as true or false.
WONDROUS * --s. Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. --r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
CHOP-CHOP * r. With speed.
SAKI * n. 1 British writer of short stories (1870-1916). 2 Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot. 3 Small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail.
SURTITLE * n. Translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage.
DHU'L-HIJJA * n. The twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years.
SEDUCTRESS * n. A woman who seduces.
CUSPATE * s. Having cusps or points.
REDSHIFT * n. (astronomy) A shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding.
TIEBACK * n. A device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back.
CUDBEAR * n. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
BROTHER * n. 1 A male with the same parents as someone else. 2 A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group). 3 A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. 4 Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement.
POWDERY * s. 1 Consisting of fine particles. 2 As if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder.
MUCKLE * n. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
LEASH * --n. 1 Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 3 A figurative restraint. --v. Fasten with a rope.
METHYLDOPA * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
SAUCE-ALONE * n. European herb that smells like garlic.
GADGETEER * n. A person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets.
INVITE * --n. A colloquial expression for invitation. --v. 1 Increase the likelihood of. 2 Invite someone to one's house. 3 Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting. 4 Ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
ABATE * v. 1 Make less active or intense. 2 Become less in amount or intensity.
AUSCULTATION * n. Listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope).
SHODDINESS * n. 1 The quality of being cheaply imitative of something better. 2 The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction.
DILAPIDATED * s. In deplorable condition.
PROFESSIONALIZE * v. 1 Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood. 2 Make professional or give a professional character to.
SELF-CONCERN * n. Concern for your own interests and welfare.
TELEFAX * v. Send something via a facsimile machine.
VITALLY * r. To a vital degree.
KINGMAKER * n. 1 English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471). 2 An important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence.
AREOPAGITE * n. A member of the council of the Areopagus.
SILKY-LEAVED * s. Having glossy leaves.
ACTINIUM * n. A radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores.
MALNUTRITION * n. A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods.
INSOLENCE * n. 1 The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties. 2 An offensive disrespectful impudent act.
DEMOBILIZE * v. 1 Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service. 2 Retire from military service.
HENDRIX * n. United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970).
SOMNAMBULATION * n. Walking by a person who is asleep.
COLUMNLIKE * s. Having the form of a column.
NUMBERPLATE * n. A plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number.
ANDALUSIAN * a. In or relating to Andalusia.
HEMISPHERIC * a. Of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres.
REINVENT * v. 1 Bring back into existence. 2 Create anew and make over.
INEFFECTUAL * --a. Not producing an intended effect. --s. 1 Producing no result or effect. 2 Lacking in power or forcefulness.
SHAMELESSNESS * n. Behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame.
DESULPHURIZE * v. Remove sulfur from.
RADICALISM * n. The political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society.
NONRECIPROCATING * s. Not moving alternately forward and backward.
OESOPHAGUS * n. The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.
PRIDEFUL * s. 1 Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. 2 Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
BARONG * n. A knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines.
ONOBRYCHIS * n. Genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods.
AMELIORATING * s. Tending to ameliorate.
ROCKETRY * n. The branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation.
HITCHRACK * n. A fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying.
DYSPHAGIA * n. Condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful.
WAMPANOAG * n. A member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims.
VICE * n. 1 Moral weakness. 2 A specific form of evildoing.
HOMEBUILDER * n. Someone who builds houses as a business.
FINN * n. A native or inhabitant of Finland.
COORDINATED * s. 1 Operating as a unit. 2 Being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements. 3 Intentionally matched.
SCOUTER * n. An adult member of the Boy Scouts movement.
REFLECTION * n. 1 A calm, lengthy, intent consideration. 2 The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface. 3 Expression without words. 4 A likeness in which left and right are reversed.
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS * n. 1 (ophthalmology) Eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred. 2 A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources.
CHARGEMAN * n. A workman employed to blast with explosives.
TITLE * --n. 1 A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with. 2 The name of a work of art or literary composition etc.. 3 A general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work. 4 The status of being a champion. --v. 1 Give a title to. 2 Designate by an identifying term.
ANTIPODES * n. Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth.
HIDE-AND-SEEK * n. A game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them.
PROPORTION * --n. 1 The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole. 2 Magnitude or extent. 3 Balance among the parts of something. 4 The relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree. --v. 1 Give pleasant proportions to. 2 Adjust in size relative to other things.
ENVIOUS * s. Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages.
CHIMAKUM * n. A member of the Salishan people living in northwestern Washington.
AVALANCHE * --n. 1 A slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain. 2 A sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things. --v. Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow.
PAUL * n. 1 United States feminist (1885-1977). 2 (New Testament) A Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle.
GOGGLE-EYE * n. Of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait.
RETREATANT * n. A participant in a religious retreat.
BUNGLING * s. 1 Showing lack of skill or aptitude. 2 Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
OURANOS * n. (Greek mythology) God of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology.
RABIES * n. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.
NAPHTHOL * n. Either of two phenols derived from naphthalene.
PLAGUE * --n. 1 A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. 2 Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 3 A swarm of insects that attack plants. 4 Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God). --v. 1 Cause to suffer a blight. 2 Annoy continually or chronically.
FINGERSPELL * v. Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language.
FLOATATION * n. 1 The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking). 2 Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares.
TINEA * n. 1 Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches. 2 Type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths.
TENDERIZATION * n. The act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it.
CARLOVINGIAN * n. A member of the Carolingian dynasty.
FOUR-LOBED * s. Having four lobes.
MARRUBIUM * n. Old World aromatic herbs: horehound.
RECUMBENT * s. Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest.
TAUTNESS * n. 1 The physical condition of being stretched or strained. 2 Lack of movement or room for movement.
COMMUNIQUE * n. An official report (usually sent in haste).
SHTICK * n. 1 (Yiddish) A little; a piece. 2 (Yiddish) A contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention. 3 (Yiddish) A prank or piece of clowning. 4 (Yiddish) A devious trick; a bit of cheating.
FOREMAST * n. The mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts.
DIATOM * n. Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica.
NATIVITY * n. 1 The event of being born. 2 The theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas.
CLOTURE * --n. A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body. --v. Terminate debate by calling for a vote.
GRASSY-LEAVED * s. Having leaves that resemble grass.
PIPEWORK * n. The flues and stops on a pipe organ.
BAISAKH * n. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
ABREACTION * n. (psychoanalysis) Purging of emotional tensions.
MISSPEAK * v. Pronounce a word incorrectly.
PAPILLATE * a. Resembling or covered with papillae.
STARDOM * n. The status of being acknowledged as a star.
THREATEN * v. 1 Pose a threat to; present a danger to. 2 To utter intentions of injury or punishment against. 3 To be a menacing indication of something.
MEMORY * n. 1 Something that is remembered. 2 The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered. 3 The power of retaining and recalling past experience. 4 An electronic memory device.
WOOLY * s. 1 Having a fluffy character or appearance. 2 Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. 3 Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs.
UNLOVABLE * s. Incapable of inspiring love or affection.
SIVAN * n. The ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June).
TASTELESSLY * r. Without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner.
CHALLENGEABLE * s. Capable of being challenged.
SALINITY * n. 1 The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth. 2 The relative proportion of salt in a solution.
WEIRDIE * n. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
DAWDLER * n. Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.
BOXTHORN * n. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries.
CORDUROY * --n. 1 A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton. 2 A road made of logs laid crosswise. --v. Build (a road) from logs laid side by side.
SMOTHERER * n. A person who stifles or smothers or suppresses.
STARGAZER * n. 1 Someone indifferent to the busy world. 2 A physicist who studies astronomy. 3 Heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head.
DECREPITATE * v. 1 Undergo decrepitation and crackle. 2 To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops.
LILO * n. A type of inflatable air mattress.
POND-SKATER * n. Long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water.
CIRCUMCISE * v. 1 Cut the skin over the clitoris. 2 Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys.
TRANSPLANTABLE * s. Capable of being transplanted.
NONFUNCTIONAL * a. 1 Not having or performing a function. 2 Not performing or able to perform its regular function.
IMMATURE * a. 1 Characteristic of a lack of maturity. 2 (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth. 3 Not fully developed or mature; not ripe. 4 Not yet mature.
STABBER * n. Someone who stabs another person.
EXCUSABLY * r. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.
COUNTESS * n. Female equivalent of a count or earl.
HERCULANEUM * n. Ancient city; now destroyed.
COAUTHOR * n. A writer who collaborates with others in writing something.
REDOUBT * n. 1 (military) A temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses. 2 An entrenched stronghold or refuge.
EXTEROCEPTOR * n. Any receptor that responds to stimuli outside the body.
CORSICA * n. 1 An island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France. 2 A region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
GEOSTRATEGY * n. The branch of geopolitics dealing with strategy.
NARIS * n. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
GRAM * n. 1 A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. 2 Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938).
MATTHIOLA * n. Genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals.
MONOUNSATURATED * s. (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) Saturated except for one multiple bond.
HERCULES-CLUB * n. Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies.
AMATEURISM * n. The conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money.
PLINTH * n. An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue).
LAPSE * --n. 1 A mistake resulting from inattention. 2 A break or intermission in the occurrence of something. 3 A failure to maintain a higher state. --v. 1 Pass into a specified state or condition. 2 End, at least for a long time. 3 Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards. 4 Go back to bad behavior.
POKER-FACED * s. Deliberately impassive in manner.
BILLIARD * a. Of or relating to billiards.
IB. * r. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
LADIES'-EARDROPS * n. Erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
LAST-PLACE * s. Lowest in rank or importance.
HYGIENIC * s. Tending to promote or preserve health.
FIRETHORN * n. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries.
LONG-TIME * s. Having existed or persisted or continued in a particular role or state for a long time.
REBEL * --n. 1 `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms. 2 A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). 3 Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. --v. 1 Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance. 2 Break with established customs.
ISOSORBIDE * n. Drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure.
UNASSIGNABLE * s. Incapable of being transferred.
MANGIFERA * n. Tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit.
VELLICATE * v. 1 Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements. 2 Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.
STEPPER * n. 1 A professional dancer. 2 A motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps. 3 A horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting.
GENUFLEXION * n. The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence.
HASTINESS * n. 1 Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). 2 Hasty impulsiveness.
DEFORESTATION * n. 1 The state of being clear of trees. 2 The removal of trees.
LOVE-IN-IDLENESS * n. A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived.
XYLOSE * n. A sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics.
DEPRECIATIVE * s. 1 Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value. 2 Tending to diminish or disparage.
THREE-PLY * s. Having a thickness made up of three layers or strands.
SORBUS * n. A genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves.
CLXXV * s. Being five more than one hundred seventy.
CONVINCING * a. Causing one to believe the truth of something.
BUMPKIN * n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
AGLOW * s. Softly bright or radiant.
COUNTEROFFENSIVE * n. A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force.
INSTRUMENTALITY * n. 1 A subsidiary organ of government created for a special purpose. 2 The quality of being instrumental for some purpose. 3 An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end.
DELIQUIUM * n. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.
PARTNER * --n. 1 A person's partner in marriage. 2 An associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest. 3 A person who is a member of a partnership. --v. 1 Provide with a partner. 2 Act as a partner.
SPRY * s. Moving quickly and lightly.
ROTTENSTONE * n. A weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing.
COHESIVENESS * n. 1 The state of cohering or sticking together. 2 The property of being cohesive and sticky.
UNESCO * n. An agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts.
SLE * n. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
CARRY * --n. The act of carrying something. --v. 1 Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body. 2 Have with oneself; have on one's person. 3 Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. 4 Serve as a means for expressing something.
NECESSARY * --n. Anything indispensable. --a. Absolutely essential. --s. Unavoidably determined by prior circumstances.
ATONIC * a. 1 Characterized by a lack of tonus. 2 (used of syllables) Carrying no stress.
MAXIMUM * --n. 1 The largest possible quantity. 2 The greatest possible degree. 3 The point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right. --a. The greatest or most complete or best possible.
CATKIN * n. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
ASTEROPE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) One of the 7 Pleiades. 2 One of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades.
HYPOCHONDRIA * n. Chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments.
TOGA * n. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
NUPRIN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic.
MUSLIN * n. Plain-woven cotton fabric.
FUMIGATE * v. Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests.
UNITE * v. 1 Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. 2 Become one. 3 Have or possess in combination. 4 Be or become joined or united or linked.
WAGON-LIT * n. A passenger car that has berths for sleeping.
NAGGER * n. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
SILLABUB * n. 1 Spiced hot milk with rum or wine. 2 Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor.
ABIOGENESIS * n. A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.
KINSWOMAN * n. A female relative.
HENROOST * n. A roost for hens at night.
EXTERMINATION * n. 1 Complete annihilation. 2 The act of exterminating.
OBSEQUY * n. A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.
PSYCHOTHERAPY * n. 1 The branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods. 2 The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means.
TOUGH * --n. 1 Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing. 2 An aggressive and violent young criminal. 3 A cruel and brutal fellow. --a. 1 Not given to gentleness or sentimentality. 2 Physically toughened. 3 Resistant to cutting or chewing. --s. 1 Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution. 2 Substantially made or constructed. 3 Violent and lawless. 4 Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad').
SALVADORIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of El Salvador.
POLEAX * --n. 1 An ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade. 2 A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick. --v. Fell with or as if with a poleax.
SUPPRESS * v. 1 Bring under control by force or authority. 2 Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. 3 Consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. 4 Put out of one's consciousness.
FEMININITY * n. The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women.
PRETORIAN * --a. Of or relating to a Roman praetor. --s. Characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality.
MONTEVIDEO * n. The capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America.
CURSE * --n. 1 Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. 2 An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group. 3 An evil spell. 4 Something causing misery or death. --v. 1 Utter obscenities or profanities. 2 Heap obscenities upon. 3 Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. 4 Exclude from a church or a religious community.
POLLINATE * v. Fertilize by transfering pollen.
VETERINARY * --n. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine. --a. Of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine.
SCENE-STEALER * n. An actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene.
LEMNISCUS * n. A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus.
UNRECOGNIZED * s. 1 Not recognized. 2 Not having a secure reputation.
GLISTENING * s. Reflecting light.
PROTECTIVE * --a. Intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind. --s. 1 Showing care. 2 (usually followed by `of') Solicitously caring or mindful.
HIGH-RISE * --n. Tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments. --a. Used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall.
NEUROPTERAN * n. Insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins.
STARDUST * n. A dreamy romantic or sentimental quality.
CMBR * n. (cosmology) The cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin.
HOLLYGRAPE * n. Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries.
IRRIDENTISM * n. The doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.
AIRBRAKE * n. 1 A small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft. 2 A vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles.
COUNTERPANE * n. Decorative cover for a bed.
UNSOUGHT * s. Not desired.
PERSONA * n. 1 An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. 2 (Jungian psychology) A personal facade that one presents to the world.
CHEAP-JACK * n. A seller of shoddy goods.
BIOCHIP * n. A microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment.
MAN-AT-ARMS * n. A heavily armed and mounted soldier in medieval times.
ICE-FREE * s. Free of ice and open to travel.
BLACKPOLL * n. North American warbler having a black-and-white head.
BESEECH * v. Ask for or request earnestly.
SCRAGGY * s. 1 Being very thin. 2 Having a sharply uneven surface or outline.
FIREWOOD * n. Wood used for fuel.
SHALLOW-DRAUGHT * a. Of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline.
RIEL * n. The basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen.
AMBLYRHYNCHUS * n. Marine iguanas.
EXPECTORATION * n. 1 The process of coughing up and spitting out. 2 The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).
CHEKOV * n. Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904).
REFRACT * v. 1 Subject to refraction. 2 Determine the refracting power of (a lens).
CAUDATA * n. Salamanders; newts; congo snakes.
XERODERMA * n. A mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin.
PETROGRAD * n. A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia.
CRUCIFEROUS * a. Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae.
TAILORING * n. The occupation of a tailor.
INSISTENCE * n. 1 Continual and persistent demands. 2 The state of demanding notice or attention. 3 The act of insisting on something.
CBC * n. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
SCRAM * v. Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.
NONENTERPRISING * a. Lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome.
SWELTRY * s. Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness.
HOSTAGE * n. A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
SCHMOOZE * --n. An informal conversation. --v. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
HERCULIUS * n. Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311).
SK-AMPICILLIN * n. Semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin).
BYGONE * --n. Past events to be put aside. --s. Well in the past; former.
CRESTFALLEN * s. Brought low in spirit.
PAIN-FREE * s. Not accompanied by pain sensations.
SLEEPYHEAD * n. A sleepy person.
RIGID * --s. 1 Incapable of or resistant to bending. 2 Incapable of compromise or flexibility. 3 Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. 4 Fixed and unmoving. --a. Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure.
FERMATA * n. 1 A musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount. 2 (music) A prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest.
DAISYBUSH * n. Any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays.
ORIGINATIVE * --a. Having the ability or power to create. --s. Containing seeds of later development.
SPLUTTER * --n. 1 The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. 2 An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage). --v. 1 Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage. 2 Spit up in an explosive manner.
CERATOPOGON * n. Type genus of the Ceratopogonidae.
PURSUED * --n. A person who is being chased. --a. Followed with enmity as if to harm.
REDUCTASE * n. An enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance.
SELF-PROPELLED * s. 1 Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement. 2 Moved forward by its own force or momentum.
EVENT * n. 1 Something that happens at a given place and time. 2 A special set of circumstances. 3 A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory. 4 A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
TURNDOWN * n. The act of refusing an offer.
TRILOBATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Divided into three lobes.
MESANTOIN * n. A toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective.
JABBING * n. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
MORGANTOWN * n. A city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia.
ANGLER * n. 1 A scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage. 2 A fisherman who uses a hook and line. 3 Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
DETECTING * n. A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.
THERMOCOAGULATION * n. Congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current).
HURON * n. The 2nd largest of the Great Lakes.
CONTINUANCE * n. 1 The act of continuing an activity without interruption. 2 The period of time during which something continues. 3 The property of enduring or continuing in time.
GRAMMATICAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to grammar. 2 Conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers.
DIRCA * n. Deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood.
PYTHON * n. 1 Large Old World boas. 2 A soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit. 3 (Greek mythology) Dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi.
MAZATLAN * n. A port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean; tourist center.
ALLUVIAL * a. Of or relating to alluvium.
BULGINESS * n. The property possessed by a rounded convexity.
DEJECT * v. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.
FIG * n. 1 A diagram or picture illustrating textual material. 2 Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit. 3 A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi. 4 Fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried.
BOWSPRIT * n. A spar projecting from the bow of a vessel.
FRANCHE-COMTE * n. A former province of eastern France.
NODULED * s. Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.
UNSEASONABLENESS * n. Being at an inappropriate time.
FLESH-EATING * s. (of animals) Carnivorous.
CHRYSOPRASE * n. A green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone.
PENICILLINASE * n. Enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic.
ACRODONT * n. An animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets.
DISSECTED * s. Having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib.
COMPARTMENT * n. 1 A space into which an area is subdivided. 2 A partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area.
ORIGEN * n. Greek philosopher and theologian who reinterpreted Christian doctrine through the philosophy of Neoplatonism; his work was later condemned as unorthodox (185-254).
CILIARY * a. 1 Relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye. 2 Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell. 3 Of or relating to the human eyelash.
BASTE * --n. A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together. --v. 1 Cover with liquid before cooking. 2 Strike violently and repeatedly. 3 Sew together loosely, with large stitches.
DAYLONG * --s. Lasting through an entire day. --r. During the entire day.
FERTILITY * n. 1 The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year. 2 The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring. 3 The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth.
FEMININENESS * n. The properties characteristic of the female sex.
SLAYER * n. Someone who causes the death of a person or animal.
UNVERBALIZED * s. Not made explicit.
INDISCRETE * s. Not divided or divisible into parts.
THANATOPSIS * n. An essay expressing a view on the subject of death.
VARICOSIS * n. Pathological condition of being varicose or having varicose veins.
CONTAMINATING * --a. Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination. --s. That infects or taints.
HOPKINS * n. 1 United States educator and theologian (1802-1887). 2 United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873). 3 English poet (1844-1889). 4 English biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947).
INDIA * n. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.
PAWL * n. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
DELUGE * --n. 1 An overwhelming number or amount. 2 A heavy rain. 3 The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. --v. 1 Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. 2 Charge someone with too many tasks. 3 Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
VICTOR * n. 1 A combatant who is able to defeat rivals. 2 The contestant who wins the contest.
GAWKINESS * n. The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant.
NATURISM * n. Going without clothes as a social practice.
GASBAG * n. 1 A boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics. 2 The bag containing the gas in a balloon.
BOMBPROOF * --n. A chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids. --v. Make safe against bombings. --s. Able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells.
ARCSIN * n. The inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number.
HYDROLYSE * v. Undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water.
KUDU * n. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush.
CRITERION * n. 1 A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated. 2 The ideal in terms of which something can be judged.
VAUNT * --n. Extravagant self-praise. --v. Show off.
SEVERABLE * s. Capable of being divided or dissociated.
GENITALS * n. External sex organ.
PALAEONTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to paleontology.
THUMBSTALL * n. Protective covering for an injured thumb.
RETENTIVENESS * n. 1 The power of retaining and recalling past experience. 2 The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired. 3 The power of retaining liquid.
MISREPRESENTED * s. Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented.
GLYCEROLIZE * v. Place in glycerol.
APPEASING * s. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
E-COMMERCE * n. Commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet).
SWEET-FLAVORED * s. With sweetening added.
CLERESTORY * n. Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light.
EQUIPMENT * n. An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.
PYGOSCELIS * n. A genus of Spheniscidae.
ARTIODACTYL * --n. Placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla.
LILAC-COLORED * s. Of a pale purple color.
SUNROOM * n. A room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun.
RANGELAND * n. Land suitable for grazing livestock.
TRISYLLABLE * n. A word having three syllables.
STRIGIFORMES * n. Owls.
ANALOGIZE * v. Make an analogy.
PURPLISH-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with purple.
UNAIRWORTHY * a. Not fit to fly.
PERT * s. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.
OCCLUDE * v. Block passage through.
HERO * n. 1 A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength. 2 The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem. 3 Someone who fights for a cause. 4 Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
COMBUSTIBILITY * n. The quality of being capable of igniting and burning.
BRAHE * n. Danish astronomer whose observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler's laws of planetary motion (1546-1601).
BODGE * v. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
MUGWUMP * n. 1 Someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884. 2 A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics).
GAMES-MISTRESS * n. The teacher in charge of games at a school.
FRIJOLE * n. 1 The common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans). 2 Mexican bean; usually dried.
OFF-LIMITS * s. Barred to a designated group.
OTTAR * n. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
ELOPIDAE * n. Tarpons and ladyfishes.
ENANTIOMER * n. Either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical.
NONBELLIGERENT * s. Not directly at war.
MUSQUASH * n. Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur.
AGATEWARE * n. Pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate.
ASTRONAUTICS * n. The theory and practice of navigation through air or space.
FRONTWARD * r. At or to or toward the front.
BALLETOMANE * n. A ballet enthusiast.
GOGGLES * n. (plural) Tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes.
MEETER * n. A person who is present and participates in a meeting.
ANEIDES * n. Climbing salamanders.
THATCHERITE * n. An advocate of Thatcherism.
PERMISSIBILITY * n. Admissibility as a consequence of being permitted.
DUCTILE * s. 1 Easily influenced. 2 Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
TARDIGRADE * n. An arthropod of the division Tardigrada.
FAR-RIGHT * s. Opposed to political or social liberalism or reform.
SWOB * --n. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors. --v. 1 Wash with a swab or a mop. 2 Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface.
PERCY * n. 1 United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990). 2 English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403).
ISOMERISE * v. 1 Cause to change into an isomer. 2 Change into an isomer.
CAHOOT * n. Collusion.
ERYTHROCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.
MISSHAPENNESS * n. An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed.
EXTROVERTISH * s. Being somewhat extroverted.
ANG * n. A civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies.
HEADSTOCK * n. The stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe).
BECOME * v. 1 Enter or assume a certain state or condition. 2 Undergo a change or development. 3 Come into existence. 4 Enhance the appearance of.
PISCARY * n. A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold.
HEMIMETAMORPHOUS * s. (of an insect with aquatic young) Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.
PROPOSITUS * n. The person immediately affected by or concerned with an action.
GOLDSBORO * n. A town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina.
CASUARINA * n. Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood.
FATIGUES * n. Military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor.
SURVIVALIST * n. Someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation.
W.V. * n. A state in east central United States.
DUMBFOUNDING * s. Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.
UNWAVERINGLY * r. With resolute determination.
IMAGO * n. 1 (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood. 2 An adult insect produced after metamorphosis.
MALINGERER * n. Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity.
INADMISSIBILITY * n. Unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible.
3-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with three members.
FUSSILY * r. In a fussy manner.
VII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. --s. Being one more than six.
DISPIRITED * s. 1 Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm. 2 Filled with melancholy and despondency.
OUTBACK * --n. The bush country of the interior of Australia. --s. Inaccessible and sparsely populated.
AMEBA * n. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
APOSTROPHE * n. 1 Address to an absent or imaginary person. 2 The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word.
POISE * --n. 1 A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second. 2 A state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium. 3 Great coolness and composure under strain. --v. 1 Be motionless, in suspension. 2 Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult. 3 Cause to be balanced or suspended. 4 Hold or carry in equilibrium.
SUBPOPULATION * n. A population that is part of a larger population.
AVAILABILITY * n. The quality of being at hand when needed.
JUICELESS * --a. Lacking juice. --s. Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless.
SALTATE * v. 1 Move by saltation. 2 Leap or skip, often in dancing.
DAMAGING * s. 1 (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury. 2 Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions.
HERA * n. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno.
PUSH-BIKE * n. A bicycle that must be pedaled.
BUTTERBALL * n. 1 A rotund individual. 2 Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage.
PLECTOMYCETES * n. Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration).
PLEONASTIC * s. Repetition of same sense in different words.
SCLEROPAGES * n. A genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo.
AMAZON * n. 1 A large strong and aggressive woman. 2 (Greek mythology) One of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively). 3 A major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles). 4 Mainly green tropical American parrots.
RESUSCITATOR * n. A breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration.
SABATON * n. Armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel.
COTANGENT * n. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
PRECEDENCY * n. 1 Status established in order of importance or urgency. 2 Preceding in time. 3 The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
BUCK * --n. 1 A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting. 2 A piece of paper money worth one dollar. 3 United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973). 4 A framework for holding wood that is being sawed. --v. 1 To strive with determination. 2 Resist. 3 Move quickly and violently. 4 Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.
CONGO * n. 1 A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960. 2 A major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic. 3 A republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960. 4 Black tea grown in China.
BESTREW * v. Cover by strewing.
ULVA * n. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce.
PARSEE * n. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India.
LEUKOENCEPHALITIS * n. Inflammation of the white matter of the brain.
ACROCLINIUM * n. Genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum.
TOXEMIA * n. 1 An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine. 2 Blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood.
HADES * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone. 2 (religion) The world of the dead.
SMOOTH-TONGUED * s. Artfully persuasive in speech.
NONREMITTAL * n. 1 Act of failing to meet a financial obligation. 2 Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid.
BACKBOARD * n. 1 A raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball. 2 A board used to support the back of someone or something.
ASSIGNEE * n. (law) The party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred).
TRENCHERMAN * n. A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
XLV * s. Being five more than forty.
OLIGOSACCHARIDE * n. Any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.
LAMIACEAE * n. A large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary.
DISHONORABLENESS * n. The quality of not deserving honor or respect.
ALBINOTIC * a. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
AMBITIOUSNESS * n. A strong drive for success.
BEHEAD * v. Cut the head of.
HYPERODONTIDAE * n. Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae.
NAURU * n. 1 An island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy. 2 A small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands.
EQUABLE * s. 1 Not varying. 2 Not easily irritated.
HOLOTHURIA * n. Type genus of the Holothuridae.
VERBENA * n. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
VEX * v. 1 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 2 Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. 3 Change the arrangement or position of. 4 Subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation.
MORTGAGEE * n. The person who accepts a mortgage.
LIBBER * n. A supporter of feminism.
GLOBIN * n. A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells.
CEREMONY * n. 1 A formal event performed on a special occasion. 2 Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way. 3 The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion.
ULTRAMONTANISM * n. (Roman Catholic Church) The policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope.
SOVIETIZE * v. 1 Bring under Soviet control, of a country. 2 Model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union.
EVIDENTIAL * s. Serving as or based on evidence.
WOLFISH * --a. Resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf. --s. Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
MEPROBAMATE * n. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
RIBES * n. A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere.
MAHOGANY-RED * s. Of brown tinged with red.
QUARTZ * n. 1 Colorless glass made of almost pure silica. 2 A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities.
BULLSHIT * --n. Obscene words for unacceptable behavior. --v. Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.
SOUTHERNER * n. An American who lives in the South.
SLOVAK * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Slovakia. 2 The Slavic language spoken in Slovakia.
VANGUERIA * n. Tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit.
PROVENCE * n. A former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur.
PASQUINADE * n. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
AZEDERACH * n. Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree.
FELID * n. Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws.
ANSELM * n. An Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God.
DISCOGRAPHY * n. A descriptive catalog of musical recordings.
ASVINS * n. (literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) In Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya.
APPLEWOOD * n. Wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus.
MOCK-UP * n. Full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display.
SNARL * --n. 1 A vicious angry growl. 2 An angry vicious expression. 3 Something jumbled or confused. --v. 1 Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone. 2 Make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise. 3 Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass. 4 Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.
COIGN * n. 1 Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase. 2 The keystone of an arch.
RELOAD * v. 1 Load anew. 2 Place a new load on.
BLUEBILL * n. Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
HADJI * n. An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
BRECHT * n. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956).
EVERYDAY * s. 1 Found in the ordinary course of events. 2 Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions. 3 Commonplace and ordinary.
BRUCELLA * n. An aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon.
EXACTNESS * n. The quality of being exact.
BLAZING * --n. A strong flame that burns brightly. --s. 1 Shining intensely. 2 Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious.
SKUNK * --n. 1 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 2 A defeat in a game where one side fails to score. 3 Street names for marijuana. 4 American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae. --v. Defeat by a lurch.
NOTIFICATION * n. 1 An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative. 2 Informing by words. 3 A request for payment.
EGG-AND-DART * n. A decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape.
PURSE-PROUD * s. Proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction).
TOOLMAKER * n. Someone skilled in making or repairing tools.
INTELLECTUAL * --n. A person who uses the mind creatively. --s. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind. --a. 1 Appealing to or using the intellect. 2 Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
FEUD * --n. A bitter quarrel between two parties. --v. Carry out a feud.
XANTUSIIDAE * n. Night lizards.
HATCHEL * --n. A comb for separating flax fibers. --v. Comb with a heckle.
EXPORT * --n. Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country. --v. 1 Sell or transfer abroad. 2 Transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs. 3 Cause to spread in another part of the world.
NEPHRON * n. Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.
DOLICHOTIS * n. Maras.
CARBURET * v. Combine with carbon.
RADIOPAQUE * a. Not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation.
PARENTERAL * a. 1 Administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection). 2 Located outside the alimentary tract.
ENDIVE * n. 1 Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched. 2 Variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges.
EPTATRETUS * n. A fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus.
ROISTER * v. Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
CHIPPING * n. The act of chipping something.
AEGISTHUS * n. (Greek mythology) The seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him.
CYTOARCHITECTONICS * n. The cellular composition of a bodily structure.
HAGGARDLY * r. In a haggard manner.
SEMIAQUATIC * s. 1 Having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form. 2 Partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water.
UK * n. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
DOWERED * s. Supplied with a dower or dowry.
TREPONEMATACEAE * n. Small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic.
COMEDOWN * n. Decline to a lower status or level.
NUTMEG-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a nutmeg.
SELF-SACRIFICING * s. Willing to deprive yourself.
GUYANA * n. A republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.
LANSA * n. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
HOGG * n. 1 Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835). 2 A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared.
DOUBLE-PARK * v. Park a vehicle alongside another.
BALLUP * n. Something badly botched or muddled.
WETTING * n. 1 The act of making something wet. 2 A euphemism for urination.
PERCUTANEOUS * a. Through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches).
HEYWARD * n. United States writer (1885-1940).
EVAPORATIVE * a. Relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation.
IONISED * a. Converted totally or partly into ions.
DKL * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
NANCE * n. Offensive term for a homosexual man.
DIFFERENTIATED * --a. Made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different. --s. Exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment.
LAUDO * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (20,997 feet high).
BASTARDIZED * s. Deriving from more than one source or style.
PHENOLIC * n. A thermosetting resin.
RECOGNIZABLE * s. 1 Easily perceived; easy to become aware of. 2 Capable of being recognized.
STATIONARINESS * n. Remaining in place.
MALVAVISCUS * n. Small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows.
EKMAN * n. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
NON-POISONOUS * s. 1 Not producing poison. 2 Safe to eat.
BENUMBED * s. 1 Lacking sensation. 2 Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure.
LATERITE * n. A red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides.
OODLES * n. A large number or amount.
TIBETAN * --n. 1 Himalayish language spoken in Tibet. 2 A native or inhabitant of Tibet. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language.
GLOWERINGLY * r. In a glowering manner.
JEFFERSON * n. 3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826).
AIX-LA-CHAPELLE * n. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital.
CATHECT * v. Inject with libidinal energy.
TINGLE * --n. 1 An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. 2 A somatic sensation as from many tiny stings. --v. Cause a stinging or tingling sensation.
TREPHRITIDAE * n. Fruit flies; some leaf miners.
MARI * n. 1 A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis.
CUTLERY * n. 1 A cutting implement; a tool for cutting. 2 Tableware implements for cutting and eating food.
ENGRAVING * n. 1 A print made from an engraving. 2 A block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved. 3 Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.
ATTAINABILITY * n. The state of being achievable.
DEMAGOGY * n. Impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.
GALVANI * n. Italian physiologist noted for his discovery that frogs' muscles contracted in an electric field (which led to the galvanic cell) (1737-1798).
STONECUTTER * n. Someone who cuts or carves stone.
FINGERPOST * n. A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.
SHORTAGE * n. 1 The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required. 2 An acute insufficiency.
POSTER * n. 1 A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. 2 Someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards. 3 A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers.
GRUBBY * --n. Small sculpin of the coast of New England. --a. Infested with grubs. --s. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
ANTHOPHAGOUS * s. Feeding on flowers.
WORKBENCH * n. A strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic.
EPIPACTIS * n. Genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers.
ARCHEGONIATE * a. Of or relating to an archegonium.
FATEFULLY * r. In a prophetically fateful manner.
TANZIM * n. A terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership.
XENOPUS * n. An African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae.
PAEDERASTY * n. Sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner).
CUTANEOUS * a. Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin.
AWESTRUCK * a. Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread.
PIEPLANT * n. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
ELATERID * n. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
CROSS-FERTILISE * v. 1 Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile. 2 Cause to undergo cross-fertilization.
PODILYMBUS * n. A genus of Podicipedidae.
BLINDWORM * n. 1 Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind. 2 Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions.
SYNONYMOUS * a. (of words) Meaning the same or nearly the same.
MYOFIBRILLA * n. One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber.
MICROPTERUS * n. American freshwater black basses.
MALTI * n. The national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French.
ARAWAKAN * --n. 1 A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America. 2 A family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America. --a. Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak.
CLOSENESS * n. 1 A feeling of being intimate and belonging together. 2 The quality of being close and poorly ventilated. 3 The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance. 4 Extreme stinginess.
CYNOGLOSSUM * n. A large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae.
UNARGUABLE * s. Against which no argument can be made.
LEITMOTIF * n. A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas).
CULTUS * n. A system of religious beliefs and rituals.
SHOES * n. A particular situation.
VLADIVOSTOK * n. A seaport in the Asian part of Russia.
EXCRUCIATINGLY * r. In a very painful manner.
PLATANUS * n. Genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore.
SEQUOIA * n. Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae.
HAND-TO-MOUTH * s. Providing only bare essentials.
PURCHASER * n. A person who buys.
CONCUSS * v. 1 Shake violently. 2 Injure the brain; sustain a concussion.
FLATFISH * n. 1 Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets. 2 Any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side.
PERSPECTIVE * n. 1 A way of regarding situations or topics etc.. 2 The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer.
MOTIONAL * a. Of or relating to or characterized by motion.
ORCHESTRATE * v. 1 Write an orchestra score for. 2 Plan and direct (a complex undertaking).
ANTI-SEMITISM * n. The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people.
KAURI * n. 1 Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum. 2 Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood. 3 White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis.
HUNTSVILLE * n. A city in northern Alabama; center for space research.
AMBROSIACEAE * n. In some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds.
CAROLINGIAN * --n. A member of the Carolingian dynasty. --a. Of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father.
VECTOR * n. 1 A variable quantity that can be resolved into components. 2 A straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction. 3 Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease. 4 (genetics) A virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell.
TAIPAN * n. Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia.
HAEMATOLOGIST * n. A doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs.
FALDEROL * n. Ornamental objects of no great value.
CONTRIBUTOR * n. 1 Someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money. 2 A writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book.
MCIA * n. An agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization.
LOBITO * n. A seaport on the Atlantic coast of Angola.
EQUITABLY * r. In an equitable manner.
CLOUDBERRY * n. Creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries.
GLOBULARNESS * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
SCAB * --n. 1 Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 2 The crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion. --v. 1 Form a scab. 2 Take the place of work of someone on strike.
LACQUERWARE * n. A decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals.
SADLY * r. 1 In an unfortunate way. 2 With sadness; in a sad manner. 3 In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.
CAMPANULATED * a. Shaped like a bell or campana.
RAWNESS * n. 1 A chilly dampness. 2 The state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect. 3 A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched). 4 Lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience.
POST-IT * n. Brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface.
FRATERNITY * n. 1 A social club for male undergraduates. 2 People engaged in a particular occupation.
FROTTAGE * n. Masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd).
CARASSIUS * n. Goldfish.
CRUCIALLY * r. To a crucial degree.
WELL-INFORMED * s. Possessing sound knowledge.
DEMOB * v. Retire from military service.
INSULTING * s. Expressing extreme contempt.
WIMBLEDON * n. A suburb of London and the headquarters of the club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts.
CATECHETIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism. 2 Of or relating to or involving catechesis.
ZEBRAWOOD * n. 1 Handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork. 2 Any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood.
LATIN-AMERICAN * a. Of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people.
CATALOGER * n. A librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system.
DUMPLING * n. 1 Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough. 2 Dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry.
SULFURETTE * v. Combine with sulfur.
KUROSHIO * n. A warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean.
BITTERISH * s. Somewhat bitter.
FOOTWORK * n. 1 The manner of using the feet. 2 Skillful maneuvering or dealing.
TRABEATED * s. Not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches).
UNCLEANLINESS * n. Lack of cleanly habits.
ANTHROPOCENTRICITY * n. An inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
AAS * n. An associate degree in applied science.
SINGLE-SPACING * n. Typing that does not leave lines blank.
ATYPICALITY * n. Any state that is not typical.
SELF-ABSORBED * s. Absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc.
UNARTISTIC * s. Lacking aesthetic sensibility.
ORBICULATE * s. Circular or nearly circular.
CHASTEN * v. 1 Censure severely. 2 Change by restraining or moderating. 3 Correct by punishment or discipline.
N'DJAMENA * n. The capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river.
AWAKE * --v. Stop sleeping. --a. Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious. --s. Mentally perceptive and responsive.
UNCONSCIOUSNESS * n. A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment.
BEACH * --n. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake. --v. Land on a beach.
CAMOUFLAGED * s. Made invisible by means of protective coloring.
ALVINE * a. Of or relating to the intestines.
METASTASIZE * v. Spread throughout the body.
PONS * n. 1 United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976). 2 A band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain.
MORPHEME * n. Minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units.
CALLUNA * n. One species.
BUMPH * n. Reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring.
DUBONNET * n. (trademark) A sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif.
AVULSION * n. 1 An abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another. 2 A forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another.
VERBOSELY * r. In a verbose manner.
APISH * s. Being or given to servile imitation.
GREYNESS * n. A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
CANTANKEROUSLY * r. In a bad mood.
ASYNCHRONY * n. The relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
BRANCH * --n. 1 A division of some larger or more complex organization. 2 A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant. 3 A part of a forked or branching shape. 4 A natural consequence of development. --v. 1 Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures. 2 Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
PHILOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or dealing with philology.
MELILOT * n. Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement.
SELECTOR * n. 1 A person who chooses or selects out. 2 A switch that is used to select among alternatives.
UNSEASONABLY * r. Not in accordance with the season.
CUSTOMIZE * v. 1 Make to specifications. 2 Make according to requirements.
MONOCHROMOUS * s. Having or appearing to have only one color.
FLAVORER * n. Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
PESTO * n. A sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil.
BURSERA * n. Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi.
FINALIST * n. A contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition.
CONGIUS * n. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters.
GNAW * v. 1 Bite or chew on with the teeth. 2 Become ground down or deteriorate.
FEDERATED * s. United under a central government.
SPOTLIGHT * --n. 1 A focus of public attention. 2 A lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer. --v. 1 Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent. 2 Illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater.
ALSACE * n. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
VOLUMINOUS * s. 1 Large in volume or bulk. 2 Marked by repeated turns and bends. 3 Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse).
FORMALNESS * n. A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies.
HELLESPONT * n. The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey.
HOLE-IN-THE-WALL * n. A small unpretentious out-of-the-way place.
SHATTERPROOF * s. Resistant to shattering or splintering.
BARRING * n. The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
LOBEFIN * n. Any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form.
HELMINTHIASIS * n. Infestation of the body with parasitic worms.
LIMOUSIN * n. A region of central France to the west of the Auvergne mountains.
DECONCENTRATE * v. Make less central.
IMMEDIATENESS * n. 1 The quickness of action or occurrence. 2 Lack of an intervening or mediating agency.
ASAFOETIDA * n. The brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic.
BABIRUSA * n. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.
SHOEBIRD * n. Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe.
NEWSPAPERWOMAN * n. A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media.
FIBRINOUS * a. Characterized by the presence of fibrin.
TREBUCKET * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
XYRIS * n. Chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers.
STIGMATIZE * v. 1 To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. 2 Mark with a stigma or stigmata.
PERAMBULATE * v. 1 Make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property). 2 Walk with no particular goal.
MAGDALENA * n. A river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla.
MEGRIMS * n. A state of depression.
CHISELED * s. Having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges.
BABBLING * n. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
SODOMIST * n. Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male).
SIALIA * n. North American bluebirds.
EOSINOPHILIA * n. A symptom of allergic states; increased eosinophils in the blood.
DETAILING * n. An individualized description of a particular instance.
STRINGENCY * n. 1 A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit. 2 Conscientious attention to rules and details.
SAUSAGE * n. 1 Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings. 2 A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.
DISTRIBUTARY * n. A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it.
HANDBARROW * n. A rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people.
CAR * n. 1 A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine. 2 A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad. 3 The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant. 4 Where passengers ride up and down.
DINOCERATA * n. Small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene.
SEIURUS * n. Ovenbirds and water thrushes.
PAINFUL * --a. Causing physical or psychological pain. --s. 1 Causing misery or pain or distress. 2 Exceptionally bad or displeasing. 3 Causing physical discomfort.
EMBOLUS * n. An abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood.
PROGESTERONE * n. A steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy.
PSYCHOMETRICS * n. Any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements.
UPFRONT * s. Frank and honest.
DELIBERATENESS * n. 1 A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry. 2 The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision.
PANACEA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia. 2 Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists.
DEMOGRAPHIC * --n. A statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.). --a. Of or relating to demography.
NIGROPORUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae.
HALFPENNYWORTH * n. The amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
CERCIS * n. Deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States.
ORGASM * n. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
SAINT-BERNARD'S-LILY * n. Southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers.
SCALD * --n. 1 A burn cause by hot liquid or steam. 2 The act of burning with steam or hot water. --v. 1 Subject to harsh criticism. 2 Treat with boiling water. 3 Heat to the boiling point. 4 Burn with a hot liquid or steam.
ASTRODOME * n. A transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations.
HONORIFIC * --n. An expression of respect. --s. Conferring or showing honor or respect.
SKEW-WHIFF * --s. Turned or twisted toward one side. --r. Turned or twisted to one side.
CONCEDING * n. The act of conceding or yielding.
SPOILAGE * n. 1 The amount that has spoiled. 2 The process of becoming spoiled. 3 The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.
KAYO * --n. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious. --v. Knock unconscious or senseless.
PERNIS * n. A common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts.
SPORK * n. Trademark for a plastic eating utensil that has both tines and a bowl like a spoon.
DROMAEOSAUR * n. A kind of maniraptor.
DOGGING * s. Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit.
CITROUS * a. 1 Of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus. 2 Of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus.
CONDITIONER * n. 1 Exercise that conditions the body. 2 A trainer of athletes. 3 A substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer.
PROMULGATE * v. 1 State or announce. 2 Put a law into effect by formal declaration.
FLUORIDATION * n. The addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay).
TELESCOPED * s. Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another.
SCISSORS * n. 1 An edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades. 2 A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze. 3 A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move.
RUT * --n. 1 A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels). 2 A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape. 3 Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity. --v. 1 Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals. 2 Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.
ARENACEOUS * a. Resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas.
INSOLVENCY * n. The lack of financial resources.
AUTOTOMIC * a. Of or relating to autotomy.
PSF * n. A terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border.
SICKLE * n. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle.
PODAXACEAE * n. A variety of gastromycete.
TRIVIAL * s. 1 (informal) Small and of little importance. 2 Of little substance or significance. 3 Concerned with trivialities.
APPELLATIVE * --n. Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. --a. Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun. --s. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
BUCKEYE * n. 1 The inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut. 2 Tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds. 3 A native or resident of Ohio.
BENEFACTRESS * n. A woman benefactor.
QUID * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence. 2 Something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises. 3 A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
CHIDE * v. Censure severely or angrily.
STOVE * n. 1 A kitchen appliance used for cooking food. 2 Any heating apparatus.
INDIVIDUALISATION * n. Discriminating the individual from the generic group or species.
TOASTMASTER * n. The person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet.
EATERY * n. A building where people go to eat.
JOHOR * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
MENHADEN * n. Shad-like North American marine fishes used for fish meal and oil and fertilizer.
SCHOLAR * n. 1 A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines. 2 Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs. 3 A student who holds a scholarship.
MUDSPRINGER * n. Found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins.
VASODILATOR * n. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels.
RENT-ROLL * n. A register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay.
OVERBURDEN * --n. 1 The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits. 2 An excessive burden. --v. 1 Burden with too much work or responsibility. 2 Load with excessive weight.
SPIDERLIKE * a. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
PURPOSELESSNESS * n. The quality of lacking any definite purpose.
INVIGORATED * s. With restored energy.
EXCHANGEABILITY * n. The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange.
MISQUOTE * --n. An incorrect quotation. --v. Quote incorrectly.
ASIDE * --n. 1 A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. 2 A message that departs from the main subject. --r. 1 On or to one side. 2 Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts). 3 Not taken into account or excluded from consideration. 4 In a different direction.
HEE-HAW * --n. A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing. --v. Braying characteristic of donkeys.
PYRIDOXAMINE * n. A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch.
BEAKLIKE * s. Resembling the beak of a bird.
DONOR * n. 1 Person who makes a gift of property. 2 (medicine) Someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host).
SNOWFLAKE * n. 1 A crystal of snow. 2 White Arctic bunting.
SELF-DEFENSE * n. The act of defending yourself.
GENTIAN * n. Any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis.
MEANINGFUL * a. Having a meaning or purpose.
GENERATIVE * --a. Having the ability to produce or originate. --s. Producing new life or offspring.
LOW-CAL * s. Having relatively few calories.
INVIGORATOR * n. An agent that gives or restores life or vigor.
TEMBLOR * n. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity.
CASUARIUS * n. Type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries.
COROLLA * n. (botany) The whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
PAROQUET * n. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
CHRONOLOGY * n. 1 An arrangement of events in time. 2 A record of events in the order of their occurrence. 3 The determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events.
INDETERMINABLY * r. In an indeterminable manner.
ALLELIC * a. Of or relating to alleles.
BESPANGLE * v. 1 Decorate with spangles. 2 Dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects.
SHAKEOUT * n. An economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry.
COURTEOUS * --s. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness. --a. Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners.
NEPHROCALCINOSIS * n. Renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine.
BATHING * n. 1 Immersing the body in water or sunshine. 2 The act of washing yourself (or another person).
PLOCEUS * n. Type genus of the Ploceidae.
TICKING * n. 1 A metallic tapping sound. 2 A strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers.
BORNEAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Borneo.
CONFINE * v. 1 Place limits on (extent or amount or access). 2 Prevent from leaving or from being removed. 3 Close in. 4 Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
DEMIGLACE * n. Sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry.
TURBOPROP * n. An airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine.
ENTEROBIUS * n. Pinworms.
VELDT * n. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
GEMFIBROZIL * n. Medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood.
HUNDRED-AND-EIGHTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order.
BLASTOMYCOSIS * n. Any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces.
NONSEXUAL * a. Not having or involving sex.
INTERACTIVE * --a. Used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more). --s. Capable of acting on or influencing each other.
LAMMAS * n. Commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England.
JUICY * --a. Full of juice. --s. 1 Having strong sexual appeal. 2 Lucrative. 3 Suggestive of sexual impropriety.
WOOFER * n. A loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds.
PINCER * n. 1 A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping. 2 A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.
ISSUING * n. The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity).
TRADESPEOPLE * n. People engaged in trade.
COUNSELORSHIP * n. The position of counselor.
HYDROPHYLLACEAE * n. Perennial woodland herbs.
SATIABLE * s. Capable of being sated.
COIFFE * v. Arrange attractively.
BOYISHLY * r. Like a boy.
PROPANOLOL * n. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
DEBRIDEMENT * n. Surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing.
ARNOSERIS * n. Lamb succory.
HOSTELRY * n. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
PARKINSONIA * n. Small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees.
HIRSUTE * a. Having or covered with hair.
400 * s. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
TRIBALISATION * n. The act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis.
PEZIZA * n. Type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus.
STREAMING * --n. The circulation of cytoplasm within a cell. --a. Exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts. --s. (computer science) Using or relating to a form of continuous tape transport; used mainly to provide backup storage of unedited data.
SUPPORT * --n. 1 The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities. 2 Aiding the cause or policy or interests of. 3 Something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest. 4 A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission. --v. 1 Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to. 2 Support materially or financially. 3 Be behind; approve of. 4 Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
CLEMATIS * n. Any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers.
IRTYSH * n. An Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River.
ACHONDRITIC * a. 1 Of or related to an achondrite. 2 Not having a granular structure.
LOLO-BURMESE * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern Burma and Yunnan.
BICORN * --n. A cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points. --s. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
COROKIA * n. Evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers; grows in New Zealand.
KIRTLE * n. 1 A garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages. 2 A long dress worn by women.
METAPHOR * n. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
ABKHAZIA * n. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability.
SCHUMPETER * n. United States economist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1883-1950).
HIDEOUS * s. 1 Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. 2 So extremely ugly as to be terrifying.
CENTURION * n. (ancient Rome) The leader of 100 soldiers.
ANABAPTISM * n. A Protestant movement in the 16th century that believed in the primacy of the Bible, baptised only believers, not infants, and believed in complete separation of church and state.
EZEKIAS * n. (Old Testament) King of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC).
IRVINGIA * n. Wild mango.
UNCONSCIONABLE * s. 1 Lacking a conscience. 2 Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
OVENBIRD * n. 1 American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground. 2 Small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests.
LEASTWISE * r. If nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial).
ASAHIKAWA * n. A city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area.
ATOMIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to or comprising atoms. 2 (weapons) Deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy. --s. Immeasurably small.
FULFILLMENT * n. 1 A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires. 2 The act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc).
TICKSEED * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America.
CUT-AND-THRUST * n. Fighting with knives.
CRISPLY * r. In a well delineated manner.
INDECENCY * n. 1 The quality of being indecent. 2 An indecent or improper act.
RAMMAN * n. God of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad.
COMMEMORATE * v. 1 Celebrate by some ceremony or observation. 2 Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony. 3 Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.
ABILENE * n. 1 A city in central Texas. 2 A town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
VENTOSE * n. Sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month.
GROSSNESS * n. The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
THICKSPREAD * s. Covered thickly.
HORNFELS * n. A fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks.
FORTE * --n. 1 An asset of special worth or utility. 2 A musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly. 3 The stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible. --a. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) Loud; with force. --r. Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly.
PARRAKEET * n. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
MEPERIDINE * n. A synthetic narcotic drug (trade name Demerol) used to treat pain.
HASIDIM * n. A sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly.
DISCREETNESS * n. 1 Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. 2 Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
CHANGEABILITY * n. The quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change.
DENDRASPIS * n. Mambas.
DIAGRAMMATIC * s. Shown or represented by diagrams.
GIRAFFA * n. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
HEARTINESS * n. 1 Active strength of body or mind. 2 The quality of hearty sincerity.
HARPOONEER * n. Someone who launches harpoons.
ODONTIASIS * n. The eruption through the gums of baby teeth.
WRIGGLER * n. 1 One who can't stay still (especially a child). 2 Larva of a mosquito.
CONFRONTATION * n. 1 A bold challenge. 2 Discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions. 3 A hostile disagreement face-to-face. 4 The act of hostile groups opposing each other.
CANDIDNESS * n. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
CARBINEER * n. A soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine.
HOLLANDS * n. Gin made in the Netherlands.
MISSAL * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year.
OSTENTATIOUSLY * r. With ostentation; in an ostentatious manner.
MANES * n. A Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276).
TOMBSTONE * n. A stone that is used to mark a grave.
DISEQUILIBRIUM * n. Loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others.
LITIGATE * v. 1 Engage in legal proceedings. 2 Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
FIBROMYOSITIS * n. Local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue.
PETRIFACTION * n. 1 The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape. 2 A rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form.
CERASTES * n. Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye.
CEREBRUM * n. Anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans.
GULYAS * n. A rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika.
BASSARISK * n. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
DICTION * n. 1 The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience. 2 The manner in which something is expressed in words.
TIPPER * n. 1 A person who leaves a tip. 2 Truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity.
GLUTTED * s. Exceeding demand.
OVERFLOWING * s. Covered with water.
MEDIAN * --n. The number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items. --s. 1 Relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values). 2 Dividing an animal into right and left halves. 3 Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.
RHEA * n. 1 Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor. 2 Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan. 3 Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia.
UNSWERVINGLY * r. 1 In a constant and steadfast manner. 2 Without swerving; in a direct and unswerving manner.
MATABELE * n. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
EXECUTABILITY * n. Capability of being executed.
PLAGIARISATION * n. The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.
SUPPLEMENTATION * n. 1 A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency). 2 The act of supplementing.
COMPOSEDLY * r. In a self-collected or self-possessed manner.
CUQUENAN * n. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
CODING * n. Act of writing in code or cipher.
COUNTERACTIVE * s. Opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action.
TRILISA * n. Genus of herbs of southern United States.
HOUSEMAN * n. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
OMNISCIENCE * n. The state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge.
SHORT-GRASS * n. Any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains.
DOCILE * --a. Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed. --s. 1 Ready and willing to be taught. 2 Easily handled or managed.
FLASH-FORWARD * n. A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.
SUBLIMITY * n. Nobility in thought or feeling or style.
PAGELLUS * n. Sea breams.
MAGNIFICENTLY * r. 1 Extremely well. 2 In an impressively beautiful manner.
TRAMWAY * n. 1 A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers. 2 The track on which trams or streetcars run.
DISQUIET * --n. 1 A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments. 2 The trait of seeming ill at ease. --v. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
ASUR * n. An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq.
WATERMELON * n. 1 An African melon. 2 Large oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulp.
SATIATION * n. 1 The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more. 2 The act of achieving full gratification.
29 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one. --s. Being nine more than twenty.
BLOODWORM * n. A segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait.
ILLUSTRATE * v. 1 Clarify by giving an example of. 2 Depict with an illustration. 3 Supply with illustrations.
CLINQUANT * s. Glittering with gold or silver.
UNDETERMINABLE * a. Not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained.
SLEEPOVER * n. An occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children).
BLOLLY * n. Evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries.
MYCENAEAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants.
RACIALISM * n. Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race.
PAPER-MACHE * n. A substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry.
SCHOOLGIRL * n. A girl attending school.
HOSEPIPE * n. A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas.
NEEDED * s. Necessary for relief or supply.
SELKUP * n. 1 One of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia. 2 The Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed.
FORWARD-MOVING * s. Moving forward.
AGGREGATOR * n. A person who collects things.
AORISTIC * a. Of or relating to the aorist tense.
LALLATION * n. 1 Defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l'. 2 Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
SPAYING * n. Neutering a female by removing the ovaries.
CANNIBALISTIC * a. Characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism.
PHOTOSENSITIVITY * n. Sensitivity to the action of radiant energy.
ARCA * n. Type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams.
UNQUALIFIEDLY * r. Without qualification or limitation.
WHIPTAIL * n. Any of numerous very agile and alert New World lizards.
GYRUS * n. A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain.
BRAGGING * --n. An instance of boastful talk. --s. Exhibiting self-importance.
PORTRAYAL * n. 1 A word picture of a person's appearance and character. 2 Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture. 3 A representation by picture or portraiture. 4 Any likeness of a person, in any medium.
MULTICELLULAR * s. Consisting of many cells.
FENCE * --n. 1 A barrier that serves to enclose an area. 2 A dealer in stolen property. --v. 1 Enclose with a fence. 2 Receive stolen goods. 3 Fight with fencing swords. 4 Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
PREMOLAR * n. A tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars.
EXTINGUISHING * n. The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning.
CANDLEBERRY * n. Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries.
LEAF-LIKE * s. Resembling a leaf.
ATTENDANT * --n. 1 Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. 2 A person who is present and participates in a meeting. 3 An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. --s. 1 Being present (at a meeting or event, etc.). 2 Occurring with or following as a consequence.
TRITICUM * n. Annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions.
DEVON * n. 1 A county in southwestern England. 2 Red dual-purpose cattle of English origin.
PRIMIPARA * n. (obstetrics) Woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time.
CALVIN * n. 1 United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-). 2 Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564).
CALCANEUS * n. The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel.
MASKED * s. 1 Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading. 2 Having markings suggestive of a mask.
RELATIVE-IN-LAW * n. A relative by marriage.
ENDODONTIC * a. Of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics.
PECKERWOOD * n. Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects.
BANKROLL * --n. A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.). --v. Provide with sufficient funds; finance.
SHARP * --n. 1 A musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named. 2 A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point. --s. 1 (of something seen or heard) Clearly defined. 2 Ending in a sharp point. 3 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 4 Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. --a. 1 Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point. 2 Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing. 3 (of a musical note) Raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone. --r. Changing suddenly in direction and degree.
85 * s. Being five more than eighty.
DAEDAL * --n. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus. --s. Complex and ingenious in design or function.
DENOUNCE * v. 1 Speak out against. 2 To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. 3 Announce the termination of, as of treaties. 4 Give away information about somebody.
ALDERMAN * n. A member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council).
CATEGORIC * --a. Relating to or included in a category or categories. --s. Not modified or restricted by reservations.
VESPERTILIO * n. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
KUNLUN * n. A mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles.
BARRAGE * --n. 1 The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). 2 The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target. --v. Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage.
RAILS * n. A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.
ORNITHOMIMIDA * n. Lightly built medium-size theropods.
EXPEDIENCE * n. 1 The quality of being suited to the end in view. 2 Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others.
AIRWAVE * n. Medium for radio and television broadcasting.
NAN * n. 1 Your grandmother. 2 The mother of your father or mother. 3 A river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya. 4 Leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop.
ANTHROPOLOGY * n. The social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings.
CHAPTER * n. 1 A subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled. 2 Any distinct period in history or in a person's life. 3 A local branch of some fraternity or association. 4 An ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church.
SHIMMER * --n. A weak and tremulous light. --v. 1 Shine with a weak or fitful light. 2 Give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk.
DEMOCRATISE * v. 1 Become (more) democratic; of nations. 2 Introduce democratic reforms; of nations.
FRIER * n. Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying.
CYCLOSTYLE * --n. A writing implement with a small toothed wheel that cuts small holes in a stencil. --v. Print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil.
HEATABLE * s. Capable of becoming hot.
NOTONECTA * n. Type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers.
MUSTANG * n. Small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish.
FRUITY * s. 1 Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit. 2 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
DISINTER * v. Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.
GEMPYLUS * n. Type genus of the Gempylidae.
MAGNETIZE * v. 1 Make magnetic. 2 Attract strongly, as if with a magnet.
BAPTIZE * v. Administer baptism to.
BEWHISKERED * s. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
HYPERCATALECTIC * --n. (prosody) A line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot. --a. (verse) Having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot.
DISOBEY * v. Refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.
PARALLEL * --n. 1 Something having the property of being analogous to something else. 2 An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator. 3 (mathematics) One of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes). --v. 1 Be parallel to. 2 Make or place parallel to something. 3 Duplicate or match. --a. Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting. --s. Of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations.
IVANOV * n. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
RUDAPITHECUS * n. Fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene.
GERMANIC * --n. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic. --a. 1 Of or relating to the language of Germans. 2 Of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages.
PHOSPHORIC * a. Containing or characteristic of phosphorus.
ATHELSTAN * n. The first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939).
IGD * n. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present in blood serum in small amounts.
BIQUADRATE * n. An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
PSEUDEPIGRAPHA * n. 52 texts written between 200 BC and AD 200 but ascribed to various prophets and kings in the Hebrew scriptures; many are apocalyptic in nature.
BLOCKADE * --n. 1 A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy. 2 Prevents access or progress. --v. 1 Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. 2 Render unsuitable for passage. 3 Obstruct access to. 4 Impose a blockade on.
PUMPED * s. Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline.
SQUIRM * --n. The act of wiggling. --v. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).
HAG * n. 1 An ugly evil-looking old woman. 2 Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies.
MADREPORARIA * n. Stony corals.
ECUMENICALISM * n. (Christianity) The doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity.
SABLE * --n. 1 An artist's brush made of sable hairs. 2 The expensive dark brown fur of the marten. 3 A very dark black. 4 A scarf (or trimming) made of sable. --s. Of a dark somewhat brownish black.
SENESCHAL * n. The chief steward or butler of a great household.
BEGET * v. Make (offspring) by reproduction.
LIGHTENING * n. 1 Descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped. 2 Changing to a lighter color.
PENTIMENTO * n. The reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age).
FORTRAN * n. A high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation.
NORTHEASTERN * s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the northeast. 2 Of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
HOW-D'YE-DO * n. An awkward situation.
HIGH-MINDEDNESS * n. Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued.
RELISH * --n. 1 Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. 2 Spicy or savory condiment. 3 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. --v. Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in.
DESORPTION * n. Changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state.
POORNESS * n. 1 The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions. 2 Less than adequate. 3 The quality of being meager. 4 The quality of being poorly made or maintained.
INNINGS * n. The batting turn of a cricket player or team.
SKIAGRAPH * n. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
GLEET * n. A thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea.
OSTYAK * n. 1 A member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals). 2 A Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak.
USURPER * n. One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.
SCORBUTIC * a. Of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy.
WATERCRAFT * n. 1 Skill in the management of boats. 2 A craft designed for water transportation.
DRAWBACK * n. The quality of being a hindrance.
ROSICRUCIANISM * n. The theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption; claims various occult powers.
DELIVERER * n. 1 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). 2 A person who rescues you from harm or danger. 3 Someone employed to make deliveries. 4 A person who gives up or transfers money or goods.
UTOPIA * n. 1 A book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island. 2 Ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects. 3 A work of fiction describing a utopia. 4 An imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal.
HIGH-AND-MIGHTY * s. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.
ENATIC * s. Related on the mother's side.
JOWL * n. 1 The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. 2 A fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging).
REDMAIDS * n. Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States.
FLUIDITY * n. 1 The property of flowing easily. 2 A changeable quality.
FANTAN * n. 1 A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4). 2 A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.
RACEHORSE * n. A horse bred for racing.
ANTITYPICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite. 2 Of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol.
XYLOPHONE * n. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets.
LUCID * s. 1 (of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable. 2 Having a clear mind. 3 Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner. 4 Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity.
ISOTROPOUS * a. Invariant with respect to direction.
HARKAT-UL-JIHAD-E-ISLAMI * n. An extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
SMASHINGLY * r. With a loud crash.
CROSSLY * r. In an ill-natured manner.
HETEROGRAFT * n. Tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species.
CHEESEFLOWER * n. Erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States.
TROCHLEARIS * n. Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes.
POLKA * --n. 1 Music performed for dancing the polka. 2 A Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time. --v. Dance a polka.
GRAVEYARD * n. A tract of land used for burials.
QUAMASH * n. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
HUSH * --n. (poetic) Tranquil silence. --v. 1 Become quiet or still; fall silent. 2 Cause to be quiet or not talk. 3 Become quiet or quieter. 4 Wash by removing particles.
SASSING * n. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
GOVERNANCE * n. 1 The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. 2 The act of governing; exercising authority.
CONGLOMERATION * n. 1 A rounded spherical form. 2 A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together. 3 An occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass.
DESSERTSPOONFUL * n. As much as a dessert spoon will hold.
HURDLING * n. A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles.
MOVABLENESS * n. The quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged.
MAHOMET * n. The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632).
ACROCYANOSIS * n. Cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion.
QUIXOTISM * n. Quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior.
AL-FATAH * n. A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups.
DESYNCHRONIZE * v. Cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times.
SPLASHDOWN * n. A landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight.
FORMIDABLY * r. In a formidable manner.
VARUNA * n. In Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world.
FUROSEMIDE * n. Commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema.
DEMINERALISATION * n. 1 Abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone). 2 The removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water).
BACCHANAL * --n. 1 Someone who engages in drinking bouts. 2 A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus. 3 A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. --s. Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
REUNIFY * v. Unify again, as of a country.
LAG * --n. 1 The act of slowing down or falling behind. 2 The time between one event, process, or period and another. 3 One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket. --v. 1 Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. 2 Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. 3 Throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins. 4 Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss.
GALLUP * n. A town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border.
ATACTIC * a. Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia.
ARCHIANNELIDA * n. A class of Annelida.
POLYDACTYLUS * n. A genus of Polynemidae.
APPARITIONAL * s. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM * n. Excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis).
SUPPURATE * v. 1 Cause to ripen and discharge pus. 2 Ripen and generate pus.
CLASSICALLY * r. In the manner of Greek and Roman culture.
DIAGRAMMATICAL * s. Shown or represented by diagrams.
SHOPAHOLIC * n. A compulsive shopper.
PRIMING * n. 1 The act of making something ready. 2 Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. 3 The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface.
DESIGNATIVE * s. Serving to designate.
CASTRIES * n. A port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia.
ZUBIRD * n. Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
UNTRULY * r. In a untrue manner.
FIBER * n. 1 A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. 2 Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis. 3 Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber). 4 The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions.
DE-IODINATING * a. Removing iodine from.
REDUNDANT * s. 1 More than is needed, desired, or required. 2 Repetition of same sense in different words.
JACKSNIPE * n. 1 A small short-billed Old World snipe. 2 American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.
SHABBY-GENTEEL * s. Trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness.
SWEETBRIAR * n. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
SUZERAIN * n. A state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs.
UNADORNED * a. Not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction.
FAST-FOOTED * s. Having rapidly moving feet.
BIBLE * n. 1 The sacred writings of the Christian religions. 2 A book regarded as authoritative in its field.
BERTHOLLETIA * n. Brazil nut.
CADUCEAN * a. Of or relating to a caduceus.
BOETHIUS * n. A Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524).
CONVEYER * n. 1 A person who conveys (carries or transmits). 2 A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory).
ARENICOLOUS * a. Growing or living or burrowing in sand.
CHILDISHNESS * n. A property characteristic of a child.
CONVALLARIA * n. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley.
HEBRAIST * n. Linguist specializing in the Hebrew language.
TAICHI * n. A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health.
BLASTOCOELIC * a. Of or relating to a segmentation cavity.
HAS-BEEN * n. Someone who is no longer popular.
FURRED * s. Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs.
HOMEBREW * n. An alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home.
CONDENSING * n. The act of increasing the density of something.
INCOGNIZABLE * s. Incapable of being perceived or known.
WODEN * n. Chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan.
SOCIABLENESS * n. The relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows.
DEVOTEDNESS * n. Feelings of ardent love.
SUCCOR * --n. Assistance in time of difficulty. --v. Help in a difficult situation.
COLONNADED * s. Having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals.
SOARING * --n. The activity of flying a glider. --s. 1 Ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual. 2 Of imposing height; especially standing out above others.
HALLOWE'EN * n. The evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people.
DAYTON * n. A city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center.
TAUPE * --n. A greyish brown. --s. Of something having a dusky brownish grey color.
HARMONIZABLE * s. Capable of being made harmonious or consistent.
SILT * --n. Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake. --v. Become chocked with silt.
AUGHT * n. A quantity of no importance.
AFFIRMATIVELY * r. In an affirmative manner.
DOWNSWING * n. 1 A swing downward of a golf club. 2 A worsening of business or economic activity.
NONESUCH * n. Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
POLYCRYSTALLINE * s. Composed of aggregates of crystals.
TRANSMUTABLE * s. Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy.
PROLIFICACY * n. The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth.
PERFIDIOUSLY * r. In a perfidious manner.
FILTHILY * r. In a filthy unclean manner.
SICHUAN * n. A populous province of south central China.
KUDZU * n. Fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States.
SUBJECTIVITY * n. Judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts.
SATYAGRAHA * n. The form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms.
INTENSIFIED * s. Made more intense.
ANAPEST * n. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
RELIEF * n. 1 The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced. 2 The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress). 3 (law) Redress awarded by a court. 4 Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).
DELAVIRDINE * n. A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV.
NOD * --n. 1 A sign of assent or salutation or command. 2 The act of nodding the head. --v. 1 Express or signify by nodding. 2 Lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation. 3 Let the head fall forward through drowsiness. 4 Sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion.
PLAYBOX * n. A box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school).
LIVERLEAF * n. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions.
OZAENA * n. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
HYDROKINETIC * a. Relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion.
BASK * v. 1 Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. 2 Be exposed.
CHEEVER * n. United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982).
PTERIDOSPERMAPHYTA * n. Used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales.
PLEXOR * n. (medicine) A small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes.
SILEX * n. 1 A pure form of finely ground silica. 2 A vacuum coffee maker.
TOWPATH * n. A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats.
SUCCUBUS * n. A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
UTAHAN * n. A native or resident of Utah.
CABOMBA * n. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants.
ACRIDID * n. Grasshopper with short antennae.
NYMPHAEA * n. The type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies.
WINK * --n. 1 A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). 2 Closing one eye quickly as a signal. 3 A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. --v. 1 Signal by winking. 2 Gleam or glow intermittently. 3 Briefly shut the eyes. 4 Keep back by blinking.
DECOAGULANT * n. Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.
LERESIS * n. Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged).
ALNICO * n. Trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium.
PITTER-PATTER * --n. A series of rapid tapping sounds. --v. 1 Rain gently. 2 Make light, rapid and repeated sounds. --r. 1 As of footsteps. 2 Describing a rhythmic beating.
FERMENTOLOGIST * n. A specialist in wine making.
SIBILATE * v. 1 Pronounce with an initial sibilant. 2 Utter a sibilant. 3 Express or utter with a hiss. 4 Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval.
VASOCONSTRICTOR * n. Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure.
RITZ * n. 1 Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918). 2 Ostentatious display of elegance. 3 An ostentatiously elegant hotel.
ILL-CONSIDERED * s. Not given careful consideration.
ATILT * s. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
AFFLICTIVE * s. Causing misery or pain or distress.
COLLEGE * n. 1 The body of faculty and students of a college. 2 An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university. 3 A complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed.
ULVALES * n. An order of protoctist.
QUARTERSTAFF * n. A long stout staff used as a weapon.
METALIZE * v. Coat with metal.
NIRVANA * n. 1 (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness. 2 Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
BLINDNESS * n. The state of being blind or lacking sight.
FE * n. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood.
THICKNESS * n. 1 The dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. 2 Indistinct articulation. 3 Used of a line or mark. 4 Resistance to flow.
REALLY * r. 1 In accordance with truth or fact or reality. 2 In actual fact. 3 In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers). 4 Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.
DICHOTOMY * n. Being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses.
THEOBROMA * n. Cacao plants.
MALTREAT * v. Treat badly.
GLIA * n. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system.
PROSOPOPOEIA * n. Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature.
ICELAND * n. 1 An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944. 2 A volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle.
GANOIDEI * n. A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales.
IMPOUND * v. 1 Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. 2 Place or shut up in a pound.
DODGING * n. 1 Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. 2 A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery. 3 Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.
ULATROPHIA * n. Recession of the gums.
GUILTINESS * n. The state of having committed an offense.
MASA * n. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
HAWKMOTH * n. Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed.
HYSTEROCATALEPSY * n. Hysteria with cataleptic symptoms.
LUNGFISH * n. Air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought.
PINK-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with pink.
TAHITIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Tahiti. 2 The Oceanic language spoken on Tahiti. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture.
SEEMLY * s. According with custom or propriety.
MATCHING * s. 1 Being two identical. 2 Intentionally matched.
OSTENTATION * n. 1 A gaudy outward display. 2 Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. 3 Pretentious or showy or vulgar display.
PLANCK * n. German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947).
GARBOARD * n. The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship.
SOFT-NOSED * a. (of a bullet) Made of soft material that expands on impact.
UNDERWRITER * n. 1 A banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities. 2 An agent who sells insurance. 3 A financial institution that sells insurance.
UNQUESTIONABLE * --a. Incapable of being questioned. --s. 1 Not counterfeit or copied. 2 Not open to question.
CARICACEAE * n. Trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves.
URMIA * n. 1 A shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey. 2 A city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran.
BRUSH * --n. 1 A dense growth of bushes. 2 An implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle. 3 Momentary contact. 4 Conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor. --v. 1 Rub with a brush, or as if with a brush. 2 Touch lightly and briefly. 3 Clean with a brush. 4 Sweep across or over.
TARAWA * n. 1 National capital of Kiribati. 2 Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.
PYCNANTHEMUM * n. American mountain mint.
MAILLOL * n. French sculptor of monumental female nudes (1861-1944).
INFRA * r. (in writing) At a later place.
ILLITERATE * --n. A person unable to read. --a. 1 Not able to read or write. 2 Lacking culture, especially in language and literature. --s. Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field.
MAHLSTICK * n. A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush.
MIGRATORY * --a. Used of animals that move seasonally. --s. Habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work.
TUBE-SHAPED * s. Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
APICULTURAL * a. Relating to the care and breeding of bees.
INEXPIABLE * s. Incapable of being atoned for.
DICHOTOMISE * v. Divide into two opposing groups or kinds.
NONOBSERVANCE * n. A lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc..
LYCOPERDON * n. Genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium.
PANIC-STRICKEN * s. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
UNSENTIMENTAL * s. Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination.
MAROC * --n. A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
PERICARDIUM * n. A serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart.
MIMEOGRAPH * --n. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo). --v. Print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph.
HYPEREXTEND * v. Extend a joint beyond its normal range.
EMBOLISM * n. 1 An insertion into a calendar. 2 Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle).
FREESTANDING * s. Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything.
TAXODIACEAE * n. Coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems.
DARROW * n. United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938).
PAPAL * a. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
CORKAGE * n. A charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises.
RETENTION * n. 1 The act of retaining something. 2 The power of retaining and recalling past experience. 3 The power of retaining liquid.
ACCLIMATE * v. Get used to a certain climate.
SEWARD * n. United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872).
WIDE-BODY * n. A commercial airliner with two aisles.
HALEVY * n. French operatic composer (1799-1862).
HUBBUB * n. Loud confused noise from many sources.
COMMAND * --n. 1 An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. 2 A military unit or region under the control of a single officer. 3 The power or authority to command. 4 Availability for use. --v. 1 Be in command of. 2 Make someone do something. 3 Demand as one's due. 4 Look down on.
WAVY-GRAINED * s. Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel.
HEMIC * a. Relating to or containing or affecting blood.
SINOLOGIST * n. A student of Chinese history and language and culture.
REMOLD * v. 1 Cast again. 2 Shape again or shape differently. 3 Give new treads to (a tire).
SAMANALA * n. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
INVALIDATED * s. Deprived of legal force.
PSYCHOANALYTIC * a. Of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud.
MASCULINE * --n. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male. --a. 1 Of grammatical gender. 2 Associated with men and not with women. --s. (music or poetry) Ending on an accented beat or syllable.
CHLORTETRACYCLINE * n. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases.
TRAVESTY * --n. 1 A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations. 2 A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. --v. Make a travesty of.
UNLAWFULLY * r. Not conforming to the law.
SANDBAGGER * n. Someone who deceives you about his true nature or intent in order to take advantage of you.
CYTOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to cytogenetics.
CLODDISH * s. Heavy and dull and stupid.
BRAGA * n. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
HIRSCHFELD * n. United States artist noted for his line-drawn caricatures (1904-2003).
PIDDLE * --n. Liquid excretory product. --v. 1 Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. 2 Eliminate urine.
DOPPLER * n. Austrian physicist famous for his discovery of the Doppler effect (1803-1853).
ANON * r. 1 At another time. 2 (old-fashioned or informal) In a little while.
SPIT * --n. 1 A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. 2 A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. 3 A skewer for holding meat over a fire. 4 The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva). --v. 1 Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth. 2 Utter with anger or contempt. 3 Rain gently. 4 Drive a skewer through.
MALINOWSKI * n. British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942).
BARQUE * n. A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts.
DWELL * v. 1 Think moodily or anxiously about something. 2 Originate (in). 3 Be an inhabitant of or reside in. 4 Exist or be situated within.
INSCRIBE * v. 1 Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. 2 Register formally as a participant or member. 3 Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible. 4 Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record.
NAILFILE * n. A small flat file for shaping the nails.
SKYLINE * n. 1 The outline of objects seen against the sky. 2 The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet.
SIGHT * --n. 1 An instance of visual perception. 2 Anything that is seen. 3 The ability to see; the visual faculty. 4 A range of mental vision. --v. 1 Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes. 2 Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device).
GOVERNMENT * n. 1 The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit. 2 The act of governing; exercising authority. 3 (government) The system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed. 4 The study of government of states and other political units.
SCAPEGRACE * n. A reckless and unprincipled reprobate.
DEMONSTRABLY * r. In an obvious and provable manner.
SEDNA * n. A planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun.
SEX * --n. 1 Activities associated with sexual intercourse. 2 Either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided. 3 All of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses. 4 The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles. --v. 1 Stimulate sexually. 2 Tell the sex (of young chickens).
FOSSILIZE * v. 1 Convert to a fossil. 2 Become mentally inflexible.
CRUCIFIX * n. 1 Representation of the cross on which Jesus died. 2 A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally.
HELL-FOR-LEATHER * r. At breakneck speed.
SNUFFLE * --n. The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested). --v. 1 Sniff or smell inquiringly. 2 Snuff up mucus through the nose. 3 Cry or whine with snuffling.
ACERVULUS * n. Small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi.
LIQUEFIABLE * s. Capable of being liquefied.
SAMUEL * n. (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king.
SYNTHESIZE * v. 1 Combine so as to form a more complex, product. 2 Combine and form a synthesis.
CHIROPTERA * n. An old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats).
FISTICUFFS * n. 1 A fight with bare fists. 2 Fighting with the fists.
FICA * n. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
PAPERBACKED * s. (of books) Having a flexible binding.
FLOWERING * --n. 1 The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms. 2 A developmental process. --a. Having a flower or bloom.
GNARLED * s. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots.
UNFORGIVABLE * s. Not excusable.
INHERIT * v. 1 Obtain from someone after their death. 2 Receive from a predecessor. 3 Receive by genetic transmission.
OVERRIDE * --n. 1 A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device. 2 The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something. --v. 1 Rule against. 2 Prevail over. 3 Counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle). 4 Ride (a horse) too hard.
CONJUNCTIVAL * a. Of or relating to the conjunctiva.
BORGES * n. Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986).
INCITEMENT * n. 1 An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating. 2 Needed encouragement. 3 Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action. 4 The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion.
EJACULATOR * n. 1 A man who ejaculates semen. 2 A speaker who utters a sudden exclamation.
DISCASE * v. Get undressed.
PREOCCUPY * v. 1 Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively. 2 Occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance.
NONCONDUCTIVE * a. Not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound.
IMPRESSIONABLE * a. Easily impressed or influenced.
CHALLENGER * n. The contestant you hope to defeat.
MOLEST * v. 1 Harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to. 2 Annoy continually or chronically.
OXYACETYLENE * n. A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals.
SORTER * n. 1 A clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office). 2 A machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes.
TRANSLATE * v. 1 Restate (words) from one language into another language. 2 Change from one form or medium into another. 3 Make sense of a language. 4 Bring to a certain spiritual state.
RAMA * n. Avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama.
BIBLIOLATRY * n. The worship of the Bible.
DESTRUCTIBILITY * n. Vulnerability to destruction.
APHAERESIS * n. (linguistics) Omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'.
ALIENATED * s. 1 Socially disoriented. 2 Caused to be unloved.
GLUCOCORTICOID * n. A steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity.
MNEMOTECHNICAL * a. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
GEMPYLIDAE * n. Snake mackerels.
REINSTALL * v. Install again.
DEMONSTRATIVELY * r. In a demonstrative manner.
REPTANTIA * n. Lobsters; crabs.
LYRATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having curvature suggestive of a lyre.
GATEHOUSE * n. A house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence.
FAGGOT * --n. 1 Offensive term for a homosexual man. 2 A bundle of sticks and branches bound together. --v. 1 Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch. 2 Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them. 3 Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot.
VITAMINISE * v. Add vitamins as a supplement.
BLOWING * n. Processing that involves blowing a gas.
ABOVEBOARD * --s. Without concealment or deception; honest. --r. In an honest manner.
WEEPINESS * n. Sadness expressed by weeping.
LORAZEPAM * n. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
UNTAGGED * a. Lacking a label or tag.
DRILL-LIKE * s. Resembling a drill.
JURY * n. 1 A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law. 2 A committee appointed to judge a competition.
PRESSINGLY * r. In a pressing manner.
BASIFY * v. Turn basic and less acidic.
BRIDAL-WREATH * n. 1 Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers. 2 Shrub having copious small white flowers in spring.
CAIRINA * n. A genus of Anatidae.
UZBEG * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek.
VIRULENCE * n. 1 Extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease). 2 Extreme hostility.
CIRCLET * n. 1 A small circle. 2 Decorated metal band worn around the head.
MANDRILL * n. Baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters.
ISOTHIOCYANATE * n. A family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations.
CANTICLES * n. An Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later.
GAZELLA * n. Typical gazelles.
SUCCOURER * n. Someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty.
CRYOGEN * n. A liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant.
PYGMALION * n. (Greek mythology) A king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea.
FAUBOURG * n. A New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city.
WEGENER * n. German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930).
PROBOSCIDEA * n. 1 In some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants. 2 An order of animals including elephants and mammoths.
LOBED * s. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
HELPMEET * n. A helpful partner.
CONK * --n. Informal term for the nose. --v. 1 Come to a stop. 2 Hit, especially on the head. 3 Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. 4 Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain.
UNDRESS * --n. Partial or complete nakedness. --v. 1 Get undressed. 2 Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.
SUNBURNED * s. Suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight.
HYDROFLUMETHIAZIDE * n. Diuretic used to treat hypertension and edema.
HONEYSUCKLE * n. 1 Shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera. 2 Shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers. 3 Columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers.
CONTEMPTUOUSNESS * n. The manifestation of scorn and contempt.
NORTHERNMOST * s. Situated farthest north.
OUTFIELDER * n. 1 (baseball) A person who plays in the outfield. 2 A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield.
OUTPUT * --n. 1 Final product; the things produced. 2 Production of a certain amount. 3 Signal that comes out of an electronic system. 4 The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time). --v. To create or manufacture a specific amount.
WELL-READ * s. 1 Well informed or deeply versed through reading. 2 Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding.
STAGER * n. 1 Someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed. 2 An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.
PARASAILING * n. Gliding in a parasail.
WILDER * n. 1 United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975). 2 United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002).
NONNOMADIC * s. Not nomadic or wandering.
TUDUNG * n. A scarf worn around the head by Muslim women in Malaysia; conceals the hair but not the face.
THAUMATURGIST * n. One who practices magic or sorcery.
LAP-STRAKED * a. Having overlapping hull planks.
ENTEROTOXIN * n. A cytotoxin specific for the cells of the intestinal mucosa.
BOLLOCK * n. 1 One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. 2 A pulley-block at the head of a topmast.
TAMARINDO * n. 1 Long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp. 2 Large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys.
STIGMATISM * n. 1 The condition of having or being marked by stigmata. 2 (optics) Condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point. 3 Normal eyesight.
INSTANTANEOUSLY * r. Without any delay.
ALLUDE * v. Make a more or less disguised reference to.
SUNTAN * --n. A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. --v. Get a tan from being exposed to the sun.
BOUND * --n. 1 A line determining the limits of an area. 2 The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something. 3 The greatest possible degree of something. 4 A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. --v. 1 Move forward by leaps and bounds. 2 Form the boundary of; be contiguous to. 3 Place limits on (extent or amount or access). 4 Spring back; spring away from an impact. --a. 1 Confined by bonds. 2 Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union. 3 Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form. --s. 1 (usually followed by `to') Governed by fate. 2 Covered or wrapped with a bandage. 3 Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'. 4 Bound by an oath.
HYMENEAL * --n. A wedding hymn. --a. Of or relating to a wedding or marriage.
CHIMNEYSWEEPER * n. Someone who cleans soot from chimneys.
FLOOZIE * n. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
BULLATE * s. Of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered.
CARTHUSIAN * --n. A member of the Carthusian order. --a. Of or relating to the Carthusian order.
TERATOLOGY * n. The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism.
ABRAMIS * n. European fishes.
URTICATION * n. 1 An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs. 2 A sensation of having been stung by nettles.
TAMM * n. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
POMATOMUS * n. Type genus of the Pomatomidae.
CURTAINLESS * a. Not provided with curtains.
ELYTRON * n. Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings.
SEMEN * n. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.
TACHYGRAPHY * n. A method of writing rapidly using an abbreviated symbolic system.
DOORMAT * n. 1 A person who is physically weak and ineffectual. 2 A mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering.
PROLOG * n. A computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing.
COPULAR * a. Of or relating to a copula.
TORPIDITY * n. 1 A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility. 2 Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.
NOON * n. The middle of the day.
AEROLOGICAL * a. Of or pertaining to aerology.
BROAD-BRIMMED * s. (of hats) Having a broad brim.
ENDAMOEBIDAE * n. A large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract.
PATIENTLY * r. With patience; in a patient manner.
MOBIUS * n. German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (1790-1868).
STONE-SOBER * s. Totally sober.
HUMBOLDT * n. 1 German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835). 2 German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859).
POWDERISE * v. 1 Become powder or dust. 2 Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
BARBARISE * v. 1 Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language. 2 Make crude or savage in behavior or speech.
UNTHEMATIC * a. Not relating to a melodic subject.
BENEDICTINE * --n. 1 A monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict. 2 A French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks. --a. 1 Of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works. 2 Of or relating to the Benedictines.
SELF-RELIANCE * n. Personal independence.
AEROSOLIZE * v. 1 Disperse as an aerosol. 2 Become dispersed as an aerosol.
RECURVED * s. Curved backward or inward.
PROTAGONISM * n. Active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something.
NONMEMBER * n. A person who is not a member.
SEBASTIANA * n. Mexican spurges.
OLIVE-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with olive.
EXPRESSED * --s. Communicated in words. --a. Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication.
RICKENBACKER * n. The most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973).
MIDSUMMER-MEN * n. Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers.
PRESUMPTIVELY * r. By reasonable assumption.
UNIMPRESSIVE * a. Not capable of impressing.
COMRADELINESS * n. The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
SCHEMATICALLY * r. In a schematic manner.
SKITTISHLY * r. In a skittish manner.
MCGUFFIN * n. (film) A plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot.
BOTAURUS * n. Bitterns.
SACCHAROMYCES * n. Single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates.
BOILERPLATE * n. 1 Standard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news stories. 2 Thick plate iron used in the production of boilers.
HEATHEN * --n. A person who does not acknowledge your god. --s. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
CENSURE * --n. 1 Harsh criticism or disapproval. 2 The state of being excommunicated. --v. Rebuke formally.
AHIMSA * n. A Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence.
NONEXPLORATIVE * a. Not exploratory.
FORESIGHTFUL * s. Planning prudently for the future.
SHEMA * n. A liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult Jewish males to declare their faith.
ELATER * n. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
STUDY * --n. 1 A detailed critical inspection. 2 Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading). 3 A written document describing the findings of some individual or group. 4 A state of deep mental absorption. --v. 1 Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning. 2 Be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning. 3 Give careful consideration to. 4 Be a student of a certain subject.
ASPLENIACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria.
FLOOD * --n. 1 The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. 2 An overwhelming number or amount. 3 Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography. 4 A large flow. --v. 1 Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. 2 Cover with liquid, usually water. 3 Supply with an excess of. 4 Become filled to overflowing.
BOUQUET * n. 1 An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present. 2 A pleasingly sweet olfactory property.
LISTER * n. 1 English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912). 2 Assessor who makes out the tax lists. 3 Moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow.
ISOGAMETE * n. Either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure.
SHOPWALKER * n. An employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems.
BREASTWORK * n. Fortification consisting of a low wall.
TOPNOTCH * s. Of the highest quality.
MANTINEIA * n. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.
ASSOCIABLENESS * n. The capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought.
SYMPTOM * n. 1 (medicine) Any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. 2 Anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence.
COSMOGENY * n. The branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe.
ROQUETTE * n. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
COMPATRIOT * n. A person from your own country.
AGATE * n. An impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles.
SLOOP * n. A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow.
ANSERINAE * n. Used in some classifications for the swans.
ENERGY-ABSORBING * a. (of a nuclear reaction) Occurring with absorption of energy.
SEMI-FORMAL * s. Moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket.
UNACCOUNTABLE * s. 1 Not to be accounted for or explained. 2 Free from control or responsibility.
MALAHINI * n. A newcomer to Hawaii.
INITIALIZATION * n. (computer science) The format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position.
PNEUMONOCONIOSIS * n. Chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles.
ISURIDAE * n. In some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae.
MEXICAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico. --a. Of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants.
MYRMECIA * n. Bulldog ants.
MOONSTONE * n. A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar.
DENATIONALISATION * n. Changing something from state to private ownership or control.
CYCLOHEXANOL * n. A colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor.
UNREEL * v. Unwind from or as if from a reel.
STAR * --n. 1 (astronomy) A celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. 2 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 3 Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night. 4 An actor who plays a principal role. --v. 1 Feature as the star. 2 Be the star in a performance. 3 Mark with an asterisk. --s. Indicating the most important performer or role.
PAROCHETUS * n. One species: shamrock pea.
ISRAELITES * n. The ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19).
REFLECT * v. 1 Manifest or bring back. 2 Reflect deeply on a subject. 3 To throw or bend back (from a surface). 4 Be bright by reflecting or casting light.
BANNED * s. Forbidden by law.
BEDAZZLE * v. To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light.
CHANGEOVER * n. An event that results in a transformation.
CHISHONA * n. A Bantu language that is one of the two major languages of Zimbabwe.
BROKENHEARTEDNESS * n. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).
DENOMINATIONAL * --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination. 2 Relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp. --s. Adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination.
URGA * n. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
NERVELESSLY * r. In a composed and unconcerned manner.
SQUID * n. 1 (Italian cuisine) Squid prepared as food. 2 Widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins.
UNBLOCK * v. 1 Clear or remove an obstruction from. 2 Play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding. 3 Make (assets) available.
JAMBALAYA * n. Spicy Creole dish of rice and ham, sausage, chicken, or shellfish with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and celery.
BRISTOL * n. An industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon.
COURTEOUSLY * r. In a polite manner.
PION * n. A meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision.
CHUBBY * s. Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure.
ABSTRACTIONISM * n. 1 An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation. 2 A representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples.
NIOBE * n. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss.
HOUSTON * n. 1 The largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2 United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863).
COPYHOLD * n. A medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services.
AMIDSHIPS * r. At or near or toward the center of a ship.
NON-PROFIT-MAKING * s. Not commercially motivated.
DISCOUNT * --n. 1 The act of reducing the selling price of merchandise. 2 Interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan. 3 A refund of some fraction of the amount paid. 4 An amount or percentage deducted. --v. 1 Bar from attention or consideration. 2 Give a reduction in price on.
PSEUDOPOD * n. Temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion.
SPIRITUALIZE * v. 1 Give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense. 2 Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration. 3 Purify from the corrupting influences of the world.
VILLUS * n. A minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane.
GIACOMETTI * n. Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966).
AISLE * n. 1 A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods). 2 Passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores. 3 Part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns.
RIGHT-HAND * s. 1 Located on or directed toward the right. 2 Intended for the right hand. 3 Most helpful and reliable.
PYRROSIA * n. Epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World.
EAGLE-EYED * s. Capable of seeing to a great distance.
DISORIENTING * a. Causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings.
INDONESIA * n. A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions.
DISTRAIT * s. Having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety.
CORRASION * n. Erosion by friction.
EIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibits or 2^60 bits.
RANKER * n. 1 A commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status. 2 An enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces.
NINJA * n. 1 A member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu. 2 A class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations.
CRAPULENT * s. Suffering from excessive eating or drinking.
HAN-GOOK * n. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook.
LAZARETTE * n. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).
LICKED * s. Having been got the better of.
PLESIOSAUR * n. Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
USACIL * n. A defense laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Command; the United States Army's primary forensic laboratory in support of criminal intelligence.
COARSEN * v. 1 Make or become coarse or coarser. 2 Make less subtle or refined.
DRIPPINGS * n. Fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried.
PROGENY * n. The immediate descendants of a person.
MERGING * --n. 1 The act of joining together as one. 2 A flowing together. --s. Flowing together.
MUCIN * n. A nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces.
DECODING * n. The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text.
QUASI-ROYAL * s. Having the power but not the rank or title of a king.
LIBIDINAL * a. Belonging to the libido.
MALIGN * --v. Speak unfavorably about. --a. Evil or harmful in nature or influence. --s. Having or exerting a malignant influence.
LOVEMAKING * n. Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people.
REHOUSE * v. Put up in a new or different housing.
ADMIRABLE * s. 1 Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration. 2 Inspiring admiration or approval.
FALCON * --n. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight. --v. Hunt with falcons.
PAPER * --n. 1 A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses. 2 An essay (especially one written as an assignment). 3 A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements. 4 A medium for written communication. --v. 1 Cover with paper. 2 Cover with wallpaper.
FUGU * n. A blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous.
STOMA * n. 1 A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass. 2 A mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ).
STUMBLEBUM * n. 1 A second-rate prize fighter. 2 An awkward stupid person.
POSTED * a. Publicly displayed.
EMBATTLED * s. 1 (of a person) Beset by difficulties or conflict. 2 Prepared for battle. 3 Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement.
ANIONIC * --n. A class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions. --a. Of or relating to anions.
CLEG * n. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
FINGERTIP * n. The end (tip) of a finger.
PANOPLIED * s. 1 Equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior. 2 In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
PLAUTUS * n. 1 Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC). 2 A genus of Alcidae.
ENVIRONMENTAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings. 2 Concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment.
SYNAPTOMYS * n. Bog lemmings.
EMPETRUM * n. Crowberries.
FUNDRAISE * v. Raise money for a cause or project.
SEVENTY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than seventy.
VIRTUOUS * --a. Morally excellent. --s. In a state of sexual virginity.
THOMPSON * n. 1 United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000). 2 English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814).
ACETYLENE * n. A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis.
JINGO * n. An extreme bellicose nationalist.
TRACTIVE * a. Exerting traction and serving to pull.
EQUALITY * n. 1 The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status. 2 A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced.
SICKBAG * n. A bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit.
XIII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one. --s. Being one more than twelve.
GRAPTOPHYLLUM * n. Caricature plant.
RUGGEDIZATION * n. The act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse).
PHALANGIIDAE * n. A family of Phalangida.
COAXING * --n. Flattery designed to gain favor. --s. Pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
LIMNOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to limnology.
RELIVE * v. Experience again, often in the imagination.
SHRILLING * n. A continuing shrill noise.
SACAGAWEA * n. The Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way.
RICHEA * n. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
NEUROMUSCULAR * a. Affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue.
QUEASILY * r. In a queasy manner.
RIME * --n. 1 Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside). 2 Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds). --v. 1 Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable. 2 Compose rhymes.
LUXEMBURG * n. 1 The capital and largest city of Luxembourg. 2 A grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center.
CONSCRIPTION * n. Compulsory military service.
NUTTER * n. A person who is regarded as eccentric or mad.
BROWSER * n. 1 A viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular. 2 A program used to view HTML documents.
GREASEBALL * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Italian descent.
INVITATIONAL * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation.
BLADELIKE * s. Shaped like a sword blade.
SIGNBOARD * n. Structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted.
PICKINGS * n. The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
DECIDED * s. Recognizable; marked.
LITTERED * s. Filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish.
SUBVERTER * n. A radical supporter of political or social revolution.
SCREW * --n. 1 Someone who guards prisoners. 2 A simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole. 3 A propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air. 4 A fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head. --v. 1 Have sexual intercourse with. 2 Turn like a screw. 3 Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion. 4 Tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions.
OVENBAKE * v. Bake in an oven.
RE-CREATED * a. Created anew.
BEHAVIORISM * n. An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior.
CLEW * --n. 1 A ball of yarn or cord or thread. 2 Evidence that helps to solve a problem. --v. Roll into a ball.
SHALWAR * n. A pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez).
HANDBILL * n. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
SNOWBOUND * s. Confined or shut in by heavy snow.
PYROLYTIC * a. Resulting from pyrolysis.
PLEONASTE * n. A dark-colored spinel containing iron.
HEBRIDEAN * a. Of or relating to the Hebrides.
GRANULOSE * s. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.
VOLUMINOSITY * n. Greatness of volume.
CORAKAN * n. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
YAUP * v. Emit long loud cries.
FOLLICLE * n. Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity.
GLOBE * n. 1 The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. 2 An object with a spherical shape. 3 A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented.
TENANT * --n. 1 Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else. 2 A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease). 3 Any occupant who dwells in a place. --v. Occupy as a tenant.
BAREFOOT * --s. Without shoes. --r. Without shoes on.
HOPEFULLY * r. 1 With hope; in a hopeful manner. 2 It is hoped.
FLORIN * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents. 2 Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents.
ALKENE * n. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
GALAPAGOS * n. A group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life.
SUNNILY * r. In a cheerful manner.
EXPERIMENTAL * --a. Relating to or based on experiment. --s. 1 Relying on observation or experiment. 2 Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
POINTER * n. 1 A mark to indicate a direction or relation. 2 An indicator as on a dial. 3 (computer science) Indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions. 4 A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game.
RIOT * --n. 1 A public act of violence by an unruly mob. 2 A state of disorder involving group violence. 3 A joke that seems extremely funny. 4 A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. --v. 1 Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot. 2 Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
JOSS * n. A Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol.
MOTORIST * n. Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile.
CELLINI * n. Italian sculptor (1500-1571).
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE * n. Anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus.
RESIST * v. 1 Elude, especially in a baffling way. 2 Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something. 3 Express opposition through action or words. 4 Withstand the force of something.
CANDOR * n. 1 Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty. 2 The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
RHEUMATOID * s. Of or pertaining to arthritis.
COMPLIN * n. Last of the seven canonical hours just before retiring.
SKEWER * --n. A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. --v. Drive a skewer through.
XENICUS * n. Type genus for the Xenicidae.
ABA * n. 1 A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs. 2 A fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair.
NONDEVELOPMENT * n. Failure of normal development to occur.
ATRIP * s. (of an anchor) Just clear of the bottom.
EDGELESS * s. Lacking a cutting edge.
HALAKA * n. Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures.
ZOOPHILIA * n. A sexual attraction to animals.
ODORIZE * v. Cause to smell or be smelly.
MALODOUROUS * a. Having an unpleasant smell.
PORPHYRULA * n. American purple gallinules.
PARAGUAY * n. A landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811.
THANE * n. 1 A feudal lord or baron. 2 A man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land).
GYNOPHORE * n. The stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle.
LEUCAENA * n. Small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.
CUPPING * n. A treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface.
EMBROIDERESS * n. A woman embroiderer.
CHEAT * --n. 1 Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous. 2 Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat. 3 Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. 4 The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme. --v. 1 Deprive somebody of something by deceit. 2 Defeat someone through trickery or deceit. 3 Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud. 4 Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
ABEYANCE * n. Temporary cessation or suspension.
BALEEN * n. A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets.
BOMBAZINE * n. A twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted.
ANTHOCEROPSIDA * n. Hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida.
DRAGGLED * s. Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud.
FORELEG * n. The forelimb of a quadruped.
GUARDED * s. Prudent.
GONORHYNCHUS * n. Slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth.
ACANTHACEAE * n. Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.
BLOOMERIA * n. Small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae.
POMADE * --n. Hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment. --v. Apply pomade to (hair).
MELANISE * v. 1 Convert into, or infiltrate with melanin. 2 Make or become black.
EARDRUM * n. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
BACKWARD * --a. 1 Directed or facing toward the back or rear. 2 (used of temperament or behavior) Marked by a retiring nature. --s. 1 Retarded in intellectual development. 2 Having made less than normal progress. --r. 1 At or to or toward the back or rear. 2 In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal. 3 In or to or toward a past time.
NERVOUSLY * r. 1 In an anxiously nervous manner. 2 With nervous excitement.
CYTOSINE * n. A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine.
SERGE * n. A twilled woolen fabric.
DALLIANCE * n. 1 The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working. 2 Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
MINISTRANT * --n. Someone who serves as a minister. --s. Giving practical help to.
THICKHEAD * n. Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call.
KISSER * n. 1 Someone who kisses. 2 The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
DEFECATION * n. The elimination of fecal waste through the anus.
MSEC * n. One thousandth (10^-3) of a second.
TURACOU * n. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
UNNEUROTIC * a. Not neurotic.
UNDERSHIRT * n. A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body.
PUCCOON * n. 1 Perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment. 2 Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant.
ANTIQUARY * n. An expert or collector of antiquities.
AGRONOMIST * n. An expert in soil management and field-crop production.
SOPHISM * n. A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
HETEROTRICHALES * n. Yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae.
SLATE-BLACK * s. Of a black tinged with slate-grey.
PRECIPITOUSNESS * n. 1 The property possessed by a slope that is very steep. 2 The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
ECHINOCHLOA * n. Annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions.
ACCORDING * s. 1 (followed by `to') In agreement with or accordant with. 2 (followed by `to') As reported or stated by.
BURMANNIACEAE * n. Family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers.
BLISS * n. A state of extreme happiness.
COMMINUTE * v. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
VIOLATED * s. Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously.
JANSENIST * n. An advocate of Jansenism.
WINDLESSNESS * n. Calmness without winds.
TEBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits.
QUARTERFINAL * n. One of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals.
TIGON * n. Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
OPISTHOBRANCHIA * n. Gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares.
POIGNANTLY * r. In a poignant or touching manner.
DELI * n. A shop selling ready-to-eat food products.
PRECIPITATELY * r. At breakneck speed.
MARINA * n. A fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers.
HIGHLY * r. 1 To a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect. 2 At a high rate or wage. 3 In a high position or level or rank.
PLAZA * n. 1 A public square with room for pedestrians. 2 Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace.
UNTACTFUL * a. Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others.
HEPADNAVIRUS * n. A group of animal DNA viruses including viruses of ducks and woodchucks and squirrels and others as well as the virus causing hepatitis B in humans.
TENDENTIOUS * s. Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one.
DETRACTIVE * s. Causing to decrease in importance or value.
PHALANX * n. 1 Any of the bones of the fingers or toes. 2 Any closely ranked crowd of people. 3 A body of troops in close array.
SELF-ACCUSATION * n. An admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be.
AMPHITHEATER * n. 1 A sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater). 2 An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held.
SIXTEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one. --s. Being one more than fifteen.
REFOREST * v. Forest anew.
SURFRIDING * n. The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave.
OLIVE-DRAB * s. Of a light brownish green color.
QUART * n. 1 A United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon. 2 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters. 3 A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches.
STORMINESS * n. 1 The state of being stormy. 2 Violent passion in speech or action.
WEBBY * s. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
BREAKDOWN * n. 1 The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue. 2 A mental or physical breakdown. 3 (biology) The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action. 4 A cessation of normal operation.
UNVITRIFIED * s. (of ceramics) Lacking a vitreous finish.
OCTAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
ARC-BOUTANT * n. A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch.
BOATSWAIN * n. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
DISLOYALTY * n. The quality of being disloyal.
NOUAKCHOTT * n. Capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast.
WILDING * n. 1 A wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree). 2 An outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women.
SOVEREIGNTY * n. 1 Government free from external control. 2 Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch. 3 The authority of a state to govern another state.
DRABNESS * n. Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance.
PUBLIC * --n. 1 People in general considered as a whole. 2 A body of people sharing some common interest. --a. Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole. --s. Affecting the people or community as a whole.
EX-SERVICEMAN * n. A person who has served in the armed forces.
STANDARDISATION * n. 1 The condition in which a standard has been successfully established. 2 The imposition of standards or regulations. 3 The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument.
RUNPROOF * s. (of hosiery) Resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders.
BRETAGNE * n. A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
HOUSEFLY * n. Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
REPETITIOUSNESS * n. Verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions.
MORTICIAN * n. One whose business is the management of funerals.
EXPANSIONIST * a. Of or involving or guided by expansionism.
HALACHA * n. Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures.
YENISEIAN * n. 1 A member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia. 2 The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian.
COLORATION * n. 1 The timbre of a musical sound. 2 Appearance with regard to color. 3 Choice and use of colors (as by an artist).
DUMPLINGS * n. Small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough.
WORSHIPER * n. 1 Someone who admires too much to recognize faults. 2 A person who has religious faith.
ANALBUMINEMIA * n. An abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum.
CHEESY * s. Of very poor quality; flimsy.
PROTEA * n. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
CHILLINESS * n. 1 The property of being moderately cold. 2 A lack of affection or enthusiasm.
SOUNDNESS * n. 1 A state or condition free from damage or decay. 2 The quality of being prudent and sensible. 3 The muscle tone of healthy tissue.
LXXXV * s. Being five more than eighty.
ARMOR-PLATED * s. Covered with heavy steel.
PAGAN * --n. 1 A person who does not acknowledge your god. 2 A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew). 3 Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures. --s. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
LACERTID * n. Old World terrestrial lizard.
PLETHODON * n. Type genus of the Plethodontidae.
CYCLICAL * a. Recurring in cycles.
ROLLERBLADER * n. A skater who uses Rollerblades.
UNDISTRIBUTED * s. (of investments) Not distributed among a variety of securities.
CALCULUS * n. 1 A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body. 2 An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums. 3 The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions.
SNOOK * n. Large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike.
WILFULLY * r. In a willful manner.
MAILBOX * n. 1 A private box for delivery of mail. 2 Public box for deposit of mail.
RAZOR-SHARP * s. 1 Very clearly delineated. 2 As sharp as a razor.
PROFESSOR * n. Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university.
PERCOLATE * --n. The product of percolation. --v. 1 Permeate or penetrate gradually. 2 Spread gradually. 3 Prepare in a percolator. 4 Cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent.
OINTMENT * n. 1 Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. 2 Toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin.
BUMPER-TO-BUMPER * s. Used of traffic.
JAGGER * n. English rock star (born in 1943).
SNOOD * n. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head.
MCCULLERS * n. United States novelist (1917-1967).
NOONDAY * n. The middle of the day.
MEMEL * n. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League.
HOMEOTHERMIC * s. Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature.
ORDINATE * --n. The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis. --v. 1 Appoint to a clerical posts. 2 Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.
NUT-BEARING * s. (of shrubs or trees) Producing nuts.
LILITH * n. In ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children.
SEMIPROFESSIONAL * n. An athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis.
S.U.V. * n. A high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis.
SALAMANDRA * n. Type genus of the Salamandridae.
MUSHROOM * --n. 1 Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool). 2 Mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.). 3 Any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium. 4 A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb). --v. 1 Pick or gather mushrooms. 2 Grow and spread fast.
NYMPHICUS * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
PROVITAMIN * n. Vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues.
RAVISHER * n. 1 Someone who assaults others sexually. 2 A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
CHUFF * v. Blow hard and loudly.
ERYTHROXYLON * n. A large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae.
FIASCO * n. A sudden and violent collapse.
DISAFFIRMATION * n. The act of asserting that something alleged is not true.
IRRELIGION * n. The quality of not being devout.
COTINUS * n. Smoke trees.
IMPLORINGLY * r. In a beseeching manner.
UNCEASINGLY * r. With unflagging resolve.
ACIDURIC * s. Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium.
G * n. 1 A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. 2 A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine. 3 One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose). 4 The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
BRACHYDACTYLOUS * s. Having abnormally short finger or toes.
SQUEEZABLE * s. Capable of being easily compressed.
RIGHTISM * n. The ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right.
MAISONETTE * n. 1 A self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside. 2 A small house.
BOTANIC * a. Of or relating to plants or botany.
DANTEAN * a. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
ZODIACAL * a. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
FEMTOSECOND * n. One quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond.
MORALITY * n. 1 Concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct. 2 Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
TRIPLICITY * n. 1 (astrology) One of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees. 2 The property of being triple.
FINGERBREADTH * n. The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
PAYROLL * n. 1 A list of employees and their salaries. 2 The total amount of money paid in wages. 3 The department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee.
VOLUBLY * r. In a chatty manner.
AFTERLIFE * n. Life after death.
JUGFUL * n. The quantity contained in a jug.
BENTHIC * a. Of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water.
PRINCIPALITY * n. Territory ruled by a prince.
ALLOPURINOL * n. A drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid.
SEYCHELLES * n. 1 A republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976. 2 A group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar.
EDUCATIONALIST * n. A specialist in the theory of education.
STIFF-TAILED * s. Having a stiff tail.
SQUIRMER * n. One who can't stay still (especially a child).
MAGNETISATION * n. 1 The extent or degree to which something is magnetized. 2 The process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently). 3 The physical property of being magnetic.
WHEEZY * s. 1 Having a tone of a reed instrument. 2 Relating to breathing with a whistling sound.
PREFIGURATIVE * s. Indistinctly prophetic.
UNPERTURBED * s. Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension.
TANGLED * --a. In a confused mass. --s. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.
SCRIPTORIUM * n. A room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts.
ATHYRIACEAE * n. Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
ELLI * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
NECROPHAGIA * n. Feeding on corpses or carrion.
VESICULITIS * n. Inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis).
DIESEL-ELECTRIC * n. A locomotive driven by the electric current generated by a diesel engine.
THEREMIN * n. An electronic musical instrument; melodies can be played by moving the right hand between two rods that serve as antennas to control pitch; the left hand controls phrasing.
BRAGGART * --n. A very boastful and talkative person. --s. Exhibiting self-importance.
EBONITE * n. A hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber.
BASIDIOMYCETOUS * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes.
EURYTHMY * n. The interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding.
MITHRIDATES * n. Ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey (132-63 BC).
SUNBAKED * s. 1 Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. 2 Baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned.
AFFABLENESS * n. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
THREESOME * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 Three people considered as a unit.
STICKY * s. 1 Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. 2 Moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body. 3 Hot or warm and humid. 4 Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.
GYM * n. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
FINALLY * r. 1 After an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay. 2 As the end result of a succession or process. 3 The item at the end.
FRIVOLOUS * a. Not serious in content or attitude or behavior.
INSUFFERABLE * s. 1 Unbearably arrogant or conceited. 2 Too extreme to bear.
DATED * s. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
PLEDGE * --n. 1 A deposit of personal property as security for a debt. 2 Someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group. 3 A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event. 4 A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something. --v. 1 Promise solemnly and formally. 2 Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals. 3 Propose a toast to. 4 Give as a guarantee.
SLUR * --n. 1 (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato. 2 A disparaging remark. 3 A blemish made by dirt. --v. 1 Play smoothly or legato. 2 Speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur. 3 Utter indistinctly. 4 Become vague or indistinct.
RESETTLED * s. Settled in a new location.
BLASTOCYTE * n. An undifferentiated embryonic cell.
AUTOMATIC * --n. 1 Light machine gun. 2 A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released. --a. Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control. --s. 1 Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine. 2 Without volition or conscious control.
SYNCHYTRIACEAE * n. A fungus family of order Chytridiales.
BOOTLACE * n. A long lace for fastening boots.
STYRON * n. United States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925).
PARAESTHESIA * n. Abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage.
ROGUERY * n. Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
PULA * n. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
OUTSPOKEN * s. 1 Given to expressing yourself freely or insistently. 2 Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.
LINEAGE * n. 1 The descendants of one individual. 2 The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. 3 The number of lines in a piece of printed material. 4 A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted.
BETTERING * a. Changing for the better.
ETERNALIZE * v. Make famous forever.
MEROPIDAE * n. Bee-eaters.
RESET * --n. Device for resetting instruments or controls. --v. 1 Set anew. 2 Set to zero. 3 Adjust again after an initial failure.
SUPRAORBITAL * a. Located or occurring above the eye socket.
MISSISSIPPIAN * n. 1 From 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects. 2 A native or resident of Mississippi.
FUN * n. 1 Activities that are enjoyable or amusing. 2 Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously). 3 Violent and excited activity. 4 A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement.
WIMPLE * n. Headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women.
HEADROOM * n. 1 Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something. 2 The capacity of a system to reproduce loud sounds without distortion.
ALCAIC * n. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly invented by Alcaeus.
AIRDROP * n. Delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft.
HIGH-VOLTAGE * s. 1 Operating on or powered by a high voltage. 2 Vigorously energetic or forceful.
EVERYPLACE * r. To or in any or all places.
FORD * --n. 1 United States film maker (1896-1973). 2 Grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987). 3 Son of Henry Ford (1893-1943). 4 English writer and editor (1873-1939). --v. Cross a river where it's shallow.
OBOLUS * n. A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram.
PHLEGMATICALLY * r. In a phlegmatic manner.
LIFE-TIME * n. The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).
BRAG * --n. An instance of boastful talk. --v. Show off. --s. Exceptionally good.
BISECTIONAL * a. Of or relating to bisection.
ADJURATORY * s. 1 Earnestly or solemnly entreating. 2 Containing a solemn charge or command.
ELEVATOR * n. 1 Lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building. 2 The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend.
GLOBULE * n. A small globe or ball.
HOMOGENY * n. (biology) Similarity because of common evolution.
VILLAIN * n. 1 A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately. 2 The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction.
FAZED * s. Caused to show discomposure.
SAY * --n. The chance to speak. --v. 1 Express in words. 2 Report or maintain. 3 Express a supposition. 4 Have or contain a certain wording or form.
WELL-MEANT * s. Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results.
PREVENTION * n. The act of preventing.
CAJUN * n. A Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from `Acadian').
PROCLAMATION * n. 1 A formal public statement. 2 The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice.
MUJAHEDEEN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
REVIVALISM * n. An attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith.
PSEUDOCOCCIDAE * n. Scalelike insects: mealybugs.
DESCRIBED * s. Represented in words especially with sharpness and detail.
ADAMANTLY * r. Inflexibly; unshakably.
NIGHTWORK * n. Work to be done at night.
SANDBUR * n. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
COLORADILLO * n. Handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil.
DECOLOUR * v. Remove color from.
GUAYAQUIL * n. The largest city of Ecuador.
HASIDIC * a. Of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices.
MILLICURIE * n. A unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie.
SHEGETZ * n. An offensive term for non-Jewish young man.
ADMITTANCE * n. 1 The right to enter. 2 The act of admitting someone to enter.
CANYONSIDE * n. The steeply sloping side of a canyon.
SUCROSE * n. A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent.
GERBIL * n. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping.
ELECTROMAGNETICS * n. The branch of physics concerned with electromagnetic phenomena.
ATTICA * n. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken.
GRANDDAD * n. The father of your father or mother.
STUN * v. 1 Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow. 2 Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag. 3 Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief.
DISCRETIONARY * s. 1 Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment. 2 (especially of funds) Not earmarked; available for use as needed.
INTRASTATE * a. Relating to or existing within the boundaries of a state.
UNMANLINESS * n. The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
AMORTISE * v. Liquidate gradually.
WOBBLY * --n. A member of the Industrial Workers of the World. --s. Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect.
HIPPEASTRUM * n. Amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers.
ANTI-SEMITIC * a. Relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews.
RESPOND * v. 1 Show a response or a reaction to something. 2 React verbally. 3 Respond favorably or as hoped.
EAR-SHAPED * s. Having a shape resembling an ear.
SIPHON * --n. 1 A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube. 2 A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled. --v. 1 Convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon. 2 Move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action.
BIOFEEDBACK * n. A training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them.
AMBIVALENCY * n. Mixed feelings or emotions.
SUTTEE * n. The act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband.
JAVANTHROPUS * n. Former genus of primitive man; now Homo soloensis: comprises Solo man.
MELOPHAGUS * n. An arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked.
RUBBERY * s. 1 Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness. 2 Difficult to chew.
BACHELOR-AT-ARMS * n. A knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon.
FERVENTLY * r. With passionate fervor.
SLUGGISH * s. 1 Moving slowly. 2 (of business) Not active or brisk. 3 Slow and apathetic.
COLUMNIST * n. A journalist who writes editorials.
AMORTIZE * v. Liquidate gradually.
GORGONZOLA * n. Italian blue cheese.
SIXTY-FOURTH * --n. One part in sixty-four equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order.
KUROSAWA * n. Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with western styles of acting (1910-1998).
GOUGER * n. 1 An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye. 2 A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
BARREN * --n. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. --s. 1 Providing no shelter or sustenance. 2 Not bearing offspring. 3 Completely wanting or lacking.
SPIRITEDNESS * n. Quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous.
TOPONYM * n. The name by which a geographical place is known.
POTENCE * n. The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse.
INCISIVELY * r. 1 In an incisive manner. 2 In a precise manner.
DIGESTER * n. Autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested.
MARSHY * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
PATELLA * n. 1 A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint. 2 Type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets.
INSULATION * n. 1 The state of being isolated or detached. 2 Insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity. 3 The act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity.
SPIFFING * s. Excellent or splendid.
GALEGA * n. Small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue.
MATZAH * n. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
SOCKET * n. 1 A bony hollow into which a structure fits. 2 Receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted. 3 A receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted.
AFFAIR * n. 1 A vaguely specified concern. 2 A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship. 3 A vaguely specified social event.
MYOMETRITIS * n. Inflammation of the myometrium.
KITUL * n. Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.
JACKS * n. A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball.
OMOTIC * n. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia; closely related to Cushitic languages.
CYCADOPSIDA * n. Palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta).
NONRATIONAL * s. 1 Not based on reason. 2 Obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation.
MAQUILADORA * n. An assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border.
HAIDA * n. 1 A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska. 2 The Na-Dene language of the Haida.
WAIST * n. 1 The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips. 2 The narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole.
PANGAEA * n. (plate tectonics) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
RAKISHNESS * n. 1 The quality of a rake. 2 Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance.
SHAHAPTIAN * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian.
UMBEL-LIKE * s. Resembling an umbel in form.
MILKLESS * s. Having no milk.
HORARY * a. Relating to the hours.
SPATHIPHYLLUM * n. Any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
STEREOTYPED * s. Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.
HIPPARCHUS * n. Greek astronomer and mathematician who discovered the precession of the equinoxes and made the first known star chart and is said to have invented trigonometry (second century BC).
CORTICO-HYPOTHALAMIC * a. Of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus.
BORAGINACEAE * n. A widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit.
SUPERSTITIOUS * s. Showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance.
TIANJIN * n. A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China.
CONCEITED * s. Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
DELICATE * --a. Exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury. --s. 1 Marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique. 2 Easily broken or damaged or destroyed. 3 Easily hurt. 4 Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety.
DECUBITUS * n. A reclining position (as in a bed).
GRATING * --n. 1 A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. 2 A frame of iron bars to hold a fire. 3 Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum. --s. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
ROSEHIP * n. The fruit of a rose plant.
ANTINOMIANISM * n. The theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture).
COMMONSENSIBLE * s. Exhibiting native good judgment.
WADDLER * n. Someone who walks with a waddling gait.
PARAMETER * n. 1 A constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves. 2 Any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance. 3 (computer science) A reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program. 4 A quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data.
PEI * n. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
GIT * n. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
SPIROGRAM * n. A recording of breathing made with a spirograph.
CIVILIZE * v. 1 Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. 2 Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state.
INGER * n. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
NIPPONESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Japan. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language.
PLAINNESS * n. 1 The state of being unmixed with other material. 2 Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous. 3 The appearance of being plain and unpretentious. 4 An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful.
BREWERY * n. A plant where beer is brewed by fermentation.
LUCIFER * n. 1 (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. 2 A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky. 3 Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction.
DIFFUSING * s. Spreading by diffusion.
GROUNDSMAN * n. Someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field).
ACNIDOSPORIDIA * n. A subclass of Sporozoa.
SCOTSMAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
WIRED * --a. Equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service. --s. 1 Tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline. 2 Tied or bound with wire.
PREEMPTIVE * s. Designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence.
TRABEATE * s. Not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches).
PERONOSPORALES * n. Order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae.
PAVED * a. Covered with a firm surface.
FAITHFUL * --n. 1 Any loyal and steadfast following. 2 A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. --a. 1 Steadfast in affection or allegiance. 2 Not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend. --s. Marked by fidelity to an original.
UNDERSHRUB * n. A low shrub.
HAEMATOCYTOPENIA * n. An abnormally low number of red blood cells in the blood.
METHYLBENZENE * n. A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels.
AUTOSEMANTIC * s. Of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context.
HEIR * n. 1 A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another. 2 A person who inherits some title or office.
SUPERFLUOUSLY * r. In a superfluous manner.
COUCH * --n. 1 An upholstered seat for more than one person. 2 A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer. 3 A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment. --v. Formulate in a particular style or language.
LINED * --s. 1 Bordered by a line of things. 2 (used especially of skin) Marked by lines or seams. --a. Having a lining or a liner; often used in combination.
SUMMERISE * v. Prepare for summer.
CEPHALORIDINE * n. A broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin.
GYROSCOPE * n. Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction.
WEASEL-WORDED * s. Evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement.
MENORAH * n. 1 (Judaism) A candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation. 2 (Judaism) A candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival.
INFORMAL * --a. 1 Not formal. 2 Used of spoken and written language. --s. 1 Not officially recognized or controlled. 2 Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere.
PROTOLOGY * n. The study of origins and first things.
ABLOOM * s. Bursting into flower.
THALAMOCORTICAL * a. Relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus.
HYPERMASTIGINA * n. Cellulose-producing flagellates.
SORROWFUL * a. Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss.
AFFIRMATIVE * --n. A reply of affirmation. --a. Affirming or giving assent. --s. 1 Expecting the best. 2 Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.
GYMNADENIOPSIS * n. Genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria.
BROWNISH-PURPLE * s. Of dark purple tinted with brown.
CONFINING * s. 1 Restricting the scope or freedom of action. 2 Crowded.
BRUTALISATION * n. 1 The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner. 2 The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously. 3 An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
STEIN * n. 1 A mug intended for serving beer. 2 Experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946).
TOLLGATE * n. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
KALE * n. 1 Informal terms for money. 2 A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head. 3 Coarse curly-leafed cabbage.
SHREWD * s. 1 Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. 2 Acting with a specific goal.
REMIND * v. 1 Put in the mind of someone. 2 Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned.
RESINATE * v. Impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to.
EXPAT * n. A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country.
RHINCODONTIDAE * n. Small-toothed sharks comprising only one species.
NONVERBAL * s. 1 Being other than verbal communication. 2 Lacking verbal skill. 3 Involving little use of language.
RESCUED * s. Delivered from danger.
MEDIC * n. 1 Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves. 2 A medical practitioner in the armed forces.
ARMED * a. 1 (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms. 2 Having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination. 3 (used of plants and animals) Furnished with bristles and thorns.
EMBARRASSING * s. 1 Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. 2 Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation.
CONCEPTUALLY * r. In a conceptual manner.
RADIOMICROMETER * n. Radiometer that is extremely sensitive.
GOUT * n. A painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints.
DEMANDING * a. Requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill.
ACRIDOTHERES * n. Mynas.
NONRESINOUS * s. Not having resin.
POLAROID * n. (trade mark) A plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare.
BOWL * --n. 1 A round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids. 2 A concave shape with an open top. 3 A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods. 4 The quantity contained in a bowl. --v. 1 Roll (a ball). 2 Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end. 3 Engage in the sport of bowling.
ICONOLATRY * n. The worship of sacred images.
ECHINOIDEA * n. Sea urchins and sand dollars.
ADORINGLY * r. With adoration.
SCHAFFNERIA * n. One species.
CAPILLARY * --n. 1 A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action. 2 Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. --a. Of or relating to hair. --s. Long and slender with a very small internal diameter.
STICKUP * n. Robbery at gunpoint.
GODSEND * n. A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).
LANGUR * n. Slender long-tailed monkey of Asia.
BROAD-LEAVED * s. Having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves.
NEUROSCIENCE * n. The scientific study of the nervous system.
LINDESNES * n. A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
MAIKOA * n. A South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
HASTINAPURA * n. One of two classical Hindu epics; a great collection of poetry worked into and around a central heroic narrative (eight times as large as the Iliad and Odyssey combined).
HOPSACK * n. A loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing.
DECORATIVENESS * n. An appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive.
UNFORBEARING * s. Unwilling to endure.
WILDFIRE * n. A raging and rapidly spreading conflagration.
CONVERSANT * s. (usually followed by `with') Well informed about or knowing thoroughly.
TYPOGRAPHICALLY * r. In a typographic way.
LAGUNCULARIA * n. A genus of Laguncularia.
COBBLE * --n. Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads. --v. 1 Pave with cobblestones. 2 Repair or mend.
SOMATOTYPE * n. A category of physique.
BLITHE * s. 1 Lacking or showing a lack of due concern. 2 Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
BONDSMAN * n. 1 A male slave. 2 Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else. 3 A male bound to serve without wages.
MOTHERWELL * n. United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991).
SENESCENCE * n. 1 The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age. 2 The property characteristic of old age.
WHEELER * n. 1 Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976). 2 Someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels. 3 The man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling. 4 A person who rides a bicycle.
ALLSPICE * n. 1 Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries. 2 Deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States. 3 Ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves.
SHEATHING * n. Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior.
ROSE-TINGED * s. Of a color tinged with rose.
ESTUARINE * a. Of or relating to or found in estuaries.
SANDHOPPER * n. Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches.
BAGGAGE * n. 1 Cases used to carry belongings when traveling. 2 A worthless or immoral woman. 3 The portable equipment and supplies of an army.
SOMATOSENSORY * a. Of or relating to the somatosenses.
MULTICOLOUR * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
BAROQUENESS * n. Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century.
MEFLOQUINE * n. An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people.
VOCALIC * a. 1 Being or containing or characterized by vowels. 2 Relating to or associated with or containing a vowel.
MENSA * n. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
CONTROVERSY * n. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
INSOLVENT * --n. Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts. --a. Unable to meet or discharge financial obligations.
CONNECTICUTER * n. A native or resident of Connecticut.
MAFIA * n. 1 A crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia. 2 A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century. 3 Any tightly knit group of trusted associates.
WATERPROOFING * n. 1 The act of treating something to make it repel water. 2 A coating capable of making a surface waterproof.
MATURED * s. 1 Fully ripe; at the height of bloom. 2 Fully considered and perfected.
INHUMANENESS * n. The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others.
CANNIBALISM * n. The practice of eating the flesh of your own kind.
YOUTHFULNESS * n. The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person.
CHISELLER * n. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
NAKEDNESS * n. 1 The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind. 2 A bleak and desolate atmosphere. 3 Characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive.
PHOSPHATASE * n. Any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates.
MARCH * --n. 1 The month following February and preceding April. 2 The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind). 3 A steady advance. 4 A procession of people walking together. --v. 1 March in a procession. 2 Force to march. 3 Walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride. 4 March in protest; take part in a demonstration.
DOCUMENTATION * n. 1 Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence. 2 Program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs. 3 Documentary validation.
COMPANION * --n. 1 A friend who is frequently in the company of another. 2 A traveler who accompanies you. 3 One paid to accompany or assist or live with another. --v. Be a companion to somebody.
CHAUVINIST * n. 1 A person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind. 2 An extreme bellicose nationalist.
CRATAEGUS * n. Thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple.
DELPHINIUM * n. Any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances.
SUBATOMIC * --a. Of or relating to constituents of the atom or forces within the atom. --s. Of smaller than atomic dimensions.
ECKHART * n. German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327).
SIMULTANEOUSLY * r. At the same instant.
PODCAST * v. Distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer.
CONSTRICTOR * n. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils.
BUFFALOFISH * n. 1 Large carp-like North American fish. 2 Any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley.
MYADESTES * n. Solitaires.
MANPOWER * n. The force of workers available.
ASYNDETIC * a. Lacking conjunctions.
GSA * n. A central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management.
BANIAN * n. 1 East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks. 2 A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India.
HYPERBOLA * n. An open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone.
DISPORT * v. 1 Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. 2 Play boisterously.
INDUBITABILITY * n. The quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt.
VASOSECTION * n. Surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens.
PROM * n. A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year.
CHARADES * n. Guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess.
PHRAGMITES * n. Reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions.
PLURALIST * n. 1 A cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time. 2 A philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature. 3 Someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society.
ABDOMINAL * --n. The muscles of the abdomen. --a. Of or relating to or near the abdomen.
MEMORIALIZATION * n. A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something.
SCOMBRESOCIDAE * n. Only sauries.
GLOBEFISH * n. Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers.
MAJOLICA * n. Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.
OBLIGATORY * --a. Morally or legally constraining or binding. --s. Required by obligation or compulsion or convention.
VALOROUSLY * r. With valor; in a valiant manner.
RECEIPT * --n. 1 The act of receiving. 2 An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made. --v. 1 Report the receipt of. 2 Mark or stamp as paid.
AUTOIMMUNITY * n. Production of antibodies against the tissues of your own body; produces autoimmune disease or hypersensitivity reactions.
CENTREFOLD * n. A magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature.
DISTURBINGLY * r. In a disturbing manner.
PEACEMAKER * n. 1 Someone who tries to bring peace. 2 A belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War.
GREENSICK * a. Of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis.
UNVERIFIED * s. Lacking proof or substantiation.
PROMOTE * v. 1 Contribute to the progress or growth of. 2 Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. 3 Make publicity for; try to sell (a product). 4 Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.
PLODDER * n. 1 Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner. 2 Someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours. 3 Someone who moves slowly.
ULULATE * v. Emit long loud cries.
NEUROENDOCRINE * a. Of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together).
ASSAYER * n. An analyst who assays (performs chemical tests on) metals.
WED * --n. The fourth day of the week; the third working day. --v. 1 Take in marriage. 2 Perform a marriage ceremony. --s. Having been taken in marriage.
IMPIETY * n. Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.
APER * n. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN * n. Antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms.
FORGE * --n. 1 Furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping. 2 A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering. --v. 1 Create by hammering. 2 Make a copy of with the intent to deceive. 3 Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. 4 Move ahead steadily.
UNPRECEDENTEDLY * r. In an unprecedented manner.
CRIT * n. A bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles).
SERIOCOMEDY * n. A comedy with serious elements or overtones.
DONE * s. 1 Having finished or arrived at completion. 2 Cooked until ready to serve.
AGAPANTHUS * n. Any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers.
COLDCREAM * n. A cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin.
ASSAILABLE * s. Not defended or capable of being defended.
ENCEPHALOMENINGITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges.
NOVICE * n. 1 Someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows. 2 Someone new to a field or activity.
CANULATION * n. The insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ.
TUPAIA * n. The type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews.
PROFANITY * n. Vulgar or irreverent speech or action.
HYPOTONIC * a. 1 (of living tissue) Lacking normal tone or tension. 2 (of a solution) Having a lower osmotic pressure than a comparison solution.
NEOPRENE * n. A synthetic rubber that is resistant to oils and aging; used in waterproof products.
ARNOLD * n. 1 English poet and literary critic (1822-1888). 2 United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801).
WITHER * v. 1 Wither, as with a loss of moisture. 2 Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.
EPIDEICTIC * s. Designed primarily for rhetorical display.
ATTESTATION * n. 1 The action of bearing witness. 2 The evidence by which something is attested.
LYONNAIS * n. A former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes.
ASSYRIOLOGY * n. Archeology of the ancient Assyrians.
URANOPLASTY * n. Surgical correction of a defect of the palate.
DIELECTRIC * n. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.
BIOSCIENCE * n. Any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms.
WORK-SHY * s. Disinclined to work or exertion.
AMBIVERSIVE * a. Intermediate between introversive and extroversive.
WATTS * n. English poet and theologian (1674-1748).
USELESSNESS * n. The quality of having no practical use.
MOISTURE * n. Wetness caused by water.
ARTERIOLA * n. One of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries.
FEAT * n. A notable achievement.
ANCESTOR * n. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).
GLEANER * n. 1 Someone who picks up grain left in the field by the harvesters. 2 Someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully.
SUPERVENTION * n. A following on in addition.
ADDLE-HEAD * n. A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
INCURABLY * r. 1 To an incurable degree. 2 In a manner impossible to cure.
WILD-EYED * s. 1 Appearing extremely agitated. 2 Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.
PASTER * n. 1 A workman who pastes. 2 An adhesive label.
RASHNESS * n. 1 The trait of acting rashly and without prudence. 2 The trait of giving little thought to danger.
BENNIE * n. A form of amphetamine.
GEM * n. 1 Art highly prized for its beauty or perfection. 2 A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry. 3 A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry. 4 A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan.
RULY * s. Neat and tidy.
REGENERATE * --v. 1 Reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new. 2 Amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit. 3 Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. 4 Return to life; get or give new life or energy. --a. Reformed spiritually or morally.
MYRICALES * n. Coextensive with the family Myricaceae.
TSORIS * n. (Yiddish) Trouble and suffering.
TEMPEST-SWEPT * s. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
REDFORD * n. United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936).
SCULPIN * n. Any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths.
VICARIAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar.
ERISTIC * --n. 1 A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy. 2 The art of logical disputation (especially if specious). --s. Given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments.
BACKLASH * --n. 1 A movement back from an impact. 2 An adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence. --v. Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.
ORGANIZATION * n. 1 A group of people who work together. 2 An organized structure for arranging or classifying. 3 The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. 4 The act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business.
ONOMATOPOEIA * n. Using words that imitate the sound they denote.
OBLIGATO * n. 1 A persistent but subordinate motif. 2 A part of the score that must be performed without change or omission.
TELECOM * n. (often plural) Systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically.
RESERVIST * n. A member of a military reserve.
CONFIGURATIONISM * n. (psychology) A theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties.
GUNPLAY * n. A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
OBLATION * n. 1 The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity. 2 The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
SNIFTER * n. A globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy.
CAFFEINIC * a. Of or containing caffein.
SELF-SUFFICING * s. Able to provide for your own needs without help from others.
IMPERSONATE * v. 1 Assume or act the character of. 2 Represent another person with comic intentions. 3 Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions.
BUMPTIOUSLY * r. In a bumptious manner.
FIREARM * n. A portable gun.
LOGOMACHIST * n. Someone given to disputes over words.
BALCONIED * a. Having balconies or a balcony.
SULPHUR-YELLOW * s. Of something having the yellow color of sulfur.
ANOESTRUS * n. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus.
TENOSYNOVITIS * n. Inflammation of a tendon and its enveloping sheath.
MELLOWED * s. 1 Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging. 2 Softened through age or experience.
ASTRINGENCY * n. 1 A sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker. 2 The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
LONG-WEARING * s. Capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay.
NETMINDER * n. The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal.
SIX-SHOOTER * n. A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets).
TUMID * s. 1 Ostentatiously lofty in style. 2 Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas. 3 Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid.
ABIOTROPHY * n. A loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury.
UNDERGROW * v. Grow below something.
UNINDUSTRIALISED * s. Not converted to industrialism.
ROCROI * n. A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders.
SAVOYARD * n. 1 A person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. 2 A resident of Savoy.
CANONIST * --n. A specialist in canon law. --a. Pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g..
SHARK * --n. 1 Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales. 2 A person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest. 3 A person who is unusually skilled in certain ways. --v. 1 Play the shark; act with trickery. 2 Hunt shark.
POLYTECHNIC * n. A technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences.
PANOPTIC * s. 1 Including everything visible in one view. 2 Broad in scope or content.
DECAMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
SUGARY * a. Containing sugar.
DIAPHONE * n. A foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones.
INTERVAL * n. 1 A definite length of time marked off by two instants. 2 A set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints. 3 The distance between things. 4 The difference in pitch between two notes.
SAUCER * n. 1 Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate. 2 A small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table. 3 Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation. 4 A disk used in throwing competitions.
MASONRY * n. 1 Structure built of stone or brick by a mason. 2 Freemasons collectively. 3 The craft of a mason.
VELLEITY * n. 1 A mere wish, unaccompanied by effort to obtain. 2 Volition in its weakest form.
VELLUM * n. 1 A heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment. 2 Fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb.
BROTHERLIKE * a. Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother.
WARE * --n. 1 Articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'. 2 Commodities offered for sale. --v. Spend extravagantly.
DIPLOMAT * n. 1 An official engaged in international negotiations. 2 A person who deals tactfully with others.
CHIMERICAL * --a. Being or relating to or like a chimera. --s. Produced by a wildly fanciful imagination.
JUSTIFIEDLY * r. With honesty.
TERREPLEIN * n. Level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart.
PERTLY * r. In an impudent or impertinent manner.
NUDNIK * n. (Yiddish) Someone who is a boring pest.
SETSCREW * n. 1 A screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring. 2 A screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted.
DRIBBLER * n. 1 A basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it. 2 A person who dribbles.
CORUSCATE * v. 1 Reflect brightly. 2 Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.
SARTRE * n. French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980).
AHORSE * --s. Traveling on horseback. --r. On the back of a horse.
IMPOLITENESS * n. A discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage.
POLYPHONIC * a. 1 Having two or more phonetic values. 2 Of or relating to or characterized by polyphony. 3 Having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together.
KAPSIKI * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
VALIANT * s. Having or showing valor.
CANDLEPOWER * n. Luminous intensity measured in candelas.
DISMISSIVE * s. 1 Showing indifference or disregard. 2 Stopping to associate with.
DONETSK * n. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
WYLIE * n. United States poet (1885-1928).
TERTULLIAN * n. Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early Christian theology (160-230).
AORTIC * a. Of or relating to the aorta.
FRACTIOUSLY * r. 1 In a peevish manner. 2 In a fractious manner.
QUORUM * n. A gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business.
SYMPTOMATIC * --s. Characteristic or indicative of a disease. --a. Relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms.
SEPTET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. 2 Seven performers or singers who perform together. 3 A set of seven similar things considered as a unit. 4 Seven people considered as a unit.
TROU-DE-LOUP * n. A sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy.
MAO * n. 1 An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin). 2 Chinese communist leader (1893-1976).
ROTATORY * a. Of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn.
SPIREA * n. 1 A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming. 2 Any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers.
DOUBTING * s. Marked by or given to doubt.
FIDDLENECK * n. Hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers.
SCARFPIN * n. A pin used to hold the tie in place.
DEOXYGENATE * v. Remove oxygen from (water).
175 * s. Being five more than one hundred seventy.
UNGRACEFUL * s. Lacking grace; clumsy.
FRUGALNESS * n. Prudence in avoiding waste.
PSYCHONEUROSIS * n. A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction.
HARICOT * n. 1 A French variety of green bean plant bearing light-colored beans. 2 A French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried.
ALKAPTONURIA * n. A rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine.
GROPINGLY * r. In an uncertain groping manner.
NOWROOZ * n. (Persian) The new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox.
UNATTAINABLY * r. In an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree.
UNITARIANISM * n. A non-doctrinal religion that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects the Trinity.
UNINTELLIGENT * a. Lacking intelligence.
MARACAY * n. A city in north central Venezuela; cattle center.
PYORRHOEA * n. 1 Discharge of pus. 2 Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets.
BAHT * n. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
DACTYLOMEGALY * n. Abnormally large fingers or toes.
MATERIALISTICALLY * r. In a materialistic manner.
SACQUE * n. A woman's full loose hiplength jacket.
CEPHALOMETRY * n. Measurement of human heads.
E.S.P. * n. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.
PEMPHERIDAE * n. Sweepers.
METATARSAL * --n. Any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes. --a. Of or relating to the metatarsus.
GOADING * n. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
IMPLACABLE * a. Incapable of being placated.
ALLEGORIZE * v. 1 Interpret as an allegory. 2 Make into an allegory.
PALLID * s. 1 Abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress. 2 (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. 3 Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness.
UNADDRESSED * a. Not addressed.
RONTGEN * n. German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923).
HOOKER * n. 1 United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879). 2 English theologian (1554-1600). 3 A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. 4 A golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers).
CUMULATIVE * s. Increasing by successive addition.
PAPA * n. An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
HYBRIDISATION * n. (genetics) The act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
BESIEGE * v. 1 Surround so as to force to give up. 2 Cause to feel distressed or worried. 3 Harass, as with questions or requests.
UNFORMED * --a. Not having form or shape. --s. Not formed or organized.
KICKSORTER * n. Scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass.
PYRACANTHA * n. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries.
SPIRALLY * r. With spirals.
ERYTHROLYSIN * n. Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin.
CONVENER * n. The member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings.
SPOON * --n. 1 A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food. 2 As much as a spoon will hold. 3 Formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face. --v. 1 Scoop up or take up with a spoon. 2 Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others.
LEARNED * --s. 1 Having or showing profound knowledge. 2 Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding. --a. Established by conditioning or learning.
PIPRACIL * n. A synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections.
ZEBRA * n. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
DISCONNECTEDNESS * n. State of being disconnected.
EARTHING * n. Fastening electrical equipment to earth.
CONTRACTING * n. Becoming infected.
ARTAXERXES * n. 1 King of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC). 2 King of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC).
BYSTANDER * n. A nonparticipant spectator.
PUDENDAL * a. Of or relating to or near the pudendum.
MAINLY * r. For the most part.
DEPARDIEU * n. French film actor (born in 1948).
RUINATION * n. 1 An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction. 2 An event that results in destruction. 3 Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation. 4 Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined.
DISORGANISE * v. Remove the organization from.
RADIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to radiology.
NATURALIST * n. 1 An advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms. 2 A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology).
TOXIC * a. Of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison.
RIGHT-SIDE-OUT * s. Of fabric or clothing.
MOSELLE * n. German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere.
NBW * n. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
AUTOGRAPH * --n. 1 Something written by one's own hand. 2 A person's own signature. --v. Mark with one's signature.
MANDA * n. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
BLOWER * n. 1 A device that produces a current of air. 2 A fan run by an electric motor. 3 Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals.
BELTING * n. The material of which belts are made.
AURICULARIALES * n. Coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales.
UNCHAIN * v. 1 Remove the chains from. 2 Make free.
POLYMERIZATION * n. A chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound.
SHIT * --n. 1 Obscene terms for feces. 2 Obscene words for unacceptable behavior. 3 A small worthless amount. 4 A coarse term for defecation. --v. 1 Give away information about somebody. 2 Have a bowel movement.
AUDILE * --n. One whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor. --a. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
ADVERSE * s. 1 Contrary to your interests or welfare. 2 In an opposing direction.
AFP * n. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
TEEMING * s. Abundantly filled with especially living things.
LVII * s. Being seven more than fifty.
PSITTACOSIS * n. 1 Infectious disease of birds. 2 An atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds.
FOREMANSHIP * n. The position of foreman.
HACKELIA * n. Stickweed; beggar's lice.
ARENDT * n. United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975).
TOETOE * n. 1 Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads. 2 Used by Maoris for thatching.
CANNACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Canna.
TURNOUT * n. 1 The group that gathers together for a particular occasion. 2 A part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park. 3 A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass. 4 What is produced in a given time period.
WELL * --n. 1 A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine. 2 A cavity or vessel used to contain liquid. 3 An abundant source. 4 An open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway). --v. Come up, as of a liquid. --a. In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury. --s. 1 Resulting favorably. 2 Wise or advantageous and hence advisable. --r. 1 (often used as a combining form) In a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'). 2 Thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form. 3 Indicating high probability; in all likelihood. 4 (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) Entirely or fully.
TIP * --n. 1 The extreme end of something; especially something pointed. 2 A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). 3 An indication of potential opportunity. 4 A V shape. --v. 1 Cause to tilt. 2 Mark with a tip. 3 Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on. 4 Cause to topple or tumble by pushing.
NICTITATE * v. Briefly shut the eyes.
PITCHY * s. 1 Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal. 2 Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
APOSTATIZE * v. Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.
AUTHENTICATION * n. 1 A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity. 2 Validating the authenticity of something or someone.
FIXED * --s. 1 (of a number) Having a fixed and unchanging value. 2 Fixed and unmoving. 3 Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.. --a. Securely placed or fastened or set.
PETRARCA * n. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
FOUNTAIN * n. 1 A structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises. 2 A natural flow of ground water. 3 An artificially produced flow of water. 4 A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water.
PSILOTATAE * n. Whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs.
ACCOMPLISHABLE * s. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do.
SADNESS * n. 1 Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. 2 The state of being sad. 3 The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.
MELBOURNE * n. 1 A resort town in east central Florida. 2 The capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center.
GLADE * n. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
CPI * n. 1 An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer. 2 A self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc..
VICTIMIZER * n. A person who victimizes others.
MONSTROUSLY * r. 1 In a hideous manner. 2 In a terribly evil manner. 3 In a grotesque manner.
E-MAIL * --n. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in. --v. Communicate electronically on the computer.
FES * n. A city in north central Morocco; religious center.
COLLIGATE * v. 1 Make a logical or causal connection. 2 Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.
CONCILIATION * n. 1 The state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled. 2 Any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration. 3 The act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity.
VAISHNAVISM * n. 1 Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu. 2 Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon.
MIASM * n. 1 An unwholesome atmosphere. 2 Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources.
PROTUBERANCE * n. 1 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 2 The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out.
PERVERT * --n. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. --v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. 3 Change the inherent purpose or function of something.
MARANG * n. 1 Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit. 2 Tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp.
SANITISED * a. Made sanitary.
MISREPRESENTATION * n. 1 A misleading falsehood. 2 A willful perversion of facts.
IMPULSIVELY * r. In an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions.
SERFLIKE * s. Like someone in servitude.
145TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order.
ABASE * v. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
WASHWOMAN * n. A working woman who takes in washing.
ATTRITION * n. 1 Erosion by friction. 2 The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice. 3 Sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation. 4 A wearing down to weaken or destroy.
CONJUNCTION * n. 1 The temporal property of two things happening at the same time. 2 The state of being joined together. 3 An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences. 4 The grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction.
RHEIFORMES * n. A ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas.
POLYANGIUM * n. Type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane.
ENDOPARASITE * n. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
INGENIOUS * s. Showing inventiveness and skill.
STAGEHAND * n. An employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production.
EROGENOUS * s. Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
CHOOSER * n. A person who chooses or selects out.
EPENTHESIS * n. The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier.
RHYMING * a. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
DEHUMIDIFIER * n. An applicance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable.
GROUSE * --n. 1 Flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil. 2 Popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet. --v. 1 Hunt grouse. 2 Complain.
DISCONSOLATENESS * n. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
18TH * s. Coming next after the seventeenth in position.
MASHRIQ * n. Arabic name for the Middle East.
BOLETACEAE * n. Family of fleshy fungi having the germ pores easily separating from the cup and often from each other.
WOUK * n. United States writer (born in 1915).
TRILINGUAL * s. Using or knowing three languages.
CIRCUMPOLAR * s. 1 (of a celestial body) Continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel. 2 Located or found throughout a polar region.
UNCLASP * v. Release from a clasp.
SURMOUNTABLE * --a. Capable of being surmounted or overcome. --s. Capable of being surmounted.
SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES * n. Type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts.
ND * n. 1 A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium. 2 A state of north central United States bordering on Canada.
CARAPACE * n. Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
PITTSFIELD * n. A town in western Massachusetts.
CUNCTATOR * n. Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness).
HYPEREXTENSION * n. Greater than normal extension.
BRACT * n. A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
CTENOCEPHALIDES * n. An arthropod genus of fleas.
BERATING * n. A severe rebuke.
BRATTY * s. (used of an ill-mannered child) Impolitely unruly.
DOWNSPIN * n. A swift and dangerous downturn.
CLIOQUINOL * n. Drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot).
EPIDEMIOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to epidemiology.
HARDINGGRASS * n. Perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass.
ACCLAMATION * n. Enthusiastic approval.
PARIETALES * n. A large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae.
HORSEHEAD * n. Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
POP-FLY * n. A short high fly ball.
SHAKE-UP * n. The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes).
NONOCCURRENCE * n. Absence by virtue of not occurring.
BRAISED * s. Cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container.
PTERIDOPHYTE * n. Plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores.
GENETTA * n. Genets.
ANALYSIS * n. 1 An investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole. 2 The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations. 3 A form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed. 4 The use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'.
INDEFINITE * --a. Vague or not clearly defined or stated. --s. Not decided or not known.
GLASS-CUTTER * n. 1 Someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass. 2 Someone who cuts flat glass to size.
DOURLY * r. In a sullen manner.
WARD * --n. 1 A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another. 2 A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections. 3 Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care. 4 English economist and conservationist (1914-1981). --v. Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect.
SWATTER * --n. An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects. --v. Splash and flutter about in or as if in water.
PLATYSMA * n. Either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve; extends from lower jaw to clavicle and is involved in moving the mouth and jaw.
SNEAKING * s. Not openly expressed.
DRIFT * --n. 1 A force that moves something along. 2 The gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane). 3 A process of linguistic change over a period of time. 4 A large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents. --v. 1 Be in motion due to some air or water current. 2 Wander from a direct course or at random. 3 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. 4 Vary or move from a fixed point or course.
BENNETTITALES * n. Fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous.
TORMENT * --n. 1 Unbearable physical pain. 2 Extreme mental distress. 3 Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. 4 A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. --v. 1 Torment emotionally or mentally. 2 Treat cruelly. 3 Subject to torture.
ROUT * --n. 1 A disorderly crowd of people. 2 An overwhelming defeat. --v. 1 Cause to flee. 2 Dig with the snout. 3 Make a groove in. 4 Defeat disastrously.
PURPLISH-LILAC * s. Of lavender tinged with purple.
HORSE-TRAIL * n. A trail for horses.
BORODINO * n. Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army.
BEDSPREAD * n. Decorative cover for a bed.
WRITE-IN * n. 1 A candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters. 2 A vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot.
TONNAGE * n. A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship.
HITCHCOCK * n. English film director noted for his skill in creating suspense (1899-1980).
SORROWFULNESS * n. 1 The state of being sad. 2 A state of gloomy sorrow.
UINTATHERIUM * n. Type genus of the Uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the Eocene in Wyoming.
GENISTA * n. Chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom.
SPADEWORK * n. Dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking.
DESTAIN * v. Remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast.
POSTCODE * n. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail.
SANDBLAST * --n. A blast of wind laden with sand. --v. Grind with a sandblast.
AMINOPYRINE * n. A white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic.
MINISTERIAL * a. 1 Of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office. 2 Of or relating to a government minister or ministry.
RECTIFICATION * n. 1 (chemistry) The process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation. 2 The conversion of alternating current to direct current. 3 The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. 4 Determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve.
CYSTINE * n. A crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones.
AMENTACEOUS * s. (of plants) Bearing or characterized by aments or catkins.
DISINFORMATION * n. Misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.).
URUBUPUNGA * n. A waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil.
WEN * n. A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked.
PITT * n. 1 A British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855). 2 English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806). 3 English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778).
WULFENITE * n. A yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore.
MESOBLAST * n. The middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue.
PRIAPUS * n. (classical mythology) God of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards.
IMMOTILITY * n. Lacking an ability to move.
RESPLENDENCE * n. Brilliant radiant beauty.
PHILTRE * n. A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
JOYOUS * a. Full of or characterized by joy.
YLEM * n. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
CEREMONIOUS * --a. Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display. --s. Rigidly formal or bound by convention.
PHALARIS * n. A genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers.
FESSE * n. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
ASSUREDNESS * n. Great coolness and composure under strain.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS * n. Synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants).
TARTAN * n. A cloth having a crisscross design.
MUSICOLOGIST * n. A student of musicology.
GIRLISH * s. Befitting or characteristic of a young girl.
ISOGONIC * s. Having or making equal angles.
ENOUGH * --n. An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose. --s. Sufficient for the purpose. --r. As much as necessary.
EVOLUTIONISM * n. (biology) A scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals.
NOBEL * n. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).
OFFERER * n. Someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection.
CALMNESS * n. 1 Steadiness of mind under stress. 2 An absence of strong winds or rain. 3 A feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement.
GAINLY * s. Graceful and pleasing.
FEZ * n. 1 A city in north central Morocco; religious center. 2 A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown.
TEMPERATURE * n. 1 The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity). 2 The somatic sensation of cold or heat.
CHALCIDAE * n. An arthropod family including: chalcidflies.
SOUTHWESTERN * --n. A dialect of Middle English. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the southwest. 2 Of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado.
CONTRADISTINGUISH * v. Distinguish by contrasting qualities.
HYPERION * n. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
SEDGELIKE * s. Resembling rush or sedge.
ABROGATION * n. The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation.
FOGY * n. Someone whose style is out of fashion.
CRUISE * --n. An ocean trip taken for pleasure. --v. 1 Drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure. 2 Travel at a moderate speed. 3 Look for a sexual partner in a public place. 4 Sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing.
GAITER * n. 1 A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles. 2 A shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides. 3 Legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle.
PRETERNATURAL * s. 1 Surpassing the ordinary or normal. 2 Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
DEXAMETHASONE * n. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
PAMPHLET * n. 1 A small book usually having a paper cover. 2 A brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet.
UNCONTROLLED * a. Not being under control; out of control.
FLING * --n. 1 A usually brief attempt. 2 A brief indulgence of your impulses. 3 The act of flinging. --v. 1 Throw with force or recklessness. 2 Move in an abrupt or headlong manner. 3 Indulge oneself. 4 Throw or cast away.
ARMIGER * n. 1 A squire carrying the armor of a knight. 2 A nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms.
VOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it.
TRAVEL-SOILED * s. Soiled from travel.
DACTYLIS * n. A monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species).
TANZANIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Tanzania. --a. Of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people.
GOALIE * n. 1 The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal. 2 The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.
LITHOPHYTIC * a. Of or relating to lithophytes.
SOMESTHESIA * n. 1 The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. 2 The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
HELL-KITE * n. Someone who is a very fierce fighter.
EXOSPHERE * n. The outermost atmospheric layer.
INFLOWING * s. Flowing inward.
TESSELLATION * n. 1 The careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern. 2 The act of adorning with mosaic.
BIOTECHNOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes. 2 The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments.
DIETHYLSTILBOESTROL * n. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
UNPOSED * a. Not arranged for pictorial purposes.
HABITATION * n. 1 The native habitat or home of an animal or plant. 2 Housing that someone is living in. 3 The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men).
PHOSPHORESCENCE * n. A fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased.
COCKAMAMIE * s. Informal term for ridiculous and implausible.
CARPETBAGGER * n. An outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously.
SHADBERRY * n. Edible purple or red berries.
LADYFISH * n. Game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller.
CONDUIT * n. A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass.
PHANTOM * --n. 1 A ghostly appearing figure. 2 Something existing in perception only. --s. Something apparently sensed but having no physical reality.
DIVE-BOMBING * n. A bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the target.
DECORTICATION * n. Removal of the outer covering of an organ or part.
RIGATONI * n. Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces.
THERMOPLASTIC * --n. A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled. --a. Having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled.
MAXZIDE * n. Trade name for an antihypertensive drug containing hydrochlorothiazide and another diuretic.
STRIP-MINED * s. Mined near the earth's surface by stripping.
SUBVENT * v. Guarantee financial support of.
JAMB * n. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
PEDICURE * --n. Professional care for the feet and toenails. --v. Care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc..
SILVERWARE * n. Tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel.
FANTASTICAL * s. 1 Existing in fancy only. 2 Ludicrously odd.
URATEMIA * n. Presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood; symptom of gout.
FLEMISH-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Flemish.
NEUROANATOMY * n. The anatomy of the nervous system.
UNFOCUSSED * --a. (of an image) Not being in or brought into focus. --s. Not concentrated at one point or upon one objective.
DAUBER * n. An unskilled painter.
POLYSEMOUS * s. Of words; having many meanings.
SWALE * n. A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges).
NEOLITH * n. A stone tool from the Neolithic Age.
ANOPLURA * n. Sucking lice.
PROGESTIN * n. Any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone.
DARNER * n. A person who mends by darning.
RICE * --n. 1 Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished. 2 Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper. 3 English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944). 4 United States playwright (1892-1967). --v. Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice.
HARDBACKED * s. Having a hard back or cover.
RIVET * --n. 1 Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt). 2 Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together. --v. 1 Direct one's attention on something. 2 Fasten with a rivet or rivets. 3 Hold (someone's attention).
SENSITIVITY * n. 1 (physiology) Responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. 2 The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences. 3 Sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others). 4 Susceptibility to a pathogen.
NONRENEWABLE * a. That can not be renewed.
BIAS * --n. 1 A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. 2 A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric. --v. 1 Influence in an unfair way. 2 Cause to be biased. --s. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
PHOTOCELL * n. A transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations.
SECULARIZE * v. 1 Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation. 2 Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control.
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM * n. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph.
OCTOPODA * n. Octopuses and paper nautilus.
ATLAS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders. 2 A collection of maps in book form. 3 The 1st cervical vertebra. 4 A figure of a man used as a supporting column.
SIGMODON * n. American cotton rats.
COVERED * a. Overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form.
INOPPORTUNELY * r. At an inconvenient time.
SELF-STARTER * n. 1 An energetic person with unusual initiative. 2 An electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine.
CHANNELIZATION * n. Management through specified channels of communication.
LEVELLER * n. A radical who advocates the abolition of social distinctions.
NEOMYS * n. A genus of Soricidae.
CARDINALATE * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) The body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope. 2 The office of cardinal.
CONTESTEE * n. A winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested.
KNIGHT-ERRANT * n. A wandering knight travelling in search of adventure.
TELECASTER * n. A television broadcaster.
CAPSIDAE * n. Leaf bugs.
COLUMELLA * n. A small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal.
ESTATE * n. 1 Everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities. 2 Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use. 3 A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights.
LITHE * s. Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
HOOCH * n. An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
PERIPETIA * n. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).
UNKIND * --a. Lacking kindness. --s. Deficient in humane and kindly feelings.
GRILL * --n. 1 A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill. 2 A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate. --v. 1 Cook over or under a grill. 2 Examine thoroughly.
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS * n. 1 Embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you. 2 Self-awareness plus the additional realization that others are similarly aware of you.
EXCRETE * v. Eliminate from the body.
AALTO * n. Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976).
DEFORMITY * n. 1 An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. 2 An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen.
COMB-OUT * n. 1 The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb. 2 The act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people.
UNCASTRATED * a. Not castrated.
EDITORIALISE * v. Insert personal opinions into an objective statement.
TEXTURE * n. 1 The feel of a surface or a fabric. 2 The essential quality of something. 3 The musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together. 4 The characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality.
SCRUPULOUSLY * r. With extreme conscientiousness.
GOMPHOTHERIUM * n. Type genus of the Gomphotheriidae.
WARMER * n. Device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room.
SHTUP * n. Slang for sexual intercourse.
SATURATION * n. 1 The process of totally saturating something with a substance. 2 The act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid. 3 A condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence. 4 Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue.
EUMYCOTA * n. True fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi).
SHOULDERED * a. Having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form.
APPEASE * v. 1 Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. 2 Overcome or allay. 3 Make peace with.
RICKETTSIACEAE * n. Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates.
AMOEBOUS * a. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
NITELLA * n. Fragile branching stoneworts.
HAY * --n. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder. --v. Convert (plant material) into hay.
SCHMALTZY * s. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
INCIDENTAL * --n. 1 (frequently plural) An expense not budgeted or not specified. 2 An item that is incidental. --a. (sometimes followed by `to') Minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence. --s. 1 Not of prime or central importance. 2 Occurring with or following as a consequence.
CANNABIN * n. A resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana.
CRINKLEROOT * n. North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots.
WA * n. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
EXCOGITATE * v. 1 Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. 2 Reflect deeply on a subject.
ZOOM * --n. 1 A rapid rise. 2 The act of rising upward into the air. --v. 1 Move along very quickly. 2 Move with a low humming noise. 3 Rise rapidly.
GULLET * n. The passage between the pharynx and the stomach.
SLIP * --n. 1 A socially awkward or tactless act. 2 A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. 3 Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics. 4 A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting. --v. 1 Move stealthily. 2 Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly. 3 Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. 4 Get worse.
PERDURABLE * s. Very long lasting.
EXHAUST * --n. 1 Gases ejected from an engine as waste products. 2 System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged. --v. 1 Wear out completely. 2 Use up (resources or materials). 3 Deplete. 4 Use up the whole supply of.
SLACKEN * v. 1 Become slow or slower. 2 Make less active or fast. 3 Become looser or slack. 4 Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.
TENEBRIONID * n. Sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain.
SPIEL * --n. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson). --v. 1 Replay (as a melody). 2 Speak at great length (about something).
AFFECTING * s. Arousing affect.
COUNTRYWOMAN * n. 1 A woman who lives in the country and has country ways. 2 A woman from your own country.
HYDROLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation.
REHEAR * v. Hear or try a court case anew.
ILLIMANI * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
KINGSTOWN * n. The capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; on Saint Vincent.
GESELL * n. United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961).
BILINGUAL * --n. A person who speaks two languages fluently. --s. Using or knowing two languages.
AWHILE * r. For a short time.
FILICOPSIDA * n. Ferns.
BATTER * --n. 1 (baseball) A ballplayer who is batting. 2 A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking. --v. 1 Strike against forcefully. 2 Strike violently and repeatedly. 3 Make a dent or impression in.
MEMORABILITY * n. The quality of being worth remembering.
CANANGIUM * n. A genus of Malayan tree.
BIGHEARTED * s. Given or giving freely.
HYPNOGENESIS * n. The induction of sleep or hypnosis.
SALMI * n. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
RANATRA * n. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
INWEAVE * v. Weave together into a fabric or design.
TAXALES * n. Coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews.
DEMAGOGUERY * n. Impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.
SLIME * --n. Any thick, viscous matter. --v. Cover or stain with slime.
PHENOPLAST * n. A thermosetting resin.
I.O.C. * n. Organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games.
CONSUMPTION * n. 1 The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). 2 Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body. 3 (economics) The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. 4 The act of consuming something.
OLECRANON * n. Process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended.
TECHNICIAN * n. 1 Someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process. 2 Someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique.
CALLBACK * n. A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair).
CRAPULOUS * s. 1 Suffering from excessive eating or drinking. 2 Given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking.
NOURISHMENT * n. 1 A source of materials to nourish the body. 2 The act of nourishing.
GLOTTOCHRONOLOGICAL * a. Pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source.
SEDUCTIVELY * r. In a tempting seductive manner.
CAMPYLORHYNCHUS * n. Alternative classifications for the cactus wrens.
OFFENDING * a. Offending against or breaking a law or rule.
HARMONIZED * s. Involving or characterized by harmony.
THREE-NEEDLED * s. (of conifers) Having three needles.
OSTEOCLAST * n. Cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue.
MATRIKIN * n. One related on the mother's side.
DECRY * v. Express strong disapproval of.
TCE * n. A heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage.
CACODAEMON * n. An evil spirit.
LIEUTENANCY * n. The position of a lieutenant.
SCALY * s. 1 Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf. 2 Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.
BOTANICAL * --n. A drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves). --a. Of or relating to plants or botany.
OLEFINE * n. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
SPATIALITY * n. Any property relating to or occupying space.
SPACY * s. Stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug.
MEREDITH * n. 1 United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933). 2 English novelist and poet (1828-1909).
LOOSE-JOWLED * s. Having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.
BELABOR * v. 1 To work at or to absurd length. 2 Attack verbally with harsh criticism. 3 Beat soundly.
LIATRIS * n. Genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots.
WASTREL * n. Someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently.
TENORETIC * n. Trade name for an antihypertensive drug consisting of a fixed combination of atenolol and a diuretic.
PRECIPITANT * --n. An agent that causes a precipitate to form. --s. Done with very great haste and without due deliberation.
ARGLE-BARGLE * n. A verbal dispute; a wrangling argument.
TEMPESTUOUS * s. 1 Characterized by violent emotions or behavior. 2 (of the elements) As if showing violent anger.
SUMMON * v. 1 Call in an official matter, such as to attend court. 2 Ask to come. 3 Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively. 4 Gather or bring together.
ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE * n. Hookworms.
PALMER * n. United States golfer (born in 1929).
POTENTIOMETER * n. 1 A measuring instrument for measuring direct current electromotive forces. 2 A resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets.
KARMA * n. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
HOUDINI * n. United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926).
PICKETT * n. American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875).
FROWZLED * s. In disarray; extremely disorderly.
SPOONDRIFT * n. Spray blown up from the surface of the sea.
PATCHWORK * n. 1 A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas. 2 A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together. 3 Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern.
MISTIMING * n. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
PTYALIZE * v. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
SLAKED * s. Allayed.
ALEWIFE * n. 1 Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams. 2 Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.
UNRAISED * a. Made without leavening.
TIMBERLAND * n. Land that is covered with trees and shrubs.
ALEUTIAN * --n. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska. --a. Of or relating to the Aleut or their language or culture.
UNCOMPARTMENTED * a. Not compartmented; not divided into compartments or isolated units.
SCHIZOPHRENIA * n. Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
BORED * s. 1 Tired of the world. 2 Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence.
ARENARIA * n. 1 Sandworts. 2 Turnstones.
BOOR * n. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
BIRTHRIGHT * n. 1 A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth. 2 An inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture). 3 Personal characteristics that are inherited at birth.
CONCLUSIVENESS * n. The quality of being final or definitely settled.
LASIX * n. Commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema.
NUTSHELL * n. The shell around the kernel of a nut.
BLACKLIST * --n. A list of people who are out of favor. --v. Put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted.
SIGNATURE * n. 1 Your name written in your own handwriting. 2 A distinguishing style. 3 A melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program. 4 The sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key.
NATCHEZ * n. A town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River.
GROK * v. Get the meaning of something.
ASSHOLE * n. 1 Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous. 2 Vulgar slang for anus.
JOLIOT-CURIE * n. 1 French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956). 2 French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958).
PICOMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter.
BANNING * n. An official prohibition or edict against something.
COLE * n. 1 A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head. 2 Coarse curly-leafed cabbage.
ARAPAHOE * n. 1 A member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming). 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho.
UMPIRAGE * n. 1 Mediation by an umpire. 2 The act of umpiring.
HONESTNESS * n. The quality of being honest.
UNOPENED * s. Not yet opened or unsealed.
ENTRENCHMENT * n. An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
WONDER-STRUCK * s. Affected by or overcome with wonder.
MERCILESSNESS * n. 1 Feelings of extreme heartlessness. 2 Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving.
SOPHORA * n. Cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria.
ROSSETTI * n. English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882).
ELECTRICITY * n. 1 A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons. 2 Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor. 3 Keen and shared excitement.
MUSCIVORA-FORFICATA * n. Grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings.
DINK * n. 1 A couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids). 2 A soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net.
MAHOUT * n. The driver and keeper of an elephant.
THIRD-DIMENSIONAL * s. Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth.
SARCASM * n. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
WOMAN * n. 1 An adult female person (as opposed to a man). 2 A female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man. 3 A human female employed to do housework. 4 Women as a class.
EGGCUP * n. Dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg.
MESS * --n. 1 A state of confusion and disorderliness. 2 Informal terms for a difficult situation. 3 Soft semiliquid food. 4 A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel. --v. 1 Eat in a mess hall. 2 Make a mess of or create disorder in.
DARE * --n. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy. --v. 1 Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission. 2 To be courageous enough to try or do something. 3 Challenge.
WATERLESSNESS * n. The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
DECENTLY * r. 1 In a decent manner. 2 In the right manner; correctly; suitably.
PERVERSION * n. 1 A curve that reverses the direction of something. 2 An aberrant sexual practice. 3 The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use).
ERIOBOTRYA * n. Asiatic evergreen fruit trees.
LANCET * n. 1 An acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance. 2 A surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions.
SICK * --n. People who are sick. --v. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. --a. Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function. --s. 1 Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit. 2 Affected with madness or insanity. 3 Having a strong distaste from surfeit. 4 (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble.
ECUADOR * n. A republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes.
15TH * s. Coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position.
IMPORTING * n. The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country.
CHIRPINESS * n. Cheerful and lively.
CHEAPSKATE * n. A miserly person.
SOU'WESTER * n. 1 A strong wind from the southwest. 2 Waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front.
ACCUSER * n. Someone who imputes guilt or blame.
CUSTOM-MADE * --n. An item made to the customer's specifications. --a. Made according to the specifications of an individual.
INCREDULITY * n. Doubt about the truth of something.
PRIMATOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies primates.
DELONIX * n. Evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India.
FEVERED * s. Highly or nervously excited.
SLEIGHT * n. Adroitness in using the hands.
BEATABLE * s. Susceptible to being defeated.
TEMPTATION * n. 1 Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce. 2 The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid. 3 The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.
FINISHED * --a. 1 (of materials or goods) Brought to the desired final state. 2 Ended or brought to an end. --s. 1 (of skills or the products of skills) Brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected. 2 Having a surface coating or finish applied. 3 Brought to ruin.
MORRIGU * n. Celtic war goddess.
MAUVE-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with mauve.
EWENKI * n. 1 A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia. 2 The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia.
ADVECTIVE * a. Of or relating to advection.
PANHANDLE * --n. 1 A relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area. 2 The handle of a pan. --v. Beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money.
WRANGLER * n. 1 Someone who argues noisily or angrily. 2 A cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses.
PASTEL * --n. Any of various pale or light colors. --s. 1 Lacking in body or vigor. 2 Delicate and pale in color.
ODORIFEROUS * s. 1 Emitting an odor. 2 Having a natural fragrance.
POPULIST * n. Someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite.
PELLICLE * n. Thin protective membrane in some protozoa.
COUNSELLORSHIP * n. The position of counselor.
WRINKLE * --n. 1 A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. 2 A minor difficulty. 3 A clever method of doing something (especially something new and different). --v. 1 Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker. 2 Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic. 3 Make wrinkled or creased. 4 Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
DIANOETIC * s. Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition.
MALACOPTERYGII * n. An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays.
CUTOUT * n. 1 A switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload. 2 A photograph from which the background has been cut away. 3 A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out.
COLONIST * n. A person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country.
TACKINESS * n. 1 The property of being cohesive and sticky. 2 Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
ANIMISM * n. The doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls.
INVISIBILITY * n. The quality of not being perceivable by the eye.
FAMISH * v. 1 Be hungry; go without food. 2 Deprive of food. 3 Die of food deprivation.
POSITIONER * n. (computer science) The actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track.
INTRICACY * n. Marked by elaborately complex detail.
ROUND-SHOULDERED * s. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
VAPORISATION * n. 1 The process of becoming a vapor. 2 Annihilation by vaporizing something.
TUBA * n. The lowest brass wind instrument.
CD-R * n. A compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory.
ANTIPODE * n. Direct opposite.
SEPALINE * a. Resembling or characteristic of a sepal.
PROTURA * n. Minute wingless arthropods: telsontails.
SAXE * n. 1 A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750). 2 An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons.
GRUMOUS * s. Transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass.
COMPULSORY * s. Required by rule.
PHORONIDEA * n. Small phylum of wormlike marine animals.
LOWER-CLASS * a. Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society.
PLAGIARISM * n. 1 A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work. 2 The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own.
MOSSY * s. 1 Overgrown with moss. 2 (used pejoratively) Out of fashion; old fashioned.
KAMEEZ * n. A long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars).
AUSTRONESIA * n. Islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia).
CLOSEST * r. (superlative of `near' or `close') Within the shortest distance.
PROPHETIC * a. Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention.
APOSTROPHIC * a. Of or characteristic of apostrophe.
LONG-STALKED * s. Of plants having relatively long stalks.
MUTILATED * s. Having a part of the body crippled or disabled.
LIFO * n. Inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold.
RHAPSODY * n. 1 An enthusiastic expression of emotion. 2 (music) A free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character. 3 (in ancient Greece) An epic poem adapted for recitation.
ANTITRADES * n. Wind in the upper atmosphere blowing above but in the opposite direction from the trade winds.
SIZZ * v. 1 Express or utter with a hiss. 2 Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval.
TRICENTENARY * a. Of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years.
POPPER * n. 1 British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994). 2 A container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite). 3 A container for cooking popcorn.
MILKWAGON * n. Wagon for delivering milk.
VITICULTURE * n. The cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing.
FATHOMETER * n. Depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves.
SACCULUS * n. A small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth).
EPACRIS * n. Any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers.
SUSPECT * --n. 1 Someone who is under suspicion. 2 A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused. --v. 1 Imagine to be the case or true or probable. 2 Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in. 3 Hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty. --s. Not as expected.
WAXINESS * n. The quality of being made of wax or covered with wax.
DRACHM * n. 1 A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains. 2 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters. 3 A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
ALA * n. 1 A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 2 A wing of an insect.
STARRED * s. Marked with an asterisk.
SPIRITUALISATION * n. The act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content.
CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE * n. A tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema.
SHLOCK * n. Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
TWENTY-SEVENTH * s. Coming next after the twenty-sixth in position.
JOVIALITY * n. 1 Feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor. 2 A jovial nature.
ASSEMBLYMAN * n. Someone who is a member of a legislative assembly.
GANDHIAN * a. Of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi or his teachings.
DISHONOUR * --n. 1 A state of shame or disgrace. 2 Lacking honor or integrity. --v. 1 Bring shame or dishonor upon. 2 Force (someone) to have sex against their will. 3 Refuse to accept.
INDELIBLY * r. In an indelible manner.
BAWDRY * n. Lewd or obscene talk or writing.
BIYEARLY * --s. 1 Occurring every second year. 2 Occurring or payable twice each year. --r. 1 Every two years. 2 Twice a year.
WATERSKIN * n. A container of skin for holding water.
VOLKHOV * n. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga.
TESSERA * n. A small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics.
TRAMPLE * --n. The sound of heavy treading or stomping. --v. 1 Tread or stomp heavily or roughly. 2 Injure by trampling or as if by trampling. 3 Walk on and flatten.
DOOB * n. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India.
HYGIENICS * n. The science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
EXTRADURAL * a. On or outside the dura mater.
DRIED-UP * s. 1 (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture. 2 Depleted of water.
HYPOCRISY * n. 1 An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction. 2 Insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have.
HOMOECIOUS * a. Of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host.
MICROMETRY * n. Measuring with a micrometer.
SOLECISM * n. A socially awkward or tactless act.
OVERCLOTHE * v. Dress too warmly.
BETA-INTERFERON * n. A form of interferon that is produced by fibroblasts and have antiviral effects; used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
PLATANISTIDAE * n. River dolphins.
HEREDITY * n. 1 The biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next. 2 The total of inherited attributes.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF * n. A city in northern Afghanistan.
TOSCANINI * n. Italian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957).
ARROGATOR * n. A person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess.
SUPPLANTER * n. One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.
IMPOSITION * n. 1 The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo). 2 An uncalled-for burden.
EYES * n. Opinion or judgment.
MYXOMATOSIS * n. A viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits.
VITRIFY * v. 1 Change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat. 2 Undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like.
SHITWORK * n. Trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores.
SABBATICAL * --n. A leave usually taken every seventh year. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Sabbath. 2 Of or relating to sabbatical leave.
ORWELL * n. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950).
OPEN-PLAN * s. (of rooms or buildings) Having large rooms with few dividing partitions.
VOCALIZING * n. The act of singing vocal music.
MUSCADELLE * n. Wine from muscat grapes.
BLUETONGUE * n. A viral disease of sheep and cattle that is transmitted by biting midges.
RESTAURANTER * n. The proprietor of a restaurant.
CHAFFER * v. 1 Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.). 2 Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
CARELESS * --a. Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful. --s. 1 Effortless and unstudied. 2 (usually followed by `of') Without due thought or consideration.
LION'S-EAR * n. Pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States.
MOTIVATION * n. 1 The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior. 2 The condition of being motivated. 3 The act of motivating; providing incentive.
CARDIZEM * n. A calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure.
ENCROACHER * n. Someone who enters by force in order to conquer.
CIPHER * --n. 1 A message written in a secret code. 2 A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. 3 A quantity of no importance. 4 A person of no influence. --v. 1 Convert ordinary language into code. 2 Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
LEPTORRHINIAN * a. Having a long narrow nose.
COMMON-LAW * s. Based on common law.
AGONIDAE * n. Poachers.
APOTROPAIC * s. Having the power to prevent evil or bad luck.
ISMAILISM * n. The branch of Shiism noted for its esoteric philosophy.
CIRCULATING * s. Passing from one to another.
ERASE * v. 1 Remove from memory or existence. 2 Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. 3 Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information.
OMINOUS * s. 1 Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. 2 Presaging ill fortune.
CYNICISM * n. A cynical feeling of distrust.
INTERCALARY * s. Having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year:.
SUPPLEJACK * n. Walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine.
DESTITUTION * n. A state without friends or money or prospects.
TEA-STRAINER * n. A device to keep back tea leaves when pouring a cup of tea.
TRUSTEE * n. 1 A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit. 2 Members of a governing board.
SURGE * --n. 1 A sudden forceful flow. 2 A sudden or abrupt strong increase. 3 A large sea wave. --v. 1 Rise and move, as in waves or billows. 2 Rise rapidly. 3 Rise or move forward. 4 Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave.
BEAUTY * n. 1 The qualities that give pleasure to the senses. 2 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. 3 An outstanding example of its kind.
POMPOUSNESS * n. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
UNBOUND * --a. 1 Not secured within a cover. 2 Not restrained or tied down by bonds. --s. Not held in chemical or physical combination.
MODESTY * n. 1 Freedom from vanity or conceit. 2 Formality and propriety of manner.
SMOOTH-SHELLED * s. Having a smooth shell.
SYNCHRONISM * n. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time.
PERISSODACTYL * n. Placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot.
GULLIBILITY * n. Tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived.
SBE * n. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
CHRISTIANISATION * n. Conversion to Christianity.
CONGRUENT * a. 1 Corresponding in character or kind. 2 Coinciding when superimposed.
DIOPTRE * n. A unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists.
LATE * --a. 1 Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time. 2 Of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages. 3 At or toward an end or late period or stage of development. --s. 1 After the expected or usual time; delayed. 2 Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time. 3 Having died recently. 4 (used especially of persons) Of the immediate past. --r. 1 Later than usual or than expected. 2 To an advanced time. 3 At an advanced age or stage. 4 In the recent past.
REGIMENTED * s. Strictly controlled.
HOVER * v. 1 Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. 2 Move to and fro. 3 Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above. 4 Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
SHELFY * s. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
SPRACHGEFUHL * n. An intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language.
MUSKWOOD * n. Musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads.
PENEIDAE * n. Tropical prawns.
SILPHIUM * n. Tall North American perennial herbs.
SMOOTHLY * r. 1 With no problems or difficulties. 2 In a smooth and diplomatic manner.
SAPROPEL * n. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans.
CARIB * n. 1 A member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles. 2 The family of languages spoken by the Carib.
CORONER * n. A public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes.
VERST * n. A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
NECROLYSIS * n. Disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue.
AUTOCHTHONY * n. Nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place).
SANDBAG * --n. A bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast. --v. 1 Treat harshly or unfairly. 2 Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. 3 Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag. 4 Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling.
VIATICAL * a. Pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders.
OUTDRAW * v. Draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight.
KURRAJONG * n. Widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle.
LAUGHTER * n. 1 The sound of laughing. 2 The activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn.
JUDAH * n. 1 (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah. 2 An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
LITHUANIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Lithuania. 2 The official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language.
GRUS * n. 1 A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix. 2 Type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes.
PUN * --n. A humorous play on words. --v. Make a play on words.
RANTING * n. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
ZARAGOZA * n. An ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon.
FIEF * n. A piece of land held under the feudal system.
PANDANUS * n. 1 Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats). 2 Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves.
FERMENTATION * n. 1 A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. 2 A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol.
HYSTERIA * n. 1 State of violent mental agitation. 2 Excessive or uncontrollable fear. 3 Neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions.
LATERALLY * r. 1 To or by or from the side. 2 In a lateral direction or location.
WALLBOARD * n. A wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses.
RAFFLES * n. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826).
BYBLOS * n. An ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated.
PREFATORY * s. Serving as an introduction or preface.
WHO * n. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services.
DIRECTIVITY * n. 1 The property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another. 2 The quality of being directive.
HERBICIDE * n. A chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth.
CHOCOLATE-BROWN * s. Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
LUSTER * n. 1 A quality that outshines the usual. 2 The visual property of something that shines with reflected light. 3 A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain.
REDESIGN * v. Design anew, make a new design for.
OXAPROZIN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro).
SVELTE * s. Being of delicate or slender build.
DEMAGNETISE * v. 1 Erase (a magnetic storage device). 2 Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of).
SCOURING * n. 1 Moving over territory to search for something. 2 The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.
FUTURIST * --n. 1 A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future. 2 Someone who predicts the future. --a. Of or relating to futurism.
MID-THIRTIES * n. The time of life between 30 and 40.
CLAQUE * n. A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance.
IMPRESSIVE * --a. Making a strong or vivid impression. --s. Producing a strong effect.
QUALM * n. 1 Uneasiness about the fitness of an action. 2 A mild state of nausea.
HYDROCORTISONE * n. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
ENCODE * v. Convert information into code.
ANGULATION * n. 1 The precise measurement of angles. 2 The act of making angulate (having corners).
PENSTOCK * n. 1 Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice. 2 Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate.
PSYCHOPOMP * n. A conductor of souls to the afterworld.
STANDOFFISHLY * r. In a standoffish manner.
CEPHALOCHORDATE * n. Fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column.
POLYMERASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA.
CHENOPODIALES * n. Corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
SADDLECLOTH * n. Stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle.
KNOBKERRIE * n. A short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa.
COPROPHAGY * n. Eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity.
ANTERIOR * --n. A tooth situated at the front of the mouth. --a. Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body. --s. Earlier in time.
LADYBEETLE * n. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
MARKOVA * n. English ballet dancer (born in 1910).
UNOILED * --a. In need of oil treatment. --s. Not having oil rubbed into the surface.
PIT * --n. 1 A sizeable hole (usually in the ground). 2 A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). 3 The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed. 4 (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. --v. 1 Set into opposition or rivalry. 2 Mark with a scar. 3 Remove the pits from.
INTERTRIGO * n. Chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs).
BACTERIACIDE * n. Any chemical agent that destroys bacteria.
WAND * n. 1 A rod used by a magician or water diviner. 2 A thin supple twig or rod. 3 A ceremonial or emblematic staff. 4 A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.
DOWNER * n. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.
UNSUCCESSFULLY * r. Without success.
UMBRINA * n. Croakers.
RETROVISION * n. A vision of events in the distant past.
ISSUS * n. A battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III.
LAWFULNESS * n. The quality of conforming to law.
EQUIVOCATOR * n. A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer.
UNCONTROVERSIALLY * r. Not involving any controversy.
CRAZED * s. Driven insane.
CHOPFALLEN * s. Brought low in spirit.
DELEGATING * n. Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
IONIAN * --n. 1 A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. 2 The ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia. --a. Of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture.
COLORS * n. 1 A flag that shows its nationality. 2 A distinguishing emblem.
DUTIFUL * s. Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect.
BACULIFORM * s. Formed like a bacillus.
MARX * n. 1 United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979). 2 United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964). 3 United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961). 4 United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977).
MAGNETISM * n. 1 Attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force. 2 The branch of science that studies magnetism.
FAN-LEAVED * s. Having fan-shaped leaves.
WHITEHALL * n. 1 A wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices. 2 The British civil service.
UREMIC * a. Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency).
PHILADELPHUS * n. Any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions.
THUNDERHEAD * n. A rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm.
VIYELLA * n. A fabric made from a twilled mixture of cotton and wool.
ACERB * s. 1 Sour or bitter in taste. 2 Harsh or corrosive in tone.
REGENERATING * a. That are generating anew.
HEADSTONE * n. 1 The central building block at the top of an arch or vault. 2 A stone that is used to mark a grave.
ENJAMBMENT * n. The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.
PENTAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
MUTTERING * n. 1 A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. 2 A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
MOON-ROUND * s. Resembling the moon in shape.
POPERY * n. Offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
BLASTOMERE * n. Any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg.
HOLOPHYTIC * a. Obtaining nourishment as green plants do.
RATHOLE * n. 1 A hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats. 2 A small dirty uncomfortable room.
HEADSHIP * n. 1 The position of headmaster or headmistress. 2 The position of head.
TRANSLITERATE * v. Rewrite in a different script.
LYSOGENY * n. The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material.
BALDY * n. A person whose head is bald or shaved.
RESID * n. Oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled.
TRIPLOCHITON * n. Small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves.
DICHROMATISM * n. A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
LATEEN * --n. A triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean. --s. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
PROSCRIBED * s. Excluded from use or mention.
CAGILY * r. In a cagey manner.
ONYXIS * n. Toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh.
CLASHING * s. Sharply and harshly discordant.
REQUISITENESS * n. The state of being absolutely required.
EUMENIDES * n. (classical mythology) The hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals.
ROCCELLA * n. A source of the dye archil and of litmus.
GROOVING * n. The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm.
DRAWERS * n. 1 Underpants worn by men. 2 (used in the plural) Underpants worn by women.
SARDONYX * n. An onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral.
LAV * n. A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.
WINKLE * --n. 1 Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. 2 Edible marine gastropod. --v. 1 Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner. 2 Gleam or glow intermittently. 3 Remove or displace from a position.
DEMONIAC * --n. Someone who acts as if possessed by a demon. --a. Of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon.
TWENTY-THREE * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one. --s. Being three more than twenty.
EXPERIMENT * --n. 1 The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation. 2 The testing of an idea. 3 A venture at something new or different. --v. 1 To conduct a test or investigation. 2 Try something new, as in order to gain experience.
DALMANE * n. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
CALCULATION * n. 1 The procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods. 2 Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities. 3 Planning something carefully and intentionally.
LOANBLEND * n. A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root).
TINNER * n. Someone who makes or repairs tinware.
QUAHAUG * n. 1 Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes. 2 An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians.
ANALECTS * n. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
KAFKA * n. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924).
GRADED * s. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
ANODAL * a. Of or at or relating to an anode.
STONEWALL * v. 1 Obstruct or hinder any discussion. 2 Engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate.
KARAT * n. The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold.
SMIDGEN * n. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
CLEARANCE * n. 1 The distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them. 2 Vertical space available to allow easy passage under something. 3 Permission to proceed.
GRAPEY * s. Having a taste like that of grapes.
REBIND * v. Provide with a new binding.
UP-TICK * n. A small increase.
BANDTAIL * n. Wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon.
NONPARASITIC * s. Not parasitic on another organism.
SPIRITOUS * s. Containing or of the nature of alcohol.
MIL * n. 1 A Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound. 2 A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km. 3 A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire). 4 A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
CATHAY * n. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world.
UNEXPRESSIBLE * a. Defying expression.
LOXOSTEGE * n. Garden webworms.
SUPERSCRIPTION * n. 1 An inscription written above something else. 2 The activity of superscribing.
BOSOM * --n. 1 The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept. 2 A person's breast or chest. 3 Cloth that covers the chest or breasts. 4 A close affectionate and protective acceptance. --v. 1 Hide in one's bosom. 2 Hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness.
DECOUPLE * v. 1 Disconnect or separate. 2 Regard as unconnected. 3 Eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive). 4 Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another).
FLIP-FLOP * --n. 1 A decision to reverse an earlier decision. 2 A backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe. 3 An electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states. 4 A backward somersault. --v. Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).
HABILIMENT * n. A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
TINCA * n. Tench.
UNROOFED * s. Having no roof.
ILOSONE * n. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.
CHUTZPA * n. (Yiddish) Unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.
APODOUS * s. (of snakes and eels) Naturally footless.
STRIPTEASER * n. A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.
FLUOROBORIDE * n. A salt of fluoroboric acid.
DRAPE * --n. 1 Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). 2 The manner in which fabric hangs or falls. 3 A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination. --v. 1 Arrange in a particular way. 2 Place casually. 3 Cover as if with clothing. 4 Cover or dress loosely with cloth.
ENCEPHALARTOS * n. Any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves.
YAHOO * n. 1 A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. 2 One of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift. 3 A widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance.
ACHERONTIC * s. Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.
PERSECUTOR * n. Someone who torments.
CLXV * s. Being five more than one hundred sixty.
FEDORA * n. A hat made of felt with a creased crown.
ZOLOFT * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft).
PHOLAS * n. Type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks.
UNTOOTHED * s. Having no notches.
APERIODIC * a. Not recurring at regular intervals.
TACCA * n. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
SOUP-FIN * n. Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A).
99 * s. Being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety.
SHEEPISHNESS * n. Feeling embarrassed about yourself.
ANTICLIMACTICAL * a. Of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style.
DISC-SHAPED * s. Having a flat circular shape.
UNTIDINESS * n. 1 The condition of being untidy. 2 The trait of being untidy and messy.
BAYARD * n. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
BILLED * s. Having a beak or bill as specified.
GOALTENDER * n. 1 The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal. 2 The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.
CIRRIPEDIA * n. Barnacles.
LIGHT-FINGERED * s. Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets.
CRAPAUD * n. Large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog.
MANGONEL * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
GROUNDLING * n. In Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section.
THREEPENNY * s. 1 Used of nail size; 1 1/8 in long. 2 Of trifling worth.
TOMOGRAPH * n. X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements.
WHIZBANG * n. 1 A small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits. 2 A firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion.
REACTANCE * n. Opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance).
CARPING * n. Persistent petty and unjustified criticism.
MODISH * s. In the current fashion or style.
UNDERSHOT * s. Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper.
CYTOSKELETON * n. A microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence.
NAUGHTILY * r. In a disobedient or naughty way.
EXOTROPIA * n. Strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward.
SALPICHROA * n. Herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs.
DISACCHARIDE * n. Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.
BEZIQUE * n. A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist.
METRIFICATION * n. 1 Writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition). 2 The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds.
ALL-MAINS * s. Used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages.
EVERSION * n. 1 The position of being turned outward. 2 The act of turning inside out.
GERUND * n. A noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun).
JELLY * --n. 1 An edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods. 2 A preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit. 3 Any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin. --v. Make into jelly.
CONSTELLATION * n. 1 An arrangement of parts or elements. 2 A configuration of stars as seen from the earth.
SKEIN * n. Coils of worsted yarn.
CLOSED-DOOR * s. Not open to the public.
EJECTION * n. 1 The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. 2 The act of forcing out someone or something.
GO * --n. 1 A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else). 2 Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine. 3 A usually brief attempt. 4 A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters. --v. 1 Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. 2 Follow a procedure or take a course. 3 Move away from a place into another direction. 4 Enter or assume a certain state or condition. --a. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
DEMOLISH * v. 1 Destroy completely. 2 Ruin or destroy. 3 Eat up completely, as with great appetite. 4 Defeat soundly and humiliatingly.
SILVER-GREEN * s. Of something having a color that is a light shiny green.
MORMONS * n. Church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
HYMENAL * a. Of or relating to the hymen.
TWELVE-SIDED * s. Having twelve sides.
STANDOFFISH * s. Lacking cordiality; unfriendly.
GUARDHOUSE * n. A military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained.
COMMUNICATIVENESS * n. The trait of being communicative.
INTERNODE * n. A segment of a stem between two nodes.
STIMULANT * --n. 1 Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. 2 A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process. --s. That stimulates.
GROSGRAIN * n. A silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs.
OVERDELICATE * s. Extremely delicate.
TRILLION * --n. 1 A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole). 2 The number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros. 3 The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros. --s. 1 One quintillion in Great Britain. 2 One million million in the United States.
GREATEST * s. Highest in quality.
NAIL-BITING * s. (of a situation) Characterized by or causing suspense.
PLAINCLOTHESMAN * n. A detective who wears civilian clothes on duty.
GENIPAP * n. A succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind.
UNEXPECTEDLY * r. 1 In a way that was not expected. 2 Without advance planning.
SUBMENU * n. A secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu.
COMPART * v. Lay out in parts according to a plan.
SISSIFIED * s. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
HILO * n. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
HAEMIC * a. Relating to or containing or affecting blood.
ERGONOMIC * a. Of or relating to ergonomics.
MOBILIZE * v. 1 Make ready for action or use. 2 Call to arms; of military personnel. 3 Get ready for war. 4 Cause to move around.
NAKEDWOOD * n. 1 Any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood. 2 Tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood.
RESPIRATION * n. 1 The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs. 2 A single complete act of breathing in and out. 3 The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation.
DORSAL * a. 1 Belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part. 2 Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism.
UNTRAMMELLED * s. Not confined or limited.
DIGS * n. 1 An excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology. 2 Temporary living quarters.
TUTEE * n. Learns from a tutor.
BRIER * n. 1 Tangled mass of prickly plants. 2 A thorny stem or twig. 3 Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips. 4 A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
BLASTEMIC * a. Of or relating to blastemata.
AMOUNT * --n. 1 A quantity of money. 2 The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion. 3 How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. 4 A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers. --v. 1 Be tantamount or equivalent to. 2 Add up in number or quantity. 3 Develop into.
MYELOMENINGOCELE * n. A congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation.
DIGRESS * v. 1 Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. 2 Wander from a direct or straight course.
ASCENSIONAL * a. Tending to rise.
STARWORT * n. Low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side.
SOFT-SHOE * n. Tap dancing wearing shoes that have soft soles.
SERICULTURIST * n. A producer of raw silk.
RICEGRASS * n. Any grass of the genus Oryzopsis.
LIFE-THREATENING * s. Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
UNMANNERLY * s. Socially incorrect in behavior.
WORK-CLOTHES * n. Clothing worn for doing manual labor.
NEUTRALIZED * s. Made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics.
HEXAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
HYDROPATHIC * a. Of or relating to hydropathy or its administration.
SIAN * n. A city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.
URUGUAY * n. A South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825.
QUANDONG * n. 1 Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed. 2 The fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree. 3 Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit. 4 Red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam.
SUBSCRIPTION * n. 1 A payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time. 2 Agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name. 3 A pledged contribution. 4 The act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document).
SAURISCHIA * n. Extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous).
QUADRUPLING * n. Increase by a factor of four.
FURROWED * a. Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface.
CYLINDRIC * s. Having the form of a cylinder.
RAM'S-HEAD * n. Orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head.
CORNED * s. (used especially of meat) Cured in brine.
TORTUROUSLY * r. In a very painful manner.
PHIAL * n. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
TEPIDITY * n. A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin.
TRENDSETTING * s. Initiating or popularizing a trend.
PASTEURELLOSIS * n. An acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection.
HAECKEL * n. German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919).
HALBERDIER * n. A guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty).
LIPPMANN * n. 1 United States journalist (1889-1974). 2 French physicist who developed the first color photographic process (1845-1921).
INVENTIVENESS * n. The power of creative imagination.
PROFITABILITY * n. The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit.
SHAPED * --s. Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort). --a. Having the shape of.
GAUCHERIE * n. 1 The quality of being rustic or gauche. 2 A socially awkward or tactless act.
BEST-KNOWN * s. Most familiar or renowned.
POLARISE * v. 1 Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern. 2 Cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions. 3 Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation.
KAFKAESQUE * --a. Relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings. --s. Characterized by surreal distortion and a sense of impending danger.
CHYLODERMA * n. Swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
VERSIFIER * n. A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets).
ZEND * n. An ancient Iranian language.
UTNAPISHTIM * n. Favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal.
EPIPHYTOTIC * s. (of plants) Epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area.
BACKPACK * --n. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder. --v. Hike with a backpack.
ARJUNA * n. (Hindu mythology) The warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God.
TEMPERED * a. 1 Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. 2 Adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element.
TRIPHAMMER * n. A massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity.
XCVII * s. Being seven more than ninety.
RANDY * s. Feeling great sexual desire.
PETROGALE * n. Rock wallabies.
LXXI * s. Being one more than seventy.
DEMOGORGON * n. (Greek mythology) A mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld.
DELL * n. A small wooded hollow.
NOSEDIVE * --n. 1 A sudden sharp drop or rapid decline. 2 A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft. --v. Plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft.
LUBBER * n. 1 An awkward stupid person. 2 An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.
UNIMPEACHABLE * s. 1 Beyond doubt or reproach. 2 Free of guilt; not subject to blame. 3 Completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach.
AKKO * n. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
YAHVE * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
PSITHYRUS * n. A large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste.
NONPHYSICAL * s. Lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen.
ANATOMISE * v. Dissect in order to analyze.
SURREPTITIOUS * s. 1 Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. 2 Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
OTC * s. (of securities) Not traded on a stock exchange.
GEARED * a. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
BRAVELY * r. In a courageous manner.
STABILISE * v. 1 Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace. 2 Become stable or more stable. 3 Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium.
MULTICOLOR * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
ALPHABETIZATION * n. The act of putting in alphabetical order.
ANLAGE * n. An organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development.
LAO-TSE * n. Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC).
OTTUMWA * n. A town in southeast Iowa.
GASTRALGIA * n. An ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region.
TRINUCLEATED * a. Having three nuclei.
TYPEWRITER * n. Hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time.
IRAQI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Iraq. --a. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
DOPASTAT * n. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension.
UNEXCLUSIVE * s. Not restricted or exclusive.
DAMP * --n. A slight wetness. --v. 1 Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. 2 Restrain or discourage. 3 Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible. 4 Lessen in force or effect. --s. Slightly wet.
ANTIPHRASIS * n. The use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony).
ALBUGINEA * n. Whitish tunic.
UNDERQUOTE * v. 1 Offer for sale at a price lower than the market price. 2 Quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller).
ORASONE * n. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant.
TAILFLOWER * n. Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers.
MONANDRY * n. The state of having only one husband at a time.
SHIV * n. A knife used as a weapon.
WILL-O'-THE-WISP * n. 1 A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground. 2 An illusion that misleads.
ESPOO * n. A city in southern Finland.
ALLIGATOR * --n. 1 Leather made from alligator's hide. 2 Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts. --v. Crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes.
SUPERABUNDANT * s. Most excessively abundant.
RESPONSE * n. 1 A result. 2 A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent. 3 A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. 4 The manner in which something is greeted.
ROOFER * n. A craftsman who lays or repairs roofs.
UNEXCHANGEABLE * a. 1 Not suitable to be exchanged. 2 Used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value.
LETTERED * s. Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding.
VIABILITY * n. 1 (of living things) Capable of normal growth and development. 2 Capable of being done in a practical and useful way.
DEVEIN * v. Remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp).
SINGLE * --n. 1 A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base. 2 The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. --v. Hit a single. --a. 1 Being or characteristic of a single thing or person. 2 Used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals. 3 Existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual. 4 Not married or related to the unmarried state. --s. 1 Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing. 2 Having uniform application. 3 Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective.
NORMATIVE * a. 1 Relating to or dealing with norms. 2 Pertaining to giving directives or rules.
PATAGONIA * n. Region in southern South America between the Andes and the South Atlantic.
ZYMASE * n. A complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms.
UNLATCHED * s. Not firmly fastened or secured.
INDEBTEDNESS * n. 1 An obligation to pay money to another party. 2 A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor.
ASCENDIBLE * s. Capable of being ascended.
BULLHEADED * s. Obstinate and stupid.
PHRONTISTERY * n. An establishment for study and learning (sometimes including modern universities).
AUTO-SUGGESTION * n. A system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
JAMESONIA * n. Xerophytic ferns of South America.
TRAPACEAE * n. Family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae.
PAINTER * n. 1 An artist who paints. 2 A worker who is employed to cover objects with paint. 3 A line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing). 4 Large American feline resembling a lion.
CARBUNCLE * n. 1 Deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets. 2 An infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus.
BOUYEI * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
RIJSTAFFEL * n. Dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice.
VINEGARINESS * n. A sourness resembling that of vinegar.
UNGUENT * n. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
CORACLE * n. A small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain.
MUNDANE * s. 1 Found in the ordinary course of events. 2 Concerned with the world or worldly matters. 3 Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly.
NERITIC * --a. Of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep. --s. Relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast.
BONZER * s. Remarkable or wonderful.
SPURTING * s. Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream.
MANGER * n. A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed.
RITUALISM * n. 1 The study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies. 2 Exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship.
BANDEAU * n. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
KENOGENESIS * n. Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).
CORRECTIONAL * s. Concerned with or providing correction.
DIETING * n. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods).
PICKUP * n. 1 A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard. 2 A warrant to take someone into custody. 3 Anything with restorative powers. 4 A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.
MEDIUM-LARGE * s. Of anything that is large but not the largest.
STEPSON * n. The son your spouse by a former marriage.
MARGRAVE * n. 1 The military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany. 2 A German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess).
CARLOAD * n. 1 A gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile. 2 The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car.
FRUITCAKE * n. 1 A whimsically eccentric person. 2 A rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on.
VEHICLE * n. 1 A conveyance that transports people or objects. 2 A medium for the expression or achievement of something. 3 Any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it. 4 Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
LABLAB * n. One species: hyacinth bean.
ZITHER * n. A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers.
ESCHATOLOGICALLY * r. In relation to eschatology.
NOW * --n. The momentary present. --r. 1 In the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events. 2 In these times. 3 Used to preface a command or reproof or request. 4 At the present moment.
RING-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a ring.
METER * --n. 1 The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards). 2 Any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity. 3 (prosody) The accent in a metrical foot of verse. 4 Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration. --v. 1 Measure with a meter. 2 Stamp with a meter indicating the postage.
CENTERBOARD * n. A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward.
PYAEMIA * n. Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess.
TWILL * --n. 1 A weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs. 2 A cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs. --v. Weave diagonal lines into (textiles).
BASILICA * n. 1 An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges. 2 A Roman building used for public administration.
SENSIFY * v. Make sensitive or aware.
SKETCH * --n. 1 Preliminary drawing for later elaboration. 2 A brief literary description. 3 Short descriptive summary (of events). 4 A humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine. --v. 1 Make a sketch of. 2 Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of.
OILSKIN * n. A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.
COMMODIOUS * a. Large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense).
FRENETICALLY * r. In a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit.
REPROVE * v. Take to task.
SOMATOGENETIC * s. Of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin.
BOVINAE * n. Term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu.
IGUANODONTIDAE * n. Iguanodons.
INVESTIGATIVE * s. Designed to find information or ascertain facts.
TRIGLOCHIN * n. Perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass.
ONE-AND-ONE * n. A foul shot that must be made in order to earn the right to a second foul shot.
TORQUEMADA * n. The Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498).
PATRIARCHATE * n. 1 The jurisdiction of a patriarch. 2 A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.
ENOUNCE * v. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.
GLASSED * a. Fitted or covered with glass.
SODA * n. 1 A sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper. 2 A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring.
GEB * n. Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis.
PENTAMETER * n. A verse line having five metrical feet.
EUONYMUS * n. Widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines.
BRIGAND * n. An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
25TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-fourth in position.
MESENCHYME * n. Mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles.
AFEARD * s. A pronunciation of afraid.
OPEROSE * s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
ASTROPOGON * n. A genus of fish of the family Apogonidae.
SYNONYMOUSLY * r. In a synonymous manner.
TINTER * n. A hairdresser who tints hair.
INITIALISE * v. 1 Assign an initial value to a computer program. 2 Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.
ETHELRED * n. 1 King of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016). 2 King of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871).
MARGINALIZATION * n. The social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society).
MISREAD * v. 1 Read or interpret wrongly. 2 Interpret wrongly.
MAR * --n. 1 The month following February and preceding April. 2 A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). --v. 1 Make imperfect. 2 Destroy or injure severely.
LESSON * n. 1 A unit of instruction. 2 Punishment intended as a warning to others. 3 The significance of a story or event. 4 A task assigned for individual study.
STAURIKOSAUR * n. Primitive dinosaur found in Brazil.
ERASTIANISM * n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
PAINTBRUSH * n. A brush used as an applicator (to apply paint).
BROOM-WEED * n. Annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers.
MONOPOLISATION * n. Domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others.
DROWSE * --n. A light fitful sleep. --v. 1 Sleep lightly or for a short period of time. 2 Be on the verge of sleeping.
DYSFUNCTIONAL * s. 1 Impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ. 2 (of a trait or condition) Failing to serve an adjustive purpose.
NYSSA * n. Tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds.
CLASSIFIER * n. 1 A person who creates classifications. 2 A word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs.
NOISOME * s. 1 Causing or able to cause nausea. 2 Offensively malodorous.
POSTHOUSE * n. An inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders.
VICENARY * s. Of or relating to or based on 20.
BERRIED * s. Producing or bearing berries.
GOBLIN * n. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
EMPIRE * n. 1 The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised. 2 A group of countries under a single authority. 3 A monarchy with an emperor as head of state. 4 A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization.
TWO-FOOTED * a. Having two feet.
FILICINAE * n. Ferns.
BACHELORETTE * n. A young unmarried woman who lives alone.
OORT * n. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
INGUEN * n. The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.
ANTIFERTILITY * s. Capable of preventing conception or impregnation.
EDRONAX * n. An antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine.
DESCRIBE * v. 1 Give a description of. 2 To give an account or representation of in words. 3 Make a mark or lines on a surface. 4 Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
SCENTLESS * --a. Lacking the sense of smell. --s. Emitting or holding no odor.
ERYTHROCYTE * n. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus.
KETOHEXOSE * n. A monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group.
PTERIDOSPERMAE * n. Used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales.
TYPING * n. Writing done with a typewriter.
KISLEV * n. The third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December).
FOOTSTOOL * n. A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
ENCIRCLEMENT * n. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
RACHISCHISIS * n. A not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis.
LEAKPROOF * s. Not subject to leaks.
DIOESTROUS * s. (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) In a period of sexual inactivity.
THRILLER * n. A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie.
DILETTANTE * --n. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge. --s. Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish.
UNBEARABLE * a. Incapable of being tolerated or endured.
PENNYWHISTLE * n. An inexpensive fipple flute.
COUNTING * n. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.
BROWNISH-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with brown.
EBITDA * n. Income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts).
EXTENDED * --s. 1 Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted. 2 Drawn out or made longer spatially. 3 Beyond the literal or primary sense. 4 Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity. --a. Fully extended or stretched forth.
DEBONAIRE * s. 1 Having a sophisticated charm. 2 Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
DOSIMETRY * n. Measuring the dose of radiation emitted by a radioactive source.
LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram.
KNOWLEDGEABILITY * n. Wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge.
SAALE * n. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
MC * n. One million periods per second.
PROFICIENCY * n. 1 The quality of having great facility and competence. 2 Skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity.
TOTEMISM * n. Belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem.
WATERLOGGED * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
REPRESENTATION * n. 1 A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. 2 A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something. 3 The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf. 4 The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
RINDERPEST * n. An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes.
VANIR * n. (Norse mythology) Group of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
SEDENTARY * s. Requiring sitting or little activity.
SPLENIC * a. Of or relating to the spleen.
GEOPHYSICS * n. Geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth.
BUGBANE * n. 1 North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally. 2 A plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects.
DICHROMAT * n. A person with any of the various forms of dichromacy.
FREDERICKSBURG * n. 1 A town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River. 2 An important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee.
DEHISCENT * a. (of e.g. fruits and anthers) Opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds.
SCINDAPSUS * n. Evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil.
SANDALLED * s. Shod with sandals.
BEAGLE * n. A small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound.
BADGER * --n. 1 A native or resident of Wisconsin. 2 Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. --v. 1 Annoy persistently. 2 Persuade through constant efforts.
LYCAEON * n. African hunting dog.
LACTOBACILLACEAE * n. Lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid.
DECEREBRATE * v. Remove the cerebrum from (a human body).
FECUNDATION * n. 1 Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant. 2 Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure.
FRESHET * n. The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow.
IMPRESSIONISM * n. A school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light.
CATOPTROPHORUS * n. Willet.
EMPLOY * --n. The state of being employed or having a job. --v. 1 Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. 2 Engage or hire for work.
PACHYCHEILIA * n. An abnormal thickness of the lips.
VINDICATED * s. Freed from any question of guilt.
HICKEY * n. 1 A small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne. 2 A temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover.
BAPTIST * n. Follower of Baptistic doctrines.
PYCNODYSOSTOSIS * n. A form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth.
INCIDENTALLY * r. 1 Introducing a different topic. 2 Of a minor or subordinate nature.
SEPTICEMIA * n. Invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection.
MYACEAE * n. Clams.
SONORA * n. Ground snakes.
HYPERBOLISE * v. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
WARRANT * --n. 1 A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts. 2 A type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price. 3 Formal and explicit approval. 4 A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications. --v. 1 Provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action). 2 Stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of.
TRINUCLEATE * a. Having three nuclei.
HERTHA * n. The Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord.
MOCKER * n. 1 Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision. 2 Long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds.
UAKARI * n. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail.
LINDY * n. An energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh).
EXTRINSIC * a. Not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside.
TOLINASE * n. A drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
CHOKEHOLD * n. 1 Complete power over a person or situation. 2 A restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind.
LEUCOTOMY * n. Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes.
BROWNISH-STRIPED * s. Having brown stripes.
FELDENE * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
INTRUST * v. Confer a trust upon.
TACHYCARDIA * n. Abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute).
TOMALLEY * n. Edible greenish substance in boiled lobster.
PIGSKIN * n. Leather from the skin of swine.
WOMBAT * n. Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger.
BRYOZOAN * n. Sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding.
TRANSAMINATION * n. 1 The process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound. 2 The process of transfering an amino group from one compound to another.
KONGO * n. The Bantu language spoken by the Kongo living in the tropical forests of Zaire and Congo and Angola.
LISTLESS * s. 1 Lacking zest or vivacity. 2 Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm.
ARGENTOUS * a. Relating to compounds in which silver is univalent.
GARNIERITE * n. A green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel.
EXOGEN * n. Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.
LAVENDER-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with lavender.
TETRAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
CONVOY * --n. 1 A procession of land vehicles traveling together. 2 A collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships. 3 The act of escorting while in transit. --v. Escort in transit.
TEETHING * n. The eruption through the gums of baby teeth.
10000 * n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand.
TSAR * n. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
UNILLUMINATED * s. Without illumination.
SAUROPOD * n. Very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal.
RIVETER * n. 1 A worker who inserts and hammers rivets. 2 A machine for driving rivets.
MILLIAMPERE * n. One thousandth of an ampere.
WINDY * s. 1 Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes. 2 Not practical or realizable; speculative. 3 Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability. 4 Using or containing too many words.
CALORIMETER * n. A measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat.
CHILDBED * n. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.
SHARPIE * n. 1 An alert and energetic person. 2 A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. 3 A pen with indelible ink that will write on any surface. 4 A shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
HOMELIKE * s. Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.
PYONGYANG * n. Capital of North Korea and an industrial center.
REALIZATION * n. 1 Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly. 2 Making real or giving the appearance of reality. 3 A musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer. 4 A sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained.
HIRUDINIDAE * n. A family of Hirudinea.
STOCKFISH * n. Fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt.
COBITIDAE * n. Loaches.
AEROGRAMME * n. A letter sent by air mail.
SPLENITIS * n. Inflammation of the spleen.
MULTINOMIAL * --n. A mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms. --a. Having the character of a polynomial.
HETEROSEXUALITY * n. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex.
BROADCLOTH * n. 1 A densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish. 2 A closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib.
BUSPAR * n. A drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety.
PERISELENE * n. Periapsis in orbit around the moon.
ECTOTHERMIC * s. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.
PICRASMA * n. Small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia.
JEWELER * n. 1 Someone who makes jewelry. 2 Someone in the business of selling jewelry.
DEMIMONDE * n. A class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior.
UNOBLIGATED * a. Not obligated.
PARROTIA * n. One species: iron tree.
LEFTOVERS * n. Food remaining from a previous meal.
DENNSTAEDTIACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
PRODUCTIVELY * r. In a productive way.
DOYLY * n. A small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl.
WALLPAPERER * n. A worker who papers walls.
PIG-A-BACK * r. 1 On a railroad flatcar. 2 On the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip.
HOMOPHONE * n. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear).
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY * n. The branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.
SHELL-LESS * a. Of animals or fruits that have no shell.
ACQUIESCE * v. To agree or express agreement.
AUGUSTINE * n. (Roman Catholic Church) One of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430).
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST * r. To, toward, or in the south southwest.
COLLARDS * n. Kale that has smooth leaves.
FREE-BASE * v. Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.
FRAGRANT * a. Pleasant-smelling.
KETTLE * n. 1 A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid. 2 The quantity a kettle will hold. 3 (geology) A hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits. 4 A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
HEADFAST * n. A mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf.
MOONY * --a. Lighted by moonlight. --s. Dreamy in mood or nature.
CORROBORANT * s. Used of a medicine that is strengthening.
HARIJAN * n. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India.
ARMOURED * a. 1 Used of animals; provided with protective covering. 2 Protected by armor (used of persons or things military).
PEERESS * n. A woman of the peerage in Britain.
SPLASHER * n. 1 A protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud. 2 Protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc..
ADAMANTINE * --a. Consisting of or having the hardness of adamant. --s. 1 Having the hardness of a diamond. 2 Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
FALSTAFF * n. A dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays.
CANDIDIASIS * n. An infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans).
SUMPTUOUSLY * r. In a sumptuous and opulent manner.
SPIRACLE * n. A breathing orifice.
MERCURIAL * --s. Liable to sudden unpredictable change. --a. 1 Relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury. 2 Relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury. 3 Relating to or containing or caused by mercury.
PAXTON * n. English architect (1801-1865).
AIDE-DE-CAMP * n. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
INSERTION * n. 1 A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted. 2 The act of putting one thing into another.
LAID-BACK * s. Unhurried and relaxed.
PALEOBOTANY * n. The study of fossil plants.
TYROTHRICIN * n. A mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.
SKAG * n. Street names for heroin.
CABAL * --n. 1 A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue. 2 A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot). --v. Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.
DACTYL * n. 1 A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables. 2 A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates.
SPYERIA * n. Fritillaries.
INDOCILE * s. Incapable of being controlled.
HEREIN * r. In this place or thing or document.
RETE * n. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
LICKING * n. 1 An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest. 2 The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
STOCKHORN * n. An ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone.
PUFFIN * n. Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills.
ARSENICAL * --n. A pesticide or drug containing arsenic. --a. Relating to or containing arsenic.
OB * n. 1 A major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea. 2 The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.
TUBBINESS * n. The property of having a plump and round body.
3-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits.
SHANNON * n. United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001).
AMARANTHINE * --a. Of or related to the amaranth plant. --s. Of an imaginary flower that never fades.
FREEWHEEL * --n. A clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting). --v. 1 Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely. 2 Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel.
HYPOTHETIC * s. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
VAGABOND * --n. 1 Anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place. 2 A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support. --v. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. --s. 1 Wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community. 2 Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.
EXPORTABLE * a. Suitable for export.
ABELMOSK * n. Bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus.
GOODENIA * n. A genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia.
EPISTASIS * n. The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.
RHINOLARYNGOLOGY * n. The medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
SIDE-GLANCE * n. A glance sideways.
CICATRISE * v. Form a scar, after an injury.
COUNTER * --n. 1 Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted. 2 Game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games. 3 A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens. 4 A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers. --v. 1 Speak in response. 2 Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. --s. Indicating opposition or resistance. --r. In the opposite direction.
SHIFTLESSNESS * n. A failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition.
LEPIDOTE * s. Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.
SUMMERCATER * n. (Maine colloquial) A temporary summer resident of Maine.
VACUOLISATION * n. The state of having become filled with vacuoles.
THINGAMABOB * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
MIASMAL * s. Filled with vapor.
HANDSAW * n. A saw used with one hand for cutting wood.
PARAMAGNET * n. Magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it.
INTERVENOR * n. (law) A party who interposes in a pending proceeding.
MENORRHAGIA * n. Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged.
PIQUET * n. 1 A card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards. 2 A form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake.
PLEBE * n. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
HALF-BREED * --n. An offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry). --s. (of animals) Having only one purebred parent.
TENACITY * n. Persistent determination.
32 * s. Being two more than thirty.
IRREGULARLY * r. 1 At an uneven rate. 2 Having an irregular form. 3 In an irregular manner. 4 In an irregular manner.
AMBERFISH * n. Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes.
HYPEROPIA * n. Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects.
VISIBLE * --a. Capable of being seen; or open to easy view. --s. 1 Obvious to the eye. 2 Present and easily available.
MUSHINESS * n. 1 A mushy pulpy softness. 2 Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
SWINGEING * s. Severe; punishingly bad.
CRESTED * s. 1 Bearing an heraldic device. 2 (of a bird or animal) Having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination. 3 (of a knight's helmet) Having a decorative plume.
CLOSED * --a. 1 Not open or affording passage or access. 2 (set theory) Of an interval that contains both its endpoints. 3 Not open. 4 Used especially of mouth or eyes. --s. 1 Requiring union membership. 2 With shutters closed. 3 Not open to the general public. 4 Not having an open mind.
HONOLULU * n. The capital and largest city of Hawaii; located on a large bay on the island of Oahu.
VANISHING * n. 1 A sudden or mysterious disappearance. 2 A sudden disappearance from sight.
DIMENSIONALITY * n. The spatial property of having dimensions.
BOBBER * n. A small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.
TRYOUT * n. 1 Trying something to find out about it. 2 A test of the suitability of a performer.
INTOXICATE * v. 1 Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. 2 Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks). 3 Have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug.
CABINETMAKING * n. The craft of a joiner.
GROOMING * n. 1 Activity leading to skilled behavior. 2 The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes.
ENDONEURIUM * n. Delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve.
ASCENDENCE * n. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
WORKWEAR * n. Heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work.
STUD * --n. 1 A man who is virile and sexually active. 2 Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt). 3 An upright in house framing. 4 Adult male horse kept for breeding. --v. 1 Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs. 2 Provide with or construct with studs.
JEFFERSONIAN * --n. A follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories.
INDEX * --n. 1 A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number. 2 A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time. 3 A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself. 4 An alphabetical listing of names and topics along with page numbers where they are discussed. --v. 1 List in an index. 2 Provide with an index. 3 Adjust through indexation.
FUZZED * s. Covering with fine light hairs.
ABRIDGER * n. One who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work.
IMPLICITNESS * n. Inexplicitness as a consequence of being implied or indirect.
GLABELLAR * a. Of or relating to the glabella.
POSITIVELY * r. 1 Extremely. 2 So as to be positive; in a positive manner.
SPHEROCYTE * n. An abnormal spherical red blood cell.
DOXYCYCLINE * n. An antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections.
SUPERFICIES * n. 1 The purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance. 2 Outer surface of an area or a body.
ALLENTOWN * n. A city in eastern Pennsylvania; an industrial and commercial center.
SALICACEAE * n. Two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus.
TOLBUKHIN * n. A city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region.
ONE-QUADRILLIONTH * n. One part in a quadrillion equal parts.
DIAM * n. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
HANDEDNESS * n. The property of using one hand more than the other.
CLODHOPPER * n. A thick and heavy shoe.
INTOXICANT * --n. 1 A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent. 2 A drug that can produce a state of intoxication. --s. Causing intoxication.
RADIOLARIAN * n. Protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods.
BERG * n. 1 A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier. 2 Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935).
LOUTISH * s. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
JUSTIFICATORY * s. 1 Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing. 2 Providing justification.
GEARSET * n. A set of gears.
SINUS * n. 1 An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface. 2 Any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull. 3 A wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel.
THEORIST * n. Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art).
CAMASSIA * n. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
SUSPECTED * a. Believed likely.
RANCHER * n. A person who owns or operates a ranch.
SQUALOR * n. Sordid dirtiness.
RIFLED * a. Of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel.
REINSURE * v. 1 Provide additional insurance for. 2 Insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed. 3 Insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk.
AGAMOGENESIS * n. Reproduction without the fusion of gametes.
SLATTERN * n. 1 A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. 2 A dirty untidy woman.
EXCRUCIATION * n. 1 A state of acute pain. 2 The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
ROUTER * n. 1 A worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery. 2 (computer science) A device that forwards data packets between computer networks. 3 A power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
LONG-FAMILIAR * s. Frequently experienced; known closely or intimately.
SUBFAMILY * n. (biology) A taxonomic category below a family.
BALI * n. An island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts.
TREEHOPPER * n. Small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs.
QUARTERDECK * n. The stern area of a ship's upper deck.
APHAKIC * --n. Someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes. --a. Of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia.
HUSTINGS * n. The activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making).
INCREDIBLE * a. Beyond belief or understanding.
ALP * n. Any high mountain.
CUCKOLD * --n. A man whose wife committed adultery. --v. Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
GESNERIAD * n. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia.
IDLING * n. Having no employment.
COLOSSIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of the city of Colossae in ancient Phrygia.
MELANCHOLY * --n. 1 A feeling of thoughtful sadness. 2 A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed. 3 A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy. --s. 1 Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness. 2 Grave or even gloomy in character.
DISTINCTIVENESS * n. 1 A distinguishing trait. 2 Utter dissimilarity.
UPRIGHTNESS * n. 1 The property of being upright in posture. 2 Position at right angles to the horizon. 3 Righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest.
MOLLIENESIA * n. Mollies.
CADAVERIC * a. Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse.
ORPHANHOOD * n. The condition of being a child without living parents.
DICKSONIA * n. Tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae.
RAMEE * n. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax.
CANARY-YELLOW * s. Having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow.
BUFFOON * n. 1 A rude or vulgar fool. 2 A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.
OUT-OF-THE-WAY * s. 1 Exceptional, unusual, or remarkable. 2 Improper or even offensive. 3 Dealt with; disposed of. 4 Remote from populous or much-traveled regions.
SATYRICAL * a. Of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr.
ESTRANGEMENT * n. 1 Separation resulting from hostility. 2 The feeling of being alienated from other people.
MULTIPLICAND * n. The number that is multiplied by the multiplier.
HANUKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
POLITICIZE * v. Give a political character to.
WOODLOUSE * n. Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats.
TUNNEY * n. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978).
SPOROPHYL * n. Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia.
FLEECEABLE * s. Naive and easily deceived or tricked.
NONABSORBENT * a. Not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids).
NECROMANCER * n. 1 One who practices magic or sorcery. 2 One who practices divination by conjuring up the dead.
HETEROLOGIC * a. Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin.
FISHPLATE * n. Metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams.
BALLPEN * n. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
PIP * --n. 1 A disease of poultry. 2 A minor nonspecific ailment. 3 A small hard seed found in some fruits. 4 A mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit). --v. 1 Kill by firing a missile. 2 Hit with a missile from a weapon. 3 Defeat thoroughly.
ACROMICRIA * n. Abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes).
CHARCOAL-GREY * s. Of a very dark grey.
LENTO * --s. (of tempo) Slow. --r. In music.
SCOOTER * n. 1 A motorboat resembling a motor scooter. 2 Child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot. 3 A wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel. 4 A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice.
BURLESQUE * --n. 1 A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease). 2 A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. --v. Make a parody of. --a. Relating to or characteristic of a burlesque.
BIGAMIST * n. Someone who marries one person while already legally married to another.
GEMARA * n. The second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna.
ACQUISITIVE * a. Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.
ABSTAINER * n. 1 Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline. 2 A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages.
BAROUCHE * n. A horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top.
BAREFACEDLY * r. Without shame.
USAF * n. The airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space.
ELLIPTICITY * n. The property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.
MYOMA * n. A benign tumor composed of muscle tissue.
EDDO * n. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
DOWNDRAFT * n. A strong downward air current.
NONPLUS * v. Be a mystery or bewildering to.
URBANE * s. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
HOBNOB * v. Rub elbows with.
DIATOMOPHYCEAE * n. Marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms.
ENCAMP * v. Live in or as if in a tent.
AIDONEUS * n. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.
HATMAKER * n. Someone who makes and sells hats.
LITERALNESS * n. Adhereing to the concrete construal of something.
MERCIFULNESS * n. 1 The feeling that motivates compassion. 2 A disposition to be kind and forgiving. 3 Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice.
MISMANAGEMENT * n. Management that is careless or inefficient.
SPRINKLE * --n. 1 A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby. 2 The act of sprinkling or splashing water. --v. 1 Distribute loosely. 2 Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. 3 Rain gently. 4 Scatter with liquid; wet lightly.
OKLAHOMA * n. A state in south central United States.
AUTOBIOGRAPHER * n. Someone who writes their own biography.
STEPFATHER * n. The husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage.
1980S * n. The decade from 1980 to 1989.
ROMANTICIZE * v. 1 Interpret romantically. 2 Make romantic in style. 3 Act in a romantic way.
BUFFOONISH * s. Like a clown.
DECOKE * v. Remove carbon from (an engine).
SARCOMERE * n. One of the segments into which a myofibril is divided.
TACH * n. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
UMBILICAL * --n. Membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta. --a. Relating to or resembling the umbilicus.
TYROSINEMIA * n. Autosomal recessive defect in tyrosine metabolism resulting in liver and kidney disturbances and mental retardation.
FOE * n. 1 An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force). 2 A personal enemy.
ASPIDISTRA * n. Evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant.
REMISS * s. Failing in what duty requires.
FURTIVELY * r. In a furtive manner.
PREOCCUPIED * s. 1 Deeply absorbed in thought. 2 Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
REVITALIZED * s. Restored to new life and vigor.
NEURILEMMA * n. Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber.
HEMOPHILIC * a. Relating to or having hemophilia.
CHARGEABLE * s. Liable to be accused, or cause for such liability.
DISREPUTABLY * r. In a disreputable manner.
FLAPPER * n. A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.
AXONE * n. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
METHODISTS * n. A Protestant denomination founded on the principles of John Wesley and Charles Wesley.
EPITHET * n. 1 A defamatory or abusive word or phrase. 2 Descriptive word or phrase.
UNFAVORABLY * r. Showing disapproval; in a disparaging way.
CARNALISE * v. Debase through carnal gratification.
TITTIVATE * v. Make neat, smart, or trim.
CLUB * --n. 1 A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together. 2 A formal association of people with similar interests. 3 Stout stick that is larger at one end. 4 A building that is occupied by a social club. --v. 1 Unite with a common purpose. 2 Gather and spend time together. 3 Strike with a club or a bludgeon. 4 Gather into a club-like mass.
EROTICALLY * r. In an erotic manner.
ADVERTENT * s. Giving attention.
MACHMETER * n. Speedometer for measuring the speed of an aircraft relative to the speed of sound.
EXPECTORANT * n. A medicine promoting expectoration.
HTML * n. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
UNSHAPED * s. Incompletely or imperfectly shaped.
VITALIZER * n. Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people.
TRANSUBSTANTIATION * n. 1 The Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist. 2 An act that changes the form or character or substance of something.
SMALLEY * n. American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943).
STUDIO * n. 1 Workplace for the teaching or practice of an art. 2 An apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen. 3 Workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded.
VALPARAISO * n. The chief port and second largest city of Chile; located on a wide harbor in central Chile.
DISPIRITEDLY * r. In a dispirited manner without hope.
GAYFEATHER * n. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.
HUMPERDINCK * n. German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921).
KID-GLOVE * s. Showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people.
MASOCHIST * n. Someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment.
LANDOWNER * n. A holder or proprietor of land.
OPERATIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of opera.
SCIOLISM * n. Pretentious superficiality of knowledge.
MAHARAJAH * n. A great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja.
GEHRIG * n. Baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941).
EPHEMERA * n. Something transitory; lasting a day.
FRUITERER * n. A person who sells fruit.
ABSTENTIOUS * s. Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink.
THOUGHTLESSLY * r. 1 In a thoughtless manner. 2 Showing thoughtlessness.
FAMILIAR * --n. 1 A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support. 2 A friend who is frequently in the company of another. 3 A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard. --a. 1 Well known or easily recognized. 2 Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange. --s. 1 (usually followed by `with') Well informed about or knowing thoroughly. 2 Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship.
UNAPPARELED * s. Having removed clothing.
ALKY * n. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
LEUKOPENIA * n. An abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count.
OPOPANAX * n. An odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines.
DELAWARE * n. 1 A river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay. 2 A member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania. 3 One of the British colonies that formed the United States. 4 A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
PEDALER * n. A person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle).
RESTIVELY * r. In a restive manner.
THRALDOM * n. The state of being under the control of another person.
KHAMA * n. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
TWIG * --n. A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year. --v. 1 Branch out in a twiglike manner. 2 Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.
APLODONTIIDAE * n. Mountain beavers.
SHRINKING * n. 1 Process or result of becoming less or smaller. 2 The act of becoming less.
FATTEN * v. Make fat or plump.
PALAIC * n. An Anatolian language.
SUPREMACY * n. Power to dominate or defeat.
MUTAMYCIN * n. A complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug.
PLENARILY * r. In a plenary manner.
GRIFFON * n. 1 Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion. 2 Breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle. 3 Breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France. 4 Large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings.
CEFTRIAXONE * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract.
WALLENSTEIN * n. Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634).
PATRIOTEER * n. An extreme bellicose nationalist.
SLEDDER * n. Someone who rides a sled.
ALCA * n. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
INTERCHANGE * --n. 1 A junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams. 2 Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information). 3 The act of changing one thing for another thing. 4 Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries). --v. 1 Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items. 2 Give to, and receive from, one another. 3 Cause to change places. 4 Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).
CONOPODIUM * n. A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae.
CASTRATO * n. A male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice.
ACANTHOCYBIUM * n. Wahoos.
TRAPA * n. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut.
PROLIX * a. Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length.
FORESIGHT * n. 1 Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future. 2 Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing.
CALCAREOUS * a. Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk.
UNRAVEL * v. 1 Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. 2 Disentangle. 3 Become undone.
WALAPAI * n. 1 A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Walapai.
HYPERMARKET * n. A huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town).
CAROUSER * n. Someone who enjoys riotous drinking.
INCOMMODIOUS * a. Uncomfortably or inconveniently small.
EUCLIDEAN * a. Relating to geometry as developed by Euclid.
ABACTINAL * a. (of radiate animals) Located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated.
EXMOOR * n. 1 Horned sheep of Devon; valued for mutton. 2 Stocky breed of pony with a fawn-colored nose.
PALLIATION * n. 1 Easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause. 2 To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
VELVET-TEXTURED * s. Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste.
LATAKIA * n. 1 Aromatic Turkish tobacco. 2 A seaport on the western coast of Syria.
TSARITSYN * n. A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43.
SEVERAL-SEEDED * s. Having many seeds.
GRANDSTAND * --n. 1 The audience at a stadium or racetrack. 2 A stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof. --v. Perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause.
HERETOFORE * r. Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.
TEBALDI * n. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
HAO * n. 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam.
RIPCORD * n. 1 A cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend. 2 A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent.
BRIDE * n. 1 A woman who has recently been married. 2 Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523). 3 A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony.
TECHNOBABBLE * n. Technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects.
AIR-DRIED * s. Made dry by contact with unheated air.
MEND * --n. 1 Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment). 2 The act of putting something in working order again. --v. 1 Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. 2 Heal or recover.
INTREPIDLY * r. Without fear.
FIRELIGHT * n. The light of a fire (especially in a fireplace).
MALACOSTRACA * n. Largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies.
CREASE * --n. 1 An angular or rounded shape made by folding. 2 A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. 3 A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade. --v. 1 Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic. 2 Make wrinkled or creased. 3 Scrape gently. 4 Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
BUNKER * --n. 1 A hazard on a golf course. 2 A large container for storing fuel. 3 A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground. --v. 1 Hit a golf ball into a bunker. 2 Fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil. 3 Transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse.
PENETRATION * n. 1 An attack that penetrates into enemy territory. 2 Clear or deep perception of a situation. 3 The act of entering into or through something. 4 The ability to make way into or through something.
FIANCEE * n. A woman who is engaged to be married.
SHAKE * --n. 1 Building material used as siding or roofing. 2 Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream. 3 A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. 4 Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract). --v. 1 Move or cause to move back and forth. 2 Move with or as if with a tremor. 3 Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively. 4 Move back and forth or sideways.
MYCTOPHIDAE * n. Deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes.
MONUMENT * n. 1 A structure erected to commemorate persons or events. 2 An important site that is marked and preserved as public property. 3 A burial vault (usually for some famous person).
SPIKE * --n. 1 A transient variation in voltage or current. 2 Sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes. 3 Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn. 4 (botany) An indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis. --v. 1 Stand in the way of. 2 Pierce with a sharp stake or point. 3 Secure with spikes. 4 Bring forth a spike or spikes.
KALAPUYA * n. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
UNSOLVABLE * s. Not easily solved.
MUCKRAKING * n. The exposure of scandal (especially about public figures).
DISBURSE * v. Expend, as from a fund.
SIR * n. 1 Term of address for a man. 2 A title used before the name of knight or baronet.
AFTERMOST * s. Located closest to the stern or tail.
BACTEROIDAL * a. Resembling bacteria.
COUNTERMARCH * --n. (military) A march in the reverse direction or back along the same route. --v. 1 March back along the same way. 2 Change the order of soldiers during a march.
ADDICTION * n. 1 Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs). 2 An abnormally strong craving. 3 (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.
TONIC * --n. 1 Lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine. 2 A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring. 3 (music) The first note of a diatonic scale. 4 A medicine that strengthens and invigorates. --a. 1 Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue. 2 Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words. 3 (used of syllables) Bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch. --s. 1 Relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale. 2 Imparting vitality and energy.
GASTROPHRYNE * n. Primarily tropical narrow-mouthed toads.
LOFTILY * r. In a lofty manner.
BURSAR * n. The treasurer at a college or university.
CAULESCENT * a. (of plants) Producing a well-developed stem above ground.
NUMEN * n. A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion).
UNPOPULAR * a. Regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval.
BELLBIRD * n. Any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call.
ENIGMA * n. 1 Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. 2 A difficult problem.
VALUE-SYSTEM * n. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
SOCIOLINGUISTICALLY * r. With respect to sociolinguistics.
TSARIST * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
MONTESPAN * n. French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707).
LAYERED * s. With one layer on top of another.
CURANDERO * n. A Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans.
TERRORISE * v. 1 Coerce by violence or with threats. 2 Fill with terror; frighten greatly.
RECUMB * v. Lean in a comfortable resting position.
TRIBUTE * n. 1 Something given or done as an expression of esteem. 2 Payment by one nation for protection by another. 3 Payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence.
DRYPIS * n. Spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers.
SENTIENCE * n. 1 State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness. 2 The faculty through which the external world is apprehended. 3 The readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness.
ARCHERFISH * n. Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia.
LIBERTINE * --n. A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained. --s. Unrestrained by convention or morality.
STILETTO * n. A small dagger with a tapered blade.
TRANSFIX * v. 1 To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. 2 Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
VIAGRA * n. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
DEUTSCHMARK * n. Formerly the basic unit of money in Germany.
TURNOVER * n. 1 The ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers. 2 A dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling. 3 The volume measured in dollars. 4 The act of upsetting something.
BOELL * n. German novelist and writer of short stories (1917-1985).
BRACTEOLE * n. A small bract.
DEGLUTITION * n. The act of swallowing.
SORCERISE * v. Transform or change by means of sorcery.
DESMIDIUM * n. A genus of protoctist.
ACHILLES * n. A mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'.
REASSURANCE * n. The act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence.
PURPLE-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with purple.
TETRACHLORIDE * n. Any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule.
PADRE * n. 1 A chaplain in one of the military services. 2 `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military.
SCANTILY * r. In a skimpy manner.
LIMNOBIUM * n. American frogbit.
PRESCRIBE * v. 1 Issue commands or orders for. 2 Recommend as beneficial. 3 (medicine) Order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription.
EXPOSTULATE * v. Reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion.
BIAXIAL * a. Having two axes.
ADUMBRATIVE * s. Indistinctly prophetic.
HETEROGENESIS * n. The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal.
SCINTILLANT * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
VIRGINIA * n. 1 A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. 2 One of the British colonies that formed the United States. 3 A town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range.
FORDHOOKS * n. Relatively large lima beans.
DARKEN * v. 1 Become dark or darker. 2 Tarnish or stain. 3 Make dark or darker.
DIAPSIDA * n. Used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archosauria.
QUEUE * --n. 1 A line of people or vehicles waiting for something. 2 (information processing) An ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted. 3 A braid of hair at the back of the head. --v. Form a queue, form a line, stand in line.
AUTOPLASTY * n. 1 Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person. 2 Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body.
IRENA * n. Type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds.
REWIRE * v. Provide with new wiring.
COMMONS * n. 1 A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. 2 A pasture subject to common use. 3 A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank. 4 The common people.
LIGHT-SENSITIVE * s. Sensitive to visible light.
COMMUNISTIC * a. Relating to or marked by communism.
UNCURED * s. Not seasoned.
STRIATUM * n. A striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus.
SUGI * n. Tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood.
RESOLVED * --s. Determined. --a. Explained or answered.
PANTOMIME * --n. A performance using gestures and body movements without words. --v. Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only.
IRON-GRAY * --n. The color of freshly broken cast iron. --s. Of the grey color of iron.
DISINTEGRATE * v. 1 Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity. 2 Cause to undergo fission or lose particles. 3 Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.
NOISEMAKER * n. A device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration.
TRANSPOSITION * n. 1 Any abnormal position of the organs of the body. 2 An event in which one thing is substituted for another. 3 (genetics) A kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome. 4 (mathematics) The transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.
ORMANDY * n. United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985).
NEUROSURGEON * n. Someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain).
INCONVENIENT * --a. Not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs. --s. Not conveniently timed.
CANDLEWOOD * n. Any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light.
ACHROMIA * n. An absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells.
MONOSYLLABICALLY * r. In a monosyllabic manner.
DECRYPT * v. Convert code into ordinary language.
RANCOROUS * s. Showing deep-seated resentment.
BAROGRAPH * n. A recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure.
COMATULIDAE * n. Former usage synonymous with Antedonidae.
CENOBITE * n. A member of a religious order living in common.
GOURMANDISM * n. The disposition and habits of a gourmand.
RE-EMPHASIZE * v. Emphasize anew.
BARROW-BOY * n. A hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow.
MUSTACHIO * n. A large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth).
SENIORITY * n. 1 Higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service. 2 The property of being long-lived.
CROWFOOT * n. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
GREELEY * n. United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872).
ADAD * n. Babylonian god of storms and wind.
CORGI * n. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
MINSK * n. The capital of Belarus and of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
PUTOFF * n. A pretext for delay or inaction.
GARBLED * s. Lacking orderly continuity.
ARCHITECTONICS * n. The science of architecture.
PHONY * --n. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. --s. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
METRICATION * n. The act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds.
SANAA * n. The capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau.
CORPUSCLE * n. 1 (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything. 2 Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets.
FORMOSA * n. An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea.
RESPIRATORY * a. Pertaining to respiration.
KUKENAAM * n. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
SEQUELA * n. Any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment.
IPECAC * n. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
DOGHOUSE * n. 1 Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog. 2 An idiomatic term for being in disfavor.
LINKMAN * n. (formerly) An attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets.
EASY * --a. 1 Posing no difficulty; requiring little effort. 2 Free from worry or anxiety. --s. 1 Not hurried or forced. 2 Affording pleasure. 3 Having little impact. 4 Readily exploited or tricked. --r. 1 With ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'). 2 Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'). 3 In a relaxed manner; or without hardship.
VELCRO * --n. Nylon fabric used as a fastening. --v. Fasten with Velcro.
WET * --n. Wetness caused by water. --v. 1 Cause to become wet. 2 Make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating. --a. 1 Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water. 2 Containing moisture or volatile components. 3 Supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages. 4 Producing or secreting milk. --s. 1 Consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor. 2 Very drunk.
RACHET * n. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
METASTASISE * v. Spread throughout the body.
SPATHE * n. A conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence.
MANAGEABILITY * n. Capable of being managed or controlled.
BULBIL * n. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
PENTAGONAL * a. Of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon.
EBURNATION * n. A change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory.
ISOBAR * n. (meteorology)An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
DMD * n. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
VISCIDNESS * n. The property of being cohesive and sticky.
QUANTAL * a. Of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states.
LUCULENT * s. (of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable.
JONSON * n. English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637).
PERFORATE * --v. 1 Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation. 2 Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance. --s. Having a hole cut through.
HART * n. 1 United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961). 2 United States lyricist who collaborated with Richard Rodgers (1895-1943). 3 A male deer, especially an adult male red deer.
TRANSACT * v. Conduct business.
PUBERTY * n. The time of life when sex glands become functional.
STAGFLATIONARY * a. Characteristic of or promoting stagflation.
MARSALA * n. Dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily.
NU * n. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
HOUSE * --n. 1 A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families. 2 The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments. 3 The members of a religious community living together. 4 The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema. --v. 1 Contain or cover. 2 Provide housing for.
SPEEDWELL * n. Any plant of the genus Veronica.
KIBBLE * n. 1 Coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food). 2 An iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining.
BRANCHIOPODOUS * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda.
BOISTEROUSNESS * n. 1 A turbulent and stormy state of the sea. 2 The property of being noisy and lively and unrestrained.
UNCOLOURED * a. Without color.
STERILISED * s. Made infertile.
ESKALITH * n. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder.
CHLOROPHYTE * n. Algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water.
OPERABLE * --a. Capable of being treated by surgical operation. --s. 1 Fit or ready for use or service. 2 Usable for a specific purpose.
STIPENDIARY * --n. (United Kingdom) A paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases. --a. Pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance. --s. 1 Receiving or eligible for compensation. 2 For which money is paid.
FEATHERBEDDING * n. The practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required.
POWHATAN * n. 1 Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas (1550?-1618). 2 A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia. 3 The Algonquian language of the Powhatan.
ANOMALY * n. 1 Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule. 2 A person who is unusual. 3 (astronomy) Position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun).
FOUR-PARTY * s. Involving four parties.
EGOTRIP * v. Act in a way that attracts attention.
DROMAIUS * n. A genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes.
OVERBITE * n. (dentistry) Malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth.
COLLECTIVIZED * s. 1 Characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production. 2 Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively.
SPLENETIC * --a. Of or relating to the spleen. --s. Very irritable.
DIPTEROCARP * n. Tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae.
ALYSSUM * n. 1 Any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers. 2 A genus of the family Cruciferae.
WOLLSTONECRAFT * n. English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797).
NINJITSU * n. The traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage.
ABSCONDMENT * n. The act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest).
WAXING * --n. 1 The application of wax to a surface. 2 A gradual increase in magnitude or extent. --a. (of the moon) Pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases.
AMERIND * --n. Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians. --a. Of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages.
BLASTOPORIC * a. Of or relating to a blastopore.
BESHREW * v. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.
MAIDENLINESS * n. Behavior befitting a young maiden.
CHEESEPARING * s. Giving or spending with reluctance.
COMMENT * --n. 1 A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information. 2 A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material. 3 A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. --v. 1 Make or write a comment on. 2 Explain or interpret something. 3 Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.
PROTOPLASM * n. The substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus).
APANAGE * n. 1 Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life. 2 A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family.
ENDOTHERMIC * a. (of a chemical reaction or compound) Occurring or formed with absorption of heat.
EXTERIORIZATION * n. Embodying in an outward form.
COUNSELING * n. Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
SIAL * n. The granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum.
WISH * --n. 1 A specific feeling of desire. 2 An expression of some desire or inclination. 3 (usually plural) A polite expression of desire for someone's welfare. 4 The particular preference that you have. --v. 1 Hope for; have a wish. 2 Prefer or wish to do something. 3 Make or express a wish. 4 Feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of.
DISARTICULATE * v. Separate at the joints.
PURPLE-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with purple.
RAF * n. 1 The airforce of Great Britain. 2 A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998.
TOMENTUM * n. 1 Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. 2 A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.
PARTYGOER * n. Someone who is attending a party.
GANESHA * n. Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles.
UNITARIAN * --n. Adherent of Unitarianism. --a. Of or relating to or characterizing Unitarianism.
TIDEWATER * n. 1 Low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams. 2 The coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia.
SLASHING * s. As if striking with slashing blows.
DETRAIN * v. Leave a train.
COURTHOUSE * n. 1 A government building that houses the offices of a county government. 2 A building that houses judicial courts.
FOLIAGE * n. 1 The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants. 2 (architecture) Leaf-like architectural ornament.
LONG-HEADED * s. Having a dolichocephalic head.
NAGAMI * n. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
ROENTGENIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
TISHRI * n. The first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October).
FEASTING * n. Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment).
XXXVII * s. Being seven more than thirty.
WATERS * n. 1 United States actress and singer (1896-1977). 2 The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion.
PRIMATE * n. 1 A senior clergyman and dignitary. 2 Any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet.
STEEPER * n. A vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping.
LAPPISH * n. Any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.
NANOPHTHALMOS * n. Condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal.
SEIGNIORAGE * n. Charged by a government for coining bullion.
SUNROOF * n. An automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel.
INSOLE * n. The inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests.
ASCENDANCE * n. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
NIGERIA * n. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country.
HARDBACK * --n. A book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers. --s. Having a hard back or cover.
TULLY * n. A Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC).
TOTALITARIANISM * n. 1 A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). 2 The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government.
FONDU * n. 1 Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces. 2 Hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped.
SOAPFISH * n. Fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America.
VAMPER * n. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.
NECKLACE * n. Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).
DANDYISH * s. Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner.
SHOCKLEY * n. United States physicist (born in England) who contributed to the development of the electronic transistor (1910-1989).
SCRUFF * n. The back side of the neck.
POLYGON * n. A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides.
ASTRAL * a. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
5 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. --s. Being one more than four.
UNSALTED * s. Without salt or seasoning.
GAMBIST * n. A musician who performs upon the viola da gamba.
FLAVOUR * --n. 1 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. 2 (physics) The six kinds of quarks. 3 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. --v. Lend flavor to.
ALOHA * n. An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian).
STABROEK * n. Port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana.
MICHELANGELESQUE * a. In the manner of Michelangelo.
MILITARISM * n. A political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
UNILATERAL * --a. Involving only one part or side. --s. Tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only.
ITALIAN-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Italian.
DIAGHILEV * n. Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929).
INSULIN * n. Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells.
BANKHEAD * n. Uninhibited United States actress (1903-1968).
CRINOLINE * n. 1 A skirt stiffened with hoops. 2 A full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric. 3 A stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing.
VANADINITE * n. A mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium.
MIKVAH * n. (Hebrew) A ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation).
TAKAHE * n. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
CURE * --n. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. --v. 1 Provide a cure for, make healthy again. 2 Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve. 3 Make (substances) hard and improve their usability. 4 Be or become preserved.
OLIGARCHY * n. A political system governed by a few people.
CICONIIDAE * n. Storks.
ELSASS * n. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
HALLUCINATE * v. Perceive what is not there; have illusions.
ZONING * n. Dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc.
PATON * n. South African writer (1903-1988).
TOLBOOTH * n. A booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls.
HYACINTHOIDES * n. Small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
PLAGIARISED * s. Copied and passed off as your own.
ILL-DRESSED * s. Not well dressed.
CANALISE * v. Provide (a city) with a canal.
CALABASH * n. 1 Round gourd of the calabash tree. 2 Tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds. 3 Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits. 4 Bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd.
GASTEROPHILIDAE * n. Horse botflies.
HYPERNATREMIA * n. Excessive amounts of sodium in the blood; possibly indicating diabetes insipidus.
LOKI * n. (Norse mythology) Trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor.
SECTRAL * n. An oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension.
DANDYISM * n. The manner and dress of a fop or dandy.
UNENTITLED * s. Having no right or entitlement.
CHANT * --n. A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone. --v. 1 Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. 2 Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.
CONVEYANCE * n. 1 Document effecting a property transfer. 2 The transmission of information. 3 Something that serves as a means of transportation. 4 Act of transferring property title from one person to another.
PARTHENOCARPY * n. (botany) The development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds.
ABSOLVER * n. Someone who grants absolution.
WOOLEN * --n. A fabric made from the hair of sheep. --a. Of or related to or made of wool.
TECUMTHA * n. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
MDIV * n. A master's degree in religion.
MIRTHFUL * s. 1 Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. 2 Arousing or provoking laughter.
RESTRAIN * v. 1 To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement. 2 Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult. 3 Prevent (someone or something) from doing something. 4 Prevent the action or expression of.
REDDISH-PINK * s. Of a pink color that is close to red.
SHY * --n. A quick throw. --v. 1 Start suddenly, as from fright. 2 Throw quickly. --a. Lacking self-confidence. --s. 1 Short. 2 Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things.
FIBREBOARD * n. Wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets.
SHOEBOX * n. 1 A structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment). 2 An oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to hold a pair of shoes.
UNDIPLOMATIC * a. Not skilled in dealing with others.
EXTERMINATE * v. 1 Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. 2 Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
TREND-SETTER * n. Someone who popularizes a new fashion.
COOKWARE * n. A kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking.
HYSTERICAL * s. 1 Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria. 2 Marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion.
PALIURUS * n. Thorny Eurasian shrubs.
DIRECTIONLESS * s. Aimlessly drifting.
GOOP * n. 1 Any thick, viscous matter. 2 Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate.
NEOTENIC * a. Of or relating to or characterized by neoteny.
CANARD * n. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
VALERIANA * n. Genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs.
PHRASAL * a. Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase.
CARNEGIEA * n. Caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro.
EGG-FILLED * s. Full of eggs.
VARUS * n. A deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an abnormal degree.
OBELION * n. The craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture.
INNATE * --a. Not established by conditioning or learning. --s. 1 Being talented through inherited qualities. 2 Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development.
URANOSCOPIDAE * n. Stargazers.
CUPULATE * s. Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
FETIDNESS * n. The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.
REMUNERATE * v. Make payment to; compensate.
VINEYARD * n. A farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced.
DENDROICA * n. A genus of Parulidae.
SPACEWALK * v. Move in space outside a space craft.
GYPSYWORT * n. Hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers.
HINGE * --n. 1 A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other. 2 A circumstance upon which subsequent events depend. --v. Attach with a hinge.
CRINGING * s. Totally submissive.
REDONDA * n. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
SPELUNKER * n. A person who explores caves.
SPINOUS * --a. Having spines. --s. Shaped like a spine or thorn.
SUBLIME * --v. 1 Vaporize and then condense right back again. 2 Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting. --s. 1 Inspiring awe. 2 Worthy of adoration or reverence. 3 Lifted up or set high. 4 Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
TEMPERAMENTALLY * r. By temperament.
FLAVORLESSNESS * n. The property of having no flavor.
NECROPSY * n. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.
TRANSSEXUAL * --n. 1 A person who has undergone a sex change operation. 2 A person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex. --a. Identifying with the opposite gender from the one that one is born with.
GIDE * n. French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father of modern French literature (1869-1951).
PEARY * n. United States Arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920).
WELL-DONE * s. (meat) Cooked until there is no pink meat left inside.
DEEP-SEATED * s. (used especially of ideas or principles) Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
IMBRUE * v. Permeate or impregnate.
DUBBIN * n. Tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof.
PAYSLIP * n. A slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out.
TEIIDAE * n. Whiptails; etc..
ANTIPHONY * n. 1 Alternate (responsive) singing by a choir in two parts. 2 A verse or song to be chanted or sung in response.
NINIB * n. A solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod.
STOUTLY * r. In a resolute manner.
BRAVADO * n. A swaggering show of courage.
NEGLIGIBLE * s. 1 So small as to be meaningless; insignificant. 2 Not worth considering.
TENTATIVELY * r. In a tentative manner.
ATYPICALLY * r. In a manner that is not typical.
PREDESTINED * s. Established or prearranged unalterably.
MACRON * n. A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound.
VIEWABLE * s. Capable of being viewed.
SLAPDASH * --s. Marked by great carelessness. --r. 1 In a careless or reckless manner. 2 Directly.
BIMESTER * n. A period of 2 months.
IMPINGING * n. The physical coming together of two or more things.
BUCKLE * --n. 1 Fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong. 2 A shape distorted by twisting or folding. --v. 1 Fasten with a buckle or buckles. 2 Fold or collapse. 3 Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat.
SOLID-HOOFED * s. Having solid hooves.
ZECHARIAH * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity.
GRAZING * n. 1 The act of grazing. 2 The act of brushing against while passing.
PREPUBESCENT * s. (especially of human beings) At the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth.
FERTILIZATION * n. 1 Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant. 2 Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure.
SAPIENTLY * r. In a shrewd manner.
FUNNINESS * n. A comic incident or series of incidents.
ANDESITE * n. A dark grey volcanic rock.
COWLING * n. Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine.
AWARD-WINNING * a. Having received awards.
PETRIFY * v. 1 Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright. 2 Change into stone. 3 Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.
DEPORTEE * n. A person who is expelled from home or country by authority.
CHTHONIC * s. Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth.
HORNY * s. 1 Feeling great sexual desire. 2 Having horns or hornlike projections. 3 Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn).
DISQUALIFY * v. 1 Make unfit or unsuitable. 2 Declare unfit.
CHELONIAN * --n. A reptile of the order Chelonia. --a. Of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise.
OPHRYON * n. The craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits.
GENDARMERIE * n. French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively.
HEADER * n. 1 A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. 2 Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window. 3 Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall. 4 A framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters.
REPLACING * n. The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another.
LICHANURA * n. Boas of western North America.
ZOIC * a. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
MEGRIM * n. A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men.
STAGIRA * n. An ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born.
GRAYBACK * n. 1 A dowitcher with a grey back. 2 A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
ENGORGE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
PRECOGNITIVE * s. Foreseeing the future.
REPOSITION * --n. Depositing in a warehouse. --v. 1 Change place or direction. 2 Place into another position.
HARPOONER * n. Someone who launches harpoons.
EA * n. The Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element.
BEATLES * n. A rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon).
RUDIMENT * n. The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life.
HEIMDALL * n. (Norse mythology) God of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard.
COMFIT * --n. Candy containing a fruit or nut. --v. Make into a confection.
SONNETEER * n. A poet who writes sonnets.
MORTALLY * r. In such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.).
BUTYLENE * n. Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers.
CYCLICITY * n. The quality of recurring at regular intervals.
BLACKSEED * n. Grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus.
PERSUASIBLE * s. Being susceptible to persuasion.
RECONCILIATION * n. 1 The reestablishing of cordial relations. 2 Getting two things to correspond.
EDICT * n. 1 A formal or authoritative proclamation. 2 A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
LAUNDERING * n. Washing clothes and bed linens.
HOODMOLD * n. A protective drip that is made of stone.
POINTED-TOE * s. Having a pointed toe.
CITRANGE * n. 1 More aromatic and acidic than oranges. 2 More aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade.
MANROOT * n. Tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held to be source of the sweet potato.
POTBELLIED * s. Having a large belly.
BLANKNESS * n. The state of being blank; void; emptiness.
HOTELIER * n. An owner or manager of hotels.
TOMATO * n. 1 Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable. 2 Native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties.
PARTURIENCY * n. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.
MENTALLY * r. In your mind.
SOMEDAY * r. Some unspecified time in the future.
REINTRODUCE * v. Introduce anew.
VIEWER * n. 1 A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). 2 An optical device for viewing photographic transparencies.
HANDELIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel.
ENERGETICALLY * r. In an energetic manner.
MUGGINESS * n. A state of warm humidity.
UNASSUMING * s. Not arrogant or presuming.
OPEN-AIR * s. In the open air.
PHENOL * n. 1 Any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups. 2 A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally.
WILTON * n. A carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile.
UNTREATED * --a. 1 Not given medical care or treatment. 2 Not subjected to chemical or physical treatment. --s. (of a specimen for study under a microscope) Not treated with a reagent or dye.
MASTIGOPHORE * n. A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals.
BROIDER * v. Decorate with needlework.
SILVERY-BLUE * s. Of something having a color that is a light shiny blue.
CONCH * n. Any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.
ESKER * n. (geology) A long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets.
BOULEZ * n. French composer of serial music (born in 1925).
ASSENTER * n. A person who assents.
INTERNALIZATION * n. Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself.
CLOGGING * s. Preventing movement.
UNSKILLFUL * s. Poorly done.
BOW-WOW * n. 1 The bark of a dog. 2 Informal terms for dogs.
TRICENTENNIAL * a. Of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years.
BOTHERSOME * s. Causing irritation or annoyance.
ADHOCRACY * n. An organization with little or no structure.
ASSUAGE * v. 1 Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. 2 Satisfy (thirst). 3 Provide physical relief, as from pain.
GAVEL * n. A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge.
MEGALOCARDIA * n. An abnormal enlargement of the heart.
IMPALA * n. African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps.
BUNDLING * n. 1 A onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing. 2 The act of binding something into a bundle. 3 The act of shoving hastily.
ACCUSTOMED * s. Commonly used or practiced; usual.
PITYRIASIS * n. Any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin.
LAME * --n. 1 Someone who doesn't understand what is going on. 2 A fabric interwoven with threads of metal. --v. Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg. --s. 1 Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. 2 Disabled in the feet or legs.
P.A. * --n. An electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas. --r. By the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received).
NSWC * n. The agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare.
LEPTOCEPHALUS * n. Slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes.
CLITORIS * n. A female sexual organ homologous to the penis.
MAGNETICS * n. The branch of science that studies magnetism.
COOKIE-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a cookie.
EARTHWORK * n. An earthen rampart.
AUSTRONESIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Austronesia. 2 The family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture.
SERIALIZATION * n. Publication in serial form.
PROVERBIALLY * r. In the manner of something that has become a byword.
AUSPEX * n. (ancient Rome) A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.
PYOCYANASE * n. A yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus.
STAR-DUCKWEED * n. Cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America.
ISOETALES * n. Aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales.
CEREBRAL * a. 1 Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct. 2 Of or relating to the cerebrum or brain.
KNACKERED * s. Very tired.
PHILOSOPHICAL * --a. Of or relating to philosophy or philosophers. --s. Characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment.
FOREMOST * --s. 1 Ranking above all others. 2 Preceding all others in spatial position. 3 Situated closest to the bow. --r. 1 Prominently forward. 2 Before anything else.
UNTHAWED * s. Still frozen.
BLACKSNAKE * n. 1 Large harmless shiny black North American snake. 2 Blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet.
CRITERIONAL * s. Serving as a basis for evaluation.
IGUANID * n. Lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males.
MORON * n. 1 A person of subnormal intelligence. 2 A city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires.
KAN. * n. A state in midwestern United States.
MORATORIUM * n. 1 A legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged. 2 Suspension of an ongoing activity.
ATMOSPHERIC * a. Relating to or located in the atmosphere.
TARSIUS * n. Type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae.
UNRHETORICAL * a. Not rhetorical.
NIGER-CONGO * n. A family of African language spoken in west Africa.
FRUMPISH * s. Primly out of date.
EDUCATE * v. 1 Give an education to. 2 Create by training and teaching. 3 Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.
MASS. * n. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.
NORTHROP * n. United States biochemist (1891-1987).
FAULTING * n. (geology) A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.
VALLEY * n. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
BONEHEADED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
AMBASSADORIAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors.
POTTERY * n. 1 Ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln. 2 The craft of making earthenware. 3 A workshop where clayware is made.
PROFITLESSLY * r. Without gain or profit.
INFIDEL * n. A person who does not acknowledge your god.
APAR * n. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
CORALWORT * n. European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock.
REPOINT * v. Repair the joints of bricks.
STAMMER * --n. A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds. --v. Speak haltingly.
APHRODISIACAL * a. Stimulating sexual desire.
EXCURSUS * n. A message that departs from the main subject.
BETA-NAPHTHOL * n. An isomer of naphthol used in rubber as an antioxidant.
OUTBURST * n. 1 An unrestrained expression of emotion. 2 A sudden intense happening. 3 A sudden violent disturbance.
MANTEGNA * n. Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506).
ALLUSION * n. Passing reference or indirect mention.
PAYABLES * n. Money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts.
PITILESSLY * r. Without pity; in a merciless manner.
GRIM * s. 1 Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. 2 Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. 3 Harshly ironic or sinister. 4 Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance.
FECULA * n. Excreta (especially of insects).
4-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits.
ESOPHAGOSCOPE * n. An optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus.
LANCHOU * n. The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.
NIFFY * s. (British informal) Malodorous.
CANYON * n. A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.
LUBLIN * n. An industrial city of eastern Poland.
HOUSECLEAN * v. Clean and tidy up the house.
OVATION * n. Enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause).
PIAZZA * n. A public square with room for pedestrians.
UNDERBODY * n. The soft belly or underside of an animal's body.
MILLIVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt.
PASSBOOK * n. A record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks.
IRON-GREY * --n. The color of freshly broken cast iron. --s. Of the grey color of iron.
PENETRATING * s. 1 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 2 Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing.
MIRAGE * n. 1 An optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects. 2 Something illusory and unattainable.
NIGHTCRAWLER * n. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
ECZEMA * n. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages.
VEHICULAR * a. Of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles.
PRIEST * n. 1 A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders. 2 A person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion.
SHORT-ORDER * a. Of or relating to food that can be prepared quickly.
MULTIPURPOSE * s. Having multiple uses.
SQUARE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a square.
CALOCARPUM * n. A genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae.
HOUSATONIC * n. A river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound.
PASTELIKE * s. Resembling paste in color; pallid.
ACOLYTE * n. Someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
CEBUELLA * n. Pygmy marmosets.
RYUKYUAN * n. 1 A member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan. 2 The language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands.
STEED * n. (literary) A spirited horse for state of war.
GALLSTONE * n. A calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts.
STREAKED * s. Marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations.
SIKHISM * n. The doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam.
VARNISHED * s. Having a coating of stain or varnish.
BUDDY * n. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
ANONYMITY * n. The state of being anonymous.
STUPEFACTION * n. 1 A feeling of stupefied astonishment. 2 Marginal consciousness. 3 The action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic.
ELECTROLOGIST * n. Someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots.
REGROW * v. Grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption.
DECREPIT * s. 1 Worn and broken down by hard use. 2 Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
ACTUALIZE * v. 1 Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to. 2 Represent or describe realistically.
APPARITION * n. 1 A ghostly appearing figure. 2 The appearance of a ghostlike figure. 3 Something existing in perception only. 4 An act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly.
DIDACTICISM * n. Communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive.
OLIVELIKE * s. Resembling an olive.
EPISTLE * n. 1 A specially long, formal letter. 2 A book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle.
REMAKING * n. Creation that is created again or anew.
CYTOPHOTOMETRY * n. The study of chemical compounds inside a cell by means of a cytophotometer.
JOYOUSLY * r. In a joyous and gleeful manner.
SERIOUS-MINDEDNESS * n. The trait of being serious.
CANNES * n. A port and resort city on the French Riviera; site of an annual film festival.
CYCLOLOMA * n. A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae.
BILLBOARD * n. Large outdoor signboard.
BUR * --n. 1 Seed vessel having hooks or prickles. 2 Small bit used in dentistry or surgery. --v. Remove the burrs from.
ROUGHAGE * n. Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis.
BITT * --n. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines). --v. Secure with a bitt.
CONEPATUS * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
PARAPROFESSIONAL * n. A trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional.
TEETERTOTTER * --n. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end. --v. Ride on a plank.
POLAR * --s. 1 Having a pair of equal and opposite charges. 2 Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed. 3 Extremely cold. 4 Being of crucial importance. --a. 1 Located at or near or coming from the earth's poles. 2 Of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles.
ETHNOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to ethnology.
FURTIVENESS * n. A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously.
CHAIR * --n. 1 A seat for one person, with a support for the back. 2 The position of professor. 3 The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization. 4 An instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person. --v. 1 Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university. 2 Preside over.
VICEREINE * n. 1 Wife of a viceroy. 2 Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign.
PREFIGURE * v. 1 Imagine or consider beforehand. 2 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
SHOCK * --n. 1 The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally. 2 The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat. 3 A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body. 4 (pathology) Bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor. --v. 1 Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. 2 Strike with disgust or revulsion. 3 Strike with horror or terror. 4 Collide violently.
TROPAEOLACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum.
DEEPEN * v. 1 Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. 2 Become more intense. 3 Make deeper. 4 Become deeper in tone.
BRACTEATE * a. Having bracts.
TRACTARIANISM * n. Principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times'.
CIRCULARISE * v. 1 Canvass by distributing letters. 2 Distribute circulars to. 3 Cause to become widely known.
VOLATILISABLE * s. (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized.
VISIBLY * r. 1 In a visible manner. 2 So as to be visible.
SHUFFLE * --n. 1 The act of mixing cards haphazardly. 2 Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. --v. 1 Walk by dragging one's feet. 2 Move about, move back and forth. 3 Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.
ARCADE * n. 1 A covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side. 2 A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns.
PLETHYSMOGRAPH * n. A measuring instrument for measuring changes in volume of a part or organ or whole body (usually resulting from fluctuations in the amount of blood it contains).
PERMUTE * v. Change the order or arrangement of.
EXTOLLER * n. Someone who communicates high praise.
MIDDLEWEIGHT * n. 1 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds. 2 A wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds. 3 A professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds.
GET-AT-ABLE * s. Capable of being reached or attained.
AEROPHILE * n. A lover of aviation.
INHALATOR * n. 1 A breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration. 2 A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.
PA'ANGA * n. The basic unit of money in Tonga.
RHINOLARYNGOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat.
STIFF-BACKED * s. Having a stiff back.
AGIO * n. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
ESCARP * n. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
PRURIENTLY * r. In a prurient manner.
OSTRICH * n. 1 A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand). 2 Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird.
PYKNOSIS * n. A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.
HARDHEARTEDNESS * n. An absence of concern for the welfare of others.
OUTLINE * --n. 1 The line that appears to bound an object. 2 A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. 3 A schematic or preliminary plan. --v. 1 Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of. 2 Draw up an outline or sketch for something. 3 Trace the shape of.
TWINJET * n. A jet plane propelled by two jet engines.
MONARCHAL * s. 1 Having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch. 2 Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch.
TOXOTIDAE * n. Archerfishes.
SIZING * n. Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics.
FRENZIEDLY * r. In a frenzied manner.
BETHINK * v. 1 Cause oneself to consider something. 2 Consider or ponder something carefully.
LATCHET * n. A leather strap or thong used to attach a sandal or shoe to the foot.
TINTINNABULATE * v. Ring or sound like a small bell.
PROTESTANTISM * n. The theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation.
PD * n. A silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry.
SILVER-GREY * s. Of grey resembling silver.
DEAMINIZE * v. Remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination.
HAEMATOPOIETIC * a. Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells.
WEDGE * --n. 1 Any shape that is triangular in cross section. 2 A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. 3 A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation. 4 A heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe. --v. 1 Put, fix, force, or implant. 2 Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.
MICROELECTRONICS * n. The branch of electronics that deals with miniature components.
BURGH * n. A borough in Scotland.
BEHAVIORAL * a. Of or relating to behavior.
SURVIVE * v. 1 Continue to live and avoid dying. 2 Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.). 3 Support oneself. 4 Live longer than.
BINOMINAL * s. Having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies.
MOBBISH * s. Characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless.
GOLDFINCH * n. 1 American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer. 2 Small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings.
BELONIDAE * n. Ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars.
APRACTIC * s. Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
MEGASCOPIC * s. Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features).
MINERALOCORTICOID * n. Hormone that is one of the steroids of the adrenal cortex that influences the metabolism of sodium and potassium.
LASTLY * r. The item at the end.
AMPHIPROSTYLE * s. Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure.
SCHTICK * n. 1 (Yiddish) A little; a piece. 2 (Yiddish) A contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention. 3 (Yiddish) A prank or piece of clowning. 4 (Yiddish) A devious trick; a bit of cheating.
DISHONORED * s. Suffering shame.
DIOCESAN * --n. A bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese. --a. Belonging to or governing a diocese.
ISOTOPE * n. One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons.
INCRIMINATE * v. 1 Suggest that someone is guilty. 2 Bring an accusation against; level a charge against.
ATTORNEYSHIP * n. The position of attorney.
ESPOUSE * v. 1 Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans. 2 Take in marriage. 3 Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own.
DISSEMBLING * n. 1 Pretending with intention to deceive. 2 The act of deceiving.
PENCHANT * n. A strong liking.
POTLUCK * n. Whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all.
CHENILLE * n. 1 A soft tufted cord used in embroidery. 2 A heavy fabric woven with chenille cord; used in rugs and bedspreads.
FISTMELE * n. About seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow).
WRONG * --n. 1 That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law. 2 Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right. --v. Treat unjustly; do wrong to. --a. 1 Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth. 2 Contrary to conscience or morality or law. 3 Based on or acting or judging in error. --s. 1 Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion. 2 Not functioning properly. 3 Not in accord with established usage or procedure. 4 Used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward. --r. In an inaccurate manner.
DOPPELZENTNER * n. A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms.
BLINY * n. Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream.
DESMODONTIDAE * n. True vampire bats.
STEINBERG * n. United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999).
ANHIDROSIS * n. Failure of the sweat glands.
STREPTOMYCES * n. Aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin).
RIBAVIRIN * n. An inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections.
TELEPROMPTER * n. A prompter for television performers.
PINCHE * n. South American tamarin with a tufted head.
MANAGERESS * n. A woman manager.
ALEE * r. On or toward the lee.
ORTHOTROPOUS * a. (of a plant ovule) Completely straight with the micropyle at the apex.
DEPRESSURISE * v. Decrease the pressure of.
SENSATIONALISTIC * s. Typical of tabloids.
CONSTRAINT * n. 1 The state of being physically constrained. 2 A device that retards something's motion. 3 The act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others.
MULLEIN * n. Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers.
FUNERAL * n. A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.
LOW-CUT * s. 1 (of a garment) Having a low-cut neckline. 2 Having a low-cut back.
UNTHANKFUL * a. Not feeling or showing gratitude.
PIEBALD * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
SAPIR * n. Anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939).
UNQ * n. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
HAULM * n. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
TEMPTING * s. 1 Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. 2 Very pleasantly inviting.
LARGE-CAPITALIZATION * a. Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more.
LOOSENESS * n. 1 Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor. 2 Freedom from restraint. 3 A lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice. 4 The quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints.
LUMBERMILL * n. A mill for dressing logs and lumber.
INFRACT * v. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
LIPARIS * n. 1 An orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes. 2 Type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes.
MILKLIKE * s. Resembling milk in color; not clear.
MENOTTI * n. United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911).
SOLDIERING * n. 1 Skills that are required for the life of soldier. 2 The evasion of work or duty.
MOUNTAINEERING * n. The activity of climbing a mountain.
CYANOGENIC * s. Capable of producing cyanide.
STUNNER * n. 1 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. 2 An unexpected and amazing event.
CLINCHED * s. Closed or squeezed together tightly.
RHONE * n. A major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles.
UNDERSTAND * v. 1 Know and comprehend the nature or meaning of. 2 Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally. 3 Make sense of a language. 4 Believe to be the case.
AUDIT * --n. 1 An inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA. 2 A methodical examination or review of a condition or situation. --v. 1 Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification. 2 Attend academic courses without getting credit.
FLORAL * --s. Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers. --a. 1 Relating to or associated with flowers. 2 Of or relating to the plant life in a particular region.
KC * n. One thousand periods per second.
OLEO * n. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
SHADES * n. 1 (plural) Something that reminds you of someone or something. 2 (plural) Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
CUCURBIT * n. Any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae.
TONGUE-FLOWER * n. Orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base.
SAMIZDAT * n. A system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature.
PATELLIDAE * n. Marine limpets.
MAMMEE * n. 1 Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum. 2 Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind. 3 Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh. 4 Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet.
JAIL * --n. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). --v. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
PINK-COLLAR * s. Of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women.
UNACTABLE * a. Not actable.
HYPERBOLICALLY * r. In an exaggerated manner.
KANNADA * n. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
PRYINGLY * r. In a curious and prying manner.
DIEBACK * n. A disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches.
MYXOMYCETE * n. A slime mold of the class Myxomycetes.
TARAWA-MAKIN * n. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.
3-DIMENSIONAL * s. Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth.
FILCH * v. Make off with belongings of others.
LENITIVE * --n. Remedy that eases pain and discomfort. --s. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
ALLUVION * n. 1 Gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment. 2 The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. 3 Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
CETCHUP * n. Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.
HANGING * n. 1 Decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window. 2 A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead. 3 The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely).
THUD * --n. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). --v. 1 Make a dull sound. 2 Strike with a dull sound. 3 Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants.
DAMAGE * --n. 1 The occurrence of a change for the worse. 2 Loss of military equipment. 3 The act of damaging something or someone. 4 The amount of money needed to purchase something. --v. 1 Inflict damage upon. 2 Suffer or be susceptible to damage.
CONSIDER * v. 1 Deem to be. 2 Give careful consideration to. 3 Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. 4 Show consideration for; take into account.
BALLOONING * n. Flying in a balloon.
AMENORRHEAL * a. Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.
GEOGLOSSACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales.
FUCHSIA * n. Any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti.
BUD * --n. 1 A partially opened flower. 2 A swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals. --v. 1 Develop buds. 2 Start to grow or develop.
LUSCINIA * n. Nightingales.
LONGED-FOR * s. Greatly desired.
APPOINT * v. 1 Create and charge with a task or function. 2 Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to. 3 Furnish.
FRATERNAL * a. 1 Of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men. 2 (of twins) Derived from two separate fertilized ova. 3 Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother.
PREASSEMBLE * v. To manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings.
SPECULATIVELY * r. With speculation; in a speculative manner.
HAYMOW * n. 1 A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. 2 A loft in a barn where hay is stored.
PHILIPPOPOLIS * n. An ancient city in southern Bulgaria; commercial center of an agricultural region.
UPDATING * n. The act of changing something to bring it up to date (usually by adding something).
GUENEVERE * n. (Arthurian legend) Wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table.
DECORATIVE * s. Serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose.
FLOODGATE * n. 1 Something that restrains a flood or outpouring. 2 Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.
UNRAVELER * n. A person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state.
BOXCAR * n. A freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides.
MOSS-TROOPER * n. A marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland).
SALMONIDAE * n. Salmon and trout.
STALINISM * n. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
MILITIA * n. 1 Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army. 2 The entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
ALVEOLITIS * n. 1 Inflammation in the socket of a tooth; sometimes occurs after a tooth is extracted and a blood clot fails to form. 2 Inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs caused by inhaling dust; with repeated exposure the condition may become chronic.
SPATCHCOCK * --n. Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed). --v. 1 Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock. 2 Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story.
MOST * --a. 1 (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') Quantifier meaning the greatest in number. 2 The superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree. --r. 1 Used to form the superlative. 2 Very. 3 (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
TOTIPOTENCY * n. The ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part.
LAMBKILL * n. North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock.
ELECTED * a. Subject to popular election.
XANAX * n. An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
SPRAY-DRY * v. Dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas.
PSOCID * n. Small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter.
NAGASAKI * n. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb.
SERIALISM * n. 20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition.
SCARAB * n. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
KERNICTERUS * n. An abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage.
SERMONIZER * n. Someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel.
NOVEMBER * n. The month following October and preceding December.
DYSKINESIA * n. Abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements.
ARDOUR * n. 1 A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). 2 Intense feeling of love. 3 Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
LAUGHING * s. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
SAVORLESS * s. Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
UNBIASED * s. 1 Characterized by a lack of partiality. 2 Without bias.
BUREAUCRATISM * n. Nonelective government officials.
CALCED * a. Used of certain religious orders who wear shoes.
INGUINAL * a. Of or relating to or near the groin.
TOLERANTLY * r. In a tolerant manner.
SERICTERIUM * n. Silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders.
CYANOHYDRIN * n. Any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom.
VENDIBLE * s. Fit to be offered for sale.
RESETTLE * v. Settle in a new place.
INCLINED * --a. 1 (often followed by `to') Having a preference, disposition, or tendency. 2 At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position. --s. Having made preparations.
UNFORESIGHTFUL * s. Lacking foresight or scope.
SKIMCOAT * v. Coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle.
IMPETUOUSLY * r. In an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions.
KAKATOE * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
ASTERISMAL * a. Relating to asterisms or constellations.
AMITOTIC * a. Pertaining to a simple method of cell division.
ANARCHIST * n. An advocate of anarchism.
VERDOLAGAS * n. Weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan.
NEOCLASSICIST * --n. An advocate of neoclassicism. --a. Relating to or advocating neoclassicism.
POLYPRION * n. Wreckfish.
ASOCIAL * s. 1 Given to avoiding association with others. 2 Hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior.
HOUSEHOLD * n. A social unit living together.
PERPETRATE * v. Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
PARSIMONIOUSNESS * n. 1 Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. 2 Extreme stinginess.
ARCHBISHOPRIC * n. The territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop.
PRIVATELY * r. 1 Kept private or confined to those intimately concerned. 2 By a private person or interest.
ASSERTIVENESS * n. Aggressive self-assurance; given to making bold assertions.
SARGENT * n. United States painter (born in Italy) known for his society portraits (1856-1925).
ONE-TEN-THOUSANDTH * n. One part in ten thousand equal parts.
MADOQUA * n. Genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa.
BNS * n. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
BAZAR * n. 1 A street of small shops (especially in Orient). 2 A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
NAHUM * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh.
NEGATE * v. 1 Be in contradiction with. 2 Deny the truth of. 3 Prove negative; show to be false. 4 Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of.
AGENESIA * n. Imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part.
UNPROTECTIVE * a. Not affording protection.
ARAB * n. 1 A member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa. 2 A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia.
DISTASTEFUL * s. 1 Not pleasing in odor or taste. 2 Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
VITALISER * n. Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people.
COMMENSURATE * a. Corresponding in size or degree or extent.
YISRAEL * n. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine.
STARTLINGLY * r. In a startling manner.
CRASSULACEAE * n. Succulent shrubs and herbs.
SINGLE-BARRELED * a. Having one barrel.
SCIENTIST * n. A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences.
IMPUGNABLE * s. Subject to being discredited.
APODEME * n. Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles.
CARNIFY * v. Become muscular or fleshy.
SYMMETRICAL * --a. Having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts. --s. Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities.
MACROSPORE * n. Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.
INFINITIVE * n. The uninflected form of the verb.
TWO-THIRDS * n. Two of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
OESTRIOL * n. A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency.
UNWILLED * s. Without deliberate volition, desire, or intention.
GIBLETS * n. Edible viscera of a fowl.
PREHENSILE * --a. Adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object. --s. 1 Having a keen intellect. 2 Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
ANTIDEPRESSANT * n. Any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects.
THROMBUS * n. A blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin.
PITTY-PAT * r. 1 As of footsteps. 2 Describing a rhythmic beating.
PREFABRICATION * n. The manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site.
NILOTIC * --n. A group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it. 2 Of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages.
THEATREGOER * n. Someone who attends the theater.
ILL-OMENED * s. Marked by or promising bad fortune.
VISORED * s. Having or provided with a visor or a visor of a particular kind.
PROCURESS * n. A woman pimp.
UNPLAYFUL * a. Completely lacking in playfulness.
LOUDMOUTH * n. A person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly.
LIMONENE * n. A liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils.
HYPERTONIC * a. 1 (of living tissue) In a state of abnormally high tension. 2 (of a solution) Having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution.
IMMATURITY * n. Not having reached maturity.
AQUATINT * --n. 1 An etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color. 2 A method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color. --v. Etch in aquatint.
BURNED * s. 1 Treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point. 2 Destroyed or badly damaged by fire. 3 Ruined by overcooking.
MYRMELEON * n. Type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions.
DACRYDIUM * n. Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs.
BREVET * --n. A document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay). --v. Promote somebody by brevet, in the military.
HALBERD * n. A pike fitted with an ax head.
TRICORNE * n. Cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points.
BREEDING * --n. 1 Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression. 2 The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior). 3 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. 4 The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. --s. Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring.
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC * s. Stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex.
ADMEASURE * v. Determine the quantity of someone's share.
NARROWED * s. 1 Reduced in size as by squeezing together. 2 Made narrow; limited in breadth.
AMHARIC * --n. The dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact. --a. Related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic.
BELUGA * n. 1 Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas. 2 Small northern whale that is white when adult.
MANUFACTURE * --n. 1 The organized action of making of goods and services for sale. 2 The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. --v. 1 Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts. 2 Concoct something artificial or untrue. 3 Produce naturally. 4 Create or produce in a mechanical way.
ELEPHANTIDAE * n. Elephants.
SUN-WORSHIP * n. The worship of the sun.
AIGUILETTE * n. Ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform.
BRUSHY * s. Covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets.
WILLY-NILLY * r. 1 In a random manner. 2 Without having a choice.
IGUANA * n. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America.
LITTERBIN * n. Bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.
NASSER * n. 1 Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1970). 2 Lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan.
INCULPABLE * s. Free of guilt; not subject to blame.
DEGREE * n. 1 A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality. 2 A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. 3 An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study. 4 A measure for arcs and angles.
REDNESS * n. 1 A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat. 2 Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood.
SOL * n. 1 A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid. 2 (Roman mythology) Ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios. 3 The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
SERVOMECHANICAL * a. Of or involving servomechanisms.
STOCK-IN-TRADE * n. Any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation.
EXTEMPORIZATION * n. A performance given extempore without planning or preparation.
NEOPHYTE * n. 1 A plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously. 2 Any new participant in some activity. 3 A new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist.
SCALABILITY * n. The quality of being scalable.
PROSTATIC * a. Relating to the prostate gland.
STINKING * s. 1 Very bad. 2 Offensively malodorous.
PHYSALIA * n. Portuguese man-of-war.
OLOGY * n. An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge.
CONEFLOWER * n. 1 Any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones. 2 A wildflower of the genus Ratibida. 3 Any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center.
STATED * s. Declared as fact; explicitly stated.
RESTAURANT * n. A building where people go to eat.
FOREGOING * s. Especially of writing or speech; going before.
MACRENCEPHALOUS * a. Having a large brain case.
RESPONSIVE * --a. 1 Containing or using responses; alternating. 2 Readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion. --s. Reacting to a stimulus.
PHARMACY * n. 1 The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,. 2 A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
ARBITRATOR * n. Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue.
SENSIBILISE * v. Make sensitive or aware.
PERCOLATOR * n. A coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans.
DAYS * n. The time during which someone's life continues.
INTERMISSION * n. 1 The act of suspending activity temporarily. 2 A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
ACANTHOMA * n. A neoplasm originating in the epidermis.
PANOPTICON * n. 1 An area where everything is visible. 2 A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791.
TAMARINDUS * n. Widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa.
FAMED * s. Widely known and esteemed.
SCHOTTISCHE * n. 1 Music performed for dancing the schottische. 2 A German round dance resembling a slow polka.
PIMPERNEL * n. 1 European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads. 2 Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis.
TEMPORARINESS * n. The property of lasting only a short time.
UPSCALE * s. Appropriate for people with good incomes.
GRANNIE * n. The mother of your father or mother.
KWASHIORKOR * n. Severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein.
LEPIDOPTEROLOGIST * n. An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths.
FEDELLINE * n. Extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli.
BUDGIE * n. Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
UNENCUMBERED * --a. Free of encumbrance. --s. Not burdened with cares or responsibilities.
STAPHYLINIDAE * n. Rove beetles.
LARGEMOUTH * n. A large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye.
RECURSIVE * s. Of or relating to a recursion.
CHINOS * n. (plural) Trousers made with chino cloth.
DUFFLE * n. 1 A large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings. 2 A coarse heavy woolen fabric.
GUIDE * --n. 1 Someone employed to conduct others. 2 Someone who shows the way by leading or advising. 3 Something that offers basic information or instruction. 4 A model or standard for making comparisons. --v. 1 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 2 Take somebody somewhere. 3 Be a guiding or motivating force or drive. 4 Use as a guide.
RABBIT * --n. 1 Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food. 2 The fur of a rabbit. 3 Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food. --v. Hunt rabbits.
ELATE * v. Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.
COHESION * n. 1 The state of cohering or sticking together. 2 (botany) The process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals). 3 (physics) The intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid.
LOGISTICIAN * n. A person skilled at symbolic logic.
AUSSIE * n. A native or inhabitant of Australia.
ATTACAPAN * n. 1 A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. 2 A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.
PISCES * n. 1 The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20. 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Pisces. 3 A large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries. 4 A group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically.
GRAVESTONE * n. A stone that is used to mark a grave.
HEPATOTOXIN * n. Any toxin that affects the liver.
SACRISTY * n. A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held.
NECKED * a. Having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination).
CONVENTIONAL * --a. 1 Following accepted customs and proprieties. 2 (weapons) Using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy. 3 Unimaginative and conformist. --s. 1 Conforming with accepted standards. 2 Represented in simplified or symbolic form. 3 In accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past. 4 Rigidly formal or bound by convention.
INCONSEQUENCE * n. 1 Having no important effects or influence. 2 Invalid or incorrect reasoning.
ORNITHISCHIA * n. Extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods).
DISRUPTIVE * s. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.
MYRIAMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
NONVIOLENTLY * r. Without violence.
PENNANT * n. 1 The award given to the champion. 2 A flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering). 3 A long flag; often tapering.
PYROLA * n. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
DORMITION * n. Celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th.
ICHYOSTEGA * n. Early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland.
SOU'-EAST * --n. The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees. --r. To, toward, or in the southeast.
MYLANTA * n. An antacid.
ALLUVIATION * n. The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating.
ESPERANTO * n. An artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages.
PSYCHOPATHIC * s. Suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder.
TACHOGRAPH * n. A tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle.
METEORITE * n. Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface.
FOTS * n. A communication system using fiber optic cables.
BRATTLE * v. Make a rattling sound.
NONFIGURATIVE * s. Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature.
MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD * s. 1 Supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative. 2 Not extreme, especially in political views.
GHARRY * n. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
ATONALISM * n. The absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system.
NEB. * n. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
WING * --n. 1 A movable organ for flying (one of a pair). 2 One of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane. 3 A stage area out of sight of the audience. 4 A unit of military aircraft. --v. Travel through the air; be airborne.
DAUB * --n. 1 Material used to daub walls. 2 A blemish made by dirt. 3 An unskillful painting. --v. 1 Coat with plaster. 2 Apply to a surface. 3 Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it.
HALORAGACEAE * n. A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales.
SAHUARO * n. Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
PROUD * --a. Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride. --s. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility.
DIPHYLLA * n. Vampire bats.
THILL * n. One of two shafts extending from the body of a cart or carriage on either side of the animal that pulls it.
COCCYGEAL * a. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
LACTATE * --n. A salt or ester of lactic acid. --v. Give suck to.
CLAPPERCLAW * v. 1 Claw with the nails. 2 Use foul or abusive language towards.
REDDEN * v. 1 Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. 2 Make red. 3 Turn red or redder.
RABBET * --n. A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together. --v. 1 Join with a rabbet joint. 2 Cut a rectangular groove into.
ALLUREMENT * n. 1 Attractiveness. 2 The power to entice or attract through personal charm. 3 The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money).
ACADEMICISM * n. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety.
BABOON * n. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
INELIGIBILITY * n. The quality or state of being ineligible.
YANK * --n. 1 An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War). 2 An American (especially to non-Americans). --v. Pull, or move with a sudden movement.
ORGANISMIC * a. Of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole).
UNSOUNDED * s. 1 Situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed. 2 Not made to sound.
SPINE-TIPPED * s. Of a plant tipped with a spine.
SLIGHTLY * r. 1 To a small degree or extent. 2 In a slim or slender manner.
SNEEZEWORT * n. Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered.
MOTHERLY * --s. Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing. --r. In a maternal manner; as a mother.
PALAEOETHNOGRAPHY * n. The ethnography of paleolithic humans.
BIODEFENCE * n. Procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents.
SACERDOTAL * a. 1 Of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism. 2 Associated with the priesthood or priests.
HUMOUS * n. A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East.
MACARONIC * a. Of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together.
LASAGNE * n. 1 Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables. 2 Very wide flat strips of pasta.
EXAGGERATE * v. 1 To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. 2 Do something to an excessive degree.
PICKLEPUSS * n. Someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression.
BURUNDUKI * n. Terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
MOSAICISM * n. The condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup.
LICITLY * r. In a manner acceptable to common custom.
APPLICATIVE * s. Readily applicable or practical.
MALTHUSIAN * --n. A believer in Malthusian theory. --a. Of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism.
CONCILIATOR * n. Someone who tries to bring peace.
MOROSENESS * n. 1 A gloomy ill-tempered feeling. 2 A sullen moody resentful disposition.
CUSTOMER * n. Someone who pays for goods or services.
LIPREAD * v. Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people.
WESTERNISE * v. Make western in character.
COMPLETENESS * n. 1 The state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed. 2 (logic) An attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system.
SEC * --n. 1 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle. 3 An independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors. --s. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
PAPILLARY * a. Of or relating to or resembling papilla.
ATOPY * n. An allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact.
PANSA * n. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
STRICT * --s. 1 Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard. 2 (of rules) Stringently enforced. 3 Incapable of compromise or flexibility. 4 Severe and unremitting in making demands. --a. Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint.
HYPALLAGE * n. Reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face').
FELON * n. 1 Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. 2 A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail.
TABLECLOTH * n. A covering spread over a dining table.
JUMBLE * --n. 1 A confused multitude of things. 2 Small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie. 3 A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas. --v. 1 Be all mixed up or jumbled together. 2 Assemble without order or sense. 3 Bring into random order.
GUADALCANAL * n. 1 A mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth. 2 A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces.
INTEGRATED * --s. 1 Formed or united into a whole. 2 Resembling a living organism in organization or development. --a. 1 Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity. 2 Not segregated; designated as available to all races or groups.
COMPARTMENTALISED * s. Divided up into compartments or categories.
EX-PRESIDENT * n. A former president.
CONSUBSTANTIATE * v. 1 Become united in substance. 2 Unite in one common substance.
EFFRONTERY * n. Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.
COALMAN * n. Someone who delivers coal.
ANSER * n. Typical geese.
SLIGHTING * s. Tending to diminish or disparage.
NECTARY * n. A gland (often a protuberance or depression) that secretes nectar.
TUNIS * n. The capital and principal port of Tunisia.
GOLF-CLUB * n. Golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball.
ENCUMBER * v. Restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult.
BLOODHOUND * n. A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking.
RESEDACEAE * n. Mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette.
CAREGIVER * n. 1 A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability. 2 A person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult.
COSMOCAMPUS * n. A genus of fish in the family Syngnathidae.
CHADOR * n. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
JOURNEYING * n. The act of traveling from one place to another.
SEMIOPAQUE * s. Partially opaque.
CROOKEDNESS * n. 1 A tortuous and twisted shape or position. 2 Having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles. 3 The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.
CRYOGENIC * a. Of or relating to very low temperatures.
HOMOPHOBE * n. A person who hates or fears homosexual people.
XVIII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one. --s. Being one more than seventeen.
HYPERADRENOCORTICISM * n. A glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol.
INCANTATION * n. A ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect.
CONSULTANT * n. An expert who gives advice.
ABORTIVE * s. Failing to accomplish an intended result.
BUTTERFAT * n. The fatty substance of milk from which butter is made.
QUINTESSENTIAL * a. Representing the perfect example of a class or quality.
DEVILIZE * v. Turn into a devil or make devilish.
CORRUPTING * s. 1 Seducing into corrupt practices. 2 Harmful to the mind or morals. 3 That infects or taints.
PHOENICOPTERIDAE * n. Flamingos.
NUMIDA * n. Guinea fowl.
MARRED * s. Blemished by injury or rough wear.
EVERYWHERE * r. To or in any or all places.
KIDNEY * n. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine.
ELETTARIA * n. Cardamom.
PUGILISTIC * a. Of or relating to pugilism or pugilists.
AUTOMAT * n. 1 A vending machine from which you can get food. 2 A cafeteria where food is served from machines.
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS * n. Sclerosis of the arterial walls.
BEDIMMED * s. Made dim or indistinct.
GALLICANISM * n. A religious movement originating among the French Roman Catholic clergy that favored the restriction of papal control and the achievement by each nation of individual administrative autonomy of the church.
UNSAVORINESS * n. 1 Extreme unpalatability to the mouth. 2 The property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind.
WIMPY * s. Weak and ineffectual.
LIKUTA * n. 100 makuta equal 1 zaire in Zaire.
VULGARISM * n. 1 An offensive or indecent word or phrase. 2 The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
AMMONOID * n. One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.
FERRITIN * n. A protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body.
RESTFULLY * r. In a restful manner.
ANOA * n. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
INEFFECTIVENESS * n. Lacking the power to be effective.
LITORAL * n. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
SPANIEL * n. Any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears.
.45-CALIBER * a. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter.
PHYLETIC * a. Of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms.
LONGFELLOW * n. United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882).
UNEXPRESSED * s. Not made explicit.
CALCITE * n. A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone.
GREEDINESS * n. 1 An excessive desire for food. 2 An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts).
PDA * n. A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc..
PATCHY * s. Irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc..
DISJOINTEDLY * r. In a disjointed manner.
DARK-GREY * s. Of a dark shade of grey.
PAREVE * s. Containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism.
STINGAREE-BUSH * n. Spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California.
STAMEN * n. The male reproductive organ of a flower.
TURKMENISTAN * n. A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991.
SULLENNESS * n. 1 A gloomy ill-tempered feeling. 2 A sullen moody resentful disposition.
HYGROCYBE * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae.
TENDENTIOUSNESS * n. An intentional and controversial bias.
HUALPAI * n. 1 A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Walapai.
ACTINOZOA * n. A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
EPIZOON * n. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
FREEHEARTED * s. Generous in providing aid to others.
J * n. 1 A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second. 2 The 10th letter of the Roman alphabet.
SPEEDER * n. A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.
ACRYLIC * n. 1 Polymerized from acrylonitrile. 2 A glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives. 3 Used especially by artists. 4 A synthetic fabric.
ABSOLUTELY * r. 1 Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers. 2 Totally and definitely; without question.
KANARA * n. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
AGRESTIC * s. 1 Characteristic of the fields or country. 2 (of behavior) Rustic and uncouth.
WOOD-RAT * n. Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks).
SERRIED * s. (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) Pressed together.
QUACKERY * n. 1 Medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings. 2 The dishonesty of a charlatan.
HECATOMB * n. A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen.
AMBLE * --n. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place). --v. Walk leisurely.
OSTEOLYSIS * n. Lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply.
E * n. 1 A fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body. 2 A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons. 3 The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees. 4 The base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282....
ACCEPTOR * n. 1 (chemistry) In the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated. 2 The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.
PSEUDOTAXUS * n. One species.
HERERO * n. 1 A member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola. 2 A Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
MALARKY * n. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
OMICRON * n. The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
JARGON * n. 1 A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves). 2 A colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon. 3 Specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject.
HAGGAI * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity.
MYOMETRIUM * n. The smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus.
HABERGEON * n. (Middle Ages) A light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk.
STARKLY * r. 1 In a stark manner. 2 In sharp outline or contrast. 3 In a blunt manner.
ADANSONIA * n. Baobab; cream-of-tartar tree.
BUDGETARY * a. Of or relating to a budget.
MONERAN * --n. Organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. --a. Of or relating to the Monera.
MULTI-COLORED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
LAUGHTON * n. United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962).
VELVEETA * n. Trademark: soft processed American cheese.
INSTIGATE * v. 1 Provoke or stir up. 2 Serve as the inciting cause of.
ANTIDIURETIC * n. A drug that limits the formation of urine.
FORMICARIIDAE * n. Antbirds.
FULL-BODIED * s. Marked by richness and fullness of flavor.
SCOURER * n. 1 Someone who cleanses by scouring. 2 Someone who travels widely and energetically.
STONED * s. Under the influence of narcotics.
COMPLEXNESS * n. The quality of being intricate and compounded.
UNBREAKABLENESS * n. A consistency of something that does not break under pressure.
PLACID * s. 1 (of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves. 2 Not easily irritated.
CHERBOURG * n. A port town in northwestern France on the English Channel; site of a naval base.
AIR-TO-AIR * a. Operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight.
BALDLY * r. In a bald manner.
SPRIGTAIL * n. Large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America.
ACID-FORMING * s. Yielding an acid in aqueous solution.
HUG * --n. A tight or amorous embrace. --v. 1 Hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness. 2 Fit closely or tightly.
FENESTELLA * n. Oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault.
JABBER * --n. Rapid and indistinct speech. --v. Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.
BUDORCAS * n. Gnu goats.
GATT * n. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
DOMAIN * n. 1 A particular environment or walk of life. 2 Territory over which rule or control is exercised. 3 (mathematics) The set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined. 4 People in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest.
ALDOSTERONE * n. A corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance.
WHISPER * --n. 1 Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords. 2 A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. --v. Speak softly; in a low voice.
SPACESHIP * n. A spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction).
AESCHYLEAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Aeschylus.
INSECURENESS * n. The state of being exposed to risk or anxiety.
HYPOSTATIZATION * n. Regarding something abstract as a material thing.
HALF-WIT * n. 1 A person of subnormal intelligence. 2 A stupid incompetent person.
150 * s. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
UNDULANT * a. Resembling waves in form or outline or motion.
DISGRACEFUL * s. 1 Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation. 2 (used of conduct or character) Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
VASCULARIZE * v. 1 Become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids. 2 Make vascular.
RHOMBOIDAL * a. Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid.
MICRODIPODOPS * n. Kangaroo mice.
JIHAD * n. A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal.
MEPHENYTOIN * n. A toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective.
PILOUS * s. Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
PEKOE * n. A superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java.
SCRIPTED * a. Written as for a film or play or broadcast.
DEPLUME * v. 1 Strip of honors, possessions, or attributes. 2 Strip of feathers.
HOMEWARD * --s. Oriented toward home. --r. Toward home.
BLOCKBUSTER * n. 1 A large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city block). 2 An unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel).
ANAGOGIC * a. Based on or exemplifying anagoge.
TOUCHY-FEELY * s. (often derogatory) Openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact).
JOOK * n. 1 A Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast. 2 A small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox.
OWN * --v. Have ownership or possession of. --s. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive.
IMMATURENESS * n. Not having reached maturity.
PHYSIDAE * n. Freshwater snails.
BATHOLITE * n. Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
DIAPHANOUS * s. So thin as to transmit light.
DEADBEAT * n. Someone who fails to meet a financial obligation.
BURNHAM * n. United States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912).
BUMBOAT * n. A small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor.
UNCHASTE * a. Not chaste.
GRUIFORMES * n. Inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards.
ARGYREIA * n. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
GOETHITE * n. A red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust.
LAICIZE * v. Reduce to lay status.
THROUGHWAY * n. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
LEAVENED * a. Made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form.
ENGLISH * --n. 1 An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries. 2 The people of England. 3 The discipline that studies the English language and literature. 4 (sports) The spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people. 2 Of or relating to the English language.
BOTCH * --n. An embarrassing mistake. --v. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
FAMILIARISATION * n. The experience of becoming familiar with something.
MEGAGAMETOPHYTE * n. The female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores.
LOBELIACEOUS * a. Belonging to the family Lobeliaceae.
FORECLOSE * v. 1 Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. 2 Subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage.
COQUILLE * n. 1 Seafood served in a scallop shell. 2 A dish in the form of a scallop shell.
FOLLICULAR * a. Of or relating to or constituting a follicle.
MEDIACY * n. The quality of being mediate.
GLADSOMENESS * n. Experiencing joy and pleasure.
GILDING * n. A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold.
JERKY * --n. Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun. --s. 1 Lacking a steady rhythm. 2 Marked by abrupt transitions. 3 Having or revealing stupidity.
HEATH * n. 1 A low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers. 2 A tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation.
MACLEISH * n. United States poet (1892-1982).
PERFUMER * n. A person who makes (and sells) perfumes.
VERSIFICATION * n. 1 A metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text). 2 The form or metrical composition of a poem. 3 The art or practice of writing verse.
AWFULNESS * n. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
AFL * n. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
RIGIL * n. Brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun.
PARSEEISM * n. The faith of a Zoroastrian sect in India.
BONCE * n. Informal terms for a human head.
SOMNILOQUIST * n. Someone who talks while asleep.
TRICHLOROMETHANE * n. A volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic.
ALPHAMERIC * a. Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters.
SMOGGY * s. Clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog.
GOFER * n. An employee whose duties include running errands.
SINGALONG * n. Informal group singing of popular songs.
HYDROGEL * n. A colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium.
SPOROPHYLL * n. Leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia.
SLIMINESS * n. 1 A property resembling or being covered with slime. 2 The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions.
SQUILLA * n. A kind of mantis shrimp.
CHANGEFULNESS * n. The quality of being changeable and variable.
PLOUGHMAN * n. A man who plows.
HIZBULLAH * n. A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon.
FINGERSTALL * n. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
BROADCASTING * n. 1 A medium that disseminates via telecommunications. 2 Taking part in a radio or tv program.
ASH-PAN * n. A receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed.
PNEUMONIA * n. Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants.
DISOWN * v. 1 Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting. 2 Cast off.
OMINOUSLY * r. In an ominous manner.
MOANER * n. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
PHOTOSENSITISE * v. Make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light.
SPECTACLE * n. 1 Something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight). 2 An elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale. 3 A blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself.
TIRELESSNESS * n. Tireless determination.
PNEUMONIC * a. 1 Pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia. 2 Relating to or affecting the lungs.
EMMETROPIA * n. (ophthalmology) The normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina.
TAFFRAIL * n. The railing around the stern of a ship.
CAPON * n. 1 Flesh of a castrated male chicken. 2 Castrated male chicken.
FRIDGE * n. A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor.
ROTGUT * n. Any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality.
UXORICIDE * n. 1 A husband who murders his wife. 2 The murder of a wife by her husband.
USUALLY * r. Under normal conditions.
DACRYOCYSTITIS * n. Inflammation of the lacrimal sac causing obstruction of the tube draining tears into the nose.
LOITER * v. Be about.
NUCLEATE * --v. Form into a nucleus. --a. Having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus.
TALUS * n. 1 A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff. 2 The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
SHOWINESS * n. Extravagant elaborateness.
FAWNER * n. Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.
PSOPHIIDAE * n. Trumpeters.
GALACTOSE * n. A simple sugar found in lactose.
RETIREMENT * n. 1 The state of being retired from one's business or occupation. 2 Withdrawal from your position or occupation. 3 Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation.
POLIOMYELITIS * n. An acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord.
PARLIAMENT * n. 1 A legislative assembly in certain countries. 2 A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.
GODLESS * s. Not revering god.
HOSTILITY * n. 1 A hostile (very unfriendly) disposition. 2 A state of deep-seated ill-will. 3 The feeling of a hostile person. 4 Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked.
DECUMARIA * n. Small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae.
VERTEBRAL * a. Of or relating to or constituting vertebrae.
STRAW * --n. 1 Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder. 2 Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. 3 A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white. 4 A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth. --v. 1 Cover or provide with or as if with straw. 2 Spread by scattering (. --s. Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored.
INCLUDED * s. Enclosed in the same envelope or package.
FARMPLACE * n. A farm together with its buildings.
RULING * --n. The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself). --s. Exercising power or authority.
SOLACEMENT * n. 1 Comfort in disappointment or misery. 2 The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
BROADSIDE * --n. 1 An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. 2 A speech of violent denunciation. 3 All of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship. 4 The whole side of a vessel from stem to stern. --v. Collide with the broad side of. --s. Toward a full side. --r. With a side facing an object.
CAVELL * n. English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915).
BUOYANTLY * r. In a cheerfully buoyant manner.
TIMESERVING * s. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
IDEATION * n. The process of forming and relating ideas.
BRANCHIOPODA * n. Primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas.
TROGON * n. Forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails.
CALCULATINGLY * r. In a calculating manner.
TAX-INCREASE * n. The amount by which taxes are increased.
URL * n. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
GUMWOOD * n. Wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum.
RESOUND * v. 1 Ring or echo with sound. 2 Emit a noise.
BE * --n. A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element. --v. 1 Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun). 2 Be identical to; be someone or something. 3 Occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere. 4 Have an existence, be extant.
ALCEDO * n. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
GLOMERULUS * n. A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body; it filters the blood during urine formation.
LOW-PRESSURE * s. Not forceful.
CONTIGUITY * n. The attribute of being so near as to be touching.
NEUROHYPOPHYSIS * n. The posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature.
COLORING * n. 1 A digestible substance used to give color to food. 2 A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect. 3 The act or process of changing the color of something.
SECONDHAND * --s. 1 Derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand. 2 Previously used or owned by another. --r. By indirect means.
SHADED * a. 1 Protected from heat and light with shade or shadow. 2 (of pictures or drawings) Drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow.
VOLCANO * n. 1 A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. 2 A mountain formed by volcanic material.
CRUSHED * s. 1 Treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance. 2 Subdued or brought low in condition or status.
STROBILOMYCES * n. Fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap.
CANNULATE * v. Introduce a cannula or tube into.
CONSENSUAL * s. Existing by consent.
TOLSTOY * n. Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910).
SOTTISHLY * r. In a sottish manner.
DIXIE * n. 1 The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. 2 A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps.
SOUTHWESTERLY * s. 1 Coming from the southwest. 2 Situated in or oriented toward the southwest.
SENTIENT * --a. Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness. --s. Consciously perceiving.
NEUROTIC * --n. A person suffering from neurosis. --a. 1 Characteristic of or affected by neurosis. 2 Affected with emotional disorder.
MONASTICAL * s. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.
PLECOTUS * n. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
TETRAGRAM * n. A word that is written with four letters in an alphabetic writing system.
DENIAL * n. 1 The act of refusing to comply (as with a request). 2 The act of asserting that something alleged is not true. 3 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts. 4 Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
PINKISH-LAVENDER * s. Of lavender tinged with pink.
UNCHECKED * s. Not restrained or controlled.
APPELLATION * n. 1 Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. 2 A geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown.
EMERGING * s. 1 Coming to maturity. 2 Coming into existence.
LIGHT-MINDED * s. Showing inappropriate levity.
DROLLERY * n. 1 A comic incident or series of incidents. 2 A quaint and amusing jest.
INEXPERIENCE * n. Lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience.
BOLOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to a bolograph.
ANIMUS * n. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
HAPLOSPORIDIAN * n. Parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance.
REDIFFUSION * n. A system for distributing radio or tv programs.
MERETRICIOUS * --a. Like or relating to a prostitute. --s. 1 Tastelessly showy. 2 Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing.
ENTEROVIRUS * n. Any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system).
MAIDSERVANT * n. A female domestic.
JUSTIFIER * n. A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution.
AZURITE * n. Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
TOMMYROT * n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
TIT-TAT-TOE * n. A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does.
TURKOMAN * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman.
BOTTOM-DWELLING * a. Of or relating to fish and marine life that dwell on the bottom of a body of water.
NEEDFULLY * r. In an essential manner.
PERTINACIOUS * s. Stubbornly unyielding.
DAYGIRL * n. A day boarder who is a girl.
LAM * --n. A rapid escape (as by criminals). --v. 1 Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. 2 Give a thrashing to; beat hard.
CHOOSY * s. Difficult to please.
LIMEY * n. A man of English descent.
SUCCESSION * n. 1 A following of one thing after another in time. 2 A group of people or things arranged or following in order. 3 The action of following in order. 4 (ecology) The gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established.
BUNA * n. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
LAYOFF * n. The act of laying off an employee or a work force.
HOMUNCULUS * n. 1 A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal. 2 A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell.
NONMILITARY * a. Not associated with soldiers or the military.
DECORATE * v. 1 Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. 2 Be beautiful to look at. 3 Award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to. 4 Provide with decoration.
UNSYSTEMATICALLY * r. In an unsystematic manner.
SOLID * --n. 1 Matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure. 2 The state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape. 3 A three-dimensional shape. --s. 1 Characterized by good substantial quality. 2 Of one substance or character throughout. 3 Uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks. 4 Providing abundant nourishment. --a. 1 Of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous. 2 Entirely of one substance with no holes inside.
VIADUCT * n. Bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley.
POLYANTHUS * n. Florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose.
BOWED * --a. Of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow. --s. 1 Forming or resembling an arch. 2 Have legs that curve outward at the knees. 3 Showing an excessively deferential manner.
ALCAZAR * n. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
COX-1 * n. An enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys.
SITUATED * s. Situated in a particular spot or position.
FITTINGLY * r. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
YODEL * --n. A songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto. --v. Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling.
PECS * n. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
COMMONSENSICAL * s. Exhibiting native good judgment.
LYRIST * n. A person who writes the words for songs.
UTILIZE * v. 1 Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. 2 Convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust).
CORRECTABLE * s. 1 Capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent. 2 Capable of being corrected by additions.
OS * n. 1 A mouth or mouthlike opening. 2 A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known. 3 (computer science) Software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services. 4 The left eye.
DERIVING * n. (historical linguistics) An explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.
PLODDINGLY * r. In a plodding manner.
SCHOOLBAG * n. A bag for carrying school books and supplies.
SCHMEAR * n. (Yiddish) A batch of things that go together.
HOUSEWARMING * n. A party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home.
ACQUIRABLE * s. Capable of being acquired.
CONVENIENCES * n. Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
UNSWEPT * --a. Not swept or having sweep. --s. Not having been swept.
INTERNATIONALIZE * v. 1 Put under international control. 2 Make international in character.
MANTIC * s. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
VENALITY * n. Prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward.
ENTHUSE * v. 1 Cause to feel enthusiasm. 2 Utter with enthusiasm.
SOLRESOL * n. An artificial language.
ABHORRENT * s. Offensive to the mind.
GELD * v. Cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses).
PARENTHESIS * n. 1 Either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material. 2 A message that departs from the main subject.
FLOCK * --n. 1 A church congregation guided by a pastor. 2 A group of birds. 3 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 4 An orderly crowd. --v. 1 Move as a crowd or in a group. 2 Come together as in a cluster or flock.
JIMSONWEED * n. Intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits.
E-MYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.
MILK-VETCH * n. Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus.
AUDIOMETRY * n. 1 The measurement of hearing. 2 Measuring sensitivity of hearing.
POSTBIBLICAL * a. Subsequent to biblical times.
APPOSITIONAL * a. Relating to or being in apposition.
CARBURETOR * n. Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion.
CASTAWAY * n. 1 A person who is rejected (from society or home). 2 A shipwrecked person.
K2 * n. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high).
HARASSMENT * n. 1 A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. 2 The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism.
PETTICOATED * s. Wearing or furnished with a petticoat.
OFF-SEASON * n. The season when travel is least active and rates are lowest.
ROMANOV * n. 1 A member of the imperial family that ruled Russia. 2 The Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
OUTRAGEOUS * s. 1 Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. 2 Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
DIFFRACTION * n. When light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands.
PIANIST * n. A person who plays the piano.
AZATHIOPRINE * n. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
CALENDRICAL * a. Relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement.
PENDENT * --n. 1 An adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring). 2 Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling. --s. Held from above and hanging down.
SPARERIB * n. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
BOOTLICK * v. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
RHIPSALIS * n. Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits.
SUGAR-BUSH * n. Evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits.
SLOVENE * n. 1 A native of Slovenia. 2 The Slavic language of Slovenes.
WRIT * n. (law) A legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.
BILOXI * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi. 2 An old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico. 3 The Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi.
MAJIDAE * n. Spider crabs.
DICKY * --n. 1 A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater. 2 A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt. --s. (British informal) Faulty.
HARDWAREMAN * n. Someone who sells hardware.
CURVEY * s. Having curves.
HOMARUS * n. Type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters.
CHELONETHIDA * n. False scorpions.
CECUM * n. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
KIRCHNER * n. German expressionist painter (1880-1938).
AGGLUTINATION * n. 1 A clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins). 2 The building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining. 3 The coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated.
UNMELODIC * a. Lacking melody.
QUIRK * --n. 1 A strange attitude or habit. 2 A narrow groove beside a beading. --v. Twist or curve abruptly.
DEMOTIC * --n. 1 A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script. 2 The modern Greek vernacular. --a. Of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use. --s. Of or for the common people.
SCLEROSIS * n. Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue.
BENADRYL * n. Antihistamine (trade name Benadryl) used to treat allergic reactions involving the nasal passages (hay fever) and also to treat motion sickness.
ROILED * s. 1 Aroused to impatience or anger. 2 (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence.
CHAPEAU * n. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim.
ORGY * n. 1 Any act of immoderate indulgence. 2 Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity. 3 A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
SET-TO * n. A brief but vigorous fight.
ALAR * --n. A chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time. --a. Of or relating to the axil. --s. Having or resembling wings.
HOOKUP * n. 1 A device providing a connection between a power source and a user. 2 A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose.
CRICETIDAE * n. Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters.
UNSPECTACULAR * s. Not spectacular.
BLASTED * s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
NEUTRALIZE * v. 1 Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive. 2 Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. 3 Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions. 4 Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing.
SILHOUETTE * --n. 1 An outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow). 2 A drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color. --v. 1 Project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette. 2 Represent by a silhouette.
AMATIVE * s. Inclined toward or displaying love.
ANTEDILUVIAN * --n. 1 Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge. 2 A very old person. --a. Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood. --s. So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.
SAUROMALUS * n. Chuckwallas.
LXXII * s. Being two more than seventy.
CATSUP * n. Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.
EXPENDING * n. The act of spending money for goods or services.
SMOKELESS * a. Emitting or containing little or no smoke.
SSRI * n. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
DISCEPTATION * n. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
RECUSANT * --n. Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct. --s. 1 (of Catholics) Refusing to attend services of the Church of England. 2 Refusing to submit to authority.
HEADSTAND * n. An acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands).
HYDROGEN * n. A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe.
MIDEAST * n. The area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century.
UMBELLALES * n. Plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs).
ANNIHILATE * v. Kill in large numbers.
METABOLITE * n. Any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism).
BURGUNDY * n. 1 A former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines. 2 Red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere). 3 A dark purplish-red to blackish-red color.
TWIN-PROPELLER-PLANE * n. A propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability).
ESTRONOL * n. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency.
CITY * n. 1 A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts. 2 An incorporated administrative district established by state charter. 3 People living in a large densely populated municipality.
REVIVIFICATION * n. Bringing again into activity and prominence.
HEAVEN * n. 1 Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. 2 The abode of God and the angels.
HIDE * --n. 1 The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal). 2 Body covering of a living animal. --v. 1 Prevent from being seen or discovered. 2 Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety. 3 Cover as if with a shroud. 4 Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
RAMACHANDRA * n. A hero in Hindu mythology; an incarnation of Vishnu.
FARTHERMOST * s. (comparatives of `far') Most remote in space or time or order.
CHRISTIANLY * s. Becoming to or like a Christian.
REJECT * --n. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. --v. 1 Refuse to accept or acknowledge. 2 Refuse to accept. 3 Deem wrong or inappropriate. 4 Reject with contempt.
NONHIERARCHICAL * a. Not classified hierarchically.
HUMDRUM * --n. The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety. --s. 1 Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement. 2 Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety.
TELLIMA * n. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America.
EMBALMER * n. A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.
ACTUALIZATION * n. Making real or giving the appearance of reality.
WRONGHEADED * s. Obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion.
PUSILLANIMOUSNESS * n. Contemptible fearfulness.
OREGANO * n. 1 Aromatic Eurasian perennial. 2 Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets.
SETTLINGS * n. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
HAIRPIECE * n. A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment.
SMILING * --n. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement. --s. Smiling with happiness or optimism.
SHINGLER * n. A worker who shingles roofs.
UNTRANSMUTABLE * s. Not capable of being changed into something else.
LEAFSTALK * n. The slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf.
BOUNDS * n. The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.
TOTIPOTENCE * n. The ability of a cell to give rise to unlike cells and so to develop a new organism or part.
HEAVY-LIMBED * s. Having heavy limbs.
ENCOURAGE * v. 1 Contribute to the progress or growth of. 2 Inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. 3 Spur on.
SLAKE * v. 1 Satisfy (thirst). 2 Make less active or intense. 3 Cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water.
PTERIIDAE * n. Pearl oysters.
PARALYTIC * --n. A person suffering from paralysis. --a. Relating to or of the nature of paralysis. --s. Affected with paralysis.
SPLASH-GUARD * n. A curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels.
HACKMATACK * n. Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves.
A'MAN * n. The Israeli military intelligence which produces comprehensive national intelligence briefings for the prime minister and the cabinet.
ALKAHEST * n. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
MICROTUS * n. Voles of the northern hemisphere.
ATHAPASKAN * n. 1 A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska. 2 A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir).
FLAGEOLET * n. 1 A French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried. 2 A small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes.
DITHYRAMBIC * a. Of or in the manner of a dithyramb.
PHANTASMAGORIC * s. Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions.
PARAMYXOVIRUS * n. A group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles.
UNDAMAGED * a. Not harmed or spoiled; sound.
FROWSTY * s. Stale and unclean smelling.
GONIOMETER * n. Direction finder that determines the angular direction of incoming radio signals.
FLUCTUATE * v. 1 Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern. 2 Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. 3 Be unstable.
LYMPHATIC * a. Of or relating to or produced by lymph.
JUNO * n. (Roman mythology) Queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera.
CARCHARODON * n. Man-eating sharks.
PLANGENCY * n. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
NONRANDOM * a. Not random.
IMMODESTLY * r. Without modesty; in an immodest manner.
SOUSING * n. The act of making something completely wet.
DOSS * v. Sleep in a convenient place.
SADDLEBACK * n. 1 A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). 2 A double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end.
ARENA * n. 1 A particular environment or walk of life. 2 The central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand. 3 A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. 4 A playing field where sports events take place.
BOOTBLACK * n. A person who polishes shoes and boots.
HYPERACUSIS * n. Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels.
ULTIMATENESS * n. The state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance.
MISSPELL * v. Spell incorrectly.
PHOTOGENIC * s. Looking attractive in photographs.
VIMINARIA * n. One species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak.
GAUDILY * r. In a tastelessly garish manner.
DOWAGER * n. A widow holding property received from her deceased husband.
COMMITTEEWOMAN * n. A woman who is a member of a committee.
EXQUISITENESS * n. Extreme beauty of a delicate sort.
INTREPID * s. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
TINTACK * n. Tack or small nail of tinned iron.
BOXERS * n. Underpants worn by men.
PTERIDOLOGIST * n. An expert in the study of ferns.
CALIFORNIAN * --n. A native or resident of California. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants.
TABLELAND * n. A relatively flat highland.
CLEOPATRA * n. Beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC).
PROFANENESS * n. 1 An attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity. 2 Unholiness by virtue of being profane.
BIGOTED * s. Blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others.
MANFULLY * r. In a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man.
SELLERS * n. English comic actor (1925-1980).
ANTICIPATIVE * s. Marked by eager anticipation.
SUPERPOSITION * n. 1 (geology) The deposition of one geological stratum on another. 2 (geology) The principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest. 3 (geometry) The placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide. 4 The placement of one thing on top of another.
ABOVE-MENTIONED * s. Mentioned or named earlier in the same text.
SHAGGY * s. 1 Used of hair; thick and poorly groomed. 2 Having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags.
ELECTROCUTE * v. 1 Kill by electric shock. 2 Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair.
HYDROCHARITACEAE * n. Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed.
ENKINDLE * v. 1 Cause to start burning. 2 Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
MUJAHIDIN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
SPIROCHAETE * n. Parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals.
DEMARCATE * v. 1 Separate clearly, as if by boundaries. 2 Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
CLOYINGLY * r. In an overly sweet manner.
MONARIO * n. An artificial language.
ROSSBACH * n. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria.
CONFIDINGLY * r. With trust; in a trusting manner.
SWEATS * n. Garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt.
INNATELY * r. In an innate manner.
SUMER * n. An area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC.
ABSORPTIVE * a. Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.).
ISOSMOTIC * a. (used of solutions) Having the same or equal osmotic pressure.
VICEROYALTY * n. A district or province governed by a viceroy.
SMOKER * n. 1 A person who smokes tobacco. 2 A party for men only (or one considered suitable for men only). 3 A passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke.
PAREGMENON * n. Juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility').
DAIREN * n. A port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda.
ICHTHYOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies fishes.
PROPERTYLESS * s. Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers.
LESSING * n. 1 German playwright and leader of the Enlightenment (1729-1781). 2 English author of novels and short stories who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) (born in 1919).
NAUTCH * n. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
MONATOMIC * a. Of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom.
BOOKCLUB * n. A club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices.
RESHIPMENT * n. The act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship).
METHADONE * n. Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction.
TESTIERE * n. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
PALMAR * a. Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
BRINGING * n. The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).
VICE-PRESIDENCY * n. 1 The tenure of a vice president. 2 The office and function of a vice president.
CAECILIIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians.
PASTEBOARD * n. Stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper.
BELLMAN * n. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
DEFAMATORY * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
DROPOUT * n. 1 Someone who quits school before graduation. 2 Someone who withdraws from a social group or environment.
PEBBLY * s. Abounding in small stones.
AMEIURIDAE * n. North American catfishes.
DRAGOMAN * n. An interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government).
MAHGRIB * n. The region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia.
EARTHLY * a. Of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven.
HYPOXIS * n. Small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass.
SYNGNATHUS * n. Type genus of the family Syngnathidae.
UNPOLLUTED * s. Free from admixture with noxious elements; clean.
VACCINATING * n. The act of protecting against disease by introducing a vaccine into the body to induce immunity.
POULTICE * --n. A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.. --v. Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance.
SPLINTERY * --s. Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces. --a. Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points.
EXTEMPORANEOUS * s. With little or no preparation or forethought.
POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF * n. A handkerchief that is carried in a pocket.
NEUTRON * n. An elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus.
SPHECIUS * n. Large solitary wasps: cicada killer.
CEMETERY * n. A tract of land used for burials.
NOMINAL * --n. A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb. --a. 1 Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name. 2 Pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun. 3 Of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation. --s. 1 Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal). 2 Named; bearing the name of a specific person. 3 Existing in name only.
CONDUCTANCE * n. A material's capacity to conduct electricity; measured as the reciprocal of electrical resistance.
ERUDITION * n. Profound scholarly knowledge.
JACTITATE * v. Move or stir about violently.
DISTINCTNESS * n. 1 The quality of being sharp and clear. 2 The state of being several and distinct. 3 The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known.
SANGUINITY * n. Feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident.
CHINESE-RED * s. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
SOUBRETTE * n. 1 A pert or flirtatious young girl. 2 A minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy.
INTERCEDE * v. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
CONFLAGRATE * v. 1 Cause to start burning. 2 Start to burn or burst into flames.
MAYIDISM * n. A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments.
GILL * n. 1 A British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters. 2 A United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces. 3 Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus. 4 Respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
NARCO-STATE * n. An area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent.
TEREBELLIDAE * n. Marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies.
ISOLATING * s. Relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles.
COSMOLATRY * n. The worship of the cosmos.
DELICIOUS * --n. Variety of sweet eating apples. --s. 1 Greatly pleasing or entertaining. 2 Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
IRRUPTIVE * s. Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro.
DIACRITIC * --n. A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation. --s. Capable of distinguishing.
POSTURER * n. Someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others.
OPERATIONS * n. Financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records.
RECKONING * n. 1 Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities. 2 A bill for an amount due. 3 The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.
RAVEN * --n. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail. --v. 1 Obtain or seize by violence. 2 Prey on or hunt for. 3 Eat greedily. 4 Feed greedily.
INCOMPREHENSIVE * a. Not comprehensive.
LIMN * v. 1 Trace the shape of. 2 Make a portrait of.
IREFUL * s. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
GOLD-BEARING * s. Containing gold.
VISUALIZED * s. Seen in the mind as a mental image.
CAENOLESTES * n. Type genus of the family Caenolestidae.
MANICURE * --n. Professional care for the hands and fingernails. --v. 1 Trim carefully and neatly. 2 Care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc..
LIMACINE * a. Of or resembling a slug.
REORGANISE * v. 1 Organize anew, as after a setback. 2 Organize anew.
TRANSMITTING * n. The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted.
FORCEFULLY * r. With full force.
ARTHROMERIC * a. Of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals.
DOUBLE-BREASTED * a. (of clothing) Fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons.
UNNOTICEABLE * --a. Not noticeable; not drawing attention. --s. Not drawing attention.
DRUNKENNESS * n. 1 A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol. 2 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. 3 The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
SUBORDER * n. (biology) Taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order.
CRYPTOPROCTA * n. Large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar.
REMARRIAGE * n. The act of marrying again.
SINLESS * s. Free from sin.
CHEEK * --n. 1 Either side of the face below the eyes. 2 An impudent statement. 3 Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump. 4 Impudent aggressiveness. --v. Speak impudently to.
DOJC * n. An agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government.
WATERED * s. (of silk fabric) Having a wavelike pattern.
FACTOR * --n. 1 Anything that contributes causally to a result. 2 An abstract part of something. 3 One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer. 4 A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. --v. 1 Resolve into factors. 2 Be a contributing factor. 3 Consider as relevant when making a decision.
ALIGN * v. 1 Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight. 2 Be or come into adjustment with. 3 Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking. 4 Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.
UNVERBALISED * s. Not made explicit.
TECHNOPHOBIC * a. Of or relating to or showing technophobia.
FLOXURIDINE * n. Antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair.
VOTING * n. A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative.
SNORE * --n. 1 The rattling noise produced when snoring. 2 The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound. --v. Breathe noisily during one's sleep.
SUBSTITUTION * n. 1 An event in which one thing is substituted for another. 2 The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.
EBON * s. Of a very dark black.
PSEUD * n. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
OLIGOCHAETE * n. Hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body.
ARTICULAR * a. Relating to or affecting the joints of the body.
MELODISE * v. Supply a melody for.
TUGBOAT * n. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.
SHUTTLECOCK * --n. Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers. --v. Send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock.
IGNOMINIOUSLY * r. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
ACCOMMODATE * v. 1 Be agreeable or acceptable to. 2 Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose. 3 Provide with something desired or needed. 4 Have room for; hold without crowding.
FACE-LIFT * v. Perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face.
ANUNNAKI * n. Any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods.
STOCKROOM * n. Storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business.
PROOFED * s. Treated so as to become resistant.
CHETAH * n. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game.
EMPTYING * n. The act of removing the contents of something.
OARSMAN * n. Someone who rows a boat.
REMOVABLE * --a. Capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed. --s. Able to be obliterated completely.
CHEMOSURGERY * n. Use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer.
OMAHA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska. 2 Largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest. 3 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Omaha. 4 Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935.
HYPOTHALAMICALLY * r. With respect to the hypothalamus.
THERM * n. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units.
GU * --n. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898. --a. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
MACADAM * n. 1 Broken stone used in macadamized roadways. 2 A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.
LAROUSSE * n. French lexicographer (1817-1875).
FERMENT * --n. 1 A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. 2 A substance capable of bringing about fermentation. 3 A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol. --v. 1 Be in an agitated or excited state. 2 Work up into agitation or excitement. 3 Cause to undergo fermentation. 4 Go sour or spoil.
CAMPER * n. 1 Someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation. 2 A recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling.
GYRE * n. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals).
CACOPHONOUS * a. Having an unpleasant sound.
ARILED * s. (of some seeds) Having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover.
GAILY * r. In a gay manner.
ACETALDOL * n. Unsaturated aldol.
BREWPUB * n. A combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food.
HOURS * n. 1 A period of time assigned for work. 2 An indefinite period of time.
CROTOPHAGA * n. Ani.
ABOUND * v. 1 Be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities. 2 Be in a state of movement or action.
IA. * n. A state in midwestern United States.
FAVOURITE * --n. 1 A competitor thought likely to win. 2 A special loved one. 3 Something regarded with special favor or liking. --s. 1 Appealing to the general public. 2 Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
LACKING * s. 1 Inadequate in amount or degree. 2 Nonexistent.
CUSSEDNESS * n. Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness.
CONNECTIVE * --n. 1 An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences. 2 An instrumentality that connects. --s. Connecting or tending to connect.
MILLINE * n. An advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication.
GROUNDCOVER * n. 1 Low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow. 2 Small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor.
PHI * n. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
EXPENSIVE * a. High in price or charging high prices.
INTERESTEDNESS * n. The state of being interested.
SCRANTON * n. An industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania.
TELINT * n. Intelligence derived from the interception and processing and analysis of foreign telemetry.
NONSTRUCTURAL * s. Not structural.
COLONIALISM * n. Exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country.
LOLIGO * n. Somewhat flattened cylindrical squid.
RECLAIM * v. 1 Claim back. 2 Reuse (materials from waste products). 3 Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. 4 Make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state.
CORSET * --n. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment. --v. Dress with a corset.
DUST-COVERED * s. Covered with a layer of dust.
FLOWER * --n. 1 A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. 2 Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. 3 The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. --v. Produce or yield flowers.
ACCENTING * n. The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
COYLY * r. In a coy manner.
PROPANAMIDE * n. The amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2).
STRIA * n. 1 Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue. 2 A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
PROCTOPLASTY * n. Reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum.
RAMBUTAN * n. 1 Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit. 2 Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines.
ABDOMINOUSNESS * n. The bodily property of a protruding belly.
GODDAUGHTER * n. A female godchild.
STATE-CONTROLLED * s. Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively.
BIOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or being biography.
ICTEROGENIC * a. Producing jaundice.
RICTUS * n. A gaping grimace.
FUSSPOT * n. Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.
CAULK * --n. A waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight. --v. Seal with caulking.
EXPERT * --n. A person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully. --s. 1 Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude. 2 Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood.
SINISTRORSE * s. Spiraling upward from right to left.
BATHROOM * n. 1 A room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet. 2 A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.
PHYTOTOXIN * n. Any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin.
SADIST * n. Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others.
CLOSE-FITTING * s. Fitting closely but comfortably.
BOSSY * s. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.
FTP * --n. Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network. --v. Use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another.
RAMBOTAN * n. 1 Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit. 2 Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines.
SWAIN * n. A man who is the lover of a man or woman.
ILEOSTOMY * n. Surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis.
SPADIX * n. The fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe.
200TH * s. The ordinal number of two hundred in counting order.
GRANOLA * n. Cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar.
CONIFEROPSIDA * n. Cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian).
EXCEPTIONABLE * s. Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to.
REACTIONISM * n. The political orientation of reactionaries.
METACENTRIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the metacenter. 2 Having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere.
CANDELILLA * n. 1 Wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica. 2 Wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.
RITUALIST * n. 1 An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms. 2 A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies.
SCULPT * v. 1 Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material. 2 Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.
MAHAYANIST * n. An adherent of Mahayana Buddhism.
INNUMERABLE * s. Too numerous to be counted.
GUMDROP * n. A jellied candy coated with sugar crystals.
CD4 * n. A glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of helper T cells.
ABREAST * --s. Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge. --r. Alongside each other, facing in the same direction.
THUNDERSTRUCK * s. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
INDICANT * n. 1 Something that serves to indicate or suggest. 2 A number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time.
SHAMELESS * s. Feeling no shame.
SILICON * n. A tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors.
BESIEGED * s. Surrounded by hostile forces.
MYSTICISM * n. 1 A religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality. 2 Obscure or irrational thought.
MOSTLY * r. 1 In large part; mainly or chiefly. 2 Usually; as a rule.
UMBELLATE * --a. Bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels. --s. Resembling an umbel in form.
UNIONISE * v. 1 Recruit for a union or organize into a union. 2 Form or join a union.
CONAKRY * n. A port and the capital of Guinea.
SUFFRAGIST * n. An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women).
CITRIN * n. A vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation.
RAVIGOTTE * n. Veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers.
SPARINGLY * r. To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
ANAGLYPHY * n. The process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens.
VENN * n. English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923).
EURO * n. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies.
SNOWBOARD * --n. A board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes. --v. Glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board.
LARYNGOPHARYNGITIS * n. Inflammation of the larynx and pharynx.
AGRA * n. A city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal.
REGULUS * n. 1 The brightest star in Leo. 2 A genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets.
SINGAPOREAN * --n. An inhabitant of Singapore. --a. 1 Of or relating to the island nation of Singapore and its people. 2 Of or relating to the city of Singapore.
PLEASANCE * n. 1 A pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion. 2 A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience.
EMBERIZA * n. Old World buntings.
SESSIONS * n. United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985).
ESPERANTIDO * n. An artificial language based on Esperanto and Ido.
APOSTATISE * v. Abandon one's beliefs or allegiances.
KIDNEY-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf or bean shape) Resembling the shape of kidney.
FIBRIL * n. A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.
PARDONABLE * a. Admitting of being pardoned.
WONDERMENT * n. The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising.
EUSPORANGIUM * n. A sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells.
PANIC * --n. 1 An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. 2 Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. --v. 1 Be overcome by a sudden fear. 2 Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic.
STRADIVARI * n. Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737).
MEERSCHAUM * n. 1 A white clayey mineral. 2 A pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum.
EXTENT * n. 1 The point or degree to which something extends. 2 The distance or area or volume over which something extends.
HALF-BLOODED * s. (of animals) Having only one purebred parent.
GUACHARO * n. Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.
POPULARIZE * v. 1 Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. 2 Make understandable to the general public.
TOUGHEN * v. Make tough or tougher.
DERMAL * a. 1 Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula. 2 Of or relating to or located in the dermis. 3 Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin.
SABER * --n. 1 A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle. 2 A stout sword with a curved blade and thick back. --v. 1 Cut or injure with a saber. 2 Kill with a saber.
POSTHUMOUS * s. Occurring or coming into existence after a person's death.
AVENGER * n. Someone who takes vengeance.
ALSATIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Alsace. 2 Breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants.
AUSTRALOPITHECINE * --n. Any of several extinct humanlike bipedal primates with relatively small brains of the genus Australopithecus; from 1 to 4 million years ago. --a. Of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus.
CRUMBLY * s. Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder.
SAPPHIC * s. 1 A meter used by Sappho and named after her. 2 Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman.
THICKET-FORMING * s. Tending to form dense thickets.
REDOLENT * s. 1 Serving to bring to mind. 2 (used with `of' or `with') Noticeably odorous. 3 Having a strong pleasant odor.
EARNEST * --n. Something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract. --s. 1 Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions. 2 Sincerely earnest. 3 Not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal.
DOME * n. 1 A concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward. 2 Informal terms for a human head. 3 A stadium that has a roof. 4 A hemispherical roof.
BUYBACK * n. The act of purchasing back something previously sold.
FIBRINOPEPTIDE * n. Peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood.
HEALTHILY * r. In a levelheaded manner.
SMOKE-FREE * s. Free of smoke.
GAMY * s. 1 Suggestive of sexual impropriety. 2 (used of the smell of meat) Smelling spoiled or tainted. 3 Willing to face danger.
DRAMATIST * n. Someone who writes plays.
UPCOMING * s. Of the relatively near future.
RHIZOPOGON * n. A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers.
ALLIGATORED * s. Of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide.
ESPALIER * n. A trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat.
DOWNINESS * n. A light softness.
INGEMINATE * v. To say, state, or perform again.
ELECTROSTATIC * a. Concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity.
ARMOUR-PLATED * s. Covered with heavy steel.
EXCEPTIONAL * s. 1 Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree. 2 Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. 3 Deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence.
EXCULPATION * n. 1 A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.. 2 The act of freeing from guilt or blame.
TOCAINIDE * n. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed.
PLAUSIBILITY * n. Apparent validity.
NEUROMATOUS * a. Of or relating to or caused by neuromas.
HARRIDAN * n. A scolding (even vicious) old woman.
DISCOURSE * --n. 1 Extended verbal expression in speech or writing. 2 An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service). 3 An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic. --v. 1 To consider or examine in speech or writing. 2 Carry on a conversation. 3 Talk at length and formally about a topic.
OVERLOOKED * s. Not taken into account.
PELOTA * n. A Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket.
SOMEWHAT * r. 1 To a small degree or extent. 2 To certain extent or degree.
BATTUE * n. 1 A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter. 2 Indiscriminate slaughter.
ASSOIL * v. Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
FLAVOUROUS * s. Full of flavor.
STOOPED * s. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
ANECDOTIST * n. A person skilled in telling anecdotes.
ROANOKE * n. A city in southwestern Virginia.
WIN * --n. 1 A victory (as in a race or other competition). 2 Something won (especially money). --v. 1 Be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious. 2 Win something through one's efforts. 3 Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.. 4 Attain success or reach a desired goal.
TABBY * --n. 1 A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black. 2 Female cat. --s. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
CHUTZPANIK * n. (Yiddish) A person characterized by chutzpa.
GROGGY * s. Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
FLAVOURLESSNESS * n. The property of having no flavor.
UNIVOCAL * a. Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion.
DIPLOMATICALLY * r. With diplomacy; in a diplomatic manner.
QUERN * n. A primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand.
FRENCH * --n. 1 The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France. 2 The people of France. 3 United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931). --v. Cut (e.g, beans) lengthwise in preparation for cooking. --a. Of or pertaining to France or the people of France.
MULISHNESS * n. The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome.
MISSIONARY * --n. 1 Someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program. 2 Someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country. --a. Relating to or connected to a religious mission.
DOZEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
HYPOTHALAMIC * a. Of or relating to the hypothalamus.
WHIPPER * n. A person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip.
EXPLICABLE * a. Capable of being explicated or accounted for.
STOREROOM * n. A room in which things are stored.
APPROXIMATELY * r. (of quantities) Imprecise but fairly close to correct.
BUCK-TOOTHED * s. Having protruding upper front teeth.
IMBIBING * n. The act of consuming liquids.
TEASHOP * n. A restaurant where tea and light meals are available.
REBURIAL * n. The act of burying again.
POTABLE * --n. Any liquid suitable for drinking. --a. Suitable for drinking.
CAST * --n. 1 The actors in a play. 2 Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens. 3 The distinctive form in which a thing is made. 4 The visual appearance of something or someone. --v. 1 Put or send forth. 2 Deposit. 3 Select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet. 4 Throw forcefully.
NONTRANSFERABLE * s. Incapable of being transferred.
ANGLOPHILE * n. An admirer of England and things English.
MOLTER * n. An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair).
CHLORITE * n. A generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal.
CAGLIOSTRO * n. Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795).
STEADIED * s. Made steady or constant.
DISAGREEABLY * r. In a disagreeable manner.
LXXV * s. Being five more than seventy.
FIRMWARE * n. (computer science) Coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory.
ISOCLINAL * --n. An isogram connecting points of equal magnetic inclination. --s. Having equal magnetic inclinations.
ALCOHOL * n. 1 A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent. 2 Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation.
BALDRIC * n. A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip.
SEAWATER * n. Water containing salts.
CLUMPING * n. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.
COMET-LIKE * s. Resembling a comet.
METHAMPHETAMINE * n. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.
SPERMACETI * n. A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale.
HEARKEN * v. Listen; used mostly in the imperative.
INWARD * --a. Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts. --s. Directed or moving inward or toward a center. --r. 1 Toward the center or interior. 2 To or toward the inside of.
MISCALCULATION * n. A mistake in calculating.
WEBCAM * n. A digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet.
STALKLESS * a. Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
PHOBOS * n. The larger of the two satellites of Mars.
LIDDED * --a. Having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination. --s. Having a lid.
POLYERGUS * n. Amazon ants.
CRUCIALITY * n. A state of critical urgency.
DICHOTOMOUS * s. Divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications.
GRAPEFRUIT * n. 1 Citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp. 2 Large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half.
PAPRILUS * n. A genus of Stromateidae.
HOLLOWLY * r. In a hollow manner.
CLOVER-ROOT * n. Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
TRELLIS * --n. Latticework used to support climbing plants. --v. Train on a trellis, as of a vine.
CASE-BY-CASE * s. Separate and distinct from others of the same kind.
ALLAY * v. 1 Lessen the intensity of or calm. 2 Satisfy (thirst).
SCAMPER * --n. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way. --v. To move about or proceed hurriedly.
MISRECKONING * n. A mistake in calculating.
SENSUALISE * v. Debase through carnal gratification.
UP-TO-THE-MINUTE * s. Up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date.
LONDONER * n. A native or resident of London.
BENZOCAINE * n. A white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic.
CLEANER * n. 1 A preparation used in cleaning something. 2 The operator of dry-cleaning establishment. 3 Someone whose occupation is cleaning.
EMBOLDENED * s. Made bold or courageous.
BOXERSHORTS * n. Underpants worn by men.
OECUMENISM * n. A movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches).
YORUBA * n. 1 A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria. 2 A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria.
STURNELLA * n. A genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks.
TIENTSIN * n. A major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China.
MODIFIABLE * a. Capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme).
COCOTTE * n. 1 A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. 2 A small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served.
CORPULENT * s. Excessively fat.
MONISM * n. The doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element.
SHAHN * n. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
EUPHONIUM * n. A bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family.
WV * n. A state in east central United States.
OVERESTIMATE * --n. 1 An appraisal that is too high. 2 A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high. --v. 1 Make too high an estimate of. 2 Assign too high a value to.
CONCERTED * s. Involving the joint activity of two or more.
AMPULLARY * a. Of or related to an ampulla.
PLATITUDINOUS * s. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
INTERRUPTER * n. A device for automatically interrupting an electric current.
EPIGAEA * n. Small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus.
EVICTION * n. 1 Action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved. 2 The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law.
NORTH-WEST * r. To, toward, or in the northwest.
BETROTHED * --n. The person to whom you are engaged. --s. Pledged to be married.
FASCES * n. Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism.
NEWSPAPERMAN * n. A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media.
RETRAINING * n. Training for a new occupation.
SPIDERY * a. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
BRACHYDACTYLIA * n. Abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.
CROCODYLIA * n. Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials.
BURY * v. 1 Cover from sight. 2 Place in a grave or tomb. 3 Place in the earth and cover with soil. 4 Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.
BRILLIANT * s. 1 Of surpassing excellence. 2 Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence. 3 Characterized by grandeur. 4 Having strong or striking color.
LANGUOROUSLY * r. In a languorous manner.
TURKESTAN * n. A historical region of central Asia that was a center for trade between the East and the West.
EQUIVOCALLY * r. In an ambiguous manner.
LOVELACE * n. English poet (1618-1857).
ADDRESSEE * n. One to whom something is addressed.
EFFACEMENT * n. 1 Shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor. 2 Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous.
CHIROLOGY * n. Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand.
CHICKENHEARTED * s. Easily frightened.
GENITIVE * --n. The case expressing ownership. --a. Serving to express or indicate possession.
CONDOM * n. Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse.
PERMUTABLENESS * n. Ability to change sequence.
OLDER * s. 1 Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables). 2 Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son. 3 Skilled through long experience.
SPECTROGRAPHICALLY * r. By spectrographic means.
CODGER * n. Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man.
CRYSTALISE * v. 1 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. 2 Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. 3 Assume crystalline form; become crystallized. 4 Cause to take on a definite and clear shape.
ABIDE * v. 1 Dwell. 2 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
CHASSIDIC * a. Of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices.
HEATSTROKE * n. Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat.
IONIA * n. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks.
FALSIFIER * n. Someone who falsifies.
RECLUSE * --n. One who lives in solitude. --s. Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude.
SUCCESSFUL * a. Having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome.
EGG-SHAPED * s. Rounded like an egg.
FAGGOTING * n. Embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches.
TUDOR * --n. 1 An English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603). 2 United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987). 3 A member of the dynasty that ruled England. --a. Of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century.
MICHELANGELO * n. Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564).
UNPRECEDENTED * a. Having no precedent; novel.
LOOPHOLE * n. 1 An ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation. 2 A small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons.
HETEROMETABOLOUS * s. (of an insect) Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage.
FETOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus.
GENEALOGY * n. 1 Successive generations of kin. 2 The study or investigation of ancestry and family history.
ILL-SCENTED * s. Offensively malodorous.
W * n. 1 A heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite. 2 The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees. 3 A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm. 4 The 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
MUSICALNESS * n. The property of sounding like music.
SWOONING * s. Weak and likely to lose consciousness.
CONTIGUOUS * s. 1 Very close or connected in space or time. 2 Connecting without a break; within a common boundary. 3 Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching.
STICTOPELIA * n. A genus of Columbidae.
ALIKENESS * n. Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things.
CROWD * --n. 1 A large number of things or people considered together. 2 An informal body of friends. --v. 1 Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. 2 Fill or occupy to the point of overflowing. 3 To gather together in large numbers. 4 Approach a certain age or speed.
NOGUCHI * n. 1 United States sculptor (1904-1988). 2 United States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928).
DEFENCELESSLY * r. Without defense.
EBB * --n. 1 A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). 2 The outward flow of the tide. --v. 1 Flow back or recede. 2 Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb. 3 Fall away or decline.
SEAWAY * n. A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.
LATENT * s. 1 Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized. 2 (pathology) Not presently active.
HUCKABACK * n. Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
BUCKBOARD * n. An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles.
ACCEPTED * s. Generally approved or compelling recognition.
TYPHOID * n. Serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water.
INTACTNESS * n. The state of being unimpaired.
FINITENESS * n. The quality of being finite.
HANGOVER * n. 1 Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol). 2 An official who remains in office after his term. 3 Something that has survived from the past.
STRAIGHT-OUT * s. Without reservation or exception.
OLDENBURG * n. United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929).
SHAKABLE * s. Capable of being weakened.
SCAPHIOPUS * n. New World spadefoot toads.
DARK-SKINNED * s. Naturally having skin of a dark color.
ETHANAL * n. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
ANHINGA * n. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
APPEAR * v. 1 Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. 2 Come into sight or view. 3 Be issued or published. 4 Seem to be true, probable, or apparent.
CIRCUIT * --n. 1 An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow. 2 A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area. 3 An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to. 4 The boundary line encompassing an area or object. --v. Make a circuit.
UNSOLVABILITY * n. The property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve.
STINTING * s. Avoiding waste.
SYLLABARY * n. A writing system whose characters represent syllables.
POTENTIALITY * n. 1 The inherent capacity for coming into being. 2 An aptitude that may be developed.
INSTINCT * --n. Inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli. --s. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
DRYMARCHON * n. A genus of Colubridae.
CHARTISM * n. The principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people.
LEASE * --n. 1 Property that is leased or rented out or let. 2 A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment. 3 The period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect. --v. 1 Let for money. 2 Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. 3 Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract. 4 Engage for service under a term of contract.
RUSSULACEAE * n. Used in some classification systems for the genus Russula.
SECOND-SIGHTED * s. Foreseeing the future.
CARNEGIE * n. 1 United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955). 2 United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919).
BOGOTA * n. Capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain.
SUNLIT * s. Lighted by sunlight.
UNBREAKABLE * a. Impossible to break especially under ordinary usage.
MANAGEMENT * n. 1 The act of managing something. 2 Those in charge of running a business.
BREATHALYZER * n. A device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath.
MARYLAND * n. 1 A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. 2 One of the British colonies that formed the United States.
CH'IN * n. The Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall.
PROVABLY * r. In an obvious and provable manner.
ARTFULNESS * n. The quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage.
THUMPING * --n. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). --s. (used informally) Very large.
MEGACHILIDAE * n. Leaf-cutting and mason bees.
MARACAIBO * n. A port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center.
MONOCARPIC * a. Dying after bearing fruit only once.
PASEO * n. A path set aside for walking.
LIEBFRAUMILCH * n. A sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany).
FRIGIDNESS * n. 1 Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse. 2 The absence of heat. 3 A lack of affection or enthusiasm.
NEOLIBERAL * --n. A liberal who subscribes to neoliberalism. --s. Having or showing belief in the need for economic growth in addition to traditional liberalistic values.
IMPASSIVITY * n. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
SIBLING * n. A person's brother or sister.
WONTED * s. Commonly used or practiced; usual.
MATTER-OF-COURSE * s. Expected or depended upon as a natural or logical outcome.
TORULOSE * s. Of a cylindrical or ellipsoid body; swollen and constricted at intervals.
AFROASIATIC * n. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
POISONER * n. Someone who kills with poison.
NOTOPHTHALMUS * n. Newts.
FOREPART * n. The side that is forward or prominent.
MEPHOBARBITAL * n. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
CORNEOUS * s. Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn).
ALBIZZIA * n. Any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia.
ARTISTIC * --a. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists. --s. 1 Satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities. 2 Aesthetically pleasing.
WARRIGAL * n. 1 Australian wild horse. 2 Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia.
NONVOLATILISABLE * a. Not volatilizing readily.
MAINFRAME * n. 1 A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room. 2 (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
WOODS * n. The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area.
CEDING * n. The act of ceding.
CHECK-IN * n. The act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel).
CLEARING * n. 1 A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area. 2 The act of freeing from suspicion. 3 The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.
MYACIDAE * n. Soft-shell clams.
ASCOT * n. A cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin.
APELDOORN * n. A city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family.
THIOCYANATE * n. A salt of thiocyanic acid; formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur.
MEDIVAC * n. The evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care.
HAIRSTREAK * n. Small butterflies having striped markings under the wings.
MAYORESS * n. 1 The wife of a mayor. 2 A woman mayor.
MULTI-BILLIONAIRE * n. A very rich person whose material wealth is valued at many billions of dollars.
ANACOLUTHIC * a. Of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons.
CUNEAL * a. Shaped like a wedge.
CHICKEN * --n. 1 The flesh of a chicken used for food. 2 A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. 3 A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. 4 A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops. --s. Easily frightened.
ANALYSER * n. An instrument that performs analyses.
PITEOUSLY * r. In a piteous manner.
GEOPHYSICIST * n. A geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth.
SPRINTER * n. Someone who runs a short distance at top speed.
SEESAW * --n. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end. --v. 1 Ride on a plank. 2 Move up and down as if on a seesaw. 3 Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
MELTED * a. Changed from a solid to a liquid state.
GAMUT * n. 1 A complete extent or range:. 2 The entire scale of musical notes.
POWERBROKER * n. A person who is important by virtue of the people or votes they control.
SELF-COLLECTED * s. In full control of your faculties.
ANCIENT * --n. 1 A very old person. 2 A person who lived in ancient times. --s. 1 Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire. 2 Very old.
VIRAL * a. Relating to or caused by a virus.
EXTORT * v. 1 Obtain through intimidation. 2 Obtain by coercion or intimidation. 3 Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner.
EYEBROW * n. The arch of hair above each eye.
CAUSE * --n. 1 Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something. 2 A justification for something existing or happening. 3 A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. 4 Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. --v. 1 Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally. 2 Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
COMPACTION * n. 1 An increase in the density of something. 2 The act of crushing.
DEPLOY * v. 1 Place troops or weapons in battle formation. 2 To distribute systematically or strategically.
CONTEMPLATION * n. 1 A long and thoughtful observation. 2 A calm, lengthy, intent consideration.
BESTIAL * s. Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
UNITIZE * v. 1 Divide (bulk material) and process as units. 2 Make into a unit. 3 Separate or classify into units.
SHADOWING * n. The act of following someone secretly.
LEFT-OF-CENTER * s. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political left.
PICARDIE * n. A region of northern France on the English Channel.
PRICKET * n. 1 A sharp metal spike to hold a candle. 2 Male deer in his second year.
OPENCAST * s. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
STRONG-WILLED * s. Having a determined will.
IMPLICATION * n. 1 Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied). 2 A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred. 3 An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection. 4 A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false.
DENDROBIUM * n. A plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers.
ASCOMYCOTINA * n. A large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.
DARK-BROWN * s. Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
INCINERATOR * n. A furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse).
STROBILUS * n. Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts.
ESTHONIAN * n. The official language of Estonia; belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages.
HAYMAKER * n. 1 A farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying. 2 A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing.
RADIATING * s. Diverging from a common point.
FETISHISM * n. 1 A belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish). 2 Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs).
SQUALIDLY * r. In a sordid or squalid way.
PROTON * n. A stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron.
MYCOPLASMA * n. Any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection.
LIVER-COLORED * s. Having a reddish-brown color.
JOCASTA * n. (Greek mythology) Queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus.
BUTTE * n. 1 A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides. 2 A town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper.
CREAMY * s. 1 Of the color of cream. 2 Thick like cream.
EXPURGATE * v. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
PEELER * n. 1 A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music. 2 A worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables. 3 A device for peeling vegetables or fruits.
STRATAGEM * n. 1 A maneuver in a game or conversation. 2 An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.
POLESTAR * n. The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it.
HARMFULLY * r. In a detrimental manner.
RELATIVISTICALLY * r. By the theory of relativity.
DAYFLOWER * n. Any plant of the family Commelinaceae.
UNSPARING * s. 1 Very generous. 2 Not forbearing; ruthless.
EMPURPLED * s. Excessively elaborate or showily expressed.
PREDICAMENT * n. A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one.
NOTEMIGONUS * n. Golden shiners.
CURCUMA * n. Tropical Asiatic perennial herbs.
JAWBREAKER * n. 1 A large round hard candy. 2 A word that is hard to pronounce.
HEMP * n. 1 A plant fiber. 2 Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs. 3 A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.
UNWRITTEN * --a. Based on custom rather than documentation. --s. 1 Using speech rather than writing. 2 Said or done without having been planned or written in advance.
HEMOSTASIS * n. Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat).
MONOTHEIST * n. A believer in one god.
CATALOGUE * --n. 1 A complete list of things; usually arranged systematically. 2 A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things. --v. 1 Make an itemized list or catalog of; classify. 2 Make a catalogue, compile a catalogue.
ESCAPOLOGY * n. The study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment).
ARTHRALGIC * a. Of or relating to arthralgia.
HINDI * --n. The most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
DUMBNESS * n. The quality of being mentally slow and limited.
RESIDENT * --n. 1 Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there. 2 A physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital. --a. 1 Living in a particular place. 2 Used of animals that do not migrate.
MICROGLIACYTE * n. A cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue.
FERRET-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a ferret.
BURGER * n. 1 United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995). 2 A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients.
ANESTROUS * a. 1 Of or relating to anestrus. 2 (of lower mammals) Not in a state of estrus; not in heat.
DISINFECTION * n. Treatment to destroy harmful microorganisms.
WEDGWOOD * n. 1 English potter (1730-1795). 2 A type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background.
NAINSOOK * n. A soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies.
THYSANOCARPUS * n. Small genus of herbs of upland regions of the Pacific coast of North America.
BUNGARUS * n. Kraits.
PERFORATION * n. 1 A line of small holes for tearing at a particular place. 2 A hole made in something. 3 The act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation).
DISCREET * --a. Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint. --s. 1 Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic. 2 Heedful of potential consequences.
FANJET * n. 1 An airplane propelled by a fanjet engine. 2 A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust.
DRESSMAKING * n. The craft of making dresses.
SUMMER * --n. 1 The warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. 2 The period of finest development, happiness, or beauty. --v. Spend the summer.
SAWDUST * n. Fine particles of wood made by sawing wood.
TOFF * n. Informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person.
THALIDONE * n. A diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks.
MELTABLE * s. Capable of melting.
CLOVE-SCENTED * s. Smelling of clove.
HISTOCOMPATIBILITY * n. Condition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue.
LEDA * n. (Greek mythology) A queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda.
RHINOTRACHEITIS * n. A respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle.
SOFT-PEDAL * v. Play down or obscure.
CONTROVERSIAL * a. Marked by or capable of arousing controversy.
CROWN-OF-THE-FIELD * n. European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America.
GUJERAT * n. An industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay.
INKSTAND * n. 1 A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped. 2 A tray or stand for writing implements and containers for ink.
DECLAMATORY * s. Ostentatiously lofty in style.
UNPEACEFUL * a. Not peaceful.
PESACH * n. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
OCTAVE * n. 1 A feast day and the seven days following it. 2 A musical interval of eight tones. 3 A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.
ADVENTITIAL * a. Of or pertaining to the adventitia.
BUILDING * n. 1 A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place. 2 The act of constructing something. 3 The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones. 4 The occupants of a building.
AMAUROTIC * a. Pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis.
BLACKBODY * n. A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it.
LYOPHILIZE * v. To dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum.
INCREASED * a. Made greater in size or amount or degree.
ALEPISAURUS * n. Slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes.
COWHERD * n. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
CONVICTFISH * n. Greenling with whitish body marked with black bands.
MADCAP * --n. A reckless impetuous irresponsible person. --s. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
CONCHOLOGIST * n. A collector and student of mollusc shells.
SATANISM * n. A belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan).
BRAN * n. 1 Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting. 2 Food prepared from the husks of cereal grains.
PERFECT * --n. A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect). --v. Make perfect or complete. --a. Being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish. --s. 1 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. 2 Precisely accurate or exact.
REINFORCEMENT * n. 1 A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission. 2 Information that makes more forcible or convincing. 3 (psychology) A stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it. 4 A device designed to provide additional strength.
LEXEME * n. A minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'.
UNFLAWED * s. Without a flaw.
MOLECH * n. God of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children.
GORY * s. 1 Covered with blood. 2 Accompanied by bloodshed.
DEPRAVATION * n. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.
RIFLEMAN * n. 1 Someone skilled in the use of a rifle. 2 A soldier whose weapon is a rifle.
FLOSSY * s. Like down or as soft as down.
FORMALISATION * n. The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions).
LOADSTONE * n. A permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically.
SOCIOECONOMICALLY * r. With respect to socioeconomic factors.
PEPTIC * a. Relating to or promoting digestion.
CANAVALIA * n. Herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics.
METROPOLITAN * --n. 1 In the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity. 2 A person who lives in a metropolis. --a. Relating to or characteristic of a metropolis.
SOMERSAULT * --n. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return. --v. Do a somersault.
ABSINTH * n. Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise.
MUDDY * --v. 1 Dirty with mud. 2 Cause to become muddy. 3 Make turbid. --s. 1 (of soil) Soft and watery. 2 Dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck. 3 (of color) Discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. 4 (of liquids) Clouded as with sediment.
UNSHRINKING * s. Not shrinking from danger.
VERTEBRATA * n. Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals.
PREPARATIVE * s. Preceding and preparing for something.
RHOMB * n. A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram.
COSMETIC * --n. A toiletry designed to beautify the body. --s. 1 Serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose. 2 Serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body.
BAYONNE * n. A city in northeastern New Jersey.
JEWELLERY * n. An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems).
BLINDFOLDED * s. Wearing a blindfold.
PILLAGER * n. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
KHUEN * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
PALLET * n. 1 The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art. 2 A portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it. 3 A hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay. 4 A mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed.
UNCOMPRESS * v. Restore to its uncompressed form.
UNABLE * --a. (usually followed by `to') Not having the necessary means or skill or know-how. --s. 1 (usually followed by `to') Lacking necessary physical or mental ability. 2 Lacking in power or forcefulness.
LILIIDAE * n. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae.
HAJJ * n. The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba.
PROXY * n. 1 A person authorized to act for another. 2 A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting.
PRE-SOCRATIC * --n. Any philosopher who lived before Socrates. --a. Before the time of Socrates.
TETHER * --n. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal. --v. Tie with a tether.
CONFINES * n. A bounded scope.
CLOUDY * --s. 1 Lacking definite form or limits. 2 (of liquids) Clouded as with sediment. --a. Full of or covered with clouds.
HILLTOP * n. The peak of a hill.
CLEMENT * a. 1 (of weather or climate) Physically mild. 2 (used of persons or behavior) Inclined to show mercy.
CARSICK * s. Experiencing motion sickness.
CONSCIENCE * n. 1 Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions. 2 Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct. 3 A feeling of shame when you do something immoral.
CORM * n. Solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure.
HUMORING * n. The act of indulging or gratifying a desire.
SOMME * n. 1 Battle of World War II (1944). 2 Battle in World War I (1916).
BARTER * --n. An equal exchange. --v. Exchange goods without involving money.
AHEM * n. The utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc..
TEST * --n. 1 Trying something to find out about it. 2 Any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc. 3 A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge. 4 The act of undergoing testing. --v. 1 Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to. 2 Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection. 3 Examine someone's knowledge of something. 4 Show a certain characteristic when tested.
SIDE-SLIP * v. Slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis.
TENNESSEAN * n. A native or resident of Tennessee.
SHIPOWNER * n. Someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship.
MONOCHROME * --n. 1 Painting done in a range of tones of a single color. 2 A black-and-white photograph or slide. --s. Having or appearing to have only one color.
VERTU * n. 1 Love of or taste for fine objects of art. 2 Artistic quality.
DISTRESS * --n. 1 Psychological suffering. 2 A state of adversity (danger or affliction or need). 3 Extreme physical pain. 4 The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim. --v. 1 Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. 2 Cause mental pain to.
EROTIC * --n. An erotic person. --s. Giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing.
EYEDROP * n. 1 A drop from an eye dropper. 2 A method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists.
CATAPULTIAN * a. Of or like a catapult.
MEDALLIST * n. 1 Someone who has won a medal. 2 (golf) The winner at medal play of a tournament.
ZOARCIDAE * n. Eelpouts.
ADVENTISM * n. Any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent.
FURIOUSLY * r. 1 (of the elements) In a wild and stormy manner. 2 In a manner marked by extreme or violent energy. 3 In an impassioned or very angry manner.
E-BOMB * n. A bomb that explodes in midair and releases a massive burst of electromagnetic energy sufficient to disable computers and telecommunications without killing people or damaging buildings.
ATEN * n. The sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten.
DEPOT * n. 1 Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods. 2 A depository for goods.
GOUGE * --n. 1 An impression in a surface (as made by a blow). 2 And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves. 3 The act of gouging. --v. 1 Force with the thumb. 2 Obtain by coercion or intimidation. 3 Make a groove in.
HABITABLE * s. Fit for habitation.
KANSAS * n. 1 A state in midwestern United States. 2 A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas. 3 A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River. 4 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa.
NONHUMAN * a. Not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings.
SPONSORSHIP * n. The act of sponsoring (either officially or financially).
BIANNUALLY * r. Twice a year.
BABIROUSSA * n. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.
UNDERIVATIVE * s. Not derivative or imitative.
HYALOSPONGIAE * n. Sponges with siliceous spicules that have six rays; choanocytes are restricted to finger-shaped chambers.
HARMONIOUSLY * r. In a harmonious manner.
ERADICATION * n. The complete destruction of every trace of something.
EFT * n. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
INSTIGATIVE * s. Arousing to action or rebellion.
MOD * --n. A British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers. --s. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
SUBCULTURE * n. A social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs.
ISOPLETH * n. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
SLAVONIC * --n. A branch of the Indo-European family of languages. --a. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
BUGOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies insects.
SAGINA * n. Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
MUD-WRESTLE * v. Wrestle in mud.
NATURAL * --n. 1 Someone regarded as certain to succeed. 2 A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. 3 (craps) A first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake. --a. 1 In accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature. 2 Existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation. 3 Existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical. 4 (of a musical note) Being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone. --s. 1 Functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies. 2 Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct. 3 (used especially of commodities) Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes. 4 Being talented through inherited qualities.
RAWHIDE * n. Untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes.
LIGHT-HANDEDLY * r. In a light-handed manner.
LAZARET * n. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).
PLUCK * --n. 1 The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury. 2 The act of pulling and releasing a taut cord. --v. 1 Pull or pull out sharply. 2 Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. 3 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 4 Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.
LAUGHINGLY * r. With laughter; while laughing.
SCORPAENID * n. Any of numerous carnivorous usually bottom-dwelling warm-water marine fishes found worldwide but most abundant in the Pacific.
THEMATICALLY * r. With regard to thematic content.
DINKY * --n. A small locomotive. --s. 1 Small and unimpressive. 2 (British informal) Pretty and neat.
UNBLUSHINGLY * r. Without blushing.
METRESTICK * n. A rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters).
ASTHMA * n. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin.
SALISHAN * n. A family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada.
MOTORISATION * n. The act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).
EREWHON * n. A satirical novel written by Samuel Butler (1872) describing a fictitious land.
ICTAL * a. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
NONEXTENSILE * a. Not extensile.
PHENYLETHYLENE * n. A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene.
ARBOREOUS * --a. Inhabiting or frequenting trees. --s. 1 Abounding in trees. 2 Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
LIGNIFY * v. Convert into wood or cause to become woody.
ALB * n. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests.
PROINFLAMMATORY * s. Tending to cause inflammation.
REGICIDE * n. 1 Someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king. 2 The act of killing a king.
VERITABLE * s. 1 Often used as intensifiers. 2 Not counterfeit or copied.
UNAUTHENTIC * s. False or fake; not what it appears to be.
DREW * n. United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862).
RETRIBUTIVE * s. 1 Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution. 2 Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts.
SANDPAPER * --n. Stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand. --v. Rub with sandpaper.
RUMPLE * v. 1 Disturb the smoothness of. 2 To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. 3 Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
DEXTROUS * s. Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
ASDIC * n. A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
MULTICOLORED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
NONREPRESENTATIONAL * a. Of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature.
OLIVER * n. United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938).
DRACENACEAE * n. One of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae.
ROUSSEAUAN * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).
ASTHENOPIA * n. A tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem.
XYY * n. (genetics) Abnormal complement of sex hormones in a male who has two Y chromosomes.
HYPOGLYCAEMIA * n. Abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet.
INCRIMINATING * s. Charging or suggestive of guilt or blame.
MARKEDLY * r. In a clearly noticeable manner.
RAMIE * n. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax.
SUKSDORFIA * n. Any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles.
BOAT-RACE * v. Participate in a boat race.
STEREOSCOPE * n. An optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs.
SIMMER * --n. Temperature just below the boiling point. --v. Boil slowly at low temperature.
LAMINARIA * n. Type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps.
NEAPOLITAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Naples. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people.
LACTEAL * --n. Any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct. --a. Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk.
UNCLEANNESS * n. The state of being unsanitary.
TURDINAE * n. Alternative classification for the thrushes.
PERMIT * --n. 1 A legal document giving official permission to do something. 2 The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization. 3 Large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies. --v. 1 Consent to, give permission. 2 Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. 3 Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting.
COMMERCIALIZED * s. Organized principally for financial gain.
TAILS * n. Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.
URBANISATION * n. 1 The condition of being urbanized. 2 The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.
WAXED * a. Treated with wax.
PIQUANCY * n. 1 A tart spicy quality. 2 The quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting.
OVERPRINT * --n. Something added by overprinting. --v. Print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper.
TIA * n. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage.
UNAESTHETIC * a. Violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty.
PRONENESS * n. Being disposed to do something.
TANTALISING * s. 1 Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach. 2 Very pleasantly inviting.
DEPOSITOR * n. A person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution.
THAW * --n. 1 The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. 2 Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt. 3 A relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile. --v. Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
MEK * n. A terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah.
COELOSTAT * n. Optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror.
FEARSOMELY * r. In a fearsome manner.
CONGEAL * v. Become gelatinous.
TRIFOLIATED * s. (of a leaf shape) Having three leaflets.
IDENTICAL * --s. 1 Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different. 2 Being the exact same one; not any other:. 3 Having properties with uniform values along all axes. 4 Coinciding exactly when superimposed. --a. (of twins) Derived from a single egg or ovum.
COLUMBIUM * n. A former name for niobium.
MOLASSES * n. Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining.
CAVALLA * n. Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil.
NIAMEY * n. The capital and largest city of Niger.
ARES * n. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars.
WARLOCK * n. A male witch or demon.
POLITICO * n. A person active in party politics.
KAPUT * s. Destroyed or killed.
DUMBSTRUCK * s. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
WOODWIND * n. Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments.
SEMIHARD * s. Somewhat hard.
UNAPPROACHABILITY * n. A disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible.
ORPHANAGE * n. 1 The condition of being a child without living parents. 2 A public institution for the care of orphans.
OVERCREDULOUS * s. Too credulous for your own good.
HP * n. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
TAKEOUT * --n. 1 Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises. 2 (bridge) A bid that asks your partner to bid another suit. --s. Of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises.
DIPLODOCUS * n. A huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America.
BITUMEN * n. Any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons.
MATCHLOCK * n. An early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge.
SELF-ASSERTION * n. 1 The act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others. 2 The act of asserting yourself in an aggressive manner.
FAMINE * n. 1 An acute insufficiency. 2 A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death.
ELECTRICAL * a. 1 Relating to or concerned with electricity. 2 Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity.
DOMINATING * s. 1 Most powerful or important or influential. 2 Used of a height or viewpoint. 3 Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.
COXCOMB * n. 1 A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments. 2 A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red. 3 The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
FLEET * --n. 1 Group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership. 2 Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership. 3 A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership. 4 A group of warships organized as a tactical unit. --v. 1 Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. 2 Disappear gradually. --s. Moving very fast.
CROCKETED * s. (of a gable or spire) Furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage).
CALLITHUMPIAN * a. Of or relating to a callithump.
AUSTROTAXUS * n. A gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew.
OILFIELD * n. A region rich in petroleum deposits (especially one with producing oil wells).
TILLANDSIA * n. Large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses.
SADISM * n. Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others.
THRESKIORNIS * n. Type genus of the Threskiornithidae.
OUTSHOUT * v. Shout louder than.
MISMATE * v. Provide with an unsuitable mate.
HOMILETICS * n. 1 The branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies. 2 The art of preaching.
SCRIBE * --n. 1 French playwright (1791-1861). 2 Informal terms for journalists. 3 Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts. 4 A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut. --v. Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking.
THISTLELIKE * s. Resembling a thistle.
TOCOPHEROL * n. A fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body.
INWARDLY * r. With respect to private feelings.
FROCK * --n. 1 A long, loose outer garment. 2 A habit worn by clerics. 3 A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice. --v. Put a frock on.
INCOMMUTABLE * --a. Not subject to alteration or change. --s. Not interchangeable or able to substitute one for another.
COATEE * n. A short close-fitting coat.
IDEA * n. 1 The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about. 2 Your intention; what you intend to do. 3 A personal view. 4 An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth.
SULAWESI * n. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
HYPERMETROPIC * s. Abnormal ability to focus of distant objects.
AWNLESS * a. Lacking or having only very short awns.
HA * n. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day.
OUTERMOST * s. Situated at the farthest possible point from a center.
DIMINISHING * s. Becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so.
BEWARE * v. Be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to.
XXIII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-two and one. --s. Being three more than twenty.
DISHPAN * n. Large pan for washing dishes.
WEEPY * s. Liable to weep easily.
SIZEABLENESS * n. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
CONFRONT * v. 1 Oppose, as in hostility or a competition. 2 Deal with (something unpleasant) head on. 3 Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize. 4 Be face to face with.
SUBSTITUTING * n. Working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence.
NWBN * n. The compass point that is one point north of northwest.
SYRUPY * s. 1 Overly sweet. 2 Having a relatively high resistance to flow. 3 With honey added.
TANGRAM * n. A Chinese puzzle consisting of a square divided into seven pieces that must be arranged to match particular designs.
GOOD-TIME * s. Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.
PELVIMETER * n. Measuring instrument for performing pelvimetry.
ASTHENIA * n. An abnormal loss of strength.
HAWKISH * s. Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies.
ENGILD * v. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
MAMMARY * a. Of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female.
NITROFURAN * n. Derivative of furan used to inhibit bacterial growth.
SYMMETRICALLY * r. In a symmetrical manner.
COSMETOLOGY * n. The practice of beautifying the face and hair and skin.
BROAD-BEAN * n. Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder.
QUETCH * v. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
CONCRETISE * v. Become specific.
CORNET * n. A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves.
MISDELIVER * v. Deliver to the wrong address.
AUK * n. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
SUPERCILIOUSNESS * n. The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior.
DEDIFFERENTIATE * v. Lose specialization in form or function.
DICTATORSHIP * n. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
TITTERING * a. Being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter.
PITTIDAE * n. Pittas.
OPENMOUTHED * s. With eyes or mouth open in surprise.
IMMUNOGENICITY * n. The property of eliciting an immune response.
SKILLFUL * s. 1 Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude. 2 Done with delicacy and skill.
TENDERGREEN * n. Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage.
SCARABAEAN * n. Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes.
SOLEIROLIA * n. One species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb.
DISTILLATION * n. 1 The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors. 2 A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling.
INTERMINABLE * s. Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.
CHURCH-STATE * n. A state ruled by religious authority.
CLITTER * v. Make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.
THEIST * --n. One who believes in the existence of a god or gods. --a. Of or relating to theism.
PIGSTY * n. A pen for swine.
JAMISON * n. United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944).
BROADAX * n. A large ax with a broad cutting blade.
BEATIFIC * s. 1 Experiencing or bestowing celestial joy. 2 Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint.
SYNONYMY * n. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
TRUNCATE * --v. 1 Replace a corner by a plane. 2 Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one. 3 Make shorter as if by cutting off. --s. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off.
KHAKIS * n. A military uniform made of khaki fabric.
KEOKUK * n. Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848).
BALLISTIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity.
SALABLE * a. Capable of being sold; fit for sale.
LOCATIVE * n. The semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb.
SHELFFUL * n. The amount that a shelf will hold.
UNIMPRESSIVELY * r. In an unimpressive manner.
SAMBUR * n. A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines.
ICILY * r. In a cold and icy manner.
TONAL * a. 1 Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words. 2 Having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic.
SEGAL * n. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
INHOMOGENEITY * n. The quality of being inhomogeneous.
KLAPROTH * n. German chemist who pioneered analytical chemistry and discovered three new elements (1743-1817).
SELF-COMPLACENCY * n. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself.
SILICATE * n. A salt or ester derived from silicic acid.
PHALACROCORAX * n. Type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae.
ANETHUM * n. Dill.
INHUMED * a. Placed in a grave.
SUNFLOWER * n. Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays.
PARCHISI * n. An ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board.
COURT * --n. 1 An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business. 2 A room in which a lawcourt sits. 3 The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state. 4 A specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played. --v. 1 Make amorous advances towards. 2 Seek someone's favor. 3 Engage in social activities leading to marriage.
BOUGHTEN * s. Purchased; not homemade.
MASSACHUSET * n. 1 The Algonquian language of the Massachuset. 2 A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay.
TOBIN * n. United States economist (1918-2002).
HOMOPHILE * --n. Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. --s. Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires.
ROUGE * --n. Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks. --v. Redden by applying rouge to.
SKATEBOARD * --n. A board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot. --v. Ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom.
PERNICIOUS * s. 1 Exceedingly harmful. 2 Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
SUFFICIENT * a. Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant.
SWEEP * --n. 1 A wide scope. 2 Someone who cleans soot from chimneys. 3 Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge. 4 A long oar used in an open boat. --v. 1 Sweep across or over. 2 Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions. 3 Sweep with a broom or as if with a broom. 4 Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
STEPHANION * n. The craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus.
2-DIMENSIONAL * s. Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth.
BALM * n. 1 Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing. 2 Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
EDWARDS * n. American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758).
BLAND * s. 1 Lacking taste or flavor or tang. 2 Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting. 3 Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
CYMRU * n. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria.
FIZZING * s. Hissing and bubbling.
REPUBLISHING * n. The act of publishing again.
DESCENSUS * n. The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus).
AGNOSTICAL * a. Uncertain of all claims to knowledge.
IBERIS * n. Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft.
ACTIVATOR * n. (biology) Any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription.
WRITER * n. 1 Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). 2 A person who is able to write and has written something.
BULRUSH * n. 1 Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa. 2 Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America.
BLACKBUCK * n. Common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns.
OCCULTIST * n. A believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts.
MULTIPROCESSING * n. Simultaneous processing by two or more processing units.
DISENFRANCHISE * v. Deprive of voting rights.
ROBINSON * n. 1 English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975). 2 United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989). 3 Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958). 4 United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936).
GRENADE * n. A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile.
DOMATIUM * n. A part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi.
PERFUNCTORILY * r. In a set manner without serious attention; as a formality.
UNALIENABLE * a. Incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another.
ANS * n. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
COPULATE * v. Engage in sexual intercourse.
VOILE * n. A light semitransparent fabric.
ALECTURA * n. Brush turkeys.
NON * r. Negation of a word or group of words.
MIDDLE-LEVEL * s. Intermediate in rank or position.
LACROSSE * n. A game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal.
CONDUCTIVITY * n. The transmission of heat or electricity or sound.
CAROB * n. 1 Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute. 2 Evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob. 3 Powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute.
FESTAL * s. Offering fun and gaiety.
LIT * --n. The humanistic study of a body of literature. --s. Provided with artificial light. --a. Set afire or burning.
FLAVOURING * n. Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
CAUTERISE * v. 1 Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. 2 Make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals.
SCALENUS * n. Any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing.
PASCAL * n. 1 A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter. 2 French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662). 3 A programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach.
DFLP * n. A Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change.
COMPASSIONATELY * r. In a compassionate manner.
WHOLE * --n. 1 All of something including all its component elements or parts. 2 An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity. --a. 1 Including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete. 2 (of siblings) Having the same parents. --s. 1 Not injured or harmed. 2 Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health. 3 Acting together as a single undiversified whole. --r. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
ALIMENTATION * n. 1 A source of materials to nourish the body. 2 The act of supplying food and nourishment.
MAGICICADA * n. Seventeen-year locust.
FIRE-RESISTIVE * s. Difficult to burn.
ASSIGNATION * n. 1 A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers). 2 The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
HEJAZ * n. A coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
KEYNOTE * --n. 1 The principal theme in a speech or literary work. 2 A fundamental or central idea. 3 (music) The first note of a diatonic scale. --v. 1 Set the keynote of. 2 Give the keynote address to (an audience).
RUDDERFISH * n. 1 Food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships. 2 Fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters.
CREATOR * n. 1 Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. 2 A person who grows or makes or invents things.
ACOUSMA * n. Illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds.
NIMBLENESS * n. 1 Intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind. 2 The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble.
RAGGED * s. 1 Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn. 2 Worn out from stress or strain. 3 Having an irregular outline.
MACROCHEIRA * n. Giant crabs of Japan.
ATHODYD * n. A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed.
BILIOUS * --a. Relating to or containing bile. --s. 1 Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress. 2 Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
GRUNGILY * r. In a dingy manner.
PLUCKY * --a. Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited. --s. Showing courage.
TUMBLEWEED * n. 1 Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass. 2 Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States. 3 Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds. 4 Bushy plant of western United States.
AWAKENING * n. The act of waking.
PLECTOPHERA * n. In some former classifications: name for the Ephemeroptera.
PEEWIT * n. 1 Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs. 2 Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
CORRELATIVITY * n. A reciprocal relation between two or more things.
PREDESTINATION * n. 1 Previous determination as if by destiny or fate. 2 (theology) Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind).
INHIBITORY * s. Restrictive of action.
ICELANDIC * --n. A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland. --a. Of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language.
ALTRUIST * n. Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being.
STEP * --n. 1 Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal. 2 The distance covered by a step. 3 The act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down. 4 Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway. --v. 1 Shift or move by taking a step. 2 Put down or press the foot, place the foot. 3 Cause (a computer) to execute a single command. 4 Treat badly.
PARALLELOGRAM * n. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length.
ATENOLOL * n. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.).
BASIDIOCARP * n. The fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells.
EPIZOAN * --n. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas). --a. Of or relating to epizoa.
CONDITIONAL * --s. Qualified by reservations. --a. Imposing or depending on or containing a condition.
NEWSCASTER * n. Someone who broadcasts the news.
ALLOPATHIC * a. Of or relating to the practice of allopathy.
TOUCHINGLY * r. In a poignant or touching manner.
EPIPREMNUM * n. Small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas.
KANAMYCIN * n. Antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections.
CONSERVATIVE * --n. 1 A person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas. 2 A member of a Conservative Party. --a. Resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion. --s. 1 Having social or political views favoring conservatism. 2 Avoiding excess. 3 Unimaginatively conventional. 4 Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
DISTRESSING * s. 1 Causing distress or worry or anxiety. 2 Bad; unfortunate.
MELOPSITTACUS * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
LAROTID * n. An antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections.
WARPLANE * n. An aircraft designed and used for combat.
CLAVUS * n. A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes.
OFF-STREET * a. Not on the streets.
NEUROGENESIS * n. The development of nerve tissues.
SINAI * n. 1 A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments. 2 A desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt. 3 A peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea.
COSINE * n. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
RICKETTSIALES * n. Pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms.
DOWITCHER * n. Shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe.
UNEXPENDED * s. 1 (of financial resources) Not spent. 2 Not used up.
SWEET-FACED * s. Having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition.
CEPHEUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) King of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia. 2 A faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cassiopeia and the pole star.
UNDISPUTED * s. Generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute.
MEQ * n. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
EPICARDIA * n. The short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach.
IRIS * n. 1 Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals. 2 Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye. 3 Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening.
SELF-PROCLAIMED * s. Proclaimed to be or described as such by oneself, without endorsement by others.
SENSITIZING * --n. Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections. --a. Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.
COMPOSURE * n. Steadiness of mind under stress.
WOLFFIELLA * n. Minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa.
EDIFICE * n. A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.
DOLICHOCEPHALISM * n. The quality of being dolichocephalic.
ARBORIFORM * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
CREASE-RESISTANT * a. Of fabric that does not wrinkle easily.
DEGUSTATION * n. Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
SPLITWORM * n. Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm.
BASTARDIZATION * n. 1 Declaring or rendering bastard. 2 An act that debases or corrupts.
CARPET * --n. 1 Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile). 2 A natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet. --v. 1 Form a carpet-like cover (over). 2 Cover completely, as if with a carpet. 3 Cover with a carpet.
CHIROMANTIC * a. Of or relating to palmistry.
BIOSYSTEMATY * n. Use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework.
TUNKER * n. An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion).
FORK-LIKE * s. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
RUBBERLIKE * s. Having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness.
BLUE-BLOODED * s. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
HOPELESS * --a. Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success. --s. 1 Of a person unable to do something skillfully. 2 Certain to fail. 3 (informal to emphasize how bad it is) Beyond hope of management or reform.
SLOGAN * n. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
CONDITIONALITY * n. The state of being conditional.
SIGMA * n. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
UNBLUSHING * s. Feeling no shame.
SUFFOCATIVE * s. Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
OCTONARY * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
SUBSIDIARITY * n. Secondary importance.
OVERSUPPLY * --n. The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall. --v. Supply with an excess of.
GAWKER * n. A spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness.
VAPORISH * s. Resembling or characteristic of vapor.
VISCIDLY * r. In a sticky viscid manner.
GOLFER * n. Someone who plays the game of golf.
PINPRICK * n. 1 A minor annoyance. 2 Small puncture (as if made by a pin).
GISH * n. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).
CYCLOPEDIA * n. A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
YUCATAN * n. 1 A state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. 2 A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea.
DIAKINESIS * n. The final stage of the prophase of meiosis.
EXPLODED * s. Showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another.
PRETOR * n. An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.
WINDSCREEN * n. Transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle.
TANACETUM * n. A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum.
UNTRAVERSABLE * s. Incapable of being traversed.
EPIKERATOPHAKIA * n. Using a piece of donated corneal tissue to repair the eye of someone who has had a cataract removed.
CRETINOUS * s. Afflicted with cretinism.
ACCOMPANYIST * n. A person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano).
GREENFLY * n. Greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants.
UNGAINLY * s. 1 Lacking grace in movement or posture. 2 Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
SCAM * --n. A fraudulent business scheme. --v. Deprive of by deceit.
POMPADOUR * --n. 1 French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764). 2 A hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead. --v. Style women's hair in a pompadour.
LAMELLIBRANCHIA * n. Oysters; clams; scallops; mussels.
SNATCHER * n. 1 A thief who grabs and runs. 2 Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).
SQUIRREL * n. 1 A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail. 2 The fur of a squirrel.
MACUSHLA * n. (an Irish term of address expressing affection) Darling.
SHELF * n. 1 A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects. 2 A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
POGONOPHORA * n. Beard worms.
FLEXIBILITY * n. 1 The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped. 2 The quality of being adaptable or variable. 3 The trait of being easily persuaded.
MINIMISATION * n. The act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position.
GIG * n. 1 Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing. 2 An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. 3 A cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting. 4 Tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain.
RETICENCE * n. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
HIEROLATRY * n. The worship of saints.
CONSUMING * s. Very strong; urgently felt.
PAPERING * n. The application of wallpaper.
AFFLICT * v. 1 Cause great unhappiness for; distress. 2 Cause physical pain or suffering in.
CHECKERS * n. A checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces.
LOUSY * s. 1 Very bad. 2 Infested with lice. 3 Vile; despicable.
STRIKEBREAKING * n. Confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers.
CENSURABLE * s. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
URUGUAYAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Uruguay. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people.
ANAMORPHIC * a. 1 Pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another. 2 Pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system.
WILSON * n. 1 Author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870). 2 English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991). 3 Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813). 4 United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918).
ROBE-DE-CHAMBRE * n. A robe worn before dressing or while lounging.
LUDICROUS * s. 1 Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce. 2 So unreasonable as to invite derision.
PENINSULA * n. A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
LATINATE * a. Derived from or imitative of Latin.
BLISTER * --n. 1 A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint). 2 (botany) A swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin. 3 (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. --v. 1 Get blistered. 2 Subject to harsh criticism. 3 Cause blisters to form on.
HAIR-SHIRT * a. Self-sacrificing or austere.
AZOIC * s. Before the appearance of life.
ANOMIE * n. 1 Personal state of isolation and anxiety resulting from a lack of social control and regulation. 2 Lack of moral standards in a society.
HABITUAL * s. Commonly used or practiced; usual.
APOGON * n. Type genus of the Apogonidae.
AVERT * v. 1 Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. 2 Turn away or aside.
LINCOCIN * n. Antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.
ASCRIBE * v. Attribute or credit to.
FOB * --n. 1 A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch. 2 An adornment that hangs from a watch chain. 3 Short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest. --v. Deceive somebody.
TRANSIENT * --n. 1 One who stays for only a short time. 2 (physics) A short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load. --a. Of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind. --s. Lasting a very short time.
TERRAMYCIN * n. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM * n. South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight.
OVIMBUNDU * n. An ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola.
STARLESS * a. Not starry; having no stars or starlike objects.
GLOBIGERINA * n. Marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes.
FORESTER * n. 1 English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966). 2 Someone trained in forestry.
PRETERNATURALLY * r. In a supernatural manner.
FACE-OFF * n. 1 A hostile disagreement face-to-face. 2 (ice hockey) The method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players.
OUTFITTED * s. 1 Furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation. 2 Equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories.
FARRIER * n. A person who shoes horses.
CHARNEL * --n. A vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited. --s. Gruesomely indicative of death or the dead.
TRIGA * n. Type genus of the Triglidae.
PENNY-PINCH * v. Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible.
FEVERISH * --s. 1 Marked by intense agitation or emotion. 2 Having or affected by a fever. --a. Of or relating to or characterized by fever.
SPECIATE * v. Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment.
MRS * n. A form of address for a married woman.
GNAT * n. 1 Any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies. 2 (British usage) Mosquito.
HIEROGLYPH * n. 1 Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible). 2 A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt.
OBTUSE * --a. Of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees. --s. 1 (of a leaf shape) Rounded at the apex. 2 Lacking in insight or discernment. 3 Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
LINDERA * n. Aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America.
TIMGAD * n. An ancient town founded by the Romans; noted for extensive and well-preserved ruins.
DOG-TIRED * s. Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
CULT * n. 1 Followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices. 2 An interest followed with exaggerated zeal. 3 Followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. 4 A religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false.
XTC * n. Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
CATAMENIA * n. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.
POLYBUTYLENE * n. A polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber.
POSTHUMOUSLY * r. After death.
PEACE * n. 1 The state prevailing during the absence of war. 2 Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes. 3 The absence of mental stress or anxiety. 4 The general security of public places.
DASTARDLINESS * n. Despicable cowardice.
HAPLOIDIC * a. Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.
WATER-MINT * n. A European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America.
PERSNICKETY * s. 1 (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant. 2 Characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details.
HUN * n. 1 A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century. 2 Offensive term for a person of German descent.
RIFLING * n. The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm.
YESTERDAY * --n. 1 The day immediately before today. 2 The recent past. --r. 1 On the day preceding today. 2 In the recent past; only a short time ago.
ATHROTAXIS * n. A genus of gymnosperm.
FINGER-PAINTING * n. 1 A painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers. 2 Painting by using the fingers to spread the paint.
SPRIGGER * n. A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books.
DUMPS * n. An informal expression for a mildly depressed state.
BELLYFUL * n. An undesirable overabundance.
KASHMIR * n. An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India.
CANDYTUFT * n. Any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region.
ORCHID * n. Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
DES * n. 1 A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry. 2 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.
HOG-TIE * v. Tie together somebody's limbs.
THING-IN-ITSELF * n. The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception.
GENDARMERY * n. French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively.
OSTROGOTH * n. A member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD.
ANTICIPATED * s. Expected hopefully.
REMODEL * v. 1 Do over, as of (part of) a house. 2 Cast or model anew.
DEMOCRATIZATION * n. The action of making something democratic.
GREECE * n. 1 A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil. 2 Ancient Greece; a country of city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) that reached its peak in the fifth century BCE.
SAWAN * n. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
MONARCHICAL * s. 1 Having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch. 2 Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch.
NONFLAVORED * s. Without flavoring added.
VILLAINOUS * s. Extremely wicked.
UNMANLIKE * a. Not possessing qualities befitting a man.
STRAIGHT-LACED * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
ASSAGAI * n. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
COSMOGONICAL * a. Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe.
PERMUTATION * n. 1 An event in which one thing is substituted for another. 2 The act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements. 3 Complete change in character or condition. 4 Act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group.
EMPANEL * v. 1 Enter into a list of prospective jurors. 2 Select from a list.
MYSTERY * n. 1 Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. 2 A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie.
HOMESICK * s. Longing to return home.
MANGE * n. A persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people).
CLOVERLEAF * n. An interchange that does not require left-hand turns.
PROVEN * a. Established beyond doubt.
RELEASE * --n. 1 Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film). 2 The act of liberating someone or something. 3 A process that liberates or discharges something. 4 An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation. --v. 1 Release, as from one's grip. 2 Grant freedom to; free from confinement. 3 Let (something) fall or spill from a container. 4 Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.
MUSTELUS * n. Smooth dogfishes.
UNDERSEA * s. Beneath the surface of the sea.
MINUTIA * n. A small or minor detail.
LYCAENID * n. Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
RWANDAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Rwanda. --a. Of or pertaining to Rwanda.
NONMODERN * a. Not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
OUZO * n. A Greek liquor flavored with anise.
FRONT * --n. 1 The side that is forward or prominent. 2 The line along which opposing armies face each other. 3 The outward appearance of a person. 4 The side that is seen or that goes first. --v. 1 Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to. 2 Confront bodily. --a. Relating to or located in the front.
SLIPSTREAM * n. The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
AVOCATIONAL * a. Of or involved in an avocation.
PHOENICULUS * n. Type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae.
ANTIHISTAMINE * n. A medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site.
FIRELIGHTER * n. (a piece of) A substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire.
DEPRECATING * s. Tending to diminish or disparage.
GRASSROOTS * s. 1 Fundamental. 2 Of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group.
CORDIAL * --n. Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal. --s. 1 Diffusing warmth and friendliness. 2 Politely warm and friendly. 3 Sincerely or intensely felt.
DRUBBING * n. 1 A sound defeat. 2 The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
RECODE * v. Put into a different code; rearrange mentally.
STIGMA * n. 1 The apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil. 2 A symbol of disgrace or infamy. 3 An external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod. 4 A skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease.
UNIDENTIFIED * s. 1 Not yet identified. 2 Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
MANHOLE * n. A hole (usually with a flush cover) through which a person can gain access to an underground structure.
PREACHIFY * v. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements.
ROOK * --n. 1 (chess) The piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. 2 Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow. --v. Deprive of by deceit.
EGGHEAD * n. An intellectual; a very studious and academic person.
LOATHLY * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
RIGHTHANDER * n. A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left.
EPHA * n. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
TRANSCRIPT * n. 1 Something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech. 2 A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record).
IRRITABILITY * n. 1 An irritable petulant feeling. 2 Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part. 3 A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
THEMISTOCLES * n. Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC).
NEGLECTFULNESS * n. The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.
HOMING * s. Orienting or directing homeward or to a destination.
AGITATE * v. 1 Try to stir up public opinion. 2 Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. 3 Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for. 4 Move very slightly.
HOLLAND * n. A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.
BLETHER * --n. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. --v. To talk foolishly.
BRIDGE * --n. 1 A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.. 2 A circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected. 3 Something resembling a bridge in form or function. 4 The hard ridge that forms the upper part of the nose. --v. 1 Connect or reduce the distance between. 2 Make a bridge across. 3 Cross over on a bridge.
DEPENDENCY * n. 1 The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. 2 Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs). 3 A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.
SEMIAUTOMATIC * --n. A pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously. --s. 1 Partially automatic. 2 (of firearms) Capable of automatic loading and firing continuously.
CRIUS * n. (Greek mythology) One of the Titans.
CONSULTATION * n. 1 A conference (usually with someone important). 2 A conference between two or more people to consider a particular question. 3 The act of referring or consulting.
PARNASSUS * n. (Greek mythology) A mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry.
VEDIC * a. Of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written.
RECIPROCAL * --n. 1 Something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else. 2 (mathematics) One of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7. 3 Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype. --a. Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return. --s. Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function.
TEGUCIGALPA * n. The capital and largest city of Honduras.
SQUARE-RIGGED * s. Rigged with square sails as the principal ones.
COLLYRIUM * n. Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.
HOUSEBREAKER * n. 1 A burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house. 2 A wrecker of houses.
GRAPPLER * n. 1 Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground. 2 A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.
REDISPOSE * v. Dispose anew.
IRONWORK * n. Work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc).
FARMHAND * n. A hired hand on a farm.
ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL * n. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO).
CONSENTING * s. Having given consent.
LYSIMACHUS * n. Macedonian general under Alexander the Great; with Seleucus he defeated Antigonus and Demetrius at the battle of Ipsus (circa 355-281 BC).
DIPSACACEAE * n. Chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads.
NAIADACEAE * n. Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.
COMMANDANT * n. An officer in command of a military unit.
COMMISSIONER * n. 1 A government administrator. 2 A member of a commission.
GYMNASIUM * n. 1 A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12. 2 Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
DISCUS * n. 1 An athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible. 2 A disk used in throwing competitions.
PYXIE * n. Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.
OCHER * --n. 1 A moderate yellow-orange to orange color. 2 Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment. --s. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
CROSSBONES * n. Two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death.
LOW-VOLTAGE * a. Subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage.
RAISER * n. 1 A bridge partner who increases the partner's bid. 2 Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil.
OVERDRAFT * n. A draft in excess of the credit balance.
PSEUDORYX * n. Species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992.
BROTHER-IN-LAW * n. A brother by marriage.
PECK * --n. 1 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 2 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons. 3 A United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches. --v. 1 Hit lightly with a picking motion. 2 Eat by pecking at, like a bird. 3 Kiss lightly. 4 Eat like a bird.
DROP * --n. 1 A shape that is spherical and small. 2 A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid). 3 A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity. 4 A steep high face of rock. --v. 1 Let fall to the ground. 2 To fall vertically. 3 Go down in value. 4 Fall or descend to a lower place or level.
HESSE * n. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).
FILTRATE * --n. The product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter. --v. Remove by passing through a filter.
GLORIFY * v. 1 Praise, glorify, or honor. 2 Bestow glory upon. 3 Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration. 4 Cause to seem more splendid.
LOAD-SHEDDING * n. Cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply.
MONOPOLIZER * n. Someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something.
EUGENIA * n. Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood.
CHARCOT * n. French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893).
NONREADER * n. 1 A student who is very slow in learning to read. 2 A person unable to read.
8TH * s. Coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position.
TECHNOPHILIC * a. Of or relating to or showing technophilia.
INADEQUATE * --a. Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task. --s. Of insufficient quantity to meet a need.
FEDERAL * --n. 1 A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War. 2 Any federal law-enforcement officer. --s. 1 National; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units. 2 Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. --a. 1 Of or relating to the central government of a federation. 2 Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities.
MICROMETEOROID * n. A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere.
SPORANGIUM * n. Organ containing or producing spores.
STIFF-BRANCHED * s. Having stiff branches.
UNFITTING * s. Not in keeping with what is correct or proper.
TOFRANIL * n. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
HEISENBERG * n. German mathematical physicist noted for stating the uncertainty principle (1901-1976).
DEMAGOGUE * n. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.
HALENIA * n. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians.
OBSTETRICS * n. The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.
AGGRANDIZE * v. Add details to.
GEASTRACEAE * n. A family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales.
ACRIMONY * n. A rough and bitter manner.
METAMORPHIC * a. 1 Of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks). 2 Characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance.
COUNTLESS * s. Too numerous to be counted.
GEARSTICK * n. A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears.
FORTY-ONE * s. Being one more than forty.
ATSUGEWI * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of northern California. 2 The Shastan language spoken by the Atsugewi.
SON * n. 1 A male human offspring. 2 The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus).
ACCUSINGLY * r. In an accusing manner.
SAPLESS * s. 1 Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. 2 Destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry.
SPASTIC * --n. A person suffering from spastic paralysis. --a. Relating to or characterized by spasm. --s. 1 Suffering from spastic paralysis. 2 Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm.
PROCEEDINGS * n. 1 (law) The institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. 2 A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
UNDERDEVELOPED * s. 1 Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply. 2 Not yet fully developed.
HURRIEDLY * r. In a hurried or hasty manner.
WELFARE-STATIST * s. Of or relating to a welfare state.
INVESTIGATION * n. 1 An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities. 2 The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically.
PAPISM * n. 1 The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome. 2 Offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
MISSPELLING * n. A spelling that is incorrect.
FRUITFUL * a. Productive or conducive to producing in abundance.
BLOWLAMP * n. A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame.
TOPMOST * s. At or nearest to the top.
JAINIST * --n. A believer in Jainism. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Jainism.
BROAD-SHOULDERED * s. Having broad shoulders.
DIGEST * --n. 1 A periodical that summarizes the news. 2 Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file). --v. 1 Convert food into absorbable substances. 2 Arrange and integrate in the mind. 3 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. 4 Become assimilated into the body.
ADMINISTRATE * v. Work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.
BIGHT * --n. 1 A loop in a rope. 2 A bend or curve (especially in a coastline). 3 A broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline. 4 The middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends). --v. Fasten with a bight.
REVERSAL * n. 1 A change from one state to the opposite state. 2 An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. 3 Turning in an opposite direction or position. 4 A decision to reverse an earlier decision.
PENNSYLVANIA * n. 1 A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies. 2 One of the British colonies that formed the United States. 3 A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
LISZT * n. Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886).
BLOWHARD * n. A very boastful and talkative person.
STORAGE * n. 1 The act of storing something. 2 A depository for goods. 3 The commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials. 4 (computer science) The process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk.
CADDISWORM * n. Larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris.
GOETEBORG * n. A port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden.
LUDDITE * n. 1 Any opponent of technological progress. 2 One of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment.
KISHINEV * n. The capital of Moldova.
OPTIC * --n. The organ of sight. --a. 1 Of or relating to or resembling the eye. 2 Relating to or using sight.
COLD-EYED * s. Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice.
ANALYSAND * n. A person undergoing psychoanalysis.
ADVANTAGEOUSNESS * n. The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome.
USEFULLY * r. In a useful manner.
KYO-CHIKU * n. Immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks.
PHARISEE * n. 1 A self-righteous or sanctimonious person. 2 A member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions.
INPUT * --n. 1 Signal going into an electronic system. 2 A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information. 3 Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. 4 A component of production; something that goes into the production of output. --v. Enter (data or a program) into a computer.
CALISAYA * n. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark.
CHRIST * n. 1 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). 2 Any expected deliverer.
LARREA * n. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States.
CUPIDITY * n. Extreme greed for material wealth.
CONCENTRICITY * n. The quality of having the same center (as circles inside one another).
SOMNOLENTLY * r. In a drowsy manner.
FONDNESS * n. 1 A predisposition to like something. 2 A positive feeling of liking. 3 A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love.
UNEMBELLISHED * s. Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.
FLY-BY-NIGHT * --n. A debtor who flees to avoid paying. --s. 1 (of businesses and businessmen) Untrustworthy or undependable. 2 Ephemeral.
SHUFTI * n. A quick look around (originally military slang).
TRAMPER * n. 1 Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground. 2 A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure).
PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC * s. Based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific.
PAEDIATRIC * a. Of or relating to the medical care of children.
MUCK * --n. 1 Any thick, viscous matter. 2 Fecal matter of animals. --v. 1 Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine. 2 Spread manure, as for fertilization. 3 Soil with mud, muck, or mire.
MAINMAST * n. The chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts.
TONNE * n. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
JOYFULNESS * n. The emotion of great happiness.
ACANTHOPHIS * n. Australian elapid snakes.
PROMISCUOUS * s. 1 Not selective of a single class or person. 2 Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.
PRELIMS * n. Written matter preceding the main text of a book.
CLAUSE * n. 1 (grammar) An expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence. 2 A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will).
ATONIA * n. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
SCORBUTUS * n. A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
RUN-UP * n. 1 A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time. 2 The approach run during which an athlete gathers speed.
TARZAN * n. 1 (sometimes used ironically) A man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs). 2 A man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
TROLLEY * n. A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
CONSIGNER * n. The person who delivers over or commits merchandise.
RURAL * a. 1 Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. 2 Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city.
HYDRAULICLY * r. In a hydraulic manner.
MINUEND * n. The number from which the subtrahend is subtracted.
RELEVANTLY * r. With relevance.
NONCHRISTIAN * s. Not believing in Christ.
MEYERBEER * n. German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864).
ECHOLIKE * s. Like or characteristic of an echo.
KITTENISH * s. Playful like a lively kitten.
SPREADING * n. 1 Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space. 2 The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate. 3 Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time.
FOLIUM * n. A thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock.
PROPANOL * n. A clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic.
SPYWARE * n. Computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent.
ALBATROSS * n. 1 (figurative) Something that hinders or handicaps. 2 Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight.
AIRFARE * n. The fare charged for traveling by airplane.
PILOTFISH * n. Small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas.
VESPERTILIONID * n. A variety of carnivorous bat.
NITRITE * n. The radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid).
UNDESIRABLY * r. In an undesirable manner.
FATIMA * n. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632).
ALLOTROPISM * n. The phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms.
MALAYA * n. The region of Malaysia on the Malay Peninsula; shares a land border with Thailand to the north.
PHYLLOSTACHYS * n. Medium and large bamboos.
GROUNDMASS * n. (geology) The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
DEVITALISE * v. Sap of life or energy.
INOPPORTUNE * a. Not opportune.
MUDGUARD * n. A curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels.
ONE-HUNDRED-MILLIONTH * n. One part in a hundred million equal parts.
LOW-SET * s. 1 Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature. 2 Lower than average.
PUSHUP * n. An arm exercise performed lying face to the floor and pushing the body up and down with the arms.
RED-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with red.
DECADE * n. 1 A period of 10 years. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system.
EELPOUT * n. 1 Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas. 2 Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.
ITHUNN * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young.
SNOUT * n. 1 A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose. 2 Informal terms for the nose. 3 Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils.
HALDOL * n. Tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome.
FOREORDAINED * s. Established or prearranged unalterably.
EARTHENWARE * n. Ceramic ware made of porous clay fired at low heat.
SOMALIAN * --n. A member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia. --a. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
WHIFFER * n. A batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike.
MATTING * n. 1 A covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp). 2 Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture.
JOINTED * s. Having joints or jointed segments.
LADANUM * n. A soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative.
SENSITISER * n. (chemistry) A substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction.
STABILISED * s. Made stable or firm.
CASTILLEJA * n. Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses.
PROCRUSTES * n. (Greek mythology) A mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus.
SPRINGBOK * n. A South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air.
89 * s. Being nine more than eighty.
ACANTHUS * n. Any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated.
MEADOW * n. A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay.
WEATHERPROOF * --v. Make resistant to bad weather. --s. Able to withstand exposure to weather without damage.
CICATRIX * n. A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue.
HARANGUER * n. A public speaker who delivers a loud or forceful or angry speech.
PEOPLES * n. The human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group.
GRUNGE * n. The state of being covered with unclean things.
APPELLATE * a. Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals).
TOTALISTIC * a. Of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life.
RESIDENTIAL * a. 1 Used or designed for residence or limited to residences. 2 Of or relating to or connected with residence.
SECTIONALISE * v. Divide into sections, especially into geographic sections.
PASADENA * n. A city in southwestern California to the east of Los Angeles.
UNDIMINISHED * s. Not lessened or diminished.
CRESCENT-SHAPED * s. Resembling the new moon in shape.
MUNICIPALITY * n. 1 An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government. 2 People living in a town or city having local self-government.
BOORISH * s. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
UNCREATIVENESS * n. A lack of creativity.
DACRYON * n. The craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone.
MEATMAN * n. A retailer of meat.
AURICULARIA * n. Type genus of the Auriculariaceae.
BOUSTROPHEDONIC * a. Of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions.
WRINKLELESS * a. Not wrinkled or creased.
SCRUTINISE * v. 1 To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. 2 Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification.
STROBILE * n. Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts.
SHUNNING * n. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.
PELISSE * n. A sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur.
KINGWOOD * n. 1 Handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork. 2 Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood.
CEMENTITIOUS * a. Like or relevant to or having the properties of cement.
ANTICOAGULATION * n. The administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood.
MINARET * n. Slender tower with balconies.
PALTERING * n. A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear.
UNEQUIVOCALLY * r. In an unambiguous manner.
ALCYONE * n. (Greek mythology) A woman who was turned into a kingfisher.
BEHAVIOURISTIC * a. Of or relating to behaviorism.
HEVESY * n. Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966).
BEATRICE * n. The woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy.
DS * n. 1 A radioactive transuranic element. 2 The bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas. 3 An honorary degree in science.
OBSTINATELY * r. In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
MOORCOCK * n. Male red grouse.
SELF-ADDRESSED * s. Addressed to yourself.
DEMYELINATION * n. Loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function.
BATHROBE * n. A loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim.
MARSHALS * n. The United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system.
HIPPOSIDEROS * n. Horseshoe bats.
GEOMANCER * n. One who practices geomancy.
NORTHWESTERLY * s. 1 Coming from the northwest. 2 Situated in or oriented toward the northwest.
UNPREMEDITATED * --s. Not prepared or planned in advance. --a. Not premeditated.
EXHAUSTION * n. 1 Extreme fatigue. 2 Serious weakening and loss of energy. 3 The act of exhausting something entirely.
DURER * n. A leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528).
HOTTISH * s. Somewhat hot.
FLAMEFISH * n. A cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters.
COOTER * n. Large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico.
MEGATHERE * n. Gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America.
DEER * n. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
BAGUETTE * n. Narrow French stick loaf.
ACHROMATINIC * a. (of substance of a cell nucleus) Not readily colored by stains.
AFFORESTATION * n. The conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting).
QUATERCENTENARY * n. The 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
SACERDOTALISM * n. A belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God.
ASKER * n. Someone who asks a question.
DEODORISE * v. Eliminate the odor from.
PLASTRON * n. 1 The ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt. 2 The front of man's dress shirt. 3 A metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail. 4 A large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest.
HEARTRENDING * s. Causing or marked by grief or anguish.
HIJACKING * n. Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force.
TANTALUM * n. A hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite.
UNSPECIALIZED * a. Not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function.
HEMORRHOID * n. Venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter.
WRANGLING * n. An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining).
FORESHOCK * n. A tremor preceding an earthquake.
CONNOCHAETES * n. African antelopes: gnus.
STOREY * n. A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.
ETNA * n. 1 An inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet). 2 A gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air.
BOMBER * n. 1 A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight. 2 A person who plants bombs. 3 A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
SOLICITOUSNESS * n. A feeling of excessive concern.
BOUNDER * n. 1 Someone who is morally reprehensible. 2 Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition).
DESKMAN * n. The police sergeant on duty in a police station.
DECREASED * a. Made less in size or amount or degree.
TRANSMUNDANE * s. Existing or extending beyond the physical world.
MUDCAT * n. 1 Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed. 2 Large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw.
THYROCALCITONIN * n. Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone.
BEHOVE * v. Be appropriate or necessary.
INTRALINGUISTIC * a. Within a particular language.
SYLLABLED * s. Pronounced in syllables.
ALEURONIC * a. Of or related to aleurone.
STOOPING * s. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
PSEUDOSCIENCE * n. An activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions.
SELF-TORMENT * n. Self-imposed distress.
UNSTERILISED * s. Not sterilized.
BLAZONRY * n. The official symbols of a family, state, etc..
GNETOPHYTINA * n. Gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta).
MANHANDLE * v. Handle roughly.
SEAFOOD * n. Edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc.
MARTENSITE * n. A solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel.
BONE-COVERED * s. (of animals) Armored with bone.
SIPHONOPHORA * n. Marine colonial hydrozoans.
ETERNALISE * v. Make famous forever.
PARACHUTING * n. Descent with a parachute.
TOMBAK * n. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
ATROPHY * --n. 1 A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse. 2 Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use). --v. Undergo atrophy.
BOARDING * n. 1 The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft. 2 A structure of boards.
CIRCUMSCRIBE * v. 1 Draw a line around. 2 Restrict or confine within limits. 3 To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect.
POLLS * n. The place where people vote.
HYPERALDOSTERONISM * n. A condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone.
MAINSAIL * n. The lowermost sail on the mainmast.
ASADHA * n. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
JURIDICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the law or jurisprudence. 2 Relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge.
UNPERCEIVED * s. Not perceived or commented on.
NONSWEET * a. Not containing sugar.
KERATODERMIA * n. Any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny.
NAKED-MUZZLED * s. Having a muzzle that is hairless.
HYMENOPTERON * n. Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing.
BOZO * n. 1 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 2 An informal term for a youth or man.
PISA * n. A city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower.
ASIMINA * n. Pawpaw.
PROTESTANT * --n. 1 An adherent of Protestantism. 2 The Protestant churches and denominations collectively. --a. Of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism. --s. Protesting.
INTIMIDATION * n. 1 The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something. 2 The feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.. 3 The feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid. 4 A communication that makes you afraid to try something.
INTERNATIONALLY * r. Throughout the world.
PAROUS * a. Having given birth to one or more viable children.
DIVIDABLE * s. Can be divided usually without leaving a remainder.
FIXING * n. 1 The act of putting something in working order again. 2 Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. 3 The sterilization of an animal. 4 (histology) The preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.
SHRAPNEL * n. Shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight.
AMBULATION * n. Walking about.
USELESS * a. Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully.
PHLEBOTOMIST * n. Someone who practices phlebotomy.
CAPPADOCIA * n. An ancient country is eastern Asia Minor.
VILLAGER * n. One who has lived in a village most of their life.
ANTIGONE * n. (Greek mythology) The daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death.
INCONSPICUOUSNESS * n. The quality of being not easily seen.
RUMINATE * v. 1 Chew the cuds. 2 Reflect deeply on a subject.
AGRICOLA * n. Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93).
FOREGROUNDING * n. The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system.
ACCOMPLISH * v. 1 Put in effect. 2 To gain with effort.
CACHINNATE * v. Laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way.
HOSTESS * n. 1 A woman host. 2 A woman innkeeper. 3 A woman steward on an airplane.
COLOURCAST * n. A television program that is broadcast in color.
UNLICENCED * s. Lacking official approval.
TWEEZER * n. A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping.
LONGWOOL * n. A domestic long-wool sheep.
MURMURING * --n. 1 A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. 2 A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone. --s. Making a low continuous indistinct sound.
BENZODIAZEPINE * n. Any of several similar lipophilic amines used as tranquilizers or sedatives or hypnotics or muscle relaxants; chronic use can lead to dependency.
HOMO * n. 1 Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. 2 Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
MISAPPREHENSION * n. An understanding of something that is not correct.
INVITATORY * s. Conveying an invitation.
LENIFY * v. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
EGBERT * n. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
SCHRODINGER * n. Austrian physicist who discovered the wave equation (1887-1961).
AEROBIOTIC * s. Living or active only in the presence of oxygen.
CHOICE * --n. 1 The person or thing chosen or selected. 2 The act of choosing or selecting. 3 One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen. --s. 1 Of superior grade. 2 Appealing to refined taste.
SALARY * n. Something that remunerates.
FAG * --n. 1 Offensive term for a homosexual man. 2 Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking. --v. 1 Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools. 2 Work hard. 3 Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
UNCONTAMINATED * --a. Not corrupted by contact or association. --s. Free from admixture with noxious elements; clean.
ELICITED * s. Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation.
SCARF * --n. 1 A garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration. 2 A joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end. --v. 1 Masturbate while strangling oneself. 2 Unite by a scarf joint. 3 Wrap in or adorn with a scarf.
CALFSKIN * n. Fine leather from the skin of a calf.
CANNIBALIZE * v. 1 Eat human flesh. 2 Use parts of something to repair something else.
PIPILO * n. Towhees.
RETHINK * --n. Thinking again about a choice previously made. --v. Change one's mind.
SILENUS * n. 1 Any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs). 2 The chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey.
BEFOGGED * s. Stupefied by alcoholic drink.
REDEMPTIONAL * a. Of or relating to or resulting in redemption.
JAILBREAK * n. An escape from jail.
HELA * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
CAECILIAN * --n. Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae.
MORULA * n. A solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula.
KETONEMIA * n. An abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus.
AUTHORITARIANISM * n. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
ROPY * --a. Of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong. --s. 1 Forming viscous or glutinous threads. 2 (British informal) Very poor in quality.
PAHANG * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
PROBATE * --n. 1 A judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate. 2 The act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements. --v. 1 Put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. 2 Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents).
HOMONYMOUS * a. Of or related to or being homonyms.
FOUNDING * n. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
MAMMILLA * n. The small projection of a mammary gland.
CONFABULATION * n. 1 An informal conversation. 2 (psychiatry) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
YENISEY * n. A Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea.
SNAP * --n. 1 The act of catching an object with the hands. 2 A spell of cold weather. 3 Tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections. 4 A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger. --v. 1 Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone. 2 Separate or cause to separate abruptly. 3 Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension. 4 Move or strike with a noise.
BATTLEGROUND * n. A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought.
PHILANTHROPIST * n. Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being.
AMENABLENESS * n. The trait of being cooperative.
ANTENNARY * a. Of or relating to antennae.
MULLER * n. 1 Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965). 2 Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927). 3 German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858). 4 German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476).
DUSKY-COLOURED * s. Having a dark color.
ROADBED * n. A bed supporting a road.
T-SQUARE * n. A square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines.
FRESHWATER * n. Water that is not salty.
PILOCARPINE * n. Cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma.
TRICKSTER * n. 1 Someone who plays practical jokes on others. 2 Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. 3 A mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts.
PALAEOBOTANY * n. The study of fossil plants.
JANSENISM * n. The Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition.
MACGREGOR * n. Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734).
EXTRAVASATE * v. 1 Force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel. 2 Become active and spew forth lava and rocks. 3 Geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth.
BONNY * s. Very pleasing to the eye.
CLIP * --n. 1 A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun. 2 An instance or single occasion for some event. 3 Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together. 4 An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress. --v. 1 Sever or remove by pinching or snipping. 2 Run at a moderately swift pace. 3 Attach with a clip. 4 Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
HELODERMATIDAE * n. Only known venomous lizards.
BUNCH * --n. 1 A grouping of a number of similar things. 2 An informal body of friends. 3 Any collection in its entirety. --v. 1 Form into a bunch. 2 Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.
AILEY * n. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
MISTREATED * a. Subjected to cruel treatment.
UNREVEALED * s. Not made known.
YOGIC * a. Of or relating to yoga.
DONJON * n. The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress.
ILL-TREAT * v. Treat badly.
SUBTERMINAL * s. Near but not precisely at an end.
LOWLINESS * n. 1 The state of being humble and unimportant. 2 A position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation.
DIAL * --n. 1 The face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours. 2 The control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning. 3 The circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments. 4 A disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called. --v. 1 Operate a dial to select a telephone number. 2 Choose by means of a dial.
UNEXPENDABLE * a. Not suitable to be expended.
PRIMAXIN * n. Trade name for a parenteral antibiotic.
REED * n. 1 Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites. 2 United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920). 3 United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902). 4 A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it.
GRUESOMENESS * n. The quality of being ghastly.
FLANNEL-CAKE * n. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
ENTITLEMENT * n. Right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits).
LORIINAE * n. Lories.
LEPTOSPIROSIS * n. An infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever.
LUNGI * n. A long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma.
LIDAR * n. A measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can affect aircraft.
HASSLE * --n. 1 An angry disturbance. 2 Disorderly fighting. --v. Annoy continually or chronically.
DISCONSOLATELY * r. In grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects.
FUSIFORM * s. Tapering at each end.
FAD * n. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
ANTHEROPEAS * n. Small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum.
STORE * --n. 1 A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services. 2 A supply of something available for future use. 3 An electronic memory device. 4 A depository for goods. --v. 1 Keep or lay aside for future use. 2 Find a place for and put away for storage.
APPREHENSIVE * s. 1 Quick to understand. 2 Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc. 3 In fear or dread of possible evil or harm.
CONQUER * v. 1 Bring under control by force or authority. 2 Take possession of by force, as after an invasion. 3 Overcome by conquest.
CHANNUKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
ADELIE * n. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica.
INGENUITY * n. 1 The power of creative imagination. 2 The property of being ingenious.
ENCYCLOPAEDIST * n. A person who compiles information for encyclopedias.
STOCKINETTE * n. Knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments.
HARDCOVER * --n. A book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers. --s. Having a hard back or cover.
FOMORIAN * n. One of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature.
PEARL-FISH * n. Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds.
TRAVELED * --a. Traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term. --s. Familiar with many parts of the world.
THULE * n. 1 A town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a United States naval base was built there. 2 The geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world.
INUNDATED * s. Covered with water.
OSCULATION * n. 1 (mathematics) A contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent. 2 The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof).
NAWAB * n. A governor in India during the Mogul empire.
SCRUMPTIOUS * s. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
HOUND'S-TONGUE * n. 1 Perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers. 2 Biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers.
DEODOURISE * v. Eliminate the odor from.
WHIDAH * n. Mostly black African weaverbird.
SHARP-SIGHTEDNESS * n. 1 Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart). 2 Lively attentiveness.
PEPPINESS * n. Liveliness and energy.
MILK-SICK * s. Affected with or related to milk sickness.
FRONTLET * n. An adornment worn on the forehead.
PHRASEOLOGY * n. The manner in which something is expressed in words.
DASYURUS * n. Type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats.
SPHENION * n. The anterior tip of the parietal bone.
NUDIST * n. A person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion.
BOCCONIA * n. 1 Herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers. 2 Small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers.
GIBBSITE * n. White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina.
FISHBOWL * n. 1 A state of affairs in which you have no privacy. 2 A transparent bowl in which small fish are kept.
HARE * --n. 1 Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes. 2 Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food. --v. Run quickly, like a hare.
WHEATLEY * n. American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784).
BOGMAT * n. Having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America.
SWARTHY * s. Naturally having skin of a dark color.
POPULUS * n. A genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars.
GALLOP * --n. A fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. --v. 1 Ride at a galloping pace. 2 Go at galloping speed. 3 Cause to move at full gallop.
WTO * n. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
NOXIOUSLY * r. In a detrimental manner.
ALL-AROUND * s. Many-sided.
DARK-HAIRED * s. 1 Having hair of a dark color. 2 Covered with dark hair.
BASKETRY * n. The craft of basket making.
ADHESION * n. 1 Abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen. 2 A fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures. 3 The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition. 4 Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion.
SARCOCHILUS * n. Diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia.
TARRIANCE * n. The act of tarrying.
HEPATICA * n. 1 Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions. 2 A common liverwort.
SKILFUL * s. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
ROADSIDE * n. Edge of a way or road or path.
ALBULA * n. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
TATOU * n. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
LIFE-OF-MAN * n. Unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico.
CHELIFER * n. A genus of Chelonethida.
FARINACEOUS * s. 1 Resembling starch. 2 Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.
QUADRATURE * n. The construction of a square having the same area as some other figure.
SUMPTUOUSNESS * n. 1 Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living. 2 The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
SNAFU * --n. An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up. --v. Cause to be in a state of complete confusion. --s. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
LAURELS * n. 1 A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction. 2 The state of being honored.
JAGGANATH * n. An avatar of Vishnu.
BETTERMENT * n. 1 A change for the better; progress in development. 2 An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility. 3 The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
BREAKTHROUGH * n. 1 A productive insight. 2 Making an important discovery. 3 A penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense.
SANDARACH * n. A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes.
EXPLICANDUM * n. (logic) A statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained.
DEPOLARISATION * n. A loss of polarity or polarization.
LYSOGENICITY * n. The condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material.
ROPE * --n. 1 A strong line. 2 Street names for flunitrazepan. --v. 1 Catch with a lasso. 2 Fasten with a rope.
REASSURINGLY * r. In a reassuring manner.
EYE-DROP * n. 1 A drop from an eye dropper. 2 A method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists.
AMEN * n. A primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes.
ETHANOL * n. The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline.
PRESENTER * n. 1 Someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.). 2 An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.). 3 Person who makes a gift of property.
SHEFFIELD * n. A steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry.
TITMOUSE * n. Small insectivorous birds.
UIGUR * n. 1 A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China. 3 The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language.
INCIDENT * --n. 1 A single distinct event. 2 A public disturbance. --a. 1 Falling or striking of light rays on something. 2 (sometimes followed by `to') Minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence.
GYNANDROMORPHOUS * s. Having both male and female morphological characteristics.
CONFISCATION * n. Seizure by the government.
AIRPOST * n. A system of conveying mail by aircraft.
FILICALES * n. True (leptosporangiate) ferns.
CRANK * --n. 1 A bad-tempered person. 2 A whimsically eccentric person. 3 An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant. 4 A hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle. --v. 1 Travel along a zigzag path. 2 Start by cranking. 3 Rotate with a crank. 4 Fasten with a crank. --s. (used of boats) Inclined to heel over easily under sail.
PLACKET * n. A piece of cloth sewn under an opening.
DOI * n. The United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849.
ANAHEIM * n. A city in southern California (southeast of Los Angeles); site of Disneyland.
SPECIFIC * --n. 1 A fact about some part (as opposed to general). 2 A medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease. --a. 1 (sometimes followed by `to') Applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique. 2 Relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species. 3 Being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides. --s. Stated explicitly or in detail.
EPIGLOTTIS * n. A flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing.
DEADENING * --n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine). --s. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
KPH * n. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
INCONCLUSIVE * a. Not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question.
CONVENTIONALISM * n. Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional.
UMBRELLA-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of an umbrella.
SIGNIFICANCE * n. 1 The quality of being significant. 2 A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred. 3 The message that is intended or expressed or signified.
RED-COATED * s. Used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats.
TILLETIACEAE * n. A family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster.
NONACHIEVER * n. A student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates.
COMBUSTIBLENESS * n. The quality of being capable of igniting and burning.
ALCEDINIDAE * n. Kingfishers.
AGLET * n. 1 Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon. 2 Ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform.
CONCERTISE * v. Give concerts; perform in concerts.
PENCILED * a. Drawn or written with a pencil.
COPYRIGHT * --n. A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work. --v. Secure a copyright on a written work.
CROSS-FERTILIZE * v. 1 Undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile. 2 Cause to undergo cross-fertilization.
CONSUBSTANTIATION * n. The doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine.
SEEK * --n. The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk. --v. 1 Try to get or reach. 2 Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. 3 Make an effort or attempt. 4 Go to or towards.
AMETABOLOUS * a. Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis.
MUTABLENESS * n. The quality of being capable of mutation.
KINDERGARTEN * n. A preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school.
PEDICULIDAE * n. True lice: human lice and related forms.
CLUBBABLE * s. Inclined to club together.
AMENTIA * n. Extreme mental retardation.
BROMEGRASS * n. Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions.
FILTHINESS * n. 1 A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse. 2 Moral corruption or pollution.
HYALOPHORA * n. American silkworm moth.
KENNEDIA * n. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
ENTOMOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to the biological science of entomology.
DISHONESTY * n. 1 The quality of being dishonest. 2 Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing.
GORMANDISE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
RECRUITMENT * n. The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.).
SELF-EXPRESSION * n. The expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities).
EMBRYOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms.
VASECTOMIZE * v. Remove the vas deferens.
PHAGOCYTE * n. A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms.
VERIFY * v. 1 Confirm the truth of. 2 Check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard. 3 Attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition). 4 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
TEUTONIST * n. A specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England).
STANDARDIZED * s. 1 Brought into conformity with a standard. 2 Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability.
INERRANT * s. Not liable to error.
TURNIP * n. 1 Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root. 2 Root of any of several members of the mustard family.
TWO-SIDED * --a. Capable of being reversed or used with either side out. --s. Having two sides or parts.
STRENUOUSNESS * n. Extreme effortfulness.
CO-ORDINATOR * n. Someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously.
BRAMBLING * n. Eurasian finch.
HAGIOLOGIST * n. The author of a worshipful or idealizing biography.
ZAAR * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
CISTERCIAN * n. Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence.
PARENTAL * a. 1 Designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced. 2 Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent.
EXCESS * --n. 1 A quantity much larger than is needed. 2 Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits. 3 The state of being more than full. 4 Excessive indulgence. --s. More than is needed, desired, or required.
DESPONDENCE * n. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
DUFY * n. French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953).
CUSPATED * s. Having cusps or points.
PHONICS * n. Teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values.
FIG-BIRD * n. Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits.
QUAINT * s. 1 Strange in an interesting or pleasing way. 2 Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance. 3 Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic).
CONCEAL * v. 1 Prevent from being seen or discovered. 2 Hold back; keep from being perceived by others.
BLETIA * n. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
UNGREASED * a. Not lubricated.
CALIBRATION * n. The act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument.
ISOTHERMIC * a. Of or relating to an isotherm.
INEVITABLY * r. 1 In such a manner as could not be otherwise. 2 By necessity.
SHADY * s. 1 Quiet, dark, or concealed. 2 Not as expected. 3 Of questionable honesty or legality. 4 Filled with shade.
CLOISONNE * --n. Enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips. --s. (for metals) Having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired.
AEGICERAS * n. A genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae.
UNPARLIAMENTARY * s. So rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for parliament.
HELLCAT * n. A malicious woman with a fierce temper.
MINDLESSNESS * n. 1 Total lack of meaning or ideas. 2 The trait of acting rashly and without prudence.
DISCOGLOSSIDAE * n. Family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue.
SIGNAL/NOISE * n. The ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity.
PICTURAL * a. Pertaining to or consisting of pictures.
COCOA * n. 1 A beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot. 2 Powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed.
GRAPEVINE * n. 1 Gossip spread by spoken communication. 2 Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries.
SEPTUAGINT * n. The oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II.
LEDGER * n. 1 A record in which commercial accounts are recorded. 2 An accounting journal as a physical object.
MISTRANSLATE * v. Translate incorrectly.
UNDER-THE-COUNTER * s. Done or sold illicitly and secretly.
TRIFLER * n. One who behaves lightly or not seriously.
ECHO * --n. 1 The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves. 2 (Greek mythology) A nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained. 3 A reply that repeats what has just been said. 4 A reflected television or radio or radar beam. --v. 1 To say again or imitate. 2 Ring or echo with sound. 3 Call to mind.
SLEEK * --v. Make slick or smooth. --s. 1 Well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed. 2 Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow. 3 Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
LADY'S-EARDROPS * n. Erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
MFA * n. A master's degree in fine arts.
COSMOLOGIC * a. 1 Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe. 2 Pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality.
JACOBINISM * n. The ideology of the most radical element of the French Revolution that instituted the Reign of Terror.
ERRONEOUSNESS * n. Inadvertent incorrectness.
ACRID * s. 1 Strong and sharp. 2 Harsh or corrosive in tone.
SANDWORT * n. 1 Loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe. 2 Low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers. 3 Low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens.
MYRICA * n. Deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees.
WRAWL * v. Cry loudly, as of animals.
JERK-OFF * n. Terms of abuse for a masturbator.
NEPA * n. Type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions.
INSULTINGLY * r. 1 In a disrespectful and insulting manner. 2 In an unfair and insulting manner.
ORTHOEPY * n. 1 The way a word or a language is customarily spoken. 2 A term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography.
CEPHALOHEMATOMA * n. A collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth.
VOLTAIRE * n. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
FEMINISE * v. 1 Assume (more) feminine characteristics. 2 To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.
ORISSA * n. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
ZESTY * s. 1 Having an agreeably pungent taste. 2 Marked by spirited enjoyment.
PONCA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska. 2 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca.
IMPUDENT * s. 1 Marked by casual disrespect. 2 Improperly forward or bold.
GALAN * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
SECOND-BEST * --s. Next to the best. --r. In second place.
MUGGER * n. A robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street).
RISE * --n. 1 A growth in strength or number or importance. 2 The act of changing location in an upward direction. 3 An upward slope or grade (as in a road). 4 A movement upward. --v. 1 Move upward. 2 Increase in value or to a higher point. 3 Rise to one's feet. 4 Rise up.
PILEA * n. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
MAGNETISE * v. 1 Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. 2 Make magnetic.
COTTAGE * n. A small house with a single story.
POOECETES * n. A genus of Fringillidae.
KALANTAS * n. Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood.
CLIENT-SERVER * a. Relating to a computer system in which a central server supports a number of networked workstations.
GENUS-FENUSA * n. Birch leaf miner.
GREGARIOUS * --a. 1 (of animals) Tending to form a group with others of the same species. 2 (of plants) Growing in groups that are close together. --s. Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others.
RAKEHELL * n. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
PAMPERER * n. Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence.
SHREW-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a shrew.
RIGOROUSNESS * n. 1 Something hard to endure. 2 Excessive sternness.
CINNAMON-COLOURED * s. Having the color of cinnamon.
FINENESS * n. 1 The quality of being very good indeed. 2 The property of being very narrow or thin. 3 Having a very fine texture. 4 The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance.
PEDIATRICS * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children.
ZAMBEZI * n. An African river; flows into the Indian Ocean.
USEFUL * --a. Being of use or service. --s. Having a useful function.
URBANITY * n. 1 Polished courtesy; elegance of manner. 2 The quality or character of life in a city or town.
ACTOR * n. 1 A theatrical performer. 2 A person who acts and gets things done.
COWL * --n. 1 Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine. 2 A loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk). --v. Cover with or as with a cowl.
ALGOMETER * n. Device for measuring pain caused by pressure.
QUARRY * --n. 1 A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence. 2 A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate. 3 Animal hunted or caught for food. --v. Extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.
LONCHOCARPUS * n. Genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.
UNDECLARED * a. Not announced or openly acknowledged.
CAMPANULALES * n. An order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae.
PERPETUATE * v. Cause to continue or prevail.
RHINCODON * n. Whale sharks.
ESQUIRE * n. 1 (Middle Ages) An attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood. 2 A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name.
GUANGDONG * n. A province in southern China.
TREBLE * --n. The pitch range of the highest female voice. --v. 1 Sing treble. 2 Increase threefold. --s. 1 Having or denoting a high range. 2 Three times as great or many. 3 Having three units or components or elements. 4 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities.
ORANGE-FLOWERED * s. Having orange flowers.
CONQUERING * n. The act of conquering.
MEDLINE * n. The computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS.
PARSEC * n. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years.
STRIDE * --n. 1 A step in walking or running. 2 The distance covered by a step. 3 Significant progress (especially in the phrase `make strides'). --v. 1 Walk with long steps. 2 Cover or traverse by taking long steps.
HOMOGENIZATION * n. The act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition.
FLAME-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with red.
INEXPUNGEABLE * s. Not capable of being expunged.
HELLENIC * --n. The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language.
DYNE * n. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
STINKHORN * n. Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales.
APOTHEOSIS * n. 1 Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. 2 The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god).
SWEAT * --n. 1 Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands. 2 Agitation resulting from active worry. 3 Condensation of moisture on a cold surface. 4 Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. --v. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.
BOTULIFORM * s. Shaped like a sausage.
HOROLOGY * n. The art of designing and making clocks.
TETROSE * n. Any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule.
PHENYLAMINE * n. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
ATHEIST * --n. Someone who does not believe in the existence of a god. --a. Related to or characterized by or given to atheism.
GERMFREE * a. Free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile.
BIGFOOT * n. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada.
SPOKESWOMAN * n. A female spokesperson.
PRECEDENTEDLY * r. With precedent.
SORDIDNESS * n. 1 Sordid dirtiness. 2 Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
REHABILITATIVE * --a. Designed to accomplish rehabilitation. --s. Helping to restore to good condition.
DEPRESSINGLY * r. In a depressing manner or to a depressing degree.
LILIACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae.
SPEARFISH * n. Any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare.
OKLAHOMAN * n. A native or resident of Oklahoma.
PICORNAVIRUS * n. A group of single-strand RNA viruses with a protein coat.
IMPRACTICAL * --a. Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters. --s. Not practical or realizable; speculative.
CRAZY * --n. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous. --s. 1 Affected with madness or insanity. 2 Foolish; totally unsound. 3 Possessed by inordinate excitement. 4 Bizarre or fantastic.
BIONOMICS * n. The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment.
BURNT-OUT * s. 1 Exhausted as a result of longtime stress. 2 Inoperative as a result of heat or friction. 3 Destroyed or badly damaged by fire.
PARASCALOPS * n. Brewer's moles.
SPIRAL-SHELLED * s. Having a shell that forms a spiral.
FEE * --n. 1 A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services. 2 An interest in land capable of being inherited. --v. Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on.
DUST * --n. 1 Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air. 2 The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. 3 Free microscopic particles of solid material. --v. 1 Remove the dust from. 2 Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape. 3 Cover with a light dusting of a substance. 4 Distribute loosely.
OXIDISE * v. 1 Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen. 2 Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide.
LUSTFUL * s. 1 Characterized by lust. 2 Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. 3 Vigorously passionate.
COINCIDENTAL * s. Occurring or operating at the same time.
AGALACTOSIS * n. A condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered.
SARCODES * n. Snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae.
WALK-ON * --n. Plays a small part in a dramatic production. --a. Not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines.
OREOPTERIS * n. 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris.
BLOODSHOT * s. (of an eye) Reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed.
RANCID * s. 1 (used of decomposing oils or fats) Having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition. 2 Smelling of fermentation or staleness.
IMPACTION * n. 1 The condition of being pressed closely together and firmly fixed. 2 A disorder in which feces are impacted in the lower colon. 3 A disorder in which a tooth is so crowded in its socket that it cannot erupt normally. 4 A sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something.
QUISLINGISM * n. Act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country.
NEGRITUDE * n. An ideological position that holds Black culture to be independent and valid on its own terms; an affirmation of the African cultural heritage.
RINGSIDE * n. First row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring.
OILMAN * n. 1 A person who owns or operates oil wells. 2 A worker who produces or sells petroleum.
SAMISEN * n. A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum.
DRENCHING * n. The act of making something completely wet.
GOVERNABLE * s. Capable of being controlled.
INTERMURAL * s. Between two or more institutions etc.
TIE-ON * s. Fastened by tying on.
BELLIGERENCE * n. 1 Hostile or warlike attitude or nature. 2 A natural disposition to be hostile.
AMATI * n. 1 Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684). 2 A violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family.
GOON * n. 1 An awkward stupid person. 2 An aggressive and violent young criminal.
FIRECLAY * n. A heat-resistant clay.
OVRETTE * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel.
POLTERGEIST * n. A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder.
PLACATIVE * s. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
PLAYTHING * n. An artifact designed to be played with.
DOGLEG * n. 1 Angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog. 2 A golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway.
BESTRIDE * v. Get up on the back of.
ORANGE-HUED * s. Having the color of ripe oranges.
APHRODISIA * n. A desire for heterosexual intimacy.
MYLODONTID * n. A variety of extinct edentate.
MONGOLIANISM * n. A congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation.
BULLBRIER * n. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
GIZZARD * n. Thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food.
BOMBYCILLIDAE * n. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
UNBARRELLED * a. Not in a barrel.
FLIGHTED * s. Having feathers.
WAINSCOT * n. 1 Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall. 2 Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room.
RACISM * n. 1 The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races. 2 Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race.
CONJECTURE * --n. 1 A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence). 2 A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. 3 Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence. --v. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
BALLOTTEMENT * n. A palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus).
TELEFILM * n. A movie that is made to be shown on television.
STALINIZATION * n. Social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin.
ATHEISM * n. A lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
UNIFOLIATE * s. Having a single leaf.
UPBRINGING * n. 1 Properties acquired during a person's formative years. 2 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
STUFFED * s. 1 Filled with something. 2 Crammed with food.
ASCLEPIADACEAE * n. Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice.
ARAFAT * n. Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004).
CORRESPONDING * s. 1 Accompanying. 2 Similar especially in position or purpose. 3 Conforming in every respect.
EMETIC * n. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
BICOLOR * s. Having two colors.
INTROJECTED * s. Incorporated unconsciously into your own psyche.
INADVERTENTLY * r. Without knowledge or intention.
BURROUGHS * n. 1 United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997). 2 United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898). 3 United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950).
SQUADRON * n. 1 A cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms. 2 An air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group. 3 A naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task.
LEEWAY * n. 1 (of a ship or plane) Sideways drift. 2 A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
DOLEFULLY * r. With sadness; in a sorrowful manner.
CREDITOR * n. A person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists.
HEMAGGLUTINATION * n. Agglutination of red blood cells.
PEEVISHLY * r. In a peevish manner.
ORTHICON * n. A now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons.
MUTED * s. 1 In a softened tone. 2 Being or made softer or less loud or clear.
ANTHROPOGENESIS * n. The evolution or genesis of the human race.
SESQUIPEDALIA * n. A very long word (a foot and a half long).
OEDIPUS * n. (Greek mythology) A tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.
CURTAIL * v. 1 Place restrictions on. 2 Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.
HATEFUL * --a. Evoking or deserving hatred. --s. Characterized by malice.
JOCOSENESS * n. The trait of merry joking.
INHALER * n. A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.
CAP * --n. 1 A tight-fitting headdress. 2 A top (as for a bottle). 3 A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive. 4 Something serving as a cover or protection. --v. 1 Lie at the top of. 2 Restrict the number or amount of.
MANAGUA * n. The capital and largest city of Nicaragua.
CAULIFLOWER * n. 1 A plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds. 2 Compact head of white undeveloped flowers.
GRAVE * --n. 1 Death of a person. 2 A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone). 3 A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. --v. 1 Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it. 2 Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. --s. 1 Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises. 2 Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. 3 Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought.
ARCADIAN * --n. An inhabitant of Arcadia. --s. (used with regard to idealized country life) Idyllically rustic.
CATEGORICAL * --a. Relating to or included in a category or categories. --s. Not modified or restricted by reservations.
CORSICAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people.
MOLECULAR * a. 1 Relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules. 2 Relating to simple or elementary organization.
CADAVEROUS * --s. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. --a. Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse.
LATICIFER * n. A plant duct containing latex.
BUDGET * --n. 1 A sum of money allocated for a particular purpose. 2 A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them. --v. Make a budget.
LEACH * --n. The process of leaching. --v. 1 Cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate. 2 Permeate or penetrate gradually. 3 Remove substances from by a percolating liquid.
LYNCHING * n. Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.
UNNOTCHED * s. Having no notches.
INEFFECTUALITY * n. Lacking the power to be effective.
REDETERMINATION * n. Determining again.
FREEZE-DRIED * s. 1 Used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum. 2 Preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum.
NONPSYCHOACTIVE * a. Not affecting the mind or mental processes.
DECIDUOUS * --a. (of plants and shrubs) Shedding foliage at the end of the growing season. --s. (of teeth, antlers, etc.) Being shed at the end of a period of growth.
TOILER * n. One who works strenuously.
QUARTER-VINE * n. Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section.
TAPS * n. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
CROONER * n. A singer of popular ballads.
EXAM * n. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
KORBUT * n. Soviet gymnast (born in 1955).
BEELINE * n. The most direct route.
COCCOTHRAUSTES * n. Large finches.
HERITOR * n. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
METAKNOWLEDGE * n. Knowledge about knowledge.
CETACEAN * --n. Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals. --a. Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.
ENNOBLEMENT * n. 1 The state of being noble. 2 The act of raising someone to the nobility.
COREFERENT * s. Related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction.
ILL-ADVISED * a. Without careful prior deliberation or counsel.
ACROPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of great heights.
SMOKED * s. (used especially of meats and fish) Dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke.
CRITH * n. The weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure).
FLY-BY * n. A flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
EU * n. 1 A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 2 An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
CHILOMENISCUS * n. Sand snakes.
HEALTHINESS * n. The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease.
ZEP * n. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
SETARIA * n. Annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses.
PIPUL * n. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.
SLOWLY * r. 1 Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'). 2 In music.
DOCTRINE * n. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
MISERABLY * r. In a miserable manner.
DILLENIA * n. Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves.
HINT * --n. 1 An indirect suggestion. 2 A slight indication. 3 A slight but appreciable amount. 4 A just detectable amount. --v. Drop a hint; intimate by a hint.
CANTHUS * n. Either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet.
HEARTFELT * s. Sincerely earnest.
SHODDEN * a. Wearing footgear.
SYMPOSIARCH * n. The person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet.
WHATNOT * n. Miscellaneous curios.
SHUTTERED * a. Provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination.
EURAFRICAN * --n. A person of mixed European and African descent. --a. Relating to or coming from Europe and Africa.
COALESCENCE * n. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
STUTTGART * n. A city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture.
CHURNING * s. 1 Moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation. 2 (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence.
BEAVER * --n. 1 The soft brown fur of the beaver. 2 A native or resident of Oregon. 3 A full beard. 4 A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur. --v. Work hard on something.
THERMALGESIA * n. Pain caused by heat.
RECURRENTLY * r. In a recurrent manner.
INBOUND * s. Directed or moving inward or toward a center.
ENTOBLAST * n. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
SMOTHERED * s. 1 Held in check with difficulty. 2 Completely covered.
CANALIZATION * n. 1 The production of a canal or a conversion to canals. 2 Management through specified channels of communication.
UNSTARRED * s. Not marked with an asterisk.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience. 2 The trait of being painstaking and careful.
SECRETOR * n. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
PEDDLE * v. Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
ASTEREOGNOSIS * n. A loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them.
JDAM * n. A pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs.
CLINKER * --n. 1 A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire. 2 A hard brick used as a paving stone. --v. 1 Clear out the cinders and clinker from. 2 Turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning.
MULTIFARIOUSNESS * n. Noticeable heterogeneity.
RASTERIZE * v. Convert (an image) into pixels.
DUNCE * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
WEIRDO * n. 1 Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric. 2 Someone deranged and possibly dangerous.
LIGHT-HEARTEDLY * r. In a light-hearted manner.
MYCROSPORIDIA * n. An order in the subclass Cnidosporidia.
SIX-POINTED * s. Having six points.
SHIRTY * s. (British informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
INEFFECTIVELY * r. In an ineffective manner.
NIGHT-LIGHT * n. Light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids).
CALIF * n. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
FACIAL * --n. 1 Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles. 2 Care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams. --a. 1 Of or concerning the face. 2 Of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object.
UPHILL * --n. The upward slope of a hill. --s. Sloping upward. --r. 1 Against difficulties. 2 Upward on a hill or incline.
PARANOIAC * n. A person afflicted with paranoia.
SNOWMOBILE * --n. Tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front. --v. Ride a snowmobile.
ARIANISM * n. Heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son.
RIVINA * n. Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America.
GARBED * s. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.
CANIS * n. Type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals.
FEDERALISM * n. The idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units.
BASSINET * n. 1 A basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed. 2 A perambulator that resembles a bassinet.
BOTANIZE * v. Collect and study plants.
HEMIGRAMMUS * n. Tetras.
TABULARIZE * v. Arrange or enter in tabular form.
EDECRIN * n. Diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema.
INTERNEE * n. A person who is interned.
PENTOTHAL * n. Barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic.
PINPOINT * --n. 1 A very brief moment. 2 A very small spot. 3 The sharp point of a pin. --v. Locate exactly.
ANTICOAGULANT * n. Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.
INESTIMABLE * s. Beyond calculation or measure.
MISHNA * n. The first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200.
DEEP-FRIED * s. Cooked by frying in fat.
PRIORITY * n. 1 Status established in order of importance or urgency. 2 Preceding in time.
DEAL * --n. 1 A particular instance of buying or selling. 2 An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each. 3 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 4 A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). --v. 1 Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression. 2 Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. 3 Take action with respect to (someone or something). 4 Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available.
ANGIOTONIN * n. Any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels.
VERBAL * --s. 1 Communicated in the form of words. 2 Expressed in spoken words. 3 Prolix. --a. 1 Of or relating to or formed from words in general. 2 Of or relating to or formed from a verb. 3 Relating to or having facility in the use of words.
TENTMAKER * n. Someone who makes or repairs tents.
CLOTHES * n. Clothing in general.
SHALLOW * --n. A stretch of shallow water. --v. 1 Make shallow. 2 Become shallow. --a. 1 Lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center. 2 Not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply. --s. Lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious.
TASKMASTER * n. Someone who imposes hard or continuous work.
SATIATE * --v. 1 Fill to satisfaction. 2 Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. --a. Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction.
WIDGEON * n. Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals.
SPLIT * --n. 1 Extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back). 2 A bottle containing half the usual amount. 3 A promised or claimed share of loot or money. 4 A lengthwise crack in wood. --v. 1 Separate into parts or portions. 2 Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. 3 Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. 4 Go one's own way; move apart. --s. 1 Having been divided; having the unity destroyed. 2 (especially of wood) Cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain.
CAFETERIA * n. A restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier.
INTIFADA * n. An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000.
FACILITATE * v. 1 Make easier. 2 Be of use. 3 Increase the likelihood of (a response).
DISTRESSFULLY * r. With distress.
PHYTOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies plants.
GAUDINESS * n. 1 Tasteless showiness. 2 Strident color or excessive ornamentation.
MANEUVERABLE * s. Capable of maneuvering or changing position.
TOTER * n. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
RODOMONTADE * n. Vain and empty boasting.
PALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY * n. Surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea).
IVY-COVERED * s. Overgrown with ivy.
BIOTA * n. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
LECTURESHIP * n. The post of lecturer.
TRIPHOSPHOPYRIDINE * n. A pyridine ring with three phosphorus groups.
RAPSCALLION * n. 1 A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. 2 One who is playfully mischievous.
DOORKNOCKER * n. A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door.
CONFORMITY * n. 1 Correspondence in form or appearance. 2 Acting according to certain accepted standards. 3 Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief. 4 Concurrence of opinion.
STRIDULATE * v. Make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.
CORRUPT * --v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence. 3 Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. 4 Alter from the original. --a. 1 Lacking in integrity. 2 Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive. --s. 1 Containing errors or alterations. 2 Touched by rot or decay.
CENTROCERCUS * n. Sage grouse.
FUNGI * n. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants.
NPC * n. An agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems.
CASHMERE * n. 1 A soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat. 2 The wool of the Kashmir goat. 3 An area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India.
PINK-LAVENDER * s. Of lavender tinged with pink.
PLUG-UGLY * n. Someone who bullies weaker people.
ETRUSCAN * n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC).
SUCKING * n. The act of sucking.
WITTICISM * n. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
MOA * n. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
FILMING * n. The act of making a film.
CONIUM * n. Small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock.
COXSWAIN * n. The helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew.
STABILISATION * n. 1 The act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn. 2 The act of stabilizing something or making it more stable.
HORDEOLUM * n. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
PASSIVISM * n. The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.
CANT * --n. 1 Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition. 2 A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. 3 A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves). 4 Insincere talk about religion or morals. --v. Heel over.
PIPET * n. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube.
FACADE * n. 1 The face or front of a building. 2 A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant.
MINOXIDIL * n. A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness.
UBERMENSCH * n. A person with great powers and abilities.
INIMITABLE * s. Defying imitation; matchless.
RAPHANUS * n. Radish.
PARGETING * n. 1 Plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys. 2 Ornamental plasterwork. 3 Ornamental plastering.
SALVIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb.
SIMONIZE * v. Polish with wax.
DENDROCOLAPTIDAE * n. Woodhewers or woodcreepers.
NUMERICAL * --s. Measured or expressed in numbers. --a. 1 Of or relating to or denoting numbers. 2 Relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers.
AMENT * n. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
ELUATE * n. A liquid solution that results from elution.
CHEMOSIS * n. Edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining.
SELF-EXAMINATION * n. The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct.
REDEVELOPMENT * n. The act of improving by renewing and restoring.
PH.D. * n. A doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study.
COMMERCIALIZE * v. 1 Exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality. 2 Make commercial.
GOONY * n. A variety of albatross with black feet.
BOULDER * n. 1 A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin. 2 A town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town.
GASTROPOD * n. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes.
LEICESTER * n. 1 A largely agricultural county in central England. 2 An industrial city in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement.
SODIUM * n. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt).
GYPSY * n. 1 A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment. 2 A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America). 3 A person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life. 4 The Indic language of the Gypsies.
TETH * n. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
SOUTACHE * n. A narrow braid used as a decorative trimming.
CATCHFLY * n. 1 Any plant of the genus Silene. 2 Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone.
TANGLE * --n. 1 A twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven. 2 Something jumbled or confused. --v. 1 Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. 2 Tangle or complicate. 3 Disarrange or rumple; dishevel. 4 Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
CHINTZILY * r. In a stingy manner.
TRANSITIONAL * a. Of or relating to or characterized by transition.
UNRESTRAINEDLY * r. In an unrestrained manner.
PUBLICISER * n. Someone who publicizes.
ACE * --n. 1 The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. 2 One of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face. 3 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 4 Proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II. --v. 1 Succeed at easily. 2 Score an ace against. 3 Play (a hole) in one stroke. 4 Serve an ace against (someone). --s. Of the highest quality.
SUPERVISION * n. Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.
VENEERING * n. 1 Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood. 2 The act of applying veneer.
REEKING * s. 1 Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears. 2 Giving off a strong unpleasant smell.
APHYLLOUS * s. Having no leaves.
ENFEOFFMENT * n. Under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service.
PHILIA * n. A positive feeling of liking.
STOUP * n. 1 An archaic drinking vessel. 2 Basin for holy water.
INSURRECTIONIST * n. A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions).
TRIPINNATED * s. (of a leaf shape) Thrice pinnate.
TYPECAST * v. 1 Cast repeatedly in the same kind of role. 2 Identify as belonging to a certain type.
SINGLE-FOOT * --n. A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately. --v. Go at a rack.
SNP * n. (genetics) Genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species.
SECULAR * --n. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person. --a. 1 Of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations. 2 Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world. 3 Not concerned with or devoted to religion. 4 Of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows. --s. Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.
DISHED * s. Shaped like a dish or pan.
DEMOGRAPHY * n. The branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations.
JAMESIAN * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of William James or his philosophy or his teachings. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of Henry James or his writing.
COULOMB * n. 1 A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second. 2 French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806).
LAGAROSTROBUS * n. Genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium.
CAVEMAN * n. Someone who lives in a cave.
FOP * n. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
POSTPAID * s. Used especially of mail; paid in advance.
MULTIPLIED * s. Greatly increased as by multiplication.
HAEMOPHILIC * a. Relating to or having hemophilia.
SEMICONDUCTING * s. Having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors.
ATELIOSIS * n. A form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence.
BANKABLE * s. 1 Guaranteed to bring a profit. 2 Acceptable to or at a bank.
CYLINDRICALNESS * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder.
DE-ESCALATION * n. (war) A reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war).
TIARELLA * n. Small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers.
RUGGED * --a. 1 Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring. 2 Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface. --s. 1 Topographically very uneven. 2 Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution.
CLAVICHORD * n. An early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound.
HYDREMIA * n. Blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood.
BADINAGE * n. Frivolous banter.
SPACING * n. 1 The time between occurrences of a repeating event. 2 The property possessed by an array of things that have space between them.
EIGHTSOME * n. 1 Eight people considered as a unit. 2 A Scottish reel for eight dancers.
HYGROTRAMA * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae.
GOOK * n. Any thick, viscous matter.
SPIRITLESS * --a. Lacking ardor or vigor or energy. --s. Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant.
PSOAS * n. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
STOKEHOLE * n. (nautical) Chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
PARANOID * --n. A person afflicted with paranoia. --s. Suffering from paranoia.
KEEN-SIGHTED * s. 1 Having very keen vision. 2 Capable of seeing to a great distance.
UNREFLECTIVE * s. Not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought.
MACROECONOMIC * a. Of or relating to macroeconomics.
SKEPTICALLY * r. With scepticism; in a sceptical manner.
WELL-SET * s. Strongly and firmly constructed.
UNREGISTERED * --a. 1 (of animals) Not recorded with or certified by an official breed association. 2 Not registered. --s. (a boat or vessel) Not furnished with official documents.
SPECTINOMYCIN * n. An antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea.
HAGANAH * n. The clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force.
HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY * n. Incompatibility in which one person's tissue cannot be transplanted to another person.
ENJOINMENT * n. (law) A judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.
LECHEROUSNESS * n. A strong sexual desire.
APHRODISIAC * --n. A drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire. --a. Stimulating sexual desire.
CLOTHO * n. The Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life.
COUNTERATTRACTION * n. A rival attraction.
MATCHBOARD * n. A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor).
DRUM * --n. 1 A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end. 2 The sound of a drum. 3 A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends. 4 A cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids. --v. 1 Make a rhythmic sound. 2 Play a percussion instrument. 3 Study intensively, as before an exam.
BABYHOOD * n. 1 The early stage of growth or development. 2 The earliest state of immaturity.
DUNKARD * n. An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion).
NYIRAGONGO * n. An active volcano in eastern Congo.
CARRIAGEWAY * n. One of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes.
PARATROOPS * n. Infantry trained and equipped to parachute.
PROTAMINE * n. A simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin.
PASTURE * --n. 1 A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock. 2 Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. --v. 1 Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. 2 Feed as in a meadow or pasture.
ABROGATE * v. Revoke formally.
NYAMWEZI * n. A Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania.
MISDIRECT * v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. 3 Put a wrong address on.
JUMENTOUS * a. Smelling strongly like a beast of burden.
COMPANIONATE * s. Like a companion.
HAGIOGRAPHY * n. A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint).
OTIS * n. 1 United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861). 2 Type genus of the Otididae: European bustard.
UNMERCIFULLY * r. Without pity; in a merciless manner.
ALBATRELLUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae.
OBJECTIFY * v. 1 Make external or objective, or give reality to. 2 Make impersonal or present as an object.
COOPERATIVELY * r. In close cooperation.
DECKLE * n. 1 Rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper. 2 (paper making) A frame used to form paper pulp into sheets.
GUNNERY * n. Guns collectively.
DEEP-DYE * v. Dye thoroughly.
BERLIN * n. 1 Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany. 2 United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989). 3 A limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats.
PULLEY * n. A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
RAINSTORM * n. A storm with rain.
SWASTIKA * n. The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction.
63 * s. Being three more than sixty.
BATTLE-AXE * n. 1 A sharp-tongued domineering wife. 2 A broadax used as a weapon.
EMIGRATE * v. Leave one's country of residence for a new one.
UNCURVING * s. Having no curves.
CHLOASMA * n. A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives.
REPRESSIVE * s. Restrictive of action.
EXTORTIONATELY * r. To an exorbitant degree.
UNOSTENTATIOUS * --a. Not ostentatious. --s. Exhibiting restrained good taste.
GRAB * --n. 1 A mechanical device for gripping an object. 2 The act of catching an object with the hands. --v. 1 Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of. 2 Get hold of or seize quickly and easily. 3 Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand. 4 Obtain illegally or unscrupulously.
TIKE * n. 1 A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. 2 A young person of either sex.
OVERHEAR * v. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
UNDERSEAL * n. Seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion.
ADJURE * v. 1 Ask for or request earnestly. 2 Command solemnly.
RUCKLE * v. 1 Make a hoarse, rattling sound. 2 Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic.
PRELITERATE * s. 1 Not yet having acquired the ability to read and write. 2 Used of a society that has not developed writing.
ODDS * n. 1 The likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring. 2 The ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another.
MINIM * n. 1 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters. 2 A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram. 3 A musical note having the time value of half a whole note.
TRI-CHAD * n. A chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at three corners.
PERTINENT * s. 1 Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand. 2 Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence.
RESTRICTING * s. Restricting the scope or freedom of action.
BICIPITAL * a. Having two heads or points of origin as a biceps.
FAT-FREE * a. Without fat or fat solids.
SESQUIPEDALITY * n. Using long words.
BEIGEL * n. (Yiddish) Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
BABASSU * n. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
CREAMERY * n. A workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold.
DINT * n. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'.
SUPREMATIST * n. An artist of the school of suprematism.
HURRIED * a. Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste.
BAKING * --n. 1 Making bread or cake or pastry etc.. 2 Cooking by dry heat in an oven. --s. As hot as if in an oven.
JEERING * --n. Showing your contempt by derision. --s. Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
CUSTOM-MAKE * v. Make to specifications.
GREEN-BLINDNESS * n. Dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red.
MINISUB * n. Submersible vessel for one or two persons; for naval operations or underwater exploration.
HONEYSUCKER * n. Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar.
MELICOCCUS * n. Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries.
ROTHSCHILD * n. Any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe.
GERAINT * n. (Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the Round Table.
PROPRIETOR * n. (law) Someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business.
POCKETBOOK * n. 1 Your personal financial means. 2 A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money. 3 Pocket-sized paperback book. 4 A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
LOGARITHMIC * a. Of or relating to or using logarithms.
SIALADENITIS * n. Inflammation of the salivary glands.
GRIZZLED * s. Having dark hairs mixed with grey or white.
LORDS-AND-LADIES * n. Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.
DRYNARIA * n. Large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia.
ROOMY * --n. An associate who shares a room with you. --s. (of buildings and rooms) Having ample space.
BASKETEER * n. An athlete who plays basketball.
VISCOUNTCY * n. 1 The dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess. 2 The title of a viscount.
HURRICANE * n. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale).
RESTORIL * n. A frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night.
DISASSEMBLE * v. Take apart into its constituent pieces.
ODD-JOB * s. Not regular or skilled.
UTILIZER * n. Someone who puts to good use.
GIMPINESS * n. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
ATOP * r. On, to, or at the top.
CALLITRICHE * n. Water starworts.
PHOTOELECTRON * n. An electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon.
POLICE * --n. The force of policemen and officers. --v. Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol.
HEARTACHE * n. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).
LPN * n. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
ASSUME * v. 1 Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof. 2 Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. 3 Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. 4 Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
UNSYNCHRONOUS * s. Not occurring together.
INTROPIN * n. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension.
JYNX * n. Wrynecks.
TOXICOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to toxicology.
OXIDOREDUCTASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction.
BATHYSCAPHE * n. Navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration.
OMAN * n. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil.
LOGOGRAM * n. A single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation.
NONSLIP * s. Designed to reduce or prevent slipping.
ANJOU * n. 1 A former province of western France in the Loire valley. 2 A pear with firm flesh and a green skin.
APOLOGY * n. 1 An expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone. 2 A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly. 3 A poor example.
ANAS * n. Type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks.
UNFAITHFULLY * r. In an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner.
HINDEMITH * n. German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963).
RUBOR * n. A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat.
ROWLOCK * n. A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
PFC * n. A powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum.
HIGHSCHOOL * n. A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12.
IMMANENCE * n. The state of being within or not going beyond a given domain.
OXYTETRACYCLINE * n. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections.
TEASDALE * n. United States poet (1884-1933).
NEWNESS * n. The quality of being new; the opposite of oldness.
FAQ * n. A list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers.
ONTOGENY * n. (biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.
CHINE * --n. 1 Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone. 2 Backbone of an animal. --v. Cut through the backbone of an animal.
PURITANISM * n. 1 The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects). 2 Strictness and austerity in conduct and religion.
DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE * n. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972.
WEAVERBIRD * n. Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests.
BORAX * n. An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent.
SHAMISEN * n. A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum.
LEADLESS * a. Not treated with lead.
PINDOLOL * n. An oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension.
BOWERBIRD * n. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
ZYLOPRIM * n. A drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid.
WINSLOW * n. English colonial administrator who traveled to America on the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655).
LANDGRAVE * n. A count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany.
EXTEROCEPTION * n. Sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body.
SEMITRANSPARENCY * n. The quality of allowing light to pass diffusely.
COMPOSITAE * n. Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia.
DERMIC * a. Of or relating to or located in the dermis.
PHILOMATH * n. A lover of learning.
TELEPRINTER * n. A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter.
TRADITIONALISTIC * s. Adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices.
EPIPHYLLUM * n. Any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers.
ACHOMAWI * n. 1 A member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California. 2 A community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in northeastern California. 3 The Shastan language spoken by the Achomawi.
PSALTRIPARUS * n. A genus of Paridae.
MACHINE * --n. 1 Any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks. 2 An efficient person. 3 An intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently. 4 A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point. --v. 1 Turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery. 2 Make by machinery.
IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN * n. Drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot).
PLEURISY * n. Inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer).
WILDNESS * n. 1 A feeling of extreme emotional intensity. 2 The property of being wild or turbulent. 3 An unruly disposition to do as one pleases. 4 An intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature.
MAURIAC * n. French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970).
MALEDICTION * n. The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult).
BEACHWEAR * n. Clothing to be worn at a beach.
METAPHORICAL * s. Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another.
IDEALIZE * v. 1 Consider or render as ideal. 2 Form ideals.
UNOBTRUSIVELY * r. In an unobtrusive manner.
ANCHUSA * n. Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
LAPIDIFY * v. Change into stone.
SKIMPILY * r. In a skimpy manner.
ISMAILIAN * n. An adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism.
CHLAMYDERA * n. A genus of Ptilonorhynchidae.
BELLEROPHON * n. (Greek mythology) A mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera).
PARAPH * n. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
SHUTDOWN * n. Termination of operations.
CHIT * n. 1 A dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect. 2 The bill in a restaurant.
LEEK * n. 1 Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum. 2 Related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves.
LAWLESSLY * r. In an illegal manner.
CARYATID * n. A supporting column carved in the shape of a person.
PIGWEED * n. 1 Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb. 2 Leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China. 3 Leaves collected from the wild.
LOOSEN * v. 1 Make loose or looser. 2 Make less severe or strict. 3 Become less severe or strict. 4 Disentangle and raise the fibers of.
ABSENTMINDEDNESS * n. Preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored.
FRUSTRATE * v. 1 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 2 Treat cruelly.
TONE * --n. 1 The quality of a person's voice. 2 (linguistics) A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages. 3 (music) The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound). 4 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. --v. 1 Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically. 2 Vary the pitch of one's speech. 3 Change the color or tone of. 4 Change to a color image.
LIGHT-O'-LOVE * n. A woman inconstant in love.
CLAWED * s. 1 Having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form. 2 (of predatory animals) Armed with claws or talons.
FOREVER * r. 1 For a limitless time. 2 For a very long or seemingly endless time. 3 Without interruption.
SEURAT * n. French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891).
JAMPACK * v. Crowd or pack to capacity.
KRITI * n. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC.
CHICKEN-FIGHT * v. Fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders.
ENTREATINGLY * r. In a beseeching manner.
FOLATE * n. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
EQUILIBRIZE * v. Bring into balance or equilibrium.
SIP * --n. A small drink. --v. Drink in sips.
FITLY * r. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
RUSK * n. Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp.
POSEIDON * n. (Greek mythology) The god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune.
FERVENCY * n. Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
SHANG * n. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
CURB * --n. 1 An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter). 2 A horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse. 3 A stock exchange in New York. 4 The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess. --v. 1 Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits. 2 Keep to the curb. 3 Place restrictions on.
COUNTERDEMONSTRATION * n. A demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration.
DRIFTER * n. A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.
ROCK'N'ROLL * n. A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.
AMERCE * v. 1 Punish with an arbitrary penalty. 2 Punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court.
QUICKENER * n. An agent that gives or restores life or vigor.
LIBATION * n. 1 (facetious) A serving of an alcoholic beverage. 2 A serving (of wine) poured out in honor of a deity. 3 The act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony.
TRI-IODOMETHANE * n. Sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3.
OVERWORK * --n. The act of working too much or too long. --v. 1 Use too much. 2 Work excessively hard.
SONDHEIM * n. United States composer of musicals (born in 1930).
VAGILE * a. Having freedom to move about.
BARBETTE * n. (formerly) A mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet.
DYNAST * n. A hereditary ruler.
UNWARRANTABLY * r. In an unwarrantable manner or to an unwarranted degree.
POSTMAN * n. A man who delivers the mail.
LAMMASTIDE * n. The season of Lammas.
ABDOMINOCENTESIS * n. Centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis.
KOWHAI * n. Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood.
RUBICON * n. 1 The boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war. 2 A line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment.
CHATTERER * n. 1 An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker. 2 Passerine bird of New World tropics.
OPHTHALMOLOGIST * n. A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye.
DUMPCART * n. A cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling.
SYMBOLIZER * n. Someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols.
BARROW * n. 1 The quantity that a barrow will hold. 2 (archeology) A heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs. 3 A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels.
BISE * n. A dry cold north wind in southeastern France.
MESENCEPHALON * n. The middle portion of the brain.
SOILURE * n. The act of soiling something.
SIDEROPHILIN * n. A globulin in blood plasma that carries iron.
AUTOMATON * n. 1 Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way. 2 A mechanism that can move automatically.
RED-FLOWERED * s. Having red flowers.
DOBERMAN * n. Medium large breed of dog of German origin with a glossy black and tan coat; used as a watchdog.
SUBCONTRACTOR * n. Someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor.
SANICULA * n. Chiefly American herbs: sanicle.
UNWILLINGLY * r. In an unwilling manner.
BIOTYPE * n. Organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared.
CALAPOOYA * n. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
UNDERPRIVILEGED * a. Lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society.
HALTING * s. 1 Disabled in the feet or legs. 2 Fragmentary or halting from emotional strain.
MOOCH * --n. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free). --v. Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
ARUNDINARIA * n. North American bamboo.
BIPOLAR * a. 1 Of or relating to manic depressive illness. 2 Of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions. 3 Having two poles.
HYALOPLASM * n. The clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell.
HOTSPUR * n. 1 English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403). 2 A rash or impetuous person.
PRICE-FIXING * n. Control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce.
CTENOID * a. Resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb.
BARM * n. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.
BARI * n. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
ESR * n. 1 The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation. 2 Microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet.
UNRETENTIVE * a. (of memory) Deficient in retentiveness or range.
MITHRAIC * a. Of or relating to Mithraism or its god.
REGISTER * --n. 1 An official written record of names or events or transactions. 2 (music) The timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments. 3 A book in which names and transactions are listed. 4 (computer science) Memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind. --v. 1 Record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. 2 Record in a public office or in a court of law. 3 Enroll to vote. 4 Be aware of.
NEWFANGLED * s. (of a new kind or fashion) Gratuitously new.
TISANE * n. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
FOUR-FLUSHER * n. A person who tries to bluff other people.
SCALELESS * s. Destitute of scales.
GRAY-HEADED * s. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
MELANCHTHON * n. German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560).
HEARTLEAF * n. 1 Wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama. 2 Evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina.
AERONAUTIC * a. Of or pertaining to aeronautics.
PERFECTIONISM * n. A disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable.
MATADOR * n. The principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull.
BEEBALM * n. 1 Perennial herb of North America. 2 Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads. 3 Bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America.
AGRIOCHARIS * n. A genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey.
ADORE * v. Love intensely.
JUDGES * n. A book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges.
COMPATIBILITY * n. 1 A feeling of sympathetic understanding. 2 Capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination.
ATREUS * n. (Greek mythology) The king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus.
TRUISM * n. An obvious truth.
IONIZATION * n. 1 The condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge). 2 The process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas.
QAT * n. The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant.
AMPHISBAENIDAE * n. Worm lizards.
TELECAST * --n. A television broadcast. --v. Broadcast via television.
CHIASMA * n. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
AFFECTEDNESS * n. 1 The quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others). 2 A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
MEBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits.
TELCO * n. A public utility that provides telephone service.
WEENSY * s. (used informally) Very small.
EPOCH * n. 1 A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 2 (astronomy) An arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded. 3 A unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages.
FARMHOUSE * n. House for a farmer and family.
OFF-KEY * s. Inaccurate in pitch.
UNCHEWABLE * s. (of meat) Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew.
PINING * n. A feeling of deep longing.
CRIMINATIVE * s. Charging or suggestive of guilt or blame.
MALIGNLY * r. In a malign and evil manner.
UNOFFICIAL * --a. Not having official authority or sanction. --s. Not officially established.
CLIFF-BRAKE * n. Any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions.
AFIRE * s. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
FLORIDIAN * n. A native or resident of Florida.
HAPTOGLOBIN * n. A protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds).
PIMENTA * n. Allspice tree.
LANDROVER * n. A car suitable for traveling over rough terrain.
LOWLANDER * n. A native of the Lowlands of Scotland.
SYNTAGMA * n. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
BAGGAGEMAN * n. An attendant who takes care of baggage.
HUTCHINSON * n. American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643).
CHAINED * s. Bound with chains.
TWO-BAGGER * n. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base.
HUNT * --n. 1 Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910). 2 United States architect (1827-1895). 3 British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859). 4 An association of huntsmen who hunt for sport. --v. 1 Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals). 2 Pursue or chase relentlessly. 3 Chase away, with as with force. 4 Yaw back and forth about a flight path.
PROSPEROUSLY * r. In the manner of prosperous people.
UNFORCEFUL * a. Lacking force; feeble.
VIAL * n. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
HOUSELIGHTS * n. Lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium.
RUSTY-RED * s. Of a red color tinged with rust.
SALTBUSH * n. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil.
CHASE * --n. 1 The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture. 2 United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873). 3 A rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time. --v. 1 Go after with the intent to catch. 2 Pursue someone sexually or romantically. 3 Cut a groove into. 4 Cut a furrow into a columns.
MOLE * n. 1 The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 A spy who works against enemy espionage. 3 Spicy sauce often containing chocolate. 4 A small congenital pigmented spot on the skin.
INFALLIBLE * a. Incapable of failure or error.
AFRICA * n. The second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean.
HOUSEBOUND * s. Confined usually by illness.
SIMPLETON * n. A person lacking intelligence or common sense.
SANDAL * n. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
KNAP * v. 1 Strike sharply. 2 Break a small piece off from.
PICKABACK * r. 1 On a railroad flatcar. 2 On the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip.
REYNOLDS * n. English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792).
CUSPIDAL * s. Having cusps or points.
MONOCLINOUS * a. Having pistils and stamens in the same flower.
UNHURRIED * --a. Relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste. --s. Capable of accepting delay with equanimity.
SCEPTERED * s. Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
PULSATE * v. 1 Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically. 2 Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion. 3 Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.
CHALKY * --a. Composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk. --s. Of something having the color of chalk.
LARYNGOSPASM * n. A closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs.
CROSS-MODAL * a. Relating to different sense modalities.
FLUSH * --n. 1 The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. 2 A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. 3 Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders). 4 A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit. --v. 1 Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. 2 Flow freely. 3 Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light. 4 Make level or straight. --s. 1 Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane. 2 Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. --r. 1 Squarely or solidly. 2 In the same plane.
DISCINA * n. Any fungus of the genus Discina.
NOVGOROD * n. A city in northwestern Russia on the Volkhov River; Russia's oldest city and an important trading center in the Middle Ages.
SOFTIE * n. A person who is weak and excessively sentimental.
SUPPERLESS * s. Without supper.
GLOSSOPSITTA * n. A genus of Loriinae.
GILLETTE * n. United States inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor (1855-1932).
ACANTHOTIC * a. Of or relating to or having acanthosis.
WASHINGTONIAN * --n. 1 A native or resident of the city of Washington. 2 A native or resident of the state of Washington. --a. 1 Of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington. 2 Of or relating to the people who run the federal government. 3 Of or relating to the capital of the United States. 4 Of or relating to or in the state of Washington.
TARRED-AND-FEATHERED * s. Smeared with tar and covered with feathers as a punishment.
HERMISSENDA * n. Genus of marine sea slugs.
PERCUSSIVE * a. Involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments.
DAYLILY * n. Any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day.
HAYSTACK * n. A stack of hay.
GUNNY * n. Coarse jute fabric.
UPHOLSTER * v. Provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers.
KROEBER * n. United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960).
HAEMATOHISTON * n. A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells.
TOURNEDOS * n. Thick steak cut from the beef tenderloin.
HONKER * n. 1 A driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound. 2 Informal terms for the nose. 3 Common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call.
DOLBY * n. United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording.
CYRILLIACEAE * n. Shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia.
TWENTY-TWO * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one. 2 A .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle). --s. Being two more than twenty.
PEN * --n. 1 A writing implement with a point from which ink flows. 2 An enclosure for confining livestock. 3 A portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play. 4 A correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes. --v. Produce a literary work.
CONSUMABLE * s. May be used up.
DIVERSENESS * n. Noticeable heterogeneity.
CONSTRUCTIVISM * n. An abstractionist artistic movement in Russia after World War I; industrial materials were used to construct nonrepresentational objects.
UPDATE * --n. 1 Information or data that updates. 2 The act of bringing someone or something up to date. --v. 1 Modernize or bring up to date. 2 Bring up to date; supply with recent information. 3 Bring to the latest state of technology or supply with the latest data.
TRIGONAL * s. Having threefold symmetry.
CAUSELESS * s. 1 Having no justifying cause or reason. 2 Having no cause or apparent cause.
MISDEAL * --n. An incorrect deal. --v. Deal cards wrongly.
SPERMATOCELE * n. A swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa.
ANTIGONIA * n. A genus of fish in the family Caproidae.
DISSATISFACTION * n. The feeling of being displeased and discontent.
ARCHIPELAGIC * a. Relating to or part of an archipelago.
STRIDENCE * n. Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound.
PHYSICALLY * r. In accord with physical laws.
GOLAN * n. A fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria.
COMPLEMENT * --n. 1 A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction. 2 A complete number or quantity. 3 Number needed to make up a whole force. 4 Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect. --v. Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
GEOCHELONE * n. Giant tortoises.
PEPIN * n. King of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768).
EBONY * --n. 1 A very dark black. 2 Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys. 3 Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork. --s. Of a very dark black.
EOSINOPENIA * n. A decrease in the number of eosinophils in the blood.
DEOXYCYTIDINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of cytosine and deoxyribose.
LOGBOOK * n. A book in which the log is written.
GUZZLE * v. Drink greedily or as if with great thirst.
MYRTLE * n. 1 Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers. 2 Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus.
UNDENOMINATIONAL * s. Not bound or devoted to the promotion of a particular denomination.
SULKILY * r. In a sulky manner.
SYNDICATION * n. 1 Organizing into or administering as a syndicate. 2 Selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time.
COLOSSIANS * n. A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia.
CYLINDRICALITY * n. The roundness of a 3-dimensional cylinder.
WHITE-STREAKED * s. Having white streaks.
THALARCTOS * n. Polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus.
EPARCHY * n. 1 A province in ancient Greece. 2 A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
DEAF-MUTE * --n. A deaf person who is unable to speak. --s. Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak.
SPLINTERPROOF * s. Resistant to shattering or splintering.
SAINFOIN * n. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain.
HAMMERTOE * n. A deformed toe which is bent in a clawlike arch.
CHOO-CHOO * n. A child's word for locomotive.
BUSYBODY * n. A person who meddles in the affairs of others.
HEADMISTRESSSHIP * n. The position of headmistress.
ROTATED * s. Turned in a circle around an axis.
TOILSOME * s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
ANGLICANISM * n. The faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church.
PULSATION * n. 1 (electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients). 2 A periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity. 3 The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart.
DEEP-PINK * s. Of a deep shade of pink.
LOPHOSORIA * n. One species: tree fern of Central and South America.
INGLORIOUS * --s. (used of conduct or character) Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. --a. Not bringing honor and glory.
JET-PROPELLED * a. Propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine.
OSTEAL * a. 1 Relating to bone or to the skeleton. 2 Composed of or containing bone.
DIVORCED * s. Of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved.
CRACKBRAINED * s. Insanely irresponsible.
MIND-SET * n. A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations.
MONOPTERAL * s. Having circular columniation.
HIGHBROWED * s. Highly cultured or educated.
GLUCAGON * n. A hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin).
CONSUL * n. A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country.
OSTEOLOGIST * n. An anatomist who is skilled is osteology.
HANG-UP * n. 1 An emotional preoccupation. 2 An unforeseen obstacle.
ROBIN * n. 1 Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast. 2 Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen.
IMPOTENT * a. 1 Lacking power or ability. 2 (of a male) Unable to copulate.
WELCH * v. Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt.
SLAV * --n. Any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language. --a. Speaking a Slavic language.
HUBRIS * n. Overbearing pride or presumption.
EMANCIPATIVE * s. Tending to set free.
PACK * --n. 1 A large indefinite number. 2 A complete collection of similar things. 3 A convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film). 4 An association of criminals. --v. 1 Arrange in a container. 2 Fill to capacity. 3 Compress into a wad. 4 Carry, as on one's back.
LINGUINI * n. Pasta in long slender flat strips.
FONTANNE * n. United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983).
BUNGLED * s. Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness.
INHIBIT * v. 1 Prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something. 2 Limit, block, or decrease the action or function of. 3 Consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. 4 Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally.
UNRECOVERABLE * a. Incapable of being recovered or regained.
NORTHWESTER * n. A wind from the northwest.
TRANQUILIZING * s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
GOSMORE * n. European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.
OUTLIVE * v. Live longer than.
SURE-FIRE * s. Certain to be successful.
SAMSARA * n. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth.
APPRECIATION * n. 1 Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something. 2 Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). 3 An expression of gratitude. 4 A favorable judgment.
SIBERIA * n. A vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters.
STRATEGIC * --a. Relating to or concerned with strategy. --s. Highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war.
LARYNGOSTENOSIS * n. Abnormal narrowing of the larynx.
DOPA * n. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
MIND-BENDING * s. Intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations.
TENSION * n. 1 (psychology) A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. 2 The physical condition of being stretched or strained. 3 A balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature). 4 (physics) A stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body.
STEEPLY * r. In a steep manner.
PALMYRA * n. Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving.
ROUE * n. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
TOBACCONIST * n. 1 A retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles. 2 A shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes.
HELMINTHIC * --n. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms. --s. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
CORDS * n. Cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth.
DISSONANCE * n. 1 A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters. 2 The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience. 3 Disagreeable sounds.
WHORLED * s. 1 In the shape of a coil. 2 Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem).
DIPPED * s. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
CATENATE * v. Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores.
DISCRETION * n. 1 Freedom to act or judge on one's own. 2 Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. 3 Refined taste; tact. 4 The power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies.
CAGEY * s. 1 Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others. 2 Characterized by great caution and wariness.
STEELWORKER * n. A worker engaged in making steel.
SLIP-ON * n. An article of clothing (garment or shoe) that is easily slipped on or off.
PIVOTAL * s. Being of crucial importance.
CODON * n. A specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid.
ILLUSORY * s. Based on or having the nature of an illusion.
APPRAISING * s. Exercising or involving careful evaluations.
WINGLIKE * s. Resembling a wing in shape or position.
MONETISATION * n. Establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country.
UNFLAGGING * s. 1 Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality. 2 Unceasing.
MACERATION * n. 1 Softening due to soaking or steeping. 2 Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
END-TO-END * --s. With the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object. --r. From first to last.
TOONA * n. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
DAPPERNESS * n. Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance.
ANARCHICAL * s. Without law or control.
CHORTLE * --n. A soft partly suppressed laugh. --v. Laugh quietly or with restraint.
AMNIOTIC * a. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
OCTAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having eight plane faces.
ROPEY * --a. Of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong. --s. 1 Forming viscous or glutinous threads. 2 (British informal) Very poor in quality.
CHERISH * v. Be fond of; be attached to.
NITROGENIZE * v. Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
CHEMISTRY * n. 1 The science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. 2 The chemical composition and properties of a substance or object. 3 The way two individuals relate to each other.
UNINSPIRING * a. Depressing to the spirit.
SWOOSH * --n. The noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid). --v. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.
CAROTENE * n. 1 An orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver. 2 Yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants.
POECILIID * n. Small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control.
SOLENT * n. A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
UTO-AZTECAN * n. A family of American Indian languages.
ENSIGN * n. 1 A person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade. 2 An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality. 3 Colors flown by a ship to show its nationality.
CONNOTATIONAL * s. Of or relating to a connotation.
TAXUS * n. Yews.
APOIDEA * n. Bees.
MENUHIN * n. British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999).
TRUSSED * s. Bound or secured closely.
PENSIVENESS * n. 1 Persistent morbid meditation on a problem. 2 Deep serious thoughtfulness.
BEDECK * v. Decorate.
PERMANENCY * n. The property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration.
ACARID * n. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks.
INTESTINE * n. The part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus.
ENDOSTEUM * n. Vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones.
LEU * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Moldova. 2 The basic unit of money in Romania.
PSEUDOCARP * n. Fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry.
INHERITOR * n. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
SCUP * n. 1 Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States. 2 Lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States. 3 Porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America. 4 Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish.
EYRIR * n. 100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland.
VAPORIFIC * s. 1 (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized. 2 Resembling or characteristic of vapor.
LIFE-STYLE * n. A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes.
TRUMPERY * n. 1 Nonsensical talk or writing. 2 Ornamental objects of no great value.
NJORD * n. (Norse mythology) Chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus.
SOLIDUS * n. 1 A gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages. 2 A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
BREAKING * n. The act of breaking something.
IMMODEST * a. 1 Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc. 2 Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance.
ANIMOSITY * n. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
FORMALITIES * n. A requirement of etiquette or custom.
ALKALI * n. 1 Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. 2 A mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture.
LANIIDAE * n. Shrikes.
EXCORIATION * n. 1 An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off. 2 Severe censure.
GATHER * --n. 1 Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching. 2 The act of gathering something. --v. 1 Assemble or get together. 2 Collect in one place. 3 Collect or gather. 4 Conclude from evidence.
TAMARAO * n. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
EMPENNAGE * n. The rear part of an aircraft.
DORYLINAE * n. Army ants.
PROCAVIA * n. Type genus of the Procaviidae.
ABKHAS * n. 1 A member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea. 2 Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
BUCKSHEE * s. Free of charge.
BARING * n. The removal of covering.
INFORMANT * n. 1 A person who supplies information. 2 Someone who sees an event and reports what happened.
TELOCENTRIC * a. Having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position.
FREEZER * n. Electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time.
PENNI * n. 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland.
HOTDOG * n. 1 Someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself. 2 A frankfurter served hot on a bun. 3 A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.
TWINS * n. 1 (mineralogy) Two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other. 2 The third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20.
THIOBACTERIACEAE * n. Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds.
STRADDLE * --n. 1 A noncommittal or equivocal position. 2 A gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars. 3 The act of sitting or standing astride. 4 The option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options. --v. 1 Sit or stand astride of. 2 Range or extend over; occupy a certain area. 3 Be noncommittal.
ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE * n. Any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances.
PINGUICULA * n. Butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica.
PHASIANIDAE * n. Pheasants; quails; partridges.
PSYCHOANALYSIS * n. A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.
ALLIACEOUS * --a. Of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium. --s. Smelling of onions or garlic.
HEAVIER-THAN-AIR * s. Relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces.
UGANDAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Uganda. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people.
TYPIST * n. Someone paid to operate a typewriter.
ARCANUM * n. Information known only to a special group.
SOLENOGASTER * n. Deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle.
ARSEHOLE * n. Vulgar slang for anus.
UNDER-THE-TABLE * s. Designed and carried out secretly or confidentially.
PIPEROCAINE * n. A compound used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local or spinal anesthetic.
SNORKEL * --n. 1 Breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water. 2 Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time. --v. Dive with a snorkel.
SOUSAPHONE * n. The lowest brass wind instrument.
TURBINAL * n. Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates.
RECODING * n. Converting from one code to another.
DOMINICAN * --n. 1 A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order. 2 A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people. 2 Of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order.
REPARATION * n. 1 Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury. 2 (usually plural) Compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors. 3 The act of putting something in working order again. 4 Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.
LEARNEDLY * r. With erudition; in an erudite manner.
POLLUCITE * n. A rare mineral that is an important source of cesium.
HALF-HEARTEDLY * r. Without enthusiasm; in a half-hearted manner.
BOBWHITE * n. A popular North American game bird; named for its call.
PIKA * n. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
UNCONFESSED * --n. People who have not confessed. --s. Not admitted.
FREEHAND * s. Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices.
CAMBRIAN * --n. 1 From 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates. 2 A native or resident of Wales. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language.
TRIMMER * n. 1 A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs. 2 A machine that trims timber. 3 Capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments. 4 Joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc..
TREATER * n. Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement).
ETIOLATED * s. (especially of plants) Developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light.
ZEST * --n. 1 Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment. 2 A tart spicy quality. --v. Add herbs or spices to.
UNALTERED * a. Remaining in an original state.
ANDIRA * n. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
BLOWJOB * n. Slang for fellatio.
SCUTTLE * --n. 1 Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire. 2 An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship. --v. To move about or proceed hurriedly.
VOLLEYBALL * n. 1 A game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands. 2 An inflated ball used in playing volleyball.
ECOBABBLE * n. Using the technical language of ecology to make the user seem ecologically aware.
BUTYRIC * a. Relating to or producing butyric acid.
CONTRAS * n. A Nicaraguan counterrevolutionary guerrilla force from 1979 to 1990; it opposed a left-wing government, with support from the United States.
MARINATE * v. Soak in marinade.
PLATYRRHINIAN * --n. Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails. --a. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
PROCNIAS * n. Bellbirds.
LOSSY * a. Characterized by or causing dissipation of energy.
FURCATION * n. The place where something divides into branches.
ALLEGORIZER * n. Someone who communicates in allegories.
SUBLITTORAL * a. Of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there.
ENDOSCOPE * n. A long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery.
PARLIAMENTARY * --a. Relating to or having the nature of a parliament. --s. 1 Having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament. 2 In accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly.
DEBAUCHERY * n. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
HIGHJACK * --n. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination. --v. Take arbitrarily or by force.
CREDITABLE * s. Worthy of often limited commendation.
NO-SEE-UM * n. Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
SCRUTINIZE * v. 1 To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail. 2 Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification.
DISHTOWEL * n. A towel for drying dishes.
CORTEGE * n. 1 A funeral procession. 2 The group following and attending to some important person.
MILITARISED * s. Issued military arms.
STRATEGIST * n. An expert in strategy (especially in warfare).
SERGEANT * n. 1 Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal. 2 A lawman with the rank of sergeant. 3 An English barrister of the highest rank.
ANALYST * n. 1 Someone who is skilled at analyzing data. 2 An expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions. 3 A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis.
EQUALISE * v. 1 Compensate; make the score equal. 2 Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.
UNAI * n. 1 A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot. 2 Relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot.
PERLECHE * n. A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth; caused by a deficiency of riboflavin.
FRUITING * s. Capable of bearing fruit.
DRONE * --n. 1 Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen. 2 An unchanging intonation. 3 Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. 4 An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control. --v. 1 Make a monotonous low dull sound. 2 Talk in a monotonous voice.
BLACKBEARD * n. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
ARMOR * --n. 1 Protective covering made of metal and used in combat. 2 A military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles. 3 Tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant. --v. Equip with armor.
HYDROPONICS * n. A technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.
MOUSSE * --n. 1 A rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream. 2 A light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin. 3 Toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling. --v. Apply a styling gel to.
PURPLE-LILAC * s. Of lavender tinged with purple.
INCORRUPT * --a. Free of corruption or immorality. --s. Not decayed.
ENROL * v. Register formally as a participant or member.
ERYTHROPOIESIS * n. The process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow.
JAWAN * n. (India) A private soldier or male constable.
SCATTERSHOT * s. Covering a wide range in a haphazard way.
MALI * n. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years.
AIMLESSNESS * n. The quality of lacking any definite purpose.
SUCCESSFULLY * r. With success; in a successful manner.
CONCORDAT * n. A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.
SMOKESTACK * n. A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated.
ENCOUNTER * --n. 1 A minor short-term fight. 2 A casual or unexpected convergence. 3 A casual meeting with a person or thing. 4 A hostile disagreement face-to-face. --v. 1 Come together. 2 Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. 3 Be beset by. 4 Experience as a reaction.
DYSDERCUS * n. A genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it.
KALPAC * n. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
REFERENCE * --n. 1 A remark that calls attention to something or someone. 2 A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. 3 An indicator that orients you generally. 4 A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts. --v. Refer to.
THOROUGHBRED * --n. 1 A well-bred person. 2 A racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross between Arabian stallions and English mares. 3 A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses. --s. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
METALLIC-LOOKING * s. Resembling metal.
MARCHES * n. A region in central Italy.
COLLECTIVISM * n. 1 Soviet communism. 2 A political theory that the people should own the means of production.
SQUIB * n. Firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise.
DAB * --n. 1 A light touch or stroke. 2 A small quantity of something moist or liquid. --v. 1 Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface. 2 Hit lightly.
ABUSE * --n. 1 Cruel or inhumane treatment. 2 A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. 3 Improper or excessive use. --v. 1 Treat badly. 2 Change the inherent purpose or function of something. 3 Use foul or abusive language towards. 4 Use wrongly or improperly or excessively.
PELEUS * n. A king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles.
TEASED * s. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
MACOUN * n. Similar to McIntosh; juicy and late-ripening.
WALLABY * n. Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored.
DAYPRO * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro).
LIKEABLE * --a. (of characters in literature or drama) Evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings. --s. Easy to like; agreeable.
SWATH * n. 1 The space created by the swing of a scythe or the cut of a mowing machine. 2 A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing).
WOOER * n. A man who courts a woman.
WELL-SHAVEN * s. Closely shaved recently.
LITHOLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification.
BITTERN * n. Relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes.
CRUMMY * s. Of very poor quality; flimsy.
JAVELIN * n. 1 An athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible. 2 A spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events.
BEDDING * n. 1 Coverings that are used on a bed. 2 Material used to provide a bed for animals.
DRAUGHT * --n. 1 A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg. 2 A large and hurried swallow. 3 A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle). 4 The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded). --v. Make a blueprint of.
STAIDNESS * n. A trait of dignified seriousness.
BOUNTY * n. 1 Payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military. 2 The property of copious abundance. 3 Generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely. 4 A ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat.
FARADAY * n. The English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867).
TABES * n. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
LEGATEE * n. Someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
SPOLIATION * n. 1 (law) The intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence. 2 The act of stripping and taking by force.
CALLIGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy.
ROMISH * a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
DULLNESS * n. 1 The quality of being slow to understand. 2 The quality of lacking interestingness. 3 A lack of visual brightness. 4 Lack of sensibility.
CIMABUE * n. Painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302).
STOPOVER * n. 1 A stopping place on a journey. 2 A brief stay in the course of a journey.
THEATRICALITY * n. An artificial and mannered quality.
INJURY * n. 1 Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. 2 An accident that results in physical damage or hurt. 3 A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat. 4 An act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage.
SHORTBREAD * n. Very rich thick butter cookie.
PRANG * --n. A crash involving a car or plane. --v. Crash.
PLEXUS * n. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
FORSAKE * v. Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.
POCAHONTAS * n. A Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
FAUVIST * n. A member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism.
ORCHESTIA * n. Type genus of the family Orchestiidae.
SOAPSTONE * n. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.
WIVE * v. 1 Take (someone) as a wife. 2 Marry a woman, take a wife. 3 Provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife.
UNEXACTING * s. Not rigorous.
ORCHESTIIDAE * n. Beach fleas.
SELF-LOVE * n. 1 Feelings of excessive pride. 2 An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself.
UNATTRACTIVELY * r. In an unattractive manner.
BULGY * s. Curving outward.
BACTERIAL * a. Relating to or caused by bacteria.
STARLIKE * s. Resembling a star.
PENTLANDITE * n. A mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel.
PROGRAMME * --n. 1 An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event. 2 An integrated course of academic studies. 3 A radio or television show. 4 (computer science) A sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute. --v. 1 Write a computer program. 2 Arrange a program of or for.
UNSOUNDABLE * s. Too deep to determine the depth of.
GREENWAY * n. A belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city.
BALATON * n. A large shallow lake in western Hungary.
CARPENTERIA * n. California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers.
MANTEODEA * n. Mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera.
UMMAH * n. The Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan.
AX * --n. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. --v. 1 Chop or split with an ax. 2 Terminate.
DIRTILY * r. 1 In a sordid manner. 2 In a filthy unclean manner.
INSPIRATIONAL * s. Imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul.
MOTIVE * --n. 1 The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior. 2 A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. 3 A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration. --s. 1 Causing or able to cause motion. 2 Impelling to action.
MONAURAL * a. Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear.
SURE-FOOTED * s. 1 Not liable to stumble or fall. 2 Not liable to error in judgment or action.
BILINEAR * s. Linear with respect to each of two variables or positions.
FEIGNING * n. 1 Pretending with intention to deceive. 2 The act of giving a false appearance.
ATARAXIS * n. The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
ELINT * n. Intelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources).
L-DOPA * n. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease.
LUCUBRATION * n. 1 A solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation. 2 Laborious cogitation.
ACUTE * --n. A mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. --a. 1 Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course. 2 Of an angle; less than 90 degrees. --s. 1 Extremely sharp or severe. 2 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 3 Ending in a sharp point. 4 Of critical importance and consequence.
110TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred ten in counting order.
CONSIDERABLY * r. To a great extent or degree.
SENEFELDER * n. German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834).
BYPASS * --n. 1 A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center. 2 A surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part). 3 A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current. --v. Avoid something unpleasant or laborious.
PHOCOENA * n. Porpoises.
PROTAGONIST * n. 1 A person who backs a politician or a team etc.. 2 The principal character in a work of fiction.
MESSMATE * n. (nautical) An associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship).
SWAY * --n. 1 Controlling influence. 2 Pitching dangerously to one side. --v. 1 Move back and forth or sideways. 2 Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. 3 Win approval or support for. 4 Cause to move back and forth.
GIDAR * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
GOSPELS * n. The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings.
PAPERHANGER * n. 1 Someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money. 2 One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.
MUTABLE * --a. Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature. --s. 1 Prone to frequent change; inconstant. 2 Tending to undergo genetic mutuation.
GIGANTIC * s. So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
PENTATHLON * n. An athletic contest consisting of five different events.
MATZOH * n. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
THROMBOCYTE * n. Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting.
MUESLI * n. Mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits.
LACERTA * n. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
TONIGHT * --n. The present or immediately coming night. --r. During the night of the present day.
SUBOCEAN * s. Formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed.
CAYENNE * n. 1 Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red. 2 Ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum. 3 A long and often twisted hot red pepper.
ASEA * r. In the direction of the sea.
GELT * n. Informal terms for money.
CONVENE * v. 1 Meet formally. 2 Call together.
PEHLEVI * n. The Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries.
MINTAGE * n. 1 Coins collectively. 2 Fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin. 3 Act or process of minting coins.
RAINWATER * n. Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds.
MAGISTRATURE * n. The position of magistrate.
SKYHOOK * n. 1 Helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects. 2 A hook that is imagined to be suspended from the sky.
CORRELATE * --n. Either of two or more related or complementary variables. --v. 1 To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation. 2 Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation. --s. Mutually related.
CROSS * --n. 1 A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece. 2 A marking that consists of lines that cross each other. 3 A representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry. 4 Any affliction that causes great suffering. --v. 1 Travel across or pass over. 2 Meet at a point. 3 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 4 Fold so as to resemble a cross. --s. 1 Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis. 2 Annoyed and irritable.
OVERCLOTHES * n. Clothing for use outdoors.
UBIETY * n. The state of existing and being localized in space.
KILT * n. A knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland.
UNACKNOWLEDGED * --a. Not recognized or admitted. --s. Not openly acknowledged.
TUPELO * n. 1 Pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum. 2 Any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America. 3 A town in northeast Mississippi.
LOWBROWED * s. Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes.
DUMAS * n. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870).
THINGUMAJIG * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
INCREASE * --n. 1 A quantity that is added. 2 A change resulting in an increase. 3 A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. 4 The amount by which something increases. --v. 1 Become bigger or greater in amount. 2 Make bigger or more.
HITTITE * --n. 1 A member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC. 2 The language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions. --a. Of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture.
YAWNER * n. A person who yawns.
TDT * n. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions.
DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE * n. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
TORRID * s. 1 Characterized by intense emotion. 2 Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic. 3 Extremely hot and dry.
GRACELESS * s. 1 Lacking graciousness. 2 Lacking grace; clumsy. 3 Lacking social polish.
INCISOR * n. A tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws.
SALOL * n. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release.
UNREGRETTING * a. Feeling no regret.
JACKLIGHT * --n. A light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night. --v. Hunt with a jacklight.
UNNATURALISED * s. Not having acquired citizenship.
ROUNDEL * n. 1 English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third. 2 Round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit. 3 (heraldry) A charge in the shape of a filled circle.
CELERIAC * n. 1 Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root. 2 Thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant.
EXOTISM * n. The quality of being exotic.
ARTISAN * n. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
PLANTAIN * n. 1 Any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally. 2 A banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics. 3 Starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics.
DODDLE * n. An easy task.
SCEPTICAL * s. 1 Marked by or given to doubt. 2 Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion.
FOUNT * n. 1 A specific size and style of type within a type family. 2 A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water.
GENERALCY * n. The office and authority of a general.
ORANGE-RED * s. Of red tinged with orange.
DOSSEL * n. An ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel.
LEVEE * n. 1 A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court). 2 A pier that provides a landing place on a river. 3 An embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.
FAMILIARISED * s. Having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment.
JEWELLED * s. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
PHARSALUS * n. Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC.
LEIDEN * n. A city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620.
PREORDINATION * n. (theology) Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind).
PARAMECIA * n. Any member of the genus Paramecium.
UNCONTROLLABLE * s. 1 Difficult to solve or alleviate. 2 Incapable of being controlled. 3 Incapable of being controlled or managed. 4 Impossible to repress or control.
EMBEZZLE * v. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON * n. A town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare.
ANAGRAMMATICAL * a. Related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram.
DISGRACE * --n. A state of dishonor. --v. 1 Bring shame or dishonor upon. 2 Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. 3 Damage the reputation of.
CALLER-OUT * n. A person who announces the changes of steps during a dance.
88 * s. Being eight more than eighty.
EFFACE * v. 1 Remove completely from recognition or memory. 2 Make inconspicuous. 3 Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing.
MONEY-SPINNER * n. A project that generates a continuous flow of money.
OECANTHUS * n. Tree crickets.
VILLON * n. French poet (flourished around 1460).
COMPLETED * s. 1 Successfully completed or brought to an end. 2 (of a marriage) Completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony. 3 Caught.
LATCH * --n. 1 Spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key. 2 Catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove. --v. Fasten with a latch.
IRIDECTOMY * n. An eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye.
BELIEVINGLY * r. In a credulous manner.
DODGE * --n. 1 An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade. 2 A quick evasive movement. 3 A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery. --v. 1 Make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid. 2 Move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course. 3 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
TAPPING * n. The sound of light blow or knock.
LIVONIAN-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Livonian.
HORSE-TRADE * v. Negotiate with much give and take.
EXPIABLE * s. Capable of being atoned for.
SAW-LIKE * s. Having rough edges that can be used for sawing.
DOWNRIGHTNESS * n. The quality of being direct and straightforward.
SHORTENED * s. 1 Cut short. 2 Cut short in duration. 3 Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another. 4 With parts removed.
ENCRYPTION * n. The activity of converting data or information into code.
DARDANIAN * n. A native of ancient Troy.
HEIMDAL * n. (Norse mythology) God of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard.
RINGTAIL * n. 1 Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings. 2 North American raccoon. 3 Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl. 4 An immature golden eagle.
TRAMP * --n. 1 A vagrant. 2 A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex. 3 A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure). 4 A heavy footfall. --v. 1 Travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition. 2 Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. 3 Cross on foot. 4 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
SUCCINCT * s. Briefly giving the gist of something.
LIN * n. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
LUMPEN * s. Mentally sluggish.
IMPRESSIVENESS * n. 1 Splendid or imposing in size or appearance. 2 The quality of making a strong or vivid impression on the mind.
BASE-FORMING * s. Yielding a base in aqueous solution.
BRIMFULL * s. Filled to capacity.
NEOCON * n. A conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism.
PERTUSARIA * n. Crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus.
HAND-HELD * a. Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands.
BAGASCOSIS * n. Alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust).
MOLNAR * n. Hungarian playwright (1878-1952).
QUELLUNG * n. The swelling of the capsule surrounding a microorganism after reaction with an antibody; the basis of certain tests for identifying microorganisms.
IMPLORING * a. Begging.
DIZZINESS * n. A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall.
QUARTERS * n. Housing available for people to live in.
PHENIRAMINE * n. An antihistamine used in preparations to treat allergies and respiratory infections; used to treat rhinitis and skin rashes and pruritus.
PENTAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having five plane faces.
ZAHARIAS * n. Outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956).
UNARY * s. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
TERMINATE * v. 1 Bring to an end or halt. 2 Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. 3 Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of. 4 Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
HORRID * s. 1 Exceedingly bad. 2 Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror.
PYTHONESS * n. 1 A witch with powers of divination. 2 (Greek mythology) The priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles.
PALEONTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to paleontology.
IMMENSE * s. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
PENNATE * s. Having feathered wings.
TUPI-GUARANI * n. A family of South American Indian languages.
SHARER * n. Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share.
RUSTY * s. 1 Covered with or consisting of rust. 2 Of the brown color of rust. 3 Impaired in skill by neglect. 4 Ancient.
LEGHORN * n. A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.
TRANSSHIPMENT * n. The transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment.
THROWAWAY * --n. 1 (sometimes offensive) A homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets. 2 An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. 3 Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis. --s. 1 Thrown away. 2 Intended to be thrown away after use.
SUFFOCATING * s. Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
UNHALLOW * v. Remove the consecration from a person or an object.
CYPRIOTE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Cyprus. --a. Of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture.
TWO-PART * s. Involving two parts or elements.
HETERANTHERA * n. Mud plantains.
SELF-REFERENT * s. Referring back to itself.
LAYIA * n. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
ACRONYMIC * a. Characterized by the use of acronyms.
HAGGLER * n. An intense bargainer.
ROTTWEILER * n. German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs.
OBJECTOR * n. A person who dissents from some established policy.
GRAPO * n. An armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime.
BENTHAL * a. Of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water.
RECHAUFFE * n. Warmed leftovers.
DESICCATION * n. 1 Dryness resulting from the removal of water. 2 The process of extracting moisture.
RATEL * n. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
REPECHAGE * n. A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race.
DOUBLE-SPACING * n. Typing that leaves alternate lines blank.
APPREHENDER * n. 1 A person who knows or apprehends. 2 A person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice).
PRIMIGRAVIDA * n. (obstetrics) A woman who is pregnant for the first time.
BLIGHT * --n. 1 A state or condition being blighted. 2 Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting. --v. Cause to suffer a blight.
REV * --n. Rate of revolution of a motor. --v. Increase the number of rotations per minute.
EX-BOYFRIEND * n. A man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend.
STOPPED-UP * s. 1 (of a nose) Blocked. 2 Having narrow opening filled.
POTAMOGETONACEAE * n. Plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae.
NYMPH * n. 1 (classical mythology) A minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden. 2 A larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly). 3 A voluptuously beautiful young woman.
DEPENDANT * --n. A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). --s. 1 Contingent on something else. 2 Addicted to a drug.
GAUR * n. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
LATCHSTRING * n. Opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside.
SAPROLITE * n. A deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place.
MATINS * n. The first canonical hour; at daybreak.
UNDERGROUND * --n. 1 A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force. 2 An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city). --s. 1 Under the level of the ground. 2 Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. --r. 1 In or into hiding or secret operation. 2 Beneath the surface of the earth.
NONCELLULAR * a. Not made up of or divided into cells.
NEWSVENDOR * n. Someone who sells newspapers.
NEAT * s. 1 Clean or organized. 2 Showing care in execution. 3 Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed. 4 Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject.
IMMOTILE * s. (of spores or microorganisms) Not capable of movement.
APODEICTIC * s. Of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain.
SPECTRAL * --a. Of or relating to a spectrum. --s. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
COPOUT * n. A failure to face some difficulty squarely.
TWO-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits.
ENTOMION * n. The craniometric point at the tip of the angular part of the parietal bone that articulates with the temporal bone.
ARDA * n. An agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology.
INTERRED * a. Placed in a grave.
VORTICELLA * n. Any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk.
MARCHANTIA * n. Type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores.
UPPERCASE * --n. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis. --a. Relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case.
CHAFFWEED * n. Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves.
LEISTER * n. A spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon).
OAKLEY * n. United States sharpshooter who was featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (1860-1926).
NYMPHOLEPT * n. A person seized by nympholepsy.
REQUITE * v. Make repayment for or return something.
LUPUS * n. 1 Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease. 2 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus.
ACHE * --n. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. --v. 1 Feel physical pain. 2 Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. 3 Be the source of pain.
OSTRYOPSIS * n. Deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae.
PLACODERMI * n. Extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws.
KNEELING * n. Supporting yourself on your knees.
BLACKLEG * --n. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. --v. Take the place of work of someone on strike.
UNMEMORABLE * s. Not worth remembering.
HIGHBORN * s. Belonging to the peerage.
ASPEN * n. Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind.
MESPILUS * n. Medlars.
SHMALTZ * n. (Yiddish) Excessive sentimentality in art or music.
VANADIUM * n. A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite.
BUTTERSCOTCH * n. A hard brittle candy made with butter and brown sugar.
TROMBIDIIDAE * n. Mites.
SEEPING * s. Leaking out slowly.
GUSTATION * n. The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth.
GRAIL * n. 1 The object of any prolonged endeavor. 2 (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper.
POLYGONUM * n. Diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions.
DISILLUSIONING * s. Freeing from illusion or false belief.
DILLENIACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia.
INCORRIGIBLE * --a. Impervious to correction by punishment. --s. Difficult or impossible to manage or control.
PU * n. A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239.
GUGGLE * v. 1 Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. 2 Make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle. 3 Drink from a flask with a gurgling sound.
NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS * n. A region in northeastern France.
GELATINOUSNESS * n. The property of having a viscosity like jelly.
POLYPHONICALLY * r. In a polyphonic manner.
OLIGODACTYLY * n. Congenital condition in which some fingers or toes are missing.
DEGRESSIVE * s. 1 Going down by steps. 2 (of taxes) Gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount.
PRIMALITY * n. The property of being a prime number.
YEAST * n. 1 A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey. 2 Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division.
ALLUVIUM * n. Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down.
SYNCLINAL * a. Sloping downward toward each other to create a trough.
WEMBLEY * n. A southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium.
MILLIONFOLD * r. By a factor of a million.
TWOPENNY * s. Of trifling worth.
SWAD * n. A bunch.
MYELOCYTE * n. An immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow.
SYSTEMATISER * n. An organizer who puts things in order.
IMAGINARY * --n. (mathematics) A number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1. --s. Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination.
BROADCAST * --n. 1 Message that is transmitted by radio or television. 2 A radio or television show. --v. 1 Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. 2 Sow over a wide area, especially by hand. 3 Cause to become widely known.
STRIPE * --n. 1 An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. 2 A piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service. 3 V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service. 4 A kind or category. --v. Mark with stripes.
REPROBATE * --n. A person without moral scruples. --v. 1 Reject (documents) as invalid. 2 Abandon to eternal damnation. 3 Express strong disapproval of. --s. Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good.
WADDING * n. Any material used especially to protect something.
CALYCOPHYLLUM * n. Medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark.
PEDICLE * n. A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
SNUB-NOSED * s. Having a blunt nose.
INTIMA * n. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
TADPOLE * n. A larval frog or toad.
PKU * n. A genetic disorder of metabolism; lack of the enzyme needed to turn phenylalanine into tyrosine results in an accumulation of phenylalanine in the body fluids which causes various degrees of mental deficiency.
FRIABLE * s. Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder.
CERT * n. An absolute certainty.
SERVOSYSTEM * n. Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system.
BROMIC * a. Relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine).
POTTER * --n. A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln. --v. 1 Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly. 2 Work lightly. 3 Move around aimlessly.
AMPHIGORY * n. Nonsensical writing (usually verse).
ARBORICAL * a. Of or relating to or formed by trees.
BEARDED * s. 1 Having hair on the cheeks and chin. 2 Having a growth of hairlike awns.
MISJUDGE * v. Judge incorrectly.
DAYBOOK * n. 1 A ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred. 2 An accounting journal as a physical object.
SYNOPTICAL * s. Presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament.
PREDESTINATIONIST * n. Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny.
INCAUTIOUSLY * r. Without caution or prudence.
SILKGRASS * n. Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico.
NIETZSCHE * n. Influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900).
FAUCAL * a. Of or relating to the fauces.
RIGHTEOUSLY * r. In a righteous manner.
REPAY * v. 1 Pay back. 2 Make repayment for or return something. 3 Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions. 4 Answer back.
EVERGLADES * n. A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife.
SCRIPTURAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible. 2 Written or relating to writing.
CROCETHIA * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
SYMPLOCE * n. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
MEGALOBLASTIC * a. Of or relating to megaloblasts.
INTRIGUE * --n. 1 A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends. 2 A clandestine love affair. --v. 1 Cause to be interested or curious. 2 Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
TANTALIZING * s. 1 Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach. 2 Very pleasantly inviting.
INTERCONTINENTAL * a. Extending or taking place between or among continents.
SHRIMP * --n. 1 Disparaging terms for small people. 2 Any of various edible decapod crustaceans. 3 Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible. --v. Fish for shrimp.
PACIFICISM * n. 1 The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable. 2 The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.
ELEVATED * --n. A railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level. --s. 1 Raised above the ground. 2 Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. 3 Increased in amount or degree.
PROHIBITORY * s. Tending to discourage (especially of prices).
BINAURALLY * r. In a binaural manner.
DIMINISHED * --s. 1 Impaired by diminution. 2 (of musical intervals) Reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval. 3 Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth). --a. (of an organ or body part) Diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use.
HAEMOPHILIAC * n. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
INTERCHANGEABILITY * n. The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange.
THESAURUS * n. A book containing a classified list of synonyms.
LITURGIST * n. An authority on liturgies.
DISCOLOUR * v. Change color, often in an undesired manner.
SHALE * n. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
MINATORY * s. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
COOTIE * n. A parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings.
FREEHOLDER * n. The owner of a freehold.
PACHA * n. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
SCIARIDAE * n. Fungus gnats.
CESTRUM * n. Genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs.
TYLENOL * n. An analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets).
ALTRUISTICALLY * r. In an altruistic manner.
BIOENGINEERING * n. The branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments.
HAW * --n. 1 A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus. 2 The nictitating membrane of a horse. --v. Utter `haw'.
WORK-SHIRT * n. Heavy-duty shirts worn for manual or physical work.
POLYPHONOUS * a. Of or relating to or characterized by polyphony.
QUASI-NGO * n. A quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government.
CERECLOTH * n. A waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud.
DEAR * --n. 1 A beloved person; used as terms of endearment. 2 A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). --s. 1 Dearly loved. 2 With or in a close or intimate relationship. 3 Sincerely earnest. 4 Having a high price. --r. 1 With affection. 2 At a great cost.
ECONOMIZER * n. A frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste.
CAPACITANCE * n. 1 An electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored. 2 An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge.
HETEROECIOUS * a. Of parasites; passing through different stages of the life cycle on different host species.
SENSORIAL * a. Involving or derived from the senses.
DISNEYLAND * n. An amusement park in Anaheim created in 1955 by Walt Disney.
SHAD * n. 1 Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast. 2 Herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
BONNILY * r. In a bonny manner.
UNCERTAIN * --a. 1 Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance. 2 Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown. 3 Not established or confirmed. 4 Not certain to occur; not inevitable. --s. 1 Subject to change. 2 Not consistent or dependable. 3 Ambiguous (especially in the negative).
POLEMIC * --n. 1 A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology). 2 A controversy (especially over a belief or dogma). --s. Of or involving dispute or controversy.
ODIUM * n. 1 State of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior. 2 Hate coupled with disgust.
GANSU * n. A province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia.
SHANTY * n. 1 Small crude shelter used as a dwelling. 2 A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
TIDBIT * n. A small tasty bit of food.
VACILLATION * n. 1 Indecision in speech or action. 2 Changing location by moving back and forth.
NUT * --n. 1 Usually large hard-shelled seed. 2 Egyptian goddess of the sky. 3 A small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt. 4 Half the width of an em. --v. Gather nuts.
AFAR * r. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance; far.
HUAINAPUTINA * n. An inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783.
VISAGE * n. 1 The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British). 2 The appearance conveyed by a person's face.
ADJUTANT * n. 1 An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer. 2 Large Indian stork with a military gait.
INDICATORY * s. (usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly.
AMALGAMATION * n. The combination of two or more commercial companies.
INTEMPERATENESS * n. 1 Consumption of alcoholic drinks. 2 Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.
OVRAL * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
KITTY * n. 1 The combined stakes of the betters. 2 The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker). 3 Young domestic cat. 4 Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.
FORCEMEAT * n. Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs.
SODOMIZE * v. 1 Copulate with an animal. 2 Practice anal sex upon.
RISKLESS * s. Thought to be devoid of risk.
PREFERENCE * n. 1 A strong liking. 2 A predisposition in favor of something. 3 The right or chance to choose. 4 Grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties).
SCAPHOCEPHALY * n. Congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation.
CONVERSANCY * n. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
WELFARE * n. 1 Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need. 2 Something that aids or promotes well-being. 3 A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous.
STRICKLE * --n. 1 An implement for sharpening scythes. 2 A tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure. 3 A tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand. --v. 1 Level off with a strickle in a measuring container. 2 Smooth with a strickle.
SKIRL * --n. The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe. --v. 1 Make a shrill, wailing sound. 2 Play the bagpipes.
THYRSE * n. A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose.
SPRAYER * n. 1 A worker who applies spray to a surface. 2 A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
PELT * --n. 1 The dressed hairy coat of a mammal. 2 Body covering of a living animal. --v. 1 Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile. 2 Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles. 3 Rain heavily.
CHROMOPLAST * n. Plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids.
LACKEY * n. 1 A male servant (especially a footman). 2 A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
OXEN * n. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.
TOPKNOT * n. 1 Headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair. 2 Showy crest or knot of hair or feathers.
ZAGLOSSUS * n. A genus of Tachyglossidae.
MANEUVER * --n. 1 A military training exercise. 2 A plan for attaining a particular goal. 3 A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill. 4 A move made to gain a tactical end. --v. 1 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 2 Act in order to achieve a certain goal. 3 Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
AGNISE * v. Be fully aware or cognizant of.
QUETZAL * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos. 2 Large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage.
SELF-ABNEGATING * s. Used especially of behavior.
OXFORD-GREY * s. Of a dark shade of grey.
GLEEFUL * s. Full of high-spirited delight.
DIEFFENBACHIA * n. Evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.
RIBBING * n. 1 A framework of ribs. 2 The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances.
INTERWEAVE * v. Interlace by or as if by weaving.
OUTGOING * --a. 1 Leaving a place or a position. 2 Retiring from a position or office. --s. At ease in talking to others.
EARNESTNESS * n. 1 An earnest and sincere feeling. 2 The trait of being serious.
PERUKED * s. Wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
PROTEAN * s. Taking on different forms.
CLASSIFICATORY * a. Relating to or involving classification.
OFFSIDES * a. Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck.
CHUNGKING * n. A city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China.
TOLAZOLINE * n. Vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis).
MYROXYLON * n. A genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers.
KINESTHETIC * a. Of or relating to kinesthesis.
ROUBLE * n. The basic unit of money in Russia.
MOLLIFY * v. 1 Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. 2 Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else. 3 Make less rigid or softer.
SUB-SAHARAN * a. Of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert.
PARAGON * n. 1 An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept. 2 Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
LITERACY * n. The ability to read and write.
RUN-OF-THE-MILL * s. Not special in any way; lacking distinction.
UNDISMAYED * s. Unshaken in purpose.
QUADRIPHONIC * a. Of or relating to quadraphony.
DAISHIKI * n. A loose and brightly colored African shirt.
LOW-BEAM * s. Used of headlights.
CLOTHED * --a. Wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination. --s. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
COCKLE-BURR * n. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
POTENTATE * n. A ruler who is unconstrained by law.
ALEXANDERS * n. European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.
SELF-GENERATED * --a. Happening or arising without apparent external cause. --s. Originating from the self.
FLUOSILICATE * n. Salt of fluosilicic acid.
PEARMAIN * n. Any of several varieties of apples with red skins.
CORDAGE * n. 1 The amount of wood in an area as measured in cords. 2 The ropes in the rigging of a ship.
INTRODUCTION * n. 1 The act of beginning something new. 2 The first section of a communication. 3 Formally making a person known to another or to the public. 4 A basic or elementary instructional text.
OVIBOS * n. Consisting of the musk-ox.
APTERYGIFORMES * n. A ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis.
COMPETITIVENESS * n. An aggressive willingness to compete.
CENCHRUS * n. A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs.
MOTOR * --n. 1 Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion. 2 A nonspecific agent that imparts motion. --v. Travel or be transported in a vehicle. --s. 1 Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS. 2 Causing or able to cause motion.
PECULATOR * n. Someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use.
GIRANDOLA * n. An ornate candle holder; often with a mirror.
NEOENCEPHALON * n. The part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts.
TAUTOGOLABRUS * n. A genus of Labridae.
DELOUSE * v. Free of lice.
ELECTROMETER * n. Meter to measure electrostatic voltage differences; draws no current from the source.
DOWN-BOW * n. A downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow.
FANTASM * n. 1 A ghostly appearing figure. 2 Something existing in perception only.
PRECIS * --n. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory. --v. Make a summary (of).
ACHENIAL * a. Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
SCRAWL * --n. Poor handwriting. --v. Write carelessly.
BOULEVARD * n. A wide street or thoroughfare.
GEOMANCY * n. Divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another).
HEXAPOD * n. An animal having six feet.
HECTOMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
AGROPYRON * n. Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass.
CHEATER * n. Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
DISCO * --n. 1 Popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques. 2 A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music. --v. Dance to disco music.
ANTECEDENCE * n. Preceding in time.
GIRDER * n. A beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure.
ONYCHOGALEA * n. A genus of Macropodidae.
BESOM * n. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
NONPHOTOSYNTHETIC * a. Not photosynthetic.
KINSHASA * n. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
NOSE * --n. 1 The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals. 2 A front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft). 3 The front or forward projection of a tool or weapon. 4 A small distance. --v. 1 Search or inquire in a meddlesome way. 2 Advance the forward part of with caution. 3 Catch the scent of; get wind of. 4 Push or move with the nose.
HEMATOPOIETIC * a. Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells.
FORCE-LAND * v. Make a forced landing.
UNJOINTED * s. Without joints or jointed segments.
STRATIGRAPHY * n. The branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata.
ELECTROLYSIS * n. 1 (chemistry) A chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions. 2 Removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root.
PUDDINGWIFE * n. Bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil.
UNINTERESTINGLY * r. In an uninteresting manner.
HAMMING * n. Poor acting by a ham actor.
OSTENTATIOUSNESS * n. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
SIMULTANEOUS * s. Occurring or operating at the same time.
POITOU * n. A low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay.
LETHAL * s. Of an instrument of certain death.
VOLANT * s. With wings extended in a flying position.
UNPASSABLE * a. Incapable of being passed.
AIRWORTHY * a. (of aircraft) Fit to fly.
SPATIAL * a. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
WEAPONLESS * s. Without a weapon.
SNO-CAT * n. A kind of snowmobile.
PRETORIA * n. City in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa.
WASHING-UP * n. The washing of dishes etc after a meal.
CHICKENFIGHT * v. Fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders.
ENAMELWARE * n. Cooking utensil of enameled iron.
DDS * n. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
CITRULLINE * n. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.
GELID * s. Extremely cold.
LAMPROPELTIS * n. King snakes and milk snakes.
EGYPT * n. 1 A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC. 2 An ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament.
BOLLOCKS * v. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
MARSILEACEAE * n. Clover ferns.
HEMIPTERONATUS * n. Razor fish.
BANNS * n. A public announcement of a proposed marriage.
GLASSWORK * n. An article of tableware made of glass.
MUZTAG * n. A highest mountain peak in the Kunlun Shan in China; near the Indian border (23,891 feet high).
REVALUE * v. 1 Gain in value. 2 Value anew.
TABLOID * n. 1 Sensationalist journalism. 2 Newspaper with half-size pages.
PLANARIAN * n. Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts.
CEPHALOTUS * n. One species: Australian pitcher plant.
PROPORTIONABLE * s. Proportionate.
SYPHILIS * n. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
PISTILLATE * --a. Bearing or consisting of carpels. --s. Having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant.
HAMAS * n. A militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing.
COMMUNICATIONS * n. The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).
METHYL * n. The univalent radical CH3- derived from methane.
IGNITOR * n. 1 A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire. 2 A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.
RECTIFY * v. 1 Math: determine the length of. 2 Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities. 3 Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. 4 Set straight or right.
BACKUP * n. 1 An accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage. 2 Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). 3 A musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts. 4 (computer science) A copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device.
UNCUS * n. (biology) Any hook-shaped process or part.
HORTATIVE * s. Giving strong encouragement.
COPYREADER * n. An editor who prepares text for publication.
AUXILIARY * --n. Someone who acts as assistant. --s. 1 Functioning in a supporting capacity. 2 Furnishing added support.
DELIBERATION * n. 1 (usually plural) Discussion of all sides of a question. 2 Careful consideration. 3 Planning something carefully and intentionally. 4 A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.
DISRUPT * v. 1 Make a break in. 2 Throw into disorder. 3 Interfere in someone else's activity.
KEBLE * n. English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866).
INCREMENT * n. 1 A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. 2 The amount by which something increases.
EFFEMINACY * n. The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
DYADIC * a. Of or relating to a dyad or based on two.
ELDERSHIP * n. The office of elder.
SWAN-NECK * n. Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.
ABOUNDING * s. Existing in abundance.
DAMON * n. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
ARCHEOLOGY * n. The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures.
FAN-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a fan.
MARINADE * --n. Mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking. --v. Soak in marinade.
OVARIECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one of both ovaries.
ROGUISH * s. 1 Playful in an appealingly bold way. 2 Lacking principles or scruples.
RAIMENTLESS * s. Possessing no clothing.
CIRCUMNAVIGATION * n. Traveling around something (by ship or plane).
TROUBADOUR * n. A singer of folk songs.
CONFRERE * n. A person who is member of one's class or profession.
FRICASSEE * --n. Pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings. --v. Make a fricassee of by cooking.
BRUNEIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Brunei. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Brunei or its people.
LABOUR * --n. 1 A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages. 2 Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. 3 A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries. 4 Productive work (especially physical work done for wages). --v. 1 Work hard. 2 Strive and make an effort to reach a goal. 3 Undergo the efforts of childbirth.
MASOCHISM * n. Sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological).
HOODMOULD * n. A protective drip that is made of stone.
UTMOST * --n. The greatest possible degree. --s. 1 Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity. 2 Highest in extent or degree. 3 (comparatives of `far') Most remote in space or time or order.
HELMSMAN * n. The person who steers a ship.
DIGITATELY * r. In a digitate manner.
UNDERLAY * --n. A pad placed under a carpet. --v. 1 Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type. 2 Put (something) under or beneath. 3 Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing.
ARIL * n. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed.
WORTHWHILE * s. Sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest.
KILOGRAM-METER * n. A unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter.
APADANA * n. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
SIGNALIZATION * n. A conspicuous indication.
SALIENCE * n. The state of being salient.
PHALACROSIS * n. The condition of having no hair on the top of the head.
BLAT * v. Cry plaintively.
ACIDIFICATION * n. The process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid.
IMPERISHABLE * --a. Not perishable. --s. Lasting a long time.
POLYTHEISM * n. Belief in multiple Gods.
SKYWARD * --s. Directed toward heaven or the sky. --r. Toward the sky.
THERMOELECTRICITY * n. Electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple).
VIGOUR * n. 1 Forceful exertion. 2 Active strength of body or mind. 3 An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).
TOPICALIZATION * n. (linguistics) Emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English.
SULFURIZED * a. Treated or impregnated with sulfur.
NAME-DROPPING * n. The practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener.
PLAGUEY * --s. 1 Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease. 2 Causing irritation or annoyance. --r. In a disagreeable manner.
MACHICOLATION * n. A projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy.
MUSICIAN * n. 1 Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession). 2 Artist who composes or conducts music as a profession.
READ * --n. Something that is read. --v. 1 Interpret something that is written or printed. 2 Have or contain a certain wording or form. 3 Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed. 4 Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources.
CROWNING * s. 1 Representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment. 2 Forming or providing a crown or summit.
CAPITULATION * n. 1 A document containing the terms of surrender. 2 A summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic. 3 The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).
LABYRINTHODONTIA * n. Extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic.
JIB * --n. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast). --v. 1 Refuse to comply. 2 Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
PURCHASING * n. The act of buying.
TETRASPORANGIUM * n. A sporangium containing four asexual spores.
PICARDY * n. A region of northern France on the English Channel.
UNCOERCED * s. Not brought about by coercion or force.
HALF-TRACKED * s. Having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front.
DICRANALES * n. Widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems.
POMADERRIS * n. A genus of Australasian shrubs and trees.
RECHARGEABLE * s. Capable of being recharged.
AXIOM * n. 1 A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits. 2 (logic) A proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident.
TRACHOMA * n. A chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue.
MAGLEV * n. High-speed rail technology; train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction.
FOOTREST * n. A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person.
NOXIOUS * a. Injurious to physical or mental health.
HOLSTER * n. 1 A sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun. 2 A belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools.
INTERCEPT * --n. The point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis. --v. 1 Seize on its way. 2 Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.
NEHEMIAH * n. An Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity.
WHATSOEVER * s. One or some or every or all without specification.
PROMPTNESS * n. 1 The characteristic of doing things without delay. 2 The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time.
SENSUALIZE * v. 1 Represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture. 2 Ascribe to an origin in sensation. 3 Debase through carnal gratification.
IMBIBITION * n. 1 (chemistry) The absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel. 2 The act of consuming liquids.
CYMOGRAPH * n. Scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure).
OUTRAGEOUSNESS * n. 1 Excessive excess. 2 The quality of being outrageous.
MUNCHHAUSEN * n. German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797).
HELIOTYPE * n. Duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy.
INFLICT * v. Impose something unpleasant.
JAFAR * n. Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000).
IRONWEED * n. Any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue.
SCRUPULOUSNESS * n. 1 Conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence. 2 Strict attention to minute details.
DEMYELINATE * v. Destroy the myelin sheath of.
CAIN * n. (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.
PRECLINICAL * a. Of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared.
REGATTA * n. A meeting for boat races.
AMUSEMENT * n. 1 A feeling of delight at being entertained. 2 An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.
GUNWALE * n. Wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel.
DRIZZLING * s. (of rain) Falling lightly in very small drops.
GAMBOGE * n. 1 A gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative. 2 A strong yellow color.
PALLADIO * n. Highly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580).
PROTHROMBINASE * n. Coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors.
POLYPETALOUS * s. Having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals.
AVARICIOUS * s. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
CHINA * n. 1 A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world. 2 High quality porcelain originally made only in China. 3 A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong. 4 Dishware made of high quality porcelain.
AQABA * n. Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba.
OCTOPODIDAE * n. A family of Octopoda.
PHARMACOLOGY * n. The science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects.
EASEL * n. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
STRAPPING * s. Muscular and heavily built.
ZION * n. 1 Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem. 2 Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine. 3 An imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal.
FOOTGEAR * n. Covering for a person's feet.
ANTIGUAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Antigua. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its people.
TRUMBO * n. United States screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations of communism in America (1905-1976).
HISTORICAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to the study of history. 2 Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time. --s. 1 Having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary. 2 Belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past.
CHANNELISATION * n. Management through specified channels of communication.
FLAWLESS * s. Without a flaw.
ESOPHAGEAL * a. Relating to the esophagus.
MALEFICENCE * n. 1 Doing or causing evil. 2 The quality or nature of being harmful or evil.
THERMOGRAVIMETER * n. A hydrometer that includes a thermometer.
BOOTLICKER * n. Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.
SNUFFERS * n. Scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick.
CLOWNLIKE * s. Like a clown.
DEVELOPING * --n. Processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible. --s. Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply.
DENOTIVE * a. Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming.
MANIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
POSTMODERNIST * a. Of or relating to postmodernism.
RI * n. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state.
DEPRESSIVE * n. Someone suffering psychological depression.
VAUGHAN * n. United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990).
DISTILLATE * n. A purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling.
STEUBEN * n. American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794).
QUINTUPLING * n. Increasing by a factor of five.
GATES * n. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955).
PLOTTED * s. With planning and intention.
OVENWARE * n. Heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served.
MOOR * --n. 1 One of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century. 2 Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss. --v. 1 Secure in or as if in a berth or dock. 2 Come into or dock at a wharf. 3 Secure with cables or ropes.
FINGERBOARD * n. 1 A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger. 2 A bank of keys on a musical instrument. 3 A narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers.
ANGLE-PARK * v. Park at an angle.
MANGLED * s. Having edges that are jagged from injury.
BATIDACEAE * n. Family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts.
CONSPIRE * v. 1 Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together. 2 Act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose.
MEALYMOUTHED * s. Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy.
SWIMMERET * n. One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
PTILOCRINUS * n. Sea lilies.
DOCKHAND * n. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
TANGIERS * n. A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
LUX * n. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle.
BALD-FACED * s. 1 (of animals) Having white markings on the face. 2 Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
DOWNTICK * n. A transaction in the stock market at a price below the price of the preceding transaction.
LANDHOLDER * n. A holder or proprietor of land.
LESBOS * n. An island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry.
FOYER * n. A large entrance or reception room or area.
ISOMERISATION * n. The conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself.
MACHINE-CONTROLLED * s. Operated by automation.
HAYFORK * n. A long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay.
NAMES * n. Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument.
SUBSIDE * v. 1 Wear off or die down. 2 Sink to a lower level or form a depression. 3 Sink down or precipitate. 4 Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place.
PAINTING * n. 1 Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. 2 Creating a picture with paints. 3 The act of applying paint to a surface. 4 The occupation of a house painter.
GROUNDS * n. 1 Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief. 2 The enclosed land around a house or other building. 3 A tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.). 4 A justification for something existing or happening.
OFFLOAD * v. 1 Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data. 2 Remove the load from (a container or vehicle).
UTAH * n. A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young.
DISPARATE * s. 1 Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind. 2 Including markedly dissimilar elements.
LOATHER * n. One who hates or loathes.
MAMMA * n. 1 Informal terms for a mother. 2 Milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
DEICER * n. Heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane).
AGELONG * s. Lasting through all time.
COLLIER * n. Someone who works in a coal mine.
BUDAPEST * n. Capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube River in north-central Hungary.
FACILITATION * n. 1 The condition of being made easy (or easier). 2 (neurophysiology) Phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential. 3 Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something.
UNCENSORED * a. Not subject to censorship.
ENVENOM * v. 1 Cause to be bitter or resentful. 2 Add poison to.
SQUALLING * s. Characterized by short periods of noisy commotion.
MENDACIOUS * s. 1 Given to lying. 2 Intentionally untrue.
PHILANDERER * n. A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them.
GUTTA-PERCHA * n. A whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of gutta-percha trees; used for insulation of electrical cables.
UNTYPICAL * a. Not representative of a group, class, or type.
ORTHOSTATIC * s. Pertaining to an upright standing posture.
PREJUDGMENT * n. A judgment reached before the evidence is available.
BULBACEOUS * a. Producing or growing from bulbs.
FLAIR * n. 1 A natural talent. 2 Distinctive and stylish elegance. 3 A shape that spreads outward.
ISSUE * --n. 1 An important question that is in dispute and must be settled. 2 One of a series published periodically. 3 Some situation or event that is thought about. 4 The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity). --v. 1 Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. 2 Circulate or distribute or equip with. 3 Bring out an official document (such as a warrant). 4 Come out of.
TOTALIZE * v. Make into a total.
SELF-POLLINATING * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination.
ANDEAN * a. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
BOLEYN * n. The second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536).
GROUNDBALL * n. (baseball) A hit that travels along the ground.
METENCEPHALON * n. The part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum.
MISSOURIAN * n. A native or resident of Missouri.
HEAD * --n. 1 The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains. 2 A single domestic animal. 3 That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason. 4 A person who is in charge. --v. 1 To go or travel towards. 2 Be in charge of. 3 Travel in front of; go in advance of others. 4 Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.
DASHT-E-KAVIR * n. A salt desert in north central Iran.
DEEP-YELLOW * s. Of something having the color of a pumpkin.
SHOREA * n. Genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin.
ENTERING * n. 1 A movement into or inward. 2 The act of entering.
TOUGHENED * a. 1 Physically toughened. 2 Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
BLOAT * --n. Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas. --v. 1 Become bloated or swollen or puff up. 2 Make bloated or swollen.
HOLLOA * n. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
BEETLE-BROWED * s. Sullen or unfriendly in appearance.
AUSTERITY * n. The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
AMOROUSLY * r. In an amorous manner.
UNSCALABLE * a. Incapable of being ascended.
BILGY * s. Smelling like bilge water.
POLYMATH * n. A person of great and varied learning.
ENTIRETY * n. The state of being total and complete.
LABOUR-INTENSIVE * s. Requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital.
ACEPHALY * n. Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters).
OVERHEAD * --n. 1 The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes. 2 (computer science) The processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command. 3 (computer science) The disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing. 4 A transparency for use with an overhead projector. --a. Located or originating from above. --r. 1 Above your head; in the sky. 2 Above the head; over the head.
IMMUNODEFICIENT * a. Incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen.
MONECIOUS * a. Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal.
PISUM * n. Small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas.
AEPYORNIFORMES * n. Huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds.
BLASTODIACEAE * n. A family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales.
ENSUANT * s. Occurring with or following as a consequence.
MARIPOSA * n. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico.
ACEBUTOLOL * n. An oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension.
UNHAPPINESS * n. 1 Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. 2 State characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief.
BLIDA * n. A city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers.
SAFEBREAKER * n. A thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents.
CORRELATIVE * --n. Either of two or more related or complementary variables. --s. 1 Mutually related. 2 Expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation.
UNCOIL * v. Unwind or untwist.
GLORIFICATION * n. 1 A state of high honor. 2 A portrayal of something as ideal. 3 The act of glorifying (as in worship).
SCELIPHRON * n. Mud daubers.
COWL-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a cowl.
SMOGGINESS * n. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
PITCHED * --a. (of sound) Set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form. --s. Set at a slant.
CENTROLOBIUM * n. A genus of Centrolobium.
HUSKINESS * n. 1 The property of being big and strong. 2 A throaty harshness.
ARTISTICALLY * r. In an artistic manner.
BRIDE-GIFT * n. A wedding present to the bride.
MAMMUTHUS * n. Extinct genus: mammoths.
PESTILENTIAL * s. Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.
LUMINOUSNESS * n. The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
EMBELLISH * v. 1 Add details to. 2 Be beautiful to look at. 3 Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. 4 Make more beautiful.
TREATY * n. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
POLEMICIZE * v. Engage in a controversy.
BD * n. A bachelor's degree in religion.
REFUTAL * n. The act of determining that something is false.
CONSTRUAL * n. An interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing.
DEFROSTER * n. Heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane).
CLERIC * n. A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
BALLS-UP * n. Something badly botched or muddled.
HALF-MOON * n. 1 The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail. 2 The time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated.
BIOGENY * n. The production of living organisms from other living organisms.
ACTINOMORPHOUS * a. Capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis.
IMPRACTICABLY * r. To an impracticable degree.
SPANKING * --n. The act of slapping on the buttocks. --s. Quick and energetic.
PHENYLEPHRINE * n. A powerful vasoconstrictor used to dilate the pupils and relieve nasal congestion.
RUST * --n. 1 A red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture. 2 A plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi. 3 The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water. 4 Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants. --v. 1 Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid. 2 Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. 3 Become coated with oxide. --s. Of the brown color of rust.
CAPARISON * --n. Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse. --v. Put a caparison on.
INCONSIDERATELY * r. Without consideration; in an inconsiderate manner.
POSTNUPTIAL * a. Relating to events after a marriage.
COPOLYMER * n. A polymer consisting of two or more different monomers.
HARRIER * n. 1 A persistent attacker. 2 A hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits. 3 Hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals.
SWEATSUIT * n. Garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt.
CHROMOGEN * n. A compound that can be converted to a pigment.
CROAKY * s. Like the sounds of frogs and crows.
EXORBITANCE * n. Excessive excess.
MESA * n. 1 Flat tableland with steep edges. 2 A city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix.
PIPIT * n. A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.
SATISFYINGLY * r. In a gratifying manner.
NITRIDE * n. A compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive element (such as phosphorus or a metal).
STANDPAT * s. Old-fashioned and out of date.
ITERATIVE * --n. The aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action. --s. Marked by iteration.
SARTOR * n. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.
HONEST * --a. Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent. --s. 1 Without dissimulation; frank. 2 Worthy of being depended on. 3 Without pretensions. 4 Marked by truth.
NEFAZODONE * n. An antidepressant drug (trade name Serzone).
SCIARID * n. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
HISPANIOLA * n. An island in the West Indies.
CROW * --n. 1 Black birds having a raucous call. 2 The cry of a cock (or an imitation of it). 3 A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana. 4 A small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo. --v. 1 Dwell on with satisfaction. 2 Express pleasure verbally. 3 Utter shrill sounds.
68 * s. Being eight more than sixty.
SINISTER * s. 1 Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. 2 Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. 3 On or starting from the wearer's left.
UNWAVERING * s. 1 Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. 2 Not showing abrupt variations.
WNW * n. The compass point midway between west and northwest.
SPIRULA * n. A small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral.
ABSTRUSITY * n. Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound.
FANATICALLY * r. In a passionately fanatic manner.
KEELBOAT * n. River boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing.
KITCHENWARE * n. Hardware utensils for use in a kitchen.
SACCHARIFY * v. 1 Sweeten with sugar. 2 Convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate.
FRIGHT * --n. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). --v. Cause fear in.
LIONET * n. A small or young lion.
LEGISLATION * n. 1 Law enacted by a legislative body. 2 The act of making or enacting laws.
PERHAPS * r. By chance.
MAALOX * n. An antacid.
KNOCK-DOWN * s. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm.
BUFFETING * n. Repeated heavy blows.
TRANQUILITY * n. 1 A disposition free from stress or emotion. 2 An untroubled state; free from disturbances. 3 A state of peace and quiet.
ERIOCAULON * n. Type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs.
HOSIER * n. A tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear.
TOUPEE * n. A small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
LIGHTING-UP * s. Turning lights on.
ALSO-RAN * n. A contestant who loses the contest.
TERNATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Consisting of three leaflets or sections.
ATHABASCAN * n. 1 A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir). 2 A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska.
CRABWISE * s. (of movement) At an angle.
BUCKRAM * --n. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing. --v. Stiffen with or as with buckram. --s. Rigidly formal.
INCONSIDERABLE * a. Too small or unimportant to merit attention.
LIBELER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
INTONE * v. 1 Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically. 2 Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm. 3 Speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone.
CONNIVANCE * n. 1 Agreement on a secret plot. 2 (law) Tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing.
SALTIRE * n. A cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length.
STAND * --n. 1 A support or foundation. 2 The position where a thing or person stands. 3 A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area. 4 A small table for holding articles of various kinds. --v. 1 Be standing; be upright. 2 Be in some specified state or condition. 3 Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically. 4 Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright.
GOBY * n. Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
ROSIDAE * n. A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae.
CANDIDLY * r. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) It is sincerely the case that.
ENUMERATE * v. 1 Specify individually. 2 Determine the number or amount of.
UNSALARIED * s. Not paying a salary.
APPARATUS * n. 1 Equipment designed to serve a specific function. 2 (anatomy) A group of body parts that work together to perform a given function.
ALLITERATOR * n. A speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration.
PRINCEWOOD * n. 1 Tropical American timber tree. 2 Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
PUBLICISED * a. Made known; especially made widely known.
CHOKEDAMP * n. The atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life.
VOYEURISM * n. A perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior.
BENNE * n. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.
ABSORBABLE * a. Capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface.
HOD * n. An open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder.
CLEISTOCARP * n. Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration.
HAWORTH * n. English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950).
UNFEMININE * s. Not suitable for a woman.
EUROPIUM * n. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
FOCALIZE * v. 1 Concentrate on a particular place or spot. 2 Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions. 3 Become focussed or come into focus. 4 Put (an image) into focus.
ODONATE * n. Large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings.
LAERTES * n. (Greek mythology) The father of Odysseus.
SIEGFRIED * n. (German mythology) Mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart.
SLALOM * --n. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles. --v. Race on skis around obstacles.
VAPORIZER * n. A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation).
TENANCY * n. An act of being a tenant or occupant.
CHANTLIKE * s. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
PIONEER * --n. 1 Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art. 2 One of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory. --v. 1 Open up an area or prepare a way. 2 Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of. 3 Open up and explore a new area.
CELLOPHANE * n. A transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc..
GRAVEDIGGER * n. A person who earns a living by digging graves.
SOLENOSTEMON * n. Genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia; includes some plants often placed in genus Coleus.
HABSBURG * n. A royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806.
CROCODYLUS * n. Type genus of the Crocodylidae.
INARGUABLY * r. In an unarguable and undisputed manner.
ACCELEROMETER * n. An instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets.
WELWITSCHIA * n. Curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old.
POGONOPHORAN * n. Slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom.
FOURHANDED * a. (of card games) Involving or requiring four players.
CONCURRENT * s. Occurring or operating at the same time.
TORTURER * n. Someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion).
OSTEOSCLEROSIS * n. Abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone.
UNRELIABLE * --s. 1 Liable to be erroneous or misleading. 2 Dangerously unstable and unpredictable. 3 Lacking a sense of responsibility. --a. Not worthy of reliance or trust.
PRIDE-OF-INDIA * n. 1 Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree. 2 Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers.
CONTRIBUTIVE * s. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
SELF-ORGANISATION * n. Organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union).
TARMAC * --n. 1 A paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving. 2 A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar. --v. Surface with macadam.
ROQUEFORT * n. French blue cheese.
FELLAH * n. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
POOLROOM * n. A room with pool tables where pool is played.
MAHAN * n. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
FLOORSHOW * n. A series of acts at a night club.
NAPAEA * n. One species: glade mallow.
AMIGO * n. A friend or comrade.
PATERSON * n. 1 American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806). 2 A city of northeastern New Jersey.
LAMENTATION * n. 1 A cry of sorrow and grief. 2 The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief.
GRIDLOCK * n. A traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible.
ASL * n. The sign language used in the United States.
ABRIDGMENT * n. A shortened version of a written work.
CONCAVITY * n. 1 A shape that curves or bends inward. 2 The property possessed by a concave shape.
CF. * r. Compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text).
GAUL * n. 1 A person of French descent. 2 A Celt of ancient Gaul. 3 An ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands.
NEEDLESSLY * r. Without need.
SCULLING * n. Rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell.
PRIMA * --n. Used primarily as eating apples. --s. Indicating the most important performer or role.
CENTERLINE * n. A line that bisects a plane figure.
UVULITIS * n. Inflammation of the uvula.
APOLITICAL * s. Politically neutral.
SILVER-BUSH * n. 1 Silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers. 2 Deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits.
AMBULANCE * n. A vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals.
SLIDE * --n. 1 A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study. 2 (geology) The descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.. 3 (music) Rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. 4 Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide. --v. 1 Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner. 2 To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly. 3 Move smoothly along a surface.
PHOTOCONDUCTIVE * a. Of or relating to photoconductivity.
WHAM * v. Hit hard.
EIDOS * n. (anthropology) The distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group.
LAMARCK * n. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
DOWNPLAY * v. 1 Represent as less significant or important. 2 Understate the importance or quality of.
BILE * n. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats.
NABOB * n. 1 A governor in India during the Mogul empire. 2 A wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient).
TWITCHING * n. A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition.
PREHEAT * v. Heat beforehand.
SCRAPBOOK * n. An album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted.
SOMEHOW * r. 1 In some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means. 2 For some unspecified reason.
AESTHESIA * n. Mental responsiveness and awareness.
STRUGGLING * s. Engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity.
DYSURIA * n. Painful or difficult urination.
BOASTFULNESS * n. Outspoken conceit.
BREAK-IN * n. Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent.
PROZAC * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain.
FORTY-FIRST * s. The ordinal number of forty-one in counting order.
VISCOUS * s. 1 Having a relatively high resistance to flow. 2 Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
QUENCH * v. 1 Satisfy (thirst). 2 Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. 3 Electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device. 4 Suppress or crush completely.
ULULATION * n. A long loud emotional utterance.
FERNLESS * a. Devoid of ferns.
WYOMING * n. A state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east.
BIZONAL * a. Relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones.
HEADFUL * n. 1 The quantity of information that a head will hold. 2 A covering over the surface of your head.
INGROWN * s. Growing abnormally into the flesh.
PETIOLULE * n. The stalk of a leaflet.
FLOATPLANE * n. A seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water.
COMBO * n. A small band of jazz musicians.
DISAGREEABLENESS * n. 1 The quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant. 2 An ill-tempered and offensive disposition.
SCYTHIA * n. An ancient area of Eurasia extending from the Black Sea to the Aral Sea that was populated by Scythians from the eighth to the fourth century BC.
SUPERMARKET * n. A large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods.
DICKSONIACEAE * n. Tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans.
FLEABANE * n. 1 Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas. 2 Any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas. 3 Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron.
FLASHOVER * n. An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator).
AUCHINCLOSS * n. United States writer (born in 1917).
UNMOVING * a. 1 Not in motion. 2 Not arousing emotions.
PARKINSON * n. 1 English surgeon (1755-1824). 2 British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993).
BACCHANT * n. 1 Someone who engages in drinking bouts. 2 A drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus. 3 (classical mythology) A priest or votary of Bacchus.
WEN-TI * n. Chinese god of literature.
LIGHT-MINDEDNESS * n. Inappropriate levity.
UNSUITABLY * r. In an inappropriate manner.
METHEDRINE * n. An amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant.
DILAPIDATE * v. 1 Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse. 2 Fall into decay or ruin.
EVENTUAL * s. Expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating.
BOTHROPS * n. Fer-de-lance.
RECEDING * --n. 1 A slow or gradual disappearance. 2 The act of becoming more distant. --s. (of a hairline e.g.) Moving slowly back.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST * n. An overnight boardinghouse with breakfast.
REAL-TIME * a. Of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information.
TRINITY * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 The union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead. 3 Three people considered as a unit.
HINNY * n. Hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey or ass; usually sterile.
NONRIGID * a. Designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure.
PARENTHETIC * s. Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses.
INEBRIETY * n. A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
HELICHRYSUM * n. Large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus.
LIVERYMAN * n. A worker in a livery stable.
GAMEY * s. 1 Suggestive of sexual impropriety. 2 (used of the smell of meat) Smelling spoiled or tainted. 3 Willing to face danger.
SINGLE-MINDEDNESS * n. Characterized by one unified purpose.
VASOPRESSIN * n. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.
GREASED * a. Smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction.
FETISH * n. 1 A form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body. 2 A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. 3 Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity.
DENOMINATIONALLY * r. With respect to denomination.
VENTER * n. 1 A speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance. 2 The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. 3 The womb. 4 A bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle).
MARAUDER * n. Someone who attacks in search of booty.
NATIONALISTIC * s. 1 Fanatically patriotic. 2 Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others.
HOMELESSNESS * n. The state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets).
TOUCHLINE * n. Either of the sidelines in soccer or rugby.
ROMMEL * n. German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944).
AFFECTIONATE * s. Having or displaying warmth or affection.
PURGATORY * n. 1 A temporary condition of torment or suffering. 2 (theology) In Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins.
DAPPER * s. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
CINDER * n. A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire.
ATTENTION * n. 1 The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. 2 The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something. 3 A general interest that leads people to want to know more. 4 A courteous act indicating affection.
SULKY * --n. A light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse. --s. 1 Sullen or moody. 2 Moving slowly. 3 Depressingly dark.
DEPERSONALIZE * v. Make impersonal or present as an object.
SPOROZOITE * n. One of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle.
GREATLY * r. To an extraordinary extent or degree.
FLYOVER * n. 1 Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels. 2 A flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
LYRICISM * n. 1 The property of being suitable for singing. 2 Unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm.
COWARD * n. 1 A person who shows fear or timidity. 2 English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973).
SYNTHESISER * n. 1 An intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods. 2 (music) An electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments.
FLAME-RETARDANT * s. Resistant to catching fire.
FASCIOLOSIS * n. Infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot.
TRAMLINE * n. The track on which trams or streetcars run.
TINAMIFORMES * n. Coextensive with the family Tinamidae.
GAFFER * n. 1 An elderly man. 2 An electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set. 3 A person who exercises control over workers.
ENDEARMENT * n. The act of showing affection.
ROBERTSON * n. United States basketball guard (born in 1938).
TAWNY-COLOURED * s. Having a tawny color.
YON * --s. Distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal). --r. At or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal).
RIDGELING * n. A colt with undescended testicles.
MADRAS * n. 1 A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras. 2 A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras. 3 A light patterned cotton cloth.
PLASMABLAST * n. The precursor of a plasma cell.
INFOMERCIAL * n. A television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary.
FURBISH * v. Polish and make shiny.
SIGHT-SING * v. Sing from a score without having seen it before.
ACHROMIC * s. Having no color.
PECTINATE * s. Like a comb.
BISAYAN * n. A member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines.
HISTORIOGRAPHER * n. A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it.
BLASTOMYCOTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis.
PICKEREL * n. 1 Flesh of young or small pike. 2 Any of several North American species of small pike.
CWM * n. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.
LITHUANIA * n. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
CORUNDOM * n. Very hard mineral used as an abrasive.
EMPLACE * v. 1 Provide a new emplacement for guns. 2 Put into place or position.
TELEPORTATION * n. A hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another.
REVOLUTIONIST * n. A radical supporter of political or social revolution.
MACULA * n. 1 A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field. 2 A small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision. 3 A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases.
PTILOCERCUS * n. Pentails.
DECASYLLABLE * n. A verse line having ten syllables.
HUMANLY * r. In the manner of human beings.
STIFFLY * r. 1 In a stiff manner. 2 In a rigid manner.
RESTRICTED * --a. Subject to restriction or subjected to restriction. --s. 1 Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man'). 2 The lowest level of official classification for documents.
EPIMORPHIC * s. Characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages.
CANIDAE * n. Dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes.
ASH * --n. 1 The residue that remains when something is burned. 2 Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus. 3 Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats. --v. Convert into ashes.
I.D. * n. A card or badge used to identify the bearer.
COMMENTARY * n. A written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.
WONDERING * s. Showing curiosity.
RICO * n. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
CLINCHER-BUILT * a. Having overlapping hull planks.
ANSERES * n. Used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae.
ANGIOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that studies the blood and lymph vessels and their disorders.
FORTUITOUSLY * r. By good fortune.
SURLILY * r. In a churlish manner.
SHUFFLEBOARD * n. A game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface.
DAKOTA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux. 2 The area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota. 3 The Siouan language spoken by the Dakota.
RAIDING * s. Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.
LURCH * --n. 1 An unsteady uneven gait. 2 A decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage). 3 Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance). 4 The act of moving forward suddenly. --v. 1 Walk as if unable to control one's movements. 2 Move abruptly. 3 Move slowly and unsteadily. 4 Loiter about, with no apparent aim.
SAMPHIRE * n. Fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass.
LAURUS * n. Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves.
USULI * n. A religious movement by Persian Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iran that is opposed to the Akhbari.
NEUROSYPHILIS * n. Syphilis of the central nervous system.
GARRULITY * n. The quality of being wordy and talkative.
ANARCHISM * n. A political theory favoring the abolition of governments.
SOLIDIFIED * s. Changed into a solid mass.
HYPOPIGMENTATION * n. Unusual lack of skin color.
TRANSITIVIZE * v. Make transitive.
GAVIA * n. Type genus of the Gavidae: loons.
HUNDREDFOLD * r. By a factor of one hundred.
UNGALLANT * s. Offensively discourteous.
BLACKFACE * n. The makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro.
STANTON * n. United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902).
CAMAIL * n. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
COLLUSIVE * s. Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end.
BIBLESS * a. Lacking a bib.
TUCSON * n. A city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century.
COMPARTMENTALIZED * s. Divided up into compartments or categories.
FAST-PACED * s. Of communication that proceeds rapidly.
IDIOTIC * s. 1 Insanely irresponsible. 2 So unreasonable as to invite derision. 3 Having a mental age of three to seven years.
BIRDCALL * n. 1 The characteristic sound produced by a bird. 2 A device for imitating a birdcall.
LEYCESTERIA * n. Small species of shrubs of western Himalayas to China.
PEDESIS * n. The random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid.
RUPIAH * n. The basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen.
SOLICIT * v. 1 Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently. 2 Make amorous advances towards. 3 Approach with an offer of sexual favors. 4 Incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination.
DRIPPAGE * n. A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house).
BEATITUDE * n. 1 A state of supreme happiness. 2 One of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed).
BERNE * n. The capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland.
VALVULA * n. A small valve.
PARNELL * n. Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891).
CONTEMPORANEOUS * s. 1 Occurring in the same period of time. 2 Of the same period.
CALOPHYLLUM * n. Genus of tropical evergreen trees.
DUOLOGUE * n. 1 A conversation between two persons. 2 A part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors.
ORIENTALIZE * v. Make oriental in character.
LAPFUL * n. The quantity that can be held in the lap.
NONMECHANICAL * --a. Not mechanical. --s. (of a person) Lacking mechanical skills.
INTENSIFICATION * n. 1 Action that makes something stronger or more extreme. 2 The act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film).
DEMANTOID * n. A green andradite used as a gemstone.
LIMITATION * n. 1 A principle that limits the extent of something. 2 The quality of being limited or restricted. 3 The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed. 4 (law) A time period after which suits cannot be brought.
COUNCILWOMAN * n. A woman who is a council member.
SLIMED * s. Covered with or resembling slime.
NARGILEH * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
CLITORIA * n. Genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.
ANGLED * s. Forming or set at an angle.
HANDED-DOWN * s. Having been passed along from generation to generation.
DRY-EYED * a. Free from tears.
CUCKOLDOM * n. The state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery.
POLYSACCHARIDE * n. Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.
LEACHING * n. The process of leaching.
TURBAN * n. 1 A traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head. 2 A small round woman's hat.
JOFFREY * n. United States choreographer (1930-1988).
DROPPER * n. Pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time.
OVERSIZED * s. Larger than normal for its kind.
FULL-STRENGTH * s. (of an alcoholic drink) Without water.
APPLIED * a. Concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles.
CURATORIAL * a. Of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator.
REIFY * v. Consider an abstract concept to be real.
DELF * n. An excavation; usually a quarry or mine.
COWCATCHER * n. An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.
READ-OUT * n. 1 The output of a computer in readable form. 2 The information displayed or recorded on an electronic device. 3 An electronic device the displays information in a visual form.
CURE-ALL * n. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists.
KURD * n. A member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state.
SIDEROBLAST * n. An erythroblast having granules of ferritin.
ESTABLISH * v. 1 Set up or found. 2 Set up or lay the groundwork for. 3 Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. 4 Institute, enact, or establish.
TRANSMITTANCE * n. The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance.
HOLLOWARE * n. Silverware serving dishes.
PLUNDER * --n. Goods or money obtained illegally. --v. 1 Take illegally; of intellectual property. 2 Plunder (a town) after capture. 3 Steal goods; take as spoils. 4 Destroy and strip of its possession.
FLOODLIT * s. Illuminated by means of floodlights.
AKEE * n. 1 Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh. 2 Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
INOFFENSIVELY * r. In a not unpleasantly offensive manner.
MONO * --n. An acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing. --s. Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
TRANSPOSABLE * s. Capable of changing sequence.
INQUISITORY * s. Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE * n. A port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression `carry coals to Newcastle' meaning to do something unnecessary).
TURING * n. English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954).
WEBMASTER * n. A technician who designs or maintains a website.
SLINGER * n. A person who uses a sling to throw something.
MUNCHENER * n. A dark lager produced in Munich since the 10th century; has a distinctive taste of malt.
MID-FIFTIES * n. The time of life between 50 and 60.
RADIOLOCATE * v. Locate by means of radar.
UNPRINTABLE * a. Unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste.
EWE * n. 1 A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana. 2 A Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin. 3 Female sheep.
SOUNDLY * r. 1 Deeply or completely. 2 Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly').
NAZARETH * n. A historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary.
LAPDOG * n. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
DIABOLIC * s. 1 Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. 2 Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
RETRAIN * v. 1 Teach new skills. 2 Train again.
LYSINEMIA * n. An inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine; characterized by muscular weakness and mental retardation.
NOUN * n. 1 A content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. 2 The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition.
DRIZZLY * s. Wet with light rain.
JELLYLEAF * n. Herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed.
DALE * n. An open river valley (in a hilly area).
OBNOXIOUS * s. Causing disapproval or protest.
JOVIAL * s. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.
HAEMATOCYTURIA * n. The presence of red blood cells in the urine.
PARALYZE * v. 1 Make powerless and unable to function. 2 Cause to be paralyzed and immobile.
NEPHELITE * n. A whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels.
POETISE * v. Compose verses or put into verse.
ARITHMETICIAN * n. Someone who specializes in arithmetic.
ANGRY * --a. Feeling or showing anger. --s. 1 (of the elements) As if showing violent anger. 2 Severely inflamed and painful.
PICTOR * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Columba.
THAUMATOLATRY * n. The worship of miracles.
CYST * n. 1 A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure. 2 A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid).
GOBBLER * n. 1 A hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls. 2 Male turkey.
EARLESS * a. Lacking external ears.
SPREAD-OUT * s. Especially spread in a fan shape.
PUNICACEAE * n. One species: pomegranates.
ECONOMISER * n. A frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste.
POULET * n. The flesh of a chicken used for food.
LUSTERLESSNESS * n. The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.
MENTAL * --a. 1 Involving the mind or an intellectual process. 2 Of or relating to the mind. 3 Of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks. 4 Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw. --s. Affected by a disorder of the mind.
WIENERWURST * n. A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll.
HAMAMELIDAE * n. A group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder.
GALLING * s. Causing irritation or annoyance.
LLB * n. A three-year law degree.
WAKEBOARD * n. A buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat.
BRASS * n. 1 An alloy of copper and zinc. 2 A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece. 3 The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. 4 Impudent aggressiveness.
CONCEIVER * n. Someone who creates new things.
DISJUNCTIVE * a. Serving or tending to divide or separate.
HOUSE-TRAIN * v. Train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house.
HEIDEGGER * n. German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976).
CUSHIONING * n. Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.
CORGARD * n. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
REPRINTING * n. A publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale.
PRAM * n. A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around.
SCHMEER * n. (Yiddish) A batch of things that go together.
SIOUAN * --n. 1 A member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains. 2 A family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux. --a. Of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture.
REDUPLICATION * n. 1 Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next. 2 The syllable added in a reduplicated word form. 3 A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word). 4 The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof).
CLANK * --n. A loud resonant repeating noise. --v. Make a clank.
DISSOLUBLE * s. Capable of dissolving.
CLOUDBURST * n. A heavy rain.
BESPRENT * s. Sprinkled over.
MUTT * n. An inferior dog or one of mixed breed.
DECLAW * v. Remove the claws from.
APHORISM * n. A short pithy instructive saying.
HABENARIA * n. Chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis.
PERCIPIENT * --n. A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. --s. Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving.
SEEING * --n. 1 Perception by means of the eyes. 2 Normal use of the faculty of vision. --s. Having vision, not blind.
ALHAZEN * n. An Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040).
COMIC * --n. A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. --s. Arousing or provoking laughter. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of comedy.
LYONS * n. 1 A city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon. 2 The council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church. 3 The council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land.
LEXICOLOGIST * n. A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language.
MANHATTAN * n. 1 One of the five boroughs of New York City. 2 A cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters.
BLUBBERER * n. Someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs.
HYPOCHAERIS * n. Widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds.
SPLENDID * s. 1 Having great beauty and splendor. 2 Very good; of the highest quality. 3 Characterized by grandeur.
NANUS * n. A person who is markedly small.
SYMBOLISING * n. The act of representing something with a symbol.
SHAGGYMANE * n. Common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores.
HELD * a. Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.
PRODIGIOUSLY * r. To a prodigious degree.
MALFORMED * s. So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.
TIBICEN * n. Harvest flies.
WITHY * n. Strong flexible twig.
MALEVOLENT * s. 1 Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred. 2 Having or exerting a malignant influence.
FOREDECK * n. The deck between the bridge and the forecastle.
PANOCHA * n. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
PLATO * n. Ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC).
ANTAGONISTIC * --s. 1 Indicating opposition or resistance. 2 Characterized by antagonism or antipathy. 3 Incapable of harmonious association. --a. 1 Arousing animosity or hostility. 2 Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect.
RH * n. 1 A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia. 2 A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum. 3 Any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone.
PREEMIE * n. An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation.
TERMAGANT * n. A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman.
HELLEBORE * n. 1 Perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes. 2 Any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus.
D.P.R.K. * n. A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948.
INSIDIOUS * s. 1 Beguiling but harmful. 2 Intended to entrap. 3 Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
EVACUEE * n. A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
NAVIGATIONAL * a. Of or relating to navigation.
VENOSE * s. Having or showing markings that resemble veins.
COMBINATION * n. 1 A collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities. 2 A coordinated sequence of chess moves. 3 A sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock. 4 A group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose.
STEPBROTHER * n. A brother who has only one parent in common with you.
UNSYSTEMATIC * a. Lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization.
LYCANTHROPE * n. A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again.
BURK * n. United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903).
CATALPA * n. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
FORMICARIUS * n. Type genus of the Formicariidae.
SMALLHOLDING * n. A piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation.
TRANSFERENCE * n. 1 (psychoanalysis) The process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst. 2 Transferring ownership. 3 The act of transfering something from one form to another.
TWIGLIKE * s. Thin as a twig.
MAGHREB * n. The region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia.
OCEANAUT * n. A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research.
SCHENECTADY * n. A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal.
DAHNA * n. A desert in southern Saudi Arabia.
PRACTICABILITY * n. The quality of being usable.
DESICCATE * --v. 1 Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. 2 Remove water from. 3 Lose water or moisture. --s. Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless.
ORATORICAL * s. Characteristic of an orator or oratory.
BALLOON * --n. 1 Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air. 2 Small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck. --v. 1 Ride in a hot-air balloon. 2 Become inflated.
FISA * n. An act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance.
AQUALUNG * n. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
UNCOVER * v. 1 Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body. 2 Reveal to view as by removing a cover. 3 Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
PEA * n. 1 Seed of a pea plant used for food. 2 The fruit or seed of a pea plant. 3 A leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds.
CLAXON * --n. A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles. --v. 1 Make a loud noise. 2 Use the horn of a car.
SOUNDBOX * n. A resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin).
STONECHAT * n. Common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast.
Y * n. 1 A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys. 2 The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet.
DRAMATURGICAL * a. Relating to the technical aspects of drama.
CORALBELLS * n. Perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental.
ACQUITTAL * n. A judgment of not guilty.
EARPLUG * n. 1 An earphone that is inserted into the ear canal. 2 A plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise.
MNEMOSYNE * n. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the Muses.
TILTH * n. 1 The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth. 2 Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
CLOFIBRATE * n. A drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases.
GIGOT * n. Lamb leg suitable for roasting.
CERBERUS * n. (Greek mythology) The three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon.
REDUCED * --a. Made less in size or amount or degree. --s. Well below normal (especially in price).
AUGUSTUS * n. 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).
STONE * --n. 1 A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter. 2 Building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose. 3 Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust. 4 A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry. --v. 1 Kill by throwing stones at. 2 Remove the pits from. --s. Of any of various dull tannish or grey colors.
BANGING * --n. 1 A continuing very loud noise. 2 The act of subjecting to strong attack. --s. (used informally) Very large.
PHENELZINE * n. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
CREATIN * n. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction.
ECOTERRORISM * n. Violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists.
BANKER * n. 1 A financier who owns or is an executive in a bank. 2 The person in charge of the bank in a gambling game.
OPULENCE * n. Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.
SACKED * s. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
IDOLATROUSLY * r. In an idolatrous manner.
CLEAVABLE * s. Capable of being cleaved.
CHINCHONA * n. Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona.
UNINTIMIDATED * s. Not shrinking from danger.
SCAMP * --n. One who is playfully mischievous. --v. Perform hastily and carelessly.
RIFF * --n. 1 A Berber living in northern Morocco. 2 A jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation. --v. 1 Look through a book or other written material. 2 Play riffs.
SWINEHERD * n. A herder or swine.
BASISCOPIC * a. Facing or on the side toward the base.
UNASSUMINGNESS * n. A quality of naturalness and simplicity.
PATRONESS * n. A woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron.
PRIMPING * n. Careful or finicky grooming.
BRASSBOUND * s. 1 Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable. 2 Having trim or fittings of brass.
PRODUCT * n. 1 Commodities offered for sale. 2 An artifact that has been created by someone or some process. 3 A quantity obtained by multiplication. 4 A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
BRAKEMAN * n. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.
ONOCLEA * n. One species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae.
MURDERER * n. A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).
CZARINA * n. The wife or widow of a czar.
VIOLATIVE * s. Violating or tending to violate or offend against.
AUTOINJECTOR * n. A hypodermic syringe to use in injecting yourself with a liquid.
PLEUROBRACHIA * n. Sea gooseberries.
HEMATOCRIT * n. 1 The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit. 2 A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood.
PREDICATE * --n. 1 (logic) What is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula. 2 One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements. --v. 1 Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition. 2 Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of. 3 Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
UNDENIABLE * a. Not possible to deny.
LEGUMINOSAE * n. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae.
NORETHINDRONE * n. A synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis.
NIGHTSTICK * n. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
PROCRASTINATE * v. 1 Postpone doing what one should be doing. 2 Postpone or delay needlessly.
HOPEI * n. A populous province in northeastern China.
TOOTHSOME * --a. Acceptable to the taste or mind. --s. 1 Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste. 2 Having strong sexual appeal.
FLUORIDISATION * n. The addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay).
TYRANNY * n. 1 A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). 2 Dominance through threat of punishment and violence.
FLYBRIDGE * n. The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house.
SOBRIQUET * n. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
FRATERNIZE * v. Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy.
ARRANT * s. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
SAGELY * r. In a wise manner.
CYCLOPAEDIA * n. A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
COUNTERIRRITANT * n. A medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation.
DEMINERALIZATION * n. 1 Abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone). 2 The removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water).
APOTHEGMATIC * --a. Given to or characterized by terse apothegms. --s. Terse and witty and like a maxim.
INDERAL * n. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
WELL-MARKED * s. Clearly indicated.
KNOCKOFF * n. An unauthorized copy or imitation.
MASSACRE * --n. The savage and excessive killing of many people. --v. Kill a large number of people indiscriminately.
ADVISEDLY * r. With intention; in an intentional manner.
BISTERED * a. Colored with or as if with bister.
BONDHOLDER * n. A holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation.
MELOID * n. Beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.
METABOLIZE * v. Produce by metabolism.
VESPULA * n. Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps.
PARTIALNESS * n. The state of being only a part; not total; incomplete.
FEASIBLENESS * n. The quality of being doable.
ANTENNARIIDAE * n. Frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers.
WHEELING * n. 1 A city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river. 2 Propelling something on wheels.
LEANING * --n. 1 An inclination to do something. 2 A natural inclination. 3 The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. 4 The act of deviating from a vertical position. --s. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
SATORI * n. (Zen Buddhism) A state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
SUSTAINER * n. Someone who upholds or maintains.
IRONWORKS * n. The workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made.
HELICTERES * n. Genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another.
LILY-LIVERED * s. Easily frightened.
MEPHITINAE * n. Subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks.
SYRIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Syria. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture.
KS * n. A state in midwestern United States.
REMUNERATIVE * s. 1 For which money is paid. 2 Producing a sizeable profit.
LOINCLOTH * n. A garment that provides covering for the loins.
RADDLED * s. 1 Used until no longer useful. 2 Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
KOLKHOZNIK * n. A member of a kolkhoz.
PACKING * n. 1 Any material used especially to protect something. 2 The enclosure of something in a package or box. 3 Carrying something in a pack on the back.
PARENTHETICAL * --n. An expression in parentheses. --s. Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses.
INDINAVIR * n. A protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV.
SUCCINCTLY * r. With concise and precise brevity; to the point.
ADULTERATE * --v. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. --s. Mixed with impurities.
SEMILITERATE * s. 1 Literate but poorly informed. 2 Barely able to read and write. 3 Able to read but not to write.
MYOGRAM * n. A graphical recording of muscle activity.
DISMISSAL * n. 1 A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial. 2 Official notice that you have been fired from your job. 3 Permission to go; the sending away of someone. 4 The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
OTTER * n. 1 The fur of an otter. 2 Freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur.
BUCCINIDAE * n. Whelks.
COMMISERATIVE * s. Feeling or expressing sympathy.
NONPOLAR * a. Not ionic.
PARKINSON'S * n. A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination.
CORVIDAE * n. Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay.
CURRAWONG * n. Bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call.
LARI * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Georgia. 2 Gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers.
MEADE * n. 1 English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (1907-1995). 2 United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872).
PROPHESIER * n. An authoritative person who divines the future.
KEEN * --n. A funeral lament sung with loud wailing. --v. Express grief verbally. --s. 1 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 2 Intense or sharp. 3 Very good. 4 Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
MOTE * n. (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
POLICY-MAKING * s. Concerned with policy, not administration.
ESPY * v. Catch sight of.
TANNING * n. 1 Process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light. 2 Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. 3 Making leather from rawhide.
CROWNWORK * n. (dentistry) Dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth.
HOWEVER * r. 1 Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession). 2 By contrast; on the other hand. 3 To whatever degree or extent. 4 In whatever way or manner.
ONEROUSLY * r. In an onerous manner.
EXOGENOUS * a. Derived or originating externally.
WARRANTER * n. One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another.
OVERLORDSHIP * n. The position of overlord.
KHACHATURIAN * n. Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978).
LEXICOGRAPHY * n. The act of writing dictionaries.
SILVERBERRY * n. Deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves and fruits.
MAROON-SPOTTED * s. Having maroon spots.
PYTHIA * n. (Greek mythology) The priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles.
LUTIST * n. A musician who plays the lute.
RENORMALIZE * v. Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard.
CONFER * v. 1 Have a conference in order to talk something over. 2 Present.
ALLITERATE * v. Use alliteration as a form of poetry.
EXPEDITIOUSLY * r. With efficiency; in an efficient manner.
SAW-TOOTHED * s. Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex.
JUDITH * n. 1 Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes. 2 An Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people.
EMPORIUM * n. A large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain.
VALUELESS * s. Of no value.
DISSIMILATION * n. 1 A linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other. 2 Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy.
BORN-AGAIN * s. Spiritually reborn or converted.
THIABENDAZOLE * n. An antifungal agent and anthelmintic.
PARANA * n. A South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata.
HYDRANGEACEAE * n. Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae.
IMPONDERABLE * --n. A factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed. --a. Difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision.
ONOMASTICON * n. A list of proper nouns naming persons or places.
CARIAMA * n. The type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
CASHBOX * n. A strongbox for holding cash.
AUTUMN-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the autumn.
PALPATORY * a. Relating to or involving palpation.
PREMIERSHIP * n. The office of premier.
ITALY * n. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD.
CARISSA * n. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
SEVENTH * --n. 1 Position seven in a countable series of things. 2 One part in seven equal parts. 3 The musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it. --s. Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position.
DETECT * v. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
ALKALIMETRY * n. Volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present.
PROMETHIUM * n. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium.
HOMYEL * n. Industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk.
LESQUERELLA * n. Genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods.
MEANDERING * s. Of a path e.g..
SILVER-SCALED * s. Having the body covered or partially covered with silver-colored scales.
GORDIUS * n. Legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot.
TITTIVATION * n. Sprucing up; making decorative additions to.
COLORIST * n. A painter able to achieve special effects with color.
WICKLIFFE * n. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
XANTHOMA * n. A skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism.
LACTUCA * n. An herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce.
OVER-CROWDING * n. Excessive crowding.
VARIOLATION * n. The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox.
MONTANAN * n. A native or resident of Montana.
VALETUDINARIANISM * n. The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
SHIVERING * --n. A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever. --s. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze.
UNBANDED * a. Not identified with a band.
PLEASURABLE * s. Affording satisfaction or pleasure.
WEATHERBOARDING * n. A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below.
PAUNCHY * s. Having a large belly.
MITOTIC * a. Of or relating to or undergoing mitosis.
NICKELODEON * n. A cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin.
ECONOMICS * n. The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management.
PSYCHOANALYTICAL * a. Of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud.
PARALLELIZE * v. Place parallel to one another.
ARGYRODITE * n. A rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur.
NUMEROLOGY * n. The study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs.
CONSENTANEOUS * s. In complete agreement.
EPIPHYSEAL * a. Relating to the epiphysis of a bone.
COLORATURA * n. 1 A lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music. 2 Singing with florid ornamentation.
OVERPRAISE * v. Praise excessively.
OVERSHOE * n. Footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold.
FUCHS * n. British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988).
VINOGRADOFF * n. British historian (born in Russia) (1854-1925).
SNAKE-HEAD * n. Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple.
COASTGUARDSMAN * n. A member of a coastguard.
PRINCE * n. A male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign).
PHRENOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to phrenology.
LOVESICK * s. Languishing because of love.
REEVE * --n. Female ruff. --v. 1 Pass a rope through. 2 Pass through a hole or opening. 3 Fasten by passing through a hole or around something.
SAMURAI * n. 1 A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy. 2 Feudal Japanese military aristocracy.
PLOUGHWRIGHT * n. A workman who makes and repairs plows.
SPANDREL * n. An approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them.
PIRATICALLY * r. In a piratical manner.
CARIAMIDAE * n. Crane-like South American wading birds.
CLAMOROUSLY * r. In manner that attracts attention.
INSENSIBLE * --a. Incapable of physical sensation. --s. 1 Unaware of or indifferent to. 2 Barely able to be perceived. 3 Unresponsive to stimulation.
NONINDULGENT * a. Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint.
STICK-IN-THE-MUD * --n. Someone who moves slowly. --s. (used pejoratively) Out of fashion; old fashioned.
SEXTETTE * n. 1 Six performers or singers who perform together. 2 A set of six similar things considered as a unit. 3 Six people considered as a unit. 4 A musical composition written for six performers.
VALLECULA * n. (anatomy) Any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part.
AUREATE * s. 1 Elaborately or excessively ornamented. 2 Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
RIDGEPOLE * n. A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.
PAEONIACEAE * n. Perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America.
COLUBRID * n. Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes.
DETHAW * v. Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
MEZEREON * n. Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs.
OVEN * n. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
POSTINDUSTRIAL * s. Of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research.
SMALLPOX * n. A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
REDUPLICATE * v. 1 Form by reduplication. 2 Make or do or perform again.
FLORIO * n. English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625).
POULTRY * n. 1 A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. 2 Flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food.
MANTISPID * n. Insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps.
HESHVAN * n. The second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November).
CYBERART * n. Art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software.
BOBBYSOXER * n. An adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s).
ANTI-CATHOLICISM * n. A religious orientation opposed to Catholicism.
SOLUTE * n. The dissolved matter in a solution; the component of a solution that changes its state.
POMO * n. 1 A member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast. 2 The Kulanapan language spoken by the Pomo.
NONRACIST * s. Unprejudiced about race.
STAMMEL * n. A coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red.
OVERAGE * --n. A surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations. --s. Too old to be useful.
PTYCHOZOON * n. Flying geckos.
PIPETTE * n. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube.
PISTACIA * n. A dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit.
BEATNIKS * n. 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).
CHEWINK * n. Common towhee of eastern North America.
THICKENED * s. 1 Made or having become thick. 2 Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear. 3 Made thick in consistency.
DEFINABLE * s. Capable of being defined, limited, or explained.
DRAINBOARD * n. A board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink.
THRIVING * s. Very lively and profitable.
FUJI * n. 1 Shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms. 2 An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages.
THROATY * s. Sounding as if pronounced low in the throat.
UNHEEDING * a. Marked by or paying little heed or attention.
HONIARA * n. National capital of Solomon Islands.
SINEW * n. 1 A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment. 2 Possessing muscular strength.
SACK * --n. 1 A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. 2 An enclosed space. 3 The quantity contained in a sack. 4 Any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry). --v. 1 Plunder (a town) after capture. 2 Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. 3 Make as a net profit. 4 Put in a sack.
HINDERING * s. Preventing movement.
EXPENDITURE * n. 1 Money paid out; an amount spent. 2 The act of spending money for goods or services. 3 The act of consuming something.
ADHESIVENESS * n. The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.
BLURRED * s. 1 Indistinct or hazy in outline. 2 Unclear in form or expression.
RACQUETBALL * n. 1 The ball used in playing the game of racquetball. 2 A game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets.
T-BILL * n. A short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days.
ICHOR * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods. 2 A fluid product of inflammation.
COUE * n. French psychotherapist who claimed that if one imagined one was getting better, one would get better (1857-1926).
SIX-SIDED * s. Having six sides.
ARTY * s. Showily imitative of art or artists.
ANTILOCAPRA * n. Type and sole genus of the Antilocapridae comprising one species.
TEGULAR * a. Of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles.
BACK-GEARED * s. (of a lathe) Equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley.
REDOLENCE * n. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property.
HEMINGWAYESQUE * a. In the manner of Ernest Hemingway.
FOOTSTEPS-OF-SPRING * n. Sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers.
REMEMBRANCE * n. 1 The ability to recall past occurrences. 2 A recognition of meritorious service.
WALLEYE * n. 1 Strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward. 2 Pike-like freshwater perches.
GRANTEE * n. 1 A recipient of a grant. 2 Someone to whom the title of property is transferred.
PADDA * n. A genus of Ploceidae.
REFURBISHMENT * n. The state of being restored to its former good condition.
NONNATIVE * --a. Not being or composed of aborigines. --s. 1 Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in. 2 Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing.
THIN-BODIED * s. Having a slim body.
RATCHET * --n. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction. --v. Move by degrees in one direction only.
OVERUTILISATION * n. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
WHACK * --n. 1 The sound made by a sharp swift blow. 2 The act of hitting vigorously. --v. Hit hard.
MULTIMEDIA * n. Transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.).
ARMORER * n. 1 A worker skilled in making armor or arms. 2 An enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.. 3 A manufacturer of firearms.
GROUNDBREAKING * --n. The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project. --s. Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.
ALLOWABLE * --s. 1 Deductible according to the tax laws. 2 Deserving to be allowed or considered. --a. That may be permitted especially as according to rule.
RELIGIOSITY * n. Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal.
CHYLOMICRON * n. A microscopic particle of triglycerides produced in the intestines during digestion; in the bloodstream they release their fatty acids into the blood.
LIGULE * n. (botany) Any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap.
TUVALU * n. 1 A small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978. 2 A group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii.
SHAMANISTIC * a. Of or relating to shamanism.
DUMETELLA * n. Catbirds.
LICENCE * --n. 1 Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 2 Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech). 3 A legal document giving official permission to do something. --v. Authorize officially.
PUSILLANIMOUSLY * r. With a lack of courage and determination.
HUNDRED-AND-THIRTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order.
MUHARRAM * n. The first month of the Islamic calendar.
LOLOISH * n. Languages spoken by hill tribes in northern Burma and neighboring areas.
MYOTONIA * n. Abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction.
VELBAN * n. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
KIRKIA * n. Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs.
CRANKINESS * n. A fussy and eccentric disposition.
SYNERGIST * n. A drug that augments the activity of another drug.
33 * s. Being three more than thirty.
TOROIDAL * a. Of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped.
MAHABHARATA * n. (Hinduism) A sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families.
PRESIDE * v. Act as president.
KANCHANJANGA * n. A mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high).
ENVY * --n. 1 A feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another. 2 Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins). --v. 1 Feel envious towards; admire enviously. 2 Be envious of; set one's heart on.
WARTY * s. (of skin) Covered with warts or projections that resemble warts.
ELONGATION * n. 1 The quality of being elongated. 2 An addition to the length of something. 3 The act of lengthening something.
LUCIFERIN * n. Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation.
SCAD * n. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
PREDILECTION * n. 1 A predisposition in favor of something. 2 A strong liking.
CYBER-TERRORIST * n. A programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism.
ANNONACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs.
POURING * s. Flowing profusely.
DEVOTION * n. 1 Feelings of ardent love. 2 Commitment to some purpose. 3 Religious zeal; the willingness to serve God. 4 (usually plural) Religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently).
SUNNITE * n. A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad.
GLYCINE * n. 1 The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane. 2 Genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean.
ANDROGENY * n. Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization.
PITCHERFUL * n. The quantity contained in a pitcher.
NECROMANIA * n. An irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies.
QUAINTNESS * n. 1 The quality of being quaint and old-fashioned. 2 Strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned.
GENOESE * --n. A native or resident of Genoa. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
DURESS * n. Compulsory force or threat.
NEURASTHENIA * n. Nervous breakdown (not in technical use).
ACOCANTHERA * n. Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa.
MORPHIA * n. An alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain.
N.B. * n. A Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something.
SUBORDINATE * --n. 1 An assistant subject to the authority or control of another. 2 A word that is more specific than a given word. --v. 1 Rank or order as less important or consider of less value. 2 Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient. --a. 1 Lower in rank or importance. 2 Subject or submissive to authority or the control of another. 3 (of a clause) Unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence.
IDEOLOGIST * n. An advocate of some ideology.
BACTEREMIC * a. Of or relating to or having bacteremia.
GRENADINE * n. Thin syrup made from pomegranate juice; used in mixed drinks.
BRASSAVOLA * n. Any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7.
SUZERAINTY * n. 1 The position or authority of a suzerain. 2 The domain of a suzerain.
GRUELLING * s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
INIQUITOUSLY * r. In an iniquitous manner.
PERCOPHIDAE * n. Percoid flatheads.
ABNORMALCY * n. An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies.
LEAVING * n. The act of departing.
DUTIFULNESS * n. Piety by virtue of devotion to duty.
LONGBOW * n. A powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England.
METALLIKE * s. Resembling metal.
MONOLOGUISE * v. Talk to oneself.
BURRITO * n. A flour tortilla folded around a filling.
DISAPPROVING * s. Expressing or manifesting disapproval.
FALTERINGLY * r. In an unsteady manner.
RAPHUS * n. Type genus of the Raphidae: dodos.
BRINK * n. 1 A region marking a boundary. 2 The edge of a steep place. 3 The limit beyond which something happens or changes.
DOSTOYEVSKY * n. Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881).
CATHARACTA * n. Skuas.
CONSIGNMENT * n. 1 Goods carried by a large vehicle. 2 The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital). 3 The delivery of goods for sale or disposal.
MANAWYDAN * n. Celtic sea god; son of Llyr.
ROADWAY * n. A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.
INGENUE * n. 1 An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl. 2 An artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage). 3 The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play.
NOWADAYS * --n. The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech. --r. In these times.
SEQUENTIALLY * r. In a consecutive manner.
HOT-WORK * v. Roll, press, forge, or shape (metal) while hot.
VULGARISE * v. 1 Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. 2 Debase and make vulgar. 3 Act in a vulgar manner.
ASCOSPOROUS * a. Of or relating to ascospores.
BALMINESS * n. The quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing.
TICKWEED * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America.
SUBCONSCIOUSLY * r. From the subconscious mind.
SUCKLED * s. (of an infant) Breast-fed.
NULLAH * n. A ravine or gully in southern Asia.
MEMORANDA * n. A written proposal or reminder.
FOLLOW-UP * n. 1 A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work. 2 An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done. 3 A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment.
TOUCHBACK * n. (American football) A play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone.
SEPTECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of all or part of a septum (especially the nasal septum or atrial septum).
HONEYLIKE * s. Resembling honey.
SHOEMAKER * n. A person who makes or repairs shoes.
NONCOMPLIANCE * n. The failure to obey.
UNPLEASANT-SMELLING * a. Having an unpleasant smell.
ECHINOCACTUS * n. Any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil.
DRUG * --n. A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic. --v. 1 Administer a drug to. 2 Use recreational drugs.
MOLUCELLA * n. Small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated.
AVOID * v. 1 Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something. 2 Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. 3 Refrain from doing something. 4 Refrain from certain foods or beverages.
NAIF * --n. A naive or inexperienced person. --a. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
ENLIL * n. God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
BOOST * --n. 1 The act of giving hope or support to someone. 2 An increase in cost. 3 The act of giving a push. --v. 1 Increase. 2 Give a boost to; be beneficial to. 3 Contribute to the progress or growth of. 4 Increase or raise.
PERSON-TO-PERSON * --s. Involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties. --r. (of two persons) In direct encounter.
FORMULARIZE * v. Express as a formula.
PLURALIZE * v. Mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural.
RHINOSCOPY * n. Examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx).
FOSTER-FATHER * n. A man who is a foster parent.
ENQUIRE * v. 1 Address a question to and expect an answer from. 2 Conduct an inquiry or investigation of. 3 Have a wish or desire to know something.
PATSY * n. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
NEUTER * --n. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine). --v. Remove the ovaries of. --a. Of grammatical gender. --s. Having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs.
EX-HUSBAND * n. A man who was formerly a certain woman's husband.
BAREBOAT * n. A vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions.
COATED * --a. Having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination. --s. Having or dressed in a coat.
SEAMLESS * --a. Not having or joined by a seam or seams. --s. 1 Smooth, especially of skin. 2 Perfectly consistent and coherent.
HARDSCRABBLE * s. Barely satisfying a lower standard.
UNDERSCORE * --n. A line drawn underneath (especially under written matter). --v. 1 Give extra weight to (a communication). 2 Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to.
FOURSQUARE * --n. (geometry) A plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon. --s. Characterized by firm and unwavering conviction. --r. 1 In a square position. 2 With firmness and conviction; without compromise.
DADO * --n. 1 Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall. 2 The section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase. 3 A rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it. --v. 1 Provide with a dado. 2 Cut a dado into or fit into a dado.
NIMIETY * n. A quantity much larger than is needed.
NOBBLE * v. 1 Deprive of by deceit. 2 Make off with belongings of others. 3 Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. 4 Disable by drugging.
CROSS-EXAMINER * n. Someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier).
SELF-CONFESSED * s. Owned up to.
HYPSOMETRY * n. Measurement of the elevation of land above sea level.
CORN * --n. 1 Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times. 2 The dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal. 3 Ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. 4 A hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes. --v. 1 Feed (cattle) with corn. 2 Preserve with salt.
LAY-UP * n. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
PARHELION * n. A bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.
WISC. * n. A midwestern state in north central United States.
OTOE * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska. 2 A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto.
RANDOM * a. Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance.
SURRENDERER * n. A person who yields or surrenders.
BABYLON * n. The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia.
DE-NAZIFICATION * n. Social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism.
GOURDE * n. The basic unit of money in Haiti.
CLAMMYWEED * n. Strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs.
PUSHY * s. Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative.
SEMI-PROCESSED * s. Having been subjected to partial processing.
BASIPETAL * a. Of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base.
STYLISTIC * s. Of or relating to style (especially in the use of language).
PROTIST * n. Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes.
ARBALIST * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE * n. A county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley.
SANGUINARIA * n. One species: bloodroot.
DENUDE * v. Lay bare.
OFFENSIVE * --n. The action of attacking an enemy. --s. 1 Violating or tending to violate or offend against. 2 Causing or able to cause nausea. --a. 1 For the purpose of attack rather than defense. 2 Causing anger or annoyance. 3 Morally offensive. 4 Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses.
ROSE-PURPLE * s. Of purple with a rose tinge.
PLEADER * n. A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
SPINDLY * s. Long and lean.
INCANDESCE * v. 1 Cause to become incandescent or glow. 2 Become incandescent or glow with heat.
WINTER-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the winter.
SONOGRAPH * n. An instrument that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves in order to provide an image of a bodily organ.
EPHEMERALNESS * n. The property of lasting for a very short time.
INCRIMINATINGLY * r. In an incriminating manner.
IWW * n. A former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I.
GESTICULATION * n. A deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion.
ALGOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of pain.
TREASON * n. 1 A crime that undermines the offender's government. 2 Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior. 3 An act of deliberate betrayal.
FARTHING * n. A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny.
INVOLUTE * s. 1 Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward. 2 (of some shells) Closely coiled so that the axis is obscured.
PINCUSHION * n. A small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use.
ANALYZABLE * s. Capable of being partitioned.
CYAN * --n. A primary subtractive color for light; has a blue-green color. --s. Of a bluish shade of green.
ANTIPERSONNEL * s. Designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction.
CRYOPATHY * n. Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.
CAELUM * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.
GONGORA * n. A Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627).
31 * s. Being one more than thirty.
NUTGRASS * n. A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
TOTALITY * n. 1 The state of being total and complete. 2 The quality of being complete and indiscriminate. 3 The whole amount.
LESOTHO * n. A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.
BALANCER * n. 1 An acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions. 2 Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight.
COLLARLESS * a. Without a collar.
SUBURB * n. A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
SKATING * n. The sport of gliding on skates.
LASIOCAMPID * n. Medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae.
MALEATE * n. A salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation.
KITTEE * n. A form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more.
ALALIA * n. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
DEBARKATION * n. The act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft.
DOGMATIC * --s. Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative. 2 Relating to or involving dogma.
BAGEL * n. (Yiddish) Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
93 * s. Being three more than ninety.
LOANER * n. 1 Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters. 2 A car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair.
RAZED * s. Torn down and broken up.
KRAUT * n. Offensive term for a person of German descent.
ENDOCARDIUM * n. The membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves.
SIMA * n. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and magnesium.
OLIVE-COLOURED * s. Having the color of green olives.
HAEMATOBIA * n. European genus of bloodsucking flies.
ORCZY * n. British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947).
ATRICHORNITHIDAE * n. Scrubbirds.
CLEANUP * n. 1 A very large profit. 2 (baseball) The fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team). 3 The act of making something clean.
STABILIZE * v. 1 Make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium. 2 Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace. 3 Become stable or more stable.
HOMEWARD-BOUND * s. Oriented toward home.
HEYROVSKY * n. Czechoslovakian chemist who developed polarography (1890-1967).
WOLFFIA * n. Minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond.
CENTRIFUGAL * --a. Tending to move away from a center. --s. 1 Tending away from centralization, as of authority. 2 Conveying information to the muscles from the CNS.
ANOMALOPTERYX * n. The smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey.
UNNOTICED * a. Not noticed.
REENTRANT * a. (of angles) Pointing inward.
REMEDY * --n. 1 Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. 2 A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. --v. 1 Set straight or right. 2 Provide relief for.
PHYLOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms.
ALMORAVID * n. A member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain.
FRENZIED * s. 1 Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason. 2 Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion.
PERSON * n. 1 A human being. 2 A human body (usually including the clothing). 3 A grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party.
UNDECAGON * n. An eleven-sided polygon.
OBSTRUCTIONISM * n. Deliberate interference.
MYOCLONUS * n. A clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group.
ECHOGRAM * n. An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs.
BRISKET * n. A cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef.
EXPOUNDER * n. A person who explains.
RIBWORT * n. An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions.
OBSERVATIONAL * s. Relying on observation or experiment.
BLUE-COLLAR * --a. Of or designating manual industrial work or workers. --s. Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers.
PRETENSE * n. 1 The act of giving a false appearance. 2 Pretending with intention to deceive. 3 Imaginative intellectual play. 4 A false or unsupportable quality.
INTERPRETATIVE * s. That provides interpretation.
CALYPSO * n. 1 Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf. 2 (Greek mythology) The sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years.
DISCRIMINATIVE * s. 1 Capable of making fine distinctions. 2 Expressing careful judgment.
FOURTEENTH * --n. Position 14 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the thirteenth in position.
BEGRIMED * s. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
IMPORTUNITY * n. Insistent solicitation and entreaty.
INTRICATELY * r. With elaboration.
EPICAL * a. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
DECREE * --n. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge). --v. 1 Issue a decree. 2 Decide with authority.
CLITORIDECTOMY * n. Excision of the clitoris.
SQUELCH * --n. 1 A crushing remark. 2 An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise. --v. 1 Suppress or crush completely. 2 Make a sucking sound. 3 Walk through mud or mire. 4 To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.
PEDESTRIAN * --n. A person who travels by foot. --s. Lacking wit or imagination.
PROBABILISM * n. 1 A Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable. 2 (philosophy) The doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action.
NEOCONSERVATISM * n. An approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s).
SYNTHETIC * --n. A compound made artificially by chemical reactions. --s. 1 Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially. 2 Artificial as if portrayed in a film. 3 Not genuine or natural. --a. 1 Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis. 2 Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words. 3 Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.
INTERRELATION * n. Mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness.
PECCANT * s. Liable to sin.
NMR * n. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
PUSHPIN * n. A tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board.
ANCESTRESS * n. A woman ancestor.
HETEROMETABOLY * n. Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity.
FAWN-COLOURED * s. Having the color of a fawn.
ONOMANCY * n. Divination by the letters of a name.
ADJUDICATE * v. 1 Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of. 2 Bring to an end; settle conclusively.
PSEUDONYM * n. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.
DIARRHOEA * n. Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor.
OLYMPIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the Olympic Games. 2 Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants.
COLUMBO * n. Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
BIGARADE * n. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock.
CILIAL * a. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
RUSTING * n. The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.
ALLOY * --n. 1 A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten. 2 The state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something. --v. 1 Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content. 2 Make an alloy of.
PRESTISSIMO * --s. (of tempo) As fast as possible. --r. Extremely fast; as fast as possible.
IMPALPABLE * --a. 1 Incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch. 2 Imperceptible to the senses or the mind. --s. Not perceptible to the touch.
BARUNDUKI * n. Terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
WARBURG * n. 1 German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970). 2 German art historian (1866-1929).
BIDENS * n. Bur marigolds.
EACLES * n. Imperial moths.
COCCI * n. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
COATI * n. Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.
TERRIBLENESS * n. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
ARISTARCHUS * n. 1 An ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC). 2 A bright crater on the Moon.
ATTENDER * n. 1 Someone who listens attentively. 2 Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. 3 A person who is present and participates in a meeting.
JACKPOT * n. 1 The cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker). 2 Any outstanding award.
SHOVELER * n. 1 A worker who shovels. 2 Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill.
COMMIT * v. 1 Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation. 2 Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. 3 Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution. 4 Confer a trust upon.
DIVORCE * --n. The legal dissolution of a marriage. --v. 1 Part; cease or break association with. 2 Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage.
ELECTRICALLY * r. By electricity.
SUE * --n. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857). --v. Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
GREGARIOUSLY * r. In a gregarious manner.
NARCOSIS * n. Unconsciousness induced by narcotics or anesthesia.
ALL-ROUND * s. Many-sided.
INMARRY * v. Marry within one's own tribe or group.
BED * --n. 1 A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep. 2 A plot of ground in which plants are growing. 3 A depression forming the ground under a body of water. 4 (geology) A stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock). --v. 1 Furnish with a bed. 2 Place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil. 3 Put to bed. 4 Have sexual intercourse with.
JABIRU * n. 1 Large mostly white Australian stork. 2 Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle. 3 Large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America.
BRANCHIATE * a. Provided with gills.
FORTNIGHTLY * --s. Occurring every two weeks. --r. Every two weeks.
STEPSISTER * n. A sister who has only one parent in common with you.
AKAN * n. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
CHEERIO * n. A farewell remark.
CHILIAST * n. A person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity).
ILL-TREATMENT * n. Cruel or inhumane treatment.
IMMUNOCHEMICAL * a. Of or relating to immunochemistry.
EARRING * n. Jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe.
UNLICENSED * s. Lacking official approval.
ASTROPHYTON * n. Includes many of the basket stars.
ENSIFORM * s. Shaped like a sword blade.
AUDUBON * n. United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851).
RESONATE * v. 1 Sound with resonance. 2 Be received or understood.
VIANDS * n. A stock or supply of foods.
DEMETER * n. (Greek mythology) Goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres.
DECENNIUM * n. A period of 10 years.
SUPPORTER * n. 1 A person who backs a politician or a team etc.. 2 Someone who supports or champions something. 3 A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 4 A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve).
SLEEKLY * r. In a sleek glossy manner.
GENDARME * n. A French policeman.
KELANTAN * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
DEBASE * v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Lower in value by increasing the base-metal content. 3 Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones.
ROM * n. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
UNSARCASTIC * a. Not sarcastic.
ZIRCON * n. A common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.
REVOCATION * n. 1 The state of being cancelled or annulled. 2 The act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done.
PERISTEDIINAE * n. In some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins.
SPITEFULNESS * n. 1 Feeling a need to see others suffer. 2 Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
SARSENET * n. A fine soft silk fabric often used for linings.
UNHOOK * v. Take off a hook.
APPURTENANT * s. Furnishing added support.
WATERDOG * n. Any of several large aquatic salamanders.
ILLIBERALLY * r. In a narrow-minded manner.
DENEBOLA * n. A star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth.
PRIVATISATION * n. Changing something from state to private ownership or control.
NONCIVILIZED * a. Not having a high state of culture and social development.
DISPOSSESSION * n. 1 The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. 2 Freeing from evil spirits.
STAKES * n. The money risked on a gamble.
BUFFET * --n. 1 A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers. 2 A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves. 3 Usually inexpensive bar. --v. 1 Strike against forcefully. 2 Strike, beat repeatedly.
ARABLE * s. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
BRADYCARDIA * n. Abnormally slow heartbeat.
SUMMATION * n. 1 A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court). 2 (physiology) The process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce. 3 The final aggregate. 4 The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers.
SELAGINELLA * n. Type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen moss-like plants: spike moss and little club moss.
HALLOWED * s. Worthy of religious veneration.
TACITURNLY * r. Without speaking.
PROCARYOTE * n. A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma.
RADIAN * n. The unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees).
REFLECTOR * n. 1 Device that reflects radiation. 2 Optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece.
KY * n. A state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses.
VIRTUOSITY * n. Technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso.
ONEROUSNESS * n. Unwelcome burdensome difficulty.
OPIATE * n. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
HUBBLE * n. United States astronomer who discovered that (as the universe expands) the speed with which nebulae recede increases with their distance from the observer (1889-1953).
REPOSIT * v. Put (something) in a place for storage.
WRITE-DOWN * n. (accounting) Reduction in the book value of an asset.
DOOR * n. 1 A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle. 2 The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close. 3 Anything providing a means of access (or escape). 4 A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road).
EYESORE * n. Something very ugly and offensive.
TERBINAFINE * n. An oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease.
GUERILLA * n. A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment.
LAUGHABLY * r. So as to arouse or deserve laughter.
ENCAMPMENT * n. 1 A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent. 2 Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. 3 The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.
MISSPEND * v. 1 Spend time badly or unwisely. 2 Spend (money or other resources) unwisely.
ALKYD * n. A durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints.
CHORD * --n. 1 A straight line connecting two points on a curve. 2 A combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together. --v. 1 Play chords on (a stringed instrument). 2 Bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing.
BACKWARDS * r. 1 At or to or toward the back or rear. 2 In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal.
SEQUINED * s. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
ENVIABLE * s. Causing envy.
SPHENISCIFORMES * n. Penguins.
TANAKH * n. The Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings.
FORCIBLE * s. Impelled by physical force especially against resistance.
CALLAS * n. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
QUICK * --n. Any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail). --s. 1 Accomplished rapidly and without delay. 2 Hurried and brief. 3 Moving quickly and lightly. 4 Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity. --r. With little or no delay.
SCANDALMONGER * n. A person who spreads malicious gossip.
STUBBORNLY * r. In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
FOUR-SPOT * n. A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips.
CUTLASS * n. A short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors.
ZANZIBAR * n. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania.
MOUE * n. A disdainful grimace.
WELT * --n. 1 A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions. 2 A raised or strengthened seam. --v. 1 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 2 Put a welt on.
NO * --n. 1 A negative. 2 A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known. --a. (quantifier) Used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of. --r. 1 Referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present. 2 Not in any degree or manner; not at all. 3 Used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement.
POTFUL * n. The quantity contained in a pot.
EQUALIZE * v. 1 Compensate; make the score equal. 2 Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.
ATHERODYDE * n. A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed.
SPORULATE * v. 1 Produce spores. 2 Convert into spores.
TRUMPET-LIKE * s. Resembling the sound of a trumpet.
STEINER * n. Austrian philosopher who founded anthroposophy (1861-1925).
MAUL * --n. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges. --v. 1 Split (wood) with a maul and wedges. 2 Injure badly by beating.
NEBBISH * n. (Yiddish) A timid unfortunate simpleton.
ONCE-OVER * n. A swift cursory examination or inspection.
ANISOMETRIC * s. Having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements.
NESS * n. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
PINDAR * n. Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC).
TADZHIKISTAN * n. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet.
HANDSTAND * n. The act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position.
CORREGIDOR * n. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945.
TAJIKI * n. The Iranian language of the Tajik that is closely related to Farsi; spoken in Iran and Tajikistan.
BOOKMARK * n. A marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.
KADAI * n. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
LEONARDO * n. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519).
EXTINGUISH * v. 1 Put an end to; kill. 2 Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. 3 Extinguish by crushing. 4 Terminate, end, or take out.
RHETORIC * n. 1 Using language effectively to please or persuade. 2 High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation. 3 Loud and confused and empty talk. 4 Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking).
GUNBOAT * n. A small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols.
PENTYLENETETRAZOL * n. A drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark.
LONG-TERM * s. Relating to or extending over a relatively long time.
DUSANBE * n. The capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991.
BALD-HEADED * s. Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp.
FORESIGHTED * s. Planning prudently for the future.
CONSTABULARY * n. The force of policemen and officers.
AUSPICIOUSLY * r. In an auspicious manner.
PEEVED * s. Aroused to impatience or anger.
LENTISK * n. An evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin.
PLUMULE * n. Down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds.
NORTHWESTWARD * --n. The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees. --s. Toward the northwest. --r. In a northwestward direction.
VIABLE * s. 1 Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are. 2 Capable of life or normal growth and development.
ANGLEWORM * n. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
IRIDIUM * n. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium.
COUMAROUNA * n. Tropical American trees: tonka beans.
STONE-DEAF * s. Totally deaf; unable to hear anything.
TYPICAL * --a. Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category. --s. 1 Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing. 2 Conforming to a type.
BAGASSE * n. The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants.
UNCORRELATED * s. Not varying together.
SLACK * --n. 1 Dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve. 2 A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. 3 A stretch of water without current or movement. 4 A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. --v. 1 Avoid responsibilities and work, be idle. 2 Be inattentive to, or neglect. 3 Release tension on. 4 Make less active or fast. --s. 1 Not tense or taut. 2 Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide. 3 Lacking in rigor or strictness.
RUTTED * s. Full of ruts.
B-52 * n. United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber.
ANGULATE * --v. Make or become angular. --a. Having angles or an angular shape.
TALENTLESSNESS * n. A lack of talent.
SLUMBROUS * s. 1 Quiet and tranquil. 2 Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.
URDU * n. The official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script.
BALSAMIC * a. Of or relating to or containing balsam.
INDEXICAL * a. Of or relating to or serving as an index.
DEPARTER * n. Someone who leaves.
CAIRENE * n. A native or inhabitant of Cairo.
OUTSMART * v. 1 Beat through cleverness and wit. 2 Defeat by more skillful maneuvering.
SIDEROCYTE * n. An abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin.
TARPON * n. Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida.
THRIFTLESS * s. Careless of the future.
REBEKAH * n. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
LIBEL * --n. 1 A false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person. 2 The written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks. --v. Print slanderous statements against.
CASUIST * n. Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.
TRANSUDATION * n. 1 A substance that transudes. 2 The process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes.
BRIT * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Great Britain. 2 The young of a herring or sprat or similar fish. 3 Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales.
ABULIC * s. Suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions.
HQ * n. The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command.
FIBROMA * n. Nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue.
STEWARD * n. 1 Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else. 2 The ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements. 3 An attendant on an airplane. 4 A union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management.
HEN-PECK * v. Bother persistently with trivial complaints.
SMOOTHY * n. Someone with an assured and ingratiating manner.
PLOWLAND * n. Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
REGENT * --n. 1 Members of a governing board. 2 Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch. --s. Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler.
SLEW * --n. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. --v. 1 Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. 2 Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
OPAH * n. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
ONE-PIECE * a. (of clothing) Consisting of or fashioned in a single whole piece.
JIGGLE * --n. A slight irregular shaking motion. --v. Move to and fro.
PUTT * --n. Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter. --v. 1 Strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter. 2 Hit a putt.
GODDESS * n. A female deity.
ARGY-BARGY * n. A verbal dispute; a wrangling argument.
INCONTROVERTIBLE * s. 1 Impossible to deny or disprove. 2 Necessarily or demonstrably true.
QUICKIE * n. Hurried repair.
EDENTULOUS * s. Having lost teeth.
SELENIUM * n. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite).
MAUI * n. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
VANGUARD * n. 1 The leading units moving at the head of an army. 2 Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts). 3 The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field.
HINDBRAIN * n. The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem.
THRIFTLESSLY * r. In a thriftless manner.
CRACKERJACK * n. 1 Someone excellent of their kind. 2 Something excellent of its kind.
SHIPMATE * n. An associate on the same ship with you.
ORGANIZATIONALLY * r. With regard to organization.
WELL-GROUNDED * s. Logically valid.
DIETRICH * n. 1 French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe. 2 United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992).
LARIUM * n. An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people.
TRANSITIVISE * v. Make transitive.
HURDY-GURDY * n. A stringed instrument that produces sounds by means of a wheel that rubs against the strings.
EXCITE * v. 1 Arouse or elicit a feeling. 2 Act as a stimulant. 3 Stir feelings in. 4 Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
UNINTELLIGIBLY * r. In an unintelligible manner.
WORKBOOK * n. A student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them.
UCA * n. Fiddler crabs.
SANGUINEOUS * s. 1 Accompanied by bloodshed. 2 Confidently optimistic and cheerful.
TOLUENE * n. A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels.
ASCOSPORIC * a. Of or relating to ascospores.
CENTAS * n. 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania.
GOLDENROD * n. Any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago.
CO-AUTHOR * v. Be a co-author on (a book, a paper).
STOVEPIPED * a. Of or relating to data stored in separate databases.
HALIOTIS * n. Type genus of the family Haliotidae.
INVALUABLE * s. Having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth.
ULNAR * a. Relating to or near the ulna.
PEDAGOG * n. Someone who educates young people.
APRICOT * n. 1 Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach. 2 Downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach. 3 A shade of pink tinged with yellow.
RACKETINESS * n. The auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise.
CROCUTA * n. A genus of Hyaenidae.
PLUMBAGO * n. 1 Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors. 2 Any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago.
SWARD * n. Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots.
GRINDING * n. 1 Material resulting from the process of grinding. 2 A harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears). 3 The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice.
NO-GOOD * s. 1 Without merit; of little or no value or use. 2 Returned for lack of funds.
HUFFING * n. An act of forcible exhalation.
OSTEODYSTROPHY * n. Defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
ARGYROTAENIA * n. Orange tortrix.
NEBULE * n. A small cloud.
GENERALIST * n. A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests.
CHROMATISM * n. 1 Hallucinatory perception of colored lights. 2 Abnormal pigmentation.
PRIVATE-ENTERPRISE * s. Subscribing to capitalistic competition.
LORDSHIP * n. 1 A title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge. 2 The authority of a lord.
INFIX * --n. An affix that is inserted inside the word. --v. 1 Put or introduce into something. 2 Attach a morpheme into a stem word.
SCORCHER * n. 1 An extremely hot day. 2 A very hard hit ball.
AFT * --a. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail. --r. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
COOT * n. Slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks.
PDFLP * n. A Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change.
MESOLITHIC * --n. Middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago. --a. Of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic).
DEALIGNMENT * n. A process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties.
MID-SEVENTIES * n. The time of life between 70 and 80.
DROSOPHYLLUM * n. One species.
HAND-TO-HAND * s. Being at close quarters.
CUTEREBRA * n. Type genus of the Cuterebridae.
ARC * --n. 1 Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field. 2 A continuous portion of a circle. 3 Something curved in shape. --v. Form an arch or curve.
UNIDIMENSIONAL * a. Relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope.
ASSURE * v. 1 Make certain of. 2 Inform positively and with certainty and confidence. 3 Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence. 4 Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.
HANDWHEEL * n. 1 A wheel worked by hand. 2 Control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated.
ABOR * n. Little known Kamarupan languages.
ESTRANGED * s. Caused to be unloved.
GEODE * n. (mineralogy) A hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals.
UROSAURUS * n. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
HEGELIAN * --n. A follower of the thought of Hegel. --a. Of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy.
AIRE * n. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
ANTHOPHILOUS * s. Feeding on flowers.
TENNIS * n. A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court.
THUMBSCREW * n. 1 Instrument of torture that crushes the thumb. 2 Screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers.
ABBATIAL * a. Of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess.
CROWDING * n. A situation in which people or things are crowded together.
PEASANTHOOD * n. The state of being a peasant.
DESOLATELY * r. In grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects.
CABOOSE * n. 1 The area for food preparation on a ship. 2 A car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train.
NONPOLITICAL * a. Not political.
UNWEARY * s. With unreduced energy.
COPROLALIA * n. An uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders.
ANTHERAL * s. Capable of fertilizing female organs.
CHORDATA * n. Comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord.
FESTER * --n. A sore that has become inflamed and formed pus. --v. Ripen and generate pus.
UNIX * n. Trademark for a powerful operating system.
ARGUMENT * n. 1 A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true. 2 A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. 3 A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal. 4 A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie.
CREAMER * n. A small pitcher for serving cream.
PESANTREN * n. A Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders; produces young militants skilled in jihad.
NAPA * n. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia.
HCG * n. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta; detection in the urine and serum is the basis for one kind of pregnancy test.
SANITARIUM * n. A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases.
SELF-ESTABLISHED * s. Constituted by or established by itself.
PULPY * s. Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness.
DIAPHRAGM * n. 1 A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens. 2 (anatomy) A muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration. 3 A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix. 4 Electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves.
ENIGMATICALLY * r. In a cryptic manner.
PROCLAIM * v. 1 Declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles. 2 State or announce. 3 Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of. 4 Praise, glorify, or honor.
RADAR * n. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
LEAFAGE * n. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
EFFERVESCING * s. Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation.
SCULLERY * n. A small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done.
ANTHERAEA * n. Large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality.
DIZZY * --v. Make dizzy or giddy. --s. 1 Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling. 2 Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
LABIODENTAL * n. A consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth.
DIOSCOREACEAE * n. Yams.
MALODOROUSNESS * n. The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.
NOVIAL * n. An artificial language.
ODIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being offensive.
REMEDIAL * s. 1 Tending or intended to rectify or improve. 2 Tending to cure or restore to health.
GIBBOUSNESS * n. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
PHLEBOGRAM * n. An X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium.
BIOTIN * n. A B vitamin that aids in body growth.
DISRUPTIVELY * r. In a disruptive manner.
RAPTORES * n. Term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes.
AMPLIFY * v. 1 Increase in size, volume or significance. 2 To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. 3 Exaggerate or make bigger. 4 Increase the volume of.
BIMBO * n. A young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men.
OFFENSELESS * s. Incapable of offending or attacking.
PROXIMITY * n. 1 The property of being close together. 2 The region close around a person or thing. 3 A Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit.
LABOR * --n. 1 A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages. 2 Productive work (especially physical work done for wages). 3 Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. 4 An organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement. --v. 1 Strive and make an effort to reach a goal. 2 Work hard. 3 Undergo the efforts of childbirth.
HALF-LIGHT * n. A greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors).
IRONICALLY * r. 1 Contrary to plan or expectation. 2 In an ironic manner.
EXTREMENESS * n. The quality of being extreme.
WHORLYWORT * n. A tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America.
CONFIGURE * v. Set up for a particular purpose.
MONACAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Monaco. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
TIMALIA * n. Type genus of the Timaliidae.
ATTRITIONAL * a. Relating to or caused by attrition.
LIGHT-HANDED * s. Having a metaphorically delicate touch.
STANNIC * a. Of or relating to or containing tin.
WHEY * n. 1 The serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese. 2 Watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates.
PORTENTOUS * s. 1 Of momentous or ominous significance. 2 Ominously prophetic. 3 Puffed up with vanity.
KAUFMAN * n. United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961).
STAKE * --n. 1 (law) A right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something. 2 A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track). 3 Instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning. 4 The money risked on a gamble. --v. 1 Put at risk. 2 Place a bet on. 3 Mark with a stake. 4 Tie or fasten to a stake.
ANORECTIC * --n. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa. --s. 1 Suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin. 2 Causing loss of appetite.
EXCERPTION * n. A passage selected from a larger work.
CRYPTORCHIDISM * n. Failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops.
TERRIFIC * s. 1 Very great or intense. 2 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. 3 Causing extreme terror.
FORMICA * n. 1 Any of various plastic laminates containing melamine. 2 Type genus of the Formicidae.
WINDLESS * s. Without or almost without wind.
POTTLE * n. A pot that holds 2 quarts.
PARABLE * n. 1 A short moral story (often with animal characters). 2 (New Testament) Any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message.
BUTTER * --n. 1 An edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use. 2 A fighter who strikes the opponent with his head. --v. Spread butter on.
PENNISETUM * n. A genus of Old World grasses.
EVASION * n. 1 A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. 2 The deliberate act of failing to pay money. 3 Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. 4 The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver.
HUNDRED-AND-THIRTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred thirty in counting order.
PROBLEM * n. 1 A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved. 2 A question raised for consideration or solution. 3 A source of difficulty.
AMPLENESS * n. 1 The property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency. 2 The property of impressive largeness in size.
UNDERGRADUATE * n. A university student who has not yet received a first degree.
ABENAKI * n. A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec.
MORSEL * n. 1 A small quantity of anything. 2 A small amount of solid food; a mouthful.
WITCHLIKE * s. Being or having the character of witchcraft.
SHERBET * n. A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin.
PINK * --n. 1 A light shade of red. 2 Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers. 3 A person with mildly leftist political views. --v. 1 Make light, repeated taps on a surface. 2 Sound like a car engine that is firing too early. 3 Cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing. --s. Of a light shade of red.
PYROLIGNEOUS * a. Of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation.
PREPUBERTAL * s. (especially of human beings) At the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth.
PYREX * n. A borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry.
BIMETALLIST * n. An advocate of bimetallism.
LIMACIDAE * n. Slugs.
PROFUSE * s. Produced or growing in extreme abundance.
ASTRONAUTIC * a. Of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics.
SKEWED * s. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position.
SANVITALIA * n. Small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia.
CLIMBABLE * s. 1 Capable of being ascended. 2 Capable of being surmounted.
DESKTOP * n. 1 The top of a desk. 2 (computer science) The area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.
COCKLE-BUR * n. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
TOPE * --n. A dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists. --v. Drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic.
POILU * n. 1 A French soldier (especially in World War I). 2 Thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S..
JEJUNOSTOMY * n. Surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding.
PIER * n. 1 A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. 2 (architecture) A vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows). 3 A support for two adjacent bridge spans.
SPIRITUALISM * n. 1 (theology) Any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God. 2 The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium). 3 Concern with things of the spirit.
DEIFY * v. 1 Consider as a god or godlike. 2 Exalt to the position of a God.
HOT-TEMPERED * s. Quickly aroused to anger.
MITZVAH * n. 1 (Judaism) A precept or commandment of the Jewish law. 2 (Judaism) A good deed performed out of religious duty.
HOCK-JOINT * n. Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle.
ORGANIC * --n. A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter. --a. 1 Relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis. 2 Being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms. 3 Involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs. --s. 1 Of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones. 2 Simple and healthful and close to nature. 3 Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup).
SOUFFLE * n. Light fluffy dish of egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites mixed with e.g. cheese or fish or fruit.
ARGUMENTATIVELY * r. In a disputatious manner.
GENTLEMAN'S-CANE * n. Tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal.
DICROSTONYX * n. Pied lemmings.
SLANT * --n. 1 A biased way of looking at or presenting something. 2 Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. --v. 1 Lie obliquely. 2 Present with a bias. 3 To incline or bend from a vertical position. 4 Heel over.
CHEAPNESS * n. 1 A price below the standard price. 2 Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
FOUR-HUNDREDTH * s. The ordinal number of four hundred in counting order.
SUPERSTAR * n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
PHYTOTHERAPY * n. The use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet).
CAREEN * --n. Pitching dangerously to one side. --v. 1 Walk as if unable to control one's movements. 2 Move sideways or in an unsteady way.
AFFIANCE * v. Give to in marriage.
FREE-FLYING * s. Able to fly through the air (as a bird).
KICHAI * n. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
POND * n. A small lake.
CUDWEED * n. 1 Any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color. 2 Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads. 3 Perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States.
SLANTWAYS * r. At a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction.
LUMPISH * s. Mentally sluggish.
REALISTIC * --a. 1 Aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are. 2 Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism. --s. Representing what is real; not abstract or ideal.
GLOSSY-COATED * s. Having glossy hair.
CARICATURE * --n. A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. --v. Represent in or produce a caricature of.
DIGESTIBILITY * n. The property of being easy to digest.
PROLEPSIS * n. Anticipating and answering objections in advance.
MENNONITISM * n. System of beliefs and practices including belief in scriptural authority; plain dress; adult baptism; foot washing; restriction of marriage to members of the group.
UNCOMPASSIONATE * a. Lacking compassion or feeling for others.
FAULTLESS * s. Without fault or error.
ROCKROSE * n. 1 Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers. 2 Small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage.
UNIVERSALISM * n. The theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved.
ILLUMINATING * a. Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.
DIBUCAINE * n. A local anesthetic that is administered by injection.
KABBALISM * n. 1 The doctrines of the Kabbalah. 2 Adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation.
SPONTANEITY * n. The quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint.
UNDEPENDABILITY * n. The trait of not being dependable or reliable.
AMBAGES * n. (archaic) Roundabout or mysterious ways of action.
CREDENTIAL * n. A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts.
INDUCTOR * n. An electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit.
ARROWWORM * n. Any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth.
OVERGENEROUS * s. Very generous.
PHOTOMETRICIAN * n. Someone who practices photometry.
UNAPPETISING * a. Not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste.
TESSERACT * n. The four-dimensional analogue of a cube.
ACORN * n. Fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base.
EXTRACTABLE * s. Capable of being extracted.
NECESSITATE * v. 1 Require as useful, just, or proper. 2 Cause to be a concomitant.
SEASICKNESS * n. Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water.
SUSTAIN * v. 1 Lengthen or extend in duration or space. 2 Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). 3 Provide with nourishment. 4 Supply with necessities and support.
CLOMIPHENE * n. A fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births.
SATIRE * n. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
NOURISHED * a. Being provided with adequate nourishment.
ADMIXTURE * n. 1 The state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something. 2 An additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base. 3 The act of mixing together.
JALOPY * n. A car that is old and unreliable.
MEGAPHONE * n. A cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice.
PATCHBOARD * n. Telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords.
COOCCURRING * s. Occurring or operating at the same time.
SPEAR * --n. 1 A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. 2 An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. --v. 1 Pierce with a spear. 2 Thrust up like a spear.
NEVELSON * n. United States sculptor (born in Russia) known for massive shapes of painted wood (1899-1988).
REFINED * --a. 1 (used of persons and their behavior) Cultivated and genteel. 2 Freed from impurities by processing. --s. 1 Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. 2 Precise to a fine degree. 3 Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth.
ARTHROPODOUS * a. Of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda.
PARVOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of viruses containing DNA in an icosahedral protein shell and causing disease in dogs and cattle; not known to be associated with any human disease.
STRAGGLY * s. 1 Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly. 2 Growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly.
INTERCALATE * v. Insert (days) in a calendar.
PEDERASTIC * a. Of homosexuality between a man and a boy.
KALIAN * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
UNDERACHIEVEMENT * n. Poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests).
NA * n. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt).
SHED * --n. An outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage. --v. 1 Get rid of. 2 Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities. 3 Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. 4 Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. --a. Shed at an early stage of development.
BRANCUSI * n. Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957).
FOUNDRY * n. Factory where metal castings are produced.
DISENGAGE * v. 1 Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. 2 Free or remove obstruction from. 3 Become free.
POSTULATION * n. 1 (logic) A declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument. 2 A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
REVIEWER * n. 1 Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication. 2 A writer who reports and analyzes events of the day.
METALLIC-COLOURED * s. Having a metallic color.
DIAZOXIDE * n. Vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension.
GERRIDAE * n. 1 Mojarras. 2 An arthropod family that includes water striders.
PALANQUIN * n. A closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers.
ARMOR-BEARER * n. A squire carrying the armor of a knight.
ETHOXYETHANE * n. A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
FOWL * --n. 1 A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. 2 The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food. --v. 1 Hunt fowl. 2 Hunt fowl in the forest.
SHOVE-HALFPENNY * n. A game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark.
MICROGRAMMA * n. Epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa.
ADRENALIN * n. A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action.
AECIOSPORE * n. Spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium.
GRASSFINCH * n. Usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds.
UNTITLED * s. Not of the nobility.
MUHAMMAD * n. 1 Leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975). 2 The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632).
PID * n. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge.
COCKAMAMY * s. Informal term for ridiculous and implausible.
UMTEENTH * s. Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
UUB * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
POSTICTAL * a. Pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion.
PLAVIX * n. A blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from sticking together to form clots that would restrict blood flow.
SPRAWLER * n. A person who sprawls.
RETAINED * s. Continued in your keeping or use or memory.
SLUMP * --n. 1 A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality. 2 A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment. --v. 1 Assume a drooping posture or carriage. 2 Fall or sink heavily. 3 Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly. 4 Go down in value.
BLASTODERM * n. A layer of cells on the inside of the blastula.
HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY * --s. In utter disorder. --r. In a disordered manner.
CATAPHORETIC * a. Of or relating to electrophoresis.
TIERCE * n. 1 The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 3 One of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
ORNATELY * r. In an ornate manner.
THUJA * n. Red cedar.
ROOTSTALK * n. A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.
FAITHLESSNESS * n. Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous.
OPERATIONALIST * a. Of or relating to or espousing operationalism.
SEDITION * n. An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government.
BIFURCATION * n. 1 A bifurcating branch (one or both of them). 2 The place where something divides into two branches. 3 The act of splitting into two branches.
MAXIMIZATION * n. 1 The mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function. 2 The act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position.
ENANTHEM * n. Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
UNTWISTED * s. Not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight.
YTTRIUM * n. A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys.
UNCIVIL * a. Lacking civility or good manners.
STARLING * n. Gregarious birds native to the Old World.
SHORT-BEAKED * s. Having a short beak.
NASALISATION * n. The act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators.
ANTRORSE * a. Bent or curved forward or upward.
HANKER * v. Desire strongly or persistently.
PRINTMAKER * n. An artist who designs and makes prints.
FAMILIARIZE * v. Make familiar or conversant with.
LUMPFISH * n. Clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar.
MAENAD * n. 1 An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman. 2 (Greek mythology) A woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus.
KHOMEINI * n. Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989).
UNPERCEIVING * a. Lacking perception.
STURGEON * n. Large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone.
SHIPYARD * n. A workplace where ships are built or repaired.
ERADICATE * v. 1 Kill in large numbers. 2 Destroy completely, as if down to the roots.
TARTUFFE * n. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
IMPLAUSIBILITY * n. The quality of provoking disbelief.
GRIFTER * n. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
SELAGINELLALES * n. In some classifications included in Lycopodiales.
SHAVIAN * --n. An admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works. --a. Of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works.
BRILLIANCE * n. 1 A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. 2 The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. 3 Unusual mental ability.
GLASWEGIAN * --n. An inhabitant of Glasgow. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.
PULQUE * n. Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey.
DYSPHORIA * n. Abnormal depression and discontent.
GLIB * s. 1 Marked by lack of intellectual depth. 2 Having only superficial plausibility. 3 Artfully persuasive in speech.
SEMI-TUBEROUS * a. Partly tuberous.
LINELIKE * s. Resembling a line.
BUFFER * --n. 1 (chemistry) An ionic compound that resists changes in its pH. 2 A neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict. 3 An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. 4 (computer science) A part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system. --v. 1 Add a buffer (a solution). 2 Protect from impact.
PLESIOSAURIA * n. Any of the plesiosaurs.
MOTHER * --n. 1 A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother). 2 A stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar. 3 A term of address for an elderly woman. 4 A term of address for a mother superior. --v. 1 Care for like a mother. 2 Make (offspring) by reproduction.
REASONER * n. Someone who reasons logically.
VENOM * n. 1 Toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions). 2 Feeling a need to see others suffer.
PRUDENCE * n. 1 Discretion in practical affairs. 2 Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress.
MELAMPODIUM * n. Herbs and subshrubs of warm North America.
IRASCIBLE * s. 1 Quickly aroused to anger. 2 Characterized by anger.
PARAPARESIS * n. A slight paralysis or weakness of both legs.
NAZI * --n. 1 A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party. 2 Derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.. --a. 1 Relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis. 2 Relating to a form of socialism.
PARTING * n. 1 The act of departing politely. 2 A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.
TRANSPORTER * n. 1 A long truck for carrying motor vehicles. 2 A crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships. 3 A moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory).
HYPERVENTILATION * n. An increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued.
SALTLIKE * s. Resembling a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal.
CITY-LIKE * s. Resembling a city.
BUSHBUCK * n. Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns.
RELAX * v. 1 Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease. 2 Make less taut. 3 Become loose or looser or less tight. 4 Cause to feel relaxed.
BIRTH * --n. 1 The time when something begins (especially life). 2 The event of being born. 3 The process of giving birth. 4 The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. --v. Cause to be born.
T.B. * n. Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages).
LUTETIUM * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium.
RADIOTELEPHONE * n. 1 Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire. 2 A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables.
DEVOUT * s. 1 Deeply religious. 2 Sincerely earnest.
VALOIS * n. French royal house from 1328 to 1589.
SHEET * --n. 1 Any broad thin expanse or surface. 2 Paper used for writing or printing. 3 Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs. 4 (mathematics) An unbounded two-dimensional shape. --v. 1 Come down as if in sheets. 2 Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping.
DILUTE * --v. 1 Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. 2 Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. --a. Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity.
BRANCHLET * n. A small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year.
FOREMILK * n. Milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition.
CARAVAGGIO * n. Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610).
HAUTE-NORMANDIE * n. A division of Normandy.
SPECIALIZED * a. Developed or designed for a special activity or function.
EUTERPE * n. 1 A monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America. 2 (Greek mythology) The Muse of music (or the flute).
LIGNOSAE * n. A category in some early taxonomies.
TANGE * n. Japanese architect (born in 1913).
ATOMIZATION * n. 1 Separating something into fine particles. 2 Annihilation by reducing something to atoms.
FRILLY * s. Having decorative ruffles or frills.
AOTUS * n. Douroucoulis.
ORTALIS * n. Chachalacas.
SCEPTER * n. 1 The imperial authority symbolized by a scepter. 2 A ceremonial or emblematic staff.
CONSTITUTIONAL * --n. A regular walk taken as a form of exercise. --a. 1 Of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup. 2 Sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government. --s. 1 Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic. 2 Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup).
ICTIC * a. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
ACIDOTIC * a. Having or being characterized by acidosis.
ECOLOGICAL * a. 1 Characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment. 2 Of or relating to the science of ecology.
VANELLUS * n. Eurasian lapwings.
OVERDRIVE * --n. 1 The state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration. 2 A high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power. --v. 1 Drive or work too hard. 2 Make use of too often or too extensively.
SLIM-BODIED * s. Having a slim body.
PHYSIOLOGICALLY * r. Of or relating to physiological processes; with respect to physiology.
DOGWOOD * n. 1 A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers. 2 Hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood.
LEAVEN * --n. 1 A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid. 2 An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something. --v. Cause to puff up with a leaven.
NITROSTAT * n. 1 A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat). 2 Trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
QUADRENNIUM * n. A period of four years.
JAY * n. 1 United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829). 2 Crested largely blue bird.
ONE-DIMENSIONALITY * n. The property of having one dimension.
PROTEINASE * n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
MANUFACTURER * n. 1 A business engaged in manufacturing some product. 2 Someone who manufactures something.
TANGIBLENESS * n. The quality of being perceivable by touch.
VERMONTER * n. A native or resident of Vermont.
SPARTA * n. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC.
ACTRESS * n. A female actor.
THALIA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. 2 (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
JOGGLE * --n. 1 A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together. 2 A slight irregular shaking motion. --v. 1 Move to and fro. 2 Fasten or join with a joggle.
PUTTY * --n. A dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass. --v. Apply putty in order to fix or fill.
URIAL * n. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
GHANAIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
BIREFRINGENCE * n. Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly.
MONTH * n. 1 One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year. 2 A time unit of approximately 30 days.
BEGUILED * s. Filled with wonder and delight.
MATAI * n. Conifer of Australia and New Zealand.
PRECOCIOUSNESS * n. Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules.
PENOLOGIST * n. A person who studies the theory and practice of prison management.
OPAL * n. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones.
JAGGEDNESS * n. Something irregular like a bump or crack in a smooth surface.
GAY-LUSSAC * n. French chemist and physicist who first isolated boron and who formulated the law describing the behavior of gases under constant pressure (1778-1850).
SEDUCER * n. 1 A bad person who entices others into error or wrongdoing. 2 A man who takes advantage of women.
DRAMATURGIC * a. Relating to the technical aspects of drama.
KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS * n. Inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.
BRITT * n. 1 The young of a herring or sprat or similar fish. 2 Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales.
PERFIDIOUSNESS * n. Betrayal of a trust.
MOTORIZE * v. 1 Equip with a motor vehicle. 2 Equip with a motor. 3 Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles.
POLYDACTYLOUS * a. Of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits.
GLOUCESTER * n. 1 A town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries. 2 A city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn.
LEK * n. The basic unit of money in Albania.
MESMERISE * v. 1 Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. 2 Induce hypnosis in.
INCONVERTIBLE * --a. Used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value. --s. Not capable of being changed into something else.
FACULTATIVE * --a. 1 Of or relating to the mental faculties. 2 Able to exist under more than one set of conditions. --s. 1 Granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something. 2 Not compulsory.
BERN * n. The capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland.
POSTMODERN * a. Of or relating to postmodernism.
FORGET * v. 1 Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. 2 Be unable to remember. 3 Forget to do something. 4 Leave behind unintentionally.
DIVISIONAL * --a. Of or relating to a military division. --s. 1 Serving to divide or marking a division. 2 Constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit.
ALECOST * n. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum.
REALIGN * v. Align anew or better.
AGNATE * --n. One related on the father's side. --s. Related on the father's side.
ANTICIPANT * --n. One who anticipates. --s. Marked by eager anticipation.
HIPPOCASTANACEAE * n. Trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule.
RETINAL * --n. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light. --a. In or relating to the retina of the eye.
ZYGOMORPHIC * a. Capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis.
CALOSOMA * n. Any beetle of the genus Calosoma.
HYPOCALCAEMIA * n. Abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency.
NANKING * n. A city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s.
PANCREATECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas.
MOIL * v. 1 Work hard. 2 Be agitated. 3 Moisten or soil.
TARANTISM * n. A nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider.
RAZZ * --n. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. --v. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
ASTEROID * --n. Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter). --s. Shaped like a star.
CHAPELGOER * n. A Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England.
MAZAMA * n. Brockets.
COONDOG * n. Any dog trained to hunt raccoons.
FRENCHWOMAN * n. A person of French nationality.
WAUGH * n. English author of satirical novels (1903-1966).
PEGASUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination. 2 A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces.
COACH * --n. 1 (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team. 2 A person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.). 3 A railcar where passengers ride. 4 A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver. --v. 1 Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports. 2 Drive a coach.
NANAIMO * n. A town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island to the west of Vancouver.
LANCASHIRE * n. A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles.
BANKS * n. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
CONFORMABLY * r. In a conformable manner.
HYDROCARBON * n. An organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen.
SNOOT * n. 1 A person regarded as arrogant and annoying. 2 Informal terms for the nose.
MUSCOIDEA * n. Two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae.
COOLLY * r. In a composed and unconcerned manner.
HEMATOCYST * n. A cyst containing blood.
SQUABBY * s. Short and fat.
WHITEY * n. (slang) Offensive names for a White man.
FUNDING * n. 1 Financial resources provided to make some project possible. 2 The act of financing.
SPEAKER * n. 1 Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous). 2 Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance. 3 The presiding officer of a deliberative assembly.
DISGRACEFULNESS * n. Unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor.
UNCURBED * s. Not restrained or controlled.
DISAMBIGUATOR * n. (computer science) A natural language processing application that tries to determine the intended meaning of a word or phrase by examining the linguistic context in which it is used.
LENTISSIMO * s. (of tempo) Very slow.
ERASER * n. An implement used to erase something.
THRIFTSHOP * n. A shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
THOMAS * n. 1 United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859). 2 United States socialist who was a candidate for president six times (1884-1968). 3 A radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981). 4 Welsh poet (1914-1953).
IPIDAE * n. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees.
INDIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of India. 2 Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures. 2 Of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages.
THESEUS * n. (Greek mythology) A hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica.
WITLOOF * n. 1 Widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched. 2 Young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head.
BARANDUKI * n. Terrestrial Siberian squirrel.
PLAUSIBLE * --a. Apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing. --s. Given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments.
CATALUFA * n. Brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters.
PHILANDER * v. 1 Have amorous affairs; of men. 2 Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
HILBERT * n. German mathematician (1862-1943).
BELIEF * n. 1 Any cognitive content held as true. 2 A vague idea in which some confidence is placed.
CHORDAL * a. Relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords.
SELF-LOCKING * s. Locking automatically when closed.
PIDDOCK * n. Marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells.
SEED * --n. 1 A small hard fruit. 2 A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa. 3 One of the outstanding players in a tournament. 4 Anything that provides inspiration for later work. --v. 1 Go to seed; shed seeds. 2 Help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money. 3 Bear seeds. 4 Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.
FREE-AND-EASY * s. Natural and unstudied.
TROUSSEAU * n. The personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens.
TOSH * n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
VENISON * n. Meat from a deer used as food.
BY-BLOW * n. The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.
CAESAR * n. 1 Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC). 2 United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922).
ATROMID-S * n. A drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases.
SHRIMPER * n. A vessel engaged in shrimping.
SYLVILAGUS * n. North American rabbits.
SELF-MOVING * s. Designed to activate or move or regulate itself.
CIDER * n. A beverage made from juice pressed from apples.
INDEMNIFICATION * n. 1 A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. 2 An act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance.
DUELER * n. A person who fights duels.
RETICULE * n. 1 A woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries. 2 A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
UNDERPERFORM * v. 1 Perform less well or with less success than expected. 2 Perform too rarely.
UNAVOIDABLE * s. Impossible to avoid or evade.
COSS * n. (in India) A unit of length having different values in different localities.
OVERVALUE * v. Assign too high a value to.
RESTRICTIVELY * r. In a restrictive manner.
WIESENTHAL * n. Austrian investigator of Nazi war crimes (born in 1908).
BRYANTHUS * n. Procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers.
SCIPIO * n. Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC).
DICHROMASY * n. A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
CONTRIVED * s. 1 Showing effects of planning or manipulation. 2 Artificially formal.
WASTEFULLY * r. To a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
INGRESS * n. 1 (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse. 2 The act of entering.
CINE-CAMERA * n. A camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession.
DISREPUTABLENESS * n. Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation.
INDELIBLE * s. Cannot be removed or erased.
NEPHELINE * n. A whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels.
DISINTEGRABLE * s. Capable of melting.
TAJIKISTAN * n. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet.
HORSEWHIPPING * n. The act of whipping with a horsewhip.
CUTICULAR * a. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
UNINSURABLE * s. Not capable of being insured or not eligible to be insured.
BRACTED * a. Having bracts.
ANGRAECUM * n. Genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque.
RING-A-ROSY * n. A children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat.
PAD * --n. 1 A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge. 2 The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily). 3 A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp. 4 A flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort. --v. 1 Add details to. 2 Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. 3 Line or stuff with soft material. 4 Add padding to.
FEATURED * s. 1 Made a feature or highlight; given prominence. 2 Having facial features as specified; usually used in combination.
FUMED * s. (of wood) Darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes.
CHURCHGOING * s. Actively practicing a religion.
SCRAUNCH * v. Make a crushing noise.
RUMEN * n. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing.
MAINE * n. A state in New England.
SALAAT * n. The second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca.
SKIMP * v. 1 Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially. 2 Limit in quality or quantity. 3 Subsist on a meager allowance. 4 Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.
RIESLING * n. 1 White grape grown in Europe and California. 2 Fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California.
ENCIRCLING * s. Being all around the edges; enclosing.
SANTALUM * n. Parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia.
CONFIDE * v. 1 Reveal in private; tell confidentially. 2 Confer a trust upon.
TRIFLING * --n. The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working. --s. Not worth considering.
PHOTOGRAPHICALLY * r. By photographic means.
HOLLER * --n. 1 A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). 2 A small valley between mountains. --v. 1 Shout out. 2 Utter a sudden loud cry. 3 Complain.
STOPWATCH * n. A timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race).
DISLODGEMENT * n. Forced removal from a position of advantage.
LIMULIDAE * n. Horseshoe crabs.
WHIRLIGIG * --n. 1 A conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin. 2 A large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement. --v. Whirl or spin like a whirligig.
SQUAWROOT * n. Tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally.
EXPOSURE * n. 1 Vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain. 2 The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience. 3 The disclosure of something secret. 4 Aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces.
MOIRE * --n. Silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern. --s. (of silk fabric) Having a wavelike pattern.
DROOP * --n. A shape that sags. --v. 1 Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. 2 Hang loosely or laxly. 3 Become limp.
HOLE * --n. 1 An opening into or through something. 2 An opening deliberately made in or through something. 3 One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course. 4 An unoccupied space. --v. 1 Hit the ball into the hole. 2 Make holes in.
DOUBLE-BARRELED * --a. Having two barrels mounted side by side. --s. Having two purposes; twofold.
GEOMETRIC * --s. Characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration. --a. Of or relating to or determined by geometry.
AZADIRACHTIN * n. Insecticide.
SENSATIONALISM * n. 1 Subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. 2 The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes. 3 (philosophy) The ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good. 4 (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge derives from experience.
ABECEDARIAN * --n. 1 A novice learning the rudiments of some subject. 2 A 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge. --s. Alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers).
STEALER * n. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
GRAPH * --n. 1 A visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes. 2 A visual display of information. 3 A written symbol that is used to represent speech. --v. 1 Represent by means of a graph. 2 Plot upon a graph.
ENAMEL * --n. 1 Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth. 2 A colored glassy compound (opaque or partially opaque) that is fused to the surface of metal or glass or pottery for decoration or protection. 3 A paint that dries to a hard glossy finish. 4 Any smooth glossy coating that resembles ceramic glaze. --v. Coat, inlay, or surface with enamel.
WENCHER * n. Someone who patronizes prostitutes.
GRIEF-STRICKEN * s. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
AMELOBLAST * n. A cell from which tooth enamel develops.
HIPPOCAMPUS * n. 1 A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories. 2 Seahorses.
E.P.A. * n. An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
GRINDSTONE * n. A revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools.
RONDELET * n. A shorter form of rondeau.
BESTSELLER * n. A book that has had a large and rapid sale.
WINTERA * n. Evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand.
COMFY * a. Providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal).
SASSAFRAS * n. 1 Yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America. 2 Dried root bark of the sassafras tree.
MANICURIST * n. A beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails.
HINDUSTAN * n. Northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.
PIGEONHOLE * --n. 1 A specific (often simplistic) category. 2 A small compartment. --v. 1 Place into a small compartment. 2 Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype.
CHELATE * --n. A heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions. --v. Form a chelate, in chemistry. --a. 1 Relating to or characterized by chelation. 2 Having or resembling chelae or claws.
PROTEOMICS * n. The branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome.
ANTHELMINTHIC * --n. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms. --s. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
SAMNITE * n. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans.
BANGKOK * n. The capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand; a leading city in southeastern Asia; noted for Buddhist architecture.
BOURNE * n. 1 An archaic term for a boundary. 2 An archaic term for a goal or destination.
ANNAPURNA * n. 1 Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty. 2 A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high).
DISENCHANTING * s. Freeing from illusion or false belief.
MIMICKER * n. Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress).
GYMNOGYPS * n. Containing solely the California condor.
WAFFLE * --n. Pancake batter baked in a waffle iron. --v. Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.
SOLVED * a. Explained or answered.
COURTROOM * n. A room in which a lawcourt sits.
VISCACEAE * n. In some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae.
SOMITE * n. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.
WINERY * n. An establishment where wine is made.
COSECANT * n. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
PANGA * n. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
CATECHETICAL * a. Of or relating to or involving catechesis.
JYLLAND * n. Peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany.
TENN. * n. A state in east central United States.
PREDICTOR * n. 1 Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge). 2 Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events. 3 A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival.
SQUAMA * n. A protective structure resembling a scale.
MONOTYPIC * a. Consisting of only one type.
PASSERINA * n. A genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings.
MAGNETOGRAPH * n. A scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field).
BASUCO * n. Low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis.
PAPISTICAL * a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
FLORA * n. 1 All the plant life in a particular region or period. 2 (botany) A living organism lacking the power of locomotion.
REDEMPTORY * a. Of or relating to or resulting in redemption.
METATHERIAN * n. Primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas.
GYNECOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or practicing gynecology.
STUBBY * s. Short and blunt.
PENT * s. Closely confined.
DECALITRE * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
SYNONYMITY * n. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
ALKAHESTIC * a. Of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist.
LEOPARDESS * n. Female leopard.
IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC * a. Of or relating to immunotherapy.
COURTSHIP * n. A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
ASKEW * --s. Turned or twisted toward one side. --r. Turned or twisted to one side.
ABYSS * n. A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively).
SCHILLING * n. Formerly the basic unit of money in Austria.
SPITEFULLY * r. 1 In a maliciously spiteful manner. 2 With spite; in a spiteful manner.
LOWLANDS * n. The southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous.
MANIFESTATION * n. 1 A clear appearance. 2 A manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing. 3 An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit). 4 Expression without words.
INEPTITUDE * n. 1 Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. 2 Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful.
DEDIFFERENTIATION * n. The loss of specialization in form or function.
STEINMETZ * n. United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Germany) (1865-1923).
NEOSTIGMINE * n. A cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis.
LAMPOON * --n. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. --v. Ridicule with satire.
PALAEOLOGY * n. The study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities.
INODOROUS * a. Having no odor.
INTROIT * n. A composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services.
BOLBITIS * n. Terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere.
ANTIBIOSIS * n. An association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another.
COMMONALITY * n. 1 A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank. 2 Sharing of common attributes.
BAKERSFIELD * n. A city in south central California at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley.
FATIGUED * s. Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
MINDFUL * a. Bearing in mind; attentive to.
WALE * n. 1 A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions. 2 Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
COSMOGONY * n. The branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe.
REQUESTER * n. One praying humbly for something.
BARBARIAN * --n. 1 A member of an uncivilized people. 2 A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. --s. Without civilizing influences.
FIRST * --n. 1 The first or highest in an ordering or series. 2 The first element in a countable series. 3 The time at which something is supposed to begin. 4 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate). --a. 1 Preceding all others in time or space or degree. 2 Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections. --s. 1 Indicating the beginning unit in a series. 2 Serving to set in motion. 3 Serving to begin. 4 Ranking above all others. --r. 1 Before anything else. 2 The initial time. 3 Before another in time, space, or importance. 4 Prominently forward.
ODE * n. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
JERSEY * n. 1 A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies. 2 The largest of the Channel Islands. 3 A close-fitting pullover shirt. 4 A slightly elastic machine-knit fabric.
SUILLUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae.
NDEBELE * n. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
DEFILEMENT * n. The state of being polluted.
ORYZOMYS * n. Rice rats.
RA * n. 1 An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 2 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. 3 (astronomy) The equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere.
NONTERRITORIAL * a. Not displaying territoriality.
IRRITATIVE * s. (used of physical stimuli) Serving to stimulate or excite.
SUNBLIND * n. A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun.
WARDER * n. A person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners.
WOODCARVER * n. Makes decorative wooden panels.
PRECESSION * n. 1 The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone. 2 The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
MALAMUD * n. United States writer (1914-1986).
ADENAUER * n. German statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1876-1967).
IMPACT * --n. 1 The striking of one body against another. 2 A forceful consequence; a strong effect. 3 Influencing strongly. 4 The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat. --v. 1 Press or wedge together; pack together. 2 Have an effect upon.
SLOVENIJA * n. A mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991.
GBU-28 * n. A 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to penetrate hardened underground facilities.
EXAMINATION * n. 1 The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). 2 A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge. 3 Formal systematic questioning. 4 A detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
REDTAIL * n. 1 Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail. 2 European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins.
SALIENTIAN * --n. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species. --a. Relating to frogs and toads.
BROMIDIC * --a. Given to uttering bromides. --s. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
NEBULOSE * s. Lacking definite form or limits.
ODDS-ON * s. Having a better than even chance of success.
CAFE * n. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
UNPIERCED * s. Not pierced.
TUX * n. Semiformal evening dress for men.
COMPATIBLY * r. With compatibility.
BENZINE * n. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds.
INTERBRAIN * n. The posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon.
BULWER-LYTTON * n. English writer of historical romances (1803-1873).
TARN * n. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
WILTING * n. Causing to become limp or drooping.
SCIAENA * n. Type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers.
ACRIS * n. Cricket frogs.
PERCIDAE * n. Active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches.
CRAVE * v. 1 Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for. 2 Plead or ask for earnestly.
LABORIOUS * s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
SOLEMNISATION * n. The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual.
CRICETUS * n. Type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters.
SYNCHRONIZER * n. An instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines).
ABSINTHE * n. 1 Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe. 2 Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise.
SAWHORSE * n. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.
DISCERNMENT * n. 1 The cognitive condition of someone who understands. 2 Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). 3 Perception of that which is obscure. 4 The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.
RARING * s. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
LOMUSTINE * n. An antineoplastic drug often used to treat brain tumors or Hodgkin's disease.
COILED * a. Curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals).
TOXOSTOMA * n. Thrashers.
NEWCOMER * n. 1 Any new participant in some activity. 2 A recent arrival.
DIGHTED * s. Dressed or adorned (as for battle).
AGELESS * s. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
LONG-WINDED * s. Using or containing too many words.
PROLETARIAN * --n. A member of the working class (not necessarily employed). --s. Belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat.
ARMADILLO * n. Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates.
MANGLER * n. A person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples.
HINDERMOST * s. Located farthest to the rear.
INTRAUTERINE * a. Within the womb.
SPELLBINDER * n. An orator who can hold his listeners spellbound.
RECTORY * n. An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
ANTIFLATULENT * n. Any agent that reduces intestinal gas.
GUARD * --n. 1 A person who keeps watch over something or someone. 2 The person who plays that position on a football team. 3 A device designed to prevent injury or accidents. 4 A posture of defence in boxing or fencing. --v. 1 To keep watch over. 2 Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect. 3 Protect against a challenge or attack. 4 Take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence.
WILLIS * n. English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675).
ARCHETYPAL * s. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.
MOWER * n. Garden tool for mowing grass on lawns.
ABNEGATOR * n. One who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something.
REVOLUTIONIZE * v. 1 Change radically. 2 Overthrow by a revolution, of governments. 3 Fill with revolutionary ideas.
LAN * n. A local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices.
RHEXIA * n. Deer grass.
STEALTHY * s. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.
IANFU * n. A woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II.
NONINSTITUTIONAL * a. Not institutional.
RIVERA * n. Socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957).
MONGER * --n. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold. --v. Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
DECEPTION * n. 1 A misleading falsehood. 2 The act of deceiving. 3 An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
CONCRETISTIC * a. Of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions.
UNMANAGEABLE * --a. 1 Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape. 2 Hard to control. --s. 1 Difficult to solve or alleviate. 2 Incapable of being controlled or managed.
LOUCHE * s. Disreputable and dissolute, somewhat agreeably.
DAME * n. 1 Informal terms for a (young) woman. 2 A woman of refinement.
BELSHAZZAR * n. (Old Testament) Babylonian general and son of Nebuchadnezzar II; according to the Old Testament he was warned of his doom by divine handwriting on the wall that was interpreted by Daniel (6th century BC).
EAS * n. A federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events.
EBONISE * v. Stain black to make it look like ebony.
MALEO * n. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
INTOXICATING * s. 1 Causing intoxication. 2 Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic.
CALTROP * n. 1 Tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed. 2 A plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits. 3 Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America.
BARRAMUNDI * n. A species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats.
BARRELHOUSE * n. A cheap drinking and dancing establishment.
HYPERPNEA * n. Energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders.
EXCHANGER * n. One whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country.
VERNER * n. Danish philologist (1846-1896).
SEPARATION * n. 1 The state of lacking unity. 2 Coming apart. 3 The distance between things. 4 Sorting one thing from others.
NEOTOMA * n. Packrats.
HYOSCINE * n. An alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures.
HYDROXYZINE * n. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
REBUS * n. A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words.
MUSCULARITY * n. 1 The physiological state of having or consisting of muscle. 2 Possessing muscular strength. 3 An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).
TERRIETIA * n. Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses.
IMMUNOTHERAPY * n. Therapy designed to produce immunity to a disease or to enhance resistance by the immune system.
OUTLAY * n. 1 The act of spending or disbursing money. 2 Money paid out; an amount spent.
DEVI * n. Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects.
AIM * --n. 1 An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. 2 The goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable). 3 The action of directing something at an object. 4 The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. --v. 1 Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards. 2 Propose or intend. 3 Move into a desired direction of discourse. 4 Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.
IMPELLED * s. Urged or forced to action through moral pressure.
TRANSCENDENT * s. 1 Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence. 2 Beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding.
RELATIVISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved.
HAEMATEMESIS * n. Vomiting blood.
HUNDRED-AND-FIRST * s. The ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order.
LEVI-STRAUSS * n. French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural analysis of social systems (born in 1908).
COMMOTION * n. 1 A disorderly outburst or tumult. 2 The act of making a noisy disturbance. 3 Confused movement.
ACATHEXIA * n. An inability to retain bodily secretions.
UNBENT * s. 1 Not bent. 2 Erect in posture.
JABOT * n. A ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt.
TREMBLE * --n. A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement. --v. Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.
MONOLITHIC * s. 1 Imposing in size or bulk or solidity. 2 Characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity.
MERCKX * n. Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945).
POUSSE-CAFE * n. Small drink served after dinner (especially several liqueurs poured carefully so as to remain in separate layers).
JAMPAN * n. A kind of sedan chair used in India.
BLOODY * --v. Cover with blood. --a. Having or covered with or accompanied by blood. --s. Informal intensifiers. --r. Extremely.
BELL-SHAPED * s. Having a convex shape that resembles a bell.
LABETALOL * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure).
COCHIMI * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Cochimi.
EMULATION * n. 1 Ambition to equal or excel. 2 (computer science) Technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another. 3 Effort to equal or surpass another.
DETRIMENTAL * s. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury.
KB * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 bits. 2 A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes. 3 A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
COMMUTATOR * n. Switch for reversing the direction of an electric current.
LTM * n. Your general store of remembered information.
CAABA * n. (Islam) A black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.
FATHOM * --n. 1 A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth. 2 (mining) A unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore. --v. 1 Come to understand. 2 Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.
NONOBLIGATORY * s. Not required by rule or law.
SLICKER * n. 1 A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. 2 A person with good manners and stylish clothing. 3 Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
WHISKY * n. A liquor made from fermented mash of grain.
PERTINACIOUSLY * r. In a dogged and pertinacious manner.
COCKY-LEEKY * n. Soup made from chicken boiled with leeks.
BARBARISATION * n. An act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
FORCE-FEED * v. Feed someone who will not or cannot eat.
OLIVE-SIZED * s. About the size of an olive.
ATARAXIC * s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
STRONG-SCENTED * s. Having a strong odor.
MONETARISM * n. An economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money.
NONSPECIFIC * a. Not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides.
TANKA * n. 1 A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables. 2 A Tibetan religious painting on fabric.
DISCOLOURISE * v. Remove color from.
SEYHAN * n. 1 A Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean. 2 A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
PRETTILY * r. In a pretty manner.
TELEGRAPHICALLY * r. In a short and concise manner.
ILXXX * s. Being nine more than seventy.
AMYGDALIFORM * s. Shaped like an almond.
SCARABAEUS * n. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
LOWRY * n. 1 English painter (1887-1976). 2 English novelist (1909-1957).
OLIVE-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with olive.
VASECTOMY * n. Surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible.
PATENCY * n. 1 The openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct. 2 The property of being easy to see and understand.
ABSCISSION * n. 1 Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant. 2 The act of cutting something off.
SHROUD * --n. 1 A line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute. 2 (nautical) A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. 3 Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped. --v. 1 Cover as if with a shroud. 2 Form a cover like a shroud. 3 Wrap in a shroud.
HURTLE * v. 1 Move with or as if with a rushing sound. 2 Make a thrusting forward movement. 3 Throw forcefully.
STUBBORN * --a. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. --s. Not responding to treatment.
CARBURETTOR * n. Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion.
UNEDITED * s. Not changed by editing.
INFERNALLY * r. Extremely.
SELF-RENEWAL * n. The act of renewing yourself (or itself).
TURBINATE * --n. Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates. --a. Of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages. --s. In the shape of a coil.
CHOLESTASIS * n. A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
ROMANTICISTIC * a. Belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts.
TACITURNITY * n. The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
COMMANDER * n. 1 An officer in command of a military unit. 2 Someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others. 3 A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain. 4 An officer in the airforce.
SULLIVAN * n. 1 United States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function' (1856-1924). 2 United States psychiatrist (1892-1949). 3 United States host on a well known television variety show (1902-1974). 4 United States educator who was the teacher and lifelong companion of Helen Keller (1866-1936).
CONCURRENCY * n. 1 Agreement of results or opinions. 2 Acting together, as agents or circumstances or events.
CIGARILLO * n. Small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper.
LIGHT-OF-LOVE * n. A woman inconstant in love.
UPBEAT * --n. 1 A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous. 2 An unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure). --s. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
XENOGENESIS * n. The alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal.
SMASH * --n. 1 A vigorous blow. 2 A serious collision (especially of motor vehicles). 3 A hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head. 4 The act of colliding with something. --v. 1 Hit hard. 2 Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over. 3 Reduce to bankruptcy. 4 Hit violently. --r. With a loud crash.
HYPERICISM * n. A severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John's wort.
FRET * --n. 1 Agitation resulting from active worry. 2 A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion. 3 An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief). 4 A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch. --v. 1 Worry unnecessarily or excessively. 2 Be agitated or irritated. 3 Provide (a musical instrument) with frets. 4 Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing.
ENCLOSE * v. 1 Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. 2 Close in. 3 Surround completely. 4 Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing.
RECITALIST * n. A musician who gives recitals.
TEREDINID * n. Wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells.
NALLINE * n. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
PHONATION * n. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
COINER * n. 1 A maker of counterfeit coins. 2 Someone who is a source of new words or new expressions. 3 A skilled worker who coins or stamps money.
SYNTAGMATIC * a. Related as members of a syntagma.
PURINETHOL * n. A drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia.
ADULTERATED * s. Mixed with impurities.
ONOMASTICS * n. The branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names.
TEPAL * n. An undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips).
ANEURYSMAL * a. Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
BARNFUL * n. The quantity that a barn will hold.
GULCH * n. A narrow gorge with a stream running through it.
YELL * --n. 1 A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. 2 A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate). --v. 1 Utter a sudden loud cry. 2 Utter or declare in a very loud voice.
PERISCOPE * n. An optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field.
PARTICIPANT * n. 1 Someone who takes part in an activity. 2 A person who participates in or is skilled at some game.
MENINX * n. A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord.
WINTER-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the winter.
CABOMBACEAE * n. In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia.
MORDVINIAN * n. 1 A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians.
APPROVED * s. Established by authority; given authoritative approval.
LITHOGRAPHIC * a. Of or produced by or involved in lithography.
DROWSY * s. 1 Half asleep. 2 Showing lack of attention or boredom.
BEGUM * n. A Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan.
RENSSELAERITE * n. A kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler.
ILL * --n. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. --a. Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function. --s. 1 Resulting in suffering or adversity. 2 Distressing. 3 Indicating hostility or enmity. 4 Presaging ill fortune. --r. 1 (`ill' is often used as a combining form) In a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well. 2 Unfavorably or with disapproval. 3 With difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly.
POLYGONATUM * n. Sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae.
INHERITANCE * n. 1 Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property. 2 That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner. 3 (genetics) Attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents. 4 Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors.
REFURBISH * v. Make brighter and prettier.
CACOMIXLE * n. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
TURBOJET * n. 1 An airplane propelled by a fanjet engine. 2 A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust.
HONDO * n. The central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland.
SKREAK * v. 1 Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. 2 Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
WASABI * n. 1 A Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root. 2 The thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish.
ANOVULANT * n. A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception.
PRANKISHNESS * n. The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks.
CONSTRUE * v. Make sense of; assign a meaning to.
EIGHTY-NINE * s. Being nine more than eighty.
PREPONDERATING * s. Having superior power and influence.
CARCINOID * n. A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin.
SPLAT * --n. 1 A single splash. 2 A slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair. --v. 1 Give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact. 2 Split open and flatten for cooking. 3 Flatten on impact.
DULL-PURPLE * s. Of a dull shade of purple.
TRANSCENDENCY * n. 1 A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience. 2 The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits.
NATTINESS * n. Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance.
PROPELLOR * n. A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water.
BICOLOUR * s. Having two colors.
FAECAL * a. Of or relating to feces.
GLOBIGERINIDAE * n. A family of protoctists.
FJORD * n. A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway.
CONFESSIONAL * n. A booth where a priest sits to hear confessions.
ADDUCENT * a. Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part.
PLUMBABLE * a. (of depth) Capable of being sounded or measured for depth.
EARTHNUT * n. 1 Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe. 2 A common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts. 3 Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms. 4 Edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber.
AZTEC * n. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
AUDACIOUSLY * r. In an audacious manner.
LAGOTHRIX * n. Woolly monkeys.
MAJAGUA * n. 1 Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament. 2 Erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks.
WEARIED * s. Exhausted.
SURE-HANDED * s. Proficient and confident in performance.
UNDERPRODUCE * v. Produce below capacity or demand.
IMPEL * v. 1 Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. 2 Cause to move forward with force.
CONCESSIONAIRE * n. Someone who holds or operates a concession.
ZAMBOORAK * n. A camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies.
LAIUS * n. (Greek mythology) King of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.
ABOVEGROUND * s. On or above the surface of the ground.
REBIRTH * n. 1 After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body. 2 A second or new birth. 3 The revival of learning and culture. 4 A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.
BLURB * n. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
CHIPBOARD * n. A cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin.
TRIUMPHANTLY * r. In a triumphant manner.
LEOTARDS * n. Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.
LITTERATEUR * n. A writer of literary works.
POOLER * n. Someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all.
CLEANTHES * n. Ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC).
KENO * n. A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
LIBIDINOUS * s. Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.
PRISONLIKE * s. Resembling a prison.
SHILLALAH * n. A cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn).
BEET * n. 1 Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop. 2 Round red root vegetable.
ACANTHURUS * n. Type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes.
BENGHAZI * n. Port in northern Libya on the Gulf of Sidra; formerly a joint capital of Libya with Tripoli.
WEREWOLF * n. A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again.
SELENOLOGY * n. The branch of astronomy that deals with the moon.
DEMONIZE * v. Make into a demon.
TENUITY * n. 1 Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. 2 A rarified quality. 3 The quality of lacking intensity or substance.
CORDYLUS * n. Type genus of the Cordylidae; spiny lizards somewhat resembling tiny crocodiles.
INTERDEPENDENT * s. Mutually dependent.
BRODIAEA * n. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
CHLORURA * n. Towhees.
PICRIS * n. Genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed.
OATEN * a. Of or related to or derived from oats.
OVERFAMILIAR * s. Taking undue liberties.
BOOYONG * n. Large tree of Australasia.
SUITABLENESS * n. The quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose.
DAILY * --n. A newspaper that is published every day. --s. 1 Of or belonging to or occurring every day. 2 Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions. --r. 1 Every day; without missing a day. 2 Gradually and progressively.
CUTICLE * n. 1 The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2 The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates. 3 Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.
SORBENT * n. A material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption.
ANTISEPTICIZE * v. Disinfect with an antiseptic.
CROSS-LINGUISTIC * a. Relating to different languages.
ECCHYMOSIS * n. 1 The purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise. 2 The escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin.
GLYOXALINE * n. An organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor.
HARMONICA * n. A small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole.
ADMONITION * n. 1 Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness). 2 A firm rebuke.
EXTRAVERSION * n. (psychology) An extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self.
ALBORG * n. A city and port in northern Jutland.
NORMA * n. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
BULB-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a bulb.
COPIOUSLY * r. In an abundant manner.
PHONEY * --n. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. --s. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
PITANGA * n. Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida.
FREAKISHNESS * n. Marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal.
ARIOCARPUS * n. Slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
PORNOGRAPHIC * s. Designed to arouse lust.
HEROIC * --n. A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter. --s. 1 Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale). 2 Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes. 3 Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope. 4 Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort. --a. Relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity.
STERNUTATION * n. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
MANDRAKE * n. 1 The root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic. 2 A plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers.
HYGROPHYTE * n. A plant that grows in a moist habitat.
ANTIACID * n. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach).
DIDO * n. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas.
SANGAPENUM * n. A variety of gum.
PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY * n. The scientific study of human fossils.
DEXTEROUSLY * r. With dexterity; in a dexterous manner.
PIPERAZINE * n. Vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms.
GRANDEUR * n. 1 The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. 2 The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.
PSILOPHYTON * n. Any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton.
JAGGERY * n. Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
UNMISTAKABLY * r. 1 Without possibility of mistake. 2 In a signal manner.
MOT * n. 1 A clever remark. 2 A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes.
JOLIOT * n. French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie); he and his wife discovered how to synthesize new radioactive elements (1900-1958).
VERMICELLI * n. Pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti.
EDGY * s. Being in a tense state.
BIFACIAL * s. Having two faces or fronts.
TELOPHASE * n. 1 The final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle. 2 The final stage of mitosis.
RESERVEDLY * r. With reserve; in a reserved manner.
ROUGH-HOUSE * v. Treat in a rough or boisterous manner.
QUINORA * n. Cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias.
SOUVENIR * n. 1 Something of sentimental value. 2 A reminder of past events.
NATTILY * r. In a natty manner; with smartness.
WALL * --n. 1 An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure. 2 Anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect. 3 (anatomy) A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure. 4 A difficult or awkward situation. --v. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
CONGEALMENT * n. The process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing.
STREAK * --n. 1 An unbroken series of events. 2 A distinctive characteristic. 3 A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background. 4 A sudden flash (as of lightning). --v. 1 Move quickly in a straight line. 2 Run naked in a public place. 3 Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.
NOB * n. Informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person.
ANTHOCEROTACEAE * n. Hornworts.
PARKERIACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae.
COGGLE * v. 1 Walk unsteadily. 2 Move unsteadily.
STRANGLING * n. The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
PLEOPOD * n. One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
WHISTLE * --n. 1 The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture. 2 The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle. 3 A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it. 4 Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound. --v. 1 Make whistling sounds. 2 Move with, or as with, a whistling sound. 3 Utter or express by whistling. 4 Move, send, or bring as if by whistling.
OMEGA-6 * n. A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning.
LATTICE * n. 1 An arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions. 2 Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted. 3 Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal.
WAFER-LIKE * s. Resembling a thin crisp wafer.
DIAZ * n. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
STRAYER * n. Someone who strays or falls behind.
PANATELA * n. A long slender cigar.
PAISLEY * n. A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes.
PEERAGE * n. The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
SUBSTANTIALNESS * n. The quality of being substantial or having substance.
ASTERNAL * s. Not connected to the sternum or breastbone.
KAPOK * n. 1 A plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation. 2 Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber.
JEER * --n. Showing your contempt by derision. --v. Laugh at with contempt and derision.
PISTACHIO * n. 1 Small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts. 2 Nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel.
THORIATE * v. Impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission.
KAPPA * n. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
FIGMENT * n. A contrived or fantastic idea.
MONOCLE * n. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles.
DUALISM * n. The doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil.
GILMAN * n. United States feminist (1860-1935).
FLATTERING * a. Showing or representing to advantage.
ACHERONTIA * n. Death's-head moth.
GENTIANA * n. Type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella.
CHAINSAW * n. Portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain.
TOWNIE * n. Resident of a college town not affiliated with the college.
TOOTHBRUSH * n. 1 Small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth. 2 Slang for a mustache.
PICASSO * n. Prolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (1881-1973).
BAPTISTRY * n. Bowl for baptismal water.
OWLT * n. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
STATESWOMAN * n. A woman statesman.
UNREST * n. 1 A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. 2 A feeling of restless agitation.
SQUEAKER * n. 1 Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used. 2 Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.
LAZINESS * n. 1 Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work. 2 Relaxed and easy activity. 3 Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
BRITTLENESS * n. Firm but easily broken.
FITCH * n. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.
RIEMANNIAN * a. Of or relating to Riemann's non-Euclidean geometry.
SURNAME * n. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
FLUTTERING * n. The motion made by flapping up and down.
ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC * s. Stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex.
COPYING * n. An act of copying.
BONHEUR * n. (French) Happiness and good humor.
BREVE * n. A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.
PHOTORETINITIS * n. Damage to the retina resulting from exposure of the eye to the sun without adequate protection.
CULPRIT * n. Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.
GRUB * --n. 1 Informal terms for a meal. 2 A soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects. --v. 1 Ask for and get free; be a parasite. 2 Search about busily.
SENSITOMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring the light sensitivity of film over a range of exposures.
PLASMODIIDAE * n. Malaria parasites.
AWAY * --s. 1 Not present; having left. 2 (of a baseball pitch) On the far side of home plate from the batter. --a. Used of an opponent's ground. --r. 1 From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete). 2 From one's possession. 3 Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts). 4 Out of existence.
ESTIMABLE * --a. Deserving of respect or high regard. --s. 1 Deserving of esteem and respect. 2 May be computed or estimated.
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO * n. An imitation of the crow of a cock.
POLYTHEIST * n. One who believes in a plurality of gods.
DENDROCALAMUS * n. Giant clump-forming bamboos.
LYSOGENIZE * v. Become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium).
DISHWARE * n. Tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively.
EPILOG * n. 1 A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play. 2 A short passage added at the end of a literary work.
GILD * --n. A formal association of people with similar interests. --v. Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold.
VOUGE * n. A kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century.
PERSUADER * n. Someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on.
LEBENSRAUM * n. Space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding.
PHASE-OUT * n. The act or instance of a planned discontinuation.
TEMAZEPAM * n. A frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night.
YELLOW-BELLIED * s. Easily frightened.
TRENTO * n. A city in northern Italy (northwest of Venice) on the River Adige; the site of the Council of Trent.
MOON-FACED * s. Having a round face.
NONTELESCOPIC * s. Not telescopic.
JAPANESE-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Japanese.
SLEEPLESS * s. 1 Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness. 2 Always watchful.
ELECTRORETINOGRAM * n. A graphical recording of the electrical activity of the retina that results when light is flashed into the eye.
RAJIFORMES * n. Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes.
ETIOLOGY * n. 1 The cause of a disease. 2 The philosophical study of causation.
ROSSINI * n. Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868).
INTERNUNCIO * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio.
ADJUSTOR * n. One who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement.
GOLDSMITH * n. 1 An artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold. 2 Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774).
NURSE-MIDWIFE * n. A registered nurse who has received special training as a midwife.
20TH * s. Coming next after the nineteenth in position.
STOCKPOT * n. A pot used for preparing soup stock.
AFTERWORLD * n. The place where you are after you die.
RACQUET * n. A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games.
ALTARPIECE * n. A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
DECRIMINALISATION * n. Legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal.
QURUSH * n. 20 qurush equal 1 riyal in Saudi Arabia.
HESPERIPHONA * n. Evening grosbeak.
SKYSAIL * n. The sail above the royal on a square-rigger.
UNINHABITED * a. Not having inhabitants; not lived in.
LIVERMORE * n. United States suffragist (1820-1905).
LEVY * --n. 1 A charge imposed and collected. 2 The act of drafting into military service. --v. 1 Impose and collect. 2 Cause to assemble or enlist in the military.
ELKHOUND * n. Breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk.
DAY-TO-DAY * s. Of or belonging to or occurring every day.
PH * n. (from potential of Hydrogen) The logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic).
CHIMAERA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon. 2 A grotesque product of the imagination. 3 A deep-sea fish with a tapering body, smooth skin, and long threadlike tail.
SAVANNA * n. A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.
PUT * --n. The option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date. --v. 1 Put into a certain place or abstract location. 2 Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. 3 Formulate in a particular style or language. 4 Attribute or give.
RATAFEE * n. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
ROLE * n. 1 The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. 2 An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. 3 What something is used for. 4 Normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting.
UNSTINTINGLY * r. In an unstinting manner.
1850S * n. The decade from 1850 to 1859.
REBURY * v. Bury again.
REALIZED * s. Successfully completed or brought to an end.
ACHIEVEMENT * n. The action of accomplishing something.
CICERO * n. 1 A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em. 2 A Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC).
BEDDER * n. An ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed.
OFF-THE-PEG * s. (especially of clothing) Made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.
AGGREGATIVE * s. Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole.
HEMOPOIETIC * a. Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells.
NONCOMMERCIAL * a. Not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises.
PARCEL * --n. 1 A wrapped container. 2 The allotment of some amount by dividing something. 3 An extended area of land. 4 A collection of things wrapped or boxed together. --v. 1 Divide into parts. 2 Cover with strips of canvas. 3 Make into a wrapped container.
UNVARIED * a. Lacking variety.
RUN-OF-THE-MINE * s. Not special in any way; lacking distinction.
MOTILITY * n. 1 Ability to move spontaneously and independently. 2 A change of position that does not entail a change of location.
WISTFULLY * r. In a wistful manner.
UNCONVINCING * --a. Not convincing. --s. Having a probability too low to inspire belief.
ENTROPY * n. 1 (communication theory) A numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome. 2 (thermodynamics) A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work.
VALEDICTORY * --n. A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class). --a. Of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell. --s. Of a speech expressing leave-taking.
MULTIPOTENT * s. Able to many things.
KINDERGARTENER * n. A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten.
PACT * n. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
DEFRAUD * v. Deprive of by deceit.
SAXICOLA * n. Old World chats.
INSPISSATE * v. 1 Make viscous or dense. 2 Make thick or thicker. 3 Become thick or thicker.
NEBE * n. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
TOUGH-SKINNED * s. 1 Having a relatively tough outer covering. 2 Insensitive to criticism.
LAPPULA * n. Stickweed; beggar's lice.
VOLVARIELLA * n. An important genus of mushrooms in the Orient.
MACRORHAMPHOSIDAE * n. Bellows fishes.
ALOPEX * n. Arctic foxes.
MODULATED * --a. Changed or adjusted in pitch, tone, or volume. --s. Altered in volume as well as tone or pitch.
SNUGGLE * --n. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace. --v. 1 Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. 2 Position comfortably.
RETRIEVABLE * s. Capable of being regained especially with effort.
SEMI-DRY * s. Somewhat dry.
TRANSISTORIZED * s. (of an electronic device) Equipped with transistors.
BLITZSTEIN * n. United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964).
LACRIMAL * a. 1 Of or relating to tears. 2 Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
DENOMINATION * n. 1 A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith. 2 A class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money. 3 Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.
PTEROCLES * n. Type genus of the Pteroclididae.
ZONULA * n. Small beltlike zone.
ONE-MILLIONTH * n. One part in a million equal parts.
TANNED * --s. (of skin) Having a tan color from exposure to the sun. --a. Converted to leather by a tanning agent.
IMMUNOPATHOLOGY * n. The branch of immunology that deals with pathologies of the immune system.
NON-MISCIBLE * a. (chemistry, physics) Incapable of mixing.
ACCEPTANT * s. Accepting willingly.
CROCODYLIDAE * n. True crocodiles.
DYNASTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty.
SYNCHRONICITY * n. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time.
CINEMATIC * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema.
TRANQUILLITY * n. 1 An untroubled state; free from disturbances. 2 A state of peace and quiet. 3 A disposition free from stress or emotion.
BILLET * --n. 1 A short personal letter. 2 Lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home). 3 A job in an organization. --v. Provide housing for (military personnel).
SHAMASH * n. The chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE * a. Offering several alternative answers from which the correct one is to be chosen; or consisting of such questions.
TOILET * n. 1 A room or building equipped with one or more toilets. 2 A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. 3 Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money. 4 The act of dressing and preparing yourself.
MERCY * n. 1 Leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice. 2 A disposition to be kind and forgiving. 3 The feeling that motivates compassion. 4 Something for which to be thankful.
GSR * n. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body.
INDIRECT * --s. 1 Having intervening factors or persons or influences. 2 Not as a direct effect or consequence. --a. 1 Not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination. 2 Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines. 3 Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action.
CHANGE * --n. 1 An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another. 2 A relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event. 3 The action of changing something. 4 The result of alteration or modification. --v. 1 Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation. 2 Undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature. 3 Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. 4 Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.
BELEMNITIC * a. Of or relating to belemnites.
HEADING * n. 1 A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. 2 The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. 3 A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.
STORM-TOSSED * s. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
ILL-NATURED * a. Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition.
INTAGLIO * n. 1 A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print. 2 Glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo).
INEXPRESSIBLE * a. Defying expression.
EARTH-GOD * n. A god of fertility and vegetation.
CROSSOVER * n. 1 The interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis. 2 A voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party. 3 The appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience. 4 A path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other.
WOULD-BE * s. Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.
SWELTER * v. 1 Be uncomfortably hot. 2 Suffer from intense heat.
PERIPETEIA * n. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).
DIALEURODES * n. A genus of Aleyrodidae.
INJURIOUSLY * r. In an injurious manner.
AVIONIC * a. Of or relating to avionics.
PORCELAINIZE * v. Coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface.
TATI * n. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
DISTRACT * v. 1 Draw someone's attention away from something. 2 Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
SPEECHLESSNESS * n. The property of being speechless.
DISHY * s. (informal British) Sexually attractive.
PROVINCIAL * --n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) An official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order. 2 A country person. --a. 1 Of or associated with a province. 2 Characteristic of the provinces or their people.
MACHO * --n. A male exhibiting or characterized by machismo. --s. Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner.
UNMEDICAL * s. Not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed.
UNEVENLY * r. 1 In an uneven and irregular way. 2 In a ragged uneven manner. 3 In an unequal or partial manner.
MAORI * n. 1 An ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who speak Maori and live in New Zealand. 2 The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand.
BACCHUS * n. (classical mythology) God of wine; equivalent of Dionysus.
AMMINE * n. A complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules.
HOURGLASS-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of an hourglass.
NEUTRALIZATION * n. 1 Action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war. 2 A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water. 3 (euphemism) The removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation). 4 Action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action.
ECHENEIS * n. Type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras.
PENTODE * n. A thermionic tube having five electrodes.
BARK-LOUSE * n. Any of several insects living on the bark of plants.
PRAISE * --n. 1 An expression of approval and commendation. 2 Offering words of homage as an act of worship. --v. Express approval of.
LEONARDESQUE * a. In the manner of Leonardo da Vinci.
CUMARONE * n. A colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins.
SOCIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or determined by sociology.
AMAH * n. 1 A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 2 A female domestic.
LIPAEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
NAGEIA * n. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea.
PYRIMIDINE * n. 1 Any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine. 2 A heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor.
RESOUNDING * s. Characterized by resonance.
CITRUS * n. 1 Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions. 2 Any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds.
ALTERNATELY * r. In an alternating sequence or position.
MEDAWAR * n. British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987).
DULY * r. In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances.
PEPTIDASE * n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
SLEEVELESS * --a. Having no sleeves. --s. Unproductive of success.
LINCOMYCIN * n. Antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.
CROONING * n. 1 Singing in a soft low tone. 2 The act of singing popular songs in a sentimental manner.
ERATO * n. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
VOLTAREN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Voltaren) that is administered only orally.
BILK * v. 1 Cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money. 2 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 3 Evade payment to. 4 Escape, either physically or mentally.
BEACHFRONT * n. A strip of land running along a beach.
CENTESIMO * n. A fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile.
PIED-A-TERRE * n. Lodging for occasional or secondary use.
MITTELSCHMERZ * n. Pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle).
DECOLONIZATION * n. The action of changing from colonial to independent status.
ENDODONTIA * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp.
SOPHISTICATED * --a. Having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire. --s. 1 Ahead in development; complex or intricate. 2 Intellectually appealing.
CUL * n. A passage with access only at one end.
AAA * n. An aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension.
CLEANNESS * n. 1 The state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities. 2 Without moral defects.
SHANGHAI * --n. The largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world. --v. Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship.
CYPRUS * n. 1 A country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin. 2 An island in the eastern Mediterranean.
GRANDLY * r. In a grand manner.
ARGENT * --n. A metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance. --s. Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver.
ADONIC * --n. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis. --a. Or relating to or like Adonis. --s. Having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee.
SUBLIMAZE * n. Trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug.
CONSECUTIVELY * r. In a consecutive manner.
BEGUILING * s. 1 Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. 2 Misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods.
HEARING * --n. 1 (law) A proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence. 2 An opportunity to state your case and be heard. 3 The range within which a voice can be heard. 4 The act of hearing attentively. --a. Able to perceive sound.
BAREBACK * --s. Riding without a saddle. --r. Without a saddle.
LOBSTERMAN * n. A person whose occupation is catching lobsters.
EVANESCE * v. Disappear gradually.
REDPOLL * n. 1 Small siskin-like finch with a red crown. 2 Small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump.
INSTRUCTIVELY * r. In an informative manner.
TANGANYIKA * n. 1 The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley. 2 A former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.
DEVIATION * n. 1 A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. 2 The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function. 3 The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances. 4 Deviate behavior.
KRUPP * n. 1 German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887). 2 German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826).
MONIED * a. Based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth.
RASPY * s. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
SARIN * n. A highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase.
TOASTED * s. Browned over by exposure to heat.
GROT * n. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
NEEM * n. Large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia.
CONTIGUOUSNESS * n. The attribute of being so near as to be touching.
GINGERSNAP * n. A crisp round cookie flavored with ginger.
BUG * --n. 1 General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate. 2 A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine. 3 A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly. 4 Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis. --v. 1 Annoy persistently. 2 Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.
31ST * s. Coming next after the thirtieth in position.
PERVAPORATION * n. The concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off.
CARVING * n. 1 A sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape. 2 Removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape. 3 Creating figures or designs in three dimensions.
SHORTLY * r. 1 For a short time. 2 In the near future. 3 In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner. 4 In a concise manner; in a few words.
TINY * s. Very small.
SUBJECTIVIST * n. A person who subscribes to subjectivism.
FLATCAR * n. Freight car without permanent sides or roof.
SEXUALIZE * v. Make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to.
SOMNIFEROUS * s. Sleep inducing.
LOATHSOME * s. 1 Causing or able to cause nausea. 2 Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
URETHRAL * a. Of or relating to the urethra.
BLISSFULLY * r. In a blissful manner.
ORTHOPTIST * n. A specialist in orthoptics.
CADGE * v. 1 Ask for and get free; be a parasite. 2 Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.
GANTLET * n. 1 To offer or accept a challenge. 2 A glove of armored leather; protects the hand. 3 A glove with long sleeve. 4 The convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times.
ONIONSKIN * n. A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies.
NEPALESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Nepal. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
DPRK * n. A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948.
GENTIANACEAE * n. Chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals.
ACCREDIT * v. 1 Grant credentials to. 2 Provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials. 3 Ascribe an achievement to.
DISBARMENT * n. The act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law.
OVERSHOOT * --n. An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt. --v. 1 Shoot beyond or over (a target). 2 Aim too high.
MANFUL * --a. Possessing qualities befitting a man. --s. Characteristic of a man.
DOUBLE-HUMPED * a. Having two humps.
TURNERY * n. 1 Workshop where objects are made on a lathe. 2 Products made on a lathe.
DENDROIDAL * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
TRUFFLE * n. 1 Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe. 2 Edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber. 3 Creamy chocolate candy.
GREY-HAIRED * s. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
SCREENER * n. A guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint.
PTERODACTYLIDAE * n. A reptile family in the order Pterosauria.
MECHOLYL * n. Parasympathomimetic drug (trademark Mecholyl) that stimulates secretions and smooth muscle activity.
VICARAGE * n. An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
FRIGORIFIC * s. Causing cold; cooling or chilling.
PATCHINESS * n. Unevenness in quality or performance.
BAGATELLE * n. 1 A light piece of music for piano. 2 Something of little value or significance. 3 A table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over.
STUTTERER * n. Someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions.
MAXIMIAN * n. Roman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311).
SHOOFLY * n. 1 An undercover police officer who investigates other policemen. 2 A child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck).
HAMMY * s. Affectedly dramatic; overacted.
SHOPLIFTING * n. The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store.
DEIXIS * n. The function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs.
FIESTA * n. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
FAWNING * s. 1 Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. 2 Attempting to win favor by flattery.
BOWDITCH * n. United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838).
RICER * n. A kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes.
BANDING * n. 1 A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. 2 An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material.
SOFTNESS * n. 1 The property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded. 2 Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury). 3 The quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing. 4 A state of declining economic condition.
MASTHEAD * n. 1 A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.. 2 The title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the editorial page. 3 The head or top of a mast.
TRINKET * n. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
DEBONE * v. Remove the bones from.
TAPIR * n. Large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
PLAID * n. A cloth having a crisscross design.
CALKIN * n. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
DAFTNESS * n. Informal terms for insanity.
NONIONIC * a. 1 Not converted into ions. 2 Not ionic.
EPHIPPIDAE * n. Small family comprising the spadefishes.
CHRYSOPIDAE * n. Green lacewings.
CEASELESSNESS * n. The quality of something that continues without end or interruption.
PITTED * s. Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
ORANGE * --n. 1 Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees. 2 Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow. 3 Any citrus tree bearing oranges. 4 Any pigment producing the orange color. --s. Of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange.
PROTOCTIST * n. Any of the unicellular protists.
PROBIOTIC * n. A beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant.
FATEFUL * s. 1 Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance. 2 Ominously prophetic. 3 (of events) Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. 4 Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined.
DRIVEL * --n. 1 A worthless message. 2 Saliva spilling from the mouth. --v. Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
GEHENNA * n. A place where the wicked are punished after death.
MISAPPROPRIATE * v. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
TOOTH * n. 1 Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense. 2 Something resembling the tooth of an animal. 3 Toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell. 4 A means of enforcement.
HHS * n. The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979.
LODZ * n. A large city of central Poland.
REMOVAL * n. 1 The act of removing. 2 Dismissal from office.
VISCOSIMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring viscosity.
EMULATE * v. 1 Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating. 2 Imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. 3 Compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with.
CHERUB * n. 1 A sweet innocent baby. 2 An angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child.
FAGOPYRUM * n. Buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum.
PRESSING * --n. 1 The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure. 2 A metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press. --s. Compelling immediate action.
APPARENTLY * r. 1 From appearances alone. 2 Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
WISHING * n. A specific feeling of desire.
UNCULTIVATED * --a. (of land or fields) Not prepared for raising crops. --s. 1 (of persons) Lacking art or knowledge. 2 Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes.
CLEAVAGE * n. 1 The state of being split or cleft. 2 The breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules. 3 (embryology) The repeated division of a fertilised ovum. 4 The line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts).
CORTICOSTERONE * n. Secreted by the adrenal cortex; involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body.
SPOIL * --n. 1 (usually plural) Valuables taken by violence (especially in war). 2 The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. 3 The act of stripping and taking by force. --v. 1 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. 2 Become unfit for consumption or use. 3 Alter from the original. 4 Treat with excessive indulgence.
BRAT * n. 1 A very troublesome child. 2 A small pork sausage.
UNREFRESHED * s. Not rested or refreshed.
INATTENTIVENESS * n. 1 A lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people). 2 The trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others.
SOUARI * n. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
TRACKLESS * --a. Having no tracks. --s. Lacking pathways.
MANUFACTORY * n. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
GIANTISM * n. 1 Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. 2 Excessive largeness of stature.
REFUEL * v. 1 Provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars. 2 Take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car.
EARTHSTAR * n. Any fungus of the family Geastraceae; in form suggesting a puffball whose outer peridium splits into the shape of a star.
HUMIFIED * a. Converted to humus.
KIBE * n. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
RETROSPECT * --n. Contemplation of things past. --v. Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember.
ROMANIZE * v. Write in the Latin alphabet.
CORDWOOD * n. Firewood cut and stacked in cords; wood sold by the cord.
KAISER * n. The title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918.
RESTRICTION * n. 1 A principle that limits the extent of something. 2 An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). 3 The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary).
PO-FACED * s. Humorless and disapproving.
VULVA * n. External parts of the female genitalia.
PREPUPAL * s. Of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages.
OLD-TIMER * n. 1 An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service. 2 An elderly man.
GAWP * v. Look with amazement; look stupidly.
BODE * v. Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
TOOTHLIKE * s. Resembling a tooth.
ADDLE * v. 1 Mix up or confuse. 2 Become rotten.
THRUSH * n. 1 Candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults. 2 A woman who sings popular songs. 3 Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.
SAVORING * n. Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.
DIFFERENTIA * n. Distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus).
RUPTILIOCARPON * n. New (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys.
ORPINE * n. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
RELUCTANTLY * r. With reluctance.
JACKANAPES * n. Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
CAROLING * n. Singing joyful religious songs (especially at Christmas).
DRAGGLE * v. Make wet and dirty, as from rain.
PUISSANT * s. Powerful.
NATO * n. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
RUTILUS * n. Roaches.
KRAKATAU * n. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history.
UNBITTER * s. Having or showing no resentment or desire for revenge.
POLYANGIACEAE * n. Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung.
HALOPHYTE * n. Plant growing naturally in very salty soil.
SPERMATOCIDE * n. A contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa.
MARC * n. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
REABSORB * v. Undergo resorption.
CATERPILLAR-TRACKED * s. Having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels.
SCINTILLATION * n. 1 (physics) A flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle. 2 A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash. 3 A brilliant display of wit. 4 The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
ACID * --n. 1 Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt. 2 Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. --s. 1 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 2 Being sour to the taste. 3 Having the characteristics of an acid.
AMORISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to romantic love.
YOGA * n. 1 Discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion. 2 A system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.
MONOMANIAC * n. A person suffering from monomania.
OBLOQUY * n. 1 State of disgrace resulting from public abuse. 2 A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.
REFABRICATION * n. Assembling again.
CITIFY * v. Accustom to urban ways.
DEMAVEND * n. An active volcano in northern Iran.
NICOTINE * n. An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide.
ACCOUTREMENT * n. Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing.
GOOSEBUMP * n. Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.
LIND * n. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
ALLEGORY * n. 1 A short moral story (often with animal characters). 2 A visible symbol representing an abstract idea. 3 An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor.
EMPLOYABLE * --n. A person who is qualified and ready to work. --a. Physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available.
CASSINO * n. A card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand.
MYSOPHOBIC * s. Suffering from mysophobia; abnormally afraid of dirt or contamination.
GOLD * --n. 1 Coins made of gold. 2 A deep yellow color. 3 A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia. 4 Great wealth. --s. 1 Made from or covered with gold. 2 Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
MARCHING * n. The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind).
SALAL * n. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries.
GI * --n. 1 A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. 2 (law) A name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin. --v. Clean in preparation for inspection. --a. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
MORTIMER * n. English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330).
TERRORIZE * v. 1 Coerce by violence or with threats. 2 Fill with terror; frighten greatly.
NONSUCH * n. Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
RELAXED * a. Without strain or anxiety.
ENACT * v. 1 Order by virtue of superior authority; decree. 2 Act out; represent or perform as if in a play.
WALL-PAPERER * n. A worker who papers walls.
LYCIA * n. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
DARK-COLOURED * s. Having a dark color.
COMPOSED * a. Serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress.
ILO * n. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
SCANDIUM * n. A white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite.
ASPERSORIUM * n. 1 The basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches. 2 A short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water.
LORDLINESS * n. 1 Formality in bearing and appearance. 2 Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
BOUNCING * --n. Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts). --s. 1 Vigorously healthy. 2 Marked by lively action.
LOWER-MIDDLE-CLASS * s. Occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society.
FUGAL * a. Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue.
CRAPETTE * n. Solitaire with two players using separate packs.
WELL-GROOMED * s. 1 Having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat. 2 Having your hair neatly brushed and combed.
SISSYISH * s. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
DEMURRER * n. 1 (law) A formal objection to an opponent's pleadings. 2 (law) Any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings. 3 A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him.
SLEAZINESS * n. 1 Morally dishonorable. 2 A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
LOPHODYTES * n. A genus of Merginae.
NAIROBI * n. The capital and largest city of Kenya; a center for tourist safaris.
TENDONITIS * n. Inflammation of a tendon.
CLEAR-THINKING * a. Not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently.
CHEERLESS * a. Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
DECASYLLABIC * s. Having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables.
HOMEFOLK * n. The people of your home locality (especially your own family).
CONDESCEND * v. 1 Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner. 2 Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity. 3 Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way. 4 Treat condescendingly.
ABNEGATION * n. 1 The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief. 2 Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
ESPRESSO * n. Strong black coffee brewed by forcing hot water under pressure through finely ground coffee beans.
STUNNED * s. 1 Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock. 2 Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow. 3 In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock.
UNENLIVENED * a. Not made lively or brightened.
KAMIKAZE * n. 1 A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II. 2 A pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash.
MENSES * n. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.
TETHERBALL * n. A game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole.
BOSOMED * s. Having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds.
CRANGON * n. Type genus of the family Crangonidae.
BITIS * n. A genus of Viperidae.
ISRAELITE * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel. 2 A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties.
HOTCHPOTCH * n. 1 A motley assortment of things. 2 A stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables.
VFW * n. An organization of United States war veterans.
TOURNEY * --n. A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner. --v. Engage in a tourney.
PUSHINESS * n. Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
SPINNABLE * s. 1 Capable or susceptible to being influenced by biased information. 2 Capable of being spun into fibres.
BROWNISH-SPECKLED * s. Having brown speckles.
TACTLESS * --a. Lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others. --s. Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse.
COMPUTATIONAL * a. Of or involving computation or computers.
BARBASCO * n. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
VACUOLATE * a. Formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell.
UNFENCED * s. Not enclosed by a fence.
MYSTIFYING * s. Of an obscure nature.
ALTOONA * n. A town in central Pennsylvania.
INEVITABLENESS * n. The quality of being unavoidable.
ORCHIDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one or both testicles.
PTERIDOSPERM * n. An extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae).
MONONGAHELA * n. A river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River.
TOP * --n. 1 The upper part of anything. 2 The highest or uppermost side of anything. 3 The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). 4 The first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat. --v. 1 Be superior or better than some standard. 2 Pass by, over, or under without making contact. 3 Be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point. 4 Be ahead of others; be the first. --a. Situated at the top or highest position.
UNCONGENIALITY * n. A disposition not to be congenial.
GAPE * --n. 1 An expression of openmouthed astonishment. 2 A stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open). --v. 1 Look with amazement; look stupidly. 2 Be wide open.
CINNABAR * --n. 1 A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury. 2 Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort. --s. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
QUALIFY * v. 1 Prove capable or fit; meet requirements. 2 Pronounce fit or able. 3 Make more specific. 4 Make fit or prepared.
UNPOLISHED * --a. Not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing. --s. Lacking social polish.
FEATHEREDGED * s. Having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade.
BLADDER * n. 1 A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas). 2 A bag that fills with air.
PIROXICAM * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
FIRECRACKER * n. Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing.
SHOETREE * --n. A wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn. --v. Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree.
MACEDONIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Macedon. 2 The Slavic language of modern Macedonia. --a. Of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants.
BURSARY * n. The treasury of a public institution or religious order.
CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE * n. A region of northeastern France.
INCURABILITY * n. 1 Incapability of being cured or healed. 2 Incapability of being altered in disposition or habits.
RIGHT-HANDER * n. 1 (baseball) A pitcher who throws with the right hand. 2 A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left.
OPHTHALMOSCOPE * n. Medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye.
THERAPEUTICALLY * r. For therapeutic purposes.
UNSUBTLE * s. Lacking subtlety; obvious.
PODSOL * n. A soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer.
HYPHANTRIA * n. Fall webworms.
MUSSORGSKY * n. Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881).
GOODMAN * n. United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986).
TAFT * n. 1 United States sculptor (1860-1936). 2 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930).
FUCKHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
ACINAR * a. 1 Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland). 2 Pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry.
INFLATER * n. An air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire).
SOWBELLY * n. Salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass.
SUNBLOCK * n. A cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn.
INTEREST-BEARING * a. Of financial obligations on which interest is paid.
GREEGREE * n. An African amulet.
NUMIDIAN * --n. An inhabitant of ancient Numidia. --a. Of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture.
FOREFATHER * n. 1 The founder of a family. 2 Person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group.
AVENS * n. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
CURTSEY * --n. Bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women. --v. Bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting.
STRONG-FLAVORED * s. Having a strong taste.
UPCURVED * s. Curving upward.
MAN-MADE * s. Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially.
HEADQUARTER * v. Provide with headquarters.
TELEPHONE * --n. 1 Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds. 2 Transmitting speech at a distance. --v. Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
COME-AT-ABLE * s. 1 Capable of being attained or accomplished. 2 Capable of being reached or attained.
DIPHTHONGISE * v. Change from a simple vowel to a diphthong.
CONGREGATING * n. The act of congregating.
CARD-HOUSE * n. An unstable construction with playing cards.
UNFAIR * a. Not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception.
TETRAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having four plane faces.
INVASIVE * --a. 1 Relating to a technique in which the body is entered by puncture or incision. 2 Marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue. --s. 1 Involving invasion or aggressive attack. 2 Gradually intrusive without right or permission.
ERRHINE * s. Causing nasal discharge.
CRAN * n. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
SIWAN * n. The ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June).
GIANTESS * n. A female giant.
CHALDAEAN * --n. 1 A wise man skilled in occult learning. 2 An inhabitant of ancient Chaldea. --a. Of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture.
VENTRICLE * n. 1 One of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid. 2 A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries.
FASHIONED * s. Planned and made or fashioned artistically.
KAFIRI * n. A Dardic language spoken by the Kafir in northeastern Afghanistan.
MODE * n. 1 How something is done or how it happens. 2 A particular functioning condition or arrangement. 3 A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. 4 Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
OVERRIPE * s. Too ripe and beginning to turn soft.
BEARSKIN * n. 1 The pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug). 2 Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
ASTRONAVIGATION * n. Navigating according to the positions of the stars.
FIDGET * --n. A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion. --v. Move restlessly.
HRVATSKA * n. A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991.
VIOLENTLY * r. In a violent manner.
LAW-MAKERS * n. Persons who make or amend or repeal laws.
ROBBINS * n. United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998).
HEART-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf) Shaped like a heart.
PORK * n. 1 Meat from a domestic hog or pig. 2 A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.
TATUM * n. 1 United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975). 2 United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956).
SUSPENSE * n. 1 Apprehension about what is going to happen. 2 An uncertain cognitive state. 3 Excited anticipation of an approaching climax.
POSTMORTEM * --n. 1 Discussion of an event after it has occurred. 2 An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease. --a. Occurring or done after death. --s. After death or after an event.
SHEER * --v. 1 Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. 2 Cause to sheer. --s. 1 Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. 2 Not mixed with extraneous elements. 3 Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front. 4 So thin as to transmit light. --r. 1 Straight up or down without a break. 2 Directly.
AMETHYST * --n. A transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone. --s. Of a moderate purple color.
50 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and five. --s. Being ten more than forty.
DISOWNING * n. Refusal to acknowledge as one's own.
POLYMORPHOUS * --a. 1 Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms. 2 Relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population. --s. Having or occurring in several distinct forms.
SCRATCHY * s. 1 Causing abrasion. 2 Easily irritated or annoyed. 3 Lacking consistency. 4 Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
TOBY * n. A drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat.
ETERNALLY * r. For a limitless time.
UNCANNILY * r. In an uncanny manner.
LEVITE * n. A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests).
GULLY * n. Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour).
FOXTAIL * n. Grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes.
PONTEDERIA * n. Pickerelweed.
SCOLYTIDAE * n. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees.
DIAMAGNETISM * n. Phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet.
PARALLAX * n. The apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object.
DIRHAM * n. 1 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar. 2 The basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 1,000 fils. 3 The basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes. 4 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia.
VETCHLING * n. Any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils.
TETRANYCHID * n. Web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees.
BANKNOTE * n. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank).
SAUCEBOAT * n. A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce.
UNQUESTIONABLY * r. 1 Without question. 2 Without question and beyond doubt.
DEMIGOD * n. 1 A person with great powers and abilities. 2 A person who is part mortal and part god.
CENTRALISATION * n. 1 The act of consolidating power under a central control. 2 Gathering to a center.
CLAIMANT * n. Someone who claims a benefit or right or title.
PENSIVELY * r. In a pensive manner.
LADE * v. 1 Remove with or as if with a ladle. 2 Fill or place a load on.
NREM * n. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time.
TRANSPIRING * a. That is passing through.
SUPPLIER * n. Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity.
HEALING * --n. The natural process by which the body repairs itself. --s. Tending to cure or restore to health.
BOHR * n. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations; the Bohr theory of the atom accounted for the spectrum of hydrogen (1885-1962).
SPARENESS * n. 1 The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness. 2 The property of having little body fat.
ENDOCRINOLOGIST * n. Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the endocrine system.
BLUISH-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with blue.
CONTROL * --n. 1 Power to direct or determine. 2 A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another. 3 (physiology) Regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc. 4 A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment. --v. 1 Exercise authoritative control or power over. 2 Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits. 3 Handle and cause to function. 4 Maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage.
ALATE * s. (of seeds or insects) Having winglike extensions.
THEATRICALLY * r. 1 In a stagy and theatrical manner. 2 In a theatrical manner.
BEEFBURGER * n. A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients.
THEOBID * n. A colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator.
DELICIOUSNESS * n. Extreme appetizingness.
WAKEFULNESS * n. 1 A periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world. 2 A temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep. 3 The process of paying close and continuous attention.
ABRANCHIATE * a. Having no gills.
NECROPOLIS * n. A tract of land used for burials.
CONTRADICTION * n. 1 Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas. 2 (logic) A statement that is necessarily false. 3 The speech act of contradicting someone.
BIOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to biology.
PERIODONTIC * a. Of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics.
TEMPERATE * --a. 1 (of weather or climate) Free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate. 2 Not extreme in behavior. --s. Not extreme.
CLOSE-KNIT * s. Held together as by social or cultural ties.
YAHI * n. 1 A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California. 2 The Yanan language spoken by the Yahi.
CYNOSCION * n. Sea trout.
ORLEANISM * n. The political philosophy of the Orleanists.
FORGIVE * v. 1 Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. 2 Absolve from payment.
ACHILLEA * n. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.
THINGUMMY * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
BATCH * --n. 1 All the loaves of bread baked at the same time. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 A collection of things or persons to be handled together. --v. Batch together; assemble or process as a batch.
AMIODARONE * n. An antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective.
JOTUN * n. (Norse mythology) One of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir.
AETOBATUS * n. A genus of Myliobatidae.
INTERDEPEND * v. Be connected.
VOLUTION * n. A rolling or revolving motion.
UPLIFTING * n. The rise of something.
SKILLED * a. Having or showing or requiring special skill.
DENSITOMETRY * n. Measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission.
CONGREGATE * v. Come together, usually for a purpose.
PLECTOGNATHI * n. Boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers.
LAMINECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae.
UNCURTAINED * a. Not provided with curtains.
ADDLEBRAINED * s. Stupid and confused.
SELF-TORTURE * n. Self-imposed distress.
CONFINEMENT * n. 1 Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. 2 The act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them. 3 The state of being confined. 4 The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary).
NESTLE * --n. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace. --v. 1 Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. 2 Lie in a sheltered position. 3 Position comfortably.
GRISTMILL * n. A mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own grain).
ABC * n. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
MUCINOID * a. Resembling mucin.
AIRSPEED * n. The speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying.
PURPOSEFULNESS * n. The quality of having a definite purpose.
YELLOW-BLINDNESS * n. A form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned.
CLUTTERED * s. Filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish.
ALBANIA * n. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
MURDEREE * n. A victim who is murdered.
MESMERIZE * v. 1 Attract strongly, as if with a magnet. 2 Induce hypnosis in.
ENJOYABLE * s. Affording satisfaction or pleasure.
EMBOSSMENT * n. 1 An impression produced by pressure or printing. 2 Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
INCARCERATE * v. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
SALLOWNESS * n. A sickly yellowish skin color.
KEURBOOM * n. 1 Fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental. 2 Tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers.
TYPEFACE * n. A specific size and style of type within a type family.
LOVEABLE * a. Having characteristics that attract love or affection.
HRT * n. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis.
MOISTEN * v. 1 Make moist. 2 Moisten with fine drops.
YERSIN * n. French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943).
GRAMINEAE * n. The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.
FINAGLE * v. Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods.
SEPTUPLE * s. Having seven units or components.
POLEAXE * --n. 1 An ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade. 2 A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick. --v. Fell with or as if with a poleax.
PARTITA * n. 1 One of the variations contained in a partita. 2 (music) An instrumental suite common in the 18th century.
QUELLED * s. Subdued or overcome.
COWARDLINESS * n. The trait of lacking courage.
FUNNY * --n. An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line). --s. 1 Arousing or provoking laughter. 2 Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. 3 Not as expected. 4 Experiencing odd bodily sensations.
ZEPHANIAH * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah.
SUBMAXILLA * n. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
CONVENTIONALLY * r. In a conventional manner.
TRENCHANTLY * r. In a vigorous and effective manner.
ENTHRALLINGLY * r. In a bewitching manner.
GYMNADENIA * n. Small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia.
EFFECTUATE * v. Produce.
PINKY * n. The finger farthest from the thumb.
RHOMBOHEDRON * n. A parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms).
PUNISHING * --a. Resulting in punishment. --s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
FIFTIES * n. 1 The decade from 1950 to 1959. 2 The time of life between 50 and 60.
PAPIER-MACHE * n. A substance made from paper pulp that can be molded when wet and painted when dry.
THEATRICAL * --n. A performance of a play. --a. 1 Of or relating to the theater. 2 Suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater.
DIRTY-MINDED * s. Having lewd thoughts.
BROMO-SELTZER * n. An antacid.
NIGHTWEAR * n. Garments designed to be worn in bed.
TRIPLE-TONGUE * v. Play fast notes on a wind instrument.
FRANCISCAN * --n. A Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order. --a. Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him.
BARILLA * n. 1 Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash. 2 Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate.
HAMLET * n. 1 A community of people smaller than a village. 2 The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father. 3 A settlement smaller than a town.
STEELY * s. 1 Resembling steel as in hardness. 2 Resembling steel in hardness.
BOTULINUM * n. Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism.
INSTRUMENT * --n. 1 A device that requires skill for proper use. 2 The means whereby some act is accomplished. 3 A person used by another to gain an end. 4 (law) A document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. --v. 1 Equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling. 2 Write an instrumental score for. 3 Address a legal document to.
ANTECEDENT * --n. 1 Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent). 2 A preceding occurrence or cause or event. 3 Anything that precedes something similar in time. 4 The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun. --a. Preceding in time or order.
LAPIN * n. 1 The fur of a rabbit. 2 Castrated male rabbit.
HALF-LIFE * n. The time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate).
FREELANCER * n. A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them.
MONTANE * a. Of or inhabiting mountainous regions.
OFF-CENTERED * s. Situated away from the center or axis.
AGORAPHOBIC * s. Suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places.
RINGLING * n. United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926).
GUSTAVUS * n. 1 The last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973). 2 King of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950). 3 King of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837). 4 King of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792).
APISHAMORE * n. A saddle blanket made of buffalo hide.
EPTESICUS * n. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
EUROPEAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Europe. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe.
VALVULITIS * n. Inflammation of a valve (especially of a cardiac valve as a consequence of rheumatic fever).
ALLOGAMOUS * a. Relating to cross-fertilization in plants.
BENFICIATE * v. Subject to a reduction process.
CROATIAN * --n. A member of the Slavic people living in Croatia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language.
DROWSILY * r. In a drowsy manner.
SCALIC * a. Of or related to a musical scale.
SIMULCAST * n. A broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio).
NEEDLEBUSH * n. Shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia.
CUBOIDAL * s. Shaped like a cube.
FLANDERS * n. A medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands.
GALERAS * n. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
BRAIN-TEASER * n. A difficult problem.
ALL-ROUNDER * n. A versatile person who is expert at many things.
SWITCHBOARD * n. Telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords.
RECRUITER * n. 1 Someone who supplies members or employees. 2 An official who enlists personnel for military service.
DULLES * n. United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959).
ULVOPHYCEAE * n. Alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications.
WHITE-BLOTCHED * s. Having blotches of white.
BUFFALO * --n. 1 Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains. 2 A city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls). 3 Meat from an American bison. 4 Any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo. --v. Intimidate or overawe.
PERPLEXEDLY * r. In a perplexed manner.
IMPROBABLENESS * n. The quality of being improbable.
ANKLET * n. 1 A shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle. 2 A sock that reaches just above the ankle. 3 An ornament worn around the ankle.
KNOCKER * n. 1 (Yiddish) A big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person. 2 A person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance). 3 One who disparages or belittles the worth of something. 4 Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.
CATAPHYLL * n. A reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development.
ENGLISHMAN * n. A man who is a native or inhabitant of England.
ABSTEMIOUSNESS * n. 1 Restricted to bare necessities. 2 Moderation in eating and drinking.
DODOMA * n. A city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital.
GAYLUSSACIA * n. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberries.
FEDERALIZE * v. 1 Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league. 2 Put under the control and authority of a federal government. 3 Enter into a league for a common purpose.
OROLOGY * n. The science of mountains.
SPINNAKER * n. A large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind.
PASTO * n. An active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes.
QABALAH * n. An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret.
SCATTERBRAIN * n. A flighty and disorganized person.
LOATHE * v. Find repugnant.
LEFTY * n. 1 A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right. 2 A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.
MOISTENER * n. A device that dampens or moistens something.
ROILING * s. (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence.
ROWBOAT * n. A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
DISSOLUTENESS * n. Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures.
KAMPALA * n. The capital and largest city of Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria.
GAMECOCK * n. 1 A cock bred and trained for fighting. 2 Someone who is a very fierce fighter.
SCOMBER * n. Type genus of the Scombridae.
TOGETHER * --s. Mentally and emotionally stable. --r. 1 In contact with each other or in proximity. 2 Assembled in one place. 3 In each other's company. 4 At the same time.
ADAPTIVE * a. Having a capacity for adaptation.
DISTANCE * --n. 1 The property created by the space between two objects or points. 2 A distant region. 3 Size of the gap between two places. 4 Indifference by personal withdrawal. --v. 1 Keep at a distance. 2 Go far ahead of.
COYPU * n. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur.
RIPTIDE * n. 1 A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. 2 A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore.
COGNAC * n. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
DISTIL * v. 1 Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops. 2 Extract by the process of distillation. 3 Undergo the process of distillation. 4 Give off (a liquid).
SIDEARM * --a. (of pitches) Made with the arm moving parallel to the ground. --r. In a sidearm manner.
ASPHODELACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae.
NONFLAVOURED * s. Without flavoring added.
GODDAMNED * --s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. --r. Extremely.
LAHORE * n. City in northeast Pakistan.
ZEBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes.
ALDACTONE * n. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension.
GRUMPY * s. Annoyed and irritable.
ANALOGUE * --n. Something having the property of being analogous to something else. --a. Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
PROCESSING * n. Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure.
GRAFFITI * n. A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls.
RADIOCARBON * n. A radioactive isotope of carbon.
ARMING * n. The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
35 * s. Being five more than thirty.
FREIGHTER * n. A cargo ship.
PAYOFF * n. 1 The final payment of a debt. 2 Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment. 3 The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. 4 A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
BELLARMINE * n. 1 Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621). 2 A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).
105 * s. Being five more than one hundred.
DKM * n. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
THYMIDINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of thymine and deoxyribose.
REDEFINITION * n. The act of giving a new definition.
ILL-SMELLING * a. Having an unpleasant smell.
ECTODERMAL * a. Of or relating to the ectoderm.
BS * n. A bachelor's degree in science.
JUVENAL * n. Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140).
SOCIALISED * s. Under group or government control.
UNGENTLEMANLIKE * s. Not befitting a gentleman.
LUOYANG * n. A city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties.
STOCK-TAKING * n. 1 Reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook. 2 Making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand.
BYZANTINE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium. --s. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.
INVENTOR * n. Someone who is the first to think of or make something.
METEORIC * --a. 1 Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions. 2 Pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids. --s. Like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience.
FLUOXETINE * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain.
SULLA * n. 1 Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop. 2 Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC).
NUTSEDGE * n. A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
FALCONIFORMES * n. Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures.
FISHPASTE * n. A paste of fish or shellfish.
FACETIOUSNESS * n. Playful humor.
DISCOMPOSURE * n. 1 Anxious embarrassment. 2 A temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure.
REFLECTING * s. Causing reflection or having a device that reflects.
PEONY * n. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
STOUTNESS * n. 1 The property of being strong and resolute. 2 The property of excessive fatness.
ATTACHE * n. 1 A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission. 2 A shallow and rectangular briefcase.
GRAVIDITY * n. Technical terms for pregnancy.
JEJUNITY * n. 1 The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated. 2 Quality of inadequate nutritive value.
EXORBITANT * s. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
LONITEN * n. A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness.
FULL-FLEDGED * s. 1 (of a bird) Having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly. 2 (of persons, e.g.) Having gained full status.
CUSPIDATED * s. Having cusps or points.
RACE * --n. 1 Any competition. 2 A contest of speed. 3 People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock. 4 (biology) A taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species. --v. 1 Move hurridly. 2 Compete in a race. 3 To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others. 4 Cause to move fast or to rush or race.
DEMAGOGICAL * a. Characteristic of or resembling a demagogue.
NOLINA * n. Perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico.
ARBITER * n. 1 Someone with the power to settle matters at will. 2 Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue.
RESH * n. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
ISCHIUM * n. One of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium.
SHIKOKU * n. The smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous.
UNGLAMOUROUS * s. Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement.
MILANO * n. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages.
MANAGEABLE * --a. Capable of being managed or controlled. --s. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do.
HONEYMOON * --n. 1 A holiday taken by a newly married couple. 2 The early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political. --v. Spend a holiday after one's marriage.
CROSS-QUESTION * n. A question asked in cross-examination.
FTHM * n. 1 A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth. 2 (mining) A unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore.
HOMEGIRL * n. A fellow female member of a youth gang.
SARCASTICALLY * r. In a sarcastic manner.
VEIN * --n. 1 A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart. 2 A distinctive style or manner. 3 Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ. 4 A layer of ore between layers of rock. --v. Make a veinlike pattern.
CIRCUMFLEX * n. A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality.
DIPSTICK * n. A graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level.
HANDCAR * n. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
QUANTONG * n. Red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam.
SPOILABLE * --n. Food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated. --s. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
FIRST-NIGHTER * n. Someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions.
YOUNG * --n. 1 Any immature animal. 2 United States film and television actress (1913-2000). 3 United States civil rights leader (1921-1971). 4 British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829). --a. (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth. --s. 1 (of crops) Harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity. 2 Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh. 3 Being in its early stage. 4 Not tried or tested by experience.
BYRON * n. English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824).
PARSIMONIOUS * s. Excessively unwilling to spend.
BEARISH * s. Expecting prices to fall.
BLENNY * n. Small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks.
JAFFA * n. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950.
RIBOSE * n. A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.
STRAPLIKE * s. Long and narrow like a strap.
ASSIDUOUSNESS * n. Great and constant diligence and attention.
ATTACAPA * n. A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.
PSYLLIDAE * n. Jumping plant lice.
PRIGGISHLY * r. In a priggish manner.
HORNBOOK * n. A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge.
ANTLER-LIKE * s. Resembling antlers.
EIRA * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
THREE-DIMENSIONALITY * n. The property of having three dimensions.
OUTCROPPING * n. The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land.
ACHONDROPLASTY * n. An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.
BADMOUTH * v. Speak unfavorably about.
MAGNIFIER * n. A scientific instrument that magnifies an image.
CATTALO * n. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; yields leaner beef than conventional breeds.
TOP-QUALITY * s. Surpassing in quality.
ROTC * n. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
WORDFINDER * n. A thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of.
CELEBRATED * s. 1 Widely known and esteemed. 2 Having an illustrious past.
ADJECTIVELY * r. As an adjective.
NONCOMBATANT * --n. A member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon). --s. 1 Used of civilians in time of war. 2 Member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon.
CHOLER * n. 1 An irritable petulant feeling. 2 A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. 3 A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger.
ALTO * --n. 1 A singer whose voice lies in the alto clef. 2 The lowest female singing voice. 3 The highest adult male singing voice. 4 (of a musical instrument) The second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments. --s. 1 Of or being the lowest female voice. 2 Of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor. 3 (of a musical instrument) Second highest member of a group.
SOUTHWARD * --n. The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. --s. Moving toward the south. --r. Toward the south.
STORYTELLER * n. 1 Someone who tells a story. 2 Someone who tells lies.
SYNCHRONISATION * n. 1 The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. 2 An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison. 3 Coordinating by causing to indicate the same time.
WELL-BEHAVED * s. (usually of children) Someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct.
SCORSESE * n. United States filmmaker (born in 1942).
PROSCIUTTO * n. Italian salt-cured ham usually sliced paper thin.
SEGREGATION * n. 1 (genetics) The separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes. 2 A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups. 3 The act of segregating or sequestering.
LUSCIOUS * s. 1 Having strong sexual appeal. 2 Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
ARTERIOGRAM * n. An X ray of an artery filled with a contrast medium.
MEROMELIA * n. Congenital absence of part of an arm or leg.
QUINSY * n. A painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis.
CHEESECLOTH * n. A coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses.
STICKILY * r. In a sticky viscid manner.
INCORPORATION * n. 1 Consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body. 2 Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself. 3 Including by incorporating.
FASCINATING * s. 1 Capable of arousing and holding the attention. 2 Capturing interest as if by a spell.
MID-JULY * n. The middle part of July.
SURYA * n. An important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light.
BAYOU * n. A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).
CHILBLAINED * s. Having chilblains.
TETRAGON * n. A four-sided polygon.
ROPEWAY * n. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
CLEANLY * --s. Habitually clean. --r. 1 Smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly. 2 In a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution.
TITUS * n. 1 A Greek disciple and helper of Saint Paul. 2 Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81). 3 A New Testament book containing Saint Paul's epistle to Titus; contains advice on pastoral matters.
APOENZYME * n. A protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme.
COSIGNER * n. 1 One of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration). 2 A signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety).
CATALAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Catalonia. 2 The Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan). --a. 1 Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants. 2 Relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language.
WINDING * --n. The act of winding or twisting. --s. 1 Marked by repeated turns and bends. 2 Of a path e.g..
INFREQUENT * a. Not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals.
1000000000000 * n. 1 The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros. 2 The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen.
PARAPRAXIS * n. A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..
PROPHASE * n. 1 The first stage of meiosis. 2 The first stage of mitosis.
STACKED * --a. Arranged in a stack. --s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
CAPITALIZE * v. 1 Draw advantages from. 2 Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. 3 Write in capital letters. 4 Compute the present value of a business or an income.
POIGNANT * s. 1 Arousing affect. 2 Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings.
PACHOULI * n. 1 Small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes. 2 A heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.
BLEWITS * n. Edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap.
CORPUSCULAR * a. Of or relating to corpuscles.
HABERDASHERY * n. 1 A store where men's clothes are sold. 2 The drygoods sold by a haberdasher.
DEMOCRAT * n. 1 A member of the Democratic Party. 2 An advocate of democratic principles.
PAVE * --n. A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows. --v. Cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic.
ELECTRONICALLY * r. By electronic means.
PREDICTABLY * r. In a predictable manner or to a predictable degree.
ILIAD * n. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
HEARTSICKNESS * n. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
KNOW-ALL * n. Someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others.
BARRACKING * n. Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree.
SQUARE-BASHING * n. Drill on a barracks square.
BRUNT * n. Main force of a blow etc.
IRIDOKERATITIS * n. Inflammation of the iris and cornea of the eye.
CARNALITY * n. Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
MALEFACTOR * n. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
BITEPLATE * n. A removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
THEATRE * n. 1 A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented. 2 The art of writing and producing plays. 3 A region in which active military operations are in progress.
REHEAT * v. Heat again.
WORSE * --n. Something inferior in quality or condition or effect. --a. 1 (comparative of `bad') Inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability. 2 Changed for the worse in health or fitness. --r. (comparative of `ill') In a less effective or successful or desirable manner.
THIRTY-FOURTH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-four in counting order.
VISAYAN * n. A member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines.
SIRENIA * n. An animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow.
HONEY-FLOWER * n. 1 Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar. 2 Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously.
FOUMART * n. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.
RETRO * --n. A fashion reminiscent of the past. --s. Affecting things past.
ACCURSED * s. Under a curse.
ZAMBIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Zambia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people.
BROWNSTONE * n. 1 A reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings. 2 A row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color.
BALAGAN * n. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
SLATE-GREY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
MEDALLION * n. 1 Any of various large ancient Greek coins. 2 A circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat). 3 An emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered. 4 An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
WHEELWRIGHT * n. Someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels.
SINE * n. Ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
RELIGION * n. 1 A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. 2 An institution to express belief in a divine power.
SYNERGETIC * s. Working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect.
CENTRALISE * v. Make central.
CONFECTION * --n. 1 A food rich in sugar. 2 The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components. --v. Make into a confection.
LITHIC * a. 1 Of or containing lithium. 2 Relating to or composed of stone.
RELATIVISE * v. Consider or treat as relative.
ANTHERIDIOPHORE * n. Gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts.
CO-OPTATION * n. 1 The selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership). 2 The act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).
MALADAPTIVE * a. Showing faulty adaptation.
SAFAR * n. The second month of the Islamic calendar.
DUE * --n. 1 That which is deserved or owed. 2 A payment that is due (e.g., as the price of membership). --a. 1 Owed and payable immediately or on demand. 2 Suitable to or expected in the circumstances. --s. 1 Scheduled to arrive. 2 Capable of being assigned or credited to. --r. Directly or exactly; straight.
MESQUIT * n. Any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar.
GERMINATE * v. 1 Produce buds, branches, or germinate. 2 Work out. 3 Cause to grow or sprout.
REASSERT * v. Strengthen or make more firm.
CUBIC * a. 1 Involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable. 2 Having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions.
HESIOD * n. Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC).
POMELO * n. 1 Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits. 2 Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp.
GERMANDER * n. Any of various plants of the genus Teucrium.
OUTBALANCE * v. Weigh more heavily.
DISGUSTFUL * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
BAISA * n. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman.
DEFILADE * n. The arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire.
CARPENTARIA * n. A wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia.
PHANTASY * n. 1 Something many people believe that is false. 2 Fiction with a large amount of imagination in it. 3 Imagination unrestricted by reality.
COMMENTATE * v. 1 Make a commentary on. 2 Serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting.
BURBANK * n. United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926).
AWNY * a. Having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
GLUCOSAMINE * n. An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides.
ENTHUSIAST * n. 1 An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. 2 A person having a strong liking for something.
LEDBETTER * n. United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949).
EARFLAP * n. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
BOTHIDAE * n. A family of fish of the order Heterosomata.
LOPSIDED * s. 1 Having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other. 2 Turned or twisted toward one side.
REPATRIATION * n. The act of returning to the country of origin.
QUALIFICATION * n. 1 An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something. 2 The act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea. 3 A statement that limits or restricts some claim.
DIALYZE * v. Separate by dialysis.
GROUPWARE * n. Software that can be used by a group of people who are working on the same information but may be distributed in space.
TRANSISTORISED * s. (of an electronic device) Equipped with transistors.
OAS * n. An association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation.
DAZZLINGLY * r. In a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder.
NEUROGLIACYTE * n. A cell of the neuroglia.
MORNING * n. 1 The time period between dawn and noon. 2 A conventional expression of greeting or farewell. 3 The first light of day. 4 The earliest period.
CONVINCINGNESS * n. The power of argument or evidence to cause belief.
CLAMOR * --n. 1 A loud harsh or strident noise. 2 Loud and persistent outcry from many people. --v. 1 Make loud demands. 2 Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily. 3 Compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring.
EXOSKELETON * n. The exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs.
GROSCHEN * n. 100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria.
BARREL * --n. 1 A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired. 2 A cylindrical container that holds liquids. 3 A bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends. 4 The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold. --v. Put in barrels.
SENSITIVE * --n. Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead. --a. 1 Responsive to physical stimuli. 2 Being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. 3 Able to feel or perceive. --s. 1 Hurting. 2 Of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security.
BACILLIFORM * s. Formed like a bacillus.
MARSHALSHIP * n. The post of marshall.
FITFULLY * r. In a fitful manner.
AUTOTROPHIC * a. Of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis.
GABA * n. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter.
DHOW * n. A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs.
AZERBAJDZHAN * n. A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet.
RELIVING * n. A recurrence of a prior experience.
HUSS * n. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415).
BANDED * --a. Identified with a band especially around a leg. --s. 1 Marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture. 2 Characterized by a band of especially white around the body.
SCOTCHMAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
REWRITE * --n. Something that has been written again. --v. 1 Write differently; alter the writing of. 2 Rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose.
PRONATION * n. Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward.
PUBIC * a. Relating or near the pubis.
CORRIGIBLE * a. Capable of being corrected or set right.
CONCRETION * n. 1 The formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys). 2 A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body. 3 An increase in the density of something. 4 The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
DISFAVOUR * --n. 1 The state of being out of favor. 2 An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group. --v. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.
CLAUSTROPHOBIC * s. 1 Uncomfortably closed or hemmed in. 2 Suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places.
RAVIGOTE * n. Veloute sauce seasoned with chopped chervil, chives, tarragon, shallots and capers.
BULLET * n. 1 A projectile that is fired from a gun. 2 A high-speed passenger train. 3 (baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
CNIDOSPORIDIA * n. Single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates.
OXIDIZER * n. A substance that oxidizes another substance.
FRESCO * --n. 1 A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster. 2 A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster. --v. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall.
CACICUS * n. A genus of tropical American orioles.
SANDALWOOD * n. Close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork.
CHATEAU * n. An impressive country house (or castle) in France.
CULTIVATED * --a. (of land or fields) Prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing. --s. 1 No longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use. 2 Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
PHYSICS * n. 1 The science of matter and energy and their interactions. 2 The physical properties, phenomena, and laws of something.
GLITTERY * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
TECHNOPHOBE * n. A person who dislikes or avoids new technology.
SO-CALLED * s. Doubtful or suspect.
FEETFIRST * r. With the feet foremost.
HOLLERITH * n. United States inventor who invented a system for recording alphanumeric information on punched cards (1860-1929).
NONLEXICALLY * r. Without the use of words.
PALAEENCEPHALON * n. The more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral cortex.
MISDATING * n. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
MAZURKA * n. 1 Music composed for dancing the mazurka. 2 A Polish national dance in triple time.
BATHOLITH * n. Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
MASTOIDALE * n. The craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process.
SUPERSENSITIVE * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
SPRINGINESS * n. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.
HYDRANGEA * n. Any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea.
MEDICATION * n. 1 (medicine) Something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. 2 The act of treating with medicines or remedies.
DUO * n. 1 Two items of the same kind. 2 Two performers or singers who perform together. 3 A pair who associate with one another. 4 A musical composition for two performers.
FANFARE * n. 1 A gaudy outward display. 2 (music) A short lively tune played on brass instruments.
CASPER * n. A city of east central Wyoming on the North Platte river.
PECKER * n. 1 Obscene terms for penis. 2 Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects. 3 Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
LEAPFROG * --n. 1 Advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors. 2 A game in which one child bends down and another leaps over. --v. 1 Jump across. 2 Progress by large jumps instead of small increments.
BIRDWATCH * v. Watch and study birds in their natural habitat.
DRUMFISH * n. Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise.
TIGLON * n. Offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
DEGENERATE * --n. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. --v. Grow worse. --s. Unrestrained by convention or morality.
REPOSITIONING * n. The act of placing in a new position.
LOGGERHEADED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
IPV * n. A poliovirus vaccine consisting of inactivated polio virus that is injected subcutaneously to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
CONSANGUINEOUS * s. Related by blood.
EXPRESSWAY * n. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
DROP-DEAD * r. Extremely.
SHRIEKING * n. 1 Sharp piercing cry. 2 A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
SCENTED * --a. Having the sense of smell. --s. 1 Filled or impregnated with perfume. 2 Having a natural fragrance. 3 (used in combination) Having the odor of.
BACCALAUREATE * n. 1 A farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies. 2 An academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies.
COLBERT * n. Butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract.
TOUPEED * s. Wearing a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
TRYING * s. 1 Hard to endure. 2 Extremely irritating to the nerves.
SAILPLANING * n. The activity of flying a glider.
NERO * n. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
RIGHTLY * r. With honesty.
AESCULAPIAN * a. Of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art.
TIMUCU * n. Found in warm waters of western Atlantic.
ZB * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits. 2 A unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes. 3 A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes.
MILLDAM * n. Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
PUNGENT * s. 1 Strong and sharp. 2 Capable of wounding.
WOBBLING * s. (of sound) Fluctuating unsteadily.
SLUTTISH * s. 1 Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women. 2 Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.
APOTHEOSE * v. Deify or glorify.
DOCK-WALLOPER * n. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
DIZEN * v. Dress up garishly and tastelessly.
LEAP * --n. 1 A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. 2 An abrupt transition. 3 A sudden and decisive increase. 4 The distance leaped (or to be leaped). --v. 1 Move forward by leaps and bounds. 2 Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another. 3 Jump down from an elevated point. 4 Cause to jump or leap.
EXIST * v. 1 Have an existence, be extant. 2 Support oneself.
CO-OPTION * n. 1 The selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership). 2 The act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent).
PARALYSE * v. 1 Make powerless and unable to function. 2 Cause to be paralyzed and immobile.
WEEKDAY * n. Any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday).
VIVACIOUSLY * r. With vivacity.
KOREA * n. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook.
EXPLOITED * --a. Developed or used to greatest advantage. --s. (of persons) Taken advantage of.
WHIPSTITCHING * n. A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally.
FOREHANDED * --a. (of racket strokes) Made with palm facing direction of stroke. --s. Having provided for the future.
POGONIA * n. Any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower.
TALKS * n. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
DROSERA * n. The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants.
PING-PONG * n. A game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball.
GRATINGLY * r. In a harsh and grating manner.
SEVERALTY * n. 1 The state of being several and distinct. 2 Exclusive individual ownership.
UNEARTH * v. 1 Bring to light. 2 Recover through digging.
MERCERIZED * a. Of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye.
ANTITUMOUR * a. Used in the treatment of cancer.
OUTLAW * --n. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. --v. Declare illegal; outlaw. --s. 1 Contrary to or forbidden by law. 2 Disobedient to or defiant of law.
WADDLE * --n. Walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other. --v. Walk unsteadily.
SEMICONSCIOUSNESS * n. Marginal consciousness.
PHOSPHOR * n. A synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes.
CHAIN * --n. 1 A series of things depending on each other as if linked together. 2 (chemistry) A series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule). 3 A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament. 4 (business) A number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership. --v. 1 Connect or arrange into a chain by linking. 2 Fasten or secure with chains.
STRANGELY * r. In a strange manner.
NEUROTOXIN * n. Any toxin that affects neural tissues.
PARAMOUR * n. 1 A woman's lover. 2 A woman who cohabits with an important man.
SEVENTHLY * r. In the seventh place.
BURNOUSE * n. A long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors.
QUIRA * n. 1 Hard heavy red wood of a quira tree. 2 Any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber.
ICING * n. 1 The formation of frost or ice on a surface. 2 A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes. 3 (ice hockey) The act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal.
NERVES * n. 1 An uneasy psychological state. 2 Control of your emotions.
AMUSD * n. A doctor's degree in musical arts.
DECLASSIFY * v. Lift the restriction on and make available again.
KILOLITRE * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters.
SUPERSEDE * v. Take the place or move into the position of.
BUFF-COLOURED * s. Having a buff color.
TRANSEXUAL * n. 1 A person who has undergone a sex change operation. 2 A person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex.
SEER * n. 1 A person with unusual powers of foresight. 2 An observer who perceives visually. 3 An authoritative person who divines the future.
CHAFED * s. Painful from having the skin abraded.
CENTRARCHIDAE * n. Sunfish family.
COACHBUILDER * n. A craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles.
HIGH-CLASS * s. Pretentiously elegant.
PSYCHOTROPIC * a. Affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes.
UNSALABLE * a. Impossible to sell.
UNJUSTLY * r. In an unjust manner.
TELLURIDE * n. Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements.
SAVAGERY * n. 1 The property of being untamed and ferocious. 2 The trait of extreme cruelty. 3 A brutal barbarous savage act.
TRIPLEX * s. Having three units or components or elements.
CLUSIA * n. An aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers.
LXXXIV * s. Being four more than eighty.
COMMUNICATING * n. The activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.
PETTISHNESS * n. A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
OVERACTIVE * s. More active than normal.
UNAGED * s. Not subjected to an aging process.
ACHROMATIN * n. The part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes.
VIVISECTIONIST * n. A biologist who cuts open live animals for research.
BUYOUT * n. Acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock.
LIBREVILLE * n. The capital of Gabon.
SUNGLASSES * n. (plural) Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
INEXPERT * s. Lacking professional skill or expertise.
CHINKED * s. Having narrow opening filled.
STABLY * r. 1 In a stable solid fixed manner. 2 In a stable unchanging manner.
CENTRALIZED * a. Drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority.
BIOPIRACY * n. Biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use.
VERATRUM * n. A genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae.
FORTUNATELY * r. By good fortune.
DODDERY * s. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
ADVERSELY * r. In an adverse manner.
SUNRISE * --n. 1 The first light of day. 2 Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun. 3 The daily event of the sun rising above the horizon. --s. Of an industry or technology; new and developing.
DISPREAD * v. Spread abroad or out.
EPISTEME * n. The body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time.
BREAKER * n. 1 A quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone. 2 Waves breaking on the shore. 3 A device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded.
SHAREWARE * n. Software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc..
OXBRIDGE * n. General term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University).
FORESHOW * v. Foretell by divine inspiration.
PLENTIFUL * s. 1 Existing in great number or quantity. 2 Affording an abundant supply. 3 Producing in abundance.
SULFONAMIDE * n. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
OCCIDENTALIZE * v. Make western in character.
MADE * --s. 1 Produced by a manufacturing process. 2 Successful or assured of success. --a. (of a bed) Having the sheets and blankets set in order.
HOARSELY * r. In a hoarse or husky voice.
BAHAISM * n. A religion founded in Iran in 1863; emphasizes the spiritual unity of all humankind; incorporates Christian and Islamic tenets; many adherents live in the United States.
WELL-PRESERVED * s. Used of older persons who are healthy.
ELDORADO * n. An imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers.
MFLOP * n. (computer science) A unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
SNAKEBERRY * n. North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.
BOMBARD * --n. A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family. --v. 1 Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile. 2 Throw bombs at or attack with bombs. 3 Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage. 4 Direct high energy particles or radiation against.
BASLE * n. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
ESTEEMED * s. Having an illustrious reputation; respected.
CYCLIOPHORA * n. Tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta.
RESCUE * --n. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger. --v. 1 Free from harm or evil. 2 Take forcibly from legal custody.
MUZHIK * n. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
MEDROXYPROGESTERONE * n. A progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat menstrual disorders.
BASELESS * s. Without a basis in reason or fact.
HOBBES * n. English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).
NORFOLK * n. Port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy.
TAXIMETER * n. A meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride).
YELLOW-BROWN * s. Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color.
RESEAU * n. 1 A net or mesh foundation for lace. 2 A network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs.
KURDISTAN * n. 1 An extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus. 2 An oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability.
REPETITIVENESS * n. Verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions.
CLIMATE * n. 1 The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time. 2 The prevailing psychological state.
PAGANISM * n. Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism.
CRYPTICALLY * r. In a cryptic manner.
NATICIDAE * n. Moonshells.
IONESCO * n. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
BLOTCHY * s. 1 Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots. 2 Marred by discolored spots or blotches.
FUNDAMENTALIST * --n. 1 An adherent of fundamentalist principles. 2 A supporter of fundamentalism. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents. 2 Of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism.
NEW-MOWN * s. Newly mown.
AGOUTI * n. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food.
FIVE-LOBED * s. Having five lobes.
DISQUALIFIED * s. 1 Disqualified by law or rule or provision. 2 Barred from competition for violation of rules.
RAGGEDNESS * n. 1 A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven. 2 Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags.
SHINNY * --n. A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck. --v. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
MON * n. 1 The second day of the week; the first working day. 2 A member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand. 3 The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon.
VERRAZANO * n. Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528).
SUEDE * n. 1 Leather with a napped surface. 2 A fabric made to resemble suede leather.
LYSICHITUM * n. Skunk cabbage.
SHIRKING * n. The evasion of work or duty.
EBN * n. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
IMPERFECTLY * r. In an imperfect or faulty way.
MCCAULEY * n. Heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832).
TOPLESS * --a. Having no top. --s. Having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity.
DONATION * n. 1 A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause. 2 Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity.
WEARABLE * --n. A covering designed to be worn on a person's body. --a. Suitable for wear or able to be worn.
IGNEOUS * --a. 1 Produced under conditions involving intense heat. 2 Produced by the action of fire or intense heat. --s. Like or suggestive of fire.
LIGHT-GREEN * s. Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass.
PROCONSULATE * n. The position of proconsul.
CALOOSAHATCHEE * n. A river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway.
ZIG * n. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
WRECK * --n. 1 Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation. 2 An accident that destroys a ship at sea. 3 A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles). 4 A ship that has been destroyed at sea. --v. Smash or break forcefully.
PATROLMAN * n. A policeman who patrols a given region.
CIGAR * n. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
OSSETE * n. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
SEEPAGE * n. The process of seeping.
NONVENOMOUS * s. Not producing venom.
CALCANEAL * a. Relating to the heel bone or heel.
DANTON * n. French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794).
SERBO-CROAT * n. The Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet.
FINGERFLOWER * n. Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.
BEDCOVER * n. Decorative cover for a bed.
KINGSTON * n. 1 A town on the Hudson River in New York. 2 A town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River. 3 Capital and largest city of Jamaica.
ORTHOPEDICAL * a. Of or relating to orthopedics.
OBJECTIONABLENESS * n. The quality of being hateful.
RE-CREATE * v. 1 Create anew. 2 Make a replica of. 3 Form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind.
DERANGEMENT * n. 1 A state of mental disturbance and disorientation. 2 The act of disturbing the mind or body.
GO-SLOW * n. A form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers.
INTERCOSTAL * --n. Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration. --a. Located or occurring between the ribs.
LINEALLY * r. By an unbroken line of descent.
APPRAISER * n. 1 One who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things. 2 One who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity.
BRISTLE * --n. 1 A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic. 2 A stiff hair. --v. 1 Be in a state of movement or action. 2 Rise up as in fear. 3 Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles. 4 React in an offended or angry manner.
REIMPOSITION * n. Imposition again.
DOUBTFUL * s. 1 Open to doubt or suspicion. 2 Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. 3 Unsettled in mind or opinion.
BOTRYOIDAL * a. Resembling a cluster of grapes in form.
TERCENTENNIAL * n. The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
CROSSWORD * n. A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle.
CROSS-CULTURAL * a. Dealing with or comparing two or more cultures.
FLATTOP * n. 1 A closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys. 2 A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings.
RECTIFIER * n. 1 Electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current. 2 A person who corrects or sets right.
BIAXATE * a. Having two axes.
PANGOLIN * n. Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.
TESTAMENT * n. 1 A profession of belief. 2 A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die. 3 Strong evidence for something. 4 Either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible.
OVERWRITE * v. Write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data.
MISS. * n. A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
SHORTCUT * n. A route shorter than the usual one.
EXCOMMUNICATE * v. 1 Exclude from a church or a religious community. 2 Oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree.
BRATWURST * n. A small pork sausage.
WOODHEWER * n. Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.
NEEDS * r. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
ASPERGILLALES * n. Order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium.
UNSUSPECTING * s. 1 Not suspicious. 2 (often followed by `of') Not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely.
CLAMSHELL * n. 1 The shell of a clam. 2 A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
NAMIBIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Namibia. --a. Of or relating to Namibia or its people.
HIPPOBOSCID * n. Bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals.
POLENTA * n. A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water.
CEILING * n. 1 The overhead upper surface of a covered space. 2 (meteorology) Altitude of the lowest layer of clouds. 3 An upper limit on what is allowed. 4 Maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions).
LEIBNITZIAN * a. Of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy.
BRILLIANTINE * n. A pomade to make the hair manageable and lustrous.
SUS * n. Type genus of the Suidae.
GRASPABLE * s. Capable of being apprehended or understood.
LITHIASIS * n. The formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ.
CONKER * n. The inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut.
ORMAZD * n. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good.
DEFROST * v. Make or become free of frost or ice.
SAILOR'S-CHOICE * n. 1 Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States. 2 A grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico.
SUBJECTION * n. 1 Forced submission to control by others. 2 The act of conquering.
INACCURATELY * r. In an inaccurate manner.
AUTOLOADING * s. (of firearms) Capable of automatic loading and firing continuously.
PRESSED * s. Compacted by ironing.
REMORSEFUL * s. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
MYDRIATIC * n. A drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations.
WATERTIGHT * s. 1 Not allowing water to pass in or out. 2 Without flaws or loopholes.
CXLV * s. Being five more than one hundred forty.
PELTANDRA * n. Small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs.
HOLOGRAPH * n. 1 Handwritten book or document. 2 The intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography.
ADA * n. An enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia.
PSAMMOMA * n. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles.
INTERVENING * s. Occurring or falling between events or points in time.
BUTTERWEED * n. 1 American ragwort with yellow flowers. 2 Any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio.
APIUM * n. Celery.
UNLOCKED * s. Not firmly fastened or secured.
AGEDNESS * n. The property characteristic of old age.
CONVERSANCE * n. Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.
SELKIRK * n. Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).
PAIR * --n. 1 A set of two similar things considered as a unit. 2 Two items of the same kind. 3 Two people considered as a unit. 4 A poker hand with 2 cards of the same value. --v. 1 Form a pair or pairs. 2 Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. 3 Occur in pairs. 4 Arrange in pairs.
PLASTERBOARD * n. Wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls.
FETERITA * n. A Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains.
SNAKE * --n. 1 Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous. 2 A deceitful or treacherous person. 3 A tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 4 A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer. --v. 1 Move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake. 2 Form a snake-like pattern. 3 Move along a winding path.
TARO * n. 1 Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 2 Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. 3 Tropical starchy tuberous root.
SEASONABLY * r. 1 In accordance with the season. 2 At an opportune time.
BRAHMI * n. A script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed.
PATRIARCHY * n. A form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.
SELF-DEPRECATING * s. Conscious of your own shortcomings.
FAVOURABLE * --a. 1 Encouraging or approving or pleasing. 2 (of winds or weather) Tending to promote or facilitate. 3 Giving an advantage. --s. Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome.
GASTEROPHILUS * n. Type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies.
APOSTLESHIP * n. The position of apostle.
MISREADING * n. Misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading.
MYOCARDIAL * a. Of or relating to the myocardium.
TRANSDERMIC * a. Through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches).
THESPIS * n. Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC).
COFFEEHOUSE * n. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
GUMSHIELD * n. (especially boxing) Equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.
BURP * --n. A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth. --v. Expel gas from the stomach.
PEACEKEEPING * --n. The activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations). --a. Of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces.
FALCHION * n. A short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point.
PEPPERWORT * n. 1 Any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets. 2 Annual herb used as salad green and garnish.
RECORD-BREAKER * n. Someone who breaks a record.
NOTONECTIDAE * n. Aquatic carnivorous insects.
COOKED * a. Having been prepared for eating by the application of heat.
VENDETTA * n. A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other.
MESMER * n. Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815).
HYPOPHYSEAL * a. Of or relating to the hypophysis.
LONGITUDINAL * --a. Of or relating to lines of longitude. --s. 1 Running lengthwise. 2 Over an extended time.
REGULATOR * n. 1 Any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.. 2 An official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest. 3 A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel).
PHOTIUS * n. Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated by a later pope.
CALLITHRICIDAE * n. Marmosets.
DISHEARTENED * s. Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.
VICARSHIP * n. The religious institution under the authority of a vicar.
LEMON-SCENTED * s. Smelling of lemons.
SATINLEAF * n. Tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit.
SCRABBLE * --n. 1 An aimless drawing. 2 A board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game. --v. 1 Feel searchingly. 2 Write down quickly without much attention to detail.
BICENTENNIAL * --n. The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years.
PANTOMIMER * n. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
THYRONINE * n. A phenolic amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative.
DOUBTER * n. 1 Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. 2 Someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.
PERITRICHOUS * s. Covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella.
PINGUINUS * n. Great auk.
SHAMEFULLY * r. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
UBIQUITOUS * s. Being present everywhere at once.
METHODISM * n. The religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals.
COIFFEUR * n. A man hairdresser.
INTER * v. Place in a grave or tomb.
HE-MAN * n. A man who is virile and sexually active.
AMPULLA * n. 1 The dilated portion of a canal or duct especially of the semicircular canals of the ear. 2 A flask that has two handles; used by Romans for wines or oils.
UNDERACT * v. Act (a role) with great restraint.
SAPROLEGNIALES * n. Order of chiefly aquatic fungi.
COLLAGENASE * n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin.
HALF-PRICE * r. For half the price.
OBSOLESCE * v. Become obsolete, fall into disuse.
GRADATIONAL * s. Taking place by degrees.
PATINISE * v. Coat with a patina.
FECKLESS * s. 1 Not fit to assume responsibility. 2 Generally incompetent and ineffectual.
CARDSHARPER * n. A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
CONVERSO * n. (medieval Spain and Portugal) A Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion.
PROMISCUOUSLY * r. 1 In an indiscriminate manner. 2 In a licentious and promiscuous manner.
SULPHURETTED * a. Treated or impregnated with sulfur.
MESSINESS * n. 1 A state of confusion and disorderliness. 2 The trait of being untidy and messy.
PERFECTIBLE * s. Capable of becoming or being made perfect.
AMARYLLIDACEAE * n. Snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.
INCUBUS * n. 1 A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women. 2 A situation resembling a terrifying dream. 3 Someone who depresses or worries others.
PEEING * n. Informal terms for urination.
ANISOTROPICALLY * r. In an anisotropic manner.
WELSHER * n. Someone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager.
SUNLIGHT * n. The rays of the sun.
TRANSUDE * v. Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.
THEORY-BASED * s. Based in theory rather than experiment.
TREACLY * s. Overly sweet.
RULE * --n. 1 A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior. 2 Something regarded as a normative example. 3 Prescribed guide for conduct or action. 4 (linguistics) A rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice. --v. 1 Exercise authority over; as of nations. 2 Decide with authority. 3 Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. 4 Decide on and make a declaration about.
STEEPLEJACK * n. Someone who builds or maintains very tall structures.
CO-STAR * --n. One of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film. --v. 1 Feature as the co-star in a performance. 2 Be the co-star in a performance.
FUNERARY * a. Of or for or relating to a funeral.
MOTORING * n. The act of driving an automobile.
APNOEIC * a. Of or relating to apnea.
CANTABRIGIAN * n. A resident of Cambridge.
GAWAIN * n. (Arthurian legend) A nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table.
MOBLIKE * s. Characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless.
TROUGH * n. 1 A narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed). 2 A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater. 3 A concave shape with an open top. 4 A treasury for government funds.
HYALOSPERMA * n. Genus of herbs of temperate Australia including some from genus Helipterum.
RHINAL * a. Of or in or relating to the nose.
SENSORIUM * n. The areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world.
BUCHANAN * n. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).
MARTYRISE * v. Torture and torment like a martyr.
SYNONYMOUSNESS * n. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
MODULUS * n. 1 An integer that can be divided without remainder into the difference between two other integers. 2 The absolute value of a complex number. 3 (physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance.
EQUALIZATION * n. The act of making equal or uniform.
MYXOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps.
VERMICULATION * n. 1 The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along. 2 A decoration consisting of wormlike carvings.
TELEGRAPH * --n. Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code). --v. Send cables, wires, or telegrams.
SULFANILAMIDE * n. A white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs.
SONCHUS * n. Sow thistles.
PHOTOELECTRIC * a. Of or pertaining to photoelectricity.
ABETTAL * n. The verbal act of urging on.
DOWNSIZE * v. 1 Dismiss from work. 2 Design or manufacture in a smaller size. 3 (of a company) Reduce in size or number of employees.
DYSPEPTIC * --n. A person suffering from indigestion. --s. 1 Suffering from dyspepsia. 2 Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
V-DAY * n. The day of a victory.
BESTOWMENT * n. 1 A gift that is bestowed or conferred. 2 The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.
BETRAYER * n. 1 One who reveals confidential information in return for money. 2 A person who says one thing and does another.
MOONSTRUCK * s. Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon.
GUILTLESS * a. Free from evil or guilt.
PROFITABLENESS * n. 1 The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome. 2 The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit.
FARFETCHED * s. 1 (of an idea or story) So exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable. 2 (of a theory or explanation) Highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing.
ANGUILLIFORMES * n. Elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
TEETOTALLER * n. A total abstainer.
VELOCIPEDE * n. 1 Any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel. 2 A vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals.
SQUAMULOSE * s. Covered with tiny scales.
HAMBURGER * n. 1 A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients. 2 Beef that has been ground.
FAGOT * --n. 1 Offensive term for a homosexual man. 2 A bundle of sticks and branches bound together. --v. 1 Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch. 2 Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them. 3 Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot.
THICK * --n. The location of something surrounded by other things. --a. 1 Not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions. 2 Relatively dense in consistency. --s. 1 Having component parts closely crowded together. 2 Spoken as if with a thick tongue. 3 Having a short and solid form or stature. 4 Hard to pass through because of dense growth. --r. 1 With a thick consistency. 2 In quick succession.
PERIPLANETA * n. Cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches.
CARDSHARP * n. A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
LOBAR * a. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
PSYCHIATRY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
INDOMITABLE * s. Impossible to subdue.
COCHLEARIUS * n. Boatbills.
HERMETICALLY * r. In an airtight manner.
EGG-AND-TONGUE * n. A decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape.
LANGUID * s. Lacking spirit or liveliness.
UNAPOLOGETIC * a. Unwilling to make or express an apology.
RACEABOUT * n. A small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail.
KAFOCIN * n. Antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use.
PERILLA * n. Small genus of Asiatic herbs.
DIGITALIZE * v. 1 Put into digital form, as for use in a computer. 2 Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects.
SCARED * s. Made afraid.
COLOURING * n. 1 A digestible substance used to give color to food. 2 A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect. 3 The act or process of changing the color of something.
NONRESIDENT * --n. Someone who does not live in a particular place. --a. Not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents.
KATSINA * n. A city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people.
ANTIGUA * n. The largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda.
PROVIDENTIALLY * r. 1 In a fortunately providential manner. 2 In a providential manner; as determined by providence. 3 In a prudent manner.
YAHWE * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
AGITATED * a. 1 Troubled emotionally and usually deeply. 2 Physically disturbed or set in motion.
UNSHAVED * a. Not shaved.
ARMOURER * n. 1 A worker skilled in making armor or arms. 2 An enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.. 3 A manufacturer of firearms.
OROTUND * s. 1 Ostentatiously lofty in style. 2 (of sounds) Full and rich.
SHAPELINESS * n. The quality of having a well-rounded body.
CLERGYMAN * n. A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church.
ASSISTED * a. Having help; often used as a combining form.
BARGAINING * n. The negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement.
JUGLANDACEAE * n. Trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans.
PREHISTORY * n. The time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word.
ORE * n. 1 A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined. 2 A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona.
SPOOL * --n. A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. --v. 1 Transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage. 2 Wind onto a spool or a reel.
ANTHOPHYLLITE * n. A dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate.
CALPACK * n. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
TRASHINESS * n. The quality of being cheaply imitative of something better.
DISQUIETING * s. Causing mental discomfort.
BITING * s. 1 Capable of wounding. 2 Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold.
HEMOLYSIN * n. Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin.
CHADIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Chad. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
COD * --n. 1 The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves). 2 Lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached. 3 Major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters. --v. 1 Fool or hoax. 2 Harass with persistent criticism or carping. --s. Payable by the recipient on delivery. --r. Collecting the charges upon delivery.
SPRAG * n. 1 A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline. 2 A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine.
IMPASSABLE * a. Incapable of being passed.
3TC * n. A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV.
REARMAMENT * n. The act of arming again.
SCHIZOID * --n. Characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia. --s. Marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships.
DROPKICKER * n. A football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground.
STEINBOK * n. Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa.
ULTRAMONTANE * --n. A Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline). --a. Of or relating to ultramontanism. --s. 1 On or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps). 2 On the Italian or Roman side of the Alps.
ALCOHOLISE * v. 1 Treat or infuse with alcohol. 2 Make alcoholic, as by fermenting.
YANA * n. 1 A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California. 2 The Yanan language spoken by the Yana.
SANNYASI * n. A Hindu religious mendicant.
SUBORNER * n. Someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act.
SELF-COMMAND * n. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
GAAP * n. A collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures.
LANGE * n. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
HSV-1 * n. A herpes virus that causes oral herpes.
FLAMETHROWER * n. A weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards.
BEWITCHINGLY * r. In a bewitching manner.
PRESUMPTIVE * s. 1 Having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance. 2 Affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance.
IMMUNOSUPPRESSED * a. Of persons whose immune response is inadequate.
DARDAN * n. A native of ancient Troy.
LEPIDOLITE * n. A mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium.
ILAMA * n. 1 Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit. 2 Whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States.
NORADRENALINE * n. A catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses.
SKYLARK * --n. Brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height. --v. Play boisterously.
SNARLED * s. Tangled in knots or snarls.
INCAPACITY * n. 1 Lack of intellectual power. 2 Lack of physical or natural qualifications.
GE * n. 1 A brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite. 2 (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
CAMPECHE * n. 1 A Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche. 2 A Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche.
COMBING * n. The act of drawing a comb through hair.
SEXAGESIMAL * a. Of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths.
STAMINA * n. Enduring strength and energy.
VEILED * --a. Having or as if having a veil or concealing cover. --s. Muted or unclear.
SIDEBOARD * n. 1 A removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity. 2 A board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib. 3 A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers.
NONCAUSAL * a. Not causative.
LATIMERIA * n. Type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth.
GANDHI * n. 1 Daughter of Nehru who served as prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984). 2 Political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948).
ELECTROSLEEP * n. Unconsciousness brought about by the passage of a low voltage electric current through the brain.
EVICT * v. 1 Expel or eject without recourse to legal process. 2 Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process.
DECOLLETAGE * n. A low-cut neckline on a woman's dress.
IAMBIC * --n. A verse line consisting of iambs. --a. Of or consisting of iambs.
OBLITERATOR * n. An eliminator that does away with all traces.
ASSESSOR * n. An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it.
PHYTOLACCA * n. Type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed.
SNEERING * s. Expressive of contempt.
MONOPSONY * n. (economics) A market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer.
EXHILARATING * s. 1 Making lively and cheerful. 2 Making lively and joyful.
NINHURSAG * n. The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
STATEROOM * n. A guest cabin.
PNEUMATICS * n. The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases.
U * --n. 1 A base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine. 2 A heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons. 3 The 21st letter of the Roman alphabet. --s. (chiefly British) Of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use.
BRITICISM * n. An expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English).
BUTTER-PRINT * n. Tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States.
STAFF * --n. 1 Personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task. 2 A strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose. 3 The body of teachers and administrators at a school. 4 Building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration. --v. 1 Provide with staff. 2 Serve on the staff of.
OVERDRESS * v. 1 Dress too warmly. 2 Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.
PERSPICUITY * n. Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous.
PLICATOPERIPATUS * n. A genus of Peripatidae.
SPININESS * n. The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines.
NONENZYMATIC * a. Not relating to or produced by enzymes.
CORDIFORM * s. (of a leaf) Shaped like a heart.
INTOLERANTLY * r. 1 In an intolerant manner. 2 In a narrow-minded manner.
PHYLLORHYNCHUS * n. Leaf-nosed snakes.
FEASIBLE * s. Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are.
WEST-SIDER * n. A resident of the west side of Manhattan in New York City.
BLIGHTY * n. A slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad.
BLEPHARISM * n. Condition in which a person blinks continuously.
TESTATOR * n. A person who makes a will.
EMEER * n. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
RAPATEACEAE * n. South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae.
DIBRACH * n. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables.
ARURU * n. Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag.
CONGENER * n. 1 A minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character. 2 An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus). 3 A whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another.
WRONG-SIDE-OUT * s. With the inside surface on the outside.
PACHISI * n. An ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board.
SELF-WHISPERED * s. As if whispered to yourself.
JRA * n. A terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists.
PATRONISING * s. (used of behavior or attitude) Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.
UNSYMMETRIC * s. Lacking symmetry.
ANTAPEX * n. The point opposite in direction from the solar apex; the point the solar system is moving away from.
TRANSVESTISM * n. The practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex.
LIGHT-COLORED * a. (used of color) Having a relatively small amount of coloring agent.
STAGGERINGLY * r. Extremely.
HSIAN * n. A city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.
PREPAID * s. Used especially of mail; paid in advance.
MONORCHIDISM * n. Failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum.
LINKUP * n. A fastener that serves to join or connect.
LAUDABLENESS * n. The quality of being worthy of praise.
ABSORB * v. 1 Become imbued. 2 Take up mentally. 3 Take up, as of debts or payments. 4 Take in, also metaphorically.
OPTIMUM * --n. Most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances. --s. Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.
MOROCCO * n. 1 A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956. 2 A soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc..
VALLISNERIA * n. Eelgrass; eel grass.
PROTOTYPICAL * s. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.
DOUBLE-CROSSER * n. A person who says one thing and does another.
AMANUENSIS * n. Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation).
SIEVE * --n. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles. --v. 1 Examine in order to test suitability. 2 Check and sort carefully. 3 Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. 4 Distinguish and separate out.
SAPPHIRINE * --n. A rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks. --a. Made of or resembling sapphire.
OLD-FASHIONEDNESS * n. The property of being no longer fashionable.
ISOGRAM * n. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
COUNTERWEIGHT * --n. A weight that balances another weight. --v. Constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to.
BLUE-LILAC * s. Of lavender tinged with blue.
MALIGNANCY * n. 1 (medicine) A malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death. 2 Quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will.
TWILLED * s. Of textiles; having parallel raised lines.
JOHN * n. 1 A room or building equipped with one or more toilets. 2 Youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216). 3 (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation. 4 A prostitute's customer.
GASTROENTEROLOGIST * n. A physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
ACRIDITY * n. 1 Having an acrid smell. 2 Extreme bitterness. 3 The quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone.
LUSTFULNESS * n. A strong sexual desire.
FABRICATION * n. 1 A deliberately false or improbable account. 2 Writing in a fictional form. 3 The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. 4 The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery).
TSARITSA * n. The wife or widow of a czar.
SAPSAGO * n. A hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover.
ECTOTHERM * n. An animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals.
METEOROLOGICAL * a. Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions.
ROLEPLAYING * n. Acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy).
NUBBLE * n. A small lump or protuberance.
WESLEYAN * --n. A follower of Wesleyanism. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley.
DEAREST * n. A beloved person; used as terms of endearment.
BULLYING * --n. The act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something. --s. Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
TAGALONG * n. Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.
COAGULABLE * s. Capable of coagulating and becoming thick.
BRANDY * n. Distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
PLASTINATE * v. Preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes.
WORDNET * n. 1 Any of the machine-readable lexical databases modeled after the Princeton WordNet. 2 A machine-readable lexical database organized by meanings; developed at Princeton University.
BROCKHOUSE * n. Canadian physicist who bounced neutron beams off of atomic nuclei to study the structure of matter (1918-2003).
ADJURATION * n. A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something.
NOCTUA * n. Type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms.
DO-SI-DO * n. A square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places.
SPERMATOZOID * n. A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm.
JEEP * n. A car suitable for traveling over rough terrain.
INADVISABLY * r. In an expedient manner.
ALMANDINE * n. 1 A purple variety of the ruby spinel. 2 A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate.
HEMIACETAL * n. An organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones.
DIRGE * n. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
EXPECT * v. 1 Regard something as probable or likely. 2 Consider obligatory; request and expect. 3 Look forward to the probable occurrence of. 4 Consider reasonable or due.
SENEGA * n. 1 Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin. 2 Perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot.
PRIMITIVENESS * n. A wild or unrefined state.
HELVE * n. The handle of a weapon or tool.
BLAMEWORTHY * s. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
MEITNERIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
UNDISCOVERED * s. 1 Not discovered. 2 Not yet discovered.
ARCHAEOLOGIST * n. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
UNSOWN * s. (of a piece of ground) Not have a crop sown on it.
MYXOBACTERIALES * n. An order of higher bacteria.
SCEPTIC * n. Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
NAN-CHANG * n. A walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang.
TIRING * s. Producing exhaustion.
UNFATHOMABLE * --a. Of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured. --s. 1 Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable. 2 Incapable of being fully understood.
INTERDEPARTMENTAL * --a. Between or among departments. --r. Between departments.
PECTIC * a. Of or relating to or derived from pectin.
SUBSONIC * a. (of speed) Less than that of sound in a designated medium.
TIDELAND * n. Land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide.
LARYNGOSCOPE * n. A medical instrument for examining the larynx.
CANELLA-ALBA * n. Large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes.
VIBRIO * n. Curved rodlike motile bacterium.
ELECTROMYOGRAM * n. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
RESUSCITATE * v. 1 Cause to regain consciousness. 2 Return to consciousness.
OPTIMAL * s. Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.
SUBVERSIVE * --n. A radical supporter of political or social revolution. --s. In opposition to a civil authority or government.
FANCIFULLY * r. In a fanciful manner.
INJUNCTION * n. 1 A formal command or admonition. 2 (law) A judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.
SPIDERWORT * n. Any plant of the family Commelinaceae.
TILDE * n. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
MORPHEA * n. Localized scleroderma.
STOPPERED * s. (of a container) Having a stopper in the opening.
CALLISTO * n. The second largest of Jupiter's satellites.
SPAMMER * n. Someone who sends unwanted email (often in bulk).
BOMBARDON * n. 1 A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician. 2 A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family.
COAX * --n. A transmission line for high-frequency signals. --v. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
DIPTEROCARPACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins.
CATAMOUNTAIN * n. Bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat.
GLYCOSURIA * n. The presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine.
SADAT * n. Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981).
CONSONANT * --n. 1 A speech sound that is not a vowel. 2 A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant. --s. 1 Involving or characterized by harmony. 2 In keeping.
STAND-ALONE * s. Capable of operating independently.
IMPLEMENTAL * s. Serving or acting as a means or aid.
CORNEAL * a. Of or related to the cornea.
PROTEACEAE * n. Large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales.
SECTIONED * s. Consisting of or divided into sections.
CLETHRA * n. Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet.
STALEMATE * --n. 1 A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. 2 Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check. --v. Subject to a stalemate.
BRUMAL * s. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
WHOREMASTER * n. 1 A prostitute's customer. 2 A pimp who procures whores.
OVERSTATEMENT * n. Making to seem more important than it really is.
WARSHIP * n. A government ship that is available for waging war.
DROPPING * s. Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.
RHINORRHEA * n. Persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold).
ESCAPOLOGIST * n. An entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping.
GYMNURA * n. Butterfly rays.
RATES * n. A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
OMEPRAZOLE * n. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
BUNGALOID * a. Characterized by bungalows.
FLAMBEAU * n. A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night).
TRISTAN * n. (Middle Ages) The nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
CEYLON * n. 1 An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India. 2 A republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948.
FAIN * --s. Having made preparations. --r. In a willing manner.
ACCLIMATISE * v. Get used to a certain climate.
REDBONE * n. A speedy red or red-and-tan American hound.
ARGUABLY * r. As can be shown by argument.
PAGE * --n. 1 One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains. 2 English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962). 3 United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922). 4 A boy who is employed to run errands. --v. 1 Contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system. 2 Work as a page. 3 Number the pages of a book or manuscript.
TELUGU * n. 1 A member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language. 2 A Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu in southeastern India.
SAKTI * n. The female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi.
PARAQUAT * n. A poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide.
CRUSTY * s. 1 Having a hardened crust as a covering. 2 Brusque and surly and forbidding.
CORROSION * n. 1 A state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action. 2 Erosion by chemical action.
ULNA * n. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
CERATOPSIDAE * n. American ceratopsian dinosaurs.
FLUOR * n. A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine.
COVARIATION * n. (statistics) Correlated variation.
OLEA * n. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
LUMPECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a tumor without removing much of the surrounding tissue or lymph nodes; performed in some cases of breast cancer.
VACCINIUM * n. Evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries.
BALDWIN * n. 1 United States author who was an outspoken critic of racism (1924-1987). 2 English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947). 3 An American eating apple with red or yellow and red skin.
IMMOBILIZATION * n. 1 Fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing. 2 The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement.
DEADEYE * n. 1 A dead shot. 2 (nautical) A round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud.
SHTIKL * n. A really little shtik.
SLACKS * n. (used in the plural) Pants for casual wear.
BOCHE * n. Offensive term for a person of German descent.
WAXMALLOW * n. Any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers.
MOON-CURSER * n. Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
PEELED * s. (used informally) Completely unclothed.
THREAT * n. 1 Something that is a source of danger. 2 A warning that something unpleasant is imminent. 3 Declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another. 4 A person who inspires fear or dread.
TASTEFUL * a. Having or showing or conforming to good taste.
COVERT * --n. 1 A flock of coots. 2 A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. --a. Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed. --s. (of a wife) Being under the protection of her husband.
NEEDLEWOOD * n. Large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia.
AGGRIEVE * v. 1 Infringe on the rights of. 2 Cause to feel sorrow.
DIMINUTIVE * --n. A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness. --s. Very small.
UNFAVOURABLY * r. Showing disapproval; in a disparaging way.
ARCHIPALLIUM * n. The olfactory cortex of the cerebrum.
BANTU-SPEAKING * --a. Of or relating to people who speak Bantu. --s. Able to communicate in Bantu.
URANIUM * n. A heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons.
COMMONPLACE * --n. A trite or obvious remark. --s. 1 Completely ordinary and unremarkable. 2 Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement. 3 Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
LACED * --a. Closed with a lace. --s. Edged or streaked with color.
TAMAL * n. Dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
CANBERRA * n. The capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia.
CANCER * n. 1 Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream. 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Cancer. 3 A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini. 4 The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22.
VIRILIZE * v. Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.
DOMINE * n. A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
PROFESSIONAL * --n. 1 A person engaged in one of the learned professions. 2 An athlete who plays for pay. 3 An authority qualified to teach apprentices. --a. 1 Engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood. 2 Of or relating to or suitable as a profession. 3 Characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession. 4 Of or relating to a profession. --s. Engaged in by members of a profession.
BLASTOCLADIA * n. A genus of fungi of the family Blastodiaceae.
SAGAMORE * n. A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief).
SEPTATION * n. The division or partitioning of a cavity into parts by a septum.
MAZE * n. 1 Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost. 2 Something jumbled or confused.
TOSSUP * n. An unpredictable phenomenon.
P.E. * n. The mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position; stored energy.
TREASURER * n. An officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds.
FR * n. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
EATER * n. 1 Someone who consumes food for nourishment. 2 Any green goods that are good to eat.
CUPRESSACEAE * n. Cypresses and junipers and many cedars.
ANGIOPLASTY * n. An operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery.
NEUROTICISM * n. A mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction.
UNADAPTABILITY * n. The inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances.
CAPITALISTIC * a. 1 Favoring or practicing capitalism. 2 Of or relating to capitalism or capitalists.
DAIL * n. The lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic.
ORWELLIAN * a. Of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state).
LANCETFISH * n. Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.
OXIDIZED * a. Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen.
FLYWAY * n. The geographic route along which birds customarily migrate.
INNUENDO * n. An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
ENTAILMENT * n. Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).
KAMIA * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Kamia.
CLOSEDOWN * n. Termination of operations.
COBRA * n. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
PENTATHLETE * n. An athlete who competes in a pentathlon.
OUTBOUND * s. That is going out or leaving.
UP-BOW * n. An upward stroke from the tip to the heel of the bow.
O.D. * v. Dose too heavily.
MUMMER * n. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
FOOLPROOF * --v. Proof against human misuse or error. --s. Not liable to failure.
UNDERTONE * n. 1 A quiet or hushed tone of voice. 2 A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning. 3 A pale or subdued color.
SPIRODELA * n. Minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots.
TRANSPLANTATION * n. 1 An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient). 2 The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location.
MUHAMMEDAN * n. A follower of Mohammed.
MOCASSIN * n. Soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans.
EMERITUS * --n. A professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties. --s. Honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'.
PROVERBS * n. An Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon).
VISTARIL * n. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
ETF * n. A mutual fund that is traded on a stock exchange.
COMPENSATED * s. Receiving or eligible for compensation.
CYANOPHYTE * a. Relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria.
CRURAL * a. Of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot.
BOBCAT * n. Small lynx of North America.
ERGOTAMINE * n. An alkaloid derived from ergot that is less toxic than ergot; causes constriction of blood vessels and is used to treat migraine.
SILVIA * n. Type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers.
UNBIND * v. Untie or unfasten.
ALAUDIDAE * n. Larks.
UNDIRECTED * s. Aimlessly drifting.
TITRATION * n. A measured amount of a solution of unknown concentration is added to a known volume of a second solution until the reaction between them is just complete; the concentration of the unknown solution (the titer) can then be calculated.
HUGO * n. French poet and novelist and dramatist; leader of the romantic movement in France (1802-1885).
ALLICE * n. European shad.
JAINISM * n. 1 Sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism. 2 Religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being.
RELIANCE * n. 1 Certainty based on past experience. 2 The state of relying on something.
SLUMGULLION * n. A thin stew of meat and vegetables.
TREADLE * --n. A lever that is operated with the foot. --v. 1 Tread over. 2 Operate (machinery) by a treadle.
VESICATORY * --n. A chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas). --s. Causing blisters.
CONFISCATE * --v. Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. --s. Surrendered as a penalty.
PENTAIL * n. Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia.
ANACLINAL * a. Of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata.
SPINUS * n. In some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches.
HYENA * n. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
WAR-RIDDEN * s. Engaged in war.
TWISTY * s. Marked by repeated turns and bends.
GHRF * n. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
CONSISTENT * --a. 1 (sometimes followed by `with') In agreement or consistent or reliable. 2 Capable of being reproduced. 3 Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. --s. The same throughout in structure or composition.
VANERN * n. A lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden.
PTILONORHYNCHUS * n. Type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae.
ANATHEMA * n. 1 A detested person. 2 A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication.
LIPOIDEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
SONANT * --n. A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords. --a. Produced with vibration of the vocal cords.
COACHWHIP * n. 1 Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers. 2 A whipsnake of southern United States and Mexico; tail resembles a braided whip.
OBLITERATE * --v. 1 Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase. 2 Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. 3 Remove completely from recognition or memory. 4 Do away with completely, without leaving a trace. --s. Reduced to nothingness.
WEBWORM * n. Several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed.
BASINAL * a. Of or relating to a basin.
UNVULCANISED * s. (used of rubber) Not subjected to the process of vulcanization.
PIZZERIA * n. A shop where pizzas are made and sold.
REFLEXIVELY * r. In a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes.
TURGIDNESS * n. Pompously embellished language.
NE * n. 1 A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts. 2 The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. 3 A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
ADPRESSED * s. Pressed close to or lying flat against something.
FREEWHEELING * s. 1 Free of restraints or rules. 2 Cheerfully irresponsible.
VAGUENESS * n. 1 Unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning. 2 Indistinctness of shape or character.
CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY * r. In a cryptographic manner.
MASSICOT * n. The mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment.
CONNECTEDNESS * n. 1 The state of being connected. 2 A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it).
CALLIONYMIDAE * n. Dragonets.
SADDLE-SORE * s. (of a rider) Sore after riding a horse.
FRIMAIRE * n. Third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month.
QUILL * n. 1 Pen made from a bird's feather. 2 A stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog. 3 Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. 4 The hollow spine of a feather.
MILLINERY * n. 1 Shop selling women's hats. 2 Hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner.
LOW-TONED * s. Very low in volume.
FISH-FLY * n. Similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait.
SARCOSPORIDIAN * n. Parasite of the muscles of vertebrates.
COMICALITY * n. The quality of being comical.
SHABBINESS * n. 1 A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing. 2 An unjust act.
LONGBOAT * n. The largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel.
DASTARD * --n. A despicable coward. --s. Despicably cowardly.
NAVAHO * n. 1 A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah. 2 The Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho.
HAJJI * n. 1 A general term used by foreign soldiers to refer to the Iraqi people. 2 An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
FEE-TAIL * v. Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs.
POPULARLY * r. Among the people.
LAT * n. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
RAUNCH * n. The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
HARD-TO-PLEASE * s. (of persons) Fussy and demanding.
CIVILISE * v. 1 Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. 2 Raise from a barbaric to a civilized state.
GLIDE * --n. 1 A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant. 2 The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it. 3 The activity of flying a glider. --v. 1 Move smoothly and effortlessly. 2 Fly in or as if in a glider plane. 3 Cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly.
ATROVENT * n. An inhaled bronchodilator (trade name Atrovent).
MUSCULAR * --a. 1 Of or relating to or consisting of muscle. 2 Having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer. --s. 1 Having or suggesting great physical power or force. 2 (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
KEDGEREE * n. A dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish.
BATTERY * n. 1 Group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place. 2 A device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series. 3 A collection of related things intended for use together. 4 A unit composed of the pitcher and catcher.
SWINGING * --n. Changing location by moving back and forth. --s. Characterized by a buoyant rhythm.
DISA * n. 1 Any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions. 2 A combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
UNCERTAINNESS * n. Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance.
SEMITE * --n. A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites.
DENATURED * s. Changed in nature or natural quality.
AKHA * n. A Loloish language.
SAMEKH * n. The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
GRANADILLA * n. 1 Tropical American passionflower yielding the large granadilla fruit. 2 Considered best for fruit. 3 Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit. 4 The egg-shaped edible fruit of tropical American vines related to passionflowers.
PASS-THROUGH * n. An opening that resembles a window between two rooms (especially a shelved opening between a kitchen and dining room that is used to pass dishes).
URETHRA * n. Duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct.
CAUSALITY * n. The relation between causes and effects.
FUNDAMENTALS * n. Principles from which other truths can be derived.
RECALCITRANCE * n. The trait of being unmanageable.
TERPENE * n. An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants.
IMPOSED * s. Set forth authoritatively as obligatory.
BEDAUB * v. Spread or daub (a surface).
LEONE * n. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents.
RESHUFFLING * n. Shuffling again.
GASTROCNEMIUS * n. The muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot.
MENTHOL * n. 1 A crystalline compound that has the cool and minty taste and odor that occurs naturally in peppermint oil; used as a flavoring and in medicine to relieve itching, pain, and nasal congestion. 2 A lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint.
HEDGEROW * n. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
FORMICARY * n. A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest.
SORORAL * a. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
POLYCARP * n. Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155).
DOLPHIN * n. 1 Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii). 2 Any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises.
MUSOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of mice.
CARTWRIGHT * n. 1 English clergyman who invented the power loom (1743-1823). 2 A workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons.
LOTA * n. 1 A globular water bottle used in Asia. 2 Burbot.
SILURIAN * n. From 425 million to 405 million years ago; first air-breathing animals.
PARLEY * --n. A negotiation between enemies. --v. Discuss, as between enemies.
ETIOLOGIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the philosophical study of causation. 2 Relating to the etiology of a disease.
SOMEPLACE * r. In or at or to some place.
ELEVEN * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one. 2 A team that plays football. --s. Being one more than ten.
MONTESQUIEU * n. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755).
REACT * v. 1 Show a response or a reaction to something. 2 Act against or in opposition to. 3 Undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions.
DATURA * n. Thorn apple.
UVEA * n. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
WHISKEY * n. A liquor made from fermented mash of grain.
OSTEOARTHRITIS * n. Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age.
COATDRESS * n. A dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front.
HAW. * n. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
GRIND * --n. 1 An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious. 2 The grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground. 3 Hard monotonous routine work. 4 The act of grinding to a powder or dust. --v. 1 Press or grind with a crushing noise. 2 Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together. 3 Work hard. 4 Dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced.
CHAPATI * n. Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
MASCULINISE * v. Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.
PHANTASMAGORICAL * s. Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions.
MUMMY * n. 1 Informal terms for a mother. 2 A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt).
CALCULATIVE * s. Acting with a specific goal.
CHAETOGNATHOUS * a. Of or relating to arrowworms.
SLENDER-WINGED * s. Having slender wings.
WAXWING * n. Brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips.
BAZOOKA * n. A portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon.
EXTERMINATOR * n. Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects).
SOLSTICE * n. Either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.
BENCHLEY * n. United States humorist (1889-1945).
EVINCE * v. Give expression to.
CENTROPOMIDAE * n. A family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos.
CHEERY * s. Bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer.
GUZZLER * n. 1 Someone who drinks heavily (especially alcoholic beverages). 2 A drinker who swallows large amounts greedily.
NOCTURNE * n. A pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano).
BAFFLING * s. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
INTIMATION * n. 1 An indirect suggestion. 2 A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
COPROPHAGIA * n. Eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity.
LYNCHPIN * n. 1 A central cohesive source of support and stability. 2 Pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on.
SOFTHEADED * s. Foolish; totally unsound.
SCOURED * s. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
INTERCOMMUNICATION * n. Mutual communication; communication with each other.
OFFICEHOLDER * n. 1 Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust. 2 The official who holds an office.
MACKLE * n. A printed impression that is blurred or doubled.
PHON * n. A unit of subjective loudness.
HOODWINK * v. 1 Influence by slyness. 2 Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
UNNILQUADIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
HOROSCOPE * n. 1 A prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets. 2 A diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place.
PADDED * s. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
PTEROSPERMUM * n. Genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs.
ABANDONED * s. 1 Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. 2 Unrestrained and uninhibited.
SLIPPERINESS * n. 1 A slippery smoothness. 2 The quality of being a slippery rascal.
ANTAKYA * n. A town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity.
VACUUM-CLEAN * v. Clean with a vacuum cleaner.
VIE * v. Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.
MANTOPHASMATODEA * n. An order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region.
LEVIRATE * n. The biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line.
CATALYSIS * n. Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction.
ANGORA * n. 1 The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats. 2 A domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair. 3 Domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair. 4 A long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat.
PUNCHAYET * n. A village council in India or southern Pakistan.
BEARER * n. 1 Someone whose employment involves carrying something. 2 A messenger who bears or presents. 3 One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral. 4 The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it.
THYME * n. 1 Any of various mints of the genus Thymus. 2 Leaves can be used as seasoning for almost any meat and stews and stuffings and vegetables.
RICHES * n. An abundance of material possessions and resources.
GLAZED * --s. 1 (used of eyes) Lacking liveliness. 2 (of foods) Covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture. --a. 1 Fitted or covered with glass. 2 Having a shiny surface or coating.
WOMANHOOD * n. 1 The state of being an adult woman. 2 Women as a class. 3 The status of a woman.
TRACHELOSPERMUM * n. Genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems.
LEYTE * n. A battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese.
AFROCARPUS * n. Dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
FEMINIST * --n. A supporter of feminism. --a. Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women.
PHYSIQUE * n. 1 Constitution of the human body. 2 Alternative names for the body of a human being.
CLOTHESLESS * s. Possessing no clothing.
SKEW * --v. Turn or place at an angle. --s. Having an oblique or slanting direction or position.
LUMPENUS * n. A genus of Stichaeidae.
EXTERN * n. A nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there.
PREFORM * v. 1 Form into a shape resembling the final, desired one. 2 Form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand.
CREATE * v. 1 Make or cause to be or to become. 2 Bring into existence. 3 Pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity. 4 Invest with a new title, office, or rank.
SPELLDOWN * n. A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly.
HELVELLA * n. Any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds.
DISPARAGEMENT * n. 1 A communication that belittles somebody or something. 2 The act of speaking contemptuously of.
PERMISSIVENESS * n. A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior.
VOICER * n. 1 Someone who regulates the tone of organ pipes. 2 A speaker who voices an opinion.
ALKYLBENZENE * n. Organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring.
TURGOR * n. (biology) The normal rigid state of fullness of a cell or blood vessel or capillary resulting from pressure of the contents against the wall or membrane.
RENT-REBATE * n. A rebate on rent given by a local government authority.
WHALEBONE * n. A horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets.
TETRABROMO-PHENOLSULFONEPHTHALEIN * n. A dye used as an acid-base indicator.
ILLOGICALLY * r. In an illogical manner.
ACCEPT * v. 1 Consider or hold as true. 2 Receive willingly something given or offered. 3 Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to. 4 React favorably to; consider right and proper.
HEMSTITCHING * n. A stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups.
CLEF * n. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
THIRTY-THIRD * s. The ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order.
OIL-FIRED * s. Fueled by burning oil.
UNDISPUTEDLY * r. In an unarguable and undisputed manner.
UNIVERSALIZE * v. Make universal.
MUSK * n. 1 An odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative. 2 The scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer.
CATHERINE * n. 1 First wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536). 2 Empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796).
PHONOLOGIST * n. A specialist in phonology.
SUGARBERRY * n. 1 Deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood. 2 Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States.
DALTONISM * n. Dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red.
RESUSPENSION * n. A renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated.
THEISTICAL * a. Of or relating to theism.
COOKER * n. A utensil for cooking.
RAPPORTEUR * n. A recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings.
RAJPOOT * n. A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India.
GAUD * n. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
WOOD-FIRED * s. Fueled by wood.
CETERACH * n. Small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus.
POLYGALACEAE * n. Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres.
MARKSMAN * n. Someone skilled in shooting.
MYELINIZATION * n. The development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber.
SCRAPPINESS * n. The trait of being scrappy and pugnacious.
CAPPUCCINO * n. Equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream.
PHILODENDRON * n. Often grown as a houseplant.
BMI * n. A measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30.
HEMOFIL * n. A coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A.
T-MAN * n. A special law-enforcement agent of the United States Treasury.
PROBOSCIS * n. 1 The human nose (especially when it is large). 2 A long flexible snout as of an elephant.
TRICHINIASIS * n. Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted.
LATRODECTUS * n. Venomous spiders.
MANIS * n. Type genus of the Manidae.
RECOGNISANCE * n. (law) A security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited.
BEFIT * v. Accord or comport with.
EXUVIAE * n. Cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms during ecdysis.
SCHEMA * n. 1 An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world. 2 A schematic or preliminary plan.
WORKSPACE * n. Space allocated for your work (as in an office).
LEPTODACTYLUS * n. Type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae.
DELICATELY * r. In a delicate manner.
MILLRACE * n. A channel for the water current that turns a millwheel.
ACCOMMODATINGLY * r. In accommodation.
SPORE-BEARING * s. Bearing spores instead of producing seeds.
UNINFLUENTIAL * a. Not influential.
COARCTATE * s. (of an insect pupa) Enclosed in a rigid case.
POLYPROPENONITRILE * n. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
UNMALLEABLE * s. Difficult or impossible to shape or work.
NINETY * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and nine. --s. Being ten more than eighty.
STRENUOUS * s. 1 Characterized by or performed with much energy or force. 2 Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance.
APOTHECARY * n. A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
CLEAVE * v. 1 Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument. 2 Make by cutting into. 3 Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation.
HALLIARD * n. A rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag.
HAIRCLOTH * n. Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments.
DERIVE * v. 1 Reason by deduction; establish by deduction. 2 Obtain. 3 Come from. 4 Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.
INERT * s. 1 Unable to move or resist motion. 2 Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive. 3 Slow and apathetic.
LOADS * n. A large number or amount.
DISSOLVER * n. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances.
TOTIPOTENT * a. Having the ability to give rise to unlike cells.
COG * --n. 1 A subordinate who performs an important but routine function. 2 Tooth on the rim of gear wheel. --v. 1 Roll steel ingots. 2 Join pieces of wood with cogs.
TAKINGS * n. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.
SPICILY * r. With strong spices; in a spicy manner.
DOGTOOTH * n. 1 Perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated. 2 One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars. 3 A carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England.
JUGGERNAUT * n. 1 A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way. 2 An avatar of Vishnu. 3 A crude idol of Krishna.
WARRANTY * n. A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications.
ANESTHETIC * --n. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations. --a. Relating to or producing insensibility. --s. Characterized by insensibility.
BOUFFANT * --n. A woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance. --s. Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing.
FOMENT * v. 1 Try to stir up public opinion. 2 Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions.
STUFFINESS * n. 1 State of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat. 2 The quality of being close and poorly ventilated. 3 Dull and pompous gravity.
HAIRDRESSER * n. Someone who cuts or beautifies hair.
DOWSER * n. 1 Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water. 2 Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil.
DEPILATION * n. 1 The condition of being void of hair. 2 The act of removing hair (as from an animal skin).
RASK * n. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
IMPLEMENTATION * n. 1 The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order. 2 The act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect.
ANTHROPOMORPHOUS * s. Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things.
GARMENT-WORKER * n. A person who makes garments.
MINIPRESS * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress).
LEGGING * n. A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).
GAINFUL * s. Yielding a fair profit.
XEROX * --n. 1 A copy made by a xerographic copier. 2 A duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder. --v. Reproduce by xerography.
GLOCHID * n. A barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti).
ASPHYXIATED * a. In a state of asphyxia.
DIVISIBILITY * n. The quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons.
FOLLOWERS * n. A group of followers or enthusiasts.
ADULATORY * s. Obsequiously complimentary.
AUTOTOMISE * v. Cause a body part to undergo autotomy.
RABBIT-WEED * n. Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads.
MASSEUR * n. A male massager.
APENNINES * n. A mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula.
COTERIE * n. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
SETOSE * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
DISGORGE * v. 1 Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. 2 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
GRASSY * a. Abounding in grass.
HOMEBODY * n. A person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel.
NETHER * s. 1 Lower. 2 Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth. 3 Located below or beneath something else.
RENEGOTIATE * v. 1 Negociate anew. 2 Revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor.
LIVIDNESS * n. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
QUINIDINE * n. Cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias.
HARSH * --s. 1 Unpleasantly stern. 2 Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses. 3 Unkind or cruel or uncivil. 4 Severe. --a. Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles.
WELL-WORN * s. 1 Showing signs of much wear or use. 2 Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
INTROSPECTIVE * a. Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences.
GIBE * --n. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. --v. 1 Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics. 2 Laugh at with contempt and derision.
BELL * --n. 1 A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck. 2 A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. 3 The sound of a bell being struck. 4 (nautical) Each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.. --v. Attach a bell to.
GRIAS * n. Anchovy pear tree.
ASAMA * n. A volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet).
MACADAMISE * v. Surface with macadam.
ACTS * n. A New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome.
PRAYER * n. 1 The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving). 2 Reverent petition to a deity. 3 Earnest or urgent request. 4 A fixed text used in praying.
GRAN * n. The mother of your father or mother.
COLOSSEUM * n. A large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80.
CLOAK * --n. 1 Anything that covers or conceals. 2 A loose outer garment. --v. 1 Hide under a false appearance. 2 Cover as if with clothing. 3 Cover with or as if with a cloak.
DARWINIAN * --n. An advocate of Darwinism. --a. Of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution.
PITUOPHIS * n. Bull snakes.
TRANSMOGRIFY * v. Change completely the nature or appearance of.
MYANMAR * n. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
CHILOMYCTERUS * n. Burrfishes.
CONCAVENESS * n. The property possessed by a concave shape.
BANGER * n. 1 (British informal) Pork sausage. 2 Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing.
HABAKKUK * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies.
KINGBIRD * n. Large American flycatcher.
BELLINGHAM * n. A town in northwestern Washington on a bay near the Canadian border.
CHATELAINE * n. 1 The mistress of a chateau or large country house. 2 A chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc..
PAPEETE * n. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
MALTSTER * n. A maker of malt.
CNS * n. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
CONTINUO * n. A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played.
MILKCAP * n. Edible mushroom.
PARAMEDIC * n. A person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment.
SAFELY * r. With safety; in a safe manner.
RUTABAGA * n. 1 The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food. 2 A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root.
LAAGER * n. A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
ESOCIDAE * n. Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges.
S/N * n. The ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity.
AI * n. 1 An agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders. 2 The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 3 A sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot. 4 The introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse.
MANDIOCA * n. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
MARCEAU * n. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).
HATHAWAY * n. Wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623).
LUMPSUCKER * n. Any of several very small lumpfishes.
UNTRUSTWORTHY * a. Not worthy of trust or belief.
BOOKMARKER * n. A marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place.
GLIBNESS * n. A kind of fluent easy superficiality.
NONCOMPREHENSIVELY * r. In a limited way.
STANDING * --n. 1 Social or financial or professional status or reputation. 2 An ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event. 3 The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position. --s. 1 Having a supporting base. 2 Not created for a particular occasion. 3 Permanent. --a. 1 (of fluids) Not moving or flowing. 2 Executed in or initiated from a standing position. 3 (of persons) On the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs.
ORIOLIDAE * n. Old World orioles.
CHINCHERINCHEE * n. South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers.
MEANLY * r. 1 In a nasty ill-tempered manner. 2 In a despicable, ignoble manner. 3 Poorly or in an inferior manner. 4 In a miserly manner.
PARASITISM * n. The relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage).
HAIK * n. An outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa.
MUFF * --n. 1 A warm tubular covering for the hands. 2 (sports) Dropping the ball. --v. 1 Fail to catch, as of a ball. 2 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
SUSPENSEFUL * s. (of a situation) Characterized by or causing suspense.
FASTEST * r. Most quickly.
PHYLLOCLADACEAE * n. A family of Phyllocladaceae.
OXYGEN * n. A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust.
LANDHOLDING * n. 1 Ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land. 2 A holding in the form of land.
ISOPODA * n. Woodlice.
OXYGENISE * v. 1 Change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule). 2 Dehydrogenate with oxygen. 3 Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.
JACK-TAR * n. A man who serves as a sailor.
SSPE * n. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years.
DEMIURGE * n. A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe.
KELT * n. A member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times.
BECALM * v. Make steady.
BETTONGIA * n. Jerboa kangaroo.
ALIENATING * s. Causing hostility or loss of friendliness.
MOLDBOARD * n. Wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow.
UNSATISFIABLE * s. Not capable of being satisfied.
INAUSPICIOUSLY * r. In an inauspicious manner.
EPISCOPAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church. 2 Denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops.
LIP * n. 1 Either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking. 2 (botany) Either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx. 3 An impudent or insolent rejoinder. 4 The top edge of a vessel or other container.
JACKKNIFE-FISH * n. Black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin.
PRAHA * n. The capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century.
CUCULIFORMES * n. Cuckoos; touracos; etc..
OBTRUSIVELY * r. In an obtrusive manner.
ARIES * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Aries. 2 A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus. 3 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.
BRACHYCEPHALIC * --n. An adult with a short broad head. --a. Having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80.
NONTOXIC * --a. Not producing or resulting from poison. --s. Safe to eat.
LIMOSA * n. Godwits.
COMMERCIALLY * r. In a commercial manner.
MULBERRY * n. 1 Any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry. 2 Sweet usually dark purple blackberry-like fruit of any of several mulberry trees of the genus Morus.
PHOTOFLOOD * n. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography.
ENWRAPPED * s. Giving or marked by complete attention to.
WORD-OF-MOUTH * s. Expressed orally.
LOUVRE * n. 1 An art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris. 2 One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain.
OVEREMPHASIZE * v. Place special or excessive emphasis on.
ILL-PROPORTIONED * s. Lacking pleasing proportions.
DACHSHUND * n. Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows.
SCREECHING * n. 1 A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. 2 Sharp piercing cry.
WISCONSINITE * n. A native or resident of Wisconsin.
LISTERIA * n. Any species of the genus Listeria.
ACADEMIA * n. The academic world.
HOMY * s. Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.
TONOMETRY * n. The measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea.
CARIBE * n. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
COMBATIVELY * r. In a bellicose contentious manner.
VAGARY * n. An unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.).
SUBSCRIBED * s. (of a contract or will or other document) Having a signature written at the end.
SNOOTILY * r. In a snobbish manner.
ARROWROOT * n. 1 A nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant. 2 White-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch. 3 Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
PRERECORDED * s. Recorded at one time for transmission later.
TARAKTAGENOS * n. Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees.
SEMI-EVERGREEN * s. Of a plant that is incompletely evergreen.
MATERIALISM * n. 1 A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters. 2 (philosophy) The philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.
SUBVERT * v. 1 Cause the downfall of; of rulers. 2 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 3 Destroy property or hinder normal operations. 4 Destroy completely.
BASTARDISATION * n. An act that debases or corrupts.
GAUDY * --n. (Britain) A celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college. --s. 1 Tastelessly showy. 2 (used especially of clothes) Marked by conspicuous display.
STRATIFICATION * n. 1 The act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata. 2 The condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group. 3 Forming or depositing in layers. 4 A layered configuration.
HALF-HOURLY * --s. Occurring ever half hour. --r. Every thirty minutes, every half hour.
SUBSEQUENCE * n. 1 Something that follows something else. 2 Following in time.
REFORMED * s. 1 Of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran. 2 Caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one.
UNSATISFACTORINESS * n. The quality of being inadequate or unsuitable.
TREMELLA * n. Fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain.
PUNITORILY * r. In a punishing manner.
NEUTERED * s. Having testicles or ovaries removed.
GENOVESE * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
TILLETIA * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae.
RECEPTIVENESS * n. Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas).
SHAGBARK * n. North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts.
POLEMIST * n. A writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology).
AMBLYOPIC * a. Pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology.
OFFSPRING * n. 1 The immediate descendants of a person. 2 Something that comes into existence as a result. 3 Any immature animal.
PETITION * --n. 1 A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. 2 Reverent petition to a deity. --v. Write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing.
HELPFULLY * r. In a helpful manner.
JAUNT * --n. A journey taken for pleasure. --v. Make a trip for pleasure.
CHACHALACA * n. Slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds.
EARED * --s. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down. --a. Having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination.
PROFESSEDLY * r. 1 With pretense or intention to deceive. 2 By open declaration.
BENIGNANT * --a. Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence. --s. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects.
AVON * n. 1 A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn. 2 A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn. 3 A county in southwestern England.
ANGIOMATOUS * a. Of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma.
ONEIRISM * n. Absentminded dreaming while awake.
PURPORTEDLY * r. Believed or reputed to be the case.
LANDSLIDE * n. 1 An overwhelming electoral victory. 2 A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff.
REFRESHINGLY * r. 1 In a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality. 2 In a pleasantly novel manner.
RAMPHOMICRON * n. Thornbills.
BULLHEADEDNESS * n. Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
ANTIPOPE * n. Someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected.
COUNTERCOUP * n. A sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat.
EMPHASIZED * s. Spoken with emphasis.
STONING * n. The act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death).
TYNDALL * n. British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893).
PAVISE * n. (Middle Ages) A large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position.
SHUMAC * n. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
GLUTTONISE * v. Eat a lot and without restraint.
HYPOPHYSECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the pituitary gland.
GNETALES * n. Chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms.
VESTAL * --n. A chaste woman. --a. Of or relating to Vesta. --s. In a state of sexual virginity.
VARGAS * n. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).
SENSUALIST * n. A person who enjoys sensuality.
CURVATURE * n. 1 (medicine) A curving or bending; often abnormal. 2 The rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve. 3 The property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.
ACTINIDIACEAE * n. Tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines.
NUTBROWN * s. Of the color of nuts.
ACCOUNTING * n. 1 A convincing explanation that reveals basic causes. 2 A system that provides quantitative information about finances. 3 The occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business. 4 A bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts.
CREATURE * n. 1 A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. 2 A human being; `wight' is an archaic term. 3 A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else.
FORBID * v. 1 Command against. 2 Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
DOUGH * n. 1 A flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll. 2 Informal terms for money.
SCREAMING * --n. 1 Sharp piercing cry. 2 A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. --s. 1 So extremely intense as to evoke screams. 2 Resembling a scream in effect. 3 Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter.
ABJECT * s. 1 Of the most contemptible kind. 2 Most unfortunate or miserable. 3 Showing utter resignation or hopelessness. 4 Showing humiliation or submissiveness.
UREASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide and ammonia; is present in intestinal bacteria.
SYLLOGIST * n. Logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning.
IBADAN * n. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university.
MANUBRIUM * n. The upper part of the breastbone.
GRAPHOSPASM * n. Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil.
VAT * n. 1 A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production. 2 A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids.
EARACHE * n. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
PRECONCEIVE * v. Conceive beforehand.
SHEEPDOG * n. Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep.
BARBUDA * n. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
MAIN * --n. 1 Any very large body of (salt) water. 2 A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage. --s. 1 Most important element. 2 Of force; of the greatest possible intensity. --a. (of a clause) Capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence.
PLATANTHERA * n. Herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres.
MAINTAIN * v. 1 Cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean'. 2 Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. 3 Supply with necessities and support. 4 State categorically.
BLUEISH * s. Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
TEN * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system. 2 One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face. --s. Being one more than nine.
BOGGLE * v. 1 Startle with amazement or fear. 2 Hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear. 3 Overcome with amazement.
GAUFFER * --n. 1 An iron used to press pleats and ridges. 2 An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats. --v. Make wavy with a heated goffering iron.
COSEC * n. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
GROENENDAEL * n. Black-coated sheepdog with a heavily plumed tail.
PBS * n. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
AREOLAR * a. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
ZEALOT * n. 1 A member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans. 2 A fervent and even militant proponent of something.
GENERATION * n. 1 All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age. 2 Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent. 3 The normal time between successive generations. 4 A stage of technological development or innovation.
COMPOSER * n. Someone who composes music as a profession.
HOTELKEEPER * n. An owner or manager of hotels.
ACIDEMIA * n. A blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale).
SARCOSOMATACEAE * n. A type of ascomycetous fungus.
SYSTEMIC * s. Affecting an entire system.
TAGLIATELLE * n. Pasta cut in narrow ribbons.
BRICKBAT * n. 1 A fragment of brick used as a weapon. 2 Blunt criticism.
JONAH * n. 1 (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land. 2 A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him. 3 A book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale.
ISOTROPICALLY * r. In an isotropic manner.
RECALCULATION * n. The act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data).
FINICAL * s. Exacting especially about details.
JEWEL * --n. 1 A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry. 2 A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry. --v. Adorn or decorate with precious stones.
PRO-INFLAMMATORY * s. Tending to cause inflammation.
STUBBS * n. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
STAMBUL * n. The largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
RESTRENGTHEN * v. Make strong again.
RENAME * v. 1 Assign a new name to. 2 Name again or anew.
SEDUCTION * n. 1 Enticing someone astray from right behavior. 2 An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone.
TITAN * n. 1 A person of exceptional importance and reputation. 2 (Greek mythology) Any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth). 3 The largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere.
CABER * n. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) that is tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of northern Scotland).
PIEZOELECTRIC * a. Relating to or involving piezoelectricity.
INFLEXION * n. A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function.
MECHANICALLY * r. 1 In a mechanical manner; by a mechanism. 2 In a machinelike manner; without feeling.
FOXINESS * n. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
CHOLERAIC * a. Relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera.
LOTHRINGEN * n. An eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits.
CORRUPTLY * r. In a corrupt manner.
SUFFIXATION * n. Formation of a word by means of a suffix.
POPULAR * --a. Regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public. --s. 1 Carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large. 2 Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large. 3 (of music or art) New and of general appeal (especially among young people).
REMINDER * n. 1 A message that helps you remember something. 2 An experience that causes you to remember something. 3 Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided.
FREEBORN * s. Born free of free parents.
QUOIN * n. 1 Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase. 2 The keystone of an arch. 3 (architecture) Solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.
FURORE * n. 1 An interest followed with exaggerated zeal. 2 A sudden outburst (as of protest).
AMBIENT * s. Completely enveloping.
TRITANOPIC * s. Inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow.
SIGMOID * a. 1 Curved in two directions (like the letter S). 2 Of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine.
MOHAMMAD * n. The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632).
SEB * n. A form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare.
COSMOGRAPHY * n. 1 The science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy). 2 A representation of the earth or the heavens.
AGLAONEMA * n. Climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen.
PORPOISE * n. Any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth.
UMBRAGEOUS * s. 1 Filled with shade. 2 Angered at something unjust or wrong.
ANTARCTIC * --n. The region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters. --s. At or near the south pole.
MUKATAA * n. An Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center.
COSTLESS * s. Costing nothing.
INTERLEUKIN * n. Any of several lymphokines that promote macrophages and killer T cells and B cells and other components of the immune system.
MEGALOBLAST * n. Abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency.
TURKO-TATAR * n. A subfamily of Altaic languages.
BLUE-BELLY * n. Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks.
ARCHLY * r. In an arch manner; with playful slyness or roguishness.
GOD-AWFUL * s. (informal) Very unpleasant.
HEADGEAR * n. 1 Clothing for the head. 2 The hoist at the pithead of a mine. 3 Stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head.
CRAGSMAN * n. A climber of vertical rock faces.
RECOMMIT * v. 1 Commit once again, as of a crime. 2 Commit again. 3 Send back to a committee.
PARTICULARIZATION * n. An individualized description of a particular instance.
FESS * n. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
CASK * n. 1 The quantity a cask will hold. 2 A cylindrical container that holds liquids.
AGHA * n. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
SLIMNESS * n. 1 A small margin. 2 The property of an attractively thin person.
ADMITTIBLE * s. Deserving to be allowed to enter.
SYNENTOGNATHI * n. Order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks.
NEWMAN * n. 1 United States film actor (born in 1925). 2 English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890).
STIFLE * --n. Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. --v. 1 Suppress in order to conceal or hide. 2 Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity. 3 Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. 4 Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.
MOLDY * s. Covered with or smelling of mold.
JUSSIEU * n. French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836).
BOMBYLIIDAE * n. Bee flies.
CRAPPY * s. Very bad.
EDULCORATE * v. Make sweeter in taste.
PALMATE * s. 1 (of the feet of water birds) Having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin. 2 Of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point.
BOOKLOVER * n. Someone who loves (and usually collects) books.
COTTONMOUTH * n. Venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States.
DERMIS * n. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
BOCK * n. A very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring.
SENNA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally.
APPRECIATIVE * s. 1 Feeling or expressive of gratitude. 2 Having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion.
STAUNCH * --v. Stop the flow of a liquid. --s. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty.
LACERATE * --v. 1 Cut or tear irregularly. 2 Deeply hurt the feelings of; distress. --s. 1 Irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn. 2 Having edges that are jagged from injury.
ABELIA * n. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico.
INFLEXIBILITY * n. 1 A lack of physical flexibility. 2 The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.
CAFFEINE * n. A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects.
ONE * --n. 1 The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. 2 A single person or thing. --s. 1 Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more. 2 Having the indivisible character of a unit. 3 Of the same kind or quality. 4 (informal) Very; used informally as an intensifier.
DYSGENICS * n. The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
FATHERHOOD * n. 1 The kinship relation between an offspring and the father. 2 God when considered as the first person in the Trinity. 3 The status of a religious leader. 4 The status of a father.
MALMSEY * n. Sweet Madeira wine.
CARBOHYDRATE * n. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain.
RECLAIMABLE * s. Capable of being used again.
HANDSHAKING * n. Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).
BRA * n. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
ANASTALSIS * n. Muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis.
PORTERAGE * n. 1 The charge for carrying burdens by porters. 2 The transportation of burdens by porters.
GEORGIA * n. 1 A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. 2 One of the British colonies that formed the United States. 3 A republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
SPAM * --n. 1 A canned meat made largely from pork. 2 Unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk). --v. Send unwanted or junk e-mail.
RASTAS * n. (Jamaica) A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music.
FIVE-FOLD * s. Having five units or components.
LOUPE * n. Small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists.
SHIPWORM * n. Wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells.
REP * n. 1 Informal abbreviation of `representative'. 2 A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
ELECTRA * n. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus).
BOUNTIFULNESS * n. The property of copious abundance.
CONGEE * --n. 1 A Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast. 2 (architecture) A concave molding. 3 Formal permission to depart. 4 An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal. --v. 1 Depart after obtaining formal permission. 2 Perform a ceremonious bow.
ONSAGER * n. United States chemist (born in Norway) noted for his work in thermodynamics (1903-1976).
FIFTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order.
RODIN * n. French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917).
SALVINORIN * n. A hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum.
POLYCHROMATIC * --a. (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength. --s. Having or exhibiting many colors.
TWIRLINGLY * r. Doing twirls.
MOLTING * n. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
HYDROMETRIC * a. Of or relating to hydrometry.
STRAIGHT-FROM-THE-SHOULDER * s. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.
NONTECHNICAL * a. Not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences.
ORPHEUS * n. (Greek mythology) A great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed.
EPANODOS * n. 1 Recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order). 2 Repetition of a group of words in reverse order.
INVARIABLY * r. Without variation or change, in every case.
CONSOLATORY * s. Affording comfort or solace.
NEWGATE * n. A former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902.
ANAGNOST * n. A cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church).
FRANGIBLE * s. Capable of being broken.
TRUELOVE * n. A person loved by another person.
ANGIOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces an angiogram.
ENCHAIN * v. Restrain or bind with chains.
NUTATE * v. Rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily.
SOCIOCULTURAL * a. Relating to both social and cultural matters.
RETINOBLASTOMA * n. Malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells.
DISESTABLISHMENT * n. The act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England.
BLADDERNOSE * n. Medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters.
KARAKORAM * n. A mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak.
MOTORISE * v. Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles.
PROLIFERATE * v. 1 Grow rapidly. 2 Cause to grow or increase rapidly.
PERIPHERALLY * r. In or at or near a periphery or according to a peripheral role or function or relationship.
MAYPOP * n. Of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg.
JIDDA * n. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca.
STOCKCAR * n. Boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock.
AGASSIZ * n. United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873).
MARTIAL * --n. Roman poet noted for epigrams (first century BC). --s. 1 (of persons) Befitting a warrior. 2 Suggesting war or military life. 3 Of or relating to the armed forces.
ICON * n. 1 (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface. 2 A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. 3 A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church.
PRAYERBOOK * n. A book containing prayers.
DOMESTICIZE * v. Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
AIRLESS * s. Lacking fresh air.
EUROCENTRIC * a. Focussed on Europe and the Europeans.
SQUARE * --n. 1 (geometry) A plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon. 2 The product of two equal terms. 3 An open area at the meeting of two or more streets. 4 Something approximating the shape of a square. --v. 1 Make square. 2 Raise to the second power. 3 Cause to match, as of ideas or acts. 4 Position so as to be square. --a. 1 Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle. 2 Characterized by honesty and fairness. --s. 1 Providing abundant nourishment. 2 Leaving no balance. 3 Without evasion or compromise. 4 Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned. --r. 1 In a straight direct way. 2 In a square shape. 3 Firmly and solidly.
ULTRAMODERN * s. Extremely modern.
INVASION * n. 1 The act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder. 2 Any entry into an area not previously occupied. 3 (pathology) The spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body.
ALLEMANDE * n. Egg-thickened veloute.
BANKRUPT * --n. Someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts. --v. Reduce to bankruptcy. --s. Financially ruined.
OUTPOURING * n. 1 A natural flow of ground water. 2 A sudden rapid flow (as of water). 3 The pouring forth of a fluid. 4 The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written).
STOOP * --n. 1 An inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward. 2 Basin for holy water. 3 Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house. --v. 1 Bend one's back forward from the waist on down. 2 Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way. 3 Descend swiftly, as if on prey. 4 Sag, bend, bend over or down.
SPORTIVENESS * n. Lively high-spirited playfulness.
SATCHEL * n. Luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap.
HESITATOR * n. One who hesitates (usually out of fear).
LINKED * s. Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
EIGHTY-TWO * s. Being two more than eighty.
MANDEAN * --n. 1 A member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah. 2 The form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans. --a. Of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture.
DILATION * n. 1 A lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic. 2 The act of expanding an aperture.
ACCOUTRE * v. Provide with military equipment.
SKIAGRAPHY * n. The process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light.
10TH * s. Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
MIGHTILY * r. 1 Powerfully or vigorously. 2 (Southern regional intensive) Very; to a great degree.
TRACHEOBRONCHITIS * n. Common respiratory infection characterized by inflammation of the trachea and the bronchi.
AMOEBIASIS * n. Infection by a disease-causing ameba.
ANOMALIST * n. Someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases.
ABOUT-FACE * --n. 1 Act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation. 2 A major change in attitude or principle or point of view. --v. 1 Turn, usually 180 degrees. 2 Change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint.
LANDLINE * n. A telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits.
ORIGINAL * --n. 1 An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made. 2 Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies. --s. 1 Preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed. 2 (of e.g. information) Not secondhand or by way of something intermediary. 3 Not derived or copied or translated from something else. --a. Being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of.
DOUBLE-DYED * s. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
MICROCYTOSIS * n. A blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia.
DEMODULATION * n. (electronics) The reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave.
POLYSYLLABICALLY * r. In a polysyllabic manner.
SISHAM * n. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties.
STASH * --n. A secret store of valuables or money. --v. Save up as for future use.
CLINOCEPHALY * n. A congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex).
CARD-PLAYING * s. Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance.
BENEFIC * s. Exerting a favorable or beneficent influence.
REFUGE * n. 1 A safe place. 2 Something or someone turned to for assistance or security. 3 A shelter from danger or hardship. 4 Act of turning to for assistance.
ACETANILIDE * n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
YELLOWISH-WHITE * s. Of a white tinged with yellow.
SPOOK * --n. 1 Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric. 2 A mental representation of some haunting experience. --v. Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action.
PANCHAYET * n. A village council in India or southern Pakistan.
UNMECHANICAL * s. (of a person) Lacking mechanical skills.
RECUSE * v. 1 Disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case. 2 Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law.
PUNIC * --n. The Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language. --s. Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans.
CALOSTOMATACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales.
BUSTIER * n. A close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress.
DYSPNEIC * a. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
ILLUME * v. Make lighter or brighter.
UNNOURISHED * s. Not nourished.
POSER * n. 1 A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not. 2 A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor. 3 A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
CASEATE * v. 1 Turn into cheese. 2 Become cheeselike.
SLUICEWAY * n. Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate.
TAMMUZ * n. 1 The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July). 2 Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna.
BAGPIPE * n. A tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone.
TENCH * n. Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water.
TRULY * r. 1 In accordance with truth or fact or reality. 2 By right. 3 With sincerity; without pretense. 4 In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).
SORROWER * n. A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died).
MICROSPORANGIUM * n. A plant structure that produces microspores.
OUTFLOW * n. 1 The discharge of a fluid from some container. 2 The process of flowing out. 3 A natural flow of ground water.
EUDEMONIC * a. Producing happiness and well-being.
PANNIKIN * n. A small pan or cup (usually of tin).
KENNELLY * n. United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939).
PRIVILEGED * --a. Blessed with privileges. --s. 1 Not subject to usual rules or penalties. 2 Confined to an exclusive group.
ANSERINE * --a. Of or resembling a goose. --s. Having or revealing stupidity.
DISABILITY * n. The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
MONOSEMOUS * s. Having only one meaning.
COMMISSIONAIRE * n. A uniformed doorman.
FILLER * n. 1 Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface. 2 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary. 3 Copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper. 4 Anything added to fill out a whole.
CONCUBINE * n. A woman who cohabits with an important man.
RATAPLAN * n. The sound made by beating a drum.
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE * s. Dangerous to yourself or your interests.
SHEATFISH * n. Large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe.
GRIMY * s. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
CHLORTHALIDONE * n. A diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks.
ABNEGATE * v. 1 Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure. 2 Surrender (power or a position). 3 Deny or renounce.
GLOSSITIS * n. Inflammation of the tongue.
1 * --n. The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. --s. Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more.
DISSIMULATE * v. Hide (feelings) from other people.
GONDWANALAND * n. A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica.
DISCERNING * --a. Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. --s. 1 Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic. 2 Quick to understand. 3 Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive.
TERESHKOVA * n. Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937).
SHAVED * a. Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.
BROWNIE * n. 1 A junior Girl Scout. 2 (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 3 Square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts.
QUADRUPLEX * s. Having four units or components.
THYSANOPTERON * n. An insect of the order Thysanoptera.
TAMPICO * n. A port city in eastern Mexico.
INSTANTANEOUS * s. Occurring with no delay.
EREMITICAL * --a. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living. --s. Characterized by ascetic solitude.
UNARGUABLY * r. In an unarguable and undisputed manner.
SPAWNER * n. A female fish at spawning time.
HUMANISE * v. Make more humane.
SCULPTED * s. Cut into a desired shape.
PISCIDIA * n. Genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons.
TOPSIDE * n. (usually plural) Weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline.
MASTERSHIP * n. 1 The skill of a master. 2 The position of master.
UNTOUGHENED * a. Physically untoughened.
CONTEMPTIBLE * a. Deserving of contempt or scorn.
RENASCENCE * n. 1 The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries. 2 A second or new birth. 3 The revival of learning and culture.
HUMANELY * r. In a humane manner.
SLYLY * r. In an artful manner.
ANYMORE * r. At the present or from now on; usually used with a negative.
LEPIDOPTERON * n. Insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales.
LA-DI-DA * s. Affectedly genteel.
SUPERPOSABLE * s. Coinciding exactly when superimposed.
REDEMPTION * n. 1 (theology) The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. 2 Repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock). 3 The act of purchasing back something previously sold.
SPOROGENOUS * a. Producing spores or reproducing by means of spores.
QUADRIC * n. A curve or surface whose equation (in Cartesian coordinates) is of the second degree.
EYEGLASSES * n. (plural) Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
TWO-EARED * s. Having two ears.
HYPERSECRETION * n. Excessive secretion.
BIASED * s. Favoring one person or side over another.
OVERGROW * v. 1 Grow too large. 2 Become overgrown. 3 Grow beyond or across.
SCHOOLMARM * n. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).
ALBUMIN * n. A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.
DOLABRATE * s. Having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver.
JOBBERY * n. Corruptness among public officials.
DEFECTOR * n. A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post).
DESIDERATUM * n. Something desired as a necessity.
BLEAR * --v. Make dim or indistinct. --s. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
ANGLOPHILIA * n. Admiration for Britain and British customs.
KW * n. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
HALF-HEARTED * s. Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.
HOROLOGIST * n. Someone who makes or repairs watches.
LYCOPODIATE * n. Club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
ATHEROMA * n. A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery; can obstruct blood flow.
CRYSTALLITE * n. Any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock.
PELECYPODOUS * s. Bivalve.
BITSTOCK * n. A carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring.
WIFELIKE * a. Befitting or characteristic of a wife.
MICROGLIA * n. Neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic.
HOLOCENTRUS * n. Type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes.
GREENISH * s. Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass.
HEADSHAKING * n. The act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement.
SLAVISH * s. 1 Blindly imitative. 2 Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
PANDOWDY * n. Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust.
INK-BLACK * s. Of the color of black ink.
CAROCHE * n. A luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century.
CRITIQUE * --n. 1 An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). 2 A serious examination and judgment of something. --v. Appraise critically.
144 * n. Twelve dozen.
UNFAVOURABLENESS * n. The quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success.
MALLET * n. 1 A sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball. 2 A light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.. 3 A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing.
POLYSEMANTIC * s. Of words; having many meanings.
HETEROSOMATA * n. Flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes.
REMNANT * n. 1 A small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. 2 A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
UNAVOIDABILITY * n. The quality of being impossible to avoid or evade.
CHORISTER * n. A singer in a choir.
DA * n. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
GERREIDAE * n. Mojarras.
ACQUISITION * n. 1 The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something. 2 Something acquired. 3 The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge. 4 An ability that has been acquired by training.
IMMUNOLOGICALLY * r. From the point of view of immunology.
EPIGLOTTITIS * n. Inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing.
AUDIOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to audiometry.
CHAMPLEVE * s. (for metals) Having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired.
CROSSWAY * n. A junction where one street or road crosses another.
SETTLED * --a. 1 Established or decided beyond dispute or doubt. 2 Established in a desired position or place; not moving about. --s. 1 Inhabited by colonists. 2 Not changeable.
INTUITIVE * s. 1 Spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency. 2 Obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation.
ESCALADE * --n. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification). --v. Climb up and over.
BOMBSIGHT * n. A sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs.
UNCROWNED * a. 1 Not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids. 2 Not (especially not yet) provided with a crown.
TURTLEDOVE * n. 1 Small Australian dove. 2 Any of several Old World wild doves.
ORGAN * n. 1 A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function. 2 A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function. 3 (music) An electronic simulation of a pipe organ. 4 A periodical that is published by a special interest group.
COARCTATION * n. 1 Tight or narrow compression. 2 (biology) A narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta.
CARBONIZE * v. 1 Unite with carbon. 2 Turn into carbon, as by burning.
BRIDGES * n. United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990).
CHESS * n. 1 Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat. 2 A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king.
UNIMPASSIONED * s. Free from emotional appeal; marked by reasonableness.
EXCELSIOR * n. Thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing.
LENDL * n. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships; in 1992 he became a United States citizen (born in 1960).
SINCERELY * r. 1 With sincerity; without pretense. 2 Written formula for ending a letter.
CITATION * n. 1 An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement. 2 (law) The act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.). 3 A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. 4 A passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
MHZ * n. One million periods per second.
GOVERNMENTALLY * r. By government.
ERVING * n. United States basketball forward (born in 1950).
PROVIDENTLY * r. In a provident manner.
VILNO * n. The capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania.
VARLET * n. 1 A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. 2 In medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood.
MOCAMBIQUE * n. A republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975.
PLAINTIFF * n. A person who brings an action in a court of law.
HERMANN * n. German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19).
COVEN * n. An assembly of witches; usually 13 witches.
HEMMING-STITCH * n. A stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses.
TOUCHINESS * n. Feeling easily irritated.
CLADODE * n. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
SHIPSHAPE * s. Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder.
SEA-DUTY * n. Naval service aboard a ship at sea.
PENURIOUS * s. 1 Not having enough money to pay for necessities. 2 Excessively unwilling to spend.
MONOCYCLE * n. A vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals.
OVERINDULGENCE * n. Excessive indulgence.
SCANDALIZATION * n. 1 The condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior). 2 The act of scandalizing.
HOPE * --n. 1 A specific instance of feeling hopeful. 2 The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled. 3 Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future. 4 Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered. --v. 1 Expect and wish. 2 Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes. 3 Intend with some possibility of fulfilment.
NOSH-UP * n. A large satisfying meal.
AQUAPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of drowning.
HANDSBREADTH * n. Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.
CATOSTOMID * n. A cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae.
TURBATRIX * n. A genus of Cephalobidae.
MYRTALES * n. Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae.
HOOK-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a hook.
SEMI-ERECT * s. Of plants that are partly erect.
UNREGULATED * --a. Not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline. --s. Without regulation or discipline.
SCHOOLMASTER * n. 1 Presiding officer of a school. 2 Any person (or institution) who acts as an educator. 3 Food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters.
PAIGLE * n. 1 Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel. 2 Early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers.
TROGIUM * n. A genus of Psocidae.
REDDING * n. A town in north central California on the Sacramento River.
SUNDRIED * s. Dried naturally by the sun.
WOODPECKER * n. Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects.
ACID-WASH * v. Wash with acid so as to achieve a bleached look.
DOGSBODY * n. A worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do.
THREE-FOLD * s. 1 Three times as great or many. 2 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities.
EICHHORNIA * n. Water hyacinth; water orchid.
CLEMENCEAU * n. French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929).
REFLEXED * s. (of leaves) Bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees.
ALPHA-NAPHTHOL * n. An isomer of naphthol used in dyes.
BRUMMY * n. A native or resident of Birmingham, England.
HARMONISER * n. 1 A musician who sings or plays in harmony. 2 A mediator who brings one thing into harmonious agreement with another.
VICTIMISER * n. A person who victimizes others.
POUTERIA * n. Tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel).
SWINGE * v. Burn superficially or lightly.
HERONRY * n. A breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery.
ZEOMORPHI * n. Dories.
SOURISH * s. Tasting sour like a lemon.
NON-INVOLVEMENT * n. Withdrawing from the activities of a group.
DIGITIZER * n. Device for converting analogue signals into digital signals.
MEAGERNESS * n. The quality of being meager.
BUZZWORD * n. Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition.
PAROCHIALLY * r. In a parochial manner.
TAXMAN * n. Someone who collects taxes for the government.
COUNTERPART * n. 1 A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another. 2 A duplicate copy.
SHORTEN * v. 1 Make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration. 2 Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. 3 Make short or shorter. 4 Become short or shorter.
PETROMYZONIFORMES * n. Lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes.
TUSSOCK * n. A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass.
HEEDLESS * --a. Marked by or paying little heed or attention. --s. Characterized by careless unconcern.
ALARY * s. Having or resembling wings.
GATOR * n. Either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts.
WARMHEARTEDNESS * n. 1 A warmhearted feeling. 2 A positive feeling of liking.
SEQUOIADENDRON * n. Giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae.
RAJ * n. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
HASSID * n. A member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
NOR'-NOR'-EAST * --n. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast. --r. To, toward, or in the north-northeast.
LINEARISE * v. Make linear or get into a linear form.
SINGLE-STRANDED * a. Having a single strand.
CROCODILUS * n. Type genus of the Crocodylidae.
INJECTANT * n. Any solution that is injected (as into the skin).
URETEROSTENOSIS * n. Stenosis of the ureter.
MUSICOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to musicology.
GUANABENZ * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system.
MID-OCTOBER * n. The middle part of October.
MEDLARS * n. Relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature.
TUPEK * n. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
MICAH * n. 1 A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC). 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem.
COCOZELLE * n. 1 Squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow. 2 Squash resembling zucchini.
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS * n. The branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods.
THORNLESS * s. Lacking thorns.
PERSPICACIOUSNESS * n. Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).
POINT-OF-SALE * a. Of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased.
GARGANEY * n. Small Eurasian teal.
LIQUORICE * n. 1 Deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots. 2 A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant.
LEAFLET * n. 1 A thin triangular flap of a heart valve. 2 Part of a compound leaf. 3 A small book usually having a paper cover.
CYCLOPTERUS * n. Type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes.
RATIFICATION * n. Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it.
TRUCULENT * s. Defiantly aggressive.
SPINNEY * n. A copse that shelters game.
INDUSTRIALIZE * v. 1 Organize (the production of something) into an industry. 2 Develop industry; become industrial.
PUPAL * s. Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage.
COMMUNIZATION * n. 1 A change from private property to public property owned by the community. 2 The organization of a nation of the basis of communism. 3 Changing something from private to state ownership or control.
PHALAROPIDAE * n. Phalaropes.
CURFEW * n. 1 The time that the curfew signal is sounded. 2 A signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions. 3 An order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited.
THERMOSETTING * a. Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured.
BINUCLEATE * a. Having two nuclei.
STAID * s. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
DUFFEL * n. 1 A large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings. 2 A coarse heavy woolen fabric.
PERIOD * n. 1 An amount of time. 2 The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon. 3 (ice hockey) One of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games. 4 A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.
STENOTIC * s. Abnormally constricted body canal or passage.
RESPONDER * n. Someone who responds.
DOGMA * n. 1 A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof. 2 A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative.
REINFORCED * s. 1 Given added strength or support. 2 (used of soaps or cleaning agents) Having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness.
QATARI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Qatar. --a. Of or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants.
ANEMOGRAPHY * n. Recording anemometrical measurements.
RENEWAL * n. 1 The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation. 2 The act of renewing. 3 Filling again by supplying what has been used up.
ANVIL * n. 1 A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering. 2 The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
FULLY * r. 1 To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form). 2 Sufficiently; more than adequately. 3 Referring to a quantity.
GUANTANAMO * n. A city in southeastern Cuba; site of a United States naval base.
SELF-RENUNCIATION * n. Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
OBLIVIOUSNESS * n. Total forgetfulness.
BLABBERMOUTHED * s. 1 Unwisely talking too much. 2 Prone to communicate confidential information.
CORACIIDAE * n. Rollers.
MERCILESSLY * r. Without pity; in a merciless manner.
PUNTER * n. 1 Someone who propels a boat with a pole. 2 (football) A person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground. 3 Someone who bets.
OPUNTIALES * n. Coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses.
SECONDER * n. Someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote.
FLABBILY * r. In a flabby manner.
BECOMINGLY * r. In a becoming manner.
OCCUPATION * n. 1 The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. 2 The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power. 3 Any activity that occupies a person's attention. 4 The act of occupying or taking possession of a building.
MERCEDARIO * n. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,210 feet high).
DIARRHOEIC * s. Of or relating to diarrhea.
ABYSMAL * s. 1 Very great; limitless. 2 Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable.
MARQUISE * n. 1 A noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess. 2 Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc..
LOW-LYING * s. 1 Having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level. 2 Lying below the normal level.
INSCRIPTION * n. 1 Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something. 2 A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something. 3 The activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words.
CHROMATOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to chromatography.
PALLETTE * n. One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.
ORGANIZED * --a. 1 Formed into a structured or coherent whole, particularly on a large scale. 2 Methodical and efficient in arrangement or function. --s. Being a member of or formed into a labor union.
MOSTACCIOLI * n. Pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches.
BOARFISH * n. 1 Fish with large eyes and long snouts. 2 Fish with a projecting snout.
INTRAVASATION * n. Entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel.
FREYJA * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey.
MUNG * n. 1 Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food. 2 Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus. 3 Seed of the mung bean plant used for food.
VENTRICOUS * s. Having a swelling on one side.
MUFFLER * n. 1 A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise. 2 A scarf worn around the neck. 3 A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations.
PROPRIONAMIDE * n. The amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2).
PRECEDE * v. 1 Be earlier in time; go back further. 2 Come before. 3 Be the predecessor of. 4 Move ahead (of others) in time or space.
CENTROSPERMAE * n. Used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales.
SURD * --n. A consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords. --a. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
TANGSHAN * n. An industrial city of northeastern China in Hebei province.
UTERINE * a. Of or involving the uterus.
CAPSICUM * n. 1 Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers. 2 Chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers.
LACHRYMATOR * n. A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds.
HAMELN * n. A town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper.
GEOMETRY * n. The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces.
BEEHIVE * n. 1 Any workplace where people are very busy. 2 A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree. 3 A hairdo resembling a beehive. 4 A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees.
SUSCEPTIBLENESS * n. The state of being susceptible; easily affected.
SURGICALLY * r. In a surgical manner; by means of surgery.
DISCRETE * s. Constituting a separate entity or part.
LOWLY * s. 1 Low or inferior in station or quality. 2 Inferior in rank or status. 3 Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work). 4 Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense).
OUTGENERAL * v. Surpass in generalship.
HABER * n. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934).
GREASE * --n. 1 A thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery). 2 The state of being covered with unclean things. --v. Lubricate with grease.
PROTEIN * n. Any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes.
FAULTINESS * n. The state of being defective.
ZYMOLOGY * n. The branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling).
BAYA * n. Common Indian weaverbird.
LOPHOLATILUS * n. Large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters.
UNEXPIRED * a. Not having come to an end or been terminated by passage of time.
AVO * n. 100 avos equal 1 pataca in Macao.
MOTION * --n. 1 The use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals. 2 A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. 3 A change of position that does not entail a change of location. 4 A state of change. --v. Show, express or direct through movement.
DEDUCT * v. 1 Make a subtraction. 2 Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments. 3 Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.
EQ * n. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen.
IRREPLACEABLENESS * n. The quality of being irreplaceable.
SOUTINE * n. French expressionist painter (born in Lithuania) (1893-1943).
MORALIST * n. 1 A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems. 2 Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
POINTLESSLY * r. In a pointless manner.
ACTIVATION * n. 1 Stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical. 2 The activity of causing to have energy and be active. 3 Making active and effective (as a bomb).
SARAPE * n. A long brightly colored shawl; worn mainly by Mexican men.
UNDERGRAD * n. A university student who has not yet received a first degree.
UNCLIPPED * s. Not clipped.
RAMSHACKLE * s. In deplorable condition.
ABDUCTING * a. Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part.
WORLD-WEARY * s. Tired of the world.
SNAZZY * s. Flashily stylish.
XYRIDALES * n. An order of monocotyledonous herbs.
FRACTURE * --n. 1 Breaking of hard tissue such as bone. 2 (geology) A crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. 3 The act of cracking something. --v. 1 Violate or abuse. 2 Interrupt, break, or destroy. 3 Break into pieces. 4 Become fractured.
CENSORING * n. 1 Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy. 2 Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances.
RACKER * n. An attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack.
DORONICUM * n. Genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane.
CROSS-PLY * a. Of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls.
AIRBORNE * s. Moved or conveyed by or through air.
VALUATION * n. 1 An appraisal of the value of something. 2 Assessed price.
BELCHING * n. 1 The forceful expulsion of something from inside. 2 A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
APIACEAE * n. Plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill.
HUNDREDWEIGHT * n. 1 A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms. 2 A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds. 3 A British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds.
WINGSTEM * n. Perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States.
BARGEMAN * n. Someone who operates a barge.
APPOINTMENT * n. 1 The act of putting a person into a non-elective position. 2 A meeting arranged in advance. 3 (usually in the plural) Furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel). 4 A person who is appointed to a job or position.
THYROTROPIN * n. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
MUSICALLY * r. In a musical manner.
PORTLY * s. Euphemisms for `fat'.
WESLEYANISM * n. Evangelical principles taught by John Wesley.
SALK * n. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
KHANATE * n. 1 The realm of a khan. 2 The position of a khan.
TRIQUETRAL * n. A wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones.
CONQUEROR * n. Someone who is victorious by force of arms.
ABDOMINOPLASTY * n. Cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach.
KUBRICK * n. United States filmmaker (born in 1928).
WEATHERLY * a. (of a sailing vessel) Making very little leeway when close-hauled.
MONANDROUS * s. Having only one husband at a time.
SELF-SERVING * s. Interested only in yourself.
EFFULGENT * s. Radiating or as if radiating light.
YUCCA * n. Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America.
BARUCH * n. 1 Economic advisor to United States Presidents (1870-1965). 2 A disciple of and secretary for the prophet Jeremiah. 3 An Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch.
BLURRY * s. Indistinct or hazy in outline.
JACKRABBIT * --n. Large hare of western North America. --v. Go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement.
MALANGA * n. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
PROFESSION * n. 1 The body of people in a learned occupation. 2 An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences). 3 An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion. 4 Affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith.
PARAMETRIC * a. Of or relating to or in terms of a parameter.
FOXHOLE * n. A small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire.
HAPLOIDY * n. The condition of being haploid.
PHENOMENON * n. 1 Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning. 2 A remarkable development.
BRUCELLOSIS * n. 1 Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache. 2 An infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings.
INVARIANT * --n. A feature (quantity or property or function) that remains unchanged when a particular transformation is applied to it. --s. 1 Unaffected by a designated operation or transformation. 2 Unvarying in nature.
ARMHOLE * n. A hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached.
GOLDFISH * n. Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes.
DAMASK * --n. 1 A table linen made from linen with a damask pattern. 2 A fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it. --s. Having a woven pattern.
JEAN * n. A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric.
UNBOX * v. Remove from a box.
TRUNDLE * --n. 1 A low bed to be slid under a higher bed. 2 Small wheel or roller. --v. Move heavily.
ENROLLMENT * n. 1 The act of enrolling. 2 The body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time.
PRECOOK * v. Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.
TINCT * v. Color lightly.
PSEUDOSCORPIONES * n. False scorpions.
PROCAVIIDAE * n. Includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea.
DEMOSTHENES * n. Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC).
BOTTOM-FEEDING * a. Of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water.
47 * s. Being seven more than forty.
FROLICSOME * s. Given to merry frolicking.
NEWARK * n. The largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey.
PHASIANUS * n. Type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants.
SARCORHAMPHUS * n. Usually containing only the king vulture.
HEXAPODA * n. Insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species.
JAILHOUSE * n. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
SANDFISH * n. 1 Either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand. 2 Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand.
PANCYTOPENIA * n. An abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia.
MANZONI * n. Italian novelist and poet (1785-1873).
INBUILT * s. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.
TAZICEF * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections.
UNEQUALISED * s. Not caused to be equal.
ECCLESIASTES * n. An Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC.
TRAGUS * n. A small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear.
FARKLEBERRY * n. Shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries.
NELUMBONACEAE * n. In some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo.
CRECY * n. The first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois.
DIARTHROSIS * n. A joint so articulated as to move freely.
PURGE * --n. 1 The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge. 2 An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements. 3 An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place. --v. 1 Oust politically. 2 Clear of a charge. 3 Make pure or free from sin or guilt. 4 Rid of impurities.
CUTLAS * n. A short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors.
ERYSIPHALES * n. Saprophytic and parasitic fungi that live on plants.
PARMESAN * n. Hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated.
PARLORMAID * n. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.
JEWELLER * n. 1 Someone who makes jewelry. 2 Someone in the business of selling jewelry.
ABORIGINAL * --n. An indigenous person who was born in a particular place. --a. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning. --s. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.
ELUCIDATE * v. 1 Make clear and (more) comprehensible. 2 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
OLLARI * n. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
GEOMYIDAE * n. North American pocket gophers.
FRIED * s. Cooked by frying in fat.
ACCIDENT-PRONE * s. Having more than the average number of accidents.
ANGELFISH * n. 1 A butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus. 2 Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters. 3 Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do.
DEFOLIATION * n. 1 The loss of foliage. 2 Causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals).
TAN * --n. 1 A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. 2 A light brown the color of topaz. 3 Ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle. --v. 1 Treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather. 2 Get a tan, from wind or sun. --s. Of a light yellowish-brown color.
IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY * n. An assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase).
BATHYSPHERE * n. Spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration.
HYPOTHALAMUS * n. A basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system.
ROCK-BOTTOM * s. Well below normal (especially in price).
LIFETIME * n. The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).
SOUTH-EAST * r. To, toward, or in the southeast.
STICHAEIDAE * n. Pricklebacks.
SCATTERED * s. 1 Occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space. 2 Lacking orderly continuity.
DEOXYADENOSINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of adenosine and deoxyribose.
YAHVEH * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
CUPCAKE * n. Small cake baked in a muffin tin.
DWARF * --n. 1 A person who is markedly small. 2 A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure. 3 A plant or animal that is atypically small. --v. 1 Make appear small by comparison. 2 Check the growth of.
COWHOUSE * n. A barn for cows.
INSURANCE * n. 1 Promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company. 2 Written contract or certificate of insurance. 3 Protection against future loss.
FABIANISM * n. Socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law.
BELEMNITE * n. A conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae.
TOLERATION * n. 1 A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations. 2 Official recognition of the right of individuals to hold dissenting opinions (especially in religion).
MONOCULTURE * n. The cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country).
EXPLICIT * --a. Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication. --s. In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term.
SPLOSH * v. 1 Make a splashing sound. 2 Walk through mud or mire. 3 Cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force. 4 Dash a liquid upon or against.
CRASSITUDE * n. The quality of being crass--devoid of refinement.
FILAREE * n. 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.
LUXEMBOURGIAN * a. Relating to or characteristic of Luxembourg.
SIGMOIDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of part or all of the sigmoid colon (usually to remove a malignant tumor).
THICKENER * n. Any material used to thicken.
EXON * n. Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures.
GAGGLE * --n. A flock of geese. --v. Make a noise characteristic of a goose.
SORROW * --n. 1 An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement. 2 Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment. 3 Something that causes great unhappiness. 4 The state of being sad. --v. Feel grief.
IMPEDING * s. Preventing movement.
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL * a. Relating to a vice president or vice-presidency.
COLLOID * n. A mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension.
EXTERIORIZE * v. 1 Bring outside the body for surgery, of organs. 2 Make external or objective, or give reality to.
PEREGRINE * --n. A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry. --s. Migratory.
SLAG * --n. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals. --v. Convert into slag.
BUG-HUNTER * n. A zoologist who studies insects.
KNEE-LENGTH * a. Extending to the knee.
MERIDA * n. The capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan.
TEXAN * --n. A native or resident of Texas. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents.
INCISIVENESS * n. Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.
MATRON * n. 1 A married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified. 2 A wardress in a prison. 3 A woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution.
COCHISE * n. Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874).
SPRAWLY * s. Extended out irregularly.
HISS * --n. 1 A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval). 2 A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. --v. 1 Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval. 2 Move with a whooshing sound. 3 Express or utter with a hiss. 4 Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech.
ELECTROSTATICALLY * r. In an electrostatic manner.
UNDERPAY * v. Pay too little.
PORIFEROUS * a. Full of pores or vessels or holes.
POPULARIZER * n. Someone who makes something attractive to the general public.
FIBROID * n. Benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus).
TURNIP-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a turnip.
COCHRAN * n. United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980).
WALKAWAY * n. An easy victory.
CAULINE * a. 1 (of plants) Producing a well-developed stem above ground. 2 Especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem.
ROLAIDS * n. An antacid.
TIRADE * n. A speech of violent denunciation.
CHEVAL-DE-FRISE * n. Defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry.
HALF-RELIEF * n. A sculptural relief between low relief and high relief.
RACHIS * n. 1 Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence. 2 The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord.
ACANTHOPTERYGIAN * n. A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays.
LOGOMACH * n. Someone given to disputes over words.
CHICHEWA * n. 1 A member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe. 2 The Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa.
CRUCIFORM * s. Shaped like a cross.
TREETOP * n. The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.
WATER-COOLED * s. Kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water.
TOOLBOX * n. A box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools.
KARATE * n. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent.
DURAZZO * n. Port city in western Albania on the Adriatic.
OBOVATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base.
WAHOO * n. 1 Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas. 2 Deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds. 3 Large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide.
SCURRY * --n. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way. --v. To move about or proceed hurriedly.
GRAZE * --n. 1 A superficial abrasion. 2 The act of grazing. --v. 1 Feed as in a meadow or pasture. 2 Break the skin (of a body part) by scraping. 3 Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. 4 Scrape gently.
RESTHARROW * n. 1 Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots. 2 European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners.
CIRCUMLOCUTORY * s. Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
COLONIZE * v. 1 Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world. 2 Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in).
JASMINE * n. Any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia.
ABSURD * --n. A situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless. --s. 1 Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense. 2 So unreasonable as to invite derision.
ECHINOCEREUS * n. Large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States.
MISALLIANCE * n. An unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage).
MILLIREM * n. A dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem.
LABELED * a. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
REVERBERANT * a. Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected.
SNEAK * --n. 1 A person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible. 2 Someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions. 3 Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. --v. 1 To go stealthily or furtively. 2 Put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner. 3 Make off with belongings of others. 4 Pass on stealthily. --s. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.
BACKFLOW * n. A flow that returns toward its source.
EXPECTORATE * v. 1 Clear out the chest and lungs. 2 Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth.
ACTION * --n. 1 Something done (usually as opposed to something said). 2 The state of being active. 3 A military engagement. 4 A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings). --v. 1 Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against. 2 Put in effect.
SHACKLED * s. Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.
SEASCAPE * n. 1 A view of the sea. 2 A painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape).
TRICHROMACY * n. The normal ability to see colors.
FEATURE * --n. 1 A prominent attribute or aspect of something. 2 The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin. 3 The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater. 4 A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine. --v. 1 Have as a feature. 2 Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner.
MAYFISH * n. Black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States.
NEPALI * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Nepal. 2 The official state language of Nepal. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
RINGMASTER * n. The person in charge of performances in a circus ring.
RAPESEED * n. Seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil.
ASHEN * s. 1 Anemic looking from illness or emotion. 2 Made of wood of the ash tree.
CLAWFOOT * n. A deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw.
BREADBOX * n. A container used to keep bread or cake in.
PANTHERA * n. Lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers.
OPHIDISM * n. Poisoning by snake venom.
TERRESTRIALLY * r. 1 In a worldly manner. 2 To a land environment.
GLOSSOPTOSIS * n. Abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue.
HOWLING * --n. A long loud emotional utterance. --s. Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers.
ANECDOTAL * --a. Having the character of an anecdote. --s. Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes.
TROPISM * n. An involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source.
STAGE-STRUCK * s. Infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act.
NUMISMATOLOGIST * n. A collector and student of money (and coins in particular).
OBSERVANT * s. 1 Paying close attention especially to details. 2 Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception. 3 (of individuals) Adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs.
TECTONA * n. Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak.
NUDIBRANCHIA * n. Comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug.
LUGWORM * n. Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait.
THIMEROSAL * n. A light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic.
ORTHOPTIC * a. Of or relating to normal binocular vision.
NEUROANATOMICAL * a. Of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system.
INCOHERENCY * n. 1 Lack of cohesion or clarity or organization. 2 Nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible.
TININESS * n. The property of being very small in size.
PROTECTIVELY * r. In a protective manner.
CYBORG * n. A human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices.
ISOCHRONAL * s. Equal in duration or interval.
HEARTBREAKING * s. Causing or marked by grief or anguish.
CRUMBLINESS * n. Excessive breakableness.
KEA * n. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
GELL-MANN * n. United States physicist noted for his studies of subatomic particles (born in 1929).
FLESH-COLOURED * s. Having a bright red or pinkish color.
ELASMOBRANCH * n. Any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates.
SALEABLE * a. Capable of being sold; fit for sale.
ACTINOMYCETALES * n. Filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria.
SAGITTATE-LEAF * n. A leaf shaped like an arrow head.
ANGLOMANIA * n. An excessive enthusiasm for all things English.
CHEOPS * n. Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza.
CATEGOREM * n. A categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition.
LOBWORM * n. Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait.
GUANGZHOU * n. A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port.
CASTLING * n. Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook.
UNGAINLINESS * n. The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant.
SCALLOPINI * n. Sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour.
ROUMANIA * n. A republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea.
KAZAKHSTANI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan. --a. Of or pertaining to Kazakhstan or to the Kazakhs or their culture.
FAINT-HEARTED * s. Lacking conviction or boldness or courage.
ANEMOPSIS * n. One species: yerba mansa.
SYLLOGIZE * v. Reason by syllogisms.
THUGGERY * n. Violent or brutal acts as of thugs.
CYNOMYS * n. Prairie dogs.
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN * n. Annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk.
RECTORSHIP * n. The office or station of a rector.
CAPROMYIDAE * n. Coypus.
BPH * n. Enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process.
IMMOVEABLE * s. Not able or intended to be moved.
ANGLO-FRENCH * n. The French (Norman) language used in medieval England.
DEL. * n. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
AXON * n. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
SILENTS * n. A movie without a soundtrack.
INGESTA * n. Solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth.
DIMMED * a. Made dim or less bright.
BURRY * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
INTRANSIGENCE * n. The trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise.
APPRIZE * v. 1 Inform (somebody) of something. 2 Make aware of. 3 Gain in value. 4 Increase the value of.
PREMEDITATE * v. 1 Consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand. 2 Think or reflect beforehand or in advance.
YELLOWTHROAT * n. Small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat.
PHOTOSENSITIVE * s. Sensitive to visible light.
BLOWFISH * n. 1 Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver. 2 Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers.
INJUDICIOUSNESS * n. 1 Lacking good judgment. 2 The trait of being injudicious.
BAGUET * n. Narrow French stick loaf.
SPACESUIT * n. A pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space.
KETEMBILLA * n. 1 A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India. 2 Maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
AWEIGH * s. 1 (used of an anchor) Hanging clear of the bottom. 2 (of an anchor) Just clear of the bottom.
GASTRONOMICAL * a. Of or relating to gastronomy.
DICKIE * n. 1 A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater. 2 A man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt.
UNGATHERED * a. Not brought together in one place.
CHILL * --n. 1 Coldness due to a cold environment. 2 An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. 3 A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever. 4 A sudden numbing dread. --v. 1 Depress or discourage. 2 Make cool or cooler. 3 Loose heat.
CONTRACTION * n. 1 (physiology) A shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber). 2 The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together. 3 A word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds. 4 The act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
WIGGLY * s. 1 Curved or curving in and out. 2 Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.
TRANSPORTATION * n. 1 A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. 2 The act of moving something from one location to another. 3 The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance. 4 The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966.
STROBE * n. Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary.
HIGH-GRADE * s. Surpassing in quality.
VOLITIONALLY * r. In a willing manner.
LECTURE * --n. 1 A speech that is open to the public. 2 A lengthy rebuke. 3 Teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class). --v. 1 Deliver a lecture or talk. 2 Censure severely or angrily.
AWAIT * v. Look forward to the probable occurrence of.
EXTORTIONATE * s. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
GET-GO * n. The time at which something is supposed to begin.
INDIGENOUS * s. Originating where it is found.
INDIGENOUSNESS * n. Nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place).
NONREFLECTING * a. Not capable of physical reflection.
ANIMALIA * n. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
BLATTARIA * n. Cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order.
BUTTONED * a. Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike.
SLATER * n. Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats.
ACTINON * n. Any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103.
HYPERBOLOID * n. A quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis.
REGARDFUL * s. Showing deference.
ORGAN-GRINDER * n. A street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy.
TOOTHWORT * n. North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots.
TELEPHOTOGRAPH * n. 1 A photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance. 2 A photograph made with a telephoto lens.
JADED * s. 1 Exhausted. 2 Dulled by surfeit.
RIVULUS * n. Found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic.
STAGECOACH * n. A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns.
HEMOPHILE * n. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
TACKY * s. 1 (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) Not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch. 2 Tastelessly showy.
GRIPING * n. Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
DOWDING * n. British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970).
SUICIDE * n. 1 The act of killing yourself. 2 A person who kills himself intentionally.
DELETION * n. 1 Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases. 2 (genetics) The loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome. 3 The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage. 4 The act of deleting something written or printed.
DIPLOPIA * n. Visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects.
UNSELECTIVE * s. Not selective or discriminating.
BEDPOST * n. Any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead.
BEHRENS * n. German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940).
SPIRIT * --n. 1 The vital principle or animating force within living things. 2 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. 3 A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character. 4 Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. --v. Infuse with spirit.
BIRD * --n. 1 Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. 2 The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food. 3 Informal terms for a (young) woman. 4 A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. --v. Watch and study birds in their natural habitat.
LAPSING * n. A failure to maintain a higher state.
CARTAGENA * n. 1 A port in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean. 2 A port city in northwestern Colombia on the Caribbean.
SIRIASIS * n. Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.
SURREALIST * n. An artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism.
ANGLICIZATION * n. The act of anglicizing; making English in appearance.
NETLIKE * s. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
JAVAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Java. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language.
CARRERE * n. United States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911).
VERMICULITE * n. Any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure.
PAPILLA * n. 1 (botany) A tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf. 2 A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell. 3 A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather.
CIVILLY * r. In a civil manner.
HYSTERICS * n. An attack of hysteria.
GOOD-FOR-NOTHING * --n. An idle worthless person. --s. Without merit; of little or no value or use.
UNUNBIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
ORIGANUM * n. Any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings.
VERBALIZER * n. Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous).
HOLLY * n. 1 Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges. 2 United States rock star (1936-1959).
TYPOGRAPHER * n. One who sets written material into type.
NONPARTICIPATION * n. Withdrawing from the activities of a group.
FER-DE-LANCE * n. Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America.
ONAGER * n. 1 An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles. 2 Asiatic wild ass.
NORWEGIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Norway. 2 A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway. --a. Of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language.
BAREHANDED * s. With bare hands.
ANAGALLIS * n. Chiefly Old World herbs.
STATIC * --n. 1 A crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference. 2 Angry criticism. --s. 1 Not in physical motion. 2 Showing little if any change. --a. Concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity.
NITROSOBACTERIA * n. Soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites.
ACROBATES * n. A genus of Phalangeridae.
ROCKCHUCK * n. Heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America.
WORLD-SHAKING * s. Sufficiently significant to affect the whole world.
AETHUSA * n. Fool's parsley.
INDICTION * n. A 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms.
COMB-LIKE * a. Resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb.
CATHER * n. United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947).
DEATHLY * --s. 1 Having the physical appearance of death. 2 Causing or capable of causing death. --r. 1 To a degree resembling death. 2 To an extreme degree.
DUSTER * n. 1 A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand. 2 A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles. 3 A piece of cloth used for dusting. 4 A pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter.
ADDUCER * n. A discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof.
SLOSH * v. 1 Make a splashing sound. 2 Walk through mud or mire. 3 Spill or splash copiously or clumsily.
MOAN * --n. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval. --v. Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure.
KWANZA * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Angola. 2 A festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year.
AUROSCOPE * n. Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane).
SUTURE * --n. 1 An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull). 2 A seam used in surgery. 3 Thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together. --v. Join with a suture.
CYTOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells.
ROPEMAKER * n. A craftsman who makes ropes.
STONEFISH * n. Venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock.
LIFER * n. A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment.
BOARDS * n. 1 (used in the plural) The stage of a theater. 2 (used in the plural) The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
BRANDING * n. The act of stigmatizing.
LONGNESS * n. 1 The property of being of long spatial extent. 2 Duration as an extension.
ASTOUNDING * s. 1 Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder. 2 So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm.
FORLORN * s. Marked by or showing hopelessness.
DETONATE * v. 1 Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. 2 Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction.
100000 * n. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
VITALISE * v. 1 Give life to. 2 Make more lively or vigorous.
SOUL-STIRRING * s. Exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions.
ADVISEE * n. Someone who receives advice.
GENERALITY * n. 1 An idea or conclusion having general application. 2 The quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability.
METHAQUALONE * n. Sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse.
UXOR * n. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
EUPHORIA * n. A feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation.
FUTURISTICS * n. The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions.
NUTMEG-YEW * n. California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor.
OLEASTER * n. Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.
WINDPIPE * n. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
MYRCIARIA * n. A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family.
FURIOUSNESS * n. The property of being wild or turbulent.
VENERIDAE * n. Hard-shell clams.
RHEUMY * s. 1 Moist, damp, wet (especially of air). 2 Of or pertaining to arthritis.
STEPCHILD * n. A child of your spouse by a former marriage.
BAKER * n. 1 Someone who bakes commercially. 2 Someone who bakes bread or cake.
INFLAMMABILITY * n. The quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly.
APTERAL * --a. Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides. --s. (of insects) Without wings.
CENSER * n. A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).
BRAZENNESS * n. Behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame.
LOGROLL * v. Work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes.
PENOBSCOT * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine. 2 A river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay.
TCHOTCHKELEH * n. (Yiddish) An attractive, unconventional woman.
SMOOTH-FACED * s. Lacking hair on the face.
TURK'S-CAP * n. 1 Lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers. 2 Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia.
COCUSWOOD * n. Wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets.
EUMETOPIAS * n. Sea lions.
RED-VIOLET * s. Of violet tinged with red.
RADDLE * --n. A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking. --v. 1 Twist or braid together, interlace. 2 Mark or paint with raddle.
POST-COMMUNIST * a. No longer communist; subsequent to being communistic.
EXTERNALISE * v. 1 Regard as objective. 2 Make external or objective, or give reality to.
BLENNIIDAE * n. A family of fish including: combtooth blennies.
LOVE-PHILTRE * n. A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
FLAGELLATED * a. Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
DYER * n. Someone whose job is to dye cloth.
HORSEPOWER * n. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
MADRASA * n. Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
HUMANE * --a. 1 Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities. 2 Marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering. --s. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement.
EMMER * n. Hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed.
PRURITUS * n. An intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.).
ABSTRACTER * n. One who makes abstracts or summarizes information.
HOMINAL * s. Of humankind as a species.
COMPASSION * n. 1 A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering. 2 The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.
INVIRASE * n. A weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV.
EXANIMATE * s. Deprived of life; no longer living.
CHADAR * n. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
EMYDIDAE * n. Box and water turtles.
MEASUREMENT * n. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.
FALSIFIABLE * s. Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation.
PATRIMONIAL * s. Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.
SUBORDINATION * n. 1 The state of being subordinate to something. 2 The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class. 3 The grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head. 4 The quality of obedient submissiveness.
REAFFILIATION * n. Affiliation anew.
RECANT * v. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
NAPOLEONIC * a. Of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte.
EVANGEL * n. The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings.
PLANE * --n. 1 An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets. 2 (mathematics) An unbounded two-dimensional shape. 3 A level of existence or development. 4 A power tool for smoothing or shaping wood. --v. 1 Cut or remove with or as if with a plane. 2 Travel on the surface of water. 3 Make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane. --s. Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another.
LIMIT * --n. 1 The greatest possible degree of something. 2 Final or latest limiting point. 3 As far as something can go. 4 The boundary of a specific area. --v. 1 Place limits on (extent or amount or access). 2 Restrict or confine within limits. 3 Decide upon or fix definitely.
EIGHT-DAY * s. Lasting for eight days.
RESERVES * n. Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
PHENYTOIN * n. An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative.
UNRESERVED * a. 1 Not reserved. 2 Not cautious or reticent.
DUODECIMAL * --n. One part in twelve equal parts. --s. Based on twelve.
HAZEL-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with hazel.
ERIOSOMA * n. Woolly aphids.
NSC * n. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency.
VENETIAN * --n. A resident of Venice. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people.
STOCKHOLDING * n. 1 A specific number of stocks or shares owned. 2 Ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock.
QUAGGY * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
MEXITIL * n. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias.
AITCHBONE * n. A cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone.
STRENGTHENED * s. Given added strength or support.
WIMBLE * n. Hand tool for boring holes.
GIGABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes.
MISCREATE * v. Shape or form or make badly.
REVISING * n. Editing that involves writing something again.
AVIAN * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
ADJUDICATORY * a. Concerned with adjudicating.
SOLEIDAE * n. Soles.
REMARKABLY * r. 1 To a remarkable degree or extent. 2 In a signal manner.
UNCLE * n. 1 The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt. 2 A source of help and advice and encouragement.
AERATE * v. 1 Expose to fresh air. 2 Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter. 3 Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen.
SUBPHYLUM * n. (biology) A taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class.
PANG * n. 1 A sudden sharp feeling. 2 A mental pain or distress. 3 A sharp spasm of pain.
ARMOURY * n. 1 A collection of resources. 2 All the weapons and equipment that a country has. 3 A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms. 4 A place where arms are manufactured.
OMBU * n. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
UTILISE * v. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
BALARAMA * n. Elder brother of Krishna; an incarnation of Vishnu.
UNDEFERENTIAL * s. Not showing courteous respect.
LINGUINE * n. Pasta in long slender flat strips.
CORTEF * n. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
PARTURIENT * --a. Of or relating to or giving birth. --s. Giving birth.
ISRAELI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Israel. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
DEA * n. Federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations.
CYTOL * n. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism.
AUNTIE * n. The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle.
MILITIAMAN * n. A member of the militia; serves only during emergencies.
NIGGARDLY * s. Petty or reluctant in giving or spending.
LYREBIRD * n. Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape.
VELVET * --n. A silky densely piled fabric with a plain back. --s. 1 Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste. 2 Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface.
BOWLING * n. 1 A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them. 2 (cricket) The act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman. 3 The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc.
LIQUID * --n. 1 A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure. 2 The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. 3 Fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume. 4 A frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r'). --a. 1 Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow. 2 Changed from a solid to a liquid state. --s. 1 Filled or brimming with tears. 2 Clear and bright. 3 Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness. 4 Smooth and unconstrained in movement.
SERMONISER * n. Someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel.
CONQUISTADOR * n. An adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century).
BIONICS * n. Application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems).
POLYETHYLENE * n. A lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation.
GOAL-DIRECTED * s. Having a purpose.
KARPOV * n. Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951).
LABORSAVING * s. Designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor.
MARKETING * n. 1 The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money. 2 The commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service. 3 Shopping at a market.
LUCERNE * n. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
GOOD-TEMPEREDNESS * n. A cheerful willingness to be obliging.
CONCERTINIST * n. A person who plays the concertina.
DESMODIUM * n. Beggarweed; tick trefoil.
UNDRAPE * v. Strip something of drapery.
PERISOREUS * n. Canada jays.
HOMOEROTIC * s. Of or concerning homosexual love.
WOODHULL * n. United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927).
LIFTMAN * n. A man employed to operate an elevator.
DEAFENED * s. Caused to hear poorly or not at all.
ABEYANT * s. Inactive but capable of becoming active.
ELUSION * n. The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning).
IMMENSELY * r. To an exceedingly great extent or degree.
COARSENED * s. Made coarse or crude by lack of skill.
PHOTON * n. A quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle.
WEAVE * --n. Pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric. --v. 1 Interlace by or as if by weaving. 2 Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton. 3 Sway from side to side. 4 To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.
JUDGEMENT * n. 1 The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision. 2 An opinion formed by judging something. 3 The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions. 4 The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.
BLUING * n. 1 Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. 2 A process that makes something blue (or bluish).
PROVOCATIVE * --a. Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy. --s. Intentionally arousing sexual desire.
GLOWINGLY * r. In an enthusiastically glowing manner.
LATHEE * n. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India.
UPHOLSTERER * n. A craftsman who upholsters furniture.
PINHEAD * n. 1 An ignorant or foolish person. 2 The head of a pin.
GOSLING * n. Young goose.
AMIR * n. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
ENOLIC * a. Of or relating to or consisting of enol.
TOUCHDOWN * n. 1 A score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line. 2 A landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes.
PADOUK * n. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
HEATER * n. 1 Device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room. 2 (baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
UNWORTHINESS * n. 1 The quality or state of lacking merit or value. 2 The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting.
COMPLECT * v. Be interwoven or interconnected.
DAFT * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
CHEERFULNESS * n. 1 The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom. 2 A feeling of spontaneous good spirits.
CIGARET * n. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking.
WING-NUT * n. 1 Any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia. 2 A threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning.
UNCLASSIFIED * a. 1 Not subject to a security classification. 2 Not arranged in any specific grouping.
FISCHER * n. 1 German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945). 2 German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919). 3 United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943).
HUMORIST * n. Someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way.
SUPERPATRIOTIC * s. Fanatically patriotic.
PSEUDOVARIOLA * n. A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus.
POPE * n. 1 The head of the Roman Catholic Church. 2 English poet and satirist (1688-1744).
THENCEFORTH * r. From that time on.
HAEMOLYSIN * n. Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin.
DRACO * n. 1 Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC). 2 A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus. 3 A reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards.
RONEOGRAPH * n. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
TAPESTRIED * s. Hung or decorated with tapestry.
CANDIDATURE * n. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
SAGA * n. A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account.
SCHNORRER * n. (Yiddish) A scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
SELF-ANALYSIS * n. 1 A penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives. 2 The application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality.
TOMBOY * n. A girl who behaves in a boyish manner.
GENIALLY * r. In an affable manner.
PYROMANCER * n. One who practices pyromancy.
QUETZALCOATL * n. An Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent.
GALL * --n. 1 An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle. 2 A skin sore caused by chafing. 3 Abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury. 4 A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. --v. 1 Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing. 2 Irritate or vex.
PUNKS * n. A youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes).
LOADING * n. 1 Weight to be borne or conveyed. 2 A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time. 3 The ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift. 4 Goods carried by a large vehicle.
BRYA * n. Genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood.
POPLAR * n. 1 Soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar. 2 Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins.
RHESUS * n. Of southern Asia; used in medical research.
UNGODLINESS * n. Impiety by virtue of not being a godly person.
BACKGROUNDER * n. A press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy.
ARROW * n. 1 A mark to indicate a direction or relation. 2 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.
CARLYLE * n. Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881).
SPHERICALLY * r. In a spherical manner.
CREST * --n. 1 The top line of a hill, mountain, or wave. 2 The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). 3 The center of a cambered road. 4 (heraldry) In medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet. --v. 1 Lie at the top of. 2 Reach a high point.
PROCELLARIIFORMES * n. Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels.
DINOCERAS * n. A variety of dinocerate.
ERGONOVINE * n. An alkaloid derived from ergot (trade name Ergotrate Maleate) that is less toxic than ergot; induces muscular contraction of the uterus and is administered after childbirth or abortion.
LADY'S-EARDROP * n. Erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
FOCUS * --n. 1 The concentration of attention or energy on something. 2 Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system. 3 Maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea. 4 A central point or locus of an infection in an organism. --v. 1 Direct one's attention on something. 2 Cause to converge on or toward a central point. 3 Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions. 4 Become focussed or come into focus.
UNILATERALIST * n. An advocate of unilateralism.
SPECULATIVENESS * n. 1 Financial risk. 2 The quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation.
BODICE * n. Part of a dress above the waist.
PAINTERLY * s. Having qualities unique to the art of painting.
CLOSED-CHAIN * s. Having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form.
ESCOLAR * n. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
PRECISE * --a. Sharply exact or accurate or delimited. --s. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct.
TIPUANA * n. One species: South American tree: tipu tree.
LYRURUS * n. Black grouse.
TEA-SCENTED * s. Smelling of tea.
SUPERTAX * n. An additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed.
TEARGAS * --n. A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds. --v. Attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes.
PEDERAST * n. A man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner.
SULA * n. Type genus of the Sulidae.
HEADLESS * --a. Not having a head or formed without a head. --s. Not using intelligence.
OWLET * n. Young owl.
RIDDLED * s. 1 (often followed by `with') Damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes. 2 Spread throughout.
INSPIRATORY * a. Pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration.
PAUROPODA * n. An obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs.
KNOCKOUT * --n. 1 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. 2 A blow that renders the opponent unconscious. --s. Very strong or vigorous.
ASCENDENCY * n. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
CONY * n. 1 Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes. 2 Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America. 3 Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food.
SYCOPHANCY * n. Fawning obsequiousness.
ANATHEMIZE * v. 1 Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. 2 Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
GANG * --n. 1 An association of criminals. 2 An informal body of friends. 3 An organized group of workmen. 4 Tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together. --v. Act as an organized group.
BRYOZOA * n. Marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids.
POOD * n. A Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds.
BETWIXT * r. In the interval.
PI * n. 1 The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846.... 2 Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information. 3 The scientist in charge of an experiment or research project. 4 The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.
QUAVERING * s. (of the voice) Quivering as from weakness or fear.
IMPUTATION * n. 1 A statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense). 2 The attribution to a source or cause.
IMPERISHABLENESS * n. The property of being resistant to decay.
CHOKEY * n. British slang (dated) for a prison.
BIBLIOTICS * n. The scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity.
UNROUGED * s. Not wearing rouge.
ADORNMENT * n. 1 A decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness. 2 The action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting.
ABRADANT * n. 1 A substance that abrades or wears down. 2 A tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing.
CLYDE * n. A river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow.
FED * n. 1 Any federal law-enforcement officer. 2 The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies.
SPECIOUSLY * r. In a specious manner.
HELIANTHEMUM * n. Any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions.
VERBIFY * v. Make into a verb.
PALPEBRA * n. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
INTERNATIONALIST * --n. 1 An advocate of internationalism. 2 A member of a socialist or communist international. --s. Influenced by or advocating internationalism.
STEAMING * --s. Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist. --r. (used of heat) Extremely.
MESSINA * n. A port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina.
CAUCASIA * n. A large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource.
ANACHRONISTICALLY * r. In an anachronistic manner.
ELLIPSOID * --n. A surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles. --s. Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.
SLAGHEAP * n. Pile of waste matter from coal mining etc.
FOLIOLATE * s. (often used as a combining form) Having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets.
CREDITS * n. A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film).
SRAVANA * n. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.
RASMUSSEN * n. Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933).
GINGERROOT * n. Pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery.
DOMINO * n. 1 United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928). 2 A loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume. 3 A mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes. 4 A small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots.
WATERFALL * n. A steep descent of the water of a river.
REDDISH-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with red.
VENOMOUS * s. 1 Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom. 2 Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful.
TONGUE-FISH * n. Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value.
LXXVI * s. Being six more than seventy.
TRIHYDROXY * a. Containing three hydroxyl groups.
VATICINATE * v. 1 Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. 2 Foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy.
FIDDLE-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf shape) Having rounded ends and a contracted center.
TITANIC * s. Of great force or power.
REVOLT * --n. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. --v. 1 Make revolution. 2 Fill with distaste. 3 Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.
GOLD-WORKER * n. An artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold.
OUTSTROKE * n. The stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft.
SARAH * n. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
SVERDRUP * n. Norwegian explorer who led expeditions into the Arctic (1855-1930).
B.C. * r. Before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
SGML * n. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted.
FINALE * n. 1 The closing section of a musical composition. 2 The temporal end; the concluding time. 3 The concluding part of any performance.
RANCHING * n. Farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle).
EUDYPTES * n. Rock hoppers.
RUMINANT * --n. Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments. --a. Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud.
CHURRIGUERESQUE * s. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation.
BEGGARY * n. 1 A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person). 2 The state of being a beggar or mendicant.
QUARTER-TONE * n. Half of a semitone.
CURSIVE * --n. Rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper. --s. Having successive letter joined together.
ASPIDIOTUS * n. A genus of Diaspididae.
UBIQUINONE * n. Any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration.
DCCP * n. An agency of the United Nations that promotes drug control and crime prevention.
HONSHU * n. The central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland.
WAYSIDE * n. Edge of a way or road or path.
APPREHENSION * n. 1 Fearful expectation or anticipation. 2 The cognitive condition of someone who understands. 3 Painful expectation. 4 The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
PYRALIS * n. Type genus of the Pyralidae.
EUREKA * n. 1 An alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire. 2 A town in northwest California on an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
ESTONIA * n. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
FOOTSLOGGER * n. Fights on foot with small arms.
COYOTE * n. 1 Small wolf native to western North America. 2 Someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border). 3 A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time).
CETACEOUS * a. Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.
CORAL-WOOD * n. East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental.
SHAMAN * n. In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.
SEW * v. 1 Fasten by sewing; do needlework. 2 Create (clothes) with cloth.
PLANTED * --s. (used especially of ideas or principles) Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held. --a. Set in the soil for growth.
RIFLEBIRD * n. Velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail.
RESIGN * v. 1 Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. 2 Give up or retire from a position. 3 Part with a possession or right. 4 Accept as inevitable.
CONGRATULATIONS * n. An expression of approval and commendation.
SCRABBLY * s. Sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush.
CONTAMINATED * --a. Corrupted by contact or association. --s. Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.
TRANSMITTABLE * s. (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection.
AFTERMATH * n. 1 The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event). 2 The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual.
HYPOGLOSSAL * n. Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles.
SECESSIONISM * n. A doctrine that maintains the right of secession.
OPPOSITION * n. 1 The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with. 2 The relation between opposed entities. 3 The act of hostile groups opposing each other. 4 A contestant that you are matched against.
PROSAIC * s. 1 Not fanciful or imaginative. 2 Lacking wit or imagination. 3 Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement.
INDESCRIBABLY * r. To an inexpressible degree.
DISTRUSTFUL * a. Having or showing distrust.
ACCEPTANCE * n. 1 The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true. 2 The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception. 3 The state of being acceptable and accepted. 4 (contract law) Words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract).
DECRESCENDO * --n. (music) A gradual decrease in loudness. --v. Grow quieter. --s. (music) Gradually decreasing in volume.
VOCALISE * v. 1 Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel. 2 Pronounce as a vowel. 3 Express or state clearly. 4 Utter with vibrating vocal chords.
YUGOSLAVIA * n. 1 A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro. 2 A former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980.
LIMPING * n. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
RAFTMAN * n. Someone who travels by raft.
DOODAD * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
WELL-DISPOSED * s. Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile.
BIOVULAR * a. (of twins) Derived from two separate fertilized ova.
VILIFY * v. Spread negative information about.
NANDU * n. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan.
LEAVE-TAKING * n. The act of departing politely.
UNMECHANIZED * s. Not mechanized.
DONKIN * n. English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855).
CATHARS * n. A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism.
MOHAMMEDAN * --n. A follower of Mohammed. --a. Of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded.
FULGENT * s. Shining intensely.
TOUCH * --n. 1 The event of something coming in contact with the body. 2 The faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands). 3 A suggestion of some quality. 4 A distinguishing style. --v. 1 Make physical contact with, come in contact with. 2 Perceive via the tactile sense. 3 Affect emotionally. 4 Be relevant to.
BANISH * v. 1 Expel from a community or group. 2 Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment. 3 Expel, as if by official decree. 4 Drive away.
BOMBAY * n. A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India.
COSCOROBA * n. Large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans.
SUAVITY * n. The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.
STENOTAPHRUM * n. Lawn grasses.
MYASTHENIA * n. 1 A chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions. 2 Any muscular weakness.
COGGED * s. Having cogs.
EXCEEDING * s. Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
QUINTILLIONTH * --n. One part in a quintillion equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order.
EXPIATORY * a. Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.
PHILATELICALLY * r. In a philatelic manner.
UPBRAIDER * n. Someone who finds fault or imputes blame.
RUDIMENTS * n. 1 A statement of fundamental facts or principles. 2 The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
ABRACADABRA * n. Gibberish and nonsense.
HYPHENATE * v. Divide or connect with a hyphen.
NORTHERN * --n. A dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans. --a. 1 In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line. 2 Situated in or coming from regions of the north. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the north. 2 Coming from the north; used especially of wind.
BLATTA * n. Type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide.
NUBBINESS * n. Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth).
SCALAWAG * n. 1 A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest). 2 A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. 3 One who is playfully mischievous.
DOVECOTE * n. A birdhouse for pigeons.
PREHISTORICAL * s. Belonging to or existing in times before recorded history.
REDBUG * n. Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.
RECUSAL * n. (law) The disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves.
GRAINING * n. A texture like that of wood.
NEUTRAL * --n. One who does not side with any party in a war or dispute. --s. 1 Having no personal preference. 2 Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive. 3 Not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest. 4 Lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics. --a. 1 Possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics. 2 Having no hue.
ENFOLDING * n. The action of enfolding something.
DEXTRAL * --a. Of or on the right. --s. Preferring to use right foot or hand or eye.
CORRODED * s. Eaten away as by acid or oxidation.
MEDICARE * n. Health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over.
EXTENSIVENESS * n. Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness.
BAPTISM * n. A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth.
BERMUDAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Bermuda. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bermuda or its inhabitants.
KERATIN * n. A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves.
OVERPROTECTIVE * s. Overly protective.
AMERCEMENT * n. Money extracted as a penalty.
CALEDONIA * n. The geographical area (in Roman times) to the north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland.
LEAKEY * n. 1 English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944). 2 English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996). 3 English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972).
CHELOID * n. Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair.
OSMERIDAE * n. Smelts.
VISIT * --n. 1 The act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time. 2 A meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice. 3 The act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection). 4 The act of going to see some person in a professional capacity. --v. 1 Go to see a place, as for entertainment. 2 Go to certain places as for sightseeing. 3 Pay a brief visit. 4 Come to see in an official or professional capacity.
INTERMEDIATELY * r. To an intermediate degree.
LEGIBILITY * n. 1 Distinctness that makes perception easy. 2 A quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read.
CIMEX * n. Type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs.
HIGH-PRICED * s. Having a high price.
ANASA * n. Squash bugs.
MELKITE * n. 1 An eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor. 2 An Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem.
ANNUNCIATE * v. Foreshadow or presage.
BEANY * n. A small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen.
MUMBLE-THE-PEG * n. A game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground.
JACTITATION * n. 1 Speaking of yourself in superlatives. 2 (law) A false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law). 3 (pathology) Extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness.
UNFORCED * s. 1 Not brought about by coercion or force. 2 Not resulting from undue effort; not forced.
JAPERY * n. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
EVILLY * r. In a wicked evil manner.
BILOBATE * s. Having two lobes.
MONKFISH * n. 1 Flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America. 2 Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey. 3 Sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do.
BATTERED * s. 1 Damaged by blows or hard usage. 2 Damaged especially by hard usage. 3 Exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury.
ANARHICHADIDAE * n. Wolffishes.
SINHALA * --n. The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka. --a. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
LINGONBERRY * n. 1 Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries. 2 Tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller.
SIMILITUDE * n. 1 Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things. 2 A duplicate copy.
DENDROMECON * n. One species: bush poppy.
DYUSHAMBE * n. The capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991.
ORIGINALLY * r. 1 In an original manner. 2 With reference to the origin or beginning. 3 Before now.
GRADE * --n. 1 A body of students who are taught together. 2 A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. 3 The gradient of a slope or road or other surface. 4 One-hundredth of a right angle. --v. 1 Assign a rank or rating to. 2 Level to the right gradient. 3 Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation. 4 Determine the grade of or assign a grade to.
SABICU * n. 1 The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany. 2 West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value.
SARCOBATUS * n. One species: greasewood.
TOP-GRADE * s. Surpassing in quality.
CHEWER * n. Someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco).
RAIMENT * --n. Especially fine or decorative clothing. --v. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
VISCID * s. Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
IMMUNISE * v. 1 Law: grant immunity from prosecution. 2 Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation.
CAROTENOID * n. Any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals.
SEDATE * --v. Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to. --s. 1 Characterized by dignity and propriety. 2 Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.
ANUROUS * s. Not having a tail.
HAG-RIDDEN * s. Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears.
BAGDAD * n. Capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River.
ANPU * n. Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal.
FLATWORK * n. Ironing that can be done mechanically.
WEAKLING * n. A person who is physically weak and ineffectual.
UNENFORCED * a. Not enforced; not compelled especially by legal or police action.
COPEPODA * n. Minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans.
DYSPLASTIC * a. Relating to or evidencing dysplasia.
INSTINCTIVE * s. Unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct.
TOPPLE * v. 1 Fall down, as if collapsing. 2 Cause to topple or tumble by pushing.
KAHLUA * n. Coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico.
BIOSYSTEMATICS * n. Use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework.
BRAINWASHED * a. Subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones.
DISOBLIGING * s. Intentionally unaccommodating.
SPHAGNUM * n. Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.
DETRACTOR * n. One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
BOHRIUM * n. A transuranic element.
REDDISH-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with red.
SOLDIERY * n. Soldiers collectively.
NECTAR-RICH * a. Of plants that are rich in nectar.
LABOURED * s. 1 Lacking natural ease. 2 Requiring or showing effort.
RETARDED * --n. People collectively who are mentally retarded. --a. Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.
JORDANELLA * n. Flagfishes.
BACTERIOLYTIC * a. Of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis.
PARACENTESIS * n. Centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis.
SALLOW * --n. Any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal. --v. Cause to become sallow. --s. Unhealthy looking.
SALAD * n. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens.
EQUANIMOUS * s. In full control of your faculties.
PARADISAEIDAE * n. Birds of paradise.
CHILDLY * s. Befitting a young child.
UNTILLED * s. Not plowed or harrowed or hoed.
TONGUE-TIE * v. Deprive of speech.
DURABILITY * n. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
NORRISH * n. English chemist (1897-1978).
RHYNCHOCEPHALIA * n. Tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic.
CENTARE * n. A centare is 1/100th of an are.
JEWFISH * n. 1 Large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre. 2 Large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales.
TEAM * --n. 1 A cooperative unit (especially in sports). 2 Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something. --v. Form a team.
SOBBINGLY * r. With sobs.
SCRIMSHANKER * n. A shirker.
CAROLINAS * n. The area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
HUXLEYAN * a. Of or relating to Thomas Huxley.
GRANDILOQUENT * s. 1 Lofty in style. 2 Puffed up with vanity.
COUNTEROFFER * n. An offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer.
DUSKY * s. 1 Lighted by or as if by twilight. 2 Naturally having skin of a dark color.
DRIPSTONE * n. 1 The form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites. 2 A protective drip that is made of stone.
INDUCTIVE * --a. 1 Arising from inductance. 2 Of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion. --s. Inducing or influencing; leading on.
PROTOZOAL * a. Of or relating to the Protozoa.
OVERMODEST * s. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
RBC * n. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus.
PRESERVATION * n. 1 The activity of protecting something from loss or danger. 2 The condition of being (well or ill) preserved. 3 A process that saves organic substances from decay. 4 An occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change.
UNFORGIVABLY * r. In an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree.
CONTRACTILITY * n. The capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter.
ARBITRATIVE * a. Relating to or having the authority to arbitrate.
FIREPLUG * n. An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire.
GRIEF * n. 1 Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death). 2 Something that causes great unhappiness.
CATAMOUNT * n. 1 Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur. 2 Large American feline resembling a lion.
AFTERBURNER * n. A device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust.
RAPHE * n. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
DERISORY * s. So unreasonable as to invite derision.
RIGGING * n. 1 Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails. 2 Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel.
CRACTICUS * n. Type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds.
FLIRTATIOUS * s. Like a coquette.
ADULTERATOR * n. 1 Any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance. 2 A changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance.
HERRENVOLK * n. A race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others.
CORONETED * s. Belonging to the peerage.
CHURIDARS * n. Tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta).
DRAFT * --n. 1 A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another. 2 A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle). 3 A preliminary sketch of a design or picture. 4 A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg. --v. 1 Draw up an outline or sketch for something. 2 Engage somebody to enter the army. 3 Make a blueprint of.
BITTY * s. (used informally) Very small.
1820S * n. The decade from 1820 to 1829.
NEATNESS * n. 1 The state of being neat and smart and trim. 2 The trait of being neat and orderly.
HIMANTOGLOSSUM * n. Small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region.
UNFASTENER * n. A person who unfastens or unwraps or opens.
MICROMILLIMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
BOWDLER * n. English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825).
LITHOGRAPH * --n. 1 A print produced by lithography. 2 Duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern. --v. Make by lithography.
PUNTING * n. (football) A kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.
INTERROGATE * v. 1 Transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication. 2 Pose a series of questions to.
EARLIEST * --s. (comparative and superlative of `early') More early than; most early. --r. With the least delay.
DERRIERE * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY * n. The branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system.
TABULATE * v. 1 Arrange or enter in tabular form. 2 Shape or cut with a flat surface.
ONCIDIUM * n. Any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants.
ITCHING * n. An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch.
IRIDOTOMY * n. A surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma.
SOMBRELY * r. In a somber manner.
REGRESSION * n. 1 An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely. 2 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state. 3 The relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x). 4 Returning to a former state.
WHITE-SEEDED * s. Having white seeds.
RANUNCULALES * n. Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae.
TAUON * n. A lepton of very great mass.
ARIA * n. An elaborate song for solo voice.
PARTERRE * n. 1 An ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern. 2 Seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies).
UNPROFITABLE * a. Producing little or no profit or gain.
MONERA * n. Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions.
TERAFLOP * n. (computer science) A unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
COONTIE * n. Small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot.
NERTHUS * n. The Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord.
FLAT * --n. 1 A level tract of land. 2 A shallow box in which seedlings are started. 3 A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named. 4 Freight car without permanent sides or roof. --s. 1 Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. 2 Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness. 3 Not modified or restricted by reservations. 4 Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. --a. 1 Lacking contrast or shading between tones. 2 (of a musical note) Lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. --r. 1 With flat sails. 2 In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly.
OPINION * n. 1 A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. 2 A message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof. 3 A belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people. 4 The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision.
TWO-HUMPED * a. Having two humps.
PROPELLING * s. Tending to or capable of propelling.
ICONOCLAST * n. 1 A destroyer of images used in religious worship. 2 Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions.
PERIOSTEUM * n. A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone.
MULTIFACTORIAL * s. Involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease resulting from the interaction of many genes).
QUADRANT * n. 1 A quarter of the circumference of a circle. 2 Any of the four areas into which a plane is divided by two orthogonal coordinate axes. 3 The area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle. 4 A measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies.
HOBART * n. A port and state capital of Tasmania.
BHAGA * n. Hindu god of wealth and love.
PISSER * n. 1 A person who urinates. 2 A very disagreeable difficulty.
SCOPHTHALMUS * n. A genus of Bothidae.
DELIBERATELY * r. 1 With intention; in an intentional manner. 2 In a deliberate unhurried manner.
EPIPHYSIS * n. 1 The end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused. 2 A small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin.
NIMBLE-FINGERED * s. Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets.
PSALMODY * n. The act of singing psalms or hymns.
UNSEXY * a. Not sexually aroused or arousing.
WEST-CENTRAL * s. Of a region of the United States usually including Colorado; Nevada; Utah.
MAGNESIA * n. A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium.
AMBYSTOMID * n. Small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander.
UNAPPETISINGNESS * n. The property of spoiling the appetite.
UNCOMMONLY * r. Exceptionally.
ANTHROPOPHAGOUS * a. Of or relating to eaters of human flesh.
DESSERTSPOON * n. As much as a dessert spoon will hold.
BETULA * n. A genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches).
DISPUTATIOUSLY * r. In a disputatious manner.
BOULLE * n. An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork.
VITRECTOMY * n. A surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution.
INSECTIVORE * n. 1 Small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals. 2 Any organism that feeds mainly on insects.
OSTARIOPHYSI * n. In some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes.
CONTAINER * n. Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).
ANE * s. Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more.
TINPLATE * n. A thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins.
UNTROUBLED * --a. 1 Not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress. 2 Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind. --s. Free from turmoil or worries.
ELAEAGNACEAE * n. Shrubs or small trees often armed.
HYOSCYAMUS * n. Genus of poisonous herbs: henbane.
HESS * n. 1 English pianist (1890-1965). 2 Swiss physiologist noted for studies of the brain (1881-1973). 3 Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987). 4 United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964).
CLEISTES * n. Terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia.
CROSSHATCH * --n. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines. --v. Shade with multiple crossing lines.
INTERSPECIFIC * a. Arising or occurring between species.
LIVERIED * a. Wearing livery.
GALERE * n. A coterie of undesirable people.
UNCONCEALED * a. Not concealed or hidden.
FURNISHING * n. 1 (usually plural) Accessory wearing apparel. 2 (usually plural) The instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable. 3 The act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc..
NOVELIZE * v. Convert into the form or the style of a novel.
COHERE * v. 1 Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. 2 Cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole. 3 Have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results.
MAJOR-DOMO * n. The chief steward or butler of a great household.
DOCILITY * n. The trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable.
ZEALOTRY * n. Excessive intolerance of opposing views.
RURITANIA * n. An imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance.
STATION * --n. 1 A facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose. 2 Proper or designated social situation. 3 (nautical) The location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty. 4 The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand. --v. Assign to a station.
REFRESH * v. 1 Refresh one's memory. 2 Make (to feel) fresh. 3 Become or make oneself fresh again. 4 Make fresh again.
CHYMOSIN * n. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate.
EVENFALL * n. The time of day immediately following sunset.
APOMORPHINE * n. A morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative.
DKG * n. 10 grams.
RAMIFICATION * n. 1 The act of branching out or dividing into branches. 2 A part of a forked or branching shape. 3 A development that complicates a situation. 4 An arrangement of branching parts.
PRESERVATIONIST * n. Someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas.
PROPITIATORY * --a. Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation. --s. Intended to reconcile or appease.
SPINDLE-LEGGED * s. Having long slender legs.
CROOKBACKED * s. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
UNEASILY * r. With anxiety or apprehension.
LYCOPOD * n. Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles.
GOLLIWOGG * n. A grotesque black doll.
INDEXING * n. The act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve.
INCOMPRESSIBILITY * n. The property of being incompressible.
GARMENTMAKER * n. A person who makes garments.
ADVANCEMENT * n. 1 Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something. 2 The act of moving forward (as toward a goal). 3 Gradual improvement or growth or development.
KOOKY * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
UNCOMPLAINING * a. Not complaining.
FIREWEED * n. 1 Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant. 2 An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers.
RHINO * n. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
CHARALES * n. Small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts.
SYLLABIFY * v. Divide into syllables.
GAWK * --n. An awkward stupid person. --v. Look with amazement; look stupidly.
CUT-IN * n. 1 (broadcasting) A local announcement inserted into a network program. 2 (film) A still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film.
ATHANASIANISM * n. The theological doctrine taught by Athanasius that Christ the Son is of the same substance as God the Father.
MEMORABILIA * n. A record of things worth remembering.
BOLIVIANO * n. The basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos.
FRIVOLOUSLY * r. In a frivolous manner.
O * n. 1 A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust. 2 The 15th letter of the Roman alphabet. 3 The blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens.
CHAGATAI * n. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
COLLECTED * --a. Brought together in one place. --s. In full control of your faculties.
MEGAPODIUS * n. Type genus of the Megapodiidae.
PROLEGOMENON * n. A preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise.
POMOXIS * n. Crappies.
AXE * --n. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle. --v. 1 Chop or split with an ax. 2 Terminate.
CLERIHEW * n. A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person.
INOCULANT * n. A substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease.
FELLOW * n. 1 A boy or man. 2 A friend who is frequently in the company of another. 3 A person who is member of one's class or profession. 4 One of a pair.
DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE * n. Hardy deciduous vine having large leaves and flowers with the calyx tube curved like the bowl of a pipe.
ASTRAGALAR * a. Of or relating to the anklebone.
HOPEFULNESS * n. 1 Full of hope. 2 The feeling you have when you have hope.
ONSHORE * --a. (of winds) Coming from the sea toward the land. --s. On the edge of the land. --r. On or toward the land.
RESTRAINT * n. 1 The act of controlling by restraining someone or something. 2 Discipline in personal and social activities. 3 The state of being physically constrained. 4 A rule or condition that limits freedom.
FILBERT * n. 1 Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe. 2 Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
SUBDIVIDE * v. 1 Form into subdivisions. 2 Divide into smaller and smaller pieces.
JELLED * s. Congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling.
BAUDELAIRE * n. A French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867).
STRENUOUSLY * r. In a strenuous manner; strongly or vigorously.
DISTRIBUTER * n. 1 Someone who markets merchandise. 2 Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence.
WATCHDOG * n. 1 A guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste. 2 A dog trained to guard property.
MERMAN * n. 1 United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984). 2 Half man and half fish; lives in the sea.
BALMILY * r. In a mildly insane manner.
METHANOL * n. A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol.
RUBEOLA * n. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children.
SERPASIL * n. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
UNTERMEYER * n. United States writer (1885-1977).
SLOUCH * --n. 1 An incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions. 2 A stooping carriage in standing and walking. --v. 1 Assume a drooping posture or carriage. 2 Walk slovenly.
OUT-OF-TOWN * s. Happening in or being of another town or city.
ANTIMYCIN * n. A crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi.
AGGRAVATINGLY * r. In an aggravating fashion.
EULOGISE * v. Praise formally and eloquently.
RENTABLE * a. That is able or fit be rented.
BOUNDED * s. Having the limits or boundaries established.
SELF-COMPLACENT * s. Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.
BRABBLE * v. Argue over petty things.
PIERIDAE * n. Arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies.
CALGARY * n. The largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada.
ALEATORY * s. Dependent on chance.
EXIT * --n. 1 An opening that permits escape or release. 2 Euphemistic expressions for death. 3 The act of going out. --v. 1 Move out of or depart from. 2 Lose the lead. 3 Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
SUBMISSION * n. 1 Something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition). 2 The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another. 3 The condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else. 4 The feeling of patient, submissive humbleness.
ELITISM * n. The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals.
GAUGUINESQUE * a. In the manner of Paul Gauguin.
CIVILISATION * n. 1 The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization. 2 A particular society at a particular time and place. 3 A society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations). 4 The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.
GAZANIA * n. Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers.
TRICHURIASIS * n. Infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
TRAITOR * n. 1 Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. 2 A person who says one thing and does another.
DRY-CLEANED * s. Cleaned with chemical solvents.
BUBALINE * a. Relating to or resembling a buffalo.
CINERARIUM * n. A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead.
PLAYDAY * n. Time for play or diversion.
NULLIPARA * n. (obstetrics) A woman who has never give birth to a child.
STUNTED * s. Inferior in size or quality.
NUMEROUSNESS * n. A large number.
ACHAIAN * n. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
ENCUMBRANCE * n. 1 An onerous or difficult concern. 2 A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage). 3 Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
TENUOUSLY * r. In a tenuous manner.
JEW * n. A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties.
EXTENSIONAL * s. Defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies.
FEBRUARY * n. The month following January and preceding March.
RAJANYA * n. The second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category.
HALFTONE * n. 1 A print obtained from photoengraving. 2 An engraving used to reproduce an illustration.
USSS * n. The United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents.
INELIGIBLE * --a. Not eligible. --s. Prohibited by official rules.
DIMINUENDO * --n. (music) A gradual decrease in loudness. --s. (music) Gradually decreasing in volume.
HOBBIT * n. An imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien.
GOBBLEDYGOOK * n. Incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists.
SUBURBANISE * v. 1 Take on suburban character. 2 Make suburban in character.
REASONLESS * s. 1 Not marked by the use of reason. 2 Not endowed with the capacity to reason. 3 Having no justifying cause or reason.
CLIMATICALLY * r. With respect to climate.
COMMONAGE * n. Property held in common.
ELECTROPLATE * --n. Any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal by electrolysis. --v. Coat with metal by electrolysis.
ASTEROIDEA * n. Sea stars.
INFLAMED * s. 1 Resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened. 2 Lighted with red light as if with flames. 3 Adorned with tongues of flame.
WINGED * --a. Having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind. --s. Very fast; as if with wings.
KP * n. An enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks.
WISDOM * n. 1 Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment. 2 The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight. 3 Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight. 4 The quality of being prudent and sensible.
TAPPAN * n. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
ALARMING * a. Frightening because of an awareness of danger.
ANISOMETROPIA * n. Difference in the refractive power of the two eyes.
BRACHYUROUS * a. Of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura.
CREAMY-COLORED * s. Having the color of fresh cream.
PHYSICALITY * n. Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites.
ANTIFREEZE * n. A liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point.
YAW * --n. An erratic deflection from an intended course. --v. 1 Be wide open. 2 Deviate erratically from a set course. 3 Swerve off course momentarily.
DOLEFULNESS * n. Sadness caused by grief or affliction.
MAHOGANY * n. 1 Wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture. 2 Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish. 3 A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
OVERCOATING * n. An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish).
OVERHANG * --n. Projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else. --v. 1 Project over. 2 Be suspended over or hang over.
SOLD * a. Disposed of to a purchaser.
NONEXEMPT * a. 1 (of goods or funds) Subject to taxation. 2 (of persons) Not exempt from an obligation or liability.
INCOMPETENCE * n. 1 Lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications. 2 Inability of a part or organ to function properly.
TORCH * --n. 1 A light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance. 2 Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. 3 A small portable battery-powered electric lamp. 4 A burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame. --v. Burn maliciously, as by arson.
HAGIOGRAPHIST * n. The author of a worshipful or idealizing biography.
UNSEALED * a. 1 Not established or confirmed. 2 Not closed or secured with or as if with a seal.
WAILFUL * s. Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
UNEQUIPPED * a. Without necessary physical or intellectual equipment.
INSURABLE * s. Capable of being insured or eligible to be insured.
HELLENISTIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization.
ILLAMPU * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
TWENTIETH * --n. Position 20 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the nineteenth in position.
FISSURELLA * n. Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets.
DESIRABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being worthy of desiring. 2 Attractiveness to the opposite sex.
HIGH-KEYED * s. (of persons) Excitable.
NERVE * --n. 1 Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. 2 The courage to carry on. 3 Impudent aggressiveness. --v. Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant.
PERSONATION * n. 1 Imitating the mannerisms of another person. 2 Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture.
NAPE * n. The back side of the neck.
HYDROCEPHALUS * n. An abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological.
PROTECT * v. 1 Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage. 2 Use tariffs to favor domestic industry.
NITROGENISE * v. Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
GOODWILL * n. 1 (accounting) An intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets). 2 The friendly hope that something will succeed. 3 A disposition to kindness and compassion.
NONAGGRESSION * n. A policy of not initiating hostilities.
DSL * n. A generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds.
GENTLEWOMAN * n. A woman of refinement.
OVERDRESSED * s. Dressed too elaborately.
CLOCK-WATCHING * n. Paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work).
STITCH * --n. 1 A link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing. 2 A sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running. --v. Fasten by sewing; do needlework.
REGALLY * r. In a regal manner.
LOBELIACEAE * n. Not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae.
BUN * n. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
RETRIEVER * n. A dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game.
ALLEGRETTO * --n. 1 A quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro. 2 A musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro. --s. (of tempo) Faster than allegro. --r. In a moderately quick tempo.
MASQUER * n. A participant in a masquerade.
SISTERLIKE * a. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
GLUTTONOUSLY * r. In a gluttonous manner.
INNOCENT * --n. A person who lacks knowledge of evil. --a. Free from evil or guilt. --s. 1 Lacking intent or capacity to injure. 2 Free from sin. 3 Lacking in sophistication or worldliness. 4 Not knowledgeable about something specified.
SKATEBOARDER * n. Someone who skates on a skateboard.
CROSS-FERTILISATION * n. 1 Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species. 2 Interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial.
EPIGRAPH * n. 1 A quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing. 2 An engraved inscription.
EUROTIUM * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales.
AXIOMATICAL * a. Of or relating to or derived from axioms.
SUVA * n. The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island).
HOUDAH * n. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
GELATINE * n. A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin.
SAID * s. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
UYGUR * n. 1 A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China. 3 The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language.
ALOPIUS * n. Type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae.
PEDICEL * n. A small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle.
ARMERIA * n. Shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials.
VIDEODISC * n. A digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set.
EPHEMERIS * n. An annual publication containing astronomical tables that give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the year.
SUBSIDIZED * s. Having partial financial support from public funds.
AMYGDALUS * n. Used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus.
DISHWASHING * n. The act of washing dishes.
ANANAS * n. 1 A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples). 2 Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated.
DUALIST * n. An adherent of dualism.
MAWKISHNESS * n. 1 Insincere pathos. 2 Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
UNFATTENED * s. (of market animals) Not optimal for marketing.
PADDLE-WHEELER * n. A steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels.
WIDE-EYED * s. 1 Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. 2 (used of eyes) Fully open or extended.
FRANKENSTEIN * n. 1 An agency that escapes control and destroys its creator. 2 The monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation). 3 The fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses.
PIGGISHNESS * n. An excessive desire for food.
ROSIN * --n. Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules. --v. Rub rosin onto.
DACOIT * n. A member of an armed gang of robbers.
ENCEPHALOCELE * n. Protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull.
SELF-STIMULATION * n. Manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure.
SAP * --n. 1 A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant. 2 A person who lacks good judgment. 3 A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people. --v. 1 Deplete. 2 Excavate the earth beneath.
OLIGARCHIC * a. Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy.
JEJUNE * s. 1 Of insufficient quantity to meet a need. 2 Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. 3 Lacking interest or significance or impact.
PSYCHOLOGIST * n. A scientist trained in psychology.
SOAPY * --a. Resembling or having the qualities of soap. --s. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
GUM-LAC * n. An inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar.
UNICUSPID * s. Having a single cusp or point.
KWAJALEIN * n. 1 An atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II. 2 An amphibious assault in the Pacific in World War II (January 1944); American forces landed and captured a Japanese air base.
HEAVY-DUTY * a. Designed for heavy work.
ANTIMONIOUS * a. Relating to or derived from antimony.
SLOVENIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Slovenia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language.
HIDROSIS * n. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.
GEORGIAN * --n. 1 A native or resident of the American state of Georgia. 2 A native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia. 3 A southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition. --a. 1 Of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language. 3 Of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants. 4 Of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England.
LORICATA * n. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
SPOILING * n. 1 The process of becoming spoiled. 2 The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it.
HI-TECH * a. Resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices.
DELAIREA * n. One species: German ivy.
ACCRUEMENT * n. The act of accumulating.
RONEO * --n. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo). --v. Make copies on a Roneograph.
NYLON * n. 1 A thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers. 2 A synthetic fabric.
FODDER * --n. 1 Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire. 2 Coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop. --v. Give fodder (to domesticated animals).
SLOW-MOVING * s. Moving slowly.
LOAN-BLEND * n. A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root).
UNADVISED * --a. Without careful prior deliberation or counsel. --s. Having received no information.
RATIONALISM * n. 1 (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience. 2 The theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth. 3 The doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct.
RUGGEDLY * r. In a rugged manner.
PRECIPITOUS * s. 1 Done with very great haste and without due deliberation. 2 Extremely steep.
DICTATORIALLY * r. In an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator.
VENTILATORY * a. Provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation.
LLUD * n. A Celtic warrior god.
BUTTONHOOK * n. A hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole.
EMERY * n. A hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper).
OPTIMISM * n. 1 The optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well. 2 A general disposition to expect the best in all things.
THOROUGH * s. 1 Painstakingly careful and accurate. 2 Performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial. 3 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
HANDLEBAR * n. The shaped bar used to steer a bicycle.
YUPPIE * n. A young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style.
BOEOTIAN * a. Of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times.
DOUR * s. 1 Stubbornly unyielding. 2 Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance. 3 Showing a brooding ill humor.
VICIOUSLY * r. In a vicious manner.
BLOSSOMING * n. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
DIDDLYSHIT * n. A small worthless amount.
MULLA * n. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque.
SUBAQUATIC * s. 1 Growing or remaining under water. 2 Partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water.
AMPHITHEATRICAL * a. Of or related to an amphitheater.
VEGETATION * n. 1 All the plant life in a particular region or period. 2 The process of growth in plants. 3 An abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart). 4 Inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life.
DISPROVE * v. Prove to be false.
EIGHTY-FOUR * s. Being four more than eighty.
TRIBADISTIC * a. Of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior.
OPTIMALLY * r. In an optimal and most desirable way.
REPORT * --n. 1 A written document describing the findings of some individual or group. 2 The act of informing by verbal report. 3 A short account of the news. 4 A sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing). --v. 1 To give an account or representation of in words. 2 Announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding. 3 Announce one's presence. 4 Make known to the authorities.
COLOSSAL * s. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.
CAUTIOUS * --n. People who are fearful and cautious. --a. Showing careful forethought. --s. Avoiding excess.
HAYFIELD * n. A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay.
BANGLADESH * n. A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971.
NOTHOFAGUS * n. Beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech.
BORDERLAND * n. District consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area.
BUTTER-AND-EGGS * n. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America.
BILOCULATE * s. Divided into or containing two cells or chambers.
GEOCOCCYX * n. Roadrunners.
NASSAU * n. The capital of the Bahamas.
TAUNTING * --n. Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing. --s. Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
ORONTIUM * n. One species of aquatic plant: golden club.
EMIR * n. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
GLOATING * n. Malicious satisfaction.
TUFT * n. 1 A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass. 2 A bunch of feathers or hair.
DICHOTOMISATION * n. The act of dividing into two sharply different categories.
DEGAS * --n. French impressionist painter (1834-1917). --v. Remove gas from.
URD * n. Goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past.
165TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order.
EXPLOITATIVE * s. Tending to exploit or make use of.
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV * n. Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908).
INTERRELATED * s. Reciprocally connected.
SEMARANG * n. A port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java.
HOAGIE * n. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
DIVERSIONARY * s. (of tactics e.g.) Likely or designed to confuse or deceive.
SHORT-EARED * s. Having short ears.
AFFILIATED * s. Being joined in close association.
MURK * --n. An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance. --v. Make dark, dim, or gloomy.
HOOFER * n. A professional dancer.
CONVENIENTLY * r. In a convenient manner.
GLASSWARE * n. An article of tableware made of glass.
SHOREBIRD * n. Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries.
HOMOZYGOSITY * n. The state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene.
COMMITTED * a. 1 Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. 2 Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
SHIGELLA * n. Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon.
TARADIDDLE * n. 1 A trivial lie. 2 Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
AEROGENERATOR * n. Generator that extracts usable energy from winds.
METIC * n. An alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city.
BLACKWOOD * n. 1 Very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees. 2 Any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood.
CHAPTERHOUSE * n. 1 A building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter. 2 A house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity.
HONKEY * n. (slang) Offensive names for a White man.
MEALYBUG * n. Scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees.
UNCLEANLY * s. Habitually unclean.
AWEARY * s. Physically and mentally fatigued.
ROASTER * n. 1 A harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment). 2 A cook who roasts food. 3 Flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting. 4 A special cooking pan for roasting.
INSURRECTIONARY * a. Of or relating to or given to insurrection.
TYR * n. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu.
FIXEDNESS * n. 1 Remaining in place. 2 The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. 3 The quality of being fixed and unchangeable.
COMPLICATED * s. Difficult to analyze or understand.
CATATONIA * n. 1 Extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia. 2 A form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement.
EDACITY * n. 1 Excessive desire to eat. 2 Extreme gluttony.
ANNOYINGLY * r. In an annoying manner or to an annoying degree.
UNDERSTANDABLE * s. Capable of being apprehended or understood.
EXCLUSIVELY * r. Without any others being included or involved.
UNAVOWED * s. 1 Not openly expressed. 2 Not affirmed or mentioned or declared. 3 Not openly made known.
NINJUTSU * n. The traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage.
LESBIAN * --n. 1 A female homosexual. 2 A resident of Lesbos. --s. Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman.
ARRIVER * n. Someone who arrives (or has arrived).
LONG-HAIRED * s. With long hair.
SPINOZA * n. Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677).
INDIC * n. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
DOTAGE * n. Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations.
NEOCOLONIALISM * n. Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures.
SOMATERIA * n. Eider ducks.
ARRANGED * --a. Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. --s. 1 Planned in advance. 2 Deliberately arranged for effect.
DIPLOTAXIS * n. Wall rocket.
GAMBA * n. Viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello.
ROUGEBERRY * n. Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas.
UNTEACH * v. 1 Cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier. 2 Cause to unlearn.
DEFOLIANT * n. A chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off.
LONG-RANGE * s. 1 Involving an extended span of time. 2 Suitable for or reaching long distances.
FIBRE-OPTIC * a. Of or relating to fiber optics.
PUCKA * s. Absolutely first class and genuine.
SOUR-TASTING * s. Having a sour acidic taste.
DOCTOR * --n. 1 A licensed medical practitioner. 2 (Roman Catholic Church) A title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching. 3 Children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office. 4 A person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution. --v. 1 Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive. 2 Give medical treatment to. 3 Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
WEINBERG * n. United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933).
MUSTACHED * s. Having a moustache.
TURNER * n. 1 United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831). 2 United States endocrinologist (1892-1970). 3 English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851). 4 United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951).
ARTEFACTUAL * a. Of or relating to artifacts.
CYMA * n. (architecture) A molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex).
SAMPLE * --n. 1 A small part of something intended as representative of the whole. 2 Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population. 3 All or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class. --v. Take a sample of.
PLAGIARIZE * v. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property.
UNCHRISTIANLY * s. Not becoming to or like a Christian.
CORP * n. A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state.
TEE * --n. 1 The starting place for each hole on a golf course. 2 Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff. 3 A short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground. --v. 1 Place on a tee. 2 Connect with a tee.
GOOD-LOOKING * s. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
FIRE-BUSH * n. 1 Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant. 2 Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn.
NETKEEPER * n. 1 The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal. 2 The defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring.
STEPHEN * n. English writer (1832-1904).
HYPOZEUXIS * n. Use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered').
DELIMITATE * v. 1 Determine the essential quality of. 2 Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
SECONDO * n. The second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet).
DREAMILY * r. In a dreamy manner.
EUPNOEIC * a. Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination.
MOBILISE * v. 1 Call to arms; of military personnel. 2 Get ready for war. 3 Make ready for action or use. 4 Cause to move around.
AERIALIST * n. An acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze).
MYELOMA * n. A tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow.
RUNDLE * n. One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
CHEERING * --n. Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators. --s. Providing freedom from worry.
SUMMARILY * r. Without delay; in a summary manner.
UNAVAILABLE * a. Not available or accessible or at hand.
DENDRITE * n. Short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron.
EXTRAMARITAL * s. Characterized by adultery.
DEAD-END * s. Lacking opportunities for development or advancement.
WEAK-STEMMED * s. Having a weak stem.
UNFRIENDLY * --a. 1 Not easy to understand or use. 2 Not disposed to friendship or friendliness. --s. 1 Not friendly. 2 Very unfavorable to life or growth.
PNEUMOVAX * n. Vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus.
CLASH * --n. 1 A loud resonant repeating noise. 2 A state of conflict between persons. 3 A state of conflict between colors. 4 A minor short-term fight. --v. 1 Crash together with violent impact. 2 Be incompatible; be or come into conflict. 3 Disagree violently.
HIGHER-RANKING * s. Having a higher rank.
PRESERVABLE * s. Capable of being preserved.
CRAFTILY * r. In an artful manner.
SHAREHOLDER * n. Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation.
AUTHORITY * n. 1 The power or right to give orders or make decisions. 2 (usually plural) Persons who exercise (administrative) control over others. 3 An expert whose views are taken as definitive. 4 Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
BICHROMATED * a. Treated or combined with bichromate.
IRONY * n. 1 Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. 2 Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. 3 A trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs.
METAZOA * n. Multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system.
MIXED-BLOOD * n. A person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups.
AUROUS * a. Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold.
SHAWL * n. Cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders.
SACROSANCT * s. Must be kept sacred.
FORMULARY * --n. (pharmacology) A book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation. --a. Of or relating to or of the nature of a formula.
NIFF * n. An unpleasant smell.
AUTHENTICATOR * n. One who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity.
POLARIZE * v. 1 Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern. 2 Cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions. 3 Become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation.
SMOULDERINGLY * r. With barely repressed anger.
UNTANGLING * n. The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
MEDIOCRE * s. 1 Moderate to inferior in quality. 2 Lacking exceptional quality or ability. 3 Poor to middling in quality.
PIPISTRELLUS * n. Nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats.
NENETS * n. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia.
BREATHLESS * --a. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty. --s. 1 Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing. 2 Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.
INSUBORDINATE * --a. Not submissive to authority. --s. Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.
NUMERICALLY * r. In number; with regard to numbers.
DROPSY * n. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.
NEURODERMATITIS * n. Dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown.
DEPARTMENTAL * a. Of or relating to a department.
POON * n. 1 Wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars. 2 Any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood.
PURPORT * --n. 1 The intended meaning of a communication. 2 The pervading meaning or tenor. --v. 1 Have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming. 2 Propose or intend.
SIXPACK * n. A carton containing six bottles or cans.
DISPUTANT * n. A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy.
SPACE * --n. 1 The unlimited expanse in which everything is located. 2 An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things). 3 An area reserved for some particular purpose. 4 Any location outside the Earth's atmosphere. --v. Place at intervals.
BOWDLERISM * n. Censorship in the form of prudish expurgation.
A-OKAY * s. In perfect condition or order.
HISTORIAN * n. A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it.
AUSTENITIC * a. Composed of austenite.
WHACKER * n. Something especially big or impressive of its kind.
HAEMOSTASIS * n. Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat).
ANAGRAMMATIC * a. Related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram.
CALENDRIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement.
REFORM-MINDED * s. Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action).
TAPER * --n. 1 A convex shape that narrows toward a point. 2 The property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone). 3 A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame. 4 Stick of wax with a wick in the middle. --v. 1 Diminish gradually. 2 Give a point to.
OCCASIONALLY * r. Sporadically and infrequently.
GREYISH-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with grey.
ISTHMIAN * a. Of or relating to or forming an isthmus.
MESHING * n. 1 Contact by fitting together. 2 An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals. 3 The act of interlocking or meshing.
LIMITING * --n. The grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase. --s. 1 Restricting the scope or freedom of action. 2 Strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase.
MOCHA * n. 1 Soft suede glove leather from goatskin. 2 A flavoring made from coffee mixed with chocolate. 3 A superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia. 4 A dark brown color.
TESTUDINATA * n. Tortoises and turtles.
CRYPTOPHYCEAE * n. Motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae.
JODHPUR * n. A short riding boot that fastens with a buckle at the side.
INERTIAL * a. Of or relating to inertia.
PRESUMPTUOUSNESS * n. Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.
CYDIPPIDEA * n. Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles.
HOARDER * n. A person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use.
OBSESSIVITY * n. Extreme compulsiveness.
JOHANNESBURG * n. City in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries.
REPELLENTLY * r. In a repellent manner.
AIGRETTE * n. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
ORIENTATE * v. Determine one's position with reference to another point.
SCHWEITZER * n. French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965).
VESUVIANITE * n. A green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone.
PULLET * n. 1 Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying. 2 Young hen usually less than a year old.
INSTILLING * n. Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.
GINSBERG * n. United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997).
INTENT * --n. 1 An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. 2 The intended meaning of a communication. --s. Giving or marked by complete attention to.
HOREHOUND * n. 1 Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium. 2 A candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant.
IMPASSIVENESS * n. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
FREQUENTLY * r. Many times at short intervals.
CORNELL * n. 1 United States actress noted for her performances in Broadway plays (1893-1974). 2 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).
NO-HIT * s. Of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits.
HISTIOCYTE * n. A macrophage that is found in connective tissue.
SOMNOLENCE * n. A very sleepy state.
BURNISHED * s. Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow.
CAN-DO * s. Marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done.
FALLOPIO * n. Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562).
QUINONE * n. Any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes.
EMBRYOLOGIC * s. Of an organism prior to birth or hatching.
DEODORANT * n. A toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors.
ARCHAEORNIS * n. Extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing.
APPETITE * n. A feeling of craving something.
THINKABLE * a. Capable of being conceived or imagined or considered.
TWILIGHT * --n. 1 The time of day immediately following sunset. 2 The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth. 3 A condition of decline following successes. --s. Lighted by or as if by twilight.
MUKDEN * n. A city in northeastern China.
COSMOGENIC * a. Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe.
GENIPA * n. Any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind.
INDEBTED * s. 1 Owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc. 2 Under a legal obligation to someone.
METAPHYSIS * n. The growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis.
PYKNOTIC * a. Of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis.
MORAINE * n. Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier.
COENOBITIC * a. Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.
ALEUTIANS * n. An archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska.
HEMISPHERE * n. 1 Half of the terrestrial globe. 2 Half of a sphere. 3 Either half of the cerebrum.
WILLOW * n. 1 Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix. 2 A textile machine having a system of revolving spikes for opening and cleaning raw textile fibers.
OVARITIS * n. Inflammation of the ovaries.
NECKPIECE * n. An article of apparel worn about the neck.
SERPENT-WORSHIP * n. The worship of snakes.
HYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBON * n. A fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere.
ADVERBIALLY * r. As an adverb.
VIRGIN * --n. 1 A person who has never had sex. 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Virgo. 3 The sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22. --s. 1 Being used or worked for the first time. 2 In a state of sexual virginity.
NEPHROPSIDAE * n. In some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae.
GRANITEWARE * n. A kind of stone-grey enamelware.
IZZARD * n. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
HAWAI'I * n. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
GRUGRU * n. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
REPREHENSIBLE * s. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
MEMBRACIDAE * n. Plant hoppers: treehoppers.
HINDUSTANI * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India. 2 A form of Hindi spoken around Delhi. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language.
FIERCE * s. 1 Marked by extreme and violent energy. 2 Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. 3 Ruthless in competition. 4 Violently agitated and turbulent.
SUR * n. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks.
HEADWORD * n. 1 A content word that can be qualified by a modifier. 2 A word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry).
ABSTINENCE * n. 1 The trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol). 2 Act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite.
TIP-TILTED * s. (used of noses) Turned up at the end.
ROAD * n. 1 An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation. 2 A way or means to achieve something.
CROSS-TOWN * s. Going or extending across a town or city.
PENN'ORTH * n. The amount that can be bought for a penny.
INEQUITABLY * r. In an inequitable manner.
GRAPY * s. Having a taste like that of grapes.
GENERALISATION * n. 1 An idea or conclusion having general application. 2 The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances. 3 Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. 4 (psychology) Transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus.
HANKS * n. United States film actor (born in 1956).
SINITIC * --n. A group of Sino-Tibetan languages. --a. Of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture.
AZOTURIA * n. Excess of urea in the urine.
DEFUSE * v. Remove the triggering device from.
OVERINDULGE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
ARCHNESS * n. Inappropriate playfulness.
CATASTROPHE * n. 1 An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. 2 A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune. 3 A sudden violent change in the earth's surface.
RHAPSODIC * s. Feeling great rapture or delight.
QUASH * v. 1 Put down by force or intimidation. 2 Declare invalid.
VACCINE * n. Immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies.
PETTIFOGGERY * n. A quarrel about petty points.
GOULD * n. 1 United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002). 2 United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892).
REHEARSE * v. Engage in a rehearsal (of).
JAPAN * --n. 1 A string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean. 2 A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building. 3 Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer. 4 Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient. --v. Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.
COUNTERFOIL * n. The part of a check that is retained as a record.
PALATABLY * r. In a palatable way.
ELMONT * n. A town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park.
HOOD * --n. 1 An aggressive and violent young criminal. 2 A protective covering that is part of a plant. 3 (slang) A neighborhood. 4 A tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera. --v. Cover with a hood.
FISHY * --a. Of or relating to or resembling fish. --s. Not as expected.
PROPAEDEUTIC * --n. A course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally). --s. Preceding and preparing for something.
APIS * n. Type genus of the Apidae: honeybees.
UNPRETENDING * a. Not ostentatious.
PERVASIVE * s. Spreading or spread throughout.
PUGNACIOUS * s. 1 Tough and callous by virtue of experience. 2 Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
TANTRIK * a. Of or relating to Tantrism.
TOXICODENDRON * n. In some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America.
OTIC * a. Of or relating to near the ear.
BLOODWORT * n. Any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter.
FINE-TOOTH * s. Having fine teeth set close together.
BIFURCATE * --v. 1 Split or divide into two. 2 Divide into two branches. --s. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
TWIN-BEDDED * s. Having twin beds.
CATALOG * --n. 1 A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things. 2 A complete list of things; usually arranged systematically. --v. 1 Make a catalogue, compile a catalogue. 2 Make an itemized list or catalog of; classify.
ACIDULATE * v. Make sour or more sour.
SILVICULTURE * n. The branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests.
DEPLORABLY * r. In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.
WASSAILER * n. 1 Someone who enjoys riotous drinking. 2 Someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture.
SELF-JUSTIFICATION * n. A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc..
EPIGASTRIUM * n. The region lying on or over the stomach (just below the sternum).
TINSELED * s. Glittering with gold or silver.
TELEGRAPHY * n. 1 Communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire. 2 Apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code).
ASCII * n. (computer science) A code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers.
PARHELIC * a. Relating to or resembling a parhelion.
HYPERLIPEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
ATHERURUS * n. A genus of Hystricidae.
MOREEN * n. A heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains.
PERFOLIATE * s. (of a leaf) Having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem.
MUNCH * --n. 1 Norwegian painter (1863-1944). 2 A large bite. --v. Chew noisily.
EROSION * n. 1 (geology) The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it). 2 Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind. 3 A gradual decline of something. 4 Erosion by chemical action.
STIFF-NECKED * s. Haughtily stubborn.
PERISTEDION * n. In some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins.
DOORSTOPPER * n. A stop that keeps open doors from moving.
TRICHOMONIASIS * n. Infection of the vagina.
PYRITE * n. A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.
HELIOTROPISM * n. An orienting response to the sun.
METAPHYSICS * n. The philosophical study of being and knowing.
COMPLY * v. Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.
PACIFICATION * n. 1 The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined. 2 A treaty to cease hostilities. 3 Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
NANTES * n. A port city in western France on the Loire estuary.
CRANNIED * a. Having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones).
CIRA * n. A terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein.
LAMINATE * --n. A sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers. --v. 1 Create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material. 2 Press or beat (metals) into thin sheets. 3 Cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material. 4 Split (wood) into thin sheets.
PRACTICALLY * r. 1 Almost; nearly. 2 In a practical manner. 3 (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) For all practical purposes but not completely.
FORCE-OUT * n. A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base.
HUNNEMANNIA * n. One species: golden cup.
BLOODSHED * n. 1 The shedding of blood resulting in murder. 2 Indiscriminate slaughter.
NITTY-GRITTY * n. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
CRATER * n. 1 A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano. 2 A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus. 3 A bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb.
SORT * --n. 1 A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality. 2 An approximate definition or example. 3 A person of a particular character or nature. 4 An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion. --v. 1 Examine in order to test suitability. 2 Arrange or order by classes or categories.
FETTERED * s. Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.
MIND-BOGGLING * s. Intellectually or emotionally overwhelming.
NONAGENARIAN * --n. Someone whose age is in the nineties. --s. Being from 90 to 99 years old.
FEISTY * s. 1 Showing courage. 2 Quick to take offense.
OUTFLANK * v. 1 Go around the flank of (an opposing army). 2 Get the better of.
EGOTISTICAL * s. 1 Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. 2 Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
RADIOPHOTO * n. A photograph transmitted by radio waves.
DORIAN * --n. 1 A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. 2 The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC. --a. Of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture.
AMENABLE * s. 1 Disposed or willing to conform. 2 Responsive to suggestions and influences. 3 Open to being acted upon in a certain way. 4 Liable to answer to a higher authority.
HOLBEIN * n. 1 German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543). 2 German painter of religious works (1465-1524).
ANABRUS * n. A genus of Tettigoniidae.
HEYERDAHL * n. Norwegian anthropologist noted for his studies of cultural diffusion (1914-2002).
MALABSORPTION * n. Abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract.
AVOIDABLE * a. Capable of being avoided or warded off.
ENTREPRENEURIAL * --a. Of or relating to an entrepreneur. --s. Willing to take risks in order to make a profit.
FROEBEL * n. German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852).
AUTHORITATIVELY * r. In an authoritative and magisterial manner.
MOAT * n. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
ODDLY * r. 1 In a manner differing from the usual or expected. 2 In a strange manner.
DISGORGEMENT * n. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
EMERGE * v. 1 Come out into view, as from concealment. 2 Come out of. 3 Become known or apparent. 4 Come up to the surface of or rise.
UNLIT * --a. Not set afire or burning. --s. Without illumination.
SILVER-GRAY * s. Of grey resembling silver.
CHRISTENDOM * n. The collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia).
PROUDLY * r. With pride; in a proud manner.
PINEAPPLE * n. 1 A tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics. 2 Large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated.
MONOPLOID * a. Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.
TPN * n. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes.
VERBASCUM * n. Genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves.
PERTURBING * s. Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
FROTTEUR * n. Someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd).
GRADING * n. 1 The act of arranging in a graduated series. 2 Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface. 3 Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score.
PARROT * --n. 1 Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds. 2 A copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated. --v. Repeat mindlessly.
SOUTHMOST * s. Situated farthest south.
HYDRAULICS * n. Study of the mechanics of fluids.
ANTHROPICAL * a. Relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence.
HENBIT * n. Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers.
FLAUTIST * n. Someone who plays the flute.
DISTICH * n. Two items of the same kind.
ABANDON * --n. 1 The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry. 2 A feeling of extreme emotional intensity. --v. 1 Forsake, leave behind. 2 Give up with the intent of never claiming again. 3 Leave behind empty; move out of. 4 Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.
ANOTHER * s. Any of various alternatives; some other.
SHUT-EYE * n. Informal term for sleep.
CHEVY * v. Annoy continually or chronically.
LASS * n. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
PEDICAB * n. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire.
SCARER * n. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
MUZJIK * n. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
EMPHASISE * v. 1 Give extra weight to (a communication). 2 To stress, single out as important.
SAMBUCUS * n. Elder; elderberry.
DEPRECATIVE * s. 1 Tending to diminish or disparage. 2 Given to expressing disapproval.
OMNIPOTENCE * n. The state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power.
LANGUIDLY * r. In a languid and lethargic manner.
HAPHAZARD * --s. 1 Dependent upon or characterized by chance. 2 Marked by great carelessness. --r. Without care; in a slapdash manner.
DETRIBALIZE * v. Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity.
SULFA * n. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
CALCULATED * s. Carefully thought out in advance.
SOLILOQUY * n. 1 Speech you make to yourself. 2 A (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections.
HUGGER * n. A person who hugs.
DUCAT * n. Formerly a gold coin of various European countries.
PSEUDO * --n. A person who makes deceitful pretenses. --s. (often used in combination) Not genuine but having the appearance of.
HYMN * --n. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation). --v. 1 Sing a hymn. 2 Praise by singing a hymn.
DISMALLY * r. 1 In a cheerless manner. 2 In a dreadful manner.
MAMMALIA * n. Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.
COENOBITICAL * a. Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.
CORMOSE * a. Having or producing corms.
PX * n. A commissary on a United States Army post.
ANTIQUE * --n. 1 An elderly man. 2 Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity. --v. 1 Shop for antiques. 2 Give an antique appearance to. --s. 1 Made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age. 2 Out of fashion. 3 Belonging to or lasting from times long ago.
VACUUM * --n. 1 The absence of matter. 2 An empty area or space. 3 A region that is devoid of matter. 4 An electrical home appliance that cleans by suction. --v. Clean with a vacuum cleaner.
MOTIVATING * --n. The act of motivating; providing incentive. --s. Impelling to action.
SHIVER * --n. 1 A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement. 2 An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. --v. 1 Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement. 2 Shake, as from cold.
ARIZONA * n. 1 A state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon. 2 Glossy snake.
CIRCE * n. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
CARINATE * --n. Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles. --a. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.
ETHNOS * n. People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture.
NON-METRIC * a. Not based on the meter as a standard of measurement.
FOODLESS * s. Being without food.
PLYER * n. Someone who plies a trade.
GAINESVILLE * n. A university town in north central Florida.
NONCONTAGIOUS * s. (of disease) Not capable of being passed on.
DENDROLAGUS * n. Tree wallabies.
CELOMA * n. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
NURTURANT * s. Providing physical and emotional care and nourishment.
TROPHOBLAST * n. The membrane that forms the wall of the blastocyst in early development; aids implantation in the uterine wall.
TRINUCLEAR * a. Having three nuclei.
STAGE * --n. 1 Any distinct time period in a sequence of events. 2 A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. 3 A large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience. 4 The theater as a profession (usually `the stage'). --v. 1 Perform (a play), especially on a stage. 2 Plan, organize, and carry out (an event).
LEUKERAN * n. An alkylating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer.
ALLMOUTH * n. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
ARMS * n. 1 Weapons considered collectively. 2 The official symbols of a family, state, etc..
HOMOGENIZE * v. 1 Cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing. 2 Break up the fat globules of. 3 Become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing.
DELIRIOUS * s. 1 Experiencing delirium. 2 Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion.
CALL-BACK * n. 1 A return call. 2 The recall of an employee after a layoff.
BACKBAND * n. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
STIPPLER * n. A painter who stipples (creates a stippled effect).
AMENORRHOEIC * a. Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.
TZARIST * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a czar.
NERVELESSNESS * n. Fearless self-possession in the face of danger.
HYDNUM * n. Type genus of Hydnaceae.
MARAVILLA * n. 1 Wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico. 2 Leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
EPHEMERON * n. Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form.
BALOCHI * n. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
PURSUANT * s. (followed by `to') In conformance to or agreement with.
COLOURATION * n. 1 The timbre of a musical sound. 2 Appearance with regard to color. 3 Choice and use of colors (as by an artist).
TABOOLI * n. A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
FOLIACEOUS * --a. Of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant. --s. 1 Bearing numerous leaves. 2 (especially of metamorphic rock) Having thin leaflike layers or strata.
KURU * n. A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned.
MATERNAL * --a. 1 Characteristic of a mother. 2 Relating to or derived from one's mother. 3 Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent. --s. Related on the mother's side.
UNLAURELLED * a. Not crowned with laurel; having no acclaim or reward.
LEOPOLDVILLE * n. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
DAPHNE * n. 1 Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers. 2 (Greek mythology) A nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo.
ELAPHURUS * n. A genus of Cervidae.
CESSPIT * n. A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it.
ENWRAP * v. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
BRINTON * n. United States anthropologist who was the first to attempt a systematic classification of Native American languages (1837-1899).
STENOSED * s. Abnormally constricted body canal or passage.
TWO * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. 2 One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots. --s. Being one more than one.
PHOTOGRAPHIC * --a. Relating to photography or obtained by using photography. --s. Representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph.
SERJEANT-AT-LAW * n. An English barrister of the highest rank.
LONICERA * n. Woodbine.
STAND-IN * n. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult).
RICHMOND * n. Capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
PANZER * n. An armored vehicle or tank.
SUNDAE * n. Ice cream served with a topping.
CAIMITILLO * n. Tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit.
BOMBACACEAE * n. Tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds.
BOOB * --n. 1 An ignorant or foolish person. 2 Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman. --v. Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.
MACROCEPHALOUS * a. Having an exceptionally large head and brain.
UNRESOLVABLE * s. 1 Not easily solved. 2 Not capable of being resolved.
IMMUNIZED * s. Having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease.
HISTORICALLY * r. 1 Throughout history. 2 With respect to history.
D * --n. 1 A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets. 2 The cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five. 3 The 4th letter of the Roman alphabet. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units.
MISSOULA * n. A university town in western Montana.
SUNBURNT * s. Suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight.
UNDEFINED * a. Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished.
PLUTONIUM * n. A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239.
PROFLIGATELY * r. In a dissolute way.
SWEARER * n. 1 Someone who uses profanity. 2 Someone who takes a solemn oath.
TEGUMENT * n. A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.
ORCHESTRATION * n. 1 An arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band. 2 The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments. 3 An arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect.
PALEOPATHOLOGY * n. The study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence).
FRANCOA * n. Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile.
FAILURE * n. 1 An act that fails. 2 An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose. 3 Lack of success. 4 A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently.
STONE-WASH * v. Wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance.
PIPER * n. 1 Someone who plays the bagpipe. 2 Type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs.
GILDHALL * n. The meeting place of a medieval guild.
RAW * --n. Informal terms for nakedness. --s. 1 (used especially of commodities) Being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes. 2 Having the surface exposed and painful. 3 Not processed or refined. 4 Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure. --a. Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating.
GELATINISE * v. 1 Become gelatinous or change into a jelly. 2 Convert into gelatinous form or jelly.
LIEF * r. In a willing manner.
SLOGANEERING * n. Persuasion by means of empty slogans.
SISTER * n. 1 A female person who has the same parents as another person. 2 (Roman Catholic Church) A title given to a nun (and used as a form of address). 3 A female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group.
GUARDIAN * n. A person who cares for persons or property.
PILLARED * s. Having pillars.
MONOCOT * n. A monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside.
CALYCINAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling a calyx.
OCCLUDED * s. 1 Closed off. 2 (of a substance) Taken into and retained in another substance.
CARCHARHINUS * n. Type genus of the Carcharhinidae.
ZESTFULNESS * n. Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
SPIFF * n. Attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner.
BLUEFISH * n. 1 Bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters. 2 Fatty bluish flesh of bluefish.
BUYI * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
NOTHING * --n. A quantity of no importance. --r. In no respect; to no degree.
REFUTATION * n. 1 The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions. 2 Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. 3 The act of determining that something is false.
KIDD * n. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
KRONECKER * n. German mathematician (1823-1891).
GLASS * --n. 1 A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure. 2 A container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking. 3 The quantity a glass will hold. 4 A small refracting telescope. --v. 1 Furnish with glass. 2 Scan (game in the forest) with binoculars. 3 Enclose with glass. 4 Put in a glass container.
STAGIRUS * n. An ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born.
APPORTIONED * s. Given out in portions.
SEGMENT * --n. 1 One of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object. 2 One of the parts into which something naturally divides. --v. 1 Divide into segments. 2 Divide or split up.
STARFISH * n. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk.
ROWDINESS * n. Rowdy behavior.
DICTATION * n. 1 An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. 2 Speech intended for reproduction in writing. 3 Matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage.
MELT * --n. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. --v. 1 Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating. 2 Become or cause to become soft or liquid. 3 Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial. 4 Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.
FICTIONALIZE * v. 1 Make into fiction. 2 Convert into the form or the style of a novel.
DULL * --v. 1 Make dull in appearance. 2 Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness. 3 Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. 4 Make numb or insensitive. --a. 1 Lacking in liveliness or animation. 2 Emitting or reflecting very little light. 3 Not keenly felt. 4 Not having a sharp edge or point. --s. 1 Being or made softer or less loud or clear. 2 So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. 3 (of color) Very low in saturation; highly diluted. 4 Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.
PAWNSHOP * n. A shop where loans are made with personal property as security.
COOLING * n. 1 The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. 2 A mechanism for keeping something cool.
TEAMWORK * n. Cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective).
LOVE * --n. 1 A strong positive emotion of regard and affection. 2 Any object of warm affection or devotion. 3 A beloved person; used as terms of endearment. 4 A deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction. --v. 1 Have a great affection or liking for. 2 Get pleasure from. 3 Be enamored or in love with. 4 Have sexual intercourse with.
HYGROPHORUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae.
1ST * s. Indicating the beginning unit in a series.
DIVINE * --n. 1 Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. 2 A clergyman or other person in religious orders. --v. 1 Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers. 2 Search by divining, as if with a rod. --s. 1 Emanating from God. 2 Resulting from divine providence. 3 Being or having the nature of a god. 4 Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity.
EMBROWN * v. 1 Cause to darken. 2 Make brown in color.
SHAPER * n. 1 A person who makes things. 2 A machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
IRE * n. 1 A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance. 2 Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
SYLLABICATION * n. Forming or dividing words into syllables.
ISOCHRONOUS * s. Equal in duration or interval.
DESPERADO * n. A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier).
MASTERING * n. 1 Becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of. 2 The act of making a master recording from which copies can be made.
MULTI-SEEDED * s. Having many seeds.
SEATS * n. An area that includes places where several people can sit.
SPARROW-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a sparrow.
GODARD * n. French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative techniques (born in 1930).
TINGIDAE * n. Lace bugs.
DICOT * n. Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.
PAPERY * --s. Thin and paperlike. --a. Of or like paper.
CORNSMUT * n. A smut fungus attacking Indian corn.
MARRIAGEABILITY * n. Eligibility for marriage.
FRANGIPANI * n. Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers.
LOOTING * n. Plundering during riots or in wartime.
ROTATE * v. 1 Turn on or around an axis or a center. 2 Exchange on a regular basis. 3 Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis. 4 Cause to turn on an axis or center.
PHLOMIS * n. Any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage.
FLATBREAD * n. Any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough.
MENTHA * n. Mint plants.
CULTURED * s. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
ALEXANDRITE * n. A green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone.
AQUIFER * n. Underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.
PROWESS * n. A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation.
AREOPAGUS * n. 1 A hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court. 2 The highest governmental assembly in ancient Athens (later a judicial court).
RUBIACEAE * n. Widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry.
ARGENTINE * --n. Any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people.
SAD-FACED * s. Having a face with a sad expression.
CONDYLE * n. A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
ENERVATING * s. Causing debilitation.
INVEIGH * v. 1 Complain bitterly. 2 Speak against in an impassioned manner.
RAKE * --n. 1 A dissolute man in fashionable society. 2 Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. 3 A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil. --v. 1 Move through with or as if with a rake. 2 Level or smooth with a rake. 3 Sweep the length of. 4 Examine hastily.
OVERREACT * v. Show an exaggerated response to something.
FRAXINUS * n. Ash.
PORTENT * n. A sign of something about to happen.
HUMVEE * n. A high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive.
SEVERING * n. The act of severing.
TRANQUILLISE * v. 1 Make calm or still. 2 Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.
INACCURACY * n. The quality of being inaccurate and having errors.
GRATIFY * v. 1 Make happy or satisfied. 2 Yield (to); give satisfaction to.
INFUSORIA * n. In some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter.
KELLER * n. United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968).
ASLANT * --s. Having an oblique or slanted direction. --r. 1 Over or across in a slanting direction. 2 At an oblique angle.
DISTORTION * n. 1 A change for the worse. 2 A shape resulting from distortion. 3 An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image. 4 A change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal).
CAUSERIE * n. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
PHAETHON * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth. 2 Type genus of the Phaethontidae.
MICA * n. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity.
CAMPYLOTROPOUS * a. (of a plant ovule) Curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk.
FLIGHTINESS * n. The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
INTERFAITH * s. Involving persons of different religious faiths.
LITHOGLYPTICS * n. The art of engraving on precious stones.
PECCADILLO * n. A petty misdeed.
PUNCTUALITY * n. The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time.
DISTANTLY * r. From or at a distance.
LIGHTSOMENESS * n. 1 The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you. 2 The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble. 3 The trait of being lighthearted and frivolous.
IMPERVIOUS * a. Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected.
SKEPTIC * n. Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
MARRANO * n. (medieval Spain and Portugal) A disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly.
ABSENTMINDED * s. Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.
EXCRETING * n. The bodily process of discharging waste matter.
BOLOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to a bolometer.
GLOMERULAR * a. Of or relating to glomeruli.
ELASTANCE * n. The reciprocal of capacitance.
PUTRESCIBLE * s. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
TAUTOGA * n. Tautogs.
REBUFF * --n. 1 A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). 2 An instance of driving away or warding off. --v. 1 Reject outright and bluntly. 2 Force or drive back.
SNORTER * n. 1 Someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound. 2 Something outstandingly difficult. 3 Something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent.
MYELINE * n. A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
COMPREHENSIVENESS * n. 1 Completeness over a broad scope. 2 The capacity to understand a broad range of topics.
VARIED * --a. Characterized by variety. --s. 1 Widely different. 2 Broken away from sameness or identity or duplication.
CHURR * v. Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
UNINVITEDLY * r. Without invitation.
DONUT * n. A small ring-shaped friedcake.
UNTRANSLATABLE * a. Not capable of being put into another form or style or language.
COLOUR-BLIND * s. 1 Unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors. 2 Unprejudiced about race.
WOODINESS * n. 1 The quality of abounding in trees. 2 Texture produced by the fibers in wood.
SPARSENESS * n. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.
CARBURIZE * v. Unite with carbon.
LIGHT-YEAR * n. The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers.
PUGLIA * n. A region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
TWO-PARTY * s. Supported by both sides.
TAXING * s. Not easily borne; wearing.
ONENESS * n. The quality of being united into one.
CONTEXTUALISM * n. Any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms.
HIJAZ * n. A coastal region of the western Arabian Peninsula bordering on the Red Sea; includes both Mecca and Medina; formerly an independent kingdom until it united with Nejd to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
LUSTY * s. 1 Vigorously passionate. 2 Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health.
PALAU * n. 1 A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States. 2 A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
IP * n. The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information.
GROGGINESS * n. 1 A dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol. 2 A groggy state resulting from weariness. 3 Marginal consciousness.
NAUMACHY * n. A naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans.
SHARPY * n. 1 An alert and energetic person. 2 A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
VAULT * --n. 1 A burial chamber (usually underground). 2 A strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables. 3 An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof. 4 The act of jumping over an obstacle. --v. 1 Jump across or leap over (an obstacle). 2 Bound vigorously.
PERICARP * n. The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.
PIGGYBACK * --n. The act of carrying something piggyback. --v. 1 Ride on someone's shoulders or back. 2 Haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars. 3 Haul by railroad car. 4 Support on the back and shoulders. --r. 1 On a railroad flatcar. 2 On the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip.
LEVI'S * n. A popular brand of jeans.
ANORCHISM * n. Absence of one of both testes.
NYCTICORAX * n. Old World night herons.
NIJ * n. The law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice.
AUTHENTICATE * v. Establish the authenticity of something.
CALEAN * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
RETELL * v. 1 Render verbally. 2 Make into fiction. 3 To say, state, or perform again.
MYLODONTIDAE * n. Extinct South American edentates.
TABERNAEMONTANA * n. Evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap.
LAMBREQUIN * n. 1 A scarf that covers a knight's helmet. 2 Short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing.
LULLY * n. 1 Spanish philosopher (1235-1315). 2 French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687).
IRRELEVANCY * n. The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand.
RETRENCH * v. 1 Tighten one's belt; use resources carefully. 2 Make a reduction, as in one's workforce.
AZIDE * n. A chemical compound containing the azido group combined with an element or radical.
FIERINESS * n. 1 The heat or the color of fire. 2 A passionate and quick-tempered nature.
MISDO * v. Do wrongly or improperly.
EYRA * n. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
ORFF * n. German musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
PICKANINNY * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Black child.
GLAMORISE * v. Make glamorous and attractive.
UNOFFICIALLY * r. 1 Without official authorization. 2 Not in an official capacity.
STOCKTAKER * n. An employee whose job is to take inventory.
MINN. * n. A midwestern state.
MEETING * n. 1 A formally arranged gathering. 2 A small informal social gathering. 3 A casual or unexpected convergence. 4 The social act of assembling for some common purpose.
FRESH-CUT * s. Cut recently.
VEGETATIVE * --a. 1 Composed of vegetation or plants. 2 Of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous. --s. 1 Relating to involuntary bodily functions. 2 (of reproduction) Characterized by asexual processes.
COTTIER * n. A medieval English villein.
UNCREASED * s. Used especially of fabrics.
EON * n. 1 The longest division of geological time. 2 An immeasurably long period of time. 3 (Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
LOGARITHMICALLY * r. In a logarithmic manner.
PHENCYCLIDINE * n. A drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen.
BURLINGTON * n. The largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont.
SEIGNEUR * n. A man of rank in the ancient regime.
BASIC * --n. 1 A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use. 2 (usually in the plural) A necessary commodity for which demand is constant. --a. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis. --s. 1 Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality. 2 Serving as a base or starting point. 3 Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base.
ELAMITIC * n. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.
NONCANDIDATE * n. Someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office.
TSUNAMI * n. A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
DOPED * s. 1 Treated or impregnated with a foreign substance. 2 Under the influence of narcotics.
BUT * r. And nothing more.
TEETH * n. The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal.
PROVINCE * n. 1 The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation. 2 The proper sphere or extent of your activities.
SPERMATIC * a. Consisting of or resembling spermatozoa.
SOCIALLY * r. 1 By or with respect to society. 2 In a social manner.
UNCURL * v. Move out of a curled position.
TOMBIGBEE * n. A river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River.
STRONTIANITE * n. A mineral consisting of strontium carbonate.
YOKE * --n. 1 Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment. 2 An oppressive power. 3 Two items of the same kind. 4 A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke. --v. 1 Become joined or linked together. 2 Link with or as with a yoke. 3 Put a yoke on or join with a yoke.
RN * n. 1 A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health. 2 A graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration.
COUNTERVAIL * v. 1 Compensate for or counterbalance. 2 Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.
CARDS * n. A game played with playing cards.
ABOUT * --s. On the move. --r. 1 (of quantities) Imprecise but fairly close to correct. 2 All around or on all sides. 3 In the area or vicinity. 4 Used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction.
VESUVIUS * n. A volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944.
PROPANONE * n. The simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics.
DARTS * n. A game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard.
EUPHEMISE * v. Refer to something with a euphemism.
CLINGFISH * n. Very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc..
UNKNOT * v. Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
UNLIPPED * a. Without a lip or lips.
VELVETEEN * n. A usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet.
STREPTOMYCIN * n. An antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis.
SUMMERSET * n. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.
DEODOURANT * n. A toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors.
MOTHER-IN-LAW * n. The mother of your spouse.
SENTIMENTALLY * r. In a sentimental manner.
SPLITSAW * n. A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood.
CHECHEN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Chechnya. 2 A northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen. --a. Of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture.
EELLIKE * s. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
THERMOGRAPHY * n. Diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors.
FICTION * n. 1 A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact. 2 A deliberately false or improbable account.
HYLOPHYLAX * n. A genus of Formicariidae.
ASPIDOPHOROIDES * n. Alligatorfishes.
IODINATION * n. The substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds.
MALTA * n. 1 A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964. 2 A strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.
HERMAPHRODITIC * s. 1 Of or relating to monoclinous plants. 2 Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs.
QUINT * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2 One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
MA * n. 1 Informal terms for a mother. 2 A master's degree in arts and sciences. 3 One thousandth of an ampere. 4 A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.
UNSCREW * v. 1 Loosen something by unscrewing it. 2 Loosen by turning.
INARTICULATELY * r. 1 Without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner. 2 In an inarticulate manner.
VOTER * n. A citizen who has a legal right to vote.
GRAVEROBBER * n. 1 Someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts. 2 Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection.
PILSENER * n. A pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen.
DENIER * n. 1 A unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon. 2 Any of various former European coins of different denominations. 3 One who denies.
NONVIOLENT * --a. Abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence. --s. Achieved without bloodshed.
BRUSQUE * s. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness.
MISCOUNT * --n. An inaccurate count. --v. Count wrongly.
KOGIA * n. Pygmy sperm whales.
MAMMUTIDAE * n. Extinct family: mastodons.
SEPTAL * a. Of or relating to a septum.
UPBRAIDING * n. A severe scolding.
NAIL * --n. 1 Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits. 2 A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener. 3 A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard. --v. 1 Attach something somewhere by means of nails. 2 Take into custody. 3 Hit hard. 4 Succeed in obtaining a position.
FREDERICK * n. A town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore.
BROAD * --n. Slang term for a woman. --a. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other. --s. 1 Broad in scope or content. 2 Not detailed or specific. 3 Lacking subtlety; obvious. 4 Being at a peak or culminating point.
POLYSYNDETON * n. Using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and laughed for joy').
PARTICULAR * --n. 1 A fact about some part (as opposed to general). 2 A small part that can be considered separately from the whole. 3 (logic) A proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class. --s. 1 Unique or specific to a person or thing or category. 2 Separate and distinct from others of the same group or category. 3 Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. 4 First and most important.
BUTANOL * n. A flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents.
PILOSELLA * n. Genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium.
INNUMEROUS * s. Too numerous to be counted.
IJSSEL * n. A river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer.
ACRONYM * n. A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
SAUCILY * r. In an impudent or impertinent manner.
AWASH * s. Covered with water.
BACTERIZE * v. Subject to the action of bacteria.
ORIEL * n. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
INSENSATE * --a. Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation. --s. Without compunction or human feeling.
CONCEPT * n. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
FACETED * a. Having facets.
NUPTIAL * a. Of or relating to a wedding.
BISSAU * n. The capital of Guinea-Bissau.
SQUIGGLE * n. 1 A short twisting line. 2 An illegible scrawl.
DOCTOR-FISH * n. Surgeon fish of the West Indies.
SEGUE * --n. The act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another. --v. Proceed without interruption; in music or talk.
NOYES * n. English poet (1880-1958).
CONCATENATION * n. 1 The state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series. 2 The linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc. 3 A series of things depending on each other as if linked together. 4 The act of linking together as in a series or chain.
CONSTIPATE * v. 1 Impede with a clog or as if with a clog. 2 Cause to be constipated.
KARYOKINESIS * n. Organic process consisting of the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis.
HUMMUS * n. A thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East.
CHAT * --n. 1 An informal conversation. 2 Birds having a chattering call. 3 Songbirds having a chattering call. --v. Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
TRACHEOSTOMY * n. A surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes.
WHISTLESTOP * v. Tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election.
AVOIDANCE * n. Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.
WOLF * --n. 1 Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs. 2 Austrian composer (1860-1903). 3 German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824). 4 A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women. --v. Eat hastily.
GIRARD * n. United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831).
CHOANOCYTE * n. Any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body.
SEXAGENARIAN * --n. Someone whose age is in the sixties. --s. Being from 60 to 69 years old.
KENNAN * n. United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005).
SUPERORDINATE * --n. 1 One of greater rank or station or quality. 2 A word that is more generic than a given word. --v. Place in a superior order or rank. --s. Of higher rank or status or value.
CROSS-COUNTRY * r. 1 Not following tracks or roads. 2 Across the countryside.
HAND-HEWN * s. Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel.
LOPHOPHORA * n. Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal.
METICAL * n. The basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos.
IRIDOSMINE * n. A hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc..
LIQUESCENT * s. Becoming liquid.
FULL-SIZE * s. Being of the same size as an original.
INFLAME * v. 1 Cause inflammation in. 2 Catch fire. 3 Cause to start burning. 4 Arouse or excite feelings and passions.
UNVEILING * n. 1 Putting on display for the first time. 2 The act of beginning something new.
TESTAMENTARY * a. Of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament.
SOUNDLESSLY * r. Without a sound.
FAR * --n. A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again. --a. Located at a great distance in time or space or degree. --s. 1 Being of a considerable distance or length. 2 Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle. 3 Beyond a norm in opinion or actions. --r. 1 To a considerable degree; very much. 2 At or to or from a great distance in space. 3 At or to a certain point or degree. 4 Remote in time.
EQUERRY * n. 1 An official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles. 2 A personal attendant of the British royal family.
MID-NINETIES * n. The time of life between 90 and 100.
XT * n. The presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling.
GSPC * n. An Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa.
UNBRANCHING * s. Without branches.
HEMIRAMPHIDAE * n. Halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide.
COWARDLY * a. Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.
NOMOTHETIC * a. Relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles.
BARRELLED * --a. Put in or stored in a barrel. --s. (of an arrow) Tapered toward both ends.
HATCHBACK * n. 1 A car having a hatchback door. 2 A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open.
NOVELISATION * n. Converting something into the form of a novel.
POINCIANA * n. 1 Small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications. 2 A tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana.
WISTARIA * n. Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria.
IRREPRESSIBILITY * n. Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit.
UNRIPE * --a. Not fully developed or mature; not ripe. --s. Not fully prepared.
RELEVANCY * n. The relation of something to the matter at hand.
RANCIDITY * n. The state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil).
LOCALLY * r. 1 By a particular locality. 2 To a restricted area of the body.
RHEINLAND * n. A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river.
ELEOTRIDAE * n. Sleepers.
UNIFILAR * a. Having or using only one filament.
HAKENKREUZ * n. The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction.
DIAGNOSTICS * n. The branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease.
PRELUDE * --n. 1 Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows. 2 Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera. --v. 1 Serve as a prelude or opening to. 2 Play as a prelude.
MICROFILM * --n. Film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material. --v. Record on microfilm.
BREWAGE * n. Drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling.
UPPISH * s. (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant.
READING * n. 1 The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message. 2 A particular interpretation or performance. 3 A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument. 4 Written material intended to be read.
DAMALISCUS * n. African antelopes: sassabies.
ANKLETS * n. A sock that reaches just above the ankle.
BLUFFNESS * n. Good-natured frankness.
PERSONALIZED * s. 1 Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual. 2 Pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively.
PERJURER * n. A person who deliberately gives false testimony.
APOLOGETICALLY * r. In an apologetic manner.
PSENES * n. A genus of Stromateidae.
RECONQUER * v. Conquer anew.
IMPARTIALITY * n. An inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally.
BOYFRIEND * n. A man who is the lover of a man or woman.
IRRECONCILABLE * a. Impossible to reconcile.
TODDLE * v. Walk unsteadily.
HONORARIUM * n. A fee paid for a nominally free service.
IMBECILITY * n. 1 Retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot. 2 A stupid mistake.
LOGORRHEA * n. Pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking.
BLABERUS * n. Giant cockroaches.
PESTILENCE * n. 1 A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal. 2 Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 3 A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of.
UNPRETENTIOUSLY * r. In an unpretentious manner.
ANISOGAMETE * n. Either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size.
SERVILE * --a. Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior. --s. Relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants.
ECONOMISE * v. 1 Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of. 2 Use cautiously and frugally.
HIPPIE * n. Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle.
WINDING-CLOTHES * n. Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped.
HERD * --n. 1 A group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans. 2 A group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra. 3 A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things. --v. 1 Cause to herd, drive, or crowd together. 2 Move together, like a herd. 3 Keep, move, or drive animals.
TRIOSE * n. Any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule.
FULMARUS * n. Fulmars.
KULUN * n. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
SPONGER * n. 1 A workman employed to collect sponges. 2 A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.
IGIGI * n. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
GOTHIC * --n. 1 Extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas. 2 A heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries. 3 A style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches. --a. 1 Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German. 2 Of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths. 3 Of or relating to the Goths. --s. 1 As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened. 2 Characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque.
BLOWUP * n. 1 A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction. 2 An unrestrained expression of emotion. 3 A photographic print that has been enlarged.
BERIT * n. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
DENTICLE * n. Small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod.
TERENCE * n. Dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC).
FLIBBERTIGIBBET * n. A female fool.
IMMUNOCOMPETENCE * n. The ability to develop an immune response following exposure to an antigen.
NAAN * n. Leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop.
SHRINK-WRAP * n. The clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something.
1770S * n. The decade from 1770 to 1779.
ABYSM * n. A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively).
IDEOGRAM * n. A graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it.
OUTWEIGH * v. 1 Be heavier than. 2 Weigh more heavily.
DESQUAMATION * n. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
DIGITISATION * n. Conversion of analog information into digital information.
DINING * n. The act of eating dinner.
UNCHARACTERISTICALLY * r. In uncharacteristic manner.
ABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment. 2 Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.
EIGHT * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. 2 A group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life. 3 One of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face. --s. Being one more than seven.
LEPISMATIDAE * n. Firebrats.
DIGRESSION * n. 1 A message that departs from the main subject. 2 A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern). 3 Wandering from the main path of a journey.
STROPHARIA * n. Genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae.
EXQUISITELY * r. In a delicate manner.
PELYCOSAURIA * n. Edaphosaurus; dimetrodon.
CURETTEMENT * n. Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette.
CROSSHATCHED * s. Shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines.
APARTMENT * n. A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house.
LASALLE * n. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
ULTRAMICROSCOPE * n. Light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes.
HIMALAYAN * a. Of or relating to the Himalayas.
PENICILLIN * n. Any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.
WINEBERRY * n. 1 Raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits. 2 Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
PLAYBOY * n. A man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure.
SYLLOGISE * v. Reason by syllogisms.
SUBTILIN * n. A polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium.
FULMAR * n. Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions.
APOLOGIZE * v. 1 Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing. 2 Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.
CANDLENUT * n. 1 Large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles. 2 Seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes.
RESISTIVITY * n. A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms.
STYRACOSAURUS * n. An unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous.
SHOPHAR * n. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions.
FINGERED * a. Having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination.
BUTEO * n. Broad-winged soaring hawks.
GERMY * a. Full of germs or pathological microorganisms.
UNIVERSAL * --n. 1 (linguistics) A grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages. 2 (logic) A proposition that asserts something of all members of a class. 3 A behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings. 4 Coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions. --s. 1 Of worldwide scope or applicability. 2 Applicable to or common to all members of a group or set. 3 Adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations.
CONTRACTABLE * s. (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection.
OVERTAKING * n. Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it.
CONTRABAND * --n. Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law. --s. Distributed or sold illicitly.
GLABRESCENT * s. Lacking hair or a similar growth or tending to become hairless.
CHARACINIDAE * n. Former name of the Characidae.
WAREHOUSE * --n. A storehouse for goods and merchandise. --v. Store in a warehouse.
VIEWGRAPH * n. A transparency for use with an overhead projector.
TROPONYM * n. A word that denotes a manner of doing something.
MONTSERRAT * n. A volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies.
POMOLOGY * n. The branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits.
MILITANCY * n. A militant aggressiveness.
DIACALPA * n. One species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas.
HIBERNAL * s. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
GONDOLA * n. 1 A low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof. 2 Long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice. 3 The compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant.
GRIEVE * v. 1 Feel grief. 2 Cause to feel sorrow.
FOSTER * --n. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864). --v. 1 Promote the growth of. 2 Bring up under fosterage; of children. 3 Help develop, help grow. --s. Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.
FUCK * --n. Slang for sexual intercourse. --v. Have sexual intercourse with.
THRILLFUL * s. Full of excitement; thrilled.
OSTENSIBLE * s. 1 Appearing as such but not necessarily so. 2 Represented or appearing as such; pretended.
FRICTION * n. 1 A state of conflict between persons. 2 The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another. 3 Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.
SECRETIN * n. A gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine.
R-2 * n. Street names for flunitrazepan.
POINT * --n. 1 A geometric element that has position but no extension. 2 The precise location of something; a spatially limited location. 3 A brief version of the essential meaning of something. 4 An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole. --v. 1 Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively. 2 Be oriented. 3 Direct into a position for use. 4 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
GALILEE * n. An area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry.
DAMSELFISH * n. Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
NA-DENE * n. A family of North American Indian languages.
ALIGHT * --v. 1 To come to rest, settle. 2 Come down. --s. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
WAFER * n. 1 A small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters. 2 A small thin crisp cake or cookie. 3 Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist).
PYINMA * n. Relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous.
OUT-AND-OUT * s. Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
VITRIFICATION * n. 1 A vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified. 2 The process of becoming vitreous.
PSYCHOSEXUAL * a. Of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality.
AVUNCULAR * a. 1 Resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence. 2 Being or relating to an uncle.
CANDLESNUFFER * n. An implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle.
AUDIOTAPE * n. 1 A tape recording of sound. 2 Magnetic tape for use in recording sound.
RICHARDSON * n. 1 United States architect (1838-1886). 2 British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983).
SAW * --n. 1 A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people. 2 Hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting. 3 A power tool for cutting wood. --v. Cut with a saw.
STABLEMAN * n. Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
HIGHCHAIR * n. A chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray.
CISTERN * n. 1 A sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid. 2 A tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet. 3 An artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater.
CHONDRICHTHIAN * n. Fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified.
MYTHOLOGISE * v. 1 Construct a myth. 2 Make into a myth.
SWANFLOWER * n. Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.
BEGGARMAN * n. A man who is a beggar.
UNGENTLEMANLY * s. Not befitting a gentleman.
HANDWRITING * n. 1 Something written by hand. 2 The activity of writing by hand.
BUTT-WELD * --n. A butt joint that is welded. --v. Join by a butt weld.
CHARTERED * a. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
REPRINT * --n. 1 A publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale. 2 A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication. --v. Print anew.
WEAKFISH * n. 1 Lean flesh of food and game fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States. 2 Food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out.
CROWNLESS * a. Not (especially not yet) provided with a crown.
ACINOS * n. Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha.
UNPROPHETIC * a. Not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly.
ARK. * n. A state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
GRIZZLY * --n. Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America. --s. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
TOPICALITY * n. The attribute of being of interest at the present time.
OUTDOORSY * s. Characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life.
LLOYD * n. United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971).
ACCOUNT * --n. 1 A record or narrative description of past events. 2 A short account of the news. 3 A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services. 4 A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.. --v. 1 Be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something. 2 Keep an account of. 3 To give an account or representation of in words. 4 Furnish a justifying analysis or explanation.
NEPHRITE * n. An amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders.
SACCHARIDE * n. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain.
RUDDERSTOCK * n. A vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot.
DEMASCULINIZE * v. Remove the testicles of a male animal.
WATERMEAL * n. Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world.
HUMATE * n. Material that is high in humic acids.
ARISTOTELIANISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science.
REVISER * n. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
HANDKERCHIEF * n. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
AGGLUTINATIVE * s. 1 Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning. 2 United as if by glue.
SERIN * n. Any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe.
LIE-IN * n. A long stay in bed in the morning.
PRACTICABLENESS * n. The quality of being usable.
MEMBERED * a. Having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number.
MANTIS * n. Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.
MISHNAIC * a. Of or relating to the Mishna (the first part of the Talmud).
RECRUITING-SERGEANT * n. A sergeant deputized to enlist recruits.
PUNCH-UP * n. A fistfight.
QUADRASONIC * a. Of or relating to quadraphony.
UNHOLINESS * n. The quality of being unholy.
ENLIGHTENING * a. 1 Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance. 2 Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.
ANDROGENETIC * a. Of or related to androgenesis.
HYALINE * --n. A glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions. --s. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency.
BOEOTIA * n. A district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens.
UNSTUDIOUS * s. Not studious.
COEDUCATIONAL * s. Attended by members of both sexes.
CHARTLESS * s. (of unknown regions) Not yet surveyed or investigated.
ITEMIZATION * n. The act of making a list of items.
CORACIIFORMES * n. Rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies.
INFRINGEMENT * n. 1 An act that disregards an agreement or a right. 2 A crime less serious than a felony.
CRUCIFY * v. 1 Kill by nailing onto a cross. 2 Treat cruelly. 3 Hold within limits and control. 4 Criticize harshly or violently.
OVERARCH * v. 1 Be central or dominant. 2 Form an arch over.
SPECULATOR * n. 1 Someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts. 2 Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.
FLAVOR * --n. 1 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. 2 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. 3 (physics) The six kinds of quarks. --v. Lend flavor to.
BYELARUS * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet.
VALDECOXIB * n. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
BAILOR * n. The person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment.
HUMID * s. Containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor.
MORDVIN * n. 1 A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians.
RABBLE-ROUSING * s. Arousing to action or rebellion.
BEDESMAN * n. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.
THEMATIC * a. 1 Relating to or constituting a topic of discourse. 2 Of or relating to a melodic subject.
SIGNORA * n. 1 An Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name. 2 An Italian title or form of address for a married woman.
PRESIDIO * n. A fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings.
LAVENDER-TINGED * s. Of something tinged with lavender.
DESIGNED * a. Done or made or performed with purpose and intent.
PHYSOSTIGMA * n. African woody vines: calabar beans.
SHEIKH * n. The leader of an Arab village or family.
BURR-HEADED * s. Having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly).
MURILLO * n. Spanish painter (1617-1682).
OCTROI * n. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
UNFAMILIARITY * n. Unusualness as a consequence of not being well known.
CANETTI * n. English writer born in Germany (1905-1994).
LUMBAR * a. Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones.
PREEMPTION * n. 1 The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject. 2 The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property). 3 The right to purchase something in advance of others. 4 A prior appropriation of something.
MORS * n. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos.
UNFREEZE * v. 1 Become or cause to become soft or liquid. 2 Make (assets) available.
ESCALLOP * --n. 1 Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces. 2 Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled. 3 Edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions. --v. Bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top.
TUBAL * a. Of or relating to occurring in a tube such as e.g. the Fallopian tube or Eustachian tube.
WRESTER * n. Someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements.
RATIONALITY * n. 1 The state of having good sense and sound judgment. 2 The quality of being consistent with or based on logic.
LADINO * n. The Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script.
MARCHPANE * n. Almond paste and egg whites.
DEHYDRATED * s. 1 Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body. 2 Preserved by removing natural moisture.
27 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one. --s. Being seven more than twenty.
CYANOPHYTA * n. Prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the Cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
COYNESS * n. The affectation of being demure in a provocative way.
STUBBLED * s. Having a short growth of beard.
SHE-GOAT * n. Female goat.
MILQUETOAST * n. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
BOARDROOM * n. A room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company).
INDISCREETNESS * n. Lacking good judgment.
INTRANSITIVITY * n. The grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb.
SCALAGE * n. 1 Estimation of the amount of lumber in a log. 2 The act of scaling in weight or quantity or dimension.
SEMITRANSPARENT * s. Allowing light to pass through diffusely.
ENSUING * s. Following immediately and as a result of what went before.
PLATYLOBIUM * n. Small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs.
XLVII * s. Being seven more than forty.
JOCOSITY * n. 1 Fun characterized by humor. 2 The trait of merry joking.
BELT-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a belt.
OBSTINACY * n. 1 The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome. 2 Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
PRESENTNESS * n. The quality of being the present.
CHILDLIKE * s. 1 Befitting a young child. 2 Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
CRITICIZE * v. 1 Find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws. 2 Act as a critic.
SEWAGE * n. Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains.
PROLINE * n. An amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen).
VIVIPAROUS * a. Producing living young (not eggs).
HORSE-BRIER * n. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
ROBERT * n. United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923).
FLYFISH * v. Fish with flies as lures.
FALLOT * n. French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot's tetralogy (1850-1911).
ZARONTIN * n. An anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy.
FELICITOUS * --a. Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. --s. Marked by good fortune.
SCHONBEIN * n. German chemist who discovered ozone and developed guncotton as a propellant in firearms (1799-1868).
OLIVE-GREEN * n. A color that is lighter and greener than olive.
RISSA * n. A genus of Laridae.
HITLER * n. German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945).
MILITATE * v. Have force or influence; bring about an effect or change.
YEARNER * n. A person with a strong desire for something.
KLANSMAN * n. A member of the Ku Klux Klan.
ARMADILLIDIUM * n. Type genus of the Armadillidiidae.
ROCKWELL * n. United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978).
ADVOCATE * --n. 1 A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. 2 A lawyer who pleads cases in court. --v. 1 Push for something. 2 Speak, plead, or argue in favor of.
CHAMPAIGN * n. 1 Extensive tract of level open land. 2 A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana.
GAWKY * s. Lacking grace in movement or posture.
CRONY * n. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
PLASMODIOPHORACEAE * n. Family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants.
SOLAR * a. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
HOUSEWORK * n. The work of cleaning and running a house.
MULLIONED * s. Of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone.
CLOZAPINE * n. An antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects.
PARTY-SPIRITED * s. Devoted to a political party.
BOMBAST * n. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
EUPHRACTUS * n. A genus of Dasypodidae.
SUSPEND * v. 1 Hang freely. 2 Cause to be held in suspension in a fluid. 3 Bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. 4 Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.
BASTARDY * n. The status of being born to parents who were not married.
CYNIC * n. 1 Someone who is critical of the motives of others. 2 A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control.
SCARLET-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with scarlet.
SKAGERRAK * n. A broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway.
HOUSEWIFERY * n. The work of a housewife.
LIQUIFY * v. 1 Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating. 2 Become liquid or fluid when heated.
GOTHITE * n. A red or yellow or brown mineral; an oxide of iron that is a common constituent of rust.
PROSECUTOR * n. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state.
TAPPET * n. A lever that is moved in order to tap something else.
CIRCUMVOLVE * v. Cause to turn on an axis or center.
COCKCROW * n. The first light of day.
SALUTE * --n. 1 An act of honor or courteous recognition. 2 A formal military gesture of respect. 3 An act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat. --v. 1 Propose a toast to. 2 Greet in a friendly way. 3 Express commendation of. 4 Become noticeable.
QUADRATICS * n. A branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations.
COUNTERTOP * n. The top side of a counter.
DISTRUSTFULLY * r. With distrust.
MITIGATE * v. 1 Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of. 2 Make less severe or harsh.
MANTELPIECE * n. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
ABROAD * --s. In a foreign country. --r. 1 To or in a foreign country. 2 Far away from home or one's usual surroundings. 3 In a place across an ocean.
REALLOT * v. Allot again.
GARROTER * n. Someone who kills by strangling.
REALISM * n. 1 The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth. 2 The state of being actual or real. 3 (philosophy) The philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived. 4 An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description.
WORD-SPLITTING * n. Making too fine distinctions of little importance.
PAVAROTTI * n. Italian tenor (born in 1935).
ADMIRAL * n. 1 The supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral. 2 Any of several brightly colored butterflies.
ACQUIRING * n. The act of acquiring something.
SHIRER * n. United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (1904-1993).
THRILL * --n. 1 The swift release of a store of affective force. 2 An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. 3 Something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation. --v. 1 Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input. 2 Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion. 3 Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement. 4 Fill with sublime emotion.
PARTSONG * n. A song with two or more voice parts.
ANHYDROUS * a. Without water; especially without water of crystallization.
CASH-AND-CARRY * a. Sold for cash and the customer carries it away (no delivery service).
MARYLANDER * n. A native or resident of Maryland.
VEHEMENTLY * r. In a vehement manner.
TUPAIIDAE * n. Tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates.
HYGROPHORACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance.
LONGINGLY * r. In a yearning manner.
IN-MIGRATION * n. Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there).
TRAUMATOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of battle or physical injury.
BROACHED * s. Of a cask or barrel.
PROPANAL * n. A colorless liquid aldehyde.
DOUBLE-SPACED * s. (of type or print) Having a blank line between lines of type.
NONCLASSICAL * a. Not classical.
HEPATICAE * n. Liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales.
TAWNY-BROWN * s. Of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather.
AGGEUS * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity.
JONES * n. 1 United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930). 2 United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900). 3 United States golfer (1902-1971). 4 American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792).
FORFEITURE * n. 1 Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. 2 A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something. 3 The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc..
DISREGARD * --n. 1 Lack of attention and due care. 2 Willful lack of care and attention. --v. 1 Refuse to acknowledge. 2 Bar from attention or consideration. 3 Give little or no attention to.
ENERGISE * v. 1 Raise to a higher energy level. 2 Cause to be alert and energetic.
RESOURCEFULLY * r. In a resourceful manner.
MAHRATTA * n. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.
YOKEL-LIKE * s. Stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants.
PITHINESS * n. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
CLEARHEADED * a. Not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently.
DRIPPING * --n. 1 A liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves of house). 2 The sound of a liquid falling drop by drop. --r. Extremely wet.
MULLUS * n. Type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes.
RIPENED * s. Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable).
PROFESSIONALISM * n. The expertness characteristic of a professional person.
PENNY-PINCHING * --n. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. --s. Giving or spending with reluctance.
PSEUDOTSUGA * n. Douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya.
DIET * --n. 1 A prescribed selection of foods. 2 A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan). 3 The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal). 4 The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods). --v. 1 Follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons. 2 Eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight.
MACROMOLECULAR * a. Relating to or consisting of or characterized by macromolecules.
GUANOSINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose.
SPECTRUM * n. 1 An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave. 2 A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities.
UNREFORMED * s. Unaffected by the Reformation.
ROVING * --n. Travelling about without any clear destination. --s. Migratory.
LUVIAN * n. An Anatolian language.
UNITARY * --a. 1 Relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity. 2 Of or pertaining to or involving the use of units. 3 Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority. --s. Having the indivisible character of a unit.
PUS * n. 1 The tenth month of the Hindu calendar. 2 A fluid product of inflammation.
AQUILA * n. 1 A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair. 2 The provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy. 3 A genus of Accipitridae.
NIGERIEN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Niger. --a. Of or relating to the people of Nigeria.
MINDLESS * --s. 1 Lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being. 2 Requiring little mental effort. 3 Devoid of intelligence or thought. 4 Not marked by the use of reason. --a. Not mindful or attentive.
CORRESPONDENCE * n. 1 Communication by the exchange of letters. 2 Compatibility of observations. 3 The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount. 4 (mathematics) An attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane.
LUGOSI * n. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
ADAPTABLE * a. Capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use.
THEODOSIUS * n. The last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395).
STRANGER * n. 1 Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. 2 An individual that one is not acquainted with.
SCREAMINGLY * r. To an extreme degree.
STEMMA * n. 1 A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work. 2 The descendants of one individual. 3 An eye having a single lens.
BALL-SHAPED * s. Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
UBYKH * n. An extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
NO-NONSENSE * s. Not tolerating irrelevancies.
EPILATE * v. Remove body hair.
PREDESTINARIAN * --n. Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny. --a. Of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination.
CHAMBERMAID * n. A maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels).
NUCIFRAGA * n. Nutcrackers.
SHOWERY * s. (of weather) Wet by periods of rain.
BILINGUALIST * n. A person who speaks two languages fluently.
SPOTLESS * s. Completely neat and clean.
LOREN * n. Italian film actress (born in 1934).
JAVELINA * n. Dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States.
COURTELLE * n. An acrylic fabric resembling wool.
HUTCH * n. 1 A cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals. 2 Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
MERONYM * n. A word that names a part of a larger whole.
SKIING * n. A sport in which participants must travel on skis.
FORTIFY * v. 1 Make strong or stronger. 2 Enclose by or as if by a fortification. 3 Prepare oneself for a military confrontation. 4 Add nutrients to.
UNCONSCIENTIOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience. 2 The trait of not being painstaking or careful.
DONATISM * n. A schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments.
GRATIS * --s. Costing nothing. --r. Without payment.
NEEDLEWORKER * n. Someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle.
WETTER * n. 1 A chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved. 2 A workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process. 3 Someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed.
TETRYL * n. A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators.
WHEELWORK * n. Mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears).
OPILIONES * n. Harvestmen.
CZECH * --n. 1 A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic. 2 A native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia. 3 The Slavic language of Czechs. --a. Of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language.
AGISM * n. Discrimination on the basis of a person's age.
COASTWARD * r. In the direction of the coast.
TOVARICH * n. A comrade (especially in Russian communism).
ACEPHALISM * n. Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters).
SZILARD * n. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964).
POSTFIX * n. An affix that is added at the end of the word.
HUASCARAN * n. A mountain in the Andes in Peru (22,205 feet high).
RAMSONS * n. Pungent Old World weedy plant.
SHINLEAF * n. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
FEATHERLIKE * s. Resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers.
PITIFUL * s. 1 Inspiring mixed contempt and pity. 2 Bad; unfortunate. 3 Deserving or inciting pity.
HARVEST-LICE * n. Erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats.
CONJOINT * s. Consisting of two or more associated entities.
BINDER * n. 1 A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves. 2 Something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface. 3 Holds loose papers or magazines. 4 Something used to tie or bind.
GARRISON * --n. 1 A fortified military post where troops are stationed. 2 United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879). 3 The troops who maintain and guard a fortified place. --v. Station (troops) in a fort or garrison.
SLIPSTICK * n. Analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators.
CRENULATE * s. Having a margin with small rounded teeth.
LOTTERY * n. 1 Something that is regarded as a chance event. 2 Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.
SHIN * --n. 1 The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle. 2 A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg. 3 The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 4 The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle. --v. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
DEFROCK * v. Divest of the frock; of church officials.
PLAGIARISE * v. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property.
BOOKISHNESS * n. Exaggerated studiousness.
MISSUS * n. Informal term of address for someone's wife.
BASIFIXED * s. Attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks).
ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS * n. Sclerosis of the arterioles.
DECONSTRUCTION * n. A philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning.
CURVILINEAR * s. Characterized by or following a curved line.
AMPHITHEATRE * n. 1 A sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater). 2 An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held.
JUBILANCY * n. A feeling of extreme joy.
LITHANE * n. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder.
WAMPEE * n. American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds.
ANTHROPOLOGIST * n. A social scientist who specializes in anthropology.
INCONCEIVABLENESS * n. The state of being impossible to conceive.
JURISPRUDENTIAL * a. Relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws.
ENTOMBMENT * n. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
AGENISE * v. Age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride).
STATISTICS * n. A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.
SCARLATINA * n. An acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash.
SIDALCEA * n. Genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers.
KINDLED * s. Set afire.
FORGETFUL * --a. 1 (of memory) Deficient in retentiveness or range. 2 Not mindful or attentive. --s. Failing to keep in mind.
TERMITE * n. Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.
INTUITIONIST * a. Of or relating to intuitionism.
GOLDWYN * n. United States film maker (born in Poland) who founded his own film company and later merged with Louis B. Mayer (1882-1974).
WEATHERED * s. Worn by exposure to the weather.
GOOSEFLESH * n. Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.
ASPERGILLOSIS * n. 1 Severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys. 2 An opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs. 3 Disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs.
ELASTASE * n. A pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin.
LETHARGY * n. 1 A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness). 2 Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy. 3 Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.
CLADISTICS * n. A taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations.
PASTRY * n. 1 A dough of flour and water and shortening. 2 Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter.
GOOF-PROOF * v. Proof against human misuse or error.
TERROR-STRICKEN * s. Struck or filled with terror.
CHALLAH * n. (Judaism) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking.
ESCHSCHOLTZIA * n. Showy herbs of western North America.
TESTIFY * v. 1 Give testimony in a court of law. 2 Provide evidence for.
FILAGGRIN * n. The main protein of the keratohyalin granules.
JOINERY * n. 1 Fine woodwork done by a joiner. 2 The craft of a joiner.
PORZANA * n. Spotted crakes.
NONATTENDER * n. Someone who shirks duty.
REPRESSER * n. An agent that represses.
CREDENZA * n. A kind of sideboard or buffet.
BONER * n. An embarrassing mistake.
STEROIDAL * a. Of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects.
BRASSY * --a. Resembling the sound of a brass instrument. --s. 1 Tastelessly showy. 2 Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT * n. 1 The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged. 2 A statement acknowledging something or someone.
THRIPIDAE * n. Thrips.
SUBSET * n. A set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set.
PAKISTANI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Pakistan. --a. Of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language.
BRONCHOSCOPE * n. A slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes.
ALBION * n. Archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically.
GUILE * n. 1 Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. 2 The quality of being crafty. 3 The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
CORDAY * n. French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793).
BICOLOURED * s. Having two colors.
JAPE * n. A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.
BIFACE * s. Having two faces or fronts.
HYPNOID * s. Of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis.
AIRWAY * n. 1 A duct that provides ventilation (as in mines). 2 A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another. 3 The passages through which air enters and leaves the body. 4 A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers.
MEROPS * n. Type genus of the Meropidae.
BLUFFER * n. A person who tries to bluff other people.
TURKEY * n. 1 Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food. 2 A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923. 3 A person who does something thoughtless or annoying. 4 Flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.
BUNYAVIRUS * n. An animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae; can be used as a bioweapon.
FIREWATER * n. Any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum).
CYNOCEPHALUS * n. Type genus of the family Cynocephalidae.
HIGH-SPIRITEDNESS * n. Exuberant liveliness.
DOVYALIS * n. Small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka.
BEATNIK * n. A member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior.
RABBINIC * a. Of or relating to rabbis or their teachings.
ALLEGED * s. 1 Declared but not proved. 2 Doubtful or suspect.
ORECTOLOBIDAE * n. Nurse sharks and carpet sharks.
OLEOMARGARINE * n. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
TADPOLE-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a tadpole.
TEABERRY * n. 1 Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil. 2 Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
UNEASY * --a. 1 Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance. 2 Lacking or not affording physical or mental rest. --s. 1 Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. 2 Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner. 3 Relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort.
MOBULA * n. Type genus of the Mobulidae.
ANAPHORIC * a. Relating to anaphora.
MANUSCRIPT * n. 1 The form of a literary work submitted for publication. 2 Handwritten book or document.
GONOCOCCUS * n. The pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
CRISPEN * v. Make brown and crisp by heating.
HYPERBOLIZE * v. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
CLEAR-EYED * s. Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning.
SSW * n. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
THICK-SKINNED * s. Insensitive to criticism.
UNDEFEATED * a. Victorious.
FOREGROUND * --n. 1 The part of a scene that is near the viewer. 2 (computer science) A window for an active application. --v. Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.
PENURY * n. A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
BLOWN-UP * s. As of a photograph; made larger.
ANGELIC * --s. 1 Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint. 2 Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. --a. Of or relating to angels.
TRIUMVIR * n. One of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome.
SUNGLASS * n. A convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire.
AIR-SLEEVE * n. A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind.
EFFUSE * v. 1 Pour out. 2 Flow or spill forth. 3 Give out or emit (also metaphorically).
CROSS-POLLINATING * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination.
OBLIQUENESS * n. 1 The property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle. 2 The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly.
KURTA * n. A loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama).
SYMMETRISE * v. Make symmetric.
MEANDER * --n. 1 A bend or curve, as in a stream or river. 2 An aimless amble on a winding course. --v. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.
EUBACTERIUM * n. A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella.
EXPERIENT * a. Having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation.
NONCHALANTLY * r. 1 In a composed and unconcerned manner. 2 In an unconcerned manner.
SEPARATE * --n. 1 A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication. 2 A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments. --v. 1 Act as a barrier between; stand between. 2 Force, take, or pull apart. 3 Mark as different. 4 Separate into parts or portions. --a. Independent; not united or joint. --s. 1 Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything. 2 Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion. 3 Have the connection undone; having become separate.
CRYSTALLIZATION * n. 1 The formation of crystals. 2 A rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces. 3 A mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation.
EMBROIDERY * n. 1 Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail. 2 Decorative needlework.
WOLFHOUND * n. The largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves.
GLISTERING * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
NIGHTLONG * s. Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night.
PROPHYLL * n. A plant structure resembling a leaf.
HYRACOTHERIUM * n. Extinct horse genus; formerly called eohippus.
SPECTROSCOPE * n. An optical instrument for spectrographic analysis.
ASTONISHED * s. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
CHEMAKUM * n. A Chemakuan language spoken by the Chemakum.
PROTOTYPIC * s. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.
STANDEE * n. 1 Someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train). 2 A lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity).
FAR-FLUNG * s. 1 Distributed over a considerable extent. 2 Remote.
BOOKMOBILE * n. A van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore.
REALISED * s. Successfully completed or brought to an end.
GAMMY * s. (British informal) Sore or lame.
WITCH-HUNT * n. Searching out and harassing dissenters.
LONGBEARD * n. A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).
HAMBURG * n. A port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League.
ORINASAL * n. A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels).
COTYLEDON * n. Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants.
RAIDER * n. 1 Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). 2 A corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management.
CRISSCROSS * --n. A marking that consists of lines that cross each other. --v. 1 Cross in a pattern, often random. 2 Mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines. 3 Mark with a pattern of crossing lines. --s. Marked with crossing lines. --r. Crossing one another in opposite directions.
SUBMEDIANT * n. (music) The sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic).
WELL-FOUND * s. Having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings.
CUCKOO-BUMBLEBEE * n. A bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees.
JANUS-FACED * s. 1 Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts. 2 Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. 3 Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past.
EXTROVERTIVE * s. Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
SMALL-CAPITALIZATION * a. Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars.
JAYSHULLAH * n. An indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999.
SIXFOLD * --s. Having six units or components. --r. By a factor of six.
UNREALIZABLE * s. Impossible to achieve.
HIGH-TICKET * s. Very expensive.
PIPING * --n. 1 A thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems. 2 A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.. 3 Playing a pipe or the bagpipes. --r. (used of heat) Extremely.
BIDA * n. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
VEGETAL * --a. Composed of vegetation or plants. --s. (of reproduction) Characterized by asexual processes.
GRAMMARIAN * n. A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax.
INTERVIEWEE * n. A person who is interviewed.
BASILISCUS * n. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
STRINDBERG * n. Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912).
BOSKOPOID * a. Belonging or relating to or resembling Boskop man.
FOLDING * --n. 1 The process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape. 2 A geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock. 3 The act of folding. --s. Capable of being folded up and stored.
GATEFOLD * n. An oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine.
CUMULIFORM * s. Shaped like a cumulus cloud.
POSTMILLENNIAL * a. Of or relating to the period following the millennium.
VOLUTED * s. In the shape of a coil.
MINIATURISATION * n. Act of making on a greatly reduced scale.
CICHORIUM * n. Chicory.
DENARY * s. 1 Containing ten or ten parts. 2 Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten.
WODEHOUSE * n. English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975).
SERBO-CROATIAN * n. The Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet.
MICRODOT * n. Photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security).
BILINGUALISM * n. The ability to speak two languages colloquially.
FLEAWORT * n. Plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative.
ESTHESIS * n. An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.
SARCODINE * n. Protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods.
OPERETTA * n. A short amusing opera.
CENTRALISING * a. Tending to draw to a central point.
UNUSUALNESS * n. Uncommonness by virtue of being unusual.
INQUISITORIAL * --a. Especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge. --s. 1 Marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor. 2 Having the authority to conduct official investigations.
FIRELOCK * n. A muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock.
FROST * --n. 1 Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside). 2 Weather cold enough to cause freezing. 3 The formation of frost or ice on a surface. 4 United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963). --v. 1 Decorate with frosting. 2 Provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance. 3 Cover with frost. 4 Damage by frost.
DIDEROT * n. French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784).
SCANDALMONGERING * --n. Spreading malicious gossip. --s. Typical of tabloids.
ERASMUS * n. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536).
TAUT * s. 1 Pulled or drawn tight. 2 Subjected to great tension; stretched tight.
DRAWBRIDGE * n. A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it.
GASTROGAVAGE * n. Feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening.
UROCELE * n. Extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac.
PSYCHOMETRIKA * n. Any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements.
NARTHEX * n. 1 Portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church. 2 A vestibule leading to the nave of a church.
RESILIENT * s. 1 Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like. 2 Elastic; rebounds readily.
PRETEENAGER * n. A preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age).
MILL-GIRL * n. A girl who works in a mill.
COMMIE * n. A socialist who advocates communism.
GUNCOTTON * n. A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.
ANTHOCEROTALES * n. Hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida.
AMSTERDAM * n. 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.
DETHRONEMENT * n. The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office.
PROLUSORY * a. Of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion.
TENSIONLESS * s. Free from tension.
POPPY * n. Annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers.
SUPERNATURALIST * a. Of or relating to supernaturalism.
SAWED-OFF * s. 1 Well below average height. 2 Cut short.
POWERWASH * v. Wash before painting to remove old paint and mildew.
RECONNOITRE * v. Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
OLDLINE * s. 1 Adhering to conservative or reactionary principles. 2 Long-established.
NUMIDIA * n. An ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria.
HIGH-TECH * a. Resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices.
THRACIAN * --n. 1 An inhabitant of ancient Thrace. 2 A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages. --a. Of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture.
ENFILADE * --n. Gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation. --v. Rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction.
UNSEXED * a. Deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
WHITE-HAIRED * s. 1 Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. 2 Favorite.
BACTERIOSTASIS * n. Inhibition of the growth of bacteria.
ETRURIA * n. An ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC.
LUTEOTROPIN * n. Gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition.
HOOKING * n. A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer.
BREGMA * n. The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium.
BELIEVING * n. The cognitive process that leads to convictions.
PROSELYTIZE * v. Convert to another faith or religion.
SPIRITUALIZATION * n. The act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content.
CLIANTHUS * n. Any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes.
CALIBER * n. 1 A degree or grade of excellence or worth. 2 Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.
INDUSTRIALISED * s. Made industrial; converted to industrialism.
BROWNISH-YELLOW * s. Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color.
QUICKY * n. Hurried repair.
FIRMNESS * n. 1 The muscle tone of healthy tissue. 2 The trait of being resolute. 3 The property of being unyielding to the touch. 4 The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place.
COACT * v. Act together, as of organisms.
JACKSMELT * n. A relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length).
IMPECCABLY * r. Flawlessly.
SLUG * --n. 1 A projectile that is fired from a gun. 2 A unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms. 3 A counterfeit coin. 4 An idle slothful person. --v. 1 Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat. 2 Be idle; exist in a changeless situation.
JUNKYARD * n. A field where junk is collected and stored for resale.
PUDGE * n. A short fat person.
TETRACHLORETHYLENE * n. Anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes.
MENTIONER * n. A speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally.
UNVERSED * s. Not having had extensive practice.
CABSTAND * n. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
POMOLOBUS * n. Genus to which the alewife is sometimes assigned.
EXPRESS * --n. 1 Mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system. 2 Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops. 3 Rapid transport of goods. --v. 1 Give expression to. 2 Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise. 3 Serve as a means for expressing something. 4 Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.. --s. 1 Not tacit or implied. 2 Without unnecessary stops. --r. By express.
CIGARETTE * n. Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking.
REASONED * s. Logically valid.
WITLESS * s. 1 (used as complement) To the utmost degree. 2 (of especially persons) Lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
UNMANAGEABLY * r. So as to be unmanageable.
CONODONT * n. 1 The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta. 2 Small (2 inches long) extinct eellike fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes.
TUNICA * n. An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue.
INDUCED * a. Brought about or caused; not spontaneous.
INDUSTRIALIST * n. Someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise.
ZIPHIIDAE * n. Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae.
HECTICALLY * r. In a frenzied manner.
ATTAINED * s. Achieved or reached.
WITHERING * --n. Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use). --s. 1 Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction. 2 Making light of.
ODDBALL * n. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
CHEVRE * n. Made from goats' milk.
OILBIRD * n. Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter.
FIRING * n. 1 The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy. 2 The act of discharging a gun. 3 The act of setting something on fire. 4 The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
PACKABLE * a. Capable of being packed.
SANGUINE * --n. A blood-red color. --s. 1 Confidently optimistic and cheerful. 2 Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.
ANTICHOLINESTERASE * n. A medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect.
WEDDING * n. 1 The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed. 2 The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony. 3 A party of people at a wedding.
HANDSHAKE * n. Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).
URETEROCELE * n. Prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow.
VESICULAR * a. Of or relating to or involving vesicles.
MICROCOPY * v. Photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size.
UNPRIESTLY * a. Not priestly; unbefitting a priest.
BEHAVIOURISM * n. An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior.
CYANOPHYCEAE * n. Photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae.
TINFOIL * n. Foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead.
APPREHENSIBLE * s. Capable of being apprehended or understood.
SAQQARA * n. A town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids.
BACKPACKER * n. A hiker who wears a backpack.
MULTIPLEX * --n. 1 Communicates two or more signals over a common channel. 2 A movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building. --s. 1 Many and varied; having many features or forms. 2 Having many parts or aspects.
SQUILL * n. 1 Bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant. 2 Having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties. 3 An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
ACTINISM * n. The property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects.
ULCERATIVE * a. Of or relating to or characterized by ulceration.
SPENDTHRIFT * --n. Someone who spends money prodigally. --s. Recklessly wasteful.
YACHTSMAN * n. A person who owns or sails a yacht.
BEDSIT * n. A furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing).
UNSELFCONSCIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself.
HISTOLOGICALLY * r. Involving the use of histology or histological techniques.
THEORETICALLY * r. 1 In theory; according to the assumed facts. 2 In a theoretical manner.
IMITATE * v. 1 Reproduce someone's behavior or looks. 2 Appear like, as in behavior or appearance. 3 Make a reproduction or copy of.
ERANTHIS * n. Winter aconite.
URANALYSIS * n. (medicine) The chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis).
CUSSEDLY * r. In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
MACKINAW * n. 1 A short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material. 2 A thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States. 3 A flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes. 4 A heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design.
HATTER * n. Someone who makes and sells hats.
JETSAM * n. 1 The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm. 2 The floating wreckage of a ship.
CORDOBA * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos. 2 Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526). 3 A city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture. 4 A city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613.
COCCIDAE * n. Scale insects.
MAXIM * n. 1 A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits. 2 English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916).
NUN * n. 1 A woman religious. 2 A buoy resembling a cone. 3 The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
CHIWERE * n. The Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri.
POPCORN * n. 1 Corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat. 2 Small kernels of corn exploded by heat.
TILIOMYCETES * n. Category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts).
ORDAINER * n. A cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders.
OPEN-ENDED * s. 1 Without fixed limits or restrictions. 2 Allowing for a spontaneous response. 3 Allowing for future changes or revisions.
ALCHEMISTIC * a. Of or relating to alchemists.
LEFT-EYED * s. Having only the left eye.
HOPI * n. 1 A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona. 2 The Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi.
MACGUFFIN * n. (film) A plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot.
PLUMY * s. 1 Resembling a plume. 2 Having or covered with or abounding in plumes. 3 Adorned with feathers or plumes.
BOSS * --n. 1 A person who exercises control over workers. 2 A person responsible for hiring workers. 3 A person who exercises control and makes decisions. 4 A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments. --v. Raise in a relief. --s. Exceptionally good.
RATTING * n. To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors).
UNSHARPENED * s. Not sharpened.
SAGITTA * n. 1 A small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way. 2 Any arrowworm of the genus Sagitta.
APOLEMIA * n. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
DISACCHARIDASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides.
PYCNOSIS * n. A degenerative state of the cell nucleus.
AMMONIAC * --n. The aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant. --a. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia.
ORYCTEROPUS * n. Coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae.
TUGRIK * n. The basic unit of money in Mongolia.
XIPHOSURA * n. Horseshoe crabs and extinct forms.
CROWN * --n. 1 The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy. 2 The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel. 3 A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory. 4 An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty. --v. 1 Invest with regal power; enthrone. 2 Be the culminating event. 3 Form the topmost part of. 4 Put an enamel cover on.
DIETHYLMALONYLUREA * n. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
GALLINULA * n. Gallinules.
ACHIEVABILITY * n. The state of being achievable.
CLOUDLESSNESS * n. The lightness of a sunny day when there are no clouds in the sky.
MANY * a. A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number.
SENSITIZATION * n. 1 The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen). 2 (psychology) The process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations). 3 Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections.
FOREKNOW * v. Realize beforehand.
SYRINX * n. 1 A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together. 2 The vocal organ of a bird.
FATIMAH * n. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632).
LIMPIDLY * r. In a clear and lucid manner.
CARTILAGINOUS * --a. Of or relating to cartilage. --s. Difficult to chew.
HEMAL * a. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
ZINNIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads.
RUBIDIUM * n. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite.
SNORTY * s. (British informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
PROBENECID * n. A uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout.
REINTEGRATE * v. Integrate again.
CIRSIUM * n. Plume thistles.
APSU * n. Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
INDIGOTIN * n. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
AURICLE * n. 1 A small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart. 2 The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear.
HYPNOTIZER * n. A person who induces hypnosis.
MINOCYCLINE * n. Tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections.
BARTHOLIN * n. Danish physician who discovered Bartholin's gland (1585-1629).
MANGOLD * n. Beet with a large yellowish root; grown chiefly as cattle feed.
LANDLADY * n. A landlord who is a woman.
MOCKINGLY * r. 1 In a disrespectful jeering manner. 2 In a disrespectful and mocking manner.
LEISHMANIASIS * n. Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies.
PURPOSE * --n. 1 An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions. 2 What something is used for. 3 The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose. --v. 1 Propose or intend. 2 Reach a decision.
SPITSBERGEN * n. Islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway.
POLIOPTILA * n. New World gnatcatchers.
ANTIPHONARY * --n. Bound collection of antiphons. --a. Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony.
DRAVIDIC * n. A large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.
TETRASKELION * n. A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center.
BREASTSTROKER * n. Someone who swims the breaststroke.
INDIVIDUALISED * s. Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual.
CHINCH * n. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
WACKY * s. 1 Ludicrous, foolish. 2 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
HARRIS * n. 1 United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908). 2 United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992). 3 United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878). 4 Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931).
YELLOWISH-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with yellow.
MAY * n. 1 The month following April and preceding June. 2 Thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America.
DISCOMBOBULATION * n. A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused.
XYLOCAINE * n. A local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes.
IMMINENTNESS * n. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
ENTRAP * v. 1 Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. 2 Catch in or as if in a trap.
RE-EXAMINE * v. Question after cross-examination by opposing counsel.
BERTEROA * n. Hoary alyssum.
INEXPRESSIBLY * r. To an inexpressible degree.
BABBLE * --n. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby. --v. 1 Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way. 2 To talk foolishly. 3 Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. 4 Divulge confidential information or secrets.
GOLGOTHA * n. A hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
CRANIOMETRY * n. The branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts.
MATCHBUSH * n. Any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches.
POPULOUS * s. Densely populated.
AMORALLY * r. Without regard for morality.
CHAMBER * --n. 1 A natural or artificial enclosed space. 2 An enclosed volume in the body. 3 A room where a judge transacts business. 4 A deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly. --v. Place in a chamber.
FREETHINKING * n. The doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct.
HARD-AND-FAST * s. (of rules) Stringently enforced.
ILL-BRED * s. (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace.
EXECRABLE * s. 1 Of very poor quality or condition. 2 Unequivocally detestable. 3 Deserving a curse.
UNSHORN * a. Not sheared.
BURRLIKE * a. Resembling a burr; especially in being prickly.
LXIV * s. Being four more than sixty.
CIRCUMVOLUTION * n. The act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis.
MICROZIDE * n. A diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension.
CANNULAR * s. Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
CARAFATE * n. Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it.
HOME-SCHOOL * v. Educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school.
MOONG * n. 1 Seed of the mung bean plant; used for food. 2 Seed of the mung bean plant used for food.
SCROD * n. 1 Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled. 2 Young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking.
SULTANATE * n. Country or territory ruled by a sultan.
IYYAR * n. The eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May).
PRONUNCIATION * n. 1 The manner in which someone utters a word. 2 The way a word or a language is customarily spoken.
AUTOGENIC * a. Originating within the body.
IBRAHIM * n. 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.
SEXUALLY * r. 1 With respect to sexuality. 2 By sexual means.
VERSACE * n. Italian fashion designer (1946-1997).
NEPHEW * n. A son of your brother or sister.
ABANDONMENT * n. 1 The act of giving something up. 2 Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. 3 The voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away.
ASSISTIVE * s. Giving assistance.
HASSAM * n. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
BARMBRACK * n. A rich currant cake or bun.
SANCTITY * n. The quality of being holy.
IGNOMINIOUSNESS * n. Unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor.
RAMBLINGLY * r. In a rambling manner.
OBSTRUCT * v. 1 Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. 2 Block passage through. 3 Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight.
DESTRESS * v. Reduce the emphasis.
OBSTREPEROUSLY * r. In manner that attracts attention.
RETSINA * n. Greek wine flavored with resin.
DIGESTION * n. 1 The process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat. 2 The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body. 3 Learning and coming to understand ideas and information.
DISEMBARRASS * v. Relieve from.
EGLEVSKY * n. United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977).
CUSTOMHOUSE * n. A government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country.
STERTOR * n. The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound.
RATIFY * v. Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation.
GENETICIST * n. A biologist who specializes in genetics.
DIVISION * n. 1 An army unit large enough to sustain combat. 2 One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole. 3 The act or process of dividing. 4 An administrative unit in government or business.
ROSTER * n. A list of names.
TOULOUSE * n. A city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe.
ENLARGER * n. Photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph.
THUMBED * s. (of pages) Worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning.
SOLVABILITY * n. The property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve.
MANNED * a. Having a crew.
HISTORICISM * n. A theory that social and cultural events are determined by history.
ISOAGGLUTININ * n. An antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species.
WIREWORK * n. Mesh netting made of wires.
PANCREATITIS * n. Inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain.
FICTITIOUSLY * r. 1 In a false manner intended to mislead. 2 In a fictional manner (created by the imagination).
CAUSALLY * r. In a causal fashion.
TAKA * n. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh; equal to 100 paisa.
SPICK-AND-SPAN * s. 1 Conspicuously new. 2 Completely neat and clean.
ALKERAN * n. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies.
RUBBISHY * s. Cheap and inferior; of no value.
Y2K * n. The year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar.
NEUROETHICS * n. The study of ethical implications of treatments for neurological diseases.
COLLAR * --n. 1 A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over. 2 (zoology) An encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal. 3 Anything worn or placed about the neck. 4 A short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part. --v. 1 Take into custody. 2 Seize by the neck or collar. 3 Furnish with a collar.
APPEAL * --n. 1 Earnest or urgent request. 2 Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates. 3 (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. 4 Request for a sum of money. --v. 1 Take a court case to a higher court for review. 2 Request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection. 3 Be attractive to. 4 Challenge (a decision).
HOURGLASS * n. A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes.
CHUKKER-BROWN * s. Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.
MACHILIDAE * n. Jumping bristletails.
DESPOILER * n. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
POLEMICS * n. The branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors.
DESERVED * a. Properly deserved.
PUMPKIN-SHAPED * a. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles.
ERGOT * n. 1 A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus. 2 A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid.
NAUSEATE * v. 1 Upset and make nauseated. 2 Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.
TWENTY-FOURTH * s. Coming next after the twenty-third in position.
TRAGEDY * n. 1 An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. 2 Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity.
TARICHA * n. Pacific newts.
MOTORWAY * n. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
TOCKTACT * n. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
SULPHUR * --n. An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions). --v. Treat with sulphur in order to preserve.
FLAVORING * n. Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
KITTY-CAT * n. Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.
MUSIC * n. 1 An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. 2 Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds. 3 Musical activity (singing or whistling etc.). 4 (music) The sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds).
NO-WIN * s. Certain to end in failure and disappointment.
IRREMOVABLE * a. Incapable of being removed or away or dismiss.
AFTERDECK * n. A deck abaft of midships.
READMIT * v. 1 Admit anew. 2 Admit again or anew.
CALORIE-FREE * s. Having relatively few calories.
HARPY * n. 1 A malicious woman with a fierce temper. 2 (Greek mythology) Vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman. 3 Any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes. 4 Large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America.
INFRASONIC * s. Having frequencies below those of audible sound.
SPEECH-READ * v. Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people.
PSYCHOTIC * --n. A person afflicted with psychosis. --s. Characteristic of or suffering from psychosis.
IMPLEMENTED * a. Forced or compelled or put in force.
HARMONIC * --n. 1 A tone that is a component of a complex sound. 2 Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental. --a. 1 Of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm. 2 Of or relating to harmonics. 3 Of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds. --s. 1 Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body. 2 Involving or characterized by harmony.
SHARP-ANGLED * s. Having sharp corners.
BESMEAR * v. Spread or daub (a surface).
DESPITEFULLY * r. In a maliciously spiteful manner.
ADORED * s. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
UNINDUSTRIALIZED * s. Not converted to industrialism.
FIANCE * n. A man who is engaged to be married.
QUADRAGESIMA * n. The first Sunday in Lent.
RIMA * n. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA * n. The name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I.
INCOMING * --n. The act of entering. --a. 1 Arriving at a place or position. 2 Entering upon a position of office vacated by another.
MONASTICISM * n. Asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience.
DURATIVE * n. The aspect of a verb that expresses its duration.
VESPER * n. 1 A planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky. 2 A late afternoon or evening worship service.
KIND-HEARTEDNESS * n. Sympathy arising from a kind heart.
CATHA * n. A genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers.
BOOKBINDERY * n. A bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books.
PREVALENT * s. Most frequent or common.
ENDOGENY * n. A geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth.
TIMPANI * n. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
BEATEN * --a. Formed or made thin by hammering. --s. Much trodden and worn smooth or bare.
ART * n. 1 The products of human creativity; works of art collectively. 2 The creation of beautiful or significant things. 3 A superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation. 4 Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication.
COASTLINE * n. The outline of a coast.
GLAUX * n. Sea milkwort.
SPOUT * --n. An opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain. --v. 1 Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. 2 Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.
ZONULE * n. Small beltlike zone.
SCANDALISATION * n. 1 The condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior). 2 The act of scandalizing.
HEFTINESS * n. 1 Possessing muscular strength. 2 The property of being large in mass.
MYODYNIA * n. Pain in a muscle or group of muscles.
ALVEOLUS * n. 1 A tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways. 2 A bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth.
ARGUN * n. A river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River.
WASTER * n. 1 Someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently. 2 A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to.
BALDING * s. Getting bald.
LEOTARD * n. A tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance.
KALIPH * n. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
LACEWORK * n. Work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric.
SUCCORER * n. Someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty.
CHAISE * n. 1 A long chair; for reclining. 2 A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse.
UNSHIELDED * s. (used especially of machinery) Not protected by a shield.
REMUDA * n. The herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen.
SEPULTURE * n. 1 The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave. 2 A chamber that is used as a grave.
CLETHRIONOMYS * n. A genus of Cricetidae.
ROCCELLACEAE * n. A fungus family of division Lichenes.
MAXIMISING * s. Making as great as possible.
PHOTOPIGMENT * n. A special pigment found in the rods and cones of the retina.
BALLPOINT * n. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
BELAMCANDA * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
RAREFY * v. 1 Lessen the density or solidity of. 2 Make more subtle or refined. 3 Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance).
CRAGGY * s. Having hills and crags.
LANZHOU * n. The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.
INEFFICIENT * --a. Not producing desired results; wasteful. --s. Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate.
SAMOLUS * n. Genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels.
BLOODINESS * n. 1 The state of being bloody. 2 A disposition to shed blood.
OUTDO * v. 1 Be or do something to a greater degree. 2 Get the better of.
KISS * --n. 1 The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof). 2 A cookie made of egg whites and sugar. 3 Any of several bite-sized candies. 4 A light glancing touch. --v. 1 Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.. 2 Touch lightly or gently.
PRIEST-DOCTOR * n. In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination.
CHLAMYDOMONADACEAE * n. Green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome.
LEPTODACTYLID * n. Toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal.
WEARISOME * s. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
SYCOPHANT * n. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL * a. Pertaining to the tongue and throat.
EVIDENCE * --n. 1 Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief. 2 An indication that makes something evident. 3 (law) All the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved. --v. 1 Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. 2 Provide evidence for. 3 Give evidence.
OVERANXIOUS * s. Anxious or nervous to an excessive degree.
DETOX * --n. The hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified. --v. Treat for alcohol or drug dependence.
RHIZOTOMY * n. Surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms.
COCKSFOOT * n. Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass.
PURIFIER * n. An apparatus for removing impurities.
UNKNOWING * --n. Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs). --s. Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge.
CONDUCIVE * s. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
UNDEFENDABLE * s. Not defended or capable of being defended.
FRUMP * n. A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman.
PREARRANGEMENT * n. Something arranged in advance.
ROBBER * n. A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence.
DIAPSID * n. Reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye.
CALCEUS * n. A shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans.
ADMAN * n. Someone whose business is advertising.
MENINGISM * n. Symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges.
WARM-BLOODED * a. Having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated).
DAYCARE * n. Childcare during the day while parents work.
TROTSKYISM * n. The form of communism advocated by Leon Trotsky; calls for immediate worldwide revolution by the proletariat.
PRIZEFIGHT * --n. A boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize. --v. Box for a prize or money.
CAMPANULAR * a. Shaped like a bell or campana.
SUCH * --s. Of so extreme a degree or extent. --r. To so extreme a degree.
CIRCUMCISION * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) Feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st. 2 The act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite. 3 The act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males.
VERIFICATION * n. 1 Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct. 2 (law) An affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement.
MANDALAY * n. A city in central Myanmar to the north of Rangoon.
SAXIST * n. A musician who plays the saxophone.
ACYLGLYCEROL * n. An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils.
SORGHUM * n. 1 Economically important Old World tropical cereal grass. 2 Annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum. 3 Made from juice of sweet sorghum.
FUCUS * n. Any member of the genus Fucus.
FILIPINO * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of the Philippines. 2 Official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs.
GETA * n. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
ROBUST * --a. Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction. --s. 1 Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. 2 Strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity. 3 Rough and crude.
CELEBRITY * n. 1 A widely known person. 2 The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
TETRASKELE * n. A figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center.
PHYLLIUM * n. Type genus of the Phyllidae.
SPONDAIZE * v. Make spondaic.
JULIAN * --n. Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363). --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar.
FOX * --n. 1 Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs. 2 A shifty deceptive person. 3 The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox. 4 English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806). --v. 1 Deceive somebody. 2 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. 3 Become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots.
PLEURAL * a. Of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax.
UNSANITARY * a. Not sanitary or healthful.
PREVENTABLE * a. Capable of being prevented.
CANON * n. 1 A rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy. 2 A priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter. 3 A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. 4 A contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts.
APOCHROMATIC * s. Corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration.
ALLOGRAPH * n. 1 A variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme. 2 A signature written by one person for another.
FIBRINOLYSIN * n. An enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots.
PUNKIE * n. Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
RILEY * n. United States poet (1849-1916).
LOXODONTA * n. A genus of Elephantidae.
MECCANO * n. A child's construction set for making mechanical models.
UROPYGI * n. Whip scorpions.
SUBSTANCE * n. 1 The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists. 2 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. 3 The idea that is intended. 4 Material of a particular kind or constitution.
VIOLET * --n. 1 Any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers. 2 A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum. --s. Of a color intermediate between red and blue.
BRILLIANCY * n. A quality that outshines the usual.
PROBABILISTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism. 2 Of or relating to or based on probability.
CONFLAGRATION * n. A very intense and uncontrolled fire.
BESIEGING * n. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
DEFUNCT * s. 1 No longer in force or use; inactive. 2 Having ceased to exist or live.
PATIENCE * n. 1 Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence. 2 A card game played by one person.
VROOM * --n. The roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed. --v. Make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving.
THERAPEUTICS * n. Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease.
THERMAL * --n. Rising current of warm air. --a. 1 Relating to or associated with heat. 2 Of or relating to a hot spring. --s. Caused by or designed to retain heat.
AURICULOVENTRICULAR * a. Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.
ROUNDWORM * n. 1 Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches. 2 Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic.
TEEMINGNESS * n. The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply.
EERILY * r. In an unnatural eery manner.
DILLYDALLIER * n. Someone who wastes time.
CALLIGRAPHER * n. Someone skilled in penmanship.
FLEXION * n. 1 The state of being flexed (as of a joint). 2 Deviation from a straight or normal course. 3 Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased.
BAND * --n. 1 An unofficial association of people or groups. 2 Instrumentalists not including string players. 3 A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. 4 An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. --v. 1 Bind or tie together, as with a band. 2 Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.
DEMONSTRATION * n. 1 A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view. 2 A show of military force or preparedness. 3 A public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature). 4 Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion.
SHAMANIZE * v. Practice shamanism.
EXOMPHALOS * n. An umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord.
BATFOWL * v. Catch birds by temporarily blinding them.
CALLIPYGIAN * s. Pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks.
FAN-LEAFED * s. Having fan-shaped leaves.
CELLULITIS * n. An inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain.
PREMEDITATION * n. 1 Planning or plotting in advance of acting. 2 (law) Thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent.
INTENTNESS * n. The quality of being intent and concentrated.
INCOHERENCE * n. 1 Lack of cohesion or clarity or organization. 2 Nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible.
NASALE * v. Speak in a nasal voice.
LUBRICATION * n. 1 The condition of having been made smooth or slippery by the application of a lubricant. 2 An application of a lubricant to something.
UNPRODUCTIVELY * r. In an unproductive manner.
MCKINLEY * n. 1 25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901). 2 A mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high).
IJSSELMEER * n. A shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee.
IRRUPTION * n. 1 A sudden violent entrance; a bursting in. 2 A sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population. 3 A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition).
PROFLIGACY * n. 1 The trait of spending extravagantly. 2 Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
PECTIN * n. Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams.
SUNSTROKE * n. Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat.
EXTEMPORISE * v. Perform without preparation.
HEVEA * n. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
RATTAN * n. 1 Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes. 2 The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes. 3 A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
TRANSLUCENCY * n. The quality of allowing light to pass diffusely.
FLEA * n. Any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
CRONK * v. 1 Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven. 2 Cry like a goose.
SABBATARIAN * --n. One who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism). --a. Pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance.
UNACQUISITIVE * a. Not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything.
LAZILY * r. 1 In a slow and lazy manner. 2 In an idle manner.
WARY * --a. Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence. --s. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
LACERATED * s. 1 Irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn. 2 Having edges that are jagged from injury.
CRONYISM * n. Favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications).
ACKNOWLEDGE * v. 1 Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of. 2 Report the receipt of. 3 Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with. 4 Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for.
FAT-SOLUBLE * s. Soluble in fats.
TURNIX * n. Type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail.
BAWDILY * r. In a bawdy manner.
SHITTING * n. The elimination of fecal waste through the anus.
CHIMERIC * a. Being or relating to or like a chimera.
KITEMBILLA * n. 1 A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India. 2 Maroon-purple gooseberry-like fruit of India having tart-sweet purple pulp used especially for preserves.
LOW-GRADE * s. Of inferior quality.
PINBALL * n. A game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets.
PROSTRATE * --v. 1 Get into a prostrate position, as in submission. 2 Render helpless or defenseless. 3 Throw down flat, as on the ground. --s. 1 Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. 2 Lying face downward.
DUPLICITY * n. 1 A fraudulent or duplicitous representation. 2 Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another.
FIFTY-EIGHT * s. Being eight more than fifty.
WIGGING * n. British slang for a scolding.
DAMPENING * n. The act of making something slightly wet.
TERMES * n. Type genus of the Termitidae.
CONSTANCE * n. 1 A lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River. 2 The council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church.
MARABOUT * n. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments.
SOMBERNESS * n. 1 A state of partial or total darkness. 2 A feeling of melancholy apprehension. 3 A manner that is serious and solemn.
DELAYED * s. Not as far along as normal in development.
IMMANENCY * n. The state of being within or not going beyond a given domain.
DECEIVE * v. 1 Be false to; be dishonest with. 2 Cause someone to believe an untruth.
SCRAMBLE * --n. 1 An unceremonious and disorganized struggle. 2 Rushing about hastily in an undignified way. --v. 1 To move hurriedly. 2 Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. 3 Bring into random order. 4 Stir vigorously.
CROOKBACK * --n. A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine. --s. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
TRANSFERRABLE * s. 1 Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another. 2 Legally transferable to the ownership of another.
STARR * n. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940).
CONVENTIONALISATION * n. The act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style.
FELUCCA * n. A fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean.
AARHUS * n. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
BERGALL * n. Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States.
BATTLE-SCARRED * s. Scarred by battle.
COLORED * --a. Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination. --s. 1 Having skin rich in melanin pigments. 2 Favoring one person or side over another. 3 (used of color) Artificially produced; not natural.
AJAIA * n. A genus of Platalea.
MOMUS * n. God of blame and mockery.
MONTEREY * n. A town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay.
DECORATIVELY * r. In a decorative manner.
TELECOMMUNICATION * n. 1 (often plural) Systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically. 2 (often plural) The branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance.
ULTIMACY * n. The state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance.
BLUSHER * n. 1 Yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched. 2 Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.
CRADLE * --n. 1 A baby bed with sides and rockers. 2 Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence. 3 Birth of a person. 4 A trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold. --v. 1 Hold gently and carefully. 2 Bring up from infancy. 3 Hold or place in or as if in a cradle. 4 Cut grain with a cradle scythe.
GORGEOUSLY * r. In an impressively beautiful manner.
PINK-TINGED * s. Of a color tinged with pink.
RINGWORM * n. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
VOWELIZE * v. Pronounce as a vowel.
INTEGRATING * n. The action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.
PROTOCERATOPS * n. Small horned dinosaur.
PROSTHETICS * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts.
DUSK * --n. The time of day immediately following sunset. --v. Become dusk.
COMBAT-READY * s. Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.
REGULATING * n. The act of controlling or directing according to rule.
VOIDANCE * n. The act of removing the contents of something.
LAMPYRIDAE * n. Fireflies.
UNSUBSTANTIAL * a. Lacking material form or substance; unreal.
STORMY * --a. (especially of weather) Affected or characterized by storms or commotion. --s. Characterized by violent emotions or behavior.
INCONTROVERTIBLENESS * n. The quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about.
SHAKEDOWN * --n. 1 Initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state. 2 A very thorough search of a person or a place. 3 Extortion of money (as by blackmail). --a. Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system.
FLAPPING * n. The motion made by flapping up and down.
PARTICIPATION * n. 1 The act of sharing in the activities of a group. 2 The condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.).
DORBEETLE * n. Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound.
TOELESS * a. Lacking a toe or toes.
SKUA * n. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
SHARIA * n. The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed.
TOLL-FREE * a. Having no toll levied for its use.
AMNIOTE * n. Any member of the Amniota.
TRICKERY * n. 1 Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. 2 The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
SHIRTTAIL * n. 1 A brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article. 2 Fabric forming the tail of a shirt.
BOTTLE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a bottle.
SKIVVIES * n. (used in the plural) Men's underwear consisting of cotton undershirt and underpants.
TERMINUS * n. 1 A place where something ends or is complete. 2 The ultimate goal for which something is done. 3 (architecture) A statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome. 4 Either end of a railroad or bus route.
KELPY * n. (Scottish folklore) Water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.
FOOT-POUNDAL * n. A unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot.
HELLER * n. 1 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia. 2 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic. 3 United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999). 4 A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man).
PAPAVERACEAE * n. Herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits.
NIMBLY * r. In a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease.
TENDINITIS * n. Inflammation of a tendon.
NEOLOGIST * n. A lexicographer of new words and expressions.
SORROWING * s. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
DISCLOSED * s. Made known (especially something secret or concealed).
SAPPHO * n. The Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC).
HYDROXYL * n. The monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols.
LYMPHANGIECTASIA * n. Dilatation of a lymph vessel.
CARDIOPATHY * n. A disease of the heart.
AJAX * n. A mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad.
CROUCH * --n. The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body. --v. 1 Bend one's back forward from the waist on down. 2 Sit on one's heels.
LEUCISCUS * n. A genus of fish including: dace, chub.
DRAMBUIE * n. A sweet Scotch whisky liqueur.
PROFUNDITY * n. 1 Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound. 2 Intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc. 3 The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas. 4 The quality of being physically deep.
ALLOTTED * s. Given as a task.
B-HORIZON * n. Immediately below the A-horizon; contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils.
FSB * n. 1 The internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin. 2 A federally chartered savings bank.
KODIAK * n. 1 An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784. 2 Brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia.
MANSON * n. Scottish physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitos and suggested that mosquitos also spread malaria (1844-1922).
KERATOSCOPE * n. Medical instrument to examine the cornea in order to detect irregularities in its anterior surface.
TALONED * s. (of predatory animals) Armed with claws or talons.
NONINSTITUTIONALISED * a. Not committed to an institution.
IGE * n. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes.
VAULTER * n. An athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole.
MESSIANIC * a. Of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance.
USA * n. 1 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. 2 The army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare.
RICKETY * s. 1 Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. 2 Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets. 3 Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
BRINY * --n. Any very large body of (salt) water. --s. Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water).
THORNY * s. 1 Bristling with perplexities. 2 Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
LEGATION * n. 1 The post or office of legate. 2 A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister.
TACTUALLY * r. By touch.
ARCHIVIST * n. A person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives.
DOXAZOSIN * n. An antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia.
HEMANGIOMA * n. Benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks.
HOUYHNHNMS * n. A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos.
SOAPINESS * n. The quality of being soap or being covered with soap.
LEUKOCYTE * n. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system.
BLUSH * --n. 1 A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. 2 Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty). --v. 1 Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. 2 Become rosy or reddish.
SCOW * n. 1 Any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends. 2 A barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold.
PROMENADE * --n. 1 A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year. 2 A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk. 3 A square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle. 4 A march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance. --v. 1 March in a procession. 2 Take a leisurely walk.
REALM * n. 1 A domain in which something is dominant. 2 The domain ruled by a king or queen. 3 A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about.
HYPNOSIS * n. A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion.
ROCKLIKE * s. Hard as granite.
CHLOROTHIAZIDE * n. A diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension.
DISOBEDIENT * --a. Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority. --s. Unwilling to submit to authority.
PLUMED * s. 1 Having or covered with or abounding in plumes. 2 Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft. 3 (of a knight's helmet) Having a decorative plume.
PINNOTHERIDAE * n. Tiny soft-bodied crabs.
AJUGA * n. Bugle.
CERATOPHYLLACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts.
BRIDGEHEAD * n. 1 An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies. 2 A defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy.
FAMILIARLY * r. In an intimately familiar manner.
CTENOCEPHALUS * n. A former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides.
INTERNATIONALITY * n. Quality of being international in scope.
UNAFFECTING * s. Not arousing affect.
EAMES * n. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
DOWNBOUND * s. Heading in any direction that is conventionally down.
MACER * n. An official who carries a mace of office.
POIGNANCE * n. A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow.
BIODEFENSE * n. Procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents.
COMPOST * --n. A mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer. --v. Convert to compost.
SELFSAME * s. Being the exact same one; not any other:.
MARGASIVSA * n. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
CUSHITIC * n. A group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions.
CARVE * v. 1 Form by carving. 2 Engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface. 3 Cut to pieces.
DESERTION * n. 1 Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. 2 The act of giving something up.
PTOMAINE * n. 1 Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria. 2 A term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines.
ECUMENISM * n. 1 A movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches). 2 (Christianity) The doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity.
INAMORATA * n. A woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship.
SORDIDLY * r. In a sordid or squalid way.
REPRESENTED * a. Represented accurately or precisely.
APPEASEMENT * n. The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of).
KEYSTONE * n. 1 A central cohesive source of support and stability. 2 The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.
USURP * v. 1 Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession. 2 Take the place of.
FERMENTABLE * a. Capable of being fermented.
PLUMLIKE * s. Resembling a plum fruit.
OVERBOIL * v. 1 Overflow or cause to overflow while boiling. 2 Boil excessively.
KNACKWURST * n. Short thick highly seasoned sausage.
DECLOMYCIN * n. Tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections.
PYCNOGONIDA * n. Sea spiders.
CIVIL-LIBERTARIAN * s. Having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law.
APRAXIA * n. Inability to make purposeful movements.
HYPERMENORRHEA * n. Abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged.
SENSING * n. 1 The perception that something has occurred or some state exists. 2 Becoming aware of something via the senses.
ALLOYED * s. 1 (used of metals) Debased by mixture with an inferior element. 2 (used of metals) Blended to obtain a desired property.
GALVANIZER * n. 1 A skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc. 2 A leader who stimulates and excites people to action.
ALUMNA * n. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
AL-HAYTHAM * n. An Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040).
DERECOGNIZE * v. Cause to be no longer approved or accepted.
IMPERMANENCE * n. The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations.
JUDEA * n. The southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ.
STERNUTATIVE * s. Causing sneezing.
SEIZING * n. 1 Small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together. 2 The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).
MICROBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans.
ABJURE * v. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
PITRESSIN * n. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.
CYTOGENY * n. The origin and development and variation of cells.
REVUE * n. A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians.
BICOLORED * s. Having two colors.
MONOGENIC * s. Of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes.
RAILROADER * n. An employee of a railroad.
MATCHBOX * n. A box for holding matches.
FERTILIZE * v. 1 Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. 2 Make fertile or productive. 3 Introduce semen into (a female).
LOCKRING * n. Washer that prevents a nut from loosening.
DIGITAL * a. 1 Displaying numbers rather than scale positions. 2 Relating to or performed with the fingers. 3 Of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits.
CHOLINERGIC * a. Releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound.
TACHEOMETER * n. A theodolite designed for rapid measurements.
LAW-ABIDING * s. (of individuals) Adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs.
GUARNERI * n. 1 Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745). 2 Founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698).
CELLARAGE * n. 1 A charge for storing goods in a cellar. 2 A storage area in a cellar.
HUMANISM * n. 1 The doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare. 2 The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural. 3 The cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies.
PETRONIUS * n. Roman satirist (died in 66).
MOMENTOUSNESS * n. Utmost importance.
OMEGA-3 * n. A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning.
UNMOVABLE * s. Not able or intended to be moved.
FOX-TROT * n. A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences.
VIP * n. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
GALAXY * n. 1 A splendid assemblage (especially of famous people). 2 Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall. 3 (astronomy) A collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.
DAGON * n. God of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines.
STIRK * n. Yearling heifer or bullock.
NITROUS * a. Of or containing nitrogen.
UNMILITARY * a. Not associated with soldiers or the military.
UNIMPORTANCE * n. 1 The state of being humble and unimportant. 2 The quality of not being important or worthy of note.
CYBER-TERRORISM * n. An assault on electronic communication networks.
TALLINN * n. A port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia.
IODINATED * a. Treated with iodine.
ACCESSIONAL * a. Of or constituting an accession.
WATERBUCK * n. Any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers.
SMORGASBORD * n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 An assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal.
TANNISH * s. Of a color resembling tan.
ANTICLIMACTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style. 2 Coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot.
PESKY * s. Causing irritation or annoyance.
SICK-ABED * s. Confined to bed (by illness).
ASTROPHYSICIST * n. An astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies.
HERPESTES * n. Mongooses.
NUTHOUSE * n. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
VERRUCOSE * s. (of skin) Covered with warts or projections that resemble warts.
HYPOVOLAEMIA * n. A blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood.
PLASTICIZE * v. 1 Become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added. 2 Make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer.
MODERATION * n. 1 Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes. 2 A change for the better. 3 The trait of avoiding excesses. 4 The action of lessening in severity or intensity.
INTERPRETING * n. An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious.
13 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one. --s. Being one more than twelve.
SUBJECTIVISM * n. 1 (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience. 2 The quality of being subjective.
LATONA * n. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology.
ELECTROCUTION * n. 1 Execution by electricity. 2 Killing by electric shock.
NUSKU * n. God of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru.
CARBONACEOUS * a. Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
SACREDNESS * n. The quality of being sacred.
SYNDICALISM * n. A radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of labor unions.
DEPONE * v. Make a deposition; declare under oath.
TYROCIDINE * n. A basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin.
WHINE * --n. A complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way. --v. 1 Move with a whining sound. 2 Talk in a tearful manner. 3 Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. 4 Complain whiningly.
VARIORUM * n. An edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors.
CONSCIENTIOUS * --s. Characterized by extreme care and great effort. --a. Guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong.
WATERFINDER * n. Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil.
BEVY * n. 1 A large gathering of people of a particular type. 2 A flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground).
BOLSTER * --n. A pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows. --v. 1 Support and strengthen. 2 Prop up with a pillow or bolster. 3 Add padding to.
WORRYINGLY * r. In a manner to cause worry.
GIRONDIST * n. A member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins.
UNDERESTIMATE * --n. An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value. --v. 1 Assign too low a value to. 2 Make a deliberately low estimate. 3 Make too low an estimate of.
TICKTACK * --n. System of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks. --v. Make a sound like a clock or a timer.
DISAPPROVE * v. 1 Consider bad or wrong. 2 Deem wrong or inappropriate.
ONOMATOMANIA * n. Obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness.
HIGHBOY * n. A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs.
CONFINED * --a. 1 Not invading healthy tissue. 2 Not free to move about. --s. Being in captivity.
CUNNILINCTUS * n. Oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris.
ELBE * n. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
FIGURER * n. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).
INSIDIOUSNESS * n. 1 Subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease). 2 The quality of being designed to entrap.
VICINITY * n. A surrounding or nearby region.
CYPRINODONT * n. Any member of the family Cyprinodontidae.
CONILURUS * n. Jerboa rats.
CARVEL-BUILT * a. (of ships) Built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks.
GENTIANOPSIS * n. Genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana.
SECOND-RATE * s. Moderate to inferior in quality.
BREADTHWAYS * r. In the direction of the breadth.
LEAK * --n. 1 An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. 2 Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi. 3 A euphemism for urination. 4 The discharge of a fluid from some container. --v. 1 Tell anonymously. 2 Be leaked. 3 Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure. 4 Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.
PORNO * n. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.
GRAZED * s. Scraped or touched lightly in passing.
SPENSER * n. English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599).
BOTH * s. (used with count nouns) Two considered together; the two.
THUNDER * --n. 1 A deep prolonged loud noise. 2 A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning. 3 Street names for heroin. --v. 1 Move fast, noisily, and heavily. 2 Utter words loudly and forcefully. 3 Be the case that thunder is being heard. 4 To make or produce a loud noise.
CONSERVATORY * n. 1 The faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts. 2 A schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts. 3 A greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner.
UNMAKE * v. Deprive of certain characteristics.
CABINETWORK * n. 1 Woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker. 2 The craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality).
BRONCHITIC * s. Suffering from or prone to bronchitis.
SCRUTINEER * n. Someone who examines votes at an election.
WORKINGS * n. 1 The internal mechanism of a device. 2 A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked.
LAVALAVA * n. A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton; worn by Polynesians (especially Samoans).
FAUVE * n. A member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism.
MOTORCOACH * n. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.
DISCIPLINARY * --a. 1 Relating to discipline in behavior. 2 Relating to a specific field of academic study. --s. Designed to promote discipline.
SYNTHESISE * v. Combine so as to form a more complex, product.
GRANDIOSE * s. 1 Impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval. 2 Affectedly genteel.
REPETITION * n. 1 An event that repeats. 2 The act of doing or performing again. 3 The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.
STONYHEARTED * s. Devoid of feeling for others.
REAPPEARANCE * n. 1 The event of something appearing again. 2 The act of someone appearing again.
IGUANIA * n. New World lizards.
GLOVE * n. 1 The handwear used by fielders in playing baseball. 2 Handwear: covers the hand and wrist. 3 Boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing.
PERNICIOUSLY * r. 1 In a harmfully insidious manner. 2 In a noxiously baneful way.
ACETAMIDE * n. A colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds.
DANTE * n. An Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
LOCULUS * n. A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.
PEEWEE * n. 1 Disparaging terms for small people. 2 Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
BLEPHAROSPASM * n. Spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye.
ASCHELMINTHES * n. Unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms.
SELF-CONTEMPLATION * n. The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct.
DEHUMANISED * s. Divested of human qualities or attributes.
ANTIMETABOLITE * n. An antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite.
BREECHCLOTH * n. A garment that provides covering for the loins.
UPUPA * n. Type genus of the Upupidae.
HEAD-SHRINKER * n. 1 A physician who specializes in psychiatry. 2 A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies.
SCLEROPAREI * n. Scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards.
ENUKI * n. Any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods.
PILOTHOUSE * n. An enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated.
ENNUI * n. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
FRYING * n. Cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle.
PULITZER * n. United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911).
NAB * v. 1 Tag the base runner to get him out. 2 Take into custody. 3 Seize suddenly.
BERSERKER * n. One of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury.
INDIGNITY * n. An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem.
GALLINACEOUS * a. Of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean.
CABBAGEWORM * n. Toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly.
RUDDLES * n. The common European annual marigold.
TELOSPORIDIA * n. Parasitic sporozoans that form spores containing one or more infective sporozoites.
BULIMIA * n. 1 A disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation. 2 Pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions).
QUEENLIKE * s. Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen.
DENDROASPIS * n. Mambas.
WINDSOCK * n. A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind.
ODDS-MAKER * n. Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race).
DOSTOEVSKI * n. Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881).
BENTHONIC * a. Of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water.
CUDDLESOME * s. Inviting cuddling or hugging.
MAINER * n. A native or resident of Maine.
ILLOGICAL * --a. Lacking in correct logical relation. --s. Lacking orderly continuity.
SIPHONAPTERA * n. Fleas.
WHEEDLING * n. The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery.
SUSTENTACULAR * a. Serving to sustain or support.
RHYTHM * n. 1 The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. 2 Recurring at regular intervals. 3 An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. 4 The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements.
ACTINOPODA * n. Heliozoans; radiolarians.
VAPORISER * n. A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation).
ANAPLASTY * n. Surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue.
AENEID * n. An epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire.
SUMMATIONAL * s. Of or relating to a summation or produced by summation.
ASPARAGINE * n. A crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus).
HEN * n. 1 Adult female chicken. 2 Adult female bird. 3 Flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing. 4 Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster.
TOLLBOOTH * n. A booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls.
SLICED * s. 1 Prepared by cutting. 2 (used of meat) Cut into pieces for serving.
FATIGABILITY * n. Susceptibility to fatigue; a tendency to get tired or lose strength.
IMPRACTICABILITY * n. The quality of not being usable.
GATE-CRASH * v. Enter uninvited; informal.
PLAYWRIGHT * n. Someone who writes plays.
METRIFY * v. 1 Compose in poetic meter. 2 Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.
CZERNY * n. Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857).
VIBORG * n. A town of Denmark in north central Jutland.
UNMANNERED * s. 1 Socially incorrect in behavior. 2 Without artificiality; natural.
PROGESTOGEN * n. Any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone.
CEPHALOTACEAE * n. A family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus.
BLOTCHED * s. Marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots.
PERSEVERANCE * n. 1 Persistent determination. 2 The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior.
MONOBLAST * n. A large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow.
PANCAKE-STYLE * s. Cooked as pancakes are cooked.
FIBRE * n. 1 A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. 2 Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber). 3 The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions. 4 A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth.
HEBRAIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews.
TWO-HUNDREDTH * s. The ordinal number of two hundred in counting order.
VELVETY-FURRED * s. Having hair that feels like velvet.
REGENCY * n. 1 The period of time during which a regent governs. 2 The period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity. 3 The office of a regent.
ALTACE * n. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Altace) used to treat high blood pressure or in some patients who have had a heart attack.
SECTIONALISATION * n. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
MISSTATEMENT * n. A statement that contains a mistake.
COMPOSITIONAL * s. Arranging or grouping.
BRICKLAYING * n. The craft of laying bricks.
UMBILICUS * n. A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
CRYPTOGRAPHY * n. 1 The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms. 2 Act of writing in code or cipher.
SASH * n. 1 A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame. 2 A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
TARTAR * n. 1 A salt used especially in baking powder. 2 A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman. 3 A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century. 4 An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums.
TEMPERATENESS * n. 1 Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities. 2 Exhibiting restraint imposed on the self.
TEBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes.
EYESPOT * n. An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color.
HADROSAURIDAE * n. Duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous.
HYMENAEA * n. Genus of tropical American timber trees.
ALIBI * --n. 1 (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question. 2 A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.. --v. Exonerate by means of an alibi.
GUBERNATORIAL * a. Relating to a governor.
INVENTORYING * n. Making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand.
DIAZONIUM * n. The univalent cation R-N:N- (where R is an aromatic hydrocarbon); found in salts that are used in manufacturing azo dyes.
PROFESSORIAL * a. Relating to or characteristic of professors.
MAWKISH * s. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
FRIZZ * --n. The condition of being formed into small tight curls. --v. Curl tightly.
MITERWORT * n. Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter.
BABYMINDER * n. A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working.
INCORRUPTION * n. Characterized by integrity or probity.
MONUMENTAL * --a. Relating or belonging to or serving as a monument. --s. 1 Of outstanding significance. 2 Imposing in size or bulk or solidity.
NICK * --n. 1 An impression in a surface (as made by a blow). 2 (British slang) A prison. 3 A small cut. --v. 1 Cut slightly, with a razor. 2 Cut a nick into. 3 Divide or reset the tail muscles of. 4 Mate successfully; of livestock.
SLUMBER * --n. 1 A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended. 2 A dormant or quiescent state. --v. Be asleep.
APOMIXIS * n. Any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization.
SIGHT-READ * v. Perform music from a score without having seen the score before.
BATS * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
FARAD * n. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
METRICISE * v. 1 Express in the metric system. 2 Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.
SCUD * --n. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale). --v. 1 Run or move very quickly or hastily. 2 Run before a gale.
TYPOLOGY * n. Classification according to general type.
WEBSITE * n. A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web.
CHIVALRIC * s. Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages.
JUICINESS * n. A juicy appetizingness.
KAABA * n. (Islam) A black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.
MARGARITA * n. A cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice.
PLACUNA * n. Windowpane oysters.
CRONYN * n. Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003).
HIGH-POWERED * s. 1 Vigorously energetic or forceful. 2 (used of microscopes) Capable of a high degree of magnification.
SUPRASEGMENTAL * s. Pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound.
REORGANISED * s. Organized again.
INTOLERABLE * a. Incapable of being tolerated or endured.
STALL-FED * s. (of livestock) Kept and fed in a stall in order to fatten for the market.
BLOEMFONTEIN * n. The seat of the supreme court.
HONOREE * n. A recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments.
SATINWOOD * n. 1 West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood. 2 Hard yellowish wood of a satinwood tree having a satiny luster; used for fine cabinetwork and tools. 3 East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood.
BEHOLDING * n. Perception by means of the eyes.
BACKER * n. Invests in a theatrical production.
WINDSOR * n. 1 A city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit. 2 The British royal family since 1917.
UNSTEADINESS * n. 1 The quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place. 2 The quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable.
CANECUTTER * n. A wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands.
CHRISTMASBERRY * n. 1 Spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries. 2 Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
LEGITIMIZE * v. Make legal.
RECITE * v. 1 Recite in elocution. 2 Repeat aloud from memory. 3 Render verbally. 4 Narrate or give a detailed account of.
ANTERIORLY * r. In an anterior direction.
AEONIUM * n. A genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae.
SAMARANG * n. A port city is southern Indonesia; located in northern Java.
OVERAWED * s. Overcome by a feeling of awe.
BLIP * n. 1 A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption. 2 A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface.
LOOSE * --v. 1 Grant freedom to; free from confinement. 2 Turn loose or free from restraint. 3 Make loose or looser. 4 Become loose or looser or less tight. --a. 1 Not compact or dense in structure or arrangement. 2 Not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting. 3 Not affixed. --s. 1 (of a ball in sport) Not in the possession or control of any player. 2 Not officially recognized or controlled. 3 Not literal. 4 Emptying easily or excessively. --r. Without restraint.
JEROME * n. (Roman Catholic Church) One of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420).
COCHINEAL * n. 1 A red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects. 2 Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye.
INDO-HITTITE * n. The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia.
SOLUTION * n. 1 A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution. 2 A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem. 3 A method for solving a problem. 4 The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.
JINNAH * n. Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948).
NOSEWHEEL * n. A wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear.
HONE * --n. A whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors. --v. 1 Sharpen with a hone. 2 Make perfect or complete.
AFFIRMATIVENESS * n. The agreeable quality of one who assents.
TECHNOLOGICAL * --s. Based in scientific and industrial progress. --a. Of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles.
GENTILITY * n. Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression.
PILOTING * n. 1 The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. 2 The occupation of a pilot.
VANILLA * --n. 1 Any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers. 2 A flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans). 3 A distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans. --a. Flavored with vanilla extract. --s. Plain and without any extras or adornments.
JERRY * n. Offensive term for a person of German descent.
STOCKTON * n. United States writer (1834-1902).
POLYMYXIN * n. Any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium.
DROPKICK * --n. (football) Kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground. --v. 1 Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick. 2 Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal.
SIBERIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Siberia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians.
EBULLIENTLY * r. In an ebullient manner.
OFFICIATION * n. 1 The act of umpiring. 2 The performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty.
TECHIE * n. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing).
NARCIST * n. Someone in love with themselves.
AZT * n. An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow.
B-MESON * n. Exceedingly short-lived meson.
MESOPHYTIC * s. Being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment.
TUTORIALLY * r. By tutorials; in a tutorial manner.
TOP-HOLE * s. Excellent; best possible.
THEORETIC * a. Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations.
MANANNAN * n. Celtic god of the sea; son of Ler.
ARDUOUSNESS * n. Extreme effortfulness.
WICKEDNESS * n. 1 Morally objectionable behavior. 2 Absence of moral or spiritual values. 3 The quality of being wicked. 4 Estrangement from god.
MEGALOHEPATIA * n. Abnormal enlargement of the liver.
DEFLATIONARY * a. Associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money.
ARCDEGREE * n. A measure for arcs and angles.
GASSY * s. 1 Resembling gas. 2 Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
TURKIC * --n. A subfamily of Altaic languages. --a. Of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language.
POLISHING * n. The work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it.
PSITTACULA * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
BLOODGUILTY * s. Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
HEIGHTENING * s. Reaching a higher intensity.
BOTONEE * s. (of a heraldic cross) Having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm.
SAXON * --n. A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language.
OUTFLOWING * s. That is flowing outward.
26 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one. --s. Being six more than twenty.
CUT-RATE * s. Costing less than standard price.
SPLENDIDLY * r. 1 Extremely well. 2 In an impressively beautiful manner.
PLUMBER * n. A craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances.
POST * --n. 1 The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand. 2 Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed. 3 A job in an organization. 4 An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position. --v. 1 Affix in a public place or for public notice. 2 Publicize with, or as if with, a poster. 3 Assign to a post; put into a post. 4 Assign to a station.
CRAPPER * n. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.
FOLIAGED * s. Bearing numerous leaves.
DAZZLED * s. 1 Having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light. 2 Stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering.
HALF-TERM * n. A short vacation about halfway through a school term.
INVERSION * n. 1 The layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer. 2 Abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth). 3 A chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa. 4 (genetics) A kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed.
DEPTH * n. 1 The extent downward or backward or inward. 2 Degree of psychological or intellectual profundity. 3 (usually plural) A low moral state. 4 The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
WORDSMITH * n. A fluent and prolific writer.
TAXICAB * n. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.
LTD. * n. A company that is organized to give its owners limited liability.
REGAIN * v. 1 Get or find back; recover the use of. 2 Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.
PRECIPITATOR * n. Removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.
CHARI * n. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
COMATOSENESS * n. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury.
GROWN * s. (of animals) Fully developed.
PROTEGE * n. A person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.
ALDEHYDE * n. Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids.
UNBELIEF * n. A rejection of belief.
OVERT * a. Open and observable; not secret or hidden.
MEDDLER * n. An officious annoying person who interferes with others.
HEMOPTYSIS * n. Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs.
HAMMERED * a. Shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks.
BIRAMOUS * s. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
RESORCINOLPHTHALEIN * n. A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed).
MARLEY * n. Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981).
UMPTIETH * s. Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
PATH * n. 1 A course of conduct. 2 A way especially designed for a particular use. 3 An established line of travel or access. 4 A line or route along which something travels or moves.
KINESTHETICALLY * r. In a kinesthetic manner; by means of kinesthesia.
PAPPOSE * s. (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) Having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles.
ABSCESSED * s. Infected and filled with pus.
POLYPORE * n. Woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent.
LONESOMENESS * n. A disposition toward being alone.
STANDARD-BEARER * n. 1 An outstanding leader of a political movement. 2 The soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle.
RHYTHMICALLY * r. In a rhythmic manner.
ALCALESCENT * s. Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.
BLINK * --n. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. --v. 1 Briefly shut the eyes. 2 Keep back by blinking. 3 Gleam or glow intermittently.
CROSSBEAM * n. A horizontal beam that extends across something.
RITENUTO * s. (music) Gradually decreasing in tempo.
HAICK * n. An outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa.
NUNNERY * n. The convent of a community of nuns.
COMPULSION * n. 1 An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid. 2 An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will. 3 Using force to cause something to occur.
WOODBORER * n. Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood.
BICUSPIDATE * s. Having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth).
UNCOOKED * s. Not cooked.
EQUILIBRIUM * n. 1 A stable situation in which forces cancel one another. 2 A chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates. 3 Equality of distribution. 4 A sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head.
INANNA * n. Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
INDEFATIGABLE * s. Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality.
SIKKIM * n. A state in northeastern India in the Himalaya Mountains between Nepal and Bhutan.
FORGOING * n. The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.).
NIPPY * s. 1 A sharp biting taste. 2 Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
BLOOD * --n. 1 The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets. 2 Temperament or disposition. 3 A dissolute man in fashionable society. 4 The descendants of one individual. --v. Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill.
TERRARIUM * n. A vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed.
LIMNER * n. A painter or drawer of portraits.
ZYGODACTYL * a. (of bird feet) Having the first and fourth toes directed backward the second and third forward.
MOORLAND * n. Open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss.
LEIOPELMATIDAE * n. Primitive New Zealand frogs.
CARDINALSHIP * n. The office of cardinal.
CATCHWEED * n. Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia.
DRACAENA * n. An agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage.
RECCY * n. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
CABINET * n. 1 A piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display. 2 Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers. 3 A storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock. 4 Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television.
PRITZELAGO * n. Chamois cress.
UNCAMPHORATED * a. Not containing camphor.
FRIARY * n. A monastery of friars.
RABBITEYE * n. Shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry.
SUBFIGURE * n. A figure that is a part of another figure.
COUPERIN * n. French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733).
UNACHIEVABLY * r. In an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree.
CONTRAINDICATE * v. Make a treatment inadvisable.
UNWORKMANLIKE * s. Not characteristic of or suitable for a good workman.
HAMELIN * n. A town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper.
MUEZZIN * n. The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
ACARPELOUS * a. Having no carpels.
CO-WORKER * n. An associate that one works with.
PALL-MALL * n. A 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet.
NASA * n. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
INCHON * n. 1 A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea. 2 A battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon.
ENDANGERED * s. (of flora or fauna) In imminent danger of extinction.
THEOPHANY * n. A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person.
PITHY * s. Concise and full of meaning.
EXONERATED * s. Freed from any question of guilt.
HIGH-MINDED * s. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
MICROSPORE * n. Smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte.
SHF * n. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
AULACORHYNCUS * n. A genus of Ramphastidae.
INCUBATOR * n. Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
SYSTEMATICS * n. The science of systematic classification.
KARSAVINA * n. Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978).
DEGREASE * v. Remove grease or oil from (a pan).
DECURVED * s. Bent down or curved downward.
STYRAX * n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage.
INCORRUPTED * s. Without fault or error.
INEFFECTIVE * --a. Not producing an intended effect. --s. 1 Lacking in power or forcefulness. 2 Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate.
ALGIN * n. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
POLYHIDROSIS * n. Excessive and profuse perspiration.
HEMOSIDERIN * n. A granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism.
EQUATION * n. 1 A mathematical statement that two expressions are equal. 2 A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced. 3 The act of regarding as equal.
FLOWERET * n. A diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower).
COCCIDIOSIS * n. (veterinary medicine) Infestation with coccidia.
ANACHRONOUS * s. Chronologically misplaced.
LAVE * v. 1 Wash or flow against. 2 Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. 3 Wash one's face and hands.
CLOSET * --n. 1 A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space. 2 A toilet in Britain. 3 A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes. 4 A small private room for study or prayer. --v. Confine to a small space, as for intensive work.
BUSBY * n. Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
EVOCATION * n. 1 Imaginative re-creation. 2 Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations. 3 Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors.
FALL-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the autumn.
CHEVIOTS * n. A range of hills on the border between England and Scotland.
DEGENERATIVE * s. (of illness) Marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function.
BLENHEIM * n. The First Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
CHALCOSTIGMA * n. Thornbills.
CASABA * n. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
CHOCKFUL * s. Packed full to capacity.
MUCOSE * a. Of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus.
NEEDLEWORK * n. 1 A creation created or assembled by needle and thread. 2 Work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle.
SALINA * n. A town in central Kansas.
ULTIMATE * --n. The finest or most superior quality of its kind. --a. Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme. --s. Being the last or concluding element of a series.
PARALOGISM * n. An unintentionally invalid argument.
PYROLUSITE * n. A mineral consisting of manganese dioxide; an important source of manganese.
BASINET * n. A medieval steel helmet.
MOUSY * --s. 1 Quiet and timid and ineffectual. 2 Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse. --a. Infested with mice.
CHLOROSIS * n. Iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin.
COMANCHE * n. 1 A member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma. 2 The Shoshonean language spoken by the Comanche.
DARKLY * r. 1 Without light. 2 In a dark glowering menacing manner.
AGELESSNESS * n. The quality of being timeless and eternal.
VALETUDINARIAN * --n. Weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian.
SIDE-LOOK * n. A glance sideways.
LOOSE-JOINTED * s. Loosely articulated or constructed.
BITTERROOT * n. Showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower.
JIGGERMAST * n. Any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl.
HABANERA * n. 1 Music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera. 2 A Cuban dance in duple time.
BESPOKE * s. (of clothing) Custom-made.
PERCEPTIVENESS * n. 1 A feeling of understanding. 2 Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). 3 Perception of that which is obscure. 4 The quality of insight and sympathetic understanding.
PASTE-UP * n. A composition of flat objects pasted on a board or other backing.
CONSORTIUM * n. An association of companies for some definite purpose.
MICROSCOPIC * --a. Of or relating to or used in microscopy. --s. 1 Visible under a microscope; using a microscope. 2 Extremely precise with great attention to details. 3 So small as to be invisible without a microscope.
INSCRIBED * s. 1 Written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface. 2 Cut or impressed into a surface.
DISARMER * n. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.
IDENTIFICATION * n. 1 The act of designating or identifying something. 2 Evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing. 3 The condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established. 4 The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.
BEDROOM * n. A room used primarily for sleeping.
SMILEY * n. An emoticon of a smiling face.
HEIST * --n. 1 The act of stealing. 2 Robbery at gunpoint. --v. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
ZOOSPORE * n. An asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella.
MOUNTAINSIDE * n. The side or slope of a mountain.
DAVY * n. 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).
MAP * --n. 1 A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it). 2 (mathematics) A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function). --v. 1 Make a map of; show or establish the features of details of. 2 Explore or survey for the purpose of making a map. 3 Locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences. 4 Plan, delineate, or arrange in detail.
ARCHETYPICAL * s. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.
OPHIDIAN * n. Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous.
AFFUSION * n. The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head.
BUTTOCKS * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
TOSSER * n. 1 Terms of abuse for a masturbator. 2 Someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward).
CONCEPTUS * n. An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life.
ALARMIST * n. A person who alarms others needlessly.
SALTWORT * n. 1 Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash. 2 Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves.
CHERUBINI * n. Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842).
WEIGHTLESS * a. Having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light.
DEVIOUS * s. 1 Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading. 2 Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive. 3 Deviating from a straight course.
BODY-SURF * v. Ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard.
SUBKINGDOM * n. (biology) A taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom.
PENSACOLA * n. A town in extreme northwest Florida.
TURDIDAE * n. Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae.
RENOVATE * v. 1 Restore to a previous or better condition. 2 Make brighter and prettier. 3 Give new life or energy to.
GAMBREL * n. A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper.
BOTCHED * s. Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness.
UNFAIRLY * r. In an unfair manner.
INTERCOMMUNION * n. Participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox).
KACHIN * n. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
THRIFTINESS * n. Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources.
DEPARTURE * n. 1 The act of departing. 2 A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. 3 Euphemistic expressions for death.
XLIV * s. Being four more than forty.
CHARLEY-HORSE * n. A muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise.
MYOSOTIS * n. Forget-me-nots; scorpion grass.
OVER * --n. (cricket) The division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch. --s. Having come or been brought to a conclusion. --r. 1 At or to a point across intervening space etc.. 2 Throughout an area. 3 Throughout a period of time. 4 Beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position.
UNCOMPROMISINGLY * r. In an uncompromising manner.
EXEMPLIFY * v. 1 Be characteristic of. 2 Clarify by giving an example of.
HESITANTLY * r. With hesitation; in a hesitant manner.
OMNIPOTENT * s. Having unlimited power.
TAMPA * n. A resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico.
CARPORT * n. Garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles.
GROUNDWORK * n. 1 The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. 2 Lowest support of a structure. 3 Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation.
LAO-TZU * n. Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC).
PIQUANTLY * r. With strong spices; in a spicy manner.
VETERINARIAN * n. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
KAKI * n. 1 Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit. 2 Blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt.
INTOLERANT * --a. Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion. --s. Narrow-minded about cherished opinions.
PALETTE * n. 1 The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art. 2 Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used. 3 One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.
PIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits.
TRIP-UP * n. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
ALUPENT * n. A bronchodilator (trade name Alupent) used to treat asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects include tachycardia and shakiness.
CLAST * n. (geology) A constituent fragment of a clastic rock.
WELL-KNIT * s. Strongly and firmly constructed.
LARICARIIDAE * n. Armored catfish.
COURTESAN * n. A woman who cohabits with an important man.
BROILING * n. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
SHINPAD * n. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
UNMINED * a. Not mined.
INERTIA * n. 1 A disposition to remain inactive or inert. 2 (physics) The tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
CYPRIOT * --n. A native or inhabitant of Cyprus. --a. Of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture.
DEACTIVATE * v. 1 Remove from active military status or reassign. 2 Make inactive.
DIAMOND * n. 1 A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. 2 Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem. 3 A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram. 4 A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it.
UZBEKISTAN * n. A landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet.
TAR-AND-FEATHER * v. Smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment.
EXCALIBUR * n. The legendary sword of King Arthur.
SWAGE * --n. A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging. --v. Form metals with a swage.
TURGID * s. 1 Ostentatiously lofty in style. 2 Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas.
FASTNACHT * n. Doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday.
HOMICIDAL * s. Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being.
DELINEATE * --v. 1 Show the form or outline of. 2 Determine the essential quality of. 3 Trace the shape of. 4 Make a mark or lines on a surface. --a. Represented accurately or precisely.
EXTROVERSION * n. (psychology) An extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self.
QUM * n. A city in northwestern Iran; a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims.
STONECROP * n. Any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers.
GLAZER * n. Someone who cuts flat glass to size.
THOROUGHFARE * n. A public road from one place to another.
WALKING * --n. The act of traveling by foot. --s. Close enough to be walked to.
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY * r. 1 According to circumstances. 2 Insofar as the circumstances are concerned. 3 In minute detail. 4 Without advance planning.
URIA * n. Murres.
AUSTRALIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Australia. 2 The Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages.
TOXOTES * n. Type genus of the Toxotidae.
SUBALPINE * s. Growing at high altitudes.
EV * n. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
ROOST * --n. 1 A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds. 2 A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep. --v. 1 Sit, as on a branch. 2 Settle down or stay, as if on a roost.
LOAF * --n. 1 A shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating. 2 A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape. --v. 1 Be lazy or idle. 2 Be about.
CULPABLENESS * n. A state of guilt.
INAPTNESS * n. Inappropriateness.
HYDRODIURIL * n. A diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension.
INVINCIBLE * s. Incapable of being overcome or subdued.
HOMOSPOROUS * a. Characterized by homospory.
KBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 bits.
SPEARPOINT * n. The head and sharpened point of a spear.
UNIDIRECTIONAL * a. Operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only.
POSITIVIST * --n. Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes. --a. Of or relating to positivism.
KLICK * n. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
ROMAIC * --n. The modern Greek vernacular. --a. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language.
COLEONYX * n. Banded geckos.
CHARLESTOWN * n. A former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629.
RED-INK * v. Mark with red ink.
TURNTABLE * n. 1 A circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played. 2 A revolving tray placed on a dining table. 3 A rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars.
WEEDS * n. A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning.
MALODOR * n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
GOLDFIELDS * n. Small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated.
STRIVING * n. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
SLUMMY * s. (of housing or residential areas) Indicative of poverty.
STABILIZED * s. Made stable or firm.
GRAYBEARD * n. A man who is very old.
BAYRUT * n. Capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean.
ASYNCLITISM * n. The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle.
FIBRINASE * n. In the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot.
HOMEMADE * a. Made or produced in the home or by yourself.
PASTEURISED * a. Having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation.
QUERULOUSNESS * n. The quality of being given to complaining.
CISSY * s. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
UTILIZABLE * s. Capable of being put to a profitable or practical use.
MARITIME * --a. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen. --s. Bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea.
S.D. * n. A state in north central United States.
SLIPPY * a. Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide.
PLYWOOD * n. A laminate made of thin layers of wood.
BELLBOY * n. Someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels.
COLUMBIDAE * n. Doves and pigeons.
SHEEPHERDER * n. A herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock.
64TH * s. The ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order.
SICKENINGNESS * n. Extreme unpalatability to the mouth.
PIPRA * n. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.
PEAFOWL * n. Very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird.
THISTLE * n. Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves.
DIPUS * n. Type genus of the Dipodidae; typical jerboas having three toes on each hind foot.
EURODOLLAR * n. A United States dollar deposited in a European bank and used as an international currency to finance trade.
ATHAR * n. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
LOVING-KINDNESS * n. Tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection.
ALLEY * n. 1 A narrow street with walls on both sides. 2 A lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins.
URETHANE * n. An ester of carbamic acid.
GAMOPETALOUS * s. Having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel.
DESCRIPTIVE * a. 1 Serving to describe or inform or characterized by description. 2 Of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage.
OSCILLATORY * s. Having periodic vibrations.
HOTTENTOT * n. Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa.
SATEEN * n. A cotton fabric with a satiny finish.
HAWK'S-BEARDS * n. Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere.
INDITE * v. Produce a literary work.
VAUDEVILLE * n. A variety show with songs and comic acts etc..
RAILROAD * --n. 1 Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight. 2 A line of track providing a runway for wheels. --v. 1 Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. 2 Supply with railroad lines. 3 Transport by railroad.
TRUCKAGE * n. 1 A fee charged for transporting goods by truckage. 2 The activity of transporting goods by truck.
EFFICIENT * --a. Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense. --s. Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively.
FROTHILY * r. In a frothy manner.
INAUGURAL * --n. 1 An address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president). 2 The ceremonial induction into a position. --a. Occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction. --s. Serving to set in motion.
SAQUINAVIR * n. A weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV.
CONNATURAL * s. 1 Similar in nature. 2 Normally existing at birth.
NEANDERTAL * --n. Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia. --a. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man. --s. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
HUMONGOUS * s. (used informally) Very large.
SLIMY * s. 1 Covered with or resembling slime. 2 Morally reprehensible.
SUBCORTICAL * a. Of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex.
DAINTY * --n. Something considered choice to eat. --s. 1 Delicately beautiful. 2 Especially pleasing to the taste. 3 Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted.
TITTY * n. Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.
MICROPOGONIAS * n. Croakers.
DEPRESSANT * --n. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person. --a. Capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.
GOLDCREST * n. European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch.
BRINE-CURED * s. (used especially of meats) Preserved in salt.
HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED * a. Having the pituitary gland removed by surgery.
CHOLANGITIS * n. Inflammation of the bile ducts.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL * a. Of or concerned with neuropsychology.
DEPONENT * n. A person who testifies or gives a deposition.
DECONSECRATE * v. Remove the consecration from a person or an object.
BOOZE * --n. An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. --v. Consume alcohol.
PHYCOCYANIN * n. Blue pigment in algae.
PORTER * --n. 1 A person employed to carry luggage and supplies. 2 Someone who guards an entrance. 3 United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980). 4 United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946). --v. Carry luggage or supplies.
RAGING * s. 1 Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. 2 Very severe. 3 (of the elements) As if showing violent anger.
COZY * --n. A padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm. --s. 1 Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space. 2 Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere. 3 Suggesting connivance.
RAT-A-TAT * n. A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door).
CISTRON * n. (genetics) A segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity.
STUFFER * n. 1 A craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display. 2 An advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail.
UT. * n. A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young.
AUTOGIRO * n. An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller.
SERKIN * n. United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991).
GLAREOLIDAE * n. Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers.
ACAPNIA * n. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing.
FUNCTIONALLY * r. With respect to function.
GAINFULNESS * n. The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit.
INCAPABLENESS * n. 1 Lack of potential for development. 2 The quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.
UNUSUALLY * r. To a remarkable degree or extent.
72 * s. Being two more than seventy.
RUSTPROOFED * s. Treated against rusting.
SENECIO * n. Enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds.
DIAGNOSIS * n. Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.
RECAST * v. 1 Cast again, in a different role. 2 Cast again. 3 Cast or model anew.
SENT * --n. 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia. --a. Caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted.
LOBIPES * n. A genus of Phalaropidae.
IGNOBLE * --a. Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose. --s. Not of the nobility.
BIRDCAGE * n. A cage in which a bird can be kept.
HALENESS * n. A state of robust good health.
MISLABELED * s. Branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements.
IMPLIKE * s. Naughtily or annoyingly playful.
TRANSEUNT * a. Of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind.
VULVECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of part or all of the vulva.
MURITANIYA * n. A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert.
WRONGFULNESS * n. That which is contrary to the principles of justice or law.
HOARINESS * n. 1 A silvery-white color. 2 Great age (especially grey or white with age).
ABIOGENIST * n. A believer in abiogenesis.
TANGIER * n. A city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar.
URODELLA * n. Salamanders; newts; congo snakes.
VENTRILOQUIST * n. A performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy.
SHUDDER * --n. 1 An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. 2 An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear). --v. 1 Shake, as from cold. 2 Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement.
DERELICTION * n. 1 A tendency to be negligent and uncaring. 2 Willful negligence.
ANAGLYPHIC * a. Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
HARVESTMAN * n. Spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs.
SPERMOUS * a. Consisting of or resembling spermatozoa.
STRIVER * n. Someone who works as hard as a slave.
MANGANESE * n. A hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals.
BOURGEOIS * --n. 1 A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise. 2 A member of the middle class. --s. 1 (according to Marxist thought) Being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class. 2 Conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class. 3 Belonging to the middle class.
GHZ * n. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
ZOCOR * n. An oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks.
BYRD * n. 1 English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623). 2 Explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957).
HASSIDISM * n. Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews.
RAISIN * n. Dried grape.
MODERATE-SIZED * s. Intermediate in size.
FORRAD * r. At or to or toward the front.
MANIPULABILITY * n. The quality of being controllable by skilled movements of the hands.
BOZEMAN * n. A town in southwestern Montana; gateway to Yellowstone National Park.
PINEUS * n. A genus of Adelgidae.
WINEMAKER * n. Someone who makes wine.
MALICIOUSNESS * n. Feeling a need to see others suffer.
LEFT-SLANTING * s. (of handwriting) Having the letters slanting backward.
ATAR * n. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
SEXTET * n. 1 A musical composition written for six performers. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. 3 Six performers or singers who perform together. 4 A set of six similar things considered as a unit.
COMPRESSIBLE * --a. Capable of being compressed or made more compact. --s. Capable of being easily compressed.
STALKED * a. Having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk.
REINVIGORATE * v. Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
JEMMY * n. A short crowbar.
PRECENTOR * n. The musical director of a choir.
SSA * n. An independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system.
ARTHROPODAL * a. Of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda.
ENGAGE * v. 1 Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in. 2 Consume all of one's attention or time. 3 Engage or hire for work. 4 Ask to represent; of legal counsel.
AFFORDABLE * s. That you have the financial means for.
MICHAEL * n. (Old Testament) The guardian archangel of the Jews.
RED-BRICK * s. Of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century.
QUEENFISH * n. Silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters.
COPRINUS * n. Genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae.
HEAVY-ARMED * s. Having massive arms.
TIMELY * --s. 1 Before a time limit expires. 2 Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time. --r. At an opportune time.
INTRACEREBRAL * a. Within the brain.
DRUNK-AND-DISORDERLY * n. Someone arrested on the charge of being drunk and disorderly.
VOLVARIACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales.
THIMBLEFUL * n. As much as a thimble will hold.
ARCCOSINE * n. The inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number.
CLOSING * --n. 1 The act of closing something. 2 The last section of a communication. 3 Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap. 4 Termination of operations. --a. Final or ending.
AMBASSADORSHIP * n. The post of ambassador.
LIKE-MINDED * s. Of the same turn of mind.
QIBLA * n. 1 The direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers. 2 A small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa.
SCENE * n. 1 The place where some action occurs. 2 An incident (real or imaginary). 3 The visual percept of a region. 4 A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film.
MALIGNANCE * n. 1 (medicine) A malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death. 2 Quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will.
FRETTED * --a. Having frets. --s. Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework.
PLEBEIAN * --n. One of the common people. --s. Of or associated with the great masses of people.
CONTROVERT * v. 1 Be resistant to. 2 Prove to be false or incorrect.
AUSCULTATORY * a. Of or relating to auscultation.
GNARL * --n. Something twisted and tight and swollen. --v. 1 Twist into a state of deformity. 2 Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
PRESTIGE * n. A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc..
RAINFLY * n. Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent.
IMPULSE-BUY * v. Buy on impulse without proper reflection.
PHLEGMATIC * s. Showing little emotion.
OLYMPIAN * --n. 1 An athlete who participates in the Olympic games. 2 A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans. --a. 1 Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants. 2 Of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus. --s. 1 Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters. 2 Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
XXIX * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one. --s. Being nine more than twenty.
CHAUNA * n. Crested screamers.
DICHROMATIC * --a. Of or relating to dichromatism. --s. Having two colors.
AUTOMATE * v. Make automatic or control or operate automatically.
ORPHANED * s. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
BIDE * v. Dwell.
ENEMA * n. An injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes.
SPIROCHAETACEAE * n. Large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters.
PRAGMATIC * --n. An imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land. --s. 1 Concerned with practical matters. 2 Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory. --a. Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.
PARTITIVE * --n. Word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole. --a. 1 (Romance languages) Relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole. 2 Indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts. --s. Serving to separate or divide into parts.
OREGONIAN * n. A native or resident of Oregon.
INESCAPABLE * s. Impossible to avoid or evade.
MILLIONAIRE * n. A person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars.
ASCH * n. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
IMPORTANCE * n. 1 The quality of being important and worthy of note. 2 A prominent status.
EMBOSS * v. Raise in a relief.
PALEOGEOLOGY * n. The study of geologic features once at the surface of the earth but now buried beneath rocks.
BELABOUR * v. 1 To work at or to absurd length. 2 Beat soundly. 3 Attack verbally with harsh criticism.
CONFECTIONERY * n. 1 Candy and other sweets considered collectively. 2 A confectioner's shop. 3 The occupation and skills of a confectioner.
CONJUGATED * s. 1 Formed by the union of two compounds. 2 Joined together especially in a pair or pairs. 3 Of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond.
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE * n. Poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it.
CREAM-COLORED * s. Having the color of fresh cream.
ENCYCLOPEDIC * s. Comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia).
CICONIA * n. Type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks.
CLUB-SHAPED * s. 1 Shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards. 2 Shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end.
RF * n. 1 A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland. 2 A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized. 3 A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone.
RANDOMISED * s. Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way.
FROWARD * s. Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
DIVEST * v. 1 Take away possessions from someone. 2 Deprive of status or authority. 3 Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment). 4 Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.
INTERLEAF * n. A blank leaf inserted between the leaves of a book.
AUSTERELY * r. In an austere fashion.
RANDOMIZATION * n. A deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance.
TEXTILE * --n. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers. --a. Of or relating to fabrics or fabric making.
CORTICOEFFERENT * s. Of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex.
UNEXPRESSIVE * s. Deliberately impassive in manner.
HEPHAESTUS * n. (Greek mythology) The lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan.
FEAR * --n. 1 An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight). 2 An anxious feeling. 3 A feeling of profound respect for someone or something. --v. 1 Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event. 2 Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of. 3 Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement. 4 Be uneasy or apprehensive about.
CLEWS * n. The cords used to suspend a hammock.
STERILE * --a. Incapable of reproducing. --s. 1 Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms. 2 Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.
MISUNDERSTOOD * s. Wrongly understood.
ACTINOMYCETOUS * a. Of or belonging to the actinomycetes.
EURONITHOPODA * n. Widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon).
BRUSHING * n. 1 The act of brushing your teeth. 2 The act of brushing your hair.
FOSSILISATION * n. 1 The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone. 2 Becoming inflexible or out of date.
MINK * n. 1 The expensive fur of a mink. 2 Fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks. 3 Slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur.
OBJECTION * n. 1 The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest. 2 The speech act of objecting. 3 The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. 4 (law) A procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality.
SELF-DECEPTION * n. A misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it.
KILL * --n. 1 The act of terminating a life. 2 The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile. 3 The body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal. --v. 1 Cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly. 2 Thwart the passage of. 3 End or extinguish by forceful means. 4 Be fatal.
OSMUND * n. Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters.
TESTACEA * n. Testacean rhizopods.
EQUISETACEAE * n. Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies.
NEPHROPTOSIS * n. Prolapse of the kidney.
REEFY * s. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
BRYNHILD * n. A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide.
PILULARIA * n. Pillworts.
ROBESON * n. United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976).
SHIP-BREAKER * n. A contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap.
LOOKOUT * n. 1 A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. 2 An elevated post affording a wide view. 3 A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings. 4 The act of looking out.
CYDIPPIDA * n. Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles.
ARBALEST * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
ALIDADE * n. 1 Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments. 2 Surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring angles.
HUMANNESS * n. The quality of being human.
OUTCRY * --n. A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. --v. 1 Shout louder than. 2 Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy.
LORICA * n. A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example).
RUINED * s. 1 Destroyed physically or morally. 2 Doomed to extinction. 3 Brought to ruin.
CHURCHYARD * n. The yard associated with a church.
ASTIGMATISM * n. 1 (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people. 2 (optics) Defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point.
DEMOCRATIC * --a. 1 Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality. 2 Belong to or relating to the Democratic Party. --s. Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large.
SCPO * n. A senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army.
PRODROME * n. An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.
ARCHAIST * n. 1 A person who archaizes. 2 An expert or collector of antiquities.
MOTHERESE * n. An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child.
GONADOTROPHIN * n. Hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.
FUMBLER * n. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
EGYPTIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Egypt. 2 The ancient and now extinct language of Egypt under the Pharaohs; written records date back to 3000 BC. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language.
LYSENKO * n. Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976).
SUPERHUMAN * a. Above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance.
AWED * --s. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence. --a. Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread.
BIRDNESTING * n. Hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs.
ALL-FIRED * --s. Extreme. --r. Extremely.
HOVEA * n. Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets.
PIOUS * a. Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.
WISECRACK * --n. Witty remark. --v. Make a comment, usually ironic.
TRICHECHIDAE * n. Comprising only the manatees.
BUGBEAR * n. 1 An imaginary monster used to frighten children. 2 An object of dread or apprehension.
BRUTALITY * n. 1 The trait of extreme cruelty. 2 A brutal barbarous savage act.
UNARGUMENTATIVE * a. Not given to or characterized by argument.
BRACHYCEPHALY * n. The quality of being brachycephalic.
OFO * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi. 2 A Siouan language spoken by the Ofo.
HEIGHT * n. 1 The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top. 2 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 3 (of a standing person) The distance from head to foot. 4 Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface.
SCHOLASTICISM * n. 1 The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers. 2 Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety.
SCHOOLDAYS * n. The time of life when you are going to school.
FLYPAPER * n. Paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies.
UNDULATE * --v. 1 Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. 2 Occur in soft rounded shapes. 3 Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. 4 Increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves. --s. Having a wavy margin and rippled surface.
HAYCOCK * n. A small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick.
BUSHWHACK * v. 1 Wait in hiding to attack. 2 Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla. 3 Cut one's way through the woods or bush.
ALEPH-NULL * n. The smallest infinite integer.
AGDISTIS * n. Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele.
MIMIC * --n. Someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress). --v. Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect. --s. Constituting an imitation.
SPRINGBUCK * n. A South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air.
SEDUCTIVE * a. Tending to entice into a desired action or state.
GLADIOLUS * n. 1 Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated. 2 The large central part of the breastbone.
RECOLLECTION * n. 1 The ability to recall past occurrences. 2 The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort). 3 Something recalled to the mind.
MINOR * --n. A young person of either sex. --v. Have as one's secondary field of study. --a. 1 Of lesser importance or stature or rank. 2 Lesser in scope or effect. 3 Inferior in number or size or amount. 4 (of a scale or mode) Having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees. --s. 1 Of the younger of two boys with the same family name. 2 Warranting only temporal punishment. 3 Relatively moderate, limited, or small.
PRONUCLEUS * n. The nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the zygote.
ENTOMOPHILOUS * a. Of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects.
HARDENED * --s. 1 Used of persons; emotionally hardened. 2 Made tough by habitual exposure. 3 Converted to solid form (as concrete). --a. 1 Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment. 2 Protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons).
FRATERNISE * v. Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy.
SCRY * v. Divine by gazing into crystals.
BREADBASKET * n. 1 A geographic region serving as the principal source of grain. 2 An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. 3 A basket for serving bread.
PROPRIETORSHIP * n. An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits.
LENGTHILY * r. In a lengthy or prolix manner.
PICKELHAUBE * n. A spiked helmet worn by German soldiers.
PALLAS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva. 2 A large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered.
WHITE-TIE * s. Requiring white ties and tailcoats for men.
UNDIPLOMATICALLY * r. Without diplomacy; in an undiplomatic manner.
ROASTING * n. Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added).
HOUSEFATHER * n. A man in charge of children in an institution.
GULLIBLE * s. 1 Naive and easily deceived or tricked. 2 Easily tricked because of being too trusting.
KEPLER * n. German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630).
FORCE * --n. 1 A powerful effect or influence. 2 (physics) The influence that produces a change in a physical quantity. 3 Physical energy or intensity. 4 Group of people willing to obey orders. --v. 1 To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means. 2 Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. 3 Move with force. 4 Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
ADULATOR * n. A person who uses flattery.
EDGINESS * n. Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.
MOLLUGA * n. Carpetweeds.
LIQUIFIABLE * s. Capable of being liquefied.
COXSACKIEVIRUS * n. Enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis.
ANNULMENT * n. 1 The state of being cancelled or annulled. 2 (law) A formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc). 3 The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation.
ROLLERBLADE * --n. (trademark) An in-line skate. --v. Travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles.
JACOBIN * n. A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
RUF * n. A terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia.
WONK * n. An insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious.
REPUBLIC * n. 1 A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. 2 A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch.
SLIVERY * a. Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points.
SCANDINAVIA * n. 1 The peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden. 2 A group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian.
THERESA * n. Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
JACQUINIA * n. Sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae.
ISM * n. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
LIGHTWOOD * n. Tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber.
ENFLURANE * n. A nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic.
MIMIDAE * n. Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers.
AURISCOPE * n. Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane).
LINGUISTIC * a. 1 Consisting of or related to language. 2 Of or relating to the scientific study of language.
EXABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits.
NANNA * n. 1 The mother of your father or mother. 2 (Norse mythology) Wife of Balder. 3 God of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin.
FASTENED * a. 1 Firmly closed or secured. 2 Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike. 3 Fastened with strings or cords.
FILATURE * n. A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread.
INQUIRING * --n. A request for information. --a. Given to inquiry.
CIRCUMNAVIGATE * v. Travel around, either by plane or ship.
TAIPEI * n. The capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan.
UNDRAWN * s. Not represented in a drawing.
WITNESS * --n. 1 Someone who sees an event and reports what happened. 2 A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). 3 Testimony by word or deed to your religious faith. 4 (law) A person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature. --v. 1 Be a witness to. 2 Perceive or be contemporaneous with.
TOLECTIN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin).
SQUARE-TOED * s. 1 Exaggeratedly proper. 2 Having a square toe.
EXODUS * n. 1 A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment. 2 The second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus.
BOVINE * --n. Any of various members of the genus Bos. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle). --s. Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox.
BEEPER * n. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
XXVII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one. --s. Being seven more than twenty.
STOMATITIS * n. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth.
PLUVIOSE * n. Fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month.
METATHERIA * n. Pouched animals.
RIAL * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils. 2 The basic unit of money in Oman. 3 The basic unit of money in Iran.
MOLLY * n. Popular aquarium fish.
OSSUARY * n. Any receptacle for the burial of human bones.
CARMICHAEL * n. United States songwriter (1899-1981).
OPULENT * s. Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality.
TILIACEAE * n. Chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia.
LACHAISE * n. United States sculptor (born in France) noted for his large nude figures (1882-1935).
NILE * n. The world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization.
OSCINES * n. Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds.
BRUMMIE * n. A native or resident of Birmingham, England.
CORNEUM * n. The outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off.
MENISCUS * n. 1 (anatomy) A disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint. 2 (optics) A lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other. 3 (physics) The curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube.
VAR * n. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
EXPEND * v. 1 Use up, consume fully. 2 Pay out.
FLASHPOINT * n. 1 Point at which something is ready to blow up. 2 A place of political unrest and potential violence. 3 The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air.
BETWEEN * r. 1 In the interval. 2 In between.
BIRDBRAIN * n. A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
HUMANENESS * n. The quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals).
MEMORIZER * n. A person who learns by rote.
AUNTY * n. The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle.
ALLAH * n. Muslim name for the one and only God.
CRUET * n. Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table.
HETEROPLOID * n. (genetics) An organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species.
KATAR * n. 1 An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil. 2 A peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf.
THEFT * n. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
PRATTLE * --n. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk. --v. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
BROWN-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with brown.
CHONDRIN * n. A substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water.
UNAPPRECIATIVE * s. Not feeling or expressing gratitude.
DEEP-FAT-FRY * v. Fry in deep fat.
MIDAZOLAM * n. An injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures.
NORTHEASTER * n. A storm blowing from the northeast.
BLUE-PENCIL * v. Cut or eliminate.
ASSERTIVE * a. Aggressively self-assured.
TH * n. 1 The fifth day of the week; the fourth working day. 2 A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands.
FLORICULTURE * n. The cultivation of flowering plants.
COPTIS * n. Small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers.
HOLONYMY * n. The semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts.
UNFEASIBLE * s. Not capable of being carried out or put into practice.
WELTERWEIGHT * n. 1 A weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase). 2 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds. 3 A wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds. 4 A professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds.
APPOSITE * s. Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence.
LEONTODON * n. Hawkbit.
NONCALORIC * a. Of food have no (or few) calories.
CENTRALIST * a. Advocating centralization.
UNBOLT * v. Undo the bolt of.
LIMERICK * n. 1 Port city in southwestern Ireland. 2 A humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba.
BUNDLE * --n. 1 A collection of things wrapped or boxed together. 2 A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. 3 A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit). --v. 1 Make into a bundle. 2 Gather or cause to gather into a cluster. 3 Compress into a wad. 4 Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed.
ENKI * n. Water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
REDDENED * s. 1 (especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. 2 Lighted with red light as if with flames.
TRAWL * --n. 1 A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys). 2 A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths. --v. Fish with trawlers.
AMOROUS * s. 1 Inclined toward or displaying love. 2 Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance.
CLIMBER * n. 1 A vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants. 2 Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior. 3 Someone who ascends on foot. 4 Someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains.
AMARANTHACEAE * n. Cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs.
MONOCYTOSIS * n. Increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia.
PERIANTH * n. Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils.
WONDERFULNESS * n. Admirable excellence.
SPILLER * n. 1 An attacker who sheds or spills blood. 2 A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
STIFFNESS * n. 1 The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend. 2 The property of moving with pain or difficulty. 3 Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action. 4 The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
REUSABLE * s. Capable of being used again.
SCOLLOP * --n. 1 Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces. 2 Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled. 3 Edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions. --v. 1 Form scallops in. 2 Fish for scallops. 3 Shape or cut in scallops.
PLAYSCRIPT * n. A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance.
ROTTENLY * r. In a terrible manner.
SURVIVOR * n. 1 One who lives through affliction. 2 One who outlives another. 3 An animal that survives in spite of adversity.
BOTTOMLESSNESS * n. The property of being very deep; without limit.
RECIDIVIST * n. 1 Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior). 2 Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
QUIP * --n. 1 A witty saying. 2 Witty remark. --v. Make jokes or quips.
ONCORHYNCHUS * n. Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon.
DRAVIDIAN * n. 1 A member of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of India. 2 A large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri Lanka.
UNCOUTH * s. Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.
DISCONCERTINGLY * r. In a disturbing or embarrassing manner.
ALTERCATE * v. Have a disagreement over something.
RUSTLE * --n. A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. --v. 1 Make a dry crackling sound. 2 Take illegally. 3 Forage food.
CORRODE * v. 1 Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. 2 Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.
CONTRAINDICATION * n. (medicine) A reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment.
LINGUICA * n. A highly seasoned Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions.
CRANIOLOGY * n. The scientific study of the skulls of various human races.
SATANIC * --s. Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell. --a. Of or relating to Satan.
RESCISSION * n. (law) The act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made.
UTENSIL * n. An implement for practical use (especially in a household).
SPILLANE * n. United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918).
INDUSTRY * n. 1 The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise. 2 The organized action of making of goods and services for sale. 3 Persevering determination to perform a task.
SINAPISM * n. A plaster containing powdered black mustard; applied to the skin as a counterirritant or rubefacient.
HYPERBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA * n. A genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age.
MOWN * a. (used of grass or vegetation) Cut down with a hand implement or machine.
ANTIREDEPOSITION * n. The process of preventing redeposition.
OPENHEARTED * s. 1 Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. 2 Freely communicative; candidly straightforward.
CALLIPYGOUS * s. Pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks.
CORKY * s. (of wine) Tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin.
GIRO * n. 1 A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office. 2 A British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so.
TASMAN * n. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659).
BORRELIA * n. Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.
CORNHUSKER * n. 1 A worker who husks corn. 2 A native or resident of Nebraska.
TRANSFORMATION * n. 1 A qualitative change. 2 (mathematics) A function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system. 3 A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure. 4 (genetics) Modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA.
CREPIS * n. Hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere.
HYACINTH * n. 1 A red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone. 2 Any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs.
BARELY * r. 1 Only a very short time before. 2 Almost not. 3 By a little.
CLARKSBURG * n. A city in northern West Virginia.
INTERTWINE * v. 1 Spin, wind, or twist together. 2 Make lacework by knotting or looping. 3 Make a loop in.
SKAW * n. A cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt.
BARBET * n. Small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings.
MYCOBACTERIUM * n. Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases.
GYPSUM * n. A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris).
WITNESSER * n. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened.
SPOTLESSLY * r. In a spotless manner.
PERINATOLOGY * n. The branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium.
OBVIATION * n. The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively.
SHAMANIST * a. Of or relating to shamanism.
EXHAUSTING * s. 1 Having a debilitating effect. 2 Producing exhaustion.
ELECTRUM * n. An alloy of gold and silver.
PARADISAL * s. Relating to or befitting Paradise.
SYNDROME * n. 1 A complex of concurrent things. 2 A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease.
PROCREATION * n. The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring.
AL-MUHAJIROUN * n. A hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups.
UNDERPASS * n. An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway.
TUATARA * n. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
WINEY * s. Having the taste of wine.
PEELING * n. Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
URSIDAE * n. Bears and extinct related forms.
WEDGE-SHAPED * --s. (of a leaf shape) Narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base. --a. Shaped like a wedge.
INHIBITED * a. Held back or restrained or prevented.
BIT * n. 1 A small piece or quantity of something. 2 A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. 3 An indefinitely short time. 4 An instance of some kind.
MONOTYPE * n. 1 (biology) A taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus). 2 The sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate. 3 A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters.
FLUORESCEIN * n. A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed).
FREELANCE * --n. A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. --v. Work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer. --a. Working for yourself. --s. Serving for wages in a foreign army.
PUSSLEY * n. Weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan.
MYCOBACTERIA * n. Rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases.
ROAM * v. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
CHASUBLE * n. A long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass.
HAEMATINIC * n. A medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood; used to treat iron-deficiency anemia.
TOPOGRAPHY * n. 1 The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features. 2 Precise detailed study of the surface features of a region.
REVIVIFY * v. Give new life or energy to.
FLASHING * n. 1 A short vivid experience. 2 Sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing.
VIDUA * n. Whydahs.
SOULLESSLY * r. In a soulless manner.
REFRACTORINESS * n. The trait of being unmanageable.
ASCARIS * n. Type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth.
TAUROTRAGUS * n. African antelopes: elands.
RAVENOUSNESS * n. Excessive desire to eat.
HERO-WORSHIP * v. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.
HART'S-TONGUE * n. 1 Tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya. 2 Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds.
LEGERDEMAIN * n. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
CHARLATAN * n. A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes.
RE-EMPHASISE * v. Emphasize anew.
HIZBALLAH * n. A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon.
SHAKING * n. 1 The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements. 2 A shaky motion.
REVOKABLE * a. Capable of being revoked or annulled.
QUIXOTIC * s. Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.
GUTENBERG * n. German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468).
PHYTOCHEMICAL * n. A chemical substance obtained from plants that is biologically active but not nutritive.
PAVIOR * n. A machine for laying pavement.
IMPRUDENTLY * r. In an imprudent manner.
ENLIVENER * n. An agent that gives or restores life or vigor.
ANABOLISM * n. The synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy.
HYSTRICIDAE * n. Old World porcupines.
AMPHIOXIDAE * n. Lancelets.
STEREOTYPE * --n. A conventional or formulaic conception or image. --v. Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype.
MM * n. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
THEREFOR * r. (in formal usage, especially legal usage) For that or for it.
1890S * n. The decade from 1890 to 1899.
CONCOCTION * n. 1 Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. 2 An occurrence of an unusual mixture. 3 The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose. 4 The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components.
ENTOURAGE * n. The group following and attending to some important person.
ACTINOPOD * n. Protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods.
NINKHARSAG * n. The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
PARAPLEGIC * --n. A person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down). --s. Suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord.
CAMEROON * n. 1 An inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast. 2 A republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960.
ORNAMENTAL * --n. Any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value. --s. Serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose.
SMYRNA * n. A port city in western Turkey.
INFUNDIBULUM * n. Any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk).
TEMPORALLY * r. With regard to temporal order.
ANCYLUS * n. Type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet.
ONE-HUNDRED-THOUSANDTH * n. One part in a hundred thousand equal parts.
OPPRESS * v. 1 Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. 2 Cause to suffer.
MERELY * r. And nothing more.
ANCHOR * --n. 1 A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving. 2 A central cohesive source of support and stability. 3 A television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute. --v. 1 Fix firmly and stably. 2 Secure a vessel with an anchor.
ZIEGLER * n. German chemist honored for his research on polymers (1898-1973).
NONOPENING * s. Not open; not opening.
DASTARDLY * s. Despicably cowardly.
GUY * --n. 1 An informal term for a youth or man. 2 An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day. 3 A cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent). --v. 1 Subject to laughter or ridicule. 2 Steady or support with a guy wire or cable.
MALAWIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Malawi. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Malawi or its people or culture.
TEMPORALTY * n. 1 The worldly possessions of a church. 2 In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
GENUS-MILVUS * n. A genus including the common European kits.
UNMOURNED * a. Not grieved for; causing no mourning.
ANTIQUATE * v. 1 Make obsolete or old-fashioned. 2 Give an antique appearance to.
HIRUNDO * n. Type genus of the Hirundinidae.
HOOKAH * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
CLASP * --n. 1 A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together. 2 The act of grasping. --v. 1 Hold firmly and tightly. 2 Fasten with or as if with a brooch. 3 Fasten with a buckle or buckles. 4 Grasp firmly.
SPACIOUS * s. 1 Very large in expanse or scope. 2 (of buildings and rooms) Having ample space.
MALARKEY * n. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
RABBITFISH * n. Large European chimaera.
UNDONE * s. 1 Not done. 2 Doomed to extinction. 3 Not fastened or tied or secured. 4 Thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence.
BIGNONIACEAE * n. Trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.
QUIETNESS * n. 1 The property of making no sound. 2 A state of peace and quiet.
VAGUELY * r. In a vague way.
LYGINOPTERIDALES * n. Fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns.
CONSEQUENTIALLY * r. Having consequence.
LACRIMATION * n. Shedding tears.
LEPTOSPORANGIATE * a. (of ferns) Having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
UNDERSURFACE * n. The lower side of anything.
ALLEVIATE * v. 1 Provide physical relief, as from pain. 2 Make easier.
SHTIK * n. 1 (Yiddish) A little; a piece. 2 (Yiddish) A contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention. 3 (Yiddish) A prank or piece of clowning. 4 (Yiddish) A devious trick; a bit of cheating.
HALF-MAST * n. A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress.
ROUNDHEAD * n. 1 A brachycephalic person. 2 A supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War.
U-BOAT * n. A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes.
TRAGIC * --s. Very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy.
DECIMALISATION * n. The act of changing to a decimal system.
NEBULOUSLY * r. In a nebulous and indefinite manner.
ADVERTIZE * v. 1 Make publicity for; try to sell (a product). 2 Call attention to.
TEAL * --n. 1 A blue-green color or pigment. 2 Any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America. --s. Of a bluish shade of green.
RUBINSTEIN * n. 1 United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982). 2 Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894).
COMPROMISING * --a. Making or willing to make concessions. --s. Vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion.
CURTIS * n. English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799).
TRIBESMAN * n. Someone who lives in a tribe.
ANEROID * --n. A barometer that measures pressure without using fluids. --a. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
UNIATE * --n. A member of the Uniat Church. --a. Of or relating to former Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law.
IMMOBILISE * v. 1 Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital. 2 To hold fast or prevent from moving. 3 Make defenseless. 4 Convert (assets) into fixed capital.
LINNEAN * a. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed.
PHRATRY * n. People descended from a common ancestor.
ANASPIDA * n. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
CHLORINATE * v. 1 Treat or combine with chlorine. 2 Disinfect with chlorine.
HONEYCREEPER * n. 1 Small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands. 2 Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar.
CERATE * n. A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.
GALA * n. A gay festivity.
BUFF-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with buff.
NEW-SPRUNG * s. Having just or recently arisen or come into existence.
ANASTOMOSE * v. 1 Come together or open into each other. 2 Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis.
UNSTRING * v. Remove the strings from.
RIGIDIFICATION * n. The process of becoming stiff or rigid.
GYBE * v. Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
FROLICSOMENESS * n. Lively high-spirited playfulness.
MASOUD * n. Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001).
SPEEDSKATER * n. An ice-skater who races competitively; usually around an oval course.
FAR-FETCHED * s. 1 (of an idea or story) So exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable. 2 (of a theory or explanation) Highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing.
EARSPLITTING * s. Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.
GOOSANDER * n. Common merganser of Europe and North America.
ETODOLAC * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
BREAKUP * n. 1 The termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations). 2 Coming apart.
ASPECT * n. 1 A distinct feature or element in a problem. 2 A characteristic to be considered. 3 The visual percept of a region. 4 The beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb.
AMELOGENESIS * n. The developmental process of forming tooth enamel.
QUIXOTICALLY * r. In a quixotic manner.
PARALITHODES * n. A genus of Lithodidae.
HEPBURN * n. United States film actress who appeared in many films with Spencer Tracy (1907-2003).
TARGET * --n. 1 A reference point to shoot at. 2 A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence. 3 The location of the target that is to be hit. 4 Sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at. --v. Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.
AEOLOTROPIC * s. Having properties with different values along different axes.
AIRING * n. 1 The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate. 2 A short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air. 3 The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air.
CANTHARELLUS * n. A well-known genus of fungus; has funnel-shaped fruiting body; includes the chanterelles.
INTRUDING * s. Projecting inward.
ENSUE * v. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.
TAPERED * s. Becoming gradually narrower.
IMPORT * --n. 1 Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country. 2 An imported person brought from a foreign country. 3 The message that is intended or expressed or signified. 4 A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred. --v. 1 Bring in from abroad. 2 Transfer (electronic data) into a database or document. 3 Indicate or signify.
CATHARISM * n. A Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition.
KING * n. 1 A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom. 2 A competitor who holds a preeminent position. 3 A very wealthy or powerful businessman. 4 Preeminence in a particular category or group or field.
HYPERTENSIN * n. Any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels.
AMMETER * n. A meter that measures the flow of electrical current in amperes.
WARRANTOR * n. One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another.
WAHABI * n. A member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam.
EXHORTATIVE * s. Giving strong encouragement.
ANTAGONISE * v. 1 Act in opposition to. 2 Provoke the hostility of.
VULTUROUS * s. Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
XYLOCOPA * n. Carpenter bees.
PROCESSOR * n. 1 A business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market. 2 Someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.). 3 (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
BEDAUBED * s. Ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion.
SUCCULENT * --n. A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs. --s. Tender and full of juice.
APPORTIONABLE * s. Capable of being distributed.
BINET * n. French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911).
DAYBED * n. 1 An armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night. 2 A long chair; for reclining.
AU * n. 1 A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia. 2 A unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers).
HOOSIER * n. A native or resident of Indiana.
CEASE-FIRE * n. A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms.
PLANTAR * a. Relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot.
CHINCAPIN * n. Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut.
NORMALIZE * v. 1 Become normal or return to its normal state. 2 Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard. 3 Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
INACTIVE * --s. 1 (chemistry) Not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert. 2 Not in physical motion. --a. 1 (pathology) Not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly. 2 (military) Not involved in military operations. 3 Not exerting influence or change. 4 (of e.g. volcanos) Not erupting and not extinct.
CANDLEPIN * n. A bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin.
SALT-CURED * s. (used especially of meats) Preserved in salt.
DEMULCENT * --n. A medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin. --s. Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin.
PREFACE * --n. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book. --v. Furnish with a preface or introduction.
FORKED * s. 1 Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches. 2 Having two meanings with intent to deceive.
NONACCEPTANCE * n. The act of refusing an offer.
THAMES * n. The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea.
EXASPERATION * n. 1 An exasperated feeling of annoyance. 2 Actions that cause great irritation (or even anger).
BLASTOCOEL * n. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.
PERIODONTIA * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth.
MALNOURISHMENT * n. Not having enough food to develop or function normally.
MAMMON * n. 1 Wealth regarded as an evil influence. 2 (New Testament) A personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit.
MAN * --n. 1 An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman). 2 Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force. 3 The generic use of the word to refer to any human being. 4 Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. --v. 1 Take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place. 2 Provide with workers.
DIGITARIA * n. Crab grass; finger grass.
CHOP * --n. 1 The irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide). 2 A small cut of meat including part of a rib. 3 A jaw. 4 A tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball. --v. 1 Cut into pieces. 2 Move suddenly. 3 Form or shape by chopping. 4 Strike sharply, as in some sports.
DECOROUS * --a. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct. --s. According with custom or propriety.
SCATTER * --n. 1 A haphazard distribution in all directions. 2 The act of scattering. --v. 1 To cause to separate and go in different directions. 2 Move away from each other. 3 Distribute loosely. 4 Sow by scattering.
RENOWN * n. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
LIFELIKE * s. 1 Evoking lifelike images within the mind. 2 Free from artificiality.
KOK-SAGHYZ * n. Perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content.
NEPHELIUM * n. A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia.
UNDERSEALED * s. (of motor vehicles) Having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside.
BARREL-SHAPED * s. Having the general shape of a barrel.
HIJAB * n. 1 A headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face. 2 The custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home.
SELLABLE * s. Fit to be offered for sale.
SHRIVELED * s. 1 (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture. 2 Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. 3 Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity.
BEHEADED * s. Having had the head cut off.
RELATIONAL * s. Having a relation or being related.
OOCYTE * n. A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions.
UNDERHUNG * s. 1 Supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above. 2 Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper.
NITWEED * n. Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers.
RAPIDITY * n. A rate that is rapid.
CROISSANT * n. Very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll.
DUDEEN * n. A clay pipe with a short stem.
ASARH * n. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
UNSIGNED * a. Lacking a signature.
EUPLECTELLA * n. A genus of Hyalospongiae.
DIONAEA * n. A genus of the family Droseraceae.
DEBUT * --n. 1 The act of beginning something new. 2 The presentation of a debutante in society. --v. 1 Present for the first time to the public. 2 Appear for the first time in public. 3 Make one's debut.
ATTESTOR * n. (law) A person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.
GENT * n. 1 Informal abbreviation of `gentleman'. 2 A boy or man. 3 Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry.
CONSISTENCE * n. 1 A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts. 2 The property of holding together and retaining its shape.
AMYLOIDOSIS * n. A disorder characterized by deposit of amyloid in organs or tissues; often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis or multiple myeloma.
DIAGONALISATION * n. Changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal).
BLINDSIDE * v. 1 Catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences. 2 Attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed.
DEDUCTIBLE * --n. 1 (taxes) An amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax). 2 A clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount. --a. Acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction).
PRESIDENTIAL * a. 1 Relating to a president or presidency. 2 Befitting a president.
SHIVAH * n. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
LIMBERS * n. A channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well.
PELOPONNESUS * n. The southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC.
ATTAINDER * n. Cancellation of civil rights.
TAILGATE * --n. A gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading. --v. Follow at a dangerously close distance.
DRUIDISM * n. The system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies.
MASSES * n. The common people generally.
BRIDGEWORK * n. A denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth.
CANOODLE * v. Fondle or pet affectionately.
BUCKSAW * n. A saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck.
FOGBOUND * s. Enveloped in fog.
CREDITWORTHY * s. Having an acceptable credit rating.
REASONABLENESS * n. 1 The state of having good sense and sound judgment. 2 Goodness of reason and judgment. 3 The property of being moderate in price or expenditures. 4 Moderation in expectations.
ADENOHYPOPHYSIS * n. The anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature.
ANACLISIS * n. (psychoanalysis) Relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure.
SPECIALISATION * n. 1 (biology) The structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function. 2 The act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose. 3 The special line of work you have adopted as your career.
KHAYA * n. African mahogany trees.
SECEDE * v. Withdraw from an organization or communion.
CAPTOPRIL * n. A drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.
UNSOURED * a. Not having turned bad.
SELF-SUFFICIENT * s. Able to provide for your own needs without help from others.
3D * n. 1 A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance. 2 Having a three-dimensional form or appearance.
PSEUDOCOCCUS * n. Type genus of the Pseudococcidae.
MUSER * n. A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
PALMALES * n. Coextensive with the family Palmae: palms.
RETREATED * n. People who have retreated.
SUPERINTEND * v. Watch and direct.
SCHMO * n. (Yiddish) A jerk.
RATTER * n. 1 A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.. 2 Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats.
ZOARCES * n. Type genus of the Zoarcidae.
COIGUE * n. Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching.
COST-PLUS * s. Determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit.
NULLIFIER * n. 1 An advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws. 2 An official who can invalidate or nullify.
ASTRADDLE * r. With one leg on each side.
CORINTHIAN * --n. 1 A man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure. 2 A resident of Corinth. --a. 1 Or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants.
MASTERFUL * s. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
BISONTINE * a. Relating to or characteristic of bison.
SPARTAN * --n. A resident of Sparta. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people. --s. 1 Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity. 2 Unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment. 3 Practicing great self-denial.
GUMMY * s. 1 Having the sticky properties of an adhesive. 2 Covered with adhesive gum.
PIGBOAT * n. A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes.
HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred seventy in counting order.
FUTURE-DAY * s. Yet to come.
DISENCHANTED * a. Freed from enchantment.
ENDOGENETIC * s. Of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth.
BAWDINESS * n. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
LISSOME * s. Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
AUSTRALASIA * n. Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring islands in the South Pacific.
ICONOCLASTIC * s. 1 Characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions. 2 Destructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited.
DEFERVESCE * v. Experience an abatement of a fever.
SUBURBANIZED * s. Surrounded by many suburbs.
OYSTER-FISH * n. A variety of toadfish.
OUTPORT * n. A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade).
BABY-WISE * r. Like a baby.
LOVELORN * s. Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love.
CHOROID * n. A highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye.
BLUBBERY * s. Swollen with fat.
WREAK * v. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
IMMINENCE * n. The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon.
STRANGLER * n. 1 An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree. 2 Someone who kills by strangling.
MERGUS * n. Mergansers.
CLIPPETY-CLOP * n. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.
FIPPLE * n. A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder).
TOLKIEN * n. British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973).
HEME * n. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
SHADFLY * n. Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
CARDAMON * n. 1 Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning. 2 Aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces.
HYDATID * n. Cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis).
DROWSING * s. Half asleep.
SOCIALITY * n. The tendency to associate with others and to form social groups.
NONVERBALLY * r. Without words.
SQUEEGEE * --n. T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows). --v. Wipe with a squeegee.
TEA * n. 1 A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water. 2 A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes. 3 A tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves. 4 A reception or party at which tea is served.
PROMINENCE * n. 1 The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent. 2 Relative importance. 3 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
SOCIALIST * --n. A political advocate of socialism. --a. Advocating or following the socialist principles.
BOOKSELLER * n. The proprietor of a bookstore.
MOODILY * r. In a moody manner.
86 * s. Being six more than eighty.
UINTATHERIIDAE * n. An extinct family of Dinocerata.
VERBALISM * n. 1 The communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions. 2 Overabundance of words.
CARBONIZATION * n. The destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens).
AFFRONT * --n. A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. --v. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely.
BEMUSEMENT * n. Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
G.I. * v. Clean in preparation for inspection.
SHOVE * --n. The act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something). --v. 1 Come into rough contact with while moving. 2 Push roughly. 3 Press or force.
YOGHOURT * n. A custard-like food made from curdled milk.
CRENATION * n. One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).
SANITISE * v. 1 Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing. 2 Make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features.
HEADHUNTER * n. 1 A recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations). 2 A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies.
REPORTAGE * n. The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television.
XXXIII * s. Being three more than thirty.
MIWOK * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Miwok.
CRACKSMAN * n. A thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents.
TIERCEL * n. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
HERRING * n. 1 Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled. 2 Commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.
STRAW-COLOURED * s. Having the color of dry straw.
INSIDIOUSLY * r. In a harmfully insidious manner.
SPHAERALCEA * n. Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows.
SHREVEPORT * n. A city in northwest Louisiana on the Red River near the Texas border.
TRISMUS * n. Prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles.
OBLIGING * s. Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.
MEGABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits.
NAIVENESS * n. Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
CIVIL * --s. 1 Applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military. 2 Of or in a condition of social order. --a. 1 Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others. 2 Of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state. 3 Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. 4 (of divisions of time) Legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life.
ZULU * n. 1 A member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities. 2 A community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa. 3 A Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa.
BLISTERING * --n. The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin. --s. 1 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 2 Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters. 3 Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed.
SPASTICITY * n. The quality of moving or acting in spasms.
SELECTIVE * s. 1 Tending to select; characterized by careful choice. 2 Characterized by very careful or fastidious selection.
MOORING * n. 1 A place where a craft can be made fast. 2 (nautical) A line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place.
HOFFMAN * n. 1 United States sculptor (1887-1966). 2 Versatile United States film actor (born in 1937).
VERTIGINOUS * s. Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling.
SEMISKILLED * s. Possessing or requiring limited skills.
VACUOUSNESS * n. Indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas.
VANDALIZE * v. Destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.
PARATROOPER * n. A soldier in the paratroops.
TEMPTINGLY * r. In a tempting seductive manner.
EVOLUTIONARY * a. Of or relating to or produced by evolution.
ANGRINESS * n. The state of being angry.
INSTILLATOR * n. Medical apparatus that puts a liquid into a cavity drop by drop.
REVITALISING * s. Tending to impart new life and vigor to.
INTELLIGIBLY * r. In an intelligible manner.
WAKE * --n. 1 The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event). 2 An island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. 3 The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward. 4 A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial. --v. 1 Be awake, be alert, be there. 2 Stop sleeping. 3 Arouse or excite feelings and passions. 4 Make aware of.
RATABILITY * n. 1 The state of being liable to assessment or taxation. 2 The quality of being capable of being rated or estimated.
WEATHERLINESS * n. (of a sailing vessel) The quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind).
BOLSHEVIK * --n. 1 Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. 2 A Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party. --a. Of or relating to Bolshevism.
REHEARSAL * n. 1 A practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert). 2 (psychology) A form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory.
CRAIGIE * n. English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966).
SABOTAGE * --n. A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. --v. Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
CATAFLAM * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam).
ROMULUS * n. (Roman mythology) Founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome.
BURSA * n. 1 A city in northwestern Turkey. 2 A small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints.
KYRGYZSTANI * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Kyrgyzstan or its people or culture.
CYANITE * n. A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory.
RIBALD * --n. A ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language. --s. Humorously vulgar.
POSIT * --n. (logic) A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. --v. 1 Put (something somewhere) firmly. 2 Put before. 3 Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom.
GRYLLIDAE * n. Crickets.
NEVADA * n. A state in the western United States.
NIN-SIN * n. Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.
MAUSOLEUM * n. A large burial chamber, usually above ground.
OWLISHLY * r. In an owlish manner.
MELANOGRAMMUS * n. Haddock.
BLEAKNESS * n. A bleak and desolate atmosphere.
SOLVABLE * s. Capable of being solved.
TIGHT-LACED * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
AULOSTOMUS * n. Type genus of the Aulostomidae.
ANTIMESON * n. The antiparticle of a meson.
PHANEROMANIA * n. An irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting).
INAUDIBLY * r. In an inaudible manner.
SHOSHONI * n. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.
BATFISH * n. Bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins.
TWO-TIMER * n. 1 Someone who deceives a lover or spouse by carrying on a sexual relationship with somebody else. 2 A person who says one thing and does another.
BIMANUAL * s. Requiring two hands or designed for two people.
WELL-EDUCATED * s. Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding.
VALSARTAN * n. An angiotensin II inhibitor that is used to treat high blood pressure.
TI * n. 1 A light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite. 2 Shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii. 3 The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization.
ROGUE * n. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
SABAH * n. One of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia; located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo.
TURNVEREIN * n. A club of tumblers or gymnasts.
BEFUDDLED * s. 1 Stupefied by alcoholic drink. 2 Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment. 3 Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
SYMBOLISATION * n. 1 The use of symbols to convey meaning. 2 Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible. 3 The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning.
9-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members.
MOBILE * --n. 1 A river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay. 2 A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay. 3 Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents. --s. 1 Migratory. 2 Having transportation available. 3 Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another. 4 Affording change (especially in social status). --a. Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place).
BESOTTED * s. Very drunk.
SHALLON * n. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries.
CLANKING * s. Having a hard nonresonant metallic sound.
LYSSA * n. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.
LAUDATOR * n. Someone who communicates high praise.
REPUGNANCE * n. 1 Intense aversion. 2 The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time.
SECRETION * n. 1 The organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance. 2 A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell.
AMISS * --s. Not functioning properly. --r. 1 Away from the correct or expected course. 2 In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner. 3 In an imperfect or faulty way.
THYMELAEACEAE * n. Family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa.
NATURALIZATION * n. 1 The quality of being brought into conformity with nature. 2 The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship. 3 The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous. 4 Changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology.
THYMUS * n. 1 Large genus of Old World mints: thyme. 2 A ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age.
SOAPBERRY * n. A tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin.
TOKENISH * s. Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal).
IMPAIRED * --a. Diminished in strength, quality, or utility. --s. Mentally or physically unfit.
KIESLOWSKI * n. Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996).
ROWEL * n. A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.
BONIFACE * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754). 2 The owner or manager of an inn.
EPHEMERIDA * n. Mayflies.
PUBLICIZED * a. Made known; especially made widely known.
LEPORIDE * n. Red breed of domestic rabbits; hybrid between Old World rabbit and hare.
SENATORSHIP * n. The office of senator.
LIONESS * n. A female lion.
HALOBACTER * n. Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats.
GROVE * n. 1 A small growth of trees without underbrush. 2 Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
FIFTY-NINE * s. Being nine more than fifty.
SUPERMARKETER * n. An operator of a supermarket.
USUAL * --a. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure. --s. Commonly encountered.
CONTEMPT * n. 1 Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. 2 A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. 3 Open disrespect for a person or thing. 4 A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body.
MIDDLING * --n. Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran). --s. Lacking exceptional quality or ability. --r. To certain extent or degree.
DIARRHEAL * s. Of or relating to diarrhea.
COMPETENCE * n. The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually.
STORYBOOK * n. A book containing a collection of stories (usually for children).
SOAKER * n. 1 A heavy rain. 2 A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
WASH. * n. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
SCIENCE * n. 1 A particular branch of scientific knowledge. 2 Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.
SPONDIAS * n. Tropical trees having one-seeded fruit.
BREADROOT * n. Densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots.
PYLON * n. 1 A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race. 2 A large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines.
SENSELESSLY * r. 1 In a meaningless and purposeless manner. 2 In an unreasonably senseless manner.
REGIMENTALLY * r. In a regimental manner or by regiments.
SOMEWHERE * --n. An indefinite or unknown location. --r. In or at or to some place.
GAM * n. A herd of whales.
MILLIMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
ANARCHY * n. A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
SEVERENESS * n. 1 Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. 2 Something hard to endure. 3 Extreme plainness. 4 Excessive sternness.
SIXTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of sixty-five in counting order.
FUZE * n. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.
CETRIMIDE * n. A cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant.
EXPIATIVE * a. Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.
WRITHE * v. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).
ADDUCTION * n. (physiology) Moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body.
SARAWAKIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Sarawak. --a. Of or relating to Sarawak or its people.
GYNECOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or practicing gynecology.
DEPILATOR * n. A cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair.
RHINENCEPHALON * n. A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior.
CHEMILUMINESCENT * a. Relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence.
TROTSKY * n. Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist who helped Lenin and built up the army; he was ousted from the Communist Party by Stalin and eventually assassinated in Mexico (1879-1940).
ASCAPHIDAE * n. Family of one species of frog: tailed frog.
ARBITRATION * n. 1 (law) The hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management). 2 The act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment.
FINALIZE * v. Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.
BIKE * --n. 1 A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame. 2 A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. --v. Ride a bicycle.
EXPORTING * n. The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country.
CANING * n. Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches).
UNCOMPLAININGLY * r. Without complaining.
INTERBREEDING * n. 1 (genetics) The act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids. 2 Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons).
IMPERMISSIBLY * r. Not permissibly.
STEPRELATIONSHIP * n. A family relationship by virtue of remarriage.
ANAPHALIS * n. A genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting.
CYTOARCHITECTURE * n. The cellular composition of a bodily structure.
INVENTIVELY * r. In an inventive manner.
TITIVATE * v. Make neat, smart, or trim.
UNRELENTINGLY * r. In a relentless manner.
MILOMETER * n. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
VIBRAHARP * n. A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound.
ANHIMA * n. Type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers.
COLUMBUS * n. 1 The state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University. 2 Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506). 3 A town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama. 4 A city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center.
LINEBACKER * n. 1 A defensive football player who takes a position close behind the linemen. 2 (American football) The position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage.
INCERTAIN * a. Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance.
SALTCELLAR * n. A small container for holding salt at the dining table.
REITERATION * n. The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof).
NEWSBREAK * n. A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story.
MARATTIALES * n. Lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae.
DONGLE * n. (computer science) An electronic device that must be attached to a computer in order for it to use protected software.
VAGINISMUS * n. Muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination.
SULCATE * a. Having deep narrow furrows or grooves.
TRENCHANCY * n. Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.
MAGELLAN * n. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521).
JAFFAR * n. Indonesian terrorist and Islamic militant who commands the Laskar Jihad; uses violence to achieve political ends (1965-2000).
PERIGEE * n. Periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth.
DIVAGATE * v. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking.
TYRANNIDAE * n. New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada.
SUDDENLY * r. 1 Happening unexpectedly. 2 Quickly and without warning. 3 On impulse; without premeditation.
UNNAVIGABLE * s. Incapable of being navigated.
KUOMINTANG * n. The political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan.
DOUBLE-DECKER * n. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.
OBSIDIAN * n. Acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces.
DIVULGENCE * n. The act of disclosing something that was secret or private.
MYTHOLOGICAL * s. Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.
STAYSAIL * n. A fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts).
PLUMATE * s. Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.
DIOECIOUS * a. Having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals.
APPLEJACK * n. Distilled from hard cider.
SOLENICHTHYES * n. Bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout.
EMPTY-HANDED * s. 1 Having acquired or gained nothing. 2 Carrying nothing in the hands.
THIRTY-SECOND * --n. One part in thirty-two equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order.
DOGGY * n. Informal terms for dogs.
CHAMPIONSHIP * n. 1 The status of being a champion. 2 A competition at which a champion is chosen. 3 The act of providing approval and support.
PISANOSAURUS * n. Primitive dinosaur found in Argentina.
GREEN-EYED * s. Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.
RET * v. Place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue.
ANTIMONIC * a. Relating to or derived from antimony.
WHOLESOME * --a. Conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being. --s. Sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind.
FILARIAL * a. Related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria.
ULTRASONICALLY * r. By ultrasonic means.
DOGGIE * n. Informal terms for dogs.
CLOUDED * s. 1 Made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance. 2 Filled or abounding with clouds. 3 Mentally disordered. 4 Unclear in form or expression.
DATEMARK * v. Mark with a date and place.
UNPASTEURIZED * a. Not having undergone pasteurization.
CONDITIONING * n. A learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment.
YULE * n. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
AMETHOPTERIN * n. Toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis.
MUSKRAT * n. 1 The brown fur of a muskrat. 2 Beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur.
QUADRIPARTITE * s. Involving four parties.
ITCHINESS * n. An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch.
ISOMETRICS * n. Muscle-building exercises (or a system of musclebuilding exercises) involving muscular contractions against resistance without movement (the muscles contracts but the length of the muscle does not change).
PHOTOGRAPHY * n. 1 The act of taking and printing photographs. 2 The process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces. 3 The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies.
UNBARRELED * a. Not in a barrel.
ELASTOMER * n. Any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed).
GRAZIER * n. A rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market.
ARARIBA * n. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
ACUATE * s. Ending in a sharp point.
CLIMB-DOWN * n. A retraction of a previously held position.
PRAENOMEN * n. The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome.
HEARTHRUG * n. A rug spread out in front of a fireplace.
SCRUBBY * s. 1 Sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush. 2 Inferior in size or quality.
HEARTBURNING * n. Intense resentment.
MUTATION * n. 1 (biology) An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration. 2 (genetics) Any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism. 3 A change or alteration in form or qualities.
FASTIGIATE * s. Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column).
SUDS * --n. 1 The froth produced by soaps or detergents. 2 A dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces). --v. 1 Wash in suds. 2 Make froth or foam and become bubbly.
SKIN-DIVER * n. An underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder.
ANGIOHEMOPHILIA * n. A form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding.
MUMBLING * n. 1 Indistinct enunciation. 2 Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth).
COLDHEARTEDNESS * n. An absence of concern for the welfare of others.
EMBEDDED * s. 1 Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass. 2 Inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole.
ANISEED * n. Liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors.
STRIVE * v. 1 Attempt by employing effort. 2 To exert much effort or energy.
NEWCOMB * n. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
AGREEABLE * --a. Conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature. --s. 1 In keeping. 2 Prepared to agree or consent.
PURPLISH-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with purple.
ANTHROPIC * a. Relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence.
UNSWEET * s. 1 (of champagne) Moderately dry. 2 Distasteful.
YELLOW * --n. Yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons. --v. Turn yellow. --s. 1 Of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk. 2 Easily frightened. 3 Changed to a yellowish color by age. 4 Typical of tabloids.
PENINSULAR * a. Of or forming or resembling a peninsula.
DORK * n. A dull stupid fatuous person.
SUBDIVIDER * n. Someone who divides parts into smaller parts (especially a divider of land into building sites).
STOWING * n. The act of packing or storing away.
MEANING * --n. 1 The message that is intended or expressed or signified. 2 The idea that is intended. --s. Rich in significance or implication.
IDENTIFIER * n. A symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it.
ENCAUSTIC * n. A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application.
UPPERMOST * --s. At or nearest to the top. --r. 1 In or into the most prominent position, as in the mind. 2 In or into the highest position.
ANISOGAMIC * a. Relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape).
GINGER-SCENTED * s. Smelling of ginger.
MODERATOR * n. 1 Any substance used to slow down neutrons in nuclear reactors. 2 In the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly. 3 Someone who presides over a forum or debate. 4 Someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence.
L'ENFANT * n. United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825).
GEOMORPHOLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms.
URSINIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers.
SHOTE * n. A young pig.
SUPPRESSER * n. 1 Someone who suppresses. 2 A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene). 3 An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents.
CHEEWINK * n. Common towhee of eastern North America.
MEZUZAH * n. Religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law.
AUTOGAMOUS * a. Characterized by or fit for autogamy.
EXTREMIST * --n. A person who holds extreme views. --s. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
BURSERACEAE * n. Resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees.
SUSPENSORY * n. A bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast).
THEREWITH * r. With that or this or it.
TOSK * n. The dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy.
GIRLHOOD * n. The childhood of a girl.
HOMONYM * n. Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings.
COUNTRIFIED * s. Characteristic of rural life.
SEMIVOWEL * n. A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.
COLIC * n. Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
MARSHAL * --n. 1 A law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law. 2 (in some countries) A military officer of highest rank. --v. 1 Place in proper rank. 2 Arrange in logical order. 3 Make ready for action or use. 4 Lead ceremoniously, as in a procession.
UMBRA * n. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
DECRIMINALIZATION * n. Legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal.
HYSTRICOMORPHA * n. An order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc..
AZO * a. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
SICCATIVE * n. A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture).
CHADIC * n. A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
SPEER * n. German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981).
VULCANIZATION * n. Process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them.
RADIOPACITY * n. Opacity to X-rays or other radiation.
TWO-BASER * n. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base.
CHUTNEY * n. A spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices.
RASPINGLY * r. In a harsh and grating manner.
ANCOHUMA * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high).
ANNOUNCE * v. 1 Make known; make an announcement. 2 Announce publicly or officially. 3 Give the names of. 4 Foreshadow or presage.
STATEWIDE * s. Occurring or extending throughout a state.
LEVISTICUM * n. Genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers.
HINDU * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India. 2 A person who adheres to Hinduism. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
LOUP-GAROU * n. A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again.
AGDESTIS * n. A genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates.
LEPISOSTEIDAE * n. Comprises the genus Lepisosteus.
BASOPHIL * n. A leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains.
VASECTOMISE * v. Remove the vas deferens.
CRYPTOLOGY * n. The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms.
GYROMITRA * n. Any fungus of the genus Gyromitra.
UNDRAPED * s. 1 Stripped of drapery. 2 Lacking drapery or draperies.
EDUCE * v. 1 Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). 2 Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.
TIMPANIST * n. A person who plays the kettledrums.
NIGHTSHIRT * n. Nightclothes worn by men.
TAKEOFF * n. 1 A departure; especially of airplanes. 2 The initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne. 3 A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. 4 Humorous or satirical mimicry.
PEGBOARD * n. A board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted.
CONCERN * --n. 1 Something that interests you because it is important or affects you. 2 An anxious feeling. 3 A feeling of sympathy for someone or something. 4 Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. --v. 1 Be relevant to. 2 Be on the mind of.
DIS * n. (Roman mythology) God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades.
CAT'S-PAW * n. 1 A person used by another to gain an end. 2 A hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked.
VICEREGAL * a. Of or relating to a viceroy.
WEIRD * --n. Fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters. --s. 1 Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences. 2 Strikingly odd or unusual.
VAPORIZED * s. Converted into a gas or vapor.
ZYGOPHYLLUM * n. Usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers.
RAJIDAE * n. Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates.
MALCOLMIA * n. Genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan.
GHQ * n. Military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces.
PALTRY * s. 1 Not worth considering. 2 Contemptibly small in amount.
SENSUAL * s. 1 Marked by the appetites and passions of the body. 2 Sexually exciting or gratifying.
WOLF-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a wolf.
MCCARTHY * n. 1 United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989). 2 United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957).
CECAL * a. Of or like a cecum.
TREADMILL * n. 1 An exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place. 2 A mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps. 3 A job involving drudgery and confinement.
BRISANCE * n. The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.
TUNISIA * n. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956.
EQUILIBRATE * v. 1 Bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium. 2 Bring into balance or equilibrium.
IRREMEDIABLE * a. Impossible to remedy or correct or redress.
TRANSGENDER * a. Involving a partial or full reversal of gender.
PASSERO * n. A naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719).
INDISCRIMINATE * --s. Failing to make or recognize distinctions. --a. Not marked by fine distinctions.
CHECKROW * v. Plant in checkrows.
ILLIBERALITY * n. A disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money.
LYCOSIDAE * n. Wolf spiders.
DEVIL-MAY-CARE * s. 1 Cheerfully irresponsible. 2 Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.
FAINTHEARTED * s. Lacking conviction or boldness or courage.
EULOGY * n. 1 A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently. 2 A formal expression of praise.
ORGANOPHOSPHATE * n. An insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system.
UNBEKNOWN * --s. (usually used with `to') Occurring or existing without the knowledge of. --r. Without someone's knowledge.
LARCH * n. 1 Wood of a larch tree. 2 Any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves.
HIT * --n. 1 (baseball) A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball). 2 The act of contacting one thing with another. 3 A conspicuous success. 4 (physics) A brief event in which two or more bodies come together. --v. 1 Cause to move by striking. 2 Hit against; come into sudden contact with. 3 Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument. 4 Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
TINDERBOX * n. 1 A dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence. 2 A box for holding tinder.
ANGIOTENSIN * n. Any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels.
AGONUS * n. Type genus of the Agonidae.
INSIPIDNESS * n. 1 Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest. 2 Lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property.
TENRECIDAE * n. Tenrecs and extinct related forms.
GEOSTATIONARY * s. Of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth.
POLYSYNTHETIC * s. Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning.
NAUGHTY * s. 1 Suggestive of sexual impropriety. 2 Badly behaved.
KHADDAR * n. A coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India.
DIMPLE * --n. 1 A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached. 2 Any slight depression in a surface. 3 A small natural hollow in the cheek or chin. --v. 1 Mark with, or as if with, dimples. 2 Produce dimples while smiling.
NORMOTHERMIA * n. Normal body temperature.
GRACILARIIDAE * n. Leaf miners.
REWORDING * n. Changing a particular word or phrase.
NYSTAGMUS * n. Involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders.
MAHJONG * n. Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles.
VOLTAIC * --n. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana. --a. Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action.
SHADOWER * n. A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements.
VAPOUROUSNESS * n. Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor.
CONSTERNATION * n. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
DIVARICATE * v. 1 Branch off. 2 Spread apart.
HONEYBELLS * n. African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs.
SERENDIPITOUS * s. Lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
NEGOTIATOR * n. Someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement).
ELIJAH * n. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC).
CARESSING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
PHONETICALLY * r. By phonetics.
CHAFE * --n. 1 Soreness and warmth caused by friction. 2 Anger produced by some annoying irritation. --v. 1 Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing. 2 Feel extreme irritation or anger. 3 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 4 Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading.
XEROTES * n. The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
THIRD * --n. 1 One of three equal parts of a divisible whole. 2 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate). 3 Following the second position in an ordering or series. 4 The musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it. --s. Coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position. --r. In the third place.
NEANDERTHAL * --n. Extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia. --s. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. --a. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man.
TOUT * --n. 1 Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit. 2 Someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way. 3 One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack). --v. 1 Advertize in strongly positive terms. 2 Show off.
CLASSMATE * n. An acquaintance that you go to school with.
MUSACEAE * n. Treelike tropical Asian herbs.
HAPHTORAH * n. A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah.
LILIACEAE * n. Includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae.
SUBORNATION * n. 1 Underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful. 2 Perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give.
IMMORTALIZE * v. 1 Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event. 2 Make famous forever.
NELSON * n. 1 English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805). 2 Any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck.
SACEUR * n. Commanding officer of ACE; NATO's senior military commander in Europe.
OLIGO * n. (biochemistry) A polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides.
SERIATIM * r. In a series; point by point.
HALFBACK * n. 1 (football) The running back who plays the offensive halfback position. 2 (American football) An offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback.
ARTERIOLE * n. One of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries.
PHENOLPHTHALEIN * n. A laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8.
ETHNOLOGY * n. The branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics.
CAULOPHYLLUM * n. Blue cohosh.
SIDELONG * --s. 1 (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy. 2 Situated at or extending to the side. 3 Inclining or directed to one side. --r. 1 On the side. 2 With the side toward someone or something. 3 To, toward or at one side.
ABALONE * n. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
NOT * r. Negation of a word or group of words.
GLYCOGENESIS * n. 1 The formation in animals of glycogen from glucose. 2 The conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand.
BREATHALYSE * v. Test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer.
SWORDLIKE * s. Shaped like a sword blade.
TICKLER * n. A file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done.
FINGERPAINT * n. Paint that has the consistency of jelly.
POWER-DRIVEN * s. Powered by a motor.
CAPRICIOUSLY * r. 1 Unpredictably. 2 In a capricious manner.
CAPELLA * n. 1 The brightest star in Auriga. 2 Snipes.
KILROY * n. A nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II.
IMPROVIDENTLY * r. In an improvident manner.
NEUROMOTOR * s. Relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors.
FRAPPE * n. 1 Liqueur poured over shaved ice. 2 Thick milkshake containing ice cream. 3 A frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk).
METONYMICALLY * r. In a metonymic manner.
UNCOUNTED * s. Too numerous to be counted.
SURVEYOR * n. 1 An engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures. 2 Someone who conducts a statistical survey.
CITOLE * n. A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
AGRARIAN * s. Relating to farming or agriculture.
KOVNO * n. A city in central Lithuania.
KNOSSOS * n. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
MEAGRELY * r. To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
FICKLE * s. 1 Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments. 2 Liable to sudden unpredictable change.
PSYCHOLOGY * n. The science of mental life.
PLAYLET * n. A short play.
RETALIATORY * s. Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.
OUTRE * s. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
QURAN * n. The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina.
MARCIANO * n. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969).
MARANTACEAE * n. Tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes.
NEEDLEWOMAN * n. Someone who makes or mends dresses.
FOURFOLD * --s. 1 Four times as great or many. 2 Having four units or components. --r. By a factor of four.
MONOLITH * n. A single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk).
DEBUGGER * n. A program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors.
CARCASE * n. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
POLYPLACOPHORE * n. Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.
SAYONARA * n. A farewell remark.
SCHLIEMANN * n. German archaeologist who discovered nine superimposed city sites of Troy; he also excavated Mycenae (1822-1890).
JUNTA * n. A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power.
DEFEATIST * n. Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions.
PLENUM * n. 1 A meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present. 2 An enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside.
IRRITABLE * s. 1 Easily irritated or annoyed. 2 Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus. 3 Capable of responding to stimuli.
VULCAN * n. (Roman mythology) God of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus.
SERUM * n. An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates.
SOFTISH * s. Somewhat soft.
TYROLEAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of the Tyrol. 2 Soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people.
MONSTROSITY * n. 1 A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. 2 Something hideous or frightful.
RUFFLE * --n. 1 A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim. 2 A high tight collar. 3 A noisy fight. --v. 1 Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. 2 Trouble or vex. 3 To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. 4 Discompose.
TUCANA * n. A large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud.
SYMBOLIST * n. 1 A member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols. 2 Someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols.
UNPLEASING * s. Unpleasant or disagreeable to the senses.
VONNEGUT * n. United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922).
UNHEEDED * s. Disregarded.
SLOW-WITTEDNESS * n. The quality of being mentally slow and limited.
JOPLIN * n. 1 United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970). 2 United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917).
FOLLOW-ON * n. An immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings.
MANGLIETIA * n. A genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China.
CLUMSINESS * n. 1 Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. 2 The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant. 3 The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
HUMANIZATION * n. The act of making more human.
MANDELBROT * n. French mathematician (born in Poland) noted for inventing fractals (born in 1924).
FLORICULTURAL * a. Of or relating to or involving floriculture.
DVD * n. A digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set.
SLEEPINESS * n. A very sleepy state.
NONTAXABLE * a. (of goods or funds) Not subject to taxation.
UUT * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
TAPA * n. 1 The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus. 2 A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.
JUNIOR * --n. 1 Term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male. 2 A third-year undergraduate. 3 The younger of two persons. 4 A son who has the same first name as his father. --a. Younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service. --s. 1 Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college. 2 Including or intended for youthful persons.
MILD-TASTING * s. Having a mild taste.
AUTHORITARIAN * --n. A person who behaves in a tyrannical manner. --s. 1 Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. 2 Expecting unquestioning obedience.
UNFASTENED * a. 1 Not closed or secured. 2 Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed. 3 Not buttoned. 4 Not tied.
PUNILY * r. In a puny manner.
ATHEISTICAL * --a. Related to or characterized by or given to atheism. --s. Rejecting any belief in gods.
THROMBOPENIA * n. A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood.
PICUMNUS * n. A genus of Picidae.
TRADESCANTIA * n. Spiderworts.
DELPHIC * --a. Of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi. --s. Obscurely prophetic.
HAEMOGENESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
GLADLY * r. In a willing manner.
PS * n. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
REGULARIZATION * n. 1 The condition of having been made regular (or more regular). 2 The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular.
REGROUP * v. 1 Organize anew, as after a setback. 2 Reorganize into new groups.
BREADWINNER * n. One whose earnings are the primary source of support for their dependents.
HOARFROST * n. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
TICINO * n. An Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland.
NORLUTIN * n. A synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis.
UNHOPED-FOR * s. So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
ANDROGYNY * n. Showing characteristics of both sexes.
BROKEN-FIELD * s. Varying in direction suddenly and frequently.
SULK * --n. A mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal. --v. Be in a huff and display one's displeasure.
RHIZOPODA * n. Creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers.
MILITARISE * v. 1 Lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force. 2 Adopt for military use.
PITIFULLY * r. To a pitiful degree.
MS * n. 1 A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers. 2 A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. 3 A master's degree in science. 4 The form of a literary work submitted for publication.
TAMPERE * n. An industrial city in south central Finland.
MANICOTTI * n. Large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce.
NEEDY * --n. Needy people collectively. --s. 1 Poor enough to need help from others. 2 Demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree.
MISINFORMATION * n. Information that is incorrect.
MUSLIM * --n. A believer in or follower of Islam. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
LIPOPHILIC * s. Having an affinity for lipids.
ECHOGRAPHY * n. Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs.
SPIRITED * --a. Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness. --s. 1 Marked by lively action. 2 Willing to face danger. 3 Made lively or spirited.
STOCKER * n. A domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment.
TAUTEN * v. 1 Become taut or tauter. 2 Make taut or tauter.
MANUMISSION * n. The formal act of freeing from slavery.
DOG * --n. 1 A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds. 2 A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman. 3 Informal term for a man. 4 Someone who is morally reprehensible. --v. Go after with the intent to catch.
LOUISIANAN * n. A native or resident of Louisiana.
HUBBLE-BUBBLE * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
EUCARYOTIC * a. Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei.
SURPRISE * --n. 1 The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you. 2 A sudden unexpected event. 3 The act of surprising someone. --v. 1 Cause to be surprised. 2 Come upon or take unawares. 3 Attack by storm; attack suddenly.
FEASIBLY * r. In a practicable manner; so as to be feasible.
ANTARES * n. The brightest star in Scorpius.
XX * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one. 2 (genetics) Normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.
PISANOSAUR * n. Primitive dinosaur found in Argentina.
CANALISATION * n. 1 The production of a canal or a conversion to canals. 2 Management through specified channels of communication.
UNATTRACTIVE * --a. Lacking beauty or charm. --s. 1 Lacking power to arouse interest. 2 Not appealing to the senses.
PAIWANIC * n. A Formosan language.
HOMILETICAL * a. 1 Of the nature of a homily or sermon. 2 Of or relating to homiletics.
NAMING * --n. 1 The verbal act of naming. 2 The act of putting a person into a non-elective position. --s. Inclined to or serving for the giving of names.
UNEXPLAINED * s. 1 Not explained. 2 Having the reason or cause not made clear.
UNDERCHARGE * --n. 1 A price that is too low. 2 An insufficient charge. --v. Charge (someone) too little money.
SEEDCAKE * n. A sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon.
COVERTLY * r. In a covert manner.
TWEE * s. Affectedly dainty or refined.
TYMPANITIS * n. Inflammation of the inner ear.
PHOSPHORESCENT * s. Emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous.
HEADLAMP * n. A powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive.
KINDRED * --n. Group of people related by blood or marriage. --s. 1 Similar in quality or character. 2 Related by blood or marriage.
BLACKNESS * n. 1 The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). 2 Total absence of light.
ERICACEAE * n. Heathers.
MEATBALL * n. Ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth.
4 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. --s. Being one more than three.
CRITICALNESS * n. A state of critical urgency.
MACHETE * n. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
OPHTHALMITIS * n. Severe conjunctivitis.
ENBREL * n. A genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF; it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
BARRELFUL * n. The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold.
PHOTOPHOBIA * n. 1 A morbid fear of light. 2 Pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism).
CHAGGA * n. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania.
ENIWETOK * n. 1 An atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs. 2 World War II (February 1944); American infantry landed and captured a Japanese stronghold.
ALBIZIA * n. Any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia.
CYCLOPEAN * a. Of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops.
ABLS * n. A bachelor's degree in library science.
RUDDER-LIKE * s. Formed like and serving like a rudder.
WILLIES * n. Feelings of uneasiness.
FILTHY * s. 1 Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. 2 Vile; despicable. 3 Characterized by obscenity.
GREYISH * s. Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.
STAYER * n. A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance.
CROATIA * n. A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991.
PROTOHIPPUS * n. Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size.
FLOUNDER * --n. 1 Flesh of any of various American and European flatfish. 2 Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish. --v. 1 Walk with great difficulty. 2 Behave awkwardly; have difficulties.
TERRIBLE * s. 1 Causing fear or dread or terror. 2 Exceptionally bad or displeasing. 3 Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. 4 Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.
HURRIDLY * r. On the run or in a hurry.
PENTAGRAM * n. A star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon.
THINNING * n. The act of diluting something.
DEALING * n. 1 Method or manner of conduct in relation to others. 2 The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities).
POETICS * n. Study of poetic works.
FUNNILY * r. In a strange manner.
UNPREDICTABLY * r. In an erratic unpredictable manner.
AGNATHAN * n. Eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
OUTLOOK * n. 1 A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations. 2 Belief about (or mental picture of) the future. 3 The act of looking out.
PIGGISH * s. Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
ACCOUTRED * s. Provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military).
THERAPSIDA * n. Extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic.
CATECHU * n. 1 Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally. 2 East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu.
DISCORPORATE * s. Not having a material body.
SALIVARY * a. Of or relating to saliva.
WOLFE * n. 1 United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931). 2 United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938).
GIRTH * --n. 1 The distance around a person's body. 2 Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place. --v. Tie a cinch around.
SLAUGHTERER * n. A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market.
TRANSCENDENTALISM * n. Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material.
HEMATINIC * n. A medicine that increases the hemoglobin content of the blood; used to treat iron-deficiency anemia.
OXCART * n. A cart that is drawn by an ox.
MANNISH * s. 1 Resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman. 2 Characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman.
ALARM * --n. 1 Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. 2 A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. 3 An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. 4 A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time. --v. 1 Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. 2 Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
CECROPIACEAE * n. In some classifications included in family Moraceae.
CAECUM * n. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
KEROSENE * n. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.
TORTE * n. Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria.
PROCIPHILUS * n. A genus of Aphididae.
WANTED * --a. Desired or wished for or sought. --s. Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.
TOYING * n. Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
UNAFFECTIONATE * s. Lacking affection or warm feeling.
MONOGYNIST * n. Someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time).
MARASMUS * n. Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders.
STRAITJACKET * n. 1 Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines. 2 A garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person.
BRIDGEABLE * a. Capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge.
SEVENTY * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven. --s. Being ten more than sixty.
TIGERS * n. A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel.
HISTRION * n. A theatrical performer.
GIP * --n. (sometimes offensive) An act of swindling or cheating. --v. (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
NAURUAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Nauru. --a. Of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents.
THANKFULNESS * n. Warm friendly feelings of gratitude.
EVASIVE * s. 1 Deliberately vague or ambiguous. 2 Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire.
EXPLANANDUM * n. (logic) A statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained.
WHITECAP * n. A wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white.
SENHOR * n. A Portuguese title of respect; equivalent to English `Mr'.
ENGENDER * v. 1 Call forth. 2 Make (offspring) by reproduction.
DECANTER * n. A bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water.
CLOMID * n. A fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births.
CALAIS * n. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558.
PLACIDLY * r. 1 In a quiet and tranquil manner. 2 In a placid and good-natured manner.
OENOLOGIST * n. A specialist in wine making.
COMA * n. 1 A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury. 2 (botany) A usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds). 3 (astronomy) The luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed.
ALLOSAURUS * n. Late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus.
PRESSMAN * n. 1 Someone whose occupation is printing. 2 A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media.
DINESEN * n. Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962).
ABOMINATION * n. 1 A person who is loathsome or disgusting. 2 Hate coupled with disgust. 3 An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence.
OFFSIDE * --n. (sport) The mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.). --a. Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck. --r. Illegally in advance of the ball or puck.
STEMMATOLOGY * n. The humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis).
PATRIOTICALLY * r. In a patriotic manner.
TASTINESS * n. A pleasing palatability.
DEPRESSOR * n. 1 Any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down. 2 Any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves. 3 A device used by physician to press a part down or aside.
THERMOTROPISM * n. An orienting response to warmth.
XYLEM * n. The woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels.
JEDDAH * n. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca.
STOCKPILE * --n. 1 Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. 2 A storage pile accumulated for future use. --v. Have on hand.
ADMIRED * s. Regarded with admiration.
STRAYING * s. Unable to find your way.
DIPLOMACY * n. 1 Negotiation between nations. 2 Subtly skillful handling of a situation. 3 Wisdom in the management of public affairs.
FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVE * s. Not accepting reservations.
INTRACELLULAR * a. Located or occurring within a cell or cells.
OLD-MAIDISH * s. Primly fastidious.
HANDICAPPER * n. Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race).
SABIN * n. 1 A unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound. 2 United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis (born 1906).
UNGREGARIOUS * --a. 1 (of plants) Growing together in groups that are not close together. 2 (of animals) Not gregarious. --s. Not disposed to seek company.
TINE * n. Prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler.
ASCETIC * --n. Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline. --a. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline. --s. Practicing great self-denial.
INFLECTIONAL * a. Characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions.
USUFRUCTUARY * --n. Someone who holds property by usufruct. --a. Of or relating to the nature of a usufruct.
PHANTASMA * n. 1 A ghostly appearing figure. 2 Something existing in perception only.
AILURUS * n. Lesser pandas.
BLIGHTER * n. 1 A persistently annoying person. 2 A boy or man.
MUJAHID * n. A Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad.
PERCEPT * n. The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept.
KHOWAR * n. A Dardic language spoken in northwestern Pakistan.
WHIFFLETREE * n. A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling.
BONELESS * a. Being without a bone or bones.
LIVELIHOOD * n. The financial means whereby one lives.
IVORYBILL * n. Large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct.
CULTIVATION * n. 1 Socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners. 2 (agriculture) Production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale). 3 A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. 4 The process of fostering the growth of something.
GARGLE * --n. 1 A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth. 2 The sound produced while gargling. --v. 1 Utter with gargling or burbling sounds. 2 Rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash.
SALIVATE * v. 1 Produce saliva. 2 Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something.
SUGGESTER * n. Someone who advances a suggestion or proposal.
UNMEDICATIVE * s. Not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed.
SCALABLE * a. Capable of being scaled; possible to scale.
PRAISING * s. Full of or giving praise.
POETIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to poetry. 2 Of or relating to poets. --s. 1 Characterized by romantic imagery. 2 Characteristic of or befitting poetry.
MAYAKOVSKI * n. Soviet poet; leader of Russian futurism (1893-1930).
PLAYSCHOOL * n. A small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions.
APPLETON * n. 1 English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966). 2 A town in eastern Wisconsin.
MONEYMAKER * n. 1 Someone who is successful in accumulating wealth. 2 A project that generates a continuous flow of money.
UNION * --n. 1 An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. 2 The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). 3 The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. 4 The state of being joined or united or linked. --s. Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. --a. Of trade unions.
UNABASHEDLY * r. In an unabashed manner.
RABIDLY * r. 1 In an extreme or fanatical manner. 2 In the manner of an animal with rabies.
FDR * n. 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945).
ANTONIUS * n. Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC).
SIDEWISE * r. 1 Toward one side. 2 With one side forward or to the front. 3 From the side; obliquely.
DRUMLIN * n. A mound of glacial drift.
ROLLERBLADING * n. Skating using Rollerblades.
MOSCHUS * n. Musk deer.
PUDGINESS * n. The property of having a plump and round body.
PEAR * n. 1 Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties. 2 Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties.
ATLANTIS * n. According to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake.
HUNGRINESS * n. 1 A physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation. 2 Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. 3 Strong desire for something (not food or drink).
HEREABOUTS * r. In this general vicinity.
BACKBITER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
DIGITALIZATION * n. The administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders.
LENIENTLY * r. In a permissively lenient manner.
HEARTBROKEN * s. Full of sorrow.
WOODWORK * n. 1 Work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture. 2 The craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood.
PHALSA * n. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
UNDEMOCRATICALLY * r. In an undemocratic manner.
ADEN * n. An important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times.
PALOMETA * n. Smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies.
TAKEDOWN * n. 1 (amateur wrestling) Being brought to the mat from a standing position. 2 A crushing remark.
TRANSPOSED * s. Turned about in order or relation.
JANSEN * n. A Dutch Roman Catholic theologian (1585-1638).
NEUTRALISED * s. Made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics.
CAMPSITE * n. A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent.
TRANSAMINASE * n. A class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound).
AVATAR * n. 1 A new personification of a familiar idea. 2 The manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form.
PERM * --n. 1 A city in the European part of Russia. 2 A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals. --v. Give a permanent wave to.
EGOTISTICALLY * r. In an egotistical manner.
VERTIGO * n. A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall.
SANSEVIERIA * n. Grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber.
LOQUACIOUS * s. Full of trivial conversation.
CYCLOSORUS * n. Small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere.
MITCHELLA * n. Creeping evergreen herbs of North America.
SYLPH * n. 1 A slender graceful young woman. 2 An elemental being believed to inhabit the air.
GODFATHER * n. 1 Any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism. 2 Someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild.
DIAGRAM * --n. A drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts. --v. Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
EXIGUOUS * s. Extremely scanty.
SUMMERCATERS * n. (Maine colloquial) Temporary summer residents of coastal Maine.
DISSYLLABLE * n. A word having two syllables.
DOWNMARKET * a. Designed for low-income consumers.
MONOCLINIC * a. Having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection.
GABUN * n. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
DISPATCH * --n. 1 An official report (usually sent in haste). 2 The act of sending off something. 3 The property of being prompt and efficient. 4 Killing a person or animal. --v. 1 Send away towards a designated goal. 2 Complete or carry out. 3 Kill intentionally and with premeditation. 4 Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently.
DAMASCUS * n. An ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus.
URSUS * n. Type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears.
INSTRUCTIONAL * a. Of or relating to or used in instruction.
TUNE * --n. 1 A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. 2 The property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch. 3 The adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency. --v. 1 Adjust for (better) functioning. 2 Adjust the pitches of (musical instruments).
PHOTOGRAVURE * n. 1 Printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods. 2 An intaglio print produced by gravure. 3 Using photography to produce a plate for printing.
GOOSY * s. Having or revealing stupidity.
ANTIGONUS * n. A general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC).
CONVENT * n. 1 A religious residence especially for nuns. 2 A community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together.
NARROW-MINDEDLY * r. In a narrow-minded manner.
BYPLAY * n. Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect.
MUCKHEAP * n. A heap of dung or refuse.
GILBERT * n. 1 A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. 2 A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911). 3 English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603). 4 English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583).
TOREADOR * n. Someone who fights bulls.
SPRING-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the spring.
HOMOGENIZED * s. 1 Formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance. 2 Made homogeneous.
EVENSONG * n. 1 The sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays. 2 (Anglican Church) A daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer.
MESSUAGE * n. (law) A dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household.
HARPO * n. United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964).
PRUDE * n. A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.
NECESSARILY * r. 1 In an essential manner. 2 In such a manner as could not be otherwise. 3 As a highly likely consequence.
COUNTERTERROR * a. Intended to prevent terrorism.
COCCINELLIDAE * n. The ladybugs.
GENETICISM * n. The belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically.
LEPANTO * n. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
TENACIOUSNESS * n. Persistent determination.
STYLISE * v. Represent according to a conventional style.
WUHAN * n. A city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China.
DANGEROUSNESS * n. The quality of not being safe.
MACHIAVELLIAN * --n. A follower of Machiavelli's principles. --a. Of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended.
UNLIKABLE * --a. (of characters in literature or drama) Tending to evoke antipathetic feelings. --s. Difficult or impossible to like.
REVENGE * --n. Action taken in return for an injury or offense. --v. Take revenge for a perceived wrong.
CHLORENCHYMA * n. Parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts.
ESOPHAGITIS * n. Inflammation of the esophagus; often caused by gastroesophageal reflux.
MBUNDU * n. An ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola.
UNPROVOKING * a. Not provocative.
DORSOVENTRALLY * r. In a dorsoventral direction.
CRETE * n. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC.
IDEOGRAPHICALLY * r. In an idiographic manner.
VIREONIDAE * n. Small insectivorous American songbirds.
CASANOVA * n. 1 An Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798). 2 Any man noted for his amorous adventures.
FACELIFT * n. 1 Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised. 2 A renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes.
LUCANIA * n. A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot').
FREEWAY * n. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
COIFFEUSE * n. A woman hairdresser.
DISTORT * v. 1 Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. 2 Form into a spiral shape. 3 Twist and press out of shape. 4 Affect as in thought or feeling.
DIAGNOSABLE * s. Capable of being diagnosed.
IRREPROACHABLY * r. In an irreproachable and blameless manner.
ODETS * n. United States playwright (1906-1963).
BREAST * --n. 1 The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen. 2 Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman. 3 Meat carved from the breast of a fowl. 4 The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest. --v. 1 Meet at breast level. 2 Reach the summit (of a mountain). 3 Confront bodily.
ETHOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats.
MELANITTA * n. Scoters.
NC * n. A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies.
AMINOMETHANE * n. A methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical.
REYES * n. Chilean poet (1904-1973).
TRUNCOCOLUMELLA * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Rhizopogonaceae.
NONMOVING * a. Not in motion.
PRIZE * --n. 1 Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery. 2 Goods or money obtained illegally. 3 Something given as a token of victory. --v. 1 Hold dear. 2 To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open. 3 Regard highly; think much of. --s. Of superior grade.
CONCISE * a. Expressing much in few words.
TYCOON * n. A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
CPR * n. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen.
BUCKETFUL * n. The quantity contained in a bucket.
BOOKMAN * n. A learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines.
SKYCAP * n. A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at an airport.
GYMNOPILUS * n. A genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit.
APPOSABLE * a. Capable of being placed opposite to something.
KNUCKLES * n. (used in the plural) A small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand.
APOLOGETICS * n. The branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines.
EQUILIBRISE * v. Bring into balance or equilibrium.
ICEFALL * n. A steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall.
HEREINBEFORE * r. In the preceding part of the current text.
EXTRADOS * n. The exterior curve of an arch.
DEFOREST * v. Remove the trees from.
FAINTNESS * n. 1 A feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon. 2 The property of being without strength. 3 Barely audible. 4 The trait of lacking boldness and courage.
EXTRACTION * n. 1 The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means. 2 Properties attributable to your ancestry. 3 The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force).
NYMPHALIS * n. Type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies.
AXIL * n. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
FAX * --n. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio. --v. Send something via a facsimile machine.
GOOF-OFF * n. An idle worthless person.
GUDGEON * n. 1 Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker. 2 Small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers.
FAITH * n. 1 A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. 2 Complete confidence in a person or plan etc. 3 An institution to express belief in a divine power. 4 Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person.
CHANNEL * --n. 1 A path over which electrical signals can pass. 2 A passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through. 3 A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). 4 A deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels. --v. 1 Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. 2 Direct the flow of. 3 Send from one person or place to another.
DISTRIBUTIVELY * r. 1 As individuals or as separate units (not collectively). 2 In a distributive manner.
LYMPHADENITIS * n. Inflammation of lymph nodes.
PATIO * n. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
GEOCENTRIC * a. Having the earth as the center.
PUL * n. 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan.
INTERSCHOOL * s. Used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools.
CEBUS * n. Type genus of the Cebidae.
FURNISHED * a. Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority).
SENSITISATION * n. 1 The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen). 2 (psychology) The process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations). 3 Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections.
ALGOMETRICAL * a. Of or related to algometry.
PREVIOUSLY * r. At an earlier time or formerly.
CLEARWAY * n. A road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown).
REPUDIATION * n. 1 Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. 2 Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities). 3 The exposure of falseness or pretensions.
NUTMEG * n. 1 East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace. 2 Hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree used as spice when grated or ground.
DJ * --n. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music. --v. Comment on music to be played.
STILL * --n. 1 A static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes). 2 (poetic) Tranquil silence. 3 An apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed. 4 A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation. --v. 1 Make calm or still. 2 Cause to be quiet or not talk. 3 Lessen the intensity of or calm. 4 Make motionless. --s. 1 Not in physical motion. 2 Marked by absence of sound. 3 (of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves. 4 Free from noticeable current. --a. 1 Used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion. 2 Not sparkling. --r. 1 With reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation. 2 Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession). 3 To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons. 4 Without moving or making a sound.
ARCHAEAN * s. Of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon.
FORSWEAR * v. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.
TYRO * n. Someone new to a field or activity.
COLLATE * v. 1 Compare critically; of texts. 2 To assemble in proper sequence.
BANDSTAND * n. A platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air.
COMMERCE * n. 1 Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). 2 The United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913. 3 Social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc..
UNCOUPLED * s. Having the coupling undone.
LIBERALIST * n. A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties.
BIPED * --n. An animal with two feet. --a. Having two feet.
BULNESIA * n. Palo santo.
HEXANCHIDAE * n. Primitive sharks.
H-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter H.
PRESCRIPTION * --n. 1 Directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions. 2 A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist. 3 Written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person. 4 Written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient. --a. Available only with a doctor's written prescription.
PARTITION * --n. 1 A vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another). 2 (computer science) The part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit. 3 (anatomy) A structure that separates areas in an organism. 4 The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. --v. 1 Divide into parts, pieces, or sections. 2 Separate or apportion into sections.
SACKING * n. 1 Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks. 2 The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
ANTIAPARTHEID * a. Opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa.
MYRINGOPLASTY * n. Surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft.
UNQUENCHABLE * s. Impossible to quench.
BRIDGED-T * n. A circuit consisting of a T-network with an additional shunt bridging the two series circuits.
UNDIAGNOSABLE * s. Not possible to diagnose.
ENDOMORPHY * n. Round, fat, and heavy.
PRIDE * --n. 1 A feeling of self-respect and personal worth. 2 Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements. 3 The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards. 4 A group of lions. --v. Be proud of.
ENMITY * n. 1 A state of deep-seated ill-will. 2 The feeling of a hostile person.
UNSUBDUABLE * s. Impossible to subdue.
CHORIONIC * a. Of or relating to a chorion.
STIFFENING * n. 1 The act of becoming stiff. 2 The process of becoming stiff or rigid.
CAUTION * --n. 1 The trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger. 2 A warning against certain acts. 3 Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger. 4 The trait of being circumspect and prudent. --v. Warn strongly; put on guard.
SNORKELING * n. Skin diving with a snorkel.
PHAGE * n. A virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria.
HELMETED * s. Equipped with or wearing a helmet.
AL-IRAQ * n. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq.
MOLDING * n. 1 The act of creating something by casting it in a mold. 2 A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing. 3 A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. 4 Sculpture produced by molding.
ISOLATION * n. 1 A state of separation between persons or groups. 2 A feeling of being disliked and alone. 3 The act of isolating something; setting something apart from others. 4 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it.
HUNDRED * --n. Ten 10s. --s. Being ten more than ninety.
DEMINERALIZE * v. Remove the minerals or salts from.
VENETO * n. A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
THELYPTERIS * n. Marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae.
CALCUTTAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants.
JUICE * n. 1 The liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking. 2 Energetic vitality. 3 Electric current. 4 Any of several liquids of the body.
KNIGHTLY * s. 1 Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages. 2 Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.
FLORY * n. United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985).
NONSEGREGATED * s. Rid of segregation; having had segregation ended.
REACTOR * n. 1 An electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit. 2 (physics) Any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements.
RAINFALL * n. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
NORFLEX * n. A skeletal muscle relaxant (trade name Norflex) used to treat severe muscle strain and Parkinsonism.
AVERROES * n. Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198).
AMARANTH * n. 1 Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America. 2 Any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food.
UNWARINESS * n. The trait of not being cautious and watchful.
WALES * n. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria.
RESUSCITATED * s. Restored to life or consciousness.
SNOOPINESS * n. Offensive inquisitiveness.
TUTTI-FRUTTI * n. Ice cream containing chopped candied fruits.
BYLAW * n. A rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members.
COMMODITY * n. Articles of commerce.
CREEPY * s. 1 Annoying and unpleasant. 2 Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin.
GROOMSMAN * n. A male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding.
LIKELINESS * n. The probability of a specified outcome.
SELF-INCRIMINATION * n. An accusation that incriminates yourself.
LIQUIDIZER * n. An electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods.
OPENWORK * n. Ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings.
ALBINO * n. A person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink.
MACROCEPHALY * n. An abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.
SOONER * --n. A native or resident of Oklahoma. --r. 1 Comparatives of `soon' or `early'. 2 More readily or willingly.
DEXTROCARDIA * n. Abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest.
INAUDIBLENESS * n. The quality of not being perceptible by the ear.
INHUMANITY * n. 1 The quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others. 2 An act of atrocious cruelty.
AV * n. The eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August).
ADVICE * n. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.
MALLOW * n. Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae.
DIGGER * n. 1 A laborer who digs. 2 A machine for excavating.
TEWKESBURY * n. The final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians.
HONOUR * --n. 1 The state of being honored. 2 A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction. 3 The quality of being honorable and having a good name. 4 A woman's virtue or chastity. --v. 1 Bestow honor or rewards upon. 2 Show respect towards. 3 Accept as pay.
BUTTERCUP * n. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
USED * --a. Employed in accomplishing something. --s. 1 (of persons) Taken advantage of. 2 Previously used or owned by another.
MERGER * n. 1 The combination of two or more commercial companies. 2 An occurrence that involves the production of a union.
BEOWULF * n. The legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon.
PARAFFIN * n. 1 From crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings. 2 A series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). 3 (British usage) Kerosine.
FUNCTIONING * --n. Process or manner of functioning or operating. --a. Performing or able to perform its regular function.
SARCOSOMAL * a. Of or relating to sarcosomes.
ADACTYLOUS * a. Without fingers and/or toes.
OFFSTAGE * --n. A stage area out of sight of the audience. --a. Situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience. --s. Concealed from public view or attention. --r. 1 Behind the scenes; not on stage. 2 Not in public.
SHUCKS * n. 1 Something of little value. 2 An expression of disappointment or irritation.
MORPHOPHYSIOLOGY * n. The study of anatomy in its relation to function.
EMOTIONLESSLY * r. Without emotion; devoid of emotion.
WAG * --n. 1 A witty amusing person who makes jokes. 2 Causing to move repeatedly from side to side. --v. Move from side to side.
LIGHTEN * v. 1 Make more cheerful. 2 Reduce the weight on; make lighter. 3 Become more cheerful. 4 Make more cheerful through the use of color.
HYLIDAE * n. The amphibian family of tree frogs.
RACHMANINOV * n. Composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943).
DESECRATED * a. Treated with disrespect and contempt.
MIDGRASS * n. Any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone.
BUDDHISM * n. 1 A religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha. 2 The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth.
ASHTORETH * n. An ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar.
MAINTAINABLE * s. Capable of being maintained.
BOPEEP * n. A game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!.
MULTICULTURALISM * n. The doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can coexist peacefully and equitably in a single country.
CHITINOUS * a. Of or resembling chitin.
ZEE * n. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
DASYURE * n. Any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens.
APC * n. 1 (military) An armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry. 2 A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine).
SEDGE * n. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
BUDGERYGAH * n. Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
PROCTITIS * n. Inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
EPISIOTOMY * n. Surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth.
ROMAINE * n. Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head.
NASH * n. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
INVIGORATING * a. Imparting strength and vitality.
QUARTERBACK * --n. 1 (football) The person who plays quarterback. 2 (American football) The position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team. --v. Play the quarterback.
NEMERTEA * n. Proboscis worms.
SCHLEIDEN * n. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881).
ANALECTA * n. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
TALETELLER * n. Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
COLICKY * s. Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
COB * n. 1 Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus. 2 Stocky short-legged harness horse. 3 White gull having a black back and wings. 4 Adult male swan.
GAFSA * n. A city in west central Tunisia.
DYBBUK * n. (Jewish folklore) A demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.
PRACTICAL * --a. Concerned with actual use or practice. --s. 1 Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory. 2 Being actually such in almost every respect. 3 Having or put to a practical purpose or use.
ANTIPODAL * --n. The relation of opposition along a diameter. --a. Relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth.
PENTASTOMID * n. Wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals.
COMBINABLE * s. Able to or tending to combine.
SWEAR * v. 1 Utter obscenities or profanities. 2 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. 3 Promise solemnly; take an oath. 4 Make a deposition; declare under oath.
SCIAENOPS * n. A genus of Sciaenidae.
UNTHOUGHTFUL * s. Not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought.
JOFFRE * n. French field marshal who commanded the Allied armies in France during World War II (1852-1931).
OBLIGATION * n. 1 The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force. 2 The state of being obligated to do or pay something. 3 A personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor. 4 A written promise to repay a debt.
MENINGEAL * a. Relating to the meninges.
DETERMINE * v. 1 Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study. 2 Shape or influence; give direction to. 3 Fix conclusively or authoritatively. 4 Decide upon or fix definitely.
JOSH * v. Be silly or tease one another.
AESTHETICS * n. (art) The branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art).
EXHAUSTIVE * s. Performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial.
BOTTOM-UP * a. Of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level.
GOOD-HUMOREDNESS * n. A cheerful willingness to be obliging.
DIBRANCHIATE * n. Cephalopods having two gills.
CLAMOURING * n. Loud and persistent outcry from many people.
THERENESS * n. 1 Real existence. 2 The state of being there--not here--in position.
GERMANIUM * n. A brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite.
SOURCE * --n. 1 The place where something begins, where it springs into being. 2 A document (or organization) from which information is obtained. 3 Anything that provides inspiration for later work. 4 A facility where something is available. --v. 1 Get (a product) from another country or business. 2 Specify the origin of.
FIMBRIA * n. Thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube).
OVERREFINED * s. Excessively delicate or refined.
GROVEL * v. Show submission or fear.
ARAB-BERBERS * n. An ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa.
LAGUNE * n. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
MOONLIKE * s. Resembling the moon in shape.
RUNNEL * n. A small stream.
DERMATOPHYTOSIS * n. Fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing).
CHANDLER * n. 1 United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959). 2 A retail dealer in provisions and supplies. 3 A maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints.
KILOBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 bits.
INCONTROVERTIBLY * r. In an obvious and provable manner.
STOAT * n. The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail.
MARTYNIA * n. Sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit.
LINTWHITE * n. Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead.
GESTICULATING * s. Making gestures while speaking.
PARANOIA * n. A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.
UNDEREXPOSE * v. 1 Expose to too little light. 2 Expose insufficiently.
RECORD-BREAKING * s. Surpassing any previously established record.
INSURRECTION * n. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
DISREPUTABLE * a. Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance.
FECUNDATE * v. 1 Make fertile or productive. 2 Introduce semen into (a female).
WORMWOOD * n. Any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium.
MELANOBLAST * n. An epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte.
TOPOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to topology.
NUBBIN * n. A small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn).
JAGUA * n. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
BIOCATALYTIC * a. Of or relating to biocatalysts.
ORTHOPNEA * n. Form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris.
SQUAWKY * s. Like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg.
JOTTING * n. A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note.
PHYLOGENETICALLY * r. With regard to phylogeny.
EBBING * n. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
LOACH * n. Slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes.
SILDENAFIL * n. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
BLUSTERING * s. Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts.
GLOWING * --n. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. --s. Highly enthusiastic.
NARROW * --n. A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water. --v. 1 Make or become more narrow or restricted. 2 Define clearly. 3 Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study. 4 Become tight or as if tight. --a. 1 Not wide. 2 Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view. 3 Very limited in degree. --s. 1 Limited in size or scope. 2 Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.
DETENTION * n. 1 A state of being confined (usually for a short time). 2 A punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home.
IMPERCEPTIBLY * r. In an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree.
SUCCESSOR * n. 1 A person who follows next in order. 2 A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone. 3 A person who inherits some title or office.
SCIATIC * a. 1 Relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica. 2 Of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it).
MAKE-DO * n. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
TRANSDUCTION * n. 1 (genetics) The process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage. 2 The process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form.
EXTENUATING * s. Partially excusing or justifying.
INSIGNIA * n. A badge worn to show official position.
ACCRETION * n. 1 An increase by natural growth or addition. 2 Something contributing to growth or increase. 3 (astronomy) The formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases. 4 (biology) Growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles.
QADDAFI * n. Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942).
REMOUNT * --n. A fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle. --v. 1 Mount again. 2 Mount again, as after disassembling something. 3 Provide with fresh horses.
HIBBING * n. A town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range.
REPUBLICAN * --n. 1 A member of the Republican Party. 2 An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy). 3 A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas. --a. Relating to or belonging to the Republican Party. --s. Having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government.
NOSELESS * a. Having no nose.
OCTILLION * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros.
LUSTROUS * s. 1 Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. 2 Brilliant. 3 Reflecting light.
REARGUARD * n. A detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body.
HALOFORM * n. Compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom.
ONE-PERSON * s. Designed for or restricted to a single person.
REGISTRATION * n. 1 The act of enrolling. 2 The body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time. 3 A document certifying an act of registering. 4 (music) The sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops.
DERRINGER * n. A pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel.
TRANSCENDENCE * n. 1 A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience. 2 The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits.
BIMILLENIAL * a. Of or relating to a bimillennium.
GLORIFIED * s. Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.
NAUSEATINGNESS * n. Extreme unpalatability to the mouth.
BEETLE * --n. 1 Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings. 2 A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing. --v. 1 Be suspended over or hang over. 2 Fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle. 3 Beat with a beetle. --s. Jutting or overhanging.
TRILLED * s. Uttered with a trill.
GLINTING * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
ECTOPISTES * n. A genus of Columbidae.
HIT-AND-RUN * s. 1 Designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape. 2 Involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident.
INFLUENTIALLY * r. Exerting influence.
SPERMOPHILE * n. Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops.
PLECTOGNATH * n. Tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines.
JANGLING * s. Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together.
MUISHOND * n. Southern African weasel.
ELEGISE * v. Compose an elegy.
HANDINESS * n. 1 Skillfulness with the hands. 2 The quality of being at hand when needed.
OCA * n. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
FIXATE * v. 1 Attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way. 2 Pay attention to exclusively and obsessively. 3 Make fixed, stable or stationary. 4 Become fixed (on).
TASTELESS * a. 1 Lacking flavor. 2 Lacking aesthetic or social taste.
GREENSIDE * a. Adjacent to a putting green.
HERESY * n. 1 Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position. 2 A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion.
LEGISLATURE * n. Persons who make or amend or repeal laws.
CYANAMIDE * n. 1 A weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide salts). 2 A compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds.
FLATNESS * n. 1 The property of having two dimensions. 2 A want of animation or brilliance. 3 A deficiency in flavor. 4 The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.
RIVER * n. A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).
MARVELOUS * s. 1 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. 2 Too improbable to admit of belief. 3 Being or having the character of a miracle.
ACHONDRITE * n. A stony meteor lacking chondrules.
CILANTRO * n. 1 Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley. 2 Parsley-like herb used as seasoning or garnish.
COMELINESS * n. The quality of being good looking and attractive.
SEPTRIONAL * s. Of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major.
SIBILANT * --n. A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh). --s. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
SEEKER * n. 1 Someone making a search or inquiry. 2 A missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves).
SIVA * n. The auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon.
SERMON * n. 1 An address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service). 2 A moralistic rebuke.
LYON * n. A city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon.
DISSEMINATION * n. 1 The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate. 2 The property of being diffused or dispersed. 3 The act of dispersing or diffusing something.
SHRIMPFISH * n. Slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates.
DUNDERHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
WRITHING * s. Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.
ERINACEIDAE * n. True hedgehogs.
SNOWBERRY * n. Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries.
OPERCULUM * n. A hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted.
ALLOTROPE * n. A structurally different form of an element.
BUTTOCK * n. Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump.
CRAFTER * n. A creator of great skill in the manual arts.
HYPERCALCIURIA * n. The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis.
AUTOMATIZE * v. 1 Turn into an automaton. 2 Make automatic or control or operate automatically.
WHEREVER * r. Where in the world.
HORSEMEAT * n. The flesh of horses as food.
DECONSTRUCTIONIST * a. Of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism.
CALLABLE * s. Subject to a demand for payment before due date.
REPLANT * v. Plant again or anew.
FILIBUSTER * --n. 1 A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes. 2 (law) A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches. --v. Obstruct deliberately by delaying.
EPILOBIUM * n. Large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas.
SYNDICATE * --n. 1 A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities. 2 An association of companies for some definite purpose. 3 A news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication. --v. 1 Join together into a syndicate. 2 Organize into or form a syndicate. 3 Sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations.
APPLIER * n. 1 A person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission. 2 A device for applying a substance.
MAYHAW * n. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing a juicy, acidic, scarlet fruit that is often used in jellies or preserves.
RUN-TIME * n. 1 The time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run. 2 (computer science) The length of time it takes to execute a software program.
PRECOOLED * s. Cooled in advance.
PINNER * n. A woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on.
TENONITIS * n. Inflammation of a tendon.
TESSIN * n. An Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland.
OZONE * n. A colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation).
CULEBRA * n. A small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches.
AGGRANDIZEMENT * n. The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something.
DENATURISED * s. Changed in nature or natural quality.
INHERITRESS * n. A female heir.
EXTERMINABLE * s. Capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out.
SMASHED * s. Very drunk.
RECALCITRANCY * n. The trait of being unmanageable.
STRIPING * n. The act of marking with stripes.
GREAVES * n. The residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered.
CRISPATE * s. Wavy or notched and curled very irregularly.
MUJAHADIN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
36 * s. Being six more than thirty.
BELIZE * n. A country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control.
HETEROTROPHIC * a. Requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment.
FUNAMBULISM * n. Walking on a tightrope or slack rope.
LYMANTRIID * n. Dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees.
FINE-TEXTURED * s. Having a smooth, fine-grained structure.
BALDER * n. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth.
VICTIM * n. 1 An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance. 2 A person who is tricked or swindled.
BIGGISH * s. Somewhat large.
ALGONKIN * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian.
PUNCH-DRUNK * s. Dazed from or as if from repeated blows.
DEFER * v. 1 Hold back to a later time. 2 Yield to another's wish or opinion.
ANESTRUS * n. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus.
TERMINOLOGY * n. A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.
ACATHEXIS * n. (psychoanalysis) A lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual.
COUSIN-GERMAN * n. The child of your aunt or uncle.
SCHNORR * v. Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.
PYROLIGNIC * a. Of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation.
POST-PAID * r. Having the postage paid by the sender.
RASCALITY * n. 1 The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks. 2 The quality of being a slippery rascal. 3 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
DESPAIR * --n. 1 A state in which all hope is lost or absent. 2 The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well. --v. Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart.
VESTITURE * n. An archaic term for clothing.
GATHERING * n. 1 A group of persons together in one place. 2 The social act of assembling. 3 The act of gathering something. 4 Sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching.
INVARIABLE * --n. A quantity that does not vary. --a. Not liable to or capable of change.
AMYGDALACEAE * n. Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus.
PRODUCTIVE * --a. 1 Producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly). 2 Having the ability to produce or originate. --s. 1 Yielding positive results. 2 Marked by great fruitfulness.
SHOOT-DOWN * n. Murder by shooting someone down in cold blood.
TWELVE * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
KIERKEGAARD * n. Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855).
BOTTLE-TREE * n. An Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton.
HYPOPACHUS * n. Sheep frogs.
DOVISHNESS * n. Any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict.
TRUNNEL * n. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast.
CHIMNEYPOT * n. A short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft.
SHIPSIDE * n. The part of a wharf that is next to a ship.
BOASTING * n. Speaking of yourself in superlatives.
PROPYLENE * n. A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis.
DOSTOYEVSKIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski.
ONCE * r. 1 On one occasion. 2 As soon as. 3 At a previous time.
HEMIASCOMYCETES * n. Class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites.
DOUBLETON * n. (bridge) A pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player.
BADGE * --n. 1 An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.). 2 Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank). --v. Put a badge on.
NINE-FOLD * s. Having nine units or components.
JITTERS * n. Extreme nervousness.
AGAMA * n. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
ANTHEROZOID * n. A motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm.
HALF-TIMBERED * s. Having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture.
MONOMANIA * n. A mania restricted to one thing or idea.
MALEMUTE * n. Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska.
PILLOCK * n. A person who is not very bright.
PIPIDAE * n. Tongueless frogs.
SCHIZACHYRIUM * n. Overlaps the genus Andropogon.
BREAST-FED * a. (of an infant) Fed milk from the mother's breast.
METTERNICH * n. Austrian statesman (1773-1859).
MISSHAPEN * s. So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.
PURITAN * n. 1 A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship. 2 Someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures. 3 A person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum.
TORRENT * n. 1 A heavy rain. 2 A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid). 3 An overwhelming number or amount.
TRAPSHOOTER * n. A person who engages in shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled into the air by a trap.
FLYSWAT * n. An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects.
ANIMISE * v. Give lifelike qualities to.
HOMONYMIC * a. Of or related to or being homonyms.
CHAMOMILE * n. Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis.
FORTIFICATION * n. 1 Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it. 2 The art or science of strengthening defenses. 3 The addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food).
PROPELLER * n. A mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water.
LAYUP * n. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
ABLATION * n. 1 Surgical removal of a body part or tissue. 2 The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers.
COPIOUSNESS * n. The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply.
OXALOACETATE * n. A salt or ester of oxalacetic acid.
ABY * v. Make amends for.
MASS-PRODUCE * v. Produce on a large scale.
EASING * n. 1 A change for the better. 2 The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).
NOGGIN * n. Informal terms for a human head.
JUTTING * --n. The act of projecting out from something. --s. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
DUSSELDORF * n. An industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine.
NILGAI * n. Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns.
SIBYL * n. 1 A woman who tells fortunes. 2 (ancient Rome) A woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet.
HOMOLOGY * n. The quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function.
MUTISIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Mutisia.
COETANEOUS * s. Of the same period.
UNGRATIFIED * s. Worried and uneasy.
TAPERING * --n. The act of gradually lowering the size or amount. --s. 1 Becoming gradually narrower. 2 Gradually decreasing until little remains.
APRESOLINE * n. An antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure.
MINGE * n. Vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals.
NUMBAT * n. Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.
EDITION * n. 1 The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published. 2 All of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time. 3 An issue of a newspaper. 4 Something a little different from others of the same type.
MORTUARY * --n. A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of death. 2 Of or relating to a funeral.
BRAY * --n. The cry of an ass. --v. 1 Braying characteristic of donkeys. 2 Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. 3 Laugh loudly and harshly.
ROOTLE * v. Dig with the snout.
BILIMBI * n. East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit.
LOW * --n. 1 An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation. 2 British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963). 3 A low level or position or degree. 4 The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving. --v. Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines. --a. 1 Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount. 2 Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension. 3 Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. --s. 1 Very low in volume. 2 Unrefined in character. 3 Of the most contemptible kind. 4 Low or inferior in station or quality. --r. In a low position; near the ground.
BINGHAMTON * n. A city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania.
WEIR * n. 1 A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow. 2 A fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish.
AEPYCEROS * n. African antelopes: impalas.
AGILELY * r. In a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease.
BEGONIACEAE * n. Monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America.
DISCLOSE * v. 1 Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. 2 Reveal to view as by removing a cover.
CONTEMPORANEITY * n. 1 The quality of being current or of the present. 2 The quality of belonging to the same period of time.
COUMADIN * n. An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.
TAXOPSIDA * n. Yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
HEPATOMA * n. Carcinoma of the liver.
CRUELNESS * n. The quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance.
DELINEATED * a. Represented accurately or precisely.
FORMULA * n. 1 A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement. 2 Directions for making something. 3 A conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle. 4 A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements.
VEGETIVE * a. Of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous.
EEC * n. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
ILL-DEFINED * a. Poorly stated or described.
SPARING * s. Avoiding waste.
SPEEDILY * r. With speed.
ZINKENITE * n. A steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony).
TUP * n. Uncastrated adult male sheep.
LEECH * --n. 1 Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end. 2 A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. --v. Draw blood.
UNORGANISED * --a. Not having or belonging to a structured whole. --s. Not affiliated in a trade union.
BACKSTROKE * --n. A swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back. --v. Swim on one's back.
UNTOASTED * s. Not having been browned by exposure to heat.
MONOCOTYLEDONES * n. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
CIARDI * n. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
TRIGONOMETRICIAN * n. A mathematician specializing in trigonometry.
BISHOP * n. 1 A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ. 2 Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves. 3 (chess) A piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color.
ARTERIOVENOUS * a. Connecting an artery to a vein.
LADY * n. 1 A polite name for any woman. 2 A woman of refinement. 3 A woman of the peerage in Britain.
POLYPEDATES * n. Type genus of the Polypedatidae.
L'AQUILA * n. The provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy.
ROBUSTNESS * n. 1 The property of being strong and healthy in constitution. 2 The characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge.
VINCRISTINE * n. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system.
VIATICUS * n. Purchasing insurance policies for cash from terminally ill policy holders.
ANNOYING * --n. The act of troubling or annoying someone. --s. Causing irritation or annoyance.
MATHEMATICS * n. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
DEEPNESS * n. 1 The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas. 2 The quality of being physically deep. 3 The extent downward or backward or inward. 4 A low pitch that is loud and voluminous.
DISORGANIZED * a. Lacking order or methodical arrangement or function.
BEINGNESS * n. The state or fact of existing.
ARCSECOND * n. A 60th part of a minute of arc.
ODOMETER * n. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
PYE-DOG * n. Ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India.
FREQUENT * --v. 1 Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. 2 Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place. --a. Coming at short intervals or habitually. --s. Frequently encountered.
BACKBITE * v. Say mean things.
PARASITICIDAL * s. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
OVULATION * n. The expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle).
IMBIBER * n. A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess).
NEWSREEL * n. A short film and commentary about current events.
MACEBEARER * n. An official who carries a mace of office.
QUICHE * n. 1 A member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala. 2 A tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables). 3 The Mayan language spoken by the Quiche.
CRAYFISH * n. 1 Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California. 2 Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly. 3 Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster. 4 Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
DECRIMINALIZE * v. Make legal.
DEWDROP * n. A drop of dew.
SOMERSAULTING * n. An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return.
PICKAX * n. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.
PALEOZOIC * --n. From 544 million to about 230 million years ago. --a. Of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era.
FUNCTIONALITY * n. Capable of serving a purpose well.
THING * n. 1 A special situation. 2 An action. 3 A special abstraction. 4 An artifact.
DAMNATION * n. 1 The act of damning. 2 The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell.
ECCLESIASTICUS * n. An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).
HURRIEDNESS * n. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness).
EVAPORATION * n. 1 The process of becoming a vapor. 2 The process of extracting moisture.
TREACLE * n. 1 A pale cane syrup. 2 Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental.
SPLAYFOOTED * a. Having feet that turn outward.
PRECATORY * s. Expressing entreaty or supplication.
LABYRINTHITIS * n. Inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting.
IMPRINTING * n. A learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established.
SENECAN * a. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
CONSONATE * v. Sound in sympathy.
AMENTIFEROUS * s. (of plants) Bearing or characterized by aments or catkins.
PRISM * n. 1 A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms. 2 Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image.
DECADRON * n. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
SARI * n. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body.
CACTUS * n. Any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines.
NAFCIL * n. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
PROSTHODONTICS * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with the replacement of teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by artificial devices.
BLACK-AND-WHITE * --a. 1 Lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black. 2 Not having or not capable of producing colors. --s. Of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories.
ICOSAHEDRAL * a. Of or relating to an icosahedron.
RED-LETTER * s. Memorable for being a special occasion.
METHEGLIN * n. Spiced or medicated mead.
POLYPHONY * n. Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments.
NONINTERCHANGEABLE * s. Such that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning.
MANGEY * s. Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap.
CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE * n. Large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders.
YARDMAN * n. 1 Worker in a railway yard. 2 A laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns).
MANIHOT * n. Genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava.
CRUEL * s. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
HIVES * n. An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs.
GEMMA * n. Small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.
MAINSTREAM * n. The prevailing current of thought.
PORTE * n. The Ottoman court in Constantinople.
MEDIOCRITY * n. 1 Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding. 2 A person of second-rate ability or value.
BYE-ELECTION * n. A special election between regular elections.
AQUACULTURAL * a. Of or relating to aquiculture.
MUUMUU * n. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
ABOMASAL * a. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
VIOXX * n. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract; voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 2004.
CARTRIDGE * n. 1 Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun. 2 A light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required. 3 A module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment. 4 An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable.
STRONG-ARM * --v. 1 Handle roughly. 2 Be bossy towards. 3 Use physical force against. --s. Impelled by physical force especially against resistance.
INCLEMENCY * n. 1 Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities. 2 Excessive sternness.
DANE * n. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
WAYBILL * n. A receipt given by the carrier to the shipper acknowledging receipt of the goods being shipped and specifying the terms of delivery.
CASEWORK * n. Close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment.
HIGHBOARD * n. A high diving board.
COMPOSITE * --n. 1 A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts. 2 Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers. --s. Consisting of separate interconnected parts. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae.
LUGH * n. Ancient Celtic god.
DARTBOARD * n. A circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts.
GENEALOGIC * a. Of or relating to genealogy.
SAUNA * n. A Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks.
DRAGONHEAD * n. American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers.
AUTO-DA-FE * n. The burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition).
CHOLESTEROL * n. An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues.
RHODYMENIA * n. Type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae.
MOGADISCIO * n. The capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean.
LIGHT-HEADEDLY * r. In a giddy light-headed manner.
PLASMODIOPHORA * n. Type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds.
PROFITEROLE * n. A small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate.
DOMINIE * n. A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
CLOSEUP * n. A photograph taken at close range.
PARADIGM * n. 1 Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word. 2 A standard or typical example. 3 The class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another). 4 The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.
HAEMATOXYLUM * n. Small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees.
ZU * n. Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
WONTON * n. 1 A Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup. 2 A soup with won ton dumplings.
EXHORTATORY * s. Giving strong encouragement.
SUNSTONE * n. A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals.
NOMOGRAPH * n. A graphic representation of numerical relations.
FINANCIER * --n. A person skilled in large scale financial transactions. --v. Conduct financial operations.
MAHAGUA * n. 1 Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament. 2 Erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks.
CAPITOL * n. 1 A building occupied by a state legislature. 2 The government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet.
THERIDIID * n. Spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot.
MAKEUP * n. 1 Cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance. 2 An event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event. 3 The way in which someone or something is composed.
FLAT-HAT * v. Fly very close to the ground.
BORING * --n. 1 The act of drilling. 2 The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum. --s. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
POITIER * n. United States film actor and director (born in 1927).
MONTHLY * --n. A periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year). --s. Of or occurring or payable every month. --r. Occurring once a month.
BRACHYPTEROUS * s. (especially of certain insects) Having very short or rudimentary wings.
CAPO * n. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
REGARD * --n. 1 (usually preceded by `in') A detail or point. 2 Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people). 3 (usually plural) A polite expression of desire for someone's welfare. 4 A long fixed look. --v. 1 Deem to be. 2 Look at attentively. 3 Connect closely and often incriminatingly.
IRREDUCIBLE * a. Incapable of being made smaller or simpler.
PACKET * n. 1 A collection of things wrapped or boxed together. 2 (computer science) A message or message fragment. 3 A small package or bundle. 4 A boat for carrying mail.
2D * s. Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude.
HERBIVOROUS * a. Feeding only on plants.
SMOKE-DRIED * s. (used especially of meats and fish) Dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke.
COMB-PLATE * n. A locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
CATHOLICOS * n. The ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches.
ENMESH * v. Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh.
DISPARAGINGLY * r. In a disparaging manner.
TRILOBATED * s. (of a leaf shape) Divided into three lobes.
KAINOGENESIS * n. Introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution).
FOSTER-SON * n. Someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth.
CAPRICIOUS * s. 1 Changeable. 2 Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.
REREAD * v. Read anew; read again.
RIDICULOUSLY * r. So as to arouse or deserve laughter.
SPICERY * n. The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored.
JETLINER * n. A large jet plane that carries passengers.
DORMANCY * n. 1 A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction. 2 Quiet and inactive restfulness.
DEPICTION * n. 1 A graphic or vivid verbal description. 2 A representation by picture or portraiture. 3 A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects. 4 Representation by drawing or painting etc.
SPORTINGLY * r. So as to be sporting; in a sporting manner.
PERIOPHTHALMUS * n. A genus of Gobiidae.
GENERAL * --n. 1 A general officer of the highest rank. 2 The head of a religious order or congregation. 3 A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular). --v. Command as a general. --a. 1 Applying to all or most members of a category or group. 2 Affecting the entire body. --s. 1 Not specialized or limited to one class of things. 2 Prevailing among and common to the general public. 3 Somewhat indefinite. 4 Of worldwide scope or applicability.
CYBERNETIC * a. Of or relating the principles of cybernetics.
PERSISTENCE * n. 1 The property of a continuous and connected period of time. 2 Persistent determination. 3 The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior.
DIALECTOLOGY * n. The branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects.
CRY * --n. 1 A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. 2 A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate). 3 A slogan used to rally support for a cause. 4 A fit of weeping. --v. 1 Utter a sudden loud cry. 2 Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain. 3 Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy. 4 Proclaim or announce in public.
SIXTHLY * r. In the sixth place.
STEM * --n. 1 (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed. 2 A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. 3 Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. 4 The tube of a tobacco pipe. --v. 1 Grow out of, have roots in, originate in. 2 Cause to point inward. 3 Stop the flow of a liquid. 4 Remove the stem from.
STEAMINESS * n. Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor.
REOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis.
FUNGIBILITY * n. The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange.
INVIDIOUSLY * r. In a manner arousing resentment.
SOURDOUGH * n. 1 A leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread. 2 A settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska).
PHENOTHIAZINE * n. A compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites.
IMPENETRABLENESS * n. Incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand.
DOSSER * n. Someone who sleeps in any convenient place.
POTENCY * n. 1 The power or right to give orders or make decisions. 2 Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects. 3 The inherent capacity for coming into being. 4 The state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse.
OBDURATELY * r. In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
THB * n. A bachelor's degree in theology.
CALICHE-TOPPED * s. Covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil.
GRAVURE * n. 1 A printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print. 2 A printing plate used in the process of gravure. 3 An intaglio print produced by gravure. 4 The act of intaglio printing.
TSUSHIMA * n. A naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait.
NAVANE * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
THELEPHORACEAE * n. Fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores.
WALRUS * n. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
SLUGABED * n. A person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour.
MILTIADES * n. Athenian general who defeated the Persians at Marathon (540-489).
BACTEROID * --n. A rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants). --a. Resembling bacteria.
FLEXIBLE * --a. 1 Capable of being changed. 2 Able to flex; able to bend easily. 3 Making or willing to make concessions. --s. 1 Able to adjust readily to different conditions. 2 Bending and snapping back readily without breaking.
CATTIE * n. Any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams).
CONTAMINATION * n. 1 The state of being contaminated. 2 A substance that contaminates. 3 The act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors.
ANTONYMOUS * a. Of words: having opposite meanings.
NTH * s. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
MYM * n. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
ESPIONAGE * n. The systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets.
LITHOMANTIC * a. Of or relating to lithomancy.
TRICHOPTERON * n. Caddis fly.
DREARINESS * n. Extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest.
ARYTENOID * n. Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached.
RUN-RESISTANT * s. (of hosiery) Resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders.
HESITATION * n. 1 Indecision in speech or action. 2 A certain degree of unwillingness. 3 The act of pausing uncertainly.
BADGERING * n. The act of harassing someone.
SOCIOLOGY * n. The study and classification of human societies.
ELDEST * --n. The offspring who came first in the order of birth. --s. First in order of birth.
LEDGE * n. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
FURTHERANCE * n. 1 Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something. 2 The advancement of some enterprise.
CRASPEDIA * n. Herbs of Australia and New Zealand.
PHILOLOGIST * n. A humanist specializing in classical scholarship.
DISJUNCTURE * n. State of being disconnected.
SEASONING * n. 1 Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts. 2 The act of adding a seasoning to food.
TERRAPIN * n. Any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water.
JOIST * n. Beam used to support floors or roofs.
DESEGREGATION * n. The action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community.
MINIATURIZATION * n. Act of making on a greatly reduced scale.
PEBBLE-GRAINED * s. (of leather) Having a rough surface as the result of being treated with a patterned roller.
FISTFIGHT * --n. A fight with bare fists. --v. Fight with the fists.
PONDEROSITY * n. The property of being large in mass.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR * n. 1 (Old Testament) King of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC). 2 A very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display.
HAEMOSPORIDIAN * n. Minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens.
FURLONG * n. A unit of length equal to 220 yards.
PEMPHIGOUS * a. Of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus.
CHRISTIANIA * n. The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast.
SOW * --n. An adult female hog. --v. 1 Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth. 2 Introduce into an environment. 3 Place seeds in or on (the ground).
INURED * s. Made tough by habitual exposure.
ATTRIBUTIVELY * r. In an attributive manner.
SPRAIN * --n. A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments. --v. Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
POLAND * n. A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II.
UNINCORPORATED * s. Not organized and maintained as a legal corporation.
TEC * n. A police officer who investigates crimes.
PATRICENTRIC * s. Centered upon the father.
UNRHYTHMIC * a. Not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent.
RATIONALNESS * n. The quality of being consistent with or based on logic.
LYMPHOBLAST-LIKE * s. Resembling a lymphoblast.
COLUMBA * n. 1 A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum. 2 Type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons.
OSPREY * n. Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.
POLYGENIC * s. Of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes.
MERCANTILE * --a. Of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism. --s. 1 Profit oriented. 2 Relating to or characteristic of trade or traders.
REMITMENT * n. 1 A payment of money sent to a person in another place. 2 (law) The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).
UNFEIGNEDLY * r. With sincerity; without pretense.
MEGALONYCHIDAE * n. Mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
SELF-CONTROL * n. 1 The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses. 2 The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
BIRLING * n. Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport).
MERITABLE * s. Deserving reward or praise.
HILUS * n. (anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ.
MUDDLED * s. Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
EMPTOR * n. A person who buys.
OVERLAY * --n. 1 Protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior. 2 A layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface. --v. 1 Put something on top of something else. 2 Kill by lying on.
WHIG * n. 1 A member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories. 2 A supporter of the American Revolution. 3 A member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War.
INDIGESTIBLE * a. Digested with difficulty.
TEMPERING * --n. Hardening something by heat treatment. --s. Moderating by making more temperate.
LUTEAL * a. Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
MANDIOC * n. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
REUSE * v. Use again after processing.
PENUCHE * n. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
VENERATE * v. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of.
MESOMORPHY * n. Muscular and big-boned.
MICROPHALLUS * n. An abnormally small penis.
NOSOHUSIAL * a. Taking place related or acquired under home healthcare.
GALLERY * n. 1 Spectators at a golf or tennis match. 2 A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed). 3 A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited. 4 A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose.
REPRODUCE * v. 1 Make a copy or equivalent of. 2 Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant. 3 Recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc.. 4 Repeat after memorization.
GEORGE * n. 1 Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303). 2 King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952). 3 King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936). 4 King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830).
REGRETTABLY * r. By bad luck.
ABLATIVE * --n. The case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb. --a. Relating to the ablative case. --s. Tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature.
COREGONIDAE * n. Soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae.
ICTODOSAURIA * n. Extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period.
FARE * --n. 1 An agenda of things to do. 2 The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance. 3 A paying (taxi) passenger. 4 The food and drink that are regularly served or consumed. --v. 1 Proceed or get along. 2 Eat well.
TILEFISH * n. 1 Important marine food fishes. 2 Yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters.
CLINKER-BUILT * a. Having overlapping hull planks.
CLASSIFY * v. 1 Arrange or order by classes or categories. 2 Declare unavailable, as for security reasons. 3 Assign to a class or kind.
FALSIE * n. Padding that is worn inside a brassiere.
PHIMOSIS * n. An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans.
PRAYERFUL * s. Disposed to pray or appearing to pray.
CARICATURIST * n. Someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner.
N * n. 1 A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues. 2 The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees. 3 A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes. 4 (of a solution) Concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter.
MENTOR * --n. A wise and trusted guide and advisor. --v. Serve as a teacher or trusted counselor.
THIRTY-SIXTH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order.
LENA * n. A Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea.
MUSCLEMAN * n. 1 A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard. 2 Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature.
VIPERIDAE * n. Old World vipers.
CHANTER * n. Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played.
DOMINIC * n. (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221).
RESUPINE * s. Lying face upward.
DISSIPATE * v. 1 To cause to separate and go in different directions. 2 Move away from each other. 3 Spend frivolously and unwisely. 4 Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption.
BRONZE * --n. 1 An alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin. 2 A sculpture made of bronze. --v. 1 Give the color and appearance of bronze to something. 2 Get a tan, from wind or sun. --s. 1 Of the color of bronze. 2 Made from or consisting of bronze.
NEUTRALISE * v. 1 Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. 2 Make incapable of military action. 3 Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. 4 Make chemically neutral.
TERRACE * --n. 1 Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence. 2 A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below). 3 A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face). --v. 1 Provide (a house) with a terrace. 2 Make into terraces as for cultivation.
EMBEZZLEMENT * n. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
AGRAPHIA * n. A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion.
OSMOTICALLY * r. By means of osmosis.
BOTRYOID * a. Resembling a cluster of grapes in form.
REVELLER * n. A celebrant who shares in a noisy party.
STALINGRAD * n. A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43.
MESOCOLON * n. Mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall.
MAISONNETTE * n. 1 A self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside. 2 A small house.
AMYLOID * --n. 1 A non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch. 2 (pathology) A waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue. --s. Resembling starch.
PALSY-WALSY * s. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
ELAN * n. 1 A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). 2 Distinctive and stylish elegance. 3 Enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.
RAND * n. 1 The basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents. 2 United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982). 3 A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese.
ACROMEGALY * n. Enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor).
ASANGA * n. Indian religious leader and founder of the Yogacara school of Buddhism in India (4th century).
PLATYRRHINE * --n. Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails. --a. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
UNCRYSTALLIZED * --a. Not finally or definitely formed. --s. Without real or apparent crystalline form.
TREAD-WHEEL * n. A mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps.
PECULIAR * s. 1 Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. 2 Unique or specific to a person or thing or category. 3 Markedly different from the usual. 4 Characteristic of one only; distinctive or special.
CONCISION * n. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
NOBLY * r. In a noble manner.
OCIMUM * n. Basil.
MALOPE * n. Western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts.
KAHN * n. United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974).
CRYOBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms.
EPICARPAL * a. Of or relating to the epicarp.
LEECHLIKE * s. Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.
BERITH * n. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
CAPETIAN * --n. A member of the Capetian dynasty. --a. Of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet.
CHEILANTHES * n. Small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae.
DENTIST * n. A person qualified to practice dentistry.
INDISCIPLINE * n. The trait of lacking discipline.
SOAP-WEED * n. Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States.
UNAMBIGUOUS * a. 1 Having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning. 2 Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion.
PREPONDERANT * s. Having superior power and influence.
BELSEN * n. A Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern Germany during World War II.
BUTANE * n. Occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels.
FACILITATORY * s. Inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity.
DESERVING * s. (often used ironically) Worthy of being treated in a particular way.
DELAWARIAN * n. A native or resident of Delaware.
PETROUS * s. (of bone especially the temporal bone) Resembling stone in hardness.
PHORONIDA * n. Small phylum of wormlike marine animals.
HAEMAGGLUTINATION * n. Agglutination of red blood cells.
THOUGH * r. (postpositive) However.
AGE-OLD * s. Belonging to or lasting from times long ago.
BLENNIUS * n. Type genus of the Blenniidae.
ALLOANTIBODY * n. An antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species.
PARCELLATION * n. The division into parcels.
PENNON * n. 1 A long flag; often tapering. 2 Wing of a bird.
COUNTERPOISE * --n. A weight that balances another weight. --v. Constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to.
STEVEDORE * n. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
HAULER * n. A haulage contractor.
LONG-BRANCHED * s. Having long branches.
HEPHAISTOS * n. (Greek mythology) The lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan.
HEADSTRONG * s. Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
STRAINING * --n. 1 An intense or violent exertion. 2 The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. --s. Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance.
ROOSEVELT * n. 1 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945). 2 Wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962). 3 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration.
PATHOS * n. 1 A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow). 2 A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. 3 A style that has the power to evoke feelings.
MASTED * a. Having or furnished with a mast; often used in combination.
ALEMBIC * n. An obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube.
SPIRT * --n. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). --v. 1 Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. 2 Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
DREPANIS * n. A genus of Drepanididae.
MURIDAE * n. Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches.
DISCONCERTING * s. Causing an emotional disturbance.
LIMEN * n. The smallest detectable sensation.
UNBURDEN * v. 1 Free or relieve (someone) of a burden. 2 Take the burden off; remove the burden from.
WASPISH * s. Very irritable.
MORONE * n. Carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes.
GLARE * --n. 1 A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. 2 An angry stare. 3 A focus of public attention. --v. 1 Look at with a fixed gaze. 2 Be sharply reflected. 3 Shine intensely.
UNHAPPY * --a. 1 Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent. 2 Generalized feeling of distress. --s. 1 Causing discomfort. 2 Marked by or producing unhappiness.
OVERANXIETY * n. Excessive anxiety.
LACTOBACTERIACEAE * n. Lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid.
ONE-WAY * s. Moving or permitting movement in one direction only.
CONSULTATORY * s. Giving advice.
SEISMOLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies earthquakes.
ABLAZE * s. 1 Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement. 2 Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. 3 Resembling flame in brilliance or color. 4 Lighted with red light as if with flames.
TAXONOMICALLY * r. With regard to taxonomy.
SATISFY * v. 1 Meet the requirements or expectations of. 2 Make happy or satisfied. 3 Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction.
UNFAVOURABLE * a. 1 Not encouraging or approving or pleasing. 2 (of winds or weather) Tending to hinder or oppose. 3 Involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness.
SISSY * --n. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. --s. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
COVARIANT * s. Changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged.
BITHYNIA * n. An ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC.
COCOPAH * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa.
UNPERSUADABLE * s. Not susceptible to persuasion.
DECAGON * n. A polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles.
BERCY * n. Butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley.
CAPSULAR * a. 1 Resembling a capsule. 2 Of or relating to a capsule.
GADOID * n. A soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae.
GARRULUS * n. Type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays.
FEDERITA * n. A Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains.
THORACOCENTESIS * n. Removal of fluid from the chest by centesis for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
INFESTATION * n. 1 The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites. 2 A swarm of insects that attack plants.
NORTHBOUND * s. Moving toward the north.
TINKLE * --n. A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell. --v. Make or emit a high sound.
79 * s. Being nine more than seventy.
PRIGGISHNESS * n. Exaggerated and arrogant properness.
CONCISENESS * n. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
INGEST * v. 1 Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. 2 Take up mentally.
MOONSEED * n. Plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds.
THERMOCOUPLE * n. A kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference.
VICTROLA * n. A brand of gramophone.
ELEMENTARILY * r. In an elementary manner.
NONPREHENSILE * a. Not prehensile.
HANDLESS * --a. Without a hand or hands. --s. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
STRADIVARIUS * n. Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737).
SCHUMANN-HEINK * n. United States operatic contralto (1861-1936).
KYD * n. English dramatist (1558-1594).
WITHHOLD * v. 1 Hold back; refuse to hand over or share. 2 Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.
ATONALLY * r. Without tonality.
BRIEFCASE * n. A case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books.
SOULLESS * s. Lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling.
PROMONTORY * n. A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).
CHOPPED * s. Prepared by cutting.
RATTLE-TOP * n. North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia.
EASTERLY * --n. A wind from the east. --s. 1 Lying in or toward the east. 2 From the east; used especially of winds. --r. From the east.
FEOSOL * n. Trade name of a drug rich in iron; used to treat some kinds of anemia.
DAPSANG * n. A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high).
BURMESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Myanmar. 2 The official language of Burma. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people.
CAUTERY * n. 1 An instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it. 2 The act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing.
SURVEILLANCE * n. Close observation of a person or group (usually by the police).
TRONDHEIM * n. A port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord.
AIR-CONDITIONED * s. Cooled by air conditioning.
SCHMALZY * s. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
BOTTLECAP * n. A cap that seals a bottle.
CYMOSE * s. Having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
FORELADY * n. A woman who is foreperson of a jury.
FORMALISM * n. 1 The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented. 2 (philosophy) The philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications. 3 The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms.
HALLUCINOGENIC * s. Capable of producing hallucinations.
ACROANESTHESIA * n. Loss of sensation in the extremities.
KINGFISHER * n. Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish.
BISECTION * n. Dividing into two equal parts.
LOTTO * n. A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
EPIGONE * n. An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician.
MOLESKIN * n. A durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap.
PRIME * --n. 1 A natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself. 2 The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. 3 The second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.. 4 The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest. --v. 1 Insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing. 2 Cover with a primer; apply a primer to. 3 Fill with priming liquid. --s. 1 First in rank or degree. 2 Used of the first or originating agent. 3 Of superior grade. 4 Being at the best stage of development. --a. Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers.
ALLOWANCE * --n. 1 An amount allowed or granted (as during a given period). 2 A sum granted as reimbursement for expenses. 3 An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances. 4 A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. --v. Put on a fixed allowance, as of food.
PSYCHOLOGICAL * --s. Mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature. --a. Of or relating to or determined by psychology.
LEVITATE * v. 1 Cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity. 2 Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.
AUTARKIC * s. Of countries; not relying on imports.
GUINE-BISSAU * n. A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974.
CORDIA * n. Tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
MEMBER * n. 1 One of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization). 2 Anything that belongs to a set or class. 3 An external body part that projects from the body. 4 An organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations).
DIPHENYLHYDANTOIN * n. An anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative.
LOSER * n. 1 A contestant who loses the contest. 2 A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently. 3 A gambler who loses a bet.
WICKET * n. 1 Cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket. 2 A small arch used as croquet equipment. 3 Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door). 4 Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted.
ENQUIRINGLY * r. In an inquiring manner.
DEFENSIBLE * s. Capable of being defended.
PLAITER * n. Someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.).
PEMBROKE * n. The smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail.
LANCINATING * s. Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
DISTILLER * n. Someone who distills alcoholic liquors.
SPIDER * n. 1 Predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey. 2 A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine. 3 A skillet made of cast iron.
FLAMMABILITY * n. The quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly.
CUBIST * --n. An artist who adheres to the principles of cubism. --a. Relating to or characteristic of cubism.
SCHOOLTEACHER * n. A teacher in a school below the college level.
LANTERN-JAWED * s. Having a protruding jaw giving the face a gaunt appearance.
INCOMPLETE * --a. Not complete or total; not completed. --s. Not yet finished.
UDOMETER * n. Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation.
RANDOMIZE * v. Arrange in random order.
ORYCTOLAGUS * n. Old World rabbits.
TIP-OFF * n. 1 Inside information that something is going to happen. 2 The act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball.
LARGE-HEADED * s. Having a large head.
GASTRIN * n. Polypeptide hormone secreted by the mucous lining of the stomach; when peptides and amino acids are present in the small intestine the secretion of gastric acid is stimulated.
DOLOUROUS * s. Showing sorrow.
GRANDFATHER * n. The father of your father or mother.
VOYAGER * n. A traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea).
KISMET * n. (Islam) The will of Allah.
UNTASTED * s. Still full.
UPPP * n. Surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea).
WATERSPOUT * n. 1 A tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist. 2 A heavy rain. 3 A channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof).
FALLING * --s. 1 Decreasing in amount or degree. 2 Coming down freely under the influence of gravity. --a. Becoming lower or less in degree or value.
UNPATENTED * s. (of devices and processes) Not protected by patent.
CARVED * a. Made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary).
PRAXIS * n. Translating an idea into action.
MARQUESS * n. 1 Nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count. 2 A British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl.
JOLT * --n. 1 A sudden jarring impact. 2 An abrupt spasmodic movement. --v. 1 Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion. 2 Disturb (someone's) composure.
ZINZENDORF * n. German theologian (1700-1760).
STERLING * --n. British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK. --s. Highest in quality.
PAPISTIC * a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
PISCATORY * a. Relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing.
CEFOTAXIME * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract.
EPA * n. An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
BLINKER * --n. 1 A light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages. 2 A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn. 3 Blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side. --v. Put blinders on (a horse).
COIF * --n. 1 The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). 2 A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law. --v. 1 Cover with a coif. 2 Arrange attractively.
CLOSELY * r. 1 In a close relation or position in time or space. 2 In an attentive manner. 3 In a close manner.
BOTSWANA * n. A landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s.
CUBICITY * n. The property of resembling a cube.
NORRIS * n. United States writer (1870-1902).
NUMBERS * n. 1 The fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt. 2 An illegal daily lottery.
TURDUS * n. Type genus of the Turdidae.
OCCUPATIONAL * a. Of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained.
APOGAMY * n. (botany) Development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization.
WOOLWORTH * n. United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919).
TABLEWARE * n. Articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware).
18 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one. --s. Being one more than seventeen.
SUBULARIA * n. Small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa.
AGIOTAGE * n. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
DEMONSTRATED * s. Having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt.
CHIPPEWA * n. 1 A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa.
CHARCUTERIE * n. A delicatessen that specializes in meats.
ORDINARY * --n. 1 A judge of a probate court. 2 The expected or commonplace condition or situation. 3 A clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death. 4 An early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel. --a. Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree. --s. Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered.
SCHWARZWALD * n. A hilly forest region in southwestern Germany.
UNMODIFIABLE * a. Incapable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme).
CORYPHAENIDAE * n. Large active pelagic percoid fish.
PAGEANT * n. 1 An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes. 2 A rich and spectacular ceremony.
CANVASSING * n. Persuasion of voters in a political campaign.
ADSORBABLE * a. Capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid.
APOSTASY * n. 1 The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes). 2 The act of abandoning a party for cause.
RHAPHE * n. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
UNMAN * v. Cause to lose one's nerve.
UNMEDIATED * s. Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions.
GRIS * n. Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927).
ULMUS * n. Type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions.
MUCKHILL * n. A heap of dung or refuse.
MAJESTY * n. Impressiveness in scale or proportion.
GAULTHERIA * n. Widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs.
CONTENTMENT * n. Happiness with one's situation in life.
DISC * n. 1 Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove. 2 Something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate. 3 (computer science) A memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored. 4 A flat circular plate.
MULTIVARIATE * s. Pertaining to any procedure involving two or more variables.
SOUFFLE-LIKE * s. Resembling a souffle.
JINGOISM * n. 1 An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions. 2 Fanatical patriotism.
DECENNARY * n. A period of 10 years.
PEZOPHAPS * n. Constituted by the extinct solitaire.
WATERSHED * n. 1 A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems. 2 The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet. 3 An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.
SONE * n. A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold.
NOOTKA * n. 1 A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington. 2 A Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka.
DURMAST * n. Deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood.
NONATTENDANCE * n. The failure to attend.
WEAK * --a. Wanting in physical strength. --s. 1 Overly diluted; thin and insipid. 2 (used of vowels or syllables) Pronounced with little or no stress. 3 Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. 4 Tending downward in price.
ARRHYTHMICAL * s. Without regard for rhythm.
PEEPSHOW * n. 1 An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass. 2 A short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth.
CONSIDERATION * n. 1 The process of giving careful thought to something. 2 Information that should be kept in mind when making a decision. 3 A discussion of a topic (as in a meeting). 4 Kind and considerate regard for others.
WELL-CHOSEN * s. Well expressed and to the point.
SCOTTIE * n. Old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears.
HERACLEUM * n. Widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers.
MOUTHBREEDER * n. Any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths.
CEPHALITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use).
FICUS * n. Large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees.
NEPHROPATHY * n. A disease affecting the kidneys.
PANDORA * n. (Greek mythology) The first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils.
BREAKAX * n. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.
LOVABLE * a. Having characteristics that attract love or affection.
END-RHYMED * s. Rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses.
PHYLLOXERIDAE * n. Plant lice.
SOU'WEST * r. To, toward, or in the southwest.
LUBRICATOR * n. A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery.
EIGHT-FOLD * s. Having eight units or components.
YELLOWNESS * n. Yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.
TAXIDRIVER * n. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
BRIEFING * n. Detailed instructions, as for a military operation.
CRYPTANALYST * n. Decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms.
RAZZLE-DAZZLE * n. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
DIRTINESS * n. 1 The state of being unsanitary. 2 The state of containing dirty impurities. 3 Obscenity in speech or writing.
OPPORTUNELY * r. At an opportune time.
RESEAL * v. Seal again.
HASHMARK * n. An insignia worn to indicate years of service.
OCULAR * --n. Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments. --a. 1 Of or relating to or resembling the eye. 2 Relating to or using sight. --s. Visible.
NONSLIPPERY * a. Not slippery; not likely to slip or skid.
IMPOLITE * a. Not polite.
CYCLOPROPANE * n. A colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic.
SUMMERHOUSE * n. A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
HORROR-STRUCK * s. Stricken with horror.
HISTORIC * s. 1 Belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past. 2 Important in history.
GOONIE * n. A variety of albatross with black feet.
WESTON * n. United States photographer(1886-1958).
COIFFURE * --n. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). --v. Arrange attractively.
UNBRACE * v. 1 Undo the ties of. 2 Remove from tension. 3 Remove a brace or braces from.
MITOCHONDRION * n. An organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy.
190TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred eighty-five in counting order.
LILT * --n. A jaunty rhythm in music. --v. Articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way.
TELEKINESIS * n. The power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force.
TOOTHACHE * n. An ache localized in or around a tooth.
IZMIR * n. A port city in western Turkey.
UNBRANDED * a. Not marked with a brand.
INDUS * n. 1 A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana. 2 An Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.
CHROMATIN * n. The readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes.
ACC * n. A command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft.
LYMPHOPENIA * n. An abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood.
D'HOLBACH * n. French philosopher (born in Germany) famous as being one of the first self-described atheists in Europe.
WOOLGATHER * v. Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy.
INCOMPREHENSION * n. An inability to understand.
UNCONTESTED * a. Not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition.
HEMORRHAGE * --n. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel. --v. Lose blood from one's body.
LOADED * --s. 1 Filled with a great quantity. 2 (of statements or questions) Charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence. 3 Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. 4 Very drunk. --a. (of weapons) Charged with ammunition.
ANTHONY * n. 1 Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC). 2 United States suffragist (1820-1906).
THZ * n. One trillion periods per second.
SLAP * --n. 1 A blow from a flat object (as an open hand). 2 The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand. --v. Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand. --r. Directly.
EXACTLY * r. 1 Indicating exactness or preciseness. 2 Just as it should be. 3 In a precise manner.
BURGLARPROOF * s. Secure against burglary.
RAZBLIUTO * n. The sentimental feeling you have about someone you once loved but no longer do.
RAYLESS * a. Having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers.
TREK * --n. 1 A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers). 2 Any long and difficult trip. --v. 1 Journey on foot, especially in the mountains. 2 Make a long and difficult journey.
SENSITISING * --n. Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections. --a. Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.
CYTOLOGIST * n. A biologist who studies the structure and function of cells.
KANNADA-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Kannada.
FENCESITTER * n. A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics).
LEGITIMATELY * r. 1 In a manner acceptable to common custom. 2 In a lawfully recognized manner.
SPIRONOLACTONE * n. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade name Aldactone) used to treat hypertension.
FOREORDINATION * n. (theology) Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind).
ORCHESTRA * n. 1 A musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players. 2 Seating on the main floor in a theater.
BIOMEDICAL * a. Relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine.
VOUCH * v. 1 Give personal assurance; guarantee. 2 Give surety or assume responsibility. 3 Summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title. 4 Give supporting evidence.
EARMUFF * n. Either of a pair of ear coverings (usually connected by a headband) that are worn to keep the ears warm in cold weather.
GEMMULE * n. The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity.
AMINOACIDURIA * n. Abnormal presence of amino acids in the urine; usually a symptom of metabolic defects.
DEFENESTRATE * v. Throw through or out of the window.
DESENSITISING * a. Making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli.
QUESTIONING * --n. A request for information. --s. 1 Perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know). 2 Marked by or given to doubt. 3 Showing curiosity.
DEFECTION * n. 1 Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. 2 The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes).
MAUVE-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with mauve.
MOTIVATED * a. Provided with a motive or given incentive for action.
INGENIOUSLY * r. In an ingenious manner.
UNPREDICTABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses. 2 The trait of being unpredictably irresolute. 3 Lacking predictability.
THROMBIN * n. An enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot.
PERENNIAL * --n. (botany) A plant lasting for three seasons or more. --a. Lasting three seasons or more. --s. 1 Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal. 2 Recurring again and again.
COMFORTING * s. 1 Providing freedom from worry. 2 Affording comfort or solace.
LARDIZABALA * n. Evergreen monoecious climbers of South America having dark mauve-blue edible berries.
ANTLION * n. 1 The larva of any of several insects. 2 Winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants.
INTELLECTUALISATION * n. (psychiatry) A defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict.
POOCH * --n. Informal terms for dogs. --v. Round one's lips as if intending to kiss.
ROCAMBOLE * n. European leek cultivated and used like leeks.
RECONDITE * s. Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
BLATTELLA * n. Small cockroaches.
INTRAMURAL * a. Carried on within the bounds of an institution or community.
ESCAPISM * n. An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy.
APPRISAL * n. Informing by words.
NEOPLASIA * n. The pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor.
SEND-OFF * n. 1 An organized expression of goodwill at the start of a trip or new venture. 2 A start given to contestants.
SPURN * v. Reject with contempt.
STRIDER * n. A person who walks rapidly with long steps.
VICTORIANA * n. Collection of materials of or characteristic of the Victorian era.
ROSEBUD * n. 1 The bud of a rose. 2 (a literary reference to) A pretty young girl.
PROTRACTILE * s. Able to be extended.
EMETROL * n. Trade name for an antiemetic drug that has a mint flavor.
ESTEEM * --n. 1 The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded). 2 A feeling of delighted approval and liking. 3 An attitude of admiration or esteem. --v. 1 Regard highly; think much of. 2 Look on as or consider.
GENIALITY * n. A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
JUMP * --n. 1 A sudden and decisive increase. 2 An abrupt transition. 3 (film) An abrupt transition from one scene to another. 4 A sudden involuntary movement. --v. 1 Move forward by leaps and bounds. 2 Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. 3 Make a sudden physical attack on. 4 Increase suddenly and significantly.
MID-MARCH * n. The middle part of March.
INFATUATED * s. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
TAPIS * n. A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery.
DELIGHT * --n. 1 A feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction. 2 Something or someone that provides a source of happiness. --v. 1 Give pleasure to or be pleasing to. 2 Take delight in. 3 Hold spellbound.
DISTURBER * n. A troubler who interrupts or interferes with peace and quiet; someone who causes disorder and commotion.
SYNCRETIC * a. 1 Relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections. 2 Of or characterized by syncretism.
SANA * n. The capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau.
LUKEWARM * s. 1 Moderately warm. 2 Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm.
DROGHEDA * n. In 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
PRION * n. (microbiology) An infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system.
SUPPORTABLE * s. Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
SCOUSE * n. A stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors.
PRONGY * s. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
FAA * n. An agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation.
DESPITE * n. 1 Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. 2 Contemptuous disregard.
PROSELYTE * n. A new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
PITCHER * n. 1 (baseball) The person who does the pitching. 2 An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring. 3 The quantity contained in a pitcher. 4 (botany) A leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer.
T-BAR * n. A surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis.
STANLEYA * n. Prince's plume.
SATIRIST * n. A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.
FEARLESS * --a. Oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them. --s. Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
SQUATTER * n. 1 Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it. 2 Someone who settles on land without right or title.
LIMNOLOGICALLY * r. With regard to or concerning limnology.
ILMENITE * n. A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium.
DEFLECTION * n. 1 A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting. 2 The amount by which a propagating wave is bent. 3 The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position. 4 The property of being bent or deflected.
FIFTIETH * --n. Position 50 in a countable series of things. --s. The ordinal number of fifty in counting order.
PROCEDURE * n. 1 A particular course of action intended to achieve a result. 2 A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work. 3 A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program. 4 A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings.
PARADOXICALLY * r. In a paradoxical manner.
RESURRECTION * n. 1 (New Testament) The rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion. 2 A revival from inactivity and disuse.
ARCMINUTE * n. A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree.
SALERATUS * n. A white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid.
CLOGGY * s. (used of soil) Compact and fine-grained.
PAPILIONOIDEAE * n. Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae.
10 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system. --s. Being one more than nine.
UNQUIETLY * r. With agitation or turbulence.
HYDROMANTES * n. Web-toed salamanders.
MYXOMYCOTA * n. Slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.
SPELAEOLOGY * n. 1 The scientific study of caves. 2 The pastime of exploring caves.
GET * --n. A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent. --v. 1 Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract. 2 Enter or assume a certain state or condition. 3 Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. 4 Receive a specified treatment (abstract).
CAROLLER * n. A singer of carols.
GOLDILOCKS * n. Early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod.
TONOCARD * n. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed.
PURPLISH-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with purple.
ARE * n. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
TYPOGRAPHICAL * a. Relating to or occurring or used in typography.
ORNITHOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to ornithology.
OBTENTION * n. The act of obtaining.
EXPATRIATE * --n. A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country. --v. 1 Expel from a country. 2 Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad.
MACHINE-DRIVEN * s. Operated by automation.
PENGO * n. 1 Formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946. 2 A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
NERVA * n. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98).
THIMBLEBERRY * n. 1 Shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit. 2 White-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries. 3 Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
ENGORGED * s. Overfull as with blood.
FLAVONOID * n. Any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone.
HYPOSPADIAS * n. An abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis.
RATTRAP * n. 1 A difficult entangling situation. 2 Filthy run-down dilapidated housing. 3 A trap for catching rats.
GLITZ * n. Tasteless showiness.
MUTILATE * v. 1 Destroy or injure severely. 2 Alter so as to make unrecognizable. 3 Destroy or injure severely.
ANTIVENIN * n. An antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal.
KALIMANTAN * n. 1 The part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo. 2 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago.
RHIBHUS * n. One of three artisans of the Hindu gods.
CASQUETEL * n. A light open casque without a visor or beaver.
RHEUMATISM * n. 1 Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues. 2 A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint.
FOOTLIGHTS * n. Theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors.
TELEOSTEI * n. Large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species.
EMBRASURE * n. An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.
TRAVE * n. A horizontal beam that extends across something.
TEETOTALIST * n. A total abstainer.
BLOODILY * r. Involving a great bloodshed.
CONSOLABLE * a. Able to be consoled.
DECLARABLE * s. That must be declared.
TREATISE * n. A formal exposition.
EMIGREE * n. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
INSTRUMENTAL * --a. Relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments. --s. Serving or acting as a means or aid.
TRAPPINGS * n. (usually plural) Accessory wearing apparel.
MARQUETTE * n. 1 French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675). 2 A town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan.
MIRED * s. Entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire.
OVULE * n. 1 A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization. 2 A small or immature ovum.
SENNIT * n. Flat braided cordage that is used on ships.
IMPROBABLY * r. Not easy to believe.
ESQUIMAU * n. 1 A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people'). 2 The language spoken by the Eskimo.
INAPPLICABILITY * n. Irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand.
SALVADORACEAE * n. A family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals.
POSTWAR * a. Belonging to the period after a war.
SYBARITE * n. A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses.
FLAKEY * --a. Made of or resembling flakes. --s. 1 Made of or easily forming flakes. 2 Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
SLOP * --n. 1 Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. 2 Deep soft mud in water or slush. 3 (usually plural) Waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand. 4 (usually plural) Weak or watery unappetizing food or drink. --v. 1 Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container. 2 Walk through mud or mire. 3 Ladle clumsily. 4 Feed pigs.
MULCT * --n. Money extracted as a penalty. --v. 1 Deprive of by deceit. 2 Impose a fine on.
UNEXCITABLE * a. Not easily excited.
CINEMATIZE * v. Make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film.
MADRASAH * n. Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
G-MAN * n. A special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
CONSTITUENT * --n. 1 An artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system. 2 A member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes. 3 Something determined in relation to something that includes it. 4 (grammar) A word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction. --s. Constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup).
BIG * --a. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent. --s. 1 Significant. 2 Very intense. 3 Loud and firm. 4 Conspicuous in position or importance. --r. 1 Extremely well. 2 In a boastful manner. 3 On a grand scale. 4 In a major way.
METALWORKER * n. Someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable).
PREVENTIVE * --n. 1 Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease. 2 Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. 3 An agent or device intended to prevent conception. --s. Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease. --a. Tending to prevent or hinder.
DUKE * n. 1 A British peer of the highest rank. 2 A nobleman (in various countries) of high rank.
SCALAR * --n. A variable quantity that cannot be resolved into components. --a. 1 Of or relating to a musical scale. 2 Of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude.
KREISLER * n. United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962).
FRI * n. The sixth day of the week; the fifth working day.
LINEN * n. 1 A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant. 2 A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish. 3 White goods or clothing made with linen cloth.
ENTRANCEMENT * n. A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment.
PERSIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Iran. 2 The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms. --a. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
ENUNCIATE * v. 1 Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. 2 Express or state clearly.
NAUSEATING * s. Causing or able to cause nausea.
CISTUS * n. Small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa.
INSOLATION * n. 1 Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat. 2 Incident solar radiation. 3 Therapeutic exposure to sunlight.
PRECEDENTIAL * s. Having precedence (especially because of longer service).
WHINER * n. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
IMU * n. A terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries.
TAILORBIRD * n. Tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest.
PROMISEE * n. A person to whom a promise is made.
POUCHED * a. Having a pouch.
MULTISTAGE * n. Occurring in more than one stage.
MAC * n. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
KYUSHU * n. The southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields.
PHYTELEPHAS * n. Small genus of South American feather palms.
COEREBIDAE * n. The honeycreepers.
POTASSIUM * n. A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite.
OSSICULUM * n. A small bone; especially one in the middle ear.
FOMENTER * n. One who agitates; a political troublemaker.
PROVISION * --n. 1 A stipulated condition. 2 The activity of supplying or providing something. 3 The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening. 4 A store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms). --v. Supply with provisions.
NYMPHALID * n. Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
ZOANTHROPY * n. The delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal.
QUAKE * --n. Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity. --v. 1 Shake with fast, tremulous movements. 2 Shake with seismic vibrations.
TRIMOX * n. An antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections.
AMBULATE * v. Walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking.
BRAWLER * n. A fighter (especially one who participates in brawls).
VALANCE * n. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
INGRATIATING * s. 1 Capable of winning favor. 2 Calculated to please or gain favor.
FITTINGNESS * n. The quality of being suitable.
CARPENTER * --n. A woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects. --v. Work as a carpenter.
LLANO * n. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
HORSEBEAN * n. 1 Seed of the broad-bean plant. 2 Large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States.
SHOCK-ABSORBENT * s. Having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact.
UNWOODED * a. Not wooded.
TONER * n. 1 A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print. 2 A black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image. 3 A lotion for cleansing the skin and contracting the pores.
CONTAINMENT * n. 1 A policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully. 2 (physics) A system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor. 3 The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.
BABYISH * s. Characteristic of a baby.
INTERPRETER * n. 1 Someone who mediates between speakers of different languages. 2 Someone who uses art to represent something. 3 An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose. 4 (computer science) A program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time.
MALAISE * n. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
PARIS * n. 1 The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce. 2 Sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae. 3 (Greek mythology) The prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War. 4 A town in northeastern Texas.
THOUSAND * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
PURPLENESS * n. A purple color or pigment.
BANG * --n. 1 A vigorous blow. 2 A sudden very loud noise. 3 A border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead. 4 The swift release of a store of affective force. --v. 1 Strike violently. 2 To produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound. 3 Close violently. 4 Move noisily. --r. Directly.
CACOPHONIC * a. Having an unpleasant sound.
DOLIOLUM * n. Free-swimming oceanic tunicate with a barrel-shaped transparent body.
INELEGANCE * n. The quality of lacking refinement and good taste.
HYPOPLASIA * n. Underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells.
STRIPED * s. Marked or decorated with stripes.
NOL.PROS. * v. Drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records.
UNMALLEABILITY * n. A lack of malleability.
NORGE * n. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905.
INCITER * n. Someone who deliberately foments trouble.
SEMPITERNAL * s. Having no known beginning and presumably no end.
STENDHAL * n. French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842).
TEMPORAL * --n. The semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb. --s. 1 Not eternal. 2 Of this earth or world. --a. 1 Of or relating to or limited by time. 2 Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit). 3 Characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.
ESCAPED * s. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
LONG-LIVED * s. Existing for a long time.
PATAVIUM * n. A city in Veneto.
ATOXIC * a. Not producing or resulting from poison.
HARMATTAN * n. A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter.
RHODESIAN * a. Of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
SUPERCILIOUS * s. 1 Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. 2 Expressive of contempt.
ROB * v. 1 Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner. 2 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.
BALLYHOO * --n. Blatant or sensational promotion. --v. Advertize noisily or blatantly.
SAILBOAT * n. A small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast.
EXULTINGLY * r. In an exultant manner.
ICY * s. 1 Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. 2 Extremely cold. 3 Covered with or containing or consisting of ice. 4 Shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice.
APHYLLANTHES * n. One species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae.
ANATHEMATIZATION * n. The formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed.
SLOPE * --n. 1 An elevated geological formation. 2 The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal. --v. Be at an angle.
DETERMINATENESS * n. The quality of being predictable with great confidence.
FULANI * n. 1 A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith. 2 A family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages.
PNEUMOCOCCAL * a. Of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus.
HYPOTONICITY * n. 1 (of a solution) The extent to which a solution has a lower osmotic pressure than some other. 2 (of muscular tissue) The state of being hypotonic.
RELIGIOUS * --n. A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience. --s. 1 Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church. 2 Extremely scrupulous and conscientious. --a. 1 Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity. 2 Of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows.
CHELIFEROUS * a. Having chelae.
LYSOSOME * n. An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells).
SLOBBER * --n. Saliva spilling from the mouth. --v. Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
KANSAN * n. A native or resident of Kansas.
CORDYLIDAE * n. Small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards.
LIFE * n. 1 A characteristic state or mode of living. 2 The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities. 3 The course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living. 4 The condition of living or the state of being alive.
EPICENTRE * n. The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
FAGUS * n. Beeches.
MASTOPEXY * n. Plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts.
BLASTEMAL * a. Of or relating to blastemata.
NOX * n. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx.
FEYNMAN * n. United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988).
ASKANT * s. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
VERNE * n. French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905).
CEYLONESE * a. Of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture.
CLOTTING * n. The process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid.
IBDA-C * n. A Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO.
JUSTIFICATION * n. 1 Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary. 2 A statement in explanation of some action or belief. 3 The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning.
MACH * n. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
SHAVUOTH * n. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
AFFINITY * n. 1 (immunology) The attraction between an antigen and an antibody. 2 (anthropology) Kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship. 3 (biology) State of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts. 4 A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character.
IMPISHLY * r. In an appealing but bold manner.
EXPECTANT * s. 1 Marked by eager anticipation. 2 In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
SELF-POLLINATION * n. Fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower.
BASTINADO * --n. 1 A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet. 2 A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels. --v. Beat somebody on the soles of the feet.
CERTHIA * n. Type genus of the Certhiidae.
ZEITGEIST * n. The spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation.
SHARED * --a. Have in common; held or experienced in common. --s. Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose.
AUDITORY * a. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
METHODIST * --n. A follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley.
HALF-EVERGREEN * s. Of a plant that is incompletely evergreen.
SCOTOMA * n. An isolated area of diminished vision within the visual field.
UNTHINKABLY * r. To an unimaginable extent.
SUBSTANTIALITY * n. The quality of being substantial or having substance.
MARBLEISED * s. Patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble.
TEENY-WEENY * s. (used informally) Very small.
FREEBOOTER * n. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
COLUMBIAN * a. Of or relating to Christopher Columbus.
PRIMITIVISM * n. 1 A wild or unrefined state. 2 A genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children.
BACILLUS * n. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil.
CHITIN * n. A tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi.
ELEPHAS * n. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
ANABIOSIS * n. Suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns.
REENLISTMENT * n. A renewed enlistment.
DECENTRALISING * a. Tending away from a central point.
SPOUTING * s. Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream.
INCA * n. 1 A ruler of the Incas (or a member of his family). 2 A member of the Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru. 3 The small group of Quechua living in the Cuzco Valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors in order to create an empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s.
DROWN * v. 1 Cover completely or make imperceptible. 2 Get rid of as if by submerging. 3 Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating. 4 Kill by submerging in water.
SCREECHER * n. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
INCULCATE * v. Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.
PLOTINUS * n. Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270).
JACKSTRAWS * n. A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others.
EUROCENTRISM * n. Belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans.
LEPISOSTEUS * n. Type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars.
SLUMBEROUS * s. 1 Quiet and tranquil. 2 Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.
LIGHTS-OUT * n. 1 A prescribed bedtime. 2 (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
PLECTRON * n. A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.
SIDING * n. 1 A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass. 2 Material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof.
MARSEILLE * n. 1 A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean. 2 Strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedspreads.
MYOFIBRIL * n. One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber.
WORKFELLOW * n. An associate that one works with.
CONTINUED * a. Without stop or interruption.
PLURALITY * n. 1 The state of being plural. 2 A large indefinite number. 3 (in an election with more than 2 options) The number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes).
CRAZYWEED * n. Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock.
BEAM * --n. 1 A signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather. 2 Long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction. 3 A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation. 4 A column of light (as from a beacon). --v. 1 Smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression. 2 Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light. 3 Express with a beaming face or smile. 4 Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.
WHIRLWIND * n. A more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth.
CORNEA * n. The transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera.
RAZOR-FISH * n. Any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean.
THREE-WAY * s. Involving three parties or elements.
ENALAPRIL * n. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks.
PSALTER * n. A collection of Psalms for liturgical use.
PROMPTLY * r. 1 With little or no delay. 2 In a punctual manner. 3 At once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence).
BATTLER * n. Someone who fights (or is fighting).
FENDER-BENDER * n. A collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage.
PECCARY * n. Nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America.
NEOCLASSICAL * s. Characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style.
BIT-BY-BIT * s. One thing at a time.
CRINKLY * s. Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves.
TIU * n. God of war and sky; counterpart of Norse Tyr.
BVD'S * n. Trademark for men's underwear.
SWEETISH * s. Somewhat sweet.
HEAVING * n. 1 An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling). 2 Breathing heavily (as after exertion). 3 The act of lifting something with great effort. 4 Throwing something heavy (with great effort).
INDULGENCE * n. 1 An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires. 2 A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone. 3 The act of indulging or gratifying a desire. 4 Foolish or senseless behavior.
SAPPER * n. A military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications).
NURSER * n. A person who treats something carefully.
FARC * n. A powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers.
QOPH * n. The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
HUMMOCK * n. A small natural hill.
INDETERMINATION * n. The quality of being vague and poorly defined.
EVOLUTIONARILY * r. In an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view.
OUTWARDLY * r. 1 With respect to the outside. 2 In outward appearance.
EDGING * n. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug).
LAW-BREAKING * n. (criminal law) An act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
PARASITIC * --a. 1 Relating to or caused by parasites. 2 Of or pertaining to epenthesis. --s. Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.
OPALINE * s. Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.
INFINITUDE * n. 1 An infinite quantity. 2 The quality of being infinite; without bound or limit.
SAPROPHYTIC * --a. Obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material. --s. (of some plants or fungi) Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter.
CATGUT * n. 1 Perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone. 2 A strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery.
JIDDAH * n. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca.
HEN-OF-THE-WOODS * n. Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees.
UNTUFTED * s. Not adorned with tufts.
JAMBERRY * n. 1 Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes. 2 Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes.
DROSS * n. 1 Worthless or dangerous material that should be removed. 2 The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
UNSAID * s. Not made explicit.
ISLAY * n. 1 California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers. 2 An island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides.
HAZINESS * n. 1 Vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined. 2 Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor.
SKYLAB * n. United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979.
FROZEN * --a. Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold. --s. 1 Absolutely still. 2 Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. 3 Not thawed. 4 (used of foods) Preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value.
OBLIGE * v. 1 Force somebody to do something. 2 Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted. 3 Provide a service or favor for someone.
COIN-OPERATED * a. Of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins.
GONIOSCOPY * n. An examination of the front part of the eye to check the angle where the iris meets the cornea; it is used to distinguish between open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma.
PURSLANE * n. A plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas.
LEPTORRHINE * a. Having a long narrow nose.
GYRINIDAE * n. Whirligig beetles.
BOULE * n. An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork.
DEPOSE * v. 1 Force to leave (an office). 2 Make a deposition; declare under oath.
INDWELLER * n. 1 Activation by an inner spirit or force or principle. 2 A person who inhabits a particular place.
VAST * s. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
SPACEMAN * n. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
CRINKLE-ROOT * n. North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots.
LOWERCLASSMAN * n. An undergraduate who is not yet a senior.
SHELTERED * s. Protected from danger or bad weather.
MERLUCCIUS * n. Hakes.
TRIPTYCH * n. Art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels (usually hinged together).
HUMERUS * n. Bone extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
RECREANT * --n. 1 An abject coward. 2 A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.. --s. 1 Having deserted a cause or principle. 2 Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful.
PATRIKIN * n. One related on the father's side.
MEZZO-SOPRANO * n. 1 A soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto. 2 The female singing voice between contralto and soprano.
ERYTHRODERMA * n. Any skin disorder involving abnormal redness.
ABSOLUTENESS * n. 1 The quality of being complete or utter or extreme. 2 The quality of being absolute.
HOMOLOGOUS * a. 1 Having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function. 2 Corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species.
MATERIALLY * r. 1 With respect to material aspects. 2 To a significant degree.
UNDERTAKE * v. 1 Enter upon an activity or enterprise. 2 Accept as a challenge. 3 Promise to do or accomplish. 4 Enter into a contractual arrangement.
HEADY * s. 1 Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters. 2 Extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic. 3 Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences.
ANTISTROPHIC * a. Of or relating to an antistrophe.
CHIN * --n. 1 The protruding part of the lower jaw. 2 Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India. --v. Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar.
MEASUREDLY * r. In a deliberate unhurried manner.
LINTEL * n. Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window.
METEOROLOGIC * a. Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions.
SQUINT-EYED * --a. Affected by strabismus. --s. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
NAGARI * n. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
ACQUIRED * s. Gotten through environmental forces.
LANDSCAPER * n. Someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively.
49TH * s. The ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order.
NULLIFICATION * n. 1 The states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress. 2 The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something.
CRUMB * --n. 1 A very small quantity of something. 2 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 3 Small piece of e.g. bread or cake. --v. 1 Coat with bread crumbs. 2 Break into crumbs. 3 Remove crumbs from.
COUNTERFIRE * n. Fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons.
BAMAKO * n. The capital of Mali; located in the south on the Niger.
GIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits.
DOUGHNUT * n. 1 A toroidal shape. 2 A small ring-shaped friedcake.
SOUGHT-AFTER * s. 1 Being searched for. 2 Greatly desired.
BYZANTIUM * n. 1 An ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital. 2 A continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395.
CYCLOBENZAPRINE * n. Muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury.
KIN * --n. 1 A person having kinship with another or others. 2 Group of people related by blood or marriage. --s. Related by blood.
ABOLISHMENT * n. The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery).
LAVALIERE * n. Jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
BOWLER * n. 1 A cricketer who delivers the ball to the batsman in cricket. 2 A player who rolls balls down an alley at pins. 3 A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim.
SPRINGTIDE * n. 1 A swelling rush of anything. 2 A greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons.
REJOIN * v. 1 Join again. 2 Answer back.
MARKED-UP * s. (of a manuscript) Defaced with changes.
ELEVATION * n. 1 The event of something being raised upward. 2 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 3 Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). 4 A raised or elevated geological formation.
TERRIFICALLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
HUMBUG * --n. 1 Pretentious or silly talk or writing. 2 Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive. 3 Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. --v. Trick or deceive.
DECLAIM * v. 1 Recite in elocution. 2 Speak against in an impassioned manner.
COHORT * n. 1 A company of companions or supporters. 2 A band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion). 3 A group of people having approximately the same age.
ROE * n. 1 Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture. 2 Eggs of female fish. 3 The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster. 4 The eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish.
MITHRAISM * n. Ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d..
THROBBING * --n. 1 An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart). 2 A sound with a strong rhythmic beat. --s. Pounding or beating strongly or violently.
HEAT-RELEASING * a. (of a chemical reaction or compound) Occurring or formed with the liberation of heat.
IGLESIAS * n. Spanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943).
BOXED-IN * s. Enclosed in or as if in a box.
SCROTAL * a. Relating to or having or lying within a scrotum.
CARBORUNDUM * n. An abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals.
KNOX * n. Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572).
LIGATURE * n. 1 (music) A group of notes connected by a slur. 2 Character consisting of two or more letters combined into one. 3 A metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone. 4 Thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood).
REPORTED * a. Made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account.
TRAFFICATOR * n. A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.
HORIZONTALLY * r. In a horizontal direction.
BRAHMIN * n. 1 A member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family). 2 A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas. 3 The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category. 4 Any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding.
VALEDICTORIAN * n. The student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement.
COCKLEBURR * n. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
MAESTRO * n. An artist of consummate skill.
IRAK * n. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq.
POLYMASTIGINA * n. Small usually parasitic flagellates.
VERTEBRA * n. One of the bony segments of the spinal column.
CONCEIT * n. 1 Feelings of excessive pride. 2 An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things. 3 A witty or ingenious turn of phrase. 4 An artistic device or effect.
MELODICALLY * r. With respect to melody.
SAFETY * n. 1 The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions. 2 A safe place. 3 A device designed to prevent injury or accidents. 4 (baseball) The successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely.
PRIVATEERSMAN * n. An officer or crew member of a privateer.
ASPIRER * n. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
IGUASSU * n. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
NON-RESINY * s. Not having resin.
ZINGIBERACEAE * n. A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales.
DIGRAM * n. Two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe').
ABIES * n. True firs.
SLABBER * v. Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
PTERODACTYL * n. Extinct flying reptile.
BARISH * n. Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India.
COPRINACEAE * n. Used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus.
WITHE * n. 1 Band or rope made of twisted twigs or stems. 2 Strong flexible twig.
MYXINIFORMES * n. Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys.
FLOORING * n. 1 The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure). 2 Building material used in laying floors.
HENDIADYS * n. Use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier.
LITHODIDAE * n. Deep-sea crabs of cold waters.
DONEE * n. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
MANTEIDAE * n. Mantises.
CHONDRITE * n. A rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules.
GOSSIPMONGERING * n. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people.
SMITHEREENS * n. A collection of small fragments considered as a whole.
KIP * --n. 1 Sleep. 2 The basic unit of money in Laos. 3 A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright. --v. Be asleep.
BISCUIT * n. 1 Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda. 2 Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term).
DIAMANTE * n. 1 Adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing. 2 Fabric covered with glittering ornaments such as sequins or rhinestones.
PYDNA * n. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom.
APHASIC * --n. Someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language. --a. Related to or affected by aphasia. --s. Unable to speak because of a brain lesion.
UNFALTERINGLY * r. With determination; in a determined manner.
CHIN-UP * n. An arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar.
BANJO * n. A stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body.
EARTHSHAKING * s. 1 Loud enough to shake the very earth. 2 Sufficiently significant to affect the whole world.
AQUAVIT * n. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
BOSWELL * n. 1 Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795). 2 A devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds.
PETROSELINUM * n. Parsley.
TECTONIC * a. 1 Pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust. 2 Of or pertaining to construction or architecture.
BREGMATIC * a. Of or relating to the bregma of the skull.
ANIMADVERSION * n. Harsh criticism or disapproval.
BRACHIATE * --v. Swing from one hold to the next. --s. 1 Having widely spreading paired branches. 2 Having arms or armlike appendages.
GUANINE * n. A purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine.
LILAC-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with lilac.
ACTINIARIA * n. Sea anemones.
BRAD * --n. A small nail. --v. Fasten with brads.
INCONTROVERTIBILITY * n. The quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about.
HYMENOGASTRALES * n. An order of fungi belonging to the class Gasteromycetes; has a distinct basidiocarp with a fleshy or waxy gleba (sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes).
SETUBAL * n. A port city on the Atlantic coast of Portugal to the southeast of Lisbon.
PROMOTIVE * s. Tending to further or encourage.
LED * n. Diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used.
INSIGHTFULNESS * n. Shrewdness shown by keen insight.
REMARKABLE * s. 1 Unusual or striking. 2 Worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual.
SHOWCASE * n. 1 A setting in which something can be displayed to best effect. 2 A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.
ANORTHOPIA * n. Distorted vision in which straight lines appear curved.
NEANDERTHALIAN * a. Relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man.
BEHOLDEN * s. Under a moral obligation to someone.
CHONDRODYSTROPHY * n. An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.
PANTING * n. 1 Breathing heavily (as after exertion). 2 Any fabric used to make trousers.
ENTHRONIZATION * n. The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
RAMAYANA * n. One of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne.
DELICIOUSLY * r. 1 In a very pleasurable manner. 2 So as to produce a delightful taste.
WARPING * n. A moral or mental distortion.
GIRONDIN * n. A member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins.
ADOPTEE * n. Someone (such as a child) who has been adopted.
HAMINOEA * n. Common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.
A-ONE * s. Of the highest quality.
DEFENSIVELY * r. 1 In an apologetic and defensive manner. 2 In a defensive manner.
OBSCENE * s. 1 Designed to incite to indecency or lust. 2 Offensive to the mind. 3 Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
RELAXING * a. Affording physical or mental rest.
ASSUREDLY * r. Without a doubt.
GAILLARDIA * n. Any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy.
IRA * n. 1 A militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland. 2 A retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred. 3 Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
PROHIBITIONIST * n. A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages.
ERITREAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Eritrea. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people.
WAVE-OFF * n. An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.
RADIOBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology that studies the effects of radiation on living organisms.
VIGESIMAL * a. Relating to or based on the number twenty.
BASELINE * n. 1 An imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared. 2 The back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line. 3 The lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases.
DIGESTIBLENESS * n. The property of being easy to digest.
WEBLIKE * s. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
STATESMAN * n. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
BRASHLY * r. In a brash cheeky manner.
CLICK * --n. 1 A short light metallic sound. 2 A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu). 3 A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward. 4 Depression of a button on a computer mouse. --v. 1 Move or strike with a noise. 2 Make a clicking or ticking sound. 3 Click repeatedly or uncontrollably. 4 Cause to make a snapping sound.
BEECH * n. 1 Any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions. 2 Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles.
FLABBERGASTED * s. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
NAP * --n. 1 A period of time spent sleeping. 2 A soft or fuzzy surface texture. 3 The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave. 4 Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed). --v. Take a siesta.
SINK * --n. 1 Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe. 2 (technology) A process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system. 3 A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof. 4 A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it. --v. 1 Fall or descend to a lower place or level. 2 Cause to sink. 3 Pass into a specified state or condition. 4 Go under.
LYGODIUM * n. Chiefly tropical climbing ferns.
THIRTEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one. --s. Being one more than twelve.
CIRRHUS * n. Usually coiled.
MONARDA * n. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
ADDITIONALLY * r. In addition, by way of addition; furthermore.
RATLIKE * a. Resembling or characteristic of a rat.
BIOSAFETY * n. Safety from exposure to infectious agents.
TEN-SPOT * n. One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face.
BRIBER * n. Someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act.
SYNOPTICS * n. The first three Gospels which describe events in Christ's life from a similar point of view.
SUPERBLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
GASTROMYCETES * n. Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi.
FIST * n. A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting).
SADDLEBAG * n. A large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle.
BRIER-WOOD * n. Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
MANDATE * --n. 1 A document giving an official instruction or command. 2 A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves. 3 The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory. --v. 1 Assign under a mandate. 2 Make mandatory. 3 Assign authority to.
CHILOMASTIX * n. Flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates including humans.
MERLON * n. A solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement.
NEUTRINO * n. An elementary, electrically neutral particle with a very small mass.
PROVISIONS * n. A stock or supply of foods.
CUNNING * --n. 1 Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. 2 Crafty artfulness (especially in deception). --s. 1 Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness. 2 Marked by skill in deception. 3 Showing inventiveness and skill.
MASTURBATOR * n. A person who practices masturbation.
MENZIESIA * n. Deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia.
UNENDING * s. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
SIXTY-THREE * s. Being three more than sixty.
GIVEN * --n. An assumption that is taken for granted. --s. 1 Acknowledged as a supposition. 2 (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
SONAR * n. A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
AMPHIBIOTIC * s. Having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form.
AROMATIZE * v. Fill or impregnate with an odor.
CHYME * n. A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum.
SATINY * s. Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
TENNER * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system. 2 A United States bill worth 10 dollars.
LOW-POWERED * s. Having little power to do work.
ZOOLOGICAL * a. 1 Concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties. 2 Of or relating to animals or animal groups.
EMBRACEMENT * n. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
ENTOMOSTRACA * n. In some older classifications includes the Branchiopoda and Copepoda and Ostracoda and Cirripedia; no longer in technical use.
REPREHENSION * n. An act or expression of criticism and censure.
WITCHING * --n. The use or practice of witchcraft. --s. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
PRECISELY * r. 1 Indicating exactness or preciseness. 2 In a precise manner. 3 Just as it should be.
DRYNESS * n. 1 The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water). 2 Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs. 3 Objectivity and detachment.
MARAUD * --n. A sudden short attack. --v. Raid and rove in search of booty.
FEIFER * n. United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929).
VIRTUOSO * --n. 1 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 2 A musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry. --s. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
PROCELLARIA * n. Type genus of the Procellariidae.
PLANTSMAN * n. An expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants).
RIDGELINE * n. A long narrow range of hills.
PRESIDENTSHIP * n. The office and function of president.
STAR-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a star.
HOMER * --n. 1 A base hit on which the batter scores a run. 2 Ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC). 3 An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs. 4 United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910). --v. Hit a home run.
HAEMATITE * n. The principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form.
SANDFLY * n. Any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis.
RIPE * --a. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used. --s. 1 Fully prepared or eager. 2 Most suitable or right for a particular purpose. 3 At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge. 4 Far along in time.
ALLOTMENT * n. 1 A share set aside for a specific purpose. 2 The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
HAUBERK * n. A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor.
TETRAGONAL * a. Of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral.
VITIS * n. The type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes.
MESCALINE * n. The hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons.
ASSAULTIVE * s. Disposed to attack.
CARDAMUM * n. Aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces.
NEPHROTOXIN * n. Any toxin that affects the kidneys.
WIESEL * n. United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928).
GOUACHE * n. 1 An opaque watercolor prepared with gum. 2 A watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum.
FILAGO * n. Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads.
GLIS * n. Type genus of the Gliridae.
TOGGED * s. Dressed especially in smart clothes.
CERTAINTY * n. 1 The state of being certain. 2 Something that is certain.
SALP * n. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
PLACATING * s. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
MITHRAS * n. Ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god.
NIGGARD * n. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
SHEIKHDOM * n. The domain ruled by a sheik.
FLIPPER * n. 1 A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater). 2 The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming.
GOSAN-CHIKU * n. Small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young.
KAFFIYEH * n. An Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal.
INCOMPATIBLY * r. Without compatibility.
DEGRADING * s. 1 Harmful to the mind or morals. 2 Used of conduct; characterized by dishonor.
LOUDNESS * n. 1 The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction). 2 Tasteless showiness.
UNSPENT * s. (of financial resources) Not spent.
BRUNNHILDE * n. A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide.
GEOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to geology.
DOMESTIC * --n. A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household. --a. 1 Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation. 2 Of or relating to the home. 3 Of or involving the home or family. --s. 1 Converted or adapted to domestic use. 2 Produced in a particular country.
COMFORTINGLY * r. In a comforting or consoling manner.
STARRY-EYED * s. Unrealistically or naively optimistic.
DIESTRUS * n. (of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season) A state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity.
CHYLOUS * a. Consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle.
AYURVEDA * n. (Sanskrit) An ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda.
ENTELECHY * n. (Aristotle) The state of something that is fully realized; actuality as opposed to potentiality.
PURPLISH-RED * --n. A red with a tinge of purple. --s. Of red tinged with purple.
VACUOLATED * a. Formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell.
OUTSHINE * v. 1 Shine brighter than. 2 Attract more attention and praise than others.
EXECUTE * v. 1 Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment. 2 Murder in a planned fashion. 3 Put in effect. 4 Carry out the legalities of.
SLOVENLINESS * n. 1 A lack of order and tidiness; not cared for. 2 Habitual uncleanliness.
LYMPHADENOMA * n. An abnormally enlarged lymph node.
PEAG * n. Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.
SPOKESHAVE * n. A small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes).
ROBUSTLY * r. In a robust manner.
PERFORATED * s. 1 Having a hole cut through. 2 Having a number or series of holes.
ECHOENCEPHALOGRAM * n. A graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph.
SAMIEL * n. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
DETERGENCY * n. Detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power.
PAID * --a. Marked by the reception of pay. --s. 1 Involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby. 2 Yielding a fair profit.
PRECAVA * n. Receives blood from the head and arms and chest and empties into the right atrium of the heart; formed from the azygos and both brachiocephalic veins.
HYDROLYZABLE * a. Capable of undergoing hydrolysis.
TSA * n. An agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel.
MISUSE * --n. Improper or excessive use. --v. 1 Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly. 2 Change the inherent purpose or function of something.
TIGHTENING * n. The act of making something tighter.
SOI-DISANT * s. As claimed by and for yourself often without justification.
DAIMON * n. An evil supernatural being.
ZARIA * n. A city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center.
PLOP * --n. The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash. --v. 1 Drop something with a plopping sound. 2 Drop with the sound of something falling into water. 3 Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. --r. With a short hollow thud.
ACIDIFY * v. 1 Make sour or more sour. 2 Turn acidic.
UNDISCIPLINE * n. The trait of lacking discipline.
LEISURELINESS * n. Slowness by virtue of being leisurely.
DISMANTLEMENT * n. The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery).
BITCHINESS * n. Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
KNICKKNACKERY * n. Miscellaneous curios.
EMBOWER * v. Enclose in a bower.
TRIBE * n. 1 A social division of (usually preliterate) people. 2 A federation (as of American Indians). 3 (biology) A taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily. 4 Group of people related by blood or marriage.
HARBOUR * --n. 1 A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo. 2 A place of refuge and comfort and security. --v. 1 Secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals). 2 Keep in one's possession; of animals. 3 Hold back a thought or feeling about. 4 Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings).
BROADNESS * n. The property of being wide; having great width.
ANZAC * n. A soldier in the Australian and New Zealand army corps during World War I.
BEETHOVEN * n. 1 German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827). 2 The music of Beethoven.
GLOBAL * s. 1 Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope. 2 Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
BENEFICIATE * v. Process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction.
HEARTEN * v. Give encouragement to.
TODY * n. Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.
STANDDOWN * n. 1 A suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness. 2 (military) A temporary stop of offensive military action.
EBS * n. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
INTROSPECTIVENESS * n. Thoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings.
MINOTAUR * n. (Greek mythology) A mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus.
DODECANESE * n. A group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea.
FARROW * --n. The production of a litter of pigs. --v. Give birth to (piglets).
FLAKY * --a. Made of or resembling flakes. --s. 1 Made of or easily forming flakes. 2 Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
COORDINATIVE * a. Serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction.
ENDOGAMY * n. Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.
SAGITTARIA * n. Genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers.
ANNABA * n. A port city of northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border.
UNACCOMMODATING * --a. Not accommodating. --s. Offering no assistance.
ANGIOSPERMOUS * a. Of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms.
EFFUSIVENESS * n. A friendly open trait of a talkative person.
FAIR-MINDED * s. Of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced.
SAPROBE * n. An organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water.
LAKELAND * n. A popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain.
WRENCH * --n. 1 A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments. 2 A jerky pulling movement. 3 A hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt. --v. 1 Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates. 2 Make a sudden twisting motion. 3 Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish. 4 Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
OUACHITA * n. A river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River.
INDOCIN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin).
BILLYOH * n. An unimaginably large amount.
SUPERMODEL * n. A fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity.
DATIVE * n. The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb.
PEDOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children.
PRISE * v. 1 To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open. 2 Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry. 3 Regard highly; think much of.
ASCLEPIUS * n. Son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea.
WOODENNESS * n. The quality of being wooden and awkward.
PARTY * --n. 1 An organization to gain political power. 2 A group of people gathered together for pleasure. 3 A band of people associated temporarily in some activity. 4 An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment. --v. Have or participate in a party.
DROPSICAL * s. Swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid.
PLACEBO * n. 1 An innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug. 2 (Roman Catholic Church) Vespers of the office for the dead.
UNEAGER * a. Lacking interest or spirit or animation.
COMPOSE * v. 1 Form the substance of. 2 Write music. 3 Produce a literary work. 4 Put together out of existing material.
DEVOTEE * n. An ardent follower and admirer.
CANCELLATION * n. 1 The act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement. 2 The speech act of revoking or annulling or making void.
BLARINA * n. Shrews.
RE-CREATION * n. The act of creating again.
BOWFRONT * s. Having an outward curving front.
SHAWNY * n. Showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States.
MORE * --n. English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state. --a. 1 (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) A quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree. 2 (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in number. --r. 1 Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs. 2 Comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent.
INCURVATION * n. 1 A shape that curves or bends inward. 2 The action of creating a curved shape.
BOOKMAKER * n. 1 A maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books. 2 A gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races).
IMPORTEE * n. An imported person brought from a foreign country.
SHELVE * v. 1 Hold back to a later time. 2 Place on a shelf.
ACERBITY * n. 1 A sharp bitterness. 2 A sharp sour taste. 3 A rough and bitter manner.
FRETFULNESS * n. An irritable petulant feeling.
WORLD-WEARINESS * n. Sadness on thinking about the evils of the world.
WOODLAND * n. Land that is covered with trees and shrubs.
COLLAGEN * n. A fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling.
POLYESTROUS * s. Having more than one period of estrus per year.
DOORCASE * n. The frame that supports a door.
PHILATELY * n. The collection and study of postage stamps.
15 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one. --s. Being one more than fourteen.
INDUCE * v. 1 Cause to arise. 2 Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. 3 Cause to occur rapidly. 4 Reason or establish by induction.
ORLANDO * n. A city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World.
SCOLDING * n. Rebuking a person harshly.
LANDSTEINER * n. United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943).
ATTACHABLE * a. Capable of being fastened or added to something else.
LIPOSUCTION * n. Lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction.
FRAUDULENTLY * r. In a dishonest and fraudulent manner.
RUBATO * n. A flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat.
REFUGEE * n. An exile who flees for safety.
RICINUS * n. A genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant.
INGLORIOUSLY * r. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
UNSOCIABILITY * n. An unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship.
MINCINGLY * r. In a mincing manner.
BOUILLABAISSE * n. Highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs.
TAMMY * n. 1 Plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains. 2 A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
JOULE * n. 1 A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second. 2 English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889).
HOTEL-CASINO * n. 1 A business establishment that combines a casino and a hotel. 2 A building that houses both a hotel and a casino.
NISSAN * n. The seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April).
DREADNAUGHT * n. Battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber.
AQUANAUT * n. 1 An underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder. 2 A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research.
DISBURDEN * v. Take the burden off; remove the burden from.
BADGERER * n. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
COMPUTERIZATION * n. The control of processes by computer.
BANDERILLA * n. A decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight.
ESOX * n. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
RIOTOUSLY * r. 1 In a tumultuous and riotous manner. 2 In an exuberant manner.
CIRCULAR * --n. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. --a. Having the shape or form of a circle. --s. Describing a circle; moving in a circle.
TOUSLE * v. Disarrange or rumple; dishevel.
MISTAKEN * s. 1 Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment. 2 Arising from error.
KAMI * n. One the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature).
EOLIAN * n. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
NOSTALGICALLY * r. In a nostalgic manner.
EDD * n. A doctor's degree in education.
NEVERMORE * r. At no time hereafter.
PHOLADIDAE * n. A family of Bivalvia.
GUFFAW * --n. A burst of deep loud hearty laughter. --v. Laugh boisterously.
SIPUNCULA * n. Peanut worms.
OLIVE-LIKE * s. Resembling an olive.
SHNORR * v. Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling.
TUSK * --n. 1 A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses. 2 A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog. --v. 1 Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk. 2 Remove the tusks of animals.
DORKING * n. An English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled).
KERATONOSIS * n. Any abnormal condition of the outer skin (epidermis).
FLOTSAM * n. The floating wreckage of a ship.
LUXEMBOURG * n. 1 The capital and largest city of Luxembourg. 2 A grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center.
LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING * n. Young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal.
FLUENT * s. 1 Smooth and unconstrained in movement. 2 Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
CHARITABLE * --a. 1 Relating to or characterized by charity. 2 Full of love and generosity. --s. Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity.
STEPPARENT * n. The spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage.
CLASSLESS * s. Favoring social equality.
WATERBORNE * s. 1 Transported by water. 2 Supported by water.
MEPACRINE * n. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
COMAL * s. Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair.
DISCIPLESHIP * n. The position of disciple.
DISDAIN * --n. 1 Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. 2 A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. --v. 1 Look down on with disdain. 2 Reject with contempt.
SWEETENER * n. 1 Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter. 2 Anything that serves as an enticement.
REFERRAL * n. 1 A person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group. 2 A recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred. 3 The act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency).
NANJING * n. A city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s.
INTERRACIAL * s. 1 Between races. 2 Involving or composed of different races.
VIROLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases.
CONFIDANT * n. Someone to whom private matters are confided.
WELCOME * --n. 1 The state of being welcome. 2 A greeting or reception. --v. 1 Accept gladly. 2 Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. 3 Receive someone, as into one's house. --a. Giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted.
CONTINENTAL * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or typical of Europe. 2 Of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War. 3 Of or relating to or characteristic of a continent. 4 Being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe.
BREATHLESSNESS * n. A dyspneic condition.
HYPOCRITE * n. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
SOLMIZATE * v. 1 Sing by the syllables of solmization. 2 Sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale.
DIFFICULTY * n. 1 An effort that is inconvenient. 2 A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result. 3 A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. 4 The quality of being difficult.
INEFFECTUALNESS * n. Lacking the power to be effective.
SHYSTER * n. A person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods.
TETRODE * n. A thermionic tube having four electrodes.
ANTHER * n. The part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk.
PREVAIL * v. 1 Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. 2 Be valid, applicable, or true. 3 Continue to exist. 4 Prove superior.
TCP/IP * n. A set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another.
PARTICULARIZED * s. Directed toward a specific object.
SHAHEED * n. Arabic term for holy martyrs.
DECKLE-EDGED * s. Having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade.
MAFIOSO * n. 1 A member of the Sicilian Mafia. 2 A member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States.
INTERCONNECTEDNESS * n. A state of being connected reciprocally.
CENTENARIAN * --n. Someone who is at least 100 years old. --s. Being at least 100 years old.
VALIANCY * n. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle).
PINNATISECT * s. (of a leaf shape) Cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets.
NINIGINO-MIKOTO * n. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
HYDROPHIDAE * n. Sea snakes.
PITTA * n. Any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills.
MNIUM * n. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
PEACHICK * n. A young peafowl.
SMALL-MINDED * s. Contemptibly narrow in outlook.
QUOTIENT * n. 1 The ratio of two quantities to be divided. 2 The number obtained by division.
TAXER * n. A bureaucrat who levies taxes.
SNOWFIELD * n. A permanent wide expanse of snow.
IDEOGRAPHY * n. The use of ideograms in writing.
COHERENCE * n. 1 The state of cohering or sticking together. 2 Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts.
UNORTHODOX * --s. Independent in behavior or thought. --a. Breaking with convention or tradition.
RIVERBED * n. A channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river.
KICKER * n. A player who kicks the football.
BUSHING * n. 1 An insulating liner in an opening through which conductors pass. 2 A cylindrical metal lining used to reduce friction.
REDHEADED * s. Having red hair and usually fair skin.
CEREBELLUM * n. A major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans.
HORIZON * n. 1 The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. 2 The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated. 3 A specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land. 4 The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.
SLANDEROUS * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
POSTNATAL * a. Occurring immediately after birth.
LEPORIDAE * n. Hares and rabbits.
DIDDLY-SQUAT * n. A small worthless amount.
TINEIDAE * n. Clothes moths.
YOUNGSTER * n. A young person of either sex.
TREASONABLE * s. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor.
OPAQUE * --a. Not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight. --s. Hard or impossible to understand.
AMETABOLIC * --a. Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis. --s. Undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis.
SIXTY-NINE * --n. Oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people. --s. Being nine more than sixty.
MINISKIRT * n. A very short skirt.
KIBBITZ * v. Make unwanted and intrusive comments.
HELIOGRAPH * --n. An apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on. --v. Signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays.
REFRACTIVITY * n. The physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction.
BLASPHEMOUSLY * r. In a blasphemous manner.
TOPSY-TURVY * --s. In utter disorder. --r. 1 In a disordered manner. 2 In disorderly haste.
CRAGGED * s. Having hills and crags.
DENUDATE * --v. Lay bare. --s. Without the natural or usual covering.
SHORE * --n. 1 The land along the edge of a body of water. 2 A beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support. --v. 1 Serve as a shore to. 2 Arrive on shore. 3 Support by placing against something solid or rigid.
EEL * n. 1 The fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled. 2 Voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins.
STEADFASTLY * r. With resolute determination.
MICROBALANCE * n. Balance for weighing very small objects.
STEP-IN * n. Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).
SWALLOWTAIL * n. A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back.
TONELESSLY * r. In a monotone.
VIVA * n. An examination conducted by spoken communication.
FAMILIARISING * s. Serving to make familiar.
MAZED * s. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
ELECTIONEER * v. Work actively for a political candidate or a party.
DISASTROUS * s. (of events) Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
CONSTITUTIONALISE * v. Incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional.
VARIOLAR * a. Relating to small pox.
GEGENSCHEIN * n. A faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.
REPEAL * --n. The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation. --v. Cancel officially.
RUGOSE * s. Of leaves; ridged or wrinkled.
INDISPOSE * v. 1 Make unwilling. 2 Make unfit or unsuitable. 3 Cause to feel unwell.
WOODWAXEN * n. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
APLYSIIDAE * n. Sea hares.
GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY * n. The determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language.
TAUTOLOGY * n. 1 (logic) A statement that is necessarily true. 2 Useless repetition.
FORMULATED * s. Devised; developed according to an orderly plan.
W.C. * n. A toilet in Britain.
METAPHORICALLY * r. In a metaphorical manner.
BRANCHIA * n. Respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
PROTEUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will. 2 Type genus of the Proteidae.
NINETY-SIX * s. Being six more than ninety.
ACQUIESCENCE * n. 1 Acceptance without protest. 2 Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something.
ERESHKIGAL * n. Goddess of death and consort of Nergal.
OPTICALLY * r. In an optical manner.
KERATOCELE * n. Hernia of the cornea.
BOATER * n. 1 A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown. 2 Someone who drives or rides in a boat.
UNPERCEPTIVE * --a. Lacking perception. --s. Lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment.
CONTRAPUNTIST * n. A composer who specializes in counterpoint.
HOPED-FOR * s. Expected hopefully.
MARCHER * n. 1 An inhabitant of a border district. 2 Walks with regular or stately step. 3 Fights on foot with small arms.
CALCITIC * a. Of or relating to or containing calcite.
QUANTISE * v. 1 Approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values. 2 Apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor.
MOULIN * n. A chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation.
CURIE * n. 1 A unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second. 2 French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906). 3 French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934).
LYSOGENISATION * n. The process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome.
STAURIKOSAURUS * n. Primitive dinosaur found in Brazil.
ORPHAN * --n. 1 A child who has lost both parents. 2 Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision. 3 The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column. 4 A young animal without a mother. --v. Deprive of parents.
GLOBALIZE * v. Make world-wide in scope or application.
AZITHROMYCIN * n. A systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body.
IMMORTAL * --n. 1 A person (such as an author) of enduring fame. 2 Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force. --a. Not subject to death.
NITRATE * --n. Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid). --v. Treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate.
BORDEAUX * n. 1 A port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade. 2 Any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them.
UNPLANNED * --a. Without apparent forethought or prompting or planning. --s. Not done with purpose or intent.
THREE-PETALLED * s. (of flowers) Having three petals.
BETULACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family.
SKYDIVE * v. Jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute.
STRAIGHTENER * n. A device for straightening.
BBS * n. A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
BREAK-AXE * n. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.
NANAK * n. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538).
WEATHERBOARD * n. 1 A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below. 2 The side toward the wind.
PINNIPED * n. Aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers.
SCLERA * n. The whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball.
CHEMILUMINESCENCE * n. Luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies.
DISSUASION * n. 1 A communication that dissuades you. 2 Persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action.
FRAME-UP * n. An act that incriminates someone on a false charge.
CLOSE-SET * s. Set close together.
OWNERSHIP * n. 1 The relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others. 2 The act of having and controlling property. 3 The state or fact of being an owner.
MISAPPREHEND * v. Interpret in the wrong way.
PLENTIFULLY * r. In a bountiful manner.
PASTEUR * n. French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895).
ACHERON * n. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.
WHITMAN * n. 1 United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892). 2 United States frontier missionary who established a post in Oregon where Christianity and schooling and medicine were available to Native Americans (1802-1847).
BEE * n. 1 Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species. 2 A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions.
BACKSEAT * n. 1 A secondary or inferior position or status. 2 A seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile).
GLUT * --n. The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall. --v. 1 Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself. 2 Supply with an excess of.
LAVABO * n. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
SCATTERGUN * n. Firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges.
FIREBOX * n. A furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned.
CANTON * --n. 1 A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port. 2 A small administrative division of a country. --v. 1 Provide housing for (military personnel). 2 Divide into cantons, of a country.
VINYL * n. 1 A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene. 2 Shiny and tough and flexible plastic; used especially for floor coverings.
OVERENTHUSIASTIC * s. Unduly enthusiastic.
CALCIMINE * --n. A water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings. --v. Cover with calcimine.
CAPITULUM * n. 1 A dense cluster of flowers or foliage. 2 Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn. 3 An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree.
LASHKAR-E-TAIBA * n. A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India.
SISYRINCHIUM * n. Chiefly North American grasslike herbs.
INTERVIEWER * n. A person who conducts an interview.
PLAYHOUSE * n. Plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of.
EXPIATE * v. Make amends for.
INSOLENTLY * r. In an insolent manner.
SUTLER * n. A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.
AMORTIZATION * n. 1 The reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years. 2 Payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers.
LECITHIN * n. A yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier.
FREY * n. (Norse mythology) God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir.
MENSH * n. A decent responsible person with admirable characteristics.
BROWN-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with brown.
ENHANCE * v. 1 Increase. 2 Make better or more attractive.
DEFEAT * --n. 1 An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest. 2 The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. --v. 1 Win a victory over. 2 Thwart the passage of.
DEBONAIR * s. 1 Having a sophisticated charm. 2 Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
JADE-GREEN * s. Of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green.
PYLORUS * n. A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
THREE-CORNERED * s. 1 Having three corners. 2 Involving a group or set of three.
HASSOCK * n. 1 Thick cushion used as a seat. 2 A cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church).
THERAPHOSIDAE * n. Large tropical spiders; tarantulas.
IRREVERSIBLY * r. In an irreversible manner.
MINSTER * n. Any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery.
RETROGRESSION * n. 1 Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form. 2 Returning to a former state.
PLATONISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names.
CREW * --n. 1 The men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.). 2 An organized group of workmen. 3 An informal body of friends. 4 The team of men manning a racing shell. --v. Serve as a crew member on.
CASSITERITE * n. A hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin.
BULLNECKED * s. Having a thick short powerful neck.
CONDYLAR * a. Of or relating to or resembling a condyle.
POISONBERRY * n. Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible.
DEEP-LAID * s. Secretly and carefully planned.
LAPPIC * n. Any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.
PERMEANT * s. Spreading or spread throughout.
HUCKLEBERRY * n. 1 Any of various dark-fruited as distinguished from blue-fruited blueberries. 2 Any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries. 3 Blue-black berry similar to blueberries and bilberries of the eastern United States.
COTTONWOOD * n. 1 Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed. 2 American basswood of the Allegheny region.
GENTLEMANLIKE * s. Befitting a man of good breeding.
THYSANOPTERA * n. Thrips.
MACROZOARCES * n. A genus of Zoarcidae.
SYRINGA * n. 1 Large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes. 2 Genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs.
UNDERDONE * s. Insufficiently cooked.
PERTUSARIACEAE * n. A fungus family of division Lichenes.
TIMELINESS * n. 1 Being at the right time. 2 Timely convenience.
IMMEASURABLE * --a. Impossible to measure. --s. Beyond calculation or measure.
SYNOPTIC * --a. Presenting a summary or general view of a whole. --s. Presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament.
PRO-CHOICE * a. Advocating a woman's right to control her own body (especially her right to an induced abortion).
CHUKCHI * n. 1 A member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula. 2 An indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women.
CONTRACLOCKWISE * a. In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock.
HYDRATION * n. The process of combining with water; usually reversible.
KILO * n. One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
WORMSEED * n. Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed.
GEOPHYTIC * a. Of or relating to geophytes.
CARNOT * n. French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832).
RAPHIDIIDAE * n. A family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW * n. The wife of your son.
SUBMUCOSA * n. The connective tissue beneath mucous membrane.
CATHOLICIZE * v. Cause to adopt Catholicism.
INFELICITOUS * --a. Not appropriate in application; defective. --s. Marked by or producing unhappiness.
CATEGORIZED * s. Arranged into categories.
OCCIDENTALISM * n. 1 The scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people. 2 The quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations.
TAPESTRY * n. 1 Something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy. 2 A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery. 3 A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs.
DOMINEERINGLY * r. In a domineering manner.
SHOWJUMPING * n. Riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles.
PESETA * n. Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos.
PYRIDOXAL * n. A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch.
ASSAMESE * --n. 1 Native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India. 2 The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language.
GUIDEPOST * n. 1 A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior. 2 A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way.
DOOM * --n. An unpleasant or disastrous destiny. --v. 1 Decree or designate beforehand. 2 Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law. 3 Make certain of the failure or destruction of.
LOOPER * n. Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae.
BEDSITTER * n. A furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing).
FLUORIDISE * v. Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride.
SLUICE * --n. Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate. --v. 1 Pour as if from a sluice. 2 Irrigate with water from a sluice. 3 Transport in or send down a sluice. 4 Draw through a sluice.
BROWNISH * s. Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
TRUNCATED * s. 1 Cut short in duration. 2 Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off.
INTENSIFIER * n. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.
DETERMINATIVE * --n. 1 One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases. 2 A determining or causal element or factor. --s. Having the power or quality of deciding.
DALMATIA * n. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands.
SUBSTITUTABLE * s. 1 (of words) Interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression. 2 Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent.
ADENOIDAL * --a. Of or pertaining to the adenoids. --s. Sounding as if the nose were pinched.
OVERTRUMP * v. Play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick.
COUNTERPLAY * n. (chess) An attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board.
HEAPS * --n. A large number or amount. --r. Very much.
CLOUT * --n. 1 A target used in archery. 2 Special advantage or influence. 3 A short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood. 4 (boxing) A blow with the fist. --v. Strike hard, especially with the fist.
JAUNTILY * r. In a jaunty fashionable manner.
POPSICLE * n. Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick.
PERSONATE * v. 1 Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. 2 Attribute human qualities to something.
PC * n. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
JETTING * s. Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream.
LUNG * n. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood.
BOURGOGNE * n. A former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines.
CRACK-UP * n. A mental or physical breakdown.
RANKNESS * n. 1 The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth. 2 The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.
CONIMA * n. A gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum.
THEOLOGIZE * v. 1 Treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character. 2 Make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects.
CYTOTOXIN * n. Any substance that has a toxic effect on cells.
GLOM * v. 1 Take by theft. 2 Seize upon or latch onto something.
PETROMYZONTIDAE * n. Lampreys.
ROMNEYA * n. One species: matilija poppy.
ANIMALISM * n. 1 The doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature. 2 Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites.
SLITHER * v. To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly.
DESCENDANTS * n. All of the offspring of a given progenitor.
WELFARIST * s. Of or relating to a welfare state.
MUSCADEL * n. Wine from muscat grapes.
M2 * n. A measure of the money supply; M1 plus net time deposits (other than large certificates of deposit).
ALPHANUMERIC * a. Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters.
ABOLITIONISM * n. The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery.
SIFTING * n. The act of separating grain from chaff.
INEXPUNGIBLE * s. Not capable of being expunged.
ACANTHOSCELIDES * n. A genus of Bruchidae.
INNATENESS * n. The quality of being innate.
HOYDEN * n. A girl who behaves in a boyish manner.
FIDDLING * s. (informal) Small and of little importance.
TIDYTIPS * n. California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white.
REPRISE * v. Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.
CHICK * n. 1 Young bird especially of domestic fowl. 2 Informal terms for a (young) woman.
SHORTHORN * n. English breed of short-horned cattle.
CUBEB * n. 1 Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes. 2 Tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits. 3 A cigarette containing cubeb.
BURTHEN * --n. A variant of `burden'. --v. Weight down with a load.
SHERLOCK * n. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
ORTHOPRISTIS * n. A genus of Haemulidae.
BEEF * --n. 1 Cattle that are reared for their meat. 2 Meat from an adult domestic bovine. 3 Informal terms for objecting. --v. Complain.
EMPLOYEE * n. A worker who is hired to perform a job.
QUISLING * n. Someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
PYTHAGORAS * n. Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC).
PUDGY * s. Short and plump.
CARING * --n. A loving feeling. --s. Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others.
AFFORD * v. 1 Be able to spare or give up. 2 Be the cause or source of. 3 Have the financial means to do something or buy something. 4 Afford access to.
ANALEPTIC * --n. A medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system. --s. Stimulating the central nervous system.
85TH * s. The ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order.
ODONTOPHORUS * n. Genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family.
CALCUTTA * n. The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding.
RECALCITRANT * s. 1 Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. 2 Marked by stubborn resistance to authority.
DEFALCATION * n. 1 The sum of money that is misappropriated. 2 The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
NON-RESINOUS * s. Not having resin.
COSH * --n. A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people. --v. Hit with a cosh, usually on the head.
MOGADISHU * n. The capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean.
SALTY * --s. 1 Engagingly stimulating or provocative. 2 One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water. --a. Containing or filled with salt.
LYRIC * --n. 1 The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number. 2 A short poem of songlike quality. --v. Write lyrics for (a song). --s. Expressing deep emotion. --a. 1 Used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range. 2 Relating to or being musical drama. 3 Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way).
GROTESQUERIE * n. Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.
BEWILDERINGLY * r. In a bewildering and confusing manner.
RADIX * n. (numeration system) The positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place.
LOGANIA * n. Type genus of the Loganiaceae; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers.
UPSILON * n. The 20th letter of the Greek alphabet.
TELESELLING * n. The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales.
PRESUMABLY * r. By reasonable assumption.
FAMILY * n. 1 A social unit living together. 2 Primary social group; parents and children. 3 A collection of things sharing a common attribute. 4 People descended from a common ancestor.
PREVARICATE * v. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
AUSPICATE * v. 1 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen. 2 Commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck.
CLOACA * n. 1 (zoology) The cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open. 2 A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
SIGHTSEE * v. Visit famous or interesting sights.
CAUCASIC * a. Of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia.
ZESTFULLY * r. With zest.
CONJUROR * n. 1 Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. 2 A witch doctor who practices conjury.
HAHN * n. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
MEMORISER * n. A person who learns by rote.
HEPWORTH * n. British sculptor (1902-1975).
UNCORRECTABLE * s. Incapable of being controlled or managed.
BACKSTAGE * --n. A stage area out of sight of the audience. --s. Concealed from public view or attention. --r. 1 Out of view of the public; behind the scenes. 2 In or to a backstage area of a theater.
MOLDOVAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture.
DEBILITATIVE * s. Causing debilitation.
DYNAMO * n. Generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature.
RHABDOVIRIDAE * n. A family of arborviruses carried by arthropods.
KAPPA-MESON * n. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
ADHD * n. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
BAY * --n. 1 An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. 2 The sound of a hound on the scent. 3 Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors. 4 A compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital. --v. 1 Utter in deep prolonged tones. 2 Bark with prolonged noises, of dogs. --s. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color.
WANNABEE * n. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
SPARKER * n. A wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack.
FRACTIONATE * v. 1 Separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents. 2 Obtain by a fractional process.
CREOSOTE * --n. 1 A colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic. 2 A dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood. --v. Treat with creosote.
OHMAGE * n. The ohmic resistance of a conductor.
BLIXEN * n. Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962).
ESQ * n. A title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name.
GLUME * n. Small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae.
BUTT-WELDING * n. Creating a butt joint by welding.
DICTATORIAL * --a. Of or characteristic of a dictator. --s. 1 Expecting unquestioning obedience. 2 Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
TOIL * --n. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages). --v. Work hard.
FROTHING * s. Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease.
CASCARILLA * n. West Indian shrub with aromatic bark.
SCOLOPAX * n. Type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks.
PARTITIONING * n. 1 An analysis into mutually exclusive categories. 2 The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
PATENTLY * r. Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
THERMOSTAT * --n. A regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat. --v. Control the temperature with a thermostat.
PURITANIC * s. Morally rigorous and strict.
GERMANE * s. Relevant and appropriate.
SAWFISH * n. Primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout.
FRIENDSHIP * n. The state of being friends (or friendly).
INEBRIANT * n. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.
SLOPPED * s. Very drunk.
ROPEBARK * n. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.
AQUIFEROUS * a. Of or relating to an aquifer.
PICTURESQUE * s. 1 Suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture. 2 Strikingly expressive.
HOKKIANESE * n. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
BAUD * n. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
GAMOW * n. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968).
ROMANTIC * --n. 1 A soulful or amorous idealist. 2 An artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism. --a. Belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts. --s. 1 Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance. 2 Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.
FINNO-UGRIC * n. A family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions).
ICEBERG * n. 1 A large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier. 2 Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head.
FLICKER * --n. 1 A momentary flash of light. 2 North American woodpecker. 3 The act of moving back and forth. --v. 1 Move back and forth very rapidly. 2 Shine unsteadily. 3 Flash intermittently.
PINT-SIZED * s. Well below average height.
EKG * n. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
PATRISIB * n. One related on the father's side.
AMOEBA * n. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
LOPSIDEDLY * r. In a crooked lopsided manner.
SAWMILL * n. 1 A large sawing machine. 2 A mill for dressing logs and lumber.
GILLESPIE * n. United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993).
PESTERER * n. A persistently annoying person.
SERIAL * --n. 1 A serialized set of programs. 2 A periodical that appears at scheduled times. --s. 1 In regular succession without gaps. 2 Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations. --a. 1 Pertaining to or composed in serial technique. 2 Pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series.
FREMONTODENDRON * n. Flannelbush.
SCHIZAEACEAE * n. Small family of mainly tropical ferns.
HENCEFORTH * r. From this time forth; from now on.
SEIZER * n. A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship.
HOSTACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta.
TOAD * n. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species.
EQUINE * --n. Hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck. --a. 1 Resembling a horse. 2 Of or belonging to the family Equidae.
A * n. 1 A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. 2 Any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes. 3 One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose). 4 (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA.
OKAPI * n. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
SNAILFLOWER * n. Perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus.
BATRACHOMYOMACHIA * n. A silly altercation.
LASHINGS * n. A large number or amount.
LF * n. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
ASTOUND * v. Affect with wonder.
PIG-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a pig.
SEAMANSHIP * n. Skill in sailing.
BARNACLE * n. 1 Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces. 2 European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north.
ELECTRIC * --n. A car that is powered by electricity. --a. Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity. --s. 1 (of a situation) Exceptionally tense. 2 Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling.
APHROPHORA * n. A genus of Cercopidae.
AIDES * n. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.
BROWALLIA * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers.
EURASIATIC * a. Relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia.
DISFIGURED * s. Having the appearance spoiled.
AIRT * v. Channel into a new direction.
FUELING * n. The activity of supplying or taking on fuel.
ADDRESSOGRAPH * n. A printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing.
INVITING * a. Attractive and tempting.
LAYOVER * n. A brief stay in the course of a journey.
FLAMINGO * n. Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes.
OVERHASTY * s. Done with very great haste and without due deliberation.
SMILE * --n. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement. --v. 1 Change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure. 2 Express with a smile.
ANTIFERROMAGNETIC * a. Relating to antiferromagnetism.
PEDIATRIST * n. A specialist in the care of babies.
NAMUR * n. A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II.
FOLLOWING * --n. 1 A group of followers or enthusiasts. 2 The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture. --s. 1 About to be mentioned or specified. 2 Immediately following in time or order. 3 In the desired direction. --a. Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction.
UNSOPHISTICATED * s. 1 Not wise in the ways of the world. 2 Lacking complexity. 3 Awkwardly simple and provincial.
EUPHONIOUS * --a. Having a pleasant sound. --s. (of speech or dialect) Pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident.
COMMUNALISM * n. 1 The practice of communal living and common ownership. 2 Loyalty and commitment to the interests of your own minority or ethnic group rather than to society as a whole.
RESERPINE * n. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
APHORIZE * v. Speak or write in aphorisms.
GAZUMP * v. 1 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 2 Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price.
METACENTRE * n. (shipbuilding) The point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship.
CHANTED * s. Sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone.
GARBAGE * n. 1 Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). 2 A worthless message. 3 A receptacle where waste can be discarded.
TITI * n. 1 Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers. 2 Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves. 3 Small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail.
GUSTATORY * a. Of or relating to gustation.
EUPHONY * n. Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds.
SANGO * n. A trade language widely used in Chad.
SUCCOUR * --n. Assistance in time of difficulty. --v. Help in a difficult situation.
ROOFTREE * n. A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.
SIGNPOST * --n. A post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way. --v. Mark with a signpost, as of a path.
WASHING * n. 1 The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). 2 Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering.
ALGOMETRIC * a. Of or related to algometry.
DOCETISM * n. The heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real.
PROCUMBENT * s. Having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots.
JEWRY * n. Jews collectively.
HAMAMELIDOXYLON * n. Genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.
EMBARK * v. 1 Go on board. 2 Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study). 3 Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.
SWASHBUCKLER * n. A reckless impetuous irresponsible person.
MOUSTACHIO * n. A large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth).
PARTIBLE * s. (of e.g. property) Capable of being parted or divided.
YOTTABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes.
BOYS-AND-GIRLS * n. Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic.
ANONYM * n. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.
COMFORT * --n. 1 A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain. 2 A feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment. 3 The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. 4 A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state. --v. 1 Give moral or emotional strength to. 2 Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate.
SPARK * --n. 1 A momentary flash of light. 2 Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. 3 Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field. 4 A small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger. --v. 1 Put in motion or move to act. 2 Emit or produce sparks.
WAXBERRY * n. 1 Deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries. 2 Deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries.
INCUS * n. The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
SEATBELT * n. A safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident.
UGLY * --a. Displeasing to the senses. --s. 1 Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace. 2 Morally reprehensible. 3 Provoking horror.
JANUARY * n. The first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice.
INTERNATIONALISE * v. 1 Put under international control. 2 Make international in character.
MICROCRYSTALLINE * s. Containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope.
SHOUTING * n. 1 Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators. 2 Uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement.
ULLR * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor.
LANSOPRAZOLE * n. Antacid (trade name Prevacid) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
MASTERLESS * s. Having no lord or master.
DUSHANBE * n. The capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991.
BHAKTI * n. (Hinduism) Loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex.
TOXAEMIA * n. 1 An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine. 2 Blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood.
HEPATOFLAVIN * n. A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
SCHLIMAZEL * n. (Yiddish) A very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything.
RAINDROP * n. A drop of rain.
PISS * --n. 1 Liquid excretory product. 2 Informal terms for urination. --v. Eliminate urine.
DRIXORAL * n. The trade name for a drug used to treat upper respiratory congestion; it contains an antihistamine and a bronchodilator and a vasoconstrictor.
PARETO * n. Italian sociologist and economist whose theories influenced the development of fascism in Italy (1848-1923).
ARCTICTIS * n. Binturongs.
URICOSURIC * a. Acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine.
PALSY * --n. 1 Loss of the ability to move a body part. 2 A condition marked by uncontrollable tremor. --v. Affect with palsy.
PRURIENCY * n. Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
0 * --n. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. --s. Indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration.
WYO. * n. A state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east.
POETICAL * --a. Of or relating to poetry. --s. Characteristic of or befitting poetry.
DIAPHYSEAL * a. Relating to the diaphysis of a bone.
GP * n. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
CHIME * --n. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. --v. Emit a sound.
PHYSICALNESS * n. The quality of being physical; consisting of matter.
IAGO * n. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
PADAUK * n. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
NEOLENTINUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae.
FORFEITED * s. Surrendered as a penalty.
HONESTLY * r. 1 (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) It is sincerely the case that. 2 In an honest manner.
NERITID * n. Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.
WEAVING * n. Creating fabric.
JEERINGLY * r. In a disrespectful jeering manner.
DOABLE * s. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do.
TAMBOUR * n. 1 A frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering. 2 A drum.
EMOLUMENT * n. Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees).
SPITFIRE * n. A highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman).
LOIN * n. 1 A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump. 2 Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds.
UNPATRIOTIC * a. Showing lack of love for your country.
WARLPIRI * n. A language of Australian aborigines.
JIGGERED * s. (British informal expletive) Surprised.
MAXWELL * n. 1 A cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss. 2 Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879).
MANDALA * n. Any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation.
KETAMINE * n. A general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP.
GESTATIONAL * a. Of or relating to gestation.
FLU * n. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
CRAMMER * n. 1 A student who crams. 2 A teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations. 3 A special school where students are crammed. 4 A textbook designed for cramming.
FAECALITH * n. A hard mass of fecal matter.
BEATIFIED * s. Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration.
GREAT-NEPHEW * n. A son of your niece or nephew.
NUMBNESS * n. 1 Partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction. 2 The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.
MATELOTE * n. Highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock.
PLAINSPOKEN * s. 1 Using simple and direct language. 2 Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.
ICEBREAKER * n. 1 A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation. 2 A beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere.
MAMA * n. 1 Informal terms for a mother. 2 A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
JR. * s. Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father.
BOWDLERIZE * v. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
ASTUTE * s. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
DEVOURER * n. Someone who eats greedily or voraciously.
BAGASSOSIS * n. Alveolitis caused by inhaling bagasse (sugarcane dust).
GRONLAND * n. The largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark.
DISAFFECTED * s. Discontented as toward authority.
UNRESTRICTIVE * a. Not tending to restrict.
WILDEBEEST * n. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
BLUE-SKY * s. Without immediate commercial value.
DUENNA * n. A woman chaperon.
THOROUGHNESS * n. Conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task.
MUNIFICENTLY * r. In a generous manner.
ABSORBER * n. (physics) Material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation.
FNMA * n. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
ACME * n. 1 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 2 The highest point (of something).
DENIZEN * n. 1 A person who inhabits a particular place. 2 A plant or animal naturalized in a region.
BLOODGUILT * n. The state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder.
RED-LAVENDER * s. Of something having a lavender color tinged with red.
FAULD * n. A piece of armor plate below the breastplate.
HALLWAY * n. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
ALEP * n. A city in northwestern Syria.
ANTENUPTIAL * a. Relating to events before a marriage.
PAINTBOX * n. A box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint.
CURRICULAR * a. Of or relating to an academic course of study.
UVEOUS * a. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
CLOSED-RING * s. Having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form.
RATIONAL * --n. An integer or a fraction. --a. 1 Consistent with or based on or using reason. 2 Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers. --s. 1 Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind. 2 Having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion).
HAZARDOUSLY * r. In a dangerous manner.
MALTREATER * n. Someone who abuses.
SCRIPT * --n. 1 A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance. 2 Something written by hand. 3 A particular orthography or writing system. --v. Write a script for.
ACANTHION * n. The craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture.
QUEER * --n. Offensive term for a homosexual man. --v. 1 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 2 Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. --s. 1 Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. 2 Homosexual or arousing homosexual desires.
GIRDLE * --n. 1 An encircling or ringlike structure. 2 A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers. 3 A woman's close-fitting foundation garment. --v. 1 Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients. 2 Put a girdle on or around.
PATHFINDER * n. Someone who can find paths through unexplored territory.
ELIOMYS * n. Lerots.
POLONAISE * n. A woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt.
LOST-AND-FOUND * n. Repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them.
ONE-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit.
OVERMASTER * v. Overcome by superior force.
ISOPTIN * n. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
GRINGO * n. A Latin American (disparaging) term for foreigners (especially Americans and Englishmen).
CEFTIN * n. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges.
RUBE * n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
EBOLA * n. A severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa.
BLACKGUARDLY * s. Lacking principles or scruples.
SATRAP * n. A governor of a province in ancient Persia.
NARCOTERRORISM * n. The financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade.
XENOGENEIC * a. Denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species.
DROSOPHILA * n. Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.
BASIDIOMYCOTINA * n. Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi.
NO-GOAL * n. A nonexistent goal.
PERPLEXING * s. Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
PLATYSTEMON * n. One species: creamcups.
BLUNTNESS * n. 1 The quality of being direct and outspoken. 2 Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point.
CREASEPROOF * a. Of fabric that does not wrinkle easily.
CATACLINAL * a. Of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata.
GERONTOCRACY * n. A political system governed by old men.
MULTI-STEMMED * s. Having many stems.
JEOPARDY * n. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune.
PLENTIFULNESS * n. A full supply.
WABASH * n. A tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana.
MINCE * --n. Food chopped into small bits. --v. 1 Make less severe or harsh. 2 Walk daintily. 3 Cut into small pieces.
ROTOR * n. 1 The rotating armature of a motor or generator. 2 The revolving bar of a distributor. 3 Rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils.
ALBULIDAE * n. Bonefish.
MANTINEA * n. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC.
BREADBOARD * n. A wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced.
UNCURVED * s. Having no curves.
OMNIPRESENT * s. Being present everywhere at once.
GLUTEAL * a. Of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles.
BOOKABLE * s. Subject to being reserved or booked.
SLAPHAPPY * s. 1 Cheerfully irresponsible. 2 Dazed from or as if from repeated blows.
IMPUGN * v. Attack as false or wrong.
MANAGE * v. 1 Be successful; achieve a goal. 2 Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. 3 Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available. 4 Watch and direct.
FUMITORY * n. Delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally.
LYMPHOCYTIC * a. Of or relating to lymphocytes.
RAREFIED * s. 1 Having low density. 2 Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
LACERTILIA * n. True lizards; including chameleons and geckos.
CONTRABANDIST * n. Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
SELF-RULE * n. Government of a political unit by its own people.
COMSTOCKERY * n. Censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality.
DERIVED * a. Formed or developed from something else; not original.
ABELE * n. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces.
RECENT * --n. Approximately the last 10,000 years. --s. 1 New. 2 Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.
MACHINELIKE * s. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
MEDELLIN * n. City in western Colombia; important coffee center.
SHITTER * n. A person who defecates.
COLERIDGE * n. English romantic poet (1772-1834).
EXPANDIBLE * s. 1 Able to expand or be expanded. 2 (of gases) Capable of expansion.
BATHSHEBA * n. (Old Testament) The wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC).
UNFED * s. 1 Not fed. 2 Not given support.
BOOKCASE * n. A piece of furniture with shelves for storing books.
SPLODGE * n. An irregularly shaped spot.
HROLF * n. Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
FORTUITY * n. Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.
MIMER * n. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
PENETRATE * v. 1 Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance. 2 Come to understand. 3 Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. 4 Enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members.
APPENZELLER * n. A smaller of the four Swiss breeds.
CRYPTORCHISM * n. Failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops.
FURY * n. 1 A feeling of intense anger. 2 State of violent mental agitation. 3 The property of being wild or turbulent. 4 (classical mythology) The hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals.
SILKSCREEN * --n. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil. --v. Print by silkscreen.
DEBILITATE * v. Make weak.
ELEVATE * v. 1 Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. 2 Raise from a lower to a higher position. 3 Raise in rank or condition.
ARAMEAN * --n. A member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC. --a. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
PALAEOBIOLOGY * n. A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms.
UNDERSTANDABILITY * n. The quality of comprehensible language or thought.
BRONX * n. A borough of New York City.
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE * --n. A person afflicted with manic-depressive illness. --s. Suffering from a disorder characterized by alternating mania and depression.
STRAPPER * n. A large and strong and heavyset man.
SEATTLE * n. A major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Rainier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington.
BITE * --n. 1 A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person. 2 A small amount of solid food; a mouthful. 3 A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin. 4 A light informal meal. --v. 1 To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws. 2 Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. 3 Penetrate or cut, as with a knife. 4 Deliver a sting to.
STUPENDOUSLY * r. To a stupendous degree.
DOYEN * n. A man who is the senior member of a group.
DIDDER * v. Move with or as if with a tremor.
DEMULEN * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive.
MANEUVERABILITY * n. The quality of being maneuverable.
SR * n. 1 A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite. 2 The unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
CORK * --n. 1 Outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.. 2 (botany) Outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells. 3 A port city in southern Ireland. 4 The plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle). --v. 1 Close a bottle with a cork. 2 Stuff with cork.
HOUSMAN * n. English poet (1859-1936).
BONEMEAL * n. Fertilizer made of ground bones.
IRRATIONALITY * n. The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding.
ACQUIRE * v. 1 Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract. 2 Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. 3 Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes). 4 Locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar.
URTICACEAE * n. A family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs.
VIVERRINAE * n. Genets; civets; mongooses.
EVISCERATE * --v. 1 Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ. 2 Remove the contents of. 3 Remove the entrails of. 4 Take away a vital or essential part of. --s. Having been disembowelled.
MONOTROPA * n. Leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae.
CHUANG-TZU * n. 4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism.
SNUGGERY * n. A small secluded room.
SOLILOQUISE * v. Talk to oneself.
SAILING * n. 1 The work of a sailor. 2 Riding in a sailboat. 3 The departure of a vessel from a port. 4 The activity of flying a glider.
CROSS-DRESS * v. Dress in the clothes of the other sex.
GUIB * n. Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns.
SPARIDAE * n. Porgies; scups.
FRAUDULENT * s. Intended to deceive.
VICARIOUS * s. 1 Experienced at secondhand. 2 Occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function. 3 Suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another.
TWO-WAY * s. 1 Supported by both sides. 2 Involving two parts or elements. 3 Operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions.
REGAINING * n. Getting something back again.
MIKADO * n. The emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno.
CAESAROPAPISM * n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
EIGHTY-ONE * s. Being one more than eighty.
LIGNE * n. A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
OBTURATOR * n. A prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate).
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE * n. A family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution.
CATNAP * --n. Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed). --v. Take a siesta.
DOMINATION * n. 1 Social control by dominating. 2 Power to dominate or defeat.
MAOIST * --n. An advocate of Maoism. --a. Of or relating to Maoism.
CORNPONE * n. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern).
DUNGEON * n. 1 The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress. 2 A dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined.
WOODMAN * n. 1 Someone who lives in the woods. 2 Makes things out of wood.
GHEG * n. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
GMT * n. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere.
OLEANDER * n. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions.
NONETHELESS * r. Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession).
THROATED * s. Having a throat as specified.
BIOLUMINESCENT * s. (of living organisms) Emitting light.
PLOWMAN * n. A man who plows.
REPEATED * s. Recurring again and again.
APPORTIONMENT * n. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
SEAWARDS * r. In the direction of the sea.
SEAGIRT * s. Surrounded or enclosed by the sea.
PASHTOON * n. A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan.
NOWHERE * --n. An insignificant place. --r. Not anywhere; in or at or to no place.
MEZEREUM * n. The dried bark of the shrub mezereon.
SOMESTHESIS * n. The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
ODDNESS * n. 1 The parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two). 2 Eccentricity that is not easily explained.
LINO * n. A floor covering.
CRITIC * n. 1 A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art. 2 Anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something. 3 Someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments.
TINDAL * n. English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).
INANITION * n. 1 Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy. 2 Exhaustion resulting from lack of food.
GYNOGENESIS * n. Female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus.
PUCCINIA * n. Type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants.
NOV-LATIN * n. An artificial language based on Latin.
OWNERLESS * a. Having no owner.
ANNWFN * n. (Welsh mythology) The other world; land of fairies.
REDACTOR * n. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
RAZORBILL * n. Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill.
MATURELY * r. In a mature manner.
RHYMER * n. A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets).
TWIGGY * s. Thin as a twig.
ASSORTMENT * n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
HYDROPHYTIC * s. Growing wholly or partially in water.
DISTASTE * n. A feeling of intense dislike.
IMBUE * v. 1 Spread or diffuse through. 2 Fill, soak, or imbue totally. 3 Suffuse with color.
QUIDNUNC * n. A person who meddles in the affairs of others.
CLOCKWORK * n. Any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock.
DUELLER * n. A person who fights duels.
CRUELLY * r. 1 Excessively. 2 With cruelty.
HISTOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to histology.
SKINNY * --n. Confidential information about a topic or person. --s. 1 Being very thin. 2 Fitting snugly. 3 Giving or spending with reluctance. --a. Of or relating to or resembling skin.
ALBERS * n. United States painter born in Germany; works characterized by simple geometrical patterns in various colors (1888-1976).
MBD * n. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
PAJAMA * n. 1 A pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries. 2 (usually plural) Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers.
DISTRIBUTIVE * a. Serving to distribute or allot or disperse.
FRAILTY * n. 1 The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age). 2 Moral weakness.
OPTIMIZE * v. 1 Make optimal; get the most out of; use best. 2 Modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost. 3 Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world.
SLEDGEHAMMER * --n. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges. --v. Beat with a sledgehammer.
THRIPS * n. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive.
SEAFRONT * n. The waterfront of a seaside town.
CARBOMYCIN * n. A colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms.
AL-MA'UNAH * n. A radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state.
PEDUNCLE * n. 1 The thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body. 2 Stalk bearing an inflorescence or solitary flower. 3 A bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain.
INSTANCE * --n. 1 An occurrence of something. 2 An item of information that is typical of a class or group. --v. Clarify by giving an example of.
POWERBOAT * n. A boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine.
ALTERNATIVE * --n. One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen. --s. 1 Serving or used in place of another. 2 Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities. 3 Pertaining to unconventional choices.
ENVIABLY * r. In an enviable manner.
BLISSUS * n. Chinch bugs.
EPOS * n. 1 A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme. 2 A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
VENDEE * n. A person who buys.
HOMOGENOUS * a. All of the same or similar kind or nature.
LET * --n. 1 A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India. 2 A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again. --v. 1 Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. 2 Actively cause something to happen. 3 Consent to, give permission. 4 Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.
BRIBE * --n. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment. --v. Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.
CORNERSTONE * n. 1 The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. 2 A stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies. 3 A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls.
ACTIONABLE * s. Affording grounds for legal action.
CASSIOPE * n. Low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowers.
PASSERINE * --n. Perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless. --a. Relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds.
RHIZOIDAL * a. Of or relating to a rhizoid.
NOTECHIS * n. Tiger snakes.
MAIL-CHEEKED * s. Having bony plates on the sides of the head.
ZURICH * n. The largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country.
MONEYLESS * --a. Not based on the possession of money. --s. Having no money.
TACITUS * n. Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120).
MULTICULTURAL * a. Of or relating to or including several cultures.
RAMPAGE * --n. Violently angry and destructive behavior. --v. Act violently, recklessly, or destructively.
KNACK * n. A special way of doing something.
UNEXCHANGEABILITY * n. The quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange.
FLATUS * n. A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus.
WORKBASKET * n. Container for holding implements and materials for work (especially for sewing).
VIOLONCELLO * n. A large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing.
AGAVE * n. Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber.
QUINCENTENNIAL * --n. The 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to a 500th anniversary.
ACROPOLIS * n. The citadel in ancient Greek towns.
PROPIONALDEHYDE * n. A colorless liquid aldehyde.
HOLISM * n. The theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole.
CHIEFTAINCY * n. The position of chieftain.
PHOCOMELIA * n. An abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy.
BOOM * --n. 1 A deep prolonged loud noise. 2 A state of economic prosperity. 3 A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money). 4 A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set. --v. 1 Make a resonant sound, like artillery. 2 Hit hard. 3 Be the case that thunder is being heard. 4 Make a deep hollow sound.
RICKETTSIOSIS * n. Infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria.
FORNICATE * v. Have sex without being married.
SEMITERRESTRIAL * a. Chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial.
USTILAGO * n. Type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts.
MERITORIOUS * s. Deserving reward or praise.
GRADE-CONSTRUCTED * s. Constructed at ground level.
SYNOVITIS * n. Inflammation of the synovial membrane that lines a synovial joint; results in pain and swelling.
STIPULATE * v. 1 Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. 2 Give a guarantee or promise of. 3 Make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force.
CURRENTLY * r. At this time or period; now.
BORNITE * n. A mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits.
SOUTHEAST * --n. 1 The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees. 2 The southeastern region of the United States. 3 The direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point. 4 A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city. --s. 1 Coming from the southeast. 2 Situated in or oriented toward the southeast. --r. To, toward, or in the southeast.
PYROSCOPE * n. A pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object.
REASSEMBLE * v. Assemble once again, after taking something apart.
GRIST * n. Grain intended to be or that has been ground.
AFRO-WIG * n. A wig that gives the appearance of an Afro hairdo.
KWAN-YIN * n. (Buddhism) A female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon.
UNDESCRIPTIVE * a. Not successful in describing.
STREPTOPELIA * n. Turtledoves.
ACARDIA * n. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
CORACAN * n. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
OFFENSIVELY * r. 1 In an unpleasantly offensive manner. 2 In an obnoxious manner. 3 In an aggressive manner.
OVERREFINE * v. Refine too much or with excess of subtlety.
DALLIER * n. Someone who wastes time.
DOUBLOON * n. A former Spanish gold coin.
SIDE-WHEELER * n. A paddle steamer having a paddle wheel on each side.
CANDENT * s. Emitting light as a result of being heated.
AGNIZE * v. Be fully aware or cognizant of.
MEASURABLE * --a. Capable of being measured. --s. Of distinguished importance.
CHITCHAT * --n. Light informal conversation for social occasions. --v. Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
CELTIC * --n. A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era. --a. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
PALATALIZE * v. Pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate.
DEFICIENT * --s. 1 Inadequate in amount or degree. 2 Falling short of some prescribed norm. --a. Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.
NEPHROSIS * n. 1 A syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases. 2 A disease affecting the kidneys.
ENDOMETRIOSIS * n. The presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea.
PASSERES * n. Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds.
PHALANGER * n. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
SMOKEHOUSE * n. A small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish.
NOV * n. The month following October and preceding December.
NONCOMMUNICABLE * s. (of disease) Not capable of being passed on.
MERCANTILISM * n. 1 An economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests. 2 Transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services).
ORGANS * n. Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
HEAD-ON * --s. 1 Characterized by direct opposition. 2 Meeting front to front. --r. 1 In direct opposition; directly. 2 With the front foremost.
HOUSEBREAKING * n. Trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent.
GOPHERUS * n. Gopher tortoises.
XHOSA * n. 1 A member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa. 2 A community of Negroid people in southern South Africa. 3 A Bantu language closely related to Zulu.
MUENCHEN * n. The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southwestern Germany.
VERDANCY * n. The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation.
HYPONATREMIA * n. Abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration.
ARTHUR * n. 1 Elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886). 2 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.
SCHINUS * n. Genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China.
MELOLONTHA * n. A genus of Melolonthidae.
VANCOCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections.
COMER * n. 1 Someone with a promising future. 2 Someone who arrives (or has arrived).
LOWERCASE * --n. The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case. --a. Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.
CORTINA * n. A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils.
UNPLAYABLE * a. Not capable of or suitable for being played or played on.
HYPEROTRETA * n. Hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys.
PUBLICISE * v. 1 Call attention to. 2 Make public.
HEMATOCHROME * n. A reddish coloring material found in some algae.
EASTERNMOST * s. Farthest to the east.
RANDOMNESS * n. 1 (thermodynamics) A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work. 2 The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.
CONVENTIONALIZED * s. Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous.
PRECOGNITION * n. Knowledge of an event before it occurs.
SCATHING * s. Marked by harshly abusive criticism.
FUGACIOUSNESS * n. The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts).
PRECONDITION * --n. 1 An assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else. 2 An assumption that is taken for granted. 3 A condition that is a prerequisite. --v. Put into the required condition beforehand.
FELICITOUSLY * r. In a felicitous manner.
RIGHT * --n. 1 An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature. 2 Location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east. 3 The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right. 4 Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged. --v. 1 Make reparations or amends for. 2 Put in or restore to an upright position. 3 Regain an upright or proper position. 4 Make right or correct. --a. 1 Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north. 2 Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth. 3 In conformance with justice or law or morality. 4 Correct in opinion or judgment. --s. 1 Socially right or correct. 2 Appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs. 3 In or into a satisfactory condition. 4 Intended for the right hand. --r. 1 Precisely, exactly. 2 Immediately. 3 Exactly. 4 Toward or on the right; also used figuratively.
INSERT * --n. 1 A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication. 2 An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted. 3 (broadcasting) A local announcement inserted into a network program. 4 (film) A still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film. --v. 1 Put or introduce into something. 2 Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing. 3 Fit snugly into. 4 Insert casually.
ARRIVISTE * n. A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.
ANENCEPHALY * n. A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres.
LOXITANE * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia.
CONGLOBE * v. Assume a globular shape.
LEGITIMATION * n. 1 The act of rendering a person legitimate. 2 The act of making lawful.
SACHEM * n. 1 A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall). 2 A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief).
ZOOFLAGELLATE * n. Flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics.
YOB * n. A cruel and brutal fellow.
TAT * --n. 1 Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar. 2 A projective technique using black-and-white pictures; subjects tell a story about each picture. --v. Make lacework by knotting or looping.
ALL-EMBRACING * s. Broad in scope or content.
WOODWARD * n. 1 United States historian (1908-1999). 2 United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979).
RICK * --n. 1 A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British). 2 A stack of hay. --v. 1 Pile in ricks. 2 Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
DEVOTE * v. 1 Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. 2 Dedicate. 3 Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use.
EXCULPATED * s. Freed from any question of guilt.
NONGLUTINOUS * s. Not resembling glue in texture.
SILKWORM * n. 1 The commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk. 2 Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.
ENDOERGIC * a. (of a nuclear reaction) Occurring with absorption of energy.
FLOWAGE * n. 1 Gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat). 2 A body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area. 3 The act of flooding; filling to overflowing.
OVER-THE-HILL * s. Too old to be useful.
METRAZOL * n. A drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark.
LANDSCAPE * --n. 1 An expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view. 2 Painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery. 3 A genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery. 4 An extensive mental viewpoint. --v. 1 Embellish with plants. 2 Do landscape gardening.
MACRONECTES * n. Giant petrels.
NAPHTHA * n. Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents.
DIOXIN * n. Any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides.
TEASEL * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
BETA-LACTAMASE * n. Enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic.
LUNAR * a. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
CINQUEFOIL * n. 1 Any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties. 2 An ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle.
AERODONTALGIA * n. Pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing).
SPLENDOR * n. 1 A quality that outshines the usual. 2 The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand.
GALACTOCELE * n. A cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands).
LOCKDOWN * n. The act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot).
IMPEDANCE * n. A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms.
ROSINWEED * n. 1 North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers. 2 Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock.
DOORKNOB * n. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
MESODERM * n. The middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue.
NOSOCOMIAL * a. Taking place or originating in a hospital.
CACIQUE * n. Black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics.
HORSEPLAY * n. Rowdy or boisterous play.
DICHLOROMETHANE * n. A nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant.
INFLECTION * n. 1 A change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function. 2 The patterns of stress and intonation in a language. 3 Deviation from a straight or normal course. 4 A manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified.
LOOSELEAF * s. Being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged.
HYRAX * n. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
DOMINION * n. 1 Dominance or power through legal authority. 2 A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. 3 One of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth.
NOSEY-PARKER * n. A person who meddles in the affairs of others.
HYAZYME * n. An enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids.
RELIQUARY * n. A container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints).
CROTCH * n. 1 The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches. 2 The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk. 3 External sex organ.
WINTER * --n. The coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox. --v. Spend the winter.
BLABBERMOUTH * n. Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
SPALL * n. A fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.
MERLE * n. Common black European thrush.
AFFECT * --n. The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion. --v. 1 Have an effect upon. 2 Act physically on; have an effect upon. 3 Connect closely and often incriminatingly. 4 Make believe with the intent to deceive.
UNRECONSTRUCTED * a. Adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded.
UNTIE * v. 1 Undo the ties of. 2 Cause to become loose.
SETTLING * n. A gradual sinking to a lower level.
CHALCOPYRITE * n. A yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide.
GIGO * n. (computer science) A rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input; put garbage in and you get garbage out.
EINDHOVEN * n. City in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry.
CREPITATION * n. The sharp sound of snapping noises.
AEROBIC * a. 1 Depending on free oxygen or air. 2 Based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency.
PROFANE * --v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Violate the sacred character of a place or language. --s. 1 Characterized by profanity or cursing. 2 Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled. 3 Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred. --a. Not concerned with or devoted to religion.
REKINDLE * v. 1 Kindle anew, as of a fire. 2 Arouse again.
EXPECTED * a. Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive.
CORNMEAL * n. Coarsely ground corn.
TURMERIC * n. 1 Widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye. 2 Ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning.
BLEBBED * s. (of glass or quartzite) Marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material.
ACCURSE * v. Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
SOLOMON'S-SEAL * n. Any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal.
CARROTY * a. Resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant.
NICKLAUS * n. United States golfer considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time (born in 1940).
FOOTMAN * n. A man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores.
WOODGRAIN * n. Texture produced by the fibers in wood.
BERYLLIUM * n. A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
DECLINOMETER * n. An instrument for measuring magnetic declination.
HEALTHCARE * n. The preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession.
LEAPING * n. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.
PERFECTION * n. 1 The state of being without a flaw or defect. 2 An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept. 3 The act of making something perfect.
THEBAN * --n. 1 An Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes. 2 A Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture. 2 Of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture.
GOETHE * n. German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832).
DORMER * n. A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window.
PTYALITH * n. Calculus in a salivary gland.
DICKEYBIRD * n. Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.
SUET * n. Hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep.
DEPRECIATE * v. 1 Belittle. 2 Lower the value of something. 3 Lose in value.
CAUCASUS * n. 1 The mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia. 2 A large region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the Caucasus Mountains; oil is its major resource.
FUSSY * s. 1 Annoyed and irritable. 2 Overcrowded or cluttered with detail. 3 Exacting especially about details.
NECTAR * n. 1 A sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators. 2 Fruit juice especially when undiluted. 3 (classical mythology) The food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal.
ISLAMISE * v. 1 Cause to conform to Islamic law. 2 Convert to Islam.
REVISIT * v. Visit again.
SIEMENS * n. 1 A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm. 2 Engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883). 3 German electrical engineer (1816-1892).
YOTTABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits.
SIDON * n. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
SUCCULENCY * n. A juicy appetizingness.
FINALISATION * n. The act of finalizing.
HARMONICS * n. The study of musical sound.
MOLLIFICATION * n. 1 A state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered. 2 The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined.
ERYTHROXYLACEAE * n. A family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit.
MUTAGENIC * a. Capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution).
CROSSWALK * n. A path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other.
MULLIDAE * n. Goatfishes or red mullets.
AEPYORNIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes.
ARTIFICIALLY * r. Not according to nature; not by natural means.
PHALLACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns.
OGDOAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
GINGLYMUS * n. A freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane.
FUTILITY * n. Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result.
POTBOUND * s. (of a potted plant) Grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots.
SOURED * a. Having turned bad.
GLADSOME * s. Experiencing or expressing gladness or joy.
INEXHAUSTIBLE * --s. That cannot be entirely consumed or used up. --a. Incapable of being entirely consumed or used up.
BOLIVAR * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Venezuela; equal to 100 centimos. 2 Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830).
ZOOPSIA * n. Visual hallucination of animals; sometimes occurring in delirium tremens.
SATE * v. Fill to satisfaction.
SOLOIST * n. A musician who performs a solo.
STYLOMECON * n. One species: wind poppy.
BOOT-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a boot.
DISEMBARKATION * n. The act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft.
ALTAIC * --n. 1 Any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group. 2 A group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe. --a. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL * a. Of or relating to the larynx and pharynx.
TRILLIUM * n. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower.
SHINBONE * n. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
NOCICEPTIVE * s. Caused by or in response to pain.
DEER'S-EAR * n. Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
EIGHTH * --n. 1 Position eight in a countable series of things. 2 One part in eight equal parts. --s. Coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position.
HACIENDA * n. 1 A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries. 2 The main house on a ranch or large estate.
COROT * n. French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875).
SOFT-BOILED * --a. Easily moved to pity or sorrow. --s. (eggs) Having the yolk still liquid.
BASSARISCIDAE * n. In some classifications considered a separate family.
THOU * n. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
JIGGER * n. 1 A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey. 2 Any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl. 3 Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.
PEACEABLENESS * n. A state that is calm and tranquil.
LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA * n. A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India.
REDOUBTABLE * s. 1 Inspiring fear. 2 Worthy of respect or honor.
CAMOMILE * n. Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis.
STICKLER * n. Someone who insists on something.
KLAXON * n. A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
ARGOT * n. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
PERMALLOY * n. An 80/20 alloy of nickel and iron; easily magnetized and demagnetized.
MYRICARIA * n. Small genus of deciduous shrubs or subshrubs of southern Europe to Siberia and China; tolerant of chalky soil.
MONOPHTHALMOS * n. A general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC).
RE-EXPLORE * v. Explore anew.
SMACK * --n. 1 A blow from a flat object (as an open hand). 2 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. 3 A sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast. 4 Street names for heroin. --v. 1 Deliver a hard blow to. 2 Have an element suggestive (of something). 3 Have a distinctive or characteristic taste. 4 Kiss lightly. --r. Directly.
GEOTHERMAL * a. Of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth.
FIZGIG * n. 1 An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. 2 A firework that fizzes as it moves.
CHORALLY * r. By a chorus.
HEARTSTRINGS * n. Your deepest feelings of love and compassion.
HEXENBESEN * n. An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance.
SQUARK * n. A quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1.
DEMITASSE * n. 1 Small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream. 2 Small coffee cup; for serving black coffee.
TASSO * n. Italian poet who wrote an epic poem about the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade (1544-1595).
GAMMA-INTERFERON * n. A form of interferon that is produced by T cells and macrophages; involved in the activation of phagocytes.
ZONA * n. (anatomy) Any encircling or beltlike structure.
DEMONETISATION * n. Ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country.
CLOROX * n. A commercial bleaching agent.
HARLOT * n. A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.
LOFORTYX * n. California quail.
THEACEAE * n. A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales.
UNIMPREGNATED * s. Not having been fertilized.
GIN * --n. 1 Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries. 2 A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose. 3 A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers. 4 A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points. --v. 1 Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin. 2 Trap with a snare.
FOUR-LANE * s. Having two lanes for traffic in each direction.
CRUDENESS * n. 1 A wild or unrefined state. 2 An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement. 3 An unpolished unrefined quality.
CLOCKS * n. 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.
SOLIDLY * r. 1 As an undiversified whole. 2 With strength and soundness.
PLUMERIA * n. Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers.
CROSSBRED * a. Bred from parents of different varieties or species.
IMPRUDENCE * n. A lack of caution in practical affairs.
1780S * n. The decade from 1780 to 1789.
RELAFEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen).
CHIP * --n. 1 A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. 2 A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line. 3 A piece of dried bovine dung. 4 A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. --v. 1 Break off (a piece from a whole). 2 Cut a nick into. 3 Play a chip shot. 4 Form by chipping.
RIDICULOUSNESS * n. A message whose content is at variance with reason.
MEDIATION * n. 1 A negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party. 2 The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
EPICYCLICAL * a. Of or relating to an epicycle.
MESOTRON * n. An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0.
TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIC * s. Suffering from triskaidekaphobia (abnormal fear of the number 13).
PREADOLESCENT * s. Of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12.
CROPPED * s. (of land or soil) Used for growing crops.
PESEWA * n. 100 pesewas equal 1 cedi in Ghana.
CALPE * n. Location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules.
POM-POM * n. 1 Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat. 2 Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
VESPA * n. Type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets.
FRATERNALLY * r. In a brotherly manner.
CENTILITER * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter.
FARROWING * n. The production of a litter of pigs.
ANNOUNCEMENT * n. 1 A formal public statement. 2 A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen.
PARADOXURUS * n. Palm civets.
ATRAZINE * n. A synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide.
ILLICITNESS * n. The quality of not conforming strictly to law.
SCURRILITY * n. Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.
SYMBOL-WORSHIP * n. The worship of symbols.
ENTHRAL * v. Hold spellbound.
CHRISTEN * v. Administer baptism to.
WINDED * s. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
HARLEQUIN * --n. A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte). --v. Variegate with spots or marks.
HEEDFULLY * r. In a careful deliberate manner.
INCULPATION * n. An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed.
FUCKING * --n. Slang for sexual intercourse. --s. Informal intensifiers. --r. Intensifier, very colloquial.
VELOURS * n. Heavy fabric that resembles velvet.
APPAREL * --n. Clothing in general. --v. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
ACTINOMETER * n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect).
OVERWEENING * s. 1 Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings. 2 Presumptuously arrogant.
IMAGINATIVENESS * n. The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses.
POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE * n. A material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided.
RABBITWEED * n. Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads.
PYRENEES * n. A chain of mountains between France and Spain.
ILLYRIAN * n. A minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast.
SEMINARY * n. 1 A private place of education for the young. 2 A theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis.
DODDERING * s. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
NV * n. A state in the western United States.
ALKAPTON * n. An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
KNIPHOFIA * n. A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
AGRYPNOTIC * a. Of or pertaining to agrypnia.
CHAFING * n. Soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction.
CONDUCTION * n. The transmission of heat or electricity or sound.
BEIRA * n. A port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel.
WARINESS * n. The trait of being cautious and watchful.
PALATAL * --n. A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast'). --a. Relating to or lying near the palate. --s. Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').
MARSEILLAISE * n. The French national anthem.
CORTICIUM * n. Genus of fungi having simple smooth sporophores; some are parasitic on wood or economic crops; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia.
CLASSICS * n. Study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome.
FLASHBOARDING * n. Boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height.
EQUAL * --n. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. --v. 1 Be identical or equivalent to. 2 Be equal to in quality or ability. 3 Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching. --a. 1 Having the same quantity, value, or measure as another. 2 Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
SUFFRAGETTE * n. A woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century).
VERIFIER * n. Someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement.
JUBILEE * n. A special anniversary (or the celebration of it).
DOXY * n. A woman who cohabits with an important man.
LOVESICKNESS * n. A pining for a loved one.
COURTIER * n. An attendant at the court of a sovereign.
MID-AUGUST * n. The middle part of August.
CHILUBA * n. A member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo.
GALLICISM * n. A word or phrase borrowed from French.
TROJAN * --n. 1 A native of ancient Troy. 2 A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful. --a. Of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants.
OUTSCORE * v. Score more points than one's opponents.
PLUCKINESS * n. The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury.
MULLET * n. 1 Highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet. 2 Freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide. 3 Bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin.
SPHENISCUS * n. Type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins.
DEAF-MUTISM * n. Congenital deafness that results in inability to speak.
O'BRIEN * n. Irish writer (born in 1932).
APPLICATORY * s. Readily applicable or practical.
FRUITAGE * n. The yield of fruit.
MUSSY * s. Dirty and disorderly.
HOAGLAND * n. United States physiologist (1899-1982).
SCAG * n. Street names for heroin.
INDUCING * n. Act of bringing about a desired result.
RE-EQUIP * v. Re-equip a factory or plant.
IMMERSE * v. 1 Thrust or throw into. 2 Devote (oneself) fully to. 3 Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. 4 Cause to be immersed.
RHAPIS * n. Genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan.
GIBBER * --n. Unintelligible talking. --v. 1 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. 2 Chatter inarticulately; of monkeys.
SCULPTURESQUE * s. Resembling sculpture.
MUCINOUS * a. Relating to or containing mucin.
PENULTIMA * n. The next to last syllable in a word.
SCRUBS * n. Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations.
PRETENDER * n. 1 A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title). 2 A person who makes deceitful pretenses. 3 A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
VANESSA * n. Painted beauty and red admiral.
SWITHER * n. Agitation resulting from active worry.
SUCCOTASH * n. Fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream.
LEPRECHAUN * n. A mischievous elf in Irish folklore.
THWART * --n. A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat. --v. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
FOVEA * n. Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute.
FLUOROSIS * n. A pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water).
ONTOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms.
PANTOTHERIA * n. Generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to marsupial and placental mammals.
ALBITIC * a. Of or related to albite feldspar.
PRIAPIC * s. 1 Overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality. 2 Resembling or being a phallus.
QUARTER * --n. 1 One of four equal parts. 2 A district of a city having some distinguishing character. 3 (football, professional basketball) One of four divisions into which some games are divided. 4 A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour. --v. 1 Provide housing for (military personnel). 2 Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him. 3 Divide into quarters. 4 Divide by four; divide into quarters.
LITTRE * n. French lexicographer (1801-1881).
HG * n. 1 A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. 2 100 grams.
SALACIOUSLY * r. In a lascivious manner.
PSYCHONEUROTIC * --n. A person suffering from neurosis. --a. Affected with emotional disorder.
INTEGRITY * n. 1 An undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting. 2 Moral soundness.
APLACENTAL * a. Having no placenta.
DE-ICE * v. Make or become free of frost or ice.
HATEFULLY * r. In a hateful manner.
LINGUALUMINA * n. An artificial language.
DEMURELY * r. In a demure manner.
PIERCED * s. Having a hole cut through.
ABOHM * n. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
CELOM * n. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
JUGULAR * --n. 1 Veins in the neck that return blood from the head. 2 A vital part that is vulnerable to attack. --a. Relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat.
UNHOLY * --a. Not hallowed or consecrated. --s. 1 Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell. 2 Having committed unrighteous acts.
DORSIFLEXION * n. The act of bending backward (of the body or a body part).
DENAZIFY * v. Free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance.
RESULTANT * --n. 1 The final point in a process. 2 Something that results. 3 A vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors. --s. Occurring with or following as a consequence.
UNWONTED * s. Unaccustomed or unusual.
BOSH * n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
POSTULATIONAL * a. Of or relating to or derived from axioms.
LOCKSMITH * n. Someone who makes or repairs locks.
CORPUS * n. 1 Capital as contrasted with the income derived from it. 2 A collection of writings. 3 The main part of an organ or other bodily structure.
DISCURSIVELY * r. In a rambling manner.
ANAESTHESIA * n. Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness.
PRASEODYMIUM * n. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process.
IBID. * r. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
SOUP-STRAINER * n. Slang for a mustache.
PLATYMISCIUM * n. Genus of tropical American trees: quira.
BICENTENARY * --n. The 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years.
DHAULAGIRI * n. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,820 feet high).
ENTICEMENT * n. 1 Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce. 2 Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward. 3 The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.
M1 * n. A measure of the money supply; includes currency in circulation plus demand deposits or checking account balances.
HOMEOTHERM * n. An animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature.
NIH * n. An agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government.
LASIK * n. A refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea.
SMOOCH * --n. An enthusiastic kiss. --v. Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others.
HOMESTEAD * --n. 1 The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family. 2 Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law. 3 Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land. --v. Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead.
SILKS * n. The brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable.
ONDATRA * n. Muskrats.
DOGY * n. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
TARANTULA * n. 1 Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement). 2 Large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites.
SURMISE * --n. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. --v. 1 Infer from incomplete evidence. 2 Imagine to be the case or true or probable.
TRIVIA * n. Something of small importance.
POSITIVITY * n. 1 The character of the positive electric pole. 2 A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness. 3 The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome. 4 An amount greater than zero.
HAPHTARAH * n. A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah.
SUPREMO * n. The most important person in an organization.
ENTODERM * n. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
CYNODONT * n. Small carnivorous reptiles.
NONSURGICAL * a. Not surgical.
PYROXYLINE * n. Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers.
LEACOCK * n. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).
MATRICIDE * n. 1 A person who murders their mother. 2 The murder of your mother.
HUMILIATINGLY * r. In a humiliating manner.
THROATWORT * n. European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat.
MENINGOENCEPHALITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges.
NONSEGMENTAL * s. Having a body that is not divided into segments.
REGALIA * n. 1 Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office). 2 Especially fine or decorative clothing.
CROWNED * a. 1 Having an (artificial) crown on a tooth. 2 Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory. 3 Provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination.
SCHOOL * --n. 1 An educational institution. 2 A building where young people receive education. 3 The process of being formally educated at a school. 4 A body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers. --v. 1 Educate in or as if in a school. 2 Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment. 3 Swim in or form a large group of fish.
MILLIEQUIVALENT * n. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
TRIBROMOMETHANE * n. Colorless liquid haloform CHBr3.
PELVIMETRY * n. Measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible).
CULTURAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors. 2 Of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society. 3 Relating to the raising of plants or animals. --s. Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people.
SENE * n. 100 sene equal 1 tala in Western Samoa.
MODERNIZE * v. 1 Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to. 2 Become technologically advanced.
FATNESS * n. Excess bodily weight.
INTEROPERABILITY * n. (computer science) The ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area networks).
NIX * --n. A quantity of no importance. --v. Command against.
COLONIALIST * n. A believer in colonialism.
AKERIDAE * n. Bubble shells.
PASSIFLORA * n. Type genus of the Passifloraceae.
INCURVED * s. Bent into or having an inward curve.
COLORLESSNESS * n. The visual property of being without chromatic color.
FLUSH-SEAMED * s. Laid edge to edge (not overlapping).
IMPLICATIONAL * a. Relating to or concerned with logical implication.
EFFECTUALLY * r. In an effectual manner.
PULSAR * n. A degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation.
AIRPLANE * n. An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.
EDWARD * n. 1 King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972). 2 King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910). 3 King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553). 4 King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483).
PROGRESSIVITY * n. Advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods.
HYPOGLYCEMIC * a. Of or relating to hypoglycemia.
FATALISM * n. 1 A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable. 2 A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them.
OWING * s. Owed as a debt.
BLEAK * s. 1 Offering little or no hope. 2 Providing no shelter or sustenance. 3 Unpleasantly cold and damp.
WHITE-BREAD * s. Of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class.
UNDERWRITE * v. 1 Guarantee financial support of. 2 Protect by insurance.
LEATHERJACK * n. Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales.
FHA * n. The federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages.
CIRCAETUS * n. Harrier eagles.
HOLARRHENA * n. Genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia.
TOFFEE-NOSED * s. Snobbish; pretentiously superior.
MACKENZIE * n. 1 Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820). 2 A Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea.
BLUEGRASS * n. 1 Any of various grasses of the genus Poa. 2 An area in central Kentucky noted for its bluegrass and thoroughbred horses. 3 A type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars.
CORTICOFUGAL * s. Of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex.
DEMODE * s. Out of fashion.
DOCKING * n. The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.
POLIOSIS * n. Loss of color from the hair.
FULGURANT * s. Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning.
PLANGENT * s. Loud and resounding.
INTERCHURCH * s. Occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations.
TEAPOT * n. Pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle.
SPORTSWOMAN * n. Someone who engages in sports.
ANDALUSIA * n. A region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization.
SUBROGATION * n. (law) The act of substituting of one creditor for another.
AGONIZING * s. Extremely painful.
WEATHERSTRIP * --n. A narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold. --v. Provide with weatherstripping.
ACTINOTHERAPY * n. (medicine) The treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance.
ANABOLIC * a. 1 Of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism. 2 Characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism.
VASOMOTOR * a. Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate.
PROLE * n. A member of the working class (not necessarily employed).
ABSENTMINDEDLY * r. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner.
VIRULENTLY * r. In a virulent manner.
CLITORAL * a. Of or relating to the clitoris.
THROSTLE * n. 1 A spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously. 2 Common Old World thrush noted for its song.
UNADVISEDLY * r. In an unadvised manner.
STUDYING * n. Reading carefully with intent to remember.
FUZZY * s. 1 Covering with fine light hairs. 2 Indistinct or hazy in outline. 3 Confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out.
HESSIAN * n. (19th century) A man's high tasseled boot.
GARGOYLE * n. 1 A spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal. 2 An ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal.
LAWMAKING * n. The act of making or enacting laws.
ALGA * n. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
FREELY * r. In a free manner.
LOVING * a. Feeling or showing love and affection.
EPIDIDYMITIS * n. Painful inflammation of the epididymis.
HESITANCY * n. 1 A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something. 2 A certain degree of unwillingness.
OLD-WORLD * s. Characteristic of former times especially in Europe.
WEE-WEE * v. Eliminate urine.
UNGUMMED * s. Not treated with adhesive gum.
OUTGO * --n. Money paid out; an amount spent. --v. Be or do something to a greater degree.
LEECHEE * n. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried.
ALTERATION * n. 1 An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another. 2 The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). 3 The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification).
PORPHYRA * n. A genus of protoctist.
CONSEQUENTIAL * s. Having important issues or results.
OPPUGN * v. Challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of.
PERCHERON * n. One of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery.
ILL. * n. A midwestern state in north-central United States.
FLAPS * n. A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag.
INQUIRE * v. 1 Address a question to and expect an answer from. 2 Have a wish or desire to know something. 3 Conduct an inquiry or investigation of.
ISCHIA * n. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
BANDITRY * n. The practice of plundering in gangs.
MISDEMEANOUR * n. A crime less serious than a felony.
INTOLERABLY * r. To an unacceptable degree.
ENCOMPASSMENT * n. Including entirely.
MARINI * n. Italian poet (1569-1625).
SUN-RAY * n. A ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp.
UNALIKE * a. Not alike or similar.
CULTIVABLE * s. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
RAILCAR * n. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.
ELOQUENCE * n. Powerful and effective language.
MARGE * n. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
DESTRUCTION * n. 1 The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. 2 An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. 3 A final state.
UNSIGHTED * a. Unable to see.
WHISTLE-BLOWER * n. An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it.
COMMISSIONING * n. The act of granting authority to undertake certain functions.
VETCH * n. Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants.
PSYCHOGENESIS * n. 1 The development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors. 2 A general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind.
SELF-SUPPORTING * s. Financially independent.
EOS * n. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora.
ANEURISMATIC * a. Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
KRONE * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Norway. 2 The basic unit of money in Denmark.
GIBRAN * n. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
SPATULA * n. 1 A turner with a narrow flexible blade. 2 A hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances.
CONCHFISH * n. Found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch.
RHETORICALLY * r. In a rhetorical manner.
CONFUTE * v. Prove to be false.
LOP-EARED * s. Having bent or drooping ears.
MCMASTER * n. United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932).
CONTEMPTIBLY * r. In a manner deserving contempt.
DISINVESTMENT * n. The withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation.
RAPPORT * n. A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people.
BEY * n. 1 (formerly) A title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt. 2 The governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire.
TYRAMINE * n. Amino acid derived from tyrosine; has a sympathomimetic action; found in chocolate and cola drinks and ripe cheese and beer.
CONTRAIL * n. An artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust.
MYELIN * n. A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
CAECAL * a. Of or like a cecum.
INSTILL * v. 1 Impart gradually. 2 Enter drop by drop. 3 Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of. 4 Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.
FURZE * n. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
SOUSA * n. A United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932).
INSUFFICIENT * a. Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.
LUMINISM * n. An artistic movement in the United States that was derived from the Hudson River school; active from 1850 to 1870; painted realistic landscapes in a style that pictured atmospheric light and the use of aerial perspective.
NATTER * v. Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
SANCTIMONY * n. The quality of being hypocritically devout.
ERRONEOUSLY * r. In a mistaken or erroneous manner.
ABATOR * n. A person who abates a nuisance.
CONFORMATION * n. 1 A symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing. 2 Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline). 3 Acting according to certain accepted standards.
ENGINEER * --n. 1 A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. 2 The operator of a railway locomotive. --v. 1 Design as an engineer. 2 Plan and direct (a complex undertaking).
BEFOG * v. Make less visible or unclear.
SYNCOPE * n. 1 A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. 2 (phonology) The loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle').
HALAKAH * n. Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures.
STRONGROOM * n. A burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept.
SELF-DENYING * s. 1 Willing to deprive yourself. 2 Used especially of behavior.
WYATT * n. 1 English architect (1746-1813). 2 English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
MAGISTRATE * n. A lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses).
SHYLY * r. In a shy or timid or bashful manner.
SURPRINT * n. Something added by overprinting.
PARADIGMATIC * a. 1 Of or relating to a grammatical paradigm. 2 Of or relating to a typical example. 3 Related as members of a substitution class.
CUTWORK * n. Embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away.
COBWEBBY * s. 1 So thin as to transmit light. 2 Covered with cobwebs.
DANGALEAT * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad; uses seven vowels plus differences in vowel length.
PEJORATIVE * s. Expressing disapproval.
PERPETUALLY * r. 1 Everlastingly; for all time. 2 Without interruption.
CUTAWAY * n. 1 A representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts. 2 A man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees.
REBUTTAL * n. 1 The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument. 2 (law) A pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
HAUGHTILY * r. In a haughty manner.
INDEPENDENCE * n. 1 Freedom from control or influence of another or others. 2 The successful ending of the American Revolution. 3 A city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail.
ORNATENESS * n. 1 High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation. 2 An ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated.
DIETETIC * a. Of or relating to the diet.
ATOMISATION * n. 1 Separating something into fine particles. 2 Annihilation by reducing something to atoms.
SHIELD * --n. 1 A protective covering or structure. 2 Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows. 3 Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. --v. 1 Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm. 2 Hold back a thought or feeling about.
POSITIVISM * n. 1 The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation). 2 A quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness.
TATAR * n. 1 A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century. 2 A member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups). 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Tatar living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains.
PUBESCENCE * n. The time of life when sex glands become functional.
CHAETODONTIDAE * n. Butterfly fishes.
OUTPLAY * v. Excel or defeat in a game.
ANTEPENULT * n. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.
CORDIALITY * n. A cordial disposition.
ILLNESS * n. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
COUNTERMAND * --n. A contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command. --v. Cancel officially.
FEELINGLY * r. With great feeling.
MACARONI * n. 1 A British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms. 2 Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
COURBET * n. French painter noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes (1819-1877).
KOESTLER * n. British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983).
STALEMATED * s. At a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.
BULL * --n. 1 Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle. 2 A large and strong and heavyset man. 3 Obscene words for unacceptable behavior. 4 A serious and ludicrous blunder. --v. 1 Push or force. 2 Try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying. 3 Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths. 4 Advance in price.
RAVENOUS * s. 1 Extremely hungry. 2 Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
LENGTH * n. 1 The linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place. 2 Continuance in time. 3 The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end. 4 Size of the gap between two places.
STRETCHABILITY * n. The capacity for being stretched.
REPTILE * n. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms.
MACONNAIS * n. Fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry.
FORGETFULNESS * n. 1 Tendency to forget. 2 Unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember.
MISERABLE * s. 1 Very unhappy; full of misery. 2 Deserving or inciting pity. 3 Of the most contemptible kind. 4 Of very poor quality or condition.
BLUESTEM * n. Tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States.
OXYDENDRUM * n. Sourwood.
LACINIATE * s. Having edges irregularly and finely slashed.
FLUIDRAM * n. 1 A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters. 2 A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
RHINE * n. 1 United States parapsychologist (1895-1980). 2 A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea.
TELECOMMERCE * n. The use of the telephone as an interactive medium for promotion and sales.
GRADATORY * s. Taking place by degrees.
BROGLIE * n. French nuclear physicist who generalized the wave-particle duality by proposing that particles of matter exhibit wavelike properties (1892-1987).
SYMPATRY * n. The occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding.
PADDY * n. 1 (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Irish descent. 2 An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. 3 Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field.
MEDLAR * n. 1 Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit. 2 Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples. 3 A South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste. 4 Crabapple-like fruit used for preserves.
WAIST-DEEP * r. Up to the waist.
BONAPARTE * n. French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821).
CLANSMAN * n. A member of a clan.
EXPIRED * a. Having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time.
REASONING * --n. Thinking that is coherent and logical. --s. Endowed with the capacity to reason.
GUPPY * n. Small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums.
LACTOPHRYS * n. A genus of Ostraciidae.
DEVIL-WORSHIP * n. The acts or rites of worshiping devils.
BRINJAL * n. Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable.
ROLLING * --n. 1 A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). 2 The act of robbing a helpless person. 3 Propelling something on wheels. --s. Uttered with a trill.
SAVING * --n. 1 An act of economizing; reduction in cost. 2 Recovery or preservation from loss or danger. 3 The activity of protecting something from loss or danger. --s. 1 Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin. 2 Characterized by thriftiness.
FLANKER * n. 1 A back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver. 2 A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation.
EDWY * n. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
DIVERGE * v. 1 Move or draw apart. 2 Have no limits as a mathematical series. 3 Extend in a different direction. 4 Be at variance with; be out of line with.
FOULLY * r. 1 In an unfair and insulting manner. 2 In a wicked and shameful manner.
PAPAVERINE * n. An alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive.
BLOKE * n. A boy or man.
TAXOPHYTINA * n. Yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
TWO-LANE * s. Having a lane for traffic in each direction.
GLINKA * n. Russian composer (1804-1857).
NOISELESS * s. Making no sound.
COMTE * n. French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study.
CONJURING * n. Calling up a spirit or devil.
LYMPHOKINE * n. A cytokine secreted by helper T cells in response to stimulation by antigens and that acts on other cells of the immune system (as by activating macrophages).
PHOTOCONDUCTION * n. Change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation.
BLUEBOTTLE * n. 1 An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers. 2 Blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight.
RIGHTFUL * s. 1 Legally valid. 2 Having a legally established claim.
GALLIFORMES * n. Pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.
SYMPLOCACEAE * n. A dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales.
IMMOVABILITY * n. Not capable of being moved or rearranged.
FLOAT * --n. 1 The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment. 2 The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public. 3 A drink with ice cream floating in it. 4 An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade. --v. 1 Be in motion due to some air or water current. 2 Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. 3 Set afloat. 4 Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with.
CLINGSTONE * n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
PELYCOSAUR * n. Large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America.
IRONWORKER * n. A person who makes articles of iron.
ANASTATICA * n. One species: rose of Jericho; resurrection plant.
ALGEBRAIST * n. A mathematician whose specialty is algebra.
SEROLOGIST * n. A medical scientist who specializes in serology.
MONROVIA * n. The capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia.
MUTUALIST * s. Mutually dependent.
LEPIDOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of snakes.
CAPSTONE * n. 1 A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination. 2 A stone that forms the top of wall or building.
HELP * --n. 1 The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 2 A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 3 A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do. 4 A means of serving. --v. 1 Give help or assistance; be of service. 2 Improve the condition of. 3 Be of use. 4 Abstain from doing; always used with a negative.
VIOLET-COLOURED * s. Having a violet color.
JUDAS * n. 1 (New Testament) Supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless. 2 (New Testament) The Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver. 3 Someone who betrays under the guise of friendship. 4 A one-way peephole in a door.
GRAVIDNESS * n. Technical terms for pregnancy.
SOGGY * s. 1 (of soil) Soft and watery. 2 Having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking. 3 Slow and apathetic.
DISRAELI * n. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881).
UNDREAMED * s. Not imagined even in a dream.
NEGOTIATE * v. 1 Discuss the terms of an arrangement. 2 Succeed in passing through, around, or over.
BRATTLEBORO * n. A town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River.
DISREGARDLESS * r. In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks.
THYMINE * n. A base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine.
LACTARIUS * n. Large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species.
HYPAETHRAL * s. Partly or entirely open to the sky.
INTERCOMMUNICATE * v. 1 Be interconnected, afford passage. 2 Transmit thoughts or feelings.
CREMATORY * n. 1 A mortuary where corpses are cremated. 2 A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes.
GLAMOROUS * s. Having an air of allure, romance and excitement.
FOREBODING * --n. 1 A feeling of evil to come. 2 An unfavorable omen. --s. Ominously prophetic.
NONPROGNOSTICATIVE * s. Not offering prognostications.
STRAWMAN * n. 1 A person used as a cover for some questionable activity. 2 A weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted. 3 An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
PERTINENCY * n. Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.
APPRENTICE * --n. Works for an expert to learn a trade. --v. Be or work as an apprentice.
HOOKLIKE * s. Having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold).
NEO * s. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
CIRCULATION * n. 1 The dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines). 2 Movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels. 3 (library science) The count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period. 4 Number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold.
VERBALISED * s. Communicated in words.
BODILESS * s. 1 Not having a material body. 2 Having no trunk or main part.
ACTINOZOAN * n. Sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
SERJEANT-AT-ARMS * n. An officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands.
NINKHURSAG * n. The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
HOOVER * --n. 1 United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932). 2 United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972). 3 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964). 4 A kind of vacuum cleaner. --v. Clean with a vacuum cleaner.
PERVADE * v. Spread or diffuse through.
PURULENCE * n. 1 Symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus). 2 A fluid product of inflammation.
WALTER * n. German conductor (1876-1962).
OLIGURIA * n. 1 Abnormally small production of urine; can be a symptom of kidney disease or obstruction of the urinary tract or edema or an imbalance of fluids and electrolytes in the body. 2 Production of an abnormally small amount of urine.
TEXTUAL * a. Of or relating to or based on a text.
REGNELLIDIUM * n. Small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil.
CHI * n. 1 The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health. 2 The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
PLASTIC * --n. 1 Generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives. 2 A card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered. --s. 1 Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material). 2 Capable of being influenced or formed. 3 Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning.
KHOUM * n. 5 khoums equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania.
BLUESTOCKING * n. A woman having literary or intellectual interests.
SNAKEFISH * n. Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide.
SUPPLICATE * v. 1 Ask humbly (for something). 2 Make a humble, earnest petition. 3 Ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer.
BRISKLY * r. In a brisk manner.
STROPHARIACEAE * n. Sometimes included in family Agaricaceae.
HB * n. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues.
RHINOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections.
SKINHEAD * n. 1 A member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent. 2 A person whose head is bald or shaved.
ARAROBA * n. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
OSCILLATORIACEAE * n. Blue green algae.
COMPULSIVITY * n. The trait of acting compulsively.
CRUCIATE * s. Shaped like a cross.
TRICHOTILLOMANIA * n. An irresistible urge to pull out your own hair.
PEDDLING * n. The act of selling goods for a living.
ORR * n. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
HUMIN * n. A black humic substance that is not soluble in water.
ODDMENTS * n. A motley assortment of things.
RIPPED * a. Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
SKATE * --n. 1 Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs. 2 Large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins. --v. Move along on skates.
LOVINGNESS * n. 1 A loving feeling. 2 A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love.
STALINISE * v. Transform in accordance with Stalin's policies.
ANOVULATION * n. The absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary.
BECHARM * v. 1 Control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft. 2 Attract; cause to be enamored.
FAVISM * n. Anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency.
IMPAIRER * n. An agent that impairs.
BOXFUL * n. The quantity contained in a box.
STONELIKE * s. (of bone especially the temporal bone) Resembling stone in hardness.
LUNG-POWER * n. The ability to speak loudly.
PROCONSULSHIP * n. The position of proconsul.
CLITORIC * a. Of or relating to the clitoris.
QUAVERINGLY * r. In an unsteady quavering manner.
HANDLOCK * n. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs.
REPTILIA * n. Class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals.
DISTINCT * --s. 1 (often followed by `from') Not alike; different in nature or quality. 2 Constituting a separate entity or part. 3 Recognizable; marked. 4 Clearly or sharply defined to the mind. --a. Easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined.
SIUM * n. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips.
BODYWORK * n. 1 The exterior body of a motor vehicle. 2 The work of making or repairing vehicle bodies.
WITHERS * n. The highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals.
MAINTAINER * n. Someone who upholds or maintains.
BALATA * n. 1 When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls. 2 A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber.
SALIM * n. Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949).
STATIONARY * s. 1 Standing still. 2 Not capable of being moved.
WATERCOLOUR * --n. 1 Water-soluble pigment. 2 A water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists. 3 A painting produced with watercolors. 4 The art or technique of painting with watercolors. --v. Paint with watercolors.
CANARIES * n. A group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces.
INTROUVABLE * s. Impossible to find.
SAKARTVELO * n. A republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
TOTALLY * r. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
SYRINGE * --n. A medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids. --v. Spray or irrigate (a body part) with a syringe.
HEAVY-LADEN * s. 1 Burdened by cares. 2 Bearing a physically heavy weight or load.
FORMALWEAR * n. Attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
SUPERMEX * n. United States golfer (born in 1939).
NASALISE * v. 1 Speak nasally or through the nose. 2 Pronounce with a lowered velum.
GUARDRAIL * n. A railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety.
DELIGHTEDLY * r. With delight.
PROMISING * s. 1 Showing possibility of achievement or excellence. 2 Likely to turn out well in the future.
FORWARDS * r. 1 At or to or toward the front. 2 In a forward direction.
UNSALEABLE * a. Impossible to sell.
JAR * --n. 1 A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles. 2 The quantity contained in a jar. 3 A sudden jarring impact. --v. 1 Be incompatible; be or come into conflict. 2 Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion. 3 Shock physically. 4 Affect in a disagreeable way.
SHOGUN * n. A hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68.
CONTINUOUSNESS * n. The quality of something that continues without end or interruption.
SCRAWLER * n. A writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read.
SALSIFY * n. 1 Edible root of the salsify plant. 2 Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States. 3 Either of two long roots eaten cooked.
LACING * n. 1 A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage. 2 A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). 3 The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
XIV * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one. --s. Being one more than thirteen.
POROUS * --s. 1 Able to absorb fluids. 2 Allowing passage in and out. --a. Full of pores or vessels or holes.
GERMAN-AMERICAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of German Americans.
ALLOCATOR * n. A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion.
BLACKCOCK * n. Male black grouse.
TAUNT * --n. Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing. --v. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
FOOTPRINT * n. 1 A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface. 2 A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important. 3 The area taken up by some object.
SAKKARA * n. A town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids.
FONDA * n. 1 United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937). 2 United States film actor (1905-1982).
MISCHIEVOUSNESS * n. 1 An attribute of mischievous children. 2 The trait of behaving like an imp. 3 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
INDUCTION * n. 1 A formal entry into an organization or position or office. 2 An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current. 3 Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles. 4 Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors.
DEVALUATE * v. 1 Remove the value from; deprive of its value. 2 Lose in value.
ZOO * n. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
SHNORRER * n. (Yiddish) A scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
IMPERVIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.).
POEPHILA * n. Grassfinches.
SWEETLY * r. In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly').
PASHA * n. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
OBSESSIONALLY * r. In a compulsive manner.
EREBUS * n. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day.
UNTRUTH * n. A false statement.
WINNER * n. 1 The contestant who wins the contest. 2 A gambler who wins a bet. 3 A person with a record of successes.
FABRICATE * v. 1 Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts. 2 Concoct something artificial or untrue.
PLATOON * n. 1 A military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant. 2 A team of policemen working under the military platoon system. 3 A group of persons who are engaged in a common activity.
QUARANTINED * s. Under forced isolation especially for health reasons.
LANIARD * n. 1 A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon. 2 A cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle. 3 (nautical) A line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships.
CYCLOPES * n. Only the silky anteater.
BRYACEAE * n. A family of acrocarpous mosses.
SEDATIVE * --n. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person. --s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
IND. * n. A state in midwestern United States.
EGALITE * n. Social and political equality.
FROSTED * s. (of glass) Having a roughened coating resembling frost.
GUERNSEY * n. 1 A Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey. 2 Breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey.
ARENARIA-MELANOCEPHALA * n. Common turnstone of the Pacific coast of North America.
THIRTY-SEVENTH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-seven in counting order.
UMBRIA * n. A mountainous region in central Italy.
SHAGGY-HAIRED * s. Used of hair; thick and poorly groomed.
TWEAK * --n. A squeeze with the fingers. --v. 1 Pinch or squeeze sharply. 2 Pull or pull out sharply. 3 Adjust finely.
TANGLEBUSH * n. Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits.
PYRETHRUM * n. 1 Made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants. 2 White-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum. 3 Spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum. 4 Used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum.
CHIMPANZEE * n. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.
OCCULTATION * n. One celestial body obscures another.
UNRESENTFUL * a. Not resentful.
FUSS * --n. 1 An excited state of agitation. 2 An angry disturbance. 3 A quarrel about petty points. 4 A rapid active commotion. --v. 1 Worry unnecessarily or excessively. 2 Care for like a mother.
OROPHARYNX * n. Cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth.
ATTRACTIVELY * r. In a beautiful manner.
YEDO * n. The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan.
DRESDEN * n. A city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945.
WHINEY * s. Habitually complaining.
ENDODONTICS * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp.
LATEST * --n. The most recent news or development. --s. 1 Up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date. 2 In the current fashion or style.
BOSSISM * n. Domination of a political organization by a party boss.
FINANCES * n. Assets in the form of money.
INACTIVATE * v. 1 Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service. 2 Make inactive.
BUSHWHACKING * s. Lying in ambush.
EMOTIONLESSNESS * n. 1 Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. 2 Absence of emotion.
WIRELESS * --n. 1 Medium for communication. 2 Transmission by radio waves. 3 An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals. 4 A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves. --a. Having no wires.
PLANTLET * n. A young plant or a small plant.
PAHLEVI * n. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
FLAPCAKE * n. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
BURRFISH * n. Any of several fishes having rigid flattened spines.
EXCITATIVE * s. (of drugs e.g.) Able to excite or stimulate.
WALK-TO * s. Close enough to be walked to.
VISUALISER * n. One whose prevailing mental imagery is visual.
MENDELEYEV * n. Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907).
AFFIX * --n. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form. --v. 1 Attach to. 2 Add to the very end. 3 Attach or become attached to a stem word.
FOOLERY * n. Foolish or senseless behavior.
MAPQUEST * --n. A free, widely-used Web Map Server. --v. Search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program.
ZAPPER * n. An electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents.
NAVE * n. The central area of a church.
RUNG * n. 1 A crosspiece between the legs of a chair. 2 One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
ILLUSTRATIVE * s. 1 Clarifying by use of examples. 2 Serving to demonstrate.
ATROPHIED * a. (of an organ or body part) Diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use.
HANOVER * n. 1 A port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League. 2 The English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria).
CHIMP * n. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.
MALEFIC * s. Having or exerting a malignant influence.
MOVER * n. 1 Workman employed by a moving company. 2 (parliamentary procedure) Someone who makes a formal motion. 3 Someone who moves. 4 A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another.
MILESTONE * n. 1 Stone post at side of a road to show distances. 2 A significant event in your life (or in a project).
SAFFLOWER * n. Thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil.
POLYELECTROLYTE * n. An electrolyte of high molecular weight.
GORSE * n. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe.
KELPIE * n. 1 (Scottish folklore) Water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders. 2 An Australian sheepdog with pointed ears.
BUSH-LEAGUE * s. Not of the highest quality or sophistication.
SYLLABUS * n. An integrated course of academic studies.
FOXGLOVE * n. Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis.
INCOMMUNICADO * s. Without the means or right to communicate.
SCRAWNY * s. 1 Being very thin. 2 Inferior in size or quality.
NOSECOUNT * n. A periodic count of the population.
PROSENCEPHALON * n. The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube.
ASCARIDIA * n. Roundworm having a preanal sucker.
EXERCISING * n. The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit.
CLEANSING * --n. The act of making something clean. --s. 1 Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands. 2 Acting like an antiseptic.
HUMIDITY * n. Wetness in the atmosphere.
RODGERS * n. United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979).
SURBASE * n. The molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall).
SLEUTHHOUND * n. 1 A detective who follows a trail. 2 A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking.
HISPID * s. (of animals or plants) Having stiff coarse hairs or bristles.
TRIMMINGS * n. The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity).
UNCUT * --a. 1 Not trimmed. 2 (used of grass or vegetation) Not cut down with a hand implement or machine. 3 Not shaped by cutting or trimming. 4 (of pages of a book) Having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge. --s. 1 Not cut. 2 Complete.
MICRUROIDES * n. Coral snakes.
PROFESSED * s. 1 Professing to be qualified. 2 Claimed with intent to deceive. 3 Openly declared as such.
GLABROUS * s. Having no hair or similar growth; smooth.
OVERPRICED * s. Too costly for the value.
SEVEN-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with seven members.
SWELTERING * s. Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness.
BIBLIOTHECAL * a. Of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian.
POPLITEAL * a. Of or relating to the area behind the knee joint.
ANARHICHAS * n. Type genus of the Anarhichadidae.
INCOMBUSTIBLE * a. Not capable of igniting and burning.
FOREPAW * n. Front paw; analogous to the human hand.
SIGHTED * a. Able to see.
CARCINOSARCOMA * n. A malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed.
HEBDOMADAL * s. Of or occurring every seven days.
OUTMOST * s. Situated at the farthest possible point from a center.
BLOOMINGTON * n. A university town in south central Indiana.
PLEOCHROIC * a. Of or relating to or having pleochroism.
HYPERAEMIA * n. Increased blood in an organ or other body part.
RHAETO-ROMANCE * n. Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol.
TALARIA * n. A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
MONKSHOOD * n. A poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite.
BACTERIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to bacteriology.
MARTYR * --n. 1 One who suffers for the sake of principle. 2 One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion. --v. 1 Kill as a martyr. 2 Torture and torment like a martyr.
VIXENISH * s. Shrewish and malicious.
ZEND-AVESTA * n. A collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries.
MUSKOGEE * n. 1 A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy. 2 A town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas River. 3 The Muskhogean language spoken by the Muskogee.
HEARTTHROB * n. An object of infatuation.
MODESTNESS * n. 1 The property of being moderate in price or expenditures. 2 Freedom from vanity or conceit.
FULL-TIME * --a. For the entire time appropriate to an activity. --r. For the standard number of hours.
MILITARIZATION * n. Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:.
RESIDENCY * n. 1 The act of dwelling in a place. 2 The position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship).
UNHUMAN * s. Divested of human qualities or attributes.
OFF-ROADER * n. A bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country.
HOOKE * n. English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703).
CLEAN-LIMBED * s. Having well-proportioned limbs.
LYALLPUR * n. City in northeast Pakistan.
IMPROVISATION * n. 1 A creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation). 2 An unplanned expedient. 3 A performance given extempore without planning or preparation.
WATERED-SILK * n. Silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern.
ESTABLISHMENT * n. 1 The act of forming or establishing something. 2 An organization founded and united for a specific purpose. 3 The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. 4 A public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence.
DENUDED * s. Without the natural or usual covering.
SANDARAC * n. 1 Durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain). 2 A brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes. 3 Large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes.
NEWSWORTHY * s. Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper.
FLIMSILY * r. In a weak and flimsy manner.
ELASTICITY * n. The tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed.
SOB * --n. 1 A dyspneic condition. 2 Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous. 3 Convulsive gasp made while weeping. --v. Weep convulsively.
TRIPOD * n. A three-legged rack used for support.
NIBBLE * --n. 1 A small byte. 2 Gentle biting. --v. 1 Bite off very small pieces. 2 Bite gently. 3 Eat intermittently; take small bites of.
WALLOONS * n. An ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France.
EELWORM * n. Any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms.
SIDEKICK * n. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
ACCOUTER * v. Provide with military equipment.
BACKCHAT * n. Light teasing repartee.
TURQUOISE * n. 1 A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate. 2 A shade of blue tinged with green.
YID * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Jew.
PRESTIGIOUSNESS * n. A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc..
DEVICE * n. 1 An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose. 2 Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect. 3 Any clever maneuver. 4 Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
BOO * --n. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. --v. Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech.
TOOLHOUSE * n. A shed for storing tools.
CONTRARIOUS * s. Difficult to deal with.
CALORIMETRY * n. Measurement of quantities of heat.
BASSO * n. 1 An adult male singer with the lowest voice. 2 The lowest adult male singing voice.
STAINED * --a. Marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter. --s. Having a coating of stain or varnish.
DIABOLATRY * n. The acts or rites of worshiping devils.
BOARHOUND * n. Large hound used in hunting wild boars.
NERVELESS * s. 1 Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional. 2 Lacking strength.
SYMBOLISER * n. Someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols.
VULVAR * a. Of or relating to the vulva.
MONORCHISM * n. Failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum.
CUMMERBUND * n. A broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo.
FORMICATION * n. Hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines.
BLANK * --n. 1 A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing. 2 A blank gap or missing part. 3 A piece of material ready to be made into something. 4 A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. --v. Keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning. --s. 1 (of a surface) Not written or printed on. 2 Without comprehension. 3 Not charged with a bullet. 4 Complete and absolute.
KNIGHTIA * n. Small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia.
EPIDEMIOLOGIST * n. A medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases.
PLACODERM * n. Fish-like vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws.
SOLEMNIZATION * n. The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual.
TRICHOMONAD * n. Cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds.
AUTOMYSOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of being dirty.
AIGINA * n. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
COPESETIC * s. Completely satisfactory.
HAEMATOIDIN * n. An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice.
SPACEFLIGHT * n. A voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere.
PSOCOPTERA * n. An order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice.
SWITZERLAND * n. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe.
BUGGER * --n. Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male). --v. Practice anal sex upon.
CAPSULIZE * v. 1 Enclose in a capsule. 2 Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.
ONCOVIN * n. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system.
CATBRIER * n. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
SELCRAIG * n. Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721).
COLDCOCK * v. Knock down with force.
WILLIAMSTOWN * n. A town in northwestern Massachusetts.
DAOISM * n. Philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events.
RETURN * --n. 1 Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability. 2 A coming to or returning home. 3 The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction. 4 Getting something back again. --v. 1 Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before. 2 Give back. 3 Go back to a previous state. 4 Go back to something earlier.
ASPERULA * n. Woodruff.
KANZU * n. (Swahili) A long garment (usually white) with long sleeves; worn by men in East Africa.
FINICKY * s. Exacting especially about details.
SQUALID * s. 1 Morally degraded. 2 Foul and run-down and repulsive.
MATTED * s. 1 Tangled in a dense mass. 2 Not reflecting light; not glossy.
KLAVIER * n. A stringed instrument that has a keyboard.
FOCUSSING * n. The concentration of attention or energy on something.
INTERMEDIATOR * n. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.
BALTO-SLAVONIC * n. A family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages.
MAGINOT * n. French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932).
MALACHIAS * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet of the 5th century BC. 2 An Old Testament book containing the prophecies of Malachi.
LIGURIA * n. Region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea.
CHRYSOPHYTA * n. Mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.
UNTOUCHABLE * --n. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India. --s. 1 Beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment. 2 Impossible to assail. 3 Forbidden to the touch. 4 (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) Defiling.
DICUMAROL * n. An anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin.
SHOUT * --n. A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition. --v. 1 Utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking). 2 Utter a sudden loud cry. 3 Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy. 4 Use foul or abusive language towards.
96 * s. Being six more than ninety.
BEDOUIN * n. A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs.
HAMMURAPI * n. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC).
CARNOTITE * n. A yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium.
LONGSHOT * n. A photograph taken from a distance.
CATACOMB * n. An underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).
PYROELECTRIC * a. Relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity.
LEGIONELLA * n. The motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease.
MILITARIZE * v. 1 Lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force. 2 Adopt for military use.
RIBBONLIKE * s. Long and thin; resembling a ribbon.
SHIMMY * --n. 1 An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels). 2 A woman's sleeveless undergarment. 3 Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips. --v. 1 Tremble or shake. 2 Dance a shimmy.
PLUMBERY * n. The occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building).
SUNDER * v. Break apart or in two, using violence.
PASSIM * r. Used to refer to cited works.
ANASARCA * n. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
PALEOGRAPHIST * n. An archeologist skilled in paleography.
MITHRAMYCIN * n. An antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes.
SNOOKER * --n. A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball. --v. 1 Fool or dupe. 2 Leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot.
FLEDGED * --a. (of birds) Having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination. --s. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
LISTING * n. 1 A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). 2 The act of making a list of items.
ASCETICALLY * r. In an ascetic manner.
RIYADH * n. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia.
ACCULTURATE * v. Assimilate culturally.
HUMANS * n. All of the living human inhabitants of the earth.
SMOOTHEN * v. 1 Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing. 2 Make (a surface) shine. 3 Become smooth.
VAN * n. 1 Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts). 2 The leading units moving at the head of an army. 3 (Great Britain) A closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight. 4 A camper equipped with living quarters.
THREE-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with three members.
SPREADER * n. 1 A hand tool for spreading something. 2 A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions.
NIP * --n. 1 A small drink of liquor. 2 (offensive slang) Offensive term for a person of Japanese descent. 3 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. 4 The property of being moderately cold. --v. 1 Squeeze tightly between the fingers. 2 Give a small sharp bite to. 3 Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.
PANPIPE * n. A primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together.
POINTLESS * --a. Not having a point especially a sharp point. --s. 1 Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. 2 Having no points scores.
POSTILION * n. Someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman).
HYPNOPEDIA * n. Teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep).
PARALIPSIS * n. Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
SPOT-WELD * --n. Each of the welds made by welding at a separate point. --v. Make circular welds.
GAUCHENESS * n. An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement.
SPEKE * n. English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864).
KNAVISH * s. Marked by skill in deception.
APPROACHING * --n. 1 The event of one object coming closer to another. 2 The temporal property of becoming nearer in time. 3 The act of drawing spatially closer to something. --s. Of the relatively near future.
MOHRIA * n. African terrestrial ferns.
MUGGEE * n. A victim of a mugging.
PENSTEMON * n. Large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America.
AVIGNON * n. A town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism.
MANAGEABLY * r. So as to be manageable.
GORMANDIZE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
MAITREYA * n. The Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama.
9TH * s. Coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position.
OPTIMISE * v. 1 Make optimal; get the most out of; use best. 2 Modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost. 3 Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world.
STRIDULATION * n. A shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together.
UNWORLDLY * --a. Not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations. --s. Not wise in the ways of the world.
VAPOURISABLE * s. (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized.
INFLEXIBLENESS * n. A lack of physical flexibility.
ENERGY-RELEASING * --a. (of a nuclear reaction) Occurring with evolution or releasing of energy. --s. Of or relating to catabolism.
MOQUETTE * n. A thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery.
NIGHTHAWK * n. 1 A person who likes to be active late at night. 2 Mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker.
MODERATENESS * n. 1 The property of being moderate in price or expenditures. 2 Quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes.
WELL-LIGHTED * s. Provided with artificial light.
UNTRUTHFULNESS * n. The quality of being untruthful.
GOOD-HEARTED * s. Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity.
MOHAMMEDANISM * n. The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.
NIGHTWALKER * n. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
CROTAPHYTUS * n. Collared lizards.
RIFT * n. 1 A gap between cloud masses. 2 A narrow fissure in rock. 3 A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions).
MATRIMONY * n. 1 The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). 2 The ceremony or sacrament of marriage.
BAGGING * n. Coarse fabric used for bags or sacks.
SLOT * --n. 1 A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable. 2 A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail). 3 A time assigned on a schedule or agenda. 4 A position in a hierarchy or organization. --v. Assign a time slot.
GLOSS * --n. 1 An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text. 2 An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field. 3 The property of being smooth and shiny. 4 An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading. --v. 1 Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing. 2 Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases. 3 Provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase. 4 Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.
MAILDROP * n. A drop where mail can be deposited.
DRINKING * n. 1 The act of consuming liquids. 2 The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
CENTRALLY * r. In or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function.
BRAIL * --n. 1 A small net used to draw fish into a boat. 2 A small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in. --v. 1 Take in a sail with a brail. 2 Haul fish aboard with brails.
OLYMPIAD * n. 1 One of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC. 2 The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country.
HYDROLYSIS * n. A chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water.
OLIVINE * n. A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium.
LOCKMASTER * n. A worker in charge of a lock (on a canal).
CAT * --n. 1 Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats. 2 An informal term for a youth or man. 3 A spiteful woman gossip. 4 The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant. --v. 1 Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails. 2 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
BROKE * s. Lacking funds.
DALLY * v. 1 Behave carelessly or indifferently. 2 Waste time. 3 Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. 4 Consider not very seriously.
BARRELFISH * n. Blackish fish of New England waters.
ACROMION * n. The outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade.
19 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one. --s. Being one more than eighteen.
KHAT * n. The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant.
VOLTA * n. 1 Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827). 2 A river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin.
WELL-HEELED * s. In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.
THRILLING * s. 1 Causing a surge of emotion or excitement. 2 Causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock.
POLEMICAL * s. Of or involving dispute or controversy.
MOLVA * n. Ling.
CHYLIFIC * a. Producing or converting into chyle.
WOODCUT * n. 1 A print made from a woodcut. 2 Engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints.
GLOSSINESS * n. The property of being smooth and shiny.
SCUBA * n. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
OCEANICA * n. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
PERPENDICULARITY * n. 1 The relation of opposition between things at right angles. 2 The quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon).
ANIMATED * --a. Having life or vigor or spirit. --s. Made to appear to move as living creatures do.
ADIABATIC * a. Occurring without loss or gain of heat.
BRULE * n. A member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux.
ELICITATION * n. Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors.
MANTA * n. 1 A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl. 2 Extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it dangerous if harpooned.
COMPLACENCE * n. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself.
CLOSEOUT * n. A sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock.
SUCHLIKE * s. Of the same kind.
GRAMMATOLATRY * n. The worship of words.
IPSILATERAL * a. On or relating to the same side (of the body).
JACTATION * n. (pathology) Extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness.
PANACHE * n. 1 Distinctive and stylish elegance. 2 A feathered plume on a helmet.
PRIVACY * n. 1 The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others. 2 The condition of being concealed or hidden.
EXTRUSION * n. 1 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 2 Squeezing out by applying pressure.
FIVESOME * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2 Five people considered as a unit.
HOOFED * a. Having or resembling hoofs.
MERL * n. Common black European thrush.
BLEBBY * s. 1 Covered with small blisters. 2 (of glass or quartzite) Marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material.
NIDULARIA * n. Type genus of the Nidulariaceae.
NEGATRON * n. An elementary particle with negative charge.
NO-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits.
HEDYSARUM * n. Genus of herbs of north temperate regions.
HANDLE-BARS * n. A large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth).
LECTURER * n. 1 A public lecturer at certain universities. 2 Someone who lectures professionally.
SUBORDINATENESS * n. Secondary importance.
RELINQUISH * v. 1 Part with a possession or right. 2 Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. 3 Turn away from; give up. 4 Release, as from one's grip.
RECIPROCATORY * s. 1 Given or done or owed to each other. 2 Moving alternately backward and forward.
BLITZKRIEG * --n. A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment. --v. Fight a quick and surprising war.
LEXICALISATION * n. The process of making a word to express a concept.
PORTCULLIS * n. Gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage.
AUDIOMETER * n. An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing.
TOWELLING * n. Any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make towels.
PSYCHO * n. A person afflicted with psychosis.
HOSTELLER * n. 1 An owner or manager of hotels. 2 A traveler who lodges in hostels.
PASTEURIZED * a. Having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation.
COCOBOLO * n. A valuable timber tree of tropical South America.
ANKLE * n. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
CLING * --n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. --v. 1 Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. 2 To remain emotionally or intellectually attached. 3 Hold on tightly or tenaciously.
TROUNCE * v. 1 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 2 Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. 3 Censure severely or angrily.
NOBLENESS * n. The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.
GO-TO-MEETING * s. Used of clothing.
SEMICOLON * n. A punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period.
PILAU * n. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
ARTHROPODA * n. Jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes.
DERIVABLE * s. Capable of being derived.
MINICAR * n. A car that is even smaller than a subcompact car.
SIZEABLE * s. 1 Fairly large in size. 2 Large in amount or extent or degree.
TOWROPE * n. (nautical) A rope used in towing.
SUPERHET * n. A radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified.
TOSTADA * n. 1 A flat tortilla with various fillings piled on it. 2 A crisp flat tortilla.
KAMPUCHEA * n. A nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946.
EYELINER * n. Makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes.
CLARIFICATION * n. 1 An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding. 2 The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.
BANDANA * n. Large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief.
SPREADEAGLE * v. Defeat disastrously.
LIFTER * n. 1 An athlete who lifts barbells. 2 A thief who steals goods that are in a store.
ENVOY * n. 1 A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador. 2 Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. 3 A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
BENZOL * n. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds.
UNILATERALISM * n. The doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations.
SICKROOM * n. A room to which a sick person is confined.
BUSILY * r. In a busy manner.
MAGNOLIIDAE * n. A group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
SUPINE * s. 1 Lying face upward. 2 Passive as a result of indolence or indifference.
TINEOIDEA * n. Clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners.
LILTING * s. Characterized by a buoyant rhythm.
ASTARTE * n. An ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar.
SINISTRAL * --a. Of or on the left. --s. Preferring to use left foot or hand or eye.
COMPETE * v. Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.
KATHAREVUSA * n. Literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine.
PROTRUSION * n. 1 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 2 The act of projecting out from something.
VIENNE * n. 1 A town in south central France where is 1311-1313 the Roman Catholic Church held one of its councils. 2 The council in 1311-1313 that dealt with alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, planned a new crusade, and took on the reformation of the clergy.
LURID * s. 1 Horrible in fierceness or savagery. 2 Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism. 3 Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke. 4 Ghastly pale.
SELSYN * n. A system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized.
UNDESTROYABLE * s. 1 Very long lasting. 2 Not capable of being destroyed.
WRAITHLIKE * s. Lacking in substance.
FRIJOLILLO * n. Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans.
CONCRETE * --n. A strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water. --v. 1 Cover with cement. 2 Form into a solid mass; coalesce. --a. Capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary. --s. Formed by the coalescence of particles.
SELF-LOVING * s. Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.
DISCONCERTION * n. Anxious embarrassment.
PHENOMENOLOGY * n. A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account.
PLATYRRHINIC * a. Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses.
PINCTADA * n. Pearl oysters.
FEVERFEW * n. Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum.
CATHARTID * n. Large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures.
MYOTOMY * n. Surgical incision or division of a muscle.
OBSTETRICAL * a. Of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics.
ENTHRONISATION * n. The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
SOFTY * n. A person who is weak and excessively sentimental.
GORILLA * n. Largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa.
DISTRUSTFULNESS * n. The trait of not trusting others.
AMINE * n. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.
COAXIAL * s. Having a common axis.
ACCRA * n. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
CATAWBA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas. 2 Slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape. 3 The Siouan language spoken by the Catawba.
LANDSCAPIST * n. 1 Someone who paints landscapes. 2 Someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively.
MAXIMATION * n. The act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position.
GRAVITATIVE * a. Of or relating to or caused by gravitation.
FERDINAND * n. The king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516).
FUJIYAMA * n. An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages.
PROJECTILE * --n. 1 A weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled. 2 Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. --s. Impelling or impelled forward.
OBLIVION * n. 1 The state of being disregarded or forgotten. 2 Total forgetfulness.
DEBENTURE * n. 1 The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future. 2 A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt.
OXYMORON * n. Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').
CHOLECYSTITIS * n. Inflammation of the gall bladder.
ARCCOSECANT * n. The angle that has a cosecant equal to a given number.
AMENORRHOEA * n. Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow.
SUSPENSION * n. 1 A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy. 2 A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. 3 Temporary cessation or suspension. 4 An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
LEMONLIKE * s. Tasting sour like a lemon.
KAMPONG * n. A native village in Malaysia.
BLOODLESS * --s. 1 Destitute of blood or apparently so. 2 Without vigor or zest or energy. 3 Devoid of human emotion or feeling. 4 Anemic looking from illness or emotion. --a. Free from blood or bloodshed.
DEMAGOG * n. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.
POLYTONALISM * n. Music that uses two or more different keys at the same time.
OSTRACODERMI * n. Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear.
ALCAHEST * n. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
DANAID * n. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
PREACHIFICATION * n. Moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner.
LIPOMATOSIS * n. Pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body.
CERATOZAMIA * n. A small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico.
KINSHIP * n. 1 A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character. 2 (anthropology) Relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.
SCHLOCK * n. Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
PRESERVATIVE * --n. A chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition. --s. Tending or having the power to preserve.
DEBT * n. 1 The state of owing something (especially money). 2 Money or goods or services owed by one person to another. 3 An obligation to pay or do something.
CINERARIA * n. Herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers.
SARRACENIA * n. Pitcher plants.
EXCESSIVELY * r. To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits.
SPHERIC * s. Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
RIMY * s. Covered with frost.
GLUTINOUSNESS * n. The property of having a viscosity like jelly.
PETRIFYING * s. Paralyzing with terror.
RECOVERABLE * a. Capable of being recovered or regained.
LIFESIZE * s. Being of the same size as an original.
SECERNATE * v. Mark as different.
PALATALISED * s. Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').
BAKED * s. 1 Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. 2 (bread and pastries) Cooked by dry heat (as in an oven).
THICK-SKULLED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
CARDIOID * n. An epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle.
METOPION * n. The craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull.
COLOMBO * n. The capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon.
SUPERVISED * a. Under observation or under the direction of a superintendent or overseer.
ENCORE * --n. An extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand. --v. Request an encore, from a performer.
METAL * --n. 1 Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.. 2 A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten. --v. Cover with metal. --a. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
LANDAU * n. 1 Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968). 2 A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately.
MEGACOLON * n. An abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate).
IRREDEEMABLE * s. 1 Insusceptible of reform. 2 (of paper money) Not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder.
WPM * n. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
PICKAXE * n. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.
SOCIOBIOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to sociobiology.
NORMALISE * v. 1 Become normal or return to its normal state. 2 Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard.
MYRSINACEAE * n. Family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida.
CATEGORIAL * a. Of or relating to the concept of categories.
MEGALOCYTE * n. Abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia).
PAINTABLE * a. Lending itself to being painted.
FISH-WORSHIP * n. The worship of fish.
KAREN * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands.
KHARKOV * n. A city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine.
UMBELLIFER * n. Any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae.
CHASTISE * v. Censure severely.
TRANSPOLAR * a. Extending across or crossing either pole.
AGARIC * n. 1 Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses. 2 A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside.
CALOCHORTUS * n. Large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.
VULTURINE * s. Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey.
SHARP-TASTING * s. Somewhat bitter.
OARSMANSHIP * n. Skill as an oarsman.
CALVING * n. Giving birth to a calf.
VOICE * --n. 1 The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech. 2 The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract. 3 A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance. 4 Expressing in coherent verbal form. --v. 1 Give voice to. 2 Utter with vibrating vocal chords.
TORNADO * n. 1 A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground. 2 A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive.
EVEN-TEMPERED * s. Not easily irritated.
PTEROSAURIA * n. Extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs.
TRUDGE * --n. A long difficult walk. --v. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
MULTIRACIAL * s. Made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races.
TURKISH * --n. A Turkic language spoken by the Turks. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language.
DUPERY * n. Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
PODOCARPACEAE * n. Gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves.
RESURGE * v. Rise again.
SFORZANDO * n. 1 An accented chord. 2 (music) A notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack.
ELEPHANT * n. 1 Five-toed pachyderm. 2 The symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874.
UNLEARN * v. 1 Try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge. 2 Discard something previously learnt, like an old habit.
ENTEROTOXEMIA * n. A disease of cattle and sheep that is attributed to toxins absorbed from the intestines.
AFFECTIONATELY * r. With affection.
CLOYING * s. Overly sweet.
WISENT * n. European bison having a smaller and higher head than the North American bison.
WASTEWATER * n. Water mixed with waste matter.
METAMORPHOPSIA * n. A defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina.
BLITHESOME * s. Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
DOGMATISE * v. 1 State as a dogma. 2 Speak dogmatically.
MICROGRAM * n. One millionth (1/1,000,000) gram.
ILMEN * n. A lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga.
BRAINSTEM * n. The part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus.
TOWNSMAN * n. 1 A person from the same town as yourself. 2 A resident of a town or city.
DEBATER * n. Someone who engages in debate.
INDETERMINATE * --a. 1 Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance. 2 Having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex. --s. 1 Of uncertain or ambiguous nature. 2 (of a quantity) Having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved. 3 Not leading to a definite ending or result.
DEVISER * n. A person who makes plans.
HIPPOCRATIC * a. Of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name.
INGENIOUSNESS * n. 1 The power of creative imagination. 2 The property of being ingenious.
CTENOPHORA * n. Comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata.
THIEVE * v. Take by theft.
CSIS * n. Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government.
SLIVOVITZ * n. A colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans.
CORNETFISH * n. Slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales.
TALEBEARING * s. Prone to communicate confidential information.
PHASCOLARCTOS * n. Koalas.
SYNERGISM * n. 1 The working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects. 2 The theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace.
STRUMPET * n. A woman adulterer.
MOLUCCAS * n. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands.
UINTATHERE * n. A variety of dinocerate.
PLANATE * s. Having been flattened.
THERMOACIDOPHILE * n. Archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
APPRAISAL * n. 1 The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. 2 A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation). 3 An expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something.
SHUDDERING * s. Shaking convulsively or violently.
AGHAN * n. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
MORCEAU * n. A short literary or musical composition.
NUCELLUS * n. Central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac.
EUROBABBLE * n. The jargon of European community documents and regulations.
ANGIOPATHY * n. Any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts.
PROTECTION * n. 1 The activity of protecting someone or something. 2 A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury. 3 Defense against financial failure; financial independence. 4 The condition of being protected.
FEASIBILITY * n. The quality of being doable.
ALBIGENSIAN * a. Of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism.
SCREW-TOPPED * s. Having a lid with a spiral groove.
LUGUBRIOUSLY * r. In a sorrowful lugubrious manner.
FRANCOPHILE * n. An admirer of France and everything French.
DYER'S-BROOM * n. Small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental.
ROEBUCK * n. Male roe deer.
SHIMMERY * s. Glistening tremulously.
AZOLLA * n. A genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae.
ALGER * n. United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899).
HAEMOLYTIC * a. Relating to or involving or causing hemolysis.
CLIMATICAL * a. Of or relating to a climate.
SOLDIERLY * s. (of persons) Befitting a warrior.
RECONVICT * v. Convict anew.
TRAVEL-STAINED * s. Soiled from travel.
INCITE * v. 1 Give an incentive for action. 2 Provoke or stir up. 3 Urge on; cause to act.
PLESIOSAURUS * n. Extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.
UPSTATE * r. In or toward the northern parts of a state.
DIAGONALIZATION * n. Changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal).
PESSIMIST * n. A person who expects the worst.
CRABBED * s. Annoyed and irritable.
BRIBABLE * s. Capable of being corrupted.
AESCULAPIUS * n. Son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea.
INSTRUMENTATION * n. 1 An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. 2 The act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation. 3 The instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra. 4 The act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments.
FLATS * n. Footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel).
ENDOMETRITIS * n. Inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium).
HERB * n. 1 A plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. 2 Aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities.
EUGLENA * n. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae.
FUGACITY * n. 1 The tendency of a gas to expand or escape. 2 The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts).
OZONIDE * n. Any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound.
ENKEPHALIN * n. An endorphin having opiate qualities that occurs in the brain and spinal cord and elsewhere.
MAQUISARD * n. A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II.
CLASSY * s. Elegant and fashionable.
SOLANOPTERIS * n. Tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales.
BINOCULARS * n. (plural) An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes.
LIONIZE * v. Assign great social importance to.
NONCONFORMING * s. Not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion.
MELANCHOLIAC * n. Someone subject to melancholia.
LUCANIDAE * n. Stag beetles.
PLETHORIC * s. Excessively abundant.
PEREMPTORY * s. 1 Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. 2 Not allowing contradiction or refusal. 3 Putting an end to all debate or action.
S.T.P. * n. Standard temperature and pressure.
LAPAROTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs.
SCRIMPY * a. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
STATEMENT * n. 1 A message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc. 2 A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true. 3 (music) The presentation of a musical theme. 4 A nonverbal message.
ARABIDOPSIS * n. A genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis.
IRANI * n. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
APPETISING * a. Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma.
INCOME * n. The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time.
UPSTREAM * --a. In the direction against a stream's current. --r. Toward the source or against the current.
IMPRESSIONIST * --n. A painter who follows the theories of Impressionism. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Impressionism.
EPILEPTIC * --n. A person who has epilepsy. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy.
PLEASER * n. A pleasing entertainer.
EXODONTIC * a. Of or relating to or involving exodontics.
GINGHAM * n. A clothing fabric in a plaid weave.
ADPS * n. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
CHRYSOLITE * n. A brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone.
WRY * s. 1 Humorously sarcastic or mocking. 2 Bent to one side.
SCHNITTLAUGH * n. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
FORGIVENESS * n. 1 Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive. 2 The act of excusing a mistake or offense.
SHEBANG * n. An entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'.
INTELLIGENTLY * r. In an intelligent manner.
DUBITABLE * s. Open to doubt or suspicion.
WHITE-SHOE * s. Denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative.
LEVOROTATORY * s. Rotating to the left.
ENTERTAINED * s. Pleasantly occupied.
PIKESTAFF * n. The staff of a pike.
TRANSACTIONS * n. A written account of what transpired at a meeting.
GOLGI * n. Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926).
RHODOPHYTA * n. Lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae.
FILLING * n. 1 Any material that fills a space or container. 2 Flow into something (as a container). 3 A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.. 4 The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
OFF-THE-CLOCK * r. Overtime without extra compensation.
DETESTED * s. Treated with dislike or contempt.
CORTEX * n. 1 The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum. 2 The tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal. 3 The tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus.
INVERTED * --s. Being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed. --a. (of a plant ovule) Completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk.
OUJDA * n. A city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border.
MONOPHYSITE * --n. An adherent of Monophysitism. --a. Of or relating to Monophysitism.
CHITLINS * n. Small intestines of hogs prepared as food.
OMENTUM * n. A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera.
CIMETIDINE * n. A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid.
TEEM * v. 1 Be teeming, be abuzz. 2 Move in large numbers.
UNDERVALUATION * n. Too low a value or price assigned to something.
HELPFULNESS * n. 1 The property of providing useful assistance. 2 Friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition.
PRETENSION * n. 1 A false or unsupportable quality. 2 The advancing of a claim. 3 The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
LABROCYTE * n. A large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation.
APPROBATION * n. 1 Official approval. 2 Official recognition or approval.
GRATEFULNESS * n. Warm friendly feelings of gratitude.
57 * s. Being seven more than fifty.
MILO * n. Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains.
PROBOSCIDIAN * n. Massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk.
DORMITORY * n. 1 A college or university building containing living quarters for students. 2 A large sleeping room containing several beds.
JELLYROLL * n. Thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake.
SALIENT * --n. (military) The part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy. --s. 1 Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. 2 Represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward). --a. (of angles) Pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees.
ALOOF * --s. Remote in manner. --r. In an aloof manner.
COUNTERATTACK * --n. 1 An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.. 2 (chess) An attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board. --v. Make a counterattack.
SAGUARO * n. Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.
TETCHILY * r. In an ill-natured and tetchy manner.
POTYOKIN * n. A Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791).
SCABIOSA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa.
CORVEE * n. Unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes.
RUTHERFORD * n. 1 A unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second. 2 British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819). 3 British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937).
CLOY * v. 1 Supply or feed to surfeit. 2 Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing.
MARXIST * --n. 1 An advocate of Marxism. 2 Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. --a. Following the ideas of Marx and Engels.
OVEREMPHASISE * v. Place special or excessive emphasis on.
PHYLLOQUINONE * n. A form of vitamin K.
DACNINAE * n. The honeycreepers.
TURNKEY * n. Someone who guards prisoners.
CENTRALIZE * v. Make central.
VINSON * n. United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953).
TIMORESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Timor. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Timor or its inhabitants.
BALAENICIPITIDAE * n. Shoebills.
ABAMPERE * n. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
LIFEGUARD * n. An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents.
LAVA * n. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface.
SCAMPI * n. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
HIGH-POWER * s. Vigorously energetic or forceful.
UNTIMBERED * --a. Lacking timbers. --s. Without trees.
SCLERITE * n. Hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods.
ANGIOCARPIC * a. Having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk.
TRICEPS * n. Any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii).
GRACELESSLY * r. 1 Without grace; rigidly. 2 In a graceless manner.
PERITONEAL * a. Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum.
ANTHRACITIC * a. Relating to or resembling anthracite coal.
VINEGARISH * s. 1 Tasting or smelling like vinegar. 2 Having a sour disposition; ill-tempered.
FULSOMELY * r. In an unctuous manner.
CLOAKROOM * n. 1 A private lounge off of a legislative chamber. 2 A room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily.
GETATABLE * s. Capable of being reached or attained.
MOON-SPLASHED * s. Splashed or covered patchily with moonlight.
FLAN * n. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
AMETROPIC * a. Of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina.
LIGHT-FOOTED * a. (of movement) Having a light and springy step.
YGGDRASIL * n. (Norse mythology) A huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together.
SELF-DIRECTED * s. (of persons) Free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
MURALIST * n. A painter of murals.
WINDSWEPT * s. Open to or swept by wind.
LIMITLESS * --s. 1 Without limits in extent or size or quantity. 2 Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent. --a. Having no limits in range or scope.
ACTINOLITE * n. A green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate.
SANDS * n. The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean.
DREAMLIKE * s. Resembling a dream.
GANOIN * n. Shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales.
FRANGIBLENESS * n. Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed.
RE-INTRODUCTION * n. A proposal of something previously rejected.
KRILL * n. Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales.
ENALLAGE * n. A substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I').
HAUSA * n. 1 A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria. 2 The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language.
DISSOLVABLE * s. Capable of dissolving.
TIVOLI * n. A town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls.
SCHILLER * n. German romantic writer (1759-1805).
130 * s. Being ten more than one hundred twenty.
HYDRATED * a. Containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate).
UNARMORED * a. 1 Used of animals; without protective covering. 2 (used of persons or things military) Without protective armor.
UNRESOLVED * --a. Not solved. --s. 1 Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought. 2 Characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved.
FROWSY * s. Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt.
VINIFY * v. Convert a juice into wine by fermentation.
PAUPERIZE * v. Reduce to beggary.
TUG * --n. 1 A sudden abrupt pull. 2 A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships. --v. 1 Pull hard. 2 Strive and make an effort to reach a goal. 3 Tow (a vessel) with a tug. 4 Carry with difficulty.
PENETRATIVE * s. 1 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 2 Tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing.
PRODUCTION * n. 1 The act or process of producing something. 2 A presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television. 3 An artifact that has been created by someone or some process. 4 (law) The act of exhibiting in a court of law.
VARMINT * n. 1 An irritating or obnoxious person. 2 Any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote.
CAMARILLA * n. A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue.
SEDIMENT * --n. Matter that has been deposited by some natural process. --v. 1 Deposit as a sediment. 2 Settle as sediment.
TOPOGRAPHICAL * a. Concerned with topography.
CHITTER * v. Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds.
SAINTLINESS * n. The quality of resembling a saint.
FUEGO * n. A volcano in south central Guatemala.
BLOK * n. Russian poet (1880-1921).
METROLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to metrology.
INTROVERT * --n. (psychology) A person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts. --v. 1 Fold inwards. 2 Turn inside.
JUSTINIAN * n. Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565).
THICK-HAIRED * s. Having thick hair.
INDWELL * v. To exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle.
SCOPOLIA * n. Genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids.
EFFICACIOUSNESS * n. Capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
UNICYCLE * --n. A vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals. --v. Ride a unicycle.
ABRANCHIAL * a. Having no gills.
HATCHWAY * n. An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship.
FORTY-NINER * n. A miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849.
USNEA * n. Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
HOLEY * s. Allowing passage in and out.
TOKAY * n. 1 Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes. 2 Variety of wine grape originally grown in Hungary; the prototype of vinifera grapes.
ALL-PURPOSE * s. Not limited in use or function.
SUCTION * --n. 1 A force over an area produced by a pressure difference. 2 The act of sucking. --v. 1 Remove or draw away by the force of suction. 2 Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction.
IRRESOLUTE * a. Uncertain how to act or proceed.
DELETE * v. 1 Remove or make invisible. 2 Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information. 3 Cut or eliminate.
DRUTHERS * n. The right or chance to choose.
MERITLESS * s. Without merit; of little or no value or use.
WORKMAN * n. An employee who performs manual or industrial labor.
ROUGHSHOD * s. 1 (of a horse) Having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping. 2 (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. 3 Unjustly domineering.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE * s. Modified to give superior performance.
CHIMERA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon. 2 A grotesque product of the imagination.
XXXII * s. Being two more than thirty.
ACARINA * n. Mites and ticks.
BICYCLE * --n. A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. --v. Ride a bicycle.
BECOMING * s. 1 According with custom or propriety. 2 Displaying or setting off to best advantage.
WEIZMANN * n. Israeli statesman who persuaded the United States to recognize the new state of Israel and became its first president (1874-1952).
SUITABLE * s. 1 Meant or adapted for an occasion or use. 2 Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse.
GOOD-NATURED * a. Having an easygoing and cheerful disposition.
DIGNITARY * n. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
UNPACK * v. Remove from its packing.
TENTERHOOK * n. One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.
SKINNY-DIP * --n. A naked swim. --v. Bathe in the nude.
FORGETFULLY * r. In a forgetful manner.
GOODYERA * n. Genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers.
HARD-BITTEN * s. Tough and callous by virtue of experience.
AWKWARD * --s. 1 Causing inconvenience. 2 Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape. 3 Not elegant or graceful in expression. 4 Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment. --a. Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.
ARGENTINA * n. 1 A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America. 2 Type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines.
INTERFACIAL * a. Relating to or situated at an interface.
HEZBOLLAH * n. A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon.
AGERATUM * n. 1 Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium. 2 Any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers.
EXCUSE * --n. 1 A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.. 2 A note explaining an absence. 3 A poor example. --v. 1 Accept an excuse for. 2 Grant exemption or release to. 3 Serve as a reason or cause or justification of. 4 Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.
ADDLED * s. 1 (of eggs) No longer edible. 2 Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
GLACIATE * v. 1 Cover with ice or snow or a glacier. 2 Become frozen and covered with glaciers.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL * a. Relating to or dealing with bibliography.
STRETCHING * n. 1 Act of expanding by lengthening or widening. 2 Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent.
GRIPPING * s. Capable of arousing and holding the attention.
RACHYCENTRON * n. Genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia.
INCAPACITATED * s. Lacking in or deprived of strength or power.
ATROCIOUS * s. 1 Shockingly brutal or cruel. 2 Exceptionally bad or displeasing. 3 Provoking horror.
SILVERWORK * n. Decorative work made of silver.
OSAKA * n. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan.
TELLURIAN * --n. An inhabitant of the earth. --a. Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.
HEADFISH * n. Among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters.
IBEX * n. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns.
KINDNESS * n. 1 The quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic. 2 Tendency to be kind and forgiving. 3 A kind act.
ENANTIOMORPH * n. Either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical.
INFEASIBILITY * n. The quality of not being doable.
NEO-DARWINIAN * a. Of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings.
ASPERITY * n. 1 Something hard to endure. 2 Harshness of manner.
OPT * v. Select as an alternative over another.
FLUORIDIZE * v. Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride.
SUNBELT * n. States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative.
PLUVIOMETER * n. Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation.
CORRECTNESS * n. 1 Conformity to fact or truth. 2 The quality of conformity to social expectations.
REGULAR * --n. 1 A regular patron. 2 A soldier in the regular army. 3 A dependable follower (especially in party politics). 4 A garment size for persons of average height and weight. --a. 1 In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle. 2 (used of the military) Belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces. 3 (of solids) Having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula. 4 Not constipated. --s. 1 Often used as intensifiers. 2 Conforming to a standard or pattern. 3 Regularly scheduled for fixed times. 4 In accord with regular practice or procedure.
HYPO * n. 1 A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing. 2 A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections.
OVERSEW * v. Sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both.
ALBANY * n. 1 State capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river. 2 A town in southwest Georgia; processing center for peanuts and pecans.
BECHAMEL * n. Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux.
PUCKISHNESS * n. The trait of behaving like an imp.
SWORD-CUT * n. A scar from a cut made by a sword.
TROPHIC * a. Of or relating to nutrition.
PREVARICATION * n. 1 A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. 2 Intentionally vague or ambiguous. 3 The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
ATOMISE * v. 1 Spray very finely. 2 Strike at with firepower or bombs. 3 Break up into small particles.
SCANTY * --n. Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural). --s. 1 Lacking in magnitude or quantity. 2 (of clothing) Revealing the body.
VENTAIL * n. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
SEWER * n. 1 A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water. 2 Someone who sews. 3 Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money.
EAGRE * n. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
LILIALES * n. An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae.
LARYNGEAL * a. Of or relating to or situated in the larynx.
NATIVENESS * n. The quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin.
SIMNEL * n. 1 A crisp bread of fine white flour. 2 A fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas.
SOTERIOLOGY * n. The branch of Christian theology that deals with salvation as the effect of a divine agency.
SOCIOPATHIC * a. Of or relating to a sociopathic personality disorder.
STING * --n. 1 A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung. 2 A mental pain or distress. 3 A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin. 4 A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. --v. 1 Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. 2 Deliver a sting to. 3 Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous. 4 Cause a stinging pain.
HUSKY * --n. Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog. --s. 1 Muscular and heavily built. 2 Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
ANOREXIA * n. A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite.
TACTILE * --a. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch. --s. Producing a sensation of touch.
ANTICHRIST * n. (Christianity) The adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ.
KWANGCHOW * n. A city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port.
NOLI-ME-TANGERE * n. A cancerous ulcer of soft tissue and bone.
OVERACTING * n. Poor acting by a ham actor.
SAME * --n. 1 A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer. 2 The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula. --a. 1 Same in identity. 2 Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree. 3 Equal in amount or value. --s. Unchanged in character or nature.
INTENSIONAL * s. Used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word.
HOARSE * s. Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
DELECTABLE * s. 1 Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste. 2 Capable of arousing sexual desire.
KLUDGE * n. A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together).
CREDITWORTHINESS * n. Trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing.
EMERSON * n. United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882).
LLAMA * n. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
FULGUROUS * s. Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning.
ARIKARA * n. 1 A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river. 2 The Caddoan language spoken by the Arikara.
VESTIGIAL * s. Not fully developed in mature animals.
ASSUASIVE * s. Freeing from fear and anxiety.
BURRAWONG * n. Large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales.
ANNULAR * s. Shaped like a ring.
MAGNETOMETER * n. A meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields.
HORSEWOMAN * n. A woman horseman.
KILLING * --n. 1 An event that causes someone to die. 2 The act of terminating a life. 3 A very large profit. --s. Very funny.
AKEN * n. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital.
BANNOCK * n. A flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland.
KRAIT * n. Brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula.
GENUFLECT * v. 1 Bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image. 2 Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.
UNINEBRIATED * s. Not inebriated.
ISSUER * n. An institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.).
INDECOROUSNESS * n. A lack of decorum.
UNBOSOM * v. Relieve oneself of troubling information.
DONNIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne.
BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE * n. Lancelets.
OUSTING * n. The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.
GAOLBIRD * n. A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.
VEXING * s. 1 Extremely annoying or displeasing. 2 Causing irritation or annoyance.
SERINE * n. A sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine.
TRANSIENTLY * r. For a very short time.
PREANAL * a. Situated in front of the anus.
IN-BASKET * n. A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material.
TILLAGE * n. 1 Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops. 2 The cultivation of soil for raising crops.
CROWBAIT * n. An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows.
STOCKHOLM * n. The capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic.
LUPINE * --n. Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves.
LUFKIN * n. A town in eastern Texas.
PSIDIUM * n. Guavas.
ARAUCARIACEAE * n. Tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae.
MYRMECOPHYTIC * a. Of or relating to myrmecophytes.
UNADJUSTABLE * s. Not adjustable.
SIMULATED * s. 1 Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. 2 Reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character.
SCUPPER * --n. Drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard. --v. 1 Wait in hiding to attack. 2 Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
SILVERTIP * n. Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America.
JOHORE * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
COMPARISON-SHOP * v. Compare prices for a given item.
AMENABILITY * n. The trait of being cooperative.
ASYMPTOMATIC * s. Having no symptoms of illness or disease.
SUPPOSEDLY * r. Believed or reputed to be the case.
MULWI * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
CIRCUMVENT * v. 1 Surround so as to force to give up. 2 Beat through cleverness and wit. 3 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
GITANA * n. A Spanish female Gypsy.
OUT-OF-SCHOOL * s. Not attending school and therefore free to work.
NUMMULITIDAE * n. A family of fossil protoctists.
HOMOEOPATH * n. A practitioner of homeopathy.
OVERJEALOUS * s. Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.
SNAILFISH * n. Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish.
TEN-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members.
SUPERFUND * n. The federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.
GALOOT * n. A disreputable or clumsy man.
PROPORTIONATELY * r. 1 To a proportionate degree. 2 In proportion. 3 In proportion.
GLOSSOLALIA * n. Repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor).
STANDARDIZE * v. 1 Cause to conform to standard or norm. 2 Evaluate by comparing with a standard.
ERRANT * s. 1 Straying from the right course or from accepted standards. 2 Uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable.
AMPLITUDE * n. 1 (physics) The maximum displacement of a periodic wave. 2 The property of copious abundance. 3 Greatness of magnitude.
SCHNOZZLE * n. Informal terms for the nose.
SALLET * n. A light medieval helmet with a slit for vision.
TIMES * n. 1 A more or less definite period of time now or previously present. 2 An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed.
URALIC * n. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
PHENYLACETAMIDE * n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
C2H6 * n. A colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel.
ALINEMENT * n. An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.
INGROWTH * n. Something that grows inward.
HAZEL * --n. 1 Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts. 2 The fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris). 3 Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk. 4 A shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes. --s. Of a light brown or yellowish brown color.
FURNARIIDAE * n. E.g. ovenbirds.
LIVONIA * n. A region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia.
PERILOUSNESS * n. The state of being dangerous.
GEMONIL * n. Anticonvulsant drug (trade name Gemonil) used in the treatment of epilepsy.
RESIDUUM * n. Something left after other parts have been taken away.
PROSOPIUM * n. Whitefishes.
HEIFER * n. Young cow.
STRENGTHENING * n. 1 Becoming stronger. 2 The act of increasing the strength of something.
DAMSON * n. Dark purple plum of the damson tree.
UNSPEAKABLY * r. To an inexpressible degree.
SOTHO * --n. 1 A member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages. 2 Any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho. --a. Of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages.
MORPHINE * n. An alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain.
ELIGIBILITY * n. The quality or state of being eligible.
HALLMARK * n. 1 A distinctive characteristic or attribute. 2 A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
CREAKINGLY * r. In a creaky manner.
OVERPRODUCE * v. 1 Produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted. 2 Produce in excess.
TELLY * n. An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.
MOJO * n. A magic power or magic spell.
SEMIFINALIST * n. One of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination.
UNCHRISTIAN * a. Not of a Christian faith.
WITHAL * r. 1 Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession). 2 Together with this.
B.TH.U. * n. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories.
COMATE * s. 1 Bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts. 2 Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair.
PRE-COLUMBIAN * a. Of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus.
BRUCHUS * n. Type genus of the Bruchidae.
ANAPLASTIC * a. Of or relating to anaplasia.
ANGLERFISH * n. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
UROCHORDATE * n. Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva.
STREPTOCOCCUS * n. Spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis.
HADEAN * --n. The earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life. --s. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
EDIFIED * s. Instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement.
PHYLOGENESIS * n. (biology) The sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms.
ORGANISMAL * a. Of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole).
MASTOTERMES * n. Primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera.
FILE-LIKE * s. Resembling a file.
ANOESTRUM * n. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus.
CONFUTABLE * s. Able to be refuted.
DESPISED * s. Treated with dislike or contempt.
WOLFRAM * n. A heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite.
WILMUT * n. English geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944).
KNOWINGLY * r. With full knowledge and deliberation.
QUIRKY * s. (informal) Strikingly unconventional.
ADRENOCORTICAL * a. Of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands.
LICENSED * s. Given official approval to act.
INCLINATION * n. 1 An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. 2 (astronomy) The angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees. 3 (geometry) The angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis). 4 (physics) The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.
ENTERTAINER * n. A person who tries to please or amuse.
MICROGAMETOPHYTE * n. The male gametophyte produced by a microspore.
FREEBIE * n. Something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme).
UNIMAGINABLE * s. Totally unlikely.
MYNA * n. Tropical Asian starlings.
STAGGERER * n. Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall.
MAIOLICA * n. Highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide.
INHABITANCY * n. The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men).
ASTONISHMENT * n. The feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.
SCARY * s. Provoking fear terror.
WATER-SOLUBLE * s. Soluble in water.
HOSTILE * --n. Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces. --a. 1 Characterized by enmity or ill will. 2 Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally. --s. 1 Impossible to bring into friendly accord. 2 Very unfavorable to life or growth. 3 Unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business).
EFFLUENT * --n. Water mixed with waste matter. --s. That is flowing outward.
GINKGOACEAE * n. Constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms.
JAZZY * s. 1 Resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm). 2 (used especially of clothes) Marked by conspicuous display.
DIVERSIFY * v. 1 Make (more) diverse. 2 Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate. 3 Vary in order to spread risk or to expand.
CABBALAH * n. 1 An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. 2 An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
MUSKINESS * n. Having the olfactory properties of musk.
BRAINIAC * n. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.
REDISTRIBUTION * n. Distributing again.
SEMIDETACHED * s. Attached on one side only.
SKIDDER * n. 1 A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction. 2 A worker who uses a skid to move logs. 3 A tractor used to haul logs over rough terrain.
WASTAGE * n. 1 The process of wasting. 2 Anything lost by wear or waste.
LENTIL * n. 1 Round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food. 2 The fruit or seed of a lentil plant. 3 Widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder.
PEACOCK-THRONE * n. The golden throne of former kings of Delhi; stolen by the Persians in 1739 and subsequently lost; symbol of the former Shah of Iran.
APACE * r. 1 (poetic, literary) Quickly. 2 With speed.
SPONTANEOUS * --a. Happening or arising without apparent external cause. --s. Said or done without having been planned or written in advance.
PLASMODIUM * n. 1 Multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds. 2 Parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
SAXIFRAGACEAE * n. A large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae.
CYANIDE * n. 1 Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN. 2 An extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid.
CORNWALL * n. A hilly county in southwestern England.
HANDWEAR * n. Clothing for the hands.
INTRAVENOUSLY * r. In an intravenous manner.
OTHERWORLDLINESS * n. Concern with things of the spirit.
DISSERVICE * n. An act intended to help that turns out badly.
SCRAPIE * n. A fatal disease of sheep characterized by chronic itching and loss of muscular control and progressive degeneration of the central nervous system.
ENDOWED * a. Provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature).
OHM * n. 1 A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere. 2 German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854).
VESTIARY * a. Relating to clothing (especially vestments).
INCURRENCE * n. The act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable).
SHAPLEY * n. United States astronomer (1885-1972).
PECAN * n. 1 Wood of a pecan tree. 2 Tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts. 3 Smooth brown oval nut of south central United States.
MAUNDER * v. 1 Wander aimlessly. 2 Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice. 3 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
TAENIA * n. 1 A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband. 2 Tapeworms parasitic in humans which uses the pig as its intermediate host.
PROPERNESS * n. Correct or appropriate behavior.
VOCALLY * r. In a vocal manner.
UNAPPREHENSIVE * s. Not recognizing or slow to recognize danger.
REFLECTIVE * --s. 1 Deeply or seriously thoughtful. 2 Devoted to matters of the mind. --a. Capable of physically reflecting light or sound.
KERBALA * n. A city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680.
MILLET * n. 1 Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine. 2 French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875). 3 Small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica.
MAKING * n. 1 The act that results in something coming to be. 2 An attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something. 3 (usually plural) The components needed for making or doing something.
RAILLERY * n. Light teasing repartee.
STICKLE * v. Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points).
DIVA * n. A distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star.
CATALATIC * a. Of or relating to the enzyme catalase.
SALICALES * n. Coextensive with the family Salicaceae.
CHLORINE * n. A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water).
DIFFIDENCE * n. Lack of self-confidence.
LARGHETTO * --n. (music) A composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio. --s. (of tempo) Less slow and broad than largo.
INDONESIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Indonesia. 2 The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages.
PUPPY * n. 1 A young dog. 2 An inexperienced young person.
STANCHION * n. Any vertical post or rod used as a support.
SCRUBBER * n. 1 A worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck). 2 A brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning. 3 A purifier that removes impurities from a gas.
TONSILLA * n. Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.
BANGLADESHI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Bangladesh. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language.
DOOMSDAY * n. 1 (New Testament) Day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives. 2 An unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
CORRIDOR * n. An enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it.
MANTIDAE * n. Mantises.
BUNCOMBE * n. Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).
MCCORMICK * n. 1 United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884). 2 United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945).
POLYMER * n. A naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers.
WALKABOUT * n. 1 A walking trip or tour. 2 A public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally. 3 Nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine.
WAINWRIGHT * n. A wagon maker.
TUN * n. A large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals.
SATISFACTORILY * r. In a satisfactory manner.
PALPITATE * v. 1 Cause to throb or beat rapidly. 2 Shake with fast, tremulous movements. 3 Beat rapidly.
PROSODION * n. Religious music used in a procession.
TOLERABLY * r. In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner.
ANTIAIRCRAFT * --n. Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes. --s. Designed for defense from a surface position against air attack.
ENRICHMENT * n. 1 Act of making fuller or more meaningful or rewarding. 2 A gift that significantly increases the recipient's wealth.
CLIQUISHLY * r. In a clannish manner.
FALL-BOARD * n. The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played.
SPRING-CLEANING * n. The activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter.
BARRYMORE * n. 1 United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942). 2 United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959). 3 United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954). 4 United States actress; daughter of John Drew and wife of Maurice Barrymore; mother of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1854-1893).
INFORMATION * n. 1 A message received and understood. 2 Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction. 3 Formal accusation of a crime. 4 A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
ENDEMIC * --n. 1 A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location. 2 A plant that is native to a certain limited area. --a. 1 Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality. 2 Native to or confined to a certain region. --s. Originating where it is found.
LAMELLICORNIA * n. Scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles.
THIRTY-SOMETHING * n. The time of life between 30 and 40.
UNFUNCTIONAL * s. Not related to or suitable for everyday needs or activities.
CONSONANCE * n. 1 The repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words. 2 The property of sounding harmonious.
BRADBURY * n. United States writer of science fiction (born 1920).
THYSANOPTER * n. An insect of the order Thysanoptera.
INTERNET * n. A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange.
BALTIC-FINNIC * n. A group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian.
LENT * n. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
GALLED * s. Painful from having the skin abraded.
OCCUPIED * --a. 1 Held or filled or in use. 2 Seized and controlled as by military invasion. --s. 1 Resided in; having tenants. 2 Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
CONCLUSIVE * a. Forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question.
INSULANT * n. Insulating material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity.
DISPENSED * s. Distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions.
MEBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes.
YOKOHAMA * n. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
SUPPORTING * --n. The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening. --s. 1 Furnishing support and encouragement. 2 Capable of bearing a structural load.
STEREOTYPICAL * s. Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.
ACRYLONITRILE * n. A colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene.
COCKY * s. Overly self-confident or self-assertive.
SERGEANT-AT-LAW * n. An English barrister of the highest rank.
HOLDING * n. 1 The act of retaining something. 2 Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.
CHAFFINCH * n. Small European finch with a cheerful song.
TORPEDINIFORMES * n. Rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes.
CRYPTOGAMIA * n. In former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi.
MIRIDAE * n. Leaf bugs.
C * --n. 1 A degree on the centigrade scale of temperature. 2 The speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second. 3 A vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy. 4 One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose). --s. Being ten more than ninety.
OVERDONE * s. 1 Represented as greater than is true or reasonable. 2 Cooked too long but still edible.
COLLECTIVISED * s. 1 Characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production. 2 Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively.
DELIST * v. Remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange.
EXPURGATION * n. The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.
PANELIST * n. A member of a panel.
PHALACROCORACIDAE * n. Cormorants.
ADVISABILITY * n. The quality of being advisable.
SMOOTHBARK * n. Any of several Australian eucalypts having the bark smooth except at or near the base of the trunk.
ADULTEROUS * s. 1 Characterized by adultery. 2 Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
ENTRESOL * n. Intermediate floor just above the ground floor.
HANUKKAH * n. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
TYLENCHIDAE * n. A family of Nematoda.
MORALISE * v. 1 Interpret the moral meaning of. 2 Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements. 3 Improve the morals of.
SHUA * n. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
FERTILISE * v. 1 Make fertile or productive. 2 Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. 3 Introduce semen into (a female).
SPORULATION * n. Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.
BLOODED * s. Of unmixed ancestry.
FALLA * n. Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946).
PUERPERA * n. A woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter.
NONSTOP * --n. A flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination. --s. 1 (of a journey especially a flight) Occurring without stops. 2 At all times. --r. Without stopping.
YELLOWSTONE * n. A tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park.
PARNAIBA * n. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
CAMPING * n. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp.
TERRINE * n. A pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole.
ROSALES * n. In some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae.
CLOSELIPPED * s. Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
CITIZENRY * n. The body of citizens of a state or country.
SURFACE-MINE * v. Extract (ore) from a strip-mine.
ABROACH * s. Of a cask or barrel.
CATEGORISE * v. Place into or assign to a category.
MYOPATHIC * a. Of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction.
PERJURE * v. Knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury.
THINNESS * n. 1 Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width. 2 The property of having little body fat. 3 The property of being very narrow or thin. 4 The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.
BRUMMELL * n. English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840).
PERMAFROST * n. Ground that is permanently frozen.
TORPID * s. 1 Slow and apathetic. 2 In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.
PESTER * v. Annoy persistently.
ENTOLOMA * n. Agarics with pink spores but lacking both volva and annulus (includes some that are poisonous).
MOCK * --n. The act of mocking or ridiculing. --v. 1 Treat with contempt. 2 Imitate with mockery and derision. --s. Constituting a copy or imitation of something.
EMBROIL * v. Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
TONGA * n. 1 A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970. 2 The language of the Tongan people of south central Africa (Zambia and Rhodesia).
TROUSERING * n. Any fabric used to make trousers.
OZONIUM * n. Form genus of imperfect fungi.
FRONTALLY * r. In, at, or toward the front.
SLOUGHY * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
IRAQ * n. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq.
HANDLED * a. Having a usually specified type of handle.
CAPERCAILLIE * n. Large black Old World grouse.
ELIXIR * n. 1 A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste. 2 Hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold. 3 A substance believed to cure all ills.
65 * s. Being five more than sixty.
AGGRAVATING * s. Making worse.
HEDGEFUND * n. A flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging.
PETABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits.
CHARI-NILE * n. A group of Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of the Sudan and Zaire and Uganda and Tanzania.
TYPE * --n. 1 A subdivision of a particular kind of thing. 2 A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). 3 (biology) The taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon. 4 Printed characters. --v. 1 Write by means of a keyboard with types. 2 Identify as belonging to a certain type.
PERIPHRASIS * n. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
HEADMAN * n. 1 An executioner who beheads the condemned person. 2 The head of a tribe or clan.
MANDIBULAR * a. Relating to the lower jaw.
TAKE * --n. 1 The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. 2 The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption. --v. 1 Carry out. 2 Require (time or space). 3 Take somebody somewhere. 4 Get into one's hands, take physically.
DENDRITIC * a. (neuroscience) Of or relating to or resembling a dendrite.
CRICKETER * n. An athlete who plays cricket.
LATE-BLOOMING * s. Of plants that bloom during the autumn.
PHANEROGAM * n. Plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores.
NEGOTIATION * n. 1 A discussion intended to produce an agreement. 2 The activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms.
SUBJUGATOR * n. A conqueror who defeats and enslaves.
CHOUGH * n. A European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage.
DROP-LEAF * n. A hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket.
MARATHON * n. 1 Any long and arduous undertaking. 2 A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards. 3 A battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.
CRETONNE * n. An unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies.
LUBRICANT * n. A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery.
LUXE * s. Elegant and sumptuous.
RONDEL * n. A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas.
CREAMCUPS * n. California plant with small pale yellow flowers.
SELF-RIGHTEOUSLY * r. In a sanctimonious manner.
FLIER * n. 1 Someone who travels by air. 2 Someone who operates an aircraft. 3 An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.
JOLLIFICATION * n. A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.
MELASTOMACEAE * n. A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals.
SLEDGE * --n. 1 A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow. 2 A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges. --v. 1 Transport in a sleigh. 2 Ride in or travel with a sledge. 3 Beat with a sledgehammer.
SEISMOGRAPH * n. A measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake).
TORCHLIGHT * n. Light from a torch or torches.
TUNGSTEN * n. A heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite.
RINGER * n. 1 A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation). 2 A person who is almost identical to another. 3 A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses. 4 (horseshoes) The successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg.
CERTIFICATORY * s. Serving to certify or endorse authoritatively.
DEMONISE * v. Make into a demon.
SCRUMPY * n. Strong cider (as made in western England).
PLEURODYNIA * n. Pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs.
COURIER * n. A person who carries a message.
NORMANDIE * n. A former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie.
UNDECIPHERABLY * r. In an illegible manner.
SENDING * n. The act of causing something to go (especially messages).
BOUGAINVILLE * n. 1 French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by scientists (1729-1811). 2 The largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea.
SURTOUT * n. A man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat.
DESCALE * v. Remove the scales from.
RELINQUISHED * s. That has been withdrawn or retreated from.
SLAT * --n. A thin strip (wood or metal). --v. 1 Equip or bar with slats. 2 Close the slats of (windows).
DUPLICITOUS * s. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
LYMPHANGITIS * n. Inflammation of a lymph vessel.
DISCUSSION * n. 1 An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic. 2 An exchange of views on some topic.
KRASNER * n. United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting; she was a founder of the New York school of abstract expressionism (1908-1984).
FEATHERINESS * n. A light softness.
SNOW-BLINDED * s. Temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice.
DISMAY * --n. 1 The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles. 2 Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. --v. 1 Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. 2 Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
AEROMEDICINE * n. The study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight).
ATONICITY * n. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
CHARTREUSE * --n. 1 Aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France. 2 A shade of green tinged with yellow. --s. Of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur.
EVENNESS * n. 1 The parity of even numbers (divisible by two). 2 A quality of uniformity and lack of variation. 3 The quality of being balanced.
CYTOLYTIC * a. Of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell.
PASHTUN * n. 1 A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan. 2 An ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan.
SNUG * --n. A small secluded room. --s. 1 Offering safety; well protected or concealed. 2 Fitting closely but comfortably. 3 Well and tightly constructed. 4 Enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space.
CONSISTENTLY * r. In a systematic or consistent manner.
SLEWS * n. A large number or amount.
REBELLIOUSLY * r. In a rebellious manner.
SELF-DISGUST * n. Shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions.
EMMY * n. An annual award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in television.
REFLEXIVE * --n. A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent. --s. 1 Without volition or conscious control. 2 Referring back to itself.
AIR * --n. 1 A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of. 2 The region above the ground. 3 A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing. 4 A slight wind (usually refreshing). --v. 1 Expose to fresh air. 2 Be broadcast. 3 Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. 4 Make public.
INVENTIVE * s. (used of persons or artifacts) Marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.
REPAINT * v. 1 Paint again. 2 Paint again.
SPALACIDAE * n. Mole rats.
OCCUPANT * n. Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there.
SKIT * n. A short theatrical episode.
PYRILAMINE * n. Antihistamine used to treat rhinitis and pruritus.
TACTLESSNESS * n. The quality of lacking tact.
VOCIFERATE * v. Utter in a very loud voice.
MUJAHADEEN * n. A military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad.
HOMETOWN * n. The town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence.
POTHOOK * n. An S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire.
LAGERSTROEMIA * n. Shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers.
XYLARIACEAE * n. Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores.
COTHROMBOPLASTIN * n. A coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K.
ANTHRAX * n. 1 A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people. 2 A disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia.
PELLAGRA * n. A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments.
LDL * n. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.
STEWARDESS * n. A woman steward on an airplane.
PIAF * n. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
SNEEZY * s. Inclined to sneeze.
MAIMONIDES * n. Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204).
NORTHEAST * --n. 1 The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. 2 The northeastern region of the United States. 3 The direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point. 4 A location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the northeast. 2 Coming from the northeast. --r. To, toward, or in the northeast.
SEMIABSTRACT * s. Characterized by stylized but recognizable subject matter.
UNBUTTONED * --a. Not buttoned. --s. Not under constraint in action or expression.
JAMESTOWN * n. A former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607.
THROMBOEMBOLISM * n. Occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus.
DIDELPHIS * n. Type genus of the family Didelphidae.
ARQUEBUS * n. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
UNCRATE * v. Remove from the crate.
PINOPSIDA * n. Most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
GOUDY * n. United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947).
FREEZE-DRY * v. Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum.
HAEM * n. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
TOPSPIN * n. Forward spin (usually of a moving ball) that is imparted by an upward stroke.
TIED * --s. 1 Bound or secured closely. 2 Bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection. 3 Of the score in a contest. --a. 1 Fastened with strings or cords. 2 Closed with a lace.
SPRUCELY * r. In a stylish manner.
UNSOLVED * a. Not solved.
THURINGIA * n. A historical region of southern Germany.
ABOMINABLY * r. 1 In an offensive and hateful manner. 2 In a terrible manner.
TIME-BALL * n. A ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory.
LICENTIATE * n. Holds a license (degree) from a (European) university.
CARAWAY * n. 1 A Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed. 2 Leaves used sparingly in soups and stews.
CRITICALITY * n. 1 A state of critical urgency. 2 A critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining.
POUTER * n. 1 Someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression. 2 One of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out.
DANCE * --n. 1 An artistic form of nonverbal communication. 2 A party of people assembled for dancing. 3 Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music. 4 A party for social dancing. --v. 1 Move in a graceful and rhythmical way. 2 Move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance. 3 Skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways.
GHENT * n. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry.
KABBALAH * n. 1 An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. 2 An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
NAVIGATION * n. 1 The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. 2 Ship traffic. 3 The work of a sailor.
ZANTHOXYLUM * n. Deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash.
MANAWYDDAN * n. Celtic sea god; son of Llyr.
LASTING * --a. 1 Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place. 2 Retained; not shed. --s. 1 Existing for a long time. 2 Lasting a long time without change.
DECLINATION * n. 1 A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state. 2 A downward slope or bend. 3 (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere. 4 A polite refusal of an invitation.
WRINKLY * a. Marked by wrinkles.
ACADEME * n. The academic world.
ANISOGAMY * n. (biology) Reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size).
MOTONEURON * n. A neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord.
UNDERLING * n. An assistant subject to the authority or control of another.
PREACHER * n. Someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel.
CONCENTER * v. Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
LAVAGE * n. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
RETRENCHMENT * n. 1 Entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense. 2 The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable.
AGROMANIA * n. An intense desire to be alone or out in the open.
RAISEABLE * s. Capable of being raised.
PHOSPHOLIPID * n. Any of various compounds composed of fatty acids and phosphoric acid and a nitrogenous base; an important constituent of membranes.
TERRENE * --a. Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air. --s. Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly.
DRUMSTICK * n. 1 The lower joint of the leg of a fowl. 2 A stick used for playing a drum.
SPIN-OFF * n. A product made during the manufacture of something else.
OFFENBACH * n. French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880).
CONTRAVENE * v. 1 Go against, as of rules and laws. 2 Deny the truth of.
ACUMINATE * --v. Make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point. --s. (of a leaf shape) Narrowing to a slender point.
LORGNETTE * n. Eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle.
CANICULAR * a. 1 Of or relating to the dog days of summer. 2 Relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star).
BORATE * n. A salt or ester of boric acid.
CO-SIGN * v. 1 Sign jointly. 2 Sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan.
DIARRHEA * n. Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor.
CONSTITUENCY * n. The body of voters who elect a representative for their area.
GALEOCERDO * n. Tiger sharks.
DIESEL-HYDRAULIC * n. A locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine.
DECALOGUE * n. The biblical commandments of Moses.
PENULT * n. The next to last syllable in a word.
CLAM * --n. 1 Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness. 2 A piece of paper money worth one dollar. 3 Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams. --v. Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.
IMMOBILISATION * n. 1 Fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing. 2 The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement.
ENDOZOIC * a. Living within a living animal usually as a parasite.
DEMAGOGIC * a. Characteristic of or resembling a demagogue.
FLATBROD * n. The thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia.
MASSORETE * n. A scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah).
EMBOUCHURE * n. The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly.
MULTILINGUAL * a. Using or knowing more than one language.
AARP * n. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
DERMATOBIA * n. Larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans.
PETITE * --n. A garment size for short or slender women. --s. Very small.
SHUTTING * n. The act of closing something.
MINDFULLY * r. In a careful deliberate manner.
WICKED * --a. Morally bad in principle or practice. --s. 1 Having committed unrighteous acts. 2 Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. 3 Naughtily or annoyingly playful. 4 Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
SUAVE * s. 1 Having a sophisticated charm. 2 Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.
REHARMONIZATION * n. A piece of music whose original harmony has been revised.
BLOWZY * s. Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
BOTOX * n. A neurotoxin (trade name Botox) that is used clinically in small quantities to treat strabismus and facial spasms and other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; is also used by cosmetic surgeons to smooth frown lines temporarily.
ARCSINE * n. The inverse function of the sine; the angle that has a sine equal to a given number.
MANIPULATIVE * s. Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage.
CONCEPTIVE * s. Capable of conceiving.
PROSTHION * n. Craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla.
BOA * n. 1 A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur. 2 Any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs.
ACCURATELY * r. 1 With few mistakes. 2 Strictly correctly.
SCANDAL * n. 1 Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people. 2 A disgraceful event.
GRAY-HAIRED * s. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
CRAMP * --n. 1 A painful and involuntary muscular contraction. 2 A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued. 3 A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together. --v. 1 Secure with a cramp. 2 Prevent the progress or free movement of. 3 Affect with or as if with a cramp. 4 Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle.
IDEATE * v. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
DEFENDING * s. Attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.
TRAGEDIAN * n. 1 A writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies. 2 An actor who specializes in tragic roles.
FLARE-UP * n. A sudden intense happening.
TAHITI * n. An island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin.
LUGING * n. Riding a light one-man toboggan.
PRODIGALITY * n. 1 The trait of spending extravagantly. 2 Excessive spending.
SEASONALLY * r. Depending on the season.
SITTIDAE * n. Nuthatches.
CONTRACTED * a. Reduced in size or pulled together.
BONETE * n. A mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,546 feet high).
HAMAMELIDANTHUM * n. Genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.
PATIENT * --n. 1 A person who requires medical care. 2 The semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause. --a. Enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance.
ERA * n. 1 A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 2 A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods. 3 (baseball) A measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched.
SMOLLETT * n. Scottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771).
ARITHMETICAL * a. Relating to or involving arithmetic.
SOLDIER-FISH * n. The larger squirrelfishes.
DEBILITATING * a. Impairing the strength and vitality.
JONQUIL * n. 1 Widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers. 2 Often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil.
TWENTY-FIRST * s. Coming next after the twentieth in position.
ORCHIS * n. 1 Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes. 2 One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.
IRIDACEAE * n. Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs.
NEGATIVISM * n. Characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands.
HYDROPHOBIC * --a. Lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water. --s. Abnormally afraid of water.
LIGHTLESSNESS * n. Total absence of light.
DURRELL * n. English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990).
TOROID * n. 1 The doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus. 2 A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.
URTICA * n. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
KAM-TAI * n. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
ARCHOSAURIAN * --n. Extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs; plesiosaurs; pterosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts. --a. Of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria.
PLAGUILY * r. In a disagreeable manner.
ORANGE-COLORED * s. Having the color of ripe oranges.
DIPTERONIA * n. Small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China.
MERCERISED * a. Of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye.
GHEE * n. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
CAPACITOR * n. An electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge.
SHRIMPY * s. (used especially of persons) Of inferior size.
BACKSWIMMER * n. Predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites.
SQUAD * n. 1 A smallest army unit. 2 A cooperative unit (especially in sports). 3 A small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime.
BRYAN * n. 1 United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925). 2 A town of east central Texas.
GERBERA * n. Genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies.
VITHAR * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok.
PHLEBODIUM * n. Chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori.
SUSTENANCE * n. 1 A source of materials to nourish the body. 2 The financial means whereby one lives. 3 The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
SYMMETRIZE * v. Make symmetric.
MISFORTUNE * n. 1 Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event. 2 An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.
ADORN * v. 1 Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. 2 Be beautiful to look at. 3 Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors.
JEOPARDISE * v. Pose a threat to; present a danger to.
DERMOCHELYIDAE * n. Sea turtles.
HEADRACE * n. A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.
BARANY * n. Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936).
TX * n. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
PUSHER * n. 1 One who intrudes or pushes himself forward. 2 An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs. 3 Someone who pushes. 4 A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes.
WINGLESS * a. Lacking wings.
ILLUMINANCE * n. The luminous flux incident on a unit area.
SQUEALER * n. 1 One who reveals confidential information in return for money. 2 Domestic swine.
IMPERTINENTLY * r. In an impudent or impertinent manner.
AWRY * --s. 1 Turned or twisted toward one side. 2 Not functioning properly. --r. 1 Away from the correct or expected course. 2 Turned or twisted to one side.
ROSEFISH * n. 1 North Atlantic rockfish. 2 Large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe.
HORIZONTAL * --n. Something that is oriented horizontally. --a. Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line.
PINITE * n. Grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates.
SNEAKINESS * n. A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously.
PRC * n. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world.
SEWELLEL * n. Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent.
FETOR * n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
PYELITIS * n. Inflammation of the renal pelvis.
FOXILY * r. In an artful manner.
MEANNESS * n. 1 The quality of being deliberately mean. 2 Extreme stinginess.
KEEPSAKE * n. Something of sentimental value.
LINGULATE * s. Shaped like a tongue.
PRECOCIOUSLY * r. In a precocious manner.
SHIISM * n. The branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
SAYERS * n. English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957).
ABSOLVITORY * s. Providing absolution.
WANNESS * n. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
PETERBURG * n. A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia.
LEAKINESS * n. The condition of permitting leaks or leakage.
MKO * n. A terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah.
BILLY * n. 1 A short stout club used primarily by policemen. 2 Male goat.
NALFON * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders.
LASEK * n. A refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea.
BOLOMETER * n. An instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensitive.
BUDGERIGAR * n. Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
ANKYLOSAUR * n. Having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's.
KAVAKAVA * n. An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
NEUMANN * n. United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957).
LOWER-RANKING * s. Inferior in rank or status.
BLOOD-RED * s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
VOLUTE * --n. 1 Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center. 2 A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. --s. In the shape of a coil.
MISCHANCE * n. 1 An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate. 2 An instance of misfortune.
HAEMATOCRIT * n. 1 The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit. 2 A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood.
NELFINAVIR * n. A protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs.
LANDLUBBER * n. 1 A person who lives and works on land. 2 An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.
BURBERRY * n. A lightweight belted raincoat typically made of tan gabardine with a distinctive tartan lining; named for the original manufacturer.
ENDEMISM * n. Nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place).
DAGGER * n. 1 A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing. 2 A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
GARAGE * --n. 1 An outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles. 2 A repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired. --v. Keep or store in a garage.
RETRIEVE * v. 1 Get or find back; recover the use of. 2 Go for and bring back. 3 Run after, pick up, and bring to the master. 4 Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
QADI * n. An Islamic judge.
EXCRETA * n. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.
LIVE * --v. 1 Be an inhabitant of or reside in. 2 Lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style. 3 Continue to live and avoid dying. 4 Support oneself. --a. 1 Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing. 2 Exerting force or containing energy. 3 Possessing life. --s. 1 Highly reverberant. 2 Charged with an explosive. 3 Elastic; rebounds readily. 4 Abounding with life and energy. --r. Not recorded.
SEMILIQUID * s. Somewhat liquid.
FLAT-GROWING * s. Of plants that grow relatively low to the ground.
LOTUS-EATER * n. Someone indifferent to the busy world.
INJECTABLE * a. (used of drugs) Capable of being injected.
MALONE * n. English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812).
ORITES * n. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
HYDROCEPHALY * n. An abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological.
RAVE-UP * n. A raucous gathering.
CUSTOMSHOUSE * n. A government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country.
LAP-STREAK * a. Having overlapping hull planks.
WOLFLIKE * a. Resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf.
PSETTA * n. A genus of Bothidae.
SOCCER * n. A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.
CHECKERBLOOM * n. Perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated.
STEEPISH * s. Somewhat steep.
ROAN * --n. 1 A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding. 2 A horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray. --s. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey.
SECRET * --n. 1 Something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on). 2 Information known only to a special group. 3 Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. --s. 1 Not open or public; kept private or not revealed. 2 Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. 3 Not openly made known. 4 Communicated covertly.
RIDGIL * n. A colt with undescended testicles.
ACID-LOVING * a. Thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7).
DECAYED * s. Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless.
MALTESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Malta. 2 The national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French. 3 A term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat. 4 Breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat. --a. Of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants.
COMBINED * a. Made or joined or united into one.
SANGOMA * n. A traditional Zulu healer and respected elder.
CHLORAMBUCIL * n. An alkylating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer.
STERN * --n. 1 The rear part of a ship. 2 United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920). 3 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --s. 1 Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. 2 Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. 3 Severe and unremitting in making demands. 4 Severely simple.
LOVAGE * n. 1 Herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds. 2 Stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers.
SINGULAR * --n. The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton. --s. 1 Unusual or striking. 2 Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. 3 Being a single and separate person or thing. 4 The single one of its kind. --a. 1 Composed of one member, set, or kind. 2 Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit.
OSTEOSARCOMA * n. Malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur.
CHITTAGONG * n. A port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal.
BOBTAIL * --n. 1 A short or shortened tail of certain animals. 2 Large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain. --s. Having a short or shortened tail.
CONTRAPTION * n. A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
ARSONIST * n. A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
MOIRAI * n. Any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns.
CAMPANULATE * a. Shaped like a bell or campana.
ELOCUTIONIST * n. A public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery.
ADJUSTMENT * n. 1 Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. 2 The act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment). 3 The act of adjusting something to match a standard. 4 The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions).
GIRASOL * n. 1 An opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors. 2 Tall perennial with hairy stems and leaves; widely cultivated for its large irregular edible tubers.
FIDGETY * s. Nervous and unable to relax.
COMMODE * n. 1 A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. 2 A tall elegant chest of drawers.
CAPPED * s. 1 Used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns. 2 Covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind.
STEEP * --n. A steep place (as on a hill). --v. 1 Devote (oneself) fully to. 2 Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse. --a. Having a sharp inclination. --s. 1 Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation. 2 Of a slope; set at a high angle.
VASSAL * n. A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
CHARADRIIFORMES * n. Large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life.
CYCLOSTOMATA * n. Primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes.
STEALTHINESS * n. A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously.
ILLOGICALNESS * n. Invalid or incorrect reasoning.
NARROW-MINDED * --a. 1 Capable of being shocked. 2 Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view. --s. Rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines.
HOLOCENTRIDAE * n. Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.
COLPITIS * n. Inflammation of the vagina.
MONOHYBRID * n. A hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas).
TETRAHYMENA * n. Relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research.
INTERLOCKING * --n. 1 Contact by fitting together. 2 The act of interlocking or meshing. --s. Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
QUASI-RELIGIOUS * s. Resembling something that is religious.
PATRONNE * n. A woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron.
DEFEASIBLE * a. Capable of being annulled or voided or terminated.
IDEALIZATION * n. 1 A portrayal of something as ideal. 2 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad. 3 Something that exists only as an idea.
DEEPENING * --n. A process of becoming deeper and more profound. --s. Accumulating and becoming more intense.
COMBURANT * s. Supporting combustion.
THROWBACK * --n. 1 An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism. 2 A reappearance of an earlier characteristic. --s. Characteristic of an atavist.
WILLINGNESS * n. Cheerful compliance.
SERENITY * n. 1 A disposition free from stress or emotion. 2 The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
JOLIET * n. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700).
MASSIF * n. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range.
SOUTHWESTWARD * --n. The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees. --s. Toward the southwest. --r. In a southwestward direction.
LEEUWENHOEK * n. Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723).
CHLOROMYCETIN * n. An oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever).
PARISIAN * --n. A native or resident of Paris. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants.
SHOPPER * n. 1 Someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy. 2 A commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her.
RESTFUL * a. Affording physical or mental rest.
METAL-COLORED * s. Having a metallic color.
SAS * n. A specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups).
PYRUS * n. Fruit trees native to the Old World: pears.
JAISH-I-MOHAMMED * n. A terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings.
ORDAINED * s. 1 Fixed or established especially by order or command. 2 Invested with ministerial or priestly functions.
BEGGAR * --n. A pauper who lives by begging. --v. 1 Be beyond the resources of. 2 Reduce to beggary.
RAMPART * n. An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes.
INCENDIARISM * n. Malicious burning to destroy property.
IOC * n. Organization responsible for organizing the modern Olympic Games.
TREASONIST * n. Someone who betrays his country by committing treason.
EARREACH * n. The range within which a voice can be heard.
UNSEEMLY * s. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
STENGEL * n. United States baseball manager (1890-1975).
ANNALISTIC * a. Relating to annals.
TESTIS * n. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.
TROPIC * --n. Either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics. --s. 1 Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator). 2 Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics.
TEMPLET * n. A model or standard for making comparisons.
OBLIGINGNESS * n. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
GUTLESS * --a. Lacking courage or vitality. --s. Weak in willpower, courage or vitality.
SILLY * --n. A word used for misbehaving children. --s. 1 Ludicrous, foolish. 2 Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. 3 Inspiring scornful pity. 4 Dazed from or as if from repeated blows.
LEE * --n. 1 United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957). 2 United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970). 3 United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973). 4 United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926). --s. Towards the side away from the wind.
JUSTIFIABLE * s. Capable of being justified.
FORTY-SIXTH * s. The ordinal number of forty-six in counting order.
GLAMOURIZE * v. Make glamorous and attractive.
CRUMP * v. 1 Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants. 2 Bombard with heavy shells. 3 Explode heavily or with a loud dull noise.
DEFEATISM * n. Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat.
OVERSIGHT * n. 1 An unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something. 2 Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group. 3 A mistake resulting from inattention.
VALLETTA * n. The capital of Malta; located on the northeastern coast of the island.
TELIOSPORE * n. A chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus.
OLDNESS * n. 1 The opposite of youngness. 2 The quality of being old; the opposite of newness.
ALRIGHT * --s. Nonstandard usage. --r. 1 Without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion). 2 An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. 3 In a satisfactory or adequate manner.
LONG-STANDING * s. Having existed for a long time.
LONG-ARMED * s. Having relatively long arms.
ENDORSER * n. 1 Someone who expresses strong approval. 2 A person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security.
RED-EYE * v. Travel on an overnight flight.
ERYTHROCEBUS * n. Patas.
ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIN * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
PATCHCORD * n. A length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard.
TASTE * --n. 1 The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. 2 A strong liking. 3 Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values). 4 A brief experience of something. --v. 1 Have flavor; taste of something. 2 Perceive by the sense of taste. 3 Take a sample of. 4 Have a distinctive or characteristic taste.
GUMMINESS * n. The property of being cohesive and sticky.
BUDDHIST * --n. One who follows the teachings of Buddha. --a. Of or relating to or supporting Buddhism.
BIRKEN * s. Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
THRILLED * s. Feeling intense pleasurable excitement.
REPERCUSS * v. Cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect.
BONE * --n. 1 Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. 2 The porous calcified substance from which bones are made. 3 A shade of white the color of bleached bones. --v. 1 Study intensively, as before an exam. 2 Remove the bones from. --s. Consisting of or made up of bone.
MYCOPHAGIST * n. A person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms).
INDEXATION * n. A system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation.
DAMNABLY * r. In a damnable manner.
PAVAGE * n. 1 A tax toward paving streets. 2 The act of applying paving materials to an area.
TREED * s. Forced to turn and face attackers.
DISCOLORIZE * v. Remove color from.
IMPERIUM * n. 1 The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised. 2 Supreme authority; absolute dominion.
REDUCTIONISM * n. 1 A theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components. 2 The analysis of complex things into simpler constituents.
DAUNT * v. Cause to lose courage.
NOISELESSLY * r. Without a sound.
LEAKER * n. A surreptitious informant.
AIMLESS * s. 1 Aimlessly drifting. 2 Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.
ACULAR * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
MAGDALEN * n. A reformed prostitute.
SUMERIAN * --n. A member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer. --a. Of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants.
TREELIKE * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
BETHLEHEM * n. 1 A town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia; an important center for steel production. 2 A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born.
BRACERO * n. A Mexican laborer who worked in the United States on farms and railroads in order to ease labor shortages during World War II.
SALMWOOD * n. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
JOURNALESE * n. The style in which newspapers are written.
PISTON * n. 1 United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976). 2 Mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion.
CONNECTICUT * n. 1 A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies. 2 A river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound. 3 One of the British colonies that formed the United States.
SUNSET * --n. 1 The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. 2 Atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun. 3 The daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon. --s. 1 Of a declining industry or technology. 2 Providing for termination.
PRECOOKED * s. Cooked partially or completely beforehand.
FRIENDLESSNESS * n. Being without friends.
THOUGHTFUL * --s. 1 Having intellectual depth. 2 Acting with or showing thought and good sense. 3 Considerate of the feelings or well-being of others. --a. 1 Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought. 2 Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention.
BRINDLE * s. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
MAZZARD * n. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
DENT * --n. 1 An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening). 2 A depression scratched or carved into a surface. 3 An impression in a surface (as made by a blow). --v. Make a depression into.
SPONGEFLY * n. Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges.
HARD-FOUGHT * s. Requiring great effort.
NARCISSISM * n. An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself.
EQUATOR * n. 1 An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles. 2 A circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts.
IMMUREMENT * n. The state of being imprisoned.
HARDHEARTED * --a. Lacking in feeling or pity or warmth. --s. Devoid of feeling for others.
ROSEBAY * n. Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers.
CHASM * n. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
PORTULACA * n. A plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers.
APR * n. The month following March and preceding May.
CONIC * --n. (geometry) A curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone. --a. Relating to or resembling a cone.
VERILY * r. In truth; certainly.
RECURSION * n. (mathematics) An expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation.
SALESLADY * n. A woman salesperson.
PLATTDEUTSCH * n. A German dialect spoken in northern Germany.
VULCANIZE * v. 1 Undergo vulcanization. 2 Subject to vulcanization.
LACERTILIAN * a. Of or relating to lizards.
TICKER * n. 1 The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. 2 A small portable timepiece. 3 A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape.
SNOWBLINDNESS * n. Temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice.
PLIGHT * --n. 1 A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. 2 A solemn pledge of fidelity. --v. 1 Give to in marriage. 2 Promise solemnly and formally.
QUARTERMASTER * n. An army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops.
TOWNSPEOPLE * n. The people living in a municipality smaller than a city.
SANDPILE * n. A plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in.
EYRIE * n. 1 The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle). 2 Any habitation at a high altitude.
TANDEM * --n. 1 An arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another. 2 A bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats. --r. One behind the other.
ELECTORAL * --a. Of or relating to elections. --s. Relating to or composed of electors.
TEMPLETONIA * n. Genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush.
NIVOSE * n. Fourth month of the Revolutionary calendar (December and January); the snowy month.
ARIADNE * n. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.
INEXPLICABLE * a. Incapable of being explained or accounted for.
PROTRUSIVE * a. Thrusting outward.
TALL * --n. A garment size for a tall person. --a. Great in vertical dimension; high in stature. --s. 1 Lofty in style. 2 Impressively difficult. 3 Too improbable to admit of belief.
CONDEMNING * s. Containing or imposing condemnation or censure.
TENEBROUS * s. Dark and gloomy.
DART * --n. 1 A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot. 2 A tapered tuck made in dressmaking. 3 A sudden quick movement. --v. 1 Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. 2 Run or move very quickly or hastily. 3 Move with sudden speed.
INVARIANCE * n. 1 The quality of being resistant to variation. 2 The nature of a quantity or property or function that remains unchanged when a given transformation is applied to it.
MURROW * n. United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965).
TICK-TACK-TOE * n. A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does.
PULP * --n. 1 Any soft or soggy mass. 2 A soft moist part of a fruit. 3 A mixture of cellulose fibers. 4 An inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper. --v. 1 Remove the pulp from, as from a fruit. 2 Reduce to pulp.
EXTEMPORIZE * v. 1 Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand. 2 Perform without preparation.
TIE * --n. 1 Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front. 2 A social or business relationship. 3 Equality of score in a contest. 4 A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating. --v. 1 Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord. 2 Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.. 3 Limit or restrict to. 4 Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.
COLT * n. 1 A young male horse under the age of four. 2 A kind of revolver.
DRYGOODS * n. Textiles or clothing and related merchandise.
BEACHBALL * n. Large and light ball; for play at the seaside.
ABDICATION * n. 1 A formal resignation and renunciation of powers. 2 The act of abdicating.
DIFFUSELY * r. In a diffuse manner.
INTENSIFY * v. 1 Increase in extent or intensity. 2 Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. 3 Become more intense. 4 Make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark.
BUFFETED * s. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
PRE-EMINENTLY * r. To a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner.
ANOINTING * n. The act of applying oil or an oily liquid.
GUAIRA * n. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
FISTULATE * s. Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed.
CONESTOGA * n. A large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century.
RIVIERA * n. A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France.
TRICORN * n. Cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points.
THREE * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips. --s. Being one more than two.
IMAGERY * n. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
MURMURATION * n. A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.
AFRO-ASIATIC * n. A large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa.
WACKILY * r. In a mildly insane manner.
GIMEL * n. The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
MELVILLE * n. United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891).
80 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight. --s. Being ten more than seventy.
PEDANTRY * n. An ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning.
CORTICOAFFERENT * s. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex.
FRAZZLE * --n. A state of extreme exhaustion. --v. 1 Wear away by rubbing. 2 Exhaust physically or emotionally.
PEAVY * n. A stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs.
PUCCINI * n. Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924).
NIGHTINGALE * n. 1 European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song. 2 English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910).
CHERISHED * s. Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.
BACKBREAKING * s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
BRASHNESS * n. 1 Tasteless showiness. 2 The trait of being rash and hasty.
LEBANON * n. An Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean.
ALLYL * n. The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene.
HAIKU * n. An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
AUTOCLAVE * --n. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments. --v. Subject to the action of an autoclave.
SPACED-OUT * s. 1 Stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug. 2 Confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug.
INTERNALLY * r. On or from the inside.
FOURIER * n. 1 French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830). 2 French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837).
REORIENTATION * n. 1 A fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs. 2 The act of changing the direction in which something is oriented.
CONSULTIVE * s. Giving advice.
WOOLLY-STEMMED * s. Having a woolly stem.
MODELER * n. A person who creates models.
UNCO * r. To a remarkable degree or extent.
SAPONIFY * v. 1 Become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali. 2 Convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali.
SIX-GUN * n. A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets).
REFORM * --n. 1 A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses. 2 A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices. 3 Self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice. --v. 1 Make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices. 2 Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. 3 Produce by cracking. 4 Break up the molecules of.
EMULOUS * --a. Characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation. --s. Eager to surpass others.
LETTISH * n. The official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European.
DOZY * s. Half asleep.
SIEGE * n. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
COMMUTATE * v. Reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current.
VALOR * n. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle).
UNTHINKINGLY * r. In a thoughtless manner.
SWEETSOP * n. 1 Tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds. 2 Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
PSORALEA * n. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
DIGESTIBLE * a. Capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal.
ELEMENTS * n. Violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements).
SEABIRD * n. A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc..
REVOCABLE * a. Capable of being revoked or annulled.
THIRSTY * --s. 1 Needing moisture. 2 (usually followed by `for') Extremely desirous. 3 Able to take in large quantities of moisture. --a. Feeling a need or desire to drink.
NITRILE * n. Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN.
MONAD * n. 1 (chemistry) An atom having a valence of one. 2 A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive. 3 (biology) A single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan).
PROLONG * v. 1 Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer. 2 Lengthen or extend in duration or space.
ACCURACY * n. 1 The quality of being near to the true value. 2 (mathematics) The number of significant figures given in a number.
PLASTERWORK * n. A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling).
TOLERATE * v. 1 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. 2 Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others). 3 Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition. 4 Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting.
NUMEROLOGIST * n. A believer in numerology.
COELENTERON * n. The saclike body cavity of a coelenterate.
LAVANDULA * n. Lavender.
DINGE * --n. Discoloration due to dirtiness. --v. 1 Make a dent or impression in. 2 Make dingy.
BENCHMARK * n. 1 A standard by which something can be measured or judged. 2 A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point.
CONSTABLE * n. 1 A lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff. 2 English landscape painter (1776-1837). 3 A police officer of the lowest rank.
HIMALAYAS * n. A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain.
THINK * --n. An instance of deliberate thinking. --v. 1 Judge or regard; look upon; judge. 2 Expect, believe, or suppose. 3 Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments. 4 Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
VICTORIAN * --n. A person who lived during the reign of Victoria. --a. Of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled. --s. 1 Exaggeratedly proper. 2 Typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria.
WAVELL * n. British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950).
COATTAIL * n. The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist.
COLUBRINA * n. Mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits.
PREMIE * n. An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation.
CALAMARI * n. (Italian cuisine) Squid prepared as food.
PHYSICOCHEMICAL * a. Relating to physical chemistry.
GOTEBORG * n. A port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden.
RECONSTRUCTION * n. 1 The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877. 2 The activity of constructing something again. 3 An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence. 4 Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall.
ASPERSION * n. 1 A disparaging remark. 2 An abusive attack on a person's character or good name. 3 The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare).
HIROHITO * n. Emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989).
PEDAL * --n. 1 A sustained bass note. 2 A lever that is operated with the foot. --v. 1 Ride a bicycle. 2 Operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument. --a. Of or relating to the feet.
KONOE * n. Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945).
SACRILEGIOUS * s. Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred.
LAD * n. 1 A boy or man. 2 A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
SOJOURNER * n. A temporary resident.
GROUPTHINK * n. Decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility).
STAY-AT-HOME * --n. A person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel. --s. Not given to travel.
GONIF * n. (Yiddish) A thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
MELON * n. 1 Any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh. 2 Any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers.
IYAR * n. The eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May).
ANGELICA * n. 1 Any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels. 2 Candied stalks of the angelica plant. 3 Aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica.
APPALLING * --n. An experience that appalls. --s. Causing consternation.
RESIGNATION * n. 1 Acceptance of despair. 2 The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.). 3 A formal document giving notice of your intention to resign.
MOUNTIES * n. The federal police force of Canada.
SANE * --a. Mentally healthy; free from mental disorder. --s. Marked by sound judgment.
HYPOTENUSE * n. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
HOMOTHERMIC * s. Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature.
LAMENESS * n. 1 Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet. 2 An imperfection or defectiveness.
TRILOBED * s. (of a leaf shape) Divided into three lobes.
SUBTRACTER * n. 1 A person who subtracts numbers. 2 A machine that subtracts numbers.
HIGHROAD * n. A highway.
AZERI * n. An ethnic group living in Azerbaijan.
MUMBLER * n. A person who speaks softly and indistinctly.
NONCONCENTRIC * a. Not having a common center; not concentric.
FRANC * n. The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes.
JAWFISH * n. Small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes.
SHOCKING * s. 1 Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism. 2 Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
RENEWING * s. Tending to impart new life and vigor to.
VERRAZZANO * n. Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528).
SELF-DOUBT * n. Lack of self-confidence.
WHIRRING * --n. Sound of something in rapid motion. --s. Like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings.
ARMINIUS * n. 1 Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609). 2 German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19).
SOLMIZATION * n. 1 A system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters. 2 Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major.
RIBBON * n. 1 Any long object resembling a thin line. 2 An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. 3 A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter. 4 Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming.
COCCYZUS * n. A genus of Cuculidae.
GERMICIDE * n. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease.
WRINKLED * a. 1 Marked by wrinkles. 2 (of linens or clothes) Not ironed.
UNBOLTED * s. Not firmly fastened or secured.
BEHEMOTH * n. 1 Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. 2 A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
HALOBACTERIUM * n. Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats.
FALLACIOUS * s. 1 Containing or based on a fallacy. 2 Intended to deceive. 3 Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information.
BLASE * s. 1 Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world. 2 Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. 3 Nonchalantly unconcerned.
ALPHA-BLOCKER * n. Any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors; used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder.
RATLIN * n. (nautical) A small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft.
PUDDINGHEADED * s. Stupid and confused.
CYPRESS * n. 1 Wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus. 2 Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones.
UTILISATION * n. The act of using.
CETORHINUS * n. Comprising only the basking sharks; in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Cetorhinidae.
IMINAZOLE * n. An organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor.
ABSTRUSELY * r. In a manner difficult to understand.
BOUNTEOUSNESS * n. Generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely.
POLYCILLIN * n. Semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin).
LIMB * n. 1 One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. 2 Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. 3 (astronomy) The circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet. 4 Either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip.
PORCELLIO * n. Old World genus of isopod crustaceans.
BIBLIOPHILE * n. Someone who loves (and usually collects) books.
AFIELD * r. 1 Far away from home or one's usual surroundings. 2 In or into a field (especially a field of battle). 3 Off the subject; beyond the point at issue.
SWITCH-HIT * v. Bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher.
COTULA * n. Cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers.
SCOFFER * n. 1 Someone who eats food rapidly and greedily. 2 Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
METACENTER * n. (shipbuilding) The point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship.
UNPARTITIONED * s. Not divided by partitions.
POPPYCOCK * n. Senseless talk.
CRISTAL * n. Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
CREVICE * n. 1 A long narrow depression in a surface. 2 A long narrow opening.
GAYNESS * n. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.
WELLS * n. Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946).
MADAGASCAR * n. 1 A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960. 2 An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world.
ARTERITIS * n. Inflammation of an artery.
LOW-BUDGET * s. Made on or suited to a limited budget.
GLECHOMA * n. Ground ivy.
TELECONFERENCING * n. A conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television.
RIGIDIFY * v. 1 Become rigid. 2 Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern.
AMOEBIOSIS * n. Infection by a disease-causing ameba.
LUNCH * --n. A midday meal. --v. 1 Take the midday meal. 2 Provide a midday meal for.
INOCULATION * n. Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease.
AUCKLAND * n. The largest city and principal port of New Zealand.
SYSTEMATIST * n. 1 A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior. 2 An organizer who puts things in order.
DAREDEVILTRY * n. Boldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior.
SMOKING * --n. 1 The act of smoking tobacco or other substances. 2 A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion. --s. Emitting smoke in great volume.
BUTACAINE * n. A white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic.
METALLURGY * n. The science and technology of metals.
MAGNILOQUENT * s. Lofty in style.
ENTEROSTOMY * n. Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine.
RELAXATION * n. 1 (physiology) The gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers. 2 (physics) The exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance. 3 A feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry. 4 An occurrence of control or strength weakening.
EROSE * s. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
UVULA * n. A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
SUAVENESS * n. The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.
SUCCOTH * n. A major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness.
EXPERIMENTATION * n. 1 The testing of an idea. 2 The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation.
LAURENS * n. Leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792).
MST * n. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west; used in the mountain states of the United States.
HARMONIUM * n. A free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows.
HARRIED * s. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
WRISTBAND * n. 1 Band consisting of a part of a sleeve that covers the wrist. 2 A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist.
PAID-UP * s. Paid in advance.
EXCITABILITY * n. 1 Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part. 2 Being easily excited.
OVERPRODUCTION * n. Too much production or more than expected.
YES-MAN * n. A person of unquestioning obedience.
MILKWORT * n. Any of various plants of the genus Polygala.
PLATELETPHERESIS * n. Platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor.
COMBRETACEAE * n. A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales.
MAIDHOOD * n. The childhood of a girl.
TOMOGRAPHY * n. (medicine) Obtaining pictures of the interior of the body.
DEPARTED * --n. Someone who is no longer alive. --s. 1 Well in the past; former. 2 Dead.
LONGSHOREMAN * n. A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
ORPINGTON * n. English breed of large chickens with white skin.
RISK * --n. 1 A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. 2 A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. 3 The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred. 4 The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent. --v. 1 Expose to a chance of loss or damage. 2 Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.
EMBIODEA * n. Web spinners.
ARMILLA * n. 1 A celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars. 2 (archeology) A bracelet worn around the wrist or arm.
WYVERN * n. A fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs.
ISOCARBOXAZID * n. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression.
FEEBLEMINDEDNESS * n. Severe mental deficiency.
UPTHROW * n. (geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).
MONKEYPOD * n. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
EMMANTHE * n. One species: yellow bells.
FRAZER * n. English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941).
SOMATOTROPHIN * n. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans.
FINGERLIKE * s. Resembling a finger.
VARIEGATION * n. 1 Variability in coloration. 2 The act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered).
COS * n. 1 Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. 2 Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head.
MEGACHIROPTERA * n. Fruit bats.
NUTLIKE * s. 1 Having the flavor of nuts. 2 Resembling a nut in shape and size.
REHEEL * v. Put a new heel on.
METHAPYRILENE * n. Antihistamine used to treat allergic responses (as rhinitis or dermatitis or pruritus).
ROLL * --n. 1 Rotary motion of an object around its own axis. 2 A list of names. 3 A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. 4 Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light. --v. 1 Move by turning over or rotating. 2 Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. 3 Occur in soft rounded shapes. 4 Flatten or spread with a roller.
BOWING * --n. 1 Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. 2 Managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument. --s. Showing an excessively deferential manner.
ORGANISM * n. 1 A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. 2 A system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body.
NONDESCRIPT * --n. A person is not easily classified and not very interesting. --s. Lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting.
HORDE * n. 1 A vast multitude. 2 A nomadic community. 3 A moving crowd.
STRELITZIA * n. Small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae.
PUTRIDITY * n. The state of being putrid.
EYESTRAIN * n. A tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem.
CATENULATE * --v. Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores. --s. Having a chainlike form.
WHEEZINGLY * r. With a wheeze.
TELEPHONIST * n. Someone who helps callers get the person they are calling.
STEMMATIC * a. Of or relating to a textual stemma.
FABERGE * n. Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920).
POSSUM * n. 1 Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America. 2 Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
UNSHAPEN * s. Incompletely or imperfectly shaped.
ANGOLESE * n. A member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola.
UNMADE * a. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
EXPENSE * --n. 1 Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). 2 A detriment or sacrifice. 3 Money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer. --v. Reduce the estimated value of something.
RECLASSIFY * v. Classify anew, change the previous classification.
RANIDAE * n. A family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs.
ALL * --a. (quantifier) Used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class. --s. Completely given to or absorbed by. --r. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly').
TREMULOUS * s. (of the voice) Quivering as from weakness or fear.
MAYENG * n. Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree.
GARNISHEE * --n. A wage earner who is served with a garnishment. --v. Take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support.
START * --n. 1 The beginning of anything. 2 The time at which something is supposed to begin. 3 A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning). 4 A sudden involuntary movement. --v. 1 Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. 2 Set in motion, cause to start. 3 Leave. 4 Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense.
JUBILATE * v. 1 Celebrate a jubilee. 2 To express great joy.
60 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and six. --s. Being ten more than fifty.
PHONETIC * a. 1 Of or relating to speech sounds. 2 Of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds.
FLAW * --n. 1 An imperfection in an object or machine. 2 Defect or weakness in a person's character. 3 An imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness. --v. Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective.
ARDENNES * n. A wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II.
NONRECREATIONAL * s. Involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby.
MIDGE * n. Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water.
INQUISITION * n. 1 A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy. 2 A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals).
HELLO * n. An expression of greeting.
METAGRABOLISED * s. Totally perplexed and mixed up.
GREENEYE * n. Bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster.
LEATHERBACK * n. Wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle.
BETIMES * r. In good time.
PYROSIS * n. A painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder.
HALOPHILE * n. Archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival.
INSOFAR * r. To the degree or extent that.
FAVORITISM * n. 1 An inclination to favor some person or group. 2 Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
PILLAGING * n. The act of stealing valuable things from a place.
GLOATINGLY * r. In a gloating manner.
MULTISTORIED * s. Having more than one story.
FELLOWSHIP * n. 1 An association of people who share common beliefs or activities. 2 The state of being with someone. 3 Money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research.
ENTRAILS * n. Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity).
67 * s. Being seven more than sixty.
EQUABLY * r. In an equable manner.
ANALOGIST * n. Someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy.
TRIVIALITY * n. 1 The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. 2 A detail that is considered insignificant. 3 Something of small importance.
UNREALISM * n. A representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples.
SCREWBALLER * n. (baseball) A pitcher who throws screwballs.
TAP * --n. 1 The sound made by a gentle blow. 2 A gentle blow. 3 A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask. 4 A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing). --v. 1 Cut a female screw thread with a tap. 2 Draw from or dip into to get something. 3 Strike lightly. 4 Draw from; make good use of.
TWITCH * --n. A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition. --v. 1 Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion. 2 Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions. 3 Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air. 4 Squeeze tightly between the fingers.
MENINGES * n. A membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord.
UNFLAPPABLE * s. Not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure.
OVERUSE * --n. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns. --v. Make use of too often or too extensively.
BRANCHIOBDELLA * n. Type genus of the Branchiobdellidae: a small worm that lives on the gills or surface of a crayfish attached by a sucker.
CAMBODIA * n. A nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946.
GIOTTO * n. Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337).
MYOTIS * n. Largest and most widely distributed genus of bats.
CREPUSCULE * n. The time of day immediately following sunset.
VERDICCHIO * n. 1 A variety of white wine grape grown in Italy. 2 A dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes.
CALANDO * s. (music) Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
SLIVER * --n. 1 A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal. 2 A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. --v. 1 Divide into slivers or splinters. 2 Break up into splinters or slivers. 3 Form into slivers.
PHYSARIA * n. Small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods.
PLANLESS * s. Aimlessly drifting.
ARGALI * n. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
NORTHMAN * n. An inhabitant of Scandinavia.
KURUX * n. A Dravidian language spoken in eastern India.
STELLITE * n. A very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient; used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wear.
THAI * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Thailand. 2 A branch of the Tai languages. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people. 2 Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people. 3 Of or relating to Thailand.
PROGNATHISM * n. The condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw.
SAVORY * --n. 1 Any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees. 2 Dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions. 3 Either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family. 4 An aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre. --a. Morally wholesome or acceptable. --s. 1 Having an agreeably pungent taste. 2 Pleasing to the sense of taste.
EW * n. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
GOA * n. A state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony.
FACILITATIVE * s. Freeing from difficulty or impediment.
IMPERIALISM * n. 1 A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries. 2 A political orientation that advocates imperial interests. 3 Any instance of aggressive extension of authority.
TWIRLER * n. 1 Someone who twirls a baton. 2 (baseball) The person who does the pitching.
DEVONIAN * n. From 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites.
INTRACTABLENESS * n. The trait of being hard to influence or control.
STIZOSTEDION * n. Pike-perches.
ATTAR * n. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
KERATOSCOPY * n. Examination of the cornea with a keratoscope to detect irregularities in its anterior surface.
DARK-SPOTTED * s. Having dark spots.
GLAREOLA * n. Type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles.
LIFE-SIZE * s. Being of the same size as an original.
BREAKOUT * n. An escape from jail.
FROWN * --n. A facial expression of dislike or displeasure. --v. Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
CONSUMER * n. A person who uses goods or services.
INFREQUENCY * n. Noteworthy scarcity.
COOPERATIVE * --n. 1 A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners. 2 An association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it. --s. 1 Involving the joint activity of two or more. 2 Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement. --a. Done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit.
DESORB * v. 1 Go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed. 2 Remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed.
SKIN-TIGHT * s. So tight as to cling to the skin.
CAMEROUN * n. A republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960.
HORNINESS * n. A state of sexual arousal.
SYNIZESIS * n. The contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis.
DEMISEMIQUAVER * n. A musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note.
EXPRESSLY * r. With specific intentions; for the express purpose.
DISS * v. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely.
MUCKY * s. 1 (of soil) Soft and watery. 2 Dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck.
COLLIMATION * n. The accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope.
SUMNER * n. United States sociologist (1840-1910).
EFFUSION * n. 1 An unrestrained expression of emotion. 2 Flow under pressure.
SCABIES * n. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation.
UNGRATEFULLY * r. In an ungrateful manner.
HUA * n. An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan.
END-ALL * n. The ultimate goal.
PENICILLIN-RESISTANT * a. Unaffected by penicillin.
REVERTIBLE * s. To be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs.
IRREVERENTLY * r. 1 Without respect. 2 In an irreverent manner.
THROMBECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a blood clot (thrombus) from a blood vessel.
CAREFREE * s. 1 Free of trouble and worry and care. 2 Cheerfully irresponsible.
ORGANIFICATION * n. The process of organ formation.
INTERMINGLE * v. Combine into one.
FOUNTAINHEAD * n. 1 An abundant source. 2 The source of water from which a stream arises.
CONTEMPORANEOUSLY * r. During the same period of time.
EXALTED * s. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
POSTGLACIAL * a. Relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period.
SPIRAEA * n. 1 A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming. 2 Any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers. 3 A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae.
ACADEMICIANSHIP * n. The position of member of an honorary academy.
GERSHWIN * n. 1 United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983). 2 United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937).
SPECULATION * n. 1 A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. 2 A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence). 3 An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits. 4 Continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature.
HOGWASH * n. Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).
INVITINGLY * r. In a tantalizing manner.
IRENAEUS * n. Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200).
INDEFATIGABLENESS * n. Tireless determination.
PRIMITIVELY * r. 1 With reference to the origin or beginning. 2 In a primitive style or manner.
BESET * v. 1 Annoy continually or chronically. 2 Assail or attack on all sides:. 3 Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).
CARYOPHYLLIDAE * n. A group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder.
SPIRITUALISE * v. 1 Give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense. 2 Purify from the corrupting influences of the world.
XCII * s. Being two more than ninety.
FAIRYTALE * n. 1 A story about fairies; told to amuse children. 2 An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse.
LUSTRE * n. 1 A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain. 2 A quality that outshines the usual. 3 The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
RIPPLE * --n. 1 A small wave on the surface of a liquid. 2 (electronics) An oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value. --v. 1 Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. 2 Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.
QUALIFIER * n. 1 A contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition. 2 A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb.
SPINNBARKEIT * n. The capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubble.
WHITEFLY * n. Minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects.
KRAKATOA * n. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history.
UNSATISFACTORILY * r. In an unsatisfactory manner.
SYSTEMISE * v. Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system.
UNPERMISSIVE * a. Not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline.
VERRUCA * n. (pathology) A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus.
CIVILITY * n. 1 Formal or perfunctory politeness. 2 The act of showing regard for others.
CHOPINE * n. A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole.
IMPORTED * s. Used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source.
PARKWAY * n. A wide scenic road planted with trees.
TRIIODOTHYRONINE * n. Thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer.
HAEMOGLOBINURIA * n. Presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
REPAYMENT * n. 1 The act of returning money received previously. 2 Payment of a debt or obligation.
LOQUACIOUSLY * r. In a chatty loquacious manner.
ALLOMERISM * n. (chemistry) Variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form.
TONSIL * n. Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.
DYSLEXIA * n. Impaired ability to learn to read.
AUTODIDACTIC * a. Relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact.
SUNNA * n. (Islam) The way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran.
PETRISSAGE * n. Massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed.
KERCHIEF * n. A square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck.
6TH * s. Coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position.
TROUBLESHOOTER * n. A worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices).
OFFICIATE * v. 1 Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding. 2 Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function.
CALAMINT * n. Perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America.
UNSANCTIFY * v. Remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified.
RECUPERATE * v. 1 Regain or make up for. 2 Regain a former condition after a financial loss. 3 Restore to good health or strength. 4 Get over an illness or shock.
CRISPY * s. Tender and brittle.
PIMPLED * s. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
BREEZE * --n. 1 A slight wind (usually refreshing). 2 Any undertaking that is easy to do. --v. 1 Blow gently and lightly. 2 To proceed quickly and easily.
WILFUL * s. 1 Done by design. 2 Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
UNVANQUISHABLE * s. Incapable of being overcome or subdued.
PEROXIDE * --n. 1 A viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels. 2 An inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-. --v. Bleach with peroxide.
ESTRONE * n. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency.
CYNARA * n. Artichoke; cardoon.
TAXATION * n. 1 Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government. 2 Government income due to taxation. 3 The imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state.
STHENE * n. A unit of force equal to 1000 newtons.
HALLELUJAH * n. A shout or song of praise to God.
PROFESSIONALISE * v. 1 Become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood. 2 Make professional or give a professional character to.
HS1 * n. A herpes virus that causes oral herpes.
MOCCASIN * n. Soft leather shoe; originally worn by Native Americans.
PRIOR * --n. The head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot. --s. Earlier in time.
THRASHER * n. 1 A farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw. 2 Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs. 3 Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed.
MATCHSTICK * n. A short thin stick of wood used in making matches.
EXCEEDANCE * n. (geology) The probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time.
TOON * n. A film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence.
GRASS-COVERED * s. Covered with grass.
LYCOPSIDA * n. Club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
PLAYACTOR * n. An actor who travels around the country presenting plays.
HIGH * --n. 1 A lofty level or position or degree. 2 An air mass of higher than normal pressure. 3 A state of sustained elation. 4 A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics. --a. 1 Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount. 2 (literal meaning) Being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'). 3 Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency. --s. 1 Standing above others in quality or position. 2 Happy and excited and energetic. 3 (used of the smell of meat) Smelling spoiled or tainted. 4 Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana). --r. 1 At a great altitude. 2 In or to a high position, amount, or degree. 3 In a rich manner. 4 Far up toward the source.
BENDED * s. Used of the back and knees; stooped.
COLUMBARIUM * n. 1 A birdhouse for pigeons. 2 A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead. 3 A sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns.
NEVE * n. The upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice.
HUDOOD * n. Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes.
HALS * n. Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666).
SQUATINIDAE * n. Bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks.
ANISOGAMETIC * a. Relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction.
OBVIOUSLY * r. Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
INTRUSIVE * a. 1 Tending to intrude (especially upon privacy). 2 Of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock. 3 Thrusting inward.
NEGUS * n. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
DECLASSIFIED * s. Having had security classification removed.
CALLISAURUS * n. Zebra-tailed lizard.
CONFUCIANISM * n. The teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China.
DIAMAGNET * n. A substance that exhibits diamagnetism.
COLLOQUIALISM * n. A colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
VITALIZING * s. Giving or having the power to give life and spirit.
THOREAU * n. United States writer and social critic (1817-1862).
PELAGIANISM * n. The theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431.
ENZYME * n. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions.
MASHI * n. A Bantu language.
CUNCTATION * n. The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.
HEADLIKE * s. Having a protuberance that resembles a head.
INEBRIATE * --n. A chronic drinker. --v. 1 Fill with sublime emotion. 2 Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks). 3 Become drunk or drink excessively.
FORMALISED * --a. Concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art). --s. Given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures.
HEADLIGHT * n. A powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive.
ACRE-FOOT * n. The volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot; 43,560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic meters.
MARCHE * n. A region in central Italy.
TRAFFICKER * n. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
MILLING * n. Corrugated edge of a coin.
MALLEABILITY * n. The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.
MASSIVE * s. 1 Imposing in size or bulk or solidity. 2 Being the same substance throughout. 3 Imposing in scale or scope or degree or power. 4 Consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter.
AESTIVATE * v. Sleep during summer.
RESPLENDENT * s. Having great beauty and splendor.
RESIDUAL * --n. 1 Something left after other parts have been taken away. 2 (often plural) A payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing. --a. Relating to or indicating a remainder.
COUNTYWIDE * s. Occurring or extending throughout a county.
INCHOATIVE * --n. Aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb. --s. Initial.
POIKILOTHERM * n. An animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals.
TERATOGENESIS * n. The development of defects in an embryo.
EXACTION * n. Act of demanding or levying by force or authority.
NON-LIVING * a. Not endowed with life.
LOMBARD * n. A member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century.
SMACKER * n. 1 A loud kiss. 2 A very powerful blow with the fist.
MERCUROCHROME * n. A mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark.
COCKSCOMB * n. 1 Garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers. 2 A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments. 3 A cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red. 4 The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.
INCINERATION * n. The act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes.
FUCKUP * n. 1 Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence. 2 An embarrassing mistake.
INCAUTIOUSNESS * n. The trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger.
ALLEVIATIVE * s. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
SPOON-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a spoon.
UNSUPPORTED * a. 1 Not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid. 2 Not held up or borne.
DISARM * v. 1 Remove offensive capability from. 2 Make less hostile; win over. 3 Take away the weapons from; render harmless.
GERANIALES * n. An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae.
BIAURICULAR * a. Relating to the two auditory openings.
PROSODIC * a. Of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing.
SANGAREE * n. Sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water.
AGITATOR * n. One who agitates; a political troublemaker.
TRINITROGLYCERIN * n. A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat).
DINORNITHIDAE * n. Moas.
NRL * n. The United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines.
BLUE-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with blue.
SUPERPATRIOTISM * n. Fanatical patriotism.
SUPERSTRING * n. A hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time.
OFFICIOUSLY * r. In an officious manner.
FORFICATE * s. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
FROSTWORT * n. Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts.
STAEL * n. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
COMBINE * --n. 1 Harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field. 2 A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service. 3 An occurrence that results in things being united. --v. 1 Have or possess in combination. 2 Put or add together. 3 Combine so as to form a whole; mix. 4 Add together from different sources.
INHUMANELY * r. In an inhumane manner.
TUTELAGE * n. 1 Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately). 2 Attention and management implying responsibility for safety.
PSITTACOSAUR * n. Primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal.
SLAW * n. Basically shredded cabbage.
LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE * n. Blind snakes.
FIBROADENOMA * n. Benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen.
SWOOP * --n. 1 (music) Rapid sliding up or down the musical scale. 2 A very rapid raid. 3 A swift descent through the air. --v. 1 Move down on as if in an attack. 2 Move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc. 3 Seize or catch with a swooping motion.
POMPON * n. 1 Decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat. 2 Dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward.
UNEQUALLY * r. In an unequal or partial manner.
YACCA * n. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
HERPETOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians.
SUBVENTION * --n. 1 Grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution. 2 The act or process of providing aid or help of any sort. --v. Guarantee financial support of.
PIPELINE * n. 1 Gossip spread by spoken communication. 2 A pipe used to transport liquids or gases.
HALF-SLIP * n. Undergarment worn under a skirt.
EULER * n. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
HICK * --n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. --s. Awkwardly simple and provincial.
BANGLE * n. 1 Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration. 2 Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing.
PARAGLIDING * n. Gliding in a parasail.
TENUOUS * s. 1 Having thin consistency. 2 Very thin in gauge or diameter. 3 Lacking substance or significance.
SHOPWORN * s. 1 Worn or faded from being on display in a store. 2 Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
POZSONY * n. Capital and largest city of Slovakia.
EHRLICH * n. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
EXHUMATION * n. The act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried.
ENTWINE * v. 1 Tie or link together. 2 Spin, wind, or twist together.
CHOKED * s. Stopped up; clogged up.
ZAPOTEC * --n. 1 A member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900. 2 The language of the Zapotec. --a. Of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people.
BIOME * n. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
DEDIFFERENTIATED * s. Having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function.
NUDGE * --n. A slight push or shake. --v. 1 To push against gently. 2 Push into action by pestering or annoying gently.
BOMBINA * n. Fire-bellied toads.
INVARIABILITY * n. 1 A quality of uniformity and lack of variation. 2 The quality of being resistant to variation.
BIGGER * s. Large or big relative to something else.
BUCKET * --n. 1 A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top. 2 The quantity contained in a bucket. --v. 1 Put into a bucket. 2 Carry in a bucket.
JAMBON * n. Meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
FOOLISHLY * r. Without good sense or judgment.
SELF-FERTILISED * s. Fertilized by its own pollen.
TRAY * n. An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
MOONIE * n. An often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church.
DESENSITISE * v. 1 Cause not to be sensitive. 2 Make insensitive.
PAINTBALL * n. 1 A capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball. 2 A game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them.
VACANT * s. 1 Void of intelligence or thought. 2 Without an occupant or incumbent.
CRINGLE * n. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
OBSERVATION * n. 1 The act of making and recording a measurement. 2 The act of observing; taking a patient look. 3 A remark expressing careful consideration. 4 Facts learned by observing.
CREEPINESS * n. An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin.
FOSTERING * n. 1 Encouragement; aiding the development of something. 2 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community.
PREFERRED * s. 1 More desirable than another. 2 Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
MISUNDERSTAND * v. Interpret in the wrong way.
HYPOTHETICALLY * r. By hypothesis.
LUXATE * v. Move out of position.
SPECTROPHOTOMETER * n. A photometer for comparing two light radiations wavelength by wavelength.
PRECIOUS * --s. 1 Characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for. 2 Of high worth or cost. 3 Held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature. 4 Obviously contrived to charm. --r. Extremely.
BEDEVILMENT * n. The act of harassing someone.
LAVER * n. 1 Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938). 2 (Old Testament) Large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions. 3 Edible red seaweeds. 4 Seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds.
PARRISH * n. United States painter (1870-1966).
SARAFEM * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade names Prozac or Sarafem); it is thought to work by increasing the activity of serotonin in the brain.
KILOBYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
SNOWBELL * n. Small tree native to Japan.
FLOODLIGHTED * s. Illuminated by means of floodlights.
LEXICALISE * v. Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language.
DEMURENESS * n. 1 The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum. 2 The affectation of being demure in a provocative way.
CRYPTOBRANCHUS * n. Type genus of the Cryptobranchidae.
MYCOPLASMATACEAE * n. Pleomorphic Gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals.
YANQUAPIN * n. Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds.
BIGHEADED * s. (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant.
LIFESTYLE * n. A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes.
LIQUIDATOR * n. 1 A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being). 2 (law) A person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties.
PULVERISATION * n. 1 A solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized. 2 The act of grinding to a powder or dust. 3 Annihilation by pulverizing something.
CATACORNER * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
DIMMER * n. A rheostat that varies the current through an electric light in order to control the level of illumination.
BROGUE * n. A thick and heavy shoe.
EMESIDE * n. An anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy.
MENSTRUATE * v. Undergo menstruation.
ACTIVE * --n. 1 Chemical agent capable of activity. 2 The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. 3 A person who is a participating member of an organization. --a. 1 Tending to become more severe or wider in scope. 2 Disposed to take action or effectuate change. 3 Characterized by energetic activity. 4 Exerting influence or producing a change or effect. --s. 1 Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations. 2 Taking part in an activity. 3 In operation.
ASCOMYCETE * n. Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.
KNOWER * n. A person who knows or apprehends.
EQUIVOCALNESS * n. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
BRASSICACEAE * n. A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives.
SULFAMETHOXAZOLE * n. A sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract).
PHYTOCHEMIST * n. A chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants.
BREAD-BIN * n. A container used to keep bread or cake in.
CONTESTANT * n. 1 A person who participates in competitions. 2 A person who dissents from some established policy.
DALEA * n. Indigo bush.
PAGODA * n. An Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof.
TUBERALES * n. Small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps.
BOTTLE-GRASS * n. European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed.
LUCKILY * r. By good fortune.
MUSTY * s. 1 Covered with or smelling of mold. 2 Stale and unclean smelling.
GONCOURT * n. 1 French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870). 2 French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896).
ARTILLERYMAN * n. A serviceman in the artillery.
HYPERPIGMENTATION * n. Unusual darkening of the skin.
BALUCHI * n. An Iranian language spoken in Pakistan and Iran and Afghanistan and Russia and the Persian gulf.
MITRA * n. Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth.
MADWOMAN * n. A woman lunatic.
VAINGLORY * n. Outspoken conceit.
HECKELPHONE * n. An oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe.
DISCOVERABLE * s. Capable of being ascertained or found out.
CORNICE * --n. 1 A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing. 2 A molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall. 3 The topmost projecting part of an entablature. --v. Furnish with a cornice.
SNAPPER * n. 1 (football) The person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback. 2 Flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas. 3 A party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends. 4 Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots.
AGELAIUS * n. Red-winged blackbirds.
BACK * --n. 1 The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine. 2 The side that goes last or is not normally seen. 3 The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. 4 (football) A person who plays in the backfield. --v. 1 Be behind; approve of. 2 Travel backward. 3 Give support or one's approval to. 4 Cause to travel backward. --a. Related to or located at the back. --s. 1 Located at or near the back of an animal. 2 Of an earlier date. --r. 1 In or to or toward a former location. 2 At or to or toward the back or rear. 3 In or to or toward an original condition. 4 In or to or toward a past time.
NECROPHILISM * n. An irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies.
MESON * n. An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0.
CHASSID * n. A member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
BAUHINIA * n. Mountain ebony, orchid tree.
C-CLAMP * n. A clamp in the shape of the letter C.
CANOLA * n. Vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids.
IDIOSYNCRATIC * s. Peculiar to the individual.
FEY * s. 1 Slightly insane. 2 Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
CLASSICISTIC * a. Of or relating to classicism.
WARRIOR * n. Someone engaged in or experienced in warfare.
FROSTY * s. 1 Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. 2 Covered with frost. 3 Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
FURROW * --n. 1 A long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow). 2 A slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface. --v. 1 Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. 2 Make wrinkled or creased. 3 Cut a furrow into a columns.
NEAR * --v. Move towards. --a. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. --s. 1 Being on the left side. 2 Closely resembling the genuine article. 3 Giving or spending with reluctance. 4 With or in a close or intimate relationship. --r. 1 Near in time or place or relationship. 2 (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
BULBUL * n. Nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry.
CHALLIS * n. A soft lightweight fabric (usually printed).
APPROXIMATIVE * s. Not quite exact or correct.
SUMMERIZE * v. Prepare for summer.
RETROVIRUS * n. Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell.
VOCALIZE * v. 1 Utter with vibrating vocal chords. 2 Sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel. 3 Pronounce as a vowel. 4 Express or state clearly.
ILLICIUM * n. Anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves.
DAISY-BUSH * n. Any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays.
KAMBA * n. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya.
FELLATA * n. A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith.
DISCOMPOSE * v. Cause to lose one's composure.
BILLINGS * n. The largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river.
FORAM * n. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
BUNNY * n. 1 A young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit. 2 (usually informal) Especially a young rabbit.
FELL * --n. 1 The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal). 2 Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges. 3 The act of felling something (as a tree). --v. 1 Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. 2 Pass away rapidly. 3 Sew a seam by folding the edges. --s. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
NPA * n. A terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines.
ENVIRONS * n. 1 The area in which something exists or lives. 2 An outer adjacent area of any place.
IMPRINT * --n. 1 A distinctive influence. 2 A concavity in a surface produced by pressing. 3 An identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page. 4 An impression produced by pressure or printing. --v. 1 Establish or impress firmly in the mind. 2 Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure.
YELLOW-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with yellow.
FIVE-POINTED * s. Having five points.
PREAMBLE * --n. A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose). --v. Make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document.
MALVASIA * n. Grape used to make malmsey wine.
ANORAK * n. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
RELATIVIZE * v. Consider or treat as relative.
CREPE * --n. 1 Paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations. 2 Small very thin pancake. 3 A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. --v. Cover or drape with crape.
GRANDEE * n. A nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal.
MEGALOMANIA * n. A psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur.
SACREDLY * r. By religion.
CORELIGIONIST * n. Someone having the same religion as another person.
ESTABLISHMENTARIANISM * n. The doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment.
SNOW-WHITE * s. Of the white color of snow.
SINGLE-HANDEDLY * r. Without assistance.
GUESTIMATE * n. An estimate that combines reasoning with guessing.
DISTINCTIVE * s. 1 Of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing. 2 Capable of being classified.
ICTERIC * s. Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc.
AIRSTRIP * n. An airfield without normal airport facilities.
BAA * --n. The cry made by sheep. --v. Cry plaintively.
DROPPINGS * n. Fecal matter of animals.
PACKED * s. 1 Extremely crowed or filled to capacity. 2 Pressed together or compressed.
EXISTENTIALISM * n. (philosophy) A 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves.
PHRENOLOGY * n. A now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties.
VEINAL * a. Relating to the veins of plants.
TECHNETIUM * n. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium.
STRIDOR * n. A whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx.
AUSTRALASIAN * a. Relating to or found in Australasia.
IRRITANT * n. Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
LACHRYMATORY * a. Relating to or prompting tears.
NEUROCHEMICAL * n. Any organic substance that occurs in neural activity.
SELF-REGARD * n. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
OSAGE * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century. 2 A river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River. 3 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage.
BLUSTERER * n. A person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly.
ARTHRITIS * n. Inflammation of a joint or joints.
ONCHOCERCIASIS * n. Infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America.
MENYANTHACEAE * n. A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales.
PTERIDACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided.
BOUT * n. 1 (sports) A division during which one team is on the offensive. 2 A period of illness. 3 A contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers). 4 An occasion for excessive eating or drinking.
CHIHUAHUA * n. 1 A city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico. 2 A state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau. 3 An old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization.
TREMENDOUS * s. 1 Extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree. 2 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. 3 Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.
TESTILY * r. In a petulant manner.
AMBERBELL * n. Eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors.
PASTEURISATION * n. Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food.
MICROSCOPIST * n. A scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes.
CONTACT * --n. 1 Close interaction. 2 The act of touching physically. 3 The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity. 4 The physical coming together of two or more things. --v. 1 Be in or establish communication with. 2 Be in direct physical contact with; make contact.
YUCKY * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
ETHICALLY * r. In an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics.
VAPIDITY * n. The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated.
ENDORPHIN * n. A neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties.
AUGUSTA * n. 1 The capital of the state of Maine. 2 A city in eastern Georgia north-northwest of Savannah; noted for golf tournaments.
PANTOMIMIST * n. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
CITIFIED * s. Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
ENROLL * v. Register formally as a participant or member.
EXPANSIBLE * s. 1 Able to expand or be expanded. 2 (of gases) Capable of expansion.
GATE * --n. 1 A movable barrier in a fence or wall. 2 A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs. 3 Total admission receipts at a sports event. 4 Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark. --v. 1 Supply with a gate. 2 Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate. 3 Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment.
IMPROVABLE * s. Susceptible of improvement.
NONFINANCIAL * a. Not involving financial matters.
LIBRARIANSHIP * n. The position of librarian.
PHILOGYNY * n. Admiration for women.
INCEPTIVE * s. Initial.
FRUCTOSURIA * n. The presence of levulose is the urine.
HUNDRED-AND-TENTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred ten in counting order.
YQUEM * n. A sweet white French wine.
3-D * n. 1 A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance. 2 Having a three-dimensional form or appearance.
HAMMURABI * n. Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC).
WEIGHTILY * r. 1 In a serious manner. 2 As something very heavy.
SNOBBISH * s. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
BCE * r. Of the period before the Common Era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians.
PSYLLA * n. Small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices.
CFC * n. A fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans.
INAUGURALLY * r. So as to inaugurate.
HEARER * n. Someone who listens attentively.
COLLATERALIZE * v. Pledge as a collateral.
PESTIFEROUS * s. 1 Contaminated with infecting organisms. 2 Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease. 3 Tending to corrupt or pervert. 4 Causing irritation or annoyance.
READY * --n. Poised for action. --v. 1 Prepare for eating by applying heat. 2 Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. --a. Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress. --s. 1 (of especially money) Immediately available. 2 Mentally disposed. 3 Made suitable and available for immediate use. 4 Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.
ASAMIYA * n. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali.
SOCIOLOGICALLY * r. With regard to sociology.
RADIOMETER * n. Meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic).
ANTIBLACK * s. Discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion.
SEAWALL * n. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
CANNONEER * n. A serviceman in the artillery.
COMMUTABLE * --a. Subject to alteration or change. --s. Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent.
ODOBENUS * n. Type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses.
CALUMNY * n. 1 A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. 2 An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.
GEMMATION * n. Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual.
SLAY * v. Kill intentionally and with premeditation.
FAMILIARIZING * s. Serving to make familiar.
JASSIDAE * n. Family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications.
DISCIPLINE * --n. 1 A branch of knowledge. 2 A system of rules of conduct or method of practice. 3 The trait of being well behaved. 4 Training to improve strength or self-control. --v. 1 Develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control. 2 Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.
WALLOPER * n. 1 A very hard hitter. 2 A winner by a wide margin. 3 A gross untruth; a blatant lie.
DAVALLIA * n. Any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes.
DISASTER * n. 1 A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune. 2 An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. 3 An act that has disastrous consequences.
DILL * n. 1 Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning. 2 Aromatic threadlike foliage of the dill plant used as seasoning.
DRIB * n. A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).
DOWNING * n. United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852).
HAEMODIALYSIS * n. Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure.
BASSE-NORMANDIE * n. A division of Normandy.
TWINFLOWER * n. Creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs.
TAILRACE * n. A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
IMAUM * n. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide.
TRAVELLED * s. Familiar with many parts of the world.
CLEATS * n. Shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles.
UROPHYCIS * n. Hakes.
SELFISHLY * r. In an egotistical manner.
WAKEN * v. 1 Cause to become awake or conscious. 2 Stop sleeping.
AVERSE * s. (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
SUNDROPS * n. A day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera.
BRAWNY * s. (of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
SPINY-EDGED * s. Having a spiny border.
ARITHMETICALLY * r. With respect to arithmetic.
LUKE * n. 1 (New Testament) The Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel. 2 One of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life.
SYLVANUS * n. (Roman mythology) God of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart.
ARMFUL * n. The quantity that can be contained in the arms.
VANISHINGLY * r. So as to disappear or approach zero.
PROOFREADER * n. Someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections.
PUKING * n. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
COVALENCY * n. Valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share.
MEDULLA * n. 1 A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers. 2 Lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata). 3 The inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal.
WATERY-EYED * s. With eyes full of tears.
LOGGING * n. The work of cutting down trees for timber.
KIRCHHOFF * n. German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887).
GRESHAM * n. English financier (1519-1579).
REDHEAD * n. 1 Someone who has red hair. 2 North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head. 3 Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck.
IRRELEVANT * a. Having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.
CINCHONINE * n. An alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug.
REACTIONARY * --n. An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism. --s. Opposed to political or social liberalism or reform.
MONGREL * n. 1 Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin. 2 An inferior dog or one of mixed breed.
SAMOYED * n. 1 A Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia. 2 The Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia. 3 Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family.
FLOATING * --n. The act of someone who floats on the water. --s. 1 Borne up by or suspended in a liquid. 2 Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. 3 Inclined to move or be moved about. 4 (of a part of the body) Not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position.
STALLS * n. A farm building for housing horses or other livestock.
PASSPORT * n. 1 Any authorization to pass or go somewhere. 2 A document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country. 3 Any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission.
SICILIAN * --n. A resident of Sicily. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily.
RESPECTABILITY * n. Honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation.
PATRIARCH * n. 1 Title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem). 2 The male head of family or tribe. 3 Any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race. 4 A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself.
POIKILOTHERMOUS * s. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.
DISEMBODIED * s. Not having a material body.
LEUKODERMA * n. A congenital skin condition characterized by spots or bands of unpigmented skin.
HOLISTIC * a. Emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole.
FLUX * --n. 1 The rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface. 2 A flow or discharge. 3 A substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed. 4 Excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea). --v. 1 Move or progress freely as if in a stream. 2 Become liquid or fluid when heated. 3 Mix together different elements.
PERISHER * n. Bounder.
JUGOSLAVIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.
UNFUNDED * a. Not furnished with funds.
HETEROSTRACAN * n. Extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian.
YOU-DRIVE * n. A rented car.
POCKET-SIZED * s. 1 Relatively moderate, limited, or small. 2 Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket.
ARLES * n. Money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
BUMBLEBEE * n. Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions.
AN * n. An associate degree in nursing.
PUSILLANIMITY * n. Contemptible fearfulness.
MONISH * v. 1 Warn strongly; put on guard. 2 Advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.
MALACOTHAMNUS * n. Genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow.
RAPED * s. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
CAT'S-EAR * n. 1 Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears. 2 European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.
SUBSYSTEM * n. A system that is part of some larger system.
UNPLOUGHED * a. (of farmland) Not plowed.
MOTIF * n. 1 A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration. 2 A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. 3 A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work.
DATUM * n. An item of factual information derived from measurement or research.
IPHIGENIA * n. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess.
NONCURRENT * a. Not current or belonging to the present time.
KASAI * n. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
PIANOLA * n. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
DEATHBED * n. 1 The last few hours before death. 2 The bed on which a person dies.
HYPOPHYSIAL * a. Of or relating to the hypophysis.
HONEY * --n. 1 A sweet yellow liquid produced by bees. 2 A beloved person; used as terms of endearment. --v. Sweeten with honey. --s. Of something having the color of honey.
BEAU * n. 1 A man who is the lover of a man or woman. 2 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
UNDERSTATEMENT * n. A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.
IONISATION * n. 1 The condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge). 2 The process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas.
IRRIGATION * n. 1 Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc. 2 (medicine) Cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution.
TAMABLE * s. Capable of being tamed.
GENERALISE * v. 1 Speak or write in generalities. 2 Draw from specific cases for more general cases. 3 Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. 4 Become systemic and spread throughout the body.
SETTLEMENT * n. 1 A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government. 2 A community of people smaller than a town. 3 A conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it. 4 The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
GRILLING * n. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
VAPORISE * v. 1 Cause to change into a vapor. 2 Change into a vapor. 3 Turn into gas. 4 Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.
GOTH * n. 1 A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. 2 One of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries.
GRUFF * s. 1 Brusque and surly and forbidding. 2 Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion.
STRETCHER * n. 1 A wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting. 2 A mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it. 3 A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles. 4 A stone that forms the top of wall or building.
BONFIRE * n. A large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration.
MOSQUE * n. (Islam) A Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret.
QUICKSILVER * --n. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. --s. Liable to sudden unpredictable change.
DYSAPHIA * n. A disorder in the sense of touch.
MARKETABLE * s. 1 Being in demand by especially employers. 2 Fit to be offered for sale. 3 Capable of being marketed.
AMUSINGLY * r. In an entertaining and amusing manner.
MILTONIA * n. Genus of tropical American orchids.
SHADINESS * n. 1 Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body. 2 Questionable honesty or legality.
SIMILE * n. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
L-P * n. A long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm.
UNDERGARMENT * n. A garment worn under other garments.
ESCAPIST * n. A person who escapes into a world of fantasy.
ACOUSTICALLY * r. With respect to acoustics.
ROBESPIERRE * n. French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794).
FPS * n. An agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business.
STRUTHIOMIMUS * n. Small light-boned toothless dinosaur resembling an ostrich in size and proportions.
CALLOSECTOMY * n. Severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy).
EVIDENT * s. 1 Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. 2 Capable of being seen or noticed.
REVERSIBLY * r. In a reversible manner.
EDDA * n. 1 Tropical starchy tuberous root. 2 Either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology.
IDIOCY * n. Extreme mental retardation.
LOGISTICAL * a. Of or relating to logistics.
NUMIDIDAE * n. Guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar.
STEADILY * r. 1 At a steady rate or pace. 2 In a steady manner.
SECLUSION * n. 1 The quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others. 2 The act of secluding yourself from others.
ALBUMEN * n. 1 A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids. 2 The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water.
WISTERIA * n. Any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria.
FLAGSTAFF * n. 1 A town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory. 2 A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised.
SPONSOR * --n. 1 Someone who supports or champions something. 2 An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.). --v. 1 Assume sponsorship of. 2 Assume responsibility for or leadership of. 3 Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of.
CAPRIFIG * n. Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs.
HOOPLA * n. Blatant or sensational promotion.
DURANCE * n. Imprisonment (especially for a long time).
IMPIOUSLY * r. In an impious manner.
BATHHOUSE * n. 1 A building containing dressing rooms for bathers. 2 A building containing public baths.
BEAUTEOUSNESS * n. The quality of being good looking and attractive.
ROTOGRAVURE * n. 1 Printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press. 2 Printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press. 3 Using photography to produce a plate for printing.
BOYSENBERRY * n. 1 Cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries. 2 Large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries.
PEAVEY * n. A stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs.
TOUCH-TYPIST * n. A skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard.
HEREABOUT * r. In this general vicinity.
CALANTHE * n. Any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise.
CHROMATIC * a. 1 Able to refract light without spectral color separation. 2 Based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones. 3 Being or having or characterized by hue.
CONTRA * n. A member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua.
TANKAGE * n. 1 The quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks. 2 The charge for storing something in tanks. 3 The act of storing in tanks.
LICK * --n. 1 A salt deposit that animals regularly lick. 2 Touching with the tongue. 3 (boxing) A blow with the fist. --v. 1 Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight. 2 Pass the tongue over. 3 Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of. 4 Take up with the tongue.
SHMEGEGGE * n. (Yiddish) Baloney; hot air; nonsense.
MISFORTUNATE * s. Deserving or inciting pity.
HEARTBEAT * n. 1 The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. 2 A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat). 3 An animating or vital unifying force.
MARVEL * --n. Something that causes feelings of wonder. --v. 1 Be amazed at. 2 Express astonishment or surprise about something.
GNETUM * n. Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour.
LOMATIA * n. Any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers.
MISSION * n. 1 An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work. 2 An operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters. 3 A special assignment that is given to a person or group. 4 The organized work of a religious missionary.
TIDY * --n. Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials). --v. Put (things or places) in order. --a. Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits. --s. 1 (of hair) Neat and tidy. 2 Large in amount or extent or degree.
COCCULUS * n. Climbing plants or shrubs.
PERCOMORPHI * n. One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna.
SELF-EVIDENT * s. Evident without proof or argument.
HEMATOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or involved in hematology.
SHAHADAH * n. The first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith.
ADMONISHMENT * n. A firm rebuke.
ROOMINESS * n. 1 Intellectual breadth. 2 Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building).
JACOBS * n. 1 English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943). 2 United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916). 3 Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929).
ILL-USED * s. (of persons) Taken advantage of.
UNOCCUPIED * --a. 1 Not held or filled or in use. 2 Not seized and controlled. --s. Not leased to or occupied by a tenant.
DEADEN * v. 1 Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible. 2 Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients. 3 Make vapid or deprive of spirit. 4 Lessen the momentum or velocity of.
UNOBTAINABLE * s. Not capable of being obtained.
LEGIBLY * r. In a legible manner.
THEREINAFTER * r. In the following part of a given matter, as in a document or speech.
THIAMIN * n. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth.
TANGIBLE * --a. 1 Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch. 2 (of especially business assets) Having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value. 3 Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt. --s. Capable of being treated as fact.
HUITRE * n. Edible body of any of numerous oysters.
ALLOW * v. 1 Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. 2 Consent to, give permission. 3 Let have. 4 Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
NORMALIZER * n. A person who normalizes.
GAMETOPHORE * n. A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts.
OLIGOSPERMIA * n. Insufficient spermatozoa in the semen.
LIGNIN * n. A complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants.
TINWARE * n. Articles of commerce made of tin plate.
NODDING * s. Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
CUP * --n. 1 A small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle. 2 The quantity a cup will hold. 3 Any cup-shaped concavity. 4 A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces. --v. 1 Form into the shape of a cup. 2 Put into a cup. 3 Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin.
ESTHONIA * n. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
EXTIRPATE * v. 1 Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. 2 Pull up by or as if by the roots. 3 Surgically remove (an organ).
MILVUS * n. A genus including the common European kits.
HIGH-OCTANE * s. 1 Used of gasoline; having a high octane number. 2 Vigorously energetic or forceful.
INHIBITION * n. 1 (psychology) The conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires. 2 The quality of being inhibited. 3 (physiology) The process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part. 4 The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof).
MELD * --n. A form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank. --v. 1 Announce for a score; of cards in a card game. 2 Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually. 3 Mix together different elements.
PHYSIOGRAPHY * n. The study of physical features of the earth's surface.
COLONISER * n. Someone who helps to found a colony.
WIZARD * --n. 1 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 2 One who practices magic or sorcery. --s. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
ARBITRAGER * n. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
TRAPPIST * n. Member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence.
BRUMMAGEM * --n. A city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center. --s. Cheap and showy.
HURRY * --n. 1 A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry. 2 Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness). 3 The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. --v. 1 Move very fast. 2 Act or move at high speed. 3 Urge to an unnatural speed.
ADJUNCT * --n. 1 Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it. 2 A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another. 3 A construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence. --s. 1 Furnishing added support. 2 Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another.
STEEPEN * v. 1 Become steeper. 2 Make steeper.
HEMATURIA * n. The presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease.
CAMEO * n. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
OLDFIELD * n. United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946).
ENCEPHALITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use).
NONSYNTHETIC * s. Involving or derived from living organisms; free from chemical treatments or additives.
ZIPPER * --n. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab. --v. Close with a zipper.
RAGGEDLY * r. 1 In a ragged uneven manner. 2 In a ragged irregular manner. 3 With a ragged and uneven appearance.
SPADEFISH * n. Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters.
CONFLICTING * s. 1 In disagreement. 2 On bad terms.
CONSPIRATORIAL * a. Relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators.
ASHRAM * n. 1 A place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram. 2 (India) A place of religious retreat for Hindus.
BANDIT * n. An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
CANARY * --n. 1 Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police. 2 A female singer. 3 A moderate yellow with a greenish tinge. 4 Any of several small Old World finches. --s. Having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow.
TITANOSAUR * n. Amphibious quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur with a long thin neck and whiplike tail; of the Cretaceous mostly in the southern hemisphere.
STRAKE * n. Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship.
CAESALPINIACEAE * n. Spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae.
BULGUR * n. Parched crushed wheat.
BLEED * v. 1 Lose blood from one's body. 2 Draw blood. 3 Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone. 4 Be diffused.
IRREPRESSIBLE * s. Impossible to repress or control.
LUFENGPITHECUS * n. A genus of Hominidae.
CONTRADICTORY * --n. Two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time. --s. 1 Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false. 2 That confounds or contradicts or confuses. 3 In disagreement. 4 Unable for both to exist or be true at the same time.
BIZ * n. Your occupation or line of work.
RETALIATION * n. Action taken in return for an injury or offense.
OUT-HEROD * v. Surpass someone in cruelty or evil.
BINE * n. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America.
ENVIOUSLY * r. With jealousy; in an envious manner.
BOAT-SHAPED * s. Having a concave shape like a boat.
GENTLEFOLK * n. People of good family and breeding and high social status.
STOICISM * n. 1 An indifference to pleasure or pain. 2 (philosophy) The philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno.
CURETTE * n. A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity.
SINUOSITY * n. Having curves.
ODOACER * n. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
STRAP * --n. 1 An elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position. 2 Hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it. 3 A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag. 4 Whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging. --v. 1 Tie with a strap. 2 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 3 Sharpen with a strap. 4 Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap.
LYGAEIDAE * n. Lygaeid bugs.
HOTCAKE * n. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
NURTURAL * s. Resulting from nurture.
MARKED * --s. 1 Strongly marked; easily noticeable. 2 Singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate. --a. Having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination.
ENCEPHALOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenography of the brain after spinal fluid has been replaced by a gas (usually oxygen); produces an encephalogram.
VINIFERA * n. Common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes.
CIRCASSIAN * n. 1 A member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia. 2 A mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern Caucasia. 3 A northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian.
WELL-WISHING * --n. An expression of good will from one person to another. --s. Extending good wishes for success.
SPECIAL * --n. 1 A special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising. 2 A dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant. 3 A television production that features a particular person or work or topic. --s. 1 Unique or specific to a person or thing or category. 2 For a special service or occasion. 3 Surpassing what is common or usual or expected. 4 Adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose.
GATEKEEPER * n. 1 Someone who controls access to something. 2 Someone who guards an entrance.
REDISTRIBUTED * s. Having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas.
AREAWAY * n. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
REDACT * --n. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication. --v. 1 Formulate in a particular style or language. 2 Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting.
AUTOCRATICALLY * r. 1 In an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator. 2 In an autocratic manner.
GOOSEY * s. Having or revealing stupidity.
VERDI * n. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
MECHANISTIC * --s. Explained in terms of physical forces. --a. Of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism.
SHAMEFUL * s. 1 (used of conduct or character) Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame. 2 Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.
ERUCTATION * n. 1 (of volcanos) Pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed). 2 A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
BOOTY * n. Goods or money obtained illegally.
LITTLE-KNOWN * s. Unknown to most people.
INVULNERABLE * a. Immune to attack; impregnable.
INTERSPERSAL * n. The act of combining one thing at intervals among other things.
SPUMY * s. Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation.
GNOSIS * n. Intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics.
PRODROMA * n. An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.
TOMFOOL * n. A person who lacks good judgment.
CUBITIERE * n. Body armor that protects the elbow.
BANTER * --n. Light teasing repartee. --v. Be silly or tease one another.
PACHYTENE * n. The third stage of the prophase of meiosis.
PORT-OF-SPAIN * n. The capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad.
WARWICK * n. English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471).
ANTBIRD * n. Any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms.
SMIRKER * n. A smiler whose smile is offensively self-satisfied.
DISTRESSINGLY * r. Unpleasantly.
NONELECTIVE * s. Filled by appointment rather than by election.
RETRACTION * n. 1 A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion. 2 The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back.
OSIRIS * n. Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus.
SOLIDIFY * v. 1 Make solid or more solid; cause to solidify. 2 Become solid.
MALIGNER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
CONSERVED * s. Protected from harm or loss.
DEFTLY * r. 1 With dexterity; in a dexterous manner. 2 In a deft manner.
NEURON * n. A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses.
SUPERNORMAL * s. 1 Beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable. 2 Exceeding the normal or average.
DEBUTANTE * n. A young woman making her debut into society.
HANCOCK * n. American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793).
CLENCHED * s. Closed or squeezed together tightly.
UNSYNCHRONIZED * s. Not occurring together.
BERTOLUCCI * n. Italian filmmaker (born in 1940).
DISPOSSESS * v. Deprive of the possession of real estate.
MINESTRONE * n. Soup made with a variety of vegetables.
WITHERSPOON * n. American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794).
EBONIZE * v. Stain black to make it look like ebony.
DARI * n. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
MATAMOROS * n. A city in northeastern Mexico opposite Brownsville near the mouth of the Rio Grande.
UNCLOUDEDNESS * n. The quality of clear water.
BRIDESMAID * n. An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding.
STREAM * --n. 1 A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. 2 Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas. 3 The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression. 4 Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously. --v. 1 To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind. 2 Exude profusely. 3 Move in large numbers. 4 Rain heavily.
SHOAL * --n. 1 A sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide. 2 A stretch of shallow water. 3 A large group of fish. --v. 1 Make shallow. 2 Become shallow.
LOVED * a. Held dear.
ZITHERN * n. A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers.
ASHCAN * n. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
PERFECTIBILITY * n. The capability of becoming perfect.
CODDLER * n. Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence.
LIKING * n. A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.
CALCIFEROL * n. A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets.
GAOL * --n. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). --v. Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
CATABATIC * a. Of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night.
INTERLOCUTORY * a. Consisting of dialogue.
MEMORISE * v. Commit to memory; learn by heart.
DESEXUALISE * v. 1 Direct one's libidinous urges into another direction. 2 Make infertile.
LEATHERJACKET * n. 1 Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes. 2 Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales. 3 Tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies.
DC * n. 1 The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia. 2 An electric current that flows in one direction steadily.
VEG * n. Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
30TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-ninth in position.
REVIVALISTIC * a. Of or relating to or characterizing revivalism.
SWINBURNE * n. English poet (1837-1909).
FURLED * s. Rolled up and secured.
RUINOUS * s. 1 Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin. 2 Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin.
SINGLE-BREASTED * a. (of clothing) Closing with a narrow overlap and fastened with a single row of buttons.
CONDONATION * n. A pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred.
ORNITHINE * n. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea.
ENLIST * v. 1 Join the military. 2 Hire for work or assistance. 3 Engage somebody to enter the army.
UR * n. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
MYOCARDITIS * n. Inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart).
DOCTORSPEAK * n. Medical jargon.
DRAFTER * n. A writer of a draft.
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
ENTITLED * s. Qualified for by right according to law.
MESMERIST * n. A person who induces hypnosis.
KERATINISATION * n. Organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair).
ORION * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation. 2 A constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel.
GAIUS * n. Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41).
BORONIC * a. Of or relating to boron.
DAZE * --n. 1 The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally. 2 Confusion characterized by lack of clarity. --v. 1 To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light. 2 Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief.
ETUI * n. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
MUCKRAKE * v. Explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.
SUPPRESSION * n. 1 The failure to develop some part or organ. 2 The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation. 3 Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. 4 (psychology) The conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires.
BASTING * n. 1 A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together. 2 Moistening a roast as it is cooking.
GARROTE * --n. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. --v. Strangle with an iron collar.
VALUABLENESS * n. The positive quality of being precious and beyond value.
LANUGO * n. The fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation.
OPPORTUNE * a. Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose.
PREDATORY * s. 1 Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding. 2 Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. 3 Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
TUMULTUOUSNESS * n. A state of commotion and noise and confusion.
SCREAMER * n. 1 Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice. 2 A sensational newspaper headline. 3 Gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call. 4 A very hard hit ball.
ARGUER * n. Someone who engages in debate.
SCALER * n. An electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually.
SODBUSTER * n. A person who operates a farm.
REALNESS * n. The state of being actual or real.
HETEROSEXUALISM * n. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex.
RESHUFFLE * --n. 1 A redistribution of something. 2 Shuffling again. --v. 1 Shuffle again. 2 Reorganize and assign posts to different people.
LARGELY * r. 1 In large part; mainly or chiefly. 2 On a large scale.
PENTAZOCINE * n. Analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine.
SPARKLING * --n. A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash. --s. Shining with brilliant points of light like stars. --a. Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide.
BUSBAR * n. An electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits.
PERONEAL * a. Of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee.
PAROPHRYS * n. A genus of Soleidae.
PRESET * s. Set in advance.
RUBBER-NECKING * n. Going about to look at places of interest.
YUMMY * s. Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste.
LEANNESS * n. 1 The quality of being meager. 2 The property of having little body fat.
DJAKARTA * n. Capital and largest city of Indonesia; located on the island of Java; founded by the Dutch in 17th century.
POESY * n. Literature in metrical form.
PURPOSELESS * --a. Not evidencing any purpose or goal. --s. Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being.
SAMIA * n. Silkworm moths.
SHEEPCOTE * n. A pen for sheep.
INCALCULABLE * --a. Not able to be computed or enumerated. --s. Too much to be measured.
BEWILDERMENT * n. Confusion resulting from failure to understand.
KICK * --n. 1 The act of delivering a blow with the foot. 2 The swift release of a store of affective force. 3 The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired. 4 Informal terms for objecting. --v. 1 Drive or propel with the foot. 2 Thrash about or strike out with the feet. 3 Strike with the foot. 4 Kick a leg up.
REORIENT * v. 1 Orient once again, after a disorientation. 2 Cause to turn. 3 Set or arrange in a new or different determinate position.
LINER * n. 1 (baseball) A hit that flies straight out from the batter. 2 A protective covering that protects an inside surface. 3 A piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment. 4 A large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule).
NITROGEN-BEARING * a. Of or relating to or containing nitrogen.
ECLAMPSIA * n. A toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy.
FALCONER * n. A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry.
OPISTHOCOMIDAE * n. Comprising the hoatzins.
CURATIVE * --n. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. --s. Tending to cure or restore to health.
ROOFY * n. Street names for flunitrazepan.
BAD * --n. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency. --a. 1 Having undesirable or negative qualities. 2 Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. --s. 1 Very intense. 2 Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'). 3 (of foodstuffs) Not in an edible or usable condition. 4 Not capable of being collected. --r. 1 With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'). 2 Very much; strongly.
YIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes.
EXPEDIENCY * n. The quality of being suited to the end in view.
GALLANTRY * n. 1 The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle). 2 Courtesy towards women. 3 Polite attentiveness to women.
FLOWERPOT * n. A container in which plants are cultivated.
NAZISM * n. A form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader.
PLUMB * --n. The metal bob of a plumb line. --v. 1 Measure the depth of something. 2 Weight with lead. 3 Examine thoroughly and in great depth. 4 Adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical. --s. Exactly vertical. --r. 1 Completely; used as intensifiers. 2 Conforming to the direction of a plumb line. 3 Exactly.
SALTPAN * n. A shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake.
COLLINEAR * s. Lying on the same line.
OLEIN * n. A naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
AWING * s. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
PLECTRUM * n. A small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument.
CENSORED * a. Suppressed or subject to censorship.
PESTILENT * s. 1 Exceedingly harmful. 2 Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.
SENSATIONALIST * n. Someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention.
PIAFFE * n. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
CILIUM * n. 1 A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms. 2 Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
EXECUTANT * n. A performer (usually of musical works).
SPECTACLES * n. (plural) Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
UNDISTINGUISHED * s. Not special in any way; lacking distinction.
DIORAMA * n. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
SILVERSIDE * n. Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
STUMBLER * n. 1 A walker or runner who trips and almost falls. 2 Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
CRICK * --n. 1 A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British). 2 English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004). --v. Twist (a body part) into a strained position.
ANTIARRHYTHMIC * n. A drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm.
INVALUABLENESS * n. The positive quality of being precious and beyond value.
BRACHYSTEGIA * n. Small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:.
HYPOTHESIS * n. 1 A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations. 2 A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. 3 A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
DISINTERMENT * n. The act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried.
SOMBRERO * n. 1 One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis. 2 A straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico.
CNOSSOS * n. An ancient town on Crete where Bronze Age culture flourished from about 2000 BC to 1400 BC.
NELUMBO * n. Sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses.
FATHERLY * s. Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective.
ACETALDEHYDE * n. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
STYX * n. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls.
TOLMIEA * n. One species: pickaback plant.
RASCAL * n. 1 A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. 2 One who is playfully mischievous.
CONFEDERATION * n. 1 The state of being allied or confederated. 2 A union of political organizations. 3 The act of forming an alliance or confederation.
GOLLIWOG * n. A grotesque black doll.
OPENBILL * n. Stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip.
ARCHINE * n. A Russian unit of length (71 cm).
AESTHETE * n. One who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature.
MILLER * n. 1 United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944). 2 United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980). 3 United States playwright (1915-2005). 4 Someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill).
MORACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae.
POLYGALA * n. Type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot.
UPRIGHT * --n. 1 A vertical structural member as a post or stake. 2 A piano with a vertical sounding board. --s. 1 In a vertical position; not sloping. 2 Of moral excellence. --a. Upright in position or posture.
ANTHIDIUM * n. Potter bees.
SAWBILL * n. Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges.
EARTH-TONGUE * n. Any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
THORAX * n. 1 The middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen. 2 The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. 3 Part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs.
TRACING * n. 1 The act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline. 2 A drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image. 3 The discovery and description of the course of development of something.
AVOUCH * v. Admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about.
ZAIRE * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Zaire. 2 A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960.
HAPLOSPORIDIA * n. An order in the subclass Acnidosporidia.
LABORER * n. Someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor.
AGGREGATION * n. 1 Several things grouped together or considered as a whole. 2 The act of gathering something together.
ACTOMYOSIN * n. A protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions.
SUBCOMPACT * n. A car smaller than a compact car.
IMMACULATELY * r. In an immaculate manner.
TROCHANTER * n. One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached.
TABERNACLE * n. 1 The Mormon temple. 2 (Judaism) A portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus. 3 (Judaism) The place of worship for a Jewish congregation.
PHILIPPIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia.
AXEROPHTHOL * n. Any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes.
WIGWAM * n. A Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides.
CUSHIONED * s. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
UNCLEAR * --a. 1 Poorly stated or described. 2 Not clear to the mind. --s. Not easily deciphered.
FUSSINESS * n. 1 An irritable petulant feeling. 2 Unnecessary elaborateness in details.
PREFADED * s. (of fabric or clothing) Having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means.
STRIPER * n. 1 A serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service. 2 Caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 3 Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone.
TRIDACNIDAE * n. Large marine hard-shell clams.
INITIATE * --n. 1 Someone new to a field or activity. 2 Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field. 3 People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity. --v. 1 Bring into being. 2 Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of. 3 Accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite. 4 Bring up a topic for discussion.
NOODLE * n. 1 A ribbonlike strip of pasta. 2 Informal terms for a human head.
POPULISM * n. The political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite.
CONJUNCTIVA * n. A transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid.
TEENSY-WEENSY * s. (used informally) Very small.
XCIV * s. Being four more than ninety.
IRRESPONSIBLE * a. Showing lack of care for consequences.
COMMUNISE * v. 1 Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles. 2 Make into property owned by the state.
HOSTILITIES * n. Fighting; acts of overt warfare.
HOUTTUYNIA * n. One species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places.
MOULTER * n. An animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair).
ASSEGAI * n. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
CARVER * n. 1 United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943). 2 Makes decorative wooden panels. 3 An artist who creates sculptures. 4 Someone who carves the meat.
LOW-KEY * s. Restrained in style or quality.
FORERUNNER * n. 1 A person who goes before or announces the coming of another. 2 Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. 3 Anything that precedes something similar in time.
WODAN * n. Chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan.
INDEPENDENTLY * r. 1 On your own; without outside help. 2 Apart from others.
INTENSITY * n. 1 The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation). 2 High level or degree; the property of being intense. 3 The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction). 4 Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue.
IMPENITENT * --a. Not penitent or remorseful. --s. Impervious to moral persuasion.
PRENTICE * n. Works for an expert to learn a trade.
WHEATFIELD * n. A field planted with wheat.
MASHIE * n. Middle-distance iron.
CONDYLION * n. The craniometric point at the tip of the mandibular condyle.
BOUNCINESS * n. The quality of a substance that is able to rebound.
GLOBALISATION * n. Growth to a global or worldwide scale.
LANGUOR * n. 1 A relaxed comfortable feeling. 2 Oppressively still air. 3 A feeling of lack of interest or energy. 4 Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.
SPAR * --n. 1 Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable. 2 A stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging. 3 Making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer. --v. 1 Furnish with spars. 2 Fight with spurs. 3 Box lightly. 4 Fight verbally.
BOTANIST * n. A biologist specializing in the study of plants.
NEUROLINGUIST * n. Someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception.
DEMON * n. 1 An evil supernatural being. 2 A cruel wicked and inhuman person. 3 Someone extremely diligent or skillful.
HIGGINSON * n. United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911).
EFFECTUAL * --a. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect. --s. Having legal efficacy or force.
PLAIN-WOVEN * s. (of cloth) Made in plain weave.
THENAL * a. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
MERIDIAN * --n. 1 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 2 A town in eastern Mississippi. 3 An imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator. --a. Of or happening at noon. --s. Being at the best stage of development.
ABRADE * v. 1 Wear away. 2 Rub hard or scrub.
TRAINBAND * n. A company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century.
ALMOND * n. 1 Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California. 2 Oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree.
ASSONATE * v. Correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance.
SPHAERIALES * n. Large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders.
JUNKET * --n. 1 Dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet. 2 A journey taken for pleasure. 3 A trip taken by an official at public expense. --v. 1 Go on a pleasure trip. 2 Provide a feast or banquet for. 3 Partake in a feast or banquet.
COACHMAN * n. A man who drives a coach (or carriage).
MOMMY * n. Informal terms for a mother.
CHECK * --n. 1 A written order directing a bank to pay money. 2 An appraisal of the state of affairs. 3 The bill in a restaurant. 4 The state of inactivity following an interruption. --v. 1 Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition. 2 Make an examination or investigation. 3 Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something. 4 Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
PRIMEVAL * s. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.
SANDMAN * n. An elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy.
CAMEL * n. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
MESSY * s. Dirty and disorderly.
TALKY * s. Full of trivial conversation.
SCAPOSE * s. Resembling or consisting of a scape; having a bare leafless stalk growing directly from the ground.
UNCOMMUNICATIVE * a. Not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions.
UNCARPETED * a. Not carpeted.
CARBOLATED * a. Containing or treated with carbolic acid.
WIRETAP * --n. The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information. --v. Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information.
ROSTAND * n. French dramatist and poet whose play immortalized Cyrano de Bergerac (1868-1918).
ADAPTED * s. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
ENTANGLEMENT * n. An intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim.
REDDISH-STRIPED * s. Having red stripes.
CRYPTANALYSIS * n. The science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms.
BLAH * n. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
KRYPTON * n. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air.
ARCADIA * n. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
ARCHAEOZOIC * --n. The time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life. --s. Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era.
MIDWAY * --n. 1 The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located. 2 Naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands. --s. Equally distant from the extremes. --r. At half the distance; at the middle.
CENTRIFUGATION * n. The process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge.
ADO * n. A rapid active commotion.
ILL-FATED * s. Marked by or promising bad fortune.
NLRB * n. An independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions.
GENOTYPIC * a. Of or relating to or constituting a genotype.
INCONVENIENTLY * r. In an inconvenient manner.
CONTRAVENTION * n. Coming into conflict with.
OXACILLIN * n. A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci.
WASHDAY * n. A day set aside for doing household laundry.
PASSABLE * --a. Able to be passed or traversed or crossed. --s. About average; acceptable.
STEINBECK * n. United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968).
JAMMER * n. A transmitter used to broadcast electronic jamming.
EVENK * n. A member of the Tungus speaking people who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu.
CONJUGALLY * r. In a conjugal manner.
DAINTILY * r. 1 In a dainty and fastidious manner. 2 In a delicate manner.
MACHINATE * v. 1 Arrange by systematic planning and united effort. 2 Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.
PREACH * v. 1 Deliver a sermon. 2 Speak, plead, or argue in favor of.
DIRECTORSHIP * n. The position of a director of a business concern.
SELF-RELIANT * s. (of persons) Free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment.
ZONAL * a. 1 Relating to or of the nature of a zone. 2 Associated with or divided into zones.
METONYMICAL * s. Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.
MODERATE * --n. A person who takes a position in the political center. --v. 1 Preside over. 2 Make less fast or intense. 3 Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits. 4 Make less severe or harsh. --a. Being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme. --s. 1 Not extreme. 2 Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes.
AZEDARACH * n. Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree.
LAWFULLY * r. 1 In a manner acceptable to common custom. 2 By law; conforming to the law.
EXCHANGE * --n. 1 Chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another. 2 A mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one). 3 The act of changing one thing for another thing. 4 The act of giving something in return for something received. --v. 1 Give to, and receive from, one another. 2 Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. 3 Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence. 4 Hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent.
DOWNRIGHT * --s. 1 Characterized by plain blunt honesty. 2 Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. --r. Thoroughgoing.
RUTHLESS * s. Without mercy or pity.
METRE * n. 1 The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards). 2 (prosody) The accent in a metrical foot of verse. 3 Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration.
BLOW-BY-BLOW * s. Providing great detail.
DEREGULATING * n. The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations).
DEPENDABLE * --a. Worthy of reliance or trust. --s. 1 Worthy of being depended on. 2 Consistent in performance or behavior. 3 Financially safe.
EXUDATION * n. 1 A substance that oozes out from plant pores. 2 The process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes.
KOVNA * n. A city in central Lithuania.
HALER * n. 1 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia. 2 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic.
ABAXIAL * a. Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism.
RUMBLE * --n. 1 A loud low dull continuous noise. 2 A servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage. 3 A fight between rival gangs of adolescents. --v. 1 Make a low noise. 2 To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds.
HYPERBATON * n. Reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love').
SEAGOING * s. Used on the high seas.
NEWMARKET * n. 1 A long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century. 2 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.
INITIALIZE * v. 1 Assign an initial value to a computer program. 2 Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.
ROUSSEAU * n. 1 French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778). 2 French primitive painter (1844-1910).
CROON * v. Sing softly.
SOMNILOQUY * n. Uttering speech while asleep.
HUMAN-CENTRED * s. Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare.
WOOING * n. A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage).
LANGSET * n. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
FRIULIAN * n. A Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy.
RESPECTIVELY * r. In the order given.
CLEANSER * n. A preparation used in cleaning something.
NITRAZEPAM * n. A hypnotic and sedative drug of the benzodiazepine type.
CORA * n. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.
NONDRIVER * n. A person who is not a driver.
MISALIGNMENT * n. The spatial property of things that are not properly aligned.
ROSE * --n. 1 Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses. 2 Pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began. 3 A dusty pink color. --s. Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.
POWDERED * s. Consisting of fine particles.
ANIL * n. 1 A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically. 2 Shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye.
RESELL * v. Sell (something) again after having bought it.
CHIVES * n. 1 Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. 2 Cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.
PLATINUM * n. A heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits.
OSTRACIZE * v. 1 Expel from a community or group. 2 Avoid speaking to or dealing with.
COMMISSIONED * --a. (of military officers) Holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above. --s. Given official approval to act.
HUMBLY * r. 1 In a humble manner. 2 In a miserly manner.
STAIR-CARPET * n. A strip of carpet for laying on stairs.
BRAIDED * s. Woven by (or as if by) braiding.
DYSOMIA * n. Impairment of the sense of smell.
OVERFLOW * --n. 1 A large flow. 2 The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity. --v. 1 Flow or run over (a limit or brim). 2 Overflow with a certain feeling.
INSTALLING * n. The act of installing something (as equipment).
FLOC * n. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
AGROBIOLOGIC * a. Of or pertaining to agrobiology.
HOOPSKIRT * n. A skirt stiffened with hoops.
APIDAE * n. Honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees.
POET * n. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
IMITATION * --n. 1 The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations. 2 Something copied or derived from an original. 3 Copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else. 4 A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. --s. Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.
INTUITIONISM * n. (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition.
SACKCLOTH * n. 1 A garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse. 2 A coarse cloth resembling sacking.
PURSE * --n. 1 A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women). 2 A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse. 3 A small bag for carrying money. 4 A sum of money offered as a prize. --v. 1 Contract one's lips into a rounded shape. 2 Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker.
PALELY * r. 1 In a manner lacking interest or vitality. 2 In a pale manner; without physical or emotional color.
UNENGAGED * s. 1 Not busy or occupied; free. 2 Not promised in marriage.
MONOPOLISTIC * s. Having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant.
EPI * n. A self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neuroticism).
REMILEGIA * n. A genus of Echeneididae.
MYRCIA * n. A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family.
JUND-UL-ISLAM * n. An Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda.
ZOOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals.
SQUEAMISHLY * r. In a squeamish manner.
THALIDOMIDE * n. A sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis.
UNSYMPATHETIC * --a. 1 Not sympathetic or disposed toward. 2 (of characters in literature or drama) Tending to evoke antipathetic feelings. --s. 1 Not having an open mind. 2 Lacking in sympathy and kindness. 3 Not agreeing with your tastes or expectations.
EPINEPHRINE * n. A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action.
EXCURSIVE * s. (of e.g. speech and writing) Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.
UGLINESS * n. 1 Qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses. 2 The quality of being wicked.
PLAINTIVELY * r. In a plaintive manner.
LOOFAH * n. 1 The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer. 2 The loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit.
TUNEFULNESS * n. The property of having a melody.
HANGNAIL * n. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected.
HARASSED * s. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
MICROMICRON * n. A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter.
BARK * --n. 1 Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. 2 A noise resembling the bark of a dog. 3 A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts. 4 The sound made by a dog. --v. 1 Speak in an unfriendly tone. 2 Cover with bark. 3 Remove the bark of a tree. 4 Make barking sounds.
ESSELEN * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey. 2 The Hokan language spoken by the Esselen.
SPIROMETRY * n. The use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity.
IDEALOGUE * n. Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art).
VOLUMETRICALLY * r. With respect to volume.
SOLILOQUIZE * v. Talk to oneself.
COVER-UP * n. Concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public.
HEXESTROL * n. Estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy.
PRECIPITOUSLY * r. 1 Very suddenly and to a great degree. 2 Abruptly; in a precipitous manner.
PRESTIGIOUS * s. 1 Having an illustrious reputation; respected. 2 Exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige.
IMMEMORIAL * s. Long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history.
HAGADA * n. Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition.
MALORY * n. English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471).
BELLICOSE * s. Having or showing a ready disposition to fight.
UNDERFED * s. Not getting adequate food.
CLARO * n. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
FEB * n. The month following January and preceding March.
PLUGHOLE * n. A hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away).
EVASIVENESS * n. Intentionally vague or ambiguous.
TETRAMETER * n. A verse line having four metrical feet.
LANGLAUFER * n. A cross-country skier.
PRETERMISSION * n. Letting pass without notice.
ARARAT * n. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
PARAPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma).
DYSOSMIA * n. A disorder in the sense of smell.
REFULGENT * s. Radiating or as if radiating light.
RESENT * v. 1 Feel bitter or indignant about. 2 Wish ill or allow unwillingly.
POLYPROPENE * n. A polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material.
HAWAII * n. 1 A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands. 2 The largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks.
ECHINOCOCCUS * n. Tapeworms whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
FAIRISH * s. 1 Not excessive or extreme. 2 (used of hair or skin) Pale or light-colored.
HALLEY * n. English astronomer who used Newton's laws of motion to predict the period of a comet (1656-1742).
LIP-SYNC * v. Move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song).
SOOTY * s. 1 Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal. 2 Covered with or as if with soot.
ROCHESTER * n. 1 A city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry. 2 A town in southeast Minnesota.
PAPERKNIFE * n. Dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books.
ENDOGENIC * --a. Derived or originating internally. --s. Of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth.
HYPOVITAMINOSIS * n. Any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins.
ARAS * n. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes.
BRAIDING * n. Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains.
FITTED * a. Being the right size and shape to fit as desired.
UNCROSSED * a. 1 (of a check) Not crossed. 2 Not crossed.
NAG * --n. 1 Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault. 2 An old or over-worked horse. --v. 1 Bother persistently with trivial complaints. 2 Worry persistently. 3 Remind or urge constantly.
JONGLEUR * n. A singer of folk songs.
CYTOLYSIN * n. A substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells.
BEDLAMITE * n. An archaic term for a lunatic.
CARTHAMUS * n. Safflower.
CERVID * n. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
APOCRYPHAL * --s. Being of questionable authenticity. --a. Of or belonging to the Apocrypha.
BURNOUS * n. A long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors.
UNSTATED * s. Not made explicit.
MAKOMAKO * n. Graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.
HYADES * n. (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward.
INLA * n. A radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland.
MINELAYER * n. Ship equipped for laying marine mines.
BELLBOTTOM * s. (of trousers) Having legs that flare at the bottom.
DESIGNER * n. 1 A person who specializes in interior design. 2 Someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings). 3 Someone who specializes in graphic design. 4 A person who devises plots or intrigues.
LUTING * n. A substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid.
EXCORIATE * v. 1 Express strong disapproval of. 2 Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading.
LOBSTERBACK * n. British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution).
MAMMALOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies mammals.
ANTITHYROID * a. Having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity.
SUBJUGATED * s. Reduced to submission.
INOCULATOR * n. A medical practitioner who inoculates people against diseases.
AMAETHON * n. The farmer god; ancient god of agriculture.
CHIMAERIDAE * n. A family of Holocephali.
ARTERIALISE * v. Change venous blood into arterial blood.
PLANK-BED * n. A bed of boards (without a mattress).
SOFTLY * r. 1 With low volume. 2 In a manner that is pleasing to the senses. 3 With little weight or force. 4 Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly.
INITIATIVE * --n. 1 Readiness to embark on bold new ventures. 2 The first of a series of actions. --s. Serving to set in motion.
SPUME * --n. Foam or froth on the sea. --v. Make froth or foam and become bubbly.
NEFUD * n. A desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds.
INTRICATE * s. Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate.
ARBUTUS * n. Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America.
SWAN-FLOWER * n. Any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan.
RAPHIDAE * n. Extinct dodos and solitaires.
RAKISHLY * r. In a rakish manner.
BREADLINE * n. A queue of people waiting for free food.
VOUVRAY * n. A dry white French wine (either still or sparkling) made in the Loire valley.
BILLION * --n. 1 The number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen. 2 A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole). 3 The number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros. --s. 1 Denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States. 2 Denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain.
DACTYLOPIUS * n. Type genus of the Dactylopiidae.
CORIXA * n. Type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs.
PHLEBECTOMY * n. Surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins.
REPLICA * n. Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied.
GPS * n. A navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver.
KAFIR * n. 1 An offensive and insulting term for any Black African. 2 A member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan.
NONPERSONAL * s. Lacking personality.
PLANCHETTE * n. A triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages.
ROLLICKING * s. Given to merry frolicking.
PTERIDOPHYTA * n. Containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta.
COMPLETE * --v. 1 Come or bring to a finish or an end. 2 Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements. 3 Complete or carry out. 4 Complete a pass. --a. Having every necessary or normal part or component or step. --s. 1 Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities. 2 Highly skilled. 3 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. 4 Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
FAROESE * n. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
PURPLE-VEINED * s. (of flowers) Showing purple markings that resemble veins.
SHOW-STOPPER * n. 1 An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down. 2 Something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal.
ROLLBACK * n. 1 The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw. 2 Reducing prices back to some earlier level.
FLITCH * n. 1 Fish steak usually cut from a halibut. 2 Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork.
CRANIOLOGIST * n. Someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull.
FORESHADOW * v. Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
BROADCASTER * n. 1 Someone who broadcasts on radio or television. 2 A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions.
STRANGLE * v. 1 Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. 2 Suppress in order to conceal or hide. 3 Die from strangulation. 4 Prevent the progress or free movement of.
PULLER * n. 1 Someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself. 2 Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something.
BENNI * n. East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.
ATOMISER * n. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
TAGUS * n. A European river; flows into the North Atlantic.
CHILLI * n. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
EUCARYOTE * n. An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells.
FIDUCIARY * --n. A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary. --a. Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another).
FORTHRIGHT * --s. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. --r. Directly and without evasion; not roundabout.
JELLIFY * v. 1 Become jelly. 2 Make into jelly.
AUXETIC * a. Of or relating to growth by auxesis.
DAFFODIL * n. Any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown.
CYMRIC * n. A Celtic language of Wales.
CORROBORATE * v. 1 Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. 2 Give evidence for. 3 Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
ADJUDICATOR * n. A person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes.
SHORTSIGHTED * --s. 1 Lacking foresight or scope. 2 Not given careful consideration. --a. Unable to see distant objects clearly.
SUBJECTIVE * a. 1 Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias. 2 Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind.
DISHONORABLY * r. 1 In a dishonorable manner. 2 With dishonor. 3 In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
REGURGITATE * v. 1 Pour or rush back. 2 Feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food. 3 Repeat after memorization. 4 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
NADIR * n. 1 An extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything. 2 The point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
MARTINI * n. A cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth.
OVERDO * v. Do something to an excessive degree.
SIZZLE * --n. A sizzling noise. --v. 1 Make a sound like frying fat. 2 Seethe with deep anger or resentment. 3 Burn or sear with a sizzling sound.
TURKMENIA * n. A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991.
STAFFER * n. An employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States).
COCONSPIRE * v. Conspire together.
EMBROCATE * v. Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
EXPLORE * v. 1 Inquire into. 2 Travel to or penetrate into. 3 Examine minutely. 4 Examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes.
NEUROPLASTY * n. Plastic surgery of the nerves.
UPPER * --n. 1 The higher of two berths. 2 Piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot. 3 A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression. --s. 1 The topmost one of two. 2 Higher in place or position. 3 Superior in rank or accomplishment.
METONYMY * n. Substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads').
FLUORIDE * n. A salt of hydrofluoric acid.
PICKERELWEED * n. American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds.
FOLKSONG * n. A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.
MALICE * n. 1 Feeling a need to see others suffer. 2 The quality of threatening evil.
CAMPANULA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers.
METRICATE * v. Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.
STICKER * n. 1 A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. 2 An adhesive label. 3 A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem. 4 A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
PARABOLIC * --a. Resembling or expressed by parables. --s. Having the form of a parabola.
DECREASING * a. 1 Becoming less or smaller. 2 (music) Decreasing in tempo and/or volume.
SHOESHINE * n. 1 A shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing. 2 The act of shining shoes.
MANSARD * --n. A hip roof having two slopes on each side. --s. (of a roof) Having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper.
SKIFFLE * n. A style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments.
VERMILION * --n. A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge. --v. Color vermilion. --s. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
SPOKESMAN * n. A male spokesperson.
CORIXIDAE * n. Water bugs.
WORKTABLE * n. A table designed for a particular task.
MUSKET * n. A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen.
WAITRESS * --n. A woman waiter. --v. Serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
BOGIE * n. 1 An evil spirit. 2 An unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft.
ORCHIDALES * n. Order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae.
INDIVIDUALISM * n. 1 The quality of being individual. 2 A belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence. 3 The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs.
OPPORTUNITY * n. A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.
BICORNE * n. A cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points.
LOCATE * v. 1 Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining. 2 Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. 3 Assign a location to. 4 Take up residence and become established.
APOTHEGM * n. A short pithy instructive saying.
CONVERT * --n. A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief. --v. 1 Change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy. 2 Change the nature, purpose, or function of something. 3 Change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief. 4 Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.
PAROTITIS * n. Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
CHAETA * n. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
FINGERPOINTING * n. The imputation of blame.
INTERSECT * v. Meet at a point.
DBMS * n. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
UNDERMENTIONED * s. About to be mentioned or specified.
UNWIELDY * --a. Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape. --s. 1 Difficult to work or manipulate. 2 Lacking grace in movement or posture.
AEROPHILIC * a. Depending on free oxygen or air.
EYE-CATCHING * s. Seizing the attention.
CAHITA * n. 1 A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico. 2 The Uto-Aztecan language of the Cahita.
TEN-THOUSANDTH * n. One part in ten thousand equal parts.
HEDEOMA * n. Small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal).
ASSIGNABLE * s. Legally transferable to the ownership of another.
TENSE * --n. A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. --v. 1 Become stretched or tense or taut. 2 Increase the tension on. 3 Become tense, nervous, or uneasy. 4 Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious. --a. 1 In or of a state of physical or nervous tension. 2 Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'). 3 Taut or rigid; stretched tight.
LETHARGICALLY * r. Without energy; in a lethargic manner.
CONTEMPORANEOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being current or of the present. 2 The quality of belonging to the same period of time.
DESPICABLY * r. In a despicable manner.
MANAKIN * n. 1 A woman who wears clothes to display fashions. 2 A life-size dummy used to display clothes. 3 Any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior.
GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE * n. A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated.
FASCISM * n. A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism).
RETAIN * v. 1 Hold back within. 2 Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature. 3 Secure and keep for possible future use or application. 4 Keep in one's mind.
GLARING * s. 1 Shining intensely. 2 Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
DE-ENERGISE * v. Deprive of energy.
RASTAFARIAN * --n. 1 Follower of Rastafarianism. 2 (Ethiopia) Adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians.
SHINGON * n. A form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible.
CAESURA * n. 1 A pause or interruption (as in a conversation). 2 A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.
ABLY * r. With competence; in a competent capable manner.
CS * n. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal.
SPURRING * n. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
AUSTRAL * --n. The basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos. --s. Of the south or coming from the south.
EXTRACELLULAR * a. Located or occurring outside a cell or cells.
MAZZINI * n. Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872).
UNSELECTED * a. Not selected.
TUSSLE * --n. Disorderly fighting. --v. 1 Fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters. 2 Make messy or untidy.
QUANTITY * n. 1 How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. 2 An adequate or large amount. 3 The concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable.
DEMORALIZED * s. Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.
GINKGOPHYTINA * n. Ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision; used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.
SPIROGYRA * n. Freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands.
SARCOCYSTIDEAN * n. Parasite of the muscles of vertebrates.
MALOSMA * n. One species; often included in the genus Rhus.
MAARIANHAMINA * n. A town that is the chief port of the Aland islands.
MONACO-VILLE * n. The capital of Monaco.
STROMATEIDAE * n. Butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes.
CLUBFOOTED * s. Having a deformed foot.
DIALECTAL * a. Belonging to or characteristic of a dialect.
TARP * n. Waterproofed canvas.
CROHN * n. United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983).
MARTYRDOM * n. 1 Death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause. 2 Any experience that causes intense suffering.
STACTE * n. (Old Testament) One of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense.
TAXI * --n. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money. --v. 1 Travel slowly. 2 Ride in a taxicab.
UNSTATESMANLIKE * a. Not statesmanlike.
MEGAERA * n. One of the three Furies.
JOVIAN * a. 1 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter. 2 Of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter.
SATURNIID * n. Large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons.
PEPPERINESS * n. A hot spiciness.
PAEDOPHILIA * n. A sexual attraction to children.
INFERNAL * --n. An inhabitant of Hell. --a. 1 Characteristic of or resembling Hell. 2 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire. 3 Being of the underworld. --s. 1 Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell. 2 Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
TURBULENCE * n. 1 Unstable flow of a liquid or gas. 2 Instability in the atmosphere. 3 A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally).
CORSE * n. 1 An island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France. 2 A region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
SCOPES * n. Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970).
IMMEASURABLY * r. 1 To an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement. 2 Without bounds.
COEXIST * v. 1 Coexist peacefully, as of nations. 2 Exist together.
LIRA * n. 1 The basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents. 2 The basic unit of money in Turkey. 3 Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi.
DRAWLER * n. Someone who speaks with a drawl.
SADDLER * n. A maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses.
SOLUBLE * a. 1 (of a substance) Capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water). 2 Susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained.
HYPERVOLAEMIA * n. A blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood.
VINTAGE * n. 1 A season's yield of wine from a vineyard. 2 The oldness of wines.
LOOSELY * r. 1 In a relaxed manner; not rigid. 2 In a loose manner. 3 Without regard to specific details or exceptions. 4 Structurally open and not compact or close.
YUAN * n. 1 The basic unit of money in China. 2 The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.
METAPHASE * n. 1 The second stage of meiosis. 2 The second stage of mitosis.
RESTLESSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being ceaselessly moving or active. 2 A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay. 3 A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion. 4 Inability to rest or relax or be still.
HOURLONG * s. Lasting for an hour.
CANFIELD * n. A form of solitaire that involves gambling.
THERMOELECTRIC * a. Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity.
PEARL-WEED * n. Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls.
MIDLINE * n. The median plane of the body (or some part of the body).
PORN * n. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.
KWANZAA * n. A festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year.
ERUCA * n. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
PHONETICS * n. The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis.
RED-BERRY * n. 1 Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries. 2 North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries.
CROSSWAYS * r. Transversely.
FERVIDNESS * n. Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
EARLINESS * n. Quality of coming early or earlier in time.
STURMABTEILUNG * n. Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943.
SUBCUTANEOUSLY * r. Below the skin.
SUBSISTER * n. One who lives through affliction.
LUCKLESS * a. Having or bringing misfortune.
VASCULAR * a. Of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids.
CAJOLERY * n. Flattery intended to persuade.
INDESTRUCTIBILITY * n. The strength to resist destruction.
DEJECTION * n. 1 A state of melancholy depression. 2 Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
WINDOWS * n. (trademark) An operating system with a graphical user interface.
LACTIC * a. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey).
PARAGONITE * n. A colorless or pale brown mica with sodium.
PROTECTED * --a. Kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss. --s. Guarded from injury or destruction.
SIGNED * --a. Having a handwritten signature. --s. Used of the language of the deaf.
SCOLION * n. A song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet.
LUTANIST * n. A musician who plays the lute.
SUPERFATTED * s. (of soap) Containing extra unsaponified fat.
NAPLES * n. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region.
CARPETING * n. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
REHABILITATE * v. 1 Help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute. 2 Reinstall politically. 3 Restore to a state of good condition or operation.
DISSECTION * n. 1 Cutting so as to separate into pieces. 2 A minute and critical analysis. 3 Detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work).
ROSACEOUS * --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae. --s. Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.
VESICA * n. A distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas).
DABOECIA * n. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Ericaceae.
FUGLEMAN * n. A leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader).
BUSPIRONE * n. A drug (trade name BuSpar) designed specifically for anxiety.
ARCHANGEL * n. 1 An angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy. 2 A biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally.
CATAPULTIC * a. Of or like a catapult.
REVISIONIST * n. A Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position.
TELEMETERED * a. Of or pertaining to telemetry.
GELDING * n. Castrated male horse.
PINECONE * n. The seed-producing cone of a pine tree.
FINISHING * n. 1 A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance). 2 The act of finishing.
UNSENSATIONAL * a. Not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction.
TELLINGLY * r. In a telling manner.
HUMILITY * n. 1 A disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride. 2 A humble feeling.
ADNEXAL * a. Of or pertaining to adnexa.
METRONYMIC * n. A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.
MIND-EXPANDING * s. (of hallucinogenic drugs) Giving a sense of heightened or broader awareness.
CLANGULA * n. A genus of ducks.
ENTELEA * n. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
ALPHAVIRUS * n. An arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses.
WOTAN * n. Supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden.
LAUNCHING * n. 1 The act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time. 2 The act of beginning something new. 3 The act of propelling with force.
CHRISTENING * n. Giving a Christian name at baptism.
TWOPENNY-HALFPENNY * s. Of trifling worth.
QUAKERISM * n. The theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry.
HETEROSPOROUS * a. Characterized by heterospory.
GLOTTIS * n. The vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated.
ANGULARITY * n. 1 A shape having one or more sharp angles. 2 The property possessed by a shape that has angles.
DRAWEE * n. The person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment.
DOPY * s. Having or revealing stupidity.
DRY * --n. A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages. --v. 1 Remove the moisture from and make dry. 2 Become dry or drier. --a. 1 Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet. 2 Lacking moisture or volatile components. 3 Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. 4 Not producing milk. --s. 1 Humorously sarcastic or mocking. 2 Not shedding tears. 3 Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless. 4 Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.
ATHEROGENESIS * n. The formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis.
FLUKY * s. Subject to accident or chance or change.
WATTMETER * n. An instrument for measuring in watts the flow of power in an electrical circuit.
LUSATIAN * n. A Slavonic language spoken in rural area of southeastern Germany.
SPLENDIFEROUS * s. Having great beauty and splendor.
SEBASTOPOL * n. A city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
GOOGOL * n. A cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred).
ISOPYRUM * n. Tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere.
VERBALIZED * s. Communicated in words.
OXALATE * n. A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
SEMPITERNITY * n. The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless).
UNENFORCEABLE * a. Not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion.
APOGAMOUS * a. Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
RAFTER * --n. 1 One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof. 2 Someone who travels by raft. --v. Provide (a ceiling) with rafters.
TROGONIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Trogoniformes.
STAPHYLOCOCCI * n. Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections.
BROUSSONETIA * n. Paper mulberry.
AUTOANTIBODY * n. An antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it.
EXPLANANS * n. (logic) Statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises.
CONFORMANCE * n. Correspondence in form or appearance.
DOUBLE-GEARED * s. 1 Equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage. 2 (of a lathe) Equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley.
CROCODILIAN * n. Extant archosaurian reptile.
TESTINESS * n. Feeling easily irritated.
ANTITHETICAL * s. Sharply contrasted in character or purpose.
CHOWCHOW * n. 1 Chopped pickles in mustard sauce. 2 A Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
HERBAL * --n. Tea-like drink made of leaves of various herbs. --a. Of or relating to herbs.
DISMEMBER * v. 1 Separate the limbs from the body. 2 Divide into pieces.
MOMENTANEOUS * s. Lasting for a markedly brief time.
YUCATECO * n. 1 A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. 2 A Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec.
CENTER * --n. 1 An area that is approximately central within some larger region. 2 The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher. 3 A building dedicated to a particular activity. 4 A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. --v. 1 Center upon. 2 Direct one's attention on something. 3 Move into the center. --s. Equally distant from the extremes. --a. Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually.
HYPERVENTILATE * v. 1 Produce hyperventilation in. 2 Breathe excessively hard and fast.
PAUCITY * n. An insufficient quantity or number.
ATTESTER * n. Someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something.
DOUGLAS * n. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861).
HOSEA * n. 1 A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC). 2 An Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies.
ANTHOPHYTA * n. Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta).
DOLLHOUSE * n. 1 A house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything. 2 A small model of a house used as a toy by children.
RAVELING * n. A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric.
NOTEWORTHY * s. Worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual.
FOLLIES * n. A revue with elaborate costuming.
COPIER * n. Apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material.
MARMOTA * n. Marmots.
BRASSIERE * n. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
ASHURBANIPAL * n. King of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC).
PHASEOLUS * n. Herbs of warm regions including most American beans.
POLYURETHANE * n. Any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber.
COMMANDERY * n. The position or office of commander.
LOCH * n. 1 A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked). 2 Scottish word for a lake.
HOAGY * n. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
SOPHISTICATE * --n. A worldly-wise person. --v. 1 Make less natural or innocent. 2 Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. 3 Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive. 4 Make more complex or refined.
POLLACK * n. 1 United States filmmaker (born in 1934). 2 Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish. 3 Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod.
BASKETFUL * n. The quantity contained in a basket.
TASSELLED * s. Fringed or adorned with tassels.
CLINTONIA * n. Any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries.
MENOPAUSAL * a. Of or relating to the menopause.
DERATE * v. Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus.
ENCLOSURE * n. 1 A structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. 2 The act of enclosing something inside something else. 3 A naturally enclosed space. 4 Something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter.
HAMMER-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a hammer.
CULTURALLY * r. With regard to a culture.
PASSER * n. 1 A person who passes by casually or by chance. 2 A person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group. 3 A student who passes an examination. 4 (football) A ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass.
STODGILY * r. In a stuffy manner.
APIVOROUS * s. Feeding on bees.
SEMITIC-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in a Semitic language.
EMISSARY * n. Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
LAMELY * r. In a weak and unconvincing manner.
SENTINEL * n. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
NONRESTRICTIVE * s. Not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase.
UNHALLOWED * a. Not hallowed or consecrated.
MONAURALLY * r. In a monaural manner.
OUTFALL * n. The outlet of a river or drain or other source of water.
IDIOGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or involving the study of individuals.
BIODEGRADE * v. Break down naturally through the action of biological agents.
DANDY * --n. 1 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. 2 A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost. --s. Very good.
CHOLLA * n. Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico.
LIGHT-HEARTED * s. Carefree and happy and lighthearted.
PING * --n. 1 A river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya. 2 A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal). --v. 1 Hit with a pinging noise. 2 Sound like a car engine that is firing too early. 3 Make a short high-pitched sound. 4 Contact, usually in order to remind of something.
CHENFISH * n. Small silvery marine food fish found off California.
BRAINPOWER * n. Mental ability.
ATTRIBUTION * n. 1 Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing. 2 Assigning to a cause or source.
OLDSTER * n. An elderly person.
UNSAPONIFIED * a. Not converted into soap.
TERSE * s. Brief and to the point; effectively cut short.
REGULARIZE * v. 1 Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. 2 Make regular or more regular.
BASIDIAL * a. Relating to or characterized by basidia.
HORSEMAN * n. 1 A man skilled in equitation. 2 A person who breeds and cares for horses.
BLAMEWORTHINESS * n. A state of guilt.
STONE-BROKE * s. Lacking funds.
BISTRE * n. A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.
WRYMOUTH * n. Eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth.
OCTAL * a. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
ADVECTION * n. (meteorology) The horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties.
HEARTHSTONE * n. A stone that forms a hearth.
KERATOSIS * n. A skin condition marked by an overgrowth of layers of horny skin.
GLASSWORKER * n. Someone who cuts flat glass to size.
HANDSOMENESS * n. The quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man).
SUBSIDING * n. A gradual sinking to a lower level.
XYLOMELUM * n. Small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers.
ETHNOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to ethnography.
VARNA * n. 1 A port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea. 2 (Hinduism) The name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis).
GUARDROOM * n. 1 A cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined. 2 A room used by soldiers on guard.
HARMFUL * a. Causing or capable of causing harm.
WARTLIKE * s. (of skin) Covered with warts or projections that resemble warts.
TOPCOAT * n. A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter.
AIRTIGHT * s. 1 Having no weak points. 2 Not allowing air or gas to pass in or out.
TROOPER * n. 1 A soldier in a motorized army unit. 2 A mounted police officer. 3 A state police officer. 4 A soldier mounted on horseback.
VISUAL * --a. Relating to or using sight. --s. Visible.
UNREPENTANT * --a. Not penitent or remorseful. --s. Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
IDIOM * n. 1 A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. 2 The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. 3 The style of a particular artist or school or movement. 4 An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up.
BOISTEROUSLY * r. In a carefree manner.
ACHIMENES * n. Any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias.
COMPOUND * --n. 1 A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts. 2 (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight. 3 An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient). --v. 1 Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. 2 Put or add together. 3 Calculate principal and interest. 4 Create by mixing or combining. --a. Composed of more than one part. --s. 1 Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts. 2 Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony.
BRACKEN * n. 1 Fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions. 2 Large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan.
LUKEWARMLY * r. In an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner.
COMPOSITOR * n. One who sets written material into type.
ACOUSTICAL * a. Of or relating to the science of acoustics.
DEMEANING * s. Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
LEGING * n. A garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle).
TETRAODONTIDAE * n. Puffers.
EFFECTIVENESS * n. 1 Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect. 2 Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects.
AMPLIFICATION * n. 1 Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail. 2 The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input. 3 (electronics) The act of increasing voltage or power or current.
PHLOEM * n. (botany) Tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes.
STOCKHOLDER * n. Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation.
UNUSEFULNESS * n. The quality of having no practical use.
ILLEGALLY * r. In an illegal manner.
NANOGRAM * n. One billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram.
BUGOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies insects.
ZOOPHYTE * n. Any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge.
BATED * s. Diminished or moderated.
BROW * n. 1 The part of the face above the eyes. 2 The arch of hair above each eye. 3 The peak of a hill.
CULVERIN * n. 1 A heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2 A medieval musket.
GROPIUS * n. United States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969).
XYLARIA * n. Type genus of Xylariaceae; fungi with perithecia in the upper part of erect black woody stromata.
NONSYNCHRONOUS * s. Not occurring together.
JUNCAGINACEAE * n. A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales.
METALLURGIC * a. Of or relating to metallurgy.
EXPENSIVENESS * n. The quality of being high-priced.
AFFIRMABLE * s. Capable of being affirmed or asserted.
KIMBERLITE * n. A rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia.
SEROTONIN * n. A neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory.
GOLD-COLOURED * s. Having the color of gold.
ACCUSATIVE * --n. The case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. --s. Containing or expressing accusation. --a. Serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes.
TEMPER * --n. 1 A sudden outburst of anger. 2 A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. 3 A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger. 4 The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking. --v. 1 Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling. 2 Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. 3 Adjust the pitch (of pianos). 4 Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else.
CUMULATE * v. Collect or gather.
CEFTAZIDIME * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections.
PUNISHMENT * n. The act of punishing.
RACY * s. 1 Full of zest or vigor. 2 Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. 3 Suggestive of sexual impropriety. 4 Designed or suitable for competing in a race.
DONATE * v. Give to a charity or good cause.
PUMMELO * n. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.
BENDS * n. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
ACTIVISTIC * s. Advocating or engaged in activism.
UNDESIROUS * a. Having or feeling no desire.
WHETSTONE * n. A flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives.
DINER * n. 1 A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant). 2 A passenger car where food is served in transit. 3 A restaurant that resembles a dining car.
TURKI * n. 1 Any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language. 2 A subfamily of Altaic languages.
DE-ENERGIZE * v. Deprive of energy.
GUILLOCHE * n. An architectural decoration formed by two intersecting wavy bands.
EMOTIONALISM * n. Emotional nature or quality.
COUNTERMOVE * n. An attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc..
DISARMAMENT * n. Act of reducing or depriving of arms.
SHANNY * n. European scaleless blenny.
DELIRIUM * n. 1 State of violent mental agitation. 2 A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations.
EPITAXY * n. Growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate.
LOVEBIRD * n. 1 Small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors. 2 Small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates.
SCORING * n. Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score.
LANGOUSTE * n. 1 Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California. 2 Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters.
CLADE * n. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
AUC * n. A terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members.
WREATHE * v. 1 Move with slow, sinuous movements. 2 Decorate or deck with wreaths. 3 Form into a wreath.
BISMUTHAL * a. Of or relating to bismuth.
LUXURIANTLY * r. 1 In an abundant and luxuriant manner. 2 In an elegantly luxuriant way.
AUTOLYTIC * a. Of or relating to self-digestion.
HERNIATION * n. Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes.
CIRCULARISATION * n. Circulating printed notices as a means of advertising.
SHUSH * v. Silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'.
ATHENE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva. 2 A genus of Strigidae.
DUMFOUNDING * s. Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder.
URINATE * v. 1 Pass after the manner of urine. 2 Eliminate urine.
THERMOJUNCTION * n. A junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears.
MARTI * n. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
MUSSEL * n. 1 Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine. 2 Marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc..
ELAEAGNUS * n. Oleaster.
UTTER * --v. 1 Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise. 2 Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words). 3 Express in speech. 4 Put into circulation. --s. 1 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. 2 Complete and absolute.
LIGNEOUS * s. Consisting of or containing lignin or xylem.
INTERACT * v. Act together or towards others or with others.
TAPPER * n. 1 A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks. 2 A person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly. 3 A worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads. 4 Someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire.
MEVACOR * n. An oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate.
UNCOMMON * --a. Not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind. --s. Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind.
UNLEADED * --a. Not treated with lead. --s. Not having leads between the lines.
TZARINA * n. The wife or widow of a czar.
SYLVAN * --n. A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods. --s. Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions.
WORD-PERFECT * s. Correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words.
CASUARINACEAE * n. One genus: genus Casuarina.
OPV * n. An oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis.
CHANNEL-SURF * v. Switch channels, on television.
INDIFFERENCE * n. 1 Unbiased impartial unconcern. 2 Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. 3 The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally. 4 The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern.
ANTHROPOPHAGITE * n. A person who eats human flesh.
GRIME * --n. The state of being covered with unclean things. --v. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
PSYCHOANALYSE * v. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
WARTIME * n. A period of time during which there is armed conflict.
NOVENA * n. A Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
SHUDRA * n. 1 A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste. 2 The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status.
WALTZ * --n. 1 An assured victory (especially in an election). 2 Music composed in triple time for waltzing. 3 A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat. --v. Dance a waltz.
SUPERFETATION * n. Fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time.
SYMPATHY * n. 1 An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion. 2 Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish). 3 A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.
LEAFY * a. Having or covered with leaves.
REPLETION * n. 1 The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more. 2 Eating until excessively full.
LEAD-FREE * s. (of gasoline) Not containing tetraethyl lead.
BASILISK * n. 1 (classical mythology) A serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance. 2 Ancient brass cannon. 3 Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America.
PERUSE * v. Examine or consider with attention and in detail.
STANDARD * --n. 1 A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated. 2 The ideal in terms of which something can be judged. 3 A board measure = 1980 board feet. 4 The value behind the money in a monetary system. --a. 1 Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind. 2 Established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence. 3 Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers. --s. 1 Commonly used or supplied. 2 Regularly and widely used or sold.
SUPERIOR * --n. 1 One of greater rank or station or quality. 2 The head of a religious community. 3 A combatant who is able to defeat rivals. 4 The largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes. --a. 1 Of high or superior quality or performance. 2 Of or characteristic of high rank or importance. 3 Written or printed above and to one side of another character. 4 Having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit. --s. 1 (sometimes followed by `to') Not subject to or influenced by. 2 Having a higher rank. 3 (often followed by `to') Above being affected or influenced by.
UNDIMMED * a. Not made dim or less bright.
SELF-CONSCIOUSLY * r. In an uncomfortably self-conscious manner.
GLOAM * n. The time of day immediately following sunset.
FAKEER * n. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
BENEFIT * --n. 1 Financial assistance in time of need. 2 Something that aids or promotes well-being. 3 A performance to raise money for a charitable cause. --v. 1 Derive a benefit from. 2 Be beneficial for.
ELECTROPHORUS * n. 1 A simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity. 2 Type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels.
KLEIN * n. 1 German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925). 2 United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960). 3 United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942).
EXORDIUM * n. (rhetoric) The introductory section of an oration or discourse.
MOSES * n. 1 (Old Testament) The Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai. 2 United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961).
STOREYED * s. Having stories as indicated.
PSYCHOLINGUIST * n. A person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language.
INORGANIC * a. 1 Relating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basis. 2 Lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms.
OPPOSE * v. 1 Be against; express opposition to. 2 Fight against or resist strongly. 3 Contrast with equal weight or force. 4 Set into opposition or rivalry.
AFOUL * s. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
CANOROUS * s. Richly melodious.
SALIAN * n. A member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD.
YERWA-MAIDUGURI * n. A city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center.
COPPERWARE * n. Utensils made with copper.
SHALLOT * n. 1 Aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion. 2 Type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning. 3 Small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning.
WHOOPER * n. 1 Rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call. 2 Common Old World swan noted for its whooping call.
CHOKEPOINT * n. 1 A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel. 2 A point of congestion or blockage.
EXCEPT * v. 1 Take exception to. 2 Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
LUTRA * n. In some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae.
NEIGHBOR * --n. 1 A person who lives (or is located) near another. 2 A nearby object of the same kind. --v. 1 Live or be located as a neighbor. 2 Be located near or adjacent to.
SCAVENGER * n. 1 A chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities. 2 Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others. 3 Any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter.
SIDEWINDER * n. 1 Small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve. 2 Air-to-air missile with infrared homing device.
COLD-SHOULDER * v. Pay no attention to, disrespect.
DEFENSELESS * --s. 1 Lacking protection or support. 2 Having no protecting or concealing cover. 3 Lacking weapons for self-defense. --r. Without defense.
ACROANAESTHESIA * n. Loss of sensation in the extremities.
POODLE * n. An intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs.
CAMORRA * n. A secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail.
COON * n. 1 An eccentric or undignified rustic. 2 North American raccoon.
ANTICLINAL * a. Sloping downward away from a common crest.
RADIOACTIVELY * r. In a radioactive manner.
BUNKUM * n. Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).
FETCH * --n. The action of fetching. --v. 1 Go or come after and bring or take back. 2 Be sold for a certain price. 3 Take away or remove.
AMPLIFIER * n. Electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it.
HALFWAY * --s. 1 Equally distant from the extremes. 2 At a point midway between two extremes. 3 Including only half or a portion. --r. At half the distance; at the middle.
READJUSTMENT * n. 1 The act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances). 2 The act of adjusting something to match a standard.
SPURGE * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice.
TAI * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Thailand. 2 The most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people. 2 Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people. 3 Of or relating to Thailand.
GLUCOPHAGE * n. An antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes.
KITSCHY * s. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
STIPEND * n. A sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose.
EVANS * n. 1 United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971). 2 British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941).
CHILBLAIN * n. Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.
FURNIVALL * n. English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910).
PICKET * --n. 1 A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. 2 A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack. 3 A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work. 4 A vehicle performing sentinel duty. --v. 1 Serve as pickets or post pickets. 2 Fasten with a picket.
WELL-ADJUSTED * s. Free from psychological disorder.
LEASEHOLD * n. Land or property held under a lease.
HEMORRHOIDECTOMY * n. Surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them.
PELLUCIDITY * n. 1 Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression. 2 Passing light without diffusion or distortion.
FIREFIGHTER * n. A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires.
ADVISOR * n. An expert who gives advice.
SEMICONDUCTIVE * s. Having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors.
HEATHENISH * s. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.
FERTILISATION * n. 1 Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant. 2 Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure.
BLENCH * v. Turn pale, as if in fear.
KOPECK * n. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia.
CERAMICIST * n. A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.
CIM * n. The United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies.
HALF-DOZEN * s. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
NITROCOTTON * n. A nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives.
CARBOXYL * --n. The univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids. --a. Relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical.
APPENDAGED * a. Having an appendage.
INCAUTION * n. The trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger.
HIBISCUS * n. Any plant of the genus Hibiscus.
BAOBAB * n. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
SPOOF * --n. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way. --v. Make a parody of.
H-BOMB * n. A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium.
LUG * --n. 1 Ancient Celtic god. 2 A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast. 3 A projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something. 4 Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait. --v. 1 Carry with difficulty. 2 Obstruct.
BIRTHING * n. The process of giving birth.
STRAINED * s. 1 Lacking natural ease. 2 Showing signs of mental and emotional tension. 3 Lacking spontaneity; not natural. 4 Struggling for effect.
ATHABASKAN * n. 1 A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska. 2 A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir).
CYCLIC * --a. 1 Conforming to the Carnot cycle. 2 Forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl. 3 Of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure. 4 Recurring in cycles. --s. Marked by repeated cycles.
VOLVELLE * n. A circular slide chart having rotating parts.
PLATFORM * n. 1 A raised horizontal surface. 2 A document stating the aims and principles of a political party. 3 The combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system. 4 Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons.
DUKEDOM * n. 1 The dignity or rank or position of a duke. 2 The domain controlled by a duke or duchess.
CONTINUING * s. 1 Remaining in force or being carried on without letup. 2 Of long duration.
AMPHIPROTIC * a. Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either.
MIROUNGA * n. Elephant seals.
SIDERITIS * n. Genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region.
BOD * n. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
ACCUMULATIVE * s. 1 Increasing by successive addition. 2 Marked by acquiring or amassing.
PROLIXNESS * n. Boring verbosity.
GIGANTISM * n. 1 Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. 2 Excessive largeness of stature.
ABVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt.
SECOND-YEAR * s. Used of the second year in United States high school or college.
OARFISH * n. Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin.
MEPHITIC * s. Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution.
ANDANTE * --n. 1 A moderately slow tempo (a walking pace). 2 A musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow. --s. (of tempo) Moderately slow. --r. At a moderately slow tempo.
XEROPHYTE * n. Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte.
HULL * --n. 1 Dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut. 2 Persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry. 3 United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843). 4 United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955). --v. Remove the hulls from.
PERVERSIVE * s. Tending to corrupt or pervert.
HEARTSICK * s. 1 Full of sorrow. 2 Without or almost without hope.
STYLOSTIXIS * n. Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.
ATYPICAL * --a. Not representative of a group, class, or type. --s. Deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal.
INCHEON * n. A port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea.
UNSATIATED * s. Not having been satisfied.
CASE * --n. 1 An occurrence of something. 2 A special set of circumstances. 3 A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. 4 The actual state of things. --v. 1 Look over, usually with the intention to rob. 2 Enclose in, or as if in, a case.
DROWSINESS * n. A very sleepy state.
BAPTISIA * n. Genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod.
SANDBLASTER * n. A tool that throws out a blast of steam laden with sand; used to clean or grind hard surfaces.
SEVENTIES * n. 1 The decade from 1970 to 1979. 2 The time of life between 70 and 80.
CARREL * n. 1 French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944). 2 Small individual study area in a library.
UNTHOUGHT * s. So unexpected as to have not been imagined.
FOGGY * s. 1 Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion). 2 Indistinct or hazy in outline. 3 Filled or abounding with fog or mist. 4 Obscured by fog.
TEEPEE * n. A Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
ENJOYER * n. A person who delights in having or using or experiencing something.
COMPREHENSIVE * --n. An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge. --a. Including all or everything. --s. Broad in scope.
CREMATION * n. The incineration of a dead body.
SPINAL * --n. Anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord. --a. Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.
TRILOBITE * n. An extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts.
UNDERCLASS * --n. The social class lowest in the social hierarchy. --s. Belonging to the lowest and least privileged social stratum.
SELF-WORTH * n. The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.
INCREDIBLENESS * n. The quality of being incredible.
TRIIODOMETHANE * n. A yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing.
INHERITRIX * n. A female heir.
OTOSCOPE * n. Medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane).
PERVASIVELY * r. In a pervasive manner.
ACAPNIAL * a. Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
54 * s. Being four more than fifty.
WISPY * s. 1 Thin and weak. 2 Lacking clarity or distinctness.
RECISSION * n. (law) The act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made.
MORPHALLAXIS * n. Regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters.
ACCUSIVE * s. Containing or expressing accusation.
CROTCHETINESS * n. A fussy and eccentric disposition.
UNFALTERING * s. Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
CYSTEINE * n. An amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine.
BASSET * --n. Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears. --v. Appear at the surface.
TRISTEARIN * n. A triglyceride of stearic acid.
RELAXER * n. Any agent that produces relaxation.
LABOURER * n. Someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor.
MACROPODIDAE * n. Kangaroos; wallabies.
UZI * n. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
ACCEPTIVE * --a. Inclined to accept rather than reject. --s. Accepting willingly.
ELIGIBLE * a. Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.
GALLUS * n. 1 Elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural). 2 Common domestic birds and related forms.
PEANUTS * n. An insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount.
ROLLOVER * n. The act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty.
LAUHALA * n. Polynesian screw pine.
COUP * n. 1 A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force. 2 A brilliant and notable success.
CEBU * n. 1 An important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines. 2 One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor.
FIGURINE * n. A small carved or molded figure.
TARBOOSH * n. A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown.
HAGIOLATRY * n. The worship of saints.
ERRING * s. Capable of making an error.
STATELY * s. 1 Impressive in appearance. 2 Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue. 3 Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court.
RYNCHOPS * n. Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers.
DISPOSAL * n. 1 The power to use something or someone. 2 A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs). 3 The act or means of getting rid of something. 4 A kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage.
IIS * n. The most notorious and possibly the most important arm of Iraq's security system.
STATE * --n. 1 The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation. 2 The way something is with respect to its main attributes. 3 The group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state. 4 A politically organized body of people under a single government. --v. 1 Express in words. 2 Put before. 3 Indicate through a symbol, formula, etc..
UNENCLOSED * a. Not closed in our surrounded or included.
NONSMOKER * n. 1 A person who does not smoke tobacco. 2 A passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke.
GONNE * n. Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953).
PEREGRINATION * n. Traveling or wandering around.
ALARUM * n. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
HAZARDOUS * s. Involving risk or danger.
JUXTAPOSE * v. Place side by side.
STATISTIC * n. A datum that can be represented numerically.
SUNDAY-GO-TO-MEETING * s. Used of clothing.
PELLICULARIA * n. Genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia.
TRANSPOSABILITY * n. Ability to change sequence.
BANDY * --v. 1 Toss or strike a ball back and forth. 2 Exchange blows. 3 Discuss lightly. --s. Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
MID * s. Used in combination to denote the middle.
SWAMPY * s. (of soil) Soft and watery.
FOOTLING * s. (informal) Small and of little importance.
THIEF * n. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
RUMPUS * --n. The act of making a noisy disturbance. --v. Cause a disturbance.
TIMBRE * n. (music) The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).
HOMOGENATE * n. Material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed).
UNCOUSINLY * a. Not befitting a cousin.
FORTY-FOURTH * s. The ordinal number of forty-four in counting order.
CRYPTOTIS * n. Least shrews.
CONOCARPUS * n. Monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree.
BURNISH * --n. The property of being smooth and shiny. --v. Polish and make shiny.
ROOT * --n. 1 (botany) The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. 2 The place where something begins, where it springs into being. 3 (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed. 4 A number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number. --v. 1 Take root and begin to grow. 2 Come into existence, originate. 3 Cheer for. 4 Plant by the roots.
ACCUSE * v. 1 Bring an accusation against; level a charge against. 2 Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
BODYLESS * s. Having no trunk or main part.
SPEEDUP * n. The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.
WHITEHORSE * n. The provincial capital of the Yukon Territory.
PROPINQUITY * n. The property of being close together.
AUTOREGULATION * n. (physiology) Processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism.
CHILDISHLY * r. In a childlike manner.
DIHYBRID * n. A hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each.
THOUGHT * n. 1 The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about. 2 The process of using your mind to consider something carefully. 3 The organized beliefs of a period or group or individual. 4 A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
CONSENTIENT * s. In complete agreement.
DIVI-DIVI * n. 1 Twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree; source of tannin. 2 Small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin.
THEREABOUTS * r. 1 Near that time or date. 2 Near that place.
DURANGO * n. A city in north central Mexico; mining center.
CINERARY * a. Containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead.
ANTRUM * n. A natural cavity or hollow in a bone.
DOGFIGHT * --n. 1 A fiercely disputed contest. 2 Disorderly fighting. 3 An aerial engagement between fighter planes. 4 A violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling). --v. 1 Arrange for an illegal dogfight. 2 Engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane.
BATTLESHIP * n. Large and heavily armoured warship.
DURABLES * n. Consumer goods that are not destroyed by use.
PARLIAMENTARIAN * n. 1 An elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons. 2 An expert in parliamentary rules and procedures.
HEADREST * n. 1 A cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash. 2 A rest for the head.
LII * s. Being two more than fifty.
HELMINTH * n. Worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes.
DEXTROROTATORY * s. Rotating to the right.
ELUL * n. The twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September).
KUHN * n. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).
MORTARBOARD * n. 1 A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar. 2 An academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top.
BWR * n. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the water boils in the reactor core and the steam produced can drive a steam turbine.
NUCLEOPLASM * n. The protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell.
SULLY * --n. 1 United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872). 2 French statesman (1560-1641). --v. 1 Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. 2 Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. 3 Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
EASYGOING * s. 1 Not hurried or forced. 2 Not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship. 3 Relaxed and informal in attitude or standards.
EGGSHELL * n. The exterior covering of a bird's egg.
SKY * --n. The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth. --v. Throw or toss with a light motion.
RUTHENIUM * n. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum.
TAUTOLOGICAL * s. Repetition of same sense in different words.
ALCOHOLIZE * v. 1 Subject to the influence of alcohol. 2 Treat or infuse with alcohol. 3 Make alcoholic, as by fermenting.
PLAYACT * v. Perform on a stage or theater.
STIPPLED * s. Having a pattern of dots.
WICKET-KEEPER * n. Stands behind the wicket to catch balls.
FREGATIDAE * n. Frigate birds.
CYMBID * n. Any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers.
RUGGEDISATION * n. The act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse).
PRONOUNCEABLE * a. Capable of being uttered or pronounced.
MIOSIS * n. 1 (genetics) Cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants). 2 Reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller.
RHAMNACEAE * n. Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value.
SHE-BOP * v. Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation.
REFUSE * --n. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). --v. 1 Show unwillingness towards. 2 Refuse to accept. 3 Elude, especially in a baffling way. 4 Refuse to let have.
MIRTHLESS * s. Lacking mirth.
FULL-SCALE * s. Using all available resources.
SYMBOLATRY * n. The worship of symbols.
COWARDICE * n. The trait of lacking courage.
PUSSY * --n. 1 Obscene terms for female genitals. 2 Informal terms referring to a domestic cat. --s. Containing pus.
SUEZ * n. A city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal.
OPTIMISATION * n. The act of rendering optimal.
TENFOLD * --s. Containing ten or ten parts. --r. By ten times as much.
SERIF * n. A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
BRUGMANSIA * n. Includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets.
ADENOID * --n. A collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx). --a. Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
FAITHLESSLY * r. In a disloyal and faithless manner.
FENLAND * n. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water.
PANDANACEAE * n. Family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus.
HESSONITE * n. A garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown.
LOOK-ALIKE * --n. Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor). --s. Resembling closely.
BIRIANI * n. An Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables.
REDACTION * n. 1 Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form. 2 The act of putting something in writing.
ASTOUNDED * s. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
EN * n. Half the width of an em.
CARNOSAUR * n. Large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws.
OUTWARDNESS * n. 1 Concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit. 2 The quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior. 3 A concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts).
DIXIELAND * n. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
LIQUIDISE * v. Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating.
MONOTROPACEAE * n. Used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes.
ARTIFICE * n. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
SLICING * n. 1 A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer. 2 The act of cutting into slices.
GLAMOUROUS * s. Having an air of allure, romance and excitement.
PROROGUE * v. 1 Hold back to a later time. 2 Adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body.
HANDILY * r. 1 In a convenient manner. 2 With no difficulty.
NONCONTINUOUS * a. Not continuing without interruption in time or space.
POLYPECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a polyp.
BRUSSELS * n. The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
UMBELLIFEROUS * a. Relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae.
MAGISTRACY * n. The position of magistrate.
SALAFISM * n. A militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world.
SERRASALMUS * n. Piranhas.
RENEGOCIATE * v. 1 Negociate anew. 2 Revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor.
SUPPOSABLE * s. Capable of being inferred on slight grounds.
FIXITY * n. 1 The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. 2 The quality of being incapable of mutation.
TONS * n. A large number or amount.
ALKALINE-LOVING * a. Thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7).
FAERIE * n. 1 A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers. 2 The enchanted realm of fairies.
SCHERZO * n. A fast movement (usually in triple time).
FREQUENTATIVE * n. A verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action.
ZOSTERACEAE * n. Used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae.
JED'DAH * n. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca.
RAIN-WASH * n. The washing away of soil or other loose material by rain.
ANASTOMUS * n. Openbills.
ELECTROCUTIONER * n. An executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person.
ABERRATION * n. 1 A state or condition markedly different from the norm. 2 A disorder in one's mental state. 3 An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image.
PROPENOATE * n. A salt or ester of propenoic acid.
ABCS * n. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
BOT * n. Botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human.
GHETTOISE * v. Put in a ghetto.
MUSCIVORA * n. A genus of Tyrannidae.
SENTRY * n. A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
UNDYING * s. Never dying.
TRIGEMINAL * n. The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication.
FALSELY * r. 1 In an insincerely false manner. 2 In an incorrect manner.
RIGHT-WING * s. Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right.
PALEOLITHIC * --n. Second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC. --a. Of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic).
HUMMINGBIRD * n. Tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight.
SKINK * n. Alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide.
IRREPROACHABLE * s. Free of guilt; not subject to blame.
ORRERY * n. Planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock.
COONSKIN * n. A raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back.
UNBELIEVABLE * --a. Beyond belief or understanding. --s. Having a probability too low to inspire belief.
XEROBATES * n. Possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research.
BAAS * n. South African term for `boss'.
TOFFEE * n. Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets.
LUCY * n. Incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974.
LYCOPERDACEAE * n. A fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs.
EXARCHATE * n. A diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
TEPIDNESS * n. 1 A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin. 2 Lack of passion, force or animation.
FUNGUS * n. An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia.
DAYBOY * n. A day boarder who is a boy.
CUSCUS * n. Woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia.
NUTRITION * n. 1 (physiology) The organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. 2 A source of materials to nourish the body. 3 The scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans).
BUTYLATE * v. Introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound.
FESTINATE * v. Act or move at high speed.
PENTAMEROUS * s. Divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members.
DISCRETIONAL * s. Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment.
MARSHLAND * n. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water.
UPWIND * --s. Towards the side exposed to wind. --r. 1 Away from the wind. 2 In the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing.
PERCEIVED * s. 1 Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues. 2 Detected by means of the senses.
ENDERMATIC * a. Acting by absorption through the skin.
SCHTICKL * n. A really little shtik.
DIESINKER * n. Someone who makes dies.
EFFECTUATION * n. The act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect.
PATHOGENIC * s. Able to cause disease.
PRATFALL * n. 1 A fall onto your buttocks. 2 An embarrassing mistake.
SUB-INTERVAL * n. An interval that is included in another interval.
FAWN * --n. 1 A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. 2 A young deer. --v. 1 Show submission or fear. 2 Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering. 3 Have fawns.
NICETY * n. 1 Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety. 2 A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
HEADSPACE * n. The volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing.
MISGOVERNMENT * n. Government that is inefficient or dishonest.
BRACELET * n. 1 A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist. 2 Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration.
PLUPERFECT * --n. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past. --s. More than perfect.
STIR * --n. 1 A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event. 2 Emotional agitation and excitement. 3 A rapid active commotion. --v. 1 Move an implement through. 2 Move very slightly. 3 Stir feelings in. 4 Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
DAVIT * n. A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat).
SEPARATELY * r. Apart from others.
FRESHEN * v. 1 Make (to feel) fresh. 2 Become or make oneself fresh again. 3 Make fresh again.
BIRDSONG * n. The characteristic sound produced by a bird.
O'FLAHERTY * n. Irish writer of short stories (1896-1984).
MARS * n. 1 A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color. 2 (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares.
PHOTOTROPISM * n. An orienting response to light.
PHOTOCOPY * --n. A photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work. --v. Reproduce by xerography.
SHARKSUCKER * n. Remoras found attached to sharks.
LYCEUM * n. 1 A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12. 2 A public hall for lectures and concerts.
DILETTANTEISH * s. Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish.
PLESIANTHROPUS * n. Former name for the genus Australopithecus.
AURELIUS * n. Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180).
SOMNAMBULISM * n. Walking by a person who is asleep.
GHOSTWRITE * v. Write for someone else.
HYPERTONUS * n. (of muscular tissue) The state of being hypertonic.
CURVY * s. 1 Having curves. 2 (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
SEXTILLION * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros.
MONS * n. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.
HALF-STAFF * n. A position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress.
BARBITAL * n. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
ETHNICAL * s. Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people.
FOREGONE * s. Well in the past; former.
SLOPING * s. 1 Having an oblique or slanted direction. 2 Having a slanting form or direction.
VEDISM * n. The form of Hinduism that revolves primarily around the mythic version and ritual ideologies in the Vedas.
TASKENT * n. The capital of Uzbekistan.
TACHYLITE * n. A basic or basalt glass.
SPENDABLE * s. (used of funds) Remaining after taxes.
SYNDICATOR * n. A businessman who forms a syndicate.
NOMINATOR * n. Someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election.
ASHKENAZI * n. A Jew of eastern European or German descent.
HEMIMETABOLA * n. Subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis.
BUSYBODIED * s. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
SKUNKWEED * n. Tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell.
ONLOOKER * n. Someone who looks on.
KOOKIE * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
TAYALIC * n. A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa.
SHERBERT * n. A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin.
HAEMAL * a. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
SAIPAN * n. 1 The largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States. 2 US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II.
AMBIVALENCE * n. Mixed feelings or emotions.
GASTEROPODA * n. Snails and slugs and their relatives.
TENURED * s. Appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime.
VISIBLENESS * n. Quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye.
CURIOSA * n. Books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica).
GNAWER * n. Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
STYLISHLY * r. In a stylish manner.
UTE * n. 1 A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico. 2 The Shoshonean language spoken by the Utes.
ANSWERABLE * s. 1 Capable of being answered. 2 Morally or legally responsible to a higher authority.
PROTOMAMMAL * n. Probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals.
WHIPPET * n. Small slender dog of greyhound type developed in England.
RESOUNDINGLY * r. In a resounding manner.
ANTITHETICALLY * r. With antithesis; in an antithetical manner.
MODALITY * n. 1 A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. 2 Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. 3 A particular sense. 4 A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment.
PRESENCE * n. 1 The state of being present; current existence. 2 The immediate proximity of someone or something. 3 An invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby. 4 The impression that something is present.
SPIDERLY * a. Relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida.
HYPERBOREAN * n. (Greek mythology) One of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind.
GUINEAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Guinea. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants.
HUNAN * n. A province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources.
RIND * n. The natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating).
POTAMOPHIS * n. Ground snakes.
DAUNTLESSNESS * n. Resolute courageousness.
ENDOMORPHIC * a. Having a squat and fleshy build.
RECORD-KEEPER * n. Someone responsible for keeping records.
ARCHEPISCOPAL * a. Of or associated with an archbishop.
KIDNAPPER * n. Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).
CACOGRAPHY * n. Poor handwriting.
CANDLEMAKER * n. A person who makes or sells candles.
SEE-THROUGH * s. So thin as to transmit light.
CONCLAVE * n. A confidential or secret meeting.
NONSTEROIDAL * --n. An organic compound that does no contain a steroid. --a. Not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones.
DEHYDRORETINOL * n. A viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1.
THREADFIN * n. Mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays.
APE * --n. 1 Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all. 2 Someone who copies the words or behavior of another. 3 Person who resembles a nonhuman primate. --v. 1 Imitate uncritically and in every aspect. 2 Represent in or produce a caricature of.
AMITRIPTYLINE * n. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications.
UNPOINTED * a. Not having a point especially a sharp point.
MOO-COW * n. Female of domestic cattle:.
ROPEDANCER * n. An acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground.
IMAM * n. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide.
BOOGER * n. 1 An imaginary monster used to frighten children. 2 Dried nasal mucus.
KAOPECTATE * n. Trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient.
AGROBIOLOGICAL * a. Of or pertaining to agrobiology.
DESTALINIZE * v. Counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism.
HOOF-MARK * n. A visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal.
WONDERFULLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
DUNLIN * n. Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions.
HUNDREDTH * --n. 1 Position 100 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in a hundred equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order.
COSTING * n. Cost accounting.
HYDRIDE * n. Any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements.
ANGLESEA * n. An island to the northwest of Wales.
PICARESQUE * s. Involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction.
ANZIO * n. A town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II.
QUAIL * --n. 1 Flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised. 2 Small gallinaceous game birds. --v. Draw back, as with fear or pain.
ISN * n. Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations.
STIZOLOBIUM * n. Genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters.
DREAMLESS * s. Untroubled by dreams.
DISCOMYCETE * n. Any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes.
PICKPOCKET * n. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
UNDISCOVERABLE * s. Not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery.
CARP * --n. 1 The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised. 2 Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. --v. Raise trivial objections.
DISTRESSINGNESS * n. The quality of being painful.
TROOPS * n. Soldiers collectively.
PUFFED * s. Gathered for protruding fullness.
FOOTBALLER * n. An athlete who plays American football.
TAXABLE * a. (of goods or funds) Subject to taxation.
LUBRICATED * a. Smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction.
TUCKER * --n. 1 United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939). 2 United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966). 3 A sewer who tucks. 4 A detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress. --v. Wear out completely.
TREATED * a. 1 Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent. 2 Given medical care or treatment. 3 Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
BASOPHILIA * n. The tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes.
GRAVIDATION * n. Technical terms for pregnancy.
JAG * --n. 1 A sharp projection on an edge or surface. 2 A slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing. 3 A flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing. 4 A bout of drinking or drug taking. --v. Cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge.
CARPOPHORE * n. A slender stalk that furnishes an axis for a carpel.
CURIOUSLY * r. 1 In a manner differing from the usual or expected. 2 With curiosity.
RUFFIANISM * n. Violent lawless behavior.
TRITON * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A sea god; son of Poseidon. 2 The largest moon of Neptune. 3 Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells. 4 Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.
KANT * n. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
HEAVENS * n. The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
DASYURIDAE * n. Dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils.
PARIES * n. (anatomy) A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
OUTSOLE * n. The outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground.
EPANORTHOSIS * n. Immediate rephrasing for intensification or justification.
GRUNTER * n. 1 A person who grunts. 2 Domestic swine.
EXCLUSIVENESS * n. Tendency to associate with only a select group.
43 * s. Being three more than forty.
HCFC * n. A fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere.
EXPO * n. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
NUTHATCH * n. Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects.
RUTACEAE * n. A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent.
OVERUTILIZATION * n. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
PERISTYLAR * s. Having columniation completely circling an area of the structure.
TOUCHSCREEN * n. A computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen.
CALIFORNIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles.
TRICKLE * --n. Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid. --v. Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.
SUCCINIC * a. Of or relating to or obtained from amber.
COMETIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
JUGLANS * n. Type genus of the Juglandaceae.
TIGHTLIPPED * s. Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
ADMINISTRABLE * s. Capable of being administered or managed.
FISCALLY * r. In financial matters.
CHLOROPHYCEAE * n. Algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments.
APPROPRIATENESS * n. 1 Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing. 2 The quality of being specially suitable.
PETRIFICATION * n. The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape.
GLANDULAR * a. Relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland.
RESTITUTION * n. 1 A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. 2 The act of restoring something to its original state. 3 Getting something back again.
CLAVICLE * n. Bone linking the scapula and sternum.
KINGSNAKE * n. Any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals.
LONDON * n. 1 The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center. 2 United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916).
PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAM * n. An X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast.
UNSUITABILITY * n. The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose.
PHERESIS * n. A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion.
UNPEOPLED * s. With no people living there.
IRRESOLUTION * n. 1 Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action. 2 The trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose.
BRASIL * n. 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.
FRICK * n. United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919).
CHRIST'S-THORN * n. 1 Thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit. 2 Spiny tree having dark red edible fruits.
GRANDNEPHEW * n. A son of your niece or nephew.
COEXISTENCE * n. Existing peacefully together.
UNIQUENESS * n. The quality of being one of a kind.
YELLOWED * s. Changed to a yellowish color by age.
BROWNTAIL * n. Small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees.
ENDORSE * v. 1 Be behind; approve of. 2 Give support or one's approval to. 3 Guarantee as meeting a certain standard. 4 Sign as evidence of legal transfer.
PARTHENOGENETIC * s. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
POLO * n. 1 Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324). 2 A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball.
PARATHORMONE * n. Hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting.
UNWORTHILY * r. In an unworthy manner.
SATURNINE * s. 1 Bitter or scornful. 2 Showing a brooding ill humor.
EPILITHIC * a. Growing on stone.
DISENGAGEMENT * n. 1 The act of releasing from an attachment or connection. 2 To break off a military action with an enemy.
MOROSE * s. Showing a brooding ill humor.
TEMPORARY * --n. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis. --a. Not permanent; not lasting. --s. Lacking continuity or regularity.
MISTRUST * --n. 1 Doubt about someone's honesty. 2 The trait of not trusting others. --v. Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in.
VIRTU * n. 1 Love of or taste for fine objects of art. 2 Artistic quality. 3 Objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques).
DESCEND * v. 1 Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. 2 Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example. 3 Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity. 4 Come as if by falling.
POT * --n. 1 Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid. 2 A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. 3 The quantity contained in a pot. 4 A container in which plants are cultivated. --v. Plant in a pot.
HORSESHOE * --n. 1 Game equipment consisting of an open ring of iron used in playing horseshoes. 2 U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof. --v. Equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes.
OVERDRAW * v. 1 Draw more money from than is available. 2 To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
STAGGERBUSH * n. Deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock.
CALL-OUT * n. A challenge to a fight or duel.
HUNK * n. 1 A well-built sexually attractive man. 2 A large piece of something without definite shape.
CENTROMERE * n. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
HOGGET * n. A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared.
INCOMMODE * v. To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.
SQUARE-RIGGER * n. A square-rigged sailing ship.
SEAHORSE * n. 1 Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber. 2 Small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position.
EXPANDED * a. Increased in extent or size or bulk or scope.
DEFLEXION * n. 1 The amount by which a propagating wave is bent. 2 The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position. 3 The property of being bent or deflected. 4 A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern).
MILT * n. 1 Fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture. 2 Seminal fluid produced by male fish.
BOSPORUS * n. A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route.
PROPHETICALLY * r. In a prophetic manner.
BILOCATION * n. The ability (said of certain Roman Catholic saints) to exist simultaneously in two locations.
LEUCOCYTOZOAN * n. Parasitic in birds.
SMOLDERING * s. Showing scarcely suppressed anger.
SEGMENTATION * n. 1 (embryology) The repeated division of a fertilised ovum. 2 The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
SOLARIZE * v. 1 Reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it. 2 Become overexposed. 3 Overexpose to sunlight. 4 Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun.
ATHEROMATIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling atheroma.
IGNORED * s. Disregarded.
HYPOCAPNIA * n. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing.
ENAMOUR * v. Attract; cause to be enamored.
ABSENTEEISM * n. Habitual absence from work.
ALLOPHONE * n. (linguistics) Any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.
PATTERN-BOMB * v. Bomb in certain patterns.
BROOKS * n. United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963).
BEANO * n. A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
REPRESSION * n. 1 A state of forcible subjugation. 2 (psychiatry) The classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious. 3 The act of repressing; control by holding down.
LOONEY * n. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous.
SPACEWARDS * r. Towards outer space.
WATERY * s. 1 Filled with water. 2 Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears. 3 Relating to or resembling or consisting of water. 4 Overly diluted; thin and insipid.
COBIA * n. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters.
DELINQUENCY * n. 1 Nonpayment of a debt when due. 2 A tendency to be negligent and uncaring. 3 An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.
RED-BLINDNESS * n. Dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue.
KARAKALPAK * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people living near Lake Aral in central Asia. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak.
BENGAL * n. A region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India.
SHOWILY * r. 1 With ostentation; in an ostentatious manner. 2 In a fancy colorful manner.
STYLUS * n. 1 A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player. 2 A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.
VEAU * n. Meat from a calf.
RENEW * v. 1 Reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new. 2 Cause to appear in a new form.
BALLOONFISH * n. Similar to but smaller than porcupinefish.
BELLIGERENT * --n. Someone who fights (or is fighting). --s. 1 Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight. 2 Engaged in war.
OXAZEPAM * n. A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal.
DOUBLE-DEALING * --n. Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. --s. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
MANSE * n. 1 A large and imposing house. 2 The residence of a clergyman (especially a Presbyterian clergyman).
FORK * --n. 1 Cutlery used for serving and eating food. 2 The act of branching out or dividing into branches. 3 The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches. 4 An agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs. --v. 1 Lift with a pitchfork. 2 Place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces. 3 Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. 4 Shape like a fork.
ECOLOGIC * a. 1 Characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment. 2 Of or relating to the science of ecology.
YAWN * --n. An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom. --v. 1 Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired. 2 Be wide open.
CONFESSION * n. 1 An admission of misdeeds or faults. 2 A written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party. 3 (Roman Catholic Church) The act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution. 4 A public declaration of your faith.
CURRAJONG * n. Widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle.
HANDYMAN * n. A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.
INSPIRER * n. A leader who stimulates and excites people to action.
HABITUALLY * r. According to habit or custom.
EXECUTED * s. Put to death as punishment.
BEEP * --n. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning. --v. 1 Make a loud noise. 2 Call, summon, or alert with a beeper.
PEASANTRY * n. The class of peasants.
DDC * n. An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection.
PHYTOPHAGOUS * s. (of animals) Feeding on plants.
ANTINEUTRON * n. The antiparticle of a neutron.
THEREIN * r. (formal) In or into that thing or place.
SLOWCOACH * n. Someone who moves slowly.
CROOKED * --a. 1 Having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned. 2 Not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive. --s. 1 Irregular in shape or outline. 2 Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.
PREPONDERATE * v. Weigh more heavily.
PARENT * --n. 1 A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian. 2 An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained. --v. Look after a child until it is an adult.
CHRYSANTHEMUM * n. 1 The flower of a chrysanthemum plant. 2 Any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated.
MYOPIA * n. (ophthalmology) Eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.
BRIOCHE * n. A light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet.
DIAPIR * n. A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata.
BOLANCI * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
CORRIDA * n. A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators.
STIFLER * n. A person who stifles or smothers or suppresses.
UNINITIATED * s. Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.
DISENTANGLED * s. Straightened out.
DYNAMISE * v. 1 Make more dynamic. 2 Make (a drug) effective.
MARLITE * n. Metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl.
SYNTACTICIAN * n. A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax.
SAWBUCK * n. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.
CREAKILY * r. In a creaky manner.
TALLIS * n. 1 English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585). 2 (Judaism) A shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer.
UNFORESTED * s. Not covered with forest.
MID-NOVEMBER * n. The middle part of November.
LEATHERWOOD * n. 1 Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage. 2 Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.
ARCHAEOLOGY * n. The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures.
NEOHYGROPHORUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Hygrophoraceae.
RASPBERRY-RED * s. Of the red of fresh raspberries.
MONOAMINE * n. A molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter).
FLORET * n. A diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower).
MEMSAHIB * n. A woman sahib.
HEADSHOT * n. 1 A photograph of a person's head. 2 An attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head. 3 A shot aimed at a person's head.
TABASCO * n. 1 A Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche. 2 Very spicy sauce (trade name Tabasco) made from fully-aged red peppers. 3 Very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small.
DISINCENTIVE * n. A negative motivational influence.
REENACTOR * n. A person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier.
HUNDRED-AND-SIXTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred sixty in counting order.
CASUISTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or practicing casuistry. 2 Of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems.
SHELLBARK * n. North American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nuts.
INCLINOMETER * n. 1 An instrument showing the angle that an aircraft makes with the horizon. 2 A measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane). 3 An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation.
ARSON * n. Malicious burning to destroy property.
BARRATRY * n. 1 Traffic in ecclesiastical offices or preferments. 2 The crime of a judge whose judgment is influenced by bribery. 3 (maritime law) A fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo. 4 The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.
IRISHWOMAN * n. A woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland.
ATTRIBUTIVE * a. Of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify.
SEPARATIONIST * n. An advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union).
LITHURESIS * n. Passing small stones with the urine.
ACETONIC * a. Of or relating to acetone.
TRANQUILLY * r. Without emotional agitation.
MINIATURISE * v. Design or construct on a smaller scale.
DAKOITY * n. Robbery by a gang of armed dacoits.
EVIDENTLY * r. Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').
MONISTIC * a. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism.
CRENELATE * v. Supply with battlements.
CLOISTER * --n. 1 Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery). 2 A courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions). --v. 1 Surround with a cloister, as of a garden. 2 Surround with a cloister. 3 Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister.
PARTS * n. The local environment.
CREOLE * --n. 1 A person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America. 2 A person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana). 3 A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages. --a. 1 Of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana.
CPA * n. An accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state.
DIABOLISM * n. A belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan).
BEANSTALK * n. Stem of a bean plant.
IXODIDAE * n. Hard ticks.
GOAT * n. 1 Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns. 2 A victim of ridicule or pranks. 3 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn. 4 The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19.
LANCEWOOD * n. 1 Durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools. 2 Source of most of the lancewood of commerce.
GAUNTNESS * n. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
HELLERI * n. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish.
SAARINEN * n. 1 Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950). 2 United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961).
MAHATMA * n. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a brahmin sage.
COCCOID * s. Spherical; like a coccus.
RAMBOUILLET * n. Hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool.
SQUABBLE * --n. A quarrel about petty points. --v. Argue over petty things.
WHEEZING * s. Relating to breathing with a whistling sound.
UNCHANGEABLE * a. Not changeable or subject to change.
UZBAK * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek.
RADIOLUCENT * a. Almost complete transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation.
BONNIE * s. Very pleasing to the eye.
FLUFFY * s. Like down or as soft as down.
DELUXE * s. 1 Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality. 2 Elegant and sumptuous.
NEARSIGHTED * a. Unable to see distant objects clearly.
TAPING * n. A recording made on magnetic tape.
COLOURLESS * a. 1 Lacking in variety and interest. 2 Weak in color; not colorful.
SHAMED * s. 1 Showing a sense of guilt. 2 Suffering shame.
LOW-ALTITUDE * s. Occurring at a relatively low altitude.
MEDOC * n. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
EPISCIA * n. Any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers.
WAVELENGTH * n. 1 The distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave. 2 A shared orientation leading to mutual understanding.
PORTA * n. An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.
CASHABLE * s. Able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent.
SHIRAZ * n. A city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby.
WORDLESS * s. Expressed without speech.
RHABDOMANCY * n. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.
MAJUSCULE * --n. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis. --a. Of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries. --s. Uppercase.
PONTOS * n. (Greek mythology) Ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus.
RADIOCOMMUNICATION * n. Medium for communication.
POSTAL * a. Of or relating to the system for delivering mail.
PIPA * n. Type genus of the Pipidae.
NAJD * n. A central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
ACTUATOR * n. A mechanism that puts something into automatic action.
CHARY * s. Characterized by great caution and wariness.
SARAWAK * n. The largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo.
MONGRELIZE * v. Cause to become a mongrel.
MISSISSIPPI * n. 1 A major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico. 2 A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
CREATIONISM * n. The literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis.
LEVEL-HEADED * s. Exercising or showing good judgment.
TALLYMAN * n. 1 One who sells goods on the installment plan. 2 One who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received.
SCURF * n. 1 (botany) A covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts. 2 A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.
SHAVER * n. 1 An adult male who shaves. 2 A young person of either sex. 3 A razor powered by an electric motor.
HINDLIMB * n. A posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals.
BAGNIO * n. 1 A building where prostitutes are available. 2 A building containing public baths.
UMBELLIFERAE * n. Plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill.
TANTALIZER * n. Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach.
DINDYMENE * n. Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops.
HIPBONE * n. Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis.
PYRRHOCORIDAE * n. Firebugs.
BASKET * n. 1 A container that is usually woven and has handles. 2 The quantity contained in a basket. 3 Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball. 4 A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop.
BOOKLOUSE * n. Minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers.
OWENSBORO * n. A town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market.
BLASTOMYCES * n. Genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi.
STERNUTATORY * --n. A chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying. --a. Tending to cause sneezing. --s. Causing sneezing.
ANIMALIZATION * n. 1 A depiction in the form of an animal. 2 An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
SALESMAN * n. A man salesperson.
AGONIZE * v. 1 Cause to agonize. 2 Suffer agony or anguish.
COTILION * n. 1 A ball at which young ladies are presented to society. 2 A lively dance originating in France in the 18th century.
NOVOSIBIRSK * n. A city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia.
LADDER-BACK * n. 1 A chair with a ladder-back. 2 The backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats.
TATU * n. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
INSURABILITY * n. The quality of being insurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company).
WONDERER * n. 1 Someone who is curious about something. 2 Someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something.
CALIPHATE * n. 1 The era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community. 2 The territorial jurisdiction of a caliph. 3 The office of a caliph.
SPOTWELD * v. Make circular welds.
CARPELLARY * a. Belonging to or forming or containing carpels.
PEEVISH * s. Easily irritated or annoyed.
UNSUPERVISED * a. Not supervised or under constant observation.
MANTEL * n. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
FELICIA * n. Genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers.
CALC-TUFA * n. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
OSCULATE * v. 1 Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups. 2 Have at least three points in common with. 3 Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc..
BUTAT * n. 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia.
PARE * v. 1 Decrease gradually or bit by bit. 2 Cut small bits or pare shavings from. 3 Strip the skin off. 4 Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size.
DISTRIBUTED * a. Spread out or scattered about or divided up.
COUNTER-SABOTAGE * n. Counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage.
WARRING * s. Engaged in war.
KWANGTUNG * n. A province in southern China.
PANAMICA * n. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
DOWNBEAT * n. The first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward).
SAREE * n. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body.
PILOTLESS * s. Lacking a pilot.
KOS * n. (in India) A unit of length having different values in different localities.
SQUINTING * s. Having eyes half closed in order to see better.
UNSHELLED * a. Of animals or fruits that have no shell.
NANNY-GOAT * n. Female goat.
MALIK * n. The leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent.
DANISH * --n. 1 A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark. 2 Light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language.
RATITE * n. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds.
SECRETIVE * s. Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
NOWRUZ * n. (Persian) The new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox.
PLANTING * n. 1 The act of fixing firmly in place. 2 A collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area. 3 Putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow.
DEVIATIONIST * n. An ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism).
POTTED * --a. Of plants; planted or grown in a pot. --s. 1 Preserved in a pot or can or jar. 2 (British informal) Summarized or abridged.
RIT. * s. (music) Gradually decreasing in tempo.
PREJUDICIOUS * --a. Tending to favor preconceived ideas. --s. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury.
SNUFFBOX * n. A small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket.
CONTINENT * --n. 1 One of the large landmasses of the earth. 2 The European mainland. --a. Having control over urination and defecation. --s. Abstaining from sexual intercourse.
SLICKLY * r. With superficial plausibility.
OPTIMIZATION * n. The act of rendering optimal.
HETEROCERCAL * a. Possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe.
DISCUSS * v. 1 To consider or examine in speech or writing. 2 Speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion.
HARM * --n. 1 Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. 2 The occurrence of a change for the worse. 3 The act of damaging something or someone. --v. Cause or do harm to.
STREWING * n. The act of scattering.
GODIVA * n. According to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080).
PEEK * --n. A secret look. --v. Throw a glance at; take a brief look at.
CHEVRON * n. 1 V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service. 2 An inverted V-shaped charge.
PETROMYZON * n. Typical lampreys.
IMPRISON * v. 1 Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. 2 Confine as if in a prison.
TETRAVALENT * a. Haveing a valence of four.
ASSAULTER * n. Someone who attacks.
AMPHORIC * a. The sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle.
PANTHEISM * n. 1 (rare) Worship that admits or tolerates all gods. 2 The doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God.
ANGIOMA * n. A tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels.
PLATITUDINARIAN * n. A bore who makes excessive use of platitudes.
RESOLVENT * n. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances.
RUST-BROWN * s. Of the brown color of rust.
TADORNA * n. Sheldrakes.
CRIMINALISM * n. The state of being a criminal.
PHLOGOPITE * n. A brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum.
QUICK-WITTED * s. Mentally nimble and resourceful.
NASCENCY * n. The event of being born.
HAEMOLYSIS * n. Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin.
BOSIE * n. A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
MENSCH * n. A decent responsible person with admirable characteristics.
SCORNFUL * s. Expressing extreme contempt.
CHRISOM * n. A consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam.
CARTOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to the making of maps or charts.
HYPOCHONDRIUM * n. The upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium.
TOUCHED * --a. 1 Having come into contact. 2 Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion. --s. Slightly insane.
OVERCURIOUS * s. Showing excessive curiosity.
UMTEEN * s. Innumerable but many.
SINGAPORE * n. 1 The capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports. 2 A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965. 3 An island to the south of the Malay Peninsula.
NIMROD * n. (Old Testament) A famous hunter.
11TH * s. Coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position.
LONG-AGO * s. Belonging to time long gone.
HEMERALOPIA * n. Inability to see clearly in bright light.
PREEXISTENT * s. Existing previously or before something.
ZURVAN * n. The Zoroastrian god of time.
RETARD * --n. A person of subnormal intelligence. --v. 1 Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate. 2 Be delayed. 3 Slow the growth or development of. 4 Lose velocity; move more slowly.
CHYTRIDIOMYCETES * n. A class of mostly aquatic fungi; saprophytic or parasitic on algae or fungi or plants.
AFTER-HOURS * s. After closing time especially a legally established closing time.
BIOSPHERE * n. The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist.
INTERLINKING * s. Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
WARRAGAL * n. 1 Australian wild horse. 2 Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia.
AWAITED * s. Expected hopefully.
LEGUME * n. 1 An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae. 2 The fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case. 3 The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils).
FAVOR * --n. 1 An act of gracious kindness. 2 An advantage to the benefit of someone or something. 3 An inclination to approve. 4 A feeling of favorable regard. --v. 1 Promote over another. 2 Consider as the favorite. 3 Treat gently or carefully. 4 Bestow a privilege upon.
TRIPLE * --n. 1 A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base. 2 A set of three similar things considered as a unit. 3 A quantity that is three times as great as another. --v. 1 Increase threefold. 2 Hit a three-base hit. --s. 1 Having three units or components or elements. 2 Three times as great or many.
DANGEROUS * --a. Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm. --s. Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
CURTILAGE * n. The enclosed land around a house or other building.
AFFRICATE * n. A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy').
HYALOID * --n. The transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina. --s. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency.
REORDER * --n. A repeated order for the same merchandise. --v. 1 Assign a new order to. 2 Make a new request to be supplied with.
FATHER-GOD * n. God when considered as the first person in the Trinity.
EYECUP * n. 1 A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball. 2 (embryology) A two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina.
PLAUDIT * n. Enthusiastic approval.
FRUSTRATIVE * s. Preventing realization or attainment of a desire.
MAID * n. 1 A female domestic. 2 An unmarried girl (especially a virgin).
PUKU * n. An African antelope closely related to the waterbuck.
FUTURELESS * s. Having no prospect or hope of a future.
SYSTEMATIZATION * n. Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale.
PRECEDING * --a. Existing or coming before. --s. Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.
CYATHEA * n. Type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands.
TERCEL * n. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
PERAMELIDAE * n. Bandicoots.
COCAIN * n. A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive.
EASTSIDE * s. Of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan.
RENTE * n. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
OVERAPPRAISAL * n. An appraisal that is too high.
OASIS * n. 1 A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface). 2 A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
OVERAWE * v. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats).
INHOSPITABLE * a. 1 Unfavorable to life or growth. 2 Not hospitable.
SWART * s. Naturally having skin of a dark color.
MUFTI * n. 1 A jurist who interprets Muslim religious law. 2 Civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform.
INERRABLE * s. Not liable to error.
BARBELLATE * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
REPUBLICATION * n. 1 Something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work). 2 The act of publishing again.
SYNTHESIS * n. 1 The process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds). 2 The combination of ideas into a complex whole. 3 Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).
IMITATOR * n. 1 Someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another. 2 Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
TSATSKE * n. 1 (Yiddish) An attractive, unconventional woman. 2 (Yiddish) An inexpensive showy trinket.
HL * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
DISH-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a dish or pan.
INFINITESIMAL * --n. (mathematics) A variable that has zero as its limit. --s. Infinitely or immeasurably small.
CENTERFOLD * n. A magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature.
RPA-ABB * n. An urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s.
BOUGH * n. Any of the larger branches of a tree.
ALLEGORICAL * s. Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory.
DEMASCULINISE * v. Remove the testicles of a male animal.
CHIROMANCER * n. Fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms.
SELF-LUMINOUS * s. Having in itself the property of emitting light.
LAX * --s. 1 Lacking in rigor or strictness. 2 Emptying easily or excessively. --a. 1 Pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet'). 2 Lacking in firmness or tension; not taut.
CLOSED-CIRCUIT * a. Relating to or consisting of a closed circuit.
PROPANE * n. Colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel.
CIRCUMBOREAL * s. Comprising or throughout far northern regions.
DEFORMED * s. So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.
SUBORN * v. 1 Incite to commit a crime or an evil deed. 2 Procure (false testimony or perjury). 3 Induce to commit perjury or give false testimony.
VOLUPTUOUS * s. 1 Having strong sexual appeal. 2 (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves. 3 Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.
G-STRING * n. Minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband.
ADDITIVE * --n. Something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine. --a. 1 Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree. 2 Characterized or produced by addition.
PRINCIPE * n. An island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe.
REMONSTRATE * v. 1 Argue in protest or opposition. 2 Present and urge reasons in opposition. 3 Censure severely or angrily.
TEMPLATE * n. A model or standard for making comparisons.
UTUG * n. Sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash.
ROADHOG * n. A driver who obstructs others.
CURSORIAL * a. (of limbs and feet) Adapted for running.
LAZULI * n. An azure blue semiprecious stone.
MS. * n. A form of address for a woman.
ASEXUALITY * n. Having no evident sex or sex organs.
SCORPIONIDA * n. True scorpions.
RUPEE * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents. 2 The basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents. 3 The basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa. 4 The basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents.
EDITED * s. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
VERSAILLES * n. 1 A city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century. 2 A palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles.
HARPULLIA * n. Any of various tree of the genus Harpullia.
QUIESCE * v. Become quiet or quieter.
AFRO-AMERICAN * s. Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry.
TIGHTWAD * n. A miserly person.
CLARY * n. Aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental.
DECEIVER * n. Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
JESTER * n. A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages.
SODOM * n. 1 Any location known for vice and corruption. 2 (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants.
CHINO * n. A coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms.
SERVICE * --n. 1 Work done by one person or group that benefits another. 2 An act of help or assistance. 3 The act of public worship following prescribed rules. 4 A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation. --v. 1 Be used by; as of a utility. 2 Make fit for use. 3 Mate with.
SCALEY * s. Having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.
SICKENINGLY * r. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree.
CABINETRY * n. The craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality).
ERASMIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus.
LIMNOS * n. A Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties.
RESURFACE * v. 1 Reappear on the surface. 2 Cover with a new surface. 3 Appear again.
TESTUDINIDAE * n. Land tortoises.
RELAPSE * --n. A failure to maintain a higher state. --v. 1 Deteriorate in health. 2 Go back to bad behavior.
LOPE * --n. 1 A slow pace of running. 2 A smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop. --v. Run easily.
MONILIACEAE * n. Family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies.
ACCRUE * v. 1 Grow by addition. 2 Come into the possession of.
GOUJON * n. Large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw.
SHAMEFACED * s. 1 Extremely modest or shy. 2 Showing a sense of shame. 3 Showing a sense of guilt.
ORPHREY * n. A richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment.
KETTLEDRUM * n. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
BRIAR * n. 1 Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips. 2 A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries. 3 Evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes. 4 A pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath.
PRISMATOID * n. A polyhedron whose vertices all lie in one or the other of two parallel planes; the faces that lie in those planes are the bases of the prismatoid.
GNETACEAE * n. Plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum.
AUTHORIZER * n. An authority who authorizes (people or actions).
ANTEPENULTIMATE * --n. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end. --s. Third from last.
BOLSHY * --n. Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. --s. Obstreperous.
ANTIMACASSAR * n. A piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils.
SICKISH * s. Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit.
MULLIGAN * n. Irish version of burgoo.
TEDIOUSLY * r. In a tedious manner.
JIMDANDY * n. 1 Someone excellent of their kind. 2 Something excellent of its kind.
LICHGATE * n. A roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals.
LUGUBRIOUSNESS * n. The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.
ARABESQUE * n. 1 Position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose. 2 An ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design.
RECTIFIABLE * a. Capable of being repaired or rectified.
FLAME-OUT * n. 1 The failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion. 2 A complete or conspicuous failure.
FATWA * n. A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority.
COUNTERBLOW * n. A return blow; a retaliatory blow.
MERCURIALIS * n. A genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
ZABRZE * n. An industrial city in southern Poland.
ORESTES * n. (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
REFLEXLY * r. In a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes.
APODEMUS * n. Old World field mice.
LEUCOPENIA * n. An abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count.
HEXADROL * n. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
PALATE * n. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
CENTRIOLE * n. One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis.
CINNAMOMUM * n. Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs.
VERTICALNESS * n. Position at right angles to the horizon.
CONFUTATION * n. 1 The speech act of refuting conclusively. 2 Evidence that refutes conclusively.
HOLSTEIN * n. A breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland.
HOLDOVER * n. 1 An official who remains in office after his term. 2 Something that has survived from the past.
WORD-BLIND * a. Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
UNDUTIFULNESS * n. Impiety characterized by lack of devotion to duty.
ESTAZOLAM * n. A frequently prescribed sleeping pill (trade name ProSom).
BANNING-ORDER * n. An order that bans something.
NAMTARU * n. A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind.
COUNTERGLOW * n. A faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.
PULMONARY * a. Relating to or affecting the lungs.
BUREAUCRATICALLY * r. 1 In a bureaucratic manner. 2 With respect to bureaucracy.
GLEICHENIA * n. Type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand.
CHAPLETED * s. Provided with a chaplet.
INFIRM * s. 1 Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. 2 Lacking firmness of will or character or purpose.
HOLLOWWARE * n. Silverware serving dishes.
PARROQUET * n. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
ENDEAVOR * --n. 1 A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness). 2 Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. --v. Attempt by employing effort.
FAN-JET * n. 1 An airplane propelled by a fanjet engine. 2 A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust.
NYMPHOMANIACAL * s. (used of women) Affected with excessive sexual desire.
COLOSTOMY * n. A surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus.
HUAMBO * n. A city in the mountains in western Angola.
I-BEAM * n. Girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I'.
ALBITE * n. A widely distributed feldspar that forms rocks.
DEBILITATED * s. Lacking energy or vitality.
HYPOCHONDRIACAL * s. Suffering from hypochondria.
STEAK * n. A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.
MONORAIL * n. A railway having a single track.
HECTOGRAM * n. 100 grams.
HOBO * n. 1 A vagrant. 2 A worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places.
UT * n. 1 The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere. 2 A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young. 3 The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
BACK-CHANNEL * a. Via a back channel.
CHAETAL * a. Of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
METRITIS * n. Inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium).
IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS * n. Electrophoresis to separate antigens and antibodies.
JYAISTHA * n. The third month of the Hindu calendar.
ASCARIDAE * n. Large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.
CONGRESSWOMAN * n. A member of the United States House of Representatives.
HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK * n. An arrogant or conceited person of importance.
PATTERNED * a. Having patterns (especially colorful patterns).
MERLANGUS * n. Whitings.
LYSANDER * n. Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC).
CAPITALISE * v. 1 Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. 2 Draw advantages from. 3 Write in capital letters. 4 Compute the present value of a business or an income.
POINSETTIA * n. Tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers.
FAMILIARIZATION * n. The experience of becoming familiar with something.
MISUSED * a. Used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose.
REPRODUCTIVE * s. Producing new life or offspring.
CUPRIC * a. Of or containing divalent copper.
DIFFICULTNESS * n. The quality of being difficult.
REVERIE * n. 1 Absentminded dreaming while awake. 2 An abstracted state of absorption.
COBOL * n. Common business-oriented language.
QUIETEN * v. 1 Become quiet or quieter. 2 Make calm or still. 3 Cause to be quiet or not talk.
APPENDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
REFULGENCE * n. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
BEAUTIFICATION * n. The act of making something more beautiful.
EXTENUATE * v. Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
CRYBABY * n. 1 A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. 2 A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
ROLL-ON * n. 1 A dispenser of a liquid cosmetic (such as a deodorant) having a revolving ball as an applicator. 2 A woman's foundation garment rolled on to the hips.
BOMBILATION * n. Sound of rapid vibration.
WARJI * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
HEMIMETABOLIC * s. (of an insect with aquatic young) Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.
NEOPLASM * n. An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
SCRAMBLED * s. Thrown together in a disorderly fashion.
CINCINNATUS * n. Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC).
CALISTHENICS * n. 1 The practice of calisthenic exercises. 2 Light exercises designed to promote general fitness.
GOATSFOOT * n. Short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers.
CITHERN * n. A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
BIOTYPIC * a. Of or relating to a biotype.
MALODOROUS * a. Having an unpleasant smell.
MACROCOSM * n. Everything that exists anywhere.
FLUPHENAZINE * n. Tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders.
FAIL * v. 1 Fail to do something; leave something undone. 2 Be unsuccessful. 3 Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake. 4 Stop operating or functioning.
NAMELESSNESS * n. The state of being anonymous.
RADIOCHEMISTRY * n. The chemistry of radioactive substances.
INDEFINITY * n. The quality of being vague and poorly defined.
JACQUARD * n. 1 French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834). 2 A highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom. 3 A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics.
PERIODONTICS * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth.
COLDHEARTED * a. Lacking in sympathy or feeling.
PROCRASTINATION * n. 1 The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. 2 Slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it.
TRANSFERABLE * s. 1 Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another. 2 Legally transferable to the ownership of another.
ANTHELMINTIC * --n. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms. --s. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
NONDEDUCTIBLE * a. Not allowable as a deduction.
LAMBLIKE * s. Like a lamb in meekness and gentleness.
DEPLORABLE * s. 1 Bad; unfortunate. 2 Of very poor quality or condition. 3 Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure.
HAEMOSTASIA * n. Surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat).
QUICKLIME * n. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.
ATHWART * r. 1 At right angles to the center line of a ship. 2 At an oblique angle.
PHARMACIST * n. A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
SKYWRITING * n. Writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane.
SUBMISSIVENESS * n. The trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc..
GRASS * --n. 1 Narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. 2 German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927). 3 A police informer who implicates many people. 4 Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. --v. 1 Shoot down, of birds. 2 Cover with grass. 3 Spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach. 4 Cover with grass.
UNMENTIONABLE * --n. A garment worn under other garments. --s. Unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation.
DIBRANCH * n. Cephalopods having two gills.
HANDSTITCHED * s. Sewn by hand rather than machine.
CONFIDENTIAL * s. 1 Entrusted with private information and the confidence of another. 2 (of information) Given in confidence or in secret. 3 Denoting confidence or intimacy. 4 The level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified.
NATURALISE * v. 1 Adopt to another place. 2 Make more natural or lifelike. 3 Make into a citizen. 4 Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.
BOBSLEIGH * n. 1 Formerly two short sleds coupled together. 2 A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism.
OVERSTATE * v. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
GIARDIASIS * n. Infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort.
BALIBAGO * n. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament.
MAWLAMYINE * n. A port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban.
UNSUBDIVIDED * a. (botany) Of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions.
OUTSET * n. The time at which something is supposed to begin.
SALVO * n. 1 An outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs. 2 Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. 3 A sudden outburst of cheers.
THEODICY * n. The branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.
ARCHDEACONRY * n. The territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon.
CITYSCAPE * n. 1 A viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area. 2 Painting depicting a city or urban area.
ARISE * v. 1 Come into existence; take on form or shape. 2 Originate or come into being. 3 Rise to one's feet. 4 Result or issue.
SKANKY * s. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
PREGNANCY * n. The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus.
KACHATURIAN * n. Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978).
UTRICULUS * n. A small pouch into which the semicircular canals open.
RESPLENDENCY * n. Brilliant radiant beauty.
SPHENOPSIDA * n. Horsetails and related forms.
EXTERIORISATION * n. Embodying in an outward form.
ROUGH-CUT * s. 1 Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. 2 Of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing.
CIRCUMSTANTIATE * v. Give circumstantial evidence for.
GENERALIZED * s. Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment.
CALAPUYA * n. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
MENOMINI * n. 1 A member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini.
CERATOPETALUM * n. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae.
TWO-PRONGED * s. Having two prongs.
LOW-DENSITY * s. 1 Having low relative density or specific gravity. 2 Having low concentration.
COARSELY * r. In coarse pieces.
ARMBAND * n. 1 Worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning. 2 A band worn around the upper arm.
AIR-BREATHING * a. Deriving oxygen from the air.
BLISSFUL * s. Completely happy and contented.
WILLINGLY * r. In a willing manner.
UNPROVEN * a. Not proved.
SADDLED * --a. Having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal. --s. Subject to an imposed burden.
NOTHINGS * n. Inconsequential conversation.
ASTRAGALUS * n. 1 Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae. 2 The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
PINKNESS * n. The quality of being pink.
WILKINSON * n. English chemist honored for his research on pollutants in car exhausts (born in 1921).
DRUPACEOUS * a. Of or related to a drupe.
SWEET-BREATHED * s. Having breath or breath as specified.
APRAXIC * s. Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
TRANSPLANTER * n. A gardener who moves plants to new locations.
GLOBALLY * r. 1 With respect to the whole earth. 2 Throughout the world.
TRAINBANDSMAN * n. A member of a trainband.
SO-AND-SO * n. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
SULTRINESS * n. 1 Oppressively hot and humid weather. 2 The quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire.
TIGHTFITTING * s. Fitting snugly.
SQUAW-BUSH * n. Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit.
TRASIMENO * n. A battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC.
BIAURAL * a. Relating to or having or hearing with two ears.
INATTENTIVELY * r. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner.
CUTWORM * n. North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground.
BOOT * --n. 1 Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg. 2 Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools. 3 The swift release of a store of affective force. 4 Protective casing for something that resembles a leg. --v. 1 Kick; give a boot to. 2 Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes.
ARGIOPE * n. The type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders.
BLOOD-AND-GUTS * s. Marked by great zeal or violence.
IODINATING * a. Combining or causing to combine with iodine.
PRIMACY * n. The state of being first in importance.
DYAUS * n. Hindu god of the sky.
CANKERWORM * n. Green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees.
ACANTHOCEREUS * n. Mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region.
VENTED * s. Supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases.
KETUBIM * n. The third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.
STELLAR * --s. Indicating the most important performer or role. --a. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
DEVASTATION * n. 1 The state of being decayed or destroyed. 2 The feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed. 3 An event that results in total destruction. 4 Plundering with excessive damage and destruction.
EXPRESSIBLE * a. Capable of being expressed.
DUBROVNIK * n. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center.
ALLUSIVE * s. Characterized by indirect references.
CRAMPFISH * n. Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges.
POLYNEMIDAE * n. Threadfins.
VITACEAE * n. A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales.
STEWPAN * n. A saucepan used for stewing.
VIGOR * n. 1 Forceful exertion. 2 Active strength of body or mind. 3 An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).
PATRIOT * n. One who loves and defends his or her country.
ECPHONESIS * n. An exclamatory rhetorical device.
TROCHILIDAE * n. Hummingbirds.
CIPRO * n. An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints.
MISADDRESS * v. Put a wrong address on.
ATHLETICS * n. 1 An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. 2 A contest between athletes. 3 Participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity.
CONVOCATION * n. 1 A group gathered in response to a summons. 2 The act of convoking.
ELLIPSE * n. A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
CARETTA * n. Loggerhead turtles.
MAPPING * n. 1 (mathematics) A mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function). 2 (genetics) The process of locating genes on a chromosome.
CAVALCADE * n. A procession of people traveling on horseback.
FORMOL * n. A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens.
INHUMATION * n. The ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
RUMMY * --n. 1 A chronic drinker. 2 A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards. --s. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
HUNTED * s. Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted.
GYROCOMPASS * n. A compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead.
PERSHING * n. United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948).
MOUSEPAD * n. A small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse.
MUSCOVY * n. A Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital.
CHRISTELLA * n. Any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds.
ANACONDA * n. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
EXIGENCY * n. 1 A pressing or urgent situation. 2 A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action.
THREE-PETALED * s. (of flowers) Having three petals.
RHAGOLETIS * n. A genus of Trypetidae.
LOOK * --n. 1 The feelings expressed on a person's face. 2 The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually. 3 Physical appearance. 4 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. --v. 1 Perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards. 2 Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. 3 Have a certain outward or facial expression. 4 Search or seek.
SMITHY * n. A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering.
TAILING * n. The act of following someone secretly.
ARTERIOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of arteries.
CONFECTIONER * n. Someone who makes candies and other sweets.
INDIANA * n. 1 A state in midwestern United States. 2 United States pop artist (born 1928).
TRICOLOR * --n. A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag). --s. Having or involving three colors.
BLUEGILL * n. Important edible sunfish of eastern and central United States.
SCRUBLAND * n. An uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation.
WORT * n. 1 Usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'. 2 Unfermented or fermenting malt.
LIMELIGHT * n. 1 A focus of public attention. 2 A lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting.
PLANCHET * n. A flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin.
WEAR * --n. 1 Impairment resulting from long use. 2 A covering designed to be worn on a person's body. 3 The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment. --v. 1 Be dressed in. 2 Have on one's person. 3 Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality. 4 Deteriorate through use or stress.
CRITTER * n. A regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals).
BULBLIKE * s. Shaped like a bulb.
PROFANELY * r. 1 With curses. 2 In an irreverent or profane manner.
ENCAPSULATE * v. 1 Enclose in a capsule or other small container. 2 Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.
DELINEATIVE * s. Depicted in a recognizable manner.
DIPYLON * --n. A gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found. --a. Of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens.
COLLOQUIALLY * r. With the use of colloquial expressions.
CONSUETUDINARY * n. A manual describing the customs of a particular group (especially the ceremonial practices of a monastic order).
FATHER-IN-LAW * n. The father of your spouse.
BOOKER * n. Someone who engages a person or company for performances.
SYSTOLE * n. The contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery.
SEBE * n. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
MOUND-BIRD * n. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
DADDY * n. An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
HORSEPOWER-HOUR * n. A unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour.
RUDENESS * n. 1 A manner that is rude and insulting. 2 A wild or unrefined state.
LOUISIANIAN * n. A native or resident of Louisiana.
DISSILIENCE * n. The emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe.
CALICULAR * a. Relating to or resembling a calyculus.
LURIDLY * r. In a lurid manner.
STRENGTH * n. 1 The property of being physically or mentally strong. 2 Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war. 3 Physical energy or intensity. 4 An asset of special worth or utility.
HIGH-INTEREST * a. (used of loans) Charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed.
BOOTLEGGING * n. 1 The act of making or transporting alcoholic liquor for sale illegally. 2 The act of selling illegally or without permission.
APPERCEIVE * v. Perceive in terms of a past experience.
BASINFUL * n. The quantity that a basin will hold.
DEFECTIVE * s. 1 Having a defect. 2 Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior. 3 Not working properly.
FEUDALLY * r. In a feudal manner.
HAVOC * n. Violent and needless disturbance.
DISCONSOLATE * --a. Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled. --s. Causing dejection.
DAISYLIKE * a. Resembling a daisy.
EQUITABLE * a. Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience.
BRISLING * n. 1 Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines. 2 Small herring processed like a sardine.
FACETIOUS * s. Cleverly amusing in tone.
EXPEDIENT * --n. A means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one. --a. Serving to promote your interest. --s. Appropriate to a purpose; practical.
DISCANT * n. A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody.
DIESIS * n. A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
VATIC * s. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
SILVERPLATE * v. Plate with silver.
VERSION * n. 1 An interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint. 2 Something a little different from others of the same type. 3 A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form. 4 A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
DEFILE * --n. A narrow pass (especially one between mountains). --v. 1 Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon. 2 Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. 3 Spot, stain, or pollute.
TRANSVERSAL * s. Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.
PSILOTACEAE * n. Small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves.
UNOBSERVABLE * s. Not accessible to direct observation.
NOCENT * s. Having a tendency to cause harm.
PYRRHOTINE * n. A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties.
CHUKKER * n. (polo) One of six divisions into which a polo match is divided.
SENSORIMOTOR * a. Of or relating to the sensory and motor coordination of an organism or to the controlling nerves.
AROMATISE * v. Fill or impregnate with an odor.
ARRIVE * v. 1 Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. 2 Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
PANTO * n. An abbreviation of pantomime.
TIYIN * n. 1 100 tiyin equal 1 som in Uzbekistan. 2 100 tiyin equal 1 tenge in Kazakhstan.
TETHYS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus. 2 Type genus of the family Aplysiidae.
XY * n. (genetics) Normal complement of sex hormones in a male.
DIVERTICULUM * n. A herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon).
BONDSWOMAN * n. 1 Someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else. 2 A female bound to serve without wages. 3 A female slave.
WELL-FAVOURED * s. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
WAGGERY * n. 1 Waggish behavior. 2 A quaint and amusing jest.
SEIGNIOR * n. A man of rank in the ancient regime.
HENCEFORWARD * r. From this time forth; from now on.
BLOOD-FILLED * s. Containing blood.
SKIRTING * s. Being all around the edges; enclosing.
FLOWER-OF-AN-HOUR * n. Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America.
PARKERSBURG * n. A city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river.
SLUB * n. Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design.
MYRMECOPHAGA * n. Type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear.
UNBEFITTING * s. Not befitting.
EUPHORBIUM * n. An acrid brown gum resin now used mainly in veterinary medicine.
LUTJANIDAE * n. Snappers.
BILLABONG * n. 1 A stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently. 2 A branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high.
BYTE * n. A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information.
ALWAYS * r. 1 At all times; all the time and on every occasion. 2 Without variation or change, in every case. 3 Without interruption. 4 At any time or in any event.
BARRANQUILLA * n. A port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River.
AFLATOXIN * n. A potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon.
APPALOOSA * n. A hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump.
BELIEVABLE * a. Capable of being believed.
ROTTER * n. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
DESPOTISM * n. 1 Dominance through threat of punishment and violence. 2 A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
HOROSCOPY * n. The drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes.
LABIALISE * v. Pronounce with rounded lips.
DEPENDABILITY * n. The quality of being dependable or reliable.
GRAM-NEGATIVE * s. (of bacteria) Being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method.
COXA * n. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
MAZY * s. Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity.
MATRIARCHAL * a. Characteristic of a matriarchy.
PUSH * --n. 1 The act of applying force in order to move something away. 2 The force used in pushing. 3 Enterprising or ambitious drive. 4 An electrical switch operated by pressing. --v. 1 Move with force. 2 Press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action. 3 Make publicity for; try to sell (a product). 4 Strive and make an effort to reach a goal.
TUMBLING * n. The gymnastic moves of an acrobat.
PROSCRIBE * v. Command against.
PASTICHE * n. 1 A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources. 2 A work of art that imitates the style of some previous work.
APPROPRIATIVE * a. Of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself.
HETERODYNE * --v. Combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two. --a. Of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations.
PLAINSONG * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line.
METAGRABOLIZED * s. Totally perplexed and mixed up.
EDITORSHIP * n. The position of editor.
JERBOA * n. Mouselike jumping rodent.
BASIDIOMYCETES * n. Large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota.
RETROACTIVELY * r. After the fact.
DENSENESS * n. 1 The quality of being mentally slow and limited. 2 The spatial property of being crowded together. 3 The amount per unit size.
GLOBETROTTER * n. Someone who travels widely and often.
KOWTOW * --n. A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission. --v. 1 Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner. 2 Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
RADISH * n. 1 Pungent fleshy edible root. 2 Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked. 3 Pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants. 4 Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw.
KABOB * n. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
CONFIGURED * s. Organized so as to give configuration to.
KHARTOUM * n. The capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile.
SOD * --n. 1 Surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots. 2 An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen. 3 Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male). 4 An informal term for a youth or man. --v. Cover with sod.
FALLOW * --n. Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons. --s. 1 Left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season. 2 Undeveloped but potentially useful.
RUSHY * s. Abounding in rushes.
DOWNFALL * n. 1 Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation. 2 The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist). 3 A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
MNIACEAE * n. Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae.
SAVARIN * n. A sponge cake baked in a ring mold.
LOYAL * --a. 1 Steadfast in allegiance or duty. 2 Inspired by love for your country. --s. Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause.
BELLE * n. A young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.
HIGHJACKING * n. Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force.
SITSANG * n. An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.
OKEH * n. An endorsement.
CREASHAK * n. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
FRACTION * --n. 1 A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process. 2 A small part or item forming a piece of a whole. 3 The quotient of two rational numbers. --v. Perform a division.
JOINTWORM * n. Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains.
COMPLICATE * v. 1 Make more complicated. 2 Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
LEUCOCYTOZOON * n. Parasitic in birds.
MEGADERMATIDAE * n. Old World false vampire bats.
VEGETATE * v. 1 Lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind. 2 Establish vegetation on. 3 Produce vegetation. 4 Grow like a plant.
ADVANCE * --n. 1 A movement forward. 2 A change for the better; progress in development. 3 A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others. 4 The act of moving forward (as toward a goal). --v. 1 Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense. 2 Bring forward for consideration or acceptance. 3 Increase or raise. 4 Contribute to the progress or growth of. --s. 1 Being ahead of time or need. 2 Situated ahead or going before.
VERDURE * n. 1 Green foliage. 2 The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation.
HALO * n. 1 An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint. 2 A toroidal shape. 3 A circle of light around the sun or moon.
AVERTIBLE * a. Capable of being avoided or warded off.
LUDIAN * n. A Baltic-Finnic language.
TAXIDERMY * n. The art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance.
UNDEFILED * s. 1 Free from stain or blemish. 2 (of language) Not having its purity or excellence debased.
HADROSAURUS * n. Any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic.
NIGHTJAR * n. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects.
TOGAVIRIDAE * n. A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods.
FLECTION * n. 1 The state of being flexed (as of a joint). 2 Deviation from a straight or normal course.
DIAGONAL * --n. 1 (geometry) A straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent. 2 A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric. 3 An oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard. 4 (mathematics) A set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry. --s. 1 Connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face. 2 Having an oblique or slanted direction.
ILL-GOTTEN * s. Obtained illegally or by improper means.
HYLOCICHLA * n. American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery.
STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS * n. 1 The quality of being direct and straightforward. 2 Without hypocrisy.
TOKYO * n. The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan.
OUT-AND-OUTER * n. Someone who is excellent at something.
UNDERPERFORMER * n. 1 A student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates. 2 A business that is less successful than expected.
OUTSKIRTS * n. Outlying areas (as of a city or town).
ANAESTHETIC * --n. A drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations. --a. Relating to or producing insensibility. --s. Characterized by insensibility.
BAKE * v. 1 Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven. 2 Prepare with dry heat in an oven. 3 Heat by a natural force. 4 Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun.
IRIDACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae.
LESION * n. 1 Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part. 2 An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin).
STATIVE * a. (used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') And most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action.
BESPEAK * v. 1 Be a signal for or a symptom of. 2 Express the need or desire for.
ABSORBED * s. 1 Giving or marked by complete attention to. 2 Retained without reflection.
ATTRACTABLE * s. Capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet.
CARUNCULATED * a. Having a caruncle.
OFF-DAY * n. A day when things go poorly.
WITHSTANDER * n. 1 An opponent who resists with force or resolution. 2 A fighter who holds out against attack.
DIFFUSOR * n. 1 Baffle that distributes sound waves evenly. 2 Optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly.
BRAHUI * n. 1 A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan. 2 An isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan.
UNREACHABLE * s. Inaccessibly located or situated.
PENNYCRESS * n. Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi.
STICKWEED * n. Any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing.
HACK-DRIVER * n. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
SIC * --v. Urge to attack someone. --r. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
PARCH * v. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
ANYWHERE * r. At or in or to any place.
ZEAXANTHIN * n. Yellow carotenoid (isomeric with lutein and occurs widely with it) that is the main pigment in yellow Indian corn.
SCLEROTIC * a. 1 Relating to or having sclerosis; hardened. 2 Of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball.
NRC * n. An independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
GRAPHITE * n. Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.
FORMIDABLE * s. 1 Extremely impressive in strength or excellence. 2 Inspiring fear.
KNITTER * n. Someone who makes garments (or fabrics) by intertwining yarn or thread.
GARAMBULLA * n. 1 Arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit. 2 Small berrylike fruit.
FULL-DRESS * s. 1 Suitable for formal occasions. 2 (of an occasion) Requiring formal clothes. 3 Complete in every respect.
MILLION * --n. 1 The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros. 2 A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole). --s. (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units.
TINTING * n. The act of adding a tinge of color.
TIPTOP * --n. 1 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 2 The extreme top or summit. --s. Of the highest quality.
LAKESHORE * n. The shore of a lake.
FLAME * --n. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke. --v. 1 Shine with a sudden light. 2 Be in flames or aflame. 3 Criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.
DISHONORABLE * a. 1 Lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor. 2 Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.
SCHISMATIC * a. Of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism.
26TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-fifth in position.
HEADSTREAM * n. A stream that forms the source of a river.
PERICARDIAL * a. Located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium.
AMERICA * n. 1 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. 2 North America and South America and Central America.
QUARTIC * n. An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree.
BROMELIACEAE * n. A family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance.
LENDING * n. Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.
CONFIRMATION * n. 1 Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct. 2 Information that confirms or verifies. 3 Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it. 4 A ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism.
VIOLET-TINTED * s. Of something that is tinged with violet.
ANAGASTA * n. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
WORDNET3.1 * n. The latest publicly released version of WordNet.
LIST * --n. 1 A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). 2 The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. --v. 1 Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of. 2 Include in a list. 3 Cause to lean to the side. 4 Tilt to one side.
APPROPRIABLE * s. That can be appropriated.
BANDSAW * n. An endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels.
TRANSCRIBE * v. 1 Write out from speech, notes, etc.. 2 Rewrite in a different script. 3 Rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended. 4 Make a phonetic transcription of.
BILATERALISM * n. The property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane.
ARNHEM * n. A city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II.
DOMICILE * --n. 1 (law) The residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time. 2 Housing that someone is living in. --v. Make one's home in a particular place or community.
APPLICANT * n. A person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission.
ARMAMENTARIUM * n. The collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine.
PLASTID * n. Any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein.
WARDRESS * n. A woman warder.
CHORDEILES * n. A genus of Caprimulgidae.
ANTIMONIAL * s. Containing antimony.
TIFFANY * n. United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933).
AFFLUENT * --n. 1 An affluent person; a person who is financially well off. 2 A branch that flows into the main stream. --s. Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.
SOLVE * v. 1 Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of. 2 Find the solution. 3 Settle, as of a debt.
LESSOR * n. Someone who grants a lease.
LABYRINTHODONT * n. An amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia.
AILING * s. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
OUTCLASS * v. Cause to appear in a lower class.
CUTANEAL * a. Relating to or existing on or affecting the skin.
GADSDEN * n. An industrial town in north central Alabama.
HAEMITIN * n. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
SARCOSTYLE * n. One of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber.
OUTERWEAR * n. Clothing for use outdoors.
LOCOMOTIVE * --n. A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks. --a. Of or relating to locomotion.
GULO * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
BUNSEN * n. 1 German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899). 2 A gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air.
ARMAMENT * n. 1 Weaponry used by military or naval force. 2 The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
DETRIMENTALLY * r. In a detrimental manner.
ACUITY * n. 1 Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart). 2 A quick and penetrating intelligence.
HOLOTHURIAN * n. Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders.
NALORPHINE * n. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
WARMED * s. Having been warmed up.
CARPAL * --n. Any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates. --a. Of or relating to the wrist.
LOON * n. 1 A worthless lazy fellow. 2 Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes. 3 A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.
INDUCTANCE * n. 1 An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current. 2 An electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuit.
W-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter W.
PHYTOPHAGIC * s. (of animals) Feeding on plants.
ALONENESS * n. A disposition toward being alone.
MONOLATRY * n. The worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god.
MODERATORSHIP * n. The position of moderator.
POSTCARD * n. A card for sending messages by post without an envelope.
ELEGIST * n. The author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead.
DOLPHINFISH * n. 1 The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii). 2 Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
GENTLEMAN * n. 1 A man of refinement. 2 A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.
NONRETURNABLE * a. That may not be returned.
HYPSOGRAPHY * n. 1 The scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level). 2 Measurement of the elevation of land above sea level.
TEDIOUS * s. 1 So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. 2 Using or containing too many words.
DECAPOD * n. 1 Crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax. 2 Cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones.
LOGARITHM * n. The exponent required to produce a given number.
AGAMOUS * s. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
DAMSELFLY * n. Slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest.
BB * n. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
GASTROMYCETE * n. Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes.
TENORIST * n. A musician who plays the tenor saxophone.
DEPENDABLY * r. In a faithful manner.
ABASHMENT * n. Feeling embarrassed due to modesty.
LXXXVII * s. Being seven more than eighty.
JACK-A-LANTERN * n. A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent.
MUCOR * n. Any mold of the genus Mucor.
UNEQUALIZED * s. Not caused to be equal.
COMPRESSING * n. Applying pressure.
SUFFERABLE * s. Capable of being borne though unpleasant.
HUNDRED-AND-SIXTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order.
GLOSSY-HAIRED * s. Having glossy hair.
CORBELLED * a. Having a corbel.
LICIT * --a. Sanctioned by custom or morality especially sexual morality. --s. Authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law.
BULWARK * --n. 1 An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes. 2 A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural). 3 A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away. --v. Defend with a bulwark.
SCRAPS * n. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
IRREALITY * n. The state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact.
HERMITAGE * n. The abode of a hermit.
SASSENACH * n. The Scots' term for an English person.
ASYMPTOTE * n. A straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity.
WARTWORT * n. Not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun.
RICHNESS * n. 1 The property of being extremely abundant. 2 Abundant wealth. 3 The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing. 4 The quality of having high intrinsic value.
INDISTINCTLY * r. In a dim indistinct manner.
MURAL * --n. A painting that is applied to a wall surface. --a. Of or relating to walls.
PHYSETERIDAE * n. Sperm whales.
UNCONGENIAL * --a. Not suitable to your tastes or needs. --s. 1 Very unfavorable to life or growth. 2 Used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted.
INCOMPLETENESS * n. The state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect.
CROCODILIA * n. Crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials.
AEROBACTER * n. Aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature.
TIMBREL * n. Small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers.
VANDALISM * n. Willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others.
STERNE * n. English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766).
PREEXISTING * s. Existing previously or before something.
ASHTRAY * n. A receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes.
WSW * n. The compass point midway between west and southwest.
PLAYABLE * a. Capable of or suitable for being played or played on.
FLECKED * s. Having a pattern of dots.
HILL * --n. 1 A local and well-defined elevation of the land. 2 Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones. 3 United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916). 4 Risque English comedian (1925-1992). --v. Form into a hill.
INADVERTENT * s. Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally.
GUSHING * s. 1 Flowing profusely. 2 Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm. 3 Extravagantly demonstrative.
TAILBACK * n. 1 (American football) The person who plays tailback. 2 (American football) The position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage.
DERISIVE * s. Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
INTELLIGIBLE * --s. Capable of being apprehended or understood. --a. Well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly.
ZOOMORPHISM * n. The attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god.
NESTLING * n. 1 Young bird not yet fledged. 2 A young person of either sex.
NAN-NING * n. An industrial city in southern China.
SINGLE-SEEDED * s. Having a single seed.
POLSKA * n. A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II.
HOTBED * n. 1 A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad). 2 A bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants.
LITIGATOR * n. (law) A party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation.
JUDGING * n. The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions.
PATTY * n. 1 Small flat mass of chopped food. 2 Small pie or pasty. 3 Round flat candy.
ANCHORITIC * s. Characterized by ascetic solitude.
CONCRETELY * r. In concrete terms.
BOLONEY * n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
RUSTICISM * n. A rural idiom or expression.
PHILOLOGY * n. The humanistic study of language and literature.
LEVATOR * n. A muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip).
ASTRONAUTICAL * a. Of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics.
BUTTERFINGERS * n. Someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball).
BARBAREA * n. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress.
EASE * --n. 1 Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. 2 A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state. 3 The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress). 4 Freedom from constraint or embarrassment. --v. 1 Move gently or carefully. 2 Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate. 3 Make easier. 4 Lessen the intensity of or calm.
MANCHURIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture.
METONYM * n. A word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing.
TALBOT * n. English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
GLADFULNESS * n. Experiencing joy and pleasure.
BULGING * --a. Curving or bulging outward. --s. Curving outward.
WIGHT * n. 1 A human being; `wight' is an archaic term. 2 An isle and county of southern England in the English Channel.
STRAINER * n. A filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through.
TRUMPING * n. (card games) The act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit.
WOODSIA * n. Any fern of the genus Woodsia.
BERBERS * n. An ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa.
CONTRIBUTION * n. 1 The effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result. 2 A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause. 3 Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity. 4 An amount of money contributed.
SIGNIFICATION * n. The message that is intended or expressed or signified.
BUNS * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
VICINAL * a. Belonging to or limited to a vicinity.
ROYAL * --n. 1 A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast. 2 Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches. --a. 1 Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch. 2 Established or chartered or authorized by royalty. --s. 1 Being of the rank of a monarch. 2 Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. 3 Invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown.
RASCALLY * s. 1 Playful in an appealingly bold way. 2 Lacking principles or scruples.
DUPLICATION * n. 1 A copy that corresponds to an original exactly. 2 The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something.
WITTGENSTEINIAN * a. In the manner of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
ARAUCA * n. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
LYSIN * n. Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis.
FILLED * --s. 1 (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) Generously supplied with. 2 (of time) Taken up. --a. Of purchase orders that have been filled.
PICTURESQUELY * r. In a picturesque manner.
BROLLY * n. Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
AUSTERENESS * n. Extreme plainness.
STRYCHNINE * n. An alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomica; formerly used as a stimulant.
LYCHNIS * n. Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone.
WOMANISE * v. Have amorous affairs; of men.
ELAPHE * n. North American rat snakes.
UNDETERMINED * --a. 1 Not yet having been ascertained or determined. 2 Not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance. --s. Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought.
6-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with six members.
RHODYMENIACEAE * n. A family of protoctist.
ACROPHOBIC * s. Suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places.
SEA-PURSE * n. The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.
SABAYON * n. Light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled.
MERCHANTABILITY * n. The state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold.
IOTA * n. 1 A tiny or scarcely detectable amount. 2 The 9th letter of the Greek alphabet.
BRAILLE * --n. 1 French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852). 2 A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals. --v. Transcribe in braille.
PEAK * --n. 1 The most extreme possible amount or value. 2 The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. 3 The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. 4 The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). --v. To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity.
UPLIFT * --n. 1 (geology) A rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building). 2 A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts. --v. 1 Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. 2 Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces. 3 Lift up or elevate.
EVIL-LOOKING * s. Having an evil appearance.
TOPPED * a. Having a top of a specified character.
UNPICTURESQUE * s. Without beauty or charm.
PINOLE * n. Meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices.
COUNTERCHALLENGE * v. Challenge in turn.
DEMORALISE * v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.
DIMENSIONING * s. Indicating or determining size and position in space.
DIERESIS * n. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel.
MOTHERLIKE * s. Suggestive of or acting like a mother.
MOLYBDENUM * n. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel.
JAN * n. The first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice.
CONFLUX * n. A flowing together.
SNOWPLOW * n. A vehicle used to push snow from roads.
SITTING * --n. 1 (photography) The act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait). 2 The act of assuming or maintaining a seated position. 3 A meeting of spiritualists. 4 A session as of a legislature or court. --a. (of persons) Having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks. --s. Not moving and therefore easy to attack.
VENALLY * r. In a corrupt and deceitful manner.
NOSTALGIC * s. Unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons.
GUSHER * n. An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary.
CANEBRAKE * n. A dense growth of cane (especially giant cane).
AVER * v. 1 Report or maintain. 2 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
UNBAR * v. Remove a bar from (a door).
COLTAN * n. A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips.
READAPT * v. 1 Adapt anew. 2 Adjust anew.
APLODONTIA * n. Type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers.
ALMANDITE * n. A deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate.
SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER * r. Side by side and close together.
POTERIUM * n. A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae.
MCINTOSH * n. Early-ripening apple popular in the northeastern United States; primarily eaten raw but suitable for applesauce.
PREEMPT * --n. A high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding. --v. 1 Acquire for oneself before others can do so. 2 Take the place of or have precedence over. 3 Gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land). 4 Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge.
ENTERON * n. The alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate).
EMBROIDERER * n. Someone who ornaments with needlework.
MISPRONUNCIATION * n. Incorrect pronunciation.
LUBECK * n. A city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League.
POP-UP * n. 1 A book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened. 2 A short high fly ball.
ALSTROEMERIA * n. Any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers.
OVERGARMENT * n. A garment worn over other garments.
ACROPETAL * a. Of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex.
GRAPE-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a grape.
HOUSEBOAT * n. A barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling.
CONCAVO-CONVEX * s. Concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity.
HYPEREMESIS * n. Severe and excessive vomiting.
KINDLE * v. 1 Catch fire. 2 Cause to start burning. 3 Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
COUNTRYSIDE * n. Rural regions.
CORYLACEAE * n. Used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus.
HURDLER * n. An athlete who runs the hurdles.
RECOUNT * --n. An additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election. --v. 1 Narrate or give a detailed account of. 2 Count again.
COMPUTING * n. 1 The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. 2 The procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods.
KNITTING * n. 1 Needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine. 2 Creating knitted wear.
BRIARWOOD * n. Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
ADVENTURISM * n. Recklessness in politics or foreign affairs.
VIGIL * n. 1 A period of sleeplessness. 2 The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival). 3 A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.
GONDOLIER * n. A (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola.
MECHANIZATION * n. 1 The condition of having a highly technical implementation. 2 The act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware.
BALDHEAD * n. A person whose head is bald or shaved.
PYRENOMYCETES * n. Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora.
ORGANISATION * n. 1 The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. 2 A group of people who work together. 3 An organized structure for arranging or classifying. 4 An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized.
MACERATIVE * a. Accompanied by or characterized by maceration.
MALAMUTE * n. Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska.
CANUCK * n. Informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular.
IRRESISTIBLENESS * n. The quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist.
SUIT * --n. 1 A set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color. 2 A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. 3 (slang) A businessman dressed in a business suit. 4 A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage). --v. 1 Be agreeable or acceptable to. 2 Be agreeable or acceptable. 3 Accord or comport with. 4 Enhance the appearance of.
TYPESET * v. Set in type.
CELL-FREE * s. Lacking cells.
CHELICERAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling chelicerae.
KROTO * n. British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939).
AWKWARDLY * r. In an awkward manner.
HONOURABLY * r. With honor.
VOMIT * --n. 1 The matter ejected in vomiting. 2 A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting. 3 The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth. --v. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
MYSTIFY * v. 1 Be a mystery or bewildering to. 2 Make mysterious.
ATHENAEUM * n. 1 A literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning. 2 A place where reading materials are available.
GLOW * --n. 1 An alert and refreshed state. 2 Light from nonthermal sources. 3 The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised. 4 A feeling of considerable warmth. --v. 1 Emit a steady even light without flames. 2 Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink. 3 Shine intensely, as if with heat. 4 Be exuberant or high-spirited.
TEARDROP * n. 1 Anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring). 2 A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
BOG * --n. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel. --v. 1 Cause to slow down or get stuck. 2 Get stuck while doing something.
DANGER * n. 1 The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury. 2 A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. 3 A cause of pain or injury or loss. 4 A dangerous place.
MERCERIZE * v. Treat to strengthen and improve the luster.
FRISCH * n. 1 British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979). 2 Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973). 3 Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982).
BORDERLINE * --n. A line that indicates a boundary. --s. Of questionable or minimal quality.
ALATED * s. (of seeds or insects) Having winglike extensions.
GOODISH * s. 1 Moderately good of its kind. 2 Large in amount or extent or degree.
DECIDE * v. 1 Reach, make, or come to a decision about something. 2 Bring to an end; settle conclusively. 3 Cause to decide. 4 Influence or determine.
BRANCHIOBDELLIDAE * n. Small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches.
MISIDENTIFY * v. Identify incorrectly.
PERSONIFICATION * n. 1 A person who represents an abstract quality. 2 Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature. 3 The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc..
TAPIRIDAE * n. Tapirs and extinct related forms.
FLESH * --n. 1 The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat. 2 Alternative names for the body of a human being. 3 A soft moist part of a fruit. --v. Remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture.
QUARREL * --n. 1 An angry dispute. 2 An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges. --v. Have a disagreement over something.
INFECTED * a. Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.
COUNTERACT * v. 1 Act in opposition to. 2 Oppose or check by a counteraction. 3 Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions. 4 Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
APPALLINGLY * r. To an appalling extent.
LAID * s. Set down according to a plan.
AMPHIBOLY * n. An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.
PASTIS * n. Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
GORGONIACEA * n. Red corals and sea fans.
RESIDENCE * n. 1 Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily. 2 The official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president). 3 The act of dwelling in a place. 4 A large and imposing house.
STEAM-POWERED * s. Powered by a steam engine.
WIDOWED * s. Single because of death of the spouse.
PALPABLE * --a. Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt. --s. 1 (medicine) Can be felt by palpation. 2 Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. 3 So intense as to be almost touched or felt.
HEDONISM * n. 1 The pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. 2 An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good.
FUNGICIDE * n. Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi.
EVANESCENCE * n. The event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight.
SINGLET * n. A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body.
RE-INTRODUCE * v. Introduce anew.
SURMONTIL * n. Tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Surmontil) used to treat depression and anxiety and (sometimes) insomnia.
OUTMANOEUVRE * v. Defeat by more skillful maneuvering.
HANDGRIP * n. The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.
HAGBERRY * n. Small cherry much liked by birds.
SUPERANNUATE * v. 1 Retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability. 2 Declare to be obsolete. 3 Become obsolete. 4 Retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity.
PISSING * n. Informal terms for urination.
PUSHKIN * n. Russian poet (1799-1837).
RABELAISIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works.
INCOMPLETELY * r. Not to a full degree or extent.
EMPOWER * v. 1 Give or delegate power or authority to. 2 Give qualities or abilities to.
MUSTACHIOED * s. Having a moustache.
EASTERTIDE * n. The Easter season.
HYPOCHOERIS * n. Widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds.
OUT-MIGRATION * n. Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).
MARSHMALLOW * n. Spongy confection made of gelatin and sugar and corn syrup and dusted with powdered sugar.
HANDLER * n. 1 One who trains or exhibits animals. 2 An agent who handles something or someone. 3 (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
SYCONIUM * n. The fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets.
TON * n. 1 A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds. 2 A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds.
CYPERACEAE * n. Bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant.
POLYATOMIC * a. Of or relating to a molecule made up of more than two atoms.
HAKEA * n. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
GALUMPH * v. Move around heavily and clumsily.
BABE * n. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
NIMBY * n. Someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard.
DOH * n. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
TIE-DYE * v. Dye after knotting the fabric to produce an irregular pattern.
UNINTENTIONALLY * r. Without intention; in an unintentional manner.
REDDISH-VIOLET * s. Of violet tinged with red.
RUSTBELT * n. Urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles).
BICHROMATE * n. A salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid.
PSORIASIS * n. A chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences.
HIBERNIA * n. An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
ACRIDNESS * n. 1 Extreme bitterness. 2 The quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone.
HARAKIRI * n. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.
CYNOSURE * n. 1 Something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners). 2 Something that strongly attracts attention and admiration.
PROWL * --n. The act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner). --v. 1 Move about in or as if in a predatory manner. 2 Loiter about, with no apparent aim.
INDORSER * n. 1 Someone who expresses strong approval. 2 A person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security.
QUARTERVINE * n. Woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section.
AMPHOTERICIN * n. An antibiotic and antifungal agent.
MEGABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes.
LEFT-HANDER * n. 1 A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand. 2 A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right.
OXBOW * n. 1 The land inside an oxbow bend in a river. 2 A U-shaped curve in a stream. 3 A wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox.
CONCESSIVE * a. Of or pertaining to concession.
TOILET-TRAIN * v. Train (a small child) to use the toilet.
MARIANAS * n. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521.
WEILL * n. German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950).
NAOMI * n. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
ANTWERP * n. A busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460.
AMPHIPRION * n. Damsel fishes.
POLYVALENCY * n. 1 (chemistry) The state of having a valence greater than two. 2 (toxicology) The state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism.
FRISIA * n. An ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands.
EXALT * v. 1 Praise, glorify, or honor. 2 Fill with sublime emotion. 3 Heighten or intensify. 4 Raise in rank, character, or status.
BITUMINOID * a. Like bitumen.
GRAMINACEAE * n. The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.
MESSILY * r. In a messy, untidy manner.
MYDRIASIS * n. Reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward; occurs in response to a decrease in light or certain drugs.
SEETHE * v. 1 Be noisy with activity. 2 Be in an agitated emotional state. 3 Foam as if boiling. 4 Boil vigorously.
SEISMOLOGIST * n. A geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth.
EXAUGURAL * a. Occurring at or marking the close of a term of office.
HOMEWARDS * r. Toward home.
UNDISCLOSED * s. Not made known.
RESPECTER * n. A person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative.
CYANOGENETIC * s. Capable of producing cyanide.
XENOSAURUS * n. Type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles.
SLEEVED * a. Made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination.
BRITON * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Great Britain. 2 An inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions. --a. Characteristic of or associated with the Britons.
WINNOWING * n. The act of separating grain from chaff.
OCCIDENT * n. 1 The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America. 2 The hemisphere that includes North America and South America.
PARMENIDES * n. A presocratic Greek philosopher born in Italy; held the metaphysical view that being is the basic substance and ultimate reality of which all things are composed; said that motion and change are sensory illusions (5th century BC).
AFTERDAMP * n. A toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine.
BRIMLESS * a. Without a brim.
EGOISTIC * a. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
VERMIFORM * s. Resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical.
MANTIGER * n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
LUGER * n. 1 A German semiautomatic pistol. 2 Someone who races the luge.
TAKIN * n. Large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area.
CRYOSCOPE * n. A measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.
MOLLE * n. Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits.
LOCKING * n. The act of locking something up to protect it.
MIDDY * n. Blouse with a sailor collar.
MEDICO * n. 1 A student in medical school. 2 A licensed medical practitioner.
1000000 * n. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
HORMONAL * a. Of or relating to or caused by hormones.
DORYOPTERIS * n. Small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae.
DRUNK * --n. 1 A chronic drinker. 2 Someone who is intoxicated. --a. Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol). --s. As if under the influence of alcohol.
SHORT-TAILED * s. Having a short tail.
SCENARIO * n. 1 An outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work). 2 A setting for a work of art or literature. 3 A postulated sequence of possible events.
DISCOCEPHALI * n. Small order of fishes comprising the remoras.
MBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits.
ANTHROPOCENTRISM * n. An inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
OSTENTATE * v. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.
CHUNGA * n. Argentinian Cariama.
HEDGE * --n. 1 A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes. 2 Any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change. 3 An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement. --v. 1 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). 2 Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge. 3 Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges. 4 Minimize loss or risk.
OTOLARYNGOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat.
PRETENTIOUSLY * r. In a pretentious manner.
NOXIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being noxious.
LOCULE * n. A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.
AVIATION * n. 1 The aggregation of a country's military aircraft. 2 The operation of aircraft to provide transportation. 3 The art of operating aircraft. 4 Travel via aircraft.
MARKOVIAN * a. Relating to or generated by a Markov process.
VICTORY * n. A successful ending of a struggle or contest.
UNADDICTED * a. Not addicted.
CENTRUM * n. The main body of a vertebra.
CROWBERRY * n. A low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit.
CHICORY * n. 1 The dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute. 2 Perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads. 3 Root of the chicory plant roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee. 4 Crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste.
STYLOPHORUM * n. Wood poppies.
PREDATE * v. 1 Be earlier in time; go back further. 2 Come before. 3 Prey on or hunt for. 4 Establish something as being earlier relative to something else.
VILLAGE * n. 1 A community of people smaller than a town. 2 A settlement smaller than a town. 3 A mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century.
AETIOLOGIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the philosophical study of causation. 2 Relating to the etiology of a disease.
QUARTERN * n. One of four equal parts.
RATTAIL * n. Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail.
ERLENMEYER * n. German chemist (1825-1909).
SMOOTHHOUND * n. Smooth dogfish of European coastal waters.
AIRCREW * n. The crew of an aircraft.
CRESCENDO * --n. (music) A gradual increase in loudness. --v. Grow louder. --s. (music) Gradually increasing in volume.
THRIVE * v. 1 Grow vigorously. 2 Make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance.
BUSINESSWOMAN * n. A female businessperson.
DISCONTINUATION * n. The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent).
DILETTANTISH * s. Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish.
JAILED * s. Being in captivity.
PROXIMA * n. The nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years.
COUNTABLE * s. That can be counted.
DIFFUSION * n. 1 (physics) The process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration. 2 The spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another. 3 The property of being diffused or dispersed. 4 The act of dispersing or diffusing something.
RAPTUROUS * s. Feeling great rapture or delight.
MAW * n. Informal terms for the mouth.
INCLUDE * v. 1 Have as a part, be made up out of. 2 Consider as part of something. 3 Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category. 4 Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.
DOMICILIARY * a. Of or relating to or provided in a domicile.
CRYPTOPHYTE * n. Common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms.
FORELIMB * n. The front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing).
NONIMITATIVE * a. Not marked by or given to imitation.
STACKS * n. 1 A large number or amount. 2 Storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored.
CHURLISH * s. 1 Rude and boorish. 2 Having a bad disposition; surly.
SEROLOGIC * a. Of or relating to serology.
WORD-PAINTER * n. A writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power.
UNPROPITIOUSNESS * n. The quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result.
KLEE * n. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
TYRE * n. 1 A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks. 2 Hoop that covers a wheel.
MANGINESS * n. A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
GHOSTFISH * n. Eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth.
GAMP * n. Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
SPIDERFLOWER * n. Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers.
ARCHANGELICAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling archangels.
SHAH * n. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
ANOBIIDAE * n. Deathwatch beetles.
ORACULAR * --a. Of or relating to an oracle. --s. 1 Obscurely prophetic. 2 Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
KINOSTERNON * n. Type genus of the Kinosternidae.
DJANET * n. A desert town in southeastern Algeria.
TATER * n. An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
BONN * n. A city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989.
POTHER * --n. An excited state of agitation. --v. 1 Make upset or troubled. 2 Make a fuss; be agitated.
UNRECORDED * a. Actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing.
TELEOLOGY * n. (philosophy) A doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes.
EXTERNALLY * r. 1 On or from the outside. 2 With respect to the outside.
IRREPLACEABLE * a. Impossible to replace.
ACCEPTABILITY * n. Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards.
ROOMER * n. A tenant in someone's house.
UNREALITY * n. 1 The quality possessed by something that is unreal. 2 The state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact.
LEG * n. 1 A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle. 2 A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion. 3 One of the supports for a piece of furniture. 4 A part of a forked or branching shape.
SAPODILLA * n. 1 Large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras. 2 Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
EPIMETHEUS * n. (Greek mythology) Brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife.
TROMBICULID * n. Mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates.
ALUMINA * n. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
HATTED * a. Wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind.
PANOCHE * n. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
ACANTHOCYTE * n. An abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm.
SLIPPERED * s. Shod with slippers.
STANDARDISER * n. A person who sets a standard for things to conform to.
RESOURCELESS * s. Lacking or deficient in natural resources.
GENOTYPE * n. 1 A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution. 2 The particular alleles at specified loci present in an organism.
NEREID * n. (Greek mythology) Any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.
INNING * n. (baseball) One of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat.
CRAKE * n. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
ROCKERS * n. Originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers.
SHOOT-'EM-UP * n. A movie featuring shooting and violence.
SEZESSION * n. An Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s.
GALTON * n. English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911).
ROTENONE * n. A white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube.
ERICALES * n. Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae.
SCREECHY * s. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
GELIDITY * n. Coldness due to a cold environment.
ZHUANG * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
TEMPO * n. 1 (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played. 2 The rate of some repeating event.
SAFECRACKER * n. A thief who breaks open safes to steal valuable contents.
LAXATION * n. 1 The elimination of fecal waste through the anus. 2 The act of making something less tight.
BALLOTING * n. A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative.
HICKORY * n. 1 Valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees. 2 American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts.
FIFTY-ONE * s. Being one more than fifty.
HORMONE * n. The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect.
WISP * n. 1 A small tuft or lock. 2 A small person. 3 A small bundle of straw or hay. 4 A flock of snipe.
GARFISH * n. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
AVENTAIL * n. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
DOMINATED * s. 1 Controlled or ruled by superior authority or power. 2 Harassed by persistent nagging.
ADAPTION * n. The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions).
CHURRIGUERESCO * s. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation.
SULTANA * n. 1 Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine. 2 Dried seedless grape.
POLYCHAETA * n. Marine annelid worms.
SUNCHOKE * n. Sunflower tuber eaten raw or boiled or sliced thin and fried as Saratoga chips.
INVERTEBRATE * --n. Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification. --a. Lacking a backbone or spinal column.
DISHABILLE * n. The state of being carelessly or partially dressed.
POLANISIA * n. Widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length.
SIPUNCULID * n. Small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut.
HAILSTORM * n. A storm during which hail falls.
RHODOLITE * n. A red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone.
WORD-PAINTING * n. A graphic or vivid verbal description.
HEMIMETAMORPHIC * s. (of an insect with aquatic young) Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult.
KEFTAB * n. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
HEMIMORPHITE * n. A white mineral; a common ore of zinc.
ORATORY * n. Addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous).
ASIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Asia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
GUNK * n. Any thick, viscous matter.
BALUSTER * n. One of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
PINCH * --n. 1 A painful or straitened circumstance. 2 An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed. 3 A slight but appreciable amount. 4 A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. --v. 1 Squeeze tightly between the fingers. 2 Make ridges into by pinching together. 3 Make off with belongings of others. 4 Cut the top off.
ETHIC * n. 1 The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group. 2 A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
FUNKACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta.
ECLOGUE * n. A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life.
LANSAT * n. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
BLACKISH-GRAY * s. Of dark grey.
MALADROITLY * r. In a maladroit manner.
BOBTAILED * s. Having a short or shortened tail.
AILUROPODA * n. Only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae.
UNEMOTIONALITY * n. 1 Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. 2 Absence of emotion.
KISSIMMEE * n. A river of central Florida that flows southward to Lake Okeechobee.
CHLOROCOCCALES * n. Unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores.
CAMPMATE * n. Someone who lives in the same camp you do.
BAFFLE * --n. A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy. --v. 1 Be a mystery or bewildering to. 2 Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. 3 Restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.).
VITREOUS * --a. 1 Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye. 2 Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass. --s. (of ceramics) Having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it.
PRESSURIZE * v. 1 Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid. 2 Maintain a certain pressure. 3 Increase the pressure in or of.
SUSTAINMENT * n. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
SAGGING * s. Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness).
PREMATURENESS * n. The state of being premature.
ROCKINESS * n. The quality of abounding in rocks and stones.
BRUISING * s. 1 Causing mental or emotional injury. 2 Brutally forceful and compelling.
NIMBUS * n. 1 A dark grey cloud bearing rain. 2 An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
BURGEON * v. Grow and flourish.
KA * n. Unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma.
CV * --n. A summary of your academic and work history. --s. Being five more than one hundred.
FETTLE * --n. A state of fitness and good health. --v. Remove mold marks or sand from (a casting).
DIVE * --n. 1 A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall. 2 A headlong plunge into water. 3 A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft. --v. 1 Drop steeply. 2 Plunge into water. 3 Swim under water.
LINACEAE * n. A widely distributed family of plants.
STINGLESS * a. Without a sting.
INCASEMENT * n. The act of enclosing something in a case.
LUDICROUSLY * r. So as to arouse or deserve laughter.
HALF-YEARLY * --s. Occurring or payable twice each year. --r. Every half year, every six months.
TIMOROUSLY * r. In a timorous and trepid manner.
QUADRANTANOPIA * n. Blindness in one fourth of the visual field.
ANOGRAMMA * n. A genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae.
SWITCH * --n. 1 Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit. 2 An event in which one thing is substituted for another. 3 Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure. 4 Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock. --v. 1 Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence. 2 Exchange or give (something) in exchange for. 3 Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. 4 Make a shift in or exchange of.
OSASCO * n. A city in southeastern Brazil; suburb of Sao Paulo.
MUTUALNESS * n. A reciprocality of sentiments.
SWEATING * n. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.
CONCORDANT * s. 1 In keeping. 2 Being of the same opinion.
PHANEROGAMAE * n. In former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta.
AMBULATORY * --n. A covered walkway (as in a cloister). --a. Relating to or adapted for walking. --s. Able to walk about.
CASTOR * n. 1 A multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux. 2 A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar. 3 A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable. 4 A hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material).
KILOMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
UNSHADOWED * s. Not darkened or obscured by shadow.
NAKURU * n. A city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region.
COMPUTE * v. Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
MUTUALITY * n. 1 A reciprocality of sentiments. 2 A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups).
WESTER * n. Wind that blows from west to east.
TURGIDLY * r. In a turgid manner.
GYNNE * n. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
ARCHAEORNITHES * n. Primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous.
BEERY * s. Smelling of beer.
CENTRALISM * n. The political policy of concentrating power in a central organization.
PANTYHOSE * n. A woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings.
ZYGOMYCETES * n. Class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota.
LENGTHWAYS * --a. Running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing. --r. In the direction of the length.
MAVIK * n. An ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patients after a heart attack or to treat hypertension.
BATHYSCAPH * n. Navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration.
EQUIANGULAR * s. Having all angles equal.
SHOCK-HEADED * s. Having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair.
BALLCOCK * n. Floating ball that controls level in a water tank.
OCTOBERFEST * n. A strong lager made originally in Germany for the Oktoberfest celebration; sweet and copper-colored.
MISPERCEIVE * v. Perceive incorrectly.
GAZA * n. A coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt.
OFFER * --n. 1 The verbal act of offering. 2 Something offered (as a proposal or bid). 3 A usually brief attempt. --v. 1 Make available or accessible, provide or furnish. 2 Present for acceptance or rejection. 3 Agree freely. 4 Put forward for consideration.
REDEDICATION * n. A new dedication.
MANOEUVRABILITY * n. The quality of being maneuverable.
INSINCERELY * r. Without sincerity.
DAMAGES * n. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
DIESTROUS * s. (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) In a period of sexual inactivity.
CULMINATE * v. 1 End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. 2 Bring to a head or to the highest point. 3 Reach the highest or most decisive point. 4 Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body.
STERNINAE * n. Terns.
INTERNATIONALIZATION * n. The act of bringing something under international control.
LISTERIOSIS * n. An infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms.
PROTO-ONCOGENE * n. A normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene.
RBI * n. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
LIFESAVER * n. 1 An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents. 2 A life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material.
MERRINESS * n. The trait of merry joking.
KENDALL * n. United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972).
OVEREXPOSURE * n. 1 The act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time. 2 The act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience.
GUIDEBOOK * n. Something that offers basic information or instruction.
KLAMATH * n. A river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean.
SYNCATEGOREMATIC * a. Of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms.
IMPACTED * s. Wedged or packed in together.
SNUGNESS * n. A state of warm snug comfort.
SUGARCOAT * v. 1 Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze. 2 Cause to appear more pleasant or appealing.
HIGH-TAIL * v. Retreat at full speed.
ATELEIOSIS * n. A form of infantilism characterized by physical underdevelopment but normal intelligence.
INSOLUBLE * --a. 1 (of a substance) Incapable of being dissolved. 2 Admitting of no solution or explanation. --s. Without hope of solution.
STAMPEDE * --n. 1 A headlong rush of people on a common impulse. 2 A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle). --v. 1 Cause to run in panic. 2 Cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively. 3 Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse. 4 Run away in a stampede.
JEW'S-EARS * n. Widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood.
TURK * n. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
MEM * n. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
PYRROPHYTA * n. A division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds.
UNDERLAYMENT * n. A pad placed under a carpet.
YTTERBIUM * n. A soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime.
AMPHIBOLE * n. A mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group.
SALABILITY * n. The quality of being salable or marketable.
MONIKER * n. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name).
SANG-FROID * n. Great coolness and composure under strain.
NONCE * n. The present occasion.
EXPLETIVE * n. 1 Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. 2 A word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line.
TUNNEL * --n. 1 A passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars). 2 A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter. --v. 1 Move through by or as by digging. 2 Force a way through.
INDIGEN * n. An indigenous person who was born in a particular place.
ISOETACEAE * n. Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes.
COMPOSITENESS * n. The property of being a composite number.
TRIBADE * n. A female homosexual.
TENSIOMETER * n. 1 A measuring instrument for measuring the moisture content of soil. 2 A measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam. 3 A measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid.
UNGUAL * a. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
RAMPION * n. Bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad.
ANDROSTERONE * n. An androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone.
RENTER * n. 1 Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else. 2 An owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person.
CAPTIVATED * s. 1 Strongly attracted. 2 Filled with wonder and delight.
MANORIAL * a. Of or relating to or based on the manor.
PASANG * n. 1 Large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns. 2 Wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions.
POSSESSOR * n. A person who owns something.
ILIAC * a. Of or relating to the ilium.
DASSIE * n. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
METEOROID * n. (astronomy) Any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere.
INSTAURATION * n. The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
MARVEL-OF-PERU * n. Common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon.
KAMA * n. Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara.
UNLABELED * a. Lacking a label or tag.
PIN * --n. 1 A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment. 2 When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. 3 Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.. 4 A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts. --v. 1 To hold fast or prevent from moving. 2 Attach or fasten with pins. 3 Pierce with a pin. 4 (chess) Immobilize a piece.
NEOTONY * n. The state resulting when juvenile characteristics are retained by the adults of a species.
POLARITY * n. 1 A relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies. 2 Having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges).
OAKLAND * n. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center.
TIMEKEEPER * n. 1 (sports) An official who keeps track of the time elapsed. 2 A clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees. 3 A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.
COOKIE-CUTTER * s. Having the same appearance (as if mass-produced).
DEMOTION * n. Act of lowering in rank or position.
MEANINGLESS * --a. Having no meaning or direction or purpose. --s. Producing no result or effect.
HAEMATIC * a. Relating to or containing or affecting blood.
VALVULE * n. A small valve.
POSSIBLENESS * n. Capability of existing or happening or being true.
ERRAND * n. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
FULGURATING * s. Sharp and piercing.
ATHERINOPSIS * n. A genus of Atherinidae.
MANLY * --a. Possessing qualities befitting a man. --s. Characteristic of a man. --r. In a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man.
TIGHTLY * r. 1 In a tight or constricted manner. 2 Securely fixed or fastened.
BARONY * n. 1 The estate of a baron. 2 The rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness. 3 The domain of a baron.
ANEMIC * --s. Lacking vigor or energy. --a. Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia.
CLUB-MOSS * n. Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles.
WHIPPER-IN * n. Huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds.
NEUTERING * n. The sterilization of an animal.
LEITMOTIV * n. A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas).
BOUNTEOUS * s. Given or giving freely.
NYLONS * n. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).
LYTHRUM * n. Loosestrife.
HYPE * --n. Blatant or sensational promotion. --v. Publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner.
MOOSE-WOOD * n. 1 Maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn. 2 Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers.
RHYACOTRITON * n. Olympic salamanders.
AUTHORSHIP * n. 1 The act of creating written works. 2 The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing.
HICKOCK * n. Frontier marshal whose adventures have become legendary (1837-1876).
CATATONIC * a. Characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs.
HEBE * n. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods.
CHICKEN-BREASTED * s. Having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets.
GOMBROWICZ * n. Polish author (1904-1969).
TORTRICID * n. Any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls.
SWEDISH * --n. A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language.
ALOPECIA * n. Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer).
ASSENT * --n. Agreement with a statement or proposal to do something. --v. To agree or express agreement.
DISINFESTATION * n. The activity of getting rid of vermin.
GONADAL * a. Of or relating to the gonads.
MANNERS * n. Social deportment.
EUDAEMONIC * a. Producing happiness and well-being.
PLASTICINE * n. A synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling (especially in schools).
CALOOCAN * n. A suburb of Manila in southwestern Luzon.
UNREASONINGLY * r. In an unreasoning visceral manner.
MENAGERIE * n. 1 A collection of live animals for study or display. 2 The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition.
MULTISTORY * s. Having more than one story.
ETHICIAN * n. A philosopher who specializes in ethics.
MYRICACEAE * n. Constituting the order Myricales.
TUSCANY * n. A region in central Italy.
EYRY * n. 1 The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle). 2 Any habitation at a high altitude.
HYDROTHORAX * n. Accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys.
INDIVIDUALIZATION * n. Discriminating the individual from the generic group or species.
LAHU * n. A Loloish language.
PATHOLOGICAL * --a. Of or relating to the practice of pathology. --s. 1 Caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition. 2 Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology.
BAHAMAS * n. Island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort.
LEXICOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to lexicography.
ENDERMIC * a. Acting by absorption through the skin.
CHIRON * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes. 2 An asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.
HANDREST * n. A support for the hand.
PIROUETTE * --n. (ballet) A rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet). --v. Do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance.
CHAENOMELES * n. Flowering quince.
ANURAN * --n. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species. --a. Relating to frogs and toads.
PETRARCH * n. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
PRECOCIOUS * --a. Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude). --s. Appearing or developing early.
SYMPHYLA * n. Small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede.
ECCLESIOLOGY * n. The branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church.
FULLNESS * n. 1 Completeness over a broad scope. 2 The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing. 3 The condition of being filled to capacity. 4 Greatness of volume.
GALACTOSIS * n. The secretion of milk.
INGURGITATE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
INTERNIST * n. A specialist in internal medicine.
BIRACIAL * s. Consisting of or combining two races.
ADIPOSENESS * n. Having the property of containing fat.
OPTATIVE * --n. A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs. --a. 1 Indicating an option or wish. 2 Relating to a mood of verbs in some languages.
SANDBAR * n. A bar of sand.
TOWNSEND * n. United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960).
UNECONOMICAL * s. 1 Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials. 2 Wasteful of resources.
WALLEYED * a. Having divergent strabismus.
OVERMUCHNESS * n. A quantity that is more than what is appropriate.
SEMILUNAR * s. Resembling the new moon in shape.
MONESTROUS * s. Having one estrous cycle per year.
CORAL-RED * s. Of red tinged with coral.
ALI * n. 1 United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 2 The fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects.
LIMPIDITY * n. 1 Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression. 2 Passing light without diffusion or distortion.
OTIOSE * s. 1 Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. 2 Producing no result or effect. 3 Disinclined to work or exertion.
CARBAMIDE * n. The chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics.
SHOULDER * --n. 1 The part of the body between the neck and the upper arm. 2 A cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg. 3 A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula. 4 The part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder. --v. 1 Lift onto one's shoulders. 2 Push with the shoulders. 3 Carry a burden, either real or metaphoric.
DEADNESS * n. 1 The quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events. 2 The physical property of something that has lost its elasticity. 3 The inanimate property of something that has died.
RHIZOPHORA * n. Type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs.
HYGROMETER * n. Measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere.
PRURIENCE * n. Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness.
INTERLARD * v. Introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions.
ZIKKURAT * n. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
LOPHOSORIACEAE * n. Very small family of tree ferns.
AMORPHOUS * s. 1 Having no definite form or distinct shape. 2 Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies. 3 (of a group of people or an organization) Unorganized or unfocused. 4 Unclear because vague or badly organized.
PERCEPTIBILITY * n. The property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses.
MANDREL * n. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.
INSIGHT * n. 1 Clear or deep perception of a situation. 2 A feeling of understanding. 3 The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation. 4 Grasping the inner nature of things intuitively.
TSHILUBA * n. A Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo.
SOURNESS * n. 1 The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth. 2 The property of being acidic. 3 A sullen moody resentful disposition.
BRACKET * --n. 1 A category falling within certain defined limits. 2 Either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material. 3 Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material. 4 A support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf). --v. 1 Support with brackets. 2 Place into brackets. 3 Classify or group.
OWNED * a. Having an owner; often used in combination.
FELWORT * n. Gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas.
AMPERSAND * n. A punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and).
NIGHT-ROBE * n. Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
CABOCHON * n. A highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets.
MISMATCH * --n. A bad or unsuitable match. --v. Match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together.
HARDLINER * n. A conservative who is uncompromising.
DECOUPAGE * n. 1 Art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer. 2 The art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer.
BURYING * n. Concealing something under the ground.
HYPERGLYCAEMIA * n. Abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes.
INFO * n. A message received and understood.
CHRYSOPHYCEAE * n. All the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length.
LANE * n. 1 A narrow way or road. 2 A well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic.
UNRIGHTEOUS * a. Not righteous.
ILLEGIBLE * a. (of handwriting, print, etc.) Not legible.
DROSERACEAE * n. A family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs.
SATURATED * a. 1 Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. 2 Used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled. 3 (of color) Being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black.
BURIED * a. Placed in a grave.
DEFIBRILLATOR * n. An electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation.
RUB-A-DUB * n. The sound made by beating a drum.
COUNTS/MINUTE * n. Frequency per minute.
BRIEFNESS * n. 1 The temporal property of being very short. 2 The attribute of being brief or fleeting.
LAFFER * n. United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940).
CHICNESS * n. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
BALUSTERS * n. A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
BREAKSTONE * n. Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga.
THALMENCEPHALON * n. The posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon.
BROAD-MINDED * a. 1 Incapable of being shocked. 2 Inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own.
SUPERCARGO * n. An officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase.
UNCORROBORATED * s. Unsupported by other evidence.
MONOCHROMACY * n. Complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness.
PANGEA * n. (plate tectonics) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
TITANIUM * n. A light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite.
SPERMATID * n. An immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon.
CANCELLED * a. (of events) No longer planned or scheduled.
PELAGIUS * n. A British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418).
HELVETIAN * n. A native of Switzerland.
UNMOWN * a. (used of grass or vegetation) Not cut down with a hand implement or machine.
REMOTE-CONTROLLED * a. Lacking a crew.
TETRACHLOROMETHANE * n. A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined.
MOLOTOV * n. 1 Soviet statesman (1890-1986). 2 A city in the European part of Russia.
TAIL-FLOWER * n. Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers.
LATHYRUS * n. Genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea.
GOOD-FOR-NAUGHT * --n. An idle worthless person. --s. Without merit; of little or no value or use.
RECOIL * --n. 1 The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired. 2 A movement back from an impact. --v. 1 Draw back, as with fear or pain. 2 Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. 3 Spring back; spring away from an impact. 4 Spring back, as from a forceful thrust.
HEAVER * n. 1 A bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope). 2 A workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard).
SIDESWIPE * --n. A glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles). --v. Strike from the side.
VIEWING * n. 1 The display of a motion picture. 2 A vigil held over a corpse the night before burial.
NESTORIAN * --n. A follower of Nestorius. --a. Relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism.
XLVI * s. Being six more than forty.
CLAPPERS * n. (used in the plural) 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.
DYSPHORIC * a. Generalized feeling of distress.
SHOEMAKING * n. The shoemaker's trade.
MILKWEED * n. 1 Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts. 2 Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads.
HUNGRY * --a. Feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food. --s. (usually followed by `for') Extremely desirous.
SENSATE * s. Having physical sensation.
POST-MATURITY * n. The state in which women have stopped ovulating.
NATURIST * n. A person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion.
EURYLAIMI * n. Broadbills.
TRAMONTANA * n. A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.
PERCEIVER * n. A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses.
CORPORATIST * --n. A supporter of corporatism. --a. Of or relating to corporatism.
BUTT * --n. 1 Thick end of the handle. 2 The part of a plant from which the roots spring or the part of a stalk or trunk nearest the roots. 3 A victim of ridicule or pranks. 4 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --v. 1 Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. 2 To strike, thrust or shove against. 3 Place end to end without overlapping.
FELLATE * v. Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.
KHEDIVE * n. One of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914.
THOR * n. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar.
FROLICKY * s. Given to merry frolicking.
AGENCY * n. 1 An administrative unit of government. 2 A business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties. 3 The state of being in action or exerting power. 4 The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
MALACOPTERYGIAN * n. Any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii.
GAFFSAIL * n. A quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff.
IMPENDENT * s. Close in time; about to occur.
HARDLINE * s. Firm and uncompromising.
STALIN * n. Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953).
LOOT * --n. 1 Goods or money obtained illegally. 2 Informal terms for money. --v. 1 Take illegally; of intellectual property. 2 Steal goods; take as spoils.
ILLEGIBILITY * n. The quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered.
ZYMOID * a. Resembling an enzyme.
WINGS * n. 1 A means of flight or ascent. 2 Stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.
MUFFLE * --n. A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature. --v. 1 Suppress in order to conceal or hide. 2 Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping.
OPPOSING * s. Characterized by active hostility.
ABSTRACTLY * r. In abstract terms.
BEHMEN * n. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
WHEREFORE * n. The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'.
JOLLIFY * v. Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.
CAVIA * n. Type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs.
REPRODUCIBILITY * n. The quality of being reproducible.
TRANSLATIONAL * a. Of or relating to uniform movement without rotation.
DNA * n. (biochemistry) A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information.
DACTYLOCTENIUM * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae.
ARLINGTON * n. A city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth.
EXTERNAL * --n. Outward features. --a. Happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface. --s. 1 Coming from the outside. 2 From or between other countries. 3 Purely outward or superficial.
QUIET * --n. 1 A period of calm weather. 2 An untroubled state; free from disturbances. 3 The absence of sound. 4 A disposition free from stress or emotion. --v. 1 Become quiet or quieter. 2 Make calm or still. --a. 1 Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity. 2 Free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound. 3 (of the sun) Characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots. --s. 1 Not showy or obtrusive. 2 In a softened tone. 3 (of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves. --r. With little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly').
ANTIFEMINISM * n. Activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women.
PLUMOSE * s. Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.
REAM * --n. 1 A large quantity of written matter. 2 A quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires. --v. 1 Squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer. 2 Remove by making a hole or by boring. 3 Enlarge with a reamer.
LEASEHOLDER * n. A tenant who holds a lease.
CODER * n. A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
QUIRE * n. A quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets.
FREE-SPOKEN * s. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.
AZTECAN * n. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec.
POSED * a. Arranged for pictorial purposes.
CERVIX * n. 1 The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body. 2 Necklike opening to the uterus.
ELAPIDAE * n. Cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes.
FROWZY * s. Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt.
CYBERPHOBIA * n. Irrational fear of computers or technology.
PUBLICIST * n. Someone who publicizes.
ACTINOMYCIN * n. Any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria.
EQUIVOCATION * n. 1 A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. 2 Intentionally vague or ambiguous. 3 Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language.
CAMPTOSORUS * n. Classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium.
GUR * n. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
CHAUVINISM * n. 1 Fanatical patriotism. 2 Activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women.
PLACIDNESS * n. A feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling.
SILENCE * --n. 1 The state of being silent (as when no one is speaking). 2 The absence of sound. 3 A refusal to speak when expected. 4 The trait of keeping things secret. --v. 1 Cause to be quiet or not talk. 2 Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure.
FLECAINIDE * n. Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
MODERNISED * s. Brought up to date.
RUNTY * s. 1 Well below average height. 2 (used especially of persons) Of inferior size.
AZERBAIJANI * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Azerbaijani. --a. Of or pertaining to Azerbaijan or the people or culture of Azerbaijan.
SUBMERSION * n. 1 Sinking until covered completely with water. 2 The act of wetting something by submerging it.
CESTIDA * n. Ctenophore having short tentacles; one family.
CHICKPEA * n. 1 The seed of the chickpea plant. 2 Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds. 3 Large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried.
SELF-CONSISTENT * s. Not self-contradictory.
COSMOGRAPHER * n. A scientist knowledgeable about cosmography.
UNDECEIVED * s. Freed of a mistaken or misguided notion.
SATURNIA * n. Type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth.
INTRANSITIVE * --n. A verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object. --a. Designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object.
DISPARITY * n. Inequality or difference in some respect.
DIPSOSAURUS * n. Desert iguanas.
ACCENT * --n. 1 Distinctive manner of oral expression. 2 Special importance or significance. 3 The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. 4 The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch). --v. 1 To stress, single out as important. 2 Put stress on; utter with an accent.
ESCHEAT * n. 1 A reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs. 2 The property that reverts to the state.
THIOBACILLUS * n. Small rod-shaped bacteria living in sewage or soil and oxidizing sulfur.
INHERENCY * n. The state of inhering; the state of being a fixed characteristic.
STEVENSON * n. 1 Scottish author (1850-1894). 2 United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968).
WHEEZILY * r. With a wheeze.
GRUNTLE * v. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
POB * n. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
WEBFOOT * n. A foot having the toes connected by folds of skin.
HILLSIDE * n. The side or slope of a hill.
REINFORCE * v. 1 Make stronger. 2 Strengthen and support with rewards.
DISMAYING * s. Causing consternation.
HEMATIC * a. Relating to or containing or affecting blood.
DISPROPORTIONATELY * r. 1 Out of proportion. 2 To a disproportionate degree.
MONOLOGUIZE * v. Talk to oneself.
IMPOSSIBLENESS * n. Incapability of existing or occurring.
CAPULIN * n. 1 Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit. 2 Mexican black cherry.
CYNIPIDAE * n. A family of Hymenoptera.
STREET-WALK * v. Walk the streets in search of customers.
FUGARD * n. South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932).
TRAGACANTH * n. A gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing.
PINNATE-LEAFED * s. Having pinnate leaves.
PARJANYA * n. Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra.
MISLAY * v. Place (something) where one cannot find it again.
RELATED * a. 1 Being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics. 2 Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
HYPOXIDACEAE * n. In some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae.
ANTIALIASING * n. (computer graphics) A technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother.
NAME * --n. 1 A language unit by which a person or thing is known. 2 A person's reputation. 3 Family based on male descent. 4 A well-known or notable person. --v. 1 Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to. 2 Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. 3 Charge with a function; charge to be. 4 Create and charge with a task or function.
JONESBORO * n. A town in northeast Arkansas.
BLUE-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with blue.
PICA * n. 1 An eating disorder, frequent in children, in which non-nutritional objects are eaten persistently. 2 A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. 3 Magpies.
GAUSS * n. 1 A unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter. 2 German mathematician who developed the theory of numbers and who applied mathematics to electricity and magnetism and astronomy and geodesy (1777-1855).
EDIBILITY * n. The property of being fit to eat.
SEMIOLOGY * n. (philosophy) A philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols.
PERIODONTAL * a. Of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics.
ANOMALOPS * n. Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico.
ACTINOMETRY * n. Measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays).
MANLINESS * n. The trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male.
CHUNKY * s. 1 Like or containing small sticky lumps. 2 Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature.
GOGGLE * v. Look with amazement; look stupidly.
MYTHIC * --a. Relating to or having the nature of myth. --s. Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.
SALUBRITY * n. The quality of being salubrious and invigorating.
VOLAILLE * n. The flesh of a chicken used for food.
GYNANDROMORPHIC * s. Having both male and female morphological characteristics.
NONALIGNED * a. Not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause.
ALCOHOL-SOLUBLE * s. Soluble in alcohol.
MAHICAN * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican.
NORM * n. 1 A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical. 2 A statistic describing the location of a distribution.
49 * s. Being nine more than forty.
UNCOUTHNESS * n. Inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor.
CARTOGRAPHER * n. A person who makes maps.
MEZUZA * n. Religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law.
WADE * --n. English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945). --v. Walk (through relatively shallow water).
WARSZAWA * n. The capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland.
RHEUM * n. 1 A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose). 2 Rhubarb.
AEROGRAM * n. A letter sent by air mail.
EUTHERIA * n. All mammals except monotremes and marsupials.
GROAT * n. A former English silver coin worth four pennies.
IMPURE * a. 1 Combined with extraneous elements. 2 (used of persons or behaviors) Immoral or obscene. 3 Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws.
AMMAN * n. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
HYOID * --n. A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles. --a. Of or relating to the hyoid bone.
POSTMENOPAUSAL * a. Subsequent to menopause.
R.V. * n. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
TRYPTOPHANE * n. An amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin.
TIRELESS * s. 1 Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality. 2 Characterized by hard work and perseverance.
INEXPLICIT * a. Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something.
ELD * n. 1 A late time of life. 2 A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises.
TRAGULUS * n. Type genus of the Tragulidae.
WEAKLY * --s. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. --r. In a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree.
SCATTERING * n. 1 A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly. 2 The physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions. 3 A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby. 4 Spreading widely or driving off.
STRINGS * n. 1 The section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments. 2 (usually plural) A statement of what is required as part of an agreement.
PURBLIND * s. 1 Having greatly reduced vision. 2 Lacking in insight or discernment.
SLIPPAGE * n. 1 A decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping. 2 Decline from a standard level of performance or achievement. 3 Failing to hold or slipping out of place.
TAGAMET * n. A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid.
HEWER * n. A person who hews.
FRUGALITY * n. Prudence in avoiding waste.
QUADRILLIONTH * --n. One part in a quadrillion equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order.
EARLY-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the spring.
UNFADING * s. Of an imaginary flower that never fades.
UNCHANGEABLY * r. In an unalterable and unchangeable manner.
DICEY * s. Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk.
MORTGAGED * s. Burdened with legal or financial obligations.
GLOTTAL * a. Of or relating to or produced by the glottis.
EXPURGATOR * n. A person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages.
BUPHTHALMUM * n. Oxeye.
ANTHROPOMETRY * n. Measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities.
NEVA * n. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
REEDMACE * n. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.
AFFINE * --n. (anthropology) Kin by marriage. --a. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations. --s. (anthropology) Related by marriage.
COOPERSTOWN * n. A small town in east central New York; site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
TILTER * n. 1 Someone who engages in a tilt or joust. 2 A device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs.
ALMONER * n. An official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients.
THIAMINE * n. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth.
ABRANCHIOUS * a. Having no gills.
DIFFERENTIAL * --n. 1 The result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx. 2 A quality that differentiates between similar things. 3 A bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves. --a. 1 Relating to or showing a difference. 2 Involving or containing one or more derivatives.
UNSANCTIFIED * s. Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled.
SPONGIOBLAST * n. Any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia.
SCURVILY * r. In a despicable, ignoble manner.
MASOCHISTIC * a. Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated.
SAFFRANINE * n. Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes.
ALTERABLE * --a. Capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic. --s. (of the punishment ordered by a court) Capable of being changed to one less severe.
ARAWAK * n. 1 A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America. 2 A family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America.
NEKTON * n. The aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales.
BALKY * s. Stopping short and refusing to go on.
TRANSVERSE * s. Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.
REDBELLY * n. Freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell.
AUTHORIZE * v. 1 Grant authorization or clearance for. 2 Give or delegate power or authority to.
RIO * n. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction.
PIANOFORTE * n. A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.
SOLICITORSHIP * n. The position of solicitor.
KILOLITER * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters.
NONIONIZED * a. Not converted into ions.
COMP * n. An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge.
MSG * n. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking.
TRUCKLER * n. Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.
GROUSEBERRY * n. Shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries.
TURNSPIT * n. A roasting spit that can be turned.
SIGNALISATION * n. A conspicuous indication.
INCIVILITY * n. Deliberate discourtesy.
DOWNSTAGE * --n. The front half of the stage (as seen from the audience). --a. Of the front half of a stage. --r. At or toward the front of the stage.
GREENSICKNESS * n. Iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin.
HANDIWORK * n. A work produced by hand labor.
DEUTSCHLAND * n. A republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990.
MAXIMIZE * v. 1 Make as big or large as possible. 2 Make the most of.
OSTRAVA * n. An industrial city in northwestern Czech Republic in the Moravian lowlands; located in the coal mining area of Silesia.
HAEMOSTAT * n. A surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
FLIPPANTLY * r. In a flippant manner.
INHABIT * v. 1 Be an inhabitant of or reside in. 2 Be present in. 3 Exist or be situated within.
PLEUROTUS * n. Agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan.
GLUCOTROL * n. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
RE-EXPLAIN * v. Interpret from a different viewpoint.
THORN * n. 1 Something that causes irritation and annoyance. 2 A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. 3 A Germanic character of runic origin.
ABASHED * s. Feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed.
CHAULMOOGRA * n. East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy.
ROBE * --n. 1 Any loose flowing garment. 2 Outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions. --v. 1 Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes. 2 Cover as if with clothing.
PASSIONATELY * r. 1 With passion. 2 In a stormy or violent manner.
NAKEDLY * r. 1 In an exposed manner; without protection or defense. 2 Without clothing.
LOATHSOMENESS * n. The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions.
MINTMARK * n. A mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced.
POLYPODIALES * n. True (leptosporangiate) ferns.
SEIZE * v. 1 Take hold of; grab. 2 Take or capture by force. 3 Take possession of by force, as after an invasion. 4 Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
VERPA * n. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
BOLL * n. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
AMORA * n. One of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments.
UMBUNDU * n. A Bantu language spoken in Angola.
SOMALI * --n. 1 A member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia. 2 The Cushitic language spoken by the Somali. --a. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
INDULGENTLY * r. In an indulgent manner.
POLYGONACEAE * n. A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats.
OMDURMAN * n. 1 A city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum. 2 A battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese.
MUTINEER * n. Someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers).
REVITALIZING * s. Tending to impart new life and vigor to.
IMMOBILIZING * n. The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement.
CABRIOLET * n. Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood.
PUFFING * n. 1 Blowing tobacco smoke out into the air. 2 An act of forcible exhalation.
FILOVIRIDAE * n. A family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees).
APPREHENSIVENESS * n. Fearful expectation or anticipation.
BOTTOMLAND * n. Low-lying alluvial land near a river.
FADO * n. A sad Portuguese folksong.
COWHAND * n. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
SOUTHERNMOST * s. Situated farthest south.
UNSTABLENESS * n. The quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute.
TONSILLITIS * n. Inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils).
SEND-UP * n. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
DISORGANIZE * v. Remove the organization from.
LARUS * n. Type genus of the Laridae.
BELLINI * n. Italian composer of operas (1801-1835).
ALLIGATORIDAE * n. Alligators; caimans.
FRAGMENTIZE * v. Break or cause to break into pieces.
ARMREST * n. A support for the arm.
MYCOLOGY * n. The branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases.
PAULI * n. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
PROMETHEUS * n. (Greek mythology) The Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him.
HORRENDOUS * s. Causing fear or dread or terror.
ESAKI * n. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
COWBIRD * n. North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests.
EARPHONE * n. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear.
SPUD * --n. 1 An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland. 2 A sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds. --v. 1 Initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum. 2 Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
CONOCLINIUM * n. Mistflower.
ADAMANT * --n. Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem. --s. Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
ANNIHILATOR * n. A total destroyer.
SPEED-READING * n. Reading at speeds significantly faster than normal.
INARGUABLE * s. Against which no argument can be made.
IMO * n. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
COUNTERBOMBARDMENT * n. Bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons.
ORCHESTRATOR * n. An arranger who writes for orchestras.
HELLION * n. A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man).
RECOGNIZE * v. 1 Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority. 2 Be fully aware or cognizant of. 3 Detect with the senses. 4 Perceive to be the same.
DEXTROGLUCOSE * n. An isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits.
AUM * n. A terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity.
RAGPICKER * n. An unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood.
BAGMAN * n. 1 A salesman who travels to call on customers. 2 A racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money.
EUGLENOID * n. Marine and freshwater green or colorless flagellate organism.
SEAFOWL * n. A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc..
ANOMALOUS * s. Deviating from the general or common order or type.
JESUIT * --n. A member of the Jesuit order. --a. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism.
DEMOBILIZATION * n. Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops.
END * --n. 1 Either extremity of something that has length. 2 The point in time at which something ends. 3 The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence. 4 The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it. --v. 1 Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. 2 Bring to an end or halt. 3 Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of. 4 Put an end to.
FLORIDLY * r. In a florid manner.
CROQUET * --n. A game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg. --v. 1 Drive away by hitting with one's ball. 2 Play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops.
ACEPHALIA * n. Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters).
GANNET * n. Large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish.
SCAREMONGER * n. A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble.
CALLICEBUS * n. Titis.
DRUM-LIKE * s. Shaped in a form resembling a drum.
PICTOGRAPH * n. A graphic character used in picture writing.
PLATONISTIC * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of or in accordance with Platonism.
RECESSIONAL * --n. 1 The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service. 2 A hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw. --a. Of or relating to receding.
FADDISHLY * r. In a faddish manner.
PHOTOMONTAGE * n. A montage that uses photographic images.
CALLOSITY * n. 1 An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot). 2 Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness.
MEGABAT * n. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
NEMERTINA * n. Proboscis worms.
PARADISE * n. 1 Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. 2 (Christianity) The abode of righteous souls after death.
LEVOROTARY * s. Rotating to the left.
INCONSPICUOUSLY * r. In a manner intended to avoid attracting attention.
BOBSLED * --n. 1 Formerly two short sleds coupled together. 2 A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism. --v. Ride a bobsled.
DIARRHOEAL * s. Of or relating to diarrhea.
PLACATORY * s. Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions.
REGRETS * n. A polite refusal of an invitation.
TALE * n. 1 A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. 2 A trivial lie.
SHIFTINESS * n. 1 The quality of being a slippery rascal. 2 The quality of being changeable in direction.
MATTHEW * n. 1 (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel. 2 One of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount.
ARBOROLATRY * n. The worship of trees.
SCURFY * --a. Having or producing or covered with scurf. --s. Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.
HUSSERL * n. German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938).
SUNNAH * n. (Islam) The way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran.
LISSOMENESS * n. The gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple.
MEANDERINGLY * r. In a meandering manner.
RUTHLESSLY * r. In a ruthless manner.
BOSE * n. Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of particles; led to the description of fundamental particles that later came to be known as bosons.
CRISIS * n. 1 An unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty. 2 A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something.
OLFACTORY * a. Of or relating to olfaction.
ASCEND * v. 1 Travel up. 2 Go back in order of genealogical succession. 3 Become king or queen. 4 Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils.
SHRIVE * v. Grant remission of a sin to.
PANT-HOOT * v. Communicate by hooting and panting, as of primates.
COMPTROLLERSHIP * n. The position of comptroller.
THREEPENCE * n. Former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies.
SYNOD * n. A council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business.
NEWBURGH * n. A town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters.
INACHIS * n. A genus of Nymphalidae.
EXPIRATION * n. 1 A coming to an end of a contract period. 2 Euphemistic expressions for death. 3 The act of expelling air from the lungs.
FLUORESCEINE * n. A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed).
CERTIFICATION * n. 1 The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on. 2 Confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence. 3 A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts. 4 Validating the authenticity of something or someone.
NITRE * n. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
SLEEP * --n. 1 A natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended. 2 A torpid state resembling deep sleep. 3 A period of time spent sleeping. 4 Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb). --v. 1 Be asleep. 2 Be able to accommodate for sleeping.
ESFAHAN * n. City in central Iran; former capital of Persia.
HAEMULON * n. Type genus of the Haemulidae.
GOLIATH * n. 1 (Old Testament) A giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot. 2 Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.
SURREALISTIC * s. Characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions.
CERIUM * n. A ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group.
UNRECEPTIVE * a. Not receptive.
BVD * n. Trademark for men's underwear.
AKWA'ALA * n. 1 A member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California. 2 A community of Native Americans who speak a Hokan language and live in Baja California. 3 The Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala.
EXPURGATED * s. Having material deleted.
SIRDAR * n. An important person in India.
ETCETERA * --n. Additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same. --r. Continuing in the same way.
COOPERATION * n. 1 Joint operation or action. 2 The practice of cooperating.
BOTTOM * --n. 1 The lower side of anything. 2 The lowest part of anything. 3 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 4 The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat. --v. 1 Provide with a bottom or a seat. 2 Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom. 3 Come to understand. --a. Situated at the bottom or lowest position. --s. The lowest rank.
STIGMATA * n. Marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ.
INTERPELLATION * n. 1 (parliament) A parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy. 2 The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.
CAJOLE * v. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
INFANTILE * --s. 1 Indicating a lack of maturity. 2 Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant. --a. Of or relating to infants or infancy.
PASSERIDAE * n. True sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds.
ALZHEIMERS * n. A progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness.
JUDAEA * n. The southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ.
UNIMAGINED * s. Not imagined even in a dream.
ARANEA * n. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
DIMETHYLGLYOXIME * n. A compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel.
RAVAGE * --n. (usually plural) A destructive action. --v. 1 Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes. 2 Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
INSANE * --a. Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement. --s. Very foolish.
ULTRASONOGRAPHY * n. Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs.
CHESTER * n. A city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia).
SULFAPYRIDINE * n. Sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide.
RIJSTAFEL * n. Dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice.
DIGGING * n. The act of digging.
SEPARATED * s. 1 Being or feeling set or kept apart from others. 2 Spaced apart. 3 Separated at the joint. 4 No longer connected or joined.
RESHIP * v. Place on a ship again or transfer to another ship.
LEYMUS * n. Genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus.
ASPINWALL * n. A port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal.
PARSON * n. A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
OPHTHALMECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of an eye.
FACILE * s. 1 Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject. 2 Performing adroitly and without effort. 3 Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
NONSTARTER * n. 1 A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently. 2 A horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered.
MISTAKABLE * s. So similar as to be easily identified for another thing.
INEFFICACIOUS * a. Lacking the power to produce a desired effect.
PURPOSE-MADE * s. Designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose.
HIGHER * s. 1 Advanced in complexity or elaboration. 2 Of education beyond the secondary level.
DECIMALISE * v. 1 Change from fractions to decimals. 2 Change to the decimal system.
RACINESS * n. 1 A strong odor or taste property. 2 Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
DISSENTER * n. A person who dissents from some established policy.
ZOMBI * n. 1 (voodooism) A spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body. 2 A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies. 3 A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force. 4 Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way.
VICUGNA * n. A genus of Camelidae.
RIFE * s. 1 Most frequent or common. 2 Excessively abundant.
OUTSOURCE * v. Obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out.
JEJUNENESS * n. 1 Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life. 2 The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated. 3 Quality of inadequate nutritive value.
DUSTBIN * n. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
KONQUEROR * n. A freeware browser for Linux.
PROCONSUL * n. 1 An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power. 2 A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. 3 An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.
SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT * n. An act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance.
SUBTRACTION * n. 1 An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated. 2 The act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole).
NEOSHO * n. A river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River.
RHAMNUS * n. Type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns.
XENOPODIDAE * n. In some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae.
THUNDERY * s. 1 Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss. 2 Accompanied with thunder.
CONGRESSMAN * n. A member of the United States House of Representatives.
PATERNALISTIC * s. Benevolent but sometimes intrusive.
AMISH * n. An American follower of the Mennonite religion.
CALLIPHORIDAE * n. Blowflies.
STANCHLY * r. In a staunch manner.
MYRIAMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters.
CARRIZO * n. Tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts.
GULF * n. 1 An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay. 2 An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding). 3 A deep wide chasm.
PROPHESY * v. 1 Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration. 2 Deliver a sermon.
FAULTFINDER * n. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
MATERIALIZE * v. Come into being; become reality.
INJUDICIOUS * s. Lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise.
CORMORANT * n. Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish.
RACER * n. 1 Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds. 2 A fast car that competes in races. 3 An animal that races. 4 Slender fast-moving North American snakes.
HEROICAL * s. Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes.
MARGINAL * s. 1 At or constituting a border or edge. 2 Of questionable or minimal quality. 3 Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. 4 Producing at a rate that barely covers production costs.
PROCYON * n. 1 The brightest star in Canis Minor. 2 The type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons.
SELF-DIRECTION * n. Personal independence.
REENFORCEMENT * n. 1 Information that makes more forcible or convincing. 2 A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission.
HEDONISTIC * s. Devoted to pleasure.
SEVENTY-FOUR * s. Being four more than seventy.
NOONTIDE * n. The middle of the day.
FROST-BOUND * s. (of the ground) Made hard by frost.
METFORMIN * n. An antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucophage) prescribed to treat type II diabetes.
FIRSTBORN * --n. The offspring who came first in the order of birth. --s. First in order of birth.
INNER * --s. 1 Located inward. 2 Innermost or essential. 3 Confined to an exclusive group. 4 Exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence. --a. Located or occurring within or closer to a center.
REDEEMER * n. 1 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). 2 Someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.).
CAESPITOSE * s. (of plants) Growing in small dense clumps or tufts.
COLOPHON * n. A publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page).
DUDE * n. 1 An informal form of address for a man. 2 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
PIPERACILLIN * n. A synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections.
SPEECHLESSLY * r. Without speaking.
HAYEK * n. English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992).
BACKHAND * --n. A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke. --v. Hit a tennis ball backhand. --a. (of racket strokes) Made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke. --s. (of handwriting) Having the letters slanting backward.
EFFECTIVELY * r. 1 In an effective manner. 2 In actuality or reality or fact.
KUVASZ * n. Long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog; used also as a hunting dog.
BURROW * --n. A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter. --v. Move through by or as by digging.
PRENOMINAL * a. Of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify.
FUMARIA * n. Annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base.
81 * s. Being one more than eighty.
ROCKWEED * n. Coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
TRADITIONALISM * n. 1 Strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings. 2 Adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters). 3 The doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions.
MONOLINGUAL * --n. A person who knows only one language. --a. Using or knowing only one language.
CAY * n. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
DOGMATICAL * s. Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles.
BOGUS * s. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
MONODY * n. Music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment).
AUTARCHIC * a. Of or relating to or characterized by autarchy.
CURRY * --n. (East Indian cookery) A pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice. --v. 1 Season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking. 2 Treat by incorporating fat. 3 Give a neat appearance to.
CRYPTOCERCUS * n. Cockroaches.
IMPRACTICABLE * s. Not capable of being carried out or put into practice.
SPANDAU * n. A German machine gun.
CAPSULATE * --v. Enclose in a capsule. --s. Used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule.
IXODES * n. Type genus of the family Ixodidae.
OTOTOXIC * s. Toxic to the organs of hearing or balance or to the auditory nerve.
OBLITERABLE * s. Able to be obliterated completely.
HND * n. A diploma given for vocational training that prepares the student for a career in a particular area; good students may progress to a course leading to a degree.
STYLEMARK * n. A distinctive characteristic or attribute.
REFLATION * n. Inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state.
FUNRUN * n. A footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity).
DOLT * n. A person who is not very bright.
WELL-BRED * s. Of good upbringing.
SANDSTONE * n. A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.).
SUPERGRASS * n. A police informer who implicates many people.
CONFIDENCE * n. 1 Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. 2 A feeling of trust (in someone or something). 3 A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable. 4 A trustful relationship.
MACARTHUR * n. United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan (1880-1964).
BODIED * --a. Having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination. --s. Possessing or existing in bodily form.
OVERSIMPLIFICATION * n. 1 An act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is. 2 A simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation).
OKINAWA * n. 1 The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands. 2 A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans.
SLUDGE * n. 1 The precipitate produced by sewage treatment. 2 Any thick, viscous matter.
CEREAL * --n. 1 Grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. 2 Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. 3 A breakfast food prepared from grain. --a. Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it.
BOTA * n. A wine bottle made of leather.
ORTHOPTERA * n. Grasshoppers and locusts; crickets.
ASCOPHYLLUM * n. Brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis.
COPIOUS * s. 1 Large in number or quantity (especially of discourse). 2 Affording an abundant supply.
LGV * n. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin.
STERCULIA * n. Any tree of the genus Sterculia.
DIMNESS * n. 1 The state of being poorly illuminated. 2 The property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity. 3 The quality of being dim or lacking contrast.
TUFF * n. Hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash.
HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order.
HANDCLASP * n. Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).
PROTESTER * n. 1 A person who dissents from some established policy. 2 Someone who participates in a public display of group feeling.
MOTORIAL * a. Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS.
PERCHER * n. 1 A person situated on a perch. 2 A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists.
HUMPED * s. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
DISTAFF * --n. 1 The sphere of work by women. 2 The staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning. --s. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
LEDUM * n. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
PROCURER * n. 1 Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce). 2 Someone who obtains or acquires.
UNQUESTIONED * s. Generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute.
BEDEW * v. Cover with drops of dew or as with dew.
TRANSSHIP * v. Transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another.
OLIGODONTIA * n. Congenital condition in which some of the teeth are missing.
LIFE-SUSTAINING * s. Performing an essential function in the living body.
TERBIUM * n. A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite.
SCHLEPPER * n. (Yiddish) An awkward and stupid person.
PROTECTIONISM * n. The policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition.
NIDDM * n. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin.
NINETY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than ninety.
PANTOTHEN * n. A vitamin of the vitamin B complex that performs an important role in the oxidation of fats and carbohydrates and certain amino acids; occurs in many foods.
FUL * n. A family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages.
CLEANSE * v. 1 Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing. 2 Purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins.
AL-MUKALLA * n. A port in southern Yemen on the Gulf of Aden to the east of Aden.
UNADAPTABLE * a. Not adaptable.
STROP * --n. A leather strap used to sharpen razors. --v. Sharpen on a strop.
LUCAS * n. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
UNRANKED * s. Not arranged in order hierarchically.
FOOLHARDY * s. Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences.
ARCHAIC * s. 1 So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period. 2 Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type.
BUZZING * s. Noisy like the sound of a bee.
SEVENFOLD * --s. Having seven units or components. --r. Seven times.
CLINOMETER * n. An instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation.
PHILHELLENISM * n. Admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs.
INTRENCHMENT * n. An entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches.
SELF-CONTAINED * s. 1 Constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself. 2 In full control of your faculties.
DEFINITENESS * n. The quality of being predictable with great confidence.
SUTRA * n. A rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization.
ORLY * n. A southeastern suburb of Paris; site of an international airport serving Paris.
PRETORIAL * a. Of or relating to a Roman praetor.
SORCERESS * n. A woman sorcerer.
HYPODERMAL * a. Of or relating to the hypodermis.
TOBACCO * n. 1 Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion. 2 Aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs.
SHIGELLOSIS * n. An acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains.
NERITA * n. A neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
PLUSHY * s. 1 (of textures) Resembling plush. 2 Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
MAHDI * n. (Islam) A messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion.
ALKALOIDAL * a. Pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids.
FALANGIST * n. A Spanish member of General Franco's political party.
DISCOURTESY * n. 1 An expression of lack of respect. 2 A manner that is rude and insulting. 3 A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.
PRINTOUT * n. The output of a computer in printed form.
CARPATHIANS * n. A mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area.
SEARCHING * s. 1 Diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation. 2 Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect. 3 Exploring thoroughly.
TURNABOUT * n. 1 A decision to reverse an earlier decision. 2 Turning in the opposite direction.
INUNCT * v. Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
ADIPOSE * s. Composed of animal fat.
BENIGHTED * s. 1 Overtaken by night or darkness. 2 Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture.
AFGHANI * --n. 1 The basic unit of money in Afghanistan. 2 An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
ANTIEMETIC * n. A drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting.
NONREPETITIVE * a. Marked by the absence of repetition.
SOCIALITE * n. A socially prominent person.
HEBEPHRENIC * s. Suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior.
SECLUDE * v. Keep away from others.
DEPRESS * v. 1 Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. 2 Lower (prices or markets). 3 Cause to drop or sink. 4 Press down.
DENATURE * v. 1 Add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb. 2 Modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished. 3 Make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes.
LUNULA * n. 1 The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail. 2 A crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age.
ROTISSERIE * n. 1 An oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns. 2 A restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats.
GASTRIC * a. Relating to or involving the stomach.
LAC * n. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax.
INCOMPARABLE * a. Such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared.
ADJUSTED * --a. 1 Altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation. 2 Adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability. --s. 1 Having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment. 2 (especially of garments) Having the fit or style adjusted.
VOYAGE * --n. 1 An act of traveling by water. 2 A journey to some distant place. --v. Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.
PERIPHRASTIC * s. Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.
AGARICALES * n. Typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota.
LACHESIS * n. The Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
BACTERIUM * n. (microbiology) Single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants.
CHALKSTONE * n. A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout.
HAIR'S-BREADTH * n. A very small distance or space.
PERCEPTION * n. 1 The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept. 2 A way of conceiving something. 3 The process of perceiving. 4 Knowledge gained by perceiving.
OVOFLAVIN * n. A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
CLERGY * n. In Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity).
POTHOS * n. 1 Any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus. 2 Evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage.
MACROGLIA * n. Tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells.
MONITOR * --n. 1 Someone who supervises (an examination). 2 Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided. 3 An ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac. 4 Display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor. --v. 1 Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance. 2 Check, track, or observe by means of a receiver.
TWEETER * n. A loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds.
EXTRICATION * n. The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
BRUCINE * n. A bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica.
CASUARINALES * n. Order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae.
DISJOINTED * s. 1 Lacking orderly continuity. 2 Taken apart at the joints. 3 Separated at the joint.
HUNTING * n. 1 The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport. 2 The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. 3 The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts.
MULISH * s. Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.
DOUSING * n. The act of wetting something by submerging it.
MONILIASIS * n. An infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans).
ROTL * n. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds.
INIMICAL * s. Not friendly.
DECONTAMINATE * v. Rid of contamination.
TRANSPARENCY * n. 1 Permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation. 2 The quality of being clear and transparent. 3 Picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector.
STOPGAP * n. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
SADHU * n. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
RADIOTHERAPY * n. (medicine) The treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance.
BEFUDDLE * v. 1 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. 2 Make stupid with alcohol.
DAUNTING * s. Discouraging through fear.
ORDERED * a. 1 Having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule. 2 Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. 3 Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.
PELIOSIS * n. Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding.
RFD * n. Free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas.
VULGARISATION * n. 1 The act of rendering something coarse and unrefined. 2 The act of making something attractive to the general public.
TIMOROUSNESS * n. 1 Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions. 2 Fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities.
ORGANIZATIONAL * a. Of or relating to an organization.
TAKE-HOME * s. (of salary or wages) Remaining after all deductions including taxes.
IDYLL * n. 1 An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. 2 A musical composition that evokes rural life. 3 A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life.
NABLUS * n. An ancient city in the West Bank to the north of Jerusalem; the home of Jacob in biblical times.
MEANY * n. 1 United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980). 2 A person of mean disposition.
ROLF * n. Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
HIGH-FIDELITY * s. Characterized by minimal distortion in sound reproduction.
FORGED * s. Reproduced fraudulently.
TOWNSHIP * n. An administrative division of a county.
NEPENTHES * n. Pitcher plants.
OCEANFRONT * n. Land bordering an ocean.
STERILIZER * n. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments.
SMOOTH * --n. The act of smoothing. --v. 1 Make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing. 2 Make (a surface) shine. 3 Free from obstructions. --a. 1 Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities. 2 Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth. 3 (music) Without breaks between notes; smooth and connected. 4 Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence. --s. 1 Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. 2 Smooth and unconstrained in movement. 3 Lacking obstructions or difficulties. 4 (of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves.
SCREAKY * s. 1 Having a rasping or grating sound. 2 Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
KNOWLEDGEABLENESS * n. Wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge.
CARBAMATE * n. A salt (or ester) of carbamic acid.
KEN * n. 1 Range of what one can know or understand. 2 The range of vision.
HISTIOCYTOSIS * n. A blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages.
SEMINARIST * n. A student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary).
APOTHEOSISE * v. Deify or glorify.
HULKING * s. Of great size and bulk.
SIMMERING * n. Cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil.
KEYSTROKE * n. The stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard.
CACAJAO * n. Uakaris.
HAEMATOPODIDAE * n. Oystercatchers.
FATHERLINESS * n. The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father.
GOADED * s. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
BRAINLESS * s. Not using intelligence.
NONPUBLIC * s. Not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc..
GRAMMA * n. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
VOUCHEE * n. (law) A person called into court to defend a title.
VOLCANOLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies volcanoes.
PERCEPTIVELY * r. In a perceptive manner.
DICKHEAD * n. Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
SETA * n. 1 Stalk of a moss capsule. 2 A stiff hair or bristle.
MONT. * n. A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border.
SUNDRIES * n. Miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified.
ENROLLEE * n. A person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study.
HUNTER * n. 1 Someone who hunts game. 2 A person who searches for something. 3 A constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel. 4 A watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal.
SECRETAIRE * n. A desk used for writing.
VOODOO * --n. 1 A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. 2 (Haiti) Followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities. 3 A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities. --v. Bewitch by or as if by a voodoo.
PRIVATIZE * v. Change from governmental to private control or ownership.
WAVELIKE * s. Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves.
CHRISTCHURCH * n. Industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region.
ANGINAL * a. Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
CADDISH * s. Offensively discourteous.
GRANDCHILD * n. A child of your son or daughter.
OPEN-HEARTH * a. Of or relating to or produced by the open-hearth process.
CATHARANTHUS * n. Small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca.
LAMMERGEIER * n. The largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill.
STIEGLITZ * n. United States photographer (1864-1946).
THETA * n. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
SADDLE * --n. 1 A seat for the rider of a horse or other animal. 2 A pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle). 3 Cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins. 4 A piece of leather across the instep of a shoe. --v. 1 Put a saddle on. 2 Load or burden; encumber. 3 Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
REAGIN * n. An immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy.
PALATALISE * v. Pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate.
BUFO * n. Any toad of the genus Bufo.
WEE * --n. A short time. --v. Eliminate urine. --s. 1 (used informally) Very small. 2 Very early.
HAGGARD * --n. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925). --s. 1 Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. 2 Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
SEMIPRO * n. An athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis.
PEON * n. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
AMOXIL * n. An antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections.
MIXED * s. 1 Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. 2 Involving or composed of different races.
APPRECIATED * s. Fully understood or grasped.
ENDODONTIST * n. A dentist specializing in diseases of the dental pulp and nerve.
ARISTOPAK * n. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
ARTERIAL * a. Of or involving or contained in the arteries.
CHERRY-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a cherry.
KITSCH * n. Excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste.
TRINIDADIAN * --n. Inhabitant or native of Trinidad. --a. Of or relating to the island of Trinidad.
MICRONASE * n. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
LAWLESSNESS * n. 1 A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government). 2 Illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law.
SOPHIST * n. 1 Any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects. 2 Someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious.
ETCHING * n. 1 An impression made from an etched plate. 2 An etched plate made with the use of acid. 3 Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.
SALIENTIA * n. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
SHIH-TZU * n. A Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese.
INCONSOLABLE * a. Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled.
1940S * n. The decade from 1940 to 1949.
DEKAMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
NORETHANDROLONE * n. A synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis.
USDA * n. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.
MUDWRESTLE * v. Wrestle in mud.
AVOGADRO * n. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases; proposed what has come to be called Avogadro's law (1776-1856).
FISHTAIL * v. Slow down by moving the tail sideways.
TARTAREAN * s. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
PUSHCART * n. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels.
GANOINE * n. Shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales.
ELIMINATOR * n. An agent that eliminates something.
MISMATED * s. Not easy to combine harmoniously.
HEIGHTS * n. A high place.
BLEACHED * s. 1 Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. 2 (used of color) Artificially produced; not natural.
PALEO-INDIAN * n. A member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch.
SUBTRAHEND * n. The number to be subtracted from the minuend.
NERVE-WRACKING * s. Extremely irritating to the nerves.
WALDHEIM * n. Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918).
YALU * n. River in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China).
PEDANTIC * s. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
RATIOCINATIVE * s. Based on exact thinking.
UNEXPLORATORY * a. Not exploratory.
ALOOFNESS * n. 1 Indifference by personal withdrawal. 2 A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner.
IKON * n. 1 A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. 2 A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church.
BRUTAL * s. 1 (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. 2 Punishingly harsh. 3 Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. 4 Disagreeably direct and precise.
RE-ENTRANT * a. (of angles) Pointing inward.
MATRIARCHATE * n. A form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line.
DEUTERON * n. The nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators.
SIDEROSIS * n. Fibrosis of the lung caused by iron dust; occurs among welders and other metal workers.
OLIVE-BROWN * s. Of a brown color with a greenish tinge.
NRA * n. A powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government.
PERSONABLE * s. (of persons) Pleasant in appearance and personality.
ARGILLACEOUS * a. Resembling or containing clay.
ANURETIC * a. Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
UNSADDLED * a. With no saddle.
FULLBACK * --n. 1 (football) The running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team. 2 (American football) An offensive position in the backfield. --v. Play the fullback.
HOLOPHYTE * n. An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis.
MAIDUGURI * n. A city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center.
SAMBA * --n. 1 Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood. 2 Music composed for dancing the samba. 3 A lively ballroom dance from Brazil. 4 A form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers. --v. Dance the samba.
OZOKERITE * n. A waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles.
BEL-MERODACH * n. The chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu.
UNAPPRECIATED * s. 1 Not likely to be rewarded. 2 Having value that is not acknowledged.
DURUM * n. Wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America.
PAGOPHILA * n. A genus of Laridae.
CORDYLINE * n. Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants.
AYAH * n. (in India) A native nursemaid who looks after children.
FLACK * n. 1 A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. 2 Intense adverse criticism. 3 Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
APOSTOLIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings. 2 Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
SAFE * --n. 1 Strongbox where valuables can be safely kept. 2 A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests. 3 Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse. --a. 1 Free from danger or the risk of harm. 2 Having reached a base without being put out. --s. 1 (of an undertaking) Secure from risk. 2 Financially safe.
ISOLATIONIST * --n. An advocate of isolationism in international affairs. --a. Of or relating to isolationism.
COMET * n. (astronomy) A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
PRICKLY-LEAVED * s. Having prickly leaves.
VIVID * s. 1 Evoking lifelike images within the mind. 2 Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience. 3 Having strong or striking color. 4 (of color) Having the highest saturation.
KRAAL * n. 1 A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade. 2 A pen for livestock in southern Africa.
REGARDANT * s. Looking backward.
SILVER-TONGUED * s. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
ENLIVENED * --a. Made sprightly or cheerful. --s. Made lively or spirited.
CYATHEACEAE * n. Tropical tree ferns.
CHARADRIUS * n. Type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers.
ENVIRONMENT * n. 1 The totality of surrounding conditions. 2 The area in which something exists or lives.
EQUETUS * n. Drumfish.
WHEELBASE * n. The distance from the center of a car's front wheel to the rear axle.
SELECTED * a. Chosen in preference to another.
WAVELET * n. A small wave on the surface of a liquid.
GRANGE * n. An outlying farm.
KRAUROSIS * n. Atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane.
TRICOLOUR * n. A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag).
CARINATED * a. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.
WIPE * --n. The act of rubbing or wiping. --v. Rub with a circular motion.
EXCULPATORY * a. Clearing of guilt or blame.
MOUNTAINEER * --n. Someone who climbs mountains. --v. Climb mountains for pleasure as a sport.
CAREER * --n. 1 The particular occupation for which you are trained. 2 The general progression of your working or professional life. --v. Move headlong at high speed.
KARELIA * n. A region in Finland and Russia between the Gulf of Finland and the White Sea.
WORMLIKE * s. Totally submissive.
TEPIC * n. A city in west central Mexico.
MASCULINISATION * n. The abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction).
BARE-BREASTED * s. Having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity.
WALLAH * n. Usually in combination: person in charge of or employed at a particular thing.
MISMANAGE * v. Manage badly or incompetently.
SOLITARINESS * n. 1 The state of being alone in solitary isolation. 2 A disposition toward being alone.
AMBITIOUS * --a. Having a strong desire for success or achievement. --s. Requiring full use of your abilities or resources.
REMISE * n. 1 An expensive or high-class hackney. 2 A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles. 3 (fencing) A second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte).
MASORA * n. A vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts.
ODORLESS * a. Having no odor.
SPUTUM * n. Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness.
AUTOCHTHONOUS * --a. Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed. --s. Originating where it is found.
LEATHERY * s. Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable.
BUBBLING * s. 1 Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation. 2 Marked by high spirits or excitement.
VAPOR * n. 1 A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance. 2 The process of becoming a vapor.
VIGILANTLY * r. In a watchful manner.
BENZOIN * n. 1 Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation. 2 Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera.
MARKER * n. 1 Some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something. 2 A distinguishing symbol. 3 A writing implement for making a mark.
DARNING * n. The act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads.
GENTRY * n. The most powerful members of a society.
VIRICIDE * n. An agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses.
SNOWBIRD * n. 1 Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter. 2 White Arctic bunting. 3 Small North American finch seen chiefly in winter.
ENERGISER * n. 1 Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people. 2 A device that supplies electrical energy.
MOVEABLE * s. Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.
AUDIOCASSETTE * n. A cassette for audiotape.
COMPLICATEDNESS * n. Puzzling complexity.
SNIPE * --n. 1 Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks. 2 A gunshot from a concealed location. --v. 1 Hunt or shoot snipe. 2 Aim and shoot with great precision. 3 Attack in speech or writing.
SLEEP-LEARNING * n. Teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep).
INELEGANTLY * r. Without elegance.
SERMONISE * v. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements.
PANCAKE * n. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
TALAPOIN * n. Smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests.
AGROLOGY * n. Science of soils in relation to crops.
BRONCOBUSTER * n. A person who breaks horses.
RECURVIROSTRA * n. Type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets.
GAP * --n. 1 A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures. 2 An open or empty space in or between things. 3 A narrow opening. 4 A pass between mountain peaks. --v. Make an opening or gap in.
COMEBACK * n. 1 A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). 2 Return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity.
CONTRAST * --n. 1 The opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared. 2 The act of distinguishing by comparing differences. 3 A conceptual separation or distinction. 4 The perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors. --v. 1 Put in opposition to show or emphasize differences. 2 To show differences when compared; be different.
FANLIKE * s. Resembling a fan.
RHODIUM * n. A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum.
SNIPS * n. (plural) Hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
REMARRY * v. Marry, not for the first time.
SOMATAESTHESIS * n. The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
TALLNESS * n. 1 The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top. 2 The property of being taller than average stature.
OPSONIN * n. An antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
SKI * --n. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow. --v. Move along on skis.
DENATURALIZE * v. 1 Make less natural or unnatural. 2 Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship.
FLATUS-RELIEVING * s. Relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping).
SINGULARITY * n. 1 The quality of being one of a kind. 2 Strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual.
SALAAH * n. The second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca.
CONTADINO * n. An Italian farmer.
EFFICACIOUSLY * r. In an effective manner.
GUSTATIVE * a. Of or relating to gustation.
CLABBER * --n. Raw milk that has soured and thickened. --v. Turn into curds.
VISUALIZATION * n. A mental image that is similar to a visual perception.
HOMOPHONY * n. 1 The same pronunciation for words of different origins. 2 Part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style).
DISTILL * v. 1 Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. 2 Undergo the process of distillation. 3 Extract by the process of distillation. 4 Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.
BANEFUL * s. 1 Exceedingly harmful. 2 Deadly or sinister.
LEGALISM * n. Strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit.
TRABLOUS * n. A port city and commercial center in northwestern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
DISHONEST * --a. Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. --s. Capable of being corrupted.
WRITHED * s. Twisted (especially as in pain or struggle).
CLAFORAN * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract.
ZAMBURAK * n. A camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies.
SUGARPLUM * n. Any of various small sugary candies.
CORBINA * n. Bluish-grey whiting of California coast.
CLEMENS * n. United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910).
WHEELBARROW * --n. A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels. --v. Transport in a wheelbarrow.
MINIVAN * n. A small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car.
OVERPLUS * n. Extreme excess.
MOBULIDAE * n. Large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas.
ANTECHAMBER * n. A large entrance or reception room or area.
BASAL * --a. Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem. --s. 1 Of or being the essential or basic part. 2 Serving as or forming a base.
SEPTOBASIDIACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota.
BRUIT * v. Tell or spread rumors.
CARTEL * n. A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service.
LOPHIUS * n. Type genus of family Lophiidae.
PROSTATITIS * n. Inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever.
NONPARTIZAN * --n. A person who is nonpartisan. --a. Free from party affiliation or bias.
ZIRCONIUM * n. A lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon.
DISCOLORISE * v. Remove color from.
DISPERSION * n. 1 Spreading widely or driving off. 2 The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume. 3 The act of dispersing or diffusing something.
HORSESHOES * n. A game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
NOOSE * --n. 1 A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose. 2 A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled. --v. 1 Make a noose in or of. 2 Secure with a noose.
CARDIOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology.
ORDERLINESS * n. 1 The quality of appreciating method and system. 2 A condition of regular or proper arrangement.
UNAFRAID * a. 1 Oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them. 2 Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind.
PIQUANCE * n. 1 A tart spicy quality. 2 The quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting.
MOLTO * r. Much.
BERKELIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium.
ASSIBILATION * n. 1 The development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant. 2 Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.
HALF-PAY * n. Reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time.
PREAKNESS * n. An annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland.
DIRECTNESS * n. 1 Trueness of course toward a goal. 2 The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
SALTBOX * n. A type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind.
CONTAINED * s. Gotten under control.
AXIAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation. 2 Relating to or attached to the axis. --s. Situated on or along or in the direction of an axis.
SOLITAIRE * n. 1 A gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself. 2 Extinct flightless bird related to the dodo. 3 A dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song. 4 A card game played by one person.
MORTAL * --n. A human being. --a. Subject to death. --s. 1 Involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death. 2 Unrelenting and deadly. 3 Causing or capable of causing death.
POLYBOTRIA * n. Tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later.
HASLET * n. Heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised.
WORKMANSHIP * n. Skill in an occupation or trade.
MORRIGAN * n. Celtic war goddess.
TONGS * n. Any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below.
DISCIPLINARIAN * n. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
NONHAIRY * s. Without hair.
FINIS * n. 1 The temporal end; the concluding time. 2 The concluding part of any performance.
DPH * n. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
IRREVERENCE * n. 1 An irreverent mental attitude. 2 A disrespectful act.
WADER * n. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
BYCATCH * n. Unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species.
CYCADOPHYTA * n. Palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta).
SPICEBERRY * n. 1 Shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India. 2 Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
INTERCOLLEGIATE * s. Used of competition between colleges or universities.
SCARECROWISH * s. Resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged.
FREDERICTON * n. The provincial capital of New Brunswick.
SUCRALFATE * n. Medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it.
CRINKLED * s. Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves.
SPHECOID * n. Any of various solitary wasps.
HIGH-VELOCITY * s. Operating at high speed.
BLUNDER * --n. An embarrassing mistake. --v. 1 Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake. 2 Make one's way clumsily or blindly. 3 Utter impulsively.
SECURER * n. Someone who obtains or acquires.
FRESHER * n. A first-year undergraduate.
PAHLAVI * n. 1 Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980). 2 The Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries. 3 The script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language.
PIETISTIC * --a. Of or relating to Pietism. --s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
CHORDOPHONE * n. A stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers.
ERYTHRONIUM * n. Perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily.
WASHBASIN * n. 1 A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face. 2 A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
CLUSTER * --n. A grouping of a number of similar things. --v. 1 Come together as in a cluster or flock. 2 Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.
DUSTY * s. 1 Covered with a layer of dust. 2 Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.
COVERLET * n. A decorative bedspread (usually quilted).
ECC * n. (telecommunication) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
UNRELAXED * s. Nor relaxed.
TESTUDINES * n. Tortoises and turtles.
SAPIENCE * n. Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight.
CHLOROFORM * --n. A volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic. --v. Anesthetize with chloroform.
VIEQUES * n. A small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy.
DEXTROSE * n. An isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits.
GREY-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with grey.
COTSWOLDS * n. A range of low hills in southwestern England.
PHILOSOPHISE * v. Reason philosophically.
THEORETICAL * a. 1 Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations. 2 Concerned with theories rather than their practical applications.
BARTLETT * n. 1 United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946). 2 United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905). 3 Juicy yellow pear.
MICHENER * n. United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997).
CARPOSPORE * n. A nonmotile spore of red algae.
TIPSTER * n. One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack).
ACIDOPHILOUS * s. Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium.
SULTRILY * r. In a sultry and sensual manner.
FUGO * n. A bomb carried by a balloon.
SHIBBOLETH * n. 1 A favorite saying of a sect or political group. 2 A manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people.
REORGANISATION * n. The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes).
MUCUS * n. Protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium.
BIRDBATH * n. An ornamental basin (usually in a garden) for birds to bathe in.
SETT * n. Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads.
LINGERING * n. The act of tarrying.
MASORETE * n. A scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah).
GROVELER * n. Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect.
UNSERVILE * a. Not servile or submissive.
PREFECT * n. A chief officer or chief magistrate.
NECKWEAR * n. Articles of clothing worn about the neck.
GLENN * n. Made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-).
EMPHATICALLY * r. Without question and beyond doubt.
PITHECANTHROPUS * n. Former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus.
PERDITION * n. (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.
CAPRIOLE * --n. 1 (dressage) A vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump. 2 A playful leap or hop. --v. 1 Perform a capriole, of horses in dressage. 2 Perform a capriole, in ballet.
NOREPINEPHRINE * n. A catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses.
TIJUANA * n. A Mexican city just to the south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula; popular among American tourists for racetracks and bullfights.
UNDERLIP * n. The lower lip.
LEMONGRASS * n. 1 An aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines. 2 A tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka.
WINDFLOWER * n. Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves.
ACUPUNCTURE * n. Treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin.
GCA * n. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
MAMBO * --n. A Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba. --v. Dance a mambo.
CUTOFF * n. 1 A designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated. 2 A route shorter than the usual one. 3 A device that terminates the flow in a pipe.
SPANKER * n. 1 A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand. 2 A fore-and-aft sail set on the aftermost lower mast (usually the mizzenmast) of a vessel.
PULL-THROUGH * n. Cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight; is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it.
INVISIBLENESS * n. The quality of not being perceivable by the eye.
PHILOLOGUE * n. A humanist specializing in classical scholarship.
PENDULOUS * s. Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
GEOGRAPHER * n. An expert on geography.
JOYLESSLY * r. In a joyless manner; without joy.
TOBIT * n. An Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries.
ISOMORPHY * n. (biology) Similarity or identity of form or shape or structure.
PLUNDERING * --n. The act of stealing valuable things from a place. --s. Given to taking by force what is desired.
BUTAZOLIDIN * n. Anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Butazolidin).
LINECUT * n. 1 A print obtained from a line drawing. 2 Engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved.
NON-ZERO * s. Not involving zero.
TETCHY * s. Easily irritated or annoyed.
MYSOLINE * n. An anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor.
PONY * n. 1 A range horse of the western United States. 2 An informal term for a racehorse. 3 A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). 4 A small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey.
MOQUELUMNAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Miwok.
ROTUNDITY * n. 1 The roundness of a 3-dimensional object. 2 The fullness of a tone of voice.
PODICIPEDIFORMES * n. Grebes.
ZYGOTIC * a. Of or relating to a zygote.
NECKBAND * n. 1 A band around the collar of a garment. 2 A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over. 3 Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck.
GALVESTON * n. A town in southeast Texas on Galveston Island.
STERILISATION * n. 1 The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce). 2 The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means).
REVULSION * n. Intense aversion.
UNPAIRED * s. Of the remaining member of a pair.
FLINCH * --n. A reflex response to sudden pain. --v. Draw back, as with fear or pain.
FORMALIN * n. A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens.
NONSUBMERGIBLE * a. Not submersible or submergible.
BLACKJACK * --n. 1 A common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets. 2 A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people. 3 A flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship. 4 A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21. --v. Exert pressure on someone through threats.
FLORIDITY * n. Extravagant elaborateness.
PENSIVE * s. 1 Deeply or seriously thoughtful. 2 Showing pensive sadness.
SULFIDE * n. A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive.
HUMILIATING * s. Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
SPACEWARD * r. Towards outer space.
EXPECTANCY * n. 1 An expectation. 2 Something expected (as on the basis of a norm).
HARDFISTED * s. Unwilling to part with money.
AEROMECHANIC * a. Of or pertaining to aerodynamics.
SONIC * --a. (of speed) Having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level. --s. Relating to audible sound.
NEIGHBORING * s. Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching.
INTENDED * --a. Resulting from one's intentions. --s. Future; betrothed.
BARONETAGE * n. 1 The collective body of baronets. 2 The state of a baronet.
EPIDIASCOPE * n. An optical projector that gives images of both transparent and opaque objects.
FROSTBITTEN * s. Injured by freezing or partial freezing.
WELLES * n. United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985).
TWO-FACED * s. 1 Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another. 2 Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past.
MINIVER * n. Trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur.
GLAD * --n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated. --a. Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy. --s. 1 Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service. 2 Feeling happy appreciation. 3 Cheerful and bright.
SCREECH * --n. 1 A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry. 2 Sharp piercing cry. --v. 1 Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. 2 Utter a harsh abrupt scream.
OVERCULTIVATE * v. To exhaust by excessive cultivation.
ULSTER * n. 1 A historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland. 2 Loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted.
FURNISH * v. 1 Give something useful or necessary to. 2 Provide or equip with furniture.
FLUNKY * n. 1 A male servant (especially a footman). 2 A person of unquestioning obedience.
CUSCUTA * n. Genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder.
1-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit.
RECONSTRUCT * v. 1 Reassemble mentally. 2 Build again. 3 Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically. 4 Return to its original or usable and functioning condition.
FIREBRAT * n. Lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces.
PHOTOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to photometry.
SHAVOUS * n. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
VASOVASOSTOMY * n. A surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy.
DISSOLVED * s. (of solid matter) Reduced to a liquid form.
MOTHER-OF-PEARL * n. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
AQUATIC * --n. A plant that lives in or on water. --a. 1 Relating to or consisting of or being in water. 2 Operating or living or growing in water.
INKBLOT * n. A blot made with ink.
RUG * n. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
COLIMA * n. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
GUIDELINE * n. 1 A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters. 2 A detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action. 3 A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior.
PROMISE * --n. 1 A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future. 2 Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future. --v. 1 Make a promise or commitment. 2 Promise to undertake or give. 3 Make a prediction about; tell in advance. 4 Give grounds for expectations.
STABILITY * n. 1 The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast. 2 A stable order (especially of society). 3 The quality of being enduring and free from change or variation.
OUTSELL * v. 1 Be sold more often than other, similar products. 2 Sell more than others.
PRESBYOPE * n. A person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens.
WOW * --n. A joke that seems extremely funny. --v. Impress greatly.
CARROLL * n. English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898).
TUBERCULATE * a. Covered with tubercles.
DEFLAGRATION * n. Combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat.
INVOLUCRE * n. A highly conspicuous bract or bract pair or ring of bracts at the base of an inflorescence.
ENTERTAINMENT * n. An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.
NASALITY * n. A quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators.
STYRACOSAUR * n. An unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous.
RHONE-ALPES * n. A mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers.
ROTARY * --n. 1 A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. 2 Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa. --a. Relating to or characterized by rotation. --s. Describing a circle; moving in a circle.
ASIATIC * --n. A native or inhabitant of Asia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
MEMORANDUM * n. A written proposal or reminder.
SCHISMATICAL * a. Of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism.
MALVACEAE * n. Herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra.
GRANULOCYTE * n. A leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm.
OVERMUCH * --n. A quantity that is more than what is appropriate. --s. Very great in quantity; overabundant. --r. More than necessary.
MASTITIS * n. Inflammation of a breast (or udder).
STRAWWORM * n. 1 Larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris. 2 Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains.
OTIDES * n. Terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards.
LUBUMBASHI * n. A city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville.
SOUTHEASTER * n. A strong wind from the southeast.
THANATOS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The Greek personification of death; son of Nyx. 2 (psychoanalysis) An unconscious urge to die.
COPYIST * n. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
BRIMFUL * s. Filled to capacity.
ELLIPSOIDAL * s. Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.
WEALTHILY * r. With riches.
IDEOLOGICAL * --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation. --s. Concerned with or suggestive of ideas.
UNDESIRABILITY * n. The quality possessed by something that should be avoided.
CLARENCE * n. A closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers.
DOWNGRADE * --n. The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends. --v. Rate lower; lower in value or esteem.
WEATHERGLASS * n. A simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure.
CHARISMATIC * s. Possessing an extraordinary ability to attract.
INSURGENCE * n. An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
WEALTH * n. 1 The state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money. 2 The quality of profuse abundance. 3 An abundance of material possessions and resources. 4 Property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value.
WARDENSHIP * n. The position of warden.
PSYCHOPATH * n. Someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath').
DRAMATICALLY * r. 1 In a very impressive manner. 2 In a dramatic manner. 3 With respect to dramatic value.
UNDERCLOTHED * s. Inadequately clothed.
VALUES * n. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).
FOIBLE * n. 1 A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual. 2 The weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip.
KENALOG * n. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
REDO * v. 1 Make new. 2 Do over, as of (part of) a house.
SHEARWATER * n. Long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves.
ROOFING * n. 1 Material used to construct a roof. 2 The craft of a roofer.
SCANDALOUSLY * r. In a scandalous manner.
DYSPHEMISM * n. An offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one.
NON-NEGOTIABLE * s. Cannot be bought or sold.
MONOCHROMATISM * n. Complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness.
EOHIPPUS * n. Earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal.
FLUOROCHROME * n. Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens.
ERECT * --v. 1 Construct, build, or erect. 2 Cause to rise up. --a. Upright in position or posture. --s. Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid.
PETITIO * n. The logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question.
UNIMAGINABLY * r. To an unimaginable extent.
PARTHIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Parthia. 2 The Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226). --a. Pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture.
ANEUPLOIDY * n. An abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete).
RHAGADES * n. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
ICHTHYOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies fishes.
OCCUPANCY * n. 1 An act of being a tenant or occupant. 2 The act of occupying or taking possession of a building.
PEBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
TAKAKKAW * n. A waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high).
LASHKAR-E-OMAR * n. A terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda.
LIQUID-FUELED * s. Fueled by a liquid fuel.
ENGRAVE * v. 1 Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. 2 Impress or affect deeply. 3 Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block. 4 Carve or cut a design or letters into.
ARTICHOKE * n. 1 Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head. 2 A thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart.
AUXIN * n. A plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth.
VALIDATION * n. 1 The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something. 2 The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof.
FOOTLESS * a. Having no feet or analogous appendages.
THIRD-DIMENSIONALITY * n. The property of having three dimensions.
BASKET-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a basket.
ACOKANTHERA * n. Small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa.
HAEMATOCHEZIA * n. Passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer).
POTASH * n. A potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry.
PARCELLING * n. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
APPLAUDER * n. Someone who applauds.
SEASONABLE * --a. In keeping with the season. --s. Done or happening at the appropriate or proper time.
ADUMBRATE * v. 1 Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of. 2 Give to understand.
IMPROBABLE * --a. Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred. --s. 1 Having a probability too low to inspire belief. 2 Too improbable to admit of belief.
WHELM * v. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
URBANA * n. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
WISHFUL * --a. Having or expressing desire for something. --s. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.
FABULOUS * s. 1 Extremely pleasing. 2 Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. 3 Barely credible.
ADSCRIPTED * s. (used of persons) Bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner.
INACCURATE * a. Not accurate.
CELLULOID * --n. 1 Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics. 2 A medium that disseminates moving pictures. --s. Artificial as if portrayed in a film.
SPADE * --n. 1 A playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it. 2 A sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot. --v. Dig (up) with a spade.
PEA-CHICK * n. A young peafowl.
MENU * n. 1 A list of dishes available at a restaurant. 2 The dishes making up a meal. 3 (computer science) A list of options available to a computer user. 4 An agenda of things to do.
ERATOSTHENES * n. Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun (276-194 BC).
ANGOLA * n. A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990.
CHORDOMESODERM * n. The area of mesoderm that forms the notochord.
COSHER * s. Conforming to dietary laws.
PLANETESIMAL * n. One of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have existed at an early stage in the development of the solar system.
PALAEOPATHOLOGY * n. The study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence).
TECHNICAL * --n. 1 A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it. 2 (basketball) A foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct; does not usually involve physical contact during play. --a. 1 Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill. 2 Characterizing or showing skill in or specialized knowledge of applied arts and sciences. 3 Of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles. 4 Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools. --s. 1 Of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood. 2 Resulting from or dependent on market factors rather than fundamental economic considerations.
HAGFISH * n. Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies.
WELWITSCHIACEAE * n. In some classifications included in the Gnetaceae.
SHORTFALL * n. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
NARDOO * n. Australian clover fern.
OCCIPITAL * a. Of or relating to the occiput.
INSTRUCTOR * n. A person whose occupation is teaching.
DEVANAGARI * n. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
UNAU * n. 1 A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot. 2 Relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot.
CONN * v. Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.
BRAINWAVE * n. 1 (neurophysiology) Rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph. 2 The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation.
ARDEB * n. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
OVIS * n. Sheep.
COLONIZATION * n. The act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.
SPONTANEOUSLY * r. 1 In a spontaneous manner. 2 Without advance preparation.
STINK * --n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. --v. 1 Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance. 2 Smell badly and offensively.
ENGLISHWOMAN * n. A woman who is a native or inhabitant of England.
JEALOUSY * n. 1 A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival). 2 Zealous vigilance.
GIGAHERTZ * n. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
EXPOUNDING * n. A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic.
DISINVOLVE * v. Free from involvement or entanglement.
THEOREM * n. 1 A proposition deducible from basic postulates. 2 An idea accepted as a demonstrable truth.
BREECHBLOCK * n. A metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing.
ADEQUATE * --a. Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task. --s. 1 Sufficient for the purpose. 2 About average; acceptable.
NANDROLONE * n. An androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis.
PARTICIPATING * s. Taking part in an activity.
AEGIS * n. 1 Kindly endorsement and guidance. 2 Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass.
COUNTERFACTUAL * s. Going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis).
BORSHT * n. A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
SALTINESS * n. 1 Language or humor that is down-to-earth. 2 The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth. 3 The property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution).
TASKMISTRESS * n. A woman taskmaster.
SONOROUS * s. Full and loud and deep.
SCAPE * n. 1 Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip. 2 (architecture) Upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.
DE-STALINISATION * n. Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor.
PHOTOELECTRICAL * a. Of or pertaining to photoelectricity.
ACYCLIC * a. 1 Not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls. 2 Having an open chain structure.
NONPERFORMANCE * n. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
SYNOVIA * n. Viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc..
INDISTINCT * a. Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand.
FATED * s. (usually followed by `to') Determined by tragic fate.
SITE * --n. 1 The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located). 2 Physical position in relation to the surroundings. 3 A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web. --v. Assign a location to.
MELIA * n. Type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash.
SCRIMSHANK * v. British military language: avoid work.
WARD-HEELER * n. A politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends.
CALASH * n. 1 A woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century. 2 The folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage.
MEET * --n. A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held. --v. 1 Come together. 2 Get together socially or for a specific purpose. 3 Be adjacent or come together. 4 Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction. --s. Being precisely fitting and right.
BLASTEMA * n. A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops.
WHITE-EDGED * s. Having a white border.
DISABLEMENT * n. The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
COFFEEPOT * n. Tall pot in which coffee is brewed.
BAKLAVA * n. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
ROSILLA * n. A sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California.
FASCICULUS * n. A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers).
ASSET * n. A useful or valuable quality.
BREMERHAVEN * n. A port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea; has a deep natural harbor and is an important shipping center.
PRICEY * s. Having a high price.
CHURL * n. 1 A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement. 2 A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend. 3 A bad-tempered person.
HEAP * --n. 1 A collection of objects laid on top of each other. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 A car that is old and unreliable. --v. 1 Bestow in large quantities. 2 Arrange in stacks. 3 Fill to overflow.
ASPHODELUS * n. Small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae.
ILL-MANNERED * s. Socially incorrect in behavior.
MAGNIFICENT * s. Characterized by grandeur.
COAXAL * s. Having a common axis.
SCEPTICALLY * r. With scepticism; in a sceptical manner.
THELYPTERIDACEAE * n. Genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others.
FAINEANCE * n. The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work.
OUT-BASKET * n. A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material.
NONDENOMINATIONAL * s. Not restricted to a particular religious denomination.
EUCINOSTOMUS * n. A genus of Gerreidae.
REDIRECT * v. Channel into a new direction.
ASSESSABLE * s. 1 Capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation. 2 Capable of being considered carefully.
HACHIMAN * n. A Shinto god of war.
SPAY * v. Remove the ovaries of.
GLITCH * n. A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine.
ARCHPRIEST * n. A senior clergyman and dignitary.
SEA-ROCKET * n. Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage.
MYONECROSIS * n. Localized death of muscle cell fibers.
MORMONISM * n. The doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church based on the Book of Mormon.
COGENCY * n. 1 Persuasive relevance. 2 The quality of being valid and rigorous.
HIBERNATING * s. In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.
DISABUSED * s. Freed of a mistaken or misguided notion.
TRICHLOROETHANE * n. A heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage.
POWER-DIVE * v. Make a power dive.
DACRYMYCES * n. Type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa.
AC * n. 1 A radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores. 2 An electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally.
MURDEROUSNESS * n. 1 A bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses. 2 Cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder.
DATEABLE * a. That can be given a date.
PINSTRIPE * n. 1 A suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes. 2 A fabric with very thin stripes. 3 A very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric).
DEINONYCHUS * n. Swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous.
BRIERY * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
REVOKE * --n. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so. --v. 1 Fail to follow suit when able and required to do so. 2 Cancel officially.
HARD-CORE * s. 1 Stubbornly resistant to change or improvement. 2 Intensely loyal. 3 Extremely explicit.
CACKEL * v. Make a cackling sound.
BISEXUALITY * n. 1 Showing characteristics of both sexes. 2 Sexual activity with both men and women.
SHINTOISTIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism.
PEEVE * --n. An annoyed or irritated mood. --v. Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful.
CLONIDINE * n. An antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches.
SUPINELY * r. 1 With the face upward. 2 In an indifferently supine manner.
SALESMANSHIP * n. Skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy.
PROHIBITED * s. 1 Excluded from use or mention. 2 Forbidden by law.
VARAN * n. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles.
NYCTAGINIA * n. A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species.
POCKED * s. 1 Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits. 2 Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease.
DENIGRATING * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
PASSERIFORMES * n. Largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres.
INCLUSION * n. 1 The state of being included. 2 The relation of comprising something. 3 Any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases). 4 The act of including.
GOOD * --n. 1 Benefit. 2 Moral excellence or admirableness. 3 That which is pleasing or valuable or useful. 4 Articles of commerce. --a. 1 Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified. 2 Morally admirable. --s. 1 Having the normally expected amount. 2 Deserving of esteem and respect. 3 Promoting or enhancing well-being. 4 Agreeable or pleasing. --r. 1 (often used as a combining form) In a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'). 2 Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly').
NEJD * n. A central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
TICK * --n. 1 A metallic tapping sound. 2 Any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals. 3 A mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.. 4 A light mattress. --v. 1 Make a clicking or ticking sound. 2 Make a sound like a clock or a timer. 3 Sew. 4 Put a check mark on or near or next to.
CORYMBOSE * a. Resembling a corymb.
STILBOESTROL * n. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
SCUTE * n. Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake.
DRYADELLA * n. Comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers.
SKYBOX * n. An elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium.
DARKLING * s. 1 Uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure. 2 (poetic) Occurring in the dark or night.
PROPRIOCEPTION * n. The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts.
ZOOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of animals.
DRYOPITHECINE * n. Considered a possible ancestor to both anthropoid apes and humans.
BULL-SNAKE * n. Any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes.
CUDGEL * --n. A club that is used as a weapon. --v. Strike with a cudgel.
UNFOLDING * n. A developmental process.
ANTIPHONAL * --n. Bound collection of antiphons. --a. 1 Containing or using responses; alternating. 2 Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony.
UNNUMBERED * s. Too numerous to be counted.
AERIAL * --n. 1 A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. 2 An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals. --a. Existing or living or growing or operating in the air. --s. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.
DISTORTABLE * s. Capable of having the meaning altered or twisted.
MUDSLINGER * n. One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage).
INVENTORY * --n. 1 A detailed list of all the items in stock. 2 The merchandise that a shop has on hand. 3 (accounting) The value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods. 4 A collection of resources. --v. Make or include in an itemized record or report.
FRAILNESS * n. The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age).
LOBSCUSE * n. A stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors.
THIRTY-FIVE * s. Being five more than thirty.
USURIOUSLY * r. To an exorbitant degree.
APOGAMETIC * a. Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
IRONSIDES * n. English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658).
ARCHEGONIAL * a. Of or relating to an archegonium.
FEROCACTUS * n. Genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti.
MERTHIOLATE * n. A light-colored crystalline powder (trade name Merthiolate) used as a surgical antiseptic.
NONFISSILE * a. Not fissile.
POINT-BLANK * --s. 1 Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. 2 Close enough to go straight to the target. --r. In a direct and unequivocal manner.
PICKLED * s. (used of foods) Preserved in a pickling liquid.
HOLOMETABOLISM * n. Complete metamorphosis in insects.
PAUPERISE * v. Reduce to beggary.
BISMARK * n. A raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam.
PHAGOCYTOSIS * n. Process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection.
OVERDRAMATIZE * v. Present in an overly dramatic manner.
NITROFURANTOIN * n. Derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract.
UNBELTED * a. Lacking a belt.
SAUNTER * --n. 1 A careless leisurely gait. 2 A leisurely walk (usually in some public place). --v. Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.
HOB * --n. 1 (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings. 2 (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous. 3 A hard steel edge tool used to cut gears. 4 A shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm. --v. Cut with a hob.
SKILLY * n. A thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat).
ARENAVIRUS * n. Animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae.
OMNIVOROUS * a. Feeding on both plants and animals.
STEAKHOUSE * n. A restaurant that specializes in steaks.
DEMERARA * n. 1 A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana. 2 A river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic. 3 A former Dutch colony in South America; now a part of Guyana. 4 Dark rum from Guyana.
FUTURISM * n. 1 An artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age. 2 The position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future.
DUSTRAG * n. A piece of cloth used for dusting.
ACTIVASE * n. A thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction.
SPINDRIFT * n. Spray blown up from the surface of the sea.
COMMA * n. 1 A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence. 2 Anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing.
SURMOUNTER * n. Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion.
SATAN * n. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
GEOGRAPHICS * n. Study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation.
WTC * n. Twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.
TETTIGONIIDAE * n. Long-horned grasshoppers; katydids.
INTERCESSOR * n. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.
CHUNK * --n. 1 A compact mass. 2 A substantial amount. --v. 1 Put together indiscriminately. 2 Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
TAEGU * n. A city in southeastern South Korea.
BIVARIATE * a. Having two variables.
BILLOWY * s. Characterized by great swelling waves or surges.
WALHALLA * n. (Norse mythology) The hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin.
SASKATOON * n. 1 A city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province. 2 Edible purple or red berries.
MOTHERLESS * s. Having no living or known mother.
POETISER * n. A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets).
SOUNDING * --n. 1 A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line. 2 The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line). --s. 1 Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms. 2 Having volume or deepness. 3 Making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form.
SAFEKEEPING * n. The responsibility of a guardian or keeper.
CLAUSTROPHOBE * n. A person suffering from claustrophobia.
PALILALIA * n. A pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated.
HYPERLIPAEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
FAUCES * n. The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx.
REGENERATION * n. 1 (biology) Growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs. 2 Feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input. 3 The activity of spiritual or physical renewal. 4 Forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting.
UNIVERSITY * n. 1 The body of faculty and students at a university. 2 Establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching. 3 A large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees.
CHROMESTHESIA * n. A form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations.
LONESOME * s. 1 Being the only one; single and isolated from others. 2 Marked by dejection from being alone.
CATALEPSY * n. A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli.
WHERESOEVER * r. Where in the world.
PARSNIP * n. 1 The whitish root of cultivated parsnip. 2 A strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root. 3 Whitish edible root; eaten cooked.
TURTLENECK * n. A sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar.
DHODHEKANISOS * n. A group of islands in the southeast Aegean Sea.
TENTER * n. A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth.
GODDAM * --s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. --r. Extremely.
PYROMANIA * n. An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things.
PUZZLER * n. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution.
SEMICONDUCTOR * n. 1 A substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities. 2 A conductor made with semiconducting material.
MOUSE * --n. 1 Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails. 2 A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye. 3 Person who is quiet or timid. 4 A hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad. --v. 1 To go stealthily or furtively. 2 Manipulate the mouse of a computer.
INFINITY * n. Time without end.
SORBATE * n. A material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption.
DISH * --n. 1 A piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food. 2 A particular item of prepared food. 3 The quantity that a dish will hold. 4 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. --v. 1 Provide (usually but not necessarily food). 2 Make concave; shape like a dish.
PENNE * n. Pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends.
ADMIX * v. Mix or blend.
VASOCONSTRICTIVE * n. Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure.
PESTICIDE * n. A chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects).
SWOLLEN * s. Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
NORTHERNER * n. 1 An inhabitant of the North. 2 An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War).
WOODCRAFT * n. 1 Skill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping). 2 Skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood.
INDIGENT * s. Poor enough to need help from others.
VACILLANT * s. Uncertain in purpose or action.
TIDINGS * n. Information about recent and important events.
MALIGNANTLY * r. In a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH * n. Medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart.
CONGENATOR * n. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).
MANDIBULA * n. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
POLLEN * n. The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant.
BEGGAR-TICKS * n. 1 The seed of bur marigolds. 2 Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing.
AMPHICARPA * n. Very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut.
PENNYROYAL * n. 1 Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil. 2 Erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT * n. The act of improving yourself.
NORWAY * n. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905.
PICKLE * --n. 1 Vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar. 2 Informal terms for a difficult situation. --v. Preserve in a pickling liquid.
PRIESTLY * a. 1 Associated with the priesthood or priests. 2 Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood.
WISENESS * n. 1 The quality of being prudent and sensible. 2 The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight.
CLIPPER * n. 1 (electronics) A nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform). 2 A fast sailing ship used in former times. 3 Shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural). 4 Scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural).
RELEVANCE * n. The relation of something to the matter at hand.
RUGGEDISE * v. Produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage.
POLYGONALES * n. Coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,.
HALT * --n. 1 The state of inactivity following an interruption. 2 The event of something ending. 3 An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement. --v. 1 Cause to stop. 2 Come to a halt, stop moving. 3 Stop from happening or developing. 4 Stop the flow of a liquid. --s. Disabled in the feet or legs.
CROSSOPTERYGII * n. Fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians.
LAGGING * n. Insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat.
TIDDLYWINKS * n. A game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk.
KOLN * n. A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League.
MID-CALF * n. The middle of the calf; half way between the knee and ankle.
PROTIUM * n. Genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi.
WILDERNESS * n. 1 (politics) A state of disfavor. 2 A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War. 3 A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition. 4 A bewildering profusion.
GRI-GRI * n. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
RELAXANT * --n. A drug that relaxes and relieves tension. --s. Tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension.
LYSIPPUS * n. Greek sculptor (4th century BC).
DIFFERENTIABLE * --a. Possessing a differential coefficient or derivative. --s. Capable of being perceived as different.
FASTBALL * n. (baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
STUDBOOK * n. Official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses.
MIDDLEBROW * n. Someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow.
DISENTANGLER * n. A person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state.
IRONMONGER * n. 1 Someone who sells hardware. 2 A store selling hardware.
BILABIAL * --n. A consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/. --a. Of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips.
CUSTOMS * n. Money collected under a tariff.
TROTSKYIST * n. Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution.
MOTORTRUCK * n. An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling.
HYGEIA * n. (Greek mythology) The goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea.
BEGGARLY * s. 1 Marked by poverty befitting a beggar. 2 (used of sums of money) So small in amount as to deserve contempt.
DEFINED * --a. Clearly characterized or delimited. --s. Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary.
NULLIFIED * s. Deprived of legal force.
VISUALISED * s. Seen in the mind as a mental image.
MARIGOLD * n. Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers.
EVENHANDEDLY * r. Without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner.
TUNEFULLY * r. In a melodious manner.
CHOCOLATE-COLORED * s. Having the color of dark chocolate.
HIGH-YIELD * s. Yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production.
ELECTROMAGNET * n. A temporary magnet made by coiling wire around an iron core; when current flows in the coil the iron becomes a magnet.
SPILLOVER * n. (economics) Any indirect effect of public expenditure.
FLIPPANT * s. Showing inappropriate levity.
FALAFEL * n. Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
RAUCOUSLY * r. 1 With a raucous sound. 2 In a rowdy manner.
PRODIGIOUS * s. 1 So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe. 2 Of momentous or ominous significance. 3 Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
ARCHESPORIUM * n. Primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
ECLECTICIST * n. Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
PURISM * n. Scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language).
NACRE * n. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
SQUEEZER * n. A kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit.
PANENTHESISM * n. The belief that God is in part of the universe and its phenomena and also transcends the universe and intervenes in its operations.
ADIANTACEAE * n. Used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae).
LILYTURF * n. Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover.
TIP-UP * s. Constructed so as to tip up or out of the way.
SAMOYEDIC-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Samoyedic.
LEVULOSE * n. A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.
YELPING * n. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog).
BOUVINES * n. In 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages.
SPHAEROCARPUS * n. Type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus.
DOMINICA * n. 1 A country on the island of Dominica. 2 A volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians.
SHIRTING * n. Any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts.
NNRTI * n. An antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs.
RAFFLE * --n. A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money. --v. Dispose of in a lottery.
HAYWIRE * --n. Wire for tying up bales of hay. --s. 1 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. 2 Not functioning properly.
LEGALIZE * v. Make legal.
BALLROOM * n. Large room used mainly for dancing.
UNRATIFIED * s. Lacking legal authority.
AGILITY * n. The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble.
PROPAEDEUTICS * n. A course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally).
AID * --n. 1 A person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do. 2 The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 3 Gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause. 4 The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something. --v. 1 Give help or assistance; be of service. 2 Improve the condition of.
ANEMOMETRY * n. Measuring wind speed and direction.
KNICKKNACK * n. 1 A small inexpensive mass-produced article. 2 Miscellaneous curios.
PSETTICHTHYS * n. A genus of Soleidae.
JIHADIST * n. A Muslim who is involved in a jihad.
CRAMPED * s. Constricted in size.
GODLINESS * n. Piety by virtue of being a godly person.
SAVOURLESS * s. Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
APPEASER * n. Someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands.
AMBYSTOMATIDAE * n. New World salamanders.
SILVER-COLORED * s. Having the color of polished silver.
CALCITONIN * n. Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone.
PHENOMENAL * --a. Of or relating to a phenomenon. --s. Exceedingly or unbelievably great.
UNCLOAK * v. 1 Reveal the true nature of. 2 Remove a cloak from.
HYDRODAMALIS * n. A genus of the family Dugongidae comprising only Steller's sea cow.
BLASTOGENESIS * n. 1 Asexual reproduction by budding. 2 Theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm.
ARTICULARY * a. Relating to or affecting the joints of the body.
THRASHING * n. 1 A sound defeat. 2 The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows.
CYCLOOXYGENASE * n. Either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL * s. Fully detailed and specific about particulars.
ASCENDANCY * n. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
VIBRATIONAL * a. Of or relating to or characterized by vibration.
UTU * n. Sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash.
SYMBOLICAL * --a. Relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols. --s. Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract.
PLATYPUS * n. Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae.
WATTEAU * n. French painter (1684-1721).
LINNET * n. 1 Small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico. 2 Small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead.
LEUKOTOMY * n. Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes.
PROPORTIONAL * --n. One of the quantities in a mathematical proportion. --s. 1 Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'. 2 Having a constant ratio.
COSMOPOLITE * n. A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries.
ANALGESIC * --n. A medicine used to relieve pain. --s. Capable of relieving pain.
BARTHELME * n. United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989).
TINNITUS * n. A ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease.
REMOTELY * r. 1 In a remote manner. 2 To a remote degree.
MUGSHOT * n. A photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records).
DRUB * v. Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
BREVITY * n. 1 The use of brief expressions. 2 The attribute of being brief or fleeting.
GRANDIOSELY * r. In a grandiose manner.
RESOLE * v. Put a new sole on.
BALINESE * n. The Indonesian language of the people of Bali.
EDENTAL * s. Having few if any teeth.
TRITE * s. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
ROUGHHOUSE * v. Engage in rough or disorderly play.
DUFFER * n. An incompetent or clumsy person.
BEATIFICATION * n. 1 A state of supreme happiness. 2 The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy. 3 (Roman Catholic Church) An act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization.
CHIMARIKO * n. 1 A member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California. 2 The Hokan language spoken by the Chimariko.
PUNISHINGLY * r. In a punishing manner.
RURALIST * n. 1 An advocate of rural living. 2 A man who lives in the country and has country ways.
THRONE * --n. 1 The chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.. 2 A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. 3 The position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions. --v. 1 Sit on the throne as a ruler. 2 Put a monarch on the throne.
INITIALISM * n. 1 A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word. 2 An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately.
UNREFINED * a. 1 Not refined or processed. 2 (used of persons and their behavior) Not refined; uncouth.
JUMBLED * s. In utter disorder.
HAEMOSPORIDIA * n. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
LEPIDOMELANE * n. A mica that is a biotite containing iron.
INDECOROUS * --a. Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct. --s. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
OPERATIVE * --n. 1 A person secretly employed in espionage for a government. 2 Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information. --a. 1 Being in force or having or exerting force. 2 Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine. --s. 1 Effective; producing a desired effect. 2 (of e.g. a machine) Performing or capable of performing.
FEMININE * --n. A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female. --a. 1 Associated with women and not with men. 2 Of grammatical gender. 3 Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman. --s. (music or poetry) Ending on an unaccented beat or syllable.
RADIANT * s. Radiating or as if radiating light.
WANNABE * n. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
ROENTGENOGRAPHY * n. Radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram.
LYMPHEDEMA * n. Swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas.
PNEUMOCONIOSIS * n. Chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles.
TEACAKE * n. 1 Flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea. 2 Any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea.
UNIONISATION * n. Act of forming labor unions.
AFFRAY * n. 1 Noisy quarrel. 2 A noisy fight.
POLYGYNIST * n. A man with two or more wives.
CPS * n. The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz).
VESTA * n. 1 (Roman mythology) Goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia. 2 The brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered.
ECHT * a. Not fake or counterfeit.
REMICADE * n. 1 A monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis; administered by infusion; use and dosage must be determined by a physician. 2 An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
GO-GETTER * n. Someone whose career progresses rapidly.
CLYSTER * n. An injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes.
ARGININE * n. A bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa.
INCOHERENT * --a. 1 Without logical or meaningful connection. 2 (physics) Of waves having no stable definite or stable phase relation. --s. Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.
SYNESTHETIC * a. Relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense.
OBSERVATORY * n. 1 A building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena. 2 A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings.
REAPPORTION * v. Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew.
APPALL * v. 1 Strike with disgust or revulsion. 2 Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
ARABIS * n. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress.
FRILL * n. 1 (paleontology) A bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs. 2 An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal. 3 A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim. 4 Ornamental objects of no great value.
BEGINNING * --n. 1 The event consisting of the start of something. 2 The time at which something is supposed to begin. 3 The first part or section of something. 4 The place where something begins, where it springs into being. --s. Serving to begin.
ANTOFAGASTA * n. A port city on the Pacific in northern Chile.
PSYCHOLINGUISTIC * a. Of or relating to the psychology of language.
TRICHROISM * n. Pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions.
FOLACIN * n. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
ATROPOS * n. The Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life.
SHAKSPERE * n. English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616).
SUMPSIMUS * n. A correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression.
TIME-FUSE * n. A fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb).
PICUS * n. Type genus of Picidae.
CHARABANC * n. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.
SINNING * --n. An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. --s. Transgressing a moral or divine law.
TUBING * n. Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases.
CYTOPLASM * n. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism.
TIDINESS * n. 1 The habit of being tidy. 2 The trait of being neat and orderly.
KM * n. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
BRASH * s. Offensively bold.
IMMODESTY * n. 1 The trait of being vain and conceited. 2 The perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals.
MEAN * --n. An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n. --v. 1 Mean or intend to express or convey. 2 Have as a logical consequence. 3 Denote or connote. 4 Have in mind as a purpose. --s. 1 Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value. 2 Characterized by malice. 3 Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. 4 Excellent.
BELGRADE * n. Capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube.
ENGLISH-GOTHIC * n. A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting.
UNREDEEMED * s. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.
ILLUSTRIOUSLY * r. In an illustrious manner.
NIHILITY * n. The state of nonexistence.
SUBHEADING * n. A heading of a subdivision of a text.
NIHON * n. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.
GIVE * --n. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length. --v. 1 Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense. 2 Be the cause or source of. 3 Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody. 4 Convey or reveal information.
MATCHET * n. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
DISORDER * --n. 1 A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning. 2 A condition in which things are not in their expected places. 3 A disturbance of the peace or of public order. --v. 1 Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. 2 Bring disorder to.
JEWELWEED * n. North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil.
LIONISE * v. Assign great social importance to.
GARCINIA * n. Evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens.
COLONIC * --n. A water enema given to flush out the colon. --a. Of or relating to the colon.
OBSTETRIC * a. Of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics.
TWINER * n. Someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing.
TELLURIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium. 2 Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.
NEEDER * n. A person who wants or needs something.
BLONDE * --n. 1 A person with fair skin and hair. 2 A light grayish yellow to near white. --a. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.
DE * n. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
DECORATED * a. Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
NEPAL * n. A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China.
TRAUMATIZE * v. Inflict a trauma upon.
COAGULANT * n. An agent that produces coagulation.
SOLID-STATE * s. 1 Characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids. 2 Consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices.
NOTCHED * s. 1 Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex. 2 Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
UNRENEWED * a. Not revived.
MISPLAY * --n. (baseball) A failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed. --v. 1 Play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note. 2 Play wrong or in an unskillful manner.
FALSETTO * --n. A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register. --s. Artificially high; above the normal voice range.
BACKSLIDING * n. A failure to maintain a higher state.
ADRIAN * n. 1 Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138). 2 English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st baron of Cambridge (1889-1997).
ZAIREAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Zaire. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people.
RIOTER * n. Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority.
MAGNANIMOUSNESS * n. The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.
CHINKAPIN * n. Small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut.
BURGLAR * n. A thief who enters a building with intent to steal.
TOKLAS * n. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
WOMANKIND * n. Women as distinguished from men.
FLATTER * v. Praise somewhat dishonestly.
CHLOROTIC * a. Of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis.
DEERE * n. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
GUM-LIKE * s. Resembling chewing gum.
DOWN-AND-OUT * --n. A person who is destitute. --s. Lacking resources (or any prospect of resources).
CHANAL * n. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
YEATSIAN * a. In the manner of William Butler Yeats.
PREROGATIVE * n. A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right).
BIOPHYSICIST * n. A physicist who applies the methods of physics to biology.
LEXICOSTATISTICS * n. A statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language.
COREIDAE * n. Squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs.
PREPOSITIONALLY * r. As a preposition.
WHINBERRY * n. Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries.
EXPONENTIALLY * r. In an exponential manner.
SUSA * n. A port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean.
ATELECTASIS * n. Collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth.
WIDENESS * n. 1 The property of being wide; having great width. 2 Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
CATACHRESTIC * a. Constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis.
VIOLATION * n. 1 A crime less serious than a felony. 2 An act that disregards an agreement or a right. 3 Entry to another's property without right or permission. 4 A disrespectful act.
LANDOWSKA * n. United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959).
OBIISM * n. Belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies.
STROLLER * n. 1 Someone who walks at a leisurely pace. 2 A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around.
AIRSCREW * n. A propeller that rotates to push against air.
SANDLIKE * a. Resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas.
SINGHALESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka. 2 The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka. --a. 1 Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages. 2 Of or relating to the Sinhalese people.
LINEARIZE * v. Make linear or get into a linear form.
JESUITRY * n. The theology or the practices of the Jesuits (often considered to be casuistic).
SUPERSENSITISED * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
ENTABLATURE * n. (architecture) The structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof.
ADENOMYOSARCOMA * n. Malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass.
BELITTLE * v. 1 Cause to seem less serious; play down. 2 Express a negative opinion of. 3 Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.
ENCOMPASS * v. Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.
THRACE * n. An ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey.
MELPHALAN * n. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Alkeran) used to treat multiple myeloma and some other malignancies.
ALIENATOR * n. An unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become indifferent or unfriendly or hostile.
OPTION * n. 1 The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited. 2 One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen. 3 The act of choosing or selecting.
MARKOFF * n. Russian mathematician (1856-1922).
FARE-THEE-WELL * n. State of perfection; the utmost degree.
WOOD-FROG * n. Wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce.
REINSURANCE * n. Sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured.
IDF * n. The ground and air and naval forces of Israel.
CIGARFISH * n. Small fusiform fish of western Atlantic.
MAROON * --n. 1 A person who is stranded (as on an island). 2 A dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color. 3 An exploding firework used as a warning signal. --v. 1 Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue. 2 Leave stranded on a desert island without resources. --s. Of dark brownish to purplish red.
MONOCHROMAT * n. A person who is completely color-blind.
ROMANIA * n. A republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea.
SETTING * n. 1 The context and environment in which something is set. 2 The state of the environment in which a situation exists. 3 Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted. 4 The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
SLAVE-MAKER * n. An ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants.
POLARIS * n. The brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it.
SELF-GRATIFICATION * n. 1 Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures. 2 The act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure.
JOTTER * n. A small notebook for rough notes.
OPERATOR * n. 1 (mathematics) A symbol or function representing a mathematical operation. 2 An agent that operates some apparatus or machine. 3 Someone who owns or operates a business. 4 A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties.
CHIRP * --n. A sharp sound made by small birds or insects. --v. 1 Make high-pitched sounds. 2 Sing in modulation.
SLAVER * --n. 1 A person engaged in slave trade. 2 Someone who holds slaves. --v. Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
TEREDINIDAE * n. Shipworms.
DEMYTHOLOGISED * s. Having mythical elements removed.
LITHE-BODIED * s. Having a lithe body.
TRICHOLOMA * n. Agarics with white spores and a fleshy stalk and notched gills; of various colors both edible and inedible.
JEJUNITIS * n. Inflammation of the jejunum of the small intestine.
HARASS * v. 1 Annoy continually or chronically. 2 Exhaust by attacking repeatedly.
FADDILY * r. In a faddish manner.
SUBLUXATION * n. Partial displacement of a joint or organ.
MAHDISM * n. Belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi.
92 * s. Being two more than ninety.
MONEYED * --a. Based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth. --s. Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.
RIMED * s. Covered with frost.
ASYNERGIC * a. Of or relating to the state of asynergy; lacking synergy.
GOLCONDA * n. A source of great wealth (especially a mine).
GENTLENESS * n. 1 The property possessed by a slope that is very gradual. 2 Acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered.
STEELMAKER * n. A worker engaged in making steel.
LXXXII * s. Being two more than eighty.
DEADBOLT * n. The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key.
MYSTIFIER * n. A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution.
DIAGNOSE * v. 1 Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis. 2 Subject to a medical analysis.
BESTUBBLED * s. Having a short growth of beard.
PENAL * --a. Of or relating to punishment. --s. 1 Serving as or designed to impose punishment. 2 (of an act or offense) Subject to punishment by law.
PUEBLA * n. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
ANGLO-AMERICAN * n. An American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British.
BECQUEREL * n. French physicist who discovered that rays emitted by uranium salts affect photographic plates (1852-1908).
RIFLE * --n. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore. --v. 1 Steal goods; take as spoils. 2 Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way.
PICOT * n. An edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon.
CONACASTE * n. Tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber.
INTERSPECIES * a. Arising or occurring between species.
PERMEABILITY * n. The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion).
TRIDENT * n. A spear with three prongs.
INVOLUNTARILY * r. Against your will.
MONOTONOUS * s. 1 Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. 2 Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.
EPISOME * n. DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells).
METYCAINE * n. A compound used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local or spinal anesthetic.
HELIOBACTER * n. A genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella; found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans).
HYDROXYTETRACYCLINE * n. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections.
SURVEYING * n. The practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map.
DIDACTICS * n. The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.
SHAKY * s. 1 Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. 2 Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze. 3 Not secure; beset with difficulties.
NEWSWRITER * n. A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media.
ALGERIA * n. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s.
REVENUER * n. A government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging).
TM * n. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime.
HOME-BAKED * s. Baked at home.
APPLEMINT * n. Mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States.
SECTIONALIZATION * n. The act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart.
PTEROPUS * n. A genus of Megachiroptera.
TOVARISCH * n. A comrade (especially in Russian communism).
DISROBE * v. Get undressed.
SMARTLY * r. 1 In a clever manner. 2 With vigor; in a vigorous manner. 3 In a stylish manner.
THREE-PIECE * a. (of clothing) Made in or consisting of three parts or pieces.
FILING * n. 1 The entering of a legal document into the public record. 2 A fragment rubbed off by the use of a file. 3 The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object). 4 Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc..
UNCOMPETITIVE * s. Not inclined to compete.
LACHNOLAIMUS * n. A genus of Labridae.
STEPPE * n. Extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia).
LOW-SPIRITED * s. Filled with melancholy and despondency.
BIVALVED * a. Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.).
MARJORAM * n. 1 Aromatic Eurasian perennial. 2 Pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in stews and soups and omelets.
KANCHIL * n. Small chevrotain of southeastern Asia.
UNCOOPERATIVE * --a. Unwilling to cooperate. --s. Intentionally unaccommodating.
ZYMOLYTIC * a. Of or relating to or causing fermentation.
SOFT-COVER * n. A book with paper covers.
DISENCHANT * v. Free from enchantment.
SILICIDE * n. Any of various compounds of silicon with a more electropositive element or radical.
WELL-SITUATED * s. In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.
OPEL * n. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
SHAVUOT * n. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
INTRACUTANEOUS * a. Relating to areas between the layers of the skin.
SEQUEL * n. 1 Something that follows something else. 2 A part added to a book or play that continues and extends it.
WINDING-SHEET * n. Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped.
PESSIMISM * n. 1 The feeling that things will turn out badly. 2 A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things.
SUPREMACISM * n. The belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others.
WEEPING * --n. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds). --s. 1 Showing sorrow. 2 Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
SWIFTLY * r. In a swift manner.
SUBSTANTIVE * --n. Any word or group of words functioning as a noun. --s. 1 Of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something. 2 Being on topic and prompting thought. --a. Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established.
ANGLICISATION * n. The act of anglicizing; making English in appearance.
CATABOLIZE * v. Subject to catabolism.
SELF-ASSURED * s. Showing poise and confidence in your own worth.
KILLDEER * n. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry.
ONOSMODIUM * n. A genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae.
WORN * --a. Affected by wear; damaged by long use. --s. Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering.
DROPLET * n. A tiny drop.
HEADLINER * n. A performer who receives prominent billing.
ODONTALGIA * n. An ache localized in or around a tooth.
MERODACH * n. The chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu.
MATURATE * v. 1 Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation. 2 Grow old or older. 3 Ripen and generate pus.
LUNATE * s. Resembling the new moon in shape.
PROPAGATION * n. 1 The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions. 2 The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production. 3 The movement of a wave through a medium.
HANG * --n. 1 A special way of doing something. 2 The way a garment hangs. 3 A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms. --v. 1 Be suspended or hanging. 2 Cause to be hanging or suspended. 3 Kill by hanging. 4 Let drop or droop.
BARBADIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Barbados. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants.
ENDOMETRIUM * n. (pregnancy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition.
CERATOPHYLLUM * n. Constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts.
DERAIL * v. 1 Cause to run off the tracks. 2 Run off or leave the rails.
WILLFULNESS * n. The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
BULBLET * n. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
APPEALINGNESS * n. Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates.
HAWKWEED * n. 1 Any of various plants of the genus Pilosella. 2 Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion.
CERCIDIUM * n. Spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde.
500 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units.
BALAENA * n. Type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.
SAROYAN * n. United States writer of plays and short stories (1908-1981).
AARDWOLF * n. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
BLOOPER * n. An embarrassing mistake.
BLACKOUT * n. 1 A suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. 2 Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft). 3 The failure of electric power for a general region. 4 A momentary loss of consciousness.
LEGISLATIVELY * r. By legislation.
VICTORIOUSLY * r. In a victorious manner.
PASSIVITY * n. 1 The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative. 2 Submission to others or to outside influences.
RIVERSIDE * n. 1 The bank of a river. 2 A city in southern California.
LA. * n. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
CRANE * --n. 1 United States writer (1871-1900). 2 United States poet (1899-1932). 3 A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix. 4 Lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis. --v. Stretch (the neck) so as to see better.
OUTER * --a. Being on the outside or further from a center. --s. 1 Located outside. 2 Being on or toward the outside of the body.
RETAMA * n. Small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista.
HERETIC * n. 1 A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. 2 A person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion).
TILING * n. The application of tiles to cover a surface.
HYALURONIDASE * n. An enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids.
HYPOSMIA * n. Lessened sensitivity to odors.
WATERLOO * n. 1 A town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat. 2 A final crushing defeat. 3 The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon.
LATCHKEY * n. Key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door.
TAGETESTE * n. Marigolds.
ABNAKI * --n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot. --a. Of or relating to the Abnakis or their language.
LEIPZIG * n. A city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center.
WITHHOLDER * n. 1 A person who refrains from granting. 2 A person who restrains or checks or holds back.
POLYCHROMIZE * v. Color with many colors; make polychrome.
PUERARIA * n. Genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu.
FUELED * a. Heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel.
BEHOLDER * n. A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses.
CALDRON * n. A very large pot that is used for boiling.
DREAMING * n. 1 Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake. 2 A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
RECOGNISE * v. 1 Show approval or appreciation of. 2 Grant credentials to. 3 Detect with the senses. 4 Express greetings upon meeting someone.
RAMBLING * s. 1 Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly. 2 (of e.g. speech and writing) Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. 3 Of a path e.g..
BENDABILITY * n. The property of being easily bent without breaking.
TOUCANET * n. Small toucan.
PROTOTYPAL * s. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.
LIKE * --n. 1 A similar kind. 2 A kind of person. --v. 1 Prefer or wish to do something. 2 Find enjoyable or agreeable. 3 Be fond of. 4 Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard. --a. 1 Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination. 2 Equal in amount or value. 3 Having the same or similar characteristics. --s. Conforming in every respect.
UNINFORMATIVELY * r. In an uninformative manner.
HANDWRITTEN * s. Written by hand.
MALACONOTINAE * n. An African bush shrikes.
TIPSINESS * n. A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
GNOMIC * a. Relating to or containing gnomes.
GUARANTOR * n. One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another.
MASTERWORT * n. Any plant of the genus Astrantia.
TENREC * n. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog.
TAMP * --n. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.). --v. Press down tightly.
SILENCED * a. Reduced to silence.
LANDLOCKED * s. Surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land.
NONASSOCIATIVE * a. Not associative.
CORNERED * s. Forced to turn and face attackers.
TENEBRIONIDAE * n. A family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms.
STINTER * n. An economizer who stints someone with something.
SUBSERVIENTNESS * n. In a subservient state.
AMEBIOSIS * n. Infection by a disease-causing ameba.
LIMEIRA * n. A city of southeastern Brazil (northwest of Sao Paulo).
MICROGRAMMA-PILOSELLOIDES * n. Epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America.
CESTODA * n. Tapeworms.
BARS * n. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights.
FEEBLY * r. 1 In a faint and feeble manner. 2 In a halting and feeble manner.
CANDLELIGHT * n. The light provided by a burning candle.
AGOG * s. Highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc..
HYPEROPIC * s. Abnormal ability to focus of distant objects.
HEMEROBIIDAE * n. Brown lacewings.
TUPUNGATITO * n. An inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959.
SCHEDULER * n. Computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order.
NIGHTSPOT * n. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.
ZYGOMA * n. The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
HINDOOSTANI * n. A form of Hindi spoken around Delhi.
MIAMI * n. 1 A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. 2 A city and resort in southeastern Florida on Biscayne Bay; the best known city in Florida; a haven for retirees and a refuge for Cubans fleeing Castro.
UTILITY-GRADE * s. Used of beef; usable but inferior.
HALTERE * n. Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight.
DUBLINER * n. A resident of Dublin.
BIOCHEMIST * n. Someone with special training in biochemistry.
GROWLER * n. 1 A speaker whose voice sounds like a growl. 2 A small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping.
TYRANNIZE * v. 1 Rule a country as a tyrant. 2 Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner.
QUANTITATIVE * a. 1 Expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement. 2 Relating to the measurement of quantity. 3 (of verse) Having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables.
AFFECTIVE * s. Characterized by emotion.
MDMA * n. A stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States.
CERYLE * n. A genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae.
ELYMUS * n. Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye).
BAROMETER * n. An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.
PUBLICLY * r. 1 In a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly. 2 By the public or the people generally.
BIERCE * n. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
THUS * --n. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation. --r. 1 (used to introduce a logical conclusion) From that fact or reason or as a result. 2 In the way indicated.
INCITATION * n. 1 Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action. 2 An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating.
AGKISTRODON * n. Copperheads.
FLICK-KNIFE * n. A pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button.
DREISER * n. United States novelist (1871-1945).
BARDE * v. Put a caparison on.
CHOREOGRAPH * v. 1 Compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music. 2 Plan and oversee the development and details of.
VANISHED * s. Having passed out of existence.
DEPLETE * v. Use up (resources or materials).
TN * n. A state in east central United States.
SCOKE * n. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous.
WALLOPING * --n. A sound defeat. --s. (used informally) Very large.
JABBERWOCKY * n. Nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll).
HIP-LENGTH * a. Extending to or just over the hips.
UNMELODIOUS * a. 1 Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune. 2 Lacking melody.
DETENTE * n. The easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
EXPRESSAGE * n. Rapid transport of goods.
STOMP * --n. A dance involving a rhythmical stamping step. --v. Walk heavily.
CUSPID * n. One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars.
JITTERINESS * n. The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
REPHRASE * v. Express the same message in different words.
NUMENIUS * n. Curlews.
NEWSY * s. 1 Full of news. 2 Prone to friendly informal communication.
STRAIT-LACED * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
CHUMMINESS * n. The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
CAVIAR * n. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre.
RADOME * n. A housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves.
BLIGH * n. British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817).
SEVENTY-TWO * s. Being two more than seventy.
KITCHENETTE * n. Small kitchen.
61 * s. Being one more than sixty.
CHECKOUT * n. 1 The act of inspecting or verifying. 2 The latest time for vacating a hotel room. 3 A counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases.
INEXTIRPABLE * s. Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
NG * n. One billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram.
SURFACE * --n. 1 The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary. 2 The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object. 3 The outermost level of the land or sea. 4 A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something. --v. 1 Come to the surface. 2 Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface. 3 Appear or become visible; make a showing. --a. On the surface.
JUSTIFIABLY * r. With good reason.
CONJOINTLY * r. In conjunction with; combined.
PASHTU * n. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan.
SELFSAMENESS * n. The quality of being identical with itself.
REGIMEN * n. (medicine) A systematic plan for therapy (often including diet).
CATACLYSMIC * s. Severely destructive.
CORIUM * n. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
BIG-CHESTED * s. Marked by a large or well-developed chest.
BOURTREE * n. A common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies.
SHUTE * n. English novelist who settled in Australia after World War II (1899-1960).
MANIPULABLE * a. Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded).
RATTLE * --n. 1 A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders). 2 A baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken. 3 Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail. --v. 1 Make short successive sounds. 2 Shake and cause to make a rattling noise.
MALADJUSTMENT * n. The condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability.
WILFULNESS * n. The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
NGO * n. An organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government.
MAGNETRON * n. A diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators.
BACKTRACK * v. Retrace one's course.
SURINAME * n. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975.
PRUNELLIDAE * n. Hedge sparrow.
MEALWORM * n. The larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae.
SELF-CRITICISM * n. Criticism of yourself.
DEADWOOD * n. 1 A branch or a part of a tree that is dead. 2 Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded.
MOODINESS * n. 1 A sullen gloomy feeling. 2 Having temperamental and changeable moods.
ABHORRER * n. A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred.
VALUE * --n. 1 A numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed. 2 The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable. 3 The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else. 4 Relative darkness or lightness of a color. --v. 1 Fix or determine the value of; assign a value to. 2 Hold dear. 3 Regard highly; think much of. 4 Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of.
FILARIIDAE * n. Threadlike roundworms.
VERITY * n. 1 Conformity to reality or actuality. 2 An enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth.
COLLECTEDLY * r. In a self-collected or self-possessed manner.
RECYCLE * v. 1 Cause to repeat a cycle. 2 Use again after processing.
EXTRANEOUS * s. 1 Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. 2 Not essential. 3 Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source. 4 Coming from the outside.
SUBSIDIZE * v. 1 Support through subsidies. 2 Secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces.
TIGRIS * n. An Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River.
RECEIPTS * n. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made.
FLEXUOUS * s. Having turns or windings.
LEMAITRE * n. Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966).
KEYBOARDIST * n. A musician who plays a keyboard instrument.
CAMEMBERT * n. Rich soft creamy French cheese.
LANDSMAL * n. One of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects.
MELILOTUS * n. Erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement.
AVARITIA * n. Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins).
DANCING-MASTER * n. A professional teacher of dancing.
BLOTTER * n. 1 Absorbent paper used to dry ink. 2 The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station.
AUSPICES * n. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
CRESSON * s. Of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green.
PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY * n. The study of the climate of past ages.
URBANIZED * s. Made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics.
KURUS * n. 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey.
FULSOME * s. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
VAPIDNESS * n. The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated.
MANY-CHAMBERED * s. Having many chambers.
MOMOTUS * n. Type genus of the Momotidae.
UNMERITED * --a. Not merited or deserved. --s. Not merited.
COMMENSURATENESS * n. The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount.
MOUFFLON * n. Wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia.
MALACOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks.
ANNEXAL * a. Of or pertaining to adnexa.
MASDEVALLIA * n. Any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia; tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube.
UNTAUGHT * s. Lacking in schooling.
HILUM * n. 1 (anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ. 2 The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
PHRENITIS * n. Inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use).
IRIDESCENT * s. 1 Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles. 2 Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.
OMB * n. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
CALMLY * r. 1 With self-possession (especially in times of stress). 2 In a sedate manner.
REGAL * s. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
SUCCESSIVE * s. In regular succession without gaps.
NAUGHT * n. 1 A quantity of no importance. 2 Complete failure.
MUCORACEAE * n. Large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products.
ACAULESCENT * a. (of plants) Having no apparent stem above ground.
CABASSET * n. A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.
APPETITIVE * a. Of or relating to appetite.
DEXTRIN * n. Any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements.
REFOCUS * v. 1 Focus once again. 2 Focus anew. 3 Put again into focus or focus more sharply.
HOTEI-CHIKU * n. Small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young.
ARBORICULTURE * n. The tending of and caring for trees.
CORRECTLY * r. In an accurate manner.
RUDBECKIA * n. North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads.
CONTAGIOUS * s. 1 Easily diffused or spread as from one person to another. 2 (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection.
VIGEE-LEBRUN * n. French painter noted for her portraits (1755-1842).
BRONCHIOLAR * a. Of or relating to or involving bronchioles.
RANSOM * --n. 1 Money demanded for the return of a captured person. 2 Payment for the release of someone. 3 The act of freeing from captivity or punishment. --v. Exchange or buy back for money; under threat.
PARKER * n. 1 United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955). 2 United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967).
TOTTER * v. 1 Move without being stable, as if threatening to fall. 2 Walk unsteadily. 3 Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
DAUMIER * n. French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879).
PENETRALIUM * n. The innermost parts.
MANDOLA * n. An early type of mandolin.
TEREDO * n. Typical shipworm.
PHLEBOTOMUS * n. 1 A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii. 2 Small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths.
42ND * s. The ordinal number of forty-two in counting order.
ACANTHURIDAE * n. Surgeonfishes.
BLEAKLY * r. Without hope.
EQUIPROBABLE * s. Equally probable.
WIRY-COATED * s. (especially of dogs) Having stiff wiry hair.
MERTENSIA * n. A genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels.
YOUTH-ON-AGE * n. Vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.
BIMETALLISM * n. A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by stated amounts of two metals (usually gold and silver) with values set at a predetermined ratio.
CISC * n. 1 An agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies. 2 (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip.
EXTINCT * --a. 1 No longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives. 2 (of e.g. volcanos) Permanently inactive. --s. Being out or having grown cold.
RECIDIVISM * n. Habitual relapse into crime.
ENROLMENT * n. The act of enrolling.
MEGALOSAUR * n. Gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe.
SINUOUS * s. 1 Curved or curving in and out. 2 Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
DIZZILY * r. In a giddy light-headed manner.
PENUMBRA * n. A fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra.
GOLF * --n. A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. --v. Play golf.
BAHRAINI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Bahrain. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language.
CONCEPTION * n. 1 An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. 2 The act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon. 3 The event that occurred at the beginning of something. 4 The creation of something in the mind.
PYRAMIDIC * s. Resembling a pyramid.
STENTORIAN * s. (used of the voice or sound) Deep and resonant.
NEOCLASSICISTIC * a. Relating to or advocating neoclassicism.
INTAKE * n. 1 The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). 2 An opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container. 3 The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing.
UNILLUMINATING * a. Failing to inform or clarify.
TUT * v. Utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval.
MOTTLED * s. Having spots or patches of color.
PEEVISHNESS * n. 1 An irritable petulant feeling. 2 A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
BENEFACT * v. Help as a benefactor.
CYNOPTERUS * n. A genus of Megachiroptera.
EXASPERATING * s. 1 Extremely annoying or displeasing. 2 Making worse.
PEBBLE * n. A small smooth rounded rock.
OVERPOWERING * s. So strong as to be irresistible.
INTENSION * n. What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression.
SKEPTICISM * n. 1 Doubt about the truth of something. 2 The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.
FATHERLAND * n. The country where you were born.
SADDHU * n. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
KNIFE * --n. 1 Edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle. 2 A weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point. 3 Any long thin projection that is transient. --v. Use a knife on.
AREA * n. 1 A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography). 2 A subject of study. 3 A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve. 4 A particular environment or walk of life.
SUBURBAN * a. Relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs.
SELF-PRESERVATION * n. Preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency.
CHERIMOYA * n. 1 Small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit. 2 Large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer. 2 Relating to or in the style of an autobiography.
UTILIZATION * n. 1 The act of using. 2 The state of having been made use of.
EXHIBITIONER * n. Someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see.
KILTER * n. In working order.
COLOURFUL * a. 1 Striking in variety and interest. 2 Having much or varied color.
COMMUNICATORY * a. Able or tending to communicate.
PORTO * n. Port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine.
EUROPEANISE * v. 1 Denationalize and subject (a territory) to the supervision of an agency of a European community of nations. 2 Make (continental) European in customs, character, or ideas.
WINSOME * s. Charming in a childlike or naive way.
PEACOAT * n. A sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket.
SECTARIANISM * n. A narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination.
ZONOTRICHIA * n. Large New World sparrows.
CIRCULARIZATION * n. Circulating printed notices as a means of advertising.
OPPRESSION * n. 1 The act of subjugating by cruelty. 2 The state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:. 3 A feeling of being oppressed.
INALIENABLE * --a. Incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another. --s. Not subject to forfeiture.
LOZENGE * n. 1 A small aromatic or medicated candy. 2 A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet.
COUNTERBORE * n. A bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole.
GAMEBOARD * n. A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games.
MERESTONE * n. An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab.
TUSSILAGO * n. Genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites.
MARBLEISATION * n. A texture like that of marble.
PERINASAL * a. Near the nose.
MAVERICK * --n. 1 Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. 2 An unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it. --s. Independent in behavior or thought.
BABKA * n. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
ANNEXATIONAL * a. Relating to annexation.
HORNSTONE * n. A fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks.
BOREDOM * n. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
VIRTUALLY * r. 1 In essence or effect but not in fact. 2 (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
PERSONALITY * n. 1 The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual. 2 A person of considerable prominence.
UNSATISFYING * s. Not up to expectations.
PHANTASMAL * s. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
OVERSEE * v. Watch and direct.
COARSE-HAIRED * s. Having coarse hair or fur.
HEADQUARTERS * n. 1 (usually plural) The office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise. 2 The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command. 3 (plural) A military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff.
TRAMPLING * n. The sound of heavy treading or stomping.
CANNABIDACEAE * n. Two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae.
ARGONON * n. Any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table.
WAYNE * n. 1 United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979). 2 American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796).
LORY * n. Small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits.
JURASSIC * --n. From 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers. --a. Of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era.
GLASSY * s. 1 Resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness. 2 (used of eyes) Lacking liveliness. 3 (of ceramics) Having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it.
PAYDAY * n. The day on which you receive pay for your work.
BENIGNANCY * n. The quality of being kind and gentle.
ADIT * n. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
GARISHLY * r. In a tastelessly garish manner.
BURT * n. English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971).
CYCADALES * n. Primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms.
UNENLIGHTENED * --a. Not enlightened; ignorant. --s. Lacking information or instruction.
PALPITATION * n. 1 A rapid and irregular heart beat. 2 A shaky motion.
BOLDLY * r. With boldness, in a bold manner.
HAEMOPOIESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
POINTLESSNESS * n. Total lack of meaning or ideas.
APHAGIA * n. Loss of the ability to swallow.
DURATION * n. 1 The period of time during which something continues. 2 The property of enduring or continuing in time. 3 Continuance in time.
LOT * --n. 1 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 2 A parcel of land having fixed boundaries. 3 An unofficial association of people or groups. 4 Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). --v. 1 Divide into lots, as of land, for example. 2 Administer or bestow, as in small portions.
KAUAI * n. An island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu.
AMMUNITION * n. 1 Projectiles to be fired from a gun. 2 Any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction. 3 Information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint.
SEA-GREEN * s. Of the color of the sea; bluish green.
ADVENTURISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to adventurism.
STONE-DEAD * s. As lifeless as a stone.
HARBINGER * --n. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. --v. Foreshadow or presage.
TOO-GREEDY * s. Excessively gluttonous.
FROWNINGLY * r. With a frown; while frowning.
DRIER * n. 1 A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture). 2 An appliance that removes moisture.
NATIVE * --n. 1 An indigenous person who was born in a particular place. 2 A person born in a particular place or country. 3 Indigenous plants and animals. --a. 1 Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin. 2 Belonging to one by birth. 3 Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning. --s. As found in nature in the elemental form.
MONODIC * s. Having a single vocal part.
SELVA * n. A rain forest in a tropical area.
EXPEDIENTLY * r. In an expedient manner.
KIRGIZIA * n. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
AUGUSTINIAN * n. A Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the Augustinian monastic orders.
STRAIGHT-GRAINED * s. Of timber; having fibers that run in parallel.
SALMONELLA * n. Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon.
STRIPPER * n. 1 A chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish. 2 A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books. 3 A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music. 4 An oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day.
BANNERET * n. A knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command.
ARMISTICE * n. A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms.
GUMMING * n. Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth).
LIFTED * s. Held up in the air.
BEHAVIOR * n. 1 Manner of acting or controlling yourself. 2 The action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances. 3 (behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people. 4 (psychology) The aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation.
MISBELIEVE * v. Hold a false or unorthodox belief.
RITUALISE * v. Make or evolve into a ritual.
SPARROW * n. 1 Any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects. 2 Small brownish European songbird.
FLINT * --n. 1 A hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony. 2 A river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River. 3 A city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing. --s. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
AUTOLYSIS * n. Lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process.
KIPLING * n. English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936).
INVALID * --n. Someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury. --v. 1 Force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen. 2 Injure permanently. --a. Having no cogency or legal force. --s. No longer valid.
AGRIGENTO * n. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples.
BIMETAL * --n. Material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals. --s. Formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together.
CHAINS * n. Metal shackles; for hands or legs.
AGLITTER * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
ERYTHEMA * n. Abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation).
PROBOSCIDEAN * n. Massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk.
SKULL * n. The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates.
SPILE * n. 1 A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure. 2 A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
NONMONOTONIC * a. Not monotonic.
TUSHERY * n. Writing of poor quality; characterized by affected choice of archaic words.
SHADOWGRAPH * n. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
FIFTEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one. --s. Being one more than fourteen.
MYALGIC * a. Of or relating to myalgia.
AURIFY * v. 1 Transform into gold. 2 Turn golden.
VERMICIDE * n. An agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines).
LANCINATE * s. Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
CHUM * n. 1 A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. 2 Bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish. 3 A large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish.
ENLIGHTENMENT * n. 1 Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge. 2 (Hinduism and Buddhism) The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness. 3 A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine.
PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITE * --n. Someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth. --s. Having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex.
SHOOTOUT * n. A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
MYSOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of dirt or contamination.
MALVA * n. Herbs and subshrubs: mallows.
CHICHIPE * n. Tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit.
VEINED * s. Having or showing markings that resemble veins.
VINGT-ET-UN * n. A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21.
NONNEGATIVE * s. Either positive or zero.
DELAWAREAN * n. A native or resident of Delaware.
CONTEXTUALLY * r. In a manner dependent on context.
NEOPLASTIC * a. Of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm.
METCHNIKOV * n. Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916).
MENTHOLATED * a. Containing, or impregnated with, menthol.
SHAVING * n. 1 The act of removing hair with a razor. 2 A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. 3 The act of brushing against while passing.
ALIMONY * n. Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.
DRAY * n. A low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage.
GARAMYCIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract.
URINATOR * n. A person who urinates.
PIFFLING * s. (informal) Small and of little importance.
HARUM-SCARUM * --n. A reckless impetuous irresponsible person. --s. Cheerfully irresponsible. --r. In a wild or reckless manner.
UNREASONABLY * r. 1 Not in a reasonable or intelligent manner. 2 To a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation.
MOONILY * r. In a dreamy manner.
GYMNOSOPHY * n. The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation.
PTLORIS * n. A genus of Paradisaeidae.
LEATHERFISH * n. Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
NIL * n. A quantity of no importance.
RECRUIT * --n. 1 A recently enlisted soldier. 2 Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces). --v. 1 Register formally as a participant or member. 2 Seek to employ. 3 Cause to assemble or enlist in the military.
PACHYDERMOUS * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms.
HEMATIN * n. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
MAMMOTHERMOGRAPHY * n. The use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots).
ILLATIVE * --a. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference. --s. 1 Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference. 2 Expressing or preceding an inference.
SPINACH * n. 1 Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves. 2 Dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads.
SHAKEN * s. Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock.
ATONALITY * n. The absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system.
KEN. * n. A state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses.
LARODOPA * n. The levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease.
NONMUSICAL * a. 1 Lacking interest in or talent for music. 2 Not musical in nature.
MIZZLE * --n. Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower. --v. Rain lightly.
WORKWEEK * n. Hours or days of work in a calendar week.
PAELLA * n. Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
FILMDOM * n. The personnel of the film industry.
SMARTING * n. A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore.
ENDWAYS * r. 1 On end or upright. 2 In or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise. 3 With the end forward or toward the observer.
RIGHT-MINDED * s. Disposed toward or having views based on what is right.
EVIDENTIARY * --a. Pertaining to or constituting evidence. --s. Serving as or based on evidence.
GUMBO-LIMBO * n. Tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.
GROSS * --n. 1 Twelve dozen. 2 The entire amount of income before any deductions are made. --v. Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.. --a. Before any deductions. --s. 1 Lacking fine distinctions or detail. 2 Repellently fat. 3 Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features). 4 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
BINDABLE * s. Capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond.
SYNCRETISTIC * a. 1 Relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections. 2 Of or characterized by syncretism.
POSTDILUVIAN * --n. Anything living after Noah's flood. --a. Existing or occurring after Noah's flood.
SEABOARD * n. The shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort.
PARNASSIA * n. Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup.
MELANIN * n. Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
CORONARY * --n. Obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus). --a. Surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart).
UNWEBBED * a. (of the feet of some animals) Not webbed.
LOGAGRAPHIA * n. A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion.
GORGON * n. (Greek mythology) Any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone.
KULANAPAN * n. A group of languages of the Hokan family.
SKINHEADS * n. A youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism.
DENTIFRICE * n. A substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush.
DIFFICULT * a. 1 Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. 2 Hard to control.
POULETTE * n. Allemande sauce with chopped parsley.
INFAMOUS * s. Known widely and usually unfavorably.
CANONIC * --a. 1 Appearing in a biblical canon. 2 Of or relating to or required by canon law. --s. 1 Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality. 2 Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules.
PONGID * n. Any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae.
KOAN * n. A paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning.
GRUYERE * n. Swiss cheese with small holes.
REDOX * n. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.
SCARLET-CRIMSON * s. Of crimson tinged with scarlet.
GUTTIFERAE * n. Widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber.
ALTRICIAL * a. (of hatchlings) Naked and blind and dependent on parents for food.
ALISMATACEAE * n. Perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants.
WEIGHT * --n. 1 The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity. 2 Sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms. 3 The relative importance granted to something. 4 An artifact that is heavy. --v. 1 Weight down with a load. 2 Present with a bias.
SUP * --n. A small amount of liquid food. --v. Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon.
FIGURATIVE * --a. (used of the meanings of words or text) Not literal; using figures of speech. --s. Consisting of or forming human or animal figures.
TOURNIQUET * n. Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure.
SPANGLY * s. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
MULTIFORM * a. Occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances.
PRENATAL * a. Occurring or existing before birth.
SHORTSTOP * n. 1 (baseball) The person who plays the shortstop position. 2 The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
TACHYGLOSSUS * n. Type genus of the family Tachyglossidae.
VENTRALLY * r. In a ventral location or direction.
DELIMIT * v. 1 Determine the essential quality of. 2 Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry. 3 Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something.
REBECCA * n. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
HALLE * n. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th centuries.
PALISADE * --n. Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground. --v. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
HARANGUE * --n. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion. --v. Deliver a harangue to; address forcefully.
RESTRAINED * --s. 1 Cool and formal in manner. 2 Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes. 3 Not showy or obtrusive. 4 Prudent. --a. Under restraint.
LAMBENCY * n. An appearance of reflected light.
CYNIPS * n. Type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps.
PLAYTIME * n. Time for play or diversion.
OWNER-OCCUPIED * s. Lived in by the owner.
EPIPHORA * n. Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc..
SPEAKING * --n. 1 The utterance of intelligible speech. 2 Delivering an address to a public audience. --a. Capable of or involving speech or speaking.
HALF-TRACK * s. Having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front.
BORODIN * n. Russian composer (1833-1887).
METOPROLOL * n. Beta blocker (trade name Lopressor) used in treating hypertension and angina and arrhythmia and acute myocardial infarction; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.).
ALEXANDRINE * n. (prosody) A line of verse that has six iambic feet.
MELANOSIS * n. A condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin).
TEMPERAMENTAL * --a. Relating to or caused by temperament. --s. 1 Subject to sharply varying moods. 2 Likely to perform unpredictably.
VENULA * n. A minute vein continuous with a capillary.
PERSUASIVE * a. Intended or having the power to induce action or belief.
OENOTHERA * n. Chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers.
QUESTIONNAIRE * n. A form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information.
PUNITIVELY * r. In a punishing manner.
PRETENDED * s. Adopted in order to deceive.
CUPULE * n. 1 Cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn. 2 A sucker on the feet of certain flies.
SPECIALNESS * n. 1 A distinguishing trait. 2 The quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance.
PUCCINIACEAE * n. Large important family of rust fungi.
KISWAHILI * n. A Bantu language.
CHRISTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to Christology.
PRIE-DIEU * n. Low bench for kneeling on.
ORIOLUS * n. Type genus of the Oriolidae.
LIGHTPROOF * s. Not penetrable by light.
SERIEMA * n. 1 Argentinian Cariama. 2 Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama.
HITTING * n. The act of contacting one thing with another.
AUTOGRAFT * n. Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person.
BONINESS * n. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
ROTATIONALLY * r. In a rotational manner.
CARRYALL * n. A capacious bag or basket.
MAGNITUDE * n. 1 The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small). 2 A number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10. 3 Relative importance.
MENIPPE * n. Stone crabs.
COMPLAININGLY * r. With complaints.
MOPPER * n. A worker who uses a mop to clean a surface.
EXECUTING * n. Putting a condemned person to death.
ACCESSARY * --n. Someone who helps another person commit a crime. --s. Aiding and abetting in a crime.
TEARS * n. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
WOOD-FERN * n. Any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris.
ANTIBIOTIC * --n. A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections. --a. Of or relating to antibiotic drugs.
VACILLATOR * n. One who hesitates (usually out of fear).
VAINGLORIOUS * s. Feeling self-importance.
GARDEN * --n. 1 A plot of ground where plants are cultivated. 2 The flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden. 3 A yard or lawn adjoining a house. --v. Work in the garden. --s. The usual or familiar type.
LOOPY * --a. Consisting of or covered with or having loops. --s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
AUTARCHY * n. 1 Economic independence as a national policy. 2 A political system governed by a single individual.
RETICENT * s. 1 Temperamentally disinclined to talk. 2 Cool and formal in manner. 3 Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
MRTA * n. A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia.
HUBBLY-BUBBLY * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
UNPRODUCTIVENESS * n. The quality of lacking the power to produce.
PILOTAGE * n. 1 The guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. 2 The occupation of a pilot.
VOLARY * n. A building where birds are kept.
INTERMITTENTLY * r. In an intermittent manner.
HUNKER * v. Sit on one's heels.
SPRINT * --n. A quick run. --v. Run very fast, usually for a short distance.
JOSEPHUS * n. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100).
TERATOGEN * n. Any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples.
RAISABLE * s. Capable of being raised.
SENTIMENTALIST * n. Someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality.
WESTERN * --n. 1 A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development. 2 A sandwich made from a western omelet. --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts. 2 Of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River. --s. 1 Lying toward or situated in the west. 2 Of wind; from the west.
DEACONESS * n. A woman deacon.
PESANTRAN * n. A Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders; produces young militants skilled in jihad.
DODECAGON * n. A twelve-sided polygon.
CHEEKBONE * n. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
GRECO * n. Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614).
LONGANBERRY * n. 1 Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium. 2 Asian fruit similar to litchi.
GERMINATION * n. 1 The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow. 2 The origin of some development.
WHET * v. 1 Make keen or more acute. 2 Sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone.
MATCHMAKER * n. Someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others.
UNPALATABILITY * n. 1 The property of being unacceptable to the mouth. 2 The property of being unacceptable to the mind.
JOURNALISTIC * a. Of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism.
MULTIETHNIC * s. Involving several ethnic groups.
REFORMER * n. 1 A disputant who advocates reform. 2 An apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel.
ANUS * n. The excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal.
STERCOBILINOGEN * n. A chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine.
MERLOT * n. 1 Black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux. 2 Dry red wine made from a grape grown widely in Bordeaux and California.
SUBMERGING * n. Sinking until covered completely with water.
EXCUSER * n. A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense.
EUDAEMON * n. A benevolent spirit.
TETARTANOPIA * n. A form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned.
PROBITY * n. Complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles.
BASIL * n. 1 Any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum. 2 (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). 3 Leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried.
CHORIZAGROTIS * n. Moths whose larvae are army cutworms.
CAFFEIN * n. A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects.
IW * n. The use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries.
WARBLER * n. 1 A singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song. 2 A small active songbird.
METTLE * n. The courage to carry on.
TOMBOYISH * s. Used of girls; wild and boisterous.
MARTINMAS * n. The feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland.
NEPHROTOXIC * s. Toxic to the kidney.
WOLFMAN * n. A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again.
HOARSENESS * n. A throaty harshness.
TODD * n. 1 Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907). 2 Fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers.
IMMORAL * --a. Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong. --s. Not adhering to ethical or moral principles.
FENCING * n. 1 A barrier that serves to enclose an area. 2 Material for building fences. 3 The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules).
NIGER-KORDOFANIAN * n. The family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula).
TWENTY-SEVEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one. --s. Being seven more than twenty.
SQUISHY * s. Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility.
WEATHERMAN * n. Predicts the weather.
XEROPHILE * n. Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte.
IOWAY * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri. 2 A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa.
MR. * n. A form of address for a man.
SIVAISM * n. 1 A Hindu sect worshiping Shiva. 2 Worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon.
DISCERNABILITY * n. Distinctness that makes perception easy.
BORSHCH * n. A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
RECEPTION * n. 1 The manner in which something is greeted. 2 A formal party of people; as after a wedding. 3 Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast. 4 The act of receiving.
SONOROUSNESS * n. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
MURMURER * n. A person who speaks softly and indistinctly.
FEATHEREDGE * n. A thin tapering edge.
CX * s. Being ten more than one hundred.
STOUT-BILLED * s. Having a strong beak.
FLAUBERT * n. French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880).
SINGLENESS * n. 1 Without hypocrisy. 2 The quality of concentrating on one central objective.
FRANGIPANNI * n. Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers.
ACICULAR * s. Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.
FRIAR'S-COWL * n. Tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores.
SELF-SOWED * s. Growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds.
GYNECOCRACY * n. A political system governed by a woman.
HYPERTHERMIA * n. Abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer).
X-LINKED * a. Relating to genes or characteristics or conditions carried on the X chromosome.
MISCHIEF-MAKER * n. Someone who deliberately stirs up trouble.
AGAZE * s. (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
9-11 * n. The day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs.
SHRILLNESS * n. 1 The quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses. 2 Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound.
CORVETTE * n. A highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer.
PEACHY * s. 1 Very good. 2 Of something resembling a peach in color.
CROSS-POLLINATE * v. Fertilize by transfering pollen.
DUPLE * s. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
STRUCTURALISM * n. 1 Linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse. 2 An anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena. 3 A sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals.
MELOIDAE * n. Blister beetles.
SHUT-IN * --n. Someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury. --s. 1 Somewhat introverted. 2 Confined usually by illness.
LONG-SUFFERANCE * n. Patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.
RACIALIST * n. A person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others.
OUT-OF-DOOR * a. Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air.
CONODONTOPHORIDA * n. Extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum.
DEAMINIZATION * n. Removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound.
FACTORIAL * --n. The product of all the integers up to and including a given integer. --a. Of or relating to factorials.
INTEMPERANCE * n. 1 The quality of being intemperate. 2 Consumption of alcoholic drinks. 3 Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.
GALOSH * n. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
CCRC * n. An agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care.
EXTRACTIBLE * s. Capable of being extracted.
UNFLUCTUATING * s. Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall.
UNDERBID * v. 1 Bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants. 2 Bid lower than a competing bidder. 3 Bid too low.
FRUITLESSNESS * n. 1 A lack of creative imagination. 2 The quality of yielding nothing of value.
ACATAPHASIA * n. A disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner.
METICORTEN * n. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant.
PHARMACEUTICS * n. The art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,.
SCYPHOZOAN * n. Any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle.
KNUCKLEHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
HETEROSPORY * n. The development of both microspores and megaspores.
DEFENDANT * n. A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused.
BICAPSULAR * a. Divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule.
ORCHITIS * n. Inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling.
ANNIHILATION * n. 1 Destruction by annihilating something. 2 Total destruction.
ECHOLALIA * n. 1 An infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others. 2 (psychiatry) Mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia).
BELARUS * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet.
BIPARTITE * s. 1 Divided into two portions almost to the base. 2 Involving two parts or elements.
BIJOU * n. A small and delicately worked piece.
PECKISH * s. 1 Somewhat hungry. 2 Easily irritated or annoyed.
NE'ER * r. Not ever; at no time in the past or future.
EPIGON * n. An inferior imitator of some distinguished writer, artist, or musician.
MCGUFFEY * n. United States educator who compiled the McGuffey Eclectic Readers (1800-1873).
MENELAUS * n. (Greek mythology) The king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen.
DOUBLE-JOINTED * s. Having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers.
INTEGRATOR * n. A measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure.
SELF-REALISATION * n. The fulfillment of your capacities.
WARMLY * r. 1 In a hearty manner. 2 In a warm manner.
HEMSTITCH * --n. 1 A stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups. 2 Embroidery similar to drawnwork. --v. Sew with hemstitches.
HARROWING * s. Extremely painful.
SERVICEBERRY * n. 1 Any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit. 2 Edible purple or red berries.
PALMACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales.
ICTIOBUS * n. Buffalo fishes.
AFFIXED * a. Firmly attached.
CONFEREE * n. 1 A person on whom something is bestowed. 2 A member of a conference.
RESTATEMENT * n. A revised statement.
UNLOOSEN * v. 1 Grant freedom to; free from confinement. 2 Loosen the ties of.
GODLIKE * s. 1 Appropriate to or befitting a god. 2 Being or having the nature of a god.
INSENTIENCE * n. Lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations.
KRUMMHORN * n. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
DESCRIPTIVELY * r. By giving a description.
ABLATED * s. Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization.
TREMATODE * n. Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host.
WROCLAW * n. A city in southwestern Poland on the Oder.
WIRE-HAIRED * s. (especially of dogs) Having stiff wiry hair.
BOOTLESS * s. Unproductive of success.
AUTISTIC * s. Characteristic of or affected with autism.
BAT * --n. 1 Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate. 2 (baseball) A turn trying to get a hit. 3 A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash. 4 The club used in playing cricket. --v. 1 Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat. 2 Wink briefly. 3 Have a turn at bat. 4 Use a bat.
CLAMORING * n. Loud and persistent outcry from many people.
TEETOTAL * --v. Practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages. --s. Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
CAPRICORN * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn. 2 A faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius. 3 The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19.
AVALOKITESVARA * n. A male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people.
PSYCHROMETER * n. A hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air.
CALYSTEGIA * n. Climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed.
FLUTING * n. A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).
TWO-LOBED * s. Having two lobes.
WYCLIFFE * n. English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384).
SYNCOPATOR * n. A musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band).
CALLOW * s. Young and inexperienced.
PORTHOLE * n. 1 A window in a ship or airplane. 2 An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through.
INTERNALISATION * n. Learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself.
LARAMIE * n. A university town in southeast Wyoming.
COMPUTATION * n. 1 The procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods. 2 Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities.
WELL-NIGH * r. (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
SEPARABLE * s. Capable of being divided or dissociated.
VANE * n. 1 Mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind. 2 A fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it. 3 Flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water. 4 The flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
PRETERITE * n. A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense.
PAEONIA * n. Peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers.
SEMITROPICS * n. Regions adjacent to the tropics.
HELIPORT * n. An airport for helicopters.
LIBELLOUS * s. (used of statements) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
EXUDE * v. 1 Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities. 2 Make apparent by one's mood or behavior.
ENCEPHALOPATHY * n. Any disorder or disease of the brain.
PERTAIN * v. 1 Be relevant to. 2 Be a part or attribute of.
SUPERCOMPUTER * n. A mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time.
SILLAGO * n. Type genus of the Sillaginidae.
BRAZILWOOD * n. 1 Heavy wood of various brazilwood trees; used for violin bows and as dyewoods. 2 Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
DANGLING * n. The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely).
SUBSERVIENTLY * r. In an obsequious manner.
MENDELEEV * n. Russian chemist who developed a periodic table of the chemical elements and predicted the discovery of several new elements (1834-1907).
GLUTELIN * n. A simple protein found in the seeds of cereals.
WRONGDOER * n. A person who transgresses moral or civil law.
ECTOMORPHY * n. Slender, weak, and lightweight.
HOSE * --n. 1 Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear). 2 Man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet. 3 A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas. --v. Water with a hose.
TIPTOE * --n. The tip of a toe. --v. Walk on one's toes. --s. Walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise. --r. On tiptoe or as if on tiptoe.
CANTO * n. 1 The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music. 2 A major division of a long poem.
RACINE * n. 1 French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699). 2 A city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee.
CYPRIAN * --n. 1 A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. 2 A native or inhabitant of Cyprus. --a. Of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture. --s. Resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus.
ACULEA * n. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
AMERICANIZE * v. 1 Make American in character. 2 Become American in character.
MAHOUND * n. The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632).
GASSING * n. 1 The process of interacting with gas. 2 The deliberate act of poisoning some person or animal with gas.
CRAFTSMANSHIP * n. Skill in an occupation or trade.
GAMMOPATHY * n. A disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood.
ISOLATED * s. 1 Not close together in time. 2 Being or feeling set or kept apart from others. 3 Marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements. 4 Cut off or left behind.
SEASON * --n. 1 A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field. 2 One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions. 3 A recurrent time marked by major holidays. --v. 1 Lend flavor to. 2 Make fit. 3 Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else.
DECIMALIZE * v. 1 Change from fractions to decimals. 2 Change to the decimal system.
CHAVEZ * n. 1 Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978). 2 United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born 1927).
HAITI * n. 1 A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere. 2 An island in the West Indies.
TRIAGE * n. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
RECONNOITRING * n. Exploring in order to gain information.
POPULATE * v. 1 Be an inhabitant of or reside in. 2 Fill with inhabitants.
KASSITE * n. 1 A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC. 2 An ancient language spoken by the Kassites.
PTAH * n. A major Egyptian god; shaper of the world; father of gods and men; worshipped especially at Memphis.
VENOGRAM * n. An X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium.
MOONLIGHT * --n. The light of the Moon. --v. Work a second job, usually after hours.
NORTH-CENTRAL * s. 1 Being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado. 2 Situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region.
SYNTHESIZER * n. 1 An intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods. 2 (music) An electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments.
BANQUET * --n. 1 A ceremonial dinner party for many people. 2 A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed. --v. 1 Provide a feast or banquet for. 2 Partake in a feast or banquet.
YARN-SPINNING * s. Inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings).
HANDSET * n. Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle.
DIACHRONIC * a. Used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time.
NAD * n. A coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; serves as a reductant in various metabolic processes.
QUERY * --n. An instance of questioning. --v. Pose a question.
DOWNSIDE * n. A negative aspect of something that is generally positive.
SHIELD-SHAPED * s. (of a leaf shape) Round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example).
COALESCENCY * n. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
MOISTNESS * n. A slight wetness.
SEWED * s. Fastened with stitches.
NEENCEPHALON * n. The part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts.
DESERVEDLY * r. As deserved.
CORAL * --n. 1 A variable color averaging a deep pink. 2 The hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry. 3 Unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces. 4 Marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs. --s. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color.
BASOTHO * n. A member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho.
OUTDOOR * a. 1 Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air. 2 Pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities.
TKO * n. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
CRIOLLO * n. 1 A Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish). 2 Cocoa of superior quality.
RB * n. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite.
MOHICAN * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican.
TRICHIURIDAE * n. Cutlassfishes.
MIRACULOUSLY * r. In a miraculous manner.
MYCOBACTERIACEAE * n. A family of bacteria.
DISCLOSURE * n. The speech act of making something evident.
DIALYSIS * n. Separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes.
CROSSHEAD * n. 1 A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text. 2 Metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth.
NONELECTED * s. Filled by appointment rather than by election.
SPINACIA * n. Spinach.
SHUN * v. 1 Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of. 2 Expel from a community or group.
BOREAL * --a. 1 Relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind. 2 Toward or located in the north. --s. Comprising or throughout far northern regions.
IMAGING * n. 1 The ability to form mental images of things or events. 2 (medicine) Obtaining pictures of the interior of the body.
UNINITIATE * --n. People who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity. --s. Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.
INANE * s. Extremely silly or stupid.
PROMISOR * n. A person who makes a promise.
OPALESCE * v. 1 Reflect light or colors like an opal. 2 Exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal.
ELEGANTLY * r. 1 With elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner. 2 In a gracefully elegant manner.
GALILAEAN * --n. An inhabitant of Galilee (an epithet of Jesus Christ). --a. Of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants.
DEPRECIATORY * s. 1 Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value. 2 Tending to diminish or disparage.
BLACKISH * s. Of something that is somewhat black.
COTTAGER * n. Someone who lives in a cottage.
CONVERGENCY * n. 1 The approach of an infinite series to a finite limit. 2 The act of converging (coming closer).
PYRE * n. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite.
UP-TO-DATE * s. 1 Reflecting the latest information or changes. 2 In accord with the most fashionable ideas or style.
SEGREGATOR * n. Someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart.
GODMOTHER * n. Any woman who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism.
DISQUALIFICATION * n. 1 Unfitness that bars you from participation. 2 The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified.
BLAKE * n. Visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827).
PHALAENOPTILUS * n. A genus of Caprimulgidae.
NORTHMOST * s. Situated farthest north.
LASTREOPSIS * n. Tropical terrestrial shield ferns.
LABOURITE * n. A member of the British Labour Party.
SVENGALI * n. 1 Someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding. 2 The musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically.
UNFURNISHED * a. Not equipped with what is needed especially furniture.
KEFLEX * n. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
SETSWANA * n. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana.
WIDEN * v. 1 Become broader or wider or more extensive. 2 Make (clothes) larger. 3 Make wider. 4 Extend in scope or range or area.
MUSTAGH * n. A mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak.
JAILER * n. Someone who guards prisoners.
VAPOROUS * s. 1 So thin as to transmit light. 2 Resembling or characteristic of vapor. 3 Filled with vapor.
FARMSTEAD * n. 1 The buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm. 2 A farm together with its buildings.
SUB * --n. 1 A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. 2 A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes. --v. Be a substitute.
DENTURE * n. A dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth.
DEEP-SEA * s. Of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea.
RUFF * --n. 1 An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal. 2 A high tight collar. 3 Common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season. 4 (card games) The act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit. --v. Play a trump.
IMPURENESS * n. The condition of being impure.
TELEPROCESSING * n. Data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities.
COLD-CREAM * v. Put cold cream on one's face.
SEETHING * s. In constant agitation.
FILE * --n. 1 A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together. 2 A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other. 3 Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order. 4 A steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal. --v. 1 Record in a public office or in a court of law. 2 Smooth with a file. 3 Proceed in line. 4 File a formal charge against.
DRAMATICS * n. 1 Participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity. 2 The art of writing and producing plays.
OSCAR * n. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
A-OK * s. In perfect condition or order.
HOLMIUM * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds.
BIBULOUS * s. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.
SATURN * n. 1 A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun. 2 (Roman mythology) God of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus.
CENTIME * n. 1 A fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo. 2 A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
SIMONIZ * n. A brand of car polish.
ETHIOPIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages.
STAIRHEAD * n. Platform at the top of a staircase.
WHIPPY * s. Bending and snapping back readily without breaking.
HOMOLOGISE * v. Make homologous.
BLANDISH * v. Praise somewhat dishonestly.
BACKSTOP * --n. 1 (baseball) The person who plays the position of catcher. 2 (baseball) A fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field. 3 A precaution in case of an emergency. --v. Act as a backstop.
STROPHANTHUS * n. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds.
COWPUNCHER * n. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
SOMALIA * n. A republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare.
CUR * n. 1 An inferior dog or one of mixed breed. 2 A cowardly and despicable person.
VIOLET-COLORED * s. Having a violet color.
MONOPOLISE * v. 1 Have and control fully and exclusively. 2 Have or exploit a monopoly of.
ASPERSE * v. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.
ERROR-PRONE * s. Capable of making an error.
POOVE * n. Offensive term for a homosexual man.
TARTUFE * n. A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere).
ACKNOWLEDGED * --a. Recognized or made known or admitted. --s. Generally accepted.
ROUSER * n. Someone who rouses others from sleep.
DECHLORINATE * v. Remove chlorine from (water).
FLAGELLATE * --n. A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals. --v. Whip. --a. Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum).
SAKE * n. 1 A reason for wanting something done. 2 Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot. 3 The purpose of achieving or obtaining.
APOCALYPTIC * --s. Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom. --a. Of or relating to an apocalypse.
ENJOYABLENESS * n. Pleasantness resulting from something that can be enjoyed.
SPINNER * n. 1 Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads). 2 Board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game. 3 Fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water.
SLOG * v. 1 Work doggedly or persistently. 2 Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. 3 Strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat.
NONLITERAL * a. (used of the meanings of words or text) Not literal; using figures of speech.
EBUROPHYTON * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae.
CULICIDAE * n. Mosquitoes.
CARYOPHYLLACEAE * n. Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes).
PYOGENIC * a. Producing pus.
MARINELAND * n. A commercial aquarium featuring trained dolphins.
RAILING * n. 1 A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. 2 Material for making rails or rails collectively.
UNCHRISTLIKE * s. Not becoming to or like a Christian.
SAXOPHONE * n. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
ORDURE * n. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
PALANKEEN * n. A closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers.
LILIOPSIDA * n. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
DELIRIOUSLY * r. 1 As if in a delirium. 2 In a delirious manner.
UNRELIABILITY * n. The trait of not being dependable or reliable.
BUCKWHEAT * n. 1 A member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour. 2 Grain ground into flour.
SAYERET * n. Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions.
AREOLATE * a. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
FREETAIL * n. Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions.
HEREBY * r. (formal) By means of this.
UNDATABLE * a. Not capable of being given a date.
DETICK * v. Free (a pet) of ticks.
ROCK-RIBBED * s. 1 Abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps. 2 Tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated.
DEFINITION * n. 1 A concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol. 2 Clarity of outline.
APOPLECTIC * a. Pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy.
NBE * n. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
STREPSICEROS * n. African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks.
FANCYWORK * n. Decorative needlework.
NANTUA * n. White sauce with whipping cream and shrimp butter.
FOREIGNNESS * n. The quality of being alien or not native.
CLEAR * --n. 1 The state of being free of suspicion. 2 A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water. --v. 1 Rid of obstructions. 2 Make a way or path by removing objects. 3 Become clear. 4 Grant authorization or clearance for. --a. 1 Readily apparent to the mind. 2 Allowing light to pass through. 3 Accurately stated or described. 4 Free from clouds or mist or haze. --s. 1 Free from confusion or doubt. 2 Affording free passage or view. 3 Free from contact or proximity or connection. 4 Characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt). --r. 1 Completely. 2 In an easily perceptible manner.
CELLULAR * a. 1 Relating to cells. 2 Characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization).
ARGIVE * --n. A native or inhabitant of the city of Argos. --a. Of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people.
HYDROCHARIS * n. Frogbit.
ELECAMPANE * n. Tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally.
CONFUSION * n. 1 Disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably. 2 A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior. 3 A feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused. 4 An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended.
EVERYMAN * n. The ordinary person.
SWEDEN * n. A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
UNPAINTABLE * a. Not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas.
ROCKSLIDE * n. A landslide of rocks.
EIDERDOWN * n. 1 A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider. 2 Down of the eider duck.
SAGEBRUSH * n. Any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium.
KNISH * n. (Yiddish) A baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack.
MEGASPORANGIUM * n. A plant structure that produces megaspores.
TAPDANCE * v. Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes.
DIVING * n. 1 An athletic competition that involves diving into water. 2 A headlong plunge into water.
OPPROBRIOUS * s. 1 Expressing offensive reproach. 2 (used of conduct or character) Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
WATERBIRD * n. Freshwater aquatic bird.
WASHTUB * n. A tub in which clothes or linens can be washed.
ELASTOPLAST * n. An elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds.
PUSS * n. 1 Obscene terms for female genitals. 2 Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.
AFFINAL * s. (anthropology) Related by marriage.
THRUM * --n. A thrumming sound. --v. 1 Sound with a monotonous hum. 2 Sound the strings of (a stringed instrument). 3 Make a rhythmic sound.
DOSTOEVSKY * n. Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881).
FACER * n. (a dated Briticism) A serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
PROTEOSOME * n. A form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler.
APPOSITIVE * a. Relating to or being in apposition.
CHATEURA * n. A genus of Apodidae.
NICU * n. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn.
GOOGLE * --n. A widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search. --v. Search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine.
THIRTY-THREE * s. Being three more than thirty.
TOPHUS * n. 1 A deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout. 2 An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums.
HETEROZYGOSITY * n. The state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene.
HELEODYTES * n. Alternative classifications for the cactus wrens.
GROIN * --n. 1 The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals. 2 A curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults. 3 A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away. --v. Build with groins.
NEUROFIBROMATOSIS * n. Autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities.
OVERACHIEVER * n. A student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated.
FARTHER * --s. 1 More distant in especially space or time. 2 More distant in especially degree. --r. 1 To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense). 2 To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense).
ISOCLINIC * s. Having equal magnetic inclinations.
SUPERSYMMETRY * n. (physics) A theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces.
CONVOLVE * v. Curl, wind, or twist together.
AMOY * n. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
HOMEL * n. Industrial city of Belarus to the southeast of Minsk.
SAILING-RACE * n. A race between crews of people in yachts.
GNASH * v. Grind together, of teeth.
ARCHIDIACONAL * a. Of or relating to an archdeacon or his office.
HOODLUM * n. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
FAVOUR * --n. 1 A feeling of favorable regard. 2 An inclination to approve. 3 An advantage to the benefit of someone or something. 4 Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party. --v. 1 Treat gently or carefully. 2 Bestow a privilege upon. 3 Promote over another. 4 Consider as the favorite.
UNSUNG * s. 1 Not famous or acclaimed. 2 Having value that is not acknowledged.
STUFF * --n. 1 The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. 2 Miscellaneous unspecified objects. 3 Informal terms for personal possessions. 4 Senseless talk. --v. 1 Cram into a cavity. 2 Press or force. 3 Obstruct. 4 Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
AERIDES * n. Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
POLONY * n. Another name for Bologna sausage.
CAMOUFLAGE * --n. 1 An outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something. 2 Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background. 3 Device or stratagem for concealment or deceit. 4 The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance. --v. Disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something.
DIAPASON * n. Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ.
DECIMAL * --n. 1 A proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10. 2 A number in the decimal system. --s. Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten.
EYE * --n. 1 The organ of sight. 2 Good discernment (either visually or as if visually). 3 Attention to what is seen. 4 An area that is approximately central within some larger region. --v. Look at.
ANABIOTIC * a. Of or related to the state of anabiosis.
DRONABINOL * n. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy.
UNCLUTTERED * s. Having nothing extraneous.
FORMED * a. Having or given a form or shape.
OGIVE * n. Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.
XIPHIAS * n. Type genus of the Xiphiidae.
PORBEAGLE * n. Voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific.
VARIABLE * --n. 1 Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation. 2 A quantity that can assume any of a set of values. 3 A star that varies noticeably in brightness. 4 A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity. --a. Liable to or capable of change. --s. 1 Marked by diversity or difference. 2 (used of a device) Designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied.
COMMODIOUSNESS * n. Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building).
YOSEMITE * n. A series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year.
MASOCHISTICALLY * r. In a masochistic manner.
REPERTORY * n. 1 A storehouse where a stock of things is kept. 2 The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation. 3 A collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule. 4 A theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire.
JEW-BAITER * n. Someone who hates and would persecute Jews.
UNREPENTANTLY * r. In an impenitent manner.
APPLICABLE * s. Capable of being applied; having relevance.
RAPTUS * n. 1 A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease. 2 A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
TUNEFUL * a. Having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune.
CREDITABLY * r. To a tolerably worthy extent.
OPHTHALMOSCOPY * n. Examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope.
TAKEOVER * n. 1 A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force. 2 A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation.
LOOM * --n. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile. --v. 1 Come into view indistinctly, often threateningly. 2 Appear very large or occupy a commanding position. 3 Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. 4 Weave on a loom.
BATTY * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
ACREAGE * n. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
CONTRIVANCE * n. 1 A device or control that is very useful for a particular job. 2 The faculty of contriving; inventive skill. 3 An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade. 4 An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc..
OCCAM * n. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
FLASH-FROZEN * s. (used of foods) Preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value.
NURSEMAID * n. A woman who is the custodian of children.
PROPOSAL * n. 1 Something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). 2 An offer of marriage. 3 The act of making a proposal.
INEXORABLENESS * n. Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up.
UNRESISTING * s. Offering no resistance.
MONOSEMY * n. Having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases.
UNCOMBABLE * s. Not capable of being combed.
ABSTINENT * --n. A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages. --s. Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink.
NARCOTIZE * v. Administer narcotics to.
OSCILLATE * v. 1 Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. 2 Move or swing from side to side regularly.
GASP * --n. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open. --v. Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.
ASSERTION * n. 1 A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary). 2 The act of affirming or asserting or stating something.
PACESETTER * n. 1 A leading instance in its field. 2 A horse used to set the pace in racing.
BATHTUB * n. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
BACTERIOSTATIC * a. Of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis.
JAGHATAI * n. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
LATHERY * a. Resembling lather or covered with lather.
ATRIPLEX * n. Orach; saltbush.
SPACIAL * a. Pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space.
APOSIOPETIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis.
CONFUSEDLY * r. In a confused manner.
LANGUISH * v. 1 Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief. 2 Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. 3 Become feeble.
BELDAME * n. 1 An ugly evil-looking old woman. 2 A woman of advanced age.
PLAYED * a. (of games) Engaged in.
KERATODERMA * n. Any skin disorder consisting of a growth that appears horny.
PROPULSIVE * --a. Having the power to propel. --s. Tending to or capable of propelling.
SWELLED * s. Feeling self-importance.
ROI * n. (corporate finance) The amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paid.
SENSATION * n. 1 An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation. 2 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 3 A general feeling of excitement and heightened interest. 4 A state of widespread public excitement and interest.
NECKLESS * a. Lacking or apparently lacking a neck.
POTEEN * n. Unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey.
CANTED * s. Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
LEUKEMIA * n. Malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer.
DURIO * n. A genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae.
INTRANSITIVISE * v. Intransitivize.
FADEOUT * n. 1 A slow or gradual disappearance. 2 A gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances.
MAILLOT * n. 1 A woman's one-piece bathing suit. 2 Tights for dancers or gymnasts.
MUNICIPAL * --a. Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality. --s. Of or relating to the government of a municipality.
ARTSY-CRAFTSY * s. Pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
GAOLER * n. Someone who guards prisoners.
GROTESQUELY * r. In a grotesque manner.
FLINDOSY * n. Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
TESTCROSS * n. A cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring.
BLUISH-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with blue.
BANKRUPTCY * n. 1 A state of complete lack of some abstract property. 2 Inability to discharge all your debts as they come due. 3 A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent.
JOCUND * s. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.
GREMLIN * n. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
BIMESTRIAL * s. 1 Occurring every two months. 2 Two months long; lasting two months.
BUSLOAD * n. The quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry.
CHEERLEADER * n. 1 An enthusiastic and vocal supporter. 2 Someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event.
CROSS-FILE * v. Have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties.
MOLLAH * n. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque.
INEXCUSABLE * --a. Without excuse or justification. --s. Not excusable.
MYTHOLOGIC * s. Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity.
RURITANIAN * --n. An imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Ruritania (or any other imaginary country).
SELVAGE * n. 1 Border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet. 2 The edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray.
AMANITA * n. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
ARSENIDE * n. A compound of arsenic with a more positive element.
OVOID * --n. An egg-shaped object. --s. Rounded like an egg.
STALINO * n. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
ACATALECTIC * --n. (prosody) A line of verse that has the full number of syllables. --a. (verse) Metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.
KINK * --n. 1 A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British). 2 A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. 3 A person with unusual sexual tastes. 4 An eccentric idea. --v. 1 Curl tightly. 2 Form a curl, curve, or kink.
INAUDIBLE * a. Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear.
CAPILLARITY * n. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries.
DINKA * n. A Nilotic language.
DARAF * n. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
ANKUS * n. An elephant goad with a sharp spike and a hook.
HYPOBASIDIUM * n. Special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales.
HORSEBOX * n. A conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses.
COVETOUS * s. 1 Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages. 2 Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
CEPPHUS * n. A genus of birds including: guillemots.
HANDWRITE * v. Write by hand.
SHIPMENT * n. 1 Goods carried by a large vehicle. 2 The act of sending off something.
RABBIT-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a rabbit.
CYPRIPEDIA * n. A plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium.
TOPPING * --n. A flavorful addition on top of a dish. --s. Excellent; best possible.
CANNULA * n. A small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication.
N.Y. * n. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
UNDAUNTED * s. 1 Unshaken in purpose. 2 Resolutely courageous.
BRICOLE * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
CROTTLE * n. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
HARDBOARD * n. A cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin.
ERGODIC * s. Positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions.
HOUSEBROKEN * s. (of pets) Trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place.
PERITHECIUM * n. Flask-shaped ascocarp.
SMELTERY * n. An industrial plant for smelting.
THALICTRUM * n. Widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue.
NILO-SAHARAN * n. A family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania.
CROSS-INDEX * --n. A reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work. --v. Make an index that refers from one point to the next.
BELLWETHER * n. 1 Someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity. 2 Sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell.
COMICAL * s. Arousing or provoking laughter.
KANDINSKY * n. Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944).
DETRIBALISATION * n. 1 The act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living. 2 The decline or termination of tribal organization.
XENOTIME * n. A brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form.
SCOLYMUS * n. Small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region.
PLOWER * n. A man who plows.
INTERREFLECTION * n. Reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces.
ASGARD * n. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
UNDERCOAT * --n. 1 Seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion. 2 The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface. 3 Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair. --v. Cover with a primer; apply a primer to.
ESPECIAL * s. Surpassing what is common or usual or expected.
FINEABLE * s. Liable to a fine.
HARTFORD * n. The state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business.
GLYCOSIDE * n. A group of compounds derived from monosaccharides.
HEMOSIDEROSIS * n. Abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis.
CHEREMIS * n. 1 A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis.
LOTH * s. 1 Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom. 2 (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
UNUNTRIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
WRYNECK * n. 1 An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted. 2 Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck.
RECYCLABLE * s. Capable of being used again.
REMEMBERING * n. The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered.
HAIRSTYLIST * n. Someone who cuts or beautifies hair.
EMERGENCE * n. 1 The gradual beginning or coming forth. 2 The becoming visible. 3 The act of emerging. 4 The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent.
WORDILY * r. In a verbose manner.
ISOHEL * n. An isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine.
AGUEWEED * n. 1 Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers. 2 Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.
SOFTBACK * n. A book with paper covers.
MAYBE * r. By chance.
OUTSPOKENNESS * n. The trait of being blunt and outspoken.
CH'ING * n. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu.
INFLAMMATION * n. 1 A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat. 2 The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up. 3 Arousal to violent emotion. 4 The act of setting something on fire.
WIZEN * s. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
UNSPOILT * s. Not left to spoil.
SHARP-EARED * s. Having keen hearing.
DISFORESTATION * n. The removal of trees.
VENTURE * --n. 1 Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome. 2 An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits. 3 A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit. --v. 1 Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers. 2 Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. 3 Put at risk.
BAMBINO * n. A young child.
SLOGANEER * --n. Someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause. --v. Coin new slogans.
ACTAEA * n. Baneberry.
INCONEL * n. A nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron; used in gas-turbine blades.
CANNONADE * --n. Intense and continuous artillery fire. --v. Attack with cannons or artillery.
PALEOETHNOGRAPHY * n. The ethnography of paleolithic humans.
ASTROGATE * v. 1 Guide in interplanetary travel. 2 Navigate in space.
SOLLERET * n. Armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel.
MDI * n. A Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; opposes missionary groups from the United States; has Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as its armed wing.
CALLIMORPHA * n. Cinnabar moths.
VASTNESS * n. Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.
WHITEWOOD * n. Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer.
STOCKINET * n. Knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments.
SPARMANNIA * n. Small genus of tropical African shrubs.
MOULMEIN * n. A port city of southern Myanmar on the Gulf of Martaban.
TOP-SECRET * s. The highest official level of classification of documents.
ABUTMENT * n. 1 Point of contact between two objects or parts. 2 A masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge.
YOWL * --n. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). --v. 1 Cry loudly, as of animals. 2 Utter shrieks, as of cats.
ERADICATOR * n. Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects).
COMMUNION * n. 1 The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist. 2 Sharing thoughts and feelings. 3 (Christianity) A group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites.
SOU'-SOU'-EAST * --n. The compass point midway between south and southeast. --r. To, toward, or in the south southeast.
SIALIS * n. Type genus of the Sialidae.
TRACTABLE * --a. Easily managed (controlled or taught or molded). --s. Responsive to suggestions and influences.
DELORME * n. French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570).
STROLL * --n. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place). --v. Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.
SCENT * --n. 1 A distinctive odor that is pleasant. 2 An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced. 3 Any property detected by the olfactory system. --v. 1 Cause to smell or be smelly. 2 Catch the scent of; get wind of. 3 Apply perfume to.
ABC'S * n. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
COLESLAW * n. Basically shredded cabbage.
CARBON * n. 1 An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds. 2 A thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper. 3 A copy made with carbon paper.
BATTLEWAGON * n. Large and heavily armoured warship.
SWAN * --n. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult. --v. 1 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. 2 Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. 3 Sweep majestically.
IRRITATING * s. 1 Causing irritation or annoyance. 2 (used of physical stimuli) Serving to stimulate or excite. 3 Causing physical discomfort.
DIAGNOSTICIAN * n. A doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis.
PANHYSTERECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes.
HELLHOUND * n. 1 A very evil man. 2 (Greek mythology) The three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon.
COMBUSTIVE * s. Supporting combustion.
JABOTICABA * n. 1 Small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches. 2 Tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil.
MECHANIC * --n. 1 A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools. 2 Someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles. --s. Resembling the action of a machine.
ONE-THIRD * n. One of three equal parts of a divisible whole.
WIMP * n. 1 A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. 2 A hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe.
DICKENSIAN * a. Of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions).
IXL * s. Being nine more than thirty.
MYOSITIS * n. Inflammation of muscle tissue.
RUSSIA * n. 1 A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991. 2 Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia. 3 A former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917. 4 A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state.
OCHRONOSIS * n. An accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning.
ARISTOCRAT * n. A member of the aristocracy.
IMMIX * v. Mix together different elements.
TITIVATION * n. Sprucing up; making decorative additions to.
FORTHRIGHTNESS * n. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
JOYRIDE * --n. A ride in a car taken solely for pleasure. --v. Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it.
POSTPOSITION * n. (linguistics) The placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached).
COSTLINESS * n. The quality possessed by something with a great price or value.
MASEFIELD * n. English poet (1878-1967).
WRECKER * n. 1 Someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job. 2 Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks. 3 A truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones).
BUBBLINESS * n. The property of giving off bubbles.
ALIEN * --n. 1 A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country. 2 Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. 3 A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere. --v. Transfer property or ownership. --s. 1 Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something. 2 Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
JANISSARY * n. 1 A loyal supporter. 2 A Turkish soldier.
TERRITORIALLY * r. With respect to territory.
GALLIA * n. An ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands.
300TH * s. The ordinal number of three hundred in counting order.
LIBYAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Libya. --a. Of or relating to Libya or its people.
MENTZELIA * n. Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.
GENTRIFY * v. Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations.
SPILOGALE * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
PLASTICITY * n. The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.
HIRED * --s. Having services engaged for a fee. --a. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
ONANIST * n. A person who practices masturbation.
ISHTAR * n. Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte.
DEERSKIN * n. Leather from the hide of a deer.
ARBITRATIONAL * a. Relating to or resulting from arbitration.
RADIO-CONTROLLED * s. Operated and guided by radio.
MEEK * s. 1 Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness. 2 Very docile. 3 Evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant.
AUGMENTIN * n. An antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections.
GENEROSITY * n. 1 The trait of being willing to give your money or time. 2 Acting generously.
ENVIRONMENTALIST * n. Someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution.
MULTITUDE * n. 1 A large indefinite number. 2 A large gathering of people. 3 The common people generally.
EBLIS * n. (Islam) The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
FAINTHEARTEDNESS * n. The trait of lacking boldness and courage.
SOFIA * n. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
HUGOESQUE * a. In the manner of Victor Hugo.
PATHOLOGIC * --s. Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology. --a. Of or relating to the practice of pathology.
TRIBONEMA * n. Type genus of Tribonemaceae.
PAPERLIKE * a. Of or like paper.
ICONIC * a. Relating to or having the characteristics on an icon.
LITHOMANCY * n. Divination by means of stones or stone talismans.
MARSUPIUM * n. An external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled.
VANILLIN * n. A crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings.
CODEINE * n. Derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relieve pain).
EMBARKMENT * n. The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft.
PATRONIZING * s. (used of behavior or attitude) Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension.
COASTGUARD * n. A military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters.
CATAPLASM * n. A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc..
AEON * n. 1 (Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe. 2 The longest division of geological time. 3 An immeasurably long period of time.
WIGGLER * n. 1 One who can't stay still (especially a child). 2 Larva of a mosquito. 3 Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
LOCUS * n. 1 The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting). 2 The specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome. 3 The set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions.
FRUTICULOSE * a. Of or relating to or resembling a shrub.
WIGGED * a. Wearing a wig.
FLYWEIGHT * n. 1 Weighs no more than 115 pounds. 2 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds.
SACLANT * n. Commanding officer of ACLANT; a general of the United States Army nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the North Atlantic Council.
GRITTY * s. 1 Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. 2 Willing to face danger.
TREMOR * --n. 1 An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear). 2 A small earthquake. 3 Shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease). --v. Shake with seismic vibrations.
MEGASPOROPHYLL * n. In non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia.
ECHOLOCATION * n. Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it.
LEUCOMA * n. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
RETINOL * n. An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene.
ALKYLIC * a. Of or related to an alkyl.
CAMELUS * n. Type genus of the Camelidae: camels.
BOFFO * s. Resoundingly successful and popular.
KNEE-HI * n. A sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees.
BAUHAUS * n. A German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918.
PARTAKER * n. Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share.
KIRPAN * n. A ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times.
ROSEBUSH * n. Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses.
DETERMINABLE * a. Capable of being determined or limited or fixed.
FELICITY * n. 1 Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression). 2 State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
BETISE * n. A stupid mistake.
OUTERCOURSE * n. Sexual stimulation without vaginal penetration.
ARTICULATIVE * a. Of or relating to articulation.
BLITT * n. A bachelor's degree in literature.
OXTANT * n. A unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant.
SCOFF * --n. Showing your contempt by derision. --v. 1 Laugh at with contempt and derision. 2 Treat with contemptuous disregard.
SCIENTIFIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the practice of science. 2 Conforming with the principles or methods used in science.
TASSET * n. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
IMPEACH * v. 1 Challenge the honesty or veracity of. 2 Charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office. 3 Bring an accusation against; level a charge against.
PROMISCUOUSNESS * n. Indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations.
PARANORMAL * a. 1 Seemingly outside normal sensory channels. 2 Not in accordance with scientific laws.
FOUR-POUNDER * n. An artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds.
SESELI * n. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
PREEN * v. 1 Clean with one's bill. 2 Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement. 3 Dress or groom with elaborate care.
POSITIONABLE * a. Capable of being positioned.
SAUSAGE-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a sausage.
MOLT * --n. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles. --v. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
PANAX * n. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng.
BOUNCY * s. 1 Elastic; rebounds readily. 2 Marked by lively action.
CRAPSHOOT * n. 1 A risky and uncertain venture. 2 Playing craps.
BONGO * n. 1 A small drum; played with the hands. 2 Large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns.
GIZEH * n. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx.
FRESHENER * n. Anything that freshens.
SOU'EASTER * n. A strong wind from the southeast.
MNEMOTECHNIC * a. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
SYLLABISE * v. 1 Divide into syllables. 2 Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable.
ANDANTINO * s. (of tempo) Moderately fast.
FIENDISHLY * r. As a devil; in an evil manner.
ALLOGAMY * n. Cross-fertilization in plants.
STONEMASON * n. A craftsman who works with stone or brick.
TERMINATOR * n. Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects).
TSOUIC * n. A Formosan language.
LANCHOW * n. The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.
RIDDANCE * n. 1 The act of removing or getting rid of something. 2 The act of forcing out someone or something.
CONESSI * n. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
BERTILLON * n. French criminologist (1853-1914).
ESSAY * --n. 1 An analytic or interpretive literary composition. 2 A tentative attempt. --v. 1 Make an effort or attempt. 2 Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.
SYMBOLOGY * n. The study or the use of symbols and symbolism.
CROSS-EYED * a. Having convergent strabismus.
BACH * --n. 1 German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750). 2 The music of Bach. --v. Lead a bachelor's existence.
QUELL * v. 1 Suppress or crush completely. 2 Overcome or allay.
ARROGATE * v. 1 Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to. 2 Make undue claims to having. 3 Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
STARGAZING * n. Observation of the stars.
MILDLY * r. 1 To a moderate degree. 2 In a gentle manner.
ANTHERIDIUM * n. The male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers.
PINATA * n. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks.
OCEANUS * n. (Greek mythology) God of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology.
FONT * n. 1 A specific size and style of type within a type family. 2 Bowl for baptismal water.
SPHINGINE * a. Resembling a sphinx.
DISRESPECTFULLY * r. In a disrespectful manner.
BALLAST * --n. 1 Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship. 2 Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads. 3 An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings. 4 A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations). --v. Make steady with a ballast.
TOWBOAT * n. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.
UNCONSUMED * s. Not consumed.
DESKBOUND * s. Restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity.
ENTEROLITH * n. A calculus occurring in the intestines.
SHUTOUT * n. A defeat in a game where one side fails to score.
GUNFLINT * n. The piece of flint that provides the igniting spark in a flintlock weapon.
LM * n. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
XANTHELASMA * n. Xanthoma of the eyelids; occurs chiefly in the elderly.
SYNAPSID * n. Extinct reptile having a single pair of lateral temporal openings in the skull.
FOTHERGILLA * n. 1 Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains. 2 Small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States.
SERB * n. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
ILL-FORMED * a. Not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage.
NONBEING * n. The state of not being.
INTRANSITIVELY * r. In an intransitive manner.
ROUND-FACED * s. Having a round face.
SNOOTY * s. (used colloquially) Overly conceited or arrogant.
CABINETMAKER * n. A woodworker who specializes in making furniture.
DIDACTIC * s. Instructive (especially excessively).
DOURA * n. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
GOND * n. A member of a formerly tribal people in south central India.
CANNIKIN * n. 1 A wooden bucket. 2 A small can.
PIQUE * --n. 1 Tightly woven fabric with raised cords. 2 A sudden outburst of anger. --v. Cause to feel resentment or indignation.
UNSTAINED * --a. Not stained. --s. 1 Not having a coating of stain or varnish. 2 Without soil or spot or stain. 3 (of reputation) Free from blemishes.
CONSCRIPT * --n. Someone who is drafted into military service. --v. Enroll into service compulsorily.
IMPERMEABLE * a. Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through.
TALK * --n. 1 An exchange of ideas via conversation. 2 Discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'). 3 The act of giving a talk to an audience. 4 A speech that is open to the public. --v. 1 Exchange thoughts; talk with. 2 Express in speech. 3 Use language. 4 Reveal information.
GARRET * n. Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage.
EMPTY-HEADED * s. Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
HOSTEL * n. 1 A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers. 2 Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips).
DEAD * --n. 1 People who are no longer living. 2 A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense. --a. 1 No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life. 2 Not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat. --s. 1 Very tired. 2 Unerringly accurate. 3 Physically inactive. 4 (followed by `to') Not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive. --r. 1 Quickly and without warning. 2 Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers.
POLLINATION * n. Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant.
SNIFFLE * --n. The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested). --v. 1 Cry or whine with snuffling. 2 Inhale audibly through the nose.
HOT-DOG * v. Perform intricate maneuvers while skiing.
LEYDEN * n. A city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620.
VENT * --n. 1 A hole for the escape of gas or air. 2 External opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate. 3 A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. 4 A slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket). --v. 1 Give expression or utterance to. 2 Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen.
NICKER * --n. The characteristic sounds made by a horse. --v. Make a characteristic sound, of a horse.
SYLLABIFICATION * n. Forming or dividing words into syllables.
VALINE * n. An essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults.
THOMOMYS * n. Western pocket gophers.
FINNISH * --n. The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland.
TELESCOPIUM * n. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara.
SPILLIKIN * n. A thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws.
ABSTEMIOUSLY * r. In a sparing manner; without overindulgence.
SALVAGE * --n. 1 Property or goods saved from damage or destruction. 2 The act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction. 3 The act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire. --v. 1 Save from ruin, destruction, or harm. 2 Collect discarded material.
SKIMPY * s. 1 Containing little excess. 2 (of clothing) Revealing the body.
REBOXETINE * n. An antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine.
RESORCINOL * n. A crystalline phenol obtained from various resins; used in ointments for acne and in dandruff shampoos.
ORUDIS * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail).
STILL-HUNT * v. Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing.
SUBVOCALIZE * v. Articulate without making audible sounds.
PLEASE * --v. 1 Give pleasure to or be pleasing to. 2 Be the will of or have the will (to). 3 Give satisfaction. --r. Used in polite request.
SERAGLIO * n. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
MANACLE * --n. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. --v. Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs.
SMOOTHER * n. A power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor.
TWIDDLER * n. Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner.
POITIERS * n. The battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French.
BURNING * --n. 1 The act of burning something. 2 Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire. 3 A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light. 4 Execution by electricity. --s. Of immediate import.
UNEXPLOITED * a. Not developed, improved, exploited or used.
LASCAR * n. 1 An East Indian sailor. 2 A volcano in the Andes in Chile.
MICROPROCESSOR * n. Integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system.
UPPITY * s. Presumptuously arrogant.
NEEDLE-BUSH * n. Shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia.
ELEMI * n. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
NATURALISATION * n. 1 The quality of being brought into conformity with nature. 2 The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship. 3 The introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous. 4 Changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology.
AMBROSE * n. (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).
POSY * n. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
ANTISEMITIC * a. Relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews.
UNNATURALNESS * n. The quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles.
MULTIFLORA * n. Vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock.
SPECIFIER * n. Someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent).
BARRIO * n. 1 A Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States). 2 An urban area in a Spanish-speaking country.
STOMPER * n. Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground.
SUSLIK * n. Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel.
LYCOPODIUM * n. Type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations.
KNOBBLE * n. A small knob.
ALLOTROPIC * a. Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism.
CRAZINESS * n. 1 Informal terms for insanity. 2 The quality of being rash and foolish. 3 Foolish or senseless behavior.
PIRANHA * n. 1 Someone who attacks in search of booty. 2 Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
CANOEIST * n. Someone paddling a canoe.
FIFTY-TWO * s. Being two more than fifty.
WEAL * n. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions.
DESCRIBABLE * s. Capable of being described.
MALTREATMENT * n. Cruel or inhumane treatment.
INNOVATION * n. 1 A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation. 2 The creation of something in the mind. 3 The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
PESTERED * s. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
UNASKED * s. Uninvited.
WEALTHINESS * n. The state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money.
ARECA * n. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
ARTERIOLAR * a. Of or relating to or involving arterioles.
UNBROKEN * --a. 1 Marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence. 2 (of farmland) Not plowed. 3 (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded. 4 Not broken; whole and intact; in one piece. --s. Not subdued or trained for service or use.
LIBERALISATION * n. The act of making less strict.
SELF-REALIZATION * n. The fulfillment of your capacities.
WLAN * n. A local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol.
COLISEUM * n. An oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held.
DEEP-MINED * s. Of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine.
SORICIDAE * n. Shrews.
CENTIMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
LUDO * n. A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.
COMPETENCY * n. The quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually.
OMNIPRESENCE * n. The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
HALMA * n. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
BLACKENING * n. Changing to a darker color.
GEOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or based on geology.
PASTURELAND * n. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
PROROGATION * n. Discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it.
EXPATIATE * v. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing.
TOUCH-AND-GO * s. Fraught with danger.
MEDIUM-DRY * s. Of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry.
PIGNOLIA * n. Edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America.
PERINATAL * a. Occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after).
CRP * n. A byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation.
PERGOLA * n. A framework that supports climbing plants.
LULU * n. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
MEXICANO * n. A Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States.
BIOGENESIS * n. 1 Production of a chemical compound by a living organism. 2 The production of living organisms from other living organisms.
VIBRATO * n. (music) A pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch.
MIC * n. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
SOWN * s. Sprinkled with seed.
CHEETAH * n. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game.
DESCARTES * n. French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650).
LOVE-SONG * n. A song about love or expressing love for another person.
DESIST * v. Choose not to consume.
YGDRASIL * n. (Norse mythology) A huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together.
MISGIVING * n. 1 Uneasiness about the fitness of an action. 2 Painful expectation. 3 Doubt about someone's honesty.
GOODBY * n. A farewell remark.
BIDDER * n. 1 Someone who makes an offer. 2 Someone who makes a bid at cards.
DARKISH * s. Slightly dark.
ELAPSE * v. Pass by.
JERRY-BUILDING * n. Construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit.
AT * n. 1 A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium. 2 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos.
SCANTNESS * n. The quality of being meager.
KNOBBY * s. Having knobs.
MYSTICALLY * r. In a mystical manner.
ALCHEMISTICAL * a. Of or relating to alchemists.
COWPOX * n. A viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox.
INTENSIVELY * r. In an intensive manner.
AGAPORNIS * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
ANALYZE * v. 1 Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning. 2 Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features. 3 Break down into components or essential features. 4 Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
DD * n. A doctor's degree in religion.
PROSPECTOR * n. Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits.
PERCENTILE * n. (statistics) Any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total.
FRAUD * n. 1 Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person. 2 A person who makes deceitful pretenses. 3 Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
PENTANGULAR * a. Of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon.
UNMATED * --a. Not mated sexually. --s. Of the remaining member of a pair.
GENTEELLY * r. In a genteel manner.
LUBE * --n. A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery. --v. Apply a lubricant to.
UNMEANING * s. Without meaning.
BLASPHEMY * n. 1 Blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred). 2 Blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character.
CHRISTMAS * n. 1 Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6. 2 A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland.
BLARNEY * --n. Flattery designed to gain favor. --v. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
SOOTHING * s. 1 Affording physical relief. 2 Freeing from fear and anxiety.
UNBRIDGEABLE * a. Not bridgeable.
RETINENE * n. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light.
ROWAN * n. Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits.
ERIOPHYLLUM * n. Genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America.
ANTISEPTIC * --n. A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues. --a. Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms. --s. 1 Clean and honest. 2 Freeing from error or corruption. 3 Devoid of objectionable language.
UNLOGICAL * a. Lacking in correct logical relation.
CORRECTION * n. 1 The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. 2 A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure. 3 Something substituted for an error. 4 A rebuke for making a mistake.
CAPORETTO * n. Battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces.
DEBONED * s. Having had the bones removed.
CHAETOGNATHA * n. Arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms.
WIKIUP * n. A lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States.
MYOGLOBINURIA * n. The presence of myoglobin in the urine.
SPENDER * n. 1 English poet and critic (1909-1995). 2 Someone who spends money prodigally. 3 Someone who spends money to purchase goods or services.
SYMBOLIZE * v. 1 Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol. 2 Represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols.
PRECIPITATENESS * n. The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
SOH * n. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
VITHARR * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok.
WEALD * n. An area of open or forested country.
DISPUTATIVE * s. Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.
NERVOUS * --s. 1 Easily agitated. 2 Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. 3 Excited in anticipation. 4 Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses). --a. Of or relating to the nervous system.
UNSEGMENTED * s. Having a body that is not divided into segments.
VICIOUSNESS * n. The trait of extreme cruelty.
AGONIST * n. 1 The principal character in a work of fiction. 2 Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon). 3 A muscle that contracts while another relaxes. 4 (biochemistry) A drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
HOENIR * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind.
BAPTISTERY * n. Bowl for baptismal water.
FAISAL * n. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
CRUISERWEIGHT * n. A professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds.
PROCEED * v. 1 Continue talking. 2 Move ahead; travel onward in time or space. 3 Follow a procedure or take a course. 4 Follow a certain course.
DISMANTLE * v. 1 Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. 2 Take apart into its constituent pieces. 3 Take off or remove.
APEREA * n. South American cavy; possibly ancestral to the domestic guinea pig.
UNSTAGED * a. Not performed on the stage.
FOG * --n. 1 Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground. 2 An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance. 3 Confusion characterized by lack of clarity. --v. Make less visible or unclear.
PATRAS * n. A port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages.
PETROCOPTIS * n. Perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis.
EXOTERIC * a. Suitable for the general public.
TANGENCY * n. 1 The state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing. 2 (electronics) A junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.
PROMPT * --n. 1 A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken). 2 (computer science) A symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command. --v. 1 Give an incentive for action. 2 Serve as the inciting cause of. 3 Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned. --s. 1 According to schedule or without delay; on time. 2 Ready and willing or quick to act. 3 Performed with little or no delay.
MYRINGECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the eardrum.
HYPERON * n. Any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron.
IMBROGLIO * n. 1 An intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation. 2 A very embarrassing misunderstanding.
HANDMAID * n. 1 In a subordinate position. 2 A personal maid or female attendant.
ETHER * n. 1 The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies. 2 Any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom. 3 A medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves. 4 A colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
ACCOMMODATOR * n. Someone who performs a service or does a favor.
PLATONIST * n. An advocate of Platonism.
E.G. * r. As an example.
OMEGA * n. 1 The ending of a series or sequence. 2 The last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet.
QUIETIST * n. A religious mystic who follows quietism.
ANAMORPHISM * n. 1 The evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes. 2 Metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals. 3 A distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner.
CRANIAL * a. Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain.
ISOPTERA * n. Order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota.
APNEA * n. Transient cessation of respiration.
DUCK-BILLED * s. Having a beak resembling that of a duck.
PACHYDERMAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms.
EYELID * n. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
SCHOOLCHILD * n. A young person attending school (up through senior high school).
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY * n. The study of drugs that affect the mind.
BIDDING * n. 1 An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. 2 A request to be present. 3 (bridge) The number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.
NON-WATER-SOLUBLE * s. Not soluble in water.
ELECTROMOTIVE * a. Concerned with or producing electric current.
LOGROLLING * n. 1 Act of exchanging favors for mutual gain; especially trading of influence or votes among legislators to gain passage of certain projects. 2 Rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport).
RAPIER * n. A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.
ELECTROLYTIC * --n. A fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte. --a. 1 Of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis. 2 Of or relating to or containing an electrolyte.
INTONED * s. Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting.
CONCERTINA * --n. 1 Coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle. 2 Free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds. --v. Collapse like a concertina.
MALUS * n. Apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere.
STOKOWSKI * n. United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977).
TRIER * n. 1 One (as a judge) who examines and settles a case. 2 One who tries.
CONURBATION * n. An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
DEINOCHEIRUS * n. Lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck.
OVERBEARINGLY * r. In an overbearing manner.
AMATEURISHNESS * n. Something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency.
COINSURANCE * n. Insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters.
COHAN * n. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
DEPRESSURIZE * v. Decrease the pressure of.
NOMBRIL * n. The center point on a shield.
PHAETHONTIDAE * n. Tropicbirds.
BLASTULA * n. Early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs.
FANTASIST * n. A creator of fantasies.
APOCALYPTICAL * s. Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
TREACHERY * n. 1 Betrayal of a trust. 2 An act of deliberate betrayal.
LADYLIKE * s. Befitting a woman of good breeding.
CELANDINE * n. 1 North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil. 2 Perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers.
PURPOSEFUL * --a. Serving as or indicating the existence of a purpose or goal. --s. Having meaning through having an aim.
LOUSINESS * n. 1 Infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching. 2 The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions.
MENINGIOMA * n. A tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant.
DEISTIC * a. Of or relating to deism.
DESTALINISE * v. Counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism.
OVERTURN * --n. 1 The act of upsetting something. 2 An improbable and unexpected victory. --v. 1 Turn from an upright or normal position. 2 Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. 3 Rule against. 4 Cause the downfall of; of rulers.
SOUFFLOT * n. French architect (1713-1780).
BLOGGER * n. A person who keeps and updates a blog.
FLOATER * n. 1 Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens. 2 A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills). 3 A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support. 4 An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed.
SCLEROTINIACEAE * n. A fungus family of order Helotiales.
ZOOMASTIGINA * n. In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; holozoic or saprozoic flagellates.
LISTLESSNESS * n. 1 A feeling of lack of interest or energy. 2 Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.
SINGULARISE * v. Distinguish as singular.
BUTCH * --n. 1 (slang) Offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. 2 A closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys. --s. 1 Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner. 2 (of male or female homosexuals) Characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance.
PIPE * --n. 1 A tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco. 2 A long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.. 3 A hollow cylindrical shape. 4 A tubular wind instrument. --v. 1 Utter a shrill cry. 2 Transport by pipeline. 3 Play on a pipe. 4 Trim with piping.
OYSTERFISH * n. A variety of toadfish.
GALANTINE * n. Boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold.
LIBERATION * n. 1 The act of liberating someone or something. 2 The attempt to achieve equal rights or status. 3 The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
PANTSUIT * n. A pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women.
HUB * n. 1 The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes. 2 A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve.
HYPNAGOGUE * n. An agent that induces drowsiness or sleep.
INSCRIPTIVE * a. Of or relating to an inscription.
SLACKENING * n. An occurrence of control or strength weakening.
TETRALOGY * n. A series of four related works (plays or operas or novels).
DILLY-DALLIER * n. Someone who wastes time.
RIP-OFF * n. The act of stealing.
SHIBAH * n. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
VIROLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to the science of virology.
LIFE-GIVING * s. Giving or having the power to give life and spirit.
PRUDISHNESS * n. Excessive or affected modesty.
MYCENAE * n. An ancient city is southern Greece; center of the Mycenaean civilization during the late Bronze Age.
SYRIA * n. An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization.
TOPDRESS * v. Scatter manure or fertilizer over (land).
LIP-GLOSS * n. Makeup that makes the lips shiny.
HETEROGENEOUS * a. 1 Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature. 2 Originating outside the body.
BANDWIDTH * n. A data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel.
MIDRIFF * n. 1 The middle area of the human torso (usually in front). 2 (anatomy) A muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration.
FABULIST * n. A person who tells or invents fables.
OLEARIA * n. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
SELF-SEEKER * n. A person who places expediency above principle.
BACTERIOID * a. Resembling bacteria.
RACHMANINOFF * n. Composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943).
TONTINE * n. 1 A form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members. 2 An annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant.
GOVERNMENTAL * s. Relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state.
ASTROLOGICAL * a. Relating to or concerned with astrology.
ETHYNE * n. A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis.
REINSTATE * v. 1 Restore to the previous state or rank. 2 Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position.
MSB * n. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
FALSIFYING * n. The act of determining that something is false.
MODIFIED * --a. Changed in form or character. --s. Mediocre.
SAVANT * n. Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.
CENSOR * --n. 1 Someone who censures or condemns. 2 A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable. --v. 1 Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper). 2 Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship.
CHIMONANTHUS * n. Small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet.
UNUNDERSTOOD * a. Not understood.
BOLO * n. 1 A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. 2 Long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin.
BLAZE * --n. 1 A strong flame that burns brightly. 2 A cause of difficulty and suffering. 3 Noisy and unrestrained mischief. 4 A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. --v. 1 Shine brightly and intensively. 2 Shoot rapidly and repeatedly. 3 Burn brightly and intensely. 4 Move rapidly and as if blazing.
ACCUMULATION * n. 1 An increase by natural growth or addition. 2 Several things grouped together or considered as a whole. 3 The act of accumulating. 4 (finance) Profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation.
EIDETIC * s. Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy.
PROTOARCHEOLOGY * n. The study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils.
DIRTY * --v. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty. --a. 1 Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. 2 (of behavior or especially language) Characterized by obscenity or indecency. 3 Spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination. --s. 1 Vile; despicable. 2 Contaminated with infecting organisms. 3 (of color) Discolored by impurities; not bright and clear. 4 (of a manuscript) Defaced with changes.
INSPISSATION * n. 1 The process of thickening by dehydration. 2 The act of thickening.
ANNEX * --n. An addition that extends a main building. --v. 1 Take (territory) as if by conquest. 2 Attach to.
AVULSE * v. Separate by avulsion.
MYLAR * n. A thin polyester film.
GENOME * n. The ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism.
GUVNOR * n. (British slang) Boss.
EXFOLIATION * n. 1 The peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin. 2 A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.
SALVADOREAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of El Salvador. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people.
ESCHRICHTIIDAE * n. Comprising only the grey whales.
SEWING * n. 1 Joining or attaching by stitches. 2 Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread.
POTPIE * n. Deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings.
ICHNEUMONIDAE * n. Ichneumon flies.
LEGALIZATION * n. The act of making lawful.
HOUSEHOLDER * n. Someone who owns a home.
BOMB * --n. 1 An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions. 2 Strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion. 3 An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual. --v. 1 Throw bombs at or attack with bombs. 2 Fail to get a passing grade.
MERCAPTOPURINE * n. A drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia.
VINYLITE * n. Any of various vinyl resins.
REFLECTANCE * n. The fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface.
SAWWORT * n. European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye.
POMPANO * n. 1 Flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish. 2 Any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
UNRESERVEDLY * r. Without reservation.
HUSHED * s. In a softened tone.
REDFISH * n. 1 North Atlantic rockfish. 2 Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico. 3 Male salmon that has recently spawned.
CONSONANTAL * a. 1 Being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant. 2 Relating to or having the nature of a consonant.
GASOLENE * n. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
TOPIARY * n. 1 A garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals. 2 Making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees.
OSCITANCE * n. 1 Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning. 2 An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom.
CHARMING * s. 1 Pleasing or delighting. 2 Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
LESCOL * n. Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime.
NORTHAMPTON * n. The principal city of Northamptonshire.
IMPEDIMENTA * n. 1 Any structure that makes progress difficult. 2 The baggage and equipment carried by an army.
CHRYSAROBIN * n. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
CHANCELLERY * n. A government building housing the office of a chancellor.
UNSEDUCTIVE * a. Not seductive.
DAZZLING * s. 1 Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning. 2 Shining intensely.
REMAND * --n. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial). --v. 1 Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision. 2 Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.
TRICKINESS * n. 1 The quality of being a slippery rascal. 2 The quality of requiring skill or caution.
JAHVEY * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
YAMA * n. Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld.
THERMOCAUTERY * n. Cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat.
ISHMAEL * n. 1 (Old Testament) The son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes. 2 A person who is rejected (from society or home).
CLAVARIACEAE * n. Fleshy fungi: coral fungi.
GRAVITY * n. 1 (physics) The force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface. 2 A manner that is serious and solemn. 3 A solemn and dignified feeling.
COCOANUT * n. Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk.
SALVINIACEAE * n. Water ferns.
RUBBERSTAMP * v. 1 Stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document. 2 Approve automatically.
MISTY * s. 1 Filled or abounding with fog or mist. 2 Wet with mist.
CLAYWARE * n. Ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln.
BLUSTER * --n. 1 Noisy confusion and turbulence. 2 A swaggering show of courage. 3 A violent gusty wind. 4 Vain and empty boasting. --v. 1 Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind. 2 Show off. 3 Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.
DISCREDITED * s. 1 Being unjustly brought into disrepute. 2 Suffering shame.
SUPPOSITORY * n. A small plug of medication designed for insertion into the rectum or vagina where it melts.
PAYNIM * n. A heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim).
ALTOIST * n. A musician who plays the alto saxophone.
JONATHAN * n. Red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw.
PROPORTIONATENESS * n. The relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount.
MOUSEY * --a. Infested with mice. --s. 1 Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse. 2 Quiet and timid and ineffectual.
ANTHEMIS * n. Dog fennel.
BODING * n. A feeling of evil to come.
STREAMLINE * v. Contour economically or efficiently.
GOLIARD * n. A wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs.
EXEMPT * --v. 1 Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. 2 Grant exemption or release to. --a. 1 (of persons) Freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject. 2 (of goods or funds) Not subject to taxation.
BUCCONIDAE * n. Puffbirds.
CERAS * n. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
MISFIT * n. Someone unable to adapt to their circumstances.
VITTARIA * n. Tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds.
GAELIC-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Gaelic.
GILGAMESH * n. A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories.
CHOOSE * v. 1 Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. 2 Select as an alternative over another. 3 See fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way.
ROARER * n. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
PERSPICACIOUS * s. 1 Acutely insightful and wise. 2 Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning.
UNIVERSALLY * r. Everywhere.
EXBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes.
SPILLAGE * n. 1 The amount that has spilled. 2 The act of allowing a fluid to escape.
UNTAINTED * s. (of reputation) Free from blemishes.
SYLVIIDAE * n. In some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers.
MIDWIFERY * n. 1 The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother. 2 Assisting women at childbirth.
HANDCART * n. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels.
MERCHANTABLE * s. Fit to be offered for sale.
INVINCIBILITY * n. The property being difficult or impossible to defeat.
AMNIOTA * n. Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development.
SALOME * n. Woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist.
PSEUDOBOMBAX * n. Tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees.
SULCUS * n. (anatomy) Any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain.
COURANTE * n. A court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats.
COUNCILLOR * n. A member of a council.
EVALUATIVE * s. Exercising or involving careful evaluations.
KLINEFELTER * n. United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912).
GUILELESS * s. Free of deceit.
SEXED * s. 1 Having sexual differentiation. 2 Characterized by sexuality.
NARIAL * a. Of or relating to or near the nares.
PUZZLE * --n. 1 A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution. 2 A game that tests your ingenuity. --v. 1 Be a mystery or bewildering to. 2 Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide.
BESPATTER * v. Spot, splash, or soil.
NATURALLY * r. 1 As might be expected. 2 According to nature; by natural means; without artificial help. 3 Through inherent nature. 4 In a natural or normal manner.
YOUNGISH * s. Somewhat young.
LAGOPUS * n. Ptarmigans.
AFTERTASTE * n. An afterimage of a taste.
GENTLEMAN-AT-ARMS * n. One of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions.
BACCHARIS * n. Shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control.
CULM * n. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
GREASEWOOD * n. Low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America.
CRACKPOT * n. A whimsically eccentric person.
NEUTRALISM * n. A policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs.
TWIN * --n. 1 Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy. 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Gemini. 3 A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho. 4 A duplicate copy. --v. 1 Duplicate or match. 2 Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. 3 Grow as twins. 4 Give birth to twins. --s. Being two identical.
CRANCH * v. Press or grind with a crushing noise.
AEGIR * n. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
SANTEE * n. 1 A member of the eastern branch of the Sioux. 2 The Siouan language spoken by the Santee.
GILGAMISH * n. Legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
LITOCRANIUS * n. Antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks.
COUNTERMEASURE * n. An action taken to offset another action.
SEAMAN * n. 1 A man who serves as a sailor. 2 Muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922).
GALVANISE * v. 1 To stimulate to action. 2 Cover with zinc. 3 Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock.
COMPUTABLE * s. May be computed or estimated.
GASTRONOMY * n. 1 A particular style of cookery (as of a region). 2 The art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food.
KOMI * n. 1 A member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Komi.
SWEET * --n. 1 English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912). 2 A dish served as the last course of a meal. 3 A food rich in sugar. 4 The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth. --a. 1 Having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar. 2 (used of wines) Having a high residual sugar content. 3 Not containing or composed of salt water. --s. 1 Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. 2 Pleasing to the ear. 3 Pleasing to the senses. 4 Pleasing to the mind or feeling. --r. In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly').
FRANCISELLA * n. A genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans).
RHIPTOGLOSSA * n. Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria.
GROENLANDIA * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae.
TEXTURED * s. Having surface roughness.
ANTONYMY * n. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings.
PROTRUSIBLE * s. Capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue.
CASSAREEP * n. A flavoring made by boiling down the juice of the bitter cassava; used in West Indian cooking.
TRIBUTYRIN * n. A bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin.
UNEMBARRASSED * s. Not embarrassed.
IMPEDIMENT * n. 1 Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. 2 Any structure that makes progress difficult.
HAEMOPTYSIS * n. Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs.
COASTLAND * n. Land in a coastal area.
PESSARY * n. A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix.
DOWNTURN * n. A worsening of business or economic activity.
ORANG * n. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
GILT * --n. A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold. --s. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
OVERTIME * --n. 1 Work done in addition to regular working hours. 2 Playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie. --r. Beyond the regular time.
CASSITE * n. 1 An ancient language spoken by the Kassites. 2 A member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC.
TIME-TESTED * s. Tested and proved to be reliable.
KIWI-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a kiwi fruit.
LATTE * n. Strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk.
REAVE * v. Steal goods; take as spoils.
LYMPHANGIOMA * n. Benign angioma consisting of a mass of lymphatic vessels.
PALESTINIAN * --n. A descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine. --a. Of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants.
UNTRAMMELED * s. Not confined or limited.
SUNTANNED * s. (of skin) Having a tan color from exposure to the sun.
CARANDA * n. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
MIDDAY * n. The middle of the day.
AROUND-THE-CLOCK * s. At all times.
PERU * n. A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries.
SEVERAL * s. 1 (used with count nouns) Of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many. 2 Considered individually. 3 Distinct and individual.
TROLLOPE * n. English writer of novels (1815-1882).
BODY-BUILD * n. Constitution of the human body.
TESTA * n. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
NITROGENOUS * a. Of or relating to or containing nitrogen.
PRESIDENCY * n. 1 The tenure of a president. 2 The office and function of president.
TEENSY * s. (used informally) Very small.
UNIO * n. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
CHIPPEWYAN * n. The language spoken by the Chipewyan.
CYTOPLASMATIC * a. Of or relating to cytoplasm.
SAUERBRATEN * n. Pot roast marinated several days in seasoned vinegar before cooking; usually served with potato dumplings.
FIFO * n. Inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold.
APPARENT * s. 1 Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. 2 Appearing as such but not necessarily so.
ALABASTER * --n. 1 A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving. 2 A hard compact kind of calcite. 3 A very light white. --a. Of or resembling alabaster.
125 * s. Being five more than one hundred twenty.
IMPASSE * n. 1 A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. 2 A street with only one way in or out.
WASTEBIN * n. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
FETE * --n. 1 An elaborate party (often outdoors). 2 An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place). --v. Have a celebration.
FINGERLESS * a. Not having or having lost fingers.
NICHE * n. 1 A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it. 2 A small concavity. 3 An enclosure that is set back or indented. 4 (ecology) The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species).
SPRIGHTLY * s. Full of spirit and vitality.
SHI'ITE * n. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
ALGOLOGY * n. The branch of botany that studies algae.
DIONYSIUS * n. The tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC).
KARAITES * n. A Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century.
LITERAL * --n. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. --s. 1 Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. 2 Without interpretation or embellishment. 3 Avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis). --a. Limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text.
GRAPNEL * n. 1 A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope. 2 A light anchor for small boats.
HARPSICHORD * n. A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots.
MERRY * s. 1 Full of or showing high-spirited merriment. 2 Offering fun and gaiety. 3 Quick and energetic.
MARL * n. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
HELPLESSLY * r. In a helpless manner.
CATACHRESIS * n. Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths').
TRIMOTORED * s. Having three motors.
BRASILIA * n. The capital of Brazil; a city built on the central plateau and inaugurated in 1960.
FAREWELL * n. 1 An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting. 2 The act of departing politely.
MARACO * n. 1 A member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay. 2 The language spoken by the Maraco.
PROBATORY * s. Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation.
HEARSE * n. A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle.
ANIMATISM * n. The attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones.
AUTOLOADER * n. A firearm that reloads itself.
OTOGANGLION * n. An autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland.
REFUND * --n. 1 Money returned to a payer. 2 The act of returning money received previously. --v. Pay back.
SLURRY * n. A suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water.
EXQUISITE * s. 1 Intense or sharp. 2 Lavishly elegant and refined. 3 Delicately beautiful. 4 Of extreme beauty.
SYNCHRONIZED * s. Operating in unison.
YEASTY * --a. Of or resembling or containing yeast. --s. 1 Marked by spirited enjoyment. 2 Exuberantly creative.
IMPETUOUS * s. 1 Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. 2 Marked by violent force.
UNARMED * a. 1 (used of persons or the military) Not having or using arms. 2 (used of plants or animals) Lacking barbs or stings or thorns.
CLIMATIC * a. Of or relating to a climate.
MIFFED * s. Aroused to impatience or anger.
STARVED * s. 1 Suffering from lack of food. 2 Extremely hungry.
GAIETY * n. 1 A gay feeling. 2 A festive merry feeling.
AUSCULTATE * v. Examine by auscultation.
OBSESSIONAL * s. Characterized by or constituting an obsession.
WELL-FAVORED * s. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
REENFORCE * v. Make stronger.
SLEEPY * s. Ready to fall asleep.
DISUNION * n. The termination or destruction of union.
VINE * n. A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
LACTALBUMIN * n. Albumin occurring in milk.
CALLIGRAPH * v. Write beautifully and ornamentally.
SKINTIGHT * s. So tight as to cling to the skin.
SUBMARINE * --n. 1 A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes. 2 A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. --v. 1 Move forward or under in a sliding motion. 2 Throw with an underhand motion. 3 Bring down with a blow to the legs. 4 Control a submarine. --s. Beneath the surface of the sea.
HEATED * s. 1 Made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'). 2 Marked by emotional heat; vehement.
MEASURED * --a. Having notes of fixed rhythmic value. --s. 1 The rhythmic arrangement of syllables. 2 Carefully thought out in advance. 3 Unhurried and with care and dignity.
PADDYMELON * n. Small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea.
RE-ARM * v. Arm anew.
ADACTYLY * n. Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes.
ORMOLU * n. Brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture.
WITHHOLDING * n. 1 The act of deducting from an employee's salary. 2 Income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer. 3 The act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control.
GREVILLEA * n. Any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea.
TESSELLA * n. A small tessera.
PENITENCE * n. Remorse for your past conduct.
ASIN * n. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
GREENS * n. Any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables.
SHOWDOWN * n. A hostile disagreement face-to-face.
HIPPOPOTAMUS * n. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
PAPHIOPEDILUM * n. Horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium.
FULL-GROWN * s. (of animals) Fully developed.
UNGUARDED * s. 1 Lacking protection or a guard. 2 Displaying or feeling no wariness.
LORENZ * n. Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989).
CHEMOSORPTION * n. Adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces.
HEMODIALYZER * n. A machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body.
SMALL-TIME * s. Of minor importance.
ORDINATION * n. 1 The status of being ordained to a sacred office. 2 Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. 3 The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders.
STEAM * --n. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere. --v. 1 Travel by means of steam power. 2 Emit steam. 3 Rise as vapor. 4 Get very angry.
HAGIOGRAPHA * n. The third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.
BENDER * n. 1 A tool for bending. 2 Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party. 3 A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.
HYPERKALEMIA * n. Higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs.
ONE-UPMANSHIP * n. The practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor.
STILTBIRD * n. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.
POCKMARKED * s. 1 Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits. 2 Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease.
GAY-FEATHER * n. Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.
PEMMICAN * n. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians.
DICTATED * s. Determined or decided upon as by an authority.
TYTONIDAE * n. Comprising only the barn owls.
TRANSFORMABLE * s. Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy.
CENTRARCHID * n. Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed.
ROYALLY * r. In a royal manner.
REPRESENTABLE * s. Expressible in symbolic form.
FULFILMENT * n. 1 A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires. 2 The act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc).
BRICOLAGE * n. Construction of something by whatver material are available.
SPICEMILL * n. A mill for grinding spices.
NOC * n. An undercover agent who is given no official cover.
DENISONIA * n. Copperheads.
NATUROPATHY * n. A method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process.
ESTHETICS * n. (art) The branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art).
UNSTINTED * s. Very generous.
ENGELMANNIA * n. Common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers.
OBVIOUSNESS * n. The property of being easy to see and understand.
MODERNISATION * n. Making modern in appearance or behavior.
TRACHODONT * n. Large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period.
RAPTURE * n. 1 A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. 2 A state of elated bliss.
WIDE-AWAKE * s. 1 Fully awake. 2 Fully alert and watchful.
TIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes.
CATENA * n. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
UNCONTRIVED * a. Not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu.
REDEFINE * v. 1 Give a new or different definition to. 2 Give a new or different definition of (a word).
HAEMOPHILE * n. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
DOLICHOCEPHALIC * --n. An adult with a long narrow head. --a. Having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75.
TRANSDUCER * n. An electrical device that converts one form of energy into another.
CHANCROIDAL * a. Of or relating to or having chancroids.
PETAL-LIKE * s. Resembling a petal.
PAPIO * n. Baboons.
TYPHA * n. Reed maces; cattails.
BULLFINCH * n. 1 United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844). 2 Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast.
LICENSER * n. An official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications).
ASIMOV * n. United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992).
AVICENNIA * n. Small genus of tropical shrubs or trees.
ASCOMYCOTA * n. A large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.
MINNOW * n. Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams.
AMAZED * s. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
BLEU * n. Cheese containing a blue mold.
VA. * n. A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War.
TEQUILA * n. Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant.
LEGATESHIP * n. The post or office of legate.
ASSERTED * s. Confidently declared to be so.
ALL-OUT * s. Using all available resources.
ALIAS * --n. A name that has been assumed temporarily. --r. As known or named at another time or place.
TWINNING * s. Producing two offspring at a time.
DY * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic.
MAYAN * n. 1 A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy. 2 A family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas.
SCHLOCKMEISTER * n. (slang) A merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise.
DIVERSELY * r. In diverse ways.
TERROR * n. 1 An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. 2 A person who inspires fear or dread. 3 A very troublesome child. 4 The use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons).
CANDELABRUM * n. Branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights.
TICTAC * n. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
ERIANTHUS * n. Genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs.
SCABICIDE * n. A drug that destroys the itch mite that causes scabies.
PRIMARY * --n. 1 A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen. 2 One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing. 3 (astronomy) A celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it. 4 Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit. --a. Of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary. --s. 1 Not derived from or reducible to something else; basic. 2 Most important element. 3 Of or being the essential or basic part.
HOHHOT * n. A northern industrial city of China to the northwest of Beijing.
ZYGNEMA * n. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
MAJORETTE * n. 1 A female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band. 2 A female drum major.
KAZAKH * n. 1 A Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan). 2 A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991. 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Kazak.
ATYPIC * a. Not representative of a group, class, or type.
TRICHINOSIS * n. Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted.
MILITARISTIC * s. Imbued with militarism.
DARNED * s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
QUAY * n. Wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline.
BENIGN * --a. 1 Not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor). 2 Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence. --s. Kindness of disposition or manner.
NGA * n. A combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security.
WESLEY * n. 1 English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788). 2 English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791).
MATURATION * n. 1 Coming to full development; becoming mature. 2 (biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. 3 (medicine) The formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus.
DEMARCATION * n. 1 The boundary of a specific area. 2 A conceptual separation or distinction.
MOB * --n. 1 A disorderly crowd of people. 2 A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities. 3 An association of criminals. --v. Press tightly together or cram.
APHERESIS * n. 1 (linguistics) Omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until'. 2 A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion.
AULOSTOMIDAE * n. Trumpetfishes.
POLITICS * n. 1 Social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power. 2 The study of government of states and other political units. 3 The profession devoted to governing and to political affairs. 4 The opinion you hold with respect to political questions.
BRISTLELIKE * s. Resembling a bristle.
ROLLER * n. 1 A grounder that rolls along the infield. 2 A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. 3 A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate). 4 A cylinder that revolves.
MOVABILITY * n. The quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged.
TC * n. 1 A crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium. 2 A permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory.
PROPENSITY * n. 1 An inclination to do something. 2 A natural inclination. 3 A disposition to behave in a certain way.
PALATABLENESS * n. 1 The property of being acceptable to the mouth. 2 Acceptability to the mind or feelings.
MUCOVISCIDOSIS * n. The most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known.
COMPLAINT * n. 1 An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. 2 (formerly) A loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow. 3 An expression of grievance or resentment. 4 (civil law) The first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based.
SAXICOLOUS * a. Growing on or living among rocks.
ANIMALISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to animalism.
SELF-CENTERED * a. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
LIVERWURST * n. Sausage containing ground liver.
PROSE * n. 1 Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse. 2 Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression.
NIQAB * n. A face veil covering the lower part of the face (up to the eyes) worn by observant Muslim women.
SMASHER * n. 1 A person who smashes something. 2 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. 3 A conspicuous success.
CROSS-POLLINATION * n. 1 Fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another. 2 Stimulating influence among diverse elements.
MUSOPHAGIDAE * n. Touracos.
LIMPOPO * n. An African river; flows into the Indian Ocean.
MONEYLENDER * n. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
CONIFEROUS * s. Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves.
EPARCHIAL * a. Of or relating to an eparchy.
CERAMIST * n. A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.
TAKE-UP * n. 1 Any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom). 2 The action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in.
IMMANENT * --a. Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind. --s. Of qualities that are spread throughout something.
TAKEAWAY * n. 1 Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises. 2 A concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures. 3 The act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass).
LONAS * n. One species: yellow ageratum.
NINETEENTH * --n. Position 19 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the eighteenth in position.
CLOT * --n. A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid. --v. 1 Change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state. 2 Cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state. 3 Turn into curds. 4 Coalesce or unite in a mass.
LISTON * n. United States prizefighter who lost his world heavyweight championship to Cassius Clay in 1964 (1932-1970).
PADDING * n. Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.
MEDITERRANEAN * --n. The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea.
PAGURIDAE * n. Hermit crabs.
SPOTSYLVANIA * n. 1 A village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War. 2 A battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign.
MISRELATED * s. Mistakenly related.
FLOCCOSE * s. (of plants) Having tufts of soft woolly hairs.
THALIACEA * n. Small class of free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an order.
JERKIN * n. A tight sleeveless and collarless jacket (often made of leather) worn by men in former times.
ON-STREET * a. At the sides of streets.
EXPIRATORY * a. Of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration.
CARDOON * n. 1 Southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots. 2 Only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes.
HYTRIN * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure.
GARDENER * n. 1 Someone who takes care of a garden. 2 Someone employed to work in a garden.
BARROOM * n. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
UNFLATTERING * a. Showing or representing unfavorably.
RUPERT * n. English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682).
AVANT-GARDE * --n. Any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts). --s. Radically new or original.
ACCOMPLICE * n. A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan).
EUTHERIAN * --n. Mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria.
SCIUROMORPHA * n. Large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc..
MYCTEROPERCA * n. Groupers.
NEPTUNIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium.
MILTON * n. English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674).
UMP * n. An official at a baseball game.
UNCONDITIONALLY * r. 1 Not subject to a condition. 2 In an unqualified manner.
ALDER * n. 1 Wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc. 2 North temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant.
TESTACEAN * n. Any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell.
FURTHEST * --s. (comparatives of `far') Most remote in space or time or order. --r. 1 To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense). 2 To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense).
BARTH * n. 1 Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968). 2 United States novelist (born in 1930).
COAGULUM * n. A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid.
REMITTENT * s. (of a disease) Characterized by periods of diminished severity.
NAVIGATOR * n. 1 The ship's officer in charge of navigation. 2 The member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course. 3 In earlier times, a person who explored by ship.
OLYMPICS * n. The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country.
COLLOCATION * n. 1 A grouping of words in a sentence. 2 The act of positioning close together (or side by side).
ACINOSE * a. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
HIGHWAYMAN * n. A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it.
REEDLIKE * s. Resembling a reed in being upright and slender.
WRESTLER * n. Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground.
GOLEM * n. 1 (Jewish folklore) An artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means. 2 A mechanism that can move automatically.
ARISTOTELEAN * --n. A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism. --a. Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy.
OSTEOLOGY * n. The branch of anatomy that studies the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
GERONIMO * n. Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909).
PRISCOAN * n. The earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life.
FLATHEAD * n. 1 Food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards. 2 Pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout.
CXXXV * s. Being five more than one hundred thirty.
OVEREMPHASIS * n. Too much emphasis.
BANTAMWEIGHT * n. 1 Weighs 115-126 pounds. 2 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds.
SWAT * --n. A sharp blow. --v. Hit swiftly with a violent blow.
ARRHENATHERUM * n. Oat grass.
DISPEL * v. 1 Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. 2 To cause to separate and go in different directions.
POSTMARK * --n. A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing. --v. Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing.
YIELD * --n. 1 Production of a certain amount. 2 The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property. 3 An amount of a product. 4 The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time). --v. 1 Be the cause or source of. 2 End resistance, as under pressure or force. 3 Give or supply. 4 Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another.
LIGATION * n. (surgery) Tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery).
SYMPATHECTOMY * n. Surgical interruption of a nerve pathway in the sympathetic nervous system.
ENCLOSING * n. The act of enclosing something inside something else.
CR * n. A hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing.
GLADIATORIAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat.
PLAYSUIT * n. A sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse.
DELECTATION * n. 1 A feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction. 2 Act of receiving pleasure from something.
TYING * n. The act of tying or binding things together.
ERYSIMUM * n. Large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America.
BREASTPIN * n. A decorative pin worn by women.
CIVIC * a. 1 Of or relating or belonging to a city. 2 Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals.
NEUROBLASTOMA * n. Malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly.
LORIKEET * n. Any of various small lories.
STREPTOLYSIN * n. Any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus.
ENTR'ACTE * n. 1 The interlude between two acts of a play. 2 A brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance.
PLANETAL * a. Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets.
HIDDEN * s. 1 Not accessible to view. 2 Designed to elude detection. 3 Difficult to find.
XEROSTOMIA * n. Abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva.
SECPAR * n. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years.
CLOSED-MINDED * s. Not ready to receive to new ideas.
CALABURA * n. A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.
UPTIME * n. A period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use.
20/20 * n. Normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet.
REGUR * n. A rich black loam of India.
CLERKING * n. The activity of recording business transactions.
TENDERISE * v. Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.
SINUSOIDALLY * r. In a sinusoidal manner.
S * n. 1 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions). 3 The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. 4 A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
FOUCAULT * n. French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868).
SENSIBLY * r. With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner.
PARASITAEMIA * n. A condition in which parasites are present in the blood.
PILGRIMAGE * n. A journey to a sacred place.
SNEERINGLY * r. With a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner.
OIL * --n. 1 A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water. 2 Oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist. 3 A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. 4 Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants. --v. 1 Cover with oil, as if by rubbing. 2 Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
MANIFEST * --n. A customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane. --v. 1 Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. 2 Record in a ship's manifest. 3 Reveal its presence or make an appearance. --s. Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
SAURURUS * n. Type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails.
SUPEROXIDE * n. 1 A metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-. 2 The univalent anion O2-.
SECURE * --v. 1 Get by special effort. 2 Cause to be firmly attached. 3 Assure payment of. 4 Make certain of. --a. 1 Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind. 2 Free from danger or risk. 3 Not likely to fail or give way. --s. 1 Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. 2 Financially safe.
TAURUS * n. 1 Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949). 2 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Taurus. 3 A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini. 4 The second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20.
DINGDONG * --v. Go `ding dong', like a bell. --r. Heartily or earnestly.
SURGEON * n. A physician who specializes in surgery.
PARASITICAL * --a. Relating to or caused by parasites. --s. Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.
CHARGED * --a. Of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge. --s. 1 Fraught with great emotion. 2 Supplied with carbon dioxide. 3 Capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy.
FATUOUS * s. Extremely silly or stupid.
DAWDLE * v. 1 Take one's time; proceed slowly. 2 Waste time. 3 Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc..
DISAVOW * v. Refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with.
FRISKILY * r. In a playfully frisky manner.
UNKNOWN * --n. 1 An unknown and unexplored region. 2 Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. 3 A variable whose values are solutions of an equation. --a. Not known. --s. 1 Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. 2 Not known to exist. 3 Not famous or acclaimed. 4 Not known before.
IBIS * n. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
AMETRIA * n. Congenital absence of the uterus.
ABUZZ * s. Noisy like the sound of a bee.
CATECHISMAL * a. Of or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of Christianity.
ASPLENIUM * n. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae.
RESEDA * n. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
MERITORIOUSLY * r. In a meritorious manner.
DISRUPTED * s. Marked by breaks or gaps.
HARDY * --n. 1 United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957). 2 English novelist and poet (1840-1928). --s. 1 Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. 2 Able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions. 3 Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
SCOOP * --n. 1 The quantity a scoop will hold. 2 A hollow concave shape made by removing something. 3 A news report that is reported first by one news organization. 4 Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate. --v. 1 Take out or up with or as if with a scoop. 2 Get the better of.
CALYCLED * a. Having a calyculus.
RAILWAYMAN * n. An employee of a railroad.
EARNINGS * n. 1 The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). 2 Something that remunerates.
HEMATOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or involved in hematology.
WISTFULNESS * n. A sadly pensive longing.
NEPHTHYS * n. Egyptian goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set.
INFERENCE * n. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.
CUDDY * n. The galley or pantry of a small ship.
COUNTERINSURGENT * a. Of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
SLICKNESS * n. 1 Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way. 2 A kind of fluent easy superficiality. 3 A slippery smoothness.
RESPECTFULNESS * n. Courteous regard for people's feelings.
CISLUNAR * a. Situated between the earth and the moon.
WHARF * --n. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. --v. 1 Provide with a wharf. 2 Store on a wharf. 3 Discharge at a wharf. 4 Come into or dock at a wharf.
ESTERIFY * v. Change (a compound) into an ester.
BREAST-DEEP * r. Up to the breast.
THREE-DIMENSIONAL * --s. Involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth. --a. Having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions.
SHADOWINESS * n. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
CALLITHUMP * n. 1 A noisy boisterous parade. 2 A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
AUTEUR * n. A filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works.
CREON * n. (Greek mythology) The brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus.
QUARTERLY * --n. A periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year). --a. Of or relating to or consisting of a quarter. --r. 1 In diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon. 2 In three month intervals.
TAIWANESE * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Taiwan. 2 Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.
TRANSITION * --n. 1 The act of passing from one state or place to the next. 2 An event that results in a transformation. 3 A change from one place or state or subject or stage to another. 4 A musical passage moving from one key to another. --v. 1 Cause to convert or undergo a transition. 2 Make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another).
BOWLFUL * n. The quantity contained in a bowl.
ENDOSKELETON * n. The internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates).
DISPLEASING * a. Causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities.
DOWSING * n. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.
BRIS * n. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
FORMER * --n. The first of two or the first mentioned of two. --a. Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several). --s. 1 Belonging to some prior time. 2 (used especially of persons) Of the immediate past. 3 Belonging to the distant past.
INAPT * s. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
DOMITIAN * n. Emperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96).
CORBIESTEP * n. (architecture) A step on the top of a gable wall.
NEEDINESS * n. 1 A state of extreme poverty. 2 The quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree.
CRACIDAE * n. Curassows; guans; chachalacas.
UNSUBSTANTIATED * s. Unsupported by other evidence.
KINDLY * --s. 1 Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. 2 Pleasant and agreeable. --r. In a kind manner or out of kindness.
BOOZING * n. The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
MEANIE * n. A person of mean disposition.
TRAILER * n. 1 Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. 2 An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future. 3 A large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor. 4 A wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy.
OILINESS * n. 1 Consisting of or covered with oil. 2 Smug self-serving earnestness.
SUBHEAD * n. A heading of a subdivision of a text.
RESOLUTELY * r. 1 Showing firm determination or purpose. 2 With firmness.
CAPUT * n. 1 A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure. 2 The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains.
PALM-SHAPED * s. Of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point.
PERSUADE * v. 1 Win approval or support for. 2 Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.
CASTORIDAE * n. Beavers.
FORAGE * --n. 1 Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle. 2 The act of searching for food and provisions. --v. 1 Collect or look around for (food). 2 Wander and feed.
GRASSHOPPER * n. 1 Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping. 2 A cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao).
INCOHERENTLY * r. In an incoherent manner.
INNOVATIVENESS * n. Originality by virtue of introducing new ideas.
MUSCIDAE * n. Two-winged flies especially the housefly.
VILNA * n. The capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania.
WEDGIE * n. A shoe with a wedge heel.
MUNICIPALLY * r. By municipality.
DETAINEE * n. Some held in custody.
PHOTOMETRIST * n. Someone who practices photometry.
WORKPLACE * n. A place where work is done.
STANDPIPE * n. A vertical pipe.
PROLONGE * n. A rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage.
ISABELLA * n. The queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504).
PAINS * n. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
PHYLE * n. A tribe of ancient Athenians.
DURKHEIM * n. French sociologist and first professor of sociology at the Sorbonne (1858-1917).
MIDINETTE * n. A Parisian salesgirl.
STRASBERG * n. United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982).
DESIGNEDLY * r. With intention; in an intentional manner.
HAEMATOXYLON * n. Small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees.
TRIVALENT * a. Having a valence of three.
DEMULSIFY * v. 1 Cause to demulsify. 2 Break down into components.
CONTRITELY * r. In a rueful manner.
PUREBLOODED * s. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
FLOCCULATION * n. The process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations.
SNOWBANK * n. A mound or heap of snow.
44 * s. Being four more than forty.
CYBERNETICS * n. (biology) The field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems).
DEEP-ROOTED * s. (used especially of ideas or principles) Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
BROMUS * n. A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae.
WISELY * r. In a wise manner.
FATHEADED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
POLLOCK * n. 1 United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956). 2 Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish. 3 Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod.
COMBINATIONAL * s. Able to or tending to combine.
ALBUMINURIC * a. Of or related to the state of albuminuria.
SCUFF * --n. 1 A slipper that has no fitting around the heel. 2 The act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet). --v. 1 Walk without lifting the feet. 2 Get or become scuffed. 3 Mar by scuffing. 4 Poke at with the foot or toe.
CIRCULATORY * a. 1 Of or relating to circulation. 2 Relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood.
MICROVOLT * n. A unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt.
OVERSENSITIVE * s. Unduly sensitive or thin-skinned.
HUSTLE * --n. 1 A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. 2 A rapid active commotion. --v. 1 Cause to move furtively and hurriedly. 2 Move or cause to move energetically or busily. 3 Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. 4 Get by trying hard.
CYTOGENESIS * n. The origin and development and variation of cells.
HYDRAULICALLY * r. In a hydraulic manner.
MAROCAIN * n. A dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe.
PHOENICOPHORIUM * n. Latanier palm.
PRETERMIT * v. 1 Disregard intentionally or let pass. 2 Leave undone or leave out.
CYCLOSERINE * n. An antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus.
PILAW * n. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
FICTIONAL * --a. Related to or involving literary fiction. --s. Formed or conceived by the imagination.
ENUNCIATION * n. The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience.
TORODAL * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally.
SWEETBREADS * n. Edible glands of an animal.
MID-APRIL * n. The middle part of April.
PENURIOUSLY * r. In a penurious manner.
UNCHARGED * a. Of a particle or body or system; having no charge.
BALFOUR * n. English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930).
ANAPHRODISIAC * a. Tending to diminish sexual desire.
HIKER * n. A foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure).
PELLUCID * s. 1 Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity. 2 (of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable.
MARABOU * n. 1 Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments. 2 The downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments.
LODGING * n. 1 Structures collectively in which people are housed. 2 The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily. 3 The act of lodging.
COEVAL * --n. A person of nearly the same age as another. --s. Of the same period.
TWO-LEAVED * s. Having two leaves.
HAEMOGLOBIN * n. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues.
SWAZI * --n. 1 A member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas. 2 A Bantu language closely related to Zulu. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language.
CALCULATOR * n. 1 An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines). 2 A small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic.
FACELESS * a. Without a face or identity.
PLASTIQUE * n. An explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy.
CYTOPENIA * n. A deficiency of some cellular element of the blood.
SYLLOGISM * n. Deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises.
UNCOLLECTED * a. Not brought together in one place.
MONGO * n. 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia.
PHOTOMICROGRAPH * n. A photograph taken with the help of a microscope.
GARRULOUSLY * r. In a chatty loquacious manner.
EIGHT-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members.
CONCOURSE * n. 1 A large gathering of people. 2 A wide hallway in a building where people can walk. 3 A coming together of people.
HAKE * n. 1 The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. 2 Any of several marine food fishes related to cod.
FACTOID * n. 1 Something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print. 2 A brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item.
BLOODSTONE * n. Green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood.
PROLUSION * n. 1 A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book. 2 Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity.
MUSSET * n. French poet and writer (1810-1857).
BICKER * --n. A quarrel about petty points. --v. Argue over petty things.
BLUISH-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with blue.
LOCOISM * n. A disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis.
COELIAC * a. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
TETTIGONIID * n. Grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male.
ACROBATICS * n. 1 The gymnastic moves of an acrobat. 2 The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft.
GILBERTIAN * --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert. --s. Wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
PAYER * n. A person who pays money for something.
PHARMACOPEIA * n. (pharmacology) A book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation.
OPEN-COLLARED * s. Of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck.
CUPRESSUS * n. Type genus of Cupressaceae.
NITWITTED * s. (of especially persons) Lacking sense or understanding or judgment.
CHANTARELLE * n. Widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma.
74 * s. Being four more than seventy.
NUTRIENT * --n. 1 Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. 2 Any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis. --s. Of or providing nourishment.
CONTEMPORIZE * v. 1 Happen at the same time. 2 Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.
CREASELESS * s. Used especially of fabrics.
PAWER * n. A person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner.
ABORTION * n. 1 Termination of pregnancy. 2 Failure of a plan.
BASRA * n. The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq.
APOCRYPHA * n. 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status.
HOISTER * n. An operator of a hoist.
SELF-INDUCTION * n. Generation of an electromotive force (EMF) in a circuit by changing the current in that circuit; usually measured in henries.
WINDTALKER * n. A secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II.
TOURMALINE * n. A mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones.
GHANIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Ghana. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
UNDERSLUNG * s. 1 Supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below. 2 Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper. 3 Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground.
THRIP * n. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive.
FARSIGHTEDNESS * n. 1 A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45. 2 Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects. 3 Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing.
KAM-SUI * n. A group of Kadai languages.
NONADSORBENT * a. Lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
HOLOMETABOLY * n. Complete metamorphosis in insects.
HYPERMASTIGOTE * n. Flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites.
AMARANTHUS * n. Large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs.
STAY * --n. 1 Continuing or remaining in a place or state. 2 The state of inactivity following an interruption. 3 A judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted. 4 A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset). --v. 1 Stay the same; remain in a certain state. 2 Stay put (in a certain place). 3 Dwell. 4 Continue in a place, position, or situation.
AFFECTATION * n. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
BACTERISE * v. Subject to the action of bacteria.
ADORABLENESS * n. Extreme attractiveness.
JUMPED-UP * s. (British informal) Upstart.
BELLOWS * n. (used in the plural) A mechanical device that blows a strong current of air; used to make a fire burn more fiercely or to sound a musical instrument.
NEGATIVIST * n. 1 Someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked. 2 Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions.
PASTORSHIP * n. The position of pastor.
CRIMINALIZATION * n. Legislation that makes something illegal.
ABASIC * a. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
UNBLESSED * s. Not provided with something desirable.
PEBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibits or 2^50 bits.
PERMEABLENESS * n. The property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion).
FINGERING * n. 1 The placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument. 2 Touching something with the fingers.
FISH * --n. 1 Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills. 2 The flesh of fish used as food. 3 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Pisces. 4 The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20. --v. 1 Seek indirectly. 2 Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish.
HYDROPHYLLUM * n. Waterleaf.
DIPODOMYS * n. Kangaroo rats.
RECOVERED * s. 1 Freed from illness or injury. 2 Found after being lost.
EVAPORABLE * s. (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized.
IGNORE * v. 1 Refuse to acknowledge. 2 Bar from attention or consideration. 3 Fail to notice. 4 Give little or no attention to.
CORDAITALES * n. Extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era.
FIRTH * n. 1 English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960). 2 A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland).
SPRAY * --n. 1 A pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying. 2 A quantity of small objects flying through the air. 3 Flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage. 4 A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist. --v. 1 Be discharged in sprays of liquid. 2 Scatter in a mass or jet of droplets. 3 Cover by spraying with a liquid.
NORTHWARD * --n. The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees. --s. Moving toward the north. --r. In a northern direction.
FIRM * --n. The members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments. --v. 1 Become taut or tauter. 2 Make taut or tauter. --s. 1 Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. 2 Not soft or yielding to pressure. 3 Strong and sure. 4 Not subject to revision or change. --r. With resolute determination.
ARRIVEDERCI * n. A farewell remark.
PARATHYROID * n. Any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland.
CLINICAL * --a. Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients. --s. Scientifically detached; unemotional.
LIVEN * v. Make lively.
EMULATOR * n. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
DETECTION * n. 1 The perception that something has occurred or some state exists. 2 The act of detecting something; catching sight of something. 3 The detection that a signal is being received. 4 A police investigation to determine the perpetrator.
ELECTROCAUTERY * n. Application of a needle heated by an electric current to destroy tissue (as to remove warts).
COMBINATORIAL * s. 1 Relating to or involving combinations. 2 Relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets.
AHUEHUETE * n. Mexico's most famous tree; a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule.
U.S. * n. 1 The executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States. 2 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.
LYMPHANGIECTASIS * n. Dilatation of a lymph vessel.
PIGGY * --n. A young pig. --s. Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
VIOLACEAE * n. A family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus.
PRELACY * n. 1 Prelates collectively. 2 The office or station of a prelate.
CLICK-CLACK * n. A succession of clicks.
MARTIAN * --n. Imaginary people who live on the planet Mars. --a. Of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants).
LAYPERSON * n. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
SOLITON * n. (physics) A quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate.
PORONOTUS * n. A genus of Stromateidae.
DECILITRE * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
STAPHYLEA * n. A genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae.
MONODON * n. Type genus of the Monodontidae.
GROUNDBREAKER * n. Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art.
INTERPRETATION * n. 1 A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. 2 The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance. 3 An explanation that results from interpreting something. 4 An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious.
CONFUCIAN * --n. A believer in the teachings of Confucius. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Confucianism.
PLUTONIAN * s. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
HEPATITIS * n. Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin.
FORMALDEHYDE * n. A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol.
MANN * n. 1 United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859). 2 German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955).
ANEMONELLA * n. One species: rue anemone.
UNNAMED * s. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source.
EXERCISE * --n. 1 The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit. 2 The act of using. 3 Systematic training by multiple repetitions. 4 A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding. --v. 1 Put to use. 2 Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions. 3 Give a workout to. 4 Do physical exercise.
SERRATE * --v. Make saw-toothed or jag the edge of. --s. Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex.
WHITE-HOT * s. 1 Intensely zealous or fervid. 2 Glowing white with heat.
BETHLEHEM-JUDAH * n. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born.
BEDEWED * s. Wet with dew.
MOLLUSCUM * n. Any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules.
OSTREA * n. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
LOOK-OVER * n. A swift cursory examination or inspection.
LYLY * n. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
EINTHOVEN * n. Dutch physiologist who devised the first electrocardiograph (1860-1927).
MIERKAT * n. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
COOKE * n. 1 United States journalist (born in England in 1908). 2 United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905).
CT * n. 1 A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies. 2 A method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis.
CORNHUSKING * n. 1 A social gathering for the purpose of husking corn. 2 The act of removing the husks from ears of corn.
CEMBALO * n. A clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots.
VASOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens.
ATAKAPA * n. 1 A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas. 2 A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.
AMP * n. 1 The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 A nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP.
LOGY * s. Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
GLIRIDAE * n. Dormice and other Old World forms.
ITHAKI * n. A Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king.
WAGES * n. A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.
SPECIFICATION * n. 1 A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work. 2 Naming explicitly. 3 (patent law) A document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention. 4 A restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement.
GUTTERSNIPE * n. A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.
GRAMME * n. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
PAPAIA * n. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
SAINT-SAENS * n. French pianist and composer (1835-1921).
HARLEQUIN-SNAKE * n. Any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America.
PHLEBOTOMISE * v. Draw blood.
FETOPROTEIN * n. Any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer.
EXSANGUINE * s. Destitute of blood or apparently so.
JAYBIRD * n. Common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast.
BUCHAREST * n. National capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania.
PUSEY * n. English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882).
BUTTER-FLOWER * n. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
WOOSH * v. Move with a sibilant sound.
PHYSOSTEGIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers.
DISBURSER * n. Someone who spends money to purchase goods or services.
DISSOCIATE * v. 1 Part; cease or break association with. 2 Regard as unconnected. 3 To undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms.
HARVEST * --n. 1 The yield from plants in a single growing season. 2 The consequence of an effort or activity. 3 The gathering of a ripened crop. 4 The season for gathering crops. --v. 1 Gather, as of natural products. 2 Remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation.
TUMESCE * v. Expand abnormally.
TACITLY * r. In a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement.
OOLONG * n. Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried.
EMEND * v. Make improvements or corrections to.
CANCUN * n. A popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula.
GLOSSARY * n. An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field.
JESTING * s. Characterized by jokes and good humor.
OPISTHOGNATHOUS * a. Having receding jaws.
TRUTH * n. 1 A fact that has been verified. 2 Conformity to reality or actuality. 3 A true statement. 4 The quality of being near to the true value.
MILWAUKEE * n. Largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries.
OBNOXIOUSLY * r. In an obnoxious manner.
GLOBULAR * s. Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
MAIMED * --n. People who are wounded. --s. Having a part of the body crippled or disabled.
UNILATERALLY * r. In a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party.
DACE * n. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
PHYSIOLOGIC * s. Of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning.
SUETY * s. Like or full of suet.
LISPER * n. A speaker who lisps.
CLUPEID * n. Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas.
UNSOUNDNESS * n. 1 A condition of damage or decay. 2 A misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid. 3 Not mentally or physically healthy.
LEISURE * n. 1 Time available for ease and relaxation. 2 Freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity.
AGGLOMERATIVE * s. Clustered together but not coherent.
OUTLAST * v. Live longer than.
MILITARY * --n. The military forces of a nation. --a. 1 Of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare. 2 Characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military. 3 Associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians.
KEPT * a. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
UNTRUTHFULLY * r. In a mendacious and untruthful manner.
PSEUDOLARIX * n. One species: golden larch.
MICHELSON * n. United States physicist (born in Germany) who collaborated with Morley in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1852-1931).
KNOBBLY * s. Having knobs.
INTERMARRIAGE * n. 1 Marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law. 2 Marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law.
THUMBNAIL * n. The nail of the thumb.
SHEBAT * n. The fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February).
SUDATORIUM * n. A bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths.
NONRESONANT * a. Not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate.
MOLINE * n. A town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River.
JENNET * n. Female donkey.
HUNTSMAN * n. Someone who hunts game.
DRESSY * s. In fancy clothing.
VARIEGATE * v. 1 Change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors. 2 Make something more diverse and varied.
EXTRALEGAL * s. Not regulated or sanctioned by law.
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON * n. A region in south central France; named after the medieval dialect of French that was spoken there.
AFTEREFFECT * n. 1 Any result that follows its cause after an interval. 2 A delayed effect of a drug or therapy.
MELANCHOLIC * --n. Someone subject to melancholia. --s. Characterized by or causing or expressing sadness.
ALETRIS * n. Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
CODA * n. The closing section of a musical composition.
USTINOV * n. British actor and playwright (1921-2004).
TETE-A-TETE * --n. 1 A private conversation between two people. 2 Small sofa that seats two people. --s. Involving two persons; intimately private.
CRESS * n. 1 Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste. 2 Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs.
SPOILSPORT * n. Someone who spoils the pleasure of others.
PLEONASM * n. Using more words than necessary.
POLYMORPH * n. An organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites.
FORENOON * n. The time period between dawn and noon.
BILLHOOK * n. A cutting tool with a sharp edge.
COSTALGIA * n. Pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs.
SKEP * n. 1 A large round wicker basket (used on farms). 2 A domed beehive made of twisted straw.
BY-LINE * n. 1 A line giving the name of the writer of a story or article. 2 An auxiliary activity.
INDUSTRIAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to or resulting from industry. 2 Having highly developed industries. --s. 1 Employed in industry. 2 Suitable to stand up to hard wear.
APE-MAN * n. 1 Hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings. 2 A person assumed to have been raised by apes.
CURIOSITY * n. 1 A state in which you want to learn more about something. 2 Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
REALIZE * v. 1 Be fully aware or cognizant of. 2 Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally. 3 Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to. 4 Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
PRIMIDONE * n. An anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor.
TOO * r. 1 To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits. 2 In addition.
KHESARI * n. European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere.
CURACOA * n. Flavored with sour orange peel.
HR * n. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
PLEVNA * n. The town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days.
GANOID * n. Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering.
ACANTHOCEPHALA * n. Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms.
SUBJECTIVENESS * n. Judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts.
TEMPERA * n. Pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk.
BUCKSHOT * n. Small lead shot for shotgun shells.
PROUSTIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust.
LING * n. 1 Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs. 2 Common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere. 3 Elongated marine food fish of Greenland and northern Europe; often salted and dried. 4 American hakes.
VERONA * n. A city in Veneto on the River Adige.
OXEYE * n. 1 Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers. 2 Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers. 3 An oval or round dormer window.
ASTROLOGER * n. Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon.
JUVENILITY * n. 1 Lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life. 2 The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person.
BOORISHLY * r. Like a boor.
WATT-HOUR * n. A unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour.
AVAIL * --n. A means of serving. --v. 1 Use to one's advantage. 2 Be of use to, be useful to. 3 Take or use.
CURLER * n. A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it.
FISC * n. A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse.
PREDETERMINATION * n. 1 (theology) Being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind). 2 A mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something. 3 The act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place.
ORTHODONTURE * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth.
LEAVENING * n. 1 An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something. 2 A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
PREP * n. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
SEMICIRCLE * n. A plane figure with the shape of half a circle.
BYPATH * n. A side road little traveled (as in the countryside).
TOPICAL * --s. 1 Pertaining to the surface of a body part. 2 Of interest at the present time. --a. Of or relating to or arranged by topics.
EMMETROPIC * a. Of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina.
TRIAKIDAE * n. Small sharks with smooth skins and lacking spines on their dorsal fins.
POSTUM * n. Trade mark for a coffee substitute invented by C. W. Post and made with chicory and roasted grains.
SCHOOLMAN * n. 1 A scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism. 2 A scholar who is skilled in academic disputation.
FIELDSTONE * n. Stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material.
LOCKKEEPER * n. A worker in charge of a lock (on a canal).
DOTTILY * r. In a mildly insane manner.
ARENGA * n. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
HETEROKONTAE * n. All the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length.
LAYABOUT * n. Person who does no work.
RESUME * --n. 1 Short descriptive summary (of events). 2 A summary of your academic and work history. --v. 1 Take up or begin anew. 2 Return to a previous location or condition. 3 Assume anew. 4 Give a summary (of).
NEUROTROPIC * a. (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) Tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially.
COLLET * n. 1 A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting. 2 A cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe. 3 A band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting.
KISSING * n. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
TEACUP * n. 1 As much as a teacup will hold. 2 A cup from which tea is drunk.
EXOCRINE * --n. A gland that secretes externally through a duct. --a. Of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions.
CONCEPTUALISM * n. The doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application.
CHIVALRY * n. 1 Courtesy towards women. 2 The medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct.
ALCES * n. Elk or moose.
CARROT * n. 1 Deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant. 2 Perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions. 3 Orange root; important source of carotene. 4 Promise of reward as in.
FELDSPAR * n. Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
SHOW-OFF * n. Someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention.
GADABA * n. 1 A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India. 2 The Dravidian language spoken by the Gadaba.
PERDICINAE * n. Old World partridges.
JUDA * n. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
POULENC * n. French pianist and composer (1899-1963).
PALINURUS * n. Type genus of the family Palinuridae.
GRUNT-HOOT * v. Communicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates.
SULFAMEZATHINE * n. A sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine.
KILLIFISH * n. Small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control.
COALFACE * n. The part of a coal seam that is being cut.
MOTORED * a. Equipped with a motor or motors.
TEVET * n. The fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January).
AVOIRDUPOIS * n. 1 A system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains). 2 Excess bodily weight.
INTERRELATIONSHIP * n. Mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness.
LUXATION * n. Displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ.
RANKIN * n. Leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973).
DOUBLEHEADER * n. Two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day).
MALACIA * n. A state of abnormal softening of tissue.
SIDEBURN * n. Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).
HYPNOTHERAPY * n. The use of hypnosis in psychotherapy.
MARSH * n. 1 Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. 2 United States painter (1898-1954). 3 New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982).
IMPROVING * s. Getting higher or more vigorous.
PARAMETRITIS * n. Inflammation of connective tissue adjacent to the uterus.
HEBETUDE * n. Mental lethargy or dullness.
SUCCESS * n. 1 An event that accomplishes its intended purpose. 2 An attainment that is successful. 3 A state of prosperity or fame. 4 A person with a record of successes.
ETIOLOGICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the philosophical study of causation. 2 Relating to the etiology of a disease.
LENIENCE * n. 1 Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant. 2 A disposition to yield to the wishes of someone. 3 Lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers.
ACCELERATORY * s. Tending to increase velocity.
FOOTMARK * n. A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface.
FILTER-TIPPED * s. Of a cigar or cigarette; having a tip designed to filter the smoke.
EDITORIALLY * r. By means of an editorial.
SLICE * --n. 1 A share of something. 2 A serving that has been cut from a larger portion. 3 A wound made by cutting. 4 A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer. --v. 1 Make a clean cut through. 2 Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction. 3 Cut into slices. 4 Hit a ball so that it causes a backspin.
DEPENDANCE * n. 1 Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs). 2 The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
CONUROPSIS * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
UNICYCLIST * n. A person who rides a unicycle.
LIBRATE * v. 1 Determine the weight of. 2 Vibrate before coming to a total rest.
UMLAUT * n. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate a change in sound in some languages.
AERIFORM * s. 1 Resembling air or having the form of air. 2 Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.
NUGGET * n. A solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth.
SPELL-BOUND * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
RECURVATE * s. Curved backward or inward.
GLASNOST * n. A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems.
RETROGRESSIVE * s. Going from better to worse.
EXORCISER * n. Someone who practices exorcism.
OVERWORKING * n. The act of working too much or too long.
KERNITE * n. A light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form; an important source of boron.
NECROMANTICAL * a. Relating to or associated with necromancy.
CORNSTARCH * n. Starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.
CRAPS * n. 1 Expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot. 2 A gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice.
ABERDONIAN * a. Of or relating to Aberdeen.
BRITTANY * n. A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
PIGEON-BREASTED * s. Having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets.
REORIENTATE * v. Orient once again, after a disorientation.
UNPROPITIOUS * a. Not propitious.
ARRANGEMENT * n. 1 The thing arranged or agreed to. 2 An orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging. 3 An organized structure for arranging or classifying. 4 The spatial property of the way in which something is placed.
REMITTAL * n. 1 A payment of money sent to a person in another place. 2 An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). 3 The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance.
AGGLOMERATED * s. Clustered together but not coherent.
FUNDRAISER * n. 1 Someone who solicits financial contributions. 2 A social function that is held for the purpose of raising money.
MINIMAL * a. The least possible.
CODLING * n. Young codfish.
OBSTREPEROUS * s. 1 Noisily and stubbornly defiant. 2 Boisterously and noisily aggressive.
DENDROLOGY * n. The study of wooden plants.
NAPHTHALENE * n. A white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs.
KARAOKE * n. Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).
175TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order.
REPETITIVE * --s. Repetitive and persistent. --a. Characterized by repetition.
ANGLEDOZER * n. A bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side.
TRANSMUTATION * n. 1 An act that changes the form or character or substance of something. 2 A qualitative change. 3 (physics) The change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment).
CANDYMAKER * n. Someone who makes candies and other sweets.
NGWEE * n. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia.
SCULL * --n. 1 A long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward. 2 Each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single oarsman. 3 A racing shell that is propelled by sculls. --v. Propel with sculls.
PPP * n. Surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea).
GRAINY * s. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency.
PLICATE * v. Fold into pleats.
GODUNOV * n. Czar of Russia (1551-1605).
ANTHROPOPHAGUS * n. A person who eats human flesh.
SPLIT-PEA * n. Dried hulled pea; used in soup.
RAFFISHLY * r. In a rakish manner.
SODOMITE * n. Someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male).
PATRONISED * a. Having patronage or clients.
WEISSBIER * n. A general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent.
COMPLEXIFY * v. 1 Have or develop complicating consequences. 2 Make complex.
NABOOM * n. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
SCORES * n. A large number or amount.
DRAINAGE * n. Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it.
BOUGAINVILLEA * n. Any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions.
USHERETTE * n. A female usher.
45 * s. Being five more than forty.
INHOSPITABLENESS * n. 1 The environmental condition in a region that lacks a favorable climate or terrain for life or growth. 2 Having an unfriendly and inhospitable disposition.
SUBURBANIZE * v. 1 Take on suburban character. 2 Make suburban in character.
ALCOTT * n. United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
NAUMACHIA * n. A naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans.
MAYACA * n. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.
RHUMB * n. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction.
TEACART * n. Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments.
GREENBERG * n. United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001).
TRINKETRY * n. Trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively.
SHREW * n. 1 A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman. 2 Small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles.
KNAWEL * n. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
SQUATTINESS * n. A short and stout physique.
NEUTROPHILE * n. The chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes.
REPREHENSIBILITY * n. Being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof.
HOMESICKNESS * n. A longing to return home.
LAOTIAN * --n. A member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais. --a. Of or relating to Laos or its people.
BLOCKADE-RUNNER * n. A ship that runs through or around a naval blockade.
DIPHTHONGIZE * v. Change from a simple vowel to a diphthong.
EXPERIMENTER * n. 1 A research worker who conducts experiments. 2 A person who enjoys testing innovative ideas.
EYEBATH * n. A small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball.
ESCAPE * --n. 1 The act of escaping physically. 2 An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy. 3 Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. 4 An avoidance of danger or difficulty. --v. 1 Run away from confinement. 2 Fail to experience. 3 Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. 4 Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by.
INCISURA * n. (anatomy) A notch or small hollow.
REPLY * --n. 1 A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. 2 The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange. --v. React verbally.
BAILEE * n. The agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered.
CANAFISTOLA * n. Deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia.
FOOT-POUND * n. A unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot.
CONGOLESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people.
RANULA * n. A cyst on the underside of the tongue.
HATRACK * n. A rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats.
PLATH * n. United States writer and poet (1932-1963).
BIFF * --n. (boxing) A blow with the fist. --v. Strike, usually with the fist.
21 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one. --s. Being one more than twenty.
SHOEBILL * n. Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe.
SHAMUS * n. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
YASHMAK * n. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
HOLOCEPHALIAN * n. Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail.
FIBBING * n. A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear.
BUTTONWOOD * n. Very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico.
QUIVER * --n. 1 An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. 2 A shaky motion. 3 Case for holding arrows. 4 The act of vibrating. --v. 1 Shake with fast, tremulous movements. 2 Move back and forth very rapidly. 3 Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion.
YESHIVAH * n. An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud).
TESTACEOUS * a. Relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell.
STAUNCHNESS * n. Loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty.
BALDPATE * n. 1 A person whose head is bald or shaved. 2 A widgeon the male of which has a white crown.
FLETC * n. A center in the Department of Homeland Security that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies.
YONDER * --s. Distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal). --r. At or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal).
PLESSOR * n. (medicine) A small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes.
HIPPY * n. Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle.
PROTECTORATE * n. A state or territory partly controlled by (but not a possession of) a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs; protectorates are established by treaty.
ROOTING * n. The process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow.
PUTTERER * n. A person who putters about.
SPARE * --n. 1 An extra component of a machine or other apparatus. 2 An extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle. 3 A score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls. --v. 1 Refrain from harming. 2 Save or relieve from an experience or action. 3 Give up what is not strictly needed. 4 Use frugally or carefully. --s. 1 Thin and fit. 2 More than is needed, desired, or required. 3 Not taken up by scheduled activities. 4 Kept in reserve especially for emergency use.
OSCITANCY * n. 1 Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning. 2 An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom.
LIPOCHONDRODYSTROPHY * n. Hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation.
HEMORRHAGIC * a. Of or relating to a hemorrhage.
VOLUMETRICAL * a. Of or relating to measurement by volume.
DUFF * n. A stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron.
SCOTLAND * n. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts.
COMPENSATE * v. 1 Adjust for. 2 Make amends for; pay compensation for. 3 Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities. 4 Make reparations or amends for.
UBIQUITOUSNESS * n. The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
LAVATION * n. The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water).
CLOSURE * --n. 1 Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap. 2 A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body. 3 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. 4 Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making. --v. Terminate debate by calling for a vote.
CORYDALUS * n. Type genus of the Corydalidae.
ALKALISER * n. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach).
LESSEN * v. 1 Decrease in size, extent, or range. 2 Make smaller. 3 Wear off or die down.
UIGHUR * n. 1 A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China. 3 The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language.
KONAKRI * n. A port and the capital of Guinea.
VARIANT * --n. 1 An event that departs from expectations. 2 (biology) A group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups. 3 A variable quantity that is random. 4 Something a little different from others of the same type. --s. 1 Differing from a norm or standard. 2 Exhibiting variation and change.
UMBER * --n. 1 An earth pigment. 2 A medium brown to dark-brown color. --s. Of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments.
KETOSE * n. Any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal.
BAIRN * n. A child: son or daughter.
BEHINDHAND * --s. Behind schedule. --r. In debt.
PEACEFUL * --a. Not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war. --s. Peacefully resistant in response to injustice.
LUNGE * --n. 1 The act of moving forward suddenly. 2 (fencing) An attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward. --v. Make a thrusting forward movement.
OBSOLESCENT * s. Becoming obsolete.
YEARNED-FOR * s. Greatly desired.
ARTHROPTERIS * n. Tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns.
BAULK-LINE * n. Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.
SWEETMEAT * n. A sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry).
EIGHTY-THREE * s. Being three more than eighty.
RALLIDAE * n. Rails; crakes; gallinules; coots.
STARING * s. 1 (used of eyes) Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder. 2 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
TRANSFORMER * n. An electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage.
LIFESAVING * n. Saving the lives of drowning persons.
TACHYMETER * n. A theodolite designed for rapid measurements.
PLANTAE * n. (botany) The taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants.
WICKERWORK * n. Work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches).
SCHOLIUM * n. A marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature).
IMPLODE * v. Burst inward.
REANIMATED * s. Given fresh life or vigor or spirit.
UNTUNEFUL * a. Not having a musical sound or pleasing tune.
SLS * n. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed.
EYES-ONLY * s. Official classification for documents; meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed.
BUNYAN * n. 1 English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688). 2 A legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada.
ARCTIIDAE * n. Tiger moths.
GEOPHILOMORPHA * n. Small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs.
SEVILLE * n. A city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain.
ORATOR * n. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
RAPACIOUS * s. 1 Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. 2 Excessively greedy and grasping. 3 Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
SKI-PLANE * n. An airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield.
OFF-WHITE * --n. A shade of white the color of bleached bones. --s. Of something having a color tending toward white.
KIRK * n. A Scottish church.
DAWES * n. American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799).
TARRADIDDLE * n. 1 A trivial lie. 2 Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
ALTITUDINOUS * s. Indefinitely high; lofty.
DECAF * n. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
MALADJUSTIVE * s. Poorly adjusted.
ID * n. 1 A state in the Rocky Mountains. 2 A card or badge used to identify the bearer. 3 (psychoanalysis) Primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity.
DISAVOWAL * n. Denial of any connection with or knowledge of.
FEROCITY * n. The property of being wild or turbulent.
REPARTEE * n. Adroitness and cleverness in reply.
OFFERING * n. 1 Something offered (as a proposal or bid). 2 Money contributed to a religious organization. 3 The verbal act of offering. 4 The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity.
DOLICHOCRANIAL * a. Having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75.
PRIZEFIGHTER * n. A professional boxer.
RETINA * n. The innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve.
BROWBEAT * v. 1 Be bossy towards. 2 Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate.
POUTINGLY * r. With a pout or in a pouting manner.
NEBULOUS * --s. 1 Lacking definite form or limits. 2 Lacking definition or definite content. --a. Of or relating to or resembling a nebula.
TYPO * n. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
MUNCHER * n. A chewer who makes a munching noise.
ESURIENT * s. 1 Extremely hungry. 2 (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous. 3 Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
PROTEOME * n. The full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome.
ATHAPASCAN * n. 1 A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska. 2 A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir).
ANEMONE * n. 1 Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves. 2 Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton.
CETORHINIDAE * n. In some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks.
COUNSELOR-AT-LAW * n. A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
MUSGU * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
JARRELL * n. United States poet (1914-1965).
ADRENAL * --n. Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions. 2 Near the kidneys.
SHROVETIDE * n. Immediately preceding Lent.
DRAMATIC * --a. 1 Suitable to or characteristic of drama. 2 Pertaining to or characteristic of drama. 3 Used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style. --s. Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.
RAZMATAZ * n. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
PHEASANT * n. 1 Large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere. 2 Flesh of a pheasant; usually braised.
PROTURAN * n. Any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter.
BICYCLER * n. A person who rides a bicycle.
50TH * s. The ordinal number of fifty in counting order.
SOWBANE * n. Herb considered fatal to swine.
MARAT * n. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
OCCIDENTAL * --n. 1 A native inhabitant of the Occident. 2 An artificial language. --s. Denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the western hemisphere.
UTILISED * s. Put to use.
CALLOSOTOMY * n. Severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy).
DEPENDENCE * n. 1 The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else. 2 Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).
CASSIA * n. 1 Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods. 2 Some genus Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista. 3 Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon.
COMMIX * v. To bring or combine together or with something else.
MARGINALISE * v. Relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people.
OPERA * n. 1 A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes. 2 A commercial browser. 3 A building where musical dramas are performed.
UNSURPASSABLE * s. Not to be exceeded.
HATCHING * n. 1 The production of young from an egg. 2 Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
THREADED * a. (of bolts or screws) Having screw threads.
FASTIDIOUSLY * r. 1 In a fastidious and painstaking manner. 2 In a fastidious manner.
ROISTERER * n. An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker.
UNMODERNIZED * s. Not brought up to date.
ADSCITITIOUS * s. 1 Added or derived from something outside; not inherent. 2 Supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing.
LOCOMOTION * n. 1 The power or ability to move. 2 Self-propelled movement.
DETECTABLE * s. 1 Capable of being detected. 2 Easily seen or detected.
FASTEN * v. 1 Cause to be firmly attached. 2 Become fixed or fastened. 3 Attach to. 4 Make tight or tighter.
AMELIORATIVE * s. Tending to ameliorate.
FUSCHIA * n. A dark purplish-red color.
LEADING * --n. 1 Thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing. 2 The activity of leading. --s. 1 Indicating the most important performer or role. 2 Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement. 3 Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. --a. Going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way.
OBLIGATIONAL * a. Relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation.
GALLBLADDER * n. A muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion.
ARBOUR * n. A framework that supports climbing plants.
ELABORATE * --v. 1 Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. 2 Produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product. 3 Make more complex, intricate, or richer. 4 Work out in detail. --s. 1 Marked by complexity and richness of detail. 2 Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
SMOLENSK * n. A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II.
IRRESPECTIVE * r. In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks.
PROLAPSE * --n. The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus). --v. Slip or fall out of place, as of body parts.
YOUNGNESS * n. The opposite of oldness.
VICISSITUDE * n. 1 A variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something. 2 Mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another).
AWAYNESS * n. The state of being elsewhere than in particular place.
SELENE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna. 2 A genus of Carangidae.
POME * n. A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part.
WAR * --n. 1 The waging of armed conflict against an enemy. 2 A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply. 3 An active struggle between competing entities. 4 A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious. --v. Make or wage war.
DUBIOUSNESS * n. 1 The state of being unsure of something. 2 Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something.
UNSOLD * a. Not disposed of by purchase.
BORDERER * n. An inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England).
RE * n. 1 A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum. 2 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. 3 The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
COLCHIS * n. (Greek mythology) A region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece.
SWEATBAND * n. 1 A band of fabric or leather sewn inside the crown of a hat. 2 A band of material tied around the forehead or wrist to absorb sweat.
COURTESY * n. 1 A courteous or respectful or considerate act. 2 A courteous or respectful or considerate remark. 3 A courteous manner.
PIMIENTO * n. 1 Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers. 2 Fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked.
MANTICORE * n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
XXY-SYNDROME * n. Syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation; a genetic defect in which an extra X chromosome (XXY) is present in the male.
BOYLIKE * --s. Befitting or characteristic of a young boy. --r. Like a boy.
PASTERNAK * n. Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960).
HOW-DO-YOU-DO * n. 1 An awkward situation. 2 An expression of greeting.
CHROMATID * n. One of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis.
ANSWERABILITY * n. Responsibility to someone or for some activity.
LACHRYMOSE * s. Showing sorrow.
PORKFISH * n. Black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil.
GAME * --n. 1 A contest with rules to determine a winner. 2 A single play of a sport or other contest. 3 An amusement or pastime. 4 Animal hunted for food or sport. --v. Place a bet on. --s. 1 Disabled in the feet or legs. 2 Willing to face danger.
THYROMEGALY * n. Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet.
SMELLING * --n. The act of perceiving the odor of something. --s. (used with `of' or `with') Noticeably odorous.
LYCEE * n. A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12.
TARTRATE * n. A salt or ester of tartaric acid.
UNSEGREGATED * s. Rid of segregation; having had segregation ended.
GLADDENED * s. Made joyful.
CENTROIDAL * a. Of or relating to (especially passing through) a centroid.
ISOLEUCINE * n. An essential amino acid found in proteins; isomeric with leucine.
FEDERATE * --v. 1 Enter into a league for a common purpose. 2 Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league. --s. United under a central government.
HETEROGENEITY * n. The quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind.
HICCOUGH * --n. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion. --v. Breathe spasmodically, and make a sound.
UNNAMEABLE * s. Too sacred to be uttered.
SHERRINGTON * n. English physiologist who conducted research on reflex action (1857-1952).
HEXAGONAL * a. Having six sides or divided into hexagons.
CXX * s. Being ten more than one hundred ten.
RHINOCEROS * n. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
MAN-OF-WAR * n. 1 A warship intended for combat. 2 Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles.
BISKEK * n. The capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
CAPTION * --n. 1 Taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument. 2 Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. 3 Brief description accompanying an illustration. --v. Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing.
DIJON * n. An industrial city in eastern France to the north of Lyons.
HAART * n. A combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV.
BASUTOLAND * n. A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.
CAUSAL * s. Involving or constituting a cause; causing.
BUSINESS * n. 1 A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it. 2 The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects. 3 The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. 4 A rightful concern or responsibility.
GUILT-RIDDEN * s. Feeling or revealing a sense of guilt.
DUNKER * n. 1 An eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it. 2 A basketball player who is able to make dunk shots. 3 An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion).
LENIENT * s. 1 Tolerant or lenient. 2 Not strict. 3 Characterized by tolerance and mercy.
AZORES * n. Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal.
FEATURELESS * s. Lacking distinguishing characteristics or features.
SAUERKRAUT * n. Shredded cabbage fermented in brine.
TENDRAC * n. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog.
NCDC * n. The part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data.
HAIRLIKE * s. Long and slender with a very small internal diameter.
TRITENESS * n. Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed.
AXIS * n. 1 A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions. 2 The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged. 3 In World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations. 4 A group of countries in special alliance.
EXAGGERATEDLY * r. In an exaggerated manner.
MOIETY * n. 1 One of two (approximately) equal parts. 2 One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe.
DINING-ROOM * n. A room used for dining.
FRASERA * n. Genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia.
PELOPONNESE * n. The southern peninsula of Greece; dominated by Sparta until the 4th century BC.
BEGGING * n. A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person).
EDITORIALIST * n. A journalist who writes editorials.
FORECAST * --n. A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop. --v. 1 Predict in advance. 2 Judge to be probable. 3 Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
THIORIDAZINE * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
KHMER * n. 1 The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Cambodia. 2 A native or inhabitant of Cambodia.
TEREBELLA * n. Type genus of Terebellidae; tube-forming marine polychete worms with many filamentous tentacles.
DIE-HARD * s. Tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated.
CELEBREX * n. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
TOURETTE * n. French neurologist (1857-1904).
STEINEM * n. United States feminist (born in 1934).
TUSKED * s. Having tusks.
DECATUR * n. 1 United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820). 2 A city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here. 3 A town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River.
RUGGEDIZE * v. Produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage.
ASPIS * n. Horned vipers.
PULPIT * n. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
SWALLOW * --n. 1 A small amount of liquid food. 2 The act of swallowing. 3 Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. --v. 1 Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking. 2 Engulf and destroy. 3 Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing. 4 Utter indistinctly.
LANYARD * n. 1 A cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon. 2 A cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle. 3 (nautical) A line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships.
PLAYFELLOW * n. A companion at play.
ELASTIN * n. A fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries.
MEASURELESS * s. Without limits in extent or size or quantity.
ARECACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales.
SOLAN * n. Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
TRIASSIC * --n. From 230 million to 190 million years ago; dinosaurs, marine reptiles; volcanic activity. --a. Of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era.
IDLER * n. Person who does no work.
CLONING * n. A general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell).
DANDLE * v. 1 Move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees. 2 Pet.
LANDFALL * n. 1 The seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water). 2 The first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water).
LIFESPAN * n. The period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).
TORRENTIAL * --a. Relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent. --s. 1 Resembling a torrent in force and abundance. 2 Pouring in abundance.
BESIDES * r. 1 Making an additional point; anyway. 2 In addition.
RHEOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to rheology.
OBJECTIONABLY * r. In an obnoxious manner.
HONORING * n. Conformity with law or custom or practice etc..
DRACAENACEAE * n. One of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae.
BY-CATCH * n. Unwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species.
BOSUN * n. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
SCSI * n. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
PODIUM * n. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
TIGRESS * n. A female tiger.
ZEUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter. 2 Type genus of the family Zeidae.
HOLDUP * n. 1 Robbery at gunpoint. 2 The act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time.
YELLOWWOOD * n. 1 The yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees. 2 Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract.
FRACAS * n. Noisy quarrel.
TRIBUNESHIP * n. The position of tribune.
SNUFF-BROWN * s. Snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown.
GUNSHOT * n. The act of shooting a gun.
EPICONDYLITIS * n. Painful inflammation of the muscles and soft tissues around an epicondyle.
SAVIOR * n. 1 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). 2 A person who rescues you from harm or danger.
PACKINGHOUSE * n. 1 A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed. 2 A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products.
CONSOLATION * n. 1 The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment. 2 The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction.
ANTEDILUVIAL * a. Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.
NUTATION * n. Uncontrolled nodding.
MENIALLY * r. In a menial manner.
HELIAMPHORA * n. Genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America.
LONTAR * n. Tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving.
CONSPIRATOR * n. A member of a conspiracy.
FURFURAL * n. A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent.
STEFFENS * n. United States journalist whose exposes in 1906 started an era of muckraking journalism (1866-1936).
SPIROGRAPH * n. A measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements.
CAPACIOUSNESS * n. 1 Intellectual breadth. 2 Spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building).
MUCILAGINOUS * s. Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.
DUDS * n. Informal terms for clothing.
REPETITIVELY * r. In a repetitive manner.
KERNEL * n. 1 The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone. 2 A single whole grain of a cereal. 3 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
SOLED * a. Having a sole or soles especially as specified; used in combination.
IRREVOCABLY * r. In an irrevocable manner.
FERVOR * n. 1 Feelings of great warmth and intensity. 2 The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.
GARGANTUA * n. A voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name.
BLABBY * s. Unwisely talking too much.
HULKY * s. Of great size and bulk.
PLINY * n. 1 Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113). 2 Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79).
COLLOGUE * v. Confer secretly.
FUMARIACEAE * n. Erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn.
DOBRA * n. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
MAMMALOGIST * n. One skilled in the study of mammals.
ALKYNE * n. A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis.
EMPRESS * n. A woman emperor or the wife of an emperor.
MESHUGAAS * n. (Yiddish) Craziness; senseless behavior or activity.
DE-IODINATION * n. The removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds.
ILEUM * n. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
ULT * s. In or of the month preceding the present one.
ZIMBABWE * n. A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980.
FIXEDLY * r. In a fixed manner.
LYCIUM * n. Deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions.
ONE-SIDEDLY * r. In a unilateral manner; by means of one part or party.
ACARUS * n. Any of several mites of the order Acarina.
CUDDLY * s. Inviting cuddling or hugging.
OPPONENT * --n. 1 A contestant that you are matched against. 2 Someone who offers opposition. --s. Characterized by active hostility.
BRAGGY * s. Exhibiting self-importance.
HARDBAKE * n. A British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds.
BLASTOCELE * n. The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula.
AIOLI * n. Garlic mayonnaise.
THERIDIIDAE * n. A family of comb-footed spiders.
UNLIGHTED * --a. Not set afire or burning. --s. Without illumination.
LOGOTYPE * n. A company emblem or device.
OUTSPOKENLY * r. In an outspoken manner.
PREPACKED * s. Prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale.
CONCURRENCE * n. 1 Agreement of results or opinions. 2 Acting together, as agents or circumstances or events. 3 A state of cooperation. 4 The temporal property of two things happening at the same time.
INFIRMARY * n. A health facility where patients receive treatment.
SEMPACH * n. The Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386.
SUCK * --n. The act of sucking. --v. 1 Draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth. 2 Draw something in by or as if by a vacuum. 3 Attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.. 4 Be inadequate or objectionable.
THERMOGRAVIMETRIC * a. Of or relating to thermal hydrometry.
ENTOZOON * n. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
VILA * n. Capital of Vanuatu.
FIREWALL * n. 1 (colloquial) The application of maximum thrust. 2 (computing) A security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet. 3 A fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle.
MYSTICETI * n. Baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks.
MAYHEM * n. 1 The willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person. 2 Violent and needless disturbance.
PHYSIOLOGIST * n. A biologist specializing in physiology.
WON * --n. 1 The basic unit of money in South Korea. 2 The basic unit of money in North Korea. --a. Not subject to defeat.
UNJUSTNESS * n. The practice of being unjust or unfair.
PVC * n. 1 A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables. 2 Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation.
FULBE * n. A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith.
RECORD-HOLDER * n. Someone who breaks a record.
SAFAQIS * n. The second largest city in Tunisia; located in eastern Tunisia near a phosphate region.
NONCONFORMITY * n. 1 Lack of harmony or correspondence. 2 A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs. 3 Unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values. 4 Failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior.
FAHRENHEIT * --n. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736). --a. Of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer.
PAILLASSE * n. Mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust.
UROLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the urinary tract or urogenital system.
PHARYNGEAL * --n. A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat. --a. Of or relating to the throat.
LUCIDLY * r. In a clear and lucid manner.
CREDULITY * n. Tendency to believe readily.
GRAVIMETRIC * a. Of or relating to hydrometry.
ULMACEAE * n. A dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema.
ERYTHROCYTOLYSIN * n. Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin.
GEODETIC * a. Of or relating to or determined by geodesy.
INELEGANT * a. Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste.
BREAD * --n. 1 Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked. 2 Informal terms for money. --v. Cover with bread crumbs.
SISSU * n. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties.
BOOMER * n. A member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s.
JARRING * s. Making or causing a harsh and irritating sound.
RELENTLESSLY * r. In a relentless manner.
JUGGLING * n. 1 The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression. 2 Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously.
ABSENT * --v. Go away or leave. --a. Not being in a specified place. --s. 1 Nonexistent. 2 Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.
SCORNER * n. A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.
BUSINESSPEOPLE * n. People who transact business (especially business executives).
MENDACIOUSLY * r. In a mendacious and untruthful manner.
METABOLISM * n. 1 The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals. 2 The organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life.
TOOTHED * --a. Having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination. --s. 1 Notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex. 2 Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
SEAROBIN * n. American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries.
TROCHAIC * a. Of or consisting of trochees.
AUTOECIOUS * a. Of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host.
DEGAUSS * v. Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of).
AAVE * n. A nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States.
APPOSITENESS * n. Appropriateness for the occasion.
DECANT * v. Pour out.
CLIPPED * s. 1 Cut or trimmed by clipping. 2 (of speech) Having quick short sounds.
BOYLE * n. 1 United States writer (1902-1992). 2 Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).
LORENTZ * n. Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928).
IMPIOUS * --a. Lacking piety or reverence for a god. --s. Lacking due respect or dutifulness.
L.A. * n. A city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States.
SKELETON * n. 1 Something reduced to its minimal form. 2 A scandal that is kept secret. 3 The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal. 4 The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape.
HIERONYMUS * n. (Roman Catholic Church) One of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420).
IONIC * --n. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia. --a. 1 Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions. 2 Of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture. 3 Of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language.
THROMBOLYTIC * n. A kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle.
17 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one. --s. Being one more than sixteen.
SCHOOLMISTRESS * n. A woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict).
ARCHIMEDES * n. Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC).
PAROXETIME * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
SIENNA * n. An earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment.
OBSERVANTLY * r. In an observant manner.
ISOPTERAN * a. Relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera.
TEMPEST-TOST * s. Pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities.
BACCHANTE * n. (classical mythology) A priestess or votary of Bacchus.
MANDARIN * n. 1 Shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia. 2 A member of an elite intellectual or cultural group. 3 Any high government official or bureaucrat. 4 A high public official of imperial China.
CASKFUL * n. The quantity a cask will hold.
CONDIGN * s. Fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment.
PLACATE * v. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.
HARKEN * v. Listen; used mostly in the imperative.
DISCLAIMER * n. 1 (law) A voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something. 2 Denial of any connection with or knowledge of.
OZ. * n. A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams.
BEGUILER * n. 1 Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. 2 A person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness).
OROIDE * n. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry.
KOTEX * n. A disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow.
MALEVOLENTLY * r. In a malevolent manner.
VITALITY * n. 1 An energetic style. 2 A healthy capacity for vigorous activity. 3 (biology) A hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms. 4 The property of being able to survive and grow.
CONFUTER * n. A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument.
FARCE * --n. 1 A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations. 2 Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs. --v. Fill with a stuffing while cooking.
PUBESCENT * s. 1 (of animals especially human beings) Having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature. 2 Covered with fine soft hairs or down.
MYRISTICA * n. Type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits.
FLASHCARD * n. A card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher.
TRANSCRIBER * n. 1 A person who translates written messages from one language to another. 2 Someone who rewrites in a different script. 3 Someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation. 4 Someone who makes a written version of spoken material.
FOREARM * --n. The part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist. --v. Arm in advance of a confrontation.
BLATHER * --n. Foolish gibberish. --v. To talk foolishly.
MULLION * n. A nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen).
SENSUALITY * n. Desire for sensual pleasures.
INVENT * v. 1 Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. 2 Concoct something artificial or untrue.
ONYCHOPHORA * n. Enigmatic small elongated wormlike terrestrial invertebrates of damp dark habitats in warm regions; distinct from the phylum Annelida; resemble slugs with legs and are sometimes described as the missing link between arthropods and annelids.
HERALDIST * a. Of or relating to heraldry.
CROTON * n. 1 Grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant. 2 Tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil.
ALONE * --s. 1 Isolated from others. 2 Lacking companions or companionship. 3 Exclusive of anyone or anything else. 4 Radically distinctive and without equal. --r. 1 Without any others being included or involved. 2 Without anybody else or anything else.
EAGERNESS * n. 1 A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. 2 Prompt willingness.
PROOF * --n. 1 Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something. 2 A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it. 3 A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume). 4 (printing) An impression made to check for errors. --v. 1 Make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset. 2 Knead to reach proper lightness. 3 Read for errors. 4 Activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk. --s. (used in combination or as a suffix) Able to withstand.
KR * n. 1 A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air. 2 A communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999.
MOTORIZATION * n. The act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles).
MAHABHARATAM * n. (Hinduism) A sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families.
DISCOVERER * n. 1 Someone who is the first to think of or make something. 2 Someone who is the first to observe something.
CADENCY * n. A recurrent rhythmical series.
COLYMBIFORMES * n. Grebes.
ENMESHED * s. Caught as if in a mesh.
TALCUM * n. 1 A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder. 2 A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture.
FANNY * n. 1 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2 External female sex organs.
LANDSCAPED * s. (of land) Improved by gardening or landscape architecture.
RECEPTACLE * n. 1 A container that is used to put or keep things in. 2 Enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts. 3 An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert.
CONTRIVE * v. 1 Make or work out a plan for; devise. 2 Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. 3 Put or send forth.
EDGED * s. 1 Having a specified kind of border or edge. 2 (of speech) Harsh or hurtful in tone or character. 3 Having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination.
STATIN * n. A medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase.
MEATPACKING * n. Wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers).
SQUANDER * v. 1 Spend thoughtlessly; throw away. 2 Spend extravagantly.
COLLIE * n. A silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland.
BONELIKE * s. Resembling bone.
SHIRTMAKER * n. A maker of shirts.
HYMIE * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Jew.
TEMPORISE * v. Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time.
HYPERMEDIA * n. A multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together.
HALF-TIMBER * s. Having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture.
OSTEOPHYTE * n. Small abnormal bony outgrowth.
PROHIBITION * n. 1 A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages. 2 A decree that prohibits something. 3 The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. 4 Refusal to approve or assent to.
DRYAD * n. A deity or nymph of the woods.
WHITE-LIPPED * s. Having white lips from fear or terror.
SATISFACTORY * --a. Giving satisfaction. --s. Meeting requirements.
NOMINATED * s. Appointed by nomination.
GERMANITE * n. A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide.
VIRIDITY * n. Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass.
ORANGEADE * n. Sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice.
VERTICILLATED * s. Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem).
WRITING * n. 1 The act of creating written works. 2 The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect). 3 (usually plural) The collected work of an author. 4 Letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language.
WIRY-STEMMED * s. Having a wiry stem.
SEMI-WILD * s. Partially wild.
INDECISIVE * --a. 1 Characterized by lack of decision and firmness. 2 Not definitely settling something. --s. Not clearly defined.
FHLMC * n. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
FOREVERMORE * r. At any future time; in the future.
TROGLODYTE * n. 1 One who lives in solitude. 2 Someone who lives in a cave.
ICELANDER * n. A native or inhabitant of Iceland.
LONG-STAPLE * s. Having relatively long fibers.
GLIRICIDIA * n. Any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous.
PACKAGED * a. Enclosed in a package or protective covering.
ANEURYSM * n. A cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall.
INSTEAD * r. 1 In place of, or as an alternative to. 2 On the contrary.
METAZOAN * n. Any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges.
SPHYRNIDAE * n. Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks.
GRAINGER * n. United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961).
PAROXYTONE * n. Word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable.
HOBBLE * --n. 1 A shackle for the ankles or feet. 2 The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg. --v. 1 Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. 2 Hamper the action or progress of. 3 Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison.
MIMETIC * s. 1 Characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis. 2 Exhibiting mimicry.
CENTRALITY * n. The property of being central.
UNQUESTIONING * s. 1 Not inclined to ask questions. 2 Being without doubt or reserve.
ENVOI * n. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
GANGSTA * n. (Black English) A member of a youth gang.
EPISTAXIS * n. Bleeding from the nose.
FACE-SAVING * s. Maintaining dignity or prestige.
SNAPPISHNESS * n. A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
FADDY * s. Intensely fashionable for a short time.
RACEWAY * n. 1 A canal for a current of water. 2 A course over which races are run.
LEVOROTATION * n. Rotation to the left.
MUSKAT * n. Any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes.
ELUCIDATIVE * s. That makes clear.
AMERINDIC * a. Of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages.
REPAIRMAN * n. A skilled worker whose job is to repair things.
HYDROZOAN * n. Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant.
STEEPNESS * n. The property possessed by a slope that is very steep.
CONFIRM * v. 1 Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. 2 Strengthen or make more firm. 3 Make more firm. 4 Support a person for a position.
BOTTOMLESS * --s. 1 Extremely deep. 2 Having no apparent limits or bounds. 3 Unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness. --a. Having no bottom.
UNUSED * s. 1 Not yet used or soiled. 2 Not yet put into use. 3 Not in active use.
STIGMATISE * v. 1 To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful. 2 Mark with a stigma or stigmata.
UNSUSCEPTIBILITY * n. The state of not being susceptible.
ANATIDAE * n. Swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks.
DECIPHERMENT * n. The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text.
AGENT * n. 1 An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect. 2 A representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations. 3 A substance that exerts some force or effect. 4 A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission.
MENCKEN * n. United States journalist and literary critic (1880-1956).
DUSTUP * n. An angry dispute.
PITHECOLOBIUM * n. Thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia.
TELFER * n. One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage.
PRESENTIMENT * n. A feeling of evil to come.
FABRIC * n. 1 Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers. 2 The underlying structure.
MAILBOAT * n. A boat for carrying mail.
AGROLOGICAL * a. Of or related to agrology.
LULL * --n. 1 A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished. 2 A period of calm weather. --v. 1 Calm by deception. 2 Become quiet or less intensive. 3 Make calm or still.
CEPHALALGIA * n. Pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs.
SHORT-CIRCUIT * v. 1 Hamper the progress of; impede. 2 Create a short circuit in. 3 Avoid something unpleasant or laborious.
BARONET * n. A member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight.
WHITENED * s. (of hair) Having lost its color.
L-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter L.
BRACHYCRANIAL * a. Having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80.
METRICS * n. The study of poetic meter and the art of versification.
BRIGHTNESS * n. 1 The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white. 2 Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty. 3 The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
PERIODONTIST * n. A dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth.
HESITANCE * n. A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something.
REALPOLITIK * n. Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations.
CLOUDING * n. The process whereby water particles become visible in the sky.
SMUGGLING * n. Secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due.
TRAVELING * n. The act of going from one place to another.
CHEATING * --n. A deception for profit to yourself. --s. 1 Not faithful to a spouse or lover. 2 Violating accepted standards or rules.
JAMAICA * n. 1 A country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism. 2 An island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti.
CORDON * n. 1 A series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing. 2 Cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank. 3 Adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord.
TAPROOT * n. 1 (botany) Main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem. 2 Something that provides an important central source for growth or development.
RIBBAND * n. A ribbon used as a decoration.
KLIMT * n. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).
HENCE * r. 1 (used to introduce a logical conclusion) From that fact or reason or as a result. 2 From this place. 3 From this time.
NEMERTEAN * n. Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.
LIVERISH * s. 1 Suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress. 2 Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
LEMMUS * n. Lemmings.
REVERBERANCE * n. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
RETRIBUTORY * s. 1 Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution. 2 Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts.
TEACHER * n. 1 A person whose occupation is teaching. 2 A personified abstraction that teaches.
PUBLISHED * --a. Prepared and printed for distribution and sale. --s. Formally made public.
UNCOVERED * s. Not covered with clothing.
PARTI-COLOR * v. Make motley; color with different colors.
SELF-PITY * n. A feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings.
LEARY * n. United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996).
LOCKNUT * n. Supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening.
KOTA * n. 1 A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India. 2 A Dravidian language spoken by the Kota.
HYDROPHYTE * n. A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth.
CASERN * n. Military barracks in a garrison town.
GAIA * n. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
UNUTTERABLY * r. To an inexpressible degree.
ROSELLINIA * n. Fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores.
MISNAME * v. Assign in incorrect name to.
SULFISOXAZOLE * n. A sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract.
RESCRIPTOR * n. A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV.
YIP * --n. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog). --v. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
GEARTRAIN * n. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
VEHEMENT * s. 1 Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. 2 Characterized by great force or energy.
GAYWINGS * n. Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals.
ONLINE * --a. 1 On a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system. 2 Connected to a computer network or accessible by computer. --s. Being in progress now.
AIN * s. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive.
FILLMORE * n. Elected vice president and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874).
CABOTAGE * n. 1 The exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders. 2 Navigation in coastal waters.
FRONTAGE * n. 1 The extent of land abutting on a street or water. 2 The direction in which something (such as a building) faces. 3 The face or front of a building.
BLEMISH * --n. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). --v. 1 Mar or spoil the appearance of. 2 Mar or impair with a flaw. 3 Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective.
EMBIOTOCIDAE * n. Viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes.
BOMBASTICALLY * r. 1 In a turgid manner. 2 In a grandiose manner.
PREPARE * v. 1 Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. 2 Prepare for eating by applying heat. 3 To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery. 4 Arrange by systematic planning and united effort.
PINT-SIZE * s. Well below average height.
MIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes.
SATANG * n. 100 satangs equal 1 baht in Thailand.
HIBBERTIA * n. Evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia.
ABSTRACTEDNESS * n. Preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else.
KATABATIC * a. Of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night.
ACHROMATICITY * n. The visual property of being without chromatic color.
PHOLIS * n. Type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels.
NYCTEREUTES * n. Raccoon dogs.
COMMISSAR * n. An official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit.
ENDOPROCTA * n. Sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa.
AURALLY * r. With regard to sound or the ear.
TOEHOLD * n. 1 A relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made. 2 A small foothold used in climbing. 3 A wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints.
FIERY * s. 1 Characterized by intense emotion. 2 Like or suggestive of fire. 3 Very intense.
NAFCILLIN * n. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
TIMEPIECE * n. A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.
SPECIES * n. 1 (biology) Taxonomic group whose members can interbreed. 2 A specific kind of something.
DISSIDENCE * n. Disagreement; especially disagreement with the government.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to psychopharmacology.
VIGILANT * s. Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.
ESSAYIST * n. A writer of literary works.
SECULARISATION * n. 1 The activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion. 2 Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.
VELOUTE * n. White sauce made with stock instead of milk.
CONVERSION * n. 1 An event that results in a transformation. 2 A change in the units or form of an expression:. 3 A successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown. 4 A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.
INGRIAN * n. 1 A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built. 2 A Finnic language spoken by the Ingrian.
WALKMAN * n. (trademark) A pocket-sized stereo system with light weight earphones.
ALOPECIC * a. Pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers.
DAWNING * n. The first light of day.
RAINLESS * s. Lacking rain.
MYSOPHILIA * n. Abnormal attraction to filth.
DISKLIKE * s. Having a flat circular shape.
AGGRESSIVELY * r. In an aggressive manner.
PEDUNCULATE * a. Having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk.
CISTACEAE * n. Shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean.
FREAK * --n. 1 A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. 2 Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. --v. Lose one's nerve.
PSEUDOHALLUCINATION * n. An image vivid enough to be a hallucination but recognized as unreal.
RESIDE * v. 1 Make one's home in a particular place or community. 2 Live (in a certain place). 3 Be inherent or innate in.
CORTICOID * n. A steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response.
MACEDON * n. The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria.
REATA * n. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
OVERVALIANT * s. Having or showing undue valor or boldness.
PENALLY * r. In a punishing manner.
SELF-FERTILISATION * n. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual.
ENCYCLOPEDISM * n. Profound scholarly knowledge.
OVERDRAMATISE * v. Present in an overly dramatic manner.
GAINLESSLY * r. Without gain or profit.
INTIMIDATED * s. Made timid or fearful as by threats.
WHISPERING * --n. 1 A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. 2 Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords. --s. Making a low continuous indistinct sound.
CEPHALOBIDAE * n. A family of Nematoda.
PYROMORPHITE * n. A mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead.
INKLE * n. A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
CHARLES * n. 1 King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574). 2 King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461). 3 As Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877). 4 King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685).
SURFACE-TO-AIR * a. Operating from or designed to be launched from the ground against an airborne target.
CLIMATOLOGY * n. Meteorology of climates and their phenomena.
DAIS * n. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
KGB * n. Formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia.
ARGYRANTHEMUM * n. Comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.
TROGLODYTES * n. Type genus of the Troglodytidae.
KETCH * n. A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost.
EXERTION * n. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work.
LAMAIST * n. (Buddhism) An adherent of Lamaism.
UNGUIS * n. Any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin.
CORRELATIONAL * a. Relating to or employing correlation.
TRH * n. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
ACCORDANCE * n. 1 Concurrence of opinion. 2 The act of granting rights.
Y-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter Y.
ALGIERS * n. An ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria.
BHADRAPADA * n. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
LIMAN * n. A long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river.
BONE-LAZY * s. Constitutionally lazy or idle.
THUNDERING * s. 1 Sounding like thunder. 2 Extraordinarily big or impressive.
NATTY * s. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
LITHONATE * n. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder.
BESPOT * v. Mark with, or as if with, spots.
SODALITE * n. A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks.
DESTALINISATION * n. Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor.
LINCOLNIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln.
COUNSELLOR * n. 1 Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp. 2 Someone who gives advice about problems. 3 A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
SLEEPWEAR * n. Garments designed to be worn in bed.
LUFFA * n. 1 The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer. 2 Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge.
AGENDUM * n. A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
HEARTH * n. 1 An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built. 2 Home symbolized as a part of the fireplace. 3 An area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room).
LITIGIOUS * --a. Of or relating to litigation. --s. Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.
POSTULANT * n. One submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order.
TRANSVAAL * n. A province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers.
SNACK * --n. A light informal meal. --v. Eat a snack; eat lightly.
PLEADINGLY * r. In a beseeching manner.
NEOEXPRESSIONISM * n. An art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings.
JELL-O * n. Fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder.
GREEK * --n. 1 The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. 2 A native or inhabitant of Greece. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language.
SEASHELL * n. The shell of a marine organism.
TRANSACTINIDE * --n. Any of the artificially produced elements with atomic numbers greater than 103. --a. Of or belonging to the elements with atomic numbers greater than 103.
CLOSTRIDIA * n. Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore.
DEPRESSION * n. 1 A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. 2 A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment. 3 A sunken or depressed geological formation. 4 Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
ALLITERATIVE * s. Having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable.
RORIPPA * n. Annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica.
ADULTERER * n. Someone who commits adultery or fornication.
TARANTINO * n. United States filmmaker (born in 1963).
TREMBLES * n. Disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
EVERTING * n. The act of turning inside out.
REGULATIVE * s. Restricting according to rules or principles.
RUBENS * n. Prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640).
CIA * n. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council.
LIGATE * v. 1 Join letters in a ligature when writing. 2 Bind chemically. 3 Bind with a bandage or ligature.
MINNIEBUSH * n. Low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs.
AFEARED * s. A pronunciation of afraid.
TEMPTER * n. A person who tempts others.
AUXINIC * a. Relating to or containing auxins.
SERRANUS * n. Type genus of the Serranidae: mostly small Pacific sea basses.
CORDLESS * a. Not having a cord.
PENIS * n. The male sex organ (`member' is a euphemism).
PYROLACEAE * n. Evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia.
ALARMISM * n. Needless warnings.
CROTCHETY * s. Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
LEAL * s. Faithful and true.
1960S * n. The decade from 1960 to 1969.
SPLITTER * n. 1 A worker who splits fish and removes the backbone. 2 A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics. 3 A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences.
NOSED * a. Having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind.
PLAGIANTHUS * n. Small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand.
NARCOTIZING * s. Inducing stupor or narcosis.
CREDO * n. Any system of principles or beliefs.
FINABLE * s. Liable to a fine.
KERATOACANTHOMA * n. Skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar.
SALMONID * n. Soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters.
MEDIATORIAL * a. Of or relating to a mediator or the duties of a mediator.
COWPOKE * n. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
FDIC * n. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
BENEDICTIVE * a. Expressing benediction.
NEUROLEMMA * n. Thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber.
NERVUS * n. Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.
BRUISER * n. A large and strong and heavyset man.
BARBAROUSLY * r. In a barbarous manner.
CODICIL * n. A supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will.
DERMATOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or practicing dermatology.
INDEFEASIBLE * a. Not liable to being annulled or voided or undone.
RELATIONS * n. Mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups.
VICTIMISATION * n. An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).
BARRISTER * n. A British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution.
HAIRSBREADTH * n. A very small distance or space.
NIELSEN * n. Danish composer (1865-1931).
KERATOSCLERITIS * n. Inflammation of the cornea and sclera of the eye.
EFFIGY * n. A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture).
HEMIPLEGIC * n. A person who has hemiplegia (is paralyzed on one side of the body).
SAGINAW * n. A town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
SANTALACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit.
ACARIDAE * n. Mites.
CAPRICORNIS * n. Serows.
THEOSOPHY * n. A system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul.
UNREPAIRED * s. Unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made.
FOURSCORE * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight. --s. Being ten more than seventy.
HEPTAGON * n. A seven-sided polygon.
VAISNAVISM * n. 1 Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu. 2 Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon.
TRICYCLIC * n. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin and thus making more of those substances available to act on receptors in the brain.
RENOVATOR * n. A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture.
CAPELIN * n. Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes.
SAPIDITY * n. 1 The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. 2 A pleasant flavor.
OPPENHEIMER * n. United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967).
STONEWORK * n. Masonry done with stone.
SUPERANNUATED * s. 1 Too old to be useful. 2 Old; no longer valid or fashionable.
FIRENZE * n. A city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries.
LOUVER * n. One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain.
XXXI * s. Being one more than thirty.
WETNESS * n. The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
LIFELESSNESS * n. 1 A state of no motion or movement. 2 Not having life.
ASININITY * n. The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness.
ROUND-THE-CLOCK * s. At all times.
PEN-FRIEND * n. A person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence.
UNDERPANTS * n. An undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin.
MATCHED * --s. Provided with a worthy adversary or competitor. --a. Going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities.
TYPHON * n. (Greek mythology) A monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx.
COMBURENT * s. Supporting combustion.
SPECTROSCOPY * n. The use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra.
CYCLOIDAL * s. Resembling a circle.
ISENTROPIC * a. With unchanging entropy; at constant entropy.
WANLY * r. In a weak or pale or languid manner.
ELONGATE * --v. Make long or longer by pulling and stretching. --s. 1 (of a leaf shape) Long and narrow. 2 Having notably more length than width; being long and slender.
FEARFULLY * r. 1 In fear. 2 In an alarming manner.
MEZZO * n. 1 A soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto. 2 The female singing voice between contralto and soprano.
ROUSING * --n. The act of arousing. --s. 1 Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement. 2 Rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading.
HYPOPHYSECTOMISED * a. Having the pituitary gland removed by surgery.
BALSAMORHIZA * n. Genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam.
HAUNT * --n. A frequently visited place. --v. 1 Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to. 2 Haunt like a ghost; pursue. 3 Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place.
RAGNAROK * n. Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
BLADED * --a. 1 Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword; often used in combination. 2 Having a blade or blades; often used in combination. --s. Composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade.
EMBANK * v. Enclose with banks, as for support or protection.
TULOSTOMA * n. Type genus of the Tulostomaceae.
HANGMAN * n. An executioner who hangs the condemned person.
MONA * n. An island to the northwest of Wales.
DISTINGUISH * v. 1 Mark as different. 2 Detect with the senses. 3 Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. 4 Make conspicuous or noteworthy.
IMPETUS * n. 1 A force that moves something along. 2 The act of applying force suddenly.
LAMENTABLE * s. Bad; unfortunate.
LINOTYPE * n. A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal.
BELAU * n. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
MACKINTOSH * n. 1 A lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric. 2 A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
DISCALCED * a. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
TALC * --n. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder. --v. Apply talcum powder to (one's body).
DISC-JOCKEY * v. Comment on music to be played.
MANLIKE * --a. Possessing qualities befitting a man. --s. 1 Characteristic of a man. 2 Resembling human beings.
LIBRETTO * n. The words of an opera or musical play.
ROD * n. 1 A long thin implement made of metal or wood. 2 Any rod-shaped bacterium. 3 A linear measure of 16.5 feet. 4 A square rod of land.
ACCEPTATION * n. 1 Acceptance as true or valid. 2 The accepted meaning of a word. 3 The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception.
UNMETHODICAL * s. Not efficient or methodical.
BLINTZE * n. (Judaism) Thin pancake folded around a filling and fried or baked.
BDELLIUM * n. Aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh.
PENKNIFE * n. A small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens.
ACIDOPHIL * n. An organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
PRILOSEC * n. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
LEGATE * n. A member of a legation.
VERIFIABLE * s. 1 Capable of being verified. 2 Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation.
COUGH * --n. A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis. --v. Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion.
NINETY-EIGHT * s. Being eight more than ninety.
PLASTER * --n. 1 A mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings. 2 Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs. 3 A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.. 4 A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling). --v. 1 Apply a heavy coat to. 2 Cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on. 3 Affix conspicuously. 4 Apply a plaster cast to.
BLACKWATER * n. Any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells.
OSTLER * n. Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
CHASSIDISM * n. Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews.
ASPIC * n. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
INTERACTIONAL * s. Capable of acting on or influencing each other.
LOEWE * n. United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987).
MUSGOI * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
DEPREDATION * n. 1 An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding. 2 (usually plural) A destructive action.
BAHRAIN * n. 1 An island in the Persian Gulf. 2 An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s.
LEKVAR * n. A sweet filling made of prunes or apricots.
BRISTLED * s. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
GUATEMALAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Guatemala. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents.
UNIVALVE * --n. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes. --a. Used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc..
GALIUM * n. Annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers.
VINERY * n. A farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced.
PARKLAND * n. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
VACCINATE * v. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation.
KIANG * n. Wild ass of Tibet and Mongolia.
HAEMATOMA * n. A localized swelling filled with blood.
MACK * n. A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
FORMAL * --n. 1 A lavish dance requiring formal attire. 2 A gown for evening wear. --a. 1 Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress). 2 (of spoken and written language) Adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms. --s. 1 Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority. 2 Represented in simplified or symbolic form. 3 Logically deductive. 4 Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court.
EXSERT * v. Thrust or extend out.
REGIONALLY * r. In a regional manner.
CERNUOUS * s. Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.
RENNIN * n. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate.
METHANAL * n. A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol.
MORALISATION * n. 1 Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code. 2 The act of making moral (or more moral).
NUDIBRANCH * n. Any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body.
BREAD-STICK * n. A crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup.
DIBBER * n. A wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs.
CDC * n. A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases).
EGOTISM * n. 1 An exaggerated opinion of your own importance. 2 An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
ANAPLASMOSIS * n. A disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever.
CHUTE * --n. 1 Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall. 2 Sloping channel through which things can descend. --v. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
RE-AFFORESTATION * n. The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting.
USN * n. The navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces.
GCSE * n. The basic level of a subject taken in school.
TRIPLEUROSPERMUM * n. Small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria.
SHORTNESS * n. 1 The property of being of short spatial extent. 2 The condition of being short of something. 3 The property of being truncated or short. 4 The property of being of short temporal extent.
CYPRINODONTIDAE * n. Large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies.
GEARING * n. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
ENCROACHMENT * n. 1 Any entry into an area not previously occupied. 2 Entry to another's property without right or permission. 3 Influencing strongly.
SPAGHETTI * n. 1 Spaghetti served with a tomato sauce. 2 Pasta in the form of long strings.
ROUGHHEWN * s. Of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing.
FIREDAMP * n. A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
WILLPOWER * n. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
BOEHMERIA * n. False nettle.
STOIC * --n. 1 A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno. 2 Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions. --s. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive. --a. Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers.
ECTOZOON * n. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
UNERRING * s. Not liable to error.
READY-MIX * n. A commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish.
INAPPROPRIATE * --a. Not suitable for a particular occasion etc. --s. Not in keeping with what is correct or proper.
STAIR * n. Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway.
THOUGHTFULLY * r. 1 In a thoughtful manner. 2 Showing consideration and thoughtfulness.
RIOTING * n. A state of disorder involving group violence.
PSEUDOSCORPIONIDA * n. False scorpions.
CATABOLISM * n. Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy.
BROWNISH-ORANGE * s. Of a light brownish color.
SHOESTRING * n. 1 A lace used for fastening shoes. 2 A small amount of money.
INDIGENCE * n. A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
RETIRING * s. 1 Not arrogant or presuming. 2 Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office. 3 Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.
CANNA * n. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
CONTINENCE * n. 1 The exercise of self constraint in sexual matters. 2 Voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge.
VORACIOUS * s. 1 Excessively greedy and grasping. 2 Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
MOURNING * --n. 1 State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one. 2 The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief. --s. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
MAGNANIMITY * n. Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.
ZALCITABINE * n. An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection.
ADJACENT * s. 1 Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space. 2 Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. 3 Near or close to but not necessarily touching.
BOOKEND * n. A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table).
MINIMIZED * s. Reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree.
TICKET * --n. 1 A commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment). 2 A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.. 3 A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation). 4 A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices. --v. 1 Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty. 2 Provide with a ticket for passage or admission.
AMYLASE * n. Any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar.
REPEATEDLY * r. Several time.
DECLARED * --a. Made known or openly avowed. --s. Declared as fact; explicitly stated.
SINDHI * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Sind. 2 The Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India.
CENSORSHIP * n. 1 Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy. 2 Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances.
ALBUMINOID * n. A simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye.
AUDACITY * n. 1 Fearless daring. 2 Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.
MISDIRECTION * n. 1 An incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge. 2 Incorrect directions or instructions. 3 Management that is careless or inefficient. 4 The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something.
ACULEUS * n. 1 A stiff sharp-pointed plant process. 2 A sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect.
CARDIOGRAPHY * n. Diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram).
SAUL * n. 1 (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines). 2 (New Testament) A Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle.
GUI * n. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device.
ASSURGENT * s. 1 Rising from the sea. 2 Growing or extending upward.
ROAST * --n. 1 A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion. 2 Negative criticism. --v. 1 Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven. 2 Subject to laughter or ridicule. --s. (meat) Cooked by dry heat in an oven.
SEMIOTIC * a. Of or relating to semiotics.
UNSEAL * v. Break the seal of.
MODISHLY * r. In a stylish manner.
DISINTERESTEDNESS * n. Freedom from bias or from selfish motives.
LOUDSPEAKER * n. Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance.
DIRECTIONAL * --a. 1 Relating to or indicating directions in space. 2 Relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal. --s. Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on.
OBSCENELY * r. 1 To an obscene degree. 2 In a lewd and obscene manner.
MASS-SPECTROMETRIC * a. Relating to or involving a mass spectrometer.
TYPICALLY * r. In a typical manner.
CROUPIER * n. Someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table.
DEPOSER * n. A person who testifies or gives a deposition.
NANNING * n. An industrial city in southern China.
VITRINE * n. A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home.
SYMPATHOMIMETIC * a. Relating to epinephrine (its release or action).
NEMEA * n. A valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held.
UPSTROKE * n. A stroke normally made in an upward direction.
PHOCINE * a. Of or relating to seals.
EXHORT * v. 1 Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. 2 Force or impel in an indicated direction.
SURGEONFISH * n. Brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail.
PENUCHLE * n. A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist.
NONFLOWERING * a. Without flower or bloom and not producing seeds.
JASON * n. (Greek mythology) The husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece.
SOMATOGENIC * s. Of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin.
SUB-TEST * n. One of a battery of related tests.
ILLATION * n. The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.
YELLOWBIRD * n. 1 Yellow-throated American wood warbler. 2 American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer.
EVERLASTINGNESS * n. The property of lasting forever.
TOPAZ * n. 1 A yellow quartz. 2 A mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone. 3 A light brown the color of topaz.
DACOITY * n. Robbery by a gang of armed dacoits.
BRAKY * s. 1 Covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth. 2 Abounding with bracken.
EQUIDAE * n. Horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals.
CHIROPTERAN * n. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
BANGIACEAE * n. A family of protoctist.
FETTER * --n. A shackle for the ankles or feet. --v. Restrain with fetters.
DISGUSTINGNESS * n. 1 Extreme unpalatability to the mouth. 2 The property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind.
PIEDMONT * n. 1 The plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama. 2 A gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land. 3 The region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley.
SOAPSUDS * n. The froth produced by soaps or detergents.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to an electrocardiograph.
SINGLE-MINDED * s. Determined.
TENEBRIOUS * s. Dark and gloomy.
COUNTERCHANGE * v. Cause to change places.
LAHAR * n. An avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
DISPENSARY * n. Clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed.
SENDEE * n. The intended recipient of a message.
ELUDE * v. 1 Escape, either physically or mentally. 2 Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by. 3 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
WATERWAY * n. 1 A navigable body of water. 2 A conduit through which water flows.
FSH * n. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm.
SELF-SEEDED * s. Growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds.
TLC * n. Considerate and solicitous care.
TOURISTED * s. Visited by throngs of tourists.
FELINE * --n. Any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws. --a. Of or relating to cats.
NEGLECTED * s. 1 Disregarded. 2 Lacking a caretaker.
SEWN * s. Fastened with stitches.
SPECKLED * s. Having a pattern of dots.
POLYMASTIGOTE * n. Flagellates with several flagella.
NIM * n. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table.
PROGNOSTICATOR * n. Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge).
ODDITY * n. 1 Eccentricity that is not easily explained. 2 A strange attitude or habit. 3 Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
CONCEDE * v. 1 Admit (to a wrongdoing). 2 Be willing to concede. 3 Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. 4 Acknowledge defeat.
GREENING * n. The phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored.
POETICALLY * r. In a poetic manner.
FAIR-MAIDS-OF-FRANCE * n. Rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe.
DUAL-LANE * s. Having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions.
VA * n. 1 A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. 2 The United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989.
SEMI-AUTOMATIZE * v. Make semiautomatic.
EXCUSABLE * --a. Capable of being overlooked. --s. Easily excused or forgiven.
VARA * n. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
GARAND * n. A semiautomatic rifle.
SIRAJ-UD-DAULA * n. Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757).
CORONAL * n. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
MICONAZOLE * n. An antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat).
G-FORCE * n. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated.
BAPTIZED * a. Having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism.
BEDSORE * n. A chronic ulcer of the skin caused by prolonged pressure on it (as in bedridden patients).
PANCAKE-LIKE * s. Resembling a pancake in shape.
DECK-HOUSE * n. A superstructure on the upper deck of a ship.
CONFLUENCE * n. 1 A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers). 2 A flowing together. 3 A coming together of people.
REFLEXIVITY * n. 1 The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent. 2 (logic and mathematics) A relation such that it holds between an element and itself.
HARDIHOOD * n. The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.
CLIVERS * n. Annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia.
CROOKES * n. English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919).
LICHENALES * n. Category used especially in former classifications for organisms now constituting the division Lichenes.
SHINER * n. 1 A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye. 2 Something that shines (with emitted or reflected light). 3 Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales. 4 Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis.
66 * s. Being six more than sixty.
WORTHY * --n. An important, honorable person (word is often used humorously). --a. Having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable. --s. 1 Worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse. 2 Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way.
KAFFIR * n. 1 Important for human and animal food; growth habit and stem form similar to Indian corn but having sawtooth-edged leaves. 2 An offensive and insulting term for any Black African.
GOATHERD * n. A person who tends a flock of goats.
CYCLAMEN * n. Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals.
REMOULD * v. 1 Cast again. 2 Give new treads to (a tire).
PATRILINEALLY * r. By descent through the male line.
VIOLENCE * n. 1 An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists). 2 The property of being wild or turbulent. 3 A turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc..
SCRUPLE * --n. 1 A unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains. 2 Uneasiness about the fitness of an action. 3 An ethical or moral principle that inhibits action. --v. 1 Hesitate on moral grounds. 2 Raise scruples. 3 Have doubts about.
PERCEIVE * v. 1 To become aware of through the senses. 2 Become conscious of.
BOMBUS * n. Bumblebees.
HELPDESK * n. A service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network.
GLOXINIA * n. Any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers.
SENTIMENTALIZATION * n. The act of indulging in sentiment.
MARY * n. The mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics.
QUEASY * s. 1 Causing or able to cause nausea. 2 Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit. 3 Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
PERKINESS * n. 1 Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface. 2 Inappropriate playfulness.
CONGENERIC * --n. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus). --a. Belonging to the same genus.
SWEEPER * n. 1 An employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.). 2 A cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet. 3 Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body.
TABORET * n. A low stool in the shape of a drum.
DENVER * n. The state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river.
DORSUM * n. 1 The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine. 2 The back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part).
RODOLIA * n. Genus of Australian ladybugs.
YARDARM * n. Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship.
LEVIATHAN * n. 1 The largest or most massive thing of its kind. 2 Monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament.
COBWEB * n. 1 A fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider. 2 Filaments from a web that was spun by a spider. 3 A dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web.
SPYMASTER * n. Someone who directs clandestine intelligence activities.
EPITOPE * n. The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself.
THIOPENTAL * n. Barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic.
EXISTING * --s. 1 Presently existing. 2 Existing in something specified. --a. Having existence or being or actuality.
NONCONFORMANCE * n. 1 A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs. 2 Failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior.
TERRIFYING * s. Causing extreme terror.
UNSUBSTANTIALISE * v. Render immaterial or incorporeal.
GAVIDAE * n. Loon family.
SALISH * n. 1 A family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada. 2 A member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America.
PREACHY * s. Inclined to or marked by tedious moralization.
GROYNE * n. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
HYDROGRAPHY * n. The science of the measurement and description and mapping of the surface waters of the earth with special reference to navigation.
VIVERRINE * n. Small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World.
BEWILDEREDLY * r. In a bewildered manner.
SEPTATE * a. Of or relating to a septum.
APLASIA * n. Failure of some tissue or organ to develop.
PROVIDE * v. 1 Give something useful or necessary to. 2 Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. 3 Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation. 4 Mount or put up.
UNMATCHABLE * s. Eminent beyond or above comparison.
HERAT * n. A city in northwestern Afghanistan on the site of several ancient cities.
STUCK * --a. Caught or fixed. --s. Baffled.
FAUN * n. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr.
HUFFY * s. 1 Quick to take offense. 2 Roused to anger.
VACILLATING * s. Uncertain in purpose or action.
OSMORECEPTOR * n. Sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure.
QUITO * n. The capital of Ecuador.
ANTLER * n. Deciduous horn of a member of the deer family.
WHIPPING * --n. 1 Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment. 2 A sound defeat. 3 A sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally. 4 The act of overcoming or outdoing. --s. Smart and fashionable.
DROSKY * n. An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia.
ADVANCED * s. 1 Farther along in physical or mental development. 2 Comparatively late in a course of development. 3 Ahead of the times. 4 At a higher level in training or knowledge or skill.
135TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order.
HALOCARBON * n. One of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens.
BILLINGSGATE * n. Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse.
GREYISH-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with grey.
SERIOCOMIC * s. Mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating.
TAXON * n. Animal or plant group having natural relations.
FALSTAFFIAN * a. Of or resembling Falstaff.
NEUTRAL-COLOURED * s. Having a color that does not attract attention.
REFECTORY * n. A communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery).
RAMUS * n. The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
INCONTINENCY * n. Involuntary urination or defecation.
DWELLING * n. Housing that someone is living in.
PROPITIATE * v. Make peace with.
HETEROTAXY * n. Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.
MAGRITTE * n. Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967).
ATLANTA * n. 1 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. 2 A siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864.
LAUNCHER * n. 1 Armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket. 2 A device that launches aircraft from a warship.
SPILL * --n. 1 Liquid that is spilled. 2 A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction. 3 The act of allowing a fluid to escape. 4 A sudden drop from an upright position. --v. 1 Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container. 2 Flow, run or fall out and become lost. 3 Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over. 4 Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities.
TINDALE * n. English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).
SWITCH-IVY * n. Fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers.
ROUNDSMAN * n. A workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on).
ELECTROPHORESIS * n. The motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode.
ERSATZ * --n. An artificial or inferior substitute or imitation. --s. Artificial and inferior.
THRIFT * n. 1 Any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers. 2 Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
V * --n. 1 A unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it. 2 A soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite. 3 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 4 The 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet. --s. Being one more than four.
MACROTIS * n. A genus of Peramelidae.
CREAKY * s. 1 Worn and broken down by hard use. 2 Having a rasping or grating sound. 3 Of or pertaining to arthritis.
SONGBOOK * n. A book containing a collection of songs.
SIRENIAN * n. Any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs.
UNCARED-FOR * a. Lacking needed care and attention.
LABIATE * s. Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
CANONICALLY * r. In a canonical manner.
HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA * n. A hereditary disorder characterized by low levels of beta-lipoproteins and lipids and cholesterol.
COLLECTIVISATION * n. The organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism.
CRACKER * n. 1 A thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet. 2 A poor White person in the southern United States. 3 A programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things. 4 Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing.
SAILFISH * n. 1 A saltwater fish with lean flesh. 2 Large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.
DEAERATE * v. Remove air or gas from.
RUBY * --n. 1 A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. 2 A transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers. 3 A deep and vivid red color. --s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
DUBIOUSLY * r. 1 In a questionable and dubious manner. 2 In a doubtful manner.
PRONOUNCEMENT * n. An authoritative declaration.
FREYR * n. (Norse mythology) God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir.
NONSUPPURATIVE * a. Not suppurative.
CARDAMOM * n. 1 Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning. 2 Aromatic seeds used as seasoning like cinnamon and cloves especially in pickles and barbecue sauces.
MUFFLED * s. 1 Being or made softer or less loud or clear. 2 Wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy.
KIDDIE * n. Informal term for a young child.
MILLIFARAD * n. A unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad.
CONTRAPUNTAL * a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint. 2 Having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together.
COALPIT * n. A mine where coal is dug from the ground.
ACROGENIC * a. Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
MELLOWLY * r. In a mellow manner.
ERYTHROPOIETIC * a. Of or relating to the formation of red blood cells.
DETAIL * --n. 1 An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole. 2 A small part that can be considered separately from the whole. 3 Extended treatment of particulars. 4 A crew of workers selected for a particular task. --v. 1 Provide details for. 2 Assign to a specific task.
DEROGATION * n. 1 A communication that belittles somebody or something. 2 (law) The partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law.
MEDIATRIX * n. A woman who is a mediator.
SEGREGATED * a. Separated or isolated from others or a main group.
OVIEDO * n. A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains.
1930S * n. The decade from 1930 to 1939.
MEADOWLARK * n. North American songbirds having a yellow breast.
TRIO * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 A musical composition for three performers. 3 Three performers or singers who perform together. 4 A set of three similar things considered as a unit.
CARRAGEENIN * n. A colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae.
ANTIKNOCK * --n. Any of various compounds that are added to gasoline to reduce engine knocking. --s. Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines.
WILLOW-PATTERN * n. Chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river.
MACROBIOTICS * n. The theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains).
THOUGHTLESS * --a. Showing lack of careful thought. --s. Without care or thought for others.
AIRLINER * n. A commercial airplane that carries passengers.
PRACTISED * s. Skillful after much practice.
OOZY * s. Leaking out slowly.
BETHUNE * n. United States educator who worked to improve race relations and educational opportunities for Black Americans (1875-1955).
FAR-OFF * s. Very far away in space or time.
LIGUSTRUM * n. Genus of Old World shrubs: privet.
DAPPLED-GRAY * n. Grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.
HEAVY-HANDED * s. 1 Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands. 2 Unjustly domineering.
NEARSIGHTEDNESS * n. (ophthalmology) Eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred.
BISERRATE * s. Having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched.
DISORDERLY * --a. Undisciplined and unruly. --s. 1 In utter disorder. 2 Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing.
PARENTED * a. Having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates.
COORDINATING * a. Serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction.
MYCETOPHILIDAE * n. Fungus gnats.
HOIST * --n. Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects. --v. 1 Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. 2 Move from one place to another by lifting. 3 Raise.
OPHIUROIDEA * n. Brittle stars and basket stars.
HO-HUM * s. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
SICKLY * s. 1 Unhealthy looking. 2 Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
YB * n. 1 A soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime. 2 A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits. 3 A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes. 4 A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes.
HEPTAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
DIARRHEIC * s. Of or relating to diarrhea.
HOMOSEXUAL * --n. Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. --a. Sexually attracted to members of your own sex.
BORAGE * n. 1 Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach. 2 An herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked.
LINGBERRY * n. Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries.
JACKASS * n. 1 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 2 Male donkey.
SALTPETER * n. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
METAMERE * n. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.
DERMATOME * n. A surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin.
EMOTICON * n. A representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email.
LOEWI * n. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961).
SONORITY * n. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
PROMO * n. A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.
TEASE * --n. 1 Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). 2 A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. 3 The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. --v. 1 Annoy persistently. 2 Harass with persistent criticism or carping. 3 To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them. 4 Tear into pieces.
STATUESQUE * s. 1 Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue. 2 Suggestive of a statue.
DEMORALISED * s. Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.
GUNPOINT * n. The gun muzzle's direction.
DISTRUST * --n. 1 Doubt about someone's honesty. 2 The trait of not trusting others. --v. Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in.
OUTLAWED * s. Contrary to or forbidden by law.
ADJUDICATIVE * a. Concerned with adjudicating.
CITHER * n. 1 A musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers. 2 A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
SLINGSHOT * n. A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones.
AERATOR * n. An apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).
ABBACY * n. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
WIDE-CUT * s. Having ample fabric.
SOBRALIA * n. Any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya.
LEWDLY * r. In a lewd and obscene manner.
PURCELL * n. English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695).
ANHIMIDAE * n. Screamers.
AMPERAGE * n. The strength of an electrical current measured in amperes.
FRIEDAN * n. United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921).
DISSOLVING * n. The process of going into solution.
STRAGGLING * s. Spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly.
DISEMBOWELMENT * n. The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude.
AUDIBLE * --n. A football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage. --a. Heard or perceptible by the ear.
DOLOR * n. (poetry) Painful grief.
INFORMATICS * n. The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information.
DIESEL * n. 1 German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913). 2 An internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil.
LIOTHYRONINE * n. Thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer.
DDI * n. An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection.
SELF-HATRED * n. Shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions.
LOUR * v. 1 Set lower. 2 Make lower or quieter. 3 Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval.
COARSE * --a. Of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles. --s. 1 Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. 2 Of low or inferior quality or value.
TREPHINATION * n. An operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull.
NAYSAYING * n. The act of saying no to a request.
FACILITATOR * n. Someone who makes progress easier.
TORTUOSITY * n. A tortuous and twisted shape or position.
COTTONY * s. Resembling cotton; as soft as cotton.
REASSIGNMENT * n. Assignment to a different duty.
HARARE * n. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
MONUMENTALISE * v. Record or memorialize lastingly with a monument.
QUECHUA * n. 1 A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire. 2 A community of South American Indians in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Incan Empire. 3 The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas.
PASTIME * n. A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).
ANAEMIC * --a. Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia. --s. Lacking vigor or energy.
CAMBRIDGE * n. 1 A university in England. 2 A city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 3 A city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University.
INTERPOSE * v. 1 Be or come between. 2 Introduce. 3 To insert between other elements. 4 Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force.
SOUTHERNISM * n. 1 A locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States. 2 An attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US).
ETHYLENE * n. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic.
SOUPINESS * n. 1 The property of having the thickness of heavy cream. 2 Falsely emotional in a maudlin way.
CHIMAPHILA * n. Small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east Asia.
INTERESTINGNESS * n. The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.).
VIRULENCY * n. 1 Extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease). 2 Extreme hostility.
UNHINGE * v. 1 Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. 2 Remove the hinges from.
INFAMY * n. 1 A state of extreme dishonor. 2 Evil fame or public reputation.
HONORABLY * r. 1 In an honorable manner. 2 With honor.
RADIOTELEPHONIC * a. Relating to or by means of radiotelephony.
PROSPERING * s. Very lively and profitable.
LATINIST * n. A specialist in the Latin language.
REBATE * --n. 1 A refund of some fraction of the amount paid. 2 A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together. --v. 1 Give a reduction in the price during a sale. 2 Cut a rebate in (timber or stone). 3 Join with a rebate.
MD. * n. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
PREDACEOUS * s. 1 Hunting and killing other animals for food. 2 Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
HUDSON * n. 1 A New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century. 2 English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922). 3 English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and set him adrift to die (1565-1611).
GABBRO * n. One of a family of granular intrusive rocks.
NORTHERLY * --n. A wind that blows from the north. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the north. 2 Coming from the north; used especially of wind. --r. In a northern direction.
HEMATOCOLPOMETRA * n. Accumulation of blood in the vagina and uterus.
ENDOLYMPH * n. The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
WAKEFUL * s. 1 Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger. 2 (of sleep) Easily disturbed. 3 Marked by full consciousness or alertness.
SOU'-WEST * n. The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees.
SHELL * --n. 1 Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun. 2 The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals. 3 Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles. 4 The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts. --v. 1 Use explosives on. 2 Create by using explosives. 3 Fall out of the pod or husk. 4 Hit the pitches of hard and regularly.
BMR * n. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
EDIT * v. 1 Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting. 2 Supervise the publication of. 3 Cut and assemble the components of. 4 Cut or eliminate.
BELLFLOWER * n. Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers.
MODERNIZATION * n. 1 Making modern in appearance or behavior. 2 A modernized version (as of a play).
DYSTROPHY * n. 1 Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles. 2 Any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition.
INDISPOSITION * n. 1 A slight illness. 2 A certain degree of unwillingness.
AMBIDEXTROUS * --a. Equally skillful with each hand. --s. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
MAIZE * n. 1 Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times. 2 A strong yellow color.
QUICK-FREEZE * v. Freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors.
COINCIDE * v. 1 Go with, fall together. 2 Happen simultaneously. 3 Be the same.
SPIEGELEISEN * n. Pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel.
FLOCCULENT * s. Having a fluffy character or appearance.
TUBELIKE * s. Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
AVICENNA * n. Persian physician and influential philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037).
QUAYAGE * n. A fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay.
BARBITONE * n. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
SUPERSATURATED * s. Being more concentrated than normally possible and therefore not in equilibrium.
ANTHERIDIAL * a. Relating to or characterized by an antheridium.
CONSUMMATE * --v. 1 Fulfill sexually. 2 Make perfect; bring to perfection. --s. 1 Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill. 2 Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities. 3 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
CLEAR-SIGHTED * s. 1 Having sharp clear vision. 2 Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning.
COLLECT * --n. A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England. --v. 1 Get or gather together. 2 Call for and obtain payment of. 3 Assemble or get together. 4 Get or bring together. --s. Payable by the recipient on delivery. --r. Make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays.
IDEALIZED * s. Exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence.
BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL * n. A substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants.
PROSECUTION * n. 1 The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior. 2 The lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant. 3 The continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
BROWN-NOSE * v. Flatter with the intention of getting something.
DALTON * n. English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844).
COLLECTOR * n. 1 A person who collects things. 2 A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes). 3 A crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth. 4 The electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes.
PARDON * --n. 1 The act of excusing a mistake or offense. 2 A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense. 3 The formal act of liberating someone. --v. 1 Accept an excuse for. 2 Grant a pardon to.
DISSENTIENT * s. 1 (of Catholics) Refusing to attend services of the Church of England. 2 Disagreeing, especially with a majority.
EXPOSITORY * s. Serving to expound or set forth.
SHAKEUP * n. The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes).
SOUR * --n. 1 A cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar. 2 The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth. 3 The property of being acidic. --v. 1 Go sour or spoil. 2 Make sour or more sour. --s. 1 Smelling of fermentation or staleness. 2 One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons. 3 In an unpalatable state. 4 Inaccurate in pitch. --a. Having a sharp biting taste.
BABBLER * n. 1 An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker. 2 Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae.
ALCHEMIZE * v. Alter (elements) by alchemy.
MACLEOD * n. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
CARBOXYLATE * v. Treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid.
ONE-QUINTILLIONTH * n. One part in a quintillion equal parts.
PUSHTUN * n. A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan.
ALKYL * n. Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
PERSEVERINGLY * r. With perseverance.
FURCULA * n. A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.
JIVE * --n. A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz. --v. Dance to jive music; dance the jive.
DRUSEN * n. (plural) An eye disease resulting from small accumulations of hyaline bodies underneath the retina.
LAMENTED * a. Mourned or grieved for.
HYPERMOTILITY * n. Excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
DEFICIENCY * n. 1 The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. 2 Lack of an adequate quantity or number.
BULGE * --n. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. --v. 1 Swell or protrude outwards. 2 Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. 3 Bulge outward. 4 Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
PUNCTURABLE * a. Capable of being punctured.
TANTAMOUNT * s. Being essentially equal to something.
PRAIA * n. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
MUD-BEPLASTERED * s. Covered with or as if with mud.
HORRIDNESS * n. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
RECREATIONAL * --a. Of or relating to recreation. --s. Engaged in as a pastime.
BW * n. The use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
ACCOMPANYING * s. Occurring with or following as a consequence.
REDDISH-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with red.
COMMONALTY * n. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank.
NOMINALISTIC * a. Of or relating to nominalism.
GRAINFIELD * n. A field where grain is grown.
TROPE * n. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
ISTHMUS * n. 1 A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas. 2 A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
DANDER * n. 1 Small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people. 2 A feeling of anger and animosity.
REALLOTMENT * n. A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results).
INFANTRY * n. An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot.
RATIOCINATE * v. Reason methodologically and logically.
OPHTHALMOPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye.
DUPLICATABLE * s. Capable of being duplicated.
WHITENESS * n. 1 The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black). 2 The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil. 3 Lightness or fairness of complexion.
KIVU * n. A lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda.
PARROTFISH * n. Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth.
EMPEROR * n. 1 The male ruler of an empire. 2 Red table grape of California. 3 Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings. 4 Large richly colored butterfly.
PROTRACTED * s. Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted.
PANTYWAIST * n. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.
REPULSIVENESS * n. The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions.
PREDOMINANT * s. 1 Most frequent or common. 2 Having superior power and influence.
NONCONSCIOUS * s. 1 Concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness. 2 Relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things.
SEIDEL * n. A glass for beer.
ETCHER * n. Someone who etches.
ERETHIZON * n. A genus of Erethizontidae.
DELIBERATE * --v. 1 Think about carefully; weigh. 2 Discuss the pros and cons of an issue. --s. 1 Carefully thought out in advance. 2 Unhurried and with care and dignity. 3 Characterized by conscious design or purpose.
UNLEARNED * --a. Not established by conditioning or learning. --s. 1 Not well learned. 2 Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication.
AMHARA * n. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
HEAVES * n. A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.
CHLAMYDOMONAS * n. Type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae; solitary doubly-flagellated plant-like algae common in fresh water and damp soil; multiply freely; often a pest around filtration plants.
TARSIIDAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers.
BONDERIZE * v. Coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion.
LOPRESSOR * n. Beta blocker (trade name Lopressor) used in treating hypertension and angina and arrhythmia and acute myocardial infarction; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.).
TUSCAN * --n. 1 A resident of Tuscany. 2 A dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence). --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its people.
BUCHARESTI * n. National capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania.
INITIALLY * r. At the beginning.
FLOCCULE * n. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
SOMBRENESS * n. 1 A state of partial or total darkness. 2 A feeling of melancholy apprehension. 3 A manner that is serious and solemn.
PADDLE-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a paddle.
HELWINGIA * n. Deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan.
PRICE-CONTROLLED * s. Having the price regulated or controlled by government.
RHONCHUS * n. A sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels.
CHARISMA * n. A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others.
HOVEL * n. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling.
COLOGNE * n. 1 A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League. 2 A perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol.
SLIPPER-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a slipper.
VARIOLA * n. A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.
CIPROFLOXACIN * n. An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints.
CITRATE * --n. A salt or ester of citric acid. --v. Cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid.
REVENGEFUL * s. Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge.
ALOE * n. Succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa.
RESORPTION * n. The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation.
PENNY * n. 1 A fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound. 2 A coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit.
PLANTAL * a. Of or relating to plants.
LYMPHOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram.
DELIVERYMAN * n. Someone employed to make deliveries.
YELLED * s. In a vehement outcry.
SECRECY * n. 1 The trait of keeping things secret. 2 The condition of being concealed or hidden.
BEADY-EYED * s. Having eyes that gleam with malice.
PLIERS * n. A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.
LOAFER * n. 1 Person who does no work. 2 A low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel.
BEFOULMENT * n. The state of being polluted.
COMPSOGNATHUS * n. Very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria.
GALVANISATION * n. 1 Stimulation with a galvanic current. 2 Stimulation that arouses a person to lively action. 3 Either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting.
ANNALS * n. 1 Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc. 2 A chronological account of events in successive years.
AEGILOPS * n. Goat grass.
FLEETINGNESS * n. The property of lasting for a very short time.
BLOCKHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
LERMONTOV * n. Russian writer (1814-1841).
SURPRISEDLY * r. In the manner of one who is surprised.
PASSEL * n. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
UNFURROWED * a. Not marked with shallow depressions or furrows.
IMPASSIONED * s. Characterized by intense emotion.
THEOSOPHISM * n. Belief in theosophy.
SIXTY-SIX * s. Being six more than sixty.
SLEEPWALKING * n. Walking by a person who is asleep.
PADUA * n. A city in Veneto.
DISAPPEAR * v. 1 Get lost, as without warning or explanation. 2 Become invisible or unnoticeable. 3 Cease to exist. 4 Become less intense and fade away gradually.
NYALA * n. 1 City in Sudan. 2 Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.
BAG-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a bag.
BIGNESS * n. The property of having a relatively great size.
CALVARIA * n. The dome of the skull.
DOXORUBICIN * n. An antibiotic used as an anticancer drug.
ILL-EQUIPPED * s. Poorly supplied with physical equipment.
SAVORINESS * n. Having an appetizing flavor.
FORE-TOPSAIL * n. The topsail on a foremast.
PENTAMETHYLENETETRAZOL * n. A drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark.
INTELLIGENCE * n. 1 The ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. 2 A unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy. 3 Secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy). 4 Information about recent and important events.
VALUATOR * n. One who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things.
DEMENTEDLY * r. In an insane manner.
OVERNIGHTER * n. 1 A guest who stays overnight. 2 A small traveling bag to carry clothing and accessories for staying overnight.
GYNANDROMORPH * n. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.
PHYTOCHEMISTRY * n. The branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants.
INTESTATE * a. Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will.
MANICLIKE * s. Resembling the mania of manic-depressive illness.
FELLER * n. 1 A person who fells trees. 2 A boy or man.
QUINQUENNIUM * n. A period of five years.
GUESTROOM * n. A bedroom that is kept for the use of guests.
APHYLLOPHORALES * n. Includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales.
TUBFUL * n. The amount that a tub will hold.
AFRICANDER * n. Tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft.
SAD * --a. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness. --s. 1 Of things that make you feel sad. 2 Bad; unfortunate.
COSMID * n. (genetics) A large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments.
MAKAIRA * n. Marlins.
GRANDPA * n. The father of your father or mother.
BRIGHTLY-COLORED * s. Having a bright color.
MEW * --n. 1 The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this). 2 The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America. --v. 1 Cry like a cat. 2 Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls.
POLYNESIA * n. The islands in the eastern part of Oceania.
GREENBELT * n. A belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city.
BOTANISE * v. Collect and study plants.
INCLUSIVE * a. Including much or everything; and especially including stated limits.
GERBILLINAE * n. Gerbils.
OLD-HAT * s. 1 Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. 2 Out of fashion.
ALBUGINACEAE * n. Fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants.
SCHMIDT * n. German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918).
VOLUME * n. 1 The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object. 2 The property of something that is great in magnitude. 3 Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together. 4 A publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.
ERASABLE * s. Capable of being effaced.
GOLDCUP * n. Any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
MATTRESS * n. A large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed.
TWO-CHAMBERED * s. Consisting of two chambers.
HEINOUS * s. Extremely wicked, deeply criminal.
GRAVY * n. 1 A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats. 2 The seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added. 3 A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).
GROUNDSKEEPER * n. Someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field).
GHASTLINESS * n. The quality of being ghastly.
UNTHREATENING * s. Not unfriendly or threatening.
STRING * --n. 1 A lightweight cord. 2 Stringed instruments that are played with a bow. 3 A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket. 4 A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding. --v. 1 Thread on or as if on a string. 2 Add as if on a string. 3 Move or come along. 4 Stretch out or arrange like a string.
COFFER * n. 1 An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. 2 A chest especially for storing valuables.
BROMEOSIN * n. A red fluorescent dye resulting from the action of bromine on fluorescein; used in cosmetics and as a biological stain for studying cell structures.
SEDIMENTATION * n. The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating.
HONEST-TO-GOODNESS * s. (used informally especially for emphasis) Real or genuine.
MAKE-WORK * n. Active work of little value.
COLLECTIVISE * v. Bring under collective control; of farms and industrial enterprises.
HOROLOGE * n. A measuring instrument or device for keeping time.
HARMONICALLY * r. With respect to harmony.
MARBLE * --n. 1 A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material. 2 A small ball of glass that is used in various games. 3 A sculpture carved from marble. --v. Paint or stain like marble.
CRUMBLE * v. 1 Fall apart. 2 Break or fall apart into fragments. 3 Fall into decay or ruin.
SANDPIT * n. 1 A large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug. 2 A plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in.
PETTICOAT * n. Undergarment worn under a skirt.
MISHAP * n. 1 An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate. 2 An instance of misfortune.
UNIMPRESSED * s. Not moved to serious regard.
HMO * n. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
CORYDALIS * n. 1 A plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers. 2 Annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa. 3 Type genus of the Corydalidae.
GOERING * n. German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946).
ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT * s. Addicted to alcohol.
GINGIVITIS * n. Inflammation of the gums.
AMPUTEE * n. Someone who has had a limb removed by amputation.
LIGHTLY-ARMED * s. Armed with light weapons.
FACILITY * n. 1 A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry. 2 Skillful performance or ability without difficulty. 3 A natural effortlessness. 4 Something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service.
NEPHTHYTIS * n. Any plant of the genus Nephthytis.
NOSTRUM * n. 1 Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists. 2 Patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable.
QUERIER * n. Someone who asks a question.
ARCHENTERON * n. Central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity.
MONOCARP * n. A plant that bears fruit once and dies.
EXPERTNESS * n. Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge.
ANESTRIC * a. Of or relating to anestrus.
TARANTELLE * n. A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons.
WIDOW * --n. A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried. --v. Cause to be without a spouse.
HAEMATURIA * n. The presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease.
ABERDARE * n. A mining town in southern Wales.
SERVICING * n. The act of mating by male animals.
BOXWOOD * n. 1 Very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks. 2 Evergreen shrubs or small trees.
CORNELIAN * n. A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony.
COAMING * n. A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out.
VITALIZE * v. 1 Give life to. 2 Make more lively or vigorous.
INSTABILITY * n. 1 An unstable order. 2 Unreliability attributable to being unstable. 3 A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium. 4 The quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute.
AUTOGENY * n. A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.
ANTICHOLINERGIC * --n. A substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine. --a. Inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site.
OUTTHRUST * n. An outcropping of rock that extends outward.
BALL-BREAKER * n. 1 A demanding woman who destroys men's confidence. 2 A job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing.
CREEPY-CRAWLY * --n. An animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects). --s. Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin.
CAESAREAN * --n. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way). --a. 1 Relating to abdominal delivery. 2 Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.
LORDOTIC * s. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
FREEBEE * n. Something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme).
CLAWLIKE * s. Resembling a claw.
OVEREXERTION * n. Excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results.
CLAMATORES * n. Used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds.
O'NEILL * n. United States playwright (1888-1953).
ARUI * n. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
SUMPTUOSITY * n. The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive.
SANDINESS * n. A texture resembling that of sand.
MILLIARD * n. A billion.
POTENTIAL * --n. 1 The inherent capacity for coming into being. 2 The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts. --a. Existing in possibility. --s. Expected to become or be; in prospect.
D-DAY * n. Date of the Allied landing in France, World War II.
TYPESETTER * n. One who sets written material into type.
ANDROPOGON * n. Tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions.
QUAESTOR * n. Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration).
CLARET * --n. 1 A dark purplish-red color. 2 Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine. --v. Drink claret.
WHINY * s. Habitually complaining.
RUTA * n. Type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs.
FROGFISH * n. Fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout.
MILKER * n. Cattle that are reared for their milk.
OSTIARIUS * n. The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church.
SUBLIMATION * n. 1 (chemistry) A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid. 2 (psychology) Modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable.
RETREAD * --n. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads. --v. 1 Use again in altered form. 2 Give new treads to (a tire).
FETICH * n. 1 A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers. 2 Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity.
POST-FREE * --s. Postpaid. --r. Having the postage paid by the sender.
SPECTACULARLY * r. In a spectacular manner.
SPECULATE * v. 1 To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. 2 Talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion. 3 Reflect deeply on a subject. 4 Invest at a risk.
BEARING * --n. 1 Relevant relation or interconnection. 2 The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. 3 Dignified manner or conduct. 4 Characteristic way of bearing one's body. --a. (of a structural member) Withstanding a weight or strain.
STALAGMITE * n. A cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave.
OOZING * --n. The process of seeping. --s. Leaking out slowly.
ENTREPRENEUR * n. Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it.
INFLEXIBLE * --a. 1 Incapable of change. 2 Not making concessions. 3 Resistant to being bent. --s. Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances.
INSPAN * v. Attach a yoke or harness to.
AIRPORT * n. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
RAVELLING * n. A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric.
ANIMALIZE * v. 1 Represent in the form of an animal. 2 Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman. 3 Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
NARDIL * n. Monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Nardil) used to treat clinical depression.
PANDA * n. 1 Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae. 2 Reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas.
IMPERTINENCE * n. 1 An impudent statement. 2 The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties. 3 Inappropriate playfulness.
PUREBLOOD * --n. A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses. --s. Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.
SENSATIONALLY * r. In a sensational manner.
GRACKLE * n. 1 Glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech. 2 Long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage.
UNTALKATIVE * s. Temperamentally disinclined to talk.
MONACO * n. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
RABBLE-ROUSER * n. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.
SIDELIGHT * n. Light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow.
IGNOMINIOUS * s. (used of conduct or character) Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
UNFAILINGLY * r. Without fail.
KHUFU * n. Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza.
OV * n. A terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland.
HOSPITALISATION * n. Placing in medical care in a hospital.
INDISCREET * a. Lacking discretion; injudicious.
WRATH * n. 1 Intense anger (usually on an epic scale). 2 Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
TINEOID * n. Small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts.
PILFERAGE * n. The act of stealing small amounts or small articles.
ACADEMIC * --n. An educator who works at a college or university. --a. Associated with academia or an academy. --s. 1 Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result. 2 Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
COMPRESSED * s. 1 Pressed tightly together. 2 Reduced in volume by pressure. 3 Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes).
UNBURDENED * --a. Not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities. --s. Not encumbered with a physical burden or load.
BOYHOOD * n. The childhood of a boy.
CONVENTION * n. 1 A large formal assembly. 2 Something regarded as a normative example. 3 (diplomacy) An international agreement. 4 Orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional.
LAUSANNE * n. A city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center.
CRATON * n. The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian.
BENJAMIN * n. 1 Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation. 2 (Old Testament) The youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel.
EMIGRE * n. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
SCALLOPINE * n. Sauteed cutlets (usually veal or poultry) that have been pounded thin and coated with flour.
REPEATING * n. The act of doing or performing again.
UNHORSE * v. Alight from (a horse).
RIDICULE * --n. 1 Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate. 2 The act of deriding or treating with contempt. --v. Subject to laughter or ridicule.
TENSITY * n. The physical condition of being stretched or strained.
ENOVID * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel.
SAFRANIN * n. Any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes.
PACHYCEPHALA * n. Arboreal insectivorous birds.
HEADLOCK * n. A wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body.
TROUSER * n. A garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers.
MEGATHERIAN * n. A large extinct ground sloth.
DRY-NURSE * v. Take care of an infant without breastfeeding it.
BLUEWING * n. American teal.
TWENTY-THIRD * s. Coming next after the twenty-second in position.
CAP-A-PIE * r. At all points from head to foot.
SCHOONER * n. 1 A large beer glass. 2 Sailing vessel used in former times.
REDNECK * n. A poor White person in the southern United States.
VESALIUS * n. A Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy (1514-1564).
IRONIST * n. A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm.
MALINGER * v. Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill.
VENEZIA-EUGANEA * n. A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
REHABILITATION * n. 1 The restoration of someone to a useful place in society. 2 The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation. 3 Vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation. 4 The treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises.
WARMHEARTED * a. Marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity.
CHROMATOGRAPHICALLY * r. By means of a chromatographic process.
DILLY-DALLY * v. Postpone doing what one should be doing.
BREAKERS * n. Waves breaking on the shore.
UROGENITAL * a. Of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems.
DECOLOURISE * v. Remove color from.
LINDANE * n. A white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide.
DISCRIMINATOR * n. A person who (or that which) differentiates.
LIBERATED * s. 1 (of a gas e.g.) Released from chemical combination. 2 Free from traditional social restraints.
TANOAN * n. A family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States.
INFLATIONARY * a. Associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation.
TRANSPLANT * --n. 1 (surgery) Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient. 2 An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient). 3 The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location. --v. 1 Lift and reset in another soil or situation. 2 Be transplantable. 3 Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient. 4 Transfer from one place or period to another.
LIQUIDISER * n. An electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods.
OLIVIER * n. English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989).
UNNEIGHBOURLY * s. Not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.
REOVIRIDAE * n. A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods.
JEW'S-EAR * n. Widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood.
UNLOOKED-FOR * s. Not anticipated.
BUTTY * n. A sandwich.
ZOOPHAGOUS * s. (of animals) Carnivorous.
DREPANIDIDAE * n. Hawaiian honeycreepers.
DILLENIIDAE * n. A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
MYXOSPORIDIA * n. An order in the subclass Cnidosporidia.
SUPERCHARGE * v. 1 Increase or raise. 2 Increase the pressure on a gas or liquid.
EISENSTAEDT * n. United States photographer (born in Germany) whose unposed documentary photographs created photojournalism (born in 1898).
DWINDLING * --n. A becoming gradually less. --s. Gradually decreasing until little remains.
VERONAL * n. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
BASTNASITE * n. A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements.
ACROCENTRIC * a. Having a subterminal centromere.
ROOTLET * n. Small root or division of a root.
DIRECTIVENESS * n. The quality of being directive.
STRASBOURG * n. City on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port.
GLOOMINESS * n. 1 An atmosphere of depression and melancholy. 2 A feeling of melancholy apprehension. 3 The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness.
RESENTMENT * n. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
SPINEL * n. A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones.
AUTOMOBILE * --n. A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine. --v. Travel in an automobile.
TERRESTRIAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants. 3 Operating or living or growing on land. --s. 1 Concerned with the world or worldly matters. 2 Of this earth.
DISRUPTION * n. 1 An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. 2 A disorderly outburst or tumult. 3 An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. 4 The act of causing disorder.
INTERNATIONAL * --n. Any of several international socialist organizations. --a. Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations. --s. From or between other countries.
ISLANDER * n. An inhabitant of an island.
COMPETITORY * a. Involving competition or competitiveness.
SUSANNA * n. An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel.
FLIGHTLESS * s. Incapable of flying.
CAPITULAR * a. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
TRANSYLVANIA * n. A historical plateau region in northwestern Romania that is separated from the rest of the country by the Transylvanian Alps; originally part of Hungary; incorporated into Romania at the end of World War I.
CLASS * --n. 1 A collection of things sharing a common attribute. 2 A body of students who are taught together. 3 People having the same social, economic, or educational status. 4 Education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings. --v. Arrange or order by classes or categories.
RAMP * --n. 1 An inclined surface connecting two levels. 2 North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers. 3 A movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft. --v. 1 Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. 2 Furnish with a ramp. 3 Be rampant. 4 Creep up -- used especially of plants.
LUMBAGO * n. Backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc.
DODONAEA * n. A genus of tropical shrub or tree.
CURRISH * s. 1 Base and cowardly. 2 Resembling a cur; snarling and rude.
NOETHER * n. German mathematician (1882-1935).
RODENT * n. Relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
STEALING * n. 1 The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. 2 Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
SQUALL * --n. Sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation. --v. 1 Make high-pitched, whiney noises. 2 Utter a sudden loud cry. 3 Blow in a squall.
MELLOWNESS * n. 1 A feeling of good humor and sympathy through maturity or intoxication or a relaxed state. 2 A taste (especially of fruit) that is ripe and of full flavor. 3 The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing. 4 A soft shade of a color.
FERGON * n. Trade name of a drug rich in iron; used to treat some types of anemia.
PHOTOFLASH * n. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.
ELONGATED * s. 1 Drawn out or made longer spatially. 2 Having notably more length than width; being long and slender.
MASTOIDITIS * n. Inflammation of the mastoid.
CLOTBUR * n. Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs.
AIRGUN * n. A gun that propels a projectile by compressed air.
SOLIPSISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist.
STRAIT * --n. 1 A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water. 2 A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs. --s. Narrow.
STRUMA * n. 1 Abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet. 2 A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands.
SUNNI * n. 1 A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad. 2 One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
SUPERCHARGER * n. Compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine.
CARBONATED * s. Having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated).
DOWN-TO-EARTH * s. Sensible and practical.
ENDOWMENT * n. 1 Natural abilities or qualities. 2 The capital that provides income for an institution. 3 The act of endowing with a permanent source of income.
ERIDANUS * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus.
RECURVIROSTRIDAE * n. Long-legged shorebirds.
MORAVIA * n. A region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies to the east of Bohemia and to the west of the Carpathians.
SYRACUSE * n. 1 A city in central New York. 2 A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC. 3 The Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes). 4 The Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse.
SYNCHROMESH * n. An automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly.
LCM * n. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
PARDONABLY * r. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.
BAIRIKI * n. National capital of Kiribati.
DIRECTLY * r. 1 Without deviation. 2 Without anyone or anything intervening. 3 Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening. 4 In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly.
AEROPHILATELIC * a. Of or relating to airmail stamps.
COMMITTEDNESS * n. The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.
FASCIOLIDAE * n. A family of Trematoda.
IMPLICIT * --a. Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something. --s. Being without doubt or reserve.
LILLE * n. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders.
ORDOVICIAN * n. From 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds.
ENZYMOLOGIST * n. A person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology.
NEGOTIATRESS * n. A woman negotiator.
AUGURY * n. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
DISADVANTAGE * --n. The quality of having an inferior or less favorable position. --v. Put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.
PROVIRUS * n. CDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell.
SIMPSON * n. 1 United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication. 2 Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870).
MONTREAL * n. A city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world.
INDULGING * n. The act of indulging or gratifying a desire.
CYTOTOXIC * a. Of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells.
KITTY-CORNERED * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
POLYANDRIST * n. A woman with two or more husbands.
REFILL * --n. 1 A prescription drug that is provided again. 2 A commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents. --v. Fill something that had previously been emptied.
DUAD * n. Two items of the same kind.
STOOGE * --n. 1 A person of unquestioning obedience. 2 A victim of ridicule or pranks. --v. 1 Cruise in slow or routine flights. 2 Act as the stooge. 3 Act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner.
REUNIFICATION * n. The act of coming together again.
CARREFOUR * n. A junction where one street or road crosses another.
AFLAXEN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation.
BELLOW * --n. 1 A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). 2 United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005). --v. 1 Shout loudly and without restraint. 2 Make a loud noise, as of animal.
AKINESIS * n. Motionlessness attributable to a temporary paralysis.
CASUALLY * r. 1 Not methodically or according to plan. 2 In an unconcerned manner.
MUMPS * n. An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.
HARVESTFISH * n. Butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina.
STRANGENESS * n. 1 Unusualness as a consequence of not being well known. 2 (physics) One of the six flavors of quark. 3 The quality of being alien or not native.
HYPODERMIC * --n. A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections. --a. Relating to or located below the epidermis.
LEPTOPTERIS * n. Including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea.
ACHOERODUS * n. A genus of Labridae.
FREEWARE * n. Software that is provided without charge.
UNTENANTED * s. Not leased to or occupied by a tenant.
KNIGHT * --n. 1 Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit. 2 A chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa). --v. Raise (someone) to knighthood.
UNTWINE * v. Undo what has been twined together.
EXOTHERMIC * a. (of a chemical reaction or compound) Occurring or formed with the liberation of heat.
PHYLOGENY * n. (biology) The sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms.
83 * s. Being three more than eighty.
OSSICLE * n. A small bone; especially one in the middle ear.
GYMNOCALYCIUM * n. Large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles.
PITFALL * n. 1 An unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty. 2 A trap in the form of a concealed hole.
COGNATION * n. 1 Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family. 2 (anthropology) Related by blood.
THEORIZER * n. Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art).
CLYDESDALE * n. Heavy feathered-legged breed of draft horse originally from Scotland.
MISCONDUCT * --n. 1 Bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf. 2 Activity that transgresses moral or civil law. --v. 1 Behave badly. 2 Manage badly or incompetently.
EPIGRAPHY * n. The study of ancient inscriptions.
DECAMP * v. 1 Leave a camp. 2 Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. 3 Leave suddenly.
CUCKOO * --n. 1 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 2 Any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail. --v. Repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call.
BARONAGE * n. The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
ORE. * n. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
WOP * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Italian descent.
ONOMATOPOEICAL * a. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
PERIWIG * n. A wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
LACONICISM * n. Terseness of expression.
POLLYWOG * n. A larval frog or toad.
SHARP-WORDED * s. Harsh.
ABBOT * n. The superior of an abbey of monks.
CHIAROSCURO * n. A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
LIVINGSTON * n. American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813).
UNDEFINABLE * s. Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words.
PAKISTAN * n. A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.
OPACIFICATION * n. The process of becoming cloudy or opaque.
CHESTNUT * --n. 1 Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea. 2 Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur. 3 Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea. 4 The brown color of chestnuts. --s. (of hair or feathers) Of a golden brown to reddish brown color.
NARROW-BODY * n. A commercial airliner with a single aisle.
SPIRALING * s. In the shape of a coil.
NON-U * s. Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use.
NORTHUMBERLAND * n. The northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall).
CHELICERATE * a. Of or relating to or resembling chelicerae.
CRAFTY * s. Marked by skill in deception.
RESISTANT * s. 1 Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection). 2 Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress. 3 Impervious to being affected. 4 Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.
AILUROPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of cats.
EMPHASISED * s. Spoken with emphasis.
E'EN * r. Even.
DARK * --n. 1 Absence of light or illumination. 2 Absence of moral or spiritual values. 3 An unilluminated area. 4 The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside. --a. 1 Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black. 2 (used of color) Having a dark hue. --s. 1 Brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes). 2 Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. 3 Secret. 4 Showing a brooding ill humor.
LABAN * n. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
MOONFISH * n. 1 Any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies. 2 Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
OVERGREEDY * s. Excessively gluttonous.
GRACE * --n. 1 (Christian theology) A state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence. 2 Elegance and beauty of movement or expression. 3 A sense of propriety and consideration for others. 4 A disposition to kindness and compassion. --v. 1 Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. 2 Be beautiful to look at.
ERESH-KIGAL * n. Goddess of death and consort of Nergal.
TREPIDLY * r. In a timorous and trepid manner.
MYOSARCOMA * n. Sarcoma of muscle tissue.
RASTER * n. The rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor.
UNSELFISHLY * r. In an unselfish manner.
SEIGNIORY * n. 1 The estate of a seigneur. 2 The position and authority of a feudal lord.
GOBSMACKED * s. Utterly astounded.
AUTUMN * n. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
EVER * r. 1 At any time. 2 At all times; all the time and on every occasion. 3 (intensifier for adjectives) Very.
WYNETTE * n. United States country singer (1942-1998).
HUMORLESSLY * r. In a humorless manner.
OXIDASE * n. Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation.
BLOND * --n. 1 A person with fair skin and hair. 2 A light grayish yellow to near white. --a. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.
VOGUL * n. 1 A member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals. 2 The Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Vogul.
DECAPITATION * n. 1 Execution by cutting off the victim's head. 2 Killing by cutting off the head.
LORDLESS * s. Having no lord or master.
CATOSTOMUS * n. Type genus of the family Catostomidae.
SAGITTATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Like an arrow head without flaring base lobes.
ARGAL * n. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
BRUTUS * n. Statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC).
STRONGMAN * n. 1 A man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus. 2 A powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence.
CO-OP * n. A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners.
ACCUMULATE * v. 1 Get or gather together. 2 Collect or gather.
FOILED * s. Disappointingly unsuccessful.
VILLA-LOBOS * n. Brazilian composer (1887-1959).
DESTROY * v. 1 Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of. 2 Destroy completely; damage irreparably. 3 Defeat soundly and humiliatingly. 4 Put (an animal) to death.
BRONZY * s. Of the color of bronze.
BLAZER * n. Lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school.
HUMIC * a. Of or relating to or derived from humus.
PUCE * n. A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red.
INGRAINING * n. Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.
PILATE * n. The Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36).
SPORTFISHING * n. The act of someone who fishes as a diversion.
BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE * n. A spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene.
TUBERCULARIACEAE * n. Large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi.
PHARISAIC * s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
WARRENER * n. Maintains a rabbit warren.
VICTUALS * n. 1 A stock or supply of foods. 2 A source of materials to nourish the body. 3 Any substance that can be used as food.
ARTLESS * --a. 1 Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious. 2 Simple and natural; without cunning or deceit. --s. 1 Showing lack of art. 2 (of persons) Lacking art or knowledge.
MIDWINTER * n. The middle of winter.
PERFECTED * s. (of plans, ideas, etc.) Perfectly formed.
BLASPHEMER * n. A person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things.
EXARCH * n. 1 A bishop in one of several Eastern Orthodox Churches in North America. 2 A bishop in eastern Christendom who holds a place below a patriarch but above a metropolitan. 3 A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire.
TEENY * s. (used informally) Very small.
MINELAYING * n. Laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment.
VALIANCE * n. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle).
BOATLOAD * n. The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car.
PULL-OFF * n. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
CONJOIN * v. 1 Make contact or come together. 2 Take in marriage.
HEPATOTOXIC * s. Toxic to the liver.
AUTOGYRO * n. An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller.
HIMANTOPUS * n. Major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills.
FUR-BEARING * s. Of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality).
FARM-PLACE * n. A farm together with its buildings.
FOXTROT * --n. A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences. --v. Dance the foxtrot.
ESTRUS * n. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.
MEFOXIN * n. One of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity.
MARXISM * n. The economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism.
SLATE-GRAY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
WACO * n. A city in east central Texas.
POLYGONALLY * r. In a polygonal manner.
PERDIX * n. A genus of Perdicinae.
SMALL-CAPITALISATION * a. Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars.
AIRCRAFTSMAN * n. A noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force.
UNVERIFIABLE * s. (of e.g. evidence) Not objective or easily verified.
KLEPTOMANIAC * n. Someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive.
DISHWATER * n. Water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed.
STRATEGIAN * n. An expert in strategy (especially in warfare).
PREPAREDNESS * n. The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action).
THRUST * --n. 1 The force used in pushing. 2 A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument. 3 The act of applying force to propel something. 4 Verbal criticism. --v. 1 Push forcefully. 2 Press or force. 3 Make a thrusting forward movement. 4 Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
SPECTROGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or employing a spectrograph.
QUALITATIVELY * r. In a qualitative manner.
SANSKRIT * n. (Hinduism) An ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes.
FRIVOLITY * n. 1 The trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible. 2 Something of little value or significance. 3 Acting like a clown or buffoon.
ASCAPHUS * n. Type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae.
SLASH * --n. 1 A wound made by cutting. 2 An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind). 3 A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. 4 A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. --v. 1 Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. 2 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 3 Cut open. 4 Cut drastically.
PLANETARY * --a. 1 Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants. --s. 1 Having no fixed course. 2 Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.
BALLADEER * n. A singer of popular ballads.
PERIPATETIC * --n. 1 A person who walks from place to place. 2 A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism. --a. Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy. --s. Traveling especially on foot.
FICE * n. A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog.
TOP-UP * n. An amount needed to restore something to its former level.
SERMONIZE * v. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements.
DISSOLUTE * s. Unrestrained by convention or morality.
LOBBYIST * n. Someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer.
COFFEECAKE * n. A cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee.
SULPHURETTE * v. Combine with sulfur.
SINORNIS * n. Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds.
SET-APART * s. Being or feeling set or kept apart from others.
TOXICANT * --n. Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism. --s. Having the qualities or effects of a poison.
TABIS * n. A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese.
SUBURBIA * n. 1 A residential district located on the outskirts of a city. 2 Suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture.
HIJACK * --n. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination. --v. 1 Take arbitrarily or by force. 2 Seize control of.
PACKSADDLE * n. A saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached.
LOOSE-FITTING * s. Not fitting closely; hanging loosely.
PATCHED * s. 1 Mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch. 2 Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture).
BEANTOWN * n. State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services.
MARLSTONE * n. Metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl.
DISINFECTANT * --n. An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease. --s. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms.
COHERENT * --a. 1 Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts. 2 (physics) Of waves having a constant phase relation. --s. 1 Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner. 2 Sticking together.
MARLINGSPIKE * n. A pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing).
PROVOKING * s. Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment.
BRAVERY * n. 1 A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear. 2 Feeling no fear.
BLONDNESS * n. The property of having a naturally light complexion.
SWATHING * n. Cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby).
STEELE * n. English writer (1672-1729).
SIGNALLER * n. Someone who communicates by signals.
CLOSEFISTED * s. Unwilling to part with money.
BEARD * --n. 1 The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face. 2 A tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses. 3 A person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality). 4 Hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals. --v. Go along the rim, like a beard around the chin.
TRENTON * n. Capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river.
PRISSILY * r. In a prissy manner.
CHIMNEYSTACK * n. The part of the chimney that is above the roof; usually has several flues.
CONNUBIAL * --a. Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband. --r. In a conjugal manner.
PUREBRED * --n. A pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses. --a. Bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain.
SLEEPING * --n. 1 The state of being asleep. 2 Quiet and inactive restfulness. 3 The suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate. --s. Lying with head on paws as if sleeping.
POSTSCRIPT * n. 1 A note appended to a letter after the signature. 2 Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end.
SPEW * v. 1 Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth. 2 Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical. 3 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
ADMIRINGLY * r. With admiration.
SYNECDOCHE * n. Substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa.
POMATOMIDAE * n. Food and game fishes related to pompanos.
UNPERFORMED * s. Not performed.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL * a. Having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects.
SR. * s. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
CUFF * --n. 1 The lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg. 2 Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. --v. 1 Hit with the hand. 2 Confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs.
HASSIDIC * a. Of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices.
METHODOLOGICALLY * r. In a methodical manner.
INCORRUPTNESS * n. Characterized by integrity or probity.
INDWELLING * s. Existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle.
DAMAGED * --a. Harmed or injured or spoiled. --s. Being unjustly brought into disrepute.
AGNATION * n. Line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family.
PIPSISSEWA * n. Any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila.
UNHARDENED * a. Not brought to a proper consistency or hardness.
DOPE * --n. 1 Street names for marijuana. 2 An ignorant or foolish person. 3 Carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States). 4 Slang terms for inside information. --v. 1 Take drugs to improve one's athletic performance. 2 Add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties. 3 Give a narcotic to.
UNREWARDING * a. Not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction.
UNACCEPTED * s. Not conforming to standard usage.
INTERMIXTURE * n. 1 Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. 2 An additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base. 3 The act of mixing together.
BONYNESS * n. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
RECTOCELE * n. Protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth.
GRANDMA * n. The mother of your father or mother.
ARTHROPODAN * a. Of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda.
INTRADERMALLY * r. Into the skin.
NIBLICK * n. An iron with considerable loft.
PALMATELY * r. In a palmate manner.
BOOGEYMAN * n. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
TACHOMETER * n. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
DORTMUND * n. An industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic League.
SUPERCILIUM * n. The arch of hair above each eye.
ALLURE * --n. The power to entice or attract through personal charm. --v. Dispose or incline or entice to.
LIVONIAN * n. 1 A member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the people of Livonia in Estonia and Latvia.
CAMASH * n. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
CADAVERINE * n. A colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue.
TOPPINGLY * r. (used as an intensifier) Extremely well.
WELSHMAN * n. A native or resident of Wales.
RECIPROCATE * v. 1 Act, feel, or give mutually or in return. 2 Alternate the direction of motion of.
MALDON * n. A battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem.
FREEZE-DRYING * n. A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes.
MUSICAL * --n. A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing. --a. 1 Characterized by or capable of producing music. 2 Talented in or devoted to music. 3 Characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music. 4 Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody.
FLAGYL * n. Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis.
VIENTIANE * n. The capital and largest city of Laos.
DOCUMENTED * --a. Furnished with or supported by documents. --s. Established as genuine.
PENMAN * n. Informal terms for journalists.
WOOL * n. 1 A fabric made from the hair of sheep. 2 Fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving. 3 Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks.
PROSTATE * --n. A firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen. --a. Relating to the prostate gland.
FUSILIER * n. (formerly) A British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket.
PLAYBILL * n. A theatrical program.
KINDERGARTNER * n. A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten.
ROPE-A-DOPE * n. A boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches.
CORDATE * s. (of a leaf) Shaped like a heart.
BAGFUL * n. The quantity that a bag will hold.
DIACETYLMORPHINE * n. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush.
PSYOP * n. Military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments.
SLEETY * s. Consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain.
PYROGENOUS * a. 1 Produced by or producing fever. 2 Produced under conditions involving intense heat.
PURPLE-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with purple.
SKIRT * --n. 1 Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist. 2 A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women. 3 (Fungi) A remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar. 4 Informal terms for a (young) woman. --v. 1 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). 2 Pass around or about; move along the border. 3 Form the edge of. 4 Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
EBRACTEATE * a. Without bracts.
COLPOXEROSIS * n. A condition in which the vagina is unusually dry.
MACROZAMIA * n. Any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia.
CANONIZE * v. 1 Declare (a dead person) to be a saint. 2 Treat as a sacred person.
RURALLY * r. In a rural manner.
HIDEOUT * n. A hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws.
CABLE * --n. 1 A telegram sent abroad. 2 A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power. 3 A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire. 4 A nautical unit of depth. --v. 1 Send cables, wires, or telegrams. 2 Fasten with a cable.
FINE-GRAINED * s. 1 Consisting of fine particles. 2 Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
AESOP * n. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
SHIAH * n. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran.
GRUMBLING * --n. 1 A loud low dull continuous noise. 2 A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone. --s. Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound.
WAHHABISM * n. A conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia.
HONEYCOMBED * s. Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
UNRECOGNIZABLY * r. Beyond recognition; in an unrecognizable manner.
SING-KWA * n. Loofah of Pakistan; widely cultivated throughout tropics.
SOMETIME * --s. Belonging to some prior time. --r. At some indefinite or unstated time.
ALTERNATION * n. Successive change from one thing or state to another and back again.
UNWED * s. Of someone who has not been married.
RETINOPATHY * n. A disease of the retina that can result in loss of vision.
MESHUGGE * s. Senseless; crazy.
GIARDIA * n. A suspected cause of diarrhea in humans.
CAPACITATE * v. 1 Make legally capable or qualify in law. 2 Cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg. 3 Make capable.
TACTILITY * n. The faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain.
CHASSIDIM * n. A sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly.
APPANAGE * n. 1 Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life. 2 A grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family.
BISTRED * a. Colored with or as if with bister.
NYMPHO * n. A woman with abnormal sexual desires.
IG * n. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
SUKARNO * n. Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970).
TERMINATIVE * s. Coming to an end.
ALGEBRAIC * a. Of or relating to algebra.
ADIENCE * n. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
PULICIDAE * n. Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals.
TETRACAINE * n. A crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic.
HAPPILY * r. 1 In a joyous manner. 2 In an unexpectedly lucky way.
BRESLAU * n. A city in southwestern Poland on the Oder.
CONCERTO * n. A composition for orchestra and a soloist.
AARON * n. 1 United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934). 2 (Old Testament) Elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites; created the golden calf.
LIP-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a lip.
BONKERS * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
SINGLETON * n. 1 A single object (as distinguished from a pair). 2 A set containing a single member. 3 The playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt.
DRAWSTRING * n. A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.
KAPH * n. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
BRUTISHLY * r. In an inhumane manner.
MITHRAISTIC * a. Of or relating to Mithraism or its god.
BALSAMY * a. Of or relating to or containing balsam.
CAMERA * n. 1 Equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other). 2 Television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam.
PUFFERFISH * n. 1 Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver. 2 Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers.
SHARD * n. A broken piece of a brittle artifact.
HEROICS * n. Ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct.
JEALOUS * s. 1 Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages. 2 Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.
GOMUTI * n. Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago.
PRORATE * v. 1 Make a proportional settlement or distribution. 2 Divide or assess proportionally.
BOOBY * n. 1 An ignorant or foolish person. 2 Small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both.
RESTRUCTURE * v. Construct or form anew or provide with a new structure.
TENDERNESS * n. 1 A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling. 2 A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched). 3 Warm compassionate feelings. 4 A positive feeling of liking.
MANDELSHTAM * n. Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938).
STRAVINSKYAN * a. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of Stravinsky.
AMENIA * n. Absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow.
SUPERCRITICAL * s. (especially of fissionable material) Able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases.
SPITTER * n. 1 A person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth). 2 An illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it.
VALVE * n. 1 A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it. 2 Device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone. 3 Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid. 4 The entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs.
SIMPLEX * s. 1 Allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time. 2 Having only one part or element.
HIKE * --n. 1 A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure. 2 An increase in cost. 3 The amount a salary is increased. --v. 1 Increase. 2 Walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise.
LENITY * n. Mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant.
DRAWSHAVE * n. A woodworker's knife to shave surfaces.
ACIDOPHILUS * n. A bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics.
BORINGLY * r. In a tedious manner.
REDUX * s. Brought back.
BLADDERPOD * n. 1 North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic. 2 Annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella. 3 Any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods. 4 Any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods.
HERAKLES * n. (classical mythology) A hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
GLIOBLASTOMA * n. A fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal.
BEATER * n. 1 A worker who rouses wild game from under cover for a hunter. 2 An implement for beating.
SPLATTERING * n. 1 The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. 2 The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface.
AG * n. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography.
INCLINE * --n. 1 An elevated geological formation. 2 An inclined surface connecting two levels. --v. 1 Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined. 2 Bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well. 3 Lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow. 4 Be at an angle.
DISHONESTLY * r. In a corrupt and deceitful manner.
PATENTEE * n. The inventor to whom a patent is issued.
VEILING * n. A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave.
MUSHER * n. A traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team.
CHEST * n. 1 The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. 2 Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy. 3 The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen. 4 Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.
QUAKERS * n. A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers.
CENTUNCULUS * n. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae.
EMBELLISHMENT * n. 1 Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail. 2 A superfluous ornament. 3 The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.
DICRANOPTERIS * n. Terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical.
MOPED * n. A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
DESMANTHUS * n. Genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers.
BARBITURATE * n. Organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal.
INVESTIGATE * v. 1 Investigate scientifically. 2 Conduct an inquiry or investigation of.
GRASSLESS * a. Lacking grass.
GASIFICATION * n. The process of changing into gas.
MUSCARI * n. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
SINUOUSLY * r. In a sinuous manner.
VIOCIN * n. A basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis.
RANCOR * n. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
WEENESS * n. The property of being very small in size.
KLUXER * n. A member of the Ku Klux Klan.
CONGREGATIONALIST * --n. A member of the Congregational Church. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church.
STERNA * n. A genus of Sterninae.
LIMNOLOGY * n. The scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties.
ACCORDIONIST * n. A musician who plays the accordion.
SEMASIOLOGY * n. The branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning.
WHEEZE * --n. 1 Breathing with a husky or whistling sound. 2 (Briticism) A clever or amusing scheme or trick. --v. Breathe with difficulty.
RENNET * n. A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket.
PIZZAZZ * n. The activeness of an energetic personality.
MEGAFLOP * n. (computer science) A unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
YAUTIA * n. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
IMPENITENTLY * r. In an impenitent manner.
OBEISANCE * n. 1 Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting. 2 The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person.
SELF-PRAISE * n. Speaking of yourself in superlatives.
FENDER * n. 1 A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud. 2 An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. 3 A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth. 4 A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact.
REPURCHASE * --n. The act of purchasing back something previously sold. --v. Buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away.
ILL-STARRED * s. Marked by or promising bad fortune.
SHARP-NOSED * s. Having a sharply pointed nose.
INPOURING * --n. An inflow. --s. Pouring inward.
MUZZY * s. 1 Indistinct or hazy in outline. 2 Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
TORUS * n. 1 A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle. 2 Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
OPEROSENESS * n. The quality of requiring extended effort.
PAYLOAD * n. 1 The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents. 2 Goods carried by a large vehicle.
ATAXIA * n. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait.
GAYLY * r. In a joyous manner.
CLEVERNESS * n. 1 The power of creative imagination. 2 Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty. 3 The property of being ingenious.
CLEGG * n. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
PENITENTIALLY * r. Showing remorse.
40 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four. --s. Being ten more than thirty.
FISHWORM * n. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
OBJECTIVELY * r. With objectivity.
ONE-THIRTY-SECOND * n. One part in thirty-two equal parts.
CANTALA * n. 1 Hard fiber used in making coarse twine; from Philippine agave plants. 2 Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine.
LAMP * n. 1 An artificial source of visible illumination. 2 A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs.
DICLOXACILLIN * n. Antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin.
FRONTWARDS * r. At or to or toward the front.
TOFIELDIA * n. Genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
REDUCING * n. 1 Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. 2 Loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer.
KNIFELIKE * s. 1 Cutting or able to cut as if with a knife. 2 Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. 3 Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. 4 Having a sharp or distinct edge.
TRICHOPHAGA * n. Carpet moths.
DEPARIA * n. Classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera.
METTLESOME * s. 1 Having a proud and unbroken spirit. 2 Willing to face danger.
SEVEN-SIDED * s. Having seven sides.
ELAND * n. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
SHOPWINDOW * n. A window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store.
METABOLISE * v. Produce by metabolism.
INTERCONNECT * v. 1 Be interwoven or interconnected. 2 Cause to be interconnected or interwoven.
CYPROHEPTADINE * n. An antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions.
INVALIDATION * n. (law) A formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc).
YELLOW-GREEN * s. Of a color midway between yellow and green.
MERRYMAKER * n. A celebrant who shares in a noisy party.
ACADEMY * n. 1 A secondary school (usually private). 2 An institution for the advancement of art or science or literature. 3 A school for special training. 4 A learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge.
SCORN * --n. 1 Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. 2 Open disrespect for a person or thing. --v. 1 Look down on with disdain. 2 Reject with contempt.
LOCUSTIDAE * n. Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts.
HEREUNDER * r. 1 In a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc.. 2 Under the terms of this agreement.
DOMESTICALLY * r. 1 With respect to the internal affairs of a government. 2 With respect to home or family.
TRAGULIDAE * n. Chevrotains.
LURKER * n. Someone waiting in concealment.
BARDIC * a. Being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry.
GIBBOUS * s. 1 Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column. 2 (used of the moon) More than half full.
PROFITS * n. 1 The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). 2 Something won (especially money).
GUSHINGLY * r. In a gushing manner.
WRENCHING * s. Causing great physical or mental suffering.
EMANATE * v. 1 Proceed or issue forth, as from a source. 2 Give out (breath or an odor).
SUFFUSE * v. 1 Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. 2 To become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light.
EUTAMIAS * n. Chipmunks of western America and Asia.
ENDOMETRIAL * a. Of or relating to the endometrium.
UNCHANGEABLENESS * n. The quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged.
SWEETNESS * n. 1 The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth. 2 The property of tasting as if it contains sugar. 3 A pleasingly sweet olfactory property. 4 The quality of giving pleasure.
IMPEDE * v. 1 Be a hindrance or obstacle to. 2 Block passage through.
HASTEN * v. 1 Act or move at high speed. 2 Move hurridly. 3 Speed up the progress of; facilitate. 4 Cause to occur rapidly.
PANELED * s. Fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting.
MYCTERIA * n. A genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis.
BOATMAN * n. Someone who drives or rides in a boat.
KOLKATA * n. The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding.
LENTICEL * n. One of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the atmosphere and the interior tissue.
NON-CONDUCTING * a. Not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound.
DOUBLETREE * n. A crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast.
PEACE-LOVING * s. Inclined or disposed to peace.
INFILTRATION * n. 1 A process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection). 2 The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium.
BLOOMSBURY * n. A city district of central London laid out in garden squares.
RECTANGULAR * s. 1 Having four right angles. 2 Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.
TARAXACUM * n. An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions.
GADIFORMES * n. Cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini.
INTERNSHIP * n. The position of a medical intern.
QUOTABILITY * n. The quality of being worthy of being quoted.
PRETERITION * n. Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
UNWELLNESS * n. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
SANCTIMONIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being hypocritically devout.
GRANDIOSITY * n. High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation.
REVOLTINGLY * r. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree.
GOUTY * s. Suffering from gout.
RESHT * n. City in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea.
STONEWORT * n. Any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits.
R * n. 1 A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air. 2 (physics) The universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole. 3 The 18th letter of the Roman alphabet. 4 The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere.
WAVEFORM * n. The shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time.
OVERREFINEMENT * n. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
TROUBLING * s. Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
SERINUS * n. Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins.
RATLINE * n. (nautical) A small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft.
HYGROPHYTIC * s. Requiring an abundance of moisture.
RECOURSE * n. 1 Act of turning to for assistance. 2 Something or someone turned to for assistance or security.
ANSWER * --n. 1 A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. 2 A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem. 3 The speech act of replying to a question. 4 The principal 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. --v. 1 React verbally. 2 Respond to a signal. 3 Give the correct answer or solution to. 4 Understand the meaning of.
BURNUP * n. 1 A high-speed motorcycle race on a public road. 2 The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor).
VIOLATE * v. 1 Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns. 2 Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. 3 Destroy. 4 Violate the sacred character of a place or language.
XANTHOMATOSIS * n. Widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees); often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism.
PETULANT * s. Easily irritated or annoyed.
TECH * n. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
TARNISH * --n. Discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation. --v. Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically.
DORMANT * --s. 1 In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. 2 Lying with head on paws as if sleeping. 3 Inactive but capable of becoming active. --a. (of e.g. volcanos) Not erupting and not extinct.
GOMORRHA * n. (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
WILLFULLY * r. In a willful manner.
MACROSPORANGIUM * n. A plant structure that produces megaspores.
FEVEROUS * s. Having or affected by a fever.
LIQUIDATE * v. 1 Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. 2 Eliminate by paying off (debts). 3 Convert into cash. 4 Settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off.
BRAWL * --n. 1 An uproarious party. 2 A noisy fight in a crowd. --v. To quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.
APOCARPOUS * a. (of ovaries of flowering plants) Consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses.
UNWELCOME * --a. Not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure. --s. Not welcome.
COACH-AND-FOUR * n. A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver.
TUMULUS * n. (archeology) A heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs.
SLEEPER * n. 1 A rester who is sleeping. 2 A spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal. 3 An unexpected achiever of success. 4 One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.
ADRENOSTERONE * n. A steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland.
LIOMYS * n. Pocket mice.
LIMACOID * a. Of or resembling a slug.
STEREOPHONY * n. Reproducer in which two microphones feed two or more loudspeakers to give a three-dimensional effect to the sound.
GRINDER * n. 1 A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. 2 Grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars. 3 Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing. 4 A machine tool that polishes metal.
CANAAN * n. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.
11-PLUS * n. (formerly in Britain) An examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school.
CONSUME * v. 1 Eat up completely, as with great appetite. 2 Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. 3 Spend extravagantly. 4 Destroy completely.
TAMALE * n. 1 A city in northern Ghana. 2 Dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
SCHNITZEL * n. Deep-fried breaded veal cutlets.
MANDOLIN * n. A stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum.
SUBTHALAMUS * n. The ventral part of the thalamus.
LOMOTIL * n. Trade name of an antidiarrheal.
ELAVIL * n. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name Elavil) with serious side effects; interacts with many other medications.
FEARLESSNESS * n. 1 Feeling no fear. 2 The trait of feeling no fear.
FAUST * n. An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge.
CONSTRAIN * v. 1 Compel to behave in a certain way. 2 To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement. 3 Severely restrict in scope or extent.
ROSEOLA * n. Any red eruption of the skin.
SHELLEY * n. 1 English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851). 2 Englishman and romantic poet (1792-1822).
VASELINE * n. A trademarked brand of petroleum jelly.
COCKFIGHTING * n. Participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight.
SOIXANTE-NEUF * n. Oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people.
STALKER * n. 1 Someone who walks with long stiff strides. 2 Someone who stalks game. 3 Someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions.
DOUBLE-FACED * s. 1 (of fabrics) Having faces on both sides. 2 Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
ASCESIS * n. Rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint.
HOSANNA * n. A cry of praise or adoration (to God).
HOATZIN * n. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
FARE-STAGE * n. A section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same.
UNNOTICEABLENESS * n. The quality of being not easily noticed.
LEPTARRHENA * n. One species: leatherleaf saxifrage.
CORNEILLE * n. French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684).
FRONT-RUNNER * n. A competitor thought likely to win.
YETI * n. A large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
SECULARISE * v. Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation.
SIZE * --n. 1 The physical magnitude of something (how big it is). 2 The property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing). 3 Any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics. 4 The actual state of affairs. --v. 1 Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance). 2 Sort according to size. 3 Make to a size; bring to a suitable size. --s. (used in combination) Sized.
UNCULTIVABLE * s. Not suitable for cultivation or tilling.
ARROGANCE * n. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
LUZON * n. The main island of the Philippines.
SKELETAL * --a. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton. --s. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
EXCELLENCE * n. 1 The quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree. 2 An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels.
YELLER * n. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
QUININE * n. A bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy.
LAPUTA * n. A land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected.
EXORCISM * n. Freeing from evil spirits.
METALWORK * n. 1 The metal parts of something. 2 The activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner.
COWPIE * n. Fecal matter of a cow.
FARMINGTON * n. 1 A town in northwestern New Mexico. 2 A residential town in central Connecticut.
ABSENCE * n. 1 The state of being absent. 2 Failure to be present. 3 The time interval during which something or somebody is away. 4 The occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy.
LUTHERANISM * n. Teachings of Martin Luther emphasizing the cardinal doctrine of justification by faith alone.
FILLIP * n. Anything that tends to arouse.
OVERACHIEVEMENT * n. Better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests).
BROODER * n. Apparatus consisting of a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
EAVES * n. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
SABBATUM * n. The seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians.
WESTINGHOUSE * n. United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914).
LANIUS * n. Type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes.
INEPTLY * r. 1 With ineptitude; in an incompetent manner. 2 In an infelicitous manner.
SB * n. 1 A metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite. 2 A bachelor's degree in science.
VINDICTIVENESS * n. A malevolent desire for revenge.
PHLEBITIS * n. Inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs).
ADJOIN * v. 1 Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. 2 Be in direct physical contact with; make contact. 3 Attach or add.
SELF-INSURANCE * n. Insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policy.
EQUALISER * n. 1 Electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion. 2 A weight that balances another weight.
BATMAN * n. An orderly assigned to serve a British military officer.
FISCAL * a. Involving financial matters.
ISIS * n. Egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of Geb; sister and wife of Osiris.
CHEMIST * n. 1 A scientist who specializes in chemistry. 2 A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
TERRITORIALISE * v. 1 Organize as a territory. 2 Place on a territorial basis. 3 Extend by adding territory.
FLOATING-MOSS * n. Free-floating aquatic ferns.
HOMEOPATH * n. A practitioner of homeopathy.
SOCIOLINGUISTICS * n. The study of language in relation to its sociocultural context.
ALGONKIAN * --n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian. --a. Of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language.
AUTOMATONLIKE * s. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
ABOLISH * v. Do away with.
TAILSTOCK * n. Support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece.
EQUIPPED * --a. 1 Provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate. 2 Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority). --s. 1 Prepared with proper equipment. 2 Carrying weapons.
HAKHAM * n. A Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man.
GRANDILOQUENTLY * r. In a rhetorically grandiloquent manner.
PRESSMARK * n. A mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location.
CORMOUS * a. Having or producing corms.
CREDIT * --n. 1 Approval. 2 Money available for a client to borrow. 3 An accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items. 4 Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise. --v. 1 Give someone credit for something. 2 Ascribe an achievement to. 3 Accounting: enter as credit. 4 Have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of.
KUDOS * n. An expression of approval and commendation.
CARDUCCI * n. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
BYRE * n. A barn for cows.
FALLEN * s. 1 Having dropped by the force of gravity. 2 Having fallen in or collapsed. 3 Having lost your chastity. 4 Killed in battle.
TYMPANI * n. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.
YUKON * n. 1 A North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea. 2 A territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s.
BRITISHER * n. A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.
AMBER-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with amber.
ALBINIC * a. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
DRAFTSMAN * n. 1 A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines. 2 An artist skilled at drawing.
JULY * n. The month following June and preceding August.
SENSUALISM * n. 1 Desire for sensual pleasures. 2 (philosophy) The ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good.
DEXTERITY * n. Adroitness in using the hands.
UNPERMISSIVENESS * n. A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits.
IMPEACHMENT * n. A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.
NECKCLOTH * n. An ornamental white cravat.
HARDHEADS * n. A weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized.
UNSECTARIAN * a. Not restricted to one sect or school or party.
AEROMEDICAL * a. Of or relating to aviation medicine.
LOTTE * n. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
COGNOSCENTE * n. An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts.
ENETS * n. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian.
DEFOE * n. English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).
TUMBLE-DOWN * s. In deplorable condition.
HAEMOGLOBINEMIA * n. Presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma.
THEOGONY * n. The study of the origins and genealogy of the gods.
ANGIOSPERMAE * n. Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta).
MISMARRY * v. Marry an unsuitable partner.
MISALIGN * v. Align imperfectly or badly.
PHASMATIDAE * n. Stick insects.
RESISTER * n. 1 Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take. 2 Someone who offers opposition.
CAMPEPHILUS * n. A genus of Picidae.
EXTEROCEPTIVE * a. Of or relating to exteroception.
BIKERS * n. Originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers.
UNEXPORTABLE * a. Not suitable for export.
CORTICIPETAL * s. Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex.
POLYBUTENE * n. A polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber.
CALCULABLE * a. Able to be calculated or estimated.
CRENELLATE * v. Supply with battlements.
EMBOLDEN * v. Give encouragement to.
MEGATHERIIDAE * n. Extinct ground sloths.
MARTYRIZE * v. Torture and torment like a martyr.
ENDOCRINAL * a. Of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions.
CENTROSOMIC * a. Of or relating to a centrosome.
COATING * n. 1 A thin layer covering something. 2 A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance). 3 A heavy fabric suitable for coats. 4 The work of applying something.
SUPPOSITITIOUS * s. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
TERRORIZATION * n. 1 The act of inspiring with fear. 2 An act of terrorism.
MAURITANIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Mauritania. --a. Of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants.
OFFICIOUSNESS * n. Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation.
UNAPPEALINGLY * r. In an unappealing manner.
SCINCELLA * n. A reptile genus of Scincidae.
STALENESS * n. 1 Unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed. 2 Having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging.
WALKOVER * n. 1 Backbends combined with handstands. 2 Any undertaking that is easy to do.
DAFFO * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
BIRRETTA * n. A stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy.
SWERVING * n. The act of turning aside suddenly.
BIRDNEST * --n. Nest where birds lay their eggs and hatch their young. --v. Gather birdnests.
SWAYBACKED * s. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
SUBSTRATUM * n. 1 A surface on which an organism grows or is attached. 2 Any stratum or layer lying underneath another. 3 An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population.
POUFFE * n. Thick cushion used as a seat.
ACARYOTE * n. A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
UNSIGHTLY * s. Unpleasant to look at.
BACCHANALIA * n. 1 An orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus). 2 A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
FRIGHTFULNESS * n. The quality of being frightful.
ARTHROSCOPE * n. A type of endoscope that is inserted into a joint for visual examination.
BURNETT * n. United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924).
SEVENTY-SIX * s. Being six more than seventy.
YENISEI * n. 1 A Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea. 2 The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian.
FEMTOMETRE * n. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter.
APPORTION * v. 1 Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose. 2 Give out as one's portion or share.
NEPHELINITE * n. An igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene.
PLAY-ACTOR * n. An actor who travels around the country presenting plays.
STRUCTURED * --a. Having definite and highly organized structure. --s. Resembling a living organism in organization or development.
SOUTHLAND * n. Any region lying in or toward the south.
SHAYTAN * n. (Islam) A rebellious jinni who leads men astray.
FABIAN * --n. A member of the Fabian Society in Britain. --a. Of or relating to Fabianism. --s. Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation.
GASPAR * n. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
PULVERIZATION * n. 1 A solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized. 2 The act of grinding to a powder or dust. 3 Annihilation by pulverizing something.
OTHERNESS * n. The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known.
MORONITY * n. Mild mental retardation.
ECUADORAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Ecuador.
URAL-ALTAIC * n. A (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian).
BOOTEE * n. A slipper that is soft and wool (for babies).
DEIFICATION * n. 1 The condition of being treated like a god. 2 An embodiment of the qualities of a god. 3 The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god).
EXTOL * v. Praise, glorify, or honor.
CYPHOMANDRA * n. Tree tomato.
PROSTYLE * s. Marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure.
HOMOPHOBIA * n. Prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality.
DESCRIPTOR * n. 1 The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something. 2 A piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system.
ENCOURAGED * s. Inspired with confidence.
SHELLAC * --n. 1 Lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white. 2 A thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood. --v. Cover with shellac.
PROGENITOR * n. An ancestor in the direct line.
WOEFULLY * r. In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.
RANCH * --n. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle). --v. Manage or run a ranch.
LIGHTED * --a. Set afire or burning. --s. Provided with artificial light.
ZIPPO * n. A quantity of no importance.
CAPONISE * v. Convert a cock into a capon.
ANAPESTIC * a. (of a metric foot) Characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.
AGENESIS * n. Imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part.
SHELDRAKE * n. 1 Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges. 2 Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill.
ARROGANTLY * r. In an arrogant manner.
HYGIENICALLY * r. In a hygienic manner.
PRODIGY * n. 1 An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration. 2 A sign of something about to happen. 3 An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality.
HOMININE * s. Characteristic of humankind.
LIGHTHEARTEDNESS * n. The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you.
BEREFT * s. 1 Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love. 2 Sorrowful through loss or deprivation.
VIRUSOID * n. The smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat.
ATOM-BOMB * v. Bomb with atomic weapons.
NATURALNESS * n. 1 The quality of being natural or based on natural principles. 2 The quality of innocent naivete. 3 The likeness of a representation to the thing represented.
RUMBUSTIOUS * s. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.
LHOTSE * n. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (27,890 feet high).
65TH * s. The ordinal number of sixty-five in counting order.
BUTTONY * s. 1 Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button. 2 Ornamented with many buttons.
MOSH * v. Dance the slam dance.
UNTHINKABLE * a. Incapable of being conceived or considered.
CIVE * n. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
FAECES * n. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
SHAMELESSLY * r. Without shame.
MIOCENE * n. From 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals.
ARIOSO * n. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
ANTICIPATORY * s. In anticipation.
PEDIAPRED * n. A glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions.
MULE * n. 1 Hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile. 2 A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
STALINISATION * n. Social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin.
PLEASANTRY * n. An agreeable or amusing remark.
ANATOLIAN * n. An extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European.
WOK * n. Pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking.
MESSAGING * n. The sending and processing of e-mail by computer.
TANGUY * n. United States surrealist painter (born in France) (1900-1955).
STURNIDAE * n. Old World starlings.
MUTATE * v. Undergo mutation.
ENZOOTIC * s. Of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases.
GO-CART * n. 1 An enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk. 2 Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels. 3 A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around.
TRIDYMITE * n. A mineral form of silica.
PARAGUAYAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Paraguay. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people.
MALPIGHIACEAE * n. Tropical shrubs or trees.
SLEEPILY * r. In a sleepy manner.
FEMTOCHEMISTRY * n. The branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses.
CRIMSON * --n. A deep and vivid red color. --v. Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame. --s. 1 Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. 2 Characterized by violence or bloodshed. 3 (especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
DYSLEXIC * --n. A person who has dyslexia. --a. Of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia. --s. Having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder.
AIMLESSLY * r. Without aim; in an aimless manner.
HELVETIA * n. The Latin name for Switzerland.
TENDERISATION * n. The act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it.
ALLEVIATOR * n. 1 A therapist who makes suffering more endurable. 2 Remedy that alleviates pain without curing.
PREDICATION * n. (logic) A declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument.
PETROLOGY * n. The branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification.
METALLOID * s. Of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal.
MINGINESS * n. Extreme stinginess.
ALEYRODES * n. Type genus of the Aleyrodidae.
ENERGIZING * --n. The activity of causing to have energy and be active. --s. Supplying motive force.
SPARKLEBERRY * n. Shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries.
DARDIC * n. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
MELIORATE * v. 1 To make better. 2 Get better.
STYE * n. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
DOGSLED * --n. A sled pulled by dogs. --v. Travel with a dogsled.
NORVIR * n. A protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV.
FOREFEND * v. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
AGALINIS * n. Semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies.
DIPLOCOCCUS * n. Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs.
GANGES * n. An Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus.
ASPIDELAPS * n. African coral snakes.
HEADDRESS * n. Clothing for the head.
LAREDO * n. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
HASEK * n. Czech author of novels and short stories (1883-1923).
SELF-COLOURED * s. Of the same color throughout.
FLABBY * s. Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance.
RESTITUTE * v. 1 Give or bring back. 2 Restore to a previous or better condition.
PAPILIONACEAE * n. Leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae.
DEOXYRIBOSE * n. A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids.
PICKNICKER * n. A person who is picnicking.
CRAMPBARK * n. Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries.
FLUOROSCOPY * n. Examination of body structures using a fluoroscope.
BACKWOODS * n. A remote and undeveloped area.
UNVALUED * s. Having value that is not acknowledged.
DEVONSHIRE * n. A county in southwestern England.
BLOCKAGE * n. 1 The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. 2 An obstruction in a pipe or tube. 3 The act of blocking.
CONSCIENCELESS * s. Lacking a conscience.
CASMERODIUS * n. A white egrets.
RED-BLOODED * s. Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health.
CERATOSTOMELLA * n. Genus of fungi forming continuous hyaline spores.
CONCURRENTLY * r. Overlapping in duration.
SESOTHO * n. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho.
COPYCAT * n. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
ANALOGISE * v. Make an analogy.
SELF-AGGRANDIZING * --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement. --s. Exhibiting self-importance.
TAPSTER * n. A tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks.
LAMINARIACEAE * n. Large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters.
ROT-RESISTANT * s. Resistant to rotting.
COGNIZABLE * a. Capable of being known.
SHIRK * v. 1 Avoid (one's assigned duties). 2 Avoid dealing with.
BAWL * v. 1 Shout loudly and without restraint. 2 Make a raucous noise. 3 Cry loudly.
UNMOTORISED * a. Having no motor.
CHROMIUM-PLATE * v. Plate with chromium.
SE * n. 1 A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite). 2 The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees.
SPORANGIOPHORE * n. Stalk bearing one or more sporangia.
SHOELACE * n. A lace used for fastening shoes.
POLYTONAL * s. Using more than one key or tonality simultaneously.
METAL-COLOURED * s. Having a metallic color.
DIPPER * n. 1 A ladle that has a cup with a long handle. 2 A cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris. 3 A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. 4 Small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage.
FANCY-FREE * s. Having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree.
AUG * n. The month following July and preceding September.
UNSUFFERABLE * s. Too extreme to bear.
FLOODED * s. Covered with water.
RADIO-OPACITY * n. Opacity to X-rays or other radiation.
OJIBWAY * n. 1 A member of an Algonquian people who lived west of Lake Superior. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa.
POLARIZATION * n. 1 The phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration. 2 The condition of having or giving polarity.
CHAFFLIKE * a. Abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff.
MONOSACCHARIDE * n. A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates.
BEDSPRING * n. (usually in the plural) One of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed.
APLYSIA * n. Type genus of the family Aplysiidae.
SINGLE-BARRELLED * a. Having one barrel.
MANCHU * n. 1 A member of the Manchu speaking people of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century. 2 The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu. 3 The Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu.
U.K. * n. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom.
LIVELONG * --n. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers. --s. (of time) Constituting the full extent or duration.
MORALISTIC * s. Narrowly and conventionally moral.
GRAIN * --n. 1 A relatively small granular particle of a substance. 2 Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. 3 The side of leather from which the hair has been removed. 4 A weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat. --v. 1 Thoroughly work in. 2 Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood. 3 Form into grains. 4 Become granular.
UNHINGED * s. Affected with madness or insanity.
PLEOMORPHISM * n. 1 (chemistry) The existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound. 2 (biology) The appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms.
SKAGERAK * n. A broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway.
CABASSOUS * n. Naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America.
FRISKING * n. The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs.
VERMOUTH * n. Any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks.
FOUNDLING * n. A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown.
BICONCAVE * s. Concave on both sides.
JIRGA * n. A Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders.
ORNAMENTALIST * n. Someone who decorates.
PAHOEHOE * n. Freely flowing lava.
INSIGHTFUL * s. Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception.
CEIBO * n. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
FASCICULE * n. An installment of a printed work.
DIDDLY * n. A small worthless amount.
DECALITER * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
DECUMARY * n. Woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters.
ELEPHANT'S-FOOT * n. 1 South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark. 2 Any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America.
SLOB * n. A coarse obnoxious person.
NAISMITH * n. United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939).
DRYMOGLOSSUM * n. Epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea.
ROULADE * n. 1 A dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked. 2 (music) An elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable.
SLAP-UP * s. Very good.
LITHOSPERMUM * n. Annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia.
CHARTRES * n. A town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral.
ETERNAL * s. 1 Continuing forever or indefinitely. 2 Tiresomely long; seemingly without end.
PHLEGM * n. 1 Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. 2 Expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness. 3 Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy.
VARYING * s. Marked by diversity or difference.
CONFLUENT * --n. A branch that flows into the main stream. --s. Flowing together.
ANTHESIS * n. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
HORTA * n. Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947).
BLASPHEMOUS * s. 1 Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred. 2 Characterized by profanity or cursing.
HOMINID * --n. A primate of the family Hominidae. --s. Characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures.
IMMODERATE * a. Beyond reasonable limits.
THEATER * n. 1 A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented. 2 The art of writing and producing plays. 3 A region in which active military operations are in progress.
DEVIL * --n. 1 (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) Chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell. 2 An evil supernatural being. 3 A word used in exclamations of confusion. 4 A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man). --v. 1 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 2 Coat or stuff with a spicy paste.
BORE-HOLE * n. A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes.
STREKELIA * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family.
OOZE * --n. 1 Any thick, viscous matter. 2 The process of seeping. --v. 1 Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings. 2 Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.
ROMANTICISM * n. 1 Impractical romantic ideals and attitudes. 2 A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization. 3 An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure).
NATIONALIZATION * n. 1 The action of forming or becoming a nation. 2 The action of rendering national in character. 3 Changing something from private to state ownership or control.
NONADHESIVE * a. Not tending to adhere.
INVIOLABLE * --a. Incapable of being transgressed or dishonored. --s. 1 Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. 2 Must be kept sacred. 3 Not capable of being violated or infringed.
DULLARD * n. 1 A person who is not very bright. 2 A person who evokes boredom.
SHIRTSLEEVES * n. Not wearing a jacket.
WORMY * s. 1 Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms. 2 Totally submissive.
DCI * n. The head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
ROUGHCAST * --n. 1 A coarse plaster for the surface of external walls. 2 A rough preliminary model. --v. 1 Shape roughly. 2 Apply roughcast to. 3 Hew roughly, without finishing the surface.
ACIDULOUS * s. Being sour to the taste.
TOCOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother.
NETWORKLIKE * s. Having a network of veins or ribs.
PRINCETON * n. 1 A university town in central New Jersey. 2 A university in New Jersey.
SNOWDROP * n. Common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers.
LARGE-CAPITALISATION * a. Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more.
COALHOLE * n. A bin for holding coal.
SCEPTICISM * n. The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.
FIMBRIATE * s. Having a fringe of slender processes.
UNEQUAL * a. 1 Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure. 2 Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
SELF-INDULGENCE * n. 1 An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires. 2 Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence.
HORSE-AND-BUGGY * s. Relating to the time before automobiles (and other inventions) changed the way people lived in industrialized nations.
WAWL * v. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
BATTLEDORE * n. 1 A light long-handled racket used by badminton players. 2 An ancient racket game.
PARENCHYMA * n. 1 Animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood vessels. 2 The primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems.
SABERTOOTHED * s. Having teeth that resemble sabers.
DIVERTINGLY * r. In an entertaining and amusing manner.
XYRIDACEAE * n. Plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places.
TOUGH-MINDED * s. Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination.
HYPERPIESIA * n. Persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found.
LODESTAR * n. 1 Guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy. 2 Something that serves as a model or guide.
MOLESTATION * n. 1 The act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children). 2 The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism.
NIGELLA * n. Any plant of the genus Nigella.
CODIFY * v. Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law.
VEGA * n. 1 Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635). 2 The brightest star in the constellation Lyra.
EXCLUSION * n. 1 The state of being excluded. 2 The state of being excommunicated. 3 A deliberate act of omission. 4 The act of forcing out someone or something.
CRYSTALLISATION * n. The formation of crystals.
REPELLENT * --n. 1 A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water. 2 A chemical substance that repels animals. 3 The power to repel. --s. 1 Serving or tending to repel. 2 Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. 3 Incapable of absorbing or mixing with.
GROUNDER * n. (baseball) A hit that travels along the ground.
COAL * --n. 1 Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period. 2 A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering. --v. 1 Burn to charcoal. 2 Supply with coal. 3 Take in coal.
SUPERBUG * n. 1 A strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics. 2 A strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias.
EXTREMUM * n. 1 The point located farthest from the middle of something. 2 The most extreme possible amount or value.
ASTROGLIA * n. Tissue consisting of large stellate neuroglial cells.
LOBOTOMY * n. Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes.
DEVIOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly. 2 The quality of being deceitful and underhanded.
GOODBYE * n. A farewell remark.
UPTAKE * n. 1 The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). 2 A process of taking up or using up or consuming.
ALBUM * n. 1 One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc. 2 A book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc.
NONABSORBENCY * n. The property of not being absorbent.
SAUTE * --n. A dish of sauteed food. --v. Fry briefly over high heat. --s. Fried quickly in a little fat.
MANTISPIDAE * n. Mantispids.
ANDREAEALES * n. Comprises a single genus: Andreaea.
MO. * n. A midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union.
PSYCHONOMICS * n. The branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues.
FAIRYLAND * n. 1 Something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality). 2 The enchanted realm of fairies.
IRTISH * n. An Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River.
TRACHIPTERIDAE * n. Ribbonfishes.
SOUTHWESTWARDLY * r. In a southwestward direction.
LAGENARIA * n. Bottle gourds.
STAMP * --n. 1 The distinctive form in which a thing is made. 2 A type or class. 3 A symbol that is the result of printing or engraving. 4 A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid. --v. 1 Walk heavily. 2 To mark, or produce an imprint in or on something. 3 Reveal clearly as having a certain character. 4 Affix a stamp to.
BOUNTIED * s. Rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty.
LEATHERLEAF * n. 1 Stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib. 2 North temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers.
FORMALIZE * v. 1 Make formal or official. 2 Declare or make legally valid.
PROCEEDS * n. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.
DALETH * n. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
EUSEBIUS * n. Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340).
SADOMASOCHIST * n. Someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism.
KWAKIUTL * n. 1 A member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island. 2 A Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl.
ADELGID * n. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
PYELONEPHRITIS * n. Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection.
SLEZSKO * n. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland.
CURMUDGEON * n. A crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas.
NGU * n. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
TENDRIL * n. Slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support.
SMUT * --n. 1 A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink. 2 Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores. 3 Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales. 4 An offensive or indecent word or phrase. --v. 1 Make obscene. 2 Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot. 3 Become affected with smut. 4 Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn.
CACHEXIA * n. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
MOROCCAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Morocco. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
TEETERBOARD * n. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.
WOOLLEN * --n. A fabric made from the hair of sheep. --a. Of or related to or made of wool.
BREECHES * n. (used in the plural) Trousers ending above the knee.
NONADAPTIVE * s. (of a trait or condition) Failing to serve an adjustive purpose.
NEODYMIUM * n. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium.
REMISSION * n. 1 An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). 2 A payment of money sent to a person in another place. 3 (law) The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court). 4 The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance.
PEDATE * s. 1 Of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided. 2 Having or resembling a foot.
DEJECTED * a. Affected or marked by low spirits.
UNFERTILISED * s. Not having been fertilized.
DUCTULUS * n. A very small duct.
CIRRIPEDE * n. Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces.
OCTAMETER * n. A verse line having eight metrical feet.
ON-LICENSE * n. A license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises.
OAFISH * s. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
ACNEIFORM * a. Resembling acne.
ENGORGEMENT * n. 1 Congestion with blood. 2 Eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation.
UNCAUSED * s. Having no cause or apparent cause.
KINYARWANDA * n. A Bantu language.
BASSOONIST * n. A musician who plays the bassoon.
UNBECOMING * s. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
LASSITUDE * n. 1 A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness). 2 A feeling of lack of interest or energy. 3 Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy.
ORTHOCLASE * n. A white or colored monoclinic feldspar.
QABBALA * n. An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
SOUL-SEARCHING * n. A penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives.
HIRUNDINIDAE * n. Swallows and martins.
PATHLESS * s. Lacking pathways.
9/11 * n. The day in 2001 when Arab suicide bombers hijacked United States airliners and used them as bombs.
VARNISHER * n. Someone who applies a finishing coat of varnish.
KINETOCHORE * n. A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
TREATMENT * n. 1 Care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury). 2 The management of someone or something. 3 A manner of dealing with something artistically. 4 An extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic.
ASPERGILLUS * n. Genus of common molds causing food spoilage and some pathogenic to plants and animals.
BILATERAL * s. 1 Having identical parts on each side of an axis. 2 Affecting or undertaken by two parties. 3 Having two sides or parts.
CREMATORIUM * n. 1 A mortuary where corpses are cremated. 2 A furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes.
COMPREHENSION * n. 1 An ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result). 2 The relation of comprising something.
SWAP * --n. An equal exchange. --v. 1 Exchange or give (something) in exchange for. 2 Move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science.
IMPROPER * --a. Not suitable or right or appropriate. --s. 1 Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. 2 Not appropriate for a purpose or occasion.
CLOVIS * n. King of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511).
HANDBALL * n. 1 A small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball. 2 A game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands.
PEPTIZATION * n. The process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution.
PERSEVERING * s. Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness.
TOYOTA * n. An industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu.
GULDEN * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents. 2 Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents.
CLOBBER * --n. Informal terms for personal possessions. --v. 1 Strike violently and repeatedly. 2 Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
MBA * n. A master's degree in business.
ROBLE * n. 1 Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens. 2 Tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns.
SERIALIZE * v. Arrange serially.
MACROPHAGE * n. A large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream.
DESPOILED * s. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
SHRINKWRAP * v. Wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling.
VISE * n. A holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place.
UNOBTRUSIVE * s. Not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable.
AQUICULTURAL * a. Of or relating to aquiculture.
TBILISI * n. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
SECULARISM * n. A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
VALENT * a. (chemistry) Having valence; usually used in combination.
CASPASE * n. Any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis.
SOCIALIZE * v. 1 Take part in social activities; interact with others. 2 Train for a social environment. 3 Prepare for social life. 4 Make conform to socialist ideas and philosophies.
BROMINATE * v. 1 React with bromine. 2 Treat with bromine.
KNUCKLEBONES * n. A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball.
VAS * n. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
ENUMERATOR * n. Someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes.
SEXTANT * n. 1 A unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees. 2 A measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant.
ULL * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor.
DUTY-FREE * s. Exempt from duty.
MYOCARDIUM * n. The middle muscular layer of the heart wall.
SANCTIMONIOUS * s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
PILAF * n. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
INEXPERIENCED * a. Lacking practical experience or training.
PLYMOUTH * n. A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620.
ONE-TRILLIONTH * n. One part in a trillion equal parts.
HAOMA * n. Leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink.
FROGMARCH * v. 1 March a person against his will by any method. 2 Carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person.
RED-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with red.
B-GIRL * n. A woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers.
CONVERGING * n. The act of converging (coming closer).
MCCARTNEY * n. English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942).
UNRESPECTABLE * a. Unworthy of respect.
FRISSON * n. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.
AALST * n. A town in central Belgium.
BOWDLERISATION * n. 1 Written material that has been bowdlerized. 2 The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent.
DISPENSE * v. 1 Administer or bestow, as in small portions. 2 Grant a dispensation; grant an exemption. 3 Give or apply (medications).
FUNGAL * a. Of or relating to fungi.
SLIPPERWORT * n. Any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip.
MONSIGNOR * n. (Roman Catholic Church) An ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests.
PRECIOSITY * n. The quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.
ANNWN * n. (Welsh mythology) The other world; land of fairies.
HAGGLE * --n. An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining). --v. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
DISAPPOINTMENT * n. 1 A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized. 2 An act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone.
INCUMBENT * --n. The official who holds an office. --s. 1 Lying or leaning on something else. 2 Necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding. 3 Currently holding an office.
CURLY-COATED * s. Covered with curly hair.
ADVERTISE * v. 1 Call attention to. 2 Make publicity for; try to sell (a product).
GRADATE * v. 1 Arrange according to grades. 2 Pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another.
SANDHI * n. The articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech).
FIBER-OPTIC * a. Of or relating to fiber optics.
BRAMBLE * n. Any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines.
THRUSTER * n. 1 One who intrudes or pushes himself forward. 2 A small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft.
I.E. * r. That is to say; in other words.
OVERFEED * v. Feed excessively.
ACHLAMYDEOUS * a. Not having a floral envelope or perianth.
NOEL * n. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
MAMMOGRAM * n. X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast.
ANTISERUM * n. Blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease.
VIOLIN * n. Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow.
UNRULINESS * n. The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
TOLBUTAMIDE * n. Sulfonylurea; an oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Orinase) used in the treatment of adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
REAR-END * v. Collide with the rear end of.
NEIGHBORLINESS * n. A disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors.
GREETER * n. A person who greets.
SIMONISE * v. Polish with wax.
DETOXICATE * v. Remove poison from.
DESENSITISATION * n. The process of reducing sensitivity.
SCORCHED * s. 1 Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. 2 Having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy.
DISAFFOREST * v. Remove the trees from.
NOTEPAD * n. A pad of paper for keeping notes.
HALTINGLY * r. In a halting manner.
EXPATIATION * n. A discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail.
NUMERATOR * n. The dividend of a fraction.
LABANOTATION * n. A system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics.
AIRDOCK * n. A large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
FOGGINESS * n. 1 An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance. 2 The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines.
MISMATCHED * --a. Either not matched or unsuitably matched. --s. (of a contest or contestants) Not fairly matched as opponents.
HAUGHTY * s. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
SYLLABUB * n. 1 Spiced hot milk with rum or wine. 2 Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor.
DISARRANGEMENT * n. A condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted.
SPOROZOAN * n. Parasitic spore-forming protozoan.
CHATTY * s. 1 Full of trivial conversation. 2 Prone to friendly informal communication.
BIPARTISAN * s. Supported by both sides.
CUNEIFORM * --n. An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia. --a. 1 Shaped like a wedge. 2 Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones).
PHOTOCOAGULATION * n. Surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina.
RECONNOITER * v. Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
COUNTERFEITER * n. Someone who makes copies illegally.
WELLSPRING * n. 1 The source of water for a well. 2 An abundant source.
SUPERPOWER * n. A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world.
ISATIS * n. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad.
SULINDAC * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
BENDAY * v. Reproduce by the Benday process.
CHAMAELEON * n. 1 A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa. 2 Lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.
REVERY * n. 1 An abstracted state of absorption. 2 Absentminded dreaming while awake.
CARTAGE * n. The work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it.
CEPHALOPOD * --n. Marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles. --a. Relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda.
DE-EMPHASISE * v. Reduce the emphasis.
LIBRA * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Libra. 2 A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius. 3 The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22.
TANTRA * n. 1 Any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind. 2 Doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet.
SPOUSE * n. A person's partner in marriage.
GOLD-BEATER * n. An artisan who beats gold into gold leaf.
ITINERATE * v. Travel from place to place, as for work.
PERAMBULATING * s. Strolling or walking around.
KNESSET * n. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
CONTENTED * a. Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.
COCO * n. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.
URATE * n. A salt of uric acid.
COMPLACENTLY * r. In a self-satisfied manner.
COLONY * n. 1 A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government. 2 A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together. 3 One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States. 4 A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.
AGGRANDISE * v. Add details to.
GATHERER * n. 1 A person who gathers. 2 A person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes).
DEVISEE * n. Someone to whom property (especially realty) is devised by will.
LIMNOCRYPTES * n. Snipe.
LOBSTER-BACKED * s. Used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats.
PARKING * n. 1 Space in which vehicles can be parked. 2 The act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily.
PRICKLEBACK * n. 1 Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines. 2 Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research.
HAEMATAL * a. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
HEMATOLYSIS * n. Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin.
FULL-FASHIONED * s. Knitted to fit the shape of the body.
BALKAN * n. An inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula.
PERINEAL * a. Of or relating to the perineum.
PHONEMIC * --a. Of or relating to phonemes of a particular language. --r. By phonemics.
BATIS * n. Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs.
COHERENTLY * r. In a coherent manner.
ONE-QUARTER * n. One of four equal parts.
BENEVOLENTLY * r. In a benevolent manner.
OGLE * v. Look at with amorous intentions.
UNSTRESSED * a. Not bearing a stress or accent.
CHRISTOLOGY * n. 1 A religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings. 2 The branch of theology concerned with the person and attributes and deeds of Christ.
DESTRUCTIBLE * a. Easily destroyed.
BELIEVER * n. 1 A supporter who accepts something as true. 2 A person who has religious faith.
UNREPEATABLE * --a. Not able or fit to be repeated or quoted. --s. Unique.
MAUGHAM * n. English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965).
FUTURITY * n. 1 The time yet to come. 2 The quality of being in or of the future.
NAUGHTINESS * n. An attribute of mischievous children.
MORBID * s. 1 Suggesting an unhealthy mental state. 2 Suggesting the horror of death and decay. 3 Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology.
BLASTOFF * n. The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination.
VENTRAL * a. 1 Toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal). 2 Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism.
NOTWITHSTANDING * r. Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession).
LIVELY * --a. Full of life and energy. --s. 1 Full of zest or vigor. 2 Quick and energetic. 3 Elastic; rebounds readily. 4 Filled with events or activity.
GURKHA * n. 1 A member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat. 2 A member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
WHOMP * v. 1 Hit with the hand. 2 Beat overwhelmingly.
HUNTINGTON * n. 1 United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea. 2 American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796). 3 United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900). 4 A city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha.
SPEECHMAKING * n. Delivering an address to a public audience.
INDIVISIBLE * a. Impossible of undergoing division.
OLD-TIME * s. Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic).
CACHINNATION * n. Loud convulsive laughter.
COELOM * n. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
ALEXIC * --n. A person with alexia. --a. Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
CABG * n. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
EXCELLENCY * n. 1 A title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'. 2 An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels.
CHOUSE * v. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
BASH * --n. 1 A vigorous blow. 2 An uproarious party. --v. Hit hard.
BESTOWAL * n. 1 The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift. 2 A gift that is bestowed or conferred.
VITAL * s. 1 Urgently needed; absolutely necessary. 2 Performing an essential function in the living body. 3 Full of spirit; full of life. 4 Manifesting or characteristic of life.
TYMPANIC * a. 1 Resembling a drum. 2 Associated with the eardrum.
VOGUE * n. 1 The popular taste at a given time. 2 A current state of general acceptance and use.
SUITCASE * n. A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes.
BALLISTA * n. An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.
CHRISTIE * n. Prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976).
MORCHELLA * n. Genus of edible fungi: morel.
LOCKOUT * n. A management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms.
FELTED * s. Made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure.
FOSSILISE * v. 1 Convert to a fossil. 2 Become mentally inflexible.
GIBBS * n. United States chemist (1839-1903).
AGING * --n. 1 Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time. 2 The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age. --s. Growing old.
SONGHAI * n. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai in Mali and Niger.
ASSIBILATE * v. 1 Insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound). 2 Change into a sibilant.
PSEUDOPERIPTERAL * s. Having columniation completely circling an area of the structure.
STABBING * s. 1 Causing physical or especially psychological injury. 2 Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
LEWISTON * n. 1 A town in southwestern Maine to the north of Portland. 2 A town in northwestern Idaho.
BEWITCHMENT * n. A magical spell.
IMPERMISSIBLE * --a. Not permitted. --s. Not allowable.
ABAYA * n. (Arabic) A loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women.
BAG * --n. 1 A flexible container with a single opening. 2 The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person). 3 A place that the runner must touch before scoring. 4 A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women). --v. 1 Capture or kill, as in hunting. 2 Hang loosely, like an empty bag. 3 Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. 4 Take unlawfully.
SOM * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan. 2 The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
CRABBY * s. Annoyed and irritable.
TETCHINESS * n. Feeling easily irritated.
YAMANI * n. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
NORVASC * n. A vasodilator (trade name Norvasc) taken in tablet form; prescribed for hypertension and angina pectoris.
SCALLOPED * s. Having a margin with rounded scallops.
INSIPIDLY * r. In an insipid manner.
KORUNA * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Slovakia. 2 The basic unit of money in Czech Republic.
DEMONOLATRY * n. The acts or rites of worshiping devils.
GYP * --n. (sometimes offensive) An act of swindling or cheating. --v. (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle.
YELLOW-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with yellow.
BUNCHE * n. United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971).
FOLDEROL * n. Nonsensical talk or writing.
DENOTATIVE * --a. Having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming. --s. In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term.
AQUARIUM * n. A tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals.
SPOOR * n. The trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game.
EUBRYALES * n. Mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules.
HYSTERECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the uterus.
GIMPY * s. Disabled in the feet or legs.
POLYPODIUM * n. A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori.
ARISTOTELIA * n. Small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America.
VACUITY * n. 1 The absence of matter. 2 A region that is devoid of matter. 3 Total lack of meaning or ideas.
ONANISM * n. 1 Manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure. 2 A method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation.
SPLATTER * --n. 1 The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. 2 A small quantity of something moist or liquid. --v. 1 Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container. 2 Dash a liquid upon or against.
COMPLACENT * s. Contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.
UNHEATED * s. Not having been heated or warmed.
AROID * --n. Any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe. --a. Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
BACTERIOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease.
PROPITIOUS * a. Presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success.
SNOBBISHNESS * n. The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.
DITTANY * n. Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather.
KORDOFANIAN * n. A group of languages spoken in the relatively small Kordofan area of the south Sudan.
HOYA * n. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
DERESTRICT * v. Make free from restrictions.
COMMIXTURE * n. The act of mixing together.
CEPHALANTHERA * n. Small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids.
DON'T-KNOW * n. A person who responds `I don't know' in a public opinion poll.
ALDEHYDIC * a. Of or related to or containing aldehydes.
INFLORESCENCE * n. 1 The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms. 2 The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk.
CAMPFIRE * n. A small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp).
PARAMECIUM * n. Any member of the genus Paramecium.
CABBALA * n. 1 An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. 2 An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
YIELDER * n. A person who yields or surrenders.
GRAVELY * r. 1 In a grave and sober manner. 2 To a severe or serious degree.
ANTHOLOGIZE * v. Compile an anthology.
RECORDING * n. 1 A signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded. 2 The act of making a record (especially an audio record). 3 A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded.
REINCARNATE * --v. 1 Be born anew in another body after death. 2 Cause to appear in a new form. --s. Having a new body.
ALL-OR-NOTHING * s. Occurring completely or not occurring at all.
QUICKSAND * n. 1 A treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy. 2 A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down.
RAPPEL * --n. (mountaineering) A descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body. --v. Descend by means of a rappel.
IMPERFECTIVE * n. Aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb.
DECORATION * n. 1 Something used to beautify. 2 An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. 3 The act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive).
MASTOID * --n. Process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull. --a. 1 Of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process. 2 Relating to or resembling a nipple.
MORBIDITY * n. 1 The relative incidence of a particular disease. 2 An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind. 3 The quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you.
RAINMAKER * n. 1 Executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm. 2 American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain.
ROUND-BOTTOM * s. Having a rounded bottom.
PYROGALLOL * n. A toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic developer.
CONSTITUTED * a. Brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established.
HIVE * --n. 1 A teeming multitude. 2 A man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees. 3 A structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree. --v. 1 Store, like bees. 2 Move together in a hive or as if in a hive. 3 Gather into a hive.
VULCANIZER * n. Someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency.
RAGBAG * n. 1 A motley assortment of things. 2 A bag in which rags are kept.
TOMBOLA * n. A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
ILIAMNA * n. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera.
FAUSTIAN * a. Pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values.
MOUTHWASH * n. A medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.
OBTUSENESS * n. 1 The quality of being slow to understand. 2 The quality of lacking a sharp edge or point.
GAVOTTE * n. 1 An old formal French dance in quadruple time. 2 Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte.
SHAKINESS * n. 1 A shaky motion. 2 The quality of being unstable and insecure.
OVERCAPITALIZATION * n. (business) Too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants).
BREST * n. A port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France.
AUDITORIUM * n. The area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits.
CUTTABLE * s. Able to be chewed or cut.
VENERABLE * s. 1 Impressive by reason of age. 2 Profoundly honored.
TRAVAIL * --n. 1 Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child. 2 Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. --v. Work hard.
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE * n. The capital and largest city of Luxembourg.
TRANSMIGRATE * v. 1 Be born anew in another body after death. 2 Move from one country or region to another and settle there.
BABA * n. A small cake leavened with yeast.
CHEMISE * n. 1 A woman's sleeveless undergarment. 2 A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist.
GLIPIZIDE * n. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade name Glucotrol) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
HAPPEN * v. 1 Come to pass. 2 Happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance. 3 Chance to be or do something, without intention or causation. 4 Come into being; become reality.
COMPLAINANT * n. A person who brings an action in a court of law.
ASTROBIOLOGY * n. The branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life.
KREBS * n. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
DINOSAUR * n. Any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era.
BLASTOMERIC * a. Of or relating to a blastomere.
SINGLE-CHANNEL * s. Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.
AMPUTATOR * n. A surgeon who removes part or all of a limb.
OVERPOWER * v. 1 Overcome by superior force. 2 Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
DEEDBOX * n. A strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked.
OVERBOLD * s. Improperly forward or bold.
UNPROMISED * s. Not promised in marriage.
RECTO * n. Right-hand page.
DENDROCTONUS * n. Genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers.
YES * n. An affirmative.
ETA * n. 1 A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees. 2 The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
ATARACTIC * --n. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity. --s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
ADMIRABLY * r. In an admirable manner.
CATANANCHE * n. Any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers.
TANNIA * n. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
HOUSEMATE * n. Someone who resides in the same house with you.
ATOM * n. 1 (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element. 2 (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything.
DATELINE * --n. 1 An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian. 2 A line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch. --v. Mark with a date and place.
PROCESSIONAL * --n. Religious music used in a procession. --a. 1 Intended for use in a procession. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of a procession.
MUTUAL * --s. Common to or shared by two or more parties. --a. Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return.
CHEMNITZ * n. A city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing.
ORIENTED * a. Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination.
PRESUMPTUOUS * s. Excessively forward.
TORRIDITY * n. Extreme heat.
TRIAD * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. 2 A set of three similar things considered as a unit. 3 Three people considered as a unit. 4 A three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones.
FRY * --n. 1 English painter and art critic (1866-1934). 2 English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907). 3 A young person of either sex. --v. 1 Be excessively hot. 2 Cook on a hot surface using fat. 3 Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair.
ARILUS * n. A genus of Reduviidae.
MYOMORPHA * n. True rats and mice and related rodents.
VISIBILITY * n. 1 Quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye. 2 Degree of exposure to public notice. 3 Capability of providing a clear unobstructed view.
OVERTURE * n. 1 Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio. 2 Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows. 3 A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.
FIREMAN * n. 1 Play in which children pretend to put out a fire. 2 A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship). 3 A pitcher who does not start the game. 4 A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires.
FRENZY * n. State of violent mental agitation.
MISSY * n. A young female.
LONE * s. 1 Lacking companions or companionship. 2 Characterized by or preferring solitude. 3 Being the only one; single and isolated from others.
ILLUSTRIOUSNESS * n. The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence.
ADZHAR * n. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea.
ENTEROBACTERIACEAE * n. A large family of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales.
GIST * n. 1 The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. 2 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
DOILY * n. A small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl.
SPORANOX * n. An oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease.
PURLOIN * v. Make off with belongings of others.
MAELSTROM * n. A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides).
SUFFRUTEX * n. Low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base.
ELECTROSTATICS * n. The branch of physics that deals with static electricity.
MALTHUSIANISM * n. Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence.
SHEPARD * n. 1 United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943). 2 Astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998).
UNCERTIFIED * a. Lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement.
UNRIMED * a. Not having rhyme.
SECRETARIAT * n. 1 An administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations. 2 Thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973.
PEL * n. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
WHIR * --n. Sound of something in rapid motion. --v. Make a soft swishing sound.
DESIGNATE * --v. 1 Assign a name or title to. 2 Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). 3 Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively. 4 Decree or designate beforehand. --s. Appointed but not yet installed in office.
INFLATE * v. 1 Exaggerate or make bigger. 2 Fill with gas or air. 3 Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit. 4 Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value.
SUTURING * n. Surgical joining of two surfaces.
SPOTTY * s. 1 Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture). 2 Lacking consistency.
FINEDRAW * v. Sew together very finely.
PASSION * n. 1 A strong feeling or emotion. 2 The trait of being intensely emotional. 3 Something that is desired intensely. 4 An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
GUMMA * n. A small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis.
WONKY * s. 1 Turned or twisted toward one side. 2 Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect.
QUATERN * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
STATICE * n. Any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers.
DECOLOURIZE * v. Remove color from.
BUTTERFLYFISH * n. Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
UNDEPENDABLY * r. In an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner.
TEMPERATELY * r. 1 With restraint. 2 Without extravagance. 3 In a sparing manner; without overindulgence.
PYRECTIC * --n. Any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature. --a. Having or causing fever.
BARRIER * n. 1 A structure or object that impedes free movement. 2 Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective. 3 Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access.
INDUSTRIALISATION * n. The development of industry on an extensive scale.
SHEETING * n. Fabric from which bed sheets are made.
GASKELL * n. English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865).
LIQUEFY * v. 1 Become liquid. 2 Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating. 3 Become liquid or fluid when heated.
ALGERIPITHECUS * n. An extinct genus of Hominoidea.
HETEROPLOIDY * n. The condition of being heteroploid.
KETELEERIA * n. Asiatic conifers resembling firs.
STACK * --n. 1 An orderly pile. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 A list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO). 4 A large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated. --v. 1 Load or cover with stacks. 2 Arrange in stacks. 3 Arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances.
CELASTRUS * n. Genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet.
STORM * --n. 1 A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning. 2 A violent commotion or disturbance. 3 A direct and violent assault on a stronghold. --v. 1 Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. 2 Take by force. 3 Rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning. 4 Blow hard.
PUT-DOWN * n. A crushing remark.
UNOWNED * a. Having no owner.
COLLIDER * n. An accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on.
MILLENNIAL * a. Relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years.
ISOLDE * n. (Middle Ages) The bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
ADITI * n. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas.
UNPARALLELED * s. Radically distinctive and without equal.
NEBRASKA * n. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
RESPECTABLE * --a. Characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals. --s. 1 Deserving of esteem and respect. 2 Large in amount or extent or degree.
ADVENTUROUSNESS * n. The trait of being adventurous.
SOLVER * n. A thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution.
SOLID-COLORED * s. Having the same color all over.
PAGANISE * v. Make pagan in character.
GUANABANA * n. Large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples.
YARMULKE * n. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
ASK * v. 1 Make a request or demand for something to somebody. 2 Direct or put; seek an answer to. 3 Consider obligatory; request and expect. 4 Address a question to and expect an answer from.
MARINO * n. Italian poet (1569-1625).
HEROIN * n. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush.
SPIRITUOUS * s. Containing or of the nature of alcohol.
UNERASABLE * s. Cannot be removed or erased.
DROOPINGLY * r. In a drooping manner.
MOULT * --n. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles. --v. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
USKUB * n. Capital of modern Macedonia.
ISCHEMIC * a. Relating to or affected by ischemia.
LAUNCHPAD * n. A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.
SCOLOPACIDAE * n. Sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers.
SAPLING * n. Young tree.
LEISHMANIA * n. Flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis.
DIADOPHIS * n. A genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes.
BUCK-AND-WING * n. A solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps.
RESTORATION * n. 1 The reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685. 2 The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state. 3 Getting something back again. 4 The state of being restored to its former good condition.
NETHERLANDER * n. A native or inhabitant of Holland.
DUMMY * --n. 1 A person who does not talk. 2 An ignorant or foolish person. 3 A figure representing the human form. 4 A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. --v. Make a dummy of. --s. Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function.
THROTTLEHOLD * n. Complete power over a person or situation.
SANCTIFIED * s. Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use.
RATTLEBOX * n. Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops.
HALF-SEAS-OVER * s. British informal for `intoxicated'.
HABERDASHER * n. A merchant who sells men's clothing.
ANTONINUS * n. Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180).
COOKFIRE * n. A fire for cooking.
LINZ * n. City in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center.
PHYTOPLANKTON * n. Photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae.
SPATTER * --n. 1 The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. 2 The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface. --v. 1 Dash a liquid upon or against. 2 Rain gently. 3 Spot, splash, or soil.
CUPRIMINE * n. A drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis.
COCCIDIA * n. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
INAUTHENTIC * s. False or fake; not what it appears to be.
DECIUS * n. Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251).
TRIMER * n. A polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers.
PAEDIATRICIAN * n. A specialist in the care of babies.
SUBSIDISED * s. Having partial financial support from public funds.
ENCLAVE * n. An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it.
UNFASHIONABLE * --a. Not in accord with or not following current fashion. --s. Unpopular and considered unappealing or unfashionable at the time.
HEED * --n. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people). --v. Pay close attention to; give heed to.
GEMINATION * n. 1 The doubling of a word or phrase (as for rhetorical effect). 2 The act of copying or making a duplicate (or duplicates) of something.
ABNORMALLY * r. In an abnormal manner.
WHINSTONE * n. Any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt).
ISOTOPIC * a. Of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope.
GEMSBOK * n. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
SUCCUSS * v. Shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body).
TOOTHPOWDER * n. A dentifrice in the form of a powder.
EMBLAZON * v. 1 Decorate with colors. 2 Decorate with heraldic arms.
OVERCONFIDENT * s. Marked by excessive confidence.
BLACKTOPPING * n. A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock.
HYPEROPE * n. A person with hyperopia; a farsighted person.
STRANGULATE * v. 1 Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. 2 Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air. 3 Become constricted.
NONSYMBIOTIC * s. Not parasitic on another organism.
ANGIOSPERM * n. Plants having seeds in a closed ovary.
BUNCHBERRY * n. Creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska.
DALLISGRASS * n. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
FACULTY * n. 1 One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. 2 The body of teachers and administrators at a school.
POSTLUDE * n. A voluntary played at the end of a religious service.
ENVISIONED * s. Seen in the mind as a mental image.
OPACITY * n. 1 The phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation. 2 Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning. 3 The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light.
EXAGGERATED * s. 1 Represented as greater than is true or reasonable. 2 Enlarged to an abnormal degree.
ABSCOND * v. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.
NAPALM * n. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers.
EXENTERATE * v. Remove the contents of (an organ).
BUSH * --n. 1 A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems. 2 A large wilderness area. 3 Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. 4 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946). --v. Provide with a bushing. --s. Not of the highest quality or sophistication.
PUG-DOG * n. Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle.
UNSATIABLE * a. Impossible to satisfy.
INVERSELY * r. In an inverse or contrary manner.
SAMARA * n. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
SCOPOLAMINE * n. An alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures.
INTERLEAVE * v. 1 Provide (books) with blank leaves. 2 Intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data. 3 Intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations.
ANOSMIA * n. Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
BRACHYURA * n. An order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface.
WRITTEN * a. 1 Set down in writing in any of various ways. 2 Systematically collected and written down. 3 Written as for a film or play or broadcast.
APPREHENSIVELY * r. With anxiety or apprehension.
CLERICALISM * n. A policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters.
AFFLATUS * n. A strong creative impulse; divine inspiration.
WILKES * n. 1 English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797). 2 United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877).
COMMONER * n. A person who holds no title.
PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE * n. An adrenergic drug used in many preparations to relieve allergic reactions or respiratory infections.
QUICK-DRYING * s. Of a liquid substance that dries quickly.
WINGMAN * n. The pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation.
FORSAKING * n. 1 The act of forsaking. 2 The act of giving something up.
PENNONCEL * n. A small pennant borne on a lance.
CENTRIFUGATE * v. Rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids.
WORTHLESS * --a. Lacking in usefulness or value. --s. Morally reprehensible.
FEWEST * a. (superlative of `few' used with count nouns and usually preceded by `the') Quantifier meaning the smallest in number.
ASCERTAINABLE * s. Capable of being ascertained or found out.
DRIPPY * s. 1 Wet with light rain. 2 Leaking in drops. 3 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
CRYONICS * n. The freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life.
LOG * --n. 1 A segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches. 2 The exponent required to produce a given number. 3 A written record of messages sent or received. 4 A written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane). --v. 1 Enter into a log, as on ships and planes. 2 Cut lumber, as in woods and forests.
BOLIVIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Bolivia. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its people.
GASTROINTESTINAL * a. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
SHIVAREE * n. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
SUCCUBA * n. A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
KARBALA * n. A city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680.
RHIZOBIUM * n. The type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen.
DEPLETION * n. 1 The act of decreasing something markedly. 2 The state of being depleted.
SUBMERGED * s. 1 Beneath the surface of the water. 2 Growing or remaining under water.
INDECENT * --s. 1 Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society. 2 Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance. --a. Offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters.
AUTHOR * --n. 1 Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). 2 Someone who originates or causes or initiates something. --v. Be the author of.
LIQUIDAMBAR * n. 1 Aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree. 2 Any tree of the genus Liquidambar. 3 Sweet gum.
MERCOURI * n. Greek film actress (1925-1994).
NTIS * n. An agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information.
FUNCTIONALISM * n. 1 A psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment. 2 Any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose.
MIRABEAU * n. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
LUWIAN * n. An Anatolian language.
CADASTRAL * a. Of or relating to the records of a cadastre.
STRONG-SMELLING * s. Having a strong odor.
OVERBOARD * r. 1 To extremes. 2 From on board a vessel into the water.
NASAL * --n. 1 A consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed. 2 An elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose. --a. Of or in or relating to the nose. --s. Sounding as if the nose were pinched.
CEFADROXIL * n. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
MINDLESSLY * r. 1 Without intellectual involvement. 2 In an unreasonably senseless manner.
MICROTAGGANT * n. (trademark) A microscopic and traceable identification particle used to trace explosives or other hazardous materials or to prevent counterfeiting.
ANEUPLOID * a. Having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
LYGAEID * n. A true bug: usually bright-colored; pest of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
IMPERSONATION * n. 1 A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. 2 Pretending to be another person. 3 Imitating the mannerisms of another person.
CAUSATION * n. The act of causing something to happen.
HINDFOOT * n. A rear foot of a quadruped.
HYDRA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones. 2 A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer. 3 Trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality. 4 Small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp.
DOORSTOP * n. A stop that keeps open doors from moving.
COUSIN * n. The child of your aunt or uncle.
GAO * n. An independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States.
ARCTONYX * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
GREYBACK * n. 1 `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms. 2 A dowitcher with a grey back. 3 A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere.
OFF-BASE * s. Located outside a military base.
ENDERGONIC * a. (biochemistry) Of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants.
REGIONAL * --a. Characteristic of a region. --s. Related or limited to a particular region.
PENCIL * --n. 1 A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. 2 Graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication. 3 A figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point. 4 A cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face. --v. Write, draw, or trace with a pencil.
WORDING * n. The manner in which something is expressed in words.
TURSIOPS * n. A genus of Delphinidae.
MATERNALISTIC * s. Showing maternal instincts.
PLOWED * a. (of farmland) Broken and turned over with a plow.
SQUALUS * n. Spiny dogfishes.
CTENOPHORE * n. Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb.
PURSUER * n. 1 A person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture. 2 A person who pursues some plan or goal.
BIBLIOTHECA * n. A collection of books.
BENIGNANTLY * r. In a benign manner.
ABERRANCE * n. A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
LENIN * n. Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
ACROSTICHUM * n. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae.
TERRITORIAL * --n. 1 Nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit. 2 A territorial military unit. --a. 1 Of or relating to a territory. 2 Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders. 3 Belonging to the territory of any state or ruler.
CIRCULARIZE * v. 1 Canvass by distributing letters. 2 Canvass by using a questionnaire. 3 Distribute circulars to. 4 Cause to become widely known.
ORBITAL * a. 1 Of or relating to an orbit. 2 Of or relating to the eye socket.
BUTENE * n. Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers.
QUONDAM * s. Belonging to some prior time.
QUINCY * n. American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775).
GRACULA * n. Mynas.
EVANGELISM * n. Zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel.
WATERPOWER * n. The power to do work that is latent in a head of water.
PAPOVAVIRUS * n. Any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas.
ILEITIS * n. Inflammation of the ileum.
TERABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes.
EQUITY * n. 1 The difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it. 2 The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation. 3 Conformity with rules or standards.
TORTILLA * n. Thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour.
THROMBOLYSIS * n. The process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots.
FEEDING * n. 1 The act of consuming food. 2 The act of supplying food and nourishment.
MISDEMEAN * v. Behave badly.
TRAIL * --n. 1 A track or mark left by something that has passed. 2 A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country. 3 Evidence pointing to a possible solution. --v. 1 To lag or linger behind. 2 Go after with the intent to catch. 3 Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly. 4 Hang down so as to drag along the ground.
NONTRICYCLIC * n. A class of antidepressant drugs that are not tricyclic drugs and do not act by inhibiting MAO.
GALVANIC * --a. Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action. --s. Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling.
UNPLANTED * a. Not planted.
BACKSPIN * n. Spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion.
FRESHNESS * n. 1 The property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated. 2 Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel. 3 An alert and refreshed state. 4 Originality by virtue of being new and surprising.
HETERONYM * n. Two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation.
TALLCHIEF * n. United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925).
TORPIDNESS * n. Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.
FALLER * n. 1 A person who fells trees. 2 A person who falls.
FLUENTLY * r. In a fluent manner.
KATHMANDU * n. The capital and largest city of Nepal.
DISCONTINUANCE * n. The act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent).
OUTSTATION * n. A station in a remote or sparsely populated location.
EXUDATE * --n. A substance that oozes out from plant pores. --v. Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities.
CYSTOPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of the urinary bladder.
SACHSEN * n. An area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE * n. The psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction.
FILARIA * n. 1 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. 2 Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects.
RESPLENDENTLY * r. In an impressively beautiful manner.
PUTDOWNABLE * s. (of a book) Poorly written and not entertaining.
LEER * --n. 1 A facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls. 2 A suggestive or sneering look or grin. --v. Look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression.
INSISTENT * s. 1 Repetitive and persistent. 2 Demanding attention.
SARCOSCYPHACEAE * n. Family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales.
SHARPENED * s. 1 Having the point made sharp. 2 Made sharp or sharper.
HEXAGRAMMIDAE * n. Greenlings.
ACTIFED * n. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to treat upper respiratory conditions and minor allergies.
CURTLY * r. In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner.
MACROSCOPICALLY * r. Without using a microscope.
TEN-SIDED * s. Having ten sides.
COFFEE * n. 1 A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans. 2 Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans. 3 A seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee. 4 A medium brown to dark-brown color.
WERFEL * n. United States writer (1890-1945).
ELEUTHERODACTYLUS * n. Completely terrestrial robber frogs.
SEMICENTENARY * --n. The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary.
BUGLEWEED * n. 1 A mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States. 2 Any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover.
PASSANT * s. In walking position with right foreleg raised.
DRIFTAGE * n. The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting.
OUTSKIRT * n. A part of the city far removed from the center.
PREFIGURATION * n. 1 An example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come. 2 The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand.
PERIWINKLE * n. 1 Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers. 2 Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers. 3 Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked. 4 Edible marine gastropod.
SATIRIC * s. Exposing human folly to ridicule.
CONTENT * --n. 1 (usually plural) Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something. 2 What a communication that is about something is about. 3 The proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.. 4 The amount that can be contained. --v. 1 Satisfy in a limited way. 2 Make content. --a. Satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.
ICEBOUND * s. Locked in by ice.
ARIZONAN * n. A native or resident of Arizona.
THOUGHT-PROVOKING * s. Stimulating interest or thought.
COUNTRY-DANCE * --n. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line. --v. Perform a contradance.
SPATIOTEMPORAL * --a. Of or relating to space and time together (having both spatial extension and temporal duration). --s. Existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration.
TETRAMETRIC * a. Of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter.
NICKEL-AND-DIME * --v. 1 Spend money frugally; spend as little as possible. 2 Accumulate gradually. --s. 1 Of minor importance. 2 Low-paying.
PERSOONIA * n. Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs.
CHOSEN * n. 1 One who is the object of choice; who is given preference. 2 The name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945). 3 An exclusive group of people.
MENTALISM * n. (philosophy) A doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness.
ISOMERIC * a. Of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism.
SOOTH * n. Truth or reality.
MUSICOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to musicology.
ARROGATION * n. Seizure by the government.
COAHUILA * n. A state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau.
DIETHYLSTILBESTEROL * n. 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.
UNCHARTED * s. (of unknown regions) Not yet surveyed or investigated.
ARCHEOLOGIST * n. An anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
ARCO * s. (of instruments in the violin family) To be played with the bow.
BLOWHOLE * n. 1 The spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull. 2 A hole for the escape of gas or air.
DIFFUSE * --v. 1 Move outward. 2 Spread or diffuse through. 3 Cause to become widely known. --s. 1 Spread out; not concentrated in one place. 2 Lacking conciseness. --a. (of light) Transmitted from a broad light source or reflected.
GODDARD * n. United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945).
SABINEA * n. Small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood.
DIARY * n. 1 A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations. 2 A personal journal (as a physical object).
FRIVOL * v. Act frivolously.
SETTEE * n. 1 A long wooden bench with a back. 2 A small sofa.
THITHER * r. To or toward that place; away from the speaker.
LAMNA * n. A genus of Lamnidae.
THREE-PRONGED * s. Having three prongs.
UNPIGMENTED * a. Having no pigmentation.
WHOLEHEARTED * s. With unconditional and enthusiastic devotion.
RINGWAY * n. A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center.
GENRE * n. 1 A kind of literary or artistic work. 2 A style of expressing yourself in writing. 3 An expressive style of music. 4 A class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique.
INTROJECTION * n. 1 (psychoanalysis) The internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego. 2 (psychology) Unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects.
BOWDLERISE * v. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
BOOKPLATE * n. A label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted.
CALCIUM * n. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals.
CARIBEES * n. A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies.
MASORAH * n. A vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts.
CITE * --n. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. --v. 1 Make reference to. 2 Commend. 3 Refer to. 4 Repeat a passage from.
SPORTSCASTER * n. An announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events.
THUMP * --n. 1 A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). 2 A heavy blow with the hand. --v. 1 Move rhythmically. 2 Make a dull sound. 3 Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument.
ASKANCE * --s. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy. --r. 1 With suspicion or disapproval. 2 With a side or oblique glance.
SUBJECT * --n. 1 The subject matter of a conversation or discussion. 2 Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation. 3 A branch of knowledge. 4 Some situation or event that is thought about. --v. 1 Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to. 2 Make accountable for. 3 Make subservient; force to submit or subdue. --s. 1 Possibly accepting or permitting. 2 Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others. 3 Likely to be affected by something.
PEROGNATHUS * n. Pocket mice.
GRIDIRON * n. 1 A cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat. 2 The playing field on which football is played.
BULLTERRIER * n. A powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers.
INFINITE * --n. The unlimited expanse in which everything is located. --a. 1 Having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude. 2 (of verbs) Not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive). --s. 1 Too numerous to be counted. 2 Total and all-embracing.
BRISTLE-POINTED * s. Pointed like bristles.
BRIGADE * --n. Army unit smaller than a division. --v. Form or unite into a brigade.
ACCIPITER * n. Type genus of the family Accipitridae.
MASS * --n. 1 The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people). 4 (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) The celebration of the Eucharist. --v. Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. --s. Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole.
ENLIVENING * s. Giving spirit and vivacity.
SELF-HELP * n. The act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else.
DEPICTED * s. Represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.
DYEING * n. The use of dye to change the color of something permanently.
CHORDOSPARTIUM * n. 2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered.
REPORTABLE * --a. (of income) Required by law to be reported. --s. Meriting report.
CONFOUNDED * s. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
UNINTERRUPTED * --s. Having undisturbed continuity. --a. Continuing in time or space without interruption.
GUAIACUM * n. 1 Medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree. 2 Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum. 3 Small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America.
SPONGELIKE * s. 1 Easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility. 2 Like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed.
ALTAIR * n. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation.
CUMULOUS * s. Thrown together in a pile.
HYDATIDOSIS * n. Infestation with larval echinococci (tapeworms).
GROAK * v. Look or stare at longingly.
MYELOGRAM * n. X-ray film of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots and subarachnoid space.
MERRILY * r. In a joyous manner.
ADMIRABILITY * n. Admirable excellence.
X-AXIS * n. The horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system.
ETYMOLOGIZE * v. 1 Give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word). 2 Construct the history of words.
ON-KEY * s. In tune; accurate in pitch.
MARSTAN * n. English playwright (1575-1634).
CHILDLESSNESS * n. The condition of being without offspring.
RANSACKING * n. A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion).
PRONGHORN * n. Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns.
CENTAURY * n. 1 Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium. 2 Any plant of the genus Centaurea.
SKATER * n. Someone who skates.
FORESHORE * n. The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark.
LEASED * a. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
LIPPED * a. Having a lip or lips.
ANY * --s. One or some or every or all without specification. --r. To any degree or extent.
HAND-WASH * v. Wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine.
MAYA * n. 1 A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy. 2 An ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas. 3 A family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas.
PURSY * s. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
WORMCAST * n. 1 Cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm. 2 Fossil trail of a worm.
NEWS * n. 1 Information about recent and important events. 2 Information reported in a newspaper or news magazine. 3 A program devoted to current events, often using interviews and commentary. 4 Informal information of any kind that is not previously known to someone.
CINCLUS * n. Type genus of the family Cinclidae.
SOLEDAD * n. A city in northern Colombia; a suburb of Barranquilla.
DO-NOTHING * --n. Person who does no work. --s. Characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility.
95 * s. Being five more than ninety.
INDUSTRIOUS * s. 1 Characterized by hard work and perseverance. 2 Working hard to promote an enterprise.
TEEN * --n. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. --s. Being of the age 13 through 19.
WAIKIKI * n. A well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu.
DIFFER * v. 1 Be different. 2 Be of different opinions.
TENSELY * r. In a tense manner.
LEMANDERIN * n. Hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel.
DEPRECIATION * n. 1 A decrease in price or value. 2 Decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use. 3 A communication that belittles somebody or something.
HAKKA * n. 1 A member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century. 2 A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka.
PROTOANTHROPOLOGY * n. The study humans prior to the invention of writing.
RELIC * n. 1 An antiquity that has survived from the distant past. 2 Something of sentimental value.
ROLLICK * v. Play boisterously.
PECOS * n. A tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas.
SCUTIGERIDAE * n. A family of Chilopoda.
SUBLIMATE * --n. The product of vaporization of a solid. --v. 1 Direct energy or urges into useful activities. 2 Make more subtle or refined. 3 Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation. 4 Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting. --s. Made pure.
BHADON * n. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
SHERPA * n. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
UNSYLLABIC * a. Not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong).
CRYSTALLINE * --a. Consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals. --s. 1 Distinctly or sharply outlined. 2 Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity.
OFFICIANT * n. A clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service.
DEFLECTIVE * s. Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave).
CONJUNCT * --a. Progressing melodically by intervals of a second. --s. 1 Bound in close association. 2 Involving the joint activity of two or more.
ANARCHICALLY * r. In a lawless rebellious manner.
DAPPLE * --n. A small contrasting part of something. --v. Colour with streaks or blotches of different shades.
RELIGIOUSISM * n. Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal.
LIKENESS * n. 1 Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things. 2 Picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing.
TANSY-SMELLING * s. Smelling of tansy.
BURNS * n. 1 United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996). 2 Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796).
OBVIOUS * a. Easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind.
WINDFALL * n. 1 Fruit that has fallen from the tree. 2 A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).
ANDREW * n. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.
IMMIGRANT * n. A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.
UNENTERPRISING * a. Lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome.
DYSMENORRHEA * n. Painful menstruation.
PRIM * --v. 1 Assume a prim appearance. 2 Contract one's lips. 3 Dress primly. --s. 1 Affectedly dainty or refined. 2 Exaggeratedly proper.
NATATOR * n. A person who travels through the water by swimming.
DALLAS * n. A large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields.
PHEROMONE * n. A chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species.
PRUDISHLY * r. In a prudish manner.
AVIDITY * n. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
FLA. * n. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
TOMTATE * n. Found off the West Indies and Florida.
ACRILAN * n. Acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan).
BISMARCKIAN * a. Of or relating to Prince Otto von Bismarck or his accomplishments.
STAYS * n. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
STRANGULATION * n. 1 The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe. 2 The condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage. 3 (pathology) Constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid.
TOADSTOOL * n. Common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom).
COMPLEMENTAL * s. Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole).
PREPARATION * n. 1 The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose. 2 A substance prepared according to a formula. 3 The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening. 4 The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action).
IMPATIENTLY * r. With impatience; in an impatient manner.
SIAMESE * --n. 1 A branch of the Tai languages. 2 A native or inhabitant of Thailand. 3 An inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building. 4 A slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people. 2 Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people. 3 Of or relating to Thailand.
DEFERENT * s. Showing deference.
APPOINTEE * n. 1 An official who is appointed. 2 A person who is appointed to a job or position.
MANIRAPTOR * n. Advanced carnivorous theropod.
FORTY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than forty.
LITIGATION * n. A legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights.
BIRL * v. 1 Cause a floating log to rotate by treading. 2 Cause to spin.
CLOUD * --n. 1 Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible. 2 A visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude. 3 Out of touch with reality. 4 A cause of worry or gloom or trouble. --v. 1 Make overcast or cloudy. 2 Make less visible or unclear. 3 Billow up in the form of a cloud. 4 Make gloomy or depressed.
NONPRESCRIPTION * a. Purchasable without a doctor's prescription.
KHAKI * --n. A sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms. --s. Of a yellowish brown color.
SWATCH * n. A sample piece of cloth.
MESOSPHERE * n. The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.
UNYOKE * v. Remove the yoke from.
CONRAD * n. English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924).
PILSEN * n. A town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated.
PARASAIL * n. Parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car.
INNERVATION * n. 1 The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland. 2 The distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region.
MITOMYCIN * n. A complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug.
PERCEPTIVE * a. 1 Of or relating to perception. 2 Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment.
PRISMOID * n. A prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms.
RELATIVE * --n. 1 A person related by blood or marriage. 2 An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus). --a. Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete. --s. Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'.
TURNROUND * n. Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.
ANTINODE * n. (physics) The point of maximum displacement in a periodic system.
CANNED * s. 1 Recorded for broadcast. 2 Sealed in a can or jar.
ROPHY * n. Street names for flunitrazepan.
NONCOMPETITIVE * a. Not involving competition or competitiveness.
CALOPOGON * n. Terrestrial orchids of North America.
WELL-LINED * s. Full of money.
PANTALOON * n. 1 A buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes. 2 A character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man. 3 Trousers worn in former times.
LIPIDE * n. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates).
OBOE * n. A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece.
FOOTBOARD * n. 1 A narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet. 2 A vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead.
JEREMIAH * n. 1 (Old Testament) An Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC). 2 A book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah.
MISANTHROPIC * s. 1 Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others. 2 Hating mankind in general.
BORECOLE * n. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
STREISAND * n. United States singer and actress (born in 1942).
CHLORINATION * n. 1 The addition or substitution of chlorine in organic compounds. 2 Disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of chlorine or a chlorine compound.
13TH * s. Coming next after the twelfth in position.
RIBGRASS * n. An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions.
LAWRENCE * n. 1 Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258). 2 Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935). 3 English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830). 4 English actress (1898-1952).
DISMEMBERMENT * n. The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces.
PACIFY * v. 1 Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. 2 Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location).
SUBMITTER * n. 1 Someone who yields to the will of another person or force. 2 Someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others.
USURER * n. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
REARING * --n. 1 The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child. 2 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. --s. Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.
STYPSIS * n. The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
PACKHORSE * n. A workhorse used as a pack animal.
RUCKUS * n. The act of making a noisy disturbance.
FAST * --n. Abstaining from food. --v. 1 Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons. 2 Abstain from eating. --a. 1 Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly. 2 (used of timepieces) Indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time. 3 At a rapid tempo. --s. 1 (of surfaces) Conducive to rapid speeds. 2 Resistant to destruction or fading. 3 Unrestrained by convention or morality. 4 Hurried and brief. --r. 1 Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form). 2 Firmly or closely.
PERICLASE * n. A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium.
SUNFISH * n. 1 The lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae. 2 Among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters. 3 Small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed.
SPOTS * n. Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens.
UNBODIED * --a. Having no body. --s. Not having a material body.
SIGNIFICANTLY * r. 1 In a statistically significant way. 2 In a significant manner. 3 In an important way or to an important degree.
NAWCWPNS * n. The principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems.
SUFFOCATION * n. 1 Killing by depriving of oxygen. 2 The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped).
RESORB * v. Undergo resorption.
CODEFENDANT * n. A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action.
SHITTAH * n. Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia.
INSECTA * n. Insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species.
1920S * n. The decade from 1920 to 1929.
CONTUSION * n. 1 An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration. 2 The action of bruising.
TWIT * --n. 1 Someone who is regarded as contemptible. 2 Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing. --v. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
PRN * r. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
IRONLIKE * s. Exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron.
VOCALISM * n. 1 The system of vowels used in a particular language. 2 The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
ADOPT * v. 1 Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans. 2 Take up and practice as one's own. 3 Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. 4 Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
DEFINITELY * r. Without question and beyond doubt.
UNDISCERNING * a. Lacking discernment.
PURPLE-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with purple.
PERIPATETICISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science.
IRREDENTIST * n. An advocate of irredentism.
BRANCHIOSTEGIDAE * n. Small family of marine fishes having covered gills.
AGRIMONY * n. A plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers.
FAINT * --n. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. --v. Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain. --s. 1 Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc. 2 Lacking clarity or distinctness. 3 Lacking strength or vigor. 4 Weak and likely to lose consciousness.
FRISK * --n. The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs. --v. 1 Play boisterously. 2 Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
FUNCTIONARY * n. A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
PERFIDIOUS * s. Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans.
LOWLIFE * n. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
UNVACCINATED * s. Not vaccinated.
OEDOGONIALES * n. Simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae.
BOHME * n. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
SCHOLASTICALLY * r. With respect to scholastic activities.
UNGRACIOUSLY * r. Without grace; rigidly.
SHOPKEEPER * n. A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
MALTMAN * n. A maker of malt.
COME * --n. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. --v. 1 Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody. 2 Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. 3 Come to pass; arrive, as in due course. 4 Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.
ANAGLYPH * n. 1 Moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed. 2 Anything carved in low relief.
JUBILANCE * n. A feeling of extreme joy.
DUTIFULLY * r. Out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner.
AZADIRACHTA * n. Genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees.
TUAREG * n. 1 A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara. 2 The dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg.
EAR-LIKE * s. Having a shape resembling an ear.
UNPREVENTABLE * a. Not preventable.
STORAX * n. A vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax.
SUPPOSITIOUS * s. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
HS2 * n. A herpes virus that can cause genital herpes.
BIRD-SCARER * n. An effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds.
IDLE * --n. The state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling. --v. 1 Run disconnected or idle. 2 Be idle; exist in a changeless situation. --a. Not in action or at work. --s. 1 Without a basis in reason or fact. 2 Not in active use. 3 Silly or trivial. 4 Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility.
VARIATE * n. A variable quantity that is random.
BEDROCK * n. 1 Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil. 2 Principles from which other truths can be derived.
CYRUS * n. Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC).
ANYWAYS * r. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
REST-HARROW * n. 1 Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots. 2 European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners.
BRACHYCRANIC * a. Having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80.
ADDRESSED * a. (of mail) Marked with a destination.
ANTIMONOPOLY * s. Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices.
FULAH * n. A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith.
GRAVIDA * n. 1 The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in. 2 A pregnant woman.
WELL-SPOKEN * s. Speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly.
NECROSE * v. Undergo necrosis.
AUTOBUS * n. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.
MURMUROUS * s. Characterized by soft sounds.
GLAMORISATION * n. The act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way).
SEIGNEURY * n. 1 The estate of a seigneur. 2 The position and authority of a feudal lord.
INSENSITIVELY * r. In an insensitive manner.
CEPHALHEMATOMA * n. A collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth.
COLTISH * s. Given to merry frolicking.
ALMOND-SHAPED * s. Shaped like an almond.
DISCONNECTION * n. 1 State of being disconnected. 2 An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding). 3 The act of breaking a connection.
EPICUREANISM * n. A doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers.
PERICLES * n. Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC).
SEDGY * s. Covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants).
VESTIBULAR * a. Relating to the sense of equilibrium.
MALAYALAM * n. A Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India.
SANITY * n. Normal or sound powers of mind.
HERALDED * s. Publicly announced.
RES * n. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
MAPPER * n. A clerk who marks data on a chart.
REGION * n. 1 The extended spatial location of something. 2 A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3 A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth. 4 The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of').
ERGO * r. (used as a sentence connector) Therefore or consequently.
HIPPODROME * n. A stadium for horse shows or horse races.
SNIPPET * n. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
DECOLLATE * v. Cut the head of.
GASIFIED * s. Converted into a gas or vapor.
CONFIRMATORY * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
MORRIS * n. 1 United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902). 2 English poet and craftsman (1834-1896). 3 Leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806). 4 United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816).
LUBITSCH * n. German filmmaker of sophisticated comedies (1892-1947).
FERTILIZER * n. Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile.
TOCHARIAN * n. A branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D..
ANTHROPOMETRICAL * a. Of or relating to anthropometry.
PUNT * --n. 1 Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence. 2 An open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole. 3 (football) A kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground. --v. 1 Kick the ball. 2 Propel with a pole. 3 Place a bet on.
POTHERB * n. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
ROVER * n. 1 Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life. 2 An adult member of the Boy Scouts movement.
MICROTOME * n. Scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination.
COMPRESS * --n. A cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever). --v. 1 Make more compact by or as if by pressing. 2 Squeeze or press together.
HERMENEUTIC * a. Interpretive or explanatory.
GNOCCHI * n. (Italian) A small dumpling made of potato or flour or semolina that is boiled or baked and is usually served with a sauce or with grated cheese.
ACOUSTICIAN * n. A physicist who specializes in acoustics.
KERATOMALACIA * n. Softening and drying and ulceration of the cornea resulting from vitamin A deficiency; symptom of cystic fibrosis or sprue.
PITY * --n. 1 A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others. 2 An unfortunate development. 3 The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it. --v. Share the suffering of.
PARTICLE * n. 1 (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything. 2 A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions. 3 A function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs.
UNORNAMENTED * s. Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.
COMPLICITY * n. Guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense.
SPEWER * n. A person who vomits.
THERAPY * n. (medicine) The act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.).
STRINGENTLY * r. In a stringent manner.
INFURIATED * s. Marked by extreme anger.
LUTEIN * n. Yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks.
OUTSTARE * v. Overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring.
FELIS * n. Type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats.
NAMTAR * n. A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind.
PETALED * a. (of flowers) Having petals.
ALAMO * n. A siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
EUPNEA * n. Normal relaxed breathing.
OBFUSCATION * n. 1 Confusion resulting from failure to understand. 2 The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered. 3 Darkening or obscuring the sight of something.
PLEOCHROISM * n. The phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions.
DESEGREGATE * v. Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups.
SHINDIG * n. A large and noisy party of people.
NEEDLE-WOOD * n. Large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia.
COELOGLOSSUM * n. Terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid.
INCRIMINATION * n. An accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed.
CHIEFLY * r. For the most part.
IDO * n. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
ORACLE * n. 1 An authoritative person who divines the future. 2 A prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible. 3 A shrine where an oracular god is consulted.
WISENHEIMER * n. An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.
PULE * v. Cry weakly or softly.
MOLOCH * n. 1 A tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice. 2 God of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children. 3 Any lizard of the genus Moloch.
GRAY * --n. 1 A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black. 2 Clothing that is a grey color. 3 Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey. 4 Horse of a light gray or whitish color. --v. 1 Make grey. 2 Turn grey. --s. 1 Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black. 2 Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. 3 Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms). 4 Intermediate in character or position.
ONTOLOGY * n. 1 (computer science) A rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations. 2 The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence.
WILDCAT * --n. 1 An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field. 2 A cruelly rapacious person. 3 Any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild. --s. 1 Outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices. 2 Without official authorization. 3 (of a mine or oil well) Drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive.
SUPPLICANT * --n. 1 Someone who prays to God. 2 One praying humbly for something. --s. Humbly entreating.
COOCCUR * v. Go with, fall together.
FRIGHTFULLY * r. Used as intensifiers.
AIR-TO-SURFACE * a. Operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground.
DISCARD * --n. 1 Anything that is cast aside or discarded. 2 (cards) The act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit. 3 Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable. --v. Throw or cast away.
MICROSEISM * n. A small earthquake.
PROD * --n. 1 A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something. 2 A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion. --v. 1 To push against gently. 2 Urge on; cause to act. 3 Poke or thrust abruptly.
PLAYBOOK * n. 1 A notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team). 2 A book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays. 3 A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign.
OSLO * n. The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast.
METHODOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline. 2 The system of methods followed in a particular discipline.
FARFALLE * n. Pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie.
GAZELLE * n. Small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes.
OLDWENCH * n. Tropical Atlantic fish.
CEFUROXIME * n. A cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges.
ENCHONDROMA * n. Benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet).
UNDERDRAWERS * n. Underpants worn by men.
SUBUNIT * n. A monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit.
ACCLIVITOUS * s. Sloping upward.
PYAEMIC * a. Of or relating to pyemia.
HAMMARSKJOLD * n. Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961).
THICK-BILLED * s. Having a thick beak.
MOGUL * n. 1 A bump on a ski slope. 2 A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857. 3 A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
ORNITHOLOGIST * n. A zoologist who studies birds.
AROUSER * n. Someone who rouses others from sleep.
NYCTAGINACEAE * n. A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales.
CHINESE * --n. 1 Any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system. 2 A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.
TEATIME * n. A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes.
ISLAMISM * n. 1 A fundamentalist Islamic revivalist movement generally characterized by moral conservatism and the literal interpretation of the Koran and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all aspects of life. 2 The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.
MOTOWN * n. 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.
DESERTER * n. 1 A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.. 2 A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post).
PALENESS * n. 1 Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress). 2 The property of having a naturally light complexion. 3 Being deficient in color.
SENOR * n. A Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr' or `sir'.
SHAGGED * s. Having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags.
BADMINTON * n. A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net.
FOREGATHER * v. Collect in one place.
BROACH * --n. A decorative pin worn by women. --v. Bring up a topic for discussion.
UNCONFORMIST * a. Not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought.
FOURTEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one. --s. Being one more than thirteen.
GLOOM * n. 1 A state of partial or total darkness. 2 A feeling of melancholy apprehension. 3 An atmosphere of depression and melancholy.
POLYP * n. 1 A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane. 2 One of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth.
SIDERITE * n. 1 Iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate. 2 A meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron.
WURLITZER * n. United States businessman (born in Germany) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914).
CRAVAT * n. Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
EMPLOYMENT * n. 1 The state of being employed or having a job. 2 The occupation for which you are paid. 3 The act of giving someone a job. 4 The act of using.
IRRELEVANTLY * r. In an irrelevant manner.
DWARFISM * n. A genetic abnormality resulting in short stature.
BREATHING * --n. The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation. --a. Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination.
OBSCURITY * n. 1 The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand. 2 An obscure and unimportant standing; not well known. 3 The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination.
EXPANSIVENESS * n. 1 A quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand. 2 A friendly open trait of a talkative person.
MAGNET * n. 1 (physics) A device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field. 2 A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts.
MUD-BRICK * a. Of or incorporating mud bricks.
OBSTIPATE * v. Constipate severely.
WINCE * --n. 1 The facial expression of sudden pain. 2 A reflex response to sudden pain. --v. 1 Draw back, as with fear or pain. 2 Make a face indicating disgust or dislike.
MAGNETISED * a. Having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel.
LONGITUDINALLY * r. 1 Across time. 2 In the direction of the length. 3 With respect to longitude.
MARKET * --n. 1 The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold. 2 The customers for a particular product or service. 3 A marketplace where groceries are sold. 4 The securities markets in the aggregate. --v. 1 Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of. 2 Buy household supplies. 3 Deal in a market. 4 Make commercial.
COMPLEXLY * r. In a complex manner.
TRALATITIOUS * s. Having been passed along from generation to generation.
STEAD * n. The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
OFFISH * s. Lacking cordiality; unfriendly.
STOUT-STEMMED * s. Having a stout stem.
101 * s. Being one more than one hundred.
OBSESSED * s. 1 Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something. 2 Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion.
BARBED * s. 1 Capable of wounding. 2 Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
HALICOERES * n. A genus of Labridae.
CALIBRATED * a. Marked with or divided into degrees.
SAWM * n. The third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan.
CRUSADE * --n. 1 A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. 2 Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. --v. 1 Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for. 2 Go on a crusade; fight a holy war.
CONCEPTUAL * s. Being or characterized by concepts or their formation.
ELECTROLYTE * n. A solution that conducts electricity.
FOXBERRY * n. Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries.
UNWILLING * --a. Not disposed or inclined toward. --s. In spite of contrary volition.
PLACIDYL * n. A mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl).
MOUTHFUL * n. 1 The quantity that can be held in the mouth. 2 A small amount eaten or drunk.
STYRACACEAE * n. A widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales.
ONE-HUMPED * a. Having one hump.
THERMONUCLEAR * s. Using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission.
THIOURACIL * n. Depresses the function of the thyroid gland.
UNDERSTOCK * v. Stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity.
DURA * n. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
TENESMUS * n. Painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome.
BLOCK * --n. 1 A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides). 2 A rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings. 3 A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides. 4 A number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit. --v. 1 Render unsuitable for passage. 2 Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. 3 Stop from happening or developing. 4 Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals.
MONOPHYSITISM * n. A Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature.
MERIT * --n. 1 Any admirable quality or attribute. 2 The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance). --v. Be worthy or deserving.
GRAMPS * n. The father of your father or mother.
BEREAVE * v. Deprive through death.
SPANISH * --n. 1 The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain. 2 The people of Spain. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain.
CUTPURSE * n. A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places.
FATTENED * s. (of market animals) Made ready for market.
GEL * --n. 1 A colloid in a more solid form than a sol. 2 Jellylike substance used in hair styling. 3 A thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects. --v. 1 Become a gel. 2 Apply a styling gel to.
SNAPSHOT * n. An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera.
FLATWORM * n. Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body.
GLASSES * n. (plural) Optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
ANAPHYLACTIC * a. Related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis.
BITTERNESS * n. 1 A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. 2 A rough and bitter manner. 3 The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. 4 The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste.
FABIANA * n. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
SUBJOIN * v. Add to the end.
DEMYTHOLOGIZATION * n. The restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
LASIOCAMPIDAE * n. Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths.
NIT * n. 1 A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source. 2 Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing.
HERPETOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians.
THEOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or concerning theology.
EUROPOL * n. Police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces.
WOODSMAN * n. 1 Someone who lives in the woods. 2 Makes things out of wood.
SECERN * v. Mark as different.
MASERU * n. The capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho.
APPEALINGLY * r. In an appealing manner.
NITID * s. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
CONDITIONS * n. 1 The prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process. 2 The set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare. 3 The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.
THALES * n. A presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC).
GYROPLANE * n. An aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller.
CROSS-PURPOSE * n. A contrary aim.
MAYHAP * r. By chance.
HEMOPHILIAC * n. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
CROSSFIRE * n. 1 A lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions. 2 Fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross.
TOADFLAX * n. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America.
KHAN * n. 1 A title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries. 2 An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
SUPRANATIONAL * s. Transcending established national boundaries or spheres of interest.
FM * n. 1 Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave. 2 A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
LEADPLANT * n. Shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.
BOYTROSE * a. Resembling a cluster of grapes in form.
REENTRY * n. The act of entering again.
CATHARSIS * n. 1 (psychoanalysis) Purging of emotional tensions. 2 Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels.
MURDOCH * n. 1 United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931). 2 British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999).
STASIS * n. 1 An abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped. 2 Inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces.
MAGNANIMOUS * s. 1 Noble and generous in spirit. 2 Generous and understanding and tolerant.
PLOCE * n. (rhetoric) Repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning.
BARRENWORT * n. Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover.
CLIENTAGE * n. Relation of a client to a patron.
ENTANGLED * s. 1 Deeply involved especially in something complicated. 2 Twisted together in a tangled mass. 3 Involved in difficulties.
MARIAN * a. Of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary.
SIGNAGE * n. Signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters).
CELIOSCOPY * n. Endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall.
ACADIAN * n. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
30 * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and three. --s. Being ten more than twenty.
ZONE * --n. 1 A locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features. 2 Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude. 3 An area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic. 4 (anatomy) Any encircling or beltlike structure. --v. 1 Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns. 2 Separate or apportion into sections.
ENLISTING * n. The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.).
BRACHYDACTYLIC * s. Having abnormally short finger or toes.
CUIRASS * n. Medieval body armor that covers the chest and back.
SCRAPER * n. Any of various hand tools for scraping.
ANISEIKONIA * n. Visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes.
PAEONY * n. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
DELIVERABLE * --n. Something that can be provided as the product of development. --a. Suitable for or ready for delivery.
HETEROMETABOLIC * s. (of an insect) Undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage.
ZESTILY * r. With zest.
PARIETARIA * n. Small genus of stingless herbs.
NARCOLEPSY * n. A sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep.
CHINCHILLA * n. 1 The expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla. 2 A thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton. 3 Small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur.
VIRILE * --s. 1 Characterized by energy and vigor. 2 Characteristic of a man. --a. (of a male) Capable of copulation.
FIVE-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with five members.
RICKETTSIAL * a. Relating to or caused by rickettsias.
WHIP * --n. 1 An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping. 2 A legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline. 3 A dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit. 4 (golf) The flexibility of the shaft of a golf club. --v. 1 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 2 Defeat thoroughly. 3 Thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash. 4 Strike as if by whipping.
DUNK * --n. A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket. --v. 1 Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. 2 Make a dunk shot, in basketball. 3 Dip into a liquid while eating.
INDEFINITELY * r. To an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time.
CORPSE * n. The dead body of a human being.
HALFTIME * n. An intermission between the first and second half of a game.
PATHOGENICALLY * r. In a pathogenic manner.
WASHHOUSE * n. A building or outbuilding where laundry is done.
PSILOPSIDA * n. Whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs.
SUBSCRIBER * n. 1 Someone who expresses strong approval. 2 Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication. 3 Someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money.
GIRONDE * n. The French moderate political party that was in power (1791-1793) during the French Revolution.
PROTEASE * n. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
PEPYS * n. English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703).
LACER * n. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
JAMES * n. 1 A Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513). 2 The last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701). 3 The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625). 4 United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882).
PHELLODENDRON * n. Small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark.
MN * n. 1 A hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals. 2 A midwestern state.
SENESCE * v. Grow old or older.
UNCONFUSED * s. Not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements.
ANIMALCULE * n. Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium.
PINAFORE * n. A sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing.
QINTAR * n. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania.
TALEBAN * n. A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government.
SOLARISE * v. 1 Reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it. 2 Become overexposed. 3 Overexpose to sunlight. 4 Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun.
DRUM-SHAPED * s. Shaped in a form resembling a drum.
PACKER * n. 1 A workman employed to pack things into containers. 2 A wholesaler in the meat-packing business. 3 A hiker who wears a backpack.
REDCAP * n. 1 A member of the military police in Britain. 2 A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station.
GIBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes.
SPITTOON * n. A receptacle for spit (usually in a public place).
TARSIER * n. Nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates.
SNIPEFISH * n. Small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth.
BOLT-HOLE * n. A hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den.
CABBY * n. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
SZECHWAN * n. A populous province of south central China.
SOLVENCY * n. The ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due.
TEETOTUM * n. A conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin.
UPRAISE * v. Cause to become alive again.
SURFBOARDING * n. The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave.
REVOLUTIONISM * n. A belief in the spread of revolutionary principles.
UNTIMELY * --s. 1 Badly timed. 2 Uncommonly early or before the expected time. --r. Too soon; in a premature manner.
CATEGORISED * s. Arranged into categories.
BRUSH-OFF * n. A curt or disdainful rejection.
DEEP-FREEZE * n. Electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time.
REAP * v. 1 Gather, as of natural products. 2 Get or derive.
MEGAPODIIDAE * n. Megapodes.
MAGNETITE * n. An oxide of iron that is strongly attracted by magnets.
SIZABLE * s. 1 Fairly large in size. 2 Large in amount or extent or degree.
PLANK * --n. 1 A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes. 2 An endorsed policy in the platform of a political party. --v. 1 Cover with planks. 2 Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. 3 Cook and serve on a plank.
PTERIS * n. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae.
WATERPROOF * --n. 1 Any fabric impervious to water. 2 A water-resistant coat. --v. Make watertight. --s. Not permitting the passage of water.
CALORIFIC * s. Heat-generating.
SAXE-GOTHEA * n. One species: Prince Albert's yew.
ABDOMINOVESICAL * a. Of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder.
VOCABLE * n. A word that is spoken aloud.
HYPERACIDITY * n. Excessive acidity.
EXHIBITIONIST * n. 1 Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals. 2 Someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention.
SWILL * --n. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk. --v. 1 Feed pigs. 2 Drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink).
ARTEMIS * n. (Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana.
JOLLITY * n. Feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor.
BOOKLET * n. A small book usually having a paper cover.
BANKIA * n. Giant shipworms.
PILLBOX * n. 1 A small round woman's hat. 2 A small case for holding pills. 3 A small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete).
VENGEFUL * s. Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge.
CANDYFLOSS * n. A candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature.
PADUCAH * n. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
TAMMANY * n. A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism.
HARMONICAL * s. Involving or characterized by harmony.
FESCUE * n. Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns.
DANGEROUSLY * r. In a dangerous manner.
ERYTHEMATOUS * a. Relating to or characterized by erythema.
SILVERSIDES * n. 1 Small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 2 The common North American shiner.
HARDWARE * n. 1 Major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile). 2 Instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal. 3 (computer science) The mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system.
LUGUBRIOUS * s. Excessively mournful.
RUANDAN * a. Of or pertaining to Rwanda.
STEWART * n. 1 United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997). 2 Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828).
MODERATE-SIZE * s. Intermediate in size.
TWENTY-NINE * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one. --s. Being nine more than twenty.
LOCKER-ROOM * a. Relating to or appropriate for a locker room.
STRUTHIONIDAE * n. Tall terrestrial birds: ostriches.
BLACKBOARD * n. Sheet of slate; for writing with chalk.
TERMS * n. 1 Status with respect to the relations between people or groups. 2 The amount of money needed to purchase something.
OVERAMBITIOUS * s. Excessively ambitious.
ANGULAR * a. 1 Measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle. 2 Having angles or an angular shape.
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST * n. A specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat.
HYMENEALS * n. The social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed.
UNSHOD * a. 1 (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals. 2 Not shod.
ATAKAPAN * n. A language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas.
CASSIE * n. Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
MALABO * n. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
ROIL * v. 1 Be agitated. 2 Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of.
AGGLUTININ * n. An antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen.
BORN * --n. British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970). --a. Brought into existence. --s. Being talented through inherited qualities.
HANGOUT * n. A frequently visited place.
FLAKINESS * n. 1 Informal terms for insanity. 2 Having or breaking into thin crisp flakes.
CARK * v. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.
NH * n. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.
MAJOR-GENERAL * n. A general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general.
CORRESPONDINGLY * r. In a corresponding manner.
UNBUTTON * v. Undo the buttons of.
NON-VERBALLY * r. Without words.
DOVISH * s. Opposed to war.
DISSEMBLER * n. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.
UNEMPHATIC * s. Not emphasized.
HELICOPTER * n. An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades.
HYPSOMETER * n. An altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation.
BABOONISH * a. Resembling a baboon.
PARHELIACAL * a. Relating to or resembling a parhelion.
CORDITIS * n. Inflammation of the spermatic cord.
PERUSING * n. Reading carefully with intent to remember.
ISOMETRY * n. 1 The growth rates in different parts of a growing organism are the same. 2 A one-to-one mapping of one metric space into another metric space that preserves the distances between each pair of points. 3 Equality of elevation above sea level. 4 Equality of measure (e.g., equality of height above sea level or equality of loudness etc.).
IRREPARABLY * r. In an irreparable manner or to an irreparable degree.
STYLELESS * a. Lacking in style or elegance.
HODOMETER * n. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
BLINDER * n. Blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side.
WOODBINE * n. 1 Common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit. 2 European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers.
ARAMAIC * --n. 1 A Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia. 2 An alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it. --a. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
GRIVET * n. White and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face.
COMPULSIVENESS * n. The trait of acting compulsively.
LEIOMYOSARCOMA * n. Sarcoma of smooth muscle; occurs most often digestive tract or uterus or bladder or prostate.
ACCIDENTALLY * r. 1 Without advance planning. 2 Of a minor or subordinate nature. 3 Without intention; in an unintentional manner.
CHONGQING * n. A city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China.
COPSE * n. A dense growth of bushes.
BRONCHOSPASM * n. A spasm of the bronchi that makes exhalation difficult and noisy; associated with asthma and bronchitis.
TERSELY * r. In a short and concise manner.
CUBIT * n. An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
ABIDING * s. Lasting a long time.
JOYLESS * a. Not experiencing or inspiring joy.
PERTINENCE * n. Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.
TRINITARIAN * n. Adherent of Trinitarianism.
HELMET * n. 1 Armor plate that protects the head. 2 A protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows.
NORTHEASTWARDLY * r. In a northeastward direction.
HIRUDINEAN * n. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
PHILIPPINE * --n. Official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs.
ZEALOUS * s. Marked by active interest and enthusiasm.
COUNTY * n. 1 (United Kingdom) A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government. 2 (United States) The largest administrative district within a state.
HANDHOLD * n. An appendage to hold onto.
ANTHROPOIDAL * s. Resembling apes.
CONFRONTATIONAL * a. Of or relating to confrontation.
LORRY * n. 1 A large low horse-drawn wagon without sides. 2 A large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides.
SAKHAROV * n. Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989).
GUSSET * n. 1 A piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate. 2 A metal plate used to strengthen a joist. 3 A piece of material used to strengthen or enlarge a garment.
MONOMETALLIC * a. Containing one atom of metal in the molecule.
PROBATION * n. 1 A trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership. 2 A trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself. 3 (law) A way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court.
PROPHECY * n. 1 Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source). 2 A prediction uttered under divine inspiration.
LINSEED * n. The seed of flax used as a source of oil.
TRAVERSAL * n. 1 Taking a zigzag path on skis. 2 Travel across.
COLORIMETER * n. A measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents.
EASTMOST * s. Farthest to the east.
PARUS * n. Type genus of the family Paridae.
CONSERVATOIRE * n. A schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts.
STOCK-TAKER * n. An employee whose job is to take inventory.
REWARD * --n. 1 A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. 2 Payment made in return for a service rendered. 3 An act performed to strengthen approved behavior. 4 The offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property. --v. 1 Bestow honor or rewards upon. 2 Strengthen and support with rewards. 3 Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
MEDICAGO * n. A genus of herbs that resemble clover.
TRANQUILIZER * n. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity.
PHYCOMYCETES * n. A large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems.
TROUBLE * --n. 1 A source of difficulty. 2 An angry disturbance. 3 An event causing distress or pain. 4 An effort that is inconvenient. --v. 1 Move deeply. 2 To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. 3 Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. 4 Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.
BLADDERY * a. Resembling a bladder.
ON-SITE * a. Taking place or located at the site.
ENCIRCLED * s. Confined on all sides.
KNUCKS * n. (used in the plural) A small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand.
MENHIR * n. A tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France.
CONGERIES * n. A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together.
POUND-FOOLISH * s. Unwise in dealing with large sums.
SWIVEL * --n. A coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin. --v. Turn on a pivot.
LYMANTRIIDAE * n. Tussock moths.
CATCHER * n. 1 (baseball) The person who plays the position of catcher. 2 The position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws.
TUBE * --n. 1 Conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases. 2 Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope. 3 A hollow cylindrical shape. 4 (anatomy) Any hollow cylindrical body structure. --v. 1 Provide with a tube or insert a tube into. 2 Convey in a tube. 3 Ride or float on an inflated tube. 4 Place or enclose in a tube.
SCHOOLBOOK * n. A book prepared for use in schools or colleges.
HUNDRED-AND-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order.
CRAMPOON * n. 1 A hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects. 2 An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing.
UT1 * n. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere.
ARTLESSLY * r. 1 In a crude and unskilled manner. 2 In an ingenuous manner.
NILSSON * n. Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918).
TECUMSEH * n. A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813).
POTSDAM * n. A city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945.
SCIADOPITYS * n. Type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines.
UNACHIEVABLE * s. Impossible to achieve.
TROMBIDIID * n. Mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods.
RUMANIAN * --n. 1 An eastern Romance language spoken in Romania. 2 A native or inhabitant of Romania. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages.
DISGUSTED * s. Having a strong distaste from surfeit.
FUDGE * --n. Soft creamy candy. --v. 1 Tamper, with the purpose of deception. 2 Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
UMA * n. 1 A benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'. 2 Fringe-toed lizard.
ENCHANTER * n. A sorcerer or magician.
ADVERSARY * n. Someone who offers opposition.
MEPHITIS * n. 1 A poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth. 2 A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. 3 In some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae.
EATS * n. Informal terms for a meal.
ENTRENCHED * s. 1 Dug in. 2 Established firmly and securely.
DYSLECTIC * --n. A person who has dyslexia. --s. Having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder.
IN-PERSON * s. An appearance carried out personally in someone else's physical presence.
DOTTED * s. 1 Having a pattern of dots. 2 Having gaps or spaces.
MALOCCLUSION * n. (dentistry) A condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally.
PERCHLOROMETHANE * n. A colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined.
CACAO * n. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
INDUCIVE * s. Inducing or influencing; leading on.
FRONTAL * --n. 1 An adornment worn on the forehead. 2 A drapery that covers the front of an altar. 3 The face or front of a building. --s. 1 Belonging to the front part. 2 Meeting front to front. 3 Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone. --a. Of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air.
ODER * n. A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea.
MASTERS * n. United States poet (1869-1950).
SCHNOOK * n. (Yiddish) A gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised.
WARSAW * n. The capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland.
ECCLESIASTICAL * a. Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church).
VORACIOUSNESS * n. 1 Excessive desire to eat. 2 Extreme gluttony. 3 An excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts).
COUNTERTENOR * --n. 1 A male singer with a voice above that of a tenor. 2 The highest adult male singing voice. --s. Of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor.
ALPHABET * n. 1 A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language. 2 The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
APOSTATE * --n. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.. --s. Not faithful to religion or party or cause.
EYAS * n. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
TIGHT-KNIT * s. Closely and firmly integrated.
INSEMINATE * v. 1 Place seeds in or on (the ground). 2 Introduce semen into (a female).
BLEPHILIA * n. Small genus of North American herbs: wood mints.
BOISE * n. The capital and largest city of Idaho.
HYDROXY * a. Being or containing a hydroxyl group.
SWIFTNESS * n. A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens.
CENSORIOUS * s. Harshly critical or expressing censure.
PARLOR * n. 1 Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received. 2 A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.
ANTHROPOIDEA * n. Monkeys; apes; hominids.
ZYRIAN * n. The Finnic language spoken by the Komi.
PREMARITAL * a. Relating to events before a marriage.
MELLARIL * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
RECTORATE * n. The office or station of a rector.
BLUE-BLIND * s. Inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow.
CROSS-CLASSIFICATION * n. Classification according to more than one attribute at the same time.
PILCHARD * n. 1 Small fatty fish usually canned. 2 Small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring.
TYPESCRIPT * n. Typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript.
TRNA * n. RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
MOTTO * n. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
RAPID * --n. A part of a river where the current is very fast. --s. 1 Done or occurring in a brief period of time. 2 Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed.
CHICKWEED * n. 1 Any of various plants of the genus Stellaria. 2 Any of various plants related to the common chickweed.
CYNWULF * n. Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century).
PHOT * n. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux.
WHOREMONGER * n. 1 A prostitute's customer. 2 A pimp who procures whores.
LANDFILL * n. A low area that has been filled in.
ANTISATELLITE * a. Of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit.
CHARTER * --n. 1 A document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation. 2 A contract to hire or lease transportation. --v. 1 Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. 2 Grant a charter to. 3 Engage for service under a term of contract.
HUCKSTER * --n. 1 A seller of shoddy goods. 2 A person who writes radio or tv advertisements. --v. 1 Sell or offer for sale from place to place. 2 Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
ANNAMITE * n. The Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam.
CLOWN * --n. 1 A rude or vulgar fool. 2 A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior. --v. Act as or like a clown.
THEOSOPHICAL * a. Of or relating to theosophy.
SHEEPFOLD * n. A pen for sheep.
FIBROBLAST * n. A cell from which connective tissue develops.
STEGOSAURUS * n. Herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon.
OBECHE * n. 1 The wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering. 2 Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
BETULACEAE * n. Monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis).
SYMPHONIOUS * s. Harmonious in sound.
CHLOROPICRIN * n. A heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide and as tear gas.
TEMPERAMENT * n. 1 Your usual mood. 2 Excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly). 3 An adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys.
SLAP-BANG * r. 1 Directly or immediately. 2 In a violent or sudden or noisy manner.
UNADOPTABLE * a. Difficult to place in an adoptive home.
FERRIMAGNETISM * n. A phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment.
ORIENTATING * a. Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually.
TOMISTOMA * n. A genus of Malayan crocodiles.
FLEX * --n. The act of flexing. --v. 1 Contract. 2 Exhibit the strength of. 3 Form a curve. 4 Bend a joint.
ENFOLD * v. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
PATHOGENESIS * n. The origination and development of a disease.
PLASTINATION * n. A process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened.
OCEANOGRAPHY * n. The branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans.
ALGID * s. Chilly.
CARTILAGINIFICATION * n. Abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians.
OFFICIALISE * v. Make official.
OVERCASTING * n. A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling.
SOUDAN * n. 1 A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956. 2 A region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
RECONSTRUCTED * a. Adapted to social or economic change.
MOUNTIE * n. Colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
ILLYRIA * n. An uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived.
TALL-STALKED * s. Of plants having relatively long stalks.
PATRONAGE * --n. 1 The act of providing approval and support. 2 Customers collectively. 3 A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. 4 (politics) Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. --v. 1 Support by being a patron of. 2 Be a regular customer or client of.
COMING * --n. 1 The act of drawing spatially closer to something. 2 Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous). 3 The temporal property of becoming nearer in time. 4 The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse. --s. Of the relatively near future.
WATCHSTRAP * n. A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist.
EMPHASIZE * v. 1 To stress, single out as important. 2 Give extra weight to (a communication).
SOUGH * v. Make a murmuring sound.
PRORATION * n. The proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer.
EFFUSIVE * s. 1 Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm. 2 Extravagantly demonstrative.
CHARADRII * n. Shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews.
GRAVENESS * n. A manner that is serious and solemn.
CATOPTRICS * n. Branch of optics dealing with formation of images by mirrors.
RO * n. An artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
GRANDNIECE * n. A daughter of your niece or nephew.
EGREGIOUS * s. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
SIMPLIFICATION * n. 1 An explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity. 2 Elimination of superfluous details. 3 The act of reducing complexity.
UNRETRIEVABLE * s. Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome.
ARTHURIAN * a. Of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
ANAMNESIS * n. 1 The case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient. 2 The ability to recall past occurrences.
PARLOURMAID * n. A maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door.
MASTABA * n. An ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof.
OFF-LINE * a. 1 Not on a regular route of a transportation system. 2 Not connected to a computer network.
ALUMINIZE * v. Cover with aluminum.
PURPOSELESSLY * r. Without a clear purpose.
ALHACEN * n. An Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040).
FORMALISTIC * a. Concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art).
TUNICATA * n. Tunicates.
PLUTOCRATIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat.
MILAGE * n. Distance measured in miles.
NONREFLECTIVE * a. Not capable of physical reflection.
LARYNGITIS * n. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing.
CLOAKED * s. 1 Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading. 2 Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
UNBOWED * s. 1 Erect in posture. 2 Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
DUELIST * n. A person who fights duels.
ABRASIVENESS * n. 1 The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions. 2 The quality of being sharply disagreeable.
GOTHENBURG * n. A port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden.
KISSINGER * n. United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923).
MYTHOLOGIZE * v. 1 Construct a myth. 2 Make into a myth.
SCROUNGER * n. Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free).
UNWANTEDLY * r. In an undesirable manner.
STYLISED * s. Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous.
PRISON * n. 1 A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment. 2 A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.
INVIGILATOR * n. Someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating.
AMOEBIC * a. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
MID-ON * n. The fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the on side.
MAYORAL * a. Of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor.
BAITING * n. Harassment especially of a tethered animal.
CLEFT * --n. 1 A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin). 2 A long narrow opening. --s. 1 Split or divided. 2 Having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib.
VLAMINCK * n. French painter and exponent of fauvism (1876-1958).
CARRION * n. The dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food.
GLYCEROGEL * n. A medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin.
IMPROVISED * s. Done or made using whatever is available.
TAMED * --a. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state. --s. Brought from wildness.
CAPFUL * n. The quantity that a cap will hold.
IMMORALLY * r. Without regard for morality.
SUBSIDIARY * --n. 1 An assistant subject to the authority or control of another. 2 A company that is completely controlled by another company. --s. Functioning in a supporting capacity.
MINIMUM * --n. 1 The smallest possible quantity. 2 The point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right. --a. The least possible.
SOCIALISATION * n. 1 The action of establishing on a socialist basis. 2 The act of meeting for social purposes. 3 The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture.
PROTOTYPE * n. A standard or typical example.
QUARTETTE * n. 1 Four performers or singers who perform together. 2 A set of four similar things considered as a unit. 3 Four people considered as a unit. 4 A musical composition for four performers.
MALLOPHAGA * n. Biting lice.
CHUMMY * s. 1 (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals. 2 (used informally) Associated on close terms.
WILLOWWARE * n. Chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river.
TRICHLORIDE * n. Any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule.
DNIEPER * n. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
LACHRYMATION * n. Shedding tears.
UNPROFESSIONAL * a. Not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession.
VOMITUS * n. The matter ejected in vomiting.
ABBREVIATION * n. 1 A shortened form of a word or phrase. 2 Shortening something by omitting parts of it.
LATTICEWORK * n. Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal.
DISHEVELLED * s. In disarray; extremely disorderly.
ARID * s. 1 Lacking sufficient water or rainfall. 2 Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless.
PURVEYANCE * n. The act of supplying something.
HUDDLED * s. Crowded or massed together.
HYPERICACEAE * n. Used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae.
EUBACTERIA * n. A large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella.
FULGORIDAE * n. Plant hoppers: lantern flies.
UNMORTGAGED * s. (especially of a title) Free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law.
BASALTIC * a. Of or relating to or containing basalt.
COSMEA * n. Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals.
TRANSDERMAL * a. Through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches).
SCRAPPILY * r. In a bellicose contentious manner.
COWER * v. 1 Crouch or curl up. 2 Show submission or fear.
FLATIRON * n. An iron that was heated by placing it on a stove.
RE-ENTER * v. Enter again.
INH * n. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
ADVISE * v. 1 Give advice to. 2 Inform (somebody) of something. 3 Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.
TUBBY * s. Short and plump.
EDITORIALIZE * v. Insert personal opinions into an objective statement.
FORGIVABLE * s. Easily excused or forgiven.
INTRALOBULAR * a. Inside lobes or lobules.
EXOCET * n. A guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships.
DISQUIETUDE * n. Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.
CEREBELLAR * a. Relating to or associated with the cerebellum.
PANIPAT * n. Battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761.
PHILHELLENIST * n. An admirer of Greece and everything Greek.
ANTAGONISTICALLY * r. In an antagonistic manner.
NEWSPRINT * n. Cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers.
MEDFORD * n. 1 A town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort. 2 Town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston.
REFRACTILE * a. Of or relating to or capable of refraction.
PICUL * n. A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry).
STORYLINE * n. The plot of a book or play or film.
INDELICATE * --s. 1 In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent. 2 Verging on the indecent. --a. Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct.
HAPPY * --a. Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure. --s. 1 Marked by good fortune. 2 Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service. 3 Well expressed and to the point.
METAGROBOLISED * s. Totally perplexed and mixed up.
REPOSSESS * v. 1 Claim back. 2 Regain possession of something.
ORDINAL * --n. The number designating place in an ordered sequence. --a. 1 Of or relating to a taxonomic order. 2 Being or denoting a numerical order in a series.
PACIFISM * n. 1 The doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable. 2 The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.
ON * --a. 1 In operation or operational. 2 (of events) Planned or scheduled. --r. 1 With a forward motion. 2 Indicates continuity or persistence or concentration. 3 In a state required for something to function or be effective.
KNOW * --n. The fact of being aware of information that is known to few people. --v. 1 Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about. 2 Know how to do or perform something. 3 Be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt. 4 Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object.
XINJIANG * n. An autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people.
STRAVINSKY * n. 1 Composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971). 2 The music of Stravinsky.
HECTOGRAPH * --n. Duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy. --v. Copy on a duplicator.
FRUITFULLY * r. In a productive way.
CATWALK * n. 1 Narrow platform extending out into an auditorium. 2 Narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge).
SHIPBUILDING * n. The construction of ships.
SECURENESS * n. 1 The state of freedom from fear or danger. 2 The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment.
SQUARISH * s. Somewhat square in appearance or form.
MEMO * n. A written proposal or reminder.
PROCTOCELE * n. Protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth.
CHEWA * n. A member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe.
MIST-FLOWER * n. Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium.
PREGNANEDIOL * n. A compound found in women's urine during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and in the urine of pregnant women.
TAXONOMIST * n. A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior.
TITTUP * v. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
MEGACARDIA * n. An abnormal enlargement of the heart.
ONE-DIMENSIONAL * a. 1 Relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope. 2 Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension.
RHYOLITE * n. Very acid volcanic rock.
AMALGAM * n. 1 An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams. 2 A combination or blend of diverse things.
NEWSROOM * n. 1 The staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical. 2 An office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station. 3 A reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read.
IMMOVABLY * r. So as to be incapable of moving.
WATERWEED * n. A weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea.
FOUR-DIMENSIONAL * s. Involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time.
CUSHIONY * s. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
TALISMANIC * s. Possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power.
RESUMPTION * n. Beginning again.
COUNTERREVOLUTIONIST * n. A revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution.
INTIMIDATE * v. 1 Make timid or fearful. 2 To compel or deter by or as if by threats.
WELL-THOUGHT-OF * s. Receiving deferential regard.
EUNECTES * n. Anacondas.
UNLOVING * a. Not giving or reciprocating affection.
WEANING * n. The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal.
INEXTRICABLE * a. Not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied.
GLOSSINA * n. Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc..
FRUCTIDOR * n. Twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September); the month of fruit.
ALTIMETER * n. An instrument that measures the height above ground; used in navigation.
ANTEPENULTIMA * n. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.
ZANNICHELLIACEAE * n. Alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species.
BALMY * s. 1 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. 2 Mild and pleasant.
GRANULOCYTOPENIA * n. An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes.
BOMBYX * n. Type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth.
FALSIFICATION * n. 1 Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. 2 A willful perversion of facts. 3 The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting. 4 The act of determining that something is false.
ENTAIL * --n. 1 Land received by fee tail. 2 The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple. --v. 1 Have as a logical consequence. 2 Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result. 3 Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs.
DIVE-BOMB * v. Bomb from a diving airplane.
SUBSTATION * n. A subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network.
RHYTIDOPLASTY * n. Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.
UNMODULATED * a. Characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume.
TWEEZE * v. Pluck with tweezers.
MARATHONER * n. Someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons).
POLK * n. 11th President of the United States; his expansionism led to the Mexican War and the annexation of California and much of the southwest (1795-1849).
HAT * --n. 1 Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim. 2 An informal term for a person's role. --v. 1 Put on or wear a hat. 2 Furnish with a hat.
GWYN * n. Celtic underworld god.
EXTENSOR * n. A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part.
PSILOPHYTACEAE * n. Paleozoic plants.
INTERRELATE * v. 1 Be in a relationship with. 2 Place into a mutual relationship.
CLEANABLE * s. Capable of being cleaned.
SELFISHNESS * n. Stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others.
CALMING * n. The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of).
GUTIERREZIA * n. Sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America.
VORTEX * n. 1 The shape of something rotating rapidly. 2 A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides).
VOLVOX * n. Type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute flagella rotate the colony about an axis.
AGINCOURT * n. A battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415.
LEGITIMATISE * v. Make legal.
LATRIA * n. The worship given to God alone.
PROPULSION * n. 1 A propelling force. 2 The act of propelling.
BURSIFORM * s. Shaped like a pouch.
R.I. * n. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state.
WOE * n. 1 Misery resulting from affliction. 2 Intense mournfulness.
RESUSPEND * v. Put back into suspension.
OSMIRIDIUM * n. A hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc..
AUGMENTED * s. Added to or made greater in amount or number or strength.
PAYOLA * n. A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record.
FIREBOMB * --n. A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel). --v. Attack with incendiary bombs.
OVERSIDE * r. Over the side of a boat.
AMAZINGLY * r. In an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise.
YAMAMOTO * n. Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943).
PROPAGANDISTIC * a. Of or relating to or characterized by propaganda.
LOCUST * n. 1 Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae. 2 Hardwood from any of various locust trees. 3 Any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.
NETTED * s. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
DENALI * n. A mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America (20,300 feet high).
CHART * --n. 1 A visual display of information. 2 A map designed to assist navigation by air or sea. 3 (usually plural) A listing of best-selling recorded music. --v. 1 Make a chart of. 2 Plan in detail. 3 Represent by means of a graph.
OPHEODRYS * n. North American green snakes.
ASH-KEY * n. Winged seed of the ash tree.
DECOLLETE * s. (of a garment) Having a low-cut neckline.
UNHAMPERED * s. 1 Not slowed or blocked or interfered with. 2 Not held in check or subject to control.
POCHARD * n. Heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head.
POLYANDRY * n. Polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband at a time.
BICORNATE * s. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
STRAUSS * n. 1 German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949). 2 Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899). 3 Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849).
E-LASIK * n. A refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea.
LOUNGE * --n. 1 An upholstered seat for more than one person. 2 A room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait. --v. 1 Sit or recline comfortably. 2 Be about.
OPHISAURUS * n. Glass lizards.
UNBRIDLED * s. Not restrained or controlled.
KALIURESIS * n. The presence of excess potassium in the urine.
RECORD * --n. 1 Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events. 2 Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove. 3 The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had. 4 The sum of recognized accomplishments. --v. 1 Make a record of; set down in permanent form. 2 Register electronically. 3 Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments. 4 Be aware of.
DIVISIVE * s. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
DOWNSCALE * s. Intended for people with low incomes.
MARMOSET * n. Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails.
ULAANBAATAR * n. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
GANGSTER * n. A criminal who is a member of gang.
ANTICYCLONIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center.
TRANSGENDERED * --n. A person who has undergone a sex change operation. --a. Involving a partial or full reversal of gender.
ROBOTLIKE * s. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
PICKFORD * n. United States film actress (born in Canada) who starred in silent films (1893-1979).
IN-BOUNDS * s. Between the first and third base lines.
IMPERMISSIBILITY * n. Inadmissibility as a consequence of not being permitted.
MILFOIL * n. Ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America.
ETHNOLOGIST * n. An anthropologist who studies ethnology.
COCOONING * n. Retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape).
CONCUSSION * n. 1 Injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness. 2 Any violent blow.
UNLIKELY * --a. 1 Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred. 2 Has little chance of being the case or coming about. --s. Having a probability too low to inspire belief.
SPECTROSCOPIC * a. Of or relating to or involving spectroscopy.
OUT * --n. (baseball) A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball. --v. 1 To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality. 2 Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle. 3 Be made known; be disclosed or revealed. --a. Not allowed to continue to bat or run. --s. 1 Being out or having grown cold. 2 Not worth considering as a possibility. 3 Out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election. 4 Excluded from use or mention. --r. 1 Away from home. 2 Moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden. 3 From one's possession.
OMMATIDIUM * n. Any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods.
CITTERN * n. A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
UNSURPRISED * a. Not surprised or expressing surprise.
UNDERPRICE * v. Sell at artificially low prices.
SYMPETALOUS * s. Having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel.
LEFTHANDER * n. A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand.
CYMLING * n. Squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white.
EXUBERANTLY * r. 1 In an exuberant manner. 2 In an ebullient manner.
CABOT * n. 1 Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557). 2 Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498).
RICOTTA * n. Soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese.
ADDUCE * v. Advance evidence for.
CARETAKER * n. 1 A custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person). 2 An official who performs the duties of an office temporarily.
PRIDEFULNESS * n. A feeling of self-respect and personal worth.
PETECHIA * n. A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever).
GLOWERING * s. Showing a brooding ill humor.
POLYPODY * n. Any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium.
GLYCEROLISE * v. Place in glycerol.
GALLINULE * n. Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens.
PIPECLAY * n. Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather.
ROOTAGE * n. 1 Fixedness by or as if by roots. 2 A developed system of roots. 3 The place where something begins, where it springs into being.
DISTRESSED * --s. 1 Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty. 2 Suffering severe physical strain or distress. 3 Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. --a. Generalized feeling of distress.
AUTOGENETIC * a. Of or relating to autogenesis.
CAMPUS * n. A field on which the buildings of a university are situated.
LIMOUSINE * n. Large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur.
GRIDDLE * --n. Cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked. --v. Cook on a griddle.
SUBHUMAN * --a. Less than human or not worthy of a human being. --s. Unfit for human beings.
CHUVASH * n. 1 A member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash.
EOSINOPHILE * n. A leukocyte readily stained with eosin.
EFFULGENCE * n. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
PRESIDENTIALLY * r. In a presidential manner.
AMYGDALA * n. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior.
PERSPICUOUS * s. (of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable.
RECOMMEND * v. 1 Push for something. 2 Express a good opinion of. 3 Make attractive or acceptable.
HEALTHFUL * a. 1 Conducive to good health of body or mind. 2 Free from filth and pathogens.
DERMOCHELYS * n. Type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles.
ZAMANG * n. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
MESHED * --n. The holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran. --s. 1 Resembling a network. 2 (used of toothed parts or gears) Interlocked and interacting.
NOVELIST * n. One who writes novels.
FUR-PIECE * n. A neckpiece made of fur.
ADOBO * n. A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice.
MYTILID * n. Marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal zones.
BONSAI * n. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
ONYMOUS * a. Bearing a name.
HETEROPTERA * n. True bugs.
LABRADOR * n. The mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada.
BARBEQUE * --n. 1 Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce. 2 A cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit. 3 A rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors. --v. Cook outdoors on a barbecue grill.
LEXICOSTATISTIC * a. Pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages.
FORESKIN * n. 1 A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris. 2 A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.
PHONOGRAM * n. Any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word.
OVERARM * a. With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level.
BUBBLER * n. 1 A public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water. 2 Any of various devices in which air or some other gas is bubbled through a liquid.
CENTRAL * --n. A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication. --s. Serving as an essential component. --a. In or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area.
INTENTIONALITY * n. Expressive of intentions.
ERLANG * n. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.
GASWORKS * n. The workplace where coal gas is manufactured.
FRAGRANCY * n. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property.
VILLARD * n. United States railroad magnate and businessman (1835-1900).
ARAVA * n. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally; can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium.
ASSIMILATOR * n. Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs.
CHECKERBOARD * n. A board having 64 squares of two alternating colors.
INEXPUGNABLE * s. Incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted.
NONCOMMITTAL * s. Refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like.
CARMINE * --n. A variable color averaging a vivid red. --v. Color carmine. --s. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
PTOLEMY * n. 1 Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance. 2 An ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra.
ECCLES * n. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
WEIGHTLIFTER * n. An athlete who lifts barbells.
GREGARIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being gregarious--having a dislike of being alone.
MUSCARDINUS * n. A genus of Gliridae.
LINT * n. 1 Fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers. 2 Cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds.
NATRIURETIC * a. Of or relating to natriuresis.
MUDDER * n. A racehorse that runs well on a muddy racetrack.
VARIETY * n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 Noticeable heterogeneity. 3 (biology) A taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics. 4 A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances.
SHERWOOD * n. United States playwright (1896-1955).
PALEONTOLOGIST * n. A specialist in paleontology.
LUXURIATION * n. An activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment.
BADNESS * n. 1 That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency. 2 Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. 3 An attribute of mischievous children.
TEBET * n. The fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January).
CETONIA * n. A genus of Cetoniidae.
FUNDAMENTALISTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents.
NARCISSISTIC * s. Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.
SHOGI * n. A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces.
STAVE * --n. 1 (music) The system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. 2 One of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket. 3 A crosspiece between the legs of a chair. --v. 1 Furnish with staves. 2 Burst or force (a hole) into something.
DECALCIFY * v. 1 Lose calcium or calcium compounds. 2 Remove calcium or lime from.
MAGNOLIOPHYTA * n. Comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta).
SNARER * n. Someone who sets snares for birds or small animals.
DELVE * v. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth.
CRYPTOGRAMMATACEAE * n. One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
OKAPIA * n. Okapis.
ECLECTICISM * n. Making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style.
RECHARGE * v. 1 Load anew. 2 Charge anew.
PIMPLY * s. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
ERODIUM * n. Geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions.
CERATODONTIDAE * n. Lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth.
XENOPHOBIA * n. A fear of foreigners or strangers.
THUNDERCLAP * n. 1 A single sharp crash of thunder. 2 A shocking surprise.
FEBRILITY * n. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
CLIMACTIC * a. Consisting of or causing a climax.
PUSTULE * n. A small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus.
COALBIN * n. A bin for holding coal.
SALAH * n. The second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca.
EUKARYOTIC * a. Having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei.
RATCH * n. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
CUNNINGHAM * n. United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922).
SYNCHRONIZATION * n. 1 The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. 2 An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison. 3 Coordinating by causing to indicate the same time.
BUSHY * s. 1 Used of hair; thick and poorly groomed. 2 Resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading.
SPRING * --n. 1 The season of growth. 2 A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed. 3 A natural flow of ground water. 4 A point at which water issues forth. --v. 1 Move forward by leaps and bounds. 2 Develop into a distinctive entity. 3 Spring back; spring away from an impact. 4 Develop suddenly.
NI-HARD * n. Cast iron to which nickel has been added to make it resist abrasion.
PSEUDORUBELLA * n. A viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days.
COCKTAIL * n. 1 A short mixed drink. 2 An appetizer served as a first course at a meal.
NONRHYTHMIC * s. Deliberately not rhythmic.
ECM * n. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
CURLY-HAIRED * s. Covered with curly hair.
CHOCKABLOCK * s. Packed full to capacity.
PROTHALAMIUM * n. A song in celebration of a marriage.
SKYLIGHT * n. A window in a roof to admit daylight.
GYMNOCARPIUM * n. Oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris.
ENCHANTINGLY * r. In a bewitching manner.
EUPHORY * n. A feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation.
TEAMSTER * n. 1 The driver of a team of horses doing hauling. 2 Someone who drives a truck as an occupation.
CATALEPTIC * --n. A person suffering from catalepsy. --a. Of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy.
LIGHTERMAN * n. Someone who operates a barge.
ILLUSION * n. 1 An erroneous mental representation. 2 Something many people believe that is false. 3 The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas. 4 An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
CHRYSOPID * n. Pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae.
BASEBALL * n. 1 A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs. 2 A ball used in playing baseball.
SNOW * --n. 1 Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals. 2 A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground. 3 English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980). 4 Street names for cocaine. --v. 1 Fall as snow. 2 Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.
MINIBAR * n. Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
STATESMANLY * a. Marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman.
BLISSFULNESS * n. A state of extreme happiness.
CROOK * --n. 1 Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. 2 A circular segment of a curve. 3 A long staff with one end being hook shaped. --v. Bend or cause to bend.
COPYBOOK * n. A book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship.
ROLLICKINGLY * r. In a carefree manner.
MEDDLE * v. Intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly.
SKETCHILY * r. In a sketchy incomplete manner.
LOGICISM * n. (philosophy) The philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic.
HARTLEY * n. English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757).
AFORESAID * s. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
HABITABLENESS * n. Suitability for living in or on.
OCTANS * n. The constellation that includes the southern celestial pole.
ASTACURA * n. Crayfish.
SHOPPING * n. 1 Searching for or buying goods or services. 2 The commodities purchased from stores.
STOCK-STILL * --s. Absolutely still. --r. Without moving or making a sound.
CUSS * --n. 1 A persistently annoying person. 2 A boy or man. 3 Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger. --v. Utter obscenities or profanities.
NONABSORPTIVE * a. Not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids).
HUSHPUPPY * n. Deep-fried cornbread ball (southern).
PAN-FRY * v. Fry in a pan.
DIMORPHISM * n. 1 (chemistry) The property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. 2 (biology) The existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).
HARPSICHORDIST * n. Someone who plays the harpsichord.
COLLOTYPE * n. A photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors.
PHONE * --n. 1 Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds. 2 (phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. 3 Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear. --v. Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
STEATITE * n. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.
MACRENCEPHALIC * a. Having a large brain case.
HOMBRE * n. An informal term for a youth or man.
ACCOUCHEMENT * n. The parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child.
FINLAND * n. Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917.
SUMATRAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Sumatra. --a. Of or relating to the island of Sumatra or its inhabitants.
ELDERLY * --n. People who are old collectively. --s. Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables).
DESCENDANT * --n. A person considered as descended from some ancestor. --s. 1 Going or coming down. 2 Proceeding by descent from an ancestor.
FACULA * n. 1 A bright spot on a planet. 2 A large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots.
CER * n. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
OSTEOCHONDROMA * n. Benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone.
BALENCIAGA * n. Spanish fashion designer known for his stark elegant designs (1895-1972).
ANABAPTIST * n. Adherent of Anabaptism.
MALWARE * n. Malicious software, designed to break into a system.
POWERFULLY * r. 1 In a powerful manner. 2 In a manner having a powerful influence.
INCORRECT * --a. Not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth. --s. 1 Not in accord with established usage or procedure. 2 (of a word or expression) Not agreeing with grammatical principles. 3 Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules.
CYBERSPACE * n. A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange.
CHAFF * --n. 1 Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. 2 Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure. --v. Be silly or tease one another.
BARNDOOR * n. An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas.
HOLOTHURIDAE * n. A family of Holothuroidea.
HIGHWATER * n. The tide when the water is highest.
RETORT * --n. 1 A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). 2 A vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat. --v. Answer back.
LATITUDINAL * a. Of or relating to latitudes north or south.
PUNITIVE * a. Inflicting punishment.
ANGINOSE * a. Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
MANQUE * s. Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.
CHILLING * --n. The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. --s. Provoking fear terror.
DARNEL * n. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.
NARROWBOAT * n. A long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals.
GAMETE * n. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
FRECKLED * s. Relating to or covered with or resembling freckles.
MYOTONIC * a. Of or relating to or caused by myotonia.
PEARLWEED * n. Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls.
GASMASK * n. A protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases.
REFINER * n. One whose work is to refine a specific thing.
BALD * --v. Grow bald; lose hair on one's head. --s. 1 With no effort to conceal. 2 Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp. 3 Without the natural or usual covering.
ELECTRODEPOSITION * n. The deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis).
MASSINE * n. French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979).
CALORIE * n. 1 A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food. 2 Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure.
ROME * n. 1 Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. 2 The leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
CONTRARIETY * n. The relation between contraries.
UNVIGILANT * a. Not alert to what is potentially dangerous.
ROCKCRESS * n. 1 Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium. 2 Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis.
GAS * --n. 1 The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container. 2 A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely. 3 A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. 4 A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal. --v. 1 Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes. 2 Show off.
TAWSE * n. A leather strap for punishing children.
FRUMPY * s. Primly out of date.
SUPERLUNAR * --a. Situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth. --s. Unworldly or ethereal.
TUNGA * n. A genus of Siphonaptera.
TRAIPSE * v. Walk or tramp about.
GRUESOMELY * r. In a gruesome manner.
AHVENANMAA * n. An archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control.
JOSUE * n. A book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses.
STORMPROOF * s. Protected against or able to withstand storms.
DARDANUS * n. (Greek mythology) Founder of Troy.
DEMOCRATIZE * v. 1 Become (more) democratic; of nations. 2 Introduce democratic reforms; of nations.
DICTYOPHERA * n. Closely related to genus Phallus distinguished by an indusium hanging like a skirt from below the pileus.
23RD * s. Coming next after the twenty-second in position.
EPONYMOUS * a. Being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym.
NAIRA * n. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
GENERAL-PURPOSE * s. Not limited in use or function.
LEADEN * --s. 1 Darkened with overcast. 2 Made heavy or weighted down with weariness. 3 (of movement) Slow and laborious. 4 Lacking lightness or liveliness. --a. Made of lead.
RORQUAL * n. Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin.
UNKEPT * a. (especially of promises or contracts) Having been violated or disregarded.
PALAEOZOOLOGY * n. The study of fossil animals.
BUSYWORK * n. Active work of little value.
CIVILIZED * --a. Having a high state of culture and development both social and technological. --s. Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
REPENTANT * a. Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds.
REVERSE * --n. 1 A relation of direct opposition. 2 The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed. 3 An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. 4 The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design. --v. 1 Change to the contrary. 2 Turn inside out or upside down. 3 Rule against. 4 Cancel officially. --s. 1 Directed or moving toward the rear. 2 Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect. --a. Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle.
EARTHWORM * n. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
QUADRUPLICATE * --n. Any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly. --v. Reproduce fourfold. --s. Having four units or components.
GUTSY * a. Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited.
MEDITATE * v. 1 Reflect deeply on a subject. 2 Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes.
OEUVRE * n. The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it).
FILLY * n. A young female horse under the age of four.
GUYANESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Guyana. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants.
DISCORDANT * --a. Not in agreement or harmony. --s. Lacking in harmony.
CONTINUALLY * r. Seemingly without interruption.
DEBUSSY * n. French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918).
JELL * v. Become gelatinous.
ESSAYER * n. One who tries.
CUT-AND-DRIED * s. According to ordinary expectations.
TAME * --v. 1 Correct by punishment or discipline. 2 Make less strong or intense; soften. 3 Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment. 4 Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. --s. 1 Flat and uninspiring. 2 Very docile. --a. 1 Very restrained or quiet. 2 Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
BELORUSSIA * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet.
GROUSE-BERRY * n. Shrub of northwestern North America bearing red berries.
BEANIE * n. A small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen.
MOTORCYCLE * --n. A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame. --v. Ride a motorcycle.
MISHANDLE * v. 1 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. 2 Manage badly or incompetently.
ARCTIC * --n. 1 The regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole. 2 A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow. --s. 1 Of or relating to the Arctic. 2 Extremely cold.
TOMATILLO * n. 1 Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes. 2 Annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes. 3 Small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk.
APPEALING * a. 1 Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention. 2 (of characters in literature or drama) Evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.
CHEMIC * a. Relating to or used in chemistry.
ATTACK * --n. 1 (military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons). 2 An offensive move in a sport or game. 3 Intense adverse criticism. 4 Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation. --v. 1 Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with. 2 Attack in speech or writing. 3 Take the initiative and go on the offensive. 4 Attack someone physically or emotionally.
ANGAS * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
MACROECONOMICS * n. The branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy.
RUMINATIVE * s. Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
CARTHAGE * n. An ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697.
HEBREW * --n. 1 The ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel. 2 A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews. 2 Of or relating to the language of the Hebrews.
KEYLESS * a. Lacking or not requiring a key.
SPAVIN * n. A swelling of the hock joint of a horse; resulting in lameness.
NEWSPEAK * n. Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public.
FRANKINCENSE * n. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation.
EXTRAORDINARINESS * n. The quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered.
DIGESTIVE * --n. Any substance that promotes digestion. --a. Relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion.
CANDY-LIKE * s. Resembling candy.
ABERRANCY * n. A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
MUMBAI * n. A city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India.
WEDEL * v. Ski, alternating directions.
DURBAN * n. A port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center.
SYZYGIUM * n. A tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere.
HUMBER * n. An estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River.
PREREQUISITE * --n. Something that is required in advance. --s. Required as a prior condition or course of study.
POSITIVISTIC * a. Of or relating to positivism.
GYNOBASE * n. The enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne.
WASHED * s. 1 Clean by virtue of having been washed in water. 2 Wet as from washing; sometimes used in combination.
SUSPENDED * s. (of undissolved particles in a fluid) Supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment.
CONTESTABLE * a. Capable of being contested.
OVERSTRESS * v. Place special or excessive emphasis on.
CANTICLE * n. A hymn derived from the Bible.
DARK-GREEN * s. Of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass.
BEDA * n. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735).
MISSOURI * n. 1 A midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union. 2 The longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis. 3 A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri. 4 A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri.
WAGNERIAN * --n. A follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of Richard Wagner. --a. Of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music.
OCTAGONAL * a. Of or relating to or shaped like an octagon.
PYRALIDIDAE * n. Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths.
ACQUAINTANCESHIP * n. A relationship less intimate than friendship.
IMPARIPINNATE * s. (a leaf shape) Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex.
HISTOLOGIST * n. Anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues.
LIPOTROPIC * s. Having an affinity for lipids.
HIGH-HANDEDLY * r. In a domineering high-handed manner.
OVER-EMBELLISHED * s. Excessively elaborate or showily expressed.
SOUTHER * n. A wind from the south.
RAPHICERUS * n. African antelopes: steenboks.
WIPEOUT * n. 1 An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. 2 A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard).
PETARD * n. An explosive device used to break down a gate or wall.
COLORIMETRIC * a. Of or relating to colorimetry.
MALDIVAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Maldives.
COMMENTATOR * n. 1 An expert who observes and comments on something. 2 A writer who reports and analyzes events of the day.
PINATUBO * n. A volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy.
WRITE * v. 1 Produce a literary work. 2 Communicate or express by writing. 3 Communicate (with) in writing. 4 Write music.
BEAT * --n. 1 A regular route for a sentry or policeman. 2 The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. 3 The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music. 4 A single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations. --v. 1 Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. 2 Give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression. 3 Hit repeatedly. 4 Move rhythmically. --s. Very tired.
UNWIELDINESS * n. 1 The quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity. 2 Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.
STOKER * n. 1 Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912). 2 A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship). 3 A mechanical device for stoking a furnace.
FORBEARANCE * n. 1 Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence. 2 A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting.
DISJUNCT * --a. Progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second. --s. 1 Having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects. 2 Marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements. 3 Used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations.
EPICANTHUS * n. A vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome.
HEMATOPOIESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
CONFERMENT * n. The act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift.
DISBURSEMENT * n. 1 Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). 2 The act of spending or disbursing money.
TAMIAS * n. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
SUSAH * n. A port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean.
ESSENTIALNESS * n. Basic importance.
PREVENT * v. 1 Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. 2 Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.
HISTIDINE * n. An essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue.
SERICTERY * n. Silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders.
PEDIATRIC * a. Of or relating to the medical care of children.
PARULIDAE * n. New World warblers.
DIEHARD * n. One who adheres to traditional views.
AMYGDALINE * a. Related to or resembling an almond.
AWAKEN * v. 1 Cause to become awake or conscious. 2 Stop sleeping. 3 Make aware.
RATIONALISATION * n. 1 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening. 2 The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason. 3 (mathematics) The simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation. 4 The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency.
UNCLEARNESS * n. Incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear.
DELUSIVELY * r. In a deceptive and unrealistic manner.
SERJEANT * n. An English barrister of the highest rank.
ICINESS * n. 1 Coldness due to a cold environment. 2 A lack of affection or enthusiasm.
HAGIOLOGY * n. Literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints.
COLUMBIFORMES * n. Sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires.
SWEATBOX * n. 1 Small or narrow cell. 2 A device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to sweat.
ASSIZE * n. 1 The regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale. 2 An ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property.
RELINQUISHMENT * n. 1 A verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.. 2 The act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc..
ARCHIANNELID * n. Small primitive marine worm lacking external segmentation and resembling polychaete larvae.
COWHIDE * --n. 1 Leather made from the hide of a cow. 2 The hide of a cow. 3 A heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow. --v. Flog with a cowhide.
SIDEBAR * n. 1 (law) A courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing. 2 A short news story presenting sidelights on a major story.
GAGA * s. 1 Mentally or physically infirm with age. 2 Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with.
DIURIL * n. A diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension.
UNKINDNESS * n. Lack of sympathy.
WATCHFULLY * r. In a watchful manner.
BLANCMANGE * n. Sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin or cornstarch; usually molded.
PAPAVER * n. Type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers.
RETALIATOR * n. Someone who takes vengeance.
LITHOSPHERE * n. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.
POTOS * n. A genus of Procyonidae.
MURDERED * s. Killed unlawfully.
BELLYACHER * n. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
WELL-APPOINTED * s. Having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings.
INDENTURE * --n. 1 A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline). 2 Formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt. 3 A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term. 4 The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. --v. Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant.
SPRAY-DRIED * a. Dried by bringing a sprayed substance (e.g. milk or soap) into contact with hot air and recovering it in the form of a powder.
BEDEVIL * v. 1 Treat cruelly. 2 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
OUTWARD-MOVING * s. Moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve.
EPILATOR * n. A cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair.
ACOUSTICOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of sounds including your own voice.
TANTALIZE * v. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
CUTEREBRIDAE * n. New World botflies.
LENS * n. 1 A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images. 2 Genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils. 3 (metaphor) A channel through which something can be seen or understood. 4 Biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina.
AGAMIC * s. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE * n. One genus.
CALEFACTION * n. The property of being warming.
BITMAP * n. An image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels.
HUDSONIA * n. Small evergreen subshrubs of North America.
NERITINA * n. Ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters.
ILLIBERAL * s. Narrow-minded about cherished opinions.
ANOMALOUSLY * r. In an anomalous manner.
HYDROXIDE * n. 1 A compound of an oxide with water. 2 A chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group.
RUMORMONGER * n. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
HAEMOSIDERIN * n. A granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism.
ACANTHA * n. Any sharply pointed projection.
MAUPASSANT * n. French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893).
OSTEOSTRACI * n. Extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear.
TRAVERSABLE * s. Capable of being traversed.
FILTRATION * n. 1 The process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium. 2 The act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter.
CUNONIACEAE * n. Trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere.
UNAMBIGUOUSLY * r. 1 In an unambiguous manner. 2 So as to be unique.
ENCHANT * v. 1 Hold spellbound. 2 Attract; cause to be enamored. 3 Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
ABB * n. An urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s.
KETOPROFEN * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail).
HUNGARIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Hungary. 2 The official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Hungary.
STICKBALL * n. A form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle.
CUTLER * n. A dealer in cutlery.
DALMATIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia. 2 A large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia. --a. Of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants.
THRIFTLESSNESS * n. The trait of wasting resources.
NIOBITE * n. A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum.
TAMEABLE * s. Capable of being tamed.
PODIATRIST * n. A specialist in care for the feet.
APHONIA * n. A disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice.
CARTOUCHE * n. A cartridge (usually with paper casing).
ASCOLICHEN * n. A lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete.
SUBSTANTIALLY * r. 1 To a great extent or degree. 2 In a strong substantial way.
APOCYNUM * n. Perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers.
SPIRAL * --n. 1 A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center. 2 A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle. 3 A continuously accelerating change in the economy. 4 Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center. --v. 1 To wind or move in a spiral course. 2 Form a spiral. 3 Move in a spiral or zigzag course. --s. In the shape of a coil.
EXPLORATION * n. 1 To travel for the purpose of discovery. 2 A careful systematic search. 3 A systematic consideration.
FORAGER * n. Someone who hunts for food and provisions.
EPANALEPSIS * n. Repetition after intervening words.
ARDISIA * n. Tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas.
STRAITEN * v. 1 Bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. 2 Squeeze together.
NINE-SPOT * n. One of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face.
ADAPTATIVE * a. Having a capacity for adaptation.
DALASI * n. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
KERATONOSUS * n. Any disease of the cornea.
KNOTTY * s. 1 Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. 2 Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots. 3 Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. 4 Tangled in knots or snarls.
STAGINESS * n. An artificial and mannered quality.
REWARDING * a. Providing personal satisfaction.
CARNALLY * r. In a carnal manner.
BAREFACED * s. 1 With no effort to conceal. 2 Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
ACROPORA * n. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
GLOBALISE * v. Make world-wide in scope or application.
CONTENTS * n. 1 (usually plural) Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something. 2 A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start.
WATTAGE * n. The product of voltage and current.
MISTILY * r. 1 In a misty manner. 2 In a vague way.
DIMETAPP * n. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to relieve nasal congestion and to treat rhinitis.
INSURE * v. 1 Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something. 2 Make certain of. 3 Protect by insurance. 4 Take out insurance for.
MURAMIDASE * n. An enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria.
LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI * n. A Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba.
RARIFIED * s. 1 Having low density. 2 Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
DISCOURTEOUSLY * r. In an impolite manner.
IBERIA * n. 1 An ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-day Georgia. 2 A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
ACOREA * n. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
SYNAPSIDA * n. Extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals.
SHEDDER * n. An attacker who sheds or spills blood.
SPADE-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a spade.
NURSELING * n. An infant considered in relation to its nurse.
PENTECOST * n. 1 Seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland. 2 (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
SEMIQUAVER * n. A musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note.
INEXTINGUISHABLE * a. Difficult or impossible to extinguish.
AMASTIA * n. Absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect).
SNEAKILY * r. In a surreptitious manner.
ENRAPTURED * s. Feeling great rapture or delight.
LEUKORRHEA * n. Discharge of white mucous material from the vagina; often an indication of infection.
THROUGHOUT * r. 1 From first to last. 2 Used to refer to cited works.
TERAS * n. (medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus.
HEGEL * n. German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831).
DACHA * n. Russian country house.
IDLY * r. In an idle manner.
COPASETIC * s. Completely satisfactory.
ENGAGING * s. Attracting or delighting.
FAUVISM * n. An art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists.
OCCULTISM * n. 1 The study of the supernatural. 2 A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control.
PLEIOSPILOS * n. Perennial succulents of South Africa.
DOORPLATE * n. A nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who works or lives there.
PICA-PICA * n. A stinging herb of tropical America.
NICARAGUA * n. A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821.
TAPE-RECORDED * s. Recorded on tape.
HORRIPILATE * v. 1 Have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps. 2 Cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps.
SOYBEAN * n. 1 A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food. 2 Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia. 3 The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein).
RUBICUND * s. Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.
DISPENSABLENESS * n. The quality possessed by something that you can get along without.
UNDERWORLD * n. 1 The criminal class. 2 (religion) The world of the dead.
FEATHERBRAINED * s. Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
SHREWISHLY * r. In a shrewish manner.
STEERING * n. 1 The act of guiding or showing the way. 2 The act of setting and holding a course. 3 The act of steering a ship.
ONONDAGA * n. 1 A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River. 2 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Onondaga.
SCHIAPARELLI * n. 1 Italian astronomer who first noted lines (which he called canals) on the surface of Mars (1835-1910). 2 Fashion designer born in Italy who was noted for her use of synthetic materials and brilliant colors (1896-1973).
HEIR-AT-LAW * n. The person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate.
SYLLOGISER * n. Logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning.
GOSSIP * --n. 1 Light informal conversation for social occasions. 2 A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. 3 A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others. --v. 1 Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies. 2 Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
PENTHOUSE * n. An apartment located on the top floors of a building.
UNDERSHOOT * v. 1 Fall short of (the runway) in a landing. 2 Shoot short of or below (a target).
ISLE * n. A small island.
BAMBUSA * n. Tall tender clumping bamboos.
COSTATE * s. 1 (of the surface) Having a rough, riblike texture. 2 Having ribs.
BIHAR * n. A state of northeastern India.
WEBER * n. 1 A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells. 2 German physicist and brother of E. H. Weber; noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1804-1891). 3 United States abstract painter (born in Russia) (1881-1961). 4 German sociologist and pioneer of the analytic method in sociology (1864-1920).
GOSPEL * n. 1 The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings. 2 An unquestionable truth. 3 Folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul). 4 The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group.
ZAP * --n. A sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact. --v. 1 Strike suddenly and with force. 2 Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting. 3 Strike at with firepower or bombs. 4 Cook or heat in a microwave oven.
DOUBLING * n. 1 Increase by a factor of two. 2 Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2.
SMITANE * n. Veloute or brown sauce with sauteed chopped onion and dry white wine and sour cream.
CONDORCET * n. French mathematician and philosopher (1743-1794).
IMMUNOLOGIST * n. A medical scientist who specializes in immunology.
CONTROVERSIALLY * r. Involving controversy.
SELLOFF * n. A sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade.
MANURE * --n. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material. --v. Spread manure, as for fertilization.
MAYETIOLA * n. A genus of Cecidomyidae.
CRANIOTOMY * n. A surgical opening through the skull.
ACTUAL * --a. Presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible. --s. 1 Taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated. 2 Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something. 3 Existing in act or fact. 4 Being or existing at the present moment.
SEVENTEENTH * --n. Position 17 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the sixteenth in position.
EARFUL * n. 1 An outpouring of gossip. 2 A severe scolding.
CRUCIFIXION * n. 1 The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross. 2 The death of Jesus by crucifixion. 3 The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
DORSOVENTRAL * s. Extending from the back to the belly.
LUTECIUM * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium.
LYCOPUS * n. Small genus of herbs of the mint family.
HEDGEHOP * v. Fly very close to the ground.
BRADY * n. 1 United States pioneer photographer famous for his portraits; was the official Union photographer for the American Civil War (1823-1896). 2 United States financier noted for his love of diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle (1856-1917).
EUDEMONISM * n. An ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason.
DELAYER * n. A person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late.
LOW-TENSION * a. Subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage.
FEATHERBED * --n. A mattress stuffed with feathers. --v. 1 Treat with excessive indulgence. 2 Hire more workers than are necessary.
WOODCHUCK * n. Reddish brown North American marmot.
SPUE * v. 1 Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth. 2 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
SOIL * --n. 1 The state of being covered with unclean things. 2 The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. 3 Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use). 4 The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state. --v. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
LA * n. 1 A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth. 2 A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. 3 The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
NOEMI * n. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
ASTER * n. 1 Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers. 2 Star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis.
EMITTER * n. The electrode in a transistor where electrons originate.
NYMPHOMANIA * n. Abnormally intense sexual desire in women.
HIGH-PRESSURE * s. Aggressively and persistently persuasive.
TRUSS * --n. 1 (medicine) A bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure. 2 A framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure. 3 (architecture) A triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent). --v. 1 Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it. 2 Secure with or as if with ropes. 3 Support structurally.
DENDRIFORM * s. Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
SIRLOIN * n. The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump.
NAMEPLATE * n. A plate bearing a name.
UNDERFRAME * n. The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape.
TRENAIL * n. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast.
CAPITATION * n. A tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person.
BOWKNOT * n. A knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces.
MAGNUM * n. A large wine bottle for liquor or wine.
STATIONS * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary.
GENTAMICIN * n. An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract.
WEIGHTLIFTING * n. Bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights.
TIMIDLY * r. In a shy or timid or bashful manner.
EGG-AND-ANCHOR * n. A decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape.
PORTRAYER * n. A painter or drawer of portraits.
LORCA * n. Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936).
LIVISTONA * n. Fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia.
JOINING * n. The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication).
MID-FEBRUARY * n. The middle part of February.
HUBEL * n. United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926).
STIRRING * --n. 1 Agitating a liquid with an implement. 2 Arousing to a particular emotion or action. --s. 1 Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement. 2 Exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions.
MICACEOUS * a. Hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica.
LAGEND * n. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
PROGRAMMER * n. A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
FALCATE * s. Curved like a sickle.
STAIR-ROD * n. A rod that holds a stair-carpet in the angle between two steps.
VEADAR * n. Included seven times in every 19 years.
SERDICA * n. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
CHINK * --n. 1 (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Chinese descent. 2 A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall. 3 A short light metallic sound. --v. 1 Make or emit a high sound. 2 Fill the chinks of, as with caulking. 3 Make cracks or chinks in.
COMMENCE * v. 1 Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. 2 Set in motion, cause to start. 3 Get off the ground.
SEAMED * --a. Having or joined by a seam or seams. --s. (used especially of skin) Marked by lines or seams.
SBW * n. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
UNWOVEN * a. Not woven.
URGING * n. 1 A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something. 2 The act of earnestly supporting or encouraging. 3 Insistent solicitation and entreaty.
BRUXELLES * n. The capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
CAPRINE * a. Being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats.
OCEANITES * n. A genus of Hydrobatidae.
WROTH * s. Vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
COUNTERINTUITIVELY * r. In a counterintuitive manner.
DREAMLAND * n. A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination.
CRAWDAD * n. 1 Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly. 2 Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
WHITELASH * n. Backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances.
CHANTRY * n. 1 An endowment for the singing of Masses. 2 A chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor.
GOBIIDAE * n. Gobies.
IMPEACHABILITY * n. The state of being liable to impeachment.
ALEXANDER * n. 1 European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb. 2 King of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC).
PLAYLIST * n. A list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio.
MITTERRAND * n. French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996).
GNOMISH * s. Used of small deformed creatures.
MONITORING * n. The act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it).
RINGLIKE * s. Having the shape of a ring.
SAUCER-SHAPED * s. Having a concave shape like a saucer.
YIDDISH * n. A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script.
TEUTONIC * a. Of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages.
GRADIENT * n. 1 A graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension. 2 The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.
ANTUM * n. Babylonian consort of Anu.
TRANSITIONALLY * r. As a transitional step or in a transitional manner.
VITIATED * s. 1 Impaired by diminution. 2 Ruined in character or quality.
EAST * --n. 1 The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees. 2 The countries of Asia. 3 The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River. 4 The direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point. --a. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east. --r. To, toward, or in the east.
BOOGIE-WOOGIE * n. An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
FLAMBOYANTLY * r. In a fancy colorful manner.
VERNATION * n. (botany) The arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens.
CADENT * s. Marked by a rhythmical cadence.
THRINAX * n. Small to medium-sized fan palms.
SOFTEN * v. 1 Make (images or sounds) soft or softer. 2 Lessen in force or effect. 3 Give in, as to influence or pressure. 4 Protect from impact.
JOCKEY * --n. 1 Someone employed to ride horses in horse races. 2 An operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus. --v. 1 Defeat someone through trickery or deceit. 2 Compete (for an advantage or a position). 3 Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.
PLANNING * n. 1 An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action. 2 The act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise. 3 The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening.
BURSTER * n. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
EMBARRASS * v. 1 Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. 2 Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.
SEMICENTENNIAL * --n. The 50th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary.
PALI * n. An ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism.
SPLICE * --n. 1 A junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together. 2 Joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together. --v. 1 Join the ends of. 2 Perform a marriage ceremony. 3 Join together so as to form new genetic combinations. 4 Join by interweaving strands.
PENANCE * n. 1 Remorse for your past conduct. 2 A Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution. 3 Voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing.
HERNIA * n. Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes.
SLICKED * s. (of hair) Made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance.
DEPOPULATION * n. The condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all).
HARRISIA * n. Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America.
MESOAMERICAN * --n. A member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica. --a. Of or relating to the people of Mesoamerica or their languages or cultures.
GEOTHERMALLY * r. By means of heat from the interior of the earth.
77 * s. Being seven more than seventy.
GUJARAT * n. An industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay.
AUTHORISED * --a. Endowed with authority. --s. Sanctioned by established authority.
TRANSMOGRIFICATION * n. The act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one).
CHAULMUGRA * n. East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy.
CONDEMN * v. 1 Express strong disapproval of. 2 Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation. 3 Compel or force into a particular state or activity. 4 Demonstrate the guilt of (someone).
VISKEN * n. An oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension.
ARTICULATE * --v. 1 Provide with a joint. 2 Put into words or an expression. 3 Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. 4 Unite by forming a joint or joints. --a. 1 Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language. 2 Consisting of segments held together by joints.
MODIFIER * n. 1 A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb. 2 A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising. 3 A person who changes something. 4 A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene.
GYMNOSOPHICAL * a. Of or relating to gymnosophy.
VISA * --n. An endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it. --v. 1 Provide (a passport) with a visa. 2 Approve officially.
LEAR * n. 1 British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888). 2 The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters.
CRATEVA * n. Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs.
MISPLACE * v. 1 Place (something) where one cannot find it again. 2 Place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position.
CLUMP * --n. 1 A grouping of a number of similar things. 2 A compact mass. 3 A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). --v. 1 Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. 2 Come together as in a cluster or flock. 3 Walk clumsily. 4 Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.
BURDENLESS * s. Not encumbered with a physical burden or load.
TOGS * n. Informal terms for clothing.
TOGOLESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Togo. --a. Of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people.
DHU'L-HIJJAH * n. The twelfth month of the Islamic calendar and the season of the hajj; has one extra day in leap years.
LEFT-HAND * s. 1 Intended for the left hand. 2 Located on or directed toward the left.
CONTROLLED * a. Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
EMENDED * s. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
RHUBARB * n. 1 Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened. 2 Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous.
DAMOSEL * n. A young unmarried woman.
BUTTON * --n. 1 A round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes. 2 An electrical switch operated by pressing. 3 Any of various plant parts that resemble buttons. 4 A round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment. --v. 1 Provide with buttons. 2 Fasten with buttons.
CONTRADICTORINESS * n. The relation that exists when opposites cannot coexist.
PARABOLOID * n. A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis.
SINNINGIA * n. Genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America.
UNITIZATION * n. 1 (psychology) The configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units. 2 The act of packaging cargo into unit loads. 3 Conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust. 4 The joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies.
PROCYONID * n. Plantigrade carnivorous mammals.
PHILOSOPHER * n. 1 A specialist in philosophy. 2 A wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity.
MIXING * n. The act of mixing together.
UNREMORSEFUL * a. Not penitent or remorseful.
GOMPHRENA * n. Genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia.
HEMODYNAMIC * a. Or of relating to or involved in hemodynamics.
JOINTLY * r. 1 In collaboration or cooperation. 2 In conjunction with; combined.
THERAPSID * n. Probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals.
KALANSUWA * n. A cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders.
MINUTEMAN * n. 1 An American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution. 2 A strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos.
CHAMOIS * n. 1 A soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin. 2 Hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
SOPPY * s. 1 Wet through and through; thoroughly wet. 2 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
HAPPENSTANCE * n. An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.
CHOLINE * n. A B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat.
MIDBRAIN * n. The middle portion of the brain.
SUBDIVISION * n. 1 An area composed of subdivided lots. 2 The act of subdividing; division of something previously divided. 3 A division of some larger or more complex organization. 4 A self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).
PROMULGATION * n. 1 A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen. 2 The official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect. 3 The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice.
STRETCHINESS * n. The capacity for being stretched.
REDRESS * --n. 1 A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. 2 Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. --v. Make reparations or amends for.
BIMETALLIC * --a. Pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals. --s. Formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together.
GIMCRACK * --n. Ornamental objects of no great value. --s. Tastelessly showy.
EXTORTION * n. 1 An exorbitant charge. 2 Unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority). 3 The felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence).
UNGUICULATED * a. Having or resembling claws or nails.
BERNSTEIN * n. United States conductor and composer (1918-1990).
MONEGASQUE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Monaco. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
PARJI * n. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
GRANDSTANDER * n. Someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand.
LINUM * n. A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves.
SOBERLY * r. In a grave and sober manner.
TRUDGER * n. Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner.
LYGINOPTERIS * n. Genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous.
MISTRAL * n. A strong north wind that blows in France during the winter.
POLYMORPHEMIC * a. Consisting of two or more morphemes.
VELVET-LEAF * n. 1 Arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States. 2 Tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States.
TERNARY * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. --s. Having three units or components or elements.
ACQUIESCENT * s. Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest.
ALPHABETISER * n. A literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order.
VISCOSIMETRIC * a. Of or relating to the measurement of viscosity.
HARMONISE * v. 1 Go together. 2 Write a harmony for. 3 Sing or play in harmony. 4 Bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously.
ANAXIMENES * n. A presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC).
BEXTRA * n. A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract.
ARISTOCRACY * n. 1 A privileged class holding hereditary titles. 2 The most powerful members of a society.
DEADLOCK * n. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.
SWIVET * n. A panic or extreme discomposure.
OVERLARGE * s. Excessively large.
CONNIPTION * n. A display of bad temper.
MEDIASTINUM * n. The part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and trachea and thymus.
DUN * --n. 1 Horse of a dull brownish grey color. 2 A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. --v. 1 Treat cruelly. 2 Persistently ask for overdue payment. 3 Cure by salting. 4 Make a dun color. --s. Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color.
FIRESIDE * n. 1 An area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room). 2 Home symbolized as a part of the fireplace.
SYNOICOUS * s. Having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium.
PETALLED * a. (of flowers) Having petals.
EXPANSE * n. 1 A wide scope. 2 The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary. 3 A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky.
SEARCHINGLY * r. In a searching manner.
ADZ * n. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
SIALIDAE * n. An arthropod family including: alderflies.
SERENESS * n. A withered dryness.
UNANGRY * a. Not angry.
UNIFORM * --n. Clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification. --v. Provide with uniforms. --a. 1 Always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences. 2 Not differentiated. --s. 1 The same throughout in structure or composition. 2 Evenly spaced.
DOUBLE-CROSSING * n. An act of betrayal.
BLACKEN * v. 1 Make or become black. 2 Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
FATISM * n. Discrimination against people who are overweight.
AALBORG * n. A city and port in northern Jutland.
PLUNK * --n. 1 A hollow twanging sound. 2 (baseball) Hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly. --v. 1 Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. 2 Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. 3 Drop steeply. 4 Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion. --r. With a short hollow thud.
CHIPOTLE * n. A ripe jalapeno that has been dried for use in cooking.
BMDO * n. An agency in the Department of Defense that is responsible for making ballistic missile defense a reality.
VAPID * s. 1 Lacking taste or flavor or tang. 2 Lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest.
PANORPIDAE * n. A family of insects of the order Mecoptera.
SEAPLANE * --n. An airplane that can land on or take off from water. --v. Glide on the water in a hydroplane.
TANSY * n. Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally.
RHIZOMORPH * n. A dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi.
WINE * --n. 1 Fermented juice (of grapes especially). 2 A red as dark as red wine. --v. 1 Drink wine. 2 Treat to wine.
CHILOE * n. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile.
REPATRIATE * --n. A person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored. --v. 1 Send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees. 2 Admit back into the country.
ACETYLATE * v. 1 Receive substitution of an acetyl group. 2 Introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound).
CALTHA * n. A genus of Caltha.
CENTERED * s. Being or placed in the center.
KAZAKHSTAN * n. A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991.
NORMALITY * n. 1 Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning. 2 (of a solution) Concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter. 3 Expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common. 4 Conformity with the norm.
ANAESTHETISE * v. Administer an anesthetic drug to.
BLEARY * s. 1 Tired to the point of exhaustion. 2 Indistinct or hazy in outline.
METONYMIC * s. Using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated.
PORPHYRIA * n. A genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion.
LOW-COST * s. That you have the financial means for.
FERRARA * n. A city in northern Italy.
EXHIBIT * --n. 1 An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence. 2 Something shown to the public. --v. 1 Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill. 2 To show, make visible or apparent. 3 Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. 4 Walk ostentatiously.
MITCHELL * n. 1 English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937). 2 United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936). 3 United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae (1818-1889). 4 United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949).
CHOLECYSTECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the gall bladder (usually for relief of gallstone pain).
SUDRA * n. 1 A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste. 2 The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status.
PEMICAN * n. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians.
PLATEFUL * n. The quantity contained in a plate.
IMPARTIALLY * r. In an impartial manner.
DOTE * v. 1 Be foolish or senile due to old age. 2 Shower with love; show excessive affection for.
BOOKWORM * n. 1 A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit. 2 Someone who spends a great deal of time reading.
PEGMATITE * n. A form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements.
NEUROANATOMIC * a. Of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system.
SEBUM * n. The oily secretion of the sebaceous glands; with perspiration it moistens and protects the skin.
HATEMONGER * n. One who arouses hatred for others.
KIBIBYTE * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
TONGUEFISH * n. Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value.
IRAKI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Iraq. --a. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
YR * n. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
LOGRONO * n. A city in northern Spain on the Ebro River.
RUDDER * n. 1 A hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes. 2 (nautical) Steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel.
BARRICADE * --n. 1 A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.. 2 A barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy. --v. 1 Render unsuitable for passage. 2 Prevent access to by barricading. 3 Block off with barricades.
MORPHEMIC * a. Of or relating to morphemes.
HYPOTHECATE * v. 1 Pledge without delivery or title of possession. 2 To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
NEUROTICALLY * r. In a neurotic manner.
OWEN * n. 1 Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858). 2 English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892).
WAITING * --n. The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something). --s. Being and remaining ready and available for use.
MYOPUS * n. A genus of Cricetidae.
OPERAGOER * n. A patron of the opera.
ZOLAESQUE * a. In the manner of Emile Zola.
TYRR * n. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu.
ORGANIZER * n. 1 A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise. 2 Someone who enlists workers to join a union. 3 A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc..
WEATHER * --n. The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation. --v. 1 Face and withstand with courage. 2 Cause to slope. 3 Sail to the windward of. 4 Change under the action or influence of the weather. --s. Towards the side exposed to wind.
SANATORIUM * n. 1 A hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases. 2 Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
ADAPTOR * n. Device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible.
INQUIRER * n. Someone who asks a question.
EXPRESSIONISM * n. An art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality.
SALTSHAKER * n. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt.
UNGRUDGING * s. Without envy or reluctance.
ER * n. 1 A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium. 2 A room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment.
BRACHIUM * n. (biology) A branching or armlike part of an animal.
OUTLINED * s. Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary.
PSEUDOCYESIS * n. Physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant.
BOTTOMED * a. Having a bottom of a specified character.
CHLORAMPHENICOL * n. An oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever).
PACHYRHIZUS * n. Small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots.
UNDERCOVER * s. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
ANTIQUITY * n. 1 The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe. 2 Extreme oldness. 3 An artifact surviving from the past.
NEUROPILE * n. The complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded.
DIRT * --n. 1 The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock. 2 The state of being covered with unclean things. 3 Obscene terms for feces. 4 Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people. --s. (of roads) Not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel.
AMELIORATE * v. 1 To make better. 2 Get better.
HYPEROGLYPHE * n. A genus of Stromateidae.
CORRUGATE * v. Fold into ridges.
EHF * n. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
EVANESCENT * s. Tending to vanish like vapor.
UNORDERED * --a. Not arranged in order. --s. Not arranged in order hierarchically.
CORNER * --n. 1 A place off to the side of an area. 2 The point where two lines meet or intersect. 3 An interior angle formed by two meeting walls. 4 The intersection of two streets. --v. 1 Gain control over. 2 Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. 3 Turn a corner.
GRANULOMATOUS * a. Relating to or characterized by granulomas.
ENTERPRISINGNESS * n. Readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
GUNFIRE * n. The act of shooting a gun.
SCIATICA * n. Neuralgia along the sciatic nerve.
INTUITIVELY * r. In an intuitive manner.
VIRUS * n. 1 (virology) Ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein. 2 A harmful or corrupting agency. 3 A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
BIFORM * s. Having or combining two forms.
FINE-LOOKING * s. Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion.
TASTEFULNESS * n. Elegance indicated by good taste.
CROMLECH * n. A prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone.
PREWAR * a. Existing or belonging to a time before a war.
FORETHOUGHTFUL * s. Thoughtful of the future.
SOU'-SOU'-WEST * --n. The compass point midway between south and southwest. --r. To, toward, or in the south southwest.
KIRIBATI * n. An island republic in the west central Pacific just to the south of the equator.
JAK * n. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted.
NEUROHORMONE * n. A hormone that is released by nerve impulses (e.g., norepinephrine or vasopressin).
LENGTHENING * n. The act of prolonging something.
FIELD-TEST * v. Test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used.
NORTHERNNESS * n. The property of being to the north.
ATMOSPHERE * n. 1 A particular environment or surrounding influence. 2 A unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade. 3 The mass of air surrounding the Earth. 4 The weather or climate at some place.
LYTTON * n. English writer of historical romances (1803-1873).
ATM * n. 1 A unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade. 2 A means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data. 3 An unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used.
CHANCRE * n. A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis).
STEEL * --n. 1 An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range. 2 A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. 3 Knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod. --v. 1 Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant. 2 Cover, plate, or edge with steel.
BRIGHTLY-COLOURED * s. Having a bright color.
ASTRINGENT * --n. A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals. --s. Sour or bitter in taste. --a. Tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue.
GENERICALLY * r. 1 Without a trademark or brand name. 2 As sharing a common genus.
WALLOP * --n. 1 A forceful consequence; a strong effect. 2 A severe blow. --v. 1 Hit hard. 2 Defeat soundly and utterly.
CLOSTRIDIUM * n. Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore.
ROLODEX * n. (trademark) A desktop rotary card index with removable cards; usually used for names, addresses, and telephone numbers.
AUTOMERIS * n. Io moth.
KAMET * n. A mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high).
SNAKE-HAIRED * s. (of monsters) Having snakes for hair.
HOSTLER * n. Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
QUARTERING * n. 1 A coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages. 2 Living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel). 3 Dividing into four equal parts.
VALE * n. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
LINGUISTICS * n. 1 The scientific study of language. 2 The humanistic study of language and literature.
KELP * n. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.
LEPROSE * s. Rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf.
SECRETIVELY * r. In a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy.
MANILLA * n. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
MV * n. 1 A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt. 2 A radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol).
ERIOCAULACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts.
DERELICT * --n. 1 A person without a home, job, or property. 2 A ship abandoned on the high seas. --s. 1 Worn and broken down by hard use. 2 Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. 3 Failing in what duty requires. 4 In deplorable condition.
PUGILISM * n. Fighting with the fists.
CRYONIC * a. Of or relating to cryonics.
INSUBSTANTIAL * --a. Lacking material form or substance; unreal. --s. 1 Lacking in nutritive value. 2 Lacking solidity or strength.
PRE-CHRISTIAN * a. Of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era.
COSTMARY * n. 1 Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum. 2 Leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings.
TAAL * n. An official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish.
CHEMOTHERAPY * n. The use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness).
OUTRANK * v. Take precedence or surpass others in rank.
CHIONANTHUS * n. Deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree.
CYPERUS * n. Type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions.
PURPLE-EYED * s. (of flowers) Having a purple eyelike marking.
USURY * n. 1 An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest. 2 The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest.
KISHKE * n. (Judaism) Roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet.
ECDYSIAST * n. A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.
ZING * n. 1 A brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound. 2 The activeness of an energetic personality.
STABILIZER * n. 1 A chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state. 2 Airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft. 3 A device for making something stable.
TIEPIN * n. A pin used to hold the tie in place.
CRACOW * n. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
THEOSOPHIST * n. A believer in theosophy.
SUDOR * n. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.
SAPPORO * n. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido.
FRONTIERSMAN * n. A man who lives on the frontier.
WORKDAY * n. 1 A day on which work is done. 2 The amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage.
MANEUVERER * n. A person skilled in maneuvering.
MANIACALLY * r. In a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree.
PARSE * v. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
DISPLUME * v. 1 Strip of honors, possessions, or attributes. 2 Strip of feathers.
SIRRAH * n. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger.
TUBMAN * n. United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913).
PIASTRE * n. 1 A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria. 2 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey.
KINDHEARTED * s. Having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition.
BITCH * --n. 1 An unpleasant difficulty. 2 A person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked. 3 Informal terms for objecting. 4 Female of any member of the dog family. --v. 1 Complain. 2 Say mean things.
45TH * s. The ordinal number of forty-five in counting order.
ROASTED * s. (meat) Cooked by dry heat in an oven.
DISPRAISE * n. The act of speaking contemptuously of.
PITILESSNESS * n. 1 Feelings of extreme heartlessness. 2 Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity.
PEACH-WOOD * n. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
EVALUATION * n. 1 Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of. 2 An appraisal of the value of something.
ESTRILDA * n. Avadavats.
ROSE-LAVENDER * s. Of lavender tinged with rose.
CONSUMMATED * a. Brought to completion.
ZANNICHELLIA * n. Horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae.
GIA * n. A terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.
AVENA * n. Oats.
ATTENDING * n. 1 The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. 2 The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.).
PENCILLED * a. Drawn or written with a pencil.
SAUCINESS * n. Inappropriate playfulness.
NOTICEABLY * r. In a noticeable manner.
PERENNATION * n. The process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant).
TOXICOGNATH * n. Either of a pair of poison fangs in the modified front pair of legs of the centipede.
UNCHEERFUL * a. Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.
OLEANDRA * n. Or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns.
LOOSESTRIFE * n. 1 Any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum. 2 Any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia.
HEXADECIMAL * a. Of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base.
TASTE-TESTER * n. Someone who samples food or drink for its quality.
FATTENING * s. Subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter.
TRANSECT * v. Cut across or divide transversely.
DISUNITE * v. 1 Part; cease or break association with. 2 Force, take, or pull apart.
DECARBOXYLATION * n. The process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen).
TAPPA * n. 1 The thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus. 2 A paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark.
WILKINS * n. 1 United States civil rights leader (1901-1981). 2 Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958). 3 English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004).
DISASSEMBLY * n. The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery).
UPTIGHT * s. Being in a tense state.
HARDBOUND * s. Having a hard back or cover.
ENKINDLED * s. Set afire.
ADIPOSIS * n. The property of excessive fatness.
SALISBURY * n. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
DYNAMITIST * n. A person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause.
ELK-WOOD * n. Small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches.
TOPOS * n. A traditional theme or motif or literary convention.
DILTIAZEM * n. A calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure.
BILGEWATER * n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
ZETTABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 exabytes or 10^21 bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibytes or 2^70 bytes.
CAVIIDAE * n. A family of Hystricomorpha.
PREDOMINATE * --v. 1 Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. 2 Appear very large or occupy a commanding position. --s. Having superior power and influence.
ALBERTA * n. One of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals.
VERTICIL * n. A whorl of leaves growing around a stem.
LYDIAN * n. An Anatolian language.
SYNCHRO * n. A system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized.
INSULATE * v. 1 Protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material. 2 Place or set apart.
CRACKDOWN * n. Severely repressive actions.
INSENSITIVE * a. 1 Not responsive to physical stimuli. 2 Deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive.
NONINDULGENCE * n. The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
WHALE * --n. 1 A very large person; impressive in size or qualities. 2 Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head. --v. Hunt for whales.
AEGEAN * --n. An arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization. 2 Of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea.
OVERVIEW * n. A general summary of a subject.
THAMNOPHIS * n. Garter snakes.
MIDDEN * n. 1 (archeology) A mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement. 2 A heap of dung or refuse.
UNTENDED * s. Lacking care and attention.
LOCKE * n. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704).
WALKY-TALKY * n. Small portable radio link (receiver and transmitter).
CAGE * --n. 1 An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept. 2 Something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement. 3 United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992). 4 The net that is the goal in ice hockey. --v. Confine in a cage.
PRONOUNCE * v. 1 Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. 2 Pronounce judgment on.
CALLER-UP * n. The person initiating a telephone call.
DYTISCIDAE * n. Water beetles.
GOAL-KICK * n. 1 (rugby) An attempt to kick a goal. 2 (association football) A kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line.
SPACKLE * n. Powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster.
ANGIOCARDIOGRAM * n. A series of X rays representing the action of the heart and its blood vessels after the injection of a radiopaque substance.
STERILIZATION * n. 1 The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce). 2 The procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means).
PETROCHEMICAL * n. Any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas.
KIRKUK * n. A city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean.
HANDS-OFF * s. Not involving participation or intervention.
DISBAR * v. Remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action.
KNEE-HIGH * --n. A sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees. --r. Up to the knees.
FISHING * n. 1 The act of someone who fishes as a diversion. 2 The occupation of catching fish for a living.
CURT * s. 1 Marked by rude or peremptory shortness. 2 Brief and to the point; effectively cut short.
FORWARD * --n. 1 The person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey. 2 A position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team. --v. Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit. --a. 1 At or near or directed toward the front. 2 Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty. 3 Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle. --s. Moving forward. --r. 1 At or to or toward the front. 2 Forward in time or order or degree. 3 Toward the future; forward in time. 4 In a forward direction.
GOLDONI * n. Prolific Italian dramatist (1707-1793).
CONSULATE * n. Diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul.
CASSOCK * n. A black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers.
UNUSEABLE * s. Not capable of being used.
XERIC * a. Being deficient in moisture.
WARFARIN * n. An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.
BRONZED * s. (of skin) Having a tan color from exposure to the sun.
POSTING * n. 1 A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. 2 (bookkeeping) A listing on the company's records. 3 The transmission of a letter.
METHODICALLY * r. In a methodical manner.
BALLETIC * a. Characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet.
ARTHROPATHY * n. A pathology or abnormality of a joint.
JURIDIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the law or jurisprudence. 2 Relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge.
NIXON * n. Vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994).
UNDESERVEDLY * r. In an unmerited manner.
PONE * n. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern).
DAMNABLE * s. Deserving a curse.
THIRTY-FOUR * s. Being four more than thirty.
HEREINAFTER * r. In a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc..
CERTITUDE * n. Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant.
WITHERINGLY * r. In a withering manner.
CYCLOOXYGENASE-1 * n. An enzyme that regulates prostaglandins that are important for the health of the stomach lining and kidneys.
TOTEM * n. 1 A clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object. 2 Emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians).
BAGPIPER * n. Someone who plays the bagpipe.
LAUDABILITY * n. The quality of being worthy of praise.
EMIGRATION * n. Migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another).
BERRYLIKE * a. Resembling a berry.
HERMITIC * s. Characterized by ascetic solitude.
ACTINOID * --n. Any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103. --s. Having a radial form.
MINICOMPUTER * n. A digital computer of medium size.
NASALIZE * v. 1 Speak nasally or through the nose. 2 Pronounce with a lowered velum.
INDUSIUM * n. A membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern.
GOVERN * v. 1 Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. 2 Direct or strongly influence the behavior of. 3 Exercise authority over; as of nations. 4 Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood.
PROCHLORPERAZINE * n. Antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomiting.
PHILOSOPHIZE * v. Reason philosophically.
CALENDULA * n. Any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
TIGERISH * s. Resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy.
CLIFFHANGER * n. 1 A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end. 2 An episode that ends in suspense.
GALEORHINUS * n. A genus of Carcharhinidae.
NICENESS * n. 1 A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage. 2 The quality of nice. 3 The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze.
NORIA * n. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel.
ROSINESS * n. 1 A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. 2 A healthy reddish complexion. 3 A dusty pink color.
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY * r. In an unconstitutional manner.
AGONISTIC * --a. Of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece. --s. 1 Striving to overcome in argument. 2 Struggling for effect.
ADAPTER * n. 1 A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance. 2 Device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible.
OVERBEAR * v. 1 Overcome. 2 Bear too much. 3 Contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery.
HUSSITE * n. An adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss.
AWESOME * s. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
INHERENT * s. 1 Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic. 2 In the nature of something though not readily apparent.
BREAKFAST * --n. The first meal of the day (usually in the morning). --v. 1 Eat an early morning meal. 2 Provide breakfast for.
COUNTERPLOT * --n. A plot intended to subvert another plot. --v. Make a plot in response to another plot.
HITCH * --n. 1 A period of time spent in military service. 2 The state of inactivity following an interruption. 3 An unforeseen obstacle. 4 A connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls. --v. 1 To hook or entangle. 2 Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury. 3 Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched. 4 Travel by getting free rides from motorists.
MOZAMBIQUE * n. A republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975.
MALNOURISHED * a. Not being provided with adequate nourishment.
AFROPAVO * n. Both sexes are brightly colored.
ZANTAC * n. A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
THERMOSET * a. Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured.
PARAPHRENIA * n. A form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner.
OSMIUM * n. A hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known.
GLOSSY * --n. 1 A magazine printed on good quality paper. 2 A photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper. --s. 1 Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing. 2 (of paper and fabric and leather) Having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers. 3 Reflecting light. 4 Superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense.
TECHNOPHILIA * n. Enthusiasm for new technology.
HESPERUS * n. A planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky.
BLUENOSE * n. A native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia.
IMMUNOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to immunology.
ROYALIST * n. 1 An advocate of the principles of monarchy. 2 A royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War.
SORREL * --n. 1 Any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis. 2 Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine. 3 East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber. 4 Large sour-tasting arrowhead-shaped leaves used in salads and sauces. --s. Of a light brownish color.
PIGMAN * n. A herder or swine.
PUFFER * n. 1 Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver. 2 Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers.
PROCTALGIA * n. Pain in the rectum.
DENATIONALIZE * v. Put under private control or ownership.
STEEP-SIDED * s. Having very steep sides.
VIOLONCELLIST * n. Someone who plays a violoncello.
IMBIBE * v. 1 Take in, also metaphorically. 2 Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution. 3 Take in liquids. 4 Receive into the mind and retain.
FLINTY * --a. Containing flint. --s. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
JUDAISM * n. 1 Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud. 2 The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud.
DIRECTED * s. 1 (often used in combination) Having a specified direction. 2 Manageable by a supervising agent.
ABBE * n. A French abbot.
RAVISHINGLY * r. In a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree.
BLUISH-LILAC * s. Of lavender tinged with blue.
KILN * n. A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
FOREORDAIN * v. 1 Foreordain by divine will or decree. 2 Foreordain or determine beforehand.
EMPATHETIC * s. Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states.
SCRUPULOUS * --a. Having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled. --s. Characterized by extreme care and great effort.
APHASMIDIA * n. One of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems.
STOMATE * n. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass.
LAIR * n. The habitation of wild animals.
SYNONYM * n. Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
OXYCEPHALY * n. A congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape.
CODARIOCALYX * n. Used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium.
ANASAZI * n. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
ANCHORAGE * n. 1 The condition of being secured to a base. 2 A fee for anchoring. 3 A city in south central Alaska. 4 Place for vessels to anchor.
PRAYA * n. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
SCHNAPS * n. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
STAGHOUND * n. A large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound.
UNDO * v. 1 Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect. 2 Deprive of certain characteristics. 3 Cause the ruin or downfall of. 4 Cause to become loose.
ABRUPTNESS * n. 1 An abrupt discourteous manner. 2 The property possessed by a slope that is very steep. 3 The quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning.
NUMISMATICS * n. The collection and study of money (and coins in particular).
SYRUP * n. A thick sweet sticky liquid.
OBERSON * n. (Middle Ages) The king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore.
UNSMOOTHED * s. Not having been made smooth by having hands run over the surface.
ZEEMAN * n. Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943).
AMICABLY * r. In an amicable manner.
ALUMROOT * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera.
SIMAROUBACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit.
SEMIANNUALLY * r. Twice a year.
SHITE * n. Obscene terms for feces.
SOLID-COLOURED * s. Having the same color all over.
BUDDLEIA * n. Tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers.
CONNOTATION * n. 1 What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression. 2 An idea that is implied or suggested.
COMBATIVENESS * n. A militant aggressiveness.
LIPMANN * n. United States biochemist (born in Germany) noted for his studies of metabolic processes (1899-1986).
VERBOTEN * s. Excluded from use or mention.
INCURABLENESS * n. Incapability of being cured or healed.
ERYTHROPOIETIN * n. A glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
ARGIOPIDAE * n. Spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution.
DEMAGNETIZATION * n. The process of removing magnetization.
PELL-MELL * --s. With undue hurry and confusion. --r. In a wild or reckless manner.
IRANIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Iran. 2 The modern Persian language spoken in Iran. --a. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
RAMONTCHI * n. Small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums.
PHINTIAS * n. Friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC).
ACICULA * n. A needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal.
MENADIONE * n. A form of vitamin K.
HUGHES * n. 1 English poet (born in 1930). 2 United States writer (1902-1967). 3 United States industrialist who was an aviator and a film producer; during the last years of his life he was a total recluse (1905-1976). 4 United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948).
PEPTIDE * n. Amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein.
POSTIMPRESSIONIST * n. An artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism.
VENDUE * n. The public sale of something to the highest bidder.
TRACHURUS * n. The scads (particularly horse mackerels).
NYMPHOMANIAC * --n. A woman with abnormal sexual desires. --s. (used of women) Affected with excessive sexual desire.
TELEGRAPHIC * --a. Of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph. --s. Having the style of a telegram with many short words left out.
BLOODLINE * n. 1 The descendants of one individual. 2 Ancestry of a purebred animal.
HYDROLYZE * v. Undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water.
UNMITIGATED * a. Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier.
SHE-OAK * n. Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina.
THREE-PARTY * s. Involving three parties or elements.
UNMASKING * n. The exposure of an impostor or a fraud.
PATKA * n. A scarf worn by Sikh men.
DASHINGLY * r. In a highly fashionable manner.
DETESTABLY * r. In an offensive and hateful manner.
FOMITE * n. Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
CLANNISH * s. 1 Characteristic of a clan especially in being unified. 2 Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
TERRITORY * n. 1 A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. 2 An area of knowledge or interest. 3 The geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state.
BIODEGRADABLE * s. Capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria.
MICROMERIA * n. Large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs.
NONJUDGMENTAL * a. Refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards.
SERF * n. (Middle Ages) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
ANESTHYL * n. A mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic.
CALEFACTIVE * s. Serving to heat.
VARIEDNESS * n. Characterized by variation.
RELEVANT * a. Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.
HEAT-ABSORBING * a. (of a chemical reaction or compound) Occurring or formed with absorption of heat.
MARUPA * n. Tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack.
HOOPS * n. A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop.
LORISIDAE * n. Slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless.
PILASTER * n. A rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached.
CONFESS * v. 1 Confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure. 2 Admit (to a wrongdoing). 3 Confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith.
PANDEMONIUM * n. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
DOMINGO * n. Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941).
POLYCHROMIC * s. Having or exhibiting many colors.
STATUETTE * n. A small carved or molded figure.
PAIRED * --s. 1 Occurring in pairs or as a pair. 2 Mated sexually. --a. Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem.
RECEPTIVELY * r. In a receptive manner.
BAD-MANNERED * s. Socially incorrect in behavior.
UNELABORATED * s. Giving only major points; lacking completeness.
ISLAMIC * a. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
OXYHAEMOGLOBIN * n. The bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs.
HURDLES * n. A footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles.
SANTIMS * n. 100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia.
PROFITABLE * a. Yielding material gain or profit.
PONDER * v. Reflect deeply on a subject.
SATURDAY * n. The seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians.
AFGHAN * --n. 1 A blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl. 2 A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. 3 An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan. 4 A coat made of sheepskin. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
DAINTINESS * n. The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance.
CENTROMERIC * a. Pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis.
YEW * n. 1 Wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows. 2 Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves.
GAMBIT * n. 1 An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker. 2 A maneuver in a game or conversation. 3 A chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position.
BROIL * --n. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill). --v. 1 Cook under a broiler. 2 Heat by a natural force. 3 Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun.
PRECARIOUSNESS * n. 1 Extreme dangerousness. 2 Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance.
OVERPLAY * v. Exaggerate one's acting.
PIRATICAL * a. 1 Characteristic of pirates. 2 Characteristic of piracy.
VAPORS * n. A state of depression.
TAXONOMIC * a. Of or relating to taxonomy.
TUGGER * n. Someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something.
ONE-TO-ONE * s. Used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set.
KISMAT * n. (Islam) The will of Allah.
EMBITTER * v. Cause to be bitter or resentful.
ARCHAISM * n. The use of an archaic expression.
DISMISSED * s. Having lost your job.
AGASTACHE * n. Giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop.
ONI * n. The military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy.
UNBUCKLE * v. Undo the buckle of.
RAMIFY * v. 1 Have or develop complicating consequences. 2 Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures. 3 Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
CRATEFUL * n. The quantity contained in a crate.
LITAS * n. The basic unit of money in Lithuania.
PRAISEWORTHY * s. Worthy of high praise.
SPORTSWEAR * n. Attire worn for sport or for casual wear.
WITTILY * r. In a witty manner.
PRICE * --n. 1 The property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold). 2 The amount of money needed to purchase something. 3 Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. 4 The high value or worth of something. --v. 1 Determine the price of. 2 Ascertain or learn the price of.
CABALIST * n. 1 A member of a cabal. 2 An expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters. 3 A student of the Jewish Kabbalah.
LADIN * n. A Rhaeto-Romance dialect of Romansh spoken in southeastern Switzerland.
GALATIANS * n. A New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians.
PHOENICULIDAE * n. Wood hoopoes.
MUSCADINE * n. 1 Native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties. 2 Dull-purple grape of southern United States.
SPIKED * s. Having a long sharp point.
CURRENCY * n. 1 The metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used. 2 General acceptance or use. 3 The property of belonging to the present time.
SANICLE * n. A plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers.
NIGGLING * s. (informal) Small and of little importance.
ALPINIA * n. Perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes.
AIRMANSHIP * n. The art of operating aircraft.
PHYLLOSTOMIDAE * n. New World leaf-nosed bats.
KLORVESS * n. Salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency.
TROPONOMY * n. The place names of a region or a language considered collectively.
RECURRING * s. Coming back.
UNTRODDEN * s. Lacking pathways.
GLAMOR * n. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).
BUMBLE * v. 1 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. 2 Walk unsteadily. 3 Speak haltingly.
FORTE-PIANO * n. A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.
YELLOWISH-BEIGE * s. Of beige tinged with yellow.
WOOD-BURNING * s. Fueled by wood.
MULTINATIONAL * s. Involving or operating in several nations or nationalities.
ELK * n. 1 Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America. 2 Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male. 3 Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia.
PRISTINE * s. 1 Completely free from dirt or contamination. 2 Immaculately clean and unused.
THINGMABOB * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
TIPSY * s. 1 Slightly intoxicated. 2 Unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated.
DOWNTOWN * --n. The central area or commercial center of a town or city. --a. Of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center. --r. Toward or in the lower or central part of town.
SOLIDIFICATION * n. The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization.
PROLAMINE * n. A simple protein found in plants.
NEURALGIC * a. Of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia.
QIANG * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan.
TRENCHER * n. 1 Someone who digs trenches. 2 A wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved.
VERIFIED * s. Proved to be true.
COLLEGIATE * a. Of or resembling or typical of a college or college students.
SEMI-PROSTRATE * s. Imperfectly prostrate; prostrate for part of its length.
TISSUE * --n. 1 Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function. 2 A soft thin (usually translucent) paper. --v. Create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton.
TAMUS * n. A genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes.
ATOMISTIC * a. Divided into separate and often disparate elements.
FLIRTATIOUSLY * r. In a flirtatious manner.
WARRANTEE * n. 1 A recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United States. 2 A customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given. 3 A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications.
PRECIPICE * n. A very steep cliff.
RUCTION * n. The act of making a noisy disturbance.
PLEXIMETER * n. A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations.
BIGHEARTEDNESS * n. The quality of being kind and generous.
MUNDANENESS * n. 1 The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment. 2 The quality of being commonplace and ordinary.
JOEL * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies.
PRIVET * n. Any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges.
BERRETTA * n. A stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy.
QUICK-WITTEDNESS * n. Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay.
ONETIME * s. Belonging to some prior time.
SNOBBISM * n. The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.
EXPLODE * v. 1 Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. 2 Burst outward, usually with noise. 3 Show a violent emotional reaction. 4 Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise.
HYPERSENSITIVE * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
POLEMICISE * v. Engage in a controversy.
SWORN * --s. Bound by or as if by an oath. --a. Bound by or stated on oath.
HORSEBACK * --n. 1 The back of a horse. 2 A narrow ridge of hills. --r. On the back of a horse.
LOUIS * n. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981).
O'CASEY * n. Irish playwright (1880-1964).
DYSGENESIS * n. Infertility between hybrids.
KAURY * n. Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood.
KENOSIS * n. The concept of emptying one's own will and receive God's will, in Catholicism.
MOONLESS * a. Without a moon or a visible moon.
INUNDATION * n. 1 The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. 2 An overwhelming number or amount.
HAZARDIA * n. Small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature.
THEREON * r. On that.
THICK-KNEE * n. Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint.
NITROSPAN * n. 1 A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat). 2 Trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
REPULSION * n. 1 The force by which bodies repel one another. 2 Intense aversion. 3 The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand.
PURGATION * n. 1 Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels. 2 A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites. 3 The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge.
ADH * n. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.
ENGINERY * n. Machinery consisting of engines collectively.
PINTLE * n. A pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge.
AUTARCHICAL * a. Of or relating to or characterized by autarchy.
DIFFERENTLY * r. In another and different manner.
DEEP * --n. 1 The central and most intense or profound part. 2 A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor. 3 Literary term for an ocean. --a. 1 Relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply. 2 Having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination. --s. 1 Marked by depth of thinking. 2 Very distant in time or space. 3 Intense or extreme. 4 Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range. --r. 1 To a great depth; far down or in. 2 To an advanced time. 3 To a great distance.
MODISHNESS * n. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
OVERNIGHT * --s. Lasting, open, or operating through the whole night. --r. 1 During or for the length of one night. 2 Happening in a short time or with great speed.
WEKA * n. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
BRACTEAL * a. Pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract.
QUOTER * n. A communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations.
CONTRABASSOON * n. The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family.
GROCER * n. A retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies).
TWO-YEAR * a. Having a life cycle lasting two seasons.
CENTRIST * --n. A person who takes a position in the political center. --s. Supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative.
FIVE-PETALED * s. (of flowers) Having five petals.
IRREPRODUCIBILITY * n. The quality of being unreproducible.
SORE-EYED * s. Having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis.
QUARTER-CIRCLE * n. A quarter of the circumference of a circle.
SHLEPPER * n. (Yiddish) An awkward and stupid person.
ANCIENTS * n. People who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe).
CARABINEER * n. A soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine.
INSEPARABLE * s. Not capable of being separated.
LOGICALITY * n. Correct and valid reasoning.
DICKEY-SEAT * n. A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
NUNG * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
OUTPACE * v. Surpass in speed.
DISREPUTE * n. The state of being held in low esteem.
UPENDED * s. Turned up on end.
BOLIVIA * n. 1 A landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain. 2 A form of canasta in which sequences can be melded.
ASPHODEL * n. Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers.
DETERMINISTIC * s. An inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes.
PARTICULARISE * v. Be specific about.
KELLY * n. 1 United States circus clown (1898-1979). 2 United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982). 3 United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996).
BUSTER * n. 1 An informal form of address for a man. 2 A robust child. 3 A person who breaks horses. 4 A person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something.
INSULARITY * n. The state of being isolated or detached.
DELIGHTFUL * s. Greatly pleasing or entertaining.
ANAPROX * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation.
BEASTLY * --s. 1 (informal) Very unpleasant. 2 Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility. --r. In a beastly manner.
SPAT * --n. 1 A quarrel about petty points. 2 A cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles. 3 A young oyster or other bivalve. --v. 1 Come down like raindrops. 2 Become permanently attached. 3 Strike with a sound like that of falling rain. 4 Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
TRIED * s. 1 Tested and proved useful or correct. 2 Tested and proved to be reliable.
PARTRIDGEBERRY * n. Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries.
SPINDLE-SHAPED * s. Tapering at each end.
PROFESSORSHIP * n. The position of professor.
KERATECTASIA * n. Abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye.
FATALLY * r. With fatal consequences or implications.
ENDEMICAL * a. Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality.
VICHYSSOISE * n. A creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions; usually served cold.
GRUNDYISM * n. Excessive or affected modesty.
POCKET * --n. 1 A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles. 2 An enclosed space. 3 A supply of money. 4 (bowling) The space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left. --v. 1 Put in one's pocket. 2 Take unlawfully.
METIER * n. 1 An asset of special worth or utility. 2 An occupation for which you are especially well suited.
MYELINISATION * n. The development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber.
DENOMINATE * v. Assign a name or title to.
RHIZOPOGONACEAE * n. A family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores.
PRIVATION * n. 1 A state of extreme poverty. 2 Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights.
RESPONDENT * --n. 1 The codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent. 2 Someone who responds. --s. Replying.
SOCIOPATH * n. Someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath').
GROSBEAK * n. Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.
DIGNIFYING * s. Investing with dignity or honor.
STUPE * n. A person who is not very bright.
PURGATIVE * --n. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels. --s. Strongly laxative.
PSILOTALES * n. Lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots.
TAKE-AWAY * s. Of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises.
PLUM-YEW * n. Any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals.
HAEMATOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs.
OENOMEL * n. Wine mixed with honey.
FASHION * --n. 1 How something is done or how it happens. 2 Characteristic or habitual practice. 3 The latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. 4 Consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode. --v. Make out of components (often in an improvising manner).
NEIGHBORHOOD * n. 1 A surrounding or nearby region. 2 People living near one another. 3 The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'). 4 An area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community).
REPERCUSSION * n. 1 A remote or indirect consequence of some action. 2 A movement back from an impact.
BOORISHNESS * n. 1 The manner of a rude or insensitive person. 2 Inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor.
AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA * n. A rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection.
BAGHDAD * n. Capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River.
THERMODYNAMICALLY * r. With respect to thermodynamics.
MATCHLESS * s. Eminent beyond or above comparison.
SERIPH * n. A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
TRIACETATE * n. Cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film.
EXTENUATION * n. 1 A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances. 2 To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
SWIM * --n. The act of swimming. --v. 1 Travel through water. 2 Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. 3 Be dizzy or giddy. 4 Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.
CUT-UP * n. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
REGALE * v. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
A-TEAM * n. A group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization.
SHARECROPPER * n. Small farmers and tenants.
BACKMOST * s. Located farthest to the rear.
MAKEDONIJA * n. The ancient kingdom of Philip II and Alexander the Great in the southeastern Balkans that is now divided among modern Macedonia and Greece and Bulgaria.
MARXISM-LENINISM * n. The political and economic theories of Lenin which provided the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries).
SWORDTAIL * n. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish.
OVERSHOT * s. Having an upper part projecting beyond the lower.
TENEBRIFIC * s. Dark and gloomy.
CHACHKA * n. 1 (Yiddish) An attractive, unconventional woman. 2 (Yiddish) An inexpensive showy trinket.
PICNICKER * n. A person who is picnicking.
UNASSERTIVELY * r. In an unassertive manner.
HELENA * n. Capital of the state of Montana; located in western Montana.
DOORYARD * n. A yard outside the front or rear door of a house.
JURAL * s. Of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations.
SPATTERED * s. Covered with bright patches (often used in combination).
MATRONYMIC * n. A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor.
HUNDRED-PERCENTER * n. An extreme bellicose nationalist.
MITTEN * n. Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
ASPHALTIC * a. Containing asphalt.
MENSTRUATION * n. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.
STUDHORSE * n. Adult male horse kept for breeding.
KEBAB * n. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
MONONUCLEOSIS * n. An acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing.
LONGEVITY * n. 1 Duration of service. 2 The property of being long-lived.
SPLAY * --n. An outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger. --v. 1 Spread open or apart. 2 Turn outward. 3 Move out of position. --s. Turned outward in an ungainly manner.
APOLUNE * n. Apoapsis in orbit around the moon.
CELASTRACEAE * n. Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits.
BROWN-SPECKLED * s. Having brown speckles.
NEW-MADE * s. Newly made.
GRADUALITY * n. The quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages.
MARBLING * n. The intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat.
OPOSSUM * n. 1 Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails. 2 Nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America.
HOMEOBOX * n. One of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development.
DESMODUS * n. Type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats.
REBURYING * n. The act of burying again.
PLEISTOCENE * n. From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution.
ALULAR * a. Pertaining to alulae.
DORM * n. A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
CYTOTOXICITY * n. The degree to which something is toxic to living cells.
PALATABILITY * n. 1 The property of being acceptable to the mouth. 2 Acceptability to the mind or feelings.
NONCOMBINING * s. Not able to combine.
WANGLE * --n. An instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery. --v. 1 Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods. 2 Tamper, with the purpose of deception.
PAEDOPHILE * n. An adult who is sexually attracted to children.
GIBINGLY * r. In a disrespectful jeering manner.
CONSERVANCY * n. 1 A commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river. 2 The official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc..
FILARIID * a. Of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae.
CHIGETAI * n. Mongolian wild ass.
GYMNAST * n. An athlete who is skilled in gymnastics.
NECKERCHIEF * n. A kerchief worn around the neck.
GLYCOGENIC * a. Of or relating to or involving glycogen.
HILLEL * n. Palestinian rabbi and interpreter of Judaic law.
MOUSE-EARED * s. Having ears like a mouse's.
SCRIMP * v. Subsist on a meager allowance.
DUMP * --n. 1 A coarse term for defecation. 2 A piece of land where waste materials are dumped. 3 (computer science) A copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs. 4 A place where supplies can be stored. --v. 1 Throw away as refuse. 2 Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly. 3 Sell at artificially low prices. 4 Drop (stuff) in a heap or mass.
PASSAMAQUODY * n. A member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick.
PITA * n. Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
BRAHMINICAL * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin.
IMMORTALISE * v. 1 Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event. 2 Make famous forever.
PLIOCENE * n. From 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals.
SUBWOOFER * n. A loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies.
ADMINISTRATIVELY * r. By or for an administrator.
KICKSHAW * n. Something considered choice to eat.
AGGRESSION * n. 1 A disposition to behave aggressively. 2 A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. 3 Violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. 4 The act of initiating hostilities.
WEEKEND * --n. A time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday. --v. Spend the weekend.
SCHUTZSTAFFEL * n. Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps.
DISCOUNTER * n. A sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price.
SUBSERVIENT * s. 1 Compliant and obedient to authority. 2 Serving or acting as a means or aid. 3 Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant.
CONSTITUTIONALLY * r. According to the constitution.
NONUPLE * s. Having nine units or components.
HEPATOMEGALY * n. Abnormal enlargement of the liver.
LOG-IN * v. Enter a computer.
SWIMWEAR * n. Tight fitting garment worn for swimming.
LBJ * n. 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973).
NOR-Q-D * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone.
DPHIL * n. A British doctorate.
FORTUNE * n. 1 An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. 2 A large amount of wealth or prosperity. 3 An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome. 4 Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).
VIBES * n. A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound.
LAMB-CHOP * n. Chop cut from a lamb.
MEDIEVAL * --a. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages. --s. 1 As if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened. 2 Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages.
SWORD-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a sword blade.
ALCIDAE * n. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc..
AM * n. 1 A radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms. 2 A master's degree in arts and sciences. 3 Modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave.
REPRIZE * v. Repeat an earlier theme of a composition.
ZESTFUL * s. Marked by spirited enjoyment.
SERPENS * n. A constellation in the equatorial region of the northern hemisphere near Ophiuchus and Corona Borealis.
CASEFUL * n. The quantity contained in a case.
JINRIKISHA * n. A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person.
COLORISE * v. Add color to.
RADIOCHEMIST * n. A chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry.
RITUAL * --n. 1 Any customary observance or practice. 2 The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies. 3 Stereotyped behavior. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals. 2 Of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals.
MISOGAMIST * n. A person who hates marriage.
VILLEINAGE * n. 1 The legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf. 2 Tenure by which a villein held land.
CHEREMISS * n. 1 A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis.
M * --n. 1 The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards). 2 Concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution. 3 The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. 4 A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
RAGSORTER * n. A worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking).
ARCHETYPE * n. Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies.
ASCOMYCETOUS * a. Related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes.
NATURALISED * s. Planted so as to give an effect of wild growth.
BROADSWORD * n. A sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab.
THINNER * n. A diluting agent.
STOVEPIPE * n. 1 Chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue. 2 A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.
WHIP-SNAKE * n. Any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails.
BROBDINGNAGIAN * --a. Huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag. --s. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
CONSTITUTIONALIST * n. An advocate of constitutional government.
FOOTLOCKER * n. A trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks).
FORCIBLY * r. In a forcible manner.
TRAPEZOIDAL * a. Resembling a trapezoid.
CHONDRIOSOME * n. An organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy.
ELEOCHARIS * n. Sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths.
LOGGIA * n. A roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level.
SCREAKILY * r. In a creaky manner.
DENSIFICATION * n. An increase in the density of something.
BOLT * --n. 1 A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder. 2 A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech. 3 The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key. 4 The act of moving with great haste. --v. 1 Move or jump suddenly. 2 Secure or lock with a bolt. 3 Swallow hastily. 4 Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. --r. 1 In a rigid manner. 2 Directly.
TENDENCIOUS * s. Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one.
OBTURATE * v. Block passage through.
SHOWY * s. 1 Marked by ostentation but often tasteless. 2 Displaying brilliance and virtuosity. 3 (used especially of clothes) Marked by conspicuous display. 4 Superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense.
INDICATIVE * --n. A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact. --a. Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements. --s. (usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly.
LARIDAE * n. Gull family: gulls and terns.
BEARNAISE * n. A sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice.
LOCOWEED * n. 1 Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock. 2 Street names for marijuana.
DEIPNOSOPHIST * n. Someone skilled at informal chitchat.
COMMUNICATIONAL * s. Used in communication.
SALVAGEABLE * s. Capable of being saved from ruin.
NEOCLASSICISM * n. Revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation.
SAIDA * n. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
MADAME * n. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
BALTHASAR * n. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
LIBRETTIST * n. Author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta.
DOFF * v. Remove.
ANALYTICAL * a. 1 Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles). 2 Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.
UNPATRIOTICALLY * r. In an unpatriotic manner.
CETUS * n. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
EXOSTOSIS * n. A benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage).
SLASHER * n. 1 Someone who slashes another person. 2 A weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing.
MASS-PRODUCED * s. Produced in quantity often by assembly-line techniques.
JESUS * n. 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).
UNINFECTED * s. Free from sepsis or infection.
DECOLORISE * v. Remove color from.
LIPOPROTEIN * n. A conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood.
CENTAUREA * n. Knapweed; star thistle.
TWO-TOED * s. Having two toes.
THIMBLEWEED * n. A common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles.
CRANIUM * n. The part of the skull that encloses the brain.
MEALTIME * n. The hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten.
TROGLODYTIDAE * n. Wrens.
QUEEN-SIZE * s. (used especially of beds) Not as large as king-size.
STENOGRAPHER * n. Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation).
ACTINOMYCETACEAE * n. Filamentous anaerobic bacteria.
MACROCLEMYS * n. Includes the alligator snapping turtle.
DANZIG * n. A port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century.
MOONBEAM * n. A ray of moonlight.
INFLUENCE * --n. 1 A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc. 2 Causing something without any direct or apparent effort. 3 A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do. 4 The effect of one thing (or person) on another. --v. 1 Have and exert influence or effect. 2 Shape or influence; give direction to. 3 Induce into action by using one's charm.
ZOMBA * n. A city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971.
AURA * n. 1 A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure. 2 An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint. 3 A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing.
SWIMSUIT * n. Tight fitting garment worn for swimming.
BABIES'-BREATH * n. Tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers.
MILLILITER * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
HONESTY * n. 1 The quality of being honest. 2 Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration.
TILLICH * n. United States theologian (born in Germany) (1886-1965).
CYBERNATE * v. Control a function, process, or creation by a computer.
UNDERHANDEDLY * r. Slyly and secretly.
JUDAIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion. 2 Of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion.
EMACIATION * n. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
HERITIERA * n. Small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses.
VIZCAINO * n. Spanish explorer who was the first European to explore the California coast (1550-1615).
UNPICTURED * s. Not pictured.
SPLASHINESS * n. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
HAILSTONE * n. Small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm.
NORMALIZATION * n. The imposition of standards or regulations.
LAMINAR * s. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
INCRUSTATION * n. 1 The formation of a crust. 2 A hard outer layer that covers something. 3 A decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay.
VERBALIZATION * n. 1 The words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization. 2 The activity of expressing something in words.
BIOATTACK * n. The use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
GB * n. 1 A highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase. 2 A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. 3 A unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits. 4 A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes.
LEWDNESS * n. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
CAST-IRON * s. Extremely robust.
PILUS * n. 1 Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal. 2 Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism.
MNEMONIC * --n. A device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall. --a. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
MEXICAN-AMERICAN * n. A Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States.
REMATCH * n. Something (especially a game) that is played again.
CONTRARINESS * n. 1 Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline. 2 A fussy and eccentric disposition.
INCONSPICUOUS * a. Not prominent or readily noticeable.
HELOTIACEAE * n. A fungus family of order Helotiales.
HOUSEMASTER * n. Teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse.
INCONSEQUENT * s. Lacking worth or importance.
CRAG * n. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
COUNTERSPY * n. A spy who works against enemy espionage.
HOMEOSTATICALLY * r. In a homeostatic manner.
HMONG * --n. 1 A people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States. 2 A language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong. --a. Of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture.
ANTITANK * s. Designed for defense against armored vehicles.
UNOPPOSED * a. Not having opposition or an opponent.
WHOPPING * --s. (used informally) Very large. --r. Extremely.
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to epidemiology.
BEHRING * n. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741).
ALLEN * n. 1 United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964). 2 United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-). 3 A soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789).
SHEARING * n. Removing by cutting off or clipping.
SHLEP * --n. 1 (Yiddish) An awkward and stupid person. 2 A tedious or difficult journey. --v. 1 Walk or tramp about. 2 Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.
MISESTIMATION * n. A mistake in calculating.
CONVENTIONALIZE * v. 1 Make conventional or adapt to conventions. 2 Represent according to a conventional style.
PLASTICISER * n. A substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable.
DENSITY * n. 1 The amount per unit size. 2 The spatial property of being crowded together.
MASTICATE * v. 1 Grind and knead. 2 Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.
IRREVERENT * --a. Showing lack of due respect or veneration. --s. 1 Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. 2 Not revering god.
VAGRANCY * n. The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood.
NEE * s. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
LECHATELIERITE * n. Colorless glass made of almost pure silica.
RETARDANT * n. Any agent that retards or delays or hinders.
CUSTOMARY * s. 1 In accordance with convention or custom. 2 Commonly used or practiced; usual.
PULSATILLA * n. Includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers.
SYNERGISTICALLY * r. 1 (of group) In a synergistic or cooperative manner. 2 (of drugs or muscles) In a synergistic or interactive manner.
ILL-FITTING * s. Not the right size or shape.
FRAGRANCE * n. 1 A distinctive odor that is pleasant. 2 A pleasingly sweet olfactory property.
DISENTANGLE * v. 1 Release from entanglement of difficulty. 2 Extricate from entanglement. 3 Free from involvement or entanglement. 4 Separate the tangles of.
ALLOMORPHIC * a. Pertaining to allomorphs.
PTYALIN * n. An amylase secreted in saliva.
BAYES * n. English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761).
SEPARATIONISM * n. Advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state.
UNRIFLED * a. Of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel.
OLDISH * s. Somewhat elderly.
SHAKO * n. Tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
EXTENSILE * a. Capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out.
CURRYCOMB * --n. A square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses. --v. Clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
MAMET * n. United States playwright (born in 1947).
TWISTING * --n. 1 The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. 2 The act of rotating rapidly. --s. Marked by repeated turns and bends.
TRAIN * --n. 1 Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive. 2 A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding. 3 A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file. 4 A series of consequences wrought by an event. --v. 1 Create by training and teaching. 2 Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession. 3 Develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control. 4 Educate for a future role or function.
HAPHAZARDLY * r. 1 In a random manner. 2 Without care; in a slapdash manner.
TURP * n. Removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia).
GAUZE * n. 1 (medicine) Bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings. 2 A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave.
BICARBONATE * n. A salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate.
HYMENOPTERA * n. An order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc..
EMPIRICAL * a. 1 Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory. 2 Relying on medical quackery.
IMMOBILIZE * v. 1 Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital. 2 To hold fast or prevent from moving. 3 Make defenseless. 4 Convert (assets) into fixed capital.
ANADENANTHERA * n. 2 species of tropical American shrubs or trees.
EVIL * --n. 1 Morally objectionable behavior. 2 That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune. 3 The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice. --a. Morally bad or wrong. --s. 1 Having the nature of vice. 2 Having or exerting a malignant influence.
REPORTEDLY * r. According to reports or other information.
HUSBANDLY * --a. Befitting or characteristic of a husband. --s. Related to or suited to a husband.
BLENDED * a. Combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable.
UNFAVORABLENESS * n. The quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success.
CRACKERS * s. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
FAB * s. Extremely pleasing.
SION * n. 1 Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem. 2 Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine. 3 An imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal.
MANGILY * r. In a mangy manner.
INVERTER * n. An electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current.
RAMESSES * n. Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC.
UNDESIRING * a. Having or feeling no desire.
ATAVIST * n. An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
VINDICATION * n. 1 The act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.. 2 The justification for some act or belief.
ALL-POWERFUL * s. Having unlimited power.
FUNAFUTI * n. Capital of Tuvalu.
FOGEY * n. Someone whose style is out of fashion.
SAXEGOTHEA * n. One species: Prince Albert's yew.
AZYMIA * n. Absence of an enzyme.
DISHEARTENING * s. Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
SERIOUSNESS * n. 1 An earnest and sincere feeling. 2 The quality of arousing fear or distress. 3 The trait of being serious.
HISTAMINE * n. Amine formed from histidine that stimulates gastric secretions and dilates blood vessels; released by the human immune system during allergic reactions.
RAT-TAT * n. A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door).
ORMER * n. An abalone found near the Channel Islands.
QUEENSLAND * n. A state in northeastern Australia.
AUDIOVISUAL * --n. Materials using sight or sound to present information. --a. Involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids).
HAMITIC * n. A group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic.
ONE-CELLED * s. Having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells).
PRIMED * s. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
BRUNSWICK * n. 1 A university town in southwestern Maine. 2 A town in southeast Georgia near the Atlantic coast; a port of entry. 3 A city in central Germany.
STIMULUS * n. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action.
GIBLET * n. Edible viscera of a fowl.
STRANGLES * n. An acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes.
END-PLATE * n. The flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle.
NEIGHBOURHOOD * n. 1 A surrounding or nearby region. 2 People living near one another.
SCROOGE * n. A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
TONICITY * n. The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
BELLPULL * n. A handle or cord that is pulled to ring a doorbell or a servant's bell etc..
SACLIKE * s. Shaped like a pouch.
PLASMIN * n. An enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots.
RESPECTED * s. Receiving deferential regard.
UNERRINGLY * r. Without making errors.
DIGITIZE * v. Put into digital form, as for use in a computer.
KERATOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the cornea.
CICHLID * n. Freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums.
BANEFULLY * r. In a noxiously baneful way.
BURGLARY * n. Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property.
BACKBONE * n. 1 A central cohesive source of support and stability. 2 Fortitude and determination. 3 The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord. 4 The part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved.
BESTIALLY * r. In an inhumane manner.
SHIRTWAISTER * n. A blouse with buttons down the front.
BRINDISI * n. A port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages.
TRIPLICATE * --n. One of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly. --v. Reproduce threefold.
SHAMBOLIC * a. (British slang) Disorderly or chaotic.
FLANNELETTE * n. A cotton fabric imitating flannel.
SOCIETY * n. 1 An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. 2 A formal association of people with similar interests. 3 The state of being with someone. 4 The fashionable elite.
PERMISSIBLE * --a. That may be permitted especially as according to rule. --s. That may be accepted or conceded.
ENGELS * n. Socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895).
MOST-FAVORED-NATION * a. Of or relating to a commercial treaty where two nations agree to accord each other the same favorable terms that would be offered in treaties with any other nation.
ENGLUT * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
AURIC * a. Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold.
DG * n. 1/10 gram.
PUNKEY * n. Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
ADORABLE * s. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
JURYWOMAN * n. Someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury.
DELECTABILITY * n. Extreme appetizingness.
HOME-STYLE * s. As if in the home.
LOWERED * a. Below the surround or below the normal position.
URBANIZATION * n. 1 The condition of being urbanized. 2 The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.
INVISIBLE * a. 1 Impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye. 2 Not prominent or readily noticeable.
NITROGEN * n. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues.
OXIME * n. Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.
APPELLANT * --n. The party who appeals a decision of a lower court. --a. Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals).
EXPLOSIVELY * r. 1 Suddenly and rapidly. 2 In an explosive manner.
STRAVINSKIAN * a. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of Stravinsky.
ODONTASPIS * n. Type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks.
CANELLA * n. Highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic.
MISANTHROPIST * n. Someone who dislikes people in general.
UNCIAL * --n. A style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries. --a. Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals).
ARCHAEOLOGICAL * a. Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology.
HOPSCOTCH * n. A game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone.
DE-EMPHASIZE * v. Reduce the emphasis.
PALATINATE * n. 1 A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine. 2 A territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine.
ARABIA * n. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources.
AMMONITIC * a. Of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods.
PANDICULATION * n. Yawning and stretching (as when first waking up).
EPITHELIOMA * n. A malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue.
REMINISCENT * s. Serving to bring to mind.
DIAGONALISE * v. Transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix.
SOLEA * n. Type genus of the Soleidae.
HAMMERHEAD * n. 1 A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. 2 The striking part of a hammer. 3 Medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous.
REGULATORY * s. Restricting according to rules or principles.
AMOBARBITAL * n. A barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant.
VOODOOISM * n. A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
BARYSHNIKOV * n. Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948).
SASQUATCH * n. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada.
WARPATH * n. 1 Hostile or belligerent mood. 2 A course leading to warfare or battle.
DESPONDENCY * n. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
GYPAETUS * n. In some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae.
SODOMISE * v. 1 Copulate with an animal. 2 Practice anal sex upon.
SINOPIA * n. A red ocher formerly used as a pigment.
MONOCANTHUS * n. Type genus of the Monocanthidae.
WASHABLES * n. Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering.
MISANTHROPY * n. 1 Hatred of mankind. 2 A disposition to dislike and mistrust other people.
BRAVURA * n. Brilliant and showy technical skill.
BLINDLY * r. 1 Without seeing or looking. 2 Without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis.
PROPHYLACTIC * --n. 1 Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease. 2 Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse. --s. 1 Capable of preventing conception or impregnation. 2 Warding off. 3 Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease.
ENDWISE * r. 1 On end or upright. 2 In or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise. 3 With the end forward or toward the observer.
INTESTACY * n. The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
CONGREGANT * n. A member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue).
DINGILY * r. In a dingy manner.
LXVI * s. Being six more than sixty.
SUPERVISING * n. Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.
BUILDUP * n. 1 The act of building up an accumulation. 2 The result of the process of accumulation. 3 Highly favorable publicity and praise.
ELUCIDATION * n. 1 An act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on. 2 An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding.
PRONOUNCED * s. Strongly marked; easily noticeable.
DIX * n. United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887).
RELIGIOUSNESS * n. 1 Piety by virtue of being devout. 2 The quality of being extremely conscientious.
DEVIANCE * n. 1 A state or condition markedly different from the norm. 2 Deviate behavior.
PREDICTIVE * s. Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions.
REMEDIATE * v. Set straight or right.
SALIX * n. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows.
BEG * v. 1 Call upon in supplication; entreat. 2 Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently. 3 Ask to obtain free. 4 Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.
CAMBIAL * a. Of or relating to or functioning as a cambium.
SEMIARID * s. Somewhat arid.
MITREWORT * n. Any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter.
BASIDIOSPORE * n. A sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium.
NONADDICTIVE * a. Not causing or characterized by addiction.
SURGING * s. Characterized by great swelling waves or surges.
HOWDY * n. An expression of greeting.
TAMPONAGE * n. Blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding).
FORTHRIGHTLY * r. Directly and without evasion; not roundabout.
CHAMP * --n. Someone who has won first place in a competition. --v. 1 Chafe at the bit, like horses. 2 Chew noisily.
CENTRANTHUS * n. Genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs.
CHIPPENDALE * --n. A British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779). --a. Of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings.
WISHED-FOR * s. Greatly desired.
VARANIDAE * n. Monitor lizards.
STELA * n. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
JAPONICA * n. 1 Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties. 2 Deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms.
LOINS * n. 1 The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs. 2 The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen.
SERVILITY * n. Abject or cringing submissiveness.
MOTOR-ASSISTED * s. Relying on an engine for propulsion in addition to muscle power.
ETHICS * n. 1 Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong. 2 The philosophical study of moral values and rules.
REVERT * v. 1 Go back to a previous state. 2 Undergo reversion, as in a mutation.
ALGERIE * n. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s.
NICAEA * n. 1 An ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325. 2 The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images. 3 The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism.
PUSTULATE * s. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
NINGISHZIDA * n. An underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine.
ASSERTING * a. Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
FOSSIL * --n. 1 Someone whose style is out of fashion. 2 The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil. --a. Characteristic of a fossil.
GREENISH-WHITE * s. Of white flowers tinged with green.
ZOOLOGY * n. 1 All the animal life in a particular region or period. 2 The branch of biology that studies animals.
GANGDOM * n. Underworld organizations.
CHRONOLOGICAL * a. Relating to or arranged according to temporal order.
MUYBRIDGE * n. United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904).
APHESIS * n. The gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'.
DISCOURAGEMENT * n. 1 The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles. 2 The expression of opposition and disapproval. 3 The act of discouraging.
UNACCENTED * --a. (used of syllables) Carrying no stress. --s. (used of vowels or syllables) Pronounced with little or no stress.
INSOMNIA * n. An inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness.
STUPEFYING * s. 1 So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm. 2 Making physically stupid or dull or insensible. 3 Shocking with surprise and consternation.
OKA * n. 1 A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds. 2 A Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints. 3 South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
SPINY-LEAVED * s. Having spiny leaves.
GROPE * --n. The act of groping; and instance of groping. --v. 1 Feel about uncertainly or blindly. 2 Search blindly or uncertainly. 3 Fondle for sexual pleasure.
HODGEPODGE * n. 1 A motley assortment of things. 2 A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
LEARN * v. 1 Gain knowledge or skills. 2 Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. 3 Commit to memory; learn by heart. 4 Be a student of a certain subject.
LIGAMENT * n. 1 A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs. 2 Any connection or unifying bond.
VERY-LIGHT * n. A colored flare fired from a Very pistol.
ENNOBLING * s. 1 Investing with dignity or honor. 2 Tending to exalt.
RESILIENCE * n. 1 The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit. 2 An occurrence of rebounding or springing back.
SENSUALLY * r. In a sultry and sensual manner.
CLOCHARD * n. A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.
MISRULE * n. Government that is inefficient or dishonest.
PELHAM * n. A bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle.
DISGRACEFULLY * r. In a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree.
IDOLIZER * n. 1 A lover blind with admiration and devotion. 2 A person who worships idols.
DEHUMANISE * v. 1 Deprive of human qualities. 2 Make mechanical or routine.
DUNE * n. A ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans.
BETTONG * n. Short-nosed rat kangaroo.
DEMODULATOR * n. Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave.
OFFICIALDOM * n. People elected or appointed to administer a government.
HERITAGE * n. 1 Practices that are handed down from the past by tradition. 2 Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors. 3 That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner. 4 Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property.
CHICANERY * n. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
GRAF * n. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
SENSIBLE * --a. 1 Showing reason or sound judgment. 2 Able to feel or perceive. --s. 1 Readily perceived by the senses. 2 Aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed.
DOLCE * r. Gently and sweetly.
MONTPELIER * n. Capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont.
MURINE * --n. A rodent that is a member of the family Muridae. --a. Of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice).
VOLATILIZABLE * s. (used of substances) Capable of being volatilized.
ODONTOGLOSSUM * n. Any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors.
DISCURSIVE * s. 1 Proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition. 2 (of e.g. speech and writing) Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.
MANTRA * n. 1 A commonly repeated word or phrase. 2 (Sanskrit) Literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns.
SAUCE * --n. Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food. --v. 1 Behave saucily or impudently towards. 2 Dress (food) with a relish. 3 Add zest or flavor to, make more interesting.
ATTEMPT * --n. 1 Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. 2 The act of attacking. --v. 1 Make an effort or attempt. 2 Enter upon an activity or enterprise.
VOLAPUK * n. One of the first artificial language constructed for use as an auxiliary international language; based largely on English but with some German and French and Latin roots.
ANDRICUS * n. Cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks.
AUDIOLOGY * n. The measurement of hearing.
PHAEOPHYTA * n. Coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division Heterokontophyta.
KNIGHTHOOD * n. Aristocrats holding the rank of knight.
GRADUALLY * r. In a gradual manner.
COVENTRY * n. 1 The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent). 2 An industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century.
SHORN * a. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
LAP-STRAKE * a. Having overlapping hull planks.
RADIOTHORIUM * n. Radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228.
LEHAR * n. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
CARAMBOLA * n. 1 East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit. 2 Deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert.
CHALCIDFLY * n. Any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects.
OUTMANEUVER * v. Defeat by more skillful maneuvering.
SPLURGE * --n. 1 An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.). 2 Any act of immoderate indulgence. --v. 1 Indulge oneself. 2 Be showy or ostentatious.
TWISTER * n. 1 A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground. 2 Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts.
MICROSPORIDIAN * n. Parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells.
VIOLET-TINGED * s. Of something that is tinged with violet.
GREASEPROOF * s. Resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax.
LEADERSHIP * n. 1 The activity of leading. 2 The body of people who lead a group. 3 The status of a leader. 4 The ability to lead.
SWEEPSTAKES * n. A lottery in which the prize consists of the money paid by the participants.
PORTRAITURE * n. 1 A word picture of a person's appearance and character. 2 The activity of making portraits.
MATEY * s. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
SOME * --a. (quantifier) Used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity. --s. 1 Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent. 2 Relatively many but unspecified in number. 3 Remarkable. --r. (of quantities) Imprecise but fairly close to correct.
MINIMALISM * n. An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color.
RUST-COLORED * s. Having the brown color of rust.
MELANGE * n. A motley assortment of things.
ALLOCHRONIC * s. (of taxa) Occurring in different geologic times.
NUTRIMENT * n. A source of materials to nourish the body.
PREECLAMPSIA * n. Abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated.
TRIFOLIOLATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having three leaflets.
BOOTES * n. A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major.
HDTV * n. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
ASSIST * --n. 1 The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 2 (sports) The act of enabling another player to make a good play. --v. 1 Give help or assistance; be of service. 2 Act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function. 3 Work for or be a servant to.
ABAFT * r. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
HECKLE * --n. A comb for separating flax fibers. --v. 1 Comb with a heckle. 2 Challenge aggressively.
TOAST * --n. 1 Slices of bread that have been toasted. 2 A celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention. 3 A person in desperate straits; someone doomed. 4 A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event. --v. 1 Make brown and crisp by heating. 2 Propose a toast to.
HYPERTONICITY * n. 1 (of a solution) The extent to which a solution has a higher osmotic pressure than some other. 2 (of muscular tissue) The state of being hypertonic.
TOURIST * n. Someone who travels for pleasure.
FLUCTUATING * s. Having unpredictable ups and downs.
GLIMMERING * n. A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
WHIZZ-KID * n. Someone whose career progresses rapidly.
HYPERMETROPY * n. Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects.
CUCURBITACEOUS * a. Of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae.
COSILY * r. In a cozy manner.
STEARIC * a. Of or relating to or composed of fat.
MACROTYLOMA * n. Annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos.
AFTERWARD * r. Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.
HONEYMOONER * n. Someone recently married.
CIRCUS * n. 1 A travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals. 2 A performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals. 3 A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment. 4 (antiquity) An open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games.
APUS * n. 1 A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans. 2 Type genus.
ANNELIDA * n. Segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches.
ADVENTIST * n. A member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ.
PEREMPTORILY * r. In an imperative and commanding manner.
CATERWAUL * --n. The yowling sound made by a cat in heat. --v. Utter shrieks, as of cats.
FLEECE * --n. 1 The wool of a sheep or similar animal. 2 Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing. 3 A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing. 4 Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks. --v. 1 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 2 Shear the wool from.
AIRFREIGHT * v. Transport (cargo) by air.
HAPLY * r. By accident.
TERCENTENARY * n. The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
JINGLE * --n. 1 A metallic sound. 2 A comic verse of irregular measure. --v. Make a sound typical of metallic objects.
VERNACULAR * --n. 1 A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves). 2 The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language). --s. Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
PYRIDINE * n. A toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal.
HISPANIOLAN * a. Of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola.
FERBER * n. United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968).
LYREFLOWER * n. Garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers.
GONORHYNCHIDAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus.
JORDAN * n. 1 A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan. 2 An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea.
TRANQUILLISER * n. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity.
INVOLUCRATE * a. Having an involucre.
CONSOLIDATE * v. 1 Unite into one. 2 Make firm or secure; strengthen. 3 Bring together into a single whole or system. 4 Form into a solid mass or whole.
CRECHE * n. 1 A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for. 2 A representation of Christ's nativity in the stable at Bethlehem.
FRICTIONLESS * a. Lacking all friction.
CAGNEY * n. United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986).
FRUIT * --n. 1 The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant. 2 An amount of a product. 3 The consequence of some effort or action. --v. 1 Cause to bear fruit. 2 Bear fruit.
RHINOPATHY * n. Any disease or malformation of the nose.
FECKLESSLY * r. 1 With ineptitude; in an incompetent manner. 2 In a feckless manner; irresponsibly and incompetently.
ABIDANCE * n. 1 Acting according to certain accepted standards. 2 The act of dwelling in a place. 3 The act of abiding (enduring without yielding).
DRUMBEATER * n. A fervent and even militant proponent of something.
TRICLINIUM * n. 1 A dining room (especially a dining room containing a dining table with couches along three sides). 2 A dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome.
UROPSILUS * n. Shrew moles.
LEFT-WINGER * n. A person who belongs to the political left.
COMPLETELY * r. 1 To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'). 2 So as to be complete; with everything necessary.
MICRORADIAN * n. A unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian.
HOMELAND * n. The country where you were born.
LEAVER * n. Someone who leaves.
UNUNDERSTANDABLY * r. In an unintelligible manner.
MISERY * n. 1 A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. 2 A feeling of intense unhappiness.
MANITOBA * n. One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada.
CHEMORECEPTIVE * a. Of or relating to chemoreceptors.
FANLIGHT * n. 1 A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door. 2 A window in a roof to admit daylight. 3 A semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan.
POSTPONER * n. Someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness).
PARAZOA * n. Multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera.
MEDALIST * n. 1 Someone who has won a medal. 2 (golf) The winner at medal play of a tournament.
PLECTRANTHUS * n. Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus.
SPROCKET * n. 1 Roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through. 2 Thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain. 3 Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
SENSIBILITY * n. 1 Mental responsiveness and awareness. 2 Refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions. 3 (physiology) Responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation.
STRIATE * --v. Mark with striae or striations. --a. Marked with stria or striations.
ACQUITTED * s. Declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless.
LOW-DOWN * --n. Slang terms for inside information. --s. 1 Of the most contemptible kind. 2 (of jazz) Having the soulful feeling of early blues.
ARSENAL * n. 1 All the weapons and equipment that a country has. 2 A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms. 3 A place where arms are manufactured.
LYCOPODIACEAE * n. A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales.
FORMALITY * n. 1 A requirement of etiquette or custom. 2 A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies. 3 Compliance with formal rules.
ADSORPTIVE * a. Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
COMEDIENNE * n. 1 A female actor in a comedy. 2 A female comedian.
LABORATORY * n. 1 A workplace for the conduct of scientific research. 2 A region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation.
SWELL * --n. 1 The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea. 2 A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor). 3 A crescendo followed by a decrescendo. 4 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. --v. 1 Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity. 2 Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger. 3 Expand abnormally. 4 Come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things). --s. Very good.
KNOW-IT-ALL * n. Someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others.
MOISTURIZE * v. Make (more) humid.
BULLSHOT * n. A cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme.
NONSIGNIFICANT * a. Attributable to chance.
JOY * --n. 1 The emotion of great happiness. 2 Something or someone that provides a source of happiness. --v. 1 Feel happiness or joy. 2 Make glad or happy.
MOPBOARD * n. A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor.
POSTMODERNISM * n. Genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism.
FLOUT * v. 1 Treat with contemptuous disregard. 2 Laugh at with contempt and derision.
TESTER * n. 1 Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications. 2 A flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed).
FIREBOAT * n. A boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront.
INS * n. An agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States.
MARQUETRY * n. Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.
WEBBED * --a. (of the feet of some animals) Having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin. --s. Having open interstices or resembling a web.
DOLIOLIDAE * n. Oceanic tunicates.
38TH * s. The ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order.
CONVIVIALITY * n. 1 A jovial nature. 2 A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.
TELESCOPIC * s. 1 Visible only with a telescope. 2 Capable of discerning distant objects. 3 Having parts that slide one within another.
HATPIN * n. A long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair.
PHYCOERYTHRIN * n. Red pigment in red algae.
TEMPLAR * n. A knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher.
PYNCHON * n. United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937).
MEMORABLY * r. In a memorable manner.
MENISPERMACEAE * n. Herbaceous or woody climbers.
GIMMICKRY * n. A collection of gimmicks.
PREPOSTEROUS * s. So unreasonable as to invite derision.
ENERVATE * v. 1 Weaken mentally or morally. 2 Disturb the composure of.
OFF-LICENCE * n. A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere.
PSYCHICAL * s. 1 Affecting or influenced by the human mind. 2 Outside the sphere of physical science.
REFINERY * n. An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance.
TUCKET * n. (music) A short lively tune played on brass instruments.
TASHMITUM * n. Consort of Nabu.
WAITE * n. United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888).
STYLISTICALLY * r. In a rhetorically stylistic manner.
ENCOLURE * n. The mane of a horse.
INFORMATIVE * a. 1 Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance. 2 Serving to instruct or enlighten or inform. 3 Providing or conveying information.
TANGIBILITY * n. The quality of being perceivable by touch.
PENMANSHIP * n. Beautiful handwriting.
FLAMBE * v. Pour liquor over and ignite (a dish).
DECADENT * --n. A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically). --s. 1 Luxuriously self-indulgent. 2 Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
STRAIGHT * --n. 1 A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex. 2 A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit). 3 A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse. --s. 1 Successive (without a break). 2 Erect in posture. 3 In keeping with the facts. 4 Neatly arranged; not disorderly. --a. 1 Having no deviations. 2 (of hair) Having no waves or curls. 3 Characterized by honesty and fairness. 4 No longer coiled. --r. 1 Without deviation. 2 In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. 3 In a straight line; in a direct course.
POP * --n. 1 An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. 2 A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring. 3 A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork. 4 Music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love. --v. 1 Bulge outward. 2 Hit a pop-fly. 3 Make a sharp explosive noise. 4 Fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise. --s. (of music or art) New and of general appeal (especially among young people). --r. Like a pop or with a pop.
DRUDGING * s. Doing arduous or unpleasant work.
REDOUND * v. 1 Return or recoil. 2 Contribute. 3 Have an effect for good or ill.
LEMON-WOOD * n. South African evergreen having hard tough wood.
BAVARIA * n. A state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory.
MANIPUR * n. State in northeastern India.
FISSURE * --n. 1 A long narrow depression in a surface. 2 A long narrow opening. 3 (anatomy) A long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes. --v. Break into fissures or fine cracks.
SWIMMER * n. 1 A trained athlete who participates in swimming meets. 2 A person who travels through the water by swimming.
MICROBAT * n. Typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution.
WIDGET * n. 1 Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known. 2 A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
PATRONLESS * a. Having little patronage or few clients.
TROLL * --n. 1 (Scandanavian folklore) A supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains. 2 A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time. 3 A fisherman's lure that is used in trolling. 4 Angling by drawing a baited line through the water. --v. 1 Circulate, move around. 2 Cause to move round and round. 3 Sing the parts of (a round) in succession. 4 Angle with a hook and line drawn through the water.
AD-LIB * --n. Remark made spontaneously without prior preparation. --v. Perform without preparation. --s. 1 With little or no preparation or forethought. 2 Said or done without having been planned or written in advance.
PLASTICISE * v. 1 Become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added. 2 Make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer.
COPARTNERSHIP * n. A partnership in which employees get a share of the profits in addition to their wages.
BAKERY * n. A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold.
CHICLE * n. Gum-like substance from the sapodilla.
ROCKER * n. 1 An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle. 2 A performer or composer or fan of rock music. 3 A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles. 4 A chair mounted on rockers.
DIREFUL * s. Causing fear or dread or terror.
CUISSE * n. Armor plate that protects the thigh.
KEY * --n. 1 Metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated. 2 Something crucial for explaining. 3 Pitch of the voice. 4 Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music. --v. 1 Identify as in botany or biology, for example. 2 Provide with a key. 3 Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key. 4 Regulate the musical pitch of. --s. Serving as an essential component.
MACROCYTOSIS * n. The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
NECROPHAGY * n. Feeding on corpses or carrion.
EPISTEMOLOGIST * n. A specialist in epistemology.
JUDAICA * n. Materials relating to Judaism.
ASMARA * n. The capital of Eritrea.
CRYSTALISED * s. 1 (used especially of fruits) Preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar. 2 Having both internal structure and external form of a crystal.
GREENWOOD * n. Woodlands in full leaf.
TURGENEV * n. Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883).
JAZZMAN * n. A musician who plays or composes jazz music.
HUMIDIFIER * n. An appliance designed to add moisture to the air in a building.
MILLENARY * --n. 1 The 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it). 2 A span of 1000 years. 3 A sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years). --a. 1 Of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium. 2 Relating to or consisting of 1000.
WHOLESALER * n. Someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers.
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS * n. (astronomy) The cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom.
VELVETY * s. 1 Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste. 2 Resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface.
WHEREABOUTS * n. The general location where something is.
IRRUPT * v. 1 Enter uninvited. 2 Erupt or intensify suddenly. 3 Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.
DEMOCRACY * n. 1 The political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives. 2 A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. 3 The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group.
HIGH-HANDEDNESS * n. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors.
INSOUCIANT * s. Marked by blithe unconcern.
NEBO * n. Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
BITER * n. Someone who bites.
GUNMAN * n. 1 A professional killer who uses a gun. 2 A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability).
COLLINSIA * n. Genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States.
MEZZO-RELIEVO * n. A sculptural relief between low relief and high relief.
MODELING * n. 1 Sculpture produced by molding. 2 A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied. 3 The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale).
FESTOONERY * n. Flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration.
UNLUCKY * --a. Having or bringing misfortune. --s. Marked by or promising bad fortune.
VOLVULUS * n. Abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction.
IRS * n. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
WARHEAD * n. The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.
HYDRIC * a. Having or characterized by excessive moisture.
MULLAH * n. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque.
ON-GOING * s. Currently happening.
SAPOTE * n. 1 Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum. 2 Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet.
PROTECTING * s. Shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort.
USANCE * n. 1 The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange). 2 (economics) The utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. 3 Accepted or habitual practice.
IDOLIZED * s. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
HAYTI * n. An island in the West Indies.
CAMP-MADE * s. Made as part of the arts-and-crafts program at summer camp.
LECCINUM * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae.
DIAGRAMMATICALLY * r. In a diagrammatic manner.
FINITE * a. 1 Bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent. 2 (of verbs) Relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person.
UNCEREMONIAL * s. Without ceremony or formality.
WEALTHY * s. Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.
LECHEROUS * s. Given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity.
BRAZIL * n. 1 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. 2 Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell.
FAQIR * n. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
ATOPOGNOSIA * n. Absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch.
THEANTHROPISM * n. 1 (theology) The doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine. 2 The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits.
BACKWASH * n. 1 The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. 2 The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event). 3 The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.
STEATORRHEA * n. The presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome.
DRAFTY * s. Not airtight.
STEMMATICS * n. The humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis).
OVERTIRE * v. Tire excessively.
SHOOT * --n. 1 A new branch. 2 The act of shooting at targets. --v. 1 Hit with a missile from a weapon. 2 Kill by firing a missile. 3 Fire a shot. 4 Make a film or photograph of something.
VARIABLENESS * n. The quality of being subject to variation.
CARNALLITE * n. A white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium.
DOSSAL * n. An ornamental hanging of rich fabric hung behind the altar of a church or at the sides of a chancel.
GRAPPELLI * n. French jazz violinist (1908-1997).
WAMPUMPEAG * n. Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency.
SCAVENGE * v. 1 Clean refuse from. 2 Collect discarded material. 3 Feed on carrion or refuse. 4 Remove unwanted substances from.
RELEGATION * n. 1 Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions. 2 The act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category. 3 Mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position.
PICTOGRAPHIC * a. Consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs.
NEPHRITIS * n. An inflammation of the kidney.
FLOATY * s. Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas.
SHEARS * n. Large scissors with strong blades.
SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE * n. A family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales.
SERAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to an angel of the first order.
MARKOV * n. Russian mathematician (1856-1922).
OFFENCELESS * s. Incapable of offending or attacking.
GLIDER * n. Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces.
BOUILLON * n. A clear seasoned broth.
HARPOON * --n. A spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it. --v. Spear with a harpoon.
FOXHUNT * --n. Mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox. --v. Hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs.
AWFULLY * r. 1 Used as intensifiers. 2 Of a dreadful kind. 3 In a terrible manner.
AUDACIOUSNESS * n. 1 Fearless daring. 2 Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.
GRANULATE * v. 1 Form into grains. 2 Become granular. 3 Form granulating tissue.
AMOR * n. (Roman mythology) God of love; counterpart of Greek Eros.
ANTIDIARRHEAL * n. A drug used to control or stop diarrhea.
LOGISTICS * n. Handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed.
COASTWISE * --s. Along or following a coast. --r. By way of, or along the coast.
WADERS * n. Waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers.
SINGLE-SPACED * s. (of type or print) Not having a blank space between lines.
LALLYGAG * v. Be about.
TIME-CONSUMING * s. Of a task that takes time and patience.
LYCOPODINEAE * n. Alternative designation for the class Lycopsida.
GRANDSON * n. A male grandchild.
DUMBWAITER * n. A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another.
MYROBALAN * n. Small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit.
KOLA * n. 1 Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract. 2 A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
SUBLUNARY * --a. Situated between the earth and the moon. --s. Of this earth.
SARPEDON * n. (Greek mythology) A son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus.
SNIDE * s. Expressive of contempt.
SNOW-CLAD * s. Covered with snow.
INADEQUACY * n. 1 Lack of an adequate quantity or number. 2 A lack of competence. 3 Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.
SACHET * n. A small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest.
SPRINGFIELD * n. 1 Capital of the state of Illinois. 2 A city of southwestern Missouri. 3 A city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River.
UNDECIDED * s. 1 Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought. 2 Characterized by indecision. 3 Not yet having made a commitment.
GUISE * n. An artful or simulated semblance.
PELTING * n. Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive.
NOURISH * v. 1 Provide with nourishment. 2 Give nourishment to.
SCURRILOUS * s. Expressing offensive reproach.
PUSSYTOES * n. Low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers.
ALTERED * --a. Changed in form or character without becoming something else. --s. 1 Having testicles or ovaries removed. 2 Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
MOCKINGBIRD * n. Long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds.
WATUSI * n. A member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi.
LEUKOMA * n. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
MIDSTREAM * n. The middle of a stream.
DEBAUCHER * n. Someone who assaults others sexually.
PICHI * n. Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic.
ORGANIZE * v. 1 Create (as an entity). 2 Cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea. 3 Plan and direct (a complex undertaking). 4 Bring order and organization to.
SPILLWAY * n. A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction.
ORNITHISCHIAN * n. Herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird.
MASTERLY * s. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
EXCERPT * --n. A passage selected from a larger work. --v. Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy.
TRAMPOLINE * n. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling.
PYROGENIC * a. 1 Produced by or producing fever. 2 Produced under conditions involving intense heat.
CAUCASIAN * --n. 1 A Caucasian. 2 A number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere. --a. Of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia. --s. Of or relating to Caucasian people.
WAGGISHLY * r. In a waggish manner.
WEB-FOOTED * s. Having feet with webbed toes.
ENCASE * v. Enclose in, or as if in, a case.
KATOWICE * n. An industrial city of southern Poland.
BUSS * --n. The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof). --v. Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc..
PIPERINE * n. Derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper.
BLOCKHEADED * s. (used informally) Stupid.
CERTIFIED * --a. Endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements. --s. 1 Fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly). 2 Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.
AMINIC * a. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
GINGLYMOSTOMA * n. Nurse sharks.
SHINING * --n. The work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it. --s. 1 Marked by exceptional merit. 2 Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. 3 Reflecting light.
TRINGA * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
SUCCORY * n. Perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads.
ARCED * s. Forming or resembling an arch.
LV * s. Being five more than fifty.
CATECHISE * v. 1 Give religious instructions to. 2 Examine through questioning and answering.
MAGNESIUM * n. A light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine).
SELF-REPROACH * n. 1 A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed). 2 The act of blaming yourself.
WHITECUP * n. Prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose.
HYPERSENSITIVITY * n. 1 Pathological sensitivity. 2 Extreme sensitivity.
ENTOMOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies insects.
CREMAINS * n. The remains of a dead body after cremation.
CONNEXION * n. 1 A connecting shape. 2 A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it). 3 The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination. 4 An instrumentality that connects.
EXONERATIVE * s. Providing absolution.
DYSCRASIA * n. An abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body.
ONE-SIXTEENTH * n. One part in sixteen equal parts.
GEOFFROEA * n. Small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America.
GENOTYPICAL * a. Of or relating to or constituting a genotype.
CITELLUS * n. Typical ground squirrels.
AGRONOMY * n. The application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production.
UNAMBITIOUS * a. Having little desire for success or achievement.
ROBUSTIOUS * s. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline.
EYEISH * n. A member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas.
VOCIFERATION * n. A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.
UNBURNISHED * s. Of metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction.
AIRFORCE * n. The airborne branch of a country's armed forces.
EMPIRICALLY * r. In an empirical manner.
TURNAROUND * n. 1 Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip. 2 A decision to reverse an earlier decision. 3 An area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around. 4 Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.
DISTILLERY * n. A plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation.
SOPS * n. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
TUMBLE-DRYER * n. A clothes dryer that spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air.
EROTISM * n. 1 A state of anticipation of sexuality. 2 The arousal of feelings of sexual desire.
CACKLER * n. 1 A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk. 2 Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae.
DEBRIEF * v. Put someone through a debriefing and make him report.
OBI * n. 1 (West Indies) Followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery. 2 A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas.
CROSSNESS * n. 1 An irritable petulant feeling. 2 A disposition to be ill-tempered.
GAGARIN * n. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968).
QATAR * n. 1 An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil. 2 A peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf.
STYLIZED * s. Using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous.
DEMOBILISE * v. 1 Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service. 2 Retire from military service.
SIMOOM * n. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
SPICULUM * n. Small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals.
SILVERVINE * n. Ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings.
PRURIENT * s. Characterized by lust.
SAGACITY * n. 1 The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. 2 The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating.
WELTER * --n. A confused multitude of things. --v. 1 Toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way. 2 Roll around. 3 Be immersed in.
DODDERER * n. One who dodders from old age and weakness.
WEIGHT-LIFT * v. Lift weights.
RIB * --n. 1 Support resembling the rib of an animal. 2 Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates). 3 Cut of meat including one or more ribs. 4 A teasing remark. --v. 1 Form vertical ribs by knitting. 2 Subject to laughter or ridicule.
PAUSE * --n. 1 A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. 2 Temporary inactivity. --v. 1 Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. 2 Cease an action temporarily.
CALECHE * n. 1 A woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century. 2 The folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage.
BOEHM * n. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
TITHER * n. Someone who pays tithes.
OUIJA * n. A board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages.
SUMMONING * n. Calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations.
DYNAMITER * n. A person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause.
REVERSIONARY * a. Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion).
INSINUATINGLY * r. In an insinuating manner.
DAIRYMAN * n. 1 The owner or manager of a dairy. 2 A man who works in a dairy.
LABDANUM * n. 1 A dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses. 2 A soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative.
SUSPIRATION * n. An utterance made by exhaling audibly.
VOLUMED * --a. (often used in combination) Consisting of or having a given number or kind of volumes. --s. 1 Formed or rising in rounded masses. 2 Furnished with volumes.
BABINSKI * n. Extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons.
STOMACH * --n. 1 An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. 2 The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. 3 An inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness. 4 An appetite for food. --v. 1 Bear to eat. 2 Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
TANGERINE * --n. 1 A variety of mandarin orange. 2 Any of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa. 3 A reddish to vivid orange color. --s. Of a strong reddish orange color.
DANAEA * n. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
BOILING * --n. 1 The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas. 2 Cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil. --r. Extremely.
MOVEMENT * n. 1 A change of position that does not entail a change of location. 2 The act of changing location from one place to another. 3 A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. 4 A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.
FACE-TO-FACE * --s. In each other's presence. --r. 1 Within each other's presence. 2 Directly facing each other.
VOLLEY * --n. 1 Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. 2 A tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces. --v. 1 Be dispersed in a volley. 2 Hit before it touches the ground. 3 Discharge in, or as if in, a volley. 4 Make a volley.
TORADOL * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly.
RARELY * r. Not often.
CHICOT * n. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
TELECASTING * n. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
DUGONG * n. Sirenian tusked mammal found from eastern Africa to Australia; the flat tail is bilobate.
ASCIDIAN * n. Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves.
INOSCULATION * n. A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous.
DIFFERENCE * n. 1 The quality of being unlike or dissimilar. 2 A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. 3 A disagreement or argument about something important. 4 A significant change.
STENOPELMATIDAE * n. Long-horned grasshoppers.
BEGRIME * v. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
MICROBIC * a. Of or involving or caused by or being microbes.
DECENTRALIZING * a. Tending away from a central point.
DIREFULLY * r. In a direful manner.
GRAVITATIONALLY * r. With respect to gravitation.
MOMOTIDAE * n. A family of birds of the order Coraciiformes.
CONNECT * v. 1 Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces. 2 Make a logical or causal connection. 3 Be or become joined or united or linked. 4 Join by means of communication equipment.
TYPHLOPIDAE * n. Blind snakes.
FERMAT * n. French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665).
VENTHOLE * n. A hole for the escape of gas or air.
SLEEPWALK * v. Walk in one's sleep.
NEMERTINE * n. Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract.
MAM * n. 1 A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala. 2 A Mayan language spoken by the Mam.
CRASH-DIVE * v. Descend steeply and rapidly.
VACANCY * n. 1 Being unoccupied. 2 An empty area or space.
MAGNANIMOUSLY * r. In a magnanimous manner.
SKILLFULLY * r. With skill.
59 * s. Being nine more than fifty.
UNSPOILED * s. 1 Not left to spoil. 2 Not decayed or decomposed.
HYPSIPRYMNODON * n. Musk kangaroos.
FORBIDDING * --n. An official prohibition or edict against something. --s. 1 Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance. 2 Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
XEROMA * n. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A.
STILBESTROL * n. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
SPINDLESHANKS * n. 1 A thin person with long thin legs. 2 Long thin legs.
Q * n. The 17th letter of the Roman alphabet.
MASK * --n. 1 A covering to disguise or conceal the face. 2 Activity that tries to conceal something. 3 A party of guests wearing costumes and masks. 4 A protective covering worn over the face. --v. 1 Hide under a false appearance. 2 Put a mask on or cover with a mask. 3 Make unrecognizable. 4 Cover with a sauce.
TESTICULAR * a. Of or involving the testes.
NONALIGNMENT * n. People (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty.
TASHUNCA-UITCO * n. A chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877).
FORGERY * n. 1 A copy that is represented as the original. 2 Criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud.
PERSUADABLE * s. Being susceptible to persuasion.
MIDGARD * n. (Norse mythology) The abode of humans in Norse mythology.
SHEVCHENKO * n. Ukranian poet (1814-1861).
UNACCOUNTABLY * r. In an unaccountable manner.
PARTICOLOURED * s. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
PACHYDERM * n. Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus.
MICMAC * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada. 2 The Algonquian language of the Micmac.
PACEMAKER * n. 1 A leading instance in its field. 2 A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat. 3 An implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker. 4 A horse used to set the pace in racing.
KOB * n. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
SUBLUXATE * v. Sprain or dislocate slightly.
HYPOCRITICALLY * r. In a hypocritical manner.
CYANOBACTERIAL * a. Relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria.
DRAMATIZATION * n. 1 Conversion into dramatic form. 2 A dramatic representation.
DOMINEE * n. A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
KINGDOM * n. 1 A domain in which something is dominant. 2 A country with a king as head of state. 3 The domain ruled by a king or queen. 4 A monarchy with a king or queen as head of state.
BIGENERIC * s. Resulting from a cross between species of different genera.
GILLYFLOWER * n. 1 Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers. 2 Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors.
CATULLUS * n. Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC).
ADEPT * --n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. --s. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
SPERM * n. The male reproductive cell; the male gamete.
WEEKNIGHT * n. Any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday.
PERMEATIVE * s. Spreading or spread throughout.
TWO-TOE * s. Having two toes.
PUTRESCENT * s. Becoming putrid.
REGISTRANT * n. A person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby).
LIMBO * n. 1 The state of being disregarded or forgotten. 2 An imaginary place for lost or neglected things. 3 (theology) In Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals).
CONFORM * v. 1 Be similar, be in line with. 2 Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
RAVENNA * n. A battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512.
BARDOLATRY * n. The idolization of William Shakespeare.
REFRACTIVE * --a. Of or relating to or capable of refraction. --s. Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave).
CARDHOLDER * n. 1 A person who holds a credit card or debit card. 2 A player who holds a card or cards in a card game.
HYDRATE * --n. Any compound that contains water of crystallization. --v. 1 Supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance. 2 Become hydrated and combine with water. 3 Cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to.
MODERATISM * n. A political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action.
DAGGER-LIKE * s. Resembling a dagger.
ANORTHITE * n. Rare plagioclastic feldspar occurring in many igneous rocks.
SINATRA * n. United States singer and film actor (1915-1998).
CATERING * n. Providing food and services.
SWAMI * n. A Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect.
ARTIODACTYLOUS * a. Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla.
BUTTERFIELD * n. English architect who designed many churches (1814-1900).
BEST * --n. 1 The supreme effort one can make. 2 The person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others. 3 Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978). --v. Get the better of. --a. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities. --s. (comparative and superlative of `well') Wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable. --r. 1 In a most excellent way or manner. 2 It would be sensible. 3 From a position of superiority or authority.
OCCIDENTALISE * v. Make western in character.
PERCIFORMES * n. One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna.
SILKEN * s. Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
ORONO * n. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River to the north of Bangor.
TABLET * n. 1 A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription. 2 A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge. 3 A small flat compressed cake of some substance. 4 A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet.
COME-ON * n. 1 Anything that serves as an enticement. 2 Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
CAIRO * n. 1 A town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. 2 The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa; a major port just to the south of the Nile delta; formerly the home of the Pharaohs.
APICULTURIST * n. A farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
AGREEMENT * n. 1 The statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises. 2 Compatibility of observations. 3 Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters. 4 The thing arranged or agreed to.
PORIFERA * n. Coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges.
LEPROSY * n. Chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae.
WORK-BOARD * n. A horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work.
FLEETLY * r. In a swift manner.
MIDI * --n. 1 The southern part of France. 2 A standard protocol for communication between electronic musical instruments and computers. --a. Used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf.
FAITHLESS * s. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor.
PELUDO * n. Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts.
EASINESS * n. 1 A feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry. 2 Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. 3 The quality of being easy in behavior or style.
COMPASSIONATENESS * n. A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering.
ETYMOLOGIZING * n. (historical linguistics) An explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.
MALAYAN * --n. A member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago. --a. 1 Of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia. 2 Of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago.
PAYBACK * n. 1 Financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment). 2 The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life.
GASTEROMYCETE * n. Any fungus of the class Gasteromycetes.
PTEROPOGON * n. Southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit.
ONE-LINER * n. A one-line joke.
FRENETIC * s. Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion.
PILING * n. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
CRAYON * --n. Writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing. --v. Write, draw, or trace with a crayon.
BENEFICENT * --a. Doing or producing good. --s. Generous in assistance to the poor.
TIMELINE * n. A sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom).
FULL-PAGE * s. Occupying an entire page in a book or paper.
NONCHURCHGOING * s. No longer active or practicing.
FLUVASTATIN * n. Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime.
FUQRA * n. An Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics.
PREVISION * n. 1 A prophetic vision (as in a dream). 2 The power to foresee the future. 3 Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing. 4 The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future).
TRIPARTITE * s. Involving three parties or elements.
FOSSORIAL * a. (of limbs and feet) Adapted for digging.
PUERILE * --a. Of or characteristic of a child. --s. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.
BELIEVABLY * r. 1 In a believable manner. 2 Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence.
MORGANATIC * s. (of marriages) Of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior.
SKY-BLUE * --n. A light shade of blue. --s. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
GENEROUSLY * r. In a generous manner.
DIODON * n. Type genus of the Diodontidae.
VERACIOUS * s. 1 Habitually speaking the truth. 2 Precisely accurate.
CONCENTRIC * a. Having a common center.
LAVALIER * n. Jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
THROMBOCYTOPENIA * n. A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood.
PEKINGESE * n. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
VARIABILITY * n. 1 The quality of being subject to variation. 2 The quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity.
PERTINACITY * n. Persistent determination.
BUFF * --n. 1 An ardent follower and admirer. 2 A soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen. 3 Bare skin. 4 A medium to dark tan color. --v. 1 Strike, beat repeatedly. 2 Polish and make shiny. --s. Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather.
STACHYS * n. Large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia.
MARKHOR * n. Large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns.
WIESBADEN * n. A city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times.
COLOR-BLIND * s. 1 Unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors. 2 Unprejudiced about race.
SPAWN * --n. The mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs. --v. 1 Call forth. 2 Lay spawn.
CLOUDLIKE * s. Resembling a cloud.
APPAL * v. 1 Strike with disgust or revulsion. 2 Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
TERRAIN * n. A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential.
APPALACHIANS * n. A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States.
ECTODERM * n. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
DISQUIETED * s. Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief.
SEALYHAM * n. 1 A village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred. 2 A wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham.
SANNUP * n. A married male American Indian.
LOYALIST * n. A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt).
ASPHYXIATOR * n. A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires.
LYCAENA * n. Type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper.
REMUNERATOR * n. A person who pays money for something.
TAR * --n. 1 Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. 2 A man who serves as a sailor. --v. Coat with tar.
QUAINTLY * r. 1 In a strange but not unpleasant manner. 2 In a quaint old-fashioned manner.
BIG-BONED * s. Having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh.
DA'WAH * n. Missionary work for Islam.
NINTH * --n. 1 Position nine in a countable series of things. 2 One part in nine equal parts. --s. Coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position.
ERYTHRINA * n. Any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental.
CLOCK * --n. A timepiece that shows the time of day. --v. Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.
BONESETTER * n. Someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones.
SIDA * n. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
RE-EXPERIENCING * n. A recurrence of a prior experience.
EUPHONIC * a. Of or relating to or characterized by euphony.
PALAEONTOLOGIST * n. A specialist in paleontology.
PHENYLALANINE * n. An essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body.
DECKHAND * n. A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor.
SINGULARLY * r. In a singular manner or to a singular degree.
ROENTGENOSCOPE * n. An X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation.
UNDEREXPOSURE * n. 1 The act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time. 2 Inadequate publicity.
JUSTNESS * n. 1 Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety. 2 The quality of being just or fair.
FRIGG * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin.
LASTINGNESS * n. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.
MONAS * n. A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive.
TOSS * --n. 1 The act of flipping a coin. 2 (sports) The act of throwing the ball to another member of your team. 3 An abrupt movement. --v. 1 Throw or toss with a light motion. 2 Lightly throw to see which side comes up. 3 Throw carelessly. 4 Move or stir about violently.
OVIDUCT * n. Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus.
TRUMPETWOOD * n. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
EWER * n. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
OIREACHTAS * n. The parliament of the Irish Republic.
ROUND-FRUITED * s. Bearing round fruit.
UPPITYNESS * n. Assumption of airs beyond one's station.
HOLLOW-BACK * n. An abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column.
MUSCLE-BUILDER * n. Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature.
COURT-ORDERED * s. Ordered by a court of law.
THORAZINE * n. A drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer.
IRRESISTIBLY * r. Incapable of being resisted.
INTERRUPT * --n. A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out. --v. 1 Make a break in. 2 Destroy the peace or tranquility of. 3 Interfere in someone else's activity. 4 Terminate.
ALKALURIA * n. A condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline.
RAS * n. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
LYCOPERDALES * n. Small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars.
LIVIDLY * r. In a livid manner.
TELETYPEWRITER * n. A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter.
POUCH-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a pouch.
ANTILOCAPRIDAE * n. Comprising only the pronghorns.
EMPATHISE * v. Be understanding of.
STATANT * s. Standing on four feet.
PAWPAW * n. 1 Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. 2 Small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit. 3 Fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples.
PROVISO * n. A stipulated condition.
CERUSSITE * n. A mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead.
BEIJING * n. Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city.
PICCOLO * n. A small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute.
UNFORGETTABLE * a. Impossible to forget.
ROOD * n. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
SHEBEEN * n. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
FRETFUL * s. 1 Nervous and unable to relax. 2 Habitually complaining.
TWO-HANDED * --a. Equally skillful with each hand. --s. Requiring two hands or designed for two people.
HEAVEN-SENT * s. Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention.
ARGO * n. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela.
HAHNIUM * n. A transuranic element.
PIRANA * n. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
SQUELCHED * s. Subdued or overcome.
BLAMED * s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
POKEY * --n. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). --s. 1 Wasting time. 2 Small and remote and insignificant.
STAND-UP * s. Requiring a standing position.
DEEDS * n. Performance of moral or religious acts.
SEMIPARASITIC * a. Of or relating to plants that are semiparasites.
MISOGYNIST * n. A misanthrope who dislikes women in particular.
LUNISOLAR * a. Relating to or attributed to the moon and the sun or their mutual relations.
UNREALISTICALLY * r. In an unrealistic manner.
TROT * --n. 1 A slow pace of running. 2 Radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution. 3 A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). 4 A gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together. --v. 1 Run at a moderately swift pace. 2 Ride at a trot. 3 Cause to trot.
AEROBICS * n. Exercise that increases the need for oxygen.
ANHYDRIDE * n. A compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water.
CONSTIPATION * n. 1 Irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis. 2 The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
SOAKED * s. Very drunk.
STEPHENSON * n. English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848).
FAULTLESSNESS * n. The quality of being without an error or fault.
UNCROWDED * a. Having or allowing sufficient room.
SCORNED * s. Treated with dislike or contempt.
CUMMINGS * n. United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962).
BRASIER * n. Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times.
MANUL * n. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia.
MALVERSATE * v. Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
DISINCLINE * v. Make unwilling.
UNCRANNIED * a. Without chinks or crannies.
PREPOSITION * n. 1 A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word. 2 (linguistics) The placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached).
RICARDO * n. English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823).
ASSERTIVELY * r. In an assertive manner.
ASCOSPORE * n. Sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus.
FENTANYL * n. Trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug.
CLAY * n. 1 A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired. 2 Water soaked soil; soft wet earth. 3 United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978). 4 United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852).
SPITE * --n. 1 Feeling a need to see others suffer. 2 Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty. --v. Hurt the feelings of.
RUTLEDGE * n. United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800).
BLATTODEA * n. Cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order.
SAURISCHIAN * n. Herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile.
LUNGYI * n. A long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma.
SIDEWAY * r. 1 With one side forward or to the front. 2 From the side; obliquely. 3 Toward one side.
COFFIN * --n. Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. --v. Place into a coffin.
JUICER * n. 1 A person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess). 2 A squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit.
KEENNESS * n. 1 A quick and penetrating intelligence. 2 A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. 3 Thinness of edge or fineness of point.
INCAPABLE * --a. 1 (followed by `of') Lacking capacity or ability. 2 (followed by `of') Not having the temperament or inclination for. --s. 1 Not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of'). 2 Not meeting requirements.
DEXONE * n. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
CATALOGUER * n. A librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system.
FOREIGN-BORN * s. Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in.
DISCONTINUOUS * a. 1 Of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities. 2 Not continuing without interruption in time or space.
BAKEAPPLE * n. Creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries.
LISP * --n. 1 A speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'. 2 A flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists. --v. Speak with a lisp.
ANNUNCIATOR * n. An indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard).
FOWLER * n. 1 English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933). 2 Someone who hunts wild birds for food.
AXENIC * s. 1 (of experimental animals) Raised under sterile conditions. 2 (used of cultures of microorganisms) Completely free from other organisms.
OSSIFY * v. 1 Become bony. 2 Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern. 3 Cause to become hard and bony.
UNCONVERTED * s. Not converted.
LEMUR * n. Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails.
SEARCHLIGHT * n. A light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction.
SJAELLAND * n. The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.
DEOSSIFICATION * n. The loss of the mineral content of bone tissue.
KIRGHIZIA * n. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
HYDROMETRY * n. The measurement of specific gravity.
HOOT * --n. 1 A loud raucous cry (as of an owl). 2 A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. 3 Something of little value. --v. 1 To utter a loud clamorous shout. 2 Utter the characteristic sound of owls.
SWAYER * n. A person who rules or commands.
SELF-CENTEREDNESS * n. Concern for your own interests and welfare.
HOLONYM * n. A word that names the whole of which a given word is a part.
PLAT * --n. A map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.). --v. Make a plat of.
SOOT-BLACK * s. Of the black color of soot.
GREY-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with grey.
CORDAITACEAE * n. Chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus.
UNENTHUSIASTICALLY * r. Without enthusiasm; showing no enthusiasm.
RASHT * n. City in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea.
GALANGAL * n. 1 Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots. 2 European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots.
PTEROPSIDA * n. Used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae.
ENDOCRINE * --n. 1 The secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect. 2 Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. --a. Of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions.
CAUDEX * n. 1 Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant. 2 Woody stem of palms and tree ferns.
SAPONIN * n. Any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers.
POWWOW * --n. 1 (informal) A quick private conference. 2 A council of or with Native Americans. --v. Hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting.
MINISTRY * n. 1 Religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian). 2 Building where the business of a government ministry is transacted. 3 A government department under the direction of a minister of state. 4 The work of a minister of religion.
ABORIGINE * n. 1 An indigenous person who was born in a particular place. 2 A member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
BAILMENT * n. The delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee.
SANENESS * n. Normal or sound powers of mind.
ENQUIRY * n. 1 An instance of questioning. 2 A search for knowledge. 3 A systematic investigation of a matter of public interest.
OSCINE * --n. Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus. --a. Of or relating to the songbirds.
GLOSSALGIA * n. Pain in the tongue.
MULTIPROCESSOR * n. A computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control.
ALONGSIDE * r. Side by side.
EYE-LOTION * n. Lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.
GLUCINIUM * n. A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
VAISAKHA * n. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
MACROCEPHALIC * a. Having an exceptionally large head and brain.
BURBOT * n. Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth.
CONCERT * --n. A performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging. --v. 1 Contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement. 2 Settle by agreement.
PHOTOSENSITIZE * v. Make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light.
PSEUDOSMALLPOX * n. A mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus.
PILGRIM * n. 1 Someone who journeys in foreign lands. 2 One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620. 3 Someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.
STUPOROUS * s. Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
GOODNESS * n. 1 That which is pleasing or valuable or useful. 2 Moral excellence or admirableness.
PRONK * v. Jump straight up.
TYRANNISE * v. 1 Rule a country as a tyrant. 2 Rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner.
DLE * n. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose.
CASTILE * n. A region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479.
RACEMOSE * s. Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow.
JAB * --n. 1 A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). 2 A quick short straight punch. 3 The act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow. --v. 1 Poke or thrust abruptly. 2 Strike or punch with quick and short blows. 3 Stab or pierce.
OVULEN * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound.
ZOOPLANKTON * n. Animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae.
SHEN-PAO * n. A member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse.
TRITHEIST * n. Someone (not an orthodox Christian) who believes that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three separate gods.
CATCHING * --n. 1 (baseball) Playing the position of catcher on a baseball team. 2 The act of detecting something; catching sight of something. 3 Becoming infected. --s. (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection.
BRUCE * n. 1 Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931). 2 King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329).
CANANGA * n. A genus of Malayan tree.
PUTTYROOT * n. North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
ATROPA * n. Belladonna.
BUST * --n. 1 A complete failure. 2 The chest of a woman. 3 A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person. 4 An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. --v. 1 Ruin completely. 2 Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. 3 Separate or cause to separate abruptly. 4 Go to pieces. --s. Lacking funds.
HARRISBURG * n. Capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state.
GLASGOW * n. Largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world.
WASTE * --n. 1 Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted. 2 Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly. 3 The trait of wasting resources. 4 An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. --v. 1 Spend thoughtlessly; throw away. 2 Use inefficiently or inappropriately. 3 Get rid of. 4 Run off as waste. --s. Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate.
NITROBACTERIUM * n. Any of the bacteria in the soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle; they oxidize ammonium compounds into nitrites or oxidize nitrites into nitrates.
EPISCOPATE * n. 1 The term of office of a bishop. 2 The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop. 3 The collective body of bishops. 4 The office and dignity of a bishop.
ECCLESIASTIC * --n. A clergyman or other person in religious orders. --a. Of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church).
HAMAMELIS * n. Deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel.
SERRA * n. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
LOOSENED * s. Straightened out.
DEPRIVED * s. Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
INDECISIVELY * r. 1 Lacking firmness or resoluteness. 2 Without finality; inconclusively.
ENIGMATIC * s. 1 Not clear to the understanding. 2 Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought.
LAUNCH * --n. 1 A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck. 2 The act of propelling with force. --v. 1 Set up or found. 2 Propel with force. 3 Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage. 4 Begin with vigor.
PODICIPITIFORMES * n. Grebes.
POETESS * n. A woman poet.
ALIENATION * n. 1 The feeling of being alienated from other people. 2 Separation resulting from hostility. 3 (law) The voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another. 4 The action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly.
SENTIMENTAL * s. 1 Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. 2 Effusively or insincerely emotional.
SIX-FOOTER * n. A person who is at least six feet tall.
SUBCLAVIAN * a. Situated beneath the clavicle.
TACTUAL * --a. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch. --s. Producing a sensation of touch.
BLASTING * s. 1 Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin. 2 Unpleasantly loud and penetrating.
SYMPHYSION * n. The most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible.
UNFORTUNATELY * r. By bad luck.
THECA * n. 1 A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule. 2 Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects.
FREETHINKER * n. A person who rejects religion.
PHYLLODIAL * a. Having a phyllode.
EXPRESSIONLESS * s. Deliberately impassive in manner.
UNMISTAKABLE * s. 1 Clearly evident to the mind. 2 Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
RUIN * --n. 1 An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction. 2 A ruined building. 3 The process of becoming dilapidated. 4 An event that results in destruction. --v. 1 Destroy completely; damage irreparably. 2 Destroy or cause to fail. 3 Reduce to bankruptcy. 4 Reduce to ruins.
NOTICE * --n. 1 An announcement containing information about an event. 2 The act of noticing or paying attention. 3 A request for payment. 4 Advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract. --v. 1 Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. 2 Notice or perceive. 3 Make or write a comment on. 4 Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with.
COMMISSARY * n. 1 A retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel). 2 A snack bar in a film studio.
OSTEOCLASIS * n. Treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone.
WINDOW-DRESS * v. Make something appear superficially attractive.
RATIONED * s. Distributed equitably in limited individual portions.
POPGUN * n. Plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound.
EMASCULATE * --v. 1 Deprive of strength or vigor. 2 Remove the testicles of a male animal. --s. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
INDEFATIGABILITY * n. Tireless determination.
INTEGRATE * v. 1 Make into a whole or make part of a whole. 2 Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups. 3 Become one; become integrated. 4 Calculate the integral of; calculate by integration.
WALKINGSTICK * n. Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies.
BYRNIE * n. A long (usually sleeveless) tunic of chain mail formerly worn as defensive armor.
BLATANCY * n. The property of being both obvious and offensive.
SKIFF * n. Any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor.
SHIFTY * s. 1 Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive. 2 Changing position or direction.
CATAPHATIC * a. Of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively.
RAPPELLER * n. A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
SNIGGER * --n. A disrespectful laugh. --v. Laugh quietly.
PIASTER * n. 1 A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria. 2 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey.
BROADEN * v. 1 Make broader. 2 Extend in scope or range or area. 3 Vary in order to spread risk or to expand. 4 Become broader.
UNPACKAGED * a. Not packaged or put into packets.
THESSALIA * n. A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece.
DESULTORY * s. Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another.
TURNING * n. 1 The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course. 2 Act of changing in practice or custom. 3 A shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe. 4 A movement in a new direction.
UNCHARACTERISTIC * a. Distinctive and not typical.
ACRIDIDAE * n. Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts.
SHINGLING * n. 1 (geology) Sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction. 2 The laying on of shingles.
MIX-UP * n. A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
HETEROMYIDAE * n. Small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats.
NONSTEROID * n. An organic compound that does no contain a steroid.
MYSTIQUE * n. An aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing.
PALOVERDE * n. A thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves.
GROG * n. Rum cut with water.
MEKONG * n. An Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea.
CATEGORICALLY * r. In an unqualified manner.
OBEDIENTLY * r. In an obedient manner.
BILIOUSNESS * n. 1 Gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder. 2 A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger.
MAIDENHOOD * n. The childhood of a girl.
NONTURBULENT * s. (of a liquid) Not turbulent.
OIS * n. Agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy.
PROSODY * n. 1 The patterns of stress and intonation in a language. 2 (prosody) A system of versification. 3 The study of poetic meter and the art of versification.
CRUSTACEAN * --n. Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton. --a. Of or belonging to the class Crustacea.
WTV * n. A tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers.
JIMHICKEY * n. 1 Someone excellent of their kind. 2 Something excellent of its kind.
CAENOLESTIDAE * n. Small marsupials of southern South America.
UNCERTAINTY * n. 1 Being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance. 2 The state of being unsure of something.
DECOLONIZE * v. Grant independence to (a former colony).
SEXCAPADE * n. A sexual escapade; an illicit affair.
DATE-MARK * v. Mark with a date and place.
FLAG * --n. 1 Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design. 2 A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.. 3 Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals. 4 A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device. --v. 1 Communicate or signal with a flag. 2 Provide with a flag. 3 Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. 4 Decorate with flags.
LAPWING * n. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.
REVIVED * --a. Restored to consciousness or life or vigor. --s. Given fresh life or vigor or spirit.
CANALIZE * v. Provide (a city) with a canal.
PISTILLODE * n. A sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower.
FARDEL * n. A burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle).
PYROMANIAC * n. A person with a mania for setting things on fire.
CONDUCT * --n. 1 Manner of acting or controlling yourself. 2 (behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people. --v. 1 Direct the course of; manage or control. 2 Lead, as in the performance of a composition. 3 Behave in a certain manner. 4 Take somebody somewhere.
METATHESIS * n. 1 A linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence. 2 A chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB).
RIGOR * n. 1 Something hard to endure. 2 The quality of being valid and rigorous. 3 Excessive sternness.
SWIRL * --n. The shape of something rotating rapidly. --v. 1 Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. 2 Flow in a circular current, of liquids.
CLOTHING * n. A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
CHAUFFEUR * --n. A man paid to drive a privately owned car. --v. Drive someone in a vehicle.
UNREMUNERATIVE * s. Not yielding profit or recompense.
SIROCCO * n. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
BEEFWOOD * n. 1 A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber. 2 Any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork. 3 Any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork. 4 Tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood.
SENITI * n. 100 seniti equal 1 pa'anga in Tonga.
RICHARDS * n. English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979).
RULED * s. Subject to a ruling authority.
MANDEANISM * n. A Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs.
4-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with four members.
SECRETARYSHIP * n. The position of secretary.
BULLRING * n. A stadium where bullfights take place.
COLLAGE * n. 1 A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image. 2 Any collection of diverse things.
NEEDLED * s. Of trees whose leaves are acerate.
FRINGILLA * n. Type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling.
SGRAFFITO * n. A ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground.
ASARUM * n. Wild ginger.
INVOCATION * n. 1 A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service. 2 An incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil. 3 Calling up a spirit or devil. 4 The act of appealing for help.
UNSOILED * s. Without soil or spot or stain.
FRYE * n. Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991).
NACIMIENTO * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,302 feet high).
CATERER * n. Someone who provides food and service (as for a party).
SELF-DISCIPLINE * n. 1 The trait of practicing self discipline. 2 The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses.
ARTIFICIALITY * n. The quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally.
ETIQUETTE * n. Rules governing socially acceptable behavior.
ZARF * n. An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
RETICULOCYTE * n. An immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules.
IDEALISM * n. 1 (philosophy) The philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality. 2 Impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are. 3 Elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued.
THYLACINE * n. Rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having stripes on its back; probably extinct.
UNCEREMONIOUSNESS * n. An unceremonial manner.
SMUTS * n. South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950).
PURVEYOR * n. Someone who supplies provisions (especially food).
TURPS * n. Volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally.
LUKEWARMNESS * n. 1 A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin. 2 Lack of passion, force or animation.
BAKU * n. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
MACRURIDAE * n. Grenadiers.
BEAUT * n. An outstanding example of its kind.
CHIGGER * n. 1 Small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans. 2 Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation.
HALDEA * n. Ground snakes.
PENTATEUCH * n. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit.
ACRYLAMIDE * n. A white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals.
COCHLEA * n. The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti.
CROSSED * a. 1 Placed crosswise. 2 (of a check) Marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it.
ATTRACTER * n. 1 An entertainer who attracts large audiences. 2 (physics) A point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system. 3 A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts.
COMPARTMENTAL * s. Divided up into compartments or categories.
ECLIPSE * --n. One celestial body obscures another. --v. 1 Be greater in significance than. 2 Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention.
STRATEGICS * n. The science or art of strategy.
ADNATE * a. Of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached.
PYROTECHNICAL * a. Of or relating to the craft of making fireworks.
CHAWBACON * n. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
CONTAIN * v. 1 Include or contain; have as a component. 2 Contain or hold; have within. 3 Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits. 4 Be divisible by.
FLIT * --n. 1 A sudden quick movement. 2 A secret move (to avoid paying debts). --v. Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart.
DISSOLUBILITY * n. The property of being dissoluble.
SCIURIDAE * n. A mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles.
MOO * --n. The sound made by a cow or bull. --v. Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines.
LUMINESCENT * s. Emitting light not caused by heat.
MALACLEMYS * n. American terrapins.
BRUTALISE * v. 1 Treat brutally. 2 Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman. 3 Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
PLACER * n. An alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral.
MEERKAT * n. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
KLUTZ * n. (Yiddish) A clumsy dolt.
LANCER * n. (formerly) A cavalryman armed with a lance.
EULOGISTIC * s. Formally expressing praise.
69 * s. Being nine more than sixty.
ANASTOMOTIC * a. Of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis.
DISSOCIATIVE * s. Tending to produce dissociation.
PARSLEY * n. 1 Annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves. 2 Aromatic herb with flat or crinkly leaves that are cut finely and used to garnish food.
VULCANISE * v. 1 Undergo vulcanization. 2 Subject to vulcanization.
FANCIFY * v. Make more beautiful.
UNPROVOKED * s. Occurring without motivation or provocation.
POUNDAL * n. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons.
FREIGHTAGE * n. 1 The charge for transporting something by common carrier. 2 Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates.
STEEN * n. Dutch genre painter (1626-1679).
GIMCRACKERY * n. Ornamental objects of no great value.
COAL-FIRED * s. Fueled by burning coal.
NEITHER * s. Not either; not one or the other.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY * s. Cheerfully irresponsible.
EXPOSTULATION * n. 1 The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest. 2 An exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof.
UPEND * v. 1 Become turned or set on end. 2 Set, turn, or stand on end.
HIERARCHIC * a. Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.
FAVEOLATE * s. Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
BOGEYMAN * n. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
DESMIDIACEAE * n. Unicellular algae.
PYXIDANTHERA * n. One species: pyxie; the eastern United States.
FORESWEAR * v. 1 Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. 2 Turn away from; give up.
ECHINODERM * n. Marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies.
ABIOGENETIC * a. Originating by abiogenesis.
ANTIGEN * n. Any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies).
SUISSE * n. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe.
INTRANSIGENCY * n. The trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise.
DISCRIMINATE * --v. 1 Recognize or perceive the difference. 2 Treat differently on the basis of sex or race. 3 Distinguish. --a. Marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions.
POSTBOX * n. Public box for deposit of mail.
NON-RESISTANT * n. A reformer who believes in passive resistance.
IRREVOKABLE * a. Incapable of being retracted or revoked.
ANAGRAMS * n. A game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters.
COTTIDAE * n. Sculpins.
IMMUTABLE * --a. Not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature. --s. Constant and unchanging.
MEANSPIRITED * --a. Lacking in magnanimity. --s. Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.
SINFULNESS * n. Estrangement from god.
SALVELINUS * n. Brook trout.
WAHHABI * n. A member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam.
BUNGLESOME * s. Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
PURANA * n. A body of 18 works written between the first and 11th centuries and incorporating legends and speculative histories of the universe and myths and customary observances.
MIRABILIS * n. Four o'clocks.
BRITS * n. The people of Great Britain.
BINDERY * n. A workshop where books are bound.
FAMISHMENT * n. A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period.
FEMORIS * n. The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee.
AL-TAWHID * n. An Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons.
NULL * --n. A quantity of no importance. --s. Lacking any legal or binding force.
TOPOGNOSIA * n. Recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin.
UNRIGGED * a. Stripped of rigging.
UPTICK * n. A transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction.
NEUROEPITHELIUM * n. Epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings.
WELTSCHMERZ * n. Sadness on thinking about the evils of the world.
TURPIN * n. English highwayman (1706-1739).
TRIFOLIATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Having three leaflets.
CYANOCOBALAMIN * n. A B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia.
POISON * --n. 1 Any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism. 2 Anything that harms or destroys. --v. 1 Spoil as if by poison. 2 Kill with poison. 3 Add poison to. 4 Kill by its poison.
MOORWORT * n. Wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States.
PASSEE * s. Out of fashion.
BLOWGUN * n. A tube through which darts can be shot by blowing.
CONCRETENESS * n. The quality of being concrete (not abstract).
SIMVASTATIN * n. An oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks.
CST * n. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States.
MINERVA * n. (Roman mythology) Goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena.
PHOTOJOURNALISM * n. Journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures.
POOR * --n. People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group). --s. 1 Deserving or inciting pity. 2 Of insufficient quantity to meet a need. --a. 1 Having little money or few possessions. 2 Characterized by or indicating poverty. 3 Lacking in quality or substances.
ANOINTER * n. One who anoints as a religious ceremony.
AILANTHUS * n. Any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus.
SALLY * n. 1 Witty remark. 2 A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position. 3 A venture off the beaten path.
ECHINACEA * n. Small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs.
VALENCIA * n. 1 An industrial city in northern Venezuela. 2 A city in eastern Spain on the Mediterranean.
YUNNAN * n. A province of southern China.
CHARACTERIZATION * n. 1 A graphic or vivid verbal description. 2 The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features. 3 Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture.
ACAPNOTIC * a. Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
NAMMAD * n. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
EXPANSILE * s. (of gases) Capable of expansion.
AMPERE * n. 1 A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere). 2 The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
LXII * s. Being two more than sixty.
NUMISMATOLOGY * n. The collection and study of money (and coins in particular).
EUPHUISM * n. 1 Any artificially elegant style of language. 2 An elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology.
DOOFUS * n. A stupid incompetent person.
REMILITARIZATION * n. The act of militarizing again.
CREDENTIALS * n. A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts.
CATAPULT * --n. 1 A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones. 2 A device that launches aircraft from a warship. 3 An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles. --v. 1 Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult. 2 Hurl as if with a sling.
ARAM * n. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
ATE * n. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
ENCYCLOPEDIA * n. A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
KLAIPEDA * n. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League.
CATECHIZE * v. 1 Examine through questioning and answering. 2 Give religious instructions to.
UNFEATHERED * --a. Having no feathers. --s. Not having feathers.
MOUTHPIECE * n. 1 A part that goes over or into the mouth of a person. 2 An acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks. 3 A spokesperson (as a lawyer). 4 (especially boxing) Equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.
RHIZOID * n. Any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc.
WORLD-WIDE * s. 1 Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope. 2 Spanning or extending throughout the entire world. 3 Of worldwide scope or applicability.
ZIKURAT * n. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.
INQUISITIVELY * r. With curiosity.
ECLIPSIS * n. Omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.
CANDOUR * n. 1 The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. 2 Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty.
ROUGHRIDER * n. A horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle.
LOGION * n. A saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels.
HANGER-ON * n. Someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along.
TARANTELLA * n. 1 Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella. 2 A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons.
AUTOCATALYTIC * a. Relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis.
CESTODE * n. Ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.
EPISODIC * s. 1 Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes. 2 Occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals. 3 Limited in duration to a single episode.
DIOXIDE * n. An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
SPOUTER * n. 1 An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker. 2 An oil well that is spouting. 3 A spouting whale.
CHORINE * n. A woman who dances in a chorus line.
PLUNGER * n. 1 Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains. 2 Someone who dives (into water). 3 Hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains. 4 Mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion.
DROSHKY * n. An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia.
PALAS * n. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
WOLFBANE * n. Poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock.
INDRA * n. Chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder.
ALL-IMPORTANT * s. Of the greatest importance.
ENTRANCED * s. Filled with wonder and delight.
GEARBOX * n. The shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed.
OUTDATED * s. Old; no longer valid or fashionable.
LIKED * a. Found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form.
OVERCROP * v. To exhaust by excessive cultivation.
PROMULGATOR * n. (law) One who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution).
ROCKFORD * n. A city in northern Illinois.
GREENLING * n. Food fish of the northern Pacific.
CCC * s. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
VIROID * n. The smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat.
PERNOD * n. (registered trademark) A liqueur flavored with anise.
HAIRCUT * n. 1 The style in which hair has been cut. 2 The act of cutting the hair.
MIDRIB * n. The vein in the center of a leaf.
ECOSOC * n. A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions.
BABY-SITTER * n. A person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home.
MENNINGER * n. 1 United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1899-1966). 2 United States psychiatrist and son of Charles Menninger (1893-1990). 3 United States psychiatrist who with his sons founded a famous psychiatric clinic in Topeka (1862-1953).
PETCOCK * n. Regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining.
DEXTROROTARY * s. Rotating to the right.
INJECTOR * n. A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.).
MARVELLOUS * s. 1 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. 2 Being or having the character of a miracle. 3 Too improbable to admit of belief.
OBLITERATION * n. 1 Destruction by annihilating something. 2 The complete destruction of every trace of something.
CONVENING * n. The act of convening.
STOW * v. Fill by packing tightly.
SEVERANCE * n. 1 A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). 2 The act of severing.
DEIMOS * n. The outer of two small satellites of Mars.
IPOD * n. (trademark) A pocket-sized device used to play music files.
COTTONSEED * n. Seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil.
BIER * n. 1 A coffin along with its stand. 2 A stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial.
PAUPERISATION * n. The act of making someone poor.
PARAMNESIA * n. (psychiatry) A disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality.
GLOOMILY * r. With gloom.
SPRING-LOADED * a. Containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another.
TRAVELLING * n. The act of going from one place to another.
THYSANURA * n. Firebrats; silverfish; machilids.
CARTHORSE * n. Draft horse kept for pulling carts.
RENASCENT * s. Rising again as to new life and vigor.
POLYBORUS * n. A genus of Falconidae.
TRANSFERRAL * n. The act of moving something from one location to another.
VIRACEPT * n. A protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs.
ADHERENT * --n. Someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another. --s. Sticking fast.
SCATHINGLY * r. In a scathing and unsparing manner.
FICTIONALISE * v. 1 Make into fiction. 2 Convert into the form or the style of a novel.
ANDRADITE * n. A garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone.
MONOMANIACAL * s. Obsessed with a single subject or idea.
DAYBREAK * n. The first light of day.
FALLBOARD * n. The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played.
TARSIOIDEA * n. In some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii.
OPEN-MINDED * s. Ready to entertain new ideas.
MISS * --n. 1 A young female. 2 A failure to hit (or meet or find etc). 3 A form of address for an unmarried woman. --v. 1 Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind. 2 Feel or suffer from the lack of. 3 Fail to attend an event or activity. 4 Leave undone or leave out.
CHROMAESTHESIA * n. A form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL * a. Of or concerned with the science of anthropology.
M-1 * n. A semiautomatic rifle.
TRABECULAR * a. Of or relating to trabeculae.
FOLIATION * n. 1 (botany) The process of forming leaves. 2 (geology) The arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock. 3 (architecture) Leaf-like architectural ornament. 4 The production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves.
UNPROPITIOUSLY * r. In an inauspicious manner.
TURBOT * n. 1 Flesh of a large European flatfish. 2 A large brownish European flatfish.
RECIPIENT * n. 1 A person who receives something. 2 The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.
EXPUNGING * n. Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
TYRANNICAL * s. 1 Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior. 2 Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
MASTERPIECE * n. 1 The most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman. 2 An outstanding achievement.
DECEITFUL * s. 1 Intended to deceive. 2 Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
FORTY-SIX * s. Being six more than forty.
GLYCYRRHIZA * n. Sticky perennial Eurasian herbs.
YAKUZA * n. 1 A Japanese gangster. 2 Organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises.
MESSIAHSHIP * n. The position of messiah.
ALIENEE * n. Someone to whom the title of property is transferred.
5-MEMBERED * s. Of a chemical compound having a ring with five members.
THREATENING * s. 1 Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. 2 Darkened by clouds.
BARBICAN * n. A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
FRIULI * n. A Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy.
HEAVYSET * s. Having a short and solid form or stature.
COCKATOO * n. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds.
OSTIOLE * n. A small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass.
SCRUPLES * n. Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions.
POLYGAMOUS * --a. Having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals. --s. Having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant.
WELLERISM * n. A comparison comprising a well-known quotation followed by a facetious sequel.
WIGWAG * v. 1 Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code. 2 Signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code.
RUNABOUT * n. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
BUSBOY * n. A restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes.
SUBPART * n. A part of a part.
JUNKERS * n. German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935).
SCALLION * n. 1 Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum. 2 A young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads.
METHYLATED * a. Having received a methyl group.
BEDLAM * n. 1 A state of extreme confusion and disorder. 2 Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
STEADY-GOING * s. Consistent in performance or behavior.
CINCHONA * n. 1 Medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine. 2 Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona.
LATIMERIDAE * n. Extinct except for the coelacanth.
GOLDENBUSH * n. 1 A plant of the genus Haplopappus. 2 Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America.
REGULATION * --n. 1 An authoritative rule. 2 A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior. 3 The state of being controlled or governed. 4 (embryology) The ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered. --s. Prescribed by or according to regulation.
CATALYST * n. 1 (chemistry) A substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. 2 Something that causes an important event to happen.
TORTOISE * n. Usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica.
BREASTFEED * v. Give suck to.
SWORD * n. A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.
LADING * n. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
LIBERALISE * v. 1 Become more liberal. 2 Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules.
HUNTER-GATHERER * n. A member of a hunting and gathering society.
PONTIFF * n. The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
400TH * s. The ordinal number of four hundred in counting order.
RICHELIEU * n. French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642).
VITIATE * v. 1 Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. 2 Make imperfect. 3 Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
LIONFISH * n. Brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins.
ADSORBENT * --n. A material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance. --a. Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface.
NRTI * n. An antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs.
WORK-CLOTHING * n. Clothing worn for doing manual labor.
AGRIMONIA * n. A plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers.
22ND * s. Coming next after the twenty-first in position.
ANDREAEA * n. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
BRIGADIER * n. A general officer ranking below a major general.
RAPPEE * n. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
DOWNTRODDEN * s. Abused or oppressed by people in power.
UNSULLIED * s. 1 Spotlessly clean and fresh. 2 (of reputation) Free from blemishes.
SCHNORCHEL * n. Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time.
OAR * n. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
MAGYARORSZAG * n. A republic in central Europe.
WARTHOG * n. African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks.
ENGAGED * s. 1 Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged. 2 Involved in military hostilities. 3 Reserved in advance. 4 (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line).
KERBELA * n. A city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680.
COMPLEXITY * n. The quality of being intricate and compounded.
KICKOFF * n. 1 (football) A kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score. 2 The time at which something is supposed to begin. 3 A start given to contestants.
GROUNDSPEED * n. The speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.
OBIT * n. A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography.
STORM-BEATEN * s. Damaged by storm.
ARTIFICIAL * --a. Contrived by art rather than nature. --s. 1 Artificially formal. 2 Not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes.
EXODERM * n. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
SUNDEW * n. Any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution.
FORTIETH * --n. Position 40 in a countable series of things. --s. The ordinal number of forty in counting order.
YASTRZEMSKI * n. United States baseball player (born in 1939).
CYCLES/SECOND * n. The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz).
BACKSCRATCHER * n. 1 Someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage. 2 A long-handled scratcher for scratching your back.
REIMS * n. A city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II.
TORSION * n. 1 A tortuous and twisted shape or position. 2 A twisting force.
ROGET * n. English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869).
HUMBLENESS * n. 1 The state of being humble and unimportant. 2 A humble feeling. 3 A disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride.
DENOUNCEMENT * n. A public act of denouncing.
CUBE * --n. 1 A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces. 2 A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides. 3 The product of three equal terms. 4 Any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone. --v. 1 Raise to the third power. 2 Cut into cubes.
ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE * n. Platypus.
ALOUD * r. 1 Using the voice; not silently. 2 With relatively high volume.
STELLER * n. German naturalist (1709-1746).
EXOTICNESS * n. The quality of being exotic.
BIBOS * n. Wild ox.
DOWEL * n. A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together.
CONCEPTUALISATION * n. 1 An elaborated concept. 2 Inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally.
NAFTA * n. An agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years.
ECDYSIS * n. Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
IMMUNOGENIC * s. Possessing the ability to elicit an immune response.
BUFFOONERY * n. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
TAGGER * n. 1 Someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter. 2 Someone who appends or joins one thing to another. 3 A computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter.
EXCLUSIVE * --n. A news report that is reported first by one news organization. --s. 1 Not divided or shared with others. 2 Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective. --a. Excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority.
BASTNAESITE * n. A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements.
HORSELEECH * n. Any of several large freshwater leeches.
MAN-SIZED * s. 1 Calling for the strength of a man. 2 Very large; appropriate to the size of a man.
SYNERGISTIC * --a. 1 Used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more). 2 Of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism. --s. Working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect.
CATHARTIC * --n. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels. --s. 1 Emotionally purging. 2 Emotionally purging (of e.g. art). 3 Strongly laxative.
EUGENE * n. 1 Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736). 2 A city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university.
SCHIZOPHYTA * n. Former term for the Cyanophyta.
GARMENT * --n. An article of clothing. --v. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
FARMER * n. 1 A person who operates a farm. 2 United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920). 3 An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915).
CHECKROOM * n. A room where baggage or parcels are checked.
NEPOTISM * n. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs).
RESIDUARY * a. 1 Entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts). 2 Relating to or indicating a remainder.
EXCEL * v. Distinguish oneself.
HORDEUM * n. Annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley.
GUST * n. A strong current of air.
UNPREDICTIVE * s. Having no predictive value.
POSTURE * --n. 1 The arrangement of the body and its limbs. 2 Characteristic way of bearing one's body. 3 A rationalized mental attitude. 4 Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war. --v. 1 Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others. 2 Assume a posture as for artistic purposes.
EXTRACT * --n. 1 A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water). 2 A passage selected from a larger work. --v. 1 Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense. 2 Get despite difficulties or obstacles. 3 Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). 4 Extract by the process of distillation.
CLV * s. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
MOROSOPH * n. A learned fool.
CRAWLER * n. 1 A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. 2 A person who crawls or creeps along the ground. 3 Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
COCKATEEL * n. Small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head.
INDENT * --n. 1 An order for goods to be exported or imported. 2 The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line. --v. 1 Set in from the margin. 2 Cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication. 3 Make a depression into. 4 Notch the edge of or make jagged.
CORONION * n. The craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible.
OXYBENZENE * n. A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally.
LEPTON * n. 1 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece. 2 An elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0.
LUCIFUGAL * a. Light-avoiding.
UNDERPIN * v. 1 Support from beneath. 2 Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
COMICALLY * r. In a comical manner.
OPEN-EYED * s. Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.
SAPONACEOUS * a. Resembling or having the qualities of soap.
SOPORIFEROUS * s. 1 Sleep inducing. 2 Inducing mental lethargy.
CRYPTOBIOSIS * n. A state in which an animal's metabolic activities come to a reversible standstill.
LAMIVUDINE * n. A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV.
SQUANDERED * s. Not used to good advantage.
PREFABRICATE * v. 1 To manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings. 2 Produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally.
THRIPID * n. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive.
ACCEDE * v. 1 Yield to another's wish or opinion. 2 Take on duties or office. 3 To agree or express agreement.
SEPTEMBER * n. The month following August and preceding October.
HOLLERING * n. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
PRAZOSIN * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress).
INTERSECTANT * s. Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.
AMORALITY * n. The quality of being amoral.
DIDACTICALLY * r. In a didactic manner.
WIREMAN * n. A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring.
BARBWIRE * n. Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage.
DISADVANTAGED * s. Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
PULPINESS * n. A mushy pulpy softness.
CDNA * n. Single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase.
VALERIANACEAE * n. Genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor.
GROOVE * --n. 1 A long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). 2 A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape. 3 (anatomy) Any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part. --v. 1 Make a groove in, or provide with a groove. 2 Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.
APTENODYTES * n. Large penguins.
WHITTLE * --n. English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996). --v. Cut small bits or pare shavings from.
FAVUS * n. A contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East.
SEVERED * s. Detached by cutting.
EXPLORATIVE * a. Serving in or intended for exploration or discovery.
QUADRATIC * --n. 1 An equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square. 2 A polynomial of the second degree. --a. Involving  the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree.
HYPOPHYSECTOMIZE * v. Remove the pituitary glands.
PLUTONIC * s. Of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro.
SEQUENATOR * n. (chemistry) An apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer.
MOTHERLAND * n. The country where you were born.
POTAWATOMI * n. 1 A member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi.
CONVEYANCING * n. Act of transferring property title from one person to another.
COLOPHONY * n. Translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments.
MISTAKING * n. Putting the wrong interpretation on.
ACRAGAS * n. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples.
ALFRED * n. King of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899).
SKIN-DEEP * s. Penetrating no deeper than the skin:.
SQUATNESS * n. The property of being short and broad.
UNDOMESTICATED * s. 1 Not domesticated. 2 Unaccustomed to home life.
NEURITIS * n. Inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function.
EPINEPHELUS * n. Genus of groupers or sea bass.
OVID * n. Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17).
INELASTIC * a. Not elastic.
BATTING * n. 1 (baseball) The batter's attempt to get on base. 2 Stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber.
SYNDETIC * a. Connected by a conjunction.
MEAGERLY * --a. Deficient in amount or quality or extent. --r. To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
ROOSTER * n. Adult male chicken.
RATEPAYER * n. A person who pays local rates (especially a householder).
SCAPHOSEPALUM * n. Comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape.
HALF-LENGTH * --n. A portrait showing the body from only the waist up. --s. 1 Representing only the upper half of the body. 2 Abridged to half its original length.
FISTULA * n. 1 A chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse. 2 An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.
NIGH * --a. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. --s. Being on the left side. --r. 1 Near in time or place or relationship. 2 (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
SELECT * --v. Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. --s. 1 Of superior grade. 2 Selected or chosen for special qualifications.
DAPSONE * n. Antibacterial drug used to treat leprosy and some kinds of skin diseases.
FIVE-PETALLED * s. (of flowers) Having five petals.
DETRIBALISE * v. Cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity.
MATING * n. The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.
UNTHEATRICAL * a. Not suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater.
WASTEFULNESS * n. 1 The trait of wasting resources. 2 Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly.
VATICAN * n. The residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City.
LINCHPIN * n. 1 A central cohesive source of support and stability. 2 Pin inserted through an axletree to hold a wheel on.
VARIABLY * r. With variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree.
IBERT * n. French composer (1890-1962).
MADDENED * s. Marked by extreme anger.
OLIGOMENORRHEA * n. Abnormally light or infrequent menstruation.
APHETIC * a. Produced by aphesis.
IOP * n. Pressure exerted by the fluids inside the eyeball; regulated by resistance to the outward flow of aqueous humor.
BARE-KNUCKLE * s. Characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules.
HUMOROUS * a. Full of or characterized by humor.
SCREEN * --n. 1 A white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing. 2 A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight. 3 The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube. 4 A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. --v. 1 Test or examine for the presence of disease or infection. 2 Examine methodically. 3 Examine in order to test suitability. 4 Project onto a screen for viewing.
CTC * n. An agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage.
LETTERS * n. 1 The literary culture. 2 Scholarly attainment.
PROSAUROPODA * n. The earliest known dinosaurs.
PCT * n. A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred).
MUMMERY * n. Meaningless ceremonies and flattery.
CUISINE * n. The practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared.
OVIFORM * s. Rounded like an egg.
ZEPPELIN * n. 1 German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917). 2 A large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs.
MARIA * n. 1 A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon. 2 Valuable timber tree of Panama.
NECESSITARIAN * n. Someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will.
HEMATOHISTON * n. A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells.
TRAINEE * n. Someone who is being trained.
NOTOSTRACA * n. Small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace.
INSCRUTABLE * s. Of an obscure nature.
ONLY * --s. 1 Being the only one; single and isolated from others. 2 Exclusive of anyone or anything else. --r. 1 And nothing more. 2 Without any others being included or involved. 3 With nevertheless the final result. 4 In the final outcome.
KOTOKO * n. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
STY * n. 1 An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid. 2 A pen for swine.
SWEATSHIRT * n. Cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity.
SCREWBEAN * n. Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods.
UNGENEROUS * a. 1 Lacking in magnanimity. 2 Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.).
PINOCLE * n. A card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist.
NOBLEMAN * n. A titled peer of the realm.
BARED * s. Having the head uncovered.
DUNCISH * s. (used informally) Stupid.
CARYOTA * n. Fishtail palms.
LIFELINE * n. 1 A crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live. 2 Support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection). 3 Line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver. 4 Line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning.
WEIGHTINESS * n. 1 The relative importance granted to something. 2 The property of being comparatively great in weight.
RIGHTFULLY * r. By right.
HEADLONG * --s. 1 Excessively quick. 2 With the head foremost. --r. 1 With the head foremost. 2 At breakneck speed. 3 In a hasty and foolhardy manner.
SCREE * n. A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff.
EURASIA * n. The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia.
ANGLO-SAXON * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest. 2 A person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'. 3 English prior to about 1100. --a. Of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language.
SCOMBROIDEA * n. Mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes.
CITY-BORN * s. Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
RIPPLED * s. 1 Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves. 2 Shaken into waves or undulations as by wind.
TIFFIN * n. A midday meal.
MASHER * n. 1 A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women. 2 A kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes).
BLIMP * n. 1 Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low). 2 A small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon.
EYCK * n. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
SERIPHIDIUM * n. Woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia.
TUSSAUD * n. French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850).
THEORISER * n. Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art).
OVERSERIOUS * s. Excessively serious.
VINEGARWEED * n. Aromatic plant of western United States.
THERMODYNAMIC * a. Of or concerned with thermodynamics.
SHNOOK * n. (Yiddish) A gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised.
HOROWITZ * n. Russian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989).
REGIME * n. 1 The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit. 2 (medicine) A systematic plan for therapy (often including diet).
HEDIONDILLA * n. Desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers.
VOCATIONAL * a. Of or relating to a vocation or occupation; especially providing or undergoing training in special skills.
COSTUMED * s. Dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class.
BOWIEA * n. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
POLYGAMIST * n. Someone who is married to two or more people at the same time.
PENALISE * v. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.
DUCKPIN * n. A bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin.
MESENTERIC * a. Of or relating to or located in a mesentery.
BLACKPOOL * n. A resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower.
LAGGARD * --n. Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. --s. Wasting time.
ANT * n. Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers.
DELICATESSEN * n. 1 Ready-to-eat food products. 2 A shop selling ready-to-eat food products.
PARLOUS * s. Fraught with danger.
EXAGGERATION * n. 1 Extravagant exaggeration. 2 The act of making something more noticeable than usual. 3 Making to seem more important than it really is.
NEUROBIOLOGICAL * --a. Of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system. --r. With respect to neurobiology.
LONG-PLAYING * s. (used of records) Playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records.
VENTRILOQUY * n. The art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy).
FLAP * --n. 1 Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely. 2 An excited state of agitation. 3 The motion made by flapping up and down. 4 A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body. --v. 1 Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. 2 Move noisily. 3 Move with a thrashing motion. 4 Move with a flapping motion.
SLEEPYHEADED * s. Ready to fall asleep.
FLESH-COLORED * s. Having a bright red or pinkish color.
YARDGRASS * n. Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.
LIPOSCELIS * n. A genus of Psocidae.
INGLENOOK * n. A corner by a fireplace.
PATOIS * n. 1 A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves). 2 A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
ARCHANGELIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling archangels.
DISUNITED * s. Having been divided; having the unity destroyed.
XXXVI * s. Being six more than thirty.
DOCTRINAL * a. Relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine.
PANTIE * n. Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).
TEKTITE * n. Thought to derive from meteorites.
PHYLLITIS * n. A genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium).
BUBONIC * a. Of or evidencing buboes.
POSEUSE * n. A woman poseur.
BISMUTH * n. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals.
CHELYDRA * n. Snapping turtles.
AUDITION * --n. 1 The ability to hear; the auditory faculty. 2 A test of the suitability of a performer. --v. Perform in order to get a role.
OFFENSIVENESS * n. The quality of being offensive.
PLEB * n. One of the common people.
RESISTOR * n. An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current.
BATTLESIGHT * n. An arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges.
SEAQUAKE * n. An earthquake at the sea bed.
ENCASEMENT * n. The act of enclosing something in a case.
SUPERABUNDANCE * n. A quantity that is more than what is appropriate.
TUMBRIL * n. A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
NONTRANSMISSIBLE * s. 1 Not acquirable by inheritance. 2 (of disease) Not capable of being passed on.
OBEAH * n. 1 (West Indies) Followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery. 2 A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas.
ANTSY * s. Nervous and unable to relax.
SCREENING * n. 1 The display of a motion picture. 2 Fabric of metal or plastic mesh. 3 The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. 4 Testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics.
THENCE * r. 1 From that place or from there. 2 From that circumstance or source. 3 (used to introduce a logical conclusion) From that fact or reason or as a result.
NATIONALIZE * v. 1 Put under state control or ownership. 2 Make national in character or scope.
INCULPATORY * a. Causing blame to be imputed to.
PUTTEE * n. A strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I.
COLOURED * --a. Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination. --s. 1 Favoring one person or side over another. 2 (used of color) Artificially produced; not natural. 3 Having skin rich in melanin pigments.
HETEROCYCLE * n. 1 A compound containing a heterocyclic ring. 2 A ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon.
CHECKER * --n. 1 An attendant who checks coats or baggage. 2 One who checks the correctness of something. 3 One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers. --v. 1 Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on. 2 Variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns.
ANTENATAL * a. Occurring or existing before birth.
SUPERSCRIPT * --n. A character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character. --a. Written or printed above and to one side of another character.
PREEMINENT * s. Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement.
MEGADERMA * n. Type genus of the Megadermatidae.
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC * a. Of or relating to neuropsychiatry.
MISTRANSLATION * n. An incorrect translation.
OSCILLATION * n. 1 The process of oscillating between states. 2 (physics) A regular periodic variation in value about a mean. 3 A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
EBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 petabits or 10^18 bits.
LABYRINTHINE * --a. Relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear. --s. Resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity.
CURANDERA * n. A Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans.
APTNESS * n. 1 A disposition to behave in a certain way. 2 Appropriateness for the occasion.
CERIC * a. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
YIELDINGLY * r. In an obedient manner.
RHOMBOID * --n. 1 A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal. 2 Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade. --a. Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid.
NANOMIA * n. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey.
KECHUAN * --n. The language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas. --a. Of or relating to the Quechua or their language.
SPUTNIK * n. A Russian artificial satellite.
SOMAN * n. A nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled.
INCOMMUTABILITY * n. The quality of being not interchangeable.
CALLIOPE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The Muse of epic poetry. 2 A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard.
GUOMINDANG * n. The political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan.
GLOAT * --n. Malicious satisfaction. --v. 1 Dwell on with satisfaction. 2 Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy.
NICTATE * v. Briefly shut the eyes.
CERTAINLY * r. Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').
TRIOPS * n. Type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye.
GARDNER * n. 1 United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924). 2 Writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970).
RHEUMATOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints.
REQUISITION * --n. 1 The act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use. 2 An official form on which a request in made. 3 Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized. --v. 1 Make a formal request for official services. 2 Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service.
SYMPTOMLESS * s. Having no symptoms of illness or disease.
RUMOR * --n. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth. --v. Tell or spread rumors.
PROKARYOTE * n. A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma.
ERUDITENESS * n. Profound scholarly knowledge.
MOZAMBICAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Mozambique. --a. 1 Of or relating to or located in Mozambique. 2 Of or relating to the people of Mozambique.
COPPERY * s. Of something having the color of copper.
ETHOCAINE * n. A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine.
LOYALTY * n. 1 The quality of being loyal. 2 Feelings of allegiance. 3 The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.
STRACHEY * n. English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932).
LIGHTLY * r. 1 Without good reason. 2 With few burdens. 3 With little weight or force. 4 Indulging with temperance.
REFACE * v. 1 Put a new facing on (a garment). 2 Provide with a new facing.
LOCALIZE * v. 1 Identify the location or place of. 2 Concentrate on a particular place or spot. 3 Restrict something to a particular area. 4 Locate.
UNGEARED * a. Having gears not engaged or disconnected.
DETOXIFY * v. 1 Remove poison from. 2 Treat for alcohol or drug dependence.
RELIANT * s. Relying on another for support.
SLITHERING * s. Moving as on a slippery surface.
O'CLOCK * r. According to the clock.
BEWILDER * v. 1 Be a mystery or bewildering to. 2 Cause to be confused emotionally.
THANK * v. Express gratitude or show appreciation to.
GLYCERYL * n. A trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals.
TROVE * n. Treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth).
ESPLANADE * n. A long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore.
CHANGAN * n. A city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.
ONE-HALF * n. One of two equal parts of a divisible whole.
JETH * n. The third month of the Hindu calendar.
WICCA * n. 1 A community of followers of the Wicca religion. 2 The polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe.
RIFFLE * --n. 1 A small wave on the surface of a liquid. 2 Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners. --v. 1 Twitch or flutter. 2 Look through a book or other written material. 3 Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. 4 Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix.
STUNG * s. Aroused to impatience or anger.
BLOODSUCKING * s. 1 Drawing blood from the body of another. 2 Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.
PROJECTING * s. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
VENOUS * a. Of or contained in or performing the function of the veins.
MELTER * n. A worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.).
MOUNTER * n. 1 A skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.. 2 Someone who ascends on foot.
WIGLESS * a. Not wearing a wig.
CELLBLOCK * n. A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells).
GRINDLE * n. Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America.
GOOEY * s. Soft and sticky.
ELUSIVENESS * n. The quality of being difficult to grasp or pin down.
INSINUATE * v. 1 Introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner. 2 Give to understand.
STAMINATE * s. Capable of fertilizing female organs.
SORENESS * n. 1 A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched). 2 An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress.
THUNNUS * n. Tunas: warm-blooded fishes.
UNEMPLOYABLE * a. Not acceptable for employment as a worker.
AUTOCHTHON * n. The earliest known inhabitants of a region.
NUTRITIONALLY * r. With regard to nutrition.
NUBBY * s. Of textiles; having a rough surface.
EUPHORIANT * --n. A psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria. --s. Tending to produce euphoria.
GNARLY * s. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots.
LAKH * n. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
SNOTTY-NOSED * s. Marked by casual disrespect.
SPELL * --n. 1 A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation. 2 A time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else). 3 A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition. 4 A verbal formula believed to have magical force. --v. 1 Orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of. 2 Indicate or signify. 3 Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word). 4 Relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn.
SULFADIAZINE * n. A sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections.
PORPHYRIN * n. Any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues.
CUSPED * s. Having cusps or points.
BOVID * --n. Hollow-horned ruminants. --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle).
ENDOBLAST * n. The inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems.
IDEAL * --n. 1 The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain. 2 Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. --s. 1 Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal. 2 Constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception. --a. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas.
BUSKIN * n. A boot reaching halfway up to the knee.
POLYOSE * n. Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.
HELLEBORINE * n. 1 Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme. 2 Any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis. 3 Any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera.
INTEGRATION * n. 1 The action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community. 2 The act of combining into an integral whole. 3 An operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined.
TRANSFERRER * n. Someone who transfers something.
TETRASPORE * n. One of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium.
PHILOSOPHIZING * n. The exposition (often superficially) of a particular philosophy.
STANLEY * n. 1 United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918). 2 Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904).
FUTURISTIC * a. Of or relating to futurism.
HEXANCHUS * n. A genus of Hexanchidae.
SEBORRHEA * n. A condition in which overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily.
TRIONYX * n. Type genus of the Trionychidae.
CATECHISM * n. 1 A series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views. 2 An elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers.
WIESENBODEN * n. A dark meadow soil rich in organic material; developed through poor drainage in humid grassy or sedge regions.
DAY-AFTER-DAY * s. Of or belonging to or occurring every day.
PALEOANTHROPOLOGICAL * a. Of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils.
RINGING * n. 1 The sound of a bell ringing. 2 The giving of a ring as a token of engagement. 3 Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
THESSALONIKI * n. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece.
GUTTER * --n. 1 A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater. 2 Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money. 3 A worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.). 4 A tool for gutting fish. --v. 1 Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker. 2 Flow in small streams. 3 Wear or cut gutters into. 4 Provide with gutters.
MEDIAL * s. 1 Dividing an animal into right and left halves. 2 Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.
HETEROKONTOPHYTA * n. Algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths; terminology supersedes Chrysophyta in some classifications.
ALCHEMICAL * a. Related to or concerned with alchemy.
CHAMAEA * n. A genus of Paridae.
SUPERBIA * n. Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins).
ATTESTED * s. Established as genuine.
TREAD-SOFTLY * n. A stinging herb of tropical America.
CHON * n. 1 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea. 2 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea.
CONVINCED * --s. Persuaded of; very sure. --a. Having a strong belief or conviction.
INGREDIENT * n. 1 A component of a mixture or compound. 2 An abstract part of something. 3 Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking.
PERILOUSLY * r. In a dangerous manner.
KELPWORT * n. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash.
MAK * n. A terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda.
GOITROGEN * n. Any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter.
STOGY * n. A cheap cigar.
BRAZEN * --v. Face with defiance or impudence. --s. Unrestrained by convention or propriety. --a. Made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness).
ANALYZER * n. An instrument that performs analyses.
SKIVVY * n. A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work.
PCP * n. 1 A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability. 2 A drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen.
LEPTORRHINIC * a. Having a long narrow nose.
ZAPODIDAE * n. Jumping mice.
UNSOCIABLENESS * n. An unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship.
GENTLE * --v. 1 Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. 2 Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility. 3 Stroke soothingly. --s. 1 Soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe. 2 Having or showing a kindly or tender nature. 3 Quiet and soothing. 4 Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
EPHEDRINE * n. White odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma.
TROUSERS * n. (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
MACAULAY * n. English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859).
BLUEJACKET * n. A serviceman in the navy.
DERISIVELY * r. In a disrespectful and mocking manner.
OFFENCE * n. 1 The action of attacking an enemy. 2 The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score. 3 A feeling of anger caused by being offended. 4 A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.
KNOT * --n. 1 A tight cluster of people or things. 2 Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object. 3 A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged. 4 (of ships and wind) A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour. --v. 1 Make into knots; make knots out of. 2 Tie or fasten into a knot. 3 Tangle or complicate.
NAJAS * n. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
CARRAGEENAN * n. A colloidal extract from carrageen seaweed and other red algae.
TENDENTIOUSLY * r. In a tendentious manner.
SPOT-CHECK * v. Pick out random samples for examination in order to ensure high quality.
DIGRESSIVE * s. 1 Of superficial relevance if any. 2 (of e.g. speech and writing) Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.
BRANDISH * --n. The act of waving. --v. 1 Move or swing back and forth. 2 Exhibit aggressively.
APPEND * v. 1 Add to the very end. 2 Fix to; attach. 3 State or say further.
POTEMKIN * n. A Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791).
LEADWORT * n. A plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers.
FOREWOMAN * n. 1 A woman who is foreperson of a jury. 2 A woman in charge of a group of workers.
CROSSBENCH * n. Any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition.
84 * s. Being four more than eighty.
LAUNDERETTE * n. A self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers.
EXTRAVAGANT * s. 1 Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings. 2 Recklessly wasteful.
CRAMPON * n. 1 A hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects. 2 An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing.
ETHOSUXIMIDE * n. An anticonvulsant drug (trade names Emeside and Zarontin) used to treat petit mal epilepsy.
MEDICATIVE * s. Having the properties of medicine.
CHARITABLY * r. In a charitable manner.
GINGKO * n. Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree.
ORTHOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to or expressed in orthography.
FONDLE * v. Touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner.
CHIEFTAIN * n. 1 The leader of a group of people. 2 The head of a tribe or clan.
DISTRACTEDLY * r. In a distracted manner.
DISPROPORTION * n. Lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something.
FLEE * v. Run away quickly.
AURICULA * n. 1 Yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated. 2 A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart.
BUNDLED-UP * s. Dressed warmly.
BRUNET * --n. A person with dark (brown) hair. --a. Marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes.
KRIS * n. A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade.
GESTICULATE * v. Show, express or direct through movement.
FLUORIDIZATION * n. The addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay).
MUZZLER * n. Someone who muzzles animals.
STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM * n. Any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers.
EDIFY * v. Make understand.
ORACH * n. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
FRAMING * n. 1 Formulation of the plans and important details. 2 A framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror.
THORNBILL * n. Any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill.
TRILLIACEAE * n. Small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.
SYSTEMIZER * n. An organizer who puts things in order.
STEREOSCOPIC * a. 1 Of or relating to a stereoscope. 2 Of or relating to stereoscopy.
UNDERSEXED * s. Having a subnormal degree of sexual desire.
SYZYGY * n. The straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system.
CAMLET * n. 1 A garment made of camlet fabric. 2 A fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair.
PAPACY * n. The government of the Roman Catholic Church.
MISQUOTATION * n. An incorrect quotation.
BLUEBEARD * n. (fairytale) A monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience.
BASSARISCUS * n. Cacomistles.
SYNSEMANTIC * s. Of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words.
PLACESEEKER * n. A disparaging term for an appointee.
DENUMERABLE * s. That can be counted.
CHYTRIDIALES * n. Simple aquatic fungi mostly saprophytic but some parasitic on higher plants or animals or fresh water fungi; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes.
PREUSSEN * n. A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland.
SELF-FEEDER * n. A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material.
APHANITIC * a. Of or relating to aphanite.
DYAUS-PITAR * n. Hindu god of the sky.
SMUTCH * v. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.
MARITIMES * n. The collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
SUBPOENA * --n. A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court. --v. Serve or summon with a subpoena.
SPINY-BACKED * s. Having the back covered with spines.
CEDI * n. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
OUGUIYA * n. The basic unit of money in Mauritania.
SYMPHYTUM * n. Comfrey.
CAPABLENESS * n. 1 An aptitude that may be developed. 2 The quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.
OCEANID * n. (Greek mythology) Sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
FUSS-BUDGET * n. Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.
HYPERGLYCEMIA * n. Abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes.
TELAMON * n. A figure of a man used as a supporting column.
ESTIMATION * n. 1 A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation). 2 The respect with which a person is held. 3 An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth. 4 A judgment of the qualities of something or somebody.
APPENDICULAR * a. Relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs.
UNSCRIPTED * a. Not furnished with or using a script.
INDEMNITY * n. 1 Protection against future loss. 2 Legal exemption from liability for damages. 3 A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
KHIOS * n. An island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece.
DECREASE * --n. 1 A change downward. 2 A process of becoming smaller or shorter. 3 The amount by which something decreases. 4 The act of decreasing or reducing something. --v. 1 Decrease in size, extent, or range. 2 Make smaller.
PTERODACTYLUS * n. A reptile genus of Pterodactylidae.
METEOROLOGIST * n. A specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions.
TAB * n. 1 The bill in a restaurant. 2 Sensationalist journalism. 3 The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation. 4 A short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it.
GUEREZA * n. A colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body.
RESINOID * n. A plastic containing resins.
UNSHUTTERED * a. Not provided with shutters or having the shuttered open.
BOTTLEFEED * v. Feed (infants) with a bottle.
SYNAESTHETIC * a. Relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense.
DISSUADE * v. Turn away from by persuasion.
SECATEURS * n. Small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface.
ALDOSE * n. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
SELF-CULTIVATION * n. The process of educating yourself.
SHOP * --n. 1 A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services. 2 Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done. 3 A course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity). --v. 1 Do one's shopping. 2 Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. 3 Shop around; not necessarily buying. 4 Give away information about somebody.
CERIVASTATIN * n. An oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
MONROE * n. 1 United States film actress noted for sex appeal (1926-1962). 2 5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831). 3 A town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie. 4 A town in north central Louisiana.
VASODILATION * n. Dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries).
LOPHIIDAE * n. Large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers.
TITHONIA * n. Any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays.
SWEARWORD * n. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
SEPTENARY * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
SHAD-FLOWER * n. Annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules.
POI * n. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
ANESTHESIOLOGIST * n. A specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated.
LAWN * n. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
MOLESTER * n. Someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities.
ZIG-ZAG * s. Having short sharp turns or angles.
VIVISECT * v. Cut (a body) open while still alive.
ESPADRILLE * n. A sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part.
WATERMAN * n. Someone who drives or rides in a boat.
LEGACY * n. (law) A gift of personal property by will.
MOORAGE * n. 1 A fee for mooring. 2 A place where a craft can be made fast. 3 The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.
OVERTHROW * --n. 1 The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force). 2 The act of disturbing the mind or body. --v. 1 Cause the downfall of; of rulers. 2 Rule against.
WY * n. A state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east.
COCKER * --n. A small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England. --v. Treat with excessive indulgence.
ORTHODOXY * n. 1 The quality of being orthodox (especially in religion). 2 A belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards.
CRUDITY * n. 1 A wild or unrefined state. 2 An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement.
NEO-DARWINISM * n. A modern Darwinian theory that explains new species in terms of genetic mutations.
GRIGRI * n. An African amulet.
INEXORABLY * r. In an inexorable manner.
ALL-VICTORIOUS * s. Never having lost.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE * n. An understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities.
MORALLY * r. 1 With respect to moral principles. 2 In a moral manner.
SODOMY * n. 1 Sexual activity between a person and an animal. 2 Intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman.
SARCOLEMMA * n. An extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber.
S.C. * n. A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies.
CARDUELINAE * n. Used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches.
ITINERANT * --n. A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment. --s. Traveling from place to place to work.
MUDDLEHEADED * s. Stupid and confused.
NURSLING * n. An infant considered in relation to its nurse.
CAMELOPARD * n. Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.
LIMPID * s. 1 Clear and bright. 2 Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity. 3 (of language) Transparently clear; easily understandable.
INTERIOR * --n. 1 The region that is inside of something. 2 The inner or enclosed surface of something. 3 The United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849. --a. Situated within or suitable for inside a building. --s. 1 Inside the country. 2 Located inward. 3 Inside and toward a center. 4 Of or coming from the middle of a region or country.
ANCYLOSE * v. 1 Produce ankylosis by surgery. 2 Undergo ankylosis.
CATARRH * n. Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus.
ENDOTHELIUM * n. An epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities.
PWR * n. A nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine.
HOOPOO * n. Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill.
REPUTATION * n. 1 The state of being held in high esteem and honor. 2 Notoriety for some particular characteristic. 3 The general estimation that the public has for a person.
ILLEGAL * a. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
MEDIETY * n. One of two (approximately) equal parts.
NEOPALLIUM * n. The cortical part of the neencephalon.
CYLINDRICAL-STEMMED * s. Having a cylindrical stem.
PT * n. A heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits.
PINNATED * s. (of a leaf shape) Featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis.
EDMONTONIA * n. Heavily armored and highly spiked dinosaur with semi-upright posture.
CONCLUSIVELY * r. In a conclusive way.
SCRIVENER * n. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
EVACUANT * s. Strongly laxative.
SUSURRANT * s. Making a low continuous indistinct sound.
RAUCOUS * s. 1 Unpleasantly loud and harsh. 2 Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough.
FUSCOUS * s. Of something having a dusky brownish grey color.
BLOVIATE * v. Orate verbosely and windily.
CALLATHUMP * n. 1 A noisy boisterous parade. 2 A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
IMAGISM * n. A movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery.
CLAMOUR * --n. Loud and persistent outcry from many people. --v. 1 Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily. 2 Make loud demands.
KACHINIC * n. Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India.
SKIN * --n. 1 A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch. 2 An outer surface (usually thin). 3 Body covering of a living animal. 4 A person's skin regarded as their life. --v. 1 Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. 2 Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of. 3 Remove the bark of a tree. 4 Strip the skin off.
NEWSREADER * n. Someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin.
ARITY * n. The number of arguments that a function can take.
CHEESECAKE * n. 1 Made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust. 2 A photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire.
HOKUSAI * n. Japanese painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1760-1849).
OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES * n. Teleost fish with bony tongues.
PAVEMENT * n. 1 The paved surface of a thoroughfare. 2 Material used to pave an area. 3 Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway.
FRIAR * n. A male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms.
VEDALIA * n. Native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects.
FESTIVITY * n. Any joyous diversion.
MICROBIAL * a. Of or involving or caused by or being microbes.
LAMBIS * n. Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere.
ANODISE * v. Coat a metal with an oxide coat.
BRADLEY * n. 1 United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998). 2 United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981).
CROWING * --n. An instance of boastful talk. --s. Exhibiting self-importance.
CORRIGENDUM * n. A printer's error; to be corrected.
ANOMIA * n. 1 Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects. 2 Type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters.
ADVISED * --a. Having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel. --s. Having received information.
CELEBRATER * n. A person who is celebrating.
SINGLE-SHELLED * s. Univalve.
ONCOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or practicing oncology.
FATHER * --n. 1 A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father). 2 The founder of a family. 3 `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military. 4 (Christianity) Any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom. --v. Make (offspring) by reproduction.
FOETAL * a. Of or relating to a fetus.
MANAGERIALLY * r. In a managerial manner.
SOLEMNESS * n. A trait of dignified seriousness.
CHRISTMASTIDE * n. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
DUSTMAN * n. Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse.
UPMARKET * a. Designed for consumers with high incomes.
STRONG-ARMER * n. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
LAUGHABLE * s. 1 So unreasonable as to invite derision. 2 Arousing or provoking laughter.
STATECRAFT * n. Wisdom in the management of public affairs.
SHADING * n. 1 Graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting. 2 A gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades.
CHANDELLE * --n. A flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction. --v. Climb suddenly and steeply.
CLAIRVOYANT * --n. Someone who has the power of clairvoyance. --s. 1 Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses. 2 Foreseeing the future.
ORRIS * n. 1 German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome. 2 Fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines.
CONTINUOUSLY * r. 1 At every point. 2 With unflagging resolve.
UNBLEMISHED * a. Free from physical or moral spots or stains.
AERONAUTICAL * a. Of or pertaining to aeronautics.
MONARCHIC * s. Ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch.
SENTENTIOUSLY * r. In a pithy sententious manner.
BOONDOGGLE * --n. Work of little or no value done merely to look busy. --v. Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
CRUNCH * --n. 1 The sound of something crunching. 2 A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources). 3 The act of crushing. --v. 1 Make a crushing noise. 2 Press or grind with a crushing noise. 3 Chew noisily. 4 Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
AUTOMOTIVE * --a. Of or relating to motor vehicles. --s. Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement.
NWBW * n. The compass point that is one point west of northwest.
GREENISH-GREY * s. Of grey tinged with green.
COLUBRIDAE * n. Nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species.
SANATIVE * s. Tending to cure or restore to health.
MODESTLY * r. With modesty; in a modest manner.
ENGINE * n. 1 Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work. 2 Something used to achieve a purpose. 3 A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks. 4 An instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc..
INVALIDATOR * n. An official who can invalidate or nullify.
ODYSSEUS * n. (Greek mythology) A famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey.
TIROLEAN * n. Soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade.
VACILLATE * v. 1 Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. 2 Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.
BETATRON * n. Accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux.
INSTANCY * n. 1 The quickness of action or occurrence. 2 The quality of being insistent.
VALENTINE * n. 1 A sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day. 2 A card sent or given (as to a sweetheart) on Saint Valentine's Day.
SHAMBOLICALLY * r. In a shambolic manner.
TUBERCULIN * n. A sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
NORN * n. (Norse mythology) Any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae.
CASING * n. 1 The housing or outer covering of something. 2 The outermost covering of a pneumatic tire. 3 The enclosing frame around a door or window opening.
CA-CA * v. Have a bowel movement.
BACILLAR * --a. Relating to or produced by or containing bacilli. --s. Formed like a bacillus.
UNDOGMATICAL * s. Unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion).
LINUX * n. An open-source version of the UNIX operating system.
VICTUALER * n. 1 An innkeeper (especially British). 2 A supplier of victuals or supplies to an army.
STOCKHOLDINGS * n. A specific number of stocks or shares owned.
RURALISM * n. 1 A rural idiom or expression. 2 A rural characteristic or trait.
MOCKING * s. 1 Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule. 2 Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule).
AMOEBINA * n. The animal order including amoebas.
CAUSTIC * --n. Any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue. --s. 1 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 2 Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
OECUMENICAL * s. 1 Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions. 2 Of worldwide scope or applicability.
CARBUNCLED * s. 1 Afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle. 2 Set with carbuncles.
RATTY * --a. Of or characteristic of rats. --s. 1 Showing signs of wear and tear. 2 Dirty and infested with rats.
COMPLIANCY * n. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.
VEGETARIAN * n. Eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products.
UNACCUSTOMED * s. Unusual or unfamiliar.
SKILLETFISH * n. Clingfish with typical skillet shape.
MUTAGEN * n. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation.
LARN * v. Gain knowledge or skills.
LAST-MINUTE * s. Just before a deadline; at the last minute.
BESEECHING * a. Begging.
CICUTA * n. Small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock.
LIKEN * v. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
RHEUMATOLOGIST * n. A physician specializing in rheumatic diseases.
IDEALISATION * n. 1 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad. 2 Something that exists only as an idea. 3 A portrayal of something as ideal.
JACKSONIAN * --n. A follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas. --a. Of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy.
MILLPOND * n. A pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel.
OUTMODE * v. Make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete.
PROMPTING * n. 1 Persuasion formulated as a suggestion. 2 A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken).
ABREACT * v. Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization.
STRIDENTLY * r. In a strident manner.
MISAPPLY * v. Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly.
AIRSICK * s. Experiencing motion sickness.
ANGIOGRAM * n. An X-ray representation of blood vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance.
UNVOLUNTARY * a. Not subject to the control of the will.
HERMES * n. (Greek mythology) Messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury.
XERODERMIA * n. A mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin.
PAMPER * v. Treat with excessive indulgence.
ASSUR * n. An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq.
RETALIATIVE * s. Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution.
LYCHGATE * n. A roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals.
EXEC * n. The chief executive department of the United States government.
FRANCO * n. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975).
PHALLIC * --a. Relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power. --s. Resembling or being a phallus.
UTRICLE * n. A small pouch into which the semicircular canals open.
BAMBOO * n. 1 The hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles. 2 Woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture.
AFRAID * --a. Filled with fear or apprehension. --s. 1 Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement. 2 Feeling worry or concern or insecurity. 3 Having feelings of aversion or unwillingness.
AQUACULTURE * n. Rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food.
ANOMIIDAE * n. Saddle oysters.
PRESUMPTION * n. 1 An assumption that is taken for granted. 2 (law) An inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed. 3 Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. 4 A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming.
MENDELSSOHN * n. German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847).
MEWS * n. Street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.
FOXY * s. Marked by skill in deception.
DIMENHYDRINATE * n. Antihistamine and antiemetic (trade name Dramamine) used to treat motion sickness.
CLOVEN-HOOFED * a. Of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine.
DETECTOR * n. 1 Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner. 2 Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave. 3 Electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity.
RED * --n. 1 Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood. 2 A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana. 3 Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. 4 The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. --s. 1 Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. 2 Characterized by violence or bloodshed. 3 (especially of the face) Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
IMPRISONMENT * n. 1 Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment. 2 The state of being imprisoned. 3 The act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison).
RIGOROUSLY * r. In a rigorous manner.
CARIES * n. Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth.
PARROTIOPSIS * n. One species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains.
FIDELITY * n. 1 Accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal. 2 The quality of being faithful.
IMPOTENTLY * r. In a helpless manner.
CRIER * n. 1 A person who weeps. 2 (formerly) An official who made public announcements. 3 A peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells.
REJUVENATE * v. 1 Cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land. 2 Develop youthful topographical features. 3 Make younger or more youthful. 4 Return to life; get or give new life or energy.
HIGH-ALTITUDE * s. Occurring at or from a relative high altitude.
INSURGENT * --n. 1 A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). 2 A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment. --s. In opposition to a civil authority or government.
YERKES * n. United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956).
DASHIKI * n. A loose and brightly colored African shirt.
LAMMERGEYER * n. The largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill.
EMPYREAL * --a. Of or relating to the sky or heavens. --s. Inspiring awe.
CHOKY * --n. British slang (dated) for a prison. --s. So tight as to tend to choke.
HALFBEAK * n. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
TABBOULEH * n. A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
INFORMER * n. One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
RIYAL * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia. 2 The basic unit of money in Qatar.
SHWA * n. A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables.
ALEHOOF * n. Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta.
GALLINAGO * n. Snipes.
SELMA * n. A town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters.
LATERALIZE * v. Move or displace to one side so as to make lateral.
ADENOMEGALY * n. Gland enlargement.
HATER * n. A person who hates.
LAYER * --n. 1 Single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance. 2 A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another. 3 An abstract place usually conceived as having depth. 4 A hen that lays eggs. --v. Make or form a layer.
TOURER * n. 1 Someone who travels for pleasure. 2 Large open car seating four with folding top.
BANDANNA * n. Large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief.
TAKE-IN * n. The act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone.
IRELAND * n. 1 A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921. 2 An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
KOCHIA * n. Summer cypress.
KINGLIKE * s. Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king.
RETRORSE * a. Bent or curved backward or downward.
EM * n. 1 A quad with a square body. 2 A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
CODE * --n. 1 A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones). 2 A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy. 3 (computer science) The symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions. --v. 1 Attach a code to. 2 Convert ordinary language into code.
75 * s. Being five more than seventy.
CURD * n. 1 A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd. 2 Coagulated milk; used to make cheese.
JUSTIFY * v. 1 Show to be right by providing justification or proof. 2 (used of God) Declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin. 3 Adjust the spaces between words.
FERVIDLY * r. With passionate fervor.
HEMACHATUS * n. Ringhals.
KUMMEL * n. Liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin.
COUNTERSTRIKE * v. Make a counterattack.
MAGI * n. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them.
SCULLION * n. A kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing).
PERSEVERE * v. Be persistent, refuse to stop.
SIGHTLESS * s. Lacking sight.
SPIRITISM * n. Concern with things of the spirit.
EYE-POPPING * s. Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning.
MARKHOOR * n. Large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns.
NEURALGY * n. Acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves.
DEMOLISHING * n. Complete destruction of a building.
FACTORISE * v. Resolve (a polynomial) into factors.
KRIGIA * n. Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
SHUTTER * --n. 1 A mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure. 2 A hinged blind for a window. --v. Close with shutters.
REPROVINGLY * r. In a reproving or reproachful manner.
PRELATURE * n. 1 Prelates collectively. 2 The office or station of a prelate.
ADULATE * v. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
RASHLY * r. In a hasty and foolhardy manner.
WELTANSCHAUUNG * n. A comprehensive view of the world and human life.
MPH * n. 1 The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours). 2 A speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel.
AMNIO * n. (pregnancy) Extraction by centesis of amniotic fluid from a pregnant woman (after the 15th week of pregnancy) to aid in the diagnosis of fetal abnormalities.
PALEO-AMERIND * n. A member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch.
SCRAPPLE * n. Scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying.
FOGGED * s. Obscured by fog.
AMMONIATED * a. Combined or treated with ammonia.
DIGENESIS * n. Alternation of sexual and asexual generations.
PAINT * --n. 1 A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating. 2 (basketball) A space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court. 3 Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks. --v. 1 Make a painting. 2 Apply paint to; coat with paint. 3 Make a painting of. 4 Apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil.
COMMINGLE * v. 1 Mix or blend. 2 Mix together different elements.
USEABLE * s. 1 Fit or ready for use or service. 2 Capable of being put to use. 3 Convenient for use or disposal.
ENCEPHALON * n. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.
THYROTOXICOSIS * n. An overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones.
INCARNATE * --v. 1 Make concrete and real. 2 Represent in bodily form. --s. 1 Possessing or existing in bodily form. 2 Invested with a bodily form especially of a human body.
S-SHAPE * n. A double curve resembling the letter S.
BUCOLIC * --n. 1 A country person. 2 A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life. --s. (used with regard to idealized country life) Idyllically rustic. --a. Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle.
BLOOMERS * n. (used in the plural) Underpants worn by women.
APOPHASIS * n. Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned.
CONVERSE * --n. A proposition obtained by conversion. --v. Carry on a conversation. --s. 1 Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other. 2 Turned about in order or relation.
RECONCILE * v. 1 Make (one thing) compatible with (another). 2 Bring into consonance or accord. 3 Come to terms. 4 Accept as inevitable.
ILL-SHAPEN * s. So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.
CASTLED * s. Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement.
PROLONGATION * n. 1 The act of prolonging something. 2 Amount or degree or range to which something extends. 3 The consequence of being lengthened in duration.
SULPHUROUS * --a. Of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur. --s. 1 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 2 Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.
MONOATOMIC * a. Of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom.
HAWKISHNESS * n. Any political orientation favoring aggressive policies.
OBSTRUCTIONIST * n. Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.
RACIAL * a. 1 Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people. 2 Of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups.
TOLLKEEPER * n. Someone employed to collect tolls.
LECHER * n. Man with strong sexual desires.
CURSORIUS * n. Coursers.
POINTILLISTIC * s. Of or relating to pointillism.
GUIANA * n. A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam.
WRATHFUL * s. Vehemently incensed and condemnatory.
STINGING * --n. A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung. --s. (of speech) Harsh or hurtful in tone or character.
ARTFUL * a. 1 Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness. 2 Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft.
SOTTISH * s. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.
OVERAGED * s. Too old to be useful.
INITIALISATION * n. (computer science) The format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position.
SAILMAKER * n. A maker of sails.
ARACHIS * n. A genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut).
SILVER-LACE * n. Shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum.
WEIGHTING * n. (statistics) A coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance.
TREILLAGE * n. Latticework used to support climbing plants.
GALACTOSEMIA * n. A genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth.
RESUBMIT * v. Submit (information) again to a program or automatic system.
GREENGROCER * n. A grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables.
INFINITIVAL * a. Relating to or formed with the infinitive.
FENCER * n. Someone skilled at fencing.
BACKDATE * v. Make effective from an earlier date.
GARFIELD * n. 20th President of the United States; assassinated by a frustrated office-seeker (1831-1881).
ALGREN * n. United States writer (1909-1981).
PNEUMATICALLY * r. In a pneumatic manner.
STRAIN * --n. 1 (physics) Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces. 2 Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension. 3 A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. 4 (psychology) Nervousness resulting from mental stress. --v. 1 To exert much effort or energy. 2 Test the limits of. 3 Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity. 4 Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.
JOUST * --n. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. --v. Joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback.
CLON * n. A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction.
POLYANDROUS * s. Having more than one husband at a time.
MILER * n. 1 (used only in combinations) The length of something in miles. 2 A runner in a one-mile race.
SHANKAR * n. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).
FRANGIBILITY * n. Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed.
PARTICULARISATION * n. An individualized description of a particular instance.
BEGIN * --n. 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). --v. 1 Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. 2 Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense. 3 Set in motion, cause to start. 4 Begin to speak or say.
KIKE * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a Jew.
BOROUGH * n. 1 One of the administrative divisions of a large city. 2 An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.
GELECHIIDAE * n. Important economic pests.
27TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-sixth in position.
SUPERPHYLUM * n. (biology) A taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass.
FOULED * s. 1 Made dirty or foul. 2 Especially of a ship's lines etc.
UNTRADITIONAL * a. Not conforming to or in accord with tradition.
BRIGIT * n. Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget.
ENTERPRISER * n. Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it.
LATINISM * n. A word or phrase borrowed from Latin.
CELLO * n. A large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing.
PARADER * n. Walks with regular or stately step.
REWORD * v. Express the same message in different words.
ATHANASIUS * n. (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373).
EPIGRAM * n. A witty saying.
PRANKSTER * n. Someone who plays practical jokes on others.
CATHODE * n. 1 A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device. 2 The positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current.
HIGH-STEPPED * s. Having or moving with a high step.
DOUBLY * r. 1 To double the degree. 2 In a twofold manner.
OFFHANDED * --s. 1 With little or no preparation or forethought. 2 Casually thoughtless or inconsiderate. --r. 1 Without previous thought or preparation. 2 In a casually inconsiderate manner.
VOCALIST * n. A person who sings.
FCC * n. An independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite.
CONTINENT-WIDE * s. Involving the entire continent.
VENDITION * n. The act of selling goods for a living.
FEDERALIST * n. 1 A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government. 2 An advocate of federalism.
COMMITTEEMAN * n. A man who is a member of committee.
BATTLEFUL * s. Having or showing a ready disposition to fight.
AZYGOS * s. Occurring singly; not one of a pair.
SIZED * a. 1 Having a specified size. 2 Having the surface treated or coated with sizing.
COAXER * n. Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing.
PLATELAYER * n. A workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks.
HOLLA * n. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
JANGLE * --n. A metallic sound. --v. Make a sound typical of metallic objects.
AGALACTIA * n. A condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered.
UNMIXED * s. 1 Not mixed with extraneous elements. 2 Not constituting a compound.
SENORITA * n. A Spanish title or form of address used to or of an unmarried girl or woman; similar to the English `Miss'.
FLOODLIGHT * --n. Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography. --v. Illuminate with floodlights.
TAUROMACHY * n. The activity at a bullfight.
FAINEANT * s. Disinclined to work or exertion.
ADJUDGE * v. Declare to be.
KG * n. One thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
TRANSPARENTNESS * n. The quality of being clear and transparent.
ARHANT * n. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
SEPSIS * n. The presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues.
DOUBTLESSLY * r. Without doubt; certainly.
NOVELISE * v. Convert into the form or the style of a novel.
ACULEATE * a. Having or resembling a stinger or barb.
FATALITY * n. 1 A death resulting from an accident or a disaster. 2 The quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters.
BUCKSKINS * n. (used in the plural) Breeches made of buckskin.
UNPRESENTABLE * s. Creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression.
WRINKLEPROOF * a. Of fabric that does not wrinkle easily.
DECLUTCH * v. Disengage the clutch of a car.
EYELIKE * s. Suggesting an eye or eyes.
THIOBACTERIA * n. Any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus.
FAINTLY * r. To a faint degree or weakly perceived.
EAT * v. 1 Take in solid food. 2 Eat a meal; take a meal. 3 Take in food; used of animals only. 4 Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.
CYPRINIDAE * n. A family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace.
CRUCIBLE * n. A vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions.
THROAT * n. 1 The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone. 2 An opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep. 3 A passage resembling a throat in shape or function. 4 The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat.
SHINDY * n. A large and noisy party of people.
UNPOPULARITY * n. The quality of lacking general approval or acceptance.
JOLLINESS * n. Feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor.
PHANTASM * n. 1 A ghostly appearing figure. 2 Something existing in perception only.
SYMPATRIC * a. (of biological species or speciation) Occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas.
SLASK * n. A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland.
DEFLATE * v. 1 Collapse by releasing contained air or gas. 2 Release contained air or gas from. 3 Reduce or lessen the size or importance of. 4 Produce deflation in.
TEDIUM * n. 1 The feeling of being bored by something tedious. 2 Dullness owing to length or slowness.
MISSED * s. Not caught with the senses or the mind.
CHILD-CENTERED * s. Designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information.
SHARI * n. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
IR * n. 1 A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium. 2 A board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes.
MUNIFICENT * s. Very generous.
DIAPEDESIS * n. Passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue.
DESENSITIZATION * n. The process of reducing sensitivity.
EARTHTONGUE * n. Any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
LAUREATE * --n. Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath. --s. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction.
BALL-BUSTER * n. 1 A demanding woman who destroys men's confidence. 2 A job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing.
THOROUGHGOING * s. 1 Performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial. 2 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
ALPENA * n. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
EXTRADITE * v. Hand over to the authorities of another country.
STEELWORKS * n. A factory where steel is made.
RIPSAW * n. A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood.
WIDESPREAD * s. 1 Widely circulated or diffused. 2 Distributed over a considerable extent.
WAFT * --n. A long flag; often tapering. --v. 1 Be driven or carried along, as by the air. 2 Blow gently.
UNABRIDGED * --n. A dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary. --a. (used of texts) Not shortened.
SYLLABLE * n. A unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme.
ABEL * n. 1 Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829). 2 (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain.
IRKSOME * s. So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
LENGTHINESS * n. 1 Amount or degree or range to which something extends. 2 The consequence of being lengthened in duration.
EMINENT * s. 1 Standing above others in quality or position. 2 Of imposing height; especially standing out above others.
INDIGNANT * s. Angered at something unjust or wrong.
GYRO * n. 1 A Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread. 2 Rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction.
UNFLURRIED * s. Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension.
MERGENTHALER * n. United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899).
PREDOMINANTLY * r. Much greater in number or influence.
AUCTORIAL * a. Of or by or typical of an author.
POLYCHROMISE * v. Color with many colors; make polychrome.
THERAPEUTICAL * a. Relating to or involved in therapy.
MEMBERSHIP * n. 1 The body of members of an organization or group. 2 The state of being a member.
HOUSEBREAK * v. Train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house.
CONSTANTINA * n. A Romanian resort city on the Black Sea.
TILLING * n. Cultivation of the land in order to raise crops.
COMPULSIVE * --n. A person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things. --s. 1 Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion. 2 Strongly motivated to succeed.
APHANITE * n. Fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye.
CANTONMENT * n. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers.
QUIN * n. One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
HASSEL * n. Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981).
KOPEK * n. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia.
TITANOSAURUS * n. Genus of herbivorous dinosaurs flourishing during the Cretaceous in South America.
SECLUDED * s. 1 Hidden from general view or use. 2 Providing privacy or seclusion.
REFRACTORY * --n. Lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace. --s. 1 Not responding to treatment. 2 Temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus. 3 Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
SANCTUARY * n. 1 A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept. 2 A shelter from danger or hardship. 3 Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
EDUCATIONAL * --a. Relating to the process of education. --s. Providing knowledge.
SHIPPER * n. 1 Someone who ships goods. 2 A company in the business of shipping freight.
PUCK * n. 1 A mischievous sprite of English folklore. 2 A vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey.
MOURNFULLY * r. In a mournful manner.
GORGEOUS * s. Dazzlingly beautiful.
COLTSFOOT * n. 1 Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall. 2 Perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly.
SALAMI * n. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
LEVITRA * n. Virility drug (trade name Levitra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
REARWARDS * r. At or to or toward the back or rear.
INTERCEPTION * n. 1 The act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving. 2 (American football) The act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team.
SENSITIZED * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
DOMESTICITY * n. 1 The quality of being domestic or domesticated. 2 Domestic activities or life.
STEGANOGRAPHY * n. Act of writing in code or cipher.
SUBAQUEOUS * s. Growing or remaining under water.
TRANSOM * n. 1 A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door. 2 A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it.
HOSTA * n. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae.
HUTZPAH * n. (Yiddish) Unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.
HOMILETIC * a. 1 Of the nature of a homily or sermon. 2 Of or relating to homiletics.
PHLEGMY * a. Characterized by phlegm.
PATELLAR * a. Near or relating to the patella or kneecap.
CICONIIFORMES * n. Order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises.
JOLTED * s. 1 Bumped or shaken jerkily. 2 Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock.
MOTTLING * n. The act of coloring with areas of different shades.
HIGHFLIER * n. A person of great ability and ambition.
REASONABLY * r. 1 To certain extent or degree. 2 With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner.
THEREAFTER * r. From that time on.
DOUBLER * n. An electronic device that doubles the voltage or the frequency of an input signal.
DRAGON * n. 1 A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings. 2 A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman. 3 A faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus. 4 Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body.
TACHISTOSCOPE * n. Scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures.
LAGIDIUM * n. A genus of Chinchillidae.
VERISIMILAR * s. Appearing to be true or real.
TRANSVERSELY * r. In a transverse manner.
UNCONNECTED * --a. Not joined or linked together. --s. 1 Not connected by birth or family. 2 Lacking orderly continuity.
JINNI * n. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
SHINGLY * s. Abounding in small stones.
REHASH * --n. Old material that is slightly reworked and used again. --v. 1 Present or use over, with no or few changes. 2 Go back over.
DOCTRINAIRE * --n. A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions. --s. Stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability.
TURNSTILE * n. A gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering.
DEAD-MEN'S-FINGERS * n. The fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria.
ALLEGHENIES * n. The western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia.
EQUIP * v. 1 Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose. 2 Provide with abilities or understanding.
OPENHANDED * s. Given or giving freely.
PEBA * n. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
VARY * v. 1 Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence. 2 Be at variance with; be out of line with. 3 Be subject to change in accordance with a variable. 4 Make something more diverse and varied.
CITRULLUS * n. A dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons.
STATELINESS * n. 1 An elaborate manner of doing something. 2 Impressiveness in scale or proportion.
UNPERSUASIVENESS * n. Inability to persuade.
NEUROBLAST * n. A cell from which a nerve cell develops.
EMIT * v. 1 Expel (gases or odors). 2 Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.. 3 Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).
ACETYL * n. The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-).
ROLLO * n. Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
FOURTH-YEAR * s. Used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college.
COPLEY * n. American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815).
PLATEN * n. 1 Work table of a machine tool. 2 The flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type. 3 The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike.
CUTTINGLY * r. In an intentionally unkind way.
LITERATE * --n. A person who can read and write. --a. 1 Able to read and write. 2 Versed in literature; dealing with literature. --s. Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields.
BERBER * n. 1 A member of an indigenous people of northern Africa. 2 A cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco.
PSYCHOPHYSICIST * n. A psychologist trained in psychophysics.
BERMUDA * n. A group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort.
CYANOSIS * n. A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
BUHL * n. An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork.
CONCEPTUALIZE * v. Have the idea for.
ARBOVIRUS * n. A large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis.
CAPSIZING * n. (nautical) The event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water.
CHEERFUL * --a. Being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits. --s. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
SECONAL * n. Barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions.
WOODSHED * n. A shed for storing firewood or garden tools.
SPHYGMOMANOMETER * n. A pressure gauge for measuring blood pressure.
JOSTLE * --n. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing). --v. 1 Make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving. 2 Come into rough contact with while moving.
GAGE * --n. 1 Street names for marijuana. 2 A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.. --v. Place a bet on.
TRANSUDATE * n. A substance that transudes.
INSTALL * v. 1 Set up for use. 2 Put into an office or a position. 3 Place.
MORDANT * --n. A substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process. --s. 1 Harshly ironic or sinister. 2 Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
DIONYSUS * n. (Greek mythology) God of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus.
INSTANTIATE * v. 1 Represent by an instance. 2 Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word).
SNARL-UP * n. A number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move.
COBBLERS * n. 1 Nonsense. 2 A man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball).
CNUT * n. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).
DEFENDER * n. 1 A person who cares for persons or property. 2 A fighter who holds out against attack.
BIGAMOUS * s. Of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first.
LINGERER * n. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
LITTLER * s. Small or little relative to something else.
ON-THE-SPOT * s. At the scene of action.
PHONEBOOK * n. A directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers.
COCOYAM * n. 1 Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 2 Tropical starchy tuberous root.
RECONNOITERING * n. Exploring in order to gain information.
HIEROGLYPHIC * --n. 1 Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible). 2 A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt. --a. 1 Resembling hieroglyphic writing. 2 Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols.
UNDYNAMIC * a. Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness.
DISHARMONIZE * v. Cause to sound harsh and unpleasant.
ALPESTRINE * s. Growing at high altitudes.
WELL-FED * s. Properly nourished.
KNOTTINESS * n. Puzzling complexity.
SUPRANORMAL * s. Beyond the range of the normal or scientifically explainable.
GRAMA * n. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
VIOLA * n. 1 Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola. 2 Large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions. 3 A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower.
BULLFIGHTING * n. The activity at a bullfight.
SAPIENTIAL * s. Characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God.
SHEEP-TICK * n. 1 Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle. 2 Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete.
DISSIMILARITY * n. The quality of being dissimilar.
UPPISHNESS * n. Assumption of airs beyond one's station.
IGA * n. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the chief antibody in the membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts.
REGULARITY * n. 1 A property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles. 2 The quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate.
VIEWERS * n. The audience reached by television.
CAFFEINISM * n. Poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products.
VEGETABLE * n. 1 Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant. 2 Any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
GROWING * --n. 1 (biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. 2 (electronics) The production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state. --a. Relating to or suitable for growth.
HEXOSE * n. A monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule.
MIXED-UP * s. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
FRINGILLIDAE * n. Finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings.
BALUSTRADE * n. A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
STREPTOCARPUS * n. Any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses.
TRIGLYCERIDE * n. Glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
STARVATION * n. 1 A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period. 2 The act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine.
CENTILITRE * n. A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter.
AREOLA * n. 1 Small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing. 2 Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite.
BEARDOWN * s. With full strength.
CHEQUE * --n. A written order directing a bank to pay money. --v. Withdraw money by writing a check.
MERCATOR * n. Flemish geographer who lived in Germany; he invented the Mercator projection of maps of the globe (1512-1594).
GNP * n. Former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr).
RHODANTHE * n. Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum.
STURDY * --s. 1 Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. 2 Substantially made or constructed. --a. Not making concessions.
PERSPICUOUSNESS * n. Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous.
FAGOTING * n. Embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches.
SYNERCUS * n. Cape buffalo.
AMENDABLE * s. Capable of being corrected by additions.
EIGHTEEN * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one. --s. Being one more than seventeen.
INTELLIGENTSIA * n. An educated and intellectual elite.
GREENLY * r. With green color.
SCHISM * n. 1 Division of a group into opposing factions. 2 The formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences.
LATKE * n. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
BRUSHLIKE * s. Resembling a brush.
KERATINIZE * v. 1 Convert into keratin. 2 Become horny and impregnated with keratin.
PREDISPOSITION * n. 1 Susceptibility to a pathogen. 2 An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way. 3 A disposition in advance to react in a particular way.
FLAVOURER * n. Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
ILLUSIONAL * s. Marked by or producing illusion.
WIT * n. 1 A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. 2 Mental ability. 3 A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
TOCSIN * n. 1 The sound of an alarm (usually a bell). 2 A bell used to sound an alarm.
DITTO * --n. A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated. --v. Repeat an action or statement.
TAMANOIR * n. Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America.
WOUNDED * --n. People who are wounded. --s. Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle.
TIPPYTOE * v. Walk on one's toes.
MACEDOINE * n. Mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold.
LABELLED * a. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
INTRASPECIES * a. Arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species.
AUTACOID * n. Any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification.
EZRA * n. 1 A Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem. 2 An Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity.
NODULATED * s. Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.
ASSERT * v. 1 State categorically. 2 To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. 3 Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized. 4 Postulate positively and assertively.
MINSTRELSY * n. 1 A troupe of minstrels. 2 Ballads sung by minstrels. 3 The art of a minstrel.
WORLD * --n. 1 Everything that exists anywhere. 2 People in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest. 3 All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. 4 The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. --s. Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.
IMBRICATION * n. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).
CROSS-LEGGED * r. With the legs crossed.
GALBULUS * n. The seed-producing cone of a cypress tree.
NIJINSKY * n. Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950).
CARDINALFISH * n. Small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters.
LIPSTICK * --n. Makeup that is used to color the lips. --v. 1 Form by tracing with lipstick. 2 Apply lipstick to.
CUBISTIC * a. Relating to or characteristic of cubism.
PARANG * n. A stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia.
MYRISTICACEAE * n. Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds.
PROVOS * n. A militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland.
PONTIFICATE * --n. The government of the Roman Catholic Church. --v. 1 Administer a pontifical office. 2 Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner.
ISOMORPHOUS * a. Having similar appearance but genetically different.
HYDRONEPHROSIS * n. Accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter.
DISCREDITABLE * s. Tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy.
ASURBANIPAL * n. King of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC).
SENTIMENTALISM * n. 1 The excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form. 2 A predilection for sentimentality.
FLAGELLATA * n. Protozoa having flagella.
K.E. * n. The mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion.
LUSTRUM * n. 1 A period of five years. 2 A ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census.
SPANDEX * n. An elastic synthetic fabric.
INTERSPERSE * v. 1 Place at intervals in or among. 2 Introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions.
CHOKING * n. 1 A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx). 2 The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
SLIPOVER * n. A sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head.
CAOUTCHOUC * n. An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products.
HAEMOTHORAX * n. Accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest).
SUBOCEANIC * s. Formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed.
EPITHELIOD * a. Resembling epithelium.
HIPSTER * n. Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle.
HAMELIA * n. Any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia.
MEAD * n. 1 United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978). 2 United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931). 3 Made of fermented honey and water.
MACROCEPHALON * n. Maleos.
PUNCTUM * n. (anatomy) A point or small area.
COTTON * --n. 1 Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state. 2 Fabric woven from cotton fibers. 3 Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers. 4 Thread made of cotton fibers. --v. Take a liking to.
DEMPSEY * n. United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (1895-1983).
INCONGRUOUSLY * r. In an incongruous manner.
MUNJA * n. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
SYNCHRONISING * n. An adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison.
FRITTATA * n. Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top.
AIGLET * n. 1 Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon. 2 Ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform.
GAUZE-LIKE * s. So thin as to transmit light.
BERKSHIRES * n. A low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area.
FADDIST * n. A person who subscribes to a variety of fads.
PROCURANCE * n. The act of getting possession of something.
LOBECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain).
GLOBE-TROT * v. Travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing.
GLORIOSA * n. Any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous.
GONORRHEA * n. A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra.
KAPUKA * n. Small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.
MADRID * n. The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum.
MESOBLASTIC * a. Relating to or derived from the mesoderm.
INDIVIDUATION * n. 1 Discriminating the individual from the generic group or species. 2 The quality of being individual.
ENDOW * v. 1 Give qualities or abilities to. 2 Furnish with an endowment.
PRINCE-OF-WALES'-HEATH * n. South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers.
MASKER * n. A participant in a masquerade.
GRATER * n. Utensil with sharp perforations for shredding foods (as vegetables or cheese).
COMPARATIVELY * r. In a relative manner; by comparison to something else.
CHRISM * n. A consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam.
PRATER * n. An obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker.
FOLLOW-THROUGH * n. 1 Carrying some project or intention to full completion. 2 The act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion.
FOULMART * n. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.
LISTENER * n. Someone who listens attentively.
BARROW-MAN * n. A hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow.
DISCOMPOSED * a. Having your composure disturbed.
FLORENCE * n. 1 A city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries. 2 A town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center.
SERVICEABILITY * n. The quality of being able to provide good service.
SPHEROMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring the curvature of a surface.
OPPRESSIVELY * r. In a heavy and oppressive way.
TRISACCHARIDE * n. Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.
DOGGEDLY * r. With obstinate determination.
MISESTIMATE * v. 1 Judge incorrectly. 2 Calculate incorrectly.
POINTILLISM * n. 1 A school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France. 2 A genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France.
HAKEEM * n. A Muslim physician.
OCKHAM * n. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
TOWHEAD * n. A person with light blond hair.
SLING * --n. 1 A highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice. 2 A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones. 3 A shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel. 4 A simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released. --v. 1 Hurl as if with a sling. 2 Hang loosely or freely; let swing. 3 Move with a sling. 4 Hold or carry in a sling.
STEGANOPUS * n. A genus of Phalaropidae.
UNALTERABLE * --a. Not capable of being changed or altered. --s. 1 Of a sentence; that cannot be changed. 2 Remaining the same for indefinitely long times.
SEPTICAEMIA * n. Invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection.
CRYPTIC * s. 1 Of an obscure nature. 2 Having a secret or hidden meaning. 3 Having a puzzling terseness.
KO * n. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
HOLLOW * --n. 1 A cavity or space in something. 2 A small valley between mountains. 3 A depression hollowed out of solid matter. --v. 1 Remove the inner part or the core of. 2 Remove the interior of. --a. Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity. --s. 1 As if echoing in a hollow space. 2 Devoid of significance or force. 3 Lacking in substance or character.
SELF-EDUCATED * s. Educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction.
HORSESHIT * n. Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.
ABRACHIA * n. The condition of having no arms.
EOLITH * n. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools.
STYGIAN * s. 1 Hellish. 2 Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.
SAPOTACEAE * n. Tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit.
DECEIT * n. 1 The quality of being fraudulent. 2 A misleading falsehood. 3 The act of deceiving.
BOWLINE * n. A loop knot that neither slips nor jams.
DEVITALIZATION * n. The act of reducing the vitality of something.
WELL-ROUNDED * s. Many-sided.
BIRADIALLY * r. In a biradial manner.
BOOTHOSE * n. Protective stockings worn with or in place of boots.
INDEED * r. 1 In truth (often tends to intensify). 2 (used as an interjection) An expression of surprise or skepticism or irony etc..
INATTENTIVE * --a. Showing a lack of attention or care. --s. Not showing due care or attention.
PLACE-KICK * v. 1 Kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football. 2 Score (a goal) by making a place kick.
GALLANTLY * r. In a gallant manner.
VOWELISE * v. Pronounce as a vowel.
PENALIZATION * n. The act of punishing.
PALLIATIVE * --n. Remedy that alleviates pain without curing. --s. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
BLACKING * n. A substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear.
PORTIERE * n. A heavy curtain hung across a doorway.
VOLAR * a. Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
INDOMITABILITY * n. The property being difficult or impossible to defeat.
FARO * n. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
OVERWHELMINGLY * r. Incapable of being resisted.
CENTRIC * s. Having or situated at or near a center.
IRULA * n. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
FRAMBESIA * n. An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions.
ANTICYCLONE * n. (meteorology) Winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern.
THROE * n. 1 Severe spasm of pain. 2 Hard or painful trouble or struggle.
GRAECOPHILE * --n. An admirer of Greece and everything Greek. --a. Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things.
CUTIN * n. (biochemistry) A waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids.
NEMESIS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution and vengeance. 2 Something causing misery or death.
PHOTOMETER * n. 1 Measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source. 2 Photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light.
BM * n. 1 Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels. 2 A euphemism for defecation.
EUDIOMETER * n. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube for measuring volume changes in chemical reactions between gases.
MAYER * n. 1 United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972). 2 United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957).
MUZZLE-LOADING * a. (of firearms) Taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle.
PECTINEAL * a. Of or relating to the pubis.
MOUSSORGSKY * n. Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881).
FLIPPER-LIKE * s. Having limbs that are used as flippers.
FILICIDE * n. 1 A parent who murders his own son or daughter. 2 The murder of your own son or daughter.
SACRAMENTO * n. A city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California.
COTONEASTER * n. Any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits.
TADALAFIL * n. Virility drug (trade name Cialis) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
ANNOTATING * n. The act of adding notes.
MARMORA * n. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles.
SCRIVENED * s. Copied in handwriting.
CLANNISHLY * r. In a clannish manner.
GRADE-APPROPRIATE * s. The quality of ability and work that is appropriate for students in a specified grade.
SOCIALIZING * n. The act of meeting for social purposes.
DOGMATISM * n. The intolerance and prejudice of a bigot.
KEKULE * n. German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896).
DAYLIGHT * n. 1 The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside. 2 Light during the daytime.
FANATICAL * s. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
CANCRIDAE * n. Many of the best known edible crabs.
SIXPENNY * s. Of trifling worth.
BACTEROIDACEAE * n. Family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes.
BLACK * --n. 1 The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white). 2 Total absence of light. 3 British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799). 4 Popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928). --v. Make or become black. --a. 1 Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light. 2 Of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin. --s. 1 Marked by anger or resentment or hostility. 2 Offering little or no hope. 3 Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable. 4 (of events) Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
OFF-THE-RACK * s. (especially of clothing) Made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.
HANDLOOM * n. A loom powered by hand.
LOGICALLY * r. 1 According to logical reasoning. 2 In a logical manner.
VENOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of veins.
P.M. * --s. After noon. --r. Between noon and midnight.
REMEDIABLE * a. Capable of being remedied or redressed.
OMASUM * n. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
DEEPFREEZE * n. Electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time.
CONVOLVULUS * n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus.
BINGO * n. A game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
FORE-AND-AFTER * n. Sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig.
SELF-SACRIFICE * n. Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity.
DESPOTICAL * a. Belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot.
COPARTNER * n. A joint partner (as in a business enterprise).
CUSP * n. 1 Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch). 2 A thin triangular flap of a heart valve. 3 Small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth.
BRONCHUS * n. Either of the two main branches of the trachea.
BANGALORE * n. An industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai).
CELLARET * n. Sideboard with compartments for holding bottles.
TRAJECTORY * n. The path followed by an object moving through space.
AGO * --s. Gone by; or in the past. --r. In the past.
LOQUACITY * n. The quality of being wordy and talkative.
URBANISE * v. 1 Impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon. 2 Make more industrial or city-like.
BIND * --n. Something that hinders as if with bonds. --v. 1 Stick to firmly. 2 Create social or emotional ties. 3 Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope. 4 Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.
ENDOTOXIN * n. A toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die.
PRIESTESS * n. A woman priest.
ORGANISED * s. Being a member of or formed into a labor union.
ASTIR * s. 1 Out of bed. 2 On the move.
AMPHIPOD * n. A kind of malacostracan crustacean.
MILKY * s. Resembling milk in color; not clear.
BALTO-SLAVIC * n. A family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages.
LGB * n. A smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent.
INVESTITURE * n. 1 The ceremony of installing a new monarch. 2 The ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank.
RIBBONWOOD * n. 1 Deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton. 2 Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
BUSINESSMAN * n. A person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive).
ISTIOPHORUS * n. Type genus of the Istiophoridae.
IMPALPABILITY * n. The quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch.
BOOKDEALER * n. A dealer in books; a merchant who sells books.
MILAN * n. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages.
PACKRAT * n. 1 A collector of miscellaneous useless objects. 2 Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.
TAWNEY * n. English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962).
ARMLIKE * s. Resembling an arm.
CONTUMACIOUSLY * r. In a rebellious manner.
ADMIRATION * n. 1 A feeling of delighted approval and liking. 2 The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising. 3 A favorable judgment.
NEOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of novelty.
SALES * n. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
HEALTH * n. 1 A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease. 2 The general condition of body and mind.
CLONIC * a. Of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation.
NUMEROLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to numerology.
SOLFEGE * n. 1 Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major. 2 A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable.
LAEVULOSE * n. A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits.
PRINTING * n. 1 Text handwritten in the style of printed matter. 2 The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution. 3 Reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. 4 All the copies of a work printed at one time.
BEDRAGGLE * v. Make wet and dirty, as from rain.
ALPINISM * n. Mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps).
RECRUDESCE * v. 1 Happen. 2 Become raw or open.
SULFURIC * a. Of or relating to or containing sulfur.
HERBIVORE * n. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants.
MERCENARIA * n. A genus of Veneridae.
HYDRAMNIOS * n. An abnormality of pregnancy; accumulation of excess amniotic fluid.
SOILING * n. The act of soiling something.
MOUTH-WATERING * s. Pleasing to the sense of taste.
UNMERCIFUL * a. Having or showing no mercy.
PRESYMPTOMATIC * a. Of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared.
STRABOTOMY * n. The surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus.
DJIBOUTIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Djibouti. --a. Of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture.
WANGLER * n. A deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods.
PEWIT * n. 1 Small black-headed European gull. 2 Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs. 3 Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America.
SIDEROPENIA * n. A deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage.
CATABIOSIS * n. Normal aging of cells.
SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT * s. In response to an unforeseen need.
THUNBERGIA * n. A genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae.
DEFACE * v. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
HAJI * n. An Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
TOPKNOTTED * s. (of a bird or animal) Having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination.
DISOBLIGE * v. 1 To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. 2 Ignore someone's wishes.
RAG * --n. 1 A small piece of cloth or paper. 2 A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities. 3 Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano). 4 Newspaper with half-size pages. --v. 1 Treat cruelly. 2 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 3 Play in ragtime. 4 Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
PYORRHEA * n. 1 Discharge of pus. 2 Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets.
NAPPED * s. (of fabrics) Having soft nap produced by brushing.
STEPWISE * --s. One thing at a time. --r. Proceeding in steps.
BACKSLIDE * v. Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards.
SNOG * v. Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc..
CONOID * n. A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point.
RPM * n. Rate of revolution of a motor.
SPONDAISE * v. Make spondaic.
OBEDIENT * a. Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority.
RHINOLOPHIDAE * n. Old World leaf-nosed bats.
GLEEFULLY * r. In a joyous and gleeful manner.
DEGRADED * s. 1 Unrestrained by convention or morality. 2 Lowered in value.
MAX * n. Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate.
WOOLGATHERER * n. Someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming.
RUSTICITY * n. The quality of being rustic or gauche.
FACTORIZE * v. Resolve (a polynomial) into factors.
UNINQUIRING * --a. Not inquiring. --s. Deficient in curiosity.
COLONOSCOPE * n. An elongated fiberoptic endoscope for examining the entire colon from cecum to rectum.
FLUTTER * --n. 1 The act of moving back and forth. 2 Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block. 3 A disorderly outburst or tumult. 4 The motion made by flapping up and down. --v. 1 Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart. 2 Move back and forth very rapidly. 3 Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements. 4 Beat rapidly.
HOOPOE * n. Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill.
ABLEISM * n. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
GALBRAITH * n. United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908).
SUMATRA * n. A mountainous island in western Indonesia.
ATTEST * v. 1 Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. 2 Authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity. 3 Give testimony in a court of law. 4 Establish or verify the usage of.
FISTFUL * n. The quantity that can be held in the hand.
NAIAD * n. 1 Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water. 2 (Greek mythology) A nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains.
UNTYPICALLY * r. In a manner that is not typical.
INTROSPECTION * n. The contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct.
CORPORATISM * n. Control of a state or organization by large interest groups.
JUNIOR-GRADE * s. Inferior in rank or status.
DERAILMENT * n. An accident in which a train runs off its track.
OMEN * --n. A sign of something about to happen. --v. Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
STOOLPIGEON * n. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
COMMUTE * --n. A regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work. --v. 1 Exchange positions without a change in value. 2 Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home. 3 Change the order or arrangement of. 4 Exchange a penalty for a less severe one.
NYPA * n. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
DISPERSIVE * s. Spreading by diffusion.
ANORCHIDISM * n. Absence of one of both testes.
PATRISTIC * a. Of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers.
LINIMENT * n. A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.
TAJIKISTANI * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tajikistan or it people or culture.
QUAMASSIA * n. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
STODGY * s. 1 Heavy and starchy and hard to digest. 2 (used pejoratively) Out of fashion; old fashioned. 3 Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull.
PROFICIENTLY * r. In a proficient manner.
DISINVEST * v. 1 Deprive of status or authority. 2 Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment). 3 Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.
EDMONTOSAURUS * n. Duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin.
HURTFUL * s. 1 Causing hurt. 2 Harmful to living things.
UNMEASURABLE * a. Impossible to measure.
SUPRAINFECTION * n. Secondary infection caused by an opportunistic infection.
SALADIN * n. Sultan of Syria and Egypt; reconquered Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187 but was defeated by Richard Coeur de Lion in 1191 (1137-1193).
POT-AU-FEU * n. Traditional French stew of vegetables and beef.
C.E. * r. Of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians.
NEOROMANTICISM * n. An art movement based on a revival of Romanticism in art and literature.
COMMERCIALISED * s. Organized principally for financial gain.
CIRCUMFERENTIAL * s. Lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts.
MEGAWATT * n. A unit of power equal to one million watts.
LEPORID * n. Rabbits and hares.
SPHAEROCARPALES * n. Small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales.
CURLY * a. (of hair) Having curls or waves.
SUPPOSE * v. 1 Express a supposition. 2 Expect, believe, or suppose. 3 To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. 4 Take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand.
EXTRAVASATION * n. 1 An extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation. 2 (of volcanos) Pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed). 3 The process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine.
OVINE * a. Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep.
UREDINALES * n. Rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in.
UNDELINEATED * a. Not represented accurately or precisely.
MALVERSATION * n. Misconduct in public office.
POTHEAD * n. Someone who smokes marijuana habitually.
CYMRY * n. A native or resident of Wales.
METHADON * n. Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction.
CHAMFER * --n. Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees. --v. 1 Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel. 2 Cut a furrow into a columns.
AMBERJACK * n. Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes.
STRUCTURE * --n. 1 A thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts. 2 The manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts. 3 The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations. 4 A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement. --v. Give a structure to.
LEADER * n. 1 A person who rules or guides or inspires others. 2 A featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers.
JOYOUSNESS * n. The emotion of great happiness.
ROBAXIN * n. Muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms.
MAMMUT * n. Extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons.
PEKINESE * n. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
PRICY * s. Having a high price.
HIRCINE * a. Of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor).
BURKE * --n. 1 British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797). 2 United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903). --v. 1 Murder without leaving a trace on the body. 2 Get rid of, silence, or suppress.
WEDDED * s. Having been taken in marriage.
MISSTEP * n. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
COQUET * v. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
HOLY * --n. A sacred place of pilgrimage. --a. Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power.
STRYMON * n. Large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies.
PROVINCIALISM * n. 1 A lack of sophistication. 2 A partiality for some particular place.
OLEAGINOUSNESS * n. 1 Consisting of or covered with oil. 2 Smug self-serving earnestness.
PRETORIUM * n. The tent of an ancient Roman general.
DESQUAMATE * v. Peel off in scales.
BUNCE * n. A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money).
STUMPING * n. Campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches).
AQUILINE * s. Curved down like an eagle's beak.
SCRAP * --n. 1 A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. 2 Worthless material that is to be disposed of. 3 A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used. 4 The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. --v. 1 Dispose of (something useless or old). 2 Have a disagreement over something. 3 Make into scrap or refuse.
CLEANING * n. The act of making something clean.
MORASS * n. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
SKIMMED * s. Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
STUMPY * s. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature.
JANITOR * n. Someone employed to clean and maintain a building.
ASTILBE * n. Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers.
HERBART * n. German philosopher (1776-1841).
MARQUETERIE * n. Inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.
ISLAND-DWELLER * n. An inhabitant of an island.
SCATTY * s. 1 Lacking sense or discretion. 2 Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.
DROOL * --n. 1 Pretentious or silly talk or writing. 2 Saliva spilling from the mouth. --v. 1 Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something. 2 Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
ANTITAUON * n. An antilepton of very great mass.
OUTING * n. 1 A journey taken for pleasure. 2 A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering.
METACARPUS * n. The part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges.
STEATORNIS * n. Type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae.
SISTERLY * a. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister.
OFTEN * r. 1 Many times at short intervals. 2 Frequently or in great quantities. 3 In many cases or instances.
SKID * --n. 1 One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects. 2 A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation. 3 An unexpected slide. --v. 1 Slide without control. 2 Elevate onto skids. 3 Apply a brake or skid to. 4 Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
TRILLIONTH * --n. One part in a trillion equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one trillion in counting order.
ACCULTURATIVE * a. Of or relating to acculturation.
IOU * n. An informal debt instrument; representing `I owe you'.
ORGIASTIC * s. 1 Used of frenzied sexual activity. 2 Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
PROFANED * s. Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously.
CAVITIED * s. Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
PLUMBAGINALES * n. Coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales.
HYPOPNEA * n. Slow or shallow breathing.
PODICEPS * n. Type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes.
IMPELLING * s. Markedly effective as if by emotional pressure.
PHOBOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of developing a phobia.
AURIPARUS * n. A genus of Paridae.
THRESHING * n. The separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw.
SHORT-RANGE * s. 1 Relating to the near future. 2 Limited to short distances.
DIESTRUAL * s. (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) In a period of sexual inactivity.
GROUNDLESS * s. Without a basis in reason or fact.
ECOLOGIST * n. A biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment.
FAMILIARITY * n. 1 Personal knowledge or information about someone or something. 2 Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known. 3 Close or warm friendship. 4 A casual manner.
NEWSBOY * n. A boy who delivers newspapers.
ATTAINABLE * s. Capable of being attained or accomplished.
INVISIBLY * r. Without being seen.
MERCILESS * a. Having or showing no mercy.
THEREOF * r. 1 Of or concerning this or that. 2 From that circumstance or source.
PERSONHOOD * n. Being a person.
HABITUDE * n. Habitual mode of behavior.
SCREWUP * n. The complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation.
MANKY * s. Inferior and worthless.
QUARTO * n. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves.
DOORNAIL * n. A nail with a large head; formerly used to decorate doors.
FEELING * n. 1 The experiencing of affective and emotional states. 2 A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. 3 The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. 4 A physical sensation that you experience.
USSR * n. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991.
FEATHERTOP * n. 1 Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles. 2 A variety of reed grass.
CESSPOOL * n. A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it.
FUNICULITIS * n. Inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord).
INADVISABILITY * n. The quality of being ill-advised.
SELF-INDULGENTLY * r. In a self-indulgent manner.
THUNDERSTORM * n. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning.
SHODDY * --n. Reclaimed wool fiber. --s. 1 Made of inferior workmanship and materials. 2 Unethical or dishonest.
LYOPHILIZED * s. Used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum.
DEVOTED * s. 1 Zealous in devotion or affection. 2 (followed by `to') Dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use.
CARBINE * n. Light automatic rifle.
DICKINSON * n. United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886).
INELUCTABLE * s. Impossible to avoid or evade.
ODONTOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth.
REALLOCATE * v. Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew.
AVOWEDLY * r. 1 By open declaration. 2 As acknowledged.
21ST * s. Coming next after the twentieth in position.
SCARIFY * v. 1 Puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals. 2 Scratch the surface of. 3 Break up.
PALTER * v. Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.
REEK * --n. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. --v. 1 Have an element suggestive (of something). 2 Smell badly and offensively. 3 Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face. 4 Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..
SNUFF-COLOR * n. Dark yellowish brown.
POLITICISE * v. Give a political character to.
MISTAKE * --n. 1 A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention. 2 An understanding of something that is not correct. 3 Part of a statement that is not correct. --v. 1 Identify incorrectly. 2 To make a mistake or be incorrect.
BASQUE * n. 1 A member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain. 2 The language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language.
INVARIABLENESS * n. The quality of being resistant to variation.
LARGENESS * n. 1 The capacity to understand a broad range of topics. 2 Large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness. 3 The property of having a relatively great size. 4 The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
COMPARTMENTALISATION * n. 1 A mild state of dissociation. 2 The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
FOSTERLING * n. A child who is raised by foster parents.
SALVADORA * n. Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China.
DYSPNEAL * a. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
VASIFORM * s. Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
PETTIFOGGER * n. 1 A person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods. 2 A disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections.
PHYSIC * n. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.
PETTER * n. A lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one.
DISEMBARK * v. Go ashore.
PINKISH-ORANGE * s. Of orange tinged with pink.
WANDERLUST * n. Very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.
EYE-BEAMING * n. A radiant glance of the eye.
FOETOPROTEIN * n. Any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer.
KEDAH * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Federation of Malaysia.
PYTHIUM * n. Any fungus of the genus Pythium.
VOCALISATION * n. The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
HEMATOCHEZIA * n. Passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer).
NEURAL * a. 1 Of or relating to the nervous system. 2 Of or relating to neurons.
CHIROCEPHALUS * n. Fairy shrimp; brine shrimp.
EXSICCATE * v. Lose water or moisture.
VALMY * n. The French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery).
GREENMARKET * n. An open-air marketplace for farm products.
SMILO * n. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
CHANTEY * n. A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
BLACK-AND-TAN * s. Having a pattern of black and tan.
DESPONDENT * s. Without or almost without hope.
STOWAGE * n. 1 The charge for stowing goods. 2 A room in which things are stored. 3 The act of packing or storing away.
UNREGENERATED * a. Not reformed morally or spiritually.
ELEGIZE * v. Compose an elegy.
FOREIGN * --a. 1 Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own). 2 Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. --s. 1 Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something. 2 Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.
OVERTONE * n. 1 (usually plural) An ulterior implicit meaning or quality. 2 A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.
BIBLIOGRAPHY * n. A list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.).
TRUMPET-WOOD * n. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
PHYLLOSTOMATIDAE * n. New World leaf-nosed bats.
HALIOTIDAE * n. Abalones.
MALPRACTICE * n. 1 Professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage. 2 A wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct.
FIGURE * --n. 1 A diagram or picture illustrating textual material. 2 Alternative names for the body of a human being. 3 One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration. 4 A model of a bodily form (especially of a person). --v. 1 Judge to be probable. 2 Be or play a part of or in. 3 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. 4 Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
DIBBLE * --n. A wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs. --v. 1 Plant with a wooden hand tool. 2 Make a hole with a wooden hand tool.
MARE * n. 1 Female equine animal. 2 A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
HELVELLACEAE * n. Family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous.
PLENARY * s. Full in all respects.
WHITE-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with white; a light tint of pink.
MICROPALEONTOLOGY * n. The paleontology of microfossils.
ORIOLE * n. 1 Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black. 2 American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow.
SWIFTLET * n. Swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest.
CLANGER * n. A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate.
SELF-REPROOF * n. The act of blaming yourself.
TRADESMAN * n. A merchant who owns or manages a shop.
GODLY * s. 1 Showing great reverence for god. 2 Emanating from God.
SCAPULARY * n. Garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit.
HAWKSBILL * n. Pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell.
COMBUSTIBLE * --n. A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power. --a. Capable of igniting and burning.
RECONFIRM * v. Confirm again.
TIRESOMENESS * n. Dullness owing to length or slowness.
ELECTIONEERING * n. 1 Persuasion of voters in a political campaign. 2 The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
POSE * --n. 1 Affected manners intended to impress others. 2 A posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes. 3 A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. --v. 1 Introduce. 2 Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. 3 Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. 4 Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others.
PENETRATINGLY * r. With ability to see into deeply.
OTO * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska. 2 A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto.
MUSICOLOGY * n. The scholarly and scientific study of music.
BLEARY-EYED * s. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
FOREQUARTER * n. The front half of a side of meat.
SEXTUPLE * s. Having six units or components.
DISDAINFULNESS * n. The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior.
ACTINOMYCOSIS * n. Disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses.
AIRMAN * n. Someone who operates an aircraft.
SPECIALTY * n. 1 An asset of special worth or utility. 2 A distinguishing trait. 3 The special line of work you have adopted as your career.
CAMO * n. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background.
HOMEY * s. Having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable.
THOUGHT-IMAGE * n. A mental image produced by the imagination.
RESIZE * v. Change the size of; make the size more appropriate.
RELATUM * n. A term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition.
EXCLAMATION * n. 1 An abrupt excited utterance. 2 A loud complaint or protest or reproach. 3 An exclamatory rhetorical device.
CERCOPIDAE * n. Froghoppers or spittlebugs.
UNCHEERFULNESS * n. 1 A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness. 2 Not conducive to cheer or good spirits.
RAFFISH * s. 1 Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. 2 Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.
INACTIVENESS * n. 1 The state of being inactive. 2 A disposition to remain inactive or inert.
UNRENEWABLE * a. That can not be renewed.
METARULE * n. A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).
PHRENETIC * s. Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion.
BLAB * v. 1 Divulge confidential information or secrets. 2 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
KNOWABLE * a. Capable of being known.
DISCOTHEQUE * n. A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music.
FLAGRANTLY * r. In a flagrant manner.
TRACKLAYER * n. A workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks.
PLASTICALLY * r. In a plastic manner.
PUSSY-PAWS * n. Pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America.
LATTEN * n. Brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils.
ENDOMORPH * n. A heavy person with a soft and rounded body.
LEMONWOOD * n. 1 Hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods. 2 South African evergreen having hard tough wood.
INTROVERTISH * s. Somewhat introverted.
ANTIVIRAL * --n. Any drug that destroys viruses. --a. Inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses.
BIOLOGY * n. 1 The science that studies living organisms. 2 Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms. 3 All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
SKULKING * n. Evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated.
TANSY-SCENTED * s. Smelling of tansy.
BRANDENBURG * n. The territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701.
ARTHROPLASTY * n. Surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint.
OXFORD-GRAY * s. Of a dark shade of grey.
LARGE-SCALE * s. 1 Unusually large in scope. 2 Constructed or drawn to a big scale.
COMMENSURABLE * s. Capable of being measured by a common standard.
CLASSICIZE * v. Make classic or classical.
KARYON * n. A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction.
ASHAMEDLY * r. With a feeling of shame.
SEEDLESS * a. Lacking seeds.
CHAPITER * n. The upper part of a column that supports the entablature.
MARKSMANSHIP * n. Skill in shooting.
ENTSY * n. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian.
INFLIXIMAB * n. 1 A monoclonal antibody (trade name Remicade) used to treat Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis; administered by infusion; use and dosage must be determined by a physician. 2 An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one-month to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
SUBDUE * v. 1 Put down by force or intimidation. 2 Bring under control by force or authority. 3 Hold within limits and control. 4 Get on top of; deal with successfully.
ADMONISHER * n. Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided.
NONPURULENT * s. Not containing pus.
RESOLVABLE * s. 1 Capable of being solved. 2 Capable of being settled or resolved.
BOLLARD * n. A strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines).
SURENESS * n. 1 Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities. 2 The quality of being steady and unfailing.
CONSTITUTIONALISM * n. 1 A constitutional system of government (usually with a written constitution). 2 Advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles.
WORLD-BEATER * n. A competitor who holds a preeminent position.
LINGUISTICALLY * r. 1 With respect to the science of linguistics. 2 With respect to language.
SAMHITA * n. One of four collections of sacred texts.
KINETOSCOPE * n. A device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture.
VIROLOGIST * n. A specialist in virology.
CADDIE * --n. An attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player. --v. Act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player.
RECIPROCALITY * n. A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
HEADBUTT * v. Butt with the head.
NAUTICAL * a. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
MATTEUCCIA * n. Small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.
BELLIGERENCY * n. 1 Hostile or warlike attitude or nature. 2 Fighting; acts of overt warfare.
GYNAECOLOGIST * n. A specialist in gynecology.
EIGHTIES * n. 1 The decade from 1880 to 1889. 2 The decade from 1980 to 1989. 3 The time of life between 80 and 90.
DUBLIN * n. Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic.
ROWDYISM * n. Rowdy behavior.
EQUISETALES * n. Lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian.
GOURMET * n. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
NEONATE * n. A baby from birth to four weeks.
BOTTICELLI * n. Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510).
LEITNERIA * n. One species: corkwood.
ANDERSON * n. 1 United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941). 2 United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-). 3 United States dramatist (1888-1959). 4 United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993).
BIOSCOPE * n. 1 A South African movie theater. 2 A kind of early movie projector.
JATROPHA * n. A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
REJECTIVE * a. Rejecting or tending to reject.
FOETOSCOPY * n. Prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood.
ALIMENTARY * s. Of or providing nourishment.
BUGGED * s. Having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.
ANAPHOR * n. A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent.
CUSCO * n. A town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire.
TONSORIAL * a. Of or relating to barbers and barbering.
DEERBERRY * n. Small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer.
GODEL * n. United States mathematician (born in Austria) who is remembered principally for demonstrating the limitations of axiomatic systems (1906-1978).
BJA * n. The bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse.
TRANSGRESS * v. 1 Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. 2 Spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline. 3 Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. 4 Pass beyond (limits or boundaries).
BABIRUSSA * n. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.
TUITION * n. 1 A fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education). 2 Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately).
ACORN-SHAPED * s. Shaped like an acorn.
JOINER * n. 1 A person who likes to join groups. 2 A woodworker whose work involves making things by joining pieces of wood.
ASCITIC * a. Of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
BLAMABLE * s. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
CHORIOTIS * n. Australian bustard.
STRIX * n. Owls lacking ear tufts.
YANGON * n. The capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta.
LOGANIACEAE * n. A dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales.
HOGCHOKER * n. Useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama.
PROCEDURAL * a. 1 Of or relating to procedure. 2 Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law.
TRENTE-ET-QUARANTE * n. A card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number.
JEW-BUSH * n. Low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties.
JERKINESS * n. The quality of being spasmodic and irregular.
STEREOSCOPY * n. Three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina.
BETA-LIPOPROTEIN * n. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.
ROSE-COLORED * s. 1 Reflecting optimism. 2 Having a rose color.
TOO-CAREFUL * s. Excessively or unduly careful.
SPRINKLING * n. 1 A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly. 2 A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby. 3 The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare). 4 The act of sprinkling or splashing water.
DEFOLIATOR * n. An insect that strips the leaves from plants.
HIRE * --n. 1 A newly hired employee. 2 The act of hiring something or someone. --v. 1 Engage or hire for work. 2 Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. 3 Engage for service under a term of contract.
DOTTY * s. 1 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. 2 Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with.
MYOSIN * n. The commonest protein in muscle; a globulin that combines with actin to form actomyosin.
CAPER * --n. 1 Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis. 2 Pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces. 3 A crime (especially a robbery). 4 A playful leap or hop. --v. Jump about playfully.
MAXIMAL * a. The greatest or most complete or best possible.
SUGARLESS * a. Not containing sugar.
CHAPATTI * n. Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
PROFLIGATE * --n. 1 A dissolute man in fashionable society. 2 A recklessly extravagant consumer. --s. 1 Recklessly wasteful. 2 Unrestrained by convention or morality.
GROSZ * n. 100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland.
AGENE * n. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
DISTRAIN * v. 1 Levy a distress on. 2 Confiscate by distress. 3 Legally take something in place of a debt payment.
MISBEGOTTEN * s. Born out of wedlock.
RADIANCE * n. 1 The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. 2 The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. 3 An attractive combination of good health and happiness.
SKAGIT * n. 1 A member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington. 2 A Salishan dialect spoken by the Skagit.
UNDERSIDE * n. The lower side of anything.
AGROSTIS * n. Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland).
CREDITED * s. (usually followed by `to') Given credit for.
ENTEBBE * n. A town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers).
AFFRIGHT * --n. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety. --v. Cause fear in.
INFECTIOUS * --s. Caused by infection or capable of causing infection. --a. 1 Easily spread. 2 Of or relating to infection.
DIVERGENT * --s. Diverging from another or from a standard. --a. Tending to move apart in different directions.
PRIMAEVAL * s. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.
MASSIVENESS * n. 1 An unwieldy largeness. 2 The property of being large in mass.
APLOMB * n. Great coolness and composure under strain.
MILITANT * --n. A militant reformer. --s. 1 Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies. 2 Showing a fighting disposition. 3 Engaged in war.
DELETERIOUS * s. Harmful to living things.
IDIOPATHIC * a. (of diseases) Arising from an unknown cause.
BLEMISHED * --a. Marred by imperfections. --s. Having a blemish or flaw.
SILENCER * n. 1 Short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing. 2 A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise.
FRANKLINIELLA * n. Tobacco thrips.
BEECHEN * s. Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.
NOVATION * n. (law) The replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party.
PARADOXICAL * s. Seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true.
ADOBE * n. 1 The clay from which adobe bricks are made. 2 Sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates.
ASHTON * n. British choreographer (1906-1988).
PREDICTION * n. 1 The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future). 2 A statement made about the future.
GA. * n. A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
GRAPHICAL * --a. Relating to or presented by a graph. --s. Written or drawn or engraved.
IGNITIBLE * s. Capable of burning.
CENTIPEDE * n. Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors.
TAY-SACHS * n. A hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern Europe; accumulation of lipids in nervous tissue results in death in early childhood.
COMPLAINER * n. A person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining.
SELFLESS * a. Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
INESCAPABLY * r. By necessity.
SILKY-HAIRED * s. Having hair that resembles silk.
BRAINSICK * s. Affected with madness or insanity.
TOOLSHED * n. A shed for storing tools.
ORTHOMOLECULAR * s. Designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals.
URCEOLATE * a. Urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth.
COPESETTIC * s. Completely satisfactory.
GREASINESS * n. Consisting of or covered with oil.
OVEN-READY * s. Prepared before sale and ready to be cooked.
MASTERMIND * --n. 1 Someone who creates new things. 2 Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality. --v. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking).
LACTIFUGE * n. Any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding).
NGB * n. The agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units.
ALKALISE * v. Turn basic and less acidic.
BUNUEL * n. Spanish film director (1900-1983).
CABLEGRAM * n. A telegram sent abroad.
BOOKED * s. Reserved in advance.
JAGUARONDI * n. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
NONCAUSATIVE * a. Not causative.
PHILIPPIC * n. A speech of violent denunciation.
BLENDER * n. An electrically powered mixer with whirling blades that mix or chop or liquefy foods.
OUTAGE * n. 1 The amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation. 2 A temporary suspension of operation (as of computers).
TETRI * n. 100 tetri equal 1 lari in Georgia.
LAICISE * v. Reduce to lay status.
CHRISTIAN * --n. A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination. --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of Christianity. 2 Following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ.
CHALKPIT * n. A quarry for chalk.
MONITION * n. 1 A firm rebuke. 2 Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness). 3 A summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted.
PYRETIC * a. Causing fever.
LEICESTERSHIRE * n. A largely agricultural county in central England.
BRAHMA * n. 1 The Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon. 2 Any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding.
ADMONISHING * s. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
PAVANE * n. 1 Music composed for dancing the pavane. 2 A stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries.
RAPIST * n. Someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse.
EDELWEISS * n. Alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts.
RECITATION * n. 1 Written matter that is recited from memory. 2 A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance. 3 A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study. 4 Systematic training by multiple repetitions.
HERETICAL * s. Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.
TETRASACCHARIDE * n. Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.
ATTENUATION * n. 1 Weakening in force or intensity. 2 The property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density.
SANCTIFICATION * n. A religious ceremony in which something is made holy.
BOEHMENISM * n. The mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers.
NAFUD * n. A desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds.
COVER * --n. 1 A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. 2 Bedding that keeps a person warm in bed. 3 The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it. 4 The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book. --v. 1 Provide with a covering or cause to be covered. 2 Form a cover over. 3 Span an interval of distance, space or time. 4 Provide for.
PROVISIONALLY * r. Temporarily and conditionally.
NORSEMAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Norway.
PLAN * --n. 1 A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished. 2 An arrangement scheme. 3 Scale drawing of a structure. --v. 1 Have the will and intention to carry out some action. 2 Make plans for something. 3 Make or work out a plan for; devise. 4 Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form.
HELIOMETER * n. An instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
DEUCED * s. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
STRAGGLE * --n. A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons). --v. 1 Wander from a direct or straight course. 2 Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way.
NEBUCHADREZZAR * n. (Old Testament) King of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC).
PHOTOCHEMICAL * a. Of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems.
ROMANTICALLY * r. 1 In a romantic manner. 2 In a romantic manner.
KHAMTI * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
TEG * n. Two-year-old sheep.
ESCHATOLOGY * n. The branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind.
GIBBET * --n. Alternative terms for gallows. --v. 1 Hang on an execution instrument. 2 Expose to ridicule or public scorn.
RECOMBINE * v. 1 Undergo genetic recombination. 2 Cause genetic recombination. 3 To combine or put together again.
HEADSCARF * n. A kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin.
BANNER * --n. 1 Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising. 2 A newspaper headline that runs across the full page. 3 Any distinctive flag. --s. Unusually good; outstanding.
RETICULITERMES * n. Includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees.
INTROVERTIVE * a. Directed inward; marked by interest in yourself or concerned with inner feelings.
PERICALLIS * n. Cineraria.
PATRONIZE * v. 1 Assume sponsorship of. 2 Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. 3 Treat condescendingly. 4 Be a regular customer or client of.
UNBELIEVABLY * r. 1 Not easy to believe. 2 In an unbelievable manner.
REMORSELESS * s. Without mercy or pity.
MONOPOLIZATION * n. Domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others.
COOKIE * n. 1 Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term). 2 The cook on a ranch or at a camp. 3 A short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site.
LIGNUM * n. Woody tissue.
PRIACANTHUS * n. Type genus of the Priacanthidae.
PERISTALSIS * n. The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along.
ARGOSY * n. One or more large merchant ships.
REPROVER * n. Someone who finds fault or imputes blame.
SHITTY * s. Very bad.
COMRADE * n. 1 A friend who is frequently in the company of another. 2 A fellow member of the Communist Party. 3 Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement.
OCHOTONIDAE * n. Pikas and extinct forms.
RELATIVISTIC * a. 1 Relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity. 2 Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism.
ENJAMBEMENT * n. The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.
BPI * n. A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
CULTIST * n. 1 A member of a religious cult. 2 A member of an unorthodox cult who generally lives outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
ANNOTATION * n. 1 A comment or instruction (usually added). 2 The act of adding notes.
BULLFIGHT * n. A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators.
LARIX * n. Larches.
SATANOPHOBIA * n. An abnormal fear of Satan.
NONWORKER * n. A person who does nothing.
DEDICATION * n. 1 Complete and wholehearted fidelity. 2 A ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose. 3 A message that makes a pledge. 4 A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something.
PALADIN * n. Someone who fights for a cause.
NAZIFY * v. Cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character.
BEIGNET * n. A deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar.
TOUGHIE * n. 1 An aggressive and violent young criminal. 2 A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.
FITTING * --n. 1 Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances. 2 A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system. 3 (usually in the plural) Furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel). 4 Putting clothes on to see whether they fit. --s. 1 In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion. 2 Being precisely fitting and right.
ARCHAISE * v. Give an archaic appearance of character to.
PLUMP * --n. The sound of a sudden heavy fall. --v. 1 Drop sharply. 2 Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. 3 Make fat or plump. 4 Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number. --s. Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure. --r. Straight down especially heavily or abruptly.
LEPPY * n. Motherless calf in a range herd of cattle.
DIPLOMATE * n. Medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma granted by an appropriate professional group.
CIRCUMVENTION * n. The act of evading by going around.
UNREACHED * s. Inaccessibly located or situated.
ANECDOTE * n. Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one).
MIDST * n. The location of something surrounded by other things.
RESINY * s. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
ACEDIA * n. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
BENEFICIAL * s. Promoting or enhancing well-being.
WAJDA * n. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929).
SOURSOP * n. 1 Small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit. 2 Large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples.
DEXTROROTATION * n. Rotation to the right.
SPEECH * n. 1 The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience. 2 (language) Communication by word of mouth. 3 Something spoken. 4 The exchange of spoken words.
TIMELESSNESS * n. A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife.
SOISSONS * n. A battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure.
BLUISH-VIOLET * s. Of violet tinted with blue.
PTERIDOSPERMOPSIDA * n. Extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies.
LUANDA * n. Port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola.
FLOWERS-OF-AN-HOUR * n. Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America.
PERUTZ * n. English biochemist (born in Austria); studied the molecular structure of blood (1914-2002).
HOLOCEPHALAN * n. Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail.
DASYATIDAE * n. Sting rays.
DRIED-OUT * s. Thoroughly dried out.
HARSHLY * r. 1 In a harsh or unkind manner. 2 In a harsh and grating manner.
SPUNK * n. 1 Material for starting a fire. 2 The courage to carry on.
RATE * --n. 1 A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit. 2 Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis. 3 The relative speed of progress or change. 4 A quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure. --v. 1 Assign a rank or rating to. 2 Be worthy of or have a certain rating. 3 Estimate the value of.
A.D. * r. In the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born.
HAMSTRING * --n. One of the tendons at the back of the knee. --v. 1 Make ineffective or powerless. 2 Cripple by cutting the hamstring.
BASELY * r. In a despicable, ignoble manner.
REHARMONISATION * n. A piece of music whose original harmony has been revised.
TELEX * --n. A character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter. --v. Communicate by telex.
WHIZ-KID * n. Someone whose career progresses rapidly.
BA * n. 1 A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite. 2 A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences.
CALVE * v. 1 Release ice. 2 Give birth to (a calf).
SHIVAIST * n. Worshipper of Shiva.
LICENTIOUSLY * r. In a licentious and promiscuous manner.
GRAPHEME * n. A written symbol that is used to represent speech.
BANTERING * s. Cleverly amusing in tone.
HERBALIST * n. A therapist who heals by the use of herbs.
JUPITER * n. 1 The largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky. 2 (Roman mythology) Supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus.
FITTER * --n. Someone who fits a garment to a particular person. --s. Improved in health or physical condition.
GAINSBOROUGH * n. English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788).
AUTUMN-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the autumn.
SERER * n. A West African language closely related to Fula; spoken primarily in Senegal and Gambia.
HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES * n. Category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts.
JERK * --n. 1 A dull stupid fatuous person. 2 An abrupt spasmodic movement. 3 (mechanics) The rate of change of acceleration. 4 Meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun. --v. 1 Pull, or move with a sudden movement. 2 Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions. 3 Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion. 4 Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.
JETTY * n. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
MAIA * n. Type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution.
SEAWORTHINESS * n. Fitness to traverse the seas.
STOCKBROKER * n. An agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds.
DEFINITIVE * s. 1 Clearly defined or formulated. 2 Of recognized authority or excellence. 3 Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement.
HEMATAL * a. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
AMERICANISATION * n. Assimilation into American culture.
ADENOTA * n. African antelopes: puku.
RHUMBA * --n. 1 Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba. 2 A folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement. 3 A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance. --v. Dance the rhumba.
STAGNATION * n. 1 A state of inactivity (in business or art etc). 2 Inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation.
CO-REFERENT * a. Relating to coreference.
HILLARY * n. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919).
EGGPLANT * n. 1 Egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow. 2 Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable.
PARITY * n. 1 (obstetrics) The number of liveborn children a woman has delivered. 2 (mathematics) A relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity. 3 (computer science) A bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error. 4 (physics) Parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system.
IMMOVABLE * --n. Property consisting of houses and land. --s. Not able or intended to be moved.
DHAKA * n. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
PLANETARIUM * n. 1 A building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling. 2 An optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome. 3 An apparatus or model for representing the solar systems.
FLY * --n. 1 Two-winged insects characterized by active flight. 2 Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent. 3 An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth. 4 (baseball) A hit that flies up in the air. --v. 1 Travel through the air; be airborne. 2 Move quickly or suddenly. 3 Operate an airplane. 4 Transport by aeroplane. --s. (British informal) Not to be deceived or hoodwinked.
PERVIOUS * a. Admitting of passage or entrance.
RE-ASSUME * v. Take on again, as after a time lapse.
LODGEPOLE * n. Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares.
DETERMINED * --s. 1 Characterized by great determination. 2 Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to. 3 Determined or decided upon as by an authority. 4 Strongly motivated to succeed. --a. Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation.
MODERATO * s. (of tempo) Moderate.
EELBLENNY * n. Eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters.
CUMIN * n. 1 Dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds. 2 Aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family.
NAMEDROP * v. Refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them.
ALLOWABLY * r. In a permissible manner.
ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE * n. Mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects.
LAMPLIGHTER * n. (when gas was used for streetlights) A person who lights and extinguishes streetlights.
UNEXPLORED * s. Not yet discovered.
SALON * n. 1 Gallery where works of art can be displayed. 2 A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work. 3 Elegant sitting room where guests are received.
REDECORATE * v. Redo the decoration of an apartment or house.
FOSSILIFEROUS * a. Bearing or containing fossils.
MAIDENLIKE * s. Befitting or characteristic of a maiden.
SCYPHUS * n. An ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base.
DRENCHED * s. Abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination.
PALAEMONIDAE * n. Prawns.
TROPHOZOITE * n. A sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle.
HIGH-SPEED * s. Operating at high speed.
UNESTABLISHED * a. Not established.
DE-AERATE * v. Remove air or gas from.
ANAGLYPHICAL * a. Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
WIZ * n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
TRANSFERER * n. Someone who transfers something.
ENTREATY * n. Earnest or urgent request.
PELLAEA * n. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae.
PHASMATODEA * n. In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects.
OLD * --n. Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'). --a. 1 (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age. 2 Of long duration; not new. --s. 1 (used for emphasis) Very familiar. 2 Skilled through long experience. 3 Belonging to some prior time. 4 Very good.
MILKMAID * n. A woman who works in a dairy.
RAIN-GIVER * n. An epithet for Jupiter.
UPJOHN * n. United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878).
BOFFIN * n. (British slang) A scientist or technician engaged in military research.
THIGH * n. 1 The part of the leg between the hip and the knee. 2 The upper joint of the leg of a fowl.
UNLASH * v. Untie the lashing of.
SCRUFFY * s. Shabby and untidy.
DISCRIMINATORY * --a. Being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand. --s. 1 Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice. 2 Capable of making fine distinctions. 3 Manifesting partiality.
SHRINKABLE * a. Capable of being shrunk.
SMUTTINESS * n. 1 The state of being dirty with soot. 2 Obscenity in speech or writing.
ECHOING * s. (of sounds) Repeating by reflection.
MEROZOITE * n. A cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle.
DELPHINUS * n. 1 A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila. 2 Type genus of the Delphinidae.
CHRYSALIS * n. Pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon.
HUXLEIAN * a. Of or relating to Thomas Huxley.
STAPES * n. The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea.
MEYERHOF * n. United States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951).
QUINQUAGESIMA * n. The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent).
PERSPIRE * v. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin.
PASTEURIZE * v. Heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms.
TIBIALIS * n. Either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia; provides for movement of the foot.
BASIDIOMYCOTA * n. Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi.
WRICK * --n. A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British). --v. Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
FRIEZE * n. 1 An architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice. 2 A heavy woolen fabric with a long nap.
ELECTRONICS * n. The branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices.
UNSTRAINED * s. 1 Not placed under psychological stress. 2 Not resulting from undue effort; not forced.
PRESERVE * --n. 1 A domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone. 2 A reservation where animals are protected. 3 Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. --v. 1 Keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last. 2 Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. 3 To keep up and reserve for personal or special use. 4 Prevent (food) from rotting.
AUSPICIOUS * a. Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck.
BLESSING * n. 1 The formal act of approving. 2 A desirable state. 3 A short prayer of thanks before a meal. 4 A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection.
TUPPENY * s. Of trifling worth.
WORDY * s. Using or containing too many words.
BACKBEND * n. An acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor.
MID-FORTIES * n. The time of life between 40 and 50.
REVISIONISM * n. 1 Any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx. 2 A moderate evolutionary form of Marxism.
TRESPASSER * n. Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
RECEPTIONIST * n. A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors.
PB * n. 1 A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey. 2 A unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits. 3 A unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes. 4 A unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes.
PLURAL * --n. The form of a word that is used to denote more than one. --a. 1 Composed of more than one member, set, or kind. 2 Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units.
CAROLUS * n. King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814).
NANNY * n. 1 A woman who is the custodian of children. 2 Female goat.
SIGNORE * n. An Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name).
FOOT * --n. 1 The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint. 2 A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard. 3 The lower part of anything. 4 The pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings. --v. 1 Pay for something. 2 Walk. 3 Add a column of numbers.
PALATINE * --n. 1 Any of various important officials in ancient Rome. 2 (Middle Ages) The lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands. 3 The most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces. 4 Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits. --a. 1 Relating to or lying near the palate. 2 Of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives. 3 Of or relating to a palace.
STRONTIUM * n. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite.
ALGEBRAICALLY * r. In an algebraic manner.
ISOMETRICAL * s. Having equal dimensions or measurements.
MALAXIS-UNIFOLIA * n. North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals.
STROMATEID * n. Small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines.
HOMOGENEOUSNESS * n. The quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature.
WHIZ * --n. 1 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 2 A buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air. --v. Make a soft swishing sound.
LIRIOPE * n. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf.
OUTLANDER * n. A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country.
JEANS * n. (used in the plural) Close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear.
SMIDGIN * n. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
RETROFLEXED * s. Bent or curved backward.
MELAMPSORA * n. Rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer.
KNEE * n. 1 Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella. 2 Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. 3 The part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee.
CROTTAL * n. Any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made.
BEANFEAST * n. An annual dinner party given by an employer for the employees.
MICROCENTRUM * n. Katydids.
AURIGA * n. A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way.
TAMANDU * n. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America.
UNSADDLE * v. Remove the saddle from.
ACCUSAL * n. A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt.
REPEAT * --n. An event that repeats. --v. 1 To say, state, or perform again. 2 Make or do or perform again. 3 Happen or occur again. 4 To say again or imitate.
OVERHEATED * s. Heated beyond a safe or desirable point.
CRINION * n. Point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead.
TICHODROME * n. Crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa.
WORDS * n. 1 The words that are spoken. 2 The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number. 3 Language that is spoken or written. 4 An angry dispute.
KERATINIZATION * n. Organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair).
MISCELLANY * n. 1 A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. 2 An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc..
HUSKILY * r. In a hoarse or husky voice.
MEMBRANE * n. 1 A thin pliable sheet of material. 2 A pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants.
PARTISAN * --n. 1 A fervent and even militant proponent of something. 2 An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. 3 A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries. --a. Devoted to a cause or party.
PURE * --a. 1 Free of extraneous elements of any kind. 2 (of color) Being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black. 3 (used of persons or behaviors) Having no faults; sinless. --s. 1 Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. 2 Free from discordant qualities. 3 Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied. 4 In a state of sexual virginity.
GRENOBLE * n. A city in southeastern France on the Isere River.
ELAPSED * a. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
NUREMBERG * n. A city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46).
CAIRNGORM * n. A smoky yellow or brown quartz.
BANGUI * n. The capital and largest city of the Central African Republic.
COOKY * n. 1 The cook on a ranch or at a camp. 2 Any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term).
APOLOGIST * n. A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution.
MOUNTAINOUS * s. 1 Having hills and crags. 2 Like a mountain in size and impressiveness. 3 Containing many mountains.
HIPLESS * a. Having or seeming to have no hips.
ARCHEGONIUM * n. A female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms.
BASILAR * a. Of or relating to or located at the base.
UNTECHNICAL * a. Not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences.
UNDERGIRD * v. 1 Lend moral support to. 2 Make secure underneath.
FLAMEPROOF * s. Resistant to catching fire.
SOCAGE * n. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service.
ALISMA * n. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
PROTEIDAE * n. Mud puppies.
PARNAHIBA * n. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
JIRRBAL * n. A language of Australian aborigines.
APPRECIATIVELY * r. With appreciation; in a grateful manner.
PORTION * --n. 1 Something determined in relation to something that includes it. 2 Something less than the whole of a human artifact. 3 The allotment of some amount by dividing something. 4 Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group. --v. Give out.
LIQUAEMIN * n. A polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery.
BITUMASTIC * n. A protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering.
PAVAN * n. 1 Music composed for dancing the pavane. 2 A stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries.
BUMMER * n. 1 An experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing. 2 A bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug.
ALLERGEN * n. Any substance that can cause an allergy.
SOFTHEARTEDNESS * n. A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless).
VASTLY * r. To an exceedingly great extent or degree.
UPPER-LEVEL * s. At an elevated level in rank or importance.
ORALLY * r. 1 (of drugs) Through the mouth rather than through injection; by mouth. 2 By spoken rather than written means.
EUPHAGUS * n. A genus of Icteridae.
LUDA * n. An industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun.
CONCAVO-CONCAVE * s. Concave on both sides.
SHORT-HEADED * s. Having a brachycephalic head.
HUNDRED-AND-FORTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred forty in counting order.
TERMINAL * --n. 1 Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods. 2 A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. 3 Either extremity of something that has length. 4 Electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display. --a. 1 Of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route. 2 Relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time. 3 Being or situated at an end. --s. 1 Occurring at or forming an end or termination. 2 Causing or ending in or approaching death.
GLORIOUS * --a. Having or deserving or conferring glory. --s. 1 Characterized by grandeur. 2 Having great beauty and splendor.
BUMPTIOUSNESS * n. Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
BLOODSTAIN * n. A discoloration caused by blood.
REACTIVATE * v. Activate (an old file) anew.
RHEOLOGY * n. The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter.
DIDRIKSON * n. Outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956).
ACHOLIA * n. A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
AMEER * n. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
COMPREHENDIBLE * a. Capable of being comprehended or understood.
TORNILLO * n. Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods.
IDEALITY * n. The quality of being ideal.
HYPOTENSIVE * --n. A person who has abnormally low blood pressure. --a. Having abnormally low blood pressure.
LUTJANUS * n. Type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers.
OROZCO * n. Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949).
FORTY-EIGHTH * s. The ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order.
PLACATINGLY * r. In a placating manner.
TEMPORIZE * v. Draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time.
ESCHERICHIA * n. A genus of enteric bacteria.
NESCIENCE * n. Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs).
HOMOGENISED * s. 1 Formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance. 2 Made homogeneous.
ACARIASIS * n. Infestation with itch mites.
COMMUNICABLE * s. 1 (of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection. 2 Readily communicated.
NANCY * n. A city in northeastern France in Lorraine.
CONTEMPORISE * v. 1 Happen at the same time. 2 Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.
HUSHED-UP * s. (used of information or news) Kept secret by using influence.
STUNTEDNESS * n. Smallness of stature.
DIANTHUS * n. Carnations and pinks.
WEARER * n. A person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory.
BLAMEFUL * s. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
EMPATHIC * s. Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states.
WORN-OUT * s. 1 Used until no longer useful. 2 Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
BOWHEAD * n. Large-mouthed Arctic whale.
FRAT * n. A social club for male undergraduates.
WARRIORLIKE * s. (of persons) Befitting a warrior.
ROILY * s. (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence.
COGWHEEL * n. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
EXPIRY * n. 1 A coming to an end of a contract period. 2 The event of dying or departure from life.
LEGISLATIVE * a. 1 Relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature. 2 Of or relating to or created by legislation.
TAROT * n. Any of a set of (usually 78) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used for playing card games and for divination by fortunetellers.
DRUGGIST * n. A health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs.
NINETIETH * --n. Position 90 in a countable series of things. --s. The ordinal number of ninety in counting order.
REVERTING * --n. A failure to maintain a higher state. --s. Tending to return to an earlier state.
FUEL * --n. A substance that can be consumed to produce energy. --v. 1 Provide with a combustible substance that provides energy. 2 Provide with fuel. 3 Take in fuel, as of a ship. 4 Stimulate.
VIBRATE * v. 1 Shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner. 2 Move or swing from side to side regularly. 3 Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. 4 Sound with resonance.
UREY * n. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
PLAYACTING * n. The performance of a part or role in a drama.
SPHAERIACEAE * n. Parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia.
CRAM * v. 1 Crowd or pack to capacity. 2 Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled. 3 Study intensively, as before an exam. 4 Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam.
HERALD * --n. 1 (formal) A person who announces important news. 2 Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. --v. 1 Foreshadow or presage. 2 Praise vociferously. 3 Greet enthusiastically or joyfully.
KINSMAN * n. A male relative.
ALCYONACEA * n. Comprising the soft corals.
PRE-ECLAMPSIA * n. Abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated.
INFELICITY * n. Inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression).
TAUTOG * n. Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America.
WELL-CONDUCTED * s. Characterized by good organization and control.
XYLOL * n. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
BANDLET * n. Molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column.
CONVALESCENT * --n. A person who is recovering from illness. --s. Returning to health after illness or debility.
PERSONAGE * n. 1 Another word for person; a person not meriting identification. 2 A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events.
GHOSTLIKE * s. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
SMOCKING * n. Embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches.
DIARRHOETIC * s. Of or relating to diarrhea.
FIELDS * n. United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946).
TRIPINNATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Thrice pinnate.
COLO. * n. A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains.
PATRILINEAGE * n. Line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family.
LUVARIDAE * n. Louvars.
CONGESTED * s. Overfull as with blood.
FINAL * --n. 1 The final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament. 2 An examination administered at the end of an academic term. --s. 1 Occurring at or forming an end or termination. 2 Conclusive in a process or progression. 3 Not to be altered or undone.
REGULATE * v. 1 Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of. 2 Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. 3 Shape or influence; give direction to. 4 Restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.).
COLOURIZE * v. Add color to.
CLANGOUR * --n. A loud resonant repeating noise. --v. Make a loud resonant noise.
NATIVE-BORN * s. Belonging to a place by birth.
ENCROACHING * s. Gradually intrusive without right or permission.
COLORCAST * --n. A television program that is broadcast in color. --v. Broadcast in color.
CANAANITIC * n. A group of Semitic languages.
IMPORTATION * n. 1 The commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country. 2 Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country.
VIBRION * n. Curved rodlike motile bacterium.
MONOTONIC * --a. Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value. --s. Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch.
TAIF * n. A city in western Saudi Arabia to the east of Mecca.
ARBITRAGEUR * n. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
PINNATIFID * s. (of a leaf shape) Cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets.
VISCONTI * n. Italian filmmaker (1906-1976).
ROPEWALKER * n. An acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground.
SANGAY * n. An inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946.
UNPAVED * a. Not having a paved surface.
COMBINING * n. 1 An occurrence that results in things being united. 2 The act of combining things to form a new whole.
BROAD-MINDEDNESS * n. An inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior.
UNATTAINABLENESS * n. The state of being unattainable.
WEAPONS-GRADE * s. 1 Of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction). 2 Extremely strong or concentrated or durable.
EFFICIENCY * n. 1 The ratio of the output to the input of any system. 2 Skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort.
TOBOGGANIST * n. Someone who rides a toboggan.
LUBBOCK * n. A city in northwest Texas to the south of Amarillo.
REITHRODONTOMYS * n. New World harvest mice.
CRANIOMETRICAL * a. Of or relating to craniometry.
WIDE-ANGLE * a. Of or relating to a fisheye lens.
NIQAABI * n. An observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family.
COSTUMER * n. Someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade).
MODERNISM * n. 1 Genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres. 2 The quality of being current or of the present. 3 Practices typical of contemporary life or thought.
STRUTHIO * n. Type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches.
OVIPAROUS * a. Egg-laying.
DUCKPINS * n. A bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider.
ANTIBODY * n. Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response.
UNDER * --s. 1 Located below or beneath something else. 2 Lower in rank, power, or authority. --r. 1 Down to defeat, death, or ruin. 2 Through a range downward. 3 Into unconsciousness. 4 In or into a state of subordination or subjugation.
RECONSECRATE * v. Consecrate anew, as after a desecration.
INTRINSIC * --a. Belonging to a thing by its very nature. --s. Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts.
OVERSOLICITOUS * s. Excessively solicitous.
LAFITTE * n. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).
DIDEOXYCYTOSINE * n. An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection.
NOTICEABLE * --a. Capable or worthy of being noticed. --s. Capable of being detected.
YAP * --n. Informal terms for the mouth. --v. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
CONTRARIAN * n. An investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors.
PERCEPTIVITY * n. A feeling of understanding.
DETERIORATE * v. 1 Become worse or disintegrate. 2 Grow worse.
PONY-TREKKING * n. A sport in which people ride across country on ponies.
CHARLESTON * --n. 1 State capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river. 2 A port city in southeastern South Carolina. 3 An American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century. --v. Dance the Charleston.
BORSCH * n. A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
SALICYLATE * n. A salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs).
SAMOYEDE * n. Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family.
SUIDAE * n. Pigs; hogs; boars.
FORE-AND-AFT * s. Parallel with the keel of a boat or ship.
PORT-AU-PRINCE * n. The capital and largest city of Haiti.
CATAPHASIA * n. A speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several times in succession.
FALSIFY * v. 1 Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. 2 Tamper, with the purpose of deception. 3 Prove false. 4 Falsify knowingly.
NONPARTISAN * --n. A person who is nonpartisan. --a. Free from party affiliation or bias.
CROWNBEARD * n. Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads.
BHUTANI * n. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
HYPERACUSIA * n. Abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels.
SERVITUDE * n. State of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment.
DORY * n. 1 A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled. 2 Pike-like freshwater perches. 3 Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters.
ASPALATHUS * n. Genus of South African heathlike shrubs.
ANTIVENENE * n. An antitoxin that counteracts the effects of venom from the bite of a snake or insect or other animal.
BACKSPACER * n. The typewriter key used for back spacing.
ABSTRUSENESS * n. 1 The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand. 2 Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound.
PRANCER * n. A mettlesome or fiery horse.
BLASTODISC * n. A layer of cells on the inside of the blastula.
CANDID * s. 1 Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. 2 Informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared. 3 Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness.
ENRAGE * v. Put into a rage; make violently angry.
SPARKLY * s. 1 Marked by high spirits or excitement. 2 Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
GRAVES * n. English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985).
ARISTOTELIC * a. Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy.
SHALLOWNESS * n. 1 Lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling. 2 The quality of lacking physical depth.
COUNTERTERRORISM * n. A strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorism.
MASORITE * n. A scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah).
PENTASYLLABIC * s. Having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables.
EXPANSION * n. 1 The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope. 2 A function expressed as a sum or product of terms. 3 A discussion that provides additional information. 4 Adding information or detail.
LAMB * --n. 1 Young sheep. 2 English essayist (1775-1834). 3 A person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters). 4 A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). --v. Give birth to a lamb.
AMERINDIAN * n. Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived.
TRACHEOPHYTA * n. In former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants.
UNLIKENESS * n. Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness.
ELEMENTAL * --a. 1 Relating to or being an element. 2 Relating to severe atmospheric conditions. --s. Of or being the essential or basic part.
GABOR * n. British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979).
SALTISH * s. Somewhat salty.
BECKLEY * n. A city in southern West Virginia.
YAFO * n. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950.
GOMPERS * n. United States labor leader (born in England) who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 (1850-1924).
CLUTCH * --n. 1 The act of grasping. 2 A tense critical situation. 3 A number of birds hatched at the same time. 4 A collection of things or persons to be handled together. --v. 1 Take hold of; grab. 2 Hold firmly, usually with one's hands. 3 Affect.
PRIVATIZATION * n. Changing something from state to private ownership or control.
TWO-WHEELED * a. Of or relating to vehicles with two wheels.
PYRAMIDING * n. A fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated.
BITUMINOUS * a. Resembling or containing bitumen.
REFERABLE * s. Capable of being assigned or credited to.
RECEIVABLES * n. Money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts.
FORAY * --n. 1 A sudden short attack. 2 An initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence). --v. 1 Steal goods; take as spoils. 2 Briefly enter enemy territory.
PHALANGIUM * n. Type genus of the family Phalangiidae.
AGAMETE * n. An asexual reproductive cell.
KARYOLYSIS * n. Disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies.
SURPLUSAGE * n. A quantity much larger than is needed.
SOVEREIGN * --n. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right. --s. 1 (of political bodies) Not controlled by outside forces. 2 Greatest in status or authority or power.
FILOVIRUS * n. Animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae.
EUPHEMISM * n. An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh.
ANAPSIDA * n. Oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms.
UNSHEATHED * a. Not having a protective covering.
MG * n. 1 One thousandth (1/1,000) gram. 2 A light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine).
NOMINATION * n. 1 The act of officially naming a candidate. 2 The condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election. 3 An address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election.
PTERIDOLOGY * n. The branch of botany that studies ferns.
ENCOURAGING * --a. Giving courage or confidence or hope. --s. Furnishing support and encouragement.
SINGULTUS * n. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion.
INNOCUOUS * --a. Not injurious to physical or mental health. --s. 1 Not causing disapproval. 2 Lacking intent or capacity to injure.
ICONOCLASM * n. The orientation of an iconoclast.
UNDERCURRENT * n. 1 A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning. 2 A current below the surface of a fluid.
YARN * --n. 1 The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events. 2 A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. --v. Tell or spin a yarn.
ENCHANTRESS * n. 1 A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive. 2 A female sorcerer or magician.
PUTREFY * v. Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell.
WONDERBERRY * n. Improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries.
CREDAL * a. Of or relating to a creed.
TRANSFERASE * n. Any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound.
UNMEMORABLY * r. In an unmemorable manner.
DICOTYLEDONOUS * a. (of a flowering plant) Having two cotyledons in the seed.
DOMINICAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ. 2 Of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day.
SHELDUCK * n. Female sheldrake.
VICIA * n. Widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs.
TRIBUNAL * n. An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
HAWSER * n. Large heavy rope for nautical use.
LIZARDFISH * n. Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide.
DOUBLE-TEAM * v. Cover with two defensive players.
OVERRIDING * s. Having superior power and influence.
DOGE * n. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
RATTIGAN * n. British playwright (1911-1977).
VITILIGINOUS * a. Of or relating to or having vitiligo.
UNREPRESENTATIVE * s. Not exemplifying a class.
HOST * --n. 1 A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there. 2 A vast multitude. 3 An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association. 4 A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers). --v. Be the host of or for.
UNDIAGNOSED * s. Eluding diagnosis.
STRESSFUL * s. Extremely irritating to the nerves.
SHREDDER * n. A device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them).
QUASIPARTICLE * n. A quantum of energy (in a crystal lattice or other system) that has position and momentum and can in some respects be regarded as a particle.
SIGHTLY * s. Very pleasing to the eye.
THROMBOPHLEBITIS * n. Phlebitis in conjunction with the formation of a blood clot (thrombus).
APPLICABILITY * n. Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.
ABRUPT * s. 1 Marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions. 2 Exceedingly sudden and unexpected. 3 Extremely steep. 4 Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner.
NONMATERIAL * a. Not consisting of matter.
APHRODITE * n. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus.
PANJABI * n. 1 A member of the people of Pakistan and Punjab. 2 The Indic language spoken by people in Pakistan and Punjab.
WHITE-OUT * v. Lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain.
STABILISING * s. Causing to become stable.
DICKIE-SEAT * n. A small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater.
SQUARED * s. Having been made square.
BLESSEDNESS * n. A state of supreme happiness.
CONVERTOR * n. A device for changing one substance or form or state into another.
SAVAGELY * r. 1 In a vicious manner. 2 Wildly; like an animal.
CATEGORIZATION * n. 1 A group of people or things arranged by class or category. 2 The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories. 3 The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
JAGGHERY * n. Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
CARABIDAE * n. Ground beetles.
EXISTENTIALIST * --n. A philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable. --a. Relating to or involving existentialism.
FLYPAST * n. A flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
PINCUS * n. United States sexual physiologist whose hunch that progesterone could block ovulation led to the development of the oral contraceptive pill (1903-1967).
GEOLOGY * n. A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks.
ALLOGENEIC * a. Denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible).
LOCUM * n. Someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession.
DYSPHEMISTIC * a. Of or the nature of dysphemism.
ANNEXE * n. An addition that extends a main building.
SUBMERGE * v. 1 Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. 2 Cover completely or make imperceptible. 3 Put under water. 4 Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
CUBITUS * n. 1 Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped. 2 The arm from the elbow to the fingertips.
PANTHEISTIC * a. Of or relating to pantheism.
SNAPDRAGON * n. A garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon.
HALF-SISTER * n. A sister who has only one parent in common with you.
QUITCLAIM * n. 1 Document transferring title or right or claim to another. 2 Act of transferring a title or right or claim to another.
SHEAF * n. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
HONKYTONK * n. A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall.
PHLOX * n. Any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers.
N.M. * n. A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border.
MISNOMER * n. An incorrect or unsuitable name.
DIOR * n. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
HARD * --a. 1 Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. 2 Dispassionate. 3 Resisting weight or pressure. 4 Produced without vibration of the vocal cords. --s. 1 Very strong or vigorous. 2 Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. 3 Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors. 4 Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content. --r. 1 With effort or force or vigor. 2 With firmness. 3 Earnestly or intently. 4 Causing great damage or hardship.
OSSEOUS * a. Composed of or containing bone.
SCRUBBINESS * n. The property of being stunted and inferior in size or quality.
EVENTRATION * n. Protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall.
THINNED * s. Mixed with water.
PARLAY * --n. A series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers. --v. Stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager.
AMIDE * n. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
HANDSPIKE * n. A metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever.
COLORLESS * a. 1 Lacking in variety and interest. 2 Weak in color; not colorful.
OSTEOCYTE * n. Mature bone cell.
STREPTODORNASE * n. An enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infections; used medicinally (often in combination with streptokinase).
DISCIPLE * n. Someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another.
WYE * n. The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet.
TEXARKANA * n. 1 A town in northeast Texas adjacent to Texarkana, Arkansas. 2 A town in southwest Arkansas on the Texas border adjacent to Texarkana, Texas.
MOODY * --n. 1 United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998). 2 United States evangelist (1837-1899). --s. 1 Showing a brooding ill humor. 2 Subject to sharply varying moods.
HERMAPHRODITE * --n. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made. --s. Of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs.
NOR'-EAST * --n. The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. --r. To, toward, or in the northeast.
EUGLENACEAE * n. Considered green algae.
COOKBOOK * n. A book of recipes and cooking directions.
CRANIOMETER * n. An instrument for measuring skull sizes.
GULA * n. 1 The Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta. 2 Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins).
COUNTERSIGNATURE * n. A second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed.
SKY-HIGH * r. 1 (with verb `to blow') Destroyed completely; blown apart or to pieces. 2 In a lavish or enthusiastic manner. 3 To a very high level.
CEREMONIALLY * r. 1 In a ceremonious manner. 2 In a ceremonial manner.
PERMUTABLE * s. Capable of changing sequence.
PICAYUNE * s. (informal) Small and of little importance.
PUPATE * v. Develop into a pupa.
PINNOTHERES * n. Type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs.
SNIFF * --n. Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose. --v. 1 Perceive by inhaling through the nose. 2 Inhale audibly through the nose.
ASCLEPIADACEOUS * a. Of or relating to plants of the milkweed family.
VENTURER * n. 1 A merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas). 2 A person who enjoys taking risks.
TROMPILLO * n. Weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America.
SELF-DENIAL * n. 1 The trait of practicing self discipline. 2 The act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses. 3 Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others.
DOSE * --n. 1 A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. 2 The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time. 3 A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact. 4 Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. --v. 1 Treat with an agent; add (an agent) to. 2 Administer a drug to.
FREELOADER * n. Someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others.
ONTARIO * n. 1 The smallest of the Great Lakes. 2 A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada.
INTERLANGUAGE * n. A common language used by speakers of different languages.
OUTLIER * n. 1 A person who lives away from his place of work. 2 An extreme deviation from the mean.
INDEFINITENESS * n. The quality of being vague and poorly defined.
AUTODIDACT * n. A person who has taught himself.
STRICTNESS * n. 1 Conscientious attention to rules and details. 2 Uncompromising resolution.
FONTENOY * n. A battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland.
BELGIUM * n. A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
SEPTETTE * n. 1 Seven performers or singers who perform together. 2 A set of seven similar things considered as a unit. 3 Seven people considered as a unit. 4 A musical composition written for seven performers.
F.I.S.C. * n. A secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies.
CONDUCTIVE * a. Having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity.
CAMBARUS * n. A genus of Astacidae.
MADE-TO-ORDER * s. 1 Built for a particular individual. 2 (of clothing) Custom-made.
MELANTHIACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum.
PROGNOSTICATION * n. 1 A sign of something about to happen. 2 A statement made about the future. 3 Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source).
OVERCROSSING * n. A bridge designed for pedestrians.
PUT-UPON * s. (of persons) Taken advantage of.
LIQUIDIZE * v. 1 Sell or get rid of all one's merchandise. 2 Make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating.
ENTIRENESS * n. The state of being total and complete.
TRIGGER * --n. 1 Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun. 2 A device that activates or releases or causes something to happen. 3 An act that sets in motion some course of events. --v. 1 Put in motion or move to act. 2 Release or pull the trigger on.
AUTOCOID * n. Any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification.
OILPAPER * n. Paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil.
AWKWARDNESS * n. 1 Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. 2 The quality of an embarrassing situation. 3 The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant. 4 The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
CADDY * --n. A can for storing tea. --v. Act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player.
UNFATHOMED * s. Situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed.
SLIP-UP * n. A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..
SHACK * --n. Small crude shelter used as a dwelling. --v. 1 Make one's home in a particular place or community. 2 Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.
SEQUIN * n. Adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material used to decorate clothing.
HAEMOPROTEUS * n. Type genus of the family Haemoproteidae.
NEURECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of all or part of a nerve.
RECOILLESS * a. Of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil.
DOVEKIE * n. Small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions.
SIMPER * --n. A silly self-conscious smile. --v. Smile affectedly or derisively.
MOTHERLINESS * n. The quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother.
MURKINESS * n. 1 An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance. 2 The quality of being cloudy.
ENVISAGE * v. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
COASTAL * a. 1 Of or relating to a coast. 2 Located on or near or bordering on a coast.
PROMOTER * n. 1 Someone who is an active supporter and advocate. 2 A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments.
AVOCATION * n. An auxiliary activity.
HYPOCORISM * n. A name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix).
CENOBITICAL * a. Of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living.
NEVERTHELESS * r. Despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession).
ALGEBRA * n. The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
THUDDING * s. Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft.
HYDROCHARIDACEAE * n. Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed.
FEATHERFOIL * n. A plant of the genus Hottonia.
REIFICATION * n. 1 Regarding something abstract as a material thing. 2 Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality.
ILLICIT * --a. Contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention. --s. Contrary to or forbidden by law.
PITPROP * n. A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine.
SESAMOID * n. Any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint.
GRILLWORK * n. 1 Mesh netting made of wires. 2 A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate.
INSUBSTANTIALLY * r. Not substantially; lacking substantial expression or fullness.
INMOST * s. 1 Being deepest within the self. 2 Situated or occurring farthest within.
CORNSILK * n. Each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn.
ABSOLUTE * --n. Something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative. --a. Perfect or complete or pure. --s. 1 Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. 2 Not limited by law. 3 Expressing finality with no implication of possible change. 4 Not capable of being violated or infringed.
OYSTERCATCHER * n. Black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc..
PEDANT * n. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
MESQUITE * n. Any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar.
THYROPROTEIN * n. A preparation made from iodinated protein and having an action similar to thyroxine.
GIKUYU * n. A Bantu language spoken in western Kenya.
DRIVEWAY * n. A road leading up to a private house.
LOGOGRAPH * n. A single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation.
MAXILLARY * --n. The jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium. --a. Of or relating to the upper jaw.
WHIMSICALLY * r. In a fanciful manner.
SAFEHOLD * n. A refuge from attack.
WOOLSORTER * n. A person who sorts wool into different grades.
FUKKIANESE * n. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
JEVONS * n. English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882).
SCORIA * n. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
QUADRUPLET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. 2 One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy. 3 A set of four similar things considered as a unit.
GUTHRIE * n. United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967).
ENDOGENOUS * a. 1 Of or resembling an endogen. 2 Derived or originating internally.
PIERID * n. Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs.
HAEMATOPOIESIS * n. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).
PROGRESSIVELY * r. Advancing in amount or intensity.
UNWISELY * r. Without good sense or judgment.
CONICAL * a. Relating to or resembling a cone.
VULGARISER * n. 1 Someone who makes something vulgar. 2 Someone who makes something attractive to the general public.
BATTLE-AX * n. 1 A broadax used as a weapon. 2 A sharp-tongued domineering wife.
TEACH-IN * n. An extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue.
PROTEINACEOUS * a. Relating to or of the nature of protein.
ELN * n. 1 A Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade. 2 A terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s.
EVE * n. 1 (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 2 The day before. 3 The period immediately before something. 4 The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall).
OCCULT * --n. 1 Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively. 2 Supernatural practices and techniques. --v. 1 Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention. 2 Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished. 3 Hide from view. --s. 1 Hidden and difficult to see. 2 Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
LICORICE * n. 1 Deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots. 2 A black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant.
YIN * n. The dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology.
SLATING * n. 1 Thin layers of rock used for roofing. 2 A severely critical attack. 3 The act of laying slates for a roof.
MIDIRON * n. Long iron with a nearly vertical face.
ALIENATE * v. 1 Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness. 2 Transfer property or ownership. 3 Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.
ZINC * --n. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende. --v. Coat or cover with zinc.
ESCALATION * n. An increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy.
MANDELSTAM * n. Russian poet who died in a prison camp (1891-1938).
ADVERBIAL * --n. A word or group of words function as an adverb. --a. Of or relating to or functioning as an adverb.
BRAWNINESS * n. Possessing muscular strength.
WALLPAPER * --n. A decorative paper for the walls of rooms. --v. Cover with wallpaper.
UNANNEALED * s. (of metal or glass) Not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured.
AESTHETICIAN * n. 1 A worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.). 2 A philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty.
GONG * --n. 1 A percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick. 2 A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. --v. Sound a gong.
MUCIFEROUS * a. Containing or secreting mucus.
GAMETOCYTE * n. An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis.
ABRADER * n. A tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing.
MUSLIMAH * n. A Muslim woman.
MATCH * --n. 1 Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction. 2 A formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete. 3 A burning piece of wood or cardboard. 4 An exact duplicate. --v. 1 Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics. 2 Provide funds complementary to. 3 Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. 4 Be equal to in quality or ability.
BOTTLER * n. A manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages.
CERTHIIDAE * n. Creepers.
DARTMOUTH * n. A college in New Hampshire.
YOUNGER * s. Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father.
OEDOGONIACEAE * n. Filamentous green algae.
HYDROELECTRICITY * n. Electricity produced by water power.
LYONIA * n. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya.
COLORIZE * v. Add color to.
IMPRECISENESS * n. The quality of lacking precision.
STRUT * --n. 1 A proud stiff pompous gait. 2 Brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression. --v. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
OCCLUSIVE * --n. A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it. --a. Tending to occlude.
BIG-SHOULDERED * s. Having broad shoulders.
PLOY * n. 1 An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker. 2 A maneuver in a game or conversation.
STUPEFIED * s. 1 As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. 2 In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock.
PALATIAL * --a. Relating to or being a palace. --s. Suitable for or like a palace.
LAZAR * n. A person afflicted with leprosy.
PORTSMOUTH * n. 1 A port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards. 2 A port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean. 3 A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base.
AUTOGRAPHIC * a. Written in the author's own handwriting.
OCARINA * n. Egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
EREMITIC * --a. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living. --s. Characterized by ascetic solitude.
VORACITY * n. 1 Excessive desire to eat. 2 Extreme gluttony.
DISLOYAL * a. 1 Showing lack of love for your country. 2 Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle.
CHIEFTAINSHIP * n. The position of chieftain.
CONTEMN * v. Look down on with disdain.
APHID * n. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
WORSHIPPED * s. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
DOHA * n. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
LOVE-PHILTER * n. A drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.
VALEDICTION * n. 1 A farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class). 2 The act of saying farewell.
CHARACTERISATION * n. 1 A graphic or vivid verbal description. 2 The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features.
AGHAST * s. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
TRAGOPAN * n. Brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head.
INEXPERIENT * a. Lacking practical experience or training.
HOUHERE * n. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
PEOPLED * s. Furnished with people.
ETHNOGRAPHER * n. An anthropologist who does ethnography.
SANTOS * n. A port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo.
OPISTHOGNATHIDAE * n. Jawfishes.
COMPASSIONATE * --v. Share the suffering of. --a. Showing or having compassion.
LIKABLE * --a. (of characters in literature or drama) Evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings. --s. Easy to like; agreeable.
FLACOURTIACEAE * n. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs.
TAINTED * s. Touched by rot or decay.
PRAETORIUM * n. The tent of an ancient Roman general.
PARTHENOCISSUS * n. Woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils.
SALINE * --n. An isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water. --s. Containing salt.
GRADUAL * --n. (Roman Catholic Church) An antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass. --a. 1 Proceeding in small stages. 2 (of a topographical gradient) Not steep or abrupt.
ENDORSEMENT * n. 1 A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books). 2 A speech seconding a motion. 3 Formal and explicit approval. 4 A signature that validates something.
BENEFICENCE * n. 1 Doing good; feeling beneficent. 2 The quality of being kind or helpful or generous.
LEMMA * n. 1 A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. 2 The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae. 3 The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
APPENDAGE * n. 1 An external body part that projects from the body. 2 A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant. 3 A part that is joined to something larger.
PICOFARAD * n. A unit of capacitance equal to one trillionth of a farad.
EXIGUITY * n. The quality of being meager.
MA'AM * n. A woman of refinement.
DETESTABLE * s. 1 Offensive to the mind. 2 Unequivocally detestable.
GASTROPODA * n. Snails and slugs and their relatives.
CHRYSOMELID * n. Brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems.
EOSINOPHIL * n. A leukocyte readily stained with eosin.
PEDICULATI * n. Anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth.
CATHEXIS * n. (psychoanalysis) The libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.
SYLVA * n. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
CHRYSAORA * n. A genus of Scyphozoa.
PIGMENT * --n. 1 Dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.). 2 Any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color. 3 A substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating. --v. 1 Acquire pigment; become colored or imbued. 2 Color or dye with a pigment.
HYBRID * --n. 1 A word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root). 2 A composite of mixed origin. 3 (genetics) An organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species. --s. Produced by crossbreeding.
LOZAL * n. Diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension.
HUNCHBACKED * s. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED * a. Not committed to an institution.
WELL-FIXED * s. In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich.
VHF * n. 1 A group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage. 2 30 to 300 megahertz.
GROTIUS * n. Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645).
DETACHED * --s. 1 Showing lack of emotional involvement. 2 Being or feeling set or kept apart from others. 3 No longer connected or joined. 4 Lacking affection or warm feeling. --a. Used of buildings; standing apart from others.
EFFERVESCENCE * n. 1 The process of bubbling as gas escapes. 2 The property of giving off bubbles.
CAMPHORATE * v. Treat with camphor.
UNPALATABLENESS * n. 1 The property of being unacceptable to the mouth. 2 The property of being unacceptable to the mind.
MODERNIST * n. An artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles.
ILLINOIS * n. 1 A midwestern state in north-central United States. 2 A member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west. 3 The Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami.
IBSENIAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
UNKNOWLEDGEABLE * s. Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge.
INFERTILITY * n. The state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate.
MICHIGANDER * n. A native or resident of Michigan.
RECENTNESS * n. 1 A time immediately before the present. 2 The property of having happened or appeared not long ago.
ABRAHAM * n. 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.
NON-UGRIC * n. One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian).
DUNKERS * n. A Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion.
PROACTIVE * --a. Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently. --s. (of a policy or person or action) Controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens.
OPPOSABLE * a. Capable of being placed opposite to something.
NARCOTIZED * s. Under the influence of narcotics.
PLANARIA * n. Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts.
UNFEELINGLY * r. 1 Without compassionate feelings. 2 In a callous way.
DICYNODONT * n. A kind of therapsid.
HORSE-CART * n. Heavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work.
DENOMINATOR * n. The divisor of a fraction.
HAEMODORACEAE * n. Some genera placed in family Liliaceae.
DEPLANE * v. Get off an airplane.
FACET * n. 1 A distinct feature or element in a problem. 2 A smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone).
SCREWTOP * n. The top of a container that must be screwed off and on.
UNEARNED * a. Not gained by merit or labor or service.
BETH * n. The 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
HIRSUTISM * n. Excessive hairiness.
GRAVITATION * n. 1 (physics) The force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface. 2 Movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction. 3 A figurative movement toward some attraction.
ARTWORK * n. Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication.
DISTURBED * s. 1 Having the place or position changed. 2 Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. 3 Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships. 4 Affected with madness or insanity.
UNCONSTIPATED * a. Not constipated.
DEUTERIUM * n. An isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen).
EAR * n. 1 The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. 2 Good hearing. 3 The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear. 4 Attention to what is said.
ARGUS-EYED * s. 1 Having very keen vision. 2 Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.
LARK * --n. 1 North American songbirds having a yellow breast. 2 A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage. 3 Any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing. 4 Any carefree episode. --v. Play boisterously.
REFULGENCY * n. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
NOMENKLATURA * n. The system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party.
CLICHY-LA-GARENNE * n. A northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century.
WRESTLING * n. 1 The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat. 2 The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
ERAGROSTIS * n. Annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.
HOTELMAN * n. An owner or manager of hotels.
SHERIFF * n. The principal law-enforcement officer in a county.
ALOSA * n. Shad.
BRACER * n. 1 A protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports. 2 A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor).
PATHETIC * s. 1 Deserving or inciting pity. 2 Inspiring mixed contempt and pity. 3 Inspiring scornful pity.
RECTIFIED * s. Having been put right.
COMPARABILITY * n. Qualities that are comparable.
CLEAT * --n. 1 A metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping. 2 A fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured. 3 A strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached. --v. 1 Provide with cleats. 2 Secure on a cleat.
IMPRESARIO * n. A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments.
VIRGINITY * n. The condition or quality of being a virgin.
ENFRANCHISEMENT * n. 1 Freedom from political subjugation or servitude. 2 A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote). 3 The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on.
FIRESTONE * n. 1 A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire. 2 A sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns.
RESONANCE * n. 1 An excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation. 2 A vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system. 3 Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant. 4 A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people.
IZANAGI * n. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
USURIOUS * s. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.
BIODIVERSITY * n. The diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole).
PAWN * --n. 1 An article deposited as security. 2 A person used by another to gain an end. 3 (chess) The least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank. 4 Borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan. --v. Leave as a guarantee in return for money.
WINDOWPANE * n. 1 A pane of glass in a window. 2 Very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America.
SAUREL * n. 1 Large elongated compressed food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe. 2 A California food fish.
DON * --n. 1 A Spanish gentleman or nobleman. 2 Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford). 3 The head of an organized crime family. 4 Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu. --v. Put clothing on one's body.
SENNETT * n. United States filmmaker (born in Canada) noted for slapstick movies (1880-1960).
APSIDAL * a. Of or relating to an apse.
MINESWEEPING * n. The activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines.
DREGS * n. Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.
TRICHROME * s. Having or involving three colors.
SEQUOYAH * n. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).
BROILER * n. 1 An oven or part of a stove used for broiling. 2 Flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling.
SHELLFISH * n. 1 Meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean). 2 Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS * n. An infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.
APICAL * s. Situated at an apex.
RECESSIVE * --n. An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to a recession. 2 (of genes) Producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical.
UNACCEPTABILITY * n. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards.
SYNCHRONIC * --a. 1 Occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase. 2 Concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents. --s. (of taxa) Occurring in the same period of geological time.
FLASKFUL * n. The quantity a flask will hold.
EREMITISM * n. Monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience.
NONARBOREAL * a. Not inhabiting or frequenting trees.
ACCOUTERMENT * n. Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing.
ENVELOP * v. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
CLAMMY * s. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
VIGORISH * n. 1 An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest. 2 A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster.
INTERFERON * n. An antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus.
INEXPEDIENTLY * r. In an inexpedient manner.
ZDV * n. An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow.
NORMOTENSIVE * a. Having normal blood pressure.
SILICEOUS * a. Relating to or containing or resembling silica.
CHARR * n. Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus.
AMBIVALENT * s. Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow.
HABACUC * n. An Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies.
GREYBEARD * n. 1 A man who is very old. 2 A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).
PRECEDENT * --n. 1 An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time. 2 (civil law) A law established by following earlier judicial decisions. 3 A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws. 4 A subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time). --s. Preceding in time, order, or significance.
CHAUCER * n. English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400).
CHORALE * n. A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune.
SANFOIN * n. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain.
LARKSPUR * n. Any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium.
ANKYLOSAURUS * n. Having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's.
GROOVY * s. 1 Very good. 2 (British informal) Very chic.
BALLYRAG * v. Be bossy towards.
GALAGO * n. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
SERIOUS-MINDED * s. Acting with or showing thought and good sense.
RATIONALLY * r. In a rational manner.
DEHUMANIZE * v. 1 Deprive of human qualities. 2 Make mechanical or routine.
FUND-RAISE * v. Raise money for a cause or project.
THEOLOGIZER * n. Someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology.
MUTATIVE * a. Of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation.
PARALEPSIS * n. Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
WALLACE * n. 1 Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305). 2 English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932). 3 English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913).
COMELY * s. 1 According with custom or propriety. 2 Very pleasing to the eye.
CASE-HARDENED * s. Used of persons; emotionally hardened.
SUGARCANE * n. 1 Juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice. 2 Tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar.
GODSPEED * n. A successful journey.
BEDBUG * n. Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood.
PIETISTICAL * --a. Of or relating to Pietism. --s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
GOLDMAN * n. United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription; was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940).
PATERNOSTER * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) The Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father'. 2 A type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor.
OBSERVABLY * r. In a noticeable manner.
LIGER * n. Offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
CLADONIACEAE * n. A family of lichens.
PROTIRELIN * n. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
ROTIFERA * n. A phylum including: rotifers.
GASTEROSTEUS * n. Type genus of the family Gasterosteidae.
COELACANTH * n. Fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa.
INCAPACITATE * v. 1 Make unable to perform a certain action. 2 Injure permanently.
PRESBYTER * n. An elder in the Presbyterian Church.
UNLITERARY * s. Marked by lack of affectation or pedantry.
PANAMIGA * n. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
CALVINIST * --n. An adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents.
NON-ENGAGEMENT * n. Withdrawing from the activities of a group.
FATUITY * n. A ludicrous folly.
METROPTOSIS * n. Prolapse of the uterus.
GEOSPHERE * n. The solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.
HOMEOSTASIS * n. (physiology) Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes.
LOOSENING * n. 1 An occurrence of control or strength weakening. 2 The act of making something less tight.
SCION * n. A descendent or heir.
MANAGERIAL * a. Of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management.
LEGITIMACY * n. 1 Lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law. 2 Undisputed credibility.
DROUTH * n. 1 A prolonged shortage. 2 A shortage of rainfall.
NEWSFLASH * n. A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story.
DENTARIA * n. Usually included in genus Cardamine; in some classifications considered a separate genus.
LOQUACIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being wordy and talkative.
UNDERRATE * v. Make too low an estimate of.
ACCOMPANIST * n. A person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano).
COSTIA * n. A flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis.
ECF * n. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
BITEWING * n. A dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography.
OUTREACH * n. The act of reaching out.
HAEMANGIOMA * n. Benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks.
STEP-UP * n. The act of increasing something.
COATRACK * n. A rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats.
EDIFICATION * n. Uplifting enlightenment.
STOPS * n. 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.
IDES * n. In the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month.
DRIBBLE * --n. 1 Flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid. 2 Saliva spilling from the mouth. 3 The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks. --v. 1 Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream. 2 Let or cause to fall in drops. 3 Propel. 4 Let saliva drivel from the mouth.
OLIGARCH * n. One of the rulers in an oligarchy.
INCOGNOSCIBLE * s. Incapable of being perceived or known.
NON-PAYING * s. Paying nothing.
EXPEDITION * n. 1 A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country. 2 An organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose. 3 A journey organized for a particular purpose. 4 A journey taken for pleasure.
NOVELETTE * n. A short novel.
HENSON * n. United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990).
D.C. * n. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia.
SHEPHERDESS * n. A woman shepherd.
VITUS * n. Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300).
SPECIOUS * s. 1 Plausible but false. 2 Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing.
SELAR * n. Big-eyed scad.
HYMNARY * n. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
FORENSICS * n. Scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes.
VESICULATE * v. 1 Become vesicular or full of air cells. 2 Cause to become vesicular or full of air cells.
BATTERY-POWERED * s. Powered by one or more electric batteries.
ROOTBOUND * s. 1 (of a potted plant) Grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots. 2 Having the roots matted or densely tangled.
MOSSTONE * s. Of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color.
WHISTLING * n. 1 The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture. 2 The act of whistling a tune. 3 The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle.
WAX * --n. Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water. --v. 1 Cover with wax. 2 Go up or advance. 3 Increase in phase.
ARCHITRAVE * n. 1 The molding around a door or window. 2 The lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns.
STREPTOTHRICIN * n. A basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete.
BUCCAL * a. 1 Of or relating to or toward the cheek. 2 Of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located.
FLIGHT * --n. 1 A formation of aircraft in flight. 2 An instance of traveling by air. 3 A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next. 4 The act of escaping physically. --v. 1 Shoot a bird in flight. 2 Fly in a flock. 3 Decorate with feathers.
CLASSROOM * n. A room in a school where lessons take place.
NONAUTONOMOUS * s. (of peoples and political bodies) Controlled by outside forces.
TRA-LA * n. A set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain.
PRIVILY * r. Confidentially or in secret.
BLASTER * n. A workman employed to blast with explosives.
GRACIOUS * --a. Characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit. --s. 1 Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects. 2 Exhibiting courtesy and politeness. 3 Disposed to bestow favors.
ECHOIC * --a. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound. --s. Like or characteristic of an echo.
UNREAD * s. Not informed through reading.
EXCITINGLY * r. In an exciting manner.
FLAG-WAVING * s. Fanatically patriotic.
FLEXURE * n. 1 The state of being flexed (as of a joint). 2 An angular or rounded shape made by folding. 3 Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased.
MONOCHROMIC * s. Having or appearing to have only one color.
CROSS-QUESTIONER * n. Someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier).
HORSEWHIP * --n. A whip for controlling horses. --v. Whip with a whip intended for horses.
44TH * s. The ordinal number of forty-four in counting order.
BLOODLUST * n. A desire for bloodshed.
GALWEGIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people.
COEREBA * n. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
ONOMATOPOETIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. 2 (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
CYCLE * --n. 1 An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs. 2 A series of poems or songs on the same theme. 3 A periodically repeated sequence of events. 4 The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz). --v. 1 Cause to go through a recurring sequence. 2 Pass through a cycle. 3 Ride a motorcycle. 4 Ride a bicycle.
BARTONIA * n. Annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers.
BLIND * --n. 1 People who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group. 2 A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters). 3 A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight. 4 Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. --v. 1 Render unable to see. 2 Make blind by putting the eyes out. 3 Make dim by comparison or conceal. --a. Unable to see. --s. 1 Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand. 2 Not based on reason or evidence.
37 * s. Being seven more than thirty.
OUTWARDS * r. Toward the outside.
MODERNIZED * s. Brought up to date.
ATELEIOTIC * a. Of or relating to ateleiosis.
RHYNIA * n. Type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes.
CANTALOUP * n. 1 A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh. 2 The fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh.
CRITICALLY * r. In a critical manner.
FAWN-COLORED * s. Having the color of a fawn.
JUTE * n. 1 A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks. 2 A member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons.
MUTTERER * n. A person who speaks softly and indistinctly.
BIFOCALS * n. (plural) Eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision.
CAMPHOR * n. A resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment.
THIOTEPA * n. An antineoplastic drug used to treat certain malignancies.
SLOWER * r. More slowly.
CRYAESTHESIA * n. Hypersensitivity to cold.
PERFECTLY * r. 1 Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers. 2 In a perfect or faultless way.
FERROMAGNETISM * n. Phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed.
ATTACHED * --s. 1 Being joined in close association. 2 Fond and affectionate. --a. 1 Used of buildings joined by common sidewalls. 2 Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship.
LIEU * n. The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
TERRITORIALIZATION * n. The act of organizing as a territory.
REALLOCATION * n. 1 A share that has been allocated again. 2 A new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results).
CURTAILMENT * n. 1 The temporal property of being cut short. 2 The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation. 3 The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable.
THRONG * --n. A large gathering of people. --v. Press tightly together or cram.
CRIMINALIZE * v. 1 Treat as a criminal. 2 Declare illegal; outlaw.
BRONCO * n. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
STRIKEOUT * n. An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes.
SILVER-HAIRED * s. Having hair the color of silver.
ASIO * n. A genus of European owls.
FORUM * n. 1 A public meeting or assembly for open discussion. 2 A public facility to meet for open discussion.
OESOPHAGOSCOPE * n. An optical instrument for examining the inside of the esophagus.
DENOMINATIONALISM * n. 1 A narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination. 2 The tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations.
MUGFUL * n. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
INSTEP * n. 1 The arch of the foot. 2 The part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot.
MOLLUSK * n. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
ICE-WAGON * n. (formerly) A horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
PARAMILITARY * --n. A group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops). --a. Of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit.
CHORAGUS * n. (ancient Greece) Leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus.
STURNUS * n. Type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings.
DISBURSAL * n. 1 Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). 2 The act of spending or disbursing money.
GUINEA * n. 1 A former British gold coin worth 21 shillings. 2 (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Italian descent. 3 A republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958. 4 A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world.
UNFOLD * v. 1 Develop or come to a promising stage. 2 Open to the view. 3 Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. 4 Spread out or open from a closed or folded state.
PRINTER * n. 1 Someone whose occupation is printing. 2 (computer science) An output device that prints the results of data processing. 3 A machine that prints.
SITTA * n. Type genus of the Sittidae.
ABORAD * r. Away from the mouth or oral region.
POLYMOX * n. An antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections.
SUBSERVIENCE * n. 1 The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan. 2 In a subservient state. 3 Abject or cringing submissiveness.
REBOUND * --n. 1 A movement back from an impact. 2 A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration. 3 The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. --v. 1 Spring back; spring away from an impact. 2 Return to a former condition.
RUMINATION * n. 1 A calm, lengthy, intent consideration. 2 (of ruminants) Chewing (the cud). 3 Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding.
MUTUALLY * r. In a mutual or shared manner.
MACAMBA * n. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
TULLE * n. A fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
PARSIISM * n. The faith of a Zoroastrian sect in India.
STILLROOM * n. A pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc.
KABBALISTIC * s. Having a secret or hidden meaning.
ENCODING * n. The activity of converting data or information into code.
HOACTZIN * n. Crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings.
DESACRALIZE * v. Transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control.
YELLOW-TIPPED * s. Of a flower tipped with yellow.
ROMANS * n. A New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58.
ANTISTROPHE * n. The section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem.
DAE-HAN-MIN-GOOK * n. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook.
APATHY * n. 1 An absence of emotion or enthusiasm. 2 The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.
NORSE * --n. 1 An inhabitant of Scandinavia. 2 A native or inhabitant of Norway. 3 The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland. --a. 1 Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures. 2 Of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language.
SWATHE * --n. An enveloping bandage. --v. Wrap in swaddling clothes.
HARMLESS * a. Not causing or capable of causing harm.
UNAERATED * s. (used of blood) Not supplied with oxygen.
VULPES * n. Foxes.
ATTENDANCE * n. 1 The act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.). 2 The frequency with which a person is present. 3 The number of people that are present.
SET * --n. 1 A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used. 2 (mathematics) An abstract collection of numbers or symbols. 3 Several exercises intended to be done in series. 4 Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production. --v. 1 Put into a certain place or abstract location. 2 Fix conclusively or authoritatively. 3 Decide upon or fix definitely. 4 Establish as the highest level or best performance. --s. 1 (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed. 2 Fixed and unmoving. 3 Situated in a particular spot or position. 4 Set down according to a plan.
PLUGBOARD * n. Telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords.
WARREN * n. 1 United States writer and poet (1905-1989). 2 United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974). 3 A series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits. 4 An overcrowded residential area.
PERSUASIVENESS * n. The power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty.
TONGUED * --a. Provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination. --s. Having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination.
POSTOPERATIVE * s. Happening or done after a surgical operation.
MUNDA * n. A family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India.
RHIZOPODAN * n. Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod.
CROCHETING * n. 1 Needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle. 2 Creating a garment of needlework.
DEMARCHE * n. A move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs.
NAVVY * n. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
ELECTROMYOGRAPH * n. A medical instrument that records the electrical waves associated with the activity of skeletal muscles.
NOVOCAINE * n. Procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain).
FECHNER * n. German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner's law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887).
PERIODIC * --a. Happening or recurring at regular intervals. --s. Recurring or reappearing from time to time.
DILATORINESS * n. Slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it.
PERSONALLY * r. 1 As yourself. 2 As a person. 3 In a personal way. 4 In the flesh; without involving anyone else.
OPEC * n. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum.
ALGIDITY * n. Prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low blood pressure.
OUTWIT * v. Beat through cleverness and wit.
CATHODIC * a. Of or at or pertaining to a cathode.
PICIDAE * n. Woodpeckers.
OCHOTONA * n. Type genus of the Ochotonidae.
POGY * n. Money received from the state.
PASSWORD * n. A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group.
ABUSIVELY * r. In an abusive manner.
O'TOOLE * n. British actor (born in Ireland in 1932).
MATERIALIST * n. 1 Someone with great regard for material possessions. 2 Someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter.
HALF-HOLIDAY * n. A day on which half is free from work or duty.
CONYZA * n. Common American weed or wildflower.
ONE-STEP * --n. An early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot. --v. Dance the one-step.
SNAIL-FLOWER * n. Perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus.
VISUALISE * v. 1 View the outline of by means of an X-ray. 2 Form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract. 3 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. 4 Make visible.
SASHIMI * n. Very thinly sliced raw fish.
POLLINOSIS * n. A seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen.
SCOMBRESOX * n. A genus of Scomberesocidae.
DEATHBLOW * n. The blow that kills (usually mercifully).
MULIEBRITY * n. 1 The state of being an adult woman. 2 The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women.
XXXIV * s. Being four more than thirty.
BASTIONED * s. Secured with bastions or fortifications.
URBANELY * r. In an urbane manner.
ENZYMOLOGY * n. The branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes.
NIEBUHR * n. 1 United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971). 2 German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831).
PLANENESS * n. The property of having two dimensions.
PLANOCONCAVE * s. Flat on one side and concave on the other.
DEBASEMENT * n. 1 Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating. 2 Changing to a lower state (a less respected state).
CONSERVATIVELY * r. In a conservative manner.
PINCHBECK * --n. An alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold. --s. Serving as an imitation or substitute.
120TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred twenty in counting order.
ENTOPARASITE * n. Any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms).
STYLET * n. Small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade.
HYDROXYBENZENE * n. A toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally.
CARAMELIZE * v. 1 Be converted into caramel. 2 Convert to caramel.
ADVOCACY * n. Active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something.
WIGEON * n. Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals.
ISHERWOOD * n. United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986).
YATOBYO * n. A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
MILLAIS * n. Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896).
LORRE * n. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
IMPERSONATOR * n. Someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another.
AGREEABLY * r. In an enjoyable manner.
ALPHANUMERICS * n. A character set that includes letters and digits and punctuation.
CM * n. 1 A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter. 2 A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei.
INDISTINGUISHABLE * --s. Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different. --a. Not capable of being distinguished or differentiated.
BOSTON * n. State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services.
ANESTHESIA * n. Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness.
BEND * --n. 1 A circular segment of a curve. 2 Movement that causes the formation of a curve. 3 Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). 4 An angular or rounded shape made by folding. --v. 1 Form a curve. 2 Change direction. 3 Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. 4 Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.
RESILE * v. 1 Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.. 2 Spring back; spring away from an impact. 3 Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. 4 Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed.
DEMIST * v. Free from mist.
PARISHIONER * n. A member of a parish.
POWER * --n. 1 Possession of controlling influence. 2 (physics) The rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second). 3 Possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done. 4 (of a government or government official) Holding an office means being in power. --v. Supply the force or power for the functioning of.
BIOCHEMISTRY * n. The organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry.
HIERARCHY * n. 1 A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system. 2 The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body.
EXTROVERSIVE * a. Directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality.
QUADRANGULAR * a. Of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle.
LIMAX * n. A genus of Limacidae.
SUPERVISORY * a. Of or limited to or involving supervision.
BOLSHEVIST * --n. A Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party. --a. Of or relating to Bolshevism.
HYDROLITH * n. A saltlike binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen.
LUNGEN * n. Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphorbia or Nephelium.
ACARPOUS * s. Producing no fruit.
BERGAMOT * n. Small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy.
PIROGI * n. Small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried.
YBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits.
THEOPHYLLINE * n. A colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator.
VALOROUSNESS * n. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle).
STRIPPED-DOWN * s. Having only essential or minimal features.
CREOLIZE * v. Develop into a creole.
UNTRUE * s. 1 Not according with the facts. 2 Not true to an obligation or trust. 3 Not accurately fitted; not level. 4 (used especially of persons) Not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful.
UNABASHED * s. Not embarrassed.
BED-HOP * v. Be sexually active with more than one partner.
SUBACID * s. Slightly sour to the taste.
BUTTERFLY-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a butterfly.
ALLEGEMENT * n. Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove.
OCHS * n. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
ENTHRALLMENT * n. A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual.
WHIPSNAKE * n. Any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails.
UPPSALA * n. A city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm.
BOWL-SHAPED * s. Having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl.
DEFERMENT * n. Act of putting off to a future time.
INDEFENSIBLE * s. 1 (of theories etc) Incapable of being defended or justified. 2 Not able to be protected against attack. 3 Incapable of being justified or explained.
UNPROTECTEDNESS * n. The property of being helpless in the face of attack.
TUILLE * n. Armor plate that protects the hip and thigh.
ASTRODYNAMICS * n. The branch of astronomy that studies the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space.
AGUA * n. Largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests.
ORNITHOLOGY * n. The branch of zoology that studies birds.
THIRSTILY * r. 1 In a thirsty manner. 2 With eagerness; in an eager manner.
SONOGRAM * n. An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs.
AMINO * --n. The radical -NH2. --a. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
MELIORIST * n. A disputant who advocates reform.
ABRIDGED * a. (used of texts) Shortened by condensing or rewriting.
NAMESAKE * n. A person with the same name as another.
VASODILATIVE * n. A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels.
HEMATOIDIN * n. An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice.
CONSIST * v. 1 Originate (in). 2 Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in. 3 Be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous. 4 Be composed of.
INTROITUS * n. Entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening).
DRESSAGE * n. Maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider.
RUST-RED * s. Of a red color tinged with rust.
SEEDLING * n. Young plant or tree grown from a seed.
ASPARTAME * n. An artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener.
GAURI * n. In Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the `brilliant'.
ELOCUTION * n. An expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture.
NONUNIONISED * s. Not affiliated in a trade union.
VILLA * n. 1 Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923). 2 Detached or semidetached suburban house. 3 Country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard. 4 Pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds.
TENPENCE * n. A decimal coin worth ten pennies.
LODGER * n. A tenant in someone's house.
EVAPORITE * n. The sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater.
KO'D * s. Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow.
SIMPLICITY * n. 1 The quality of being simple or uncompounded. 2 A lack of penetration or subtlety. 3 Absence of affectation or pretense. 4 Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
ARCTOTIS * n. Herbs and subshrubs: African daisy.
CONCAVE * a. Curving inward.
AWARE * a. 1 (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception. 2 Bearing in mind; attentive to.
HYPONYMY * n. The semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class.
UPSTAIR * a. On or of upper floors of a building.
CRETIN * n. A person of subnormal intelligence.
UNFULFILLED * s. Of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities.
PREORDAIN * v. Foreordain or determine beforehand.
LINAGE * n. 1 The number of lines in a piece of printed material. 2 A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted.
STABLENESS * n. The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast.
KALKI * n. The 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu.
BEDPAN * n. A shallow vessel used by a bedridden patient for defecation and urination.
SUSPICIOUSLY * r. With suspicion.
DUSTPAN * n. 1 The quantity that a dustpan will hold. 2 A short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept.
MIMUS * n. Type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds.
ENFEEBLEMENT * n. Serious weakening and loss of energy.
SPOROCARP * n. Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia.
WORKSTATION * n. A desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer.
BEDUIN * n. A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs.
DICHONDRA * n. A creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions.
TIMOTHY * n. 1 Grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay. 2 A disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus. 3 A grass grown for hay.
ADRENARCHE * n. The increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty.
SCHEOL * n. (religion) The world of the dead.
LLD * n. An honorary law degree.
BROTHERHOOD * n. 1 The kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings. 2 People engaged in a particular occupation. 3 The feeling that men should treat one another like brothers. 4 An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.
PROPOUND * v. Put forward, as of an idea.
DIGITATE * s. Resembling a finger.
CUSHAT * n. Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck.
HOWLER * n. 1 A joke that seems extremely funny. 2 Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry. 3 A glaring blunder.
AGGLOMERATE * --n. 1 Volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together. 2 A collection of objects laid on top of each other. --v. Form into one cluster. --s. Clustered together but not coherent.
NNE * n. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
ARGUE * v. 1 Present reasons and arguments. 2 Have an argument about something. 3 Give evidence of.
FICTIONALIZATION * n. 1 A literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction. 2 Writing in a fictional form.
HORNET * n. Large stinging paper wasp.
METHENAMINE * n. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
OVERHAUL * --n. 1 Periodic maintenance on a car or machine. 2 The act of improving by renewing and restoring. --v. 1 Travel past. 2 Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to.
PULCHRITUDE * n. Physical beauty (especially of a woman).
NOCTAMBULIST * n. Someone who walks about in their sleep.
TENOROON * n. A tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon.
OUTPOINT * v. 1 Sail closer to the wind than. 2 Score more points than one's opponents.
SUBARTESIAN * a. (of water) Rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well.
MELODIZE * v. Supply a melody for.
BONTEMPS * n. United States writer (1902-1973).
SARGASSO * n. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
VESICATION * n. The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin.
ALCOHOLIC * --n. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. --a. Characteristic of or containing alcohol. --s. Addicted to alcohol.
ENE * n. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
CAR-MECHANIC * n. Someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles.
UNLETTERED * s. 1 Having little acquaintance with writing. 2 Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication.
FLAVORLESS * s. Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
PERSUASION * n. 1 The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action. 2 A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
UNECONOMIC * s. Wasteful of resources.
WARHORSE * n. 1 A work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition. 2 An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service. 3 Horse used in war.
EYSENCK * n. A British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis.
62 * s. Being two more than sixty.
UNCONSCIOUS * --n. That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware. --a. Not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead. --s. 1 Without conscious volition. 2 (followed by `of') Not knowing or perceiving.
UNCARING * s. 1 Lacking affection or warm feeling. 2 Without care or thought for others.
WILD * --n. 1 A wild primitive state untouched by civilization. 2 A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition. --a. 1 Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control. 2 In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated. --s. 1 In a state of extreme emotion. 2 Deviating widely from an intended course. 3 (of colors or sounds) Intensely vivid or loud. 4 Without a basis in reason or fact. --r. 1 In an uncontrolled and rampant manner. 2 In a wild or undomesticated manner.
DERMESTIDAE * n. Carpet beetles.
INFORMED * a. Having much knowledge or education.
CASEBOOK * --n. A book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work. --s. According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical.
PIGWASH * n. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
STOPPING * n. 1 Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members. 2 The kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch.
OAKEN * s. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
MUSSINESS * n. A state of confusion and disorderliness.
MCCARTHYISM * n. Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists).
FOREBEAR * n. A person from whom you are descended.
LADYBIRD * n. Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests.
MILLIKAN * n. United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953).
TALKING * n. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
TILIA * n. Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood.
MEMORIZATION * n. Learning so as to be able to remember verbatim.
TOPICALLY * r. To a restricted area of the body.
PURKINJE * n. Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (1787-1869).
SARAJEVO * n. Capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I.
ZAKAT * n. The fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship.
AMMONIUM * n. The ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion.
CONDUCE * v. Be conducive to.
WARLORD * n. Supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak.
MEDIATE * --v. 1 Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. 2 Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others. --a. Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency. --s. Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series.
TOTALED * s. Used of automobiles; completely demolished.
STINGER * n. 1 A cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy. 2 A remark capable of wounding mentally. 3 A portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder. 4 A sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland.
HUMP * --n. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. --v. 1 Round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward. 2 Have sexual intercourse with.
CASALS * n. An outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973).
PROFIT-MAXIMISING * s. Making the profit as great as possible.
WING-SHAPED * s. Having or resembling wings.
ENTERTAININGLY * r. In an entertaining manner.
MARASCHINO * n. 1 Distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries. 2 Cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur.
COCCIDIOMYCOSIS * n. An infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules.
LOVERLY * s. Like or in the manner of a lover.
DIPTERYX * n. Tropical American trees: tonka beans.
EGGAR * n. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons.
DOUBLET * n. A man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance.
SERFDOM * n. The state of a serf.
KNOCKING * n. The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).
CATECHIN * n. A tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance.
ANTHROPOGENY * n. The evolution or genesis of the human race.
AMPLY * r. 1 To an ample degree or in an ample manner. 2 Sufficiently; more than adequately.
SIMPLISTIC * s. Characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity.
UNDERBOSS * n. An assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate).
BERNOULLI * n. 1 Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics (1700-1782). 2 Swiss mathematician (1667-1748). 3 Swiss mathematician (1654-1705).
UNLIVERIED * a. Not wearing livery.
IMAGINABLE * s. Capable of being imagined.
CEDARBIRD * n. Widely distributed over temperate North America.
EDEMATOUS * s. Swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid.
CACATUA * n. A genus of Psittacidae.
OUTPATIENT * n. A patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated.
BISTER * n. A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.
CHACMA * n. Greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
LEONTIEF * n. United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999).
RUCKSACK * n. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
OVERBEARINGNESS * n. The trait of being imperious and overbearing.
NAMOI * n. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
CERCOCEBUS * n. Mangabeys.
ALTERATIVE * s. Tending to cure or restore to health.
LANCERS * n. A quadrille for 8 or 16 couples.
DISPROOF * n. 1 Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. 2 The act of determining that something is false.
TENDERLY * r. With tenderness; in a tender manner.
IMMEDIACY * n. 1 Lack of an intervening or mediating agency. 2 Immediate intuitive awareness. 3 The quickness of action or occurrence.
HOUSEKEEP * v. Maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household.
WINDCHEATER * n. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
RURALITY * n. A rural characteristic or trait.
1970S * n. The decade from 1970 to 1979.
TRIM * --n. 1 A state of arrangement or appearance. 2 A decoration or adornment on a garment. 3 Attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation. 4 Cutting down to the desired size or shape. --v. 1 Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size. 2 Decorate, as with ornaments. 3 Cut down on; make a reduction in. 4 Balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces. --s. 1 Thin and fit. 2 Of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder. 3 Neat and smart in appearance. 4 Severely simple in line or design.
MICROHYLIDAE * n. Narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide.
KARLOFF * n. United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969).
POLEMISE * v. Engage in a controversy.
TANKFUL * n. As much as a tank will hold.
PHILLIPSITE * n. A group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium and aluminum.
ALADDIN * n. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
EMBODY * v. 1 Represent in bodily form. 2 Represent, as of a character on stage. 3 Represent or express something abstract in tangible form.
EVENTUALITY * n. A possible event or occurrence or result.
UNCHANGEABILITY * n. The quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged.
COPTIC * --n. The liturgical language of the Coptic Church used in Egypt and Ethiopia; written in the Greek alphabet. --a. Of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art.
LONGITUDE * n. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.
OVERPASS * n. Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels.
NAMMU * n. Goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth.
BOYKINIA * n. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan.
IMPUISSANCE * n. Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act.
FLASHBULB * n. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.
YAWL * --n. 1 A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars). 2 A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost. --v. Emit long loud cries.
GUAYULE * n. Much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber.
SEMICIRCULAR * s. Curved into a half circle.
A-LIST * n. A list of names of specially favored people.
PROTEALES * n. Coextensive with the family Proteaceae.
RENT-SEEKING * n. (economics) The theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a profit through production or trade.
CAROTHERS * n. United States chemist who developed nylon (1896-1937).
COMMENSALLY * r. In a commensal manner.
OVAL-FRUITED * s. Bearing oval fruit.
ECTOPARASITE * n. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
KIOSK * n. Small area set off by walls for special use.
ADSCRIPT * --a. Written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it. --s. (used of persons) Bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner.
BURDENSOME * s. Not easily borne; wearing.
INDUMENT * n. A covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect.
ARISTOCORT * n. A synthetic corticosteroid (trade names Aristocort or Aristopak or Kenalog) used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
HOMOEOPATHY * n. A method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated.
CUSTODIAL * s. Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding.
METHICILLIN * n. Antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections.
SAPROPHAGOUS * s. (of certain animals) Feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
INTERPOLATION * n. 1 A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted. 2 (mathematics) Calculation of the value of a function between the values already known. 3 The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.
CARTOUCH * n. A cartridge (usually with paper casing).
UNEXPECTEDNESS * n. Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected.
FOUR * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. 2 A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips. --s. Being one more than three.
VOLATILISED * s. Converted into a gas or vapor.
UNDULY * r. To an undue degree.
CROPPER * n. Small farmers and tenants.
BANGLA * n. A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal.
DISHONOURABLENESS * n. The quality of not deserving honor or respect.
POACEAE * n. The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.
UNIOVULATE * a. Having a single ovule.
CONNOLLY * n. United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969).
STOCKS * n. 1 A frame that supports a boat while it is under construction. 2 A frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod. 3 A former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked.
TEARY-EYED * s. With eyes full of tears.
MILK * --n. 1 A white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings. 2 Produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young. 3 A river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River. 4 Any of several nutritive milklike liquids. --v. 1 Take milk from female mammals. 2 Exploit as much as possible. 3 Add milk to.
NONMOTILE * s. (of spores or microorganisms) Not capable of movement.
RATION * --n. 1 The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel). 2 A fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity). --v. 1 Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war. 2 Distribute in rations, as in the army.
POLLUTE * v. Make impure.
TRIUMPHAL * --a. Relating to or celebrating a triumph. --s. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
EXTROPY * n. The prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe.
IED * n. An explosive device that is improvised.
MACAO * n. A former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999.
FARTLEK * n. A method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise.
CAM * n. 1 A river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River. 2 A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
CURASSOW * n. Large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food.
LONELINESS * n. 1 The state of being alone in solitary isolation. 2 Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned. 3 A disposition toward being alone.
HANDBREADTH * n. Any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.
DEBARK * v. Go ashore.
HOUSE-TRAINED * s. (of pets) Trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place.
MANNERED * s. Having unnatural mannerisms.
BRAN-NEW * s. Conspicuously new.
BIBLIOTHEC * n. A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services.
STEARIN * n. An ester of glycerol and stearic acid.
CLINICALLY * r. In a clinical manner.
UTTERLY * r. Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers.
LIMPNESS * n. A flabby softness.
CANESCENT * s. 1 Of greyish white. 2 Covered with fine whitish hairs or down.
TWAYBLADE * n. 1 Orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia. 2 An orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves.
BALKANIZE * v. Divide a territory into small, hostile states.
LOWBORN * a. Of humble birth or origins.
CENTIMETER * n. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
SPHECIDAE * n. Mud daubers; some digger wasps.
NOCTUID * n. Usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests.
THREE-WHEELED * a. Of or relating to vehicles having three wheels.
LAVISH * --v. Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns. --s. 1 Very generous. 2 Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
PANGLOSS * n. An incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire.
HAY-SCENTED * n. Fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay.
MANSART * n. French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666).
XL * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four. --s. Being ten more than thirty.
BONY * --s. Being very thin. --a. 1 Composed of or containing bone. 2 Having bones especially many or prominent bones.
NEPHOSCOPE * n. A measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds.
BASILEUS * n. A ruler of the eastern Roman Empire.
AL-JIHAD * n. An Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells.
ACCREDITED * s. Given official approval to act.
POWDERY-BLUE * s. Of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue.
MARTAGON * n. Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia.
SMOULDER * --n. A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame. --v. 1 Have strong suppressed feelings. 2 Burn slowly and without a flame.
CADMIUM * n. A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores.
GAUSSMETER * n. A meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields.
DISORIENTATE * v. Cause to be lost or disoriented.
OTHONNA * n. A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
YESHIVA * n. An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud).
IMPULSE * n. 1 An instinctive motive. 2 A sudden desire. 3 The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber. 4 (electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).
ILXX * s. Being nine more than sixty.
FOREDGE * n. The part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine.
MATOAKA * n. A Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
OZARKS * n. An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma.
NOGALES * n. 1 A town in Arizona on the Mexican border opposite Nogales, Mexico. 2 A town in northern Mexico on the border of Arizona.
PREPRANDIAL * a. Preceding a meal (especially dinner).
UNDIVERSIFIED * a. Not diversified.
KALEIDOSCOPICAL * s. Continually shifting or rapidly changing.
GUILEFUL * s. Marked by skill in deception.
DETERMINATION * n. 1 The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation. 2 The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose. 3 A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration. 4 Deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature.
PACE * --n. 1 The rate of moving (especially walking or running). 2 The distance covered by a step. 3 The relative speed of progress or change. 4 A step in walking or running. --v. 1 Walk with slow or fast paces. 2 Go at a pace. 3 Measure (distances) by pacing. 4 Regulate or set the pace of.
XYLOSMA * n. Shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China.
QUADRIPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of both arms and both legs.
LEXICALIZE * v. Make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language.
CHOIR * --n. 1 A chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony. 2 A family of similar musical instrument playing together. 3 The area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave. --v. Sing in a choir.
GUANO * n. The excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer.
SUBSIDIZATION * n. 1 Money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy. 2 The act of providing a subsidy.
SAUCY * s. 1 Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. 2 Improperly forward or bold.
BICHLORIDE * n. A compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule.
TELPHERAGE * n. A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity.
CALLOUSLY * r. In a callous way.
SPAN * --n. 1 The complete duration of something. 2 The distance or interval between two points. 3 Two items of the same kind. 4 A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches). --v. To cover or extend over an area or time period.
SPECK * --n. 1 A very small spot. 2 (nontechnical usage) A tiny piece of anything. 3 A slight but appreciable amount. --v. Produce specks in or on.
DIALECTICAL * a. Of or relating to or employing dialectic.
ADULT * --n. 1 A fully developed person from maturity onward. 2 Any mature animal. --s. 1 (of animals) Fully developed. 2 Designed to arouse lust.
STABILISER * n. A device for making something stable.
ESTRANGING * s. Making one feel out of place or alienated.
SILICA * n. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite.
HALLOW * v. Render holy by means of religious rites.
NUDE * --n. 1 A painting of a naked human figure. 2 Without clothing (especially in the phrase `in the nude'). 3 A naked person. 4 A statue of a naked human figure. --s. Completely unclothed.
UNENDINGLY * r. With unflagging resolve.
POTAMOGALE * n. Amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter.
EVANGELICAL * --a. 1 Relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels. 2 Of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament. --s. Marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.
SILESIA * n. 1 A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland. 2 A sturdy twill-weave cotton fabric; used for pockets and linings.
BUCKYBALL * n. A spheroidal fullerene; the first known example of a fullerene.
HAND-CRAFTED * a. Made by hand or a hand process.
ABOVE * --n. An earlier section of a written text. --s. Appearing earlier in the same text. --r. 1 (in writing) At an earlier place. 2 In or to a place that is higher.
STRIGIDAE * n. A family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes.
LUMPER * n. 1 A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port. 2 A taxonomist who classifies organisms into large groups on the basis of major characteristics.
MEZZOTINT * n. Print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade.
GEOMETER * n. A mathematician specializing in geometry.
TRIMLY * r. In a trim manner.
SHRIFT * n. The act of being shriven.
HEARTWARMING * s. Causing gladness and pleasure.
SELF-DISCIPLINED * s. Used of nonindulgent persons.
CRIMINALISE * v. Declare illegal; outlaw.
LECHANORALES * n. Category used in some classification systems for all lichens that produce apothecia.
KNOCKABOUT * --n. A sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. --s. 1 Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits. 2 Suitable for rough use.
TSETSE * n. Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc..
CUTICULA * n. The outer body wall of an insect.
'TWEEN * r. In between.
SNUFFLER * n. A person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus).
INHABITABLE * s. Fit for habitation.
REDBREAST * n. Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast.
CAMELLIA * n. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
WINSOMENESS * n. Childlike charm or appeal.
LARVICIDE * n. A chemical used to kill larval pests.
DEVELOPMENTAL * a. Of or relating to or constituting development.
LOSE * v. 1 Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense. 2 Fail to win. 3 Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal. 4 Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of.
DISTRACTION * n. 1 Mental turmoil. 2 An obstacle to attention. 3 An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations. 4 The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something.
PUBLICALLY * r. In a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly.
MADNESS * n. 1 Obsolete terms for legal insanity. 2 An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain. 3 A feeling of intense anger. 4 The quality of being rash and foolish.
CHAIN-SMOKER * n. A heavy smoker (usually of cigarettes) who lights one off of another.
KOTO * n. Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers.
BAPHIA * n. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
HEXACHLOROPHENE * n. Antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste.
FRUMPISHLY * r. In a dowdy unfashionable manner.
WHIP-ROUND * n. (British) Solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose.
NAPROSYN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain.
MENSTRUAL * a. Of or relating to menstruation or the menses.
TACTFUL * --a. Having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others. --s. Showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people.
GOLOSH * n. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
MONOCLINE * n. A geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction.
BOLTI * n. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.
CLOSE-HAULED * s. Having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
LEVI * n. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel.
TULIPA * n. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
LUMPENPROLETARIAT * n. (Marxism) The unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement.
DRIBBLING * n. The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks.
GORKI * n. 1 Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts. 2 An industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky.
MEMORIALISATION * n. A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something.
DIFLUNISAL * n. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions.
LISTEN * v. 1 Hear with intention. 2 Listen and pay attention. 3 Pay close attention to; give heed to.
INVERSE * --n. Something inverted in sequence or character or effect. --s. Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect. --a. Opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity.
PURPOSELY * r. With intention; in an intentional manner.
ANTHOZOA * n. A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
TUTOR * --n. A person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.). --v. 1 Be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction. 2 Act as a guardian to someone.
LHASA * n. 1 The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers. 2 A breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs.
CLAW * --n. 1 Sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles. 2 A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something. 3 A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. 4 A bird's foot. --v. 1 Move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging. 2 Clutch as if in panic. 3 Scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails. 4 Attack as if with claws.
DISABLING * --s. That cripples or disables or incapacitates. --a. Depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified.
STIFF * --n. 1 An ordinary man. 2 The dead body of a human being. --s. 1 Not moving or operating freely. 2 Powerful. 3 Rigidly formal. 4 Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. --a. Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. --r. 1 Extremely. 2 In a stiff manner.
ZAPATA * n. Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919).
COREFERENTIAL * a. Relating to coreference.
FIERCELY * r. 1 In a physically fierce manner. 2 In an emotionally fierce manner.
NEOPHRON * n. A genus of Accipitridae.
LUSHUN * n. A major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda.
PROGRESS * --n. 1 Gradual improvement or growth or development. 2 The act of moving forward (as toward a goal). 3 A movement forward. --v. 1 Develop in a positive way. 2 Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense. 3 Form or accumulate steadily.
RATING * n. 1 An appraisal of the value of something. 2 Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of. 3 Standing or position on a scale. 4 Rank in a military organization.
WORKADAY * s. Found in the ordinary course of events.
GREENHORN * n. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
SOLIDITY * n. 1 The consistency of a solid. 2 State of having the interior filled with matter. 3 The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally.
HOMECOMING * n. 1 An annual school or university reunion for graduates. 2 A coming to or returning home.
TAOISM * n. 1 A Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism. 2 Religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu. 3 Popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic. 4 Philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events.
DICAMPTODONTIDAE * n. Large and small highly aquatic salamanders.
VAYU * n. Hindu wind god.
MALEBERRY * n. Deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.
ACETYLIC * a. Of or related to acetic acid.
LITHIUM * n. A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals.
NINETY-FOUR * s. Being four more than ninety.
DEBATABLE * s. 1 Open to doubt or debate. 2 Open to argument or debate. 3 Capable of being disproved.
PEEL * --n. 1 British politician (1788-1850). 2 The rind of a fruit or vegetable. --v. 1 Strip the skin off. 2 Come off in flakes or thin small pieces. 3 Get undressed.
CROSSE * n. A long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse.
ATORVASTATIN * n. An oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides; potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be given.
PITOCIN * n. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk.
TURKMEN * --n. 1 A member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas. 2 A republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991. 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture.
ASCARIASIS * n. Infestation of the human intestine with Ascaris roundworms.
PREDIGEST * v. Digest (food) beforehand.
GYMKHANA * n. A meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
DECAYABLE * s. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
UGARITIC * n. An extinct Semitic language of northern Syria.
SINKABLE * a. Capable of being sunk.
COCAINE * n. A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive.
EZED * n. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
STATE-SUPPORTED * s. Supported and operated by the government of a state.
PERMEATE * v. 1 Spread or diffuse through. 2 Pass through. 3 Penetrate mutually or be interlocked.
SQUEAK * --n. 1 A short high-pitched noise. 2 Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin. --v. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise.
ADANA * n. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
HASP * --n. A fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock. --v. Secure or lock with a hasp.
SALVATION * n. 1 (theology) The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil. 2 A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness. 3 The state of being saved or preserved from harm. 4 Saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation.
HOUGHTON * n. 1 United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895). 2 A town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula.
IDOLISER * n. 1 A lover blind with admiration and devotion. 2 A person who worships idols.
KATHAROBE * n. An organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter.
PROPMAN * n. Member of the stage crew in charge of properties.
RHYTHMICITY * n. The rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music.
BETWEENBRAIN * n. The posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon.
EFFLORESCENCE * n. 1 The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. 2 Any red eruption of the skin. 3 The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms. 4 A powdery deposit on a surface.
NESSIE * n. A large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland.
HAPPINESS * n. 1 State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. 2 Emotions experienced when in a state of well-being.
HONEYBEE * n. Social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces.
PROPERTY * n. 1 Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone. 2 A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class. 3 Any area set aside for a particular purpose. 4 A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
CORYLOPSIS * n. Small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia.
WOOLLY * s. 1 Having a fluffy character or appearance. 2 Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. 3 Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs. 4 Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments.
MEDLEY * n. A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources.
DERMATOGLYPHIC * n. The lines that form patterns on the skin (especially on the fingertips and the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet).
MESIAL * a. Being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body.
IRENIDAE * n. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
AMIABLE * s. 1 Disposed to please. 2 Diffusing warmth and friendliness.
LEA * n. 1 A unit of length of thread or yarn. 2 A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
FACT-FINDING * s. Designed to find information or ascertain facts.
SASS * --n. An impudent or insolent rejoinder. --v. Answer back in an impudent or insolent manner.
SERIPHUS * n. A genus of Sciaenidae.
DESSIATINE * n. A former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres.
CEPHALOGLYCIN * n. Antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use.
HA'P'ORTH * n. The amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.
EINSTEINIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
FOUL * --n. An act that violates the rules of a sport. --v. 1 Hit a foul ball. 2 Make impure. 3 Become or cause to become obstructed. 4 Commit a foul; break the rules. --s. 1 Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. 2 Offensively malodorous. 3 Violating accepted standards or rules. 4 (of a manuscript) Defaced with changes. --a. (of a baseball) Not hit between the foul lines.
LOOKDOWN * n. Similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead.
CHORIORETINITIS * n. Inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina.
TROMPE-L'OEIL * s. Creating the illusion of seeing reality.
MAMMOGRAPHY * n. A diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays.
OYSTER * --n. 1 Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters. 2 Edible body of any of numerous oysters. 3 A small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl. --v. Gather oysters, dig oysters.
ALDOMET * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
TAOIST * --n. An adherent of any branch of Taoism. --a. 1 Of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic. 2 Of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life.
BED-WETTING * n. Enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it).
SMUTTILY * r. In a smutty manner.
FOCALISATION * n. 1 The confinement of an infection to a limited area. 2 The act of bringing into focus.
REINSTATEMENT * n. 1 The condition of being reinstated. 2 The act of restoring someone to a previous position.
BELOVED * --n. A beloved person; used as terms of endearment. --s. Dearly loved.
GEGLOSSACEAE * n. A type of ascomycetous fungus.
DOGGO * r. Quietly in concealment.
HALCION * n. A form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep.
RUDDERPOST * n. A vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot.
DIDEOXYINOSINE * n. An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection.
HEARTENING * s. Cheerfully encouraging.
FERRYMAN * n. A man who operates a ferry.
OAHU * n. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state.
BESTIALIZE * v. Make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to.
INFLECT * v. 1 Change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language. 2 Vary the pitch of one's speech.
OLM * n. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves.
MUSKHOGEAN * n. 1 A member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages. 2 A family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States.
ELECTORATE * n. The body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote.
RUDDERLESS * s. Aimlessly drifting.
GRUEL * n. A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal).
CIRCUMVALLATE * v. Surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification.
CALCIFEROUS * a. Bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite.
PARAPODIUM * n. One of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing.
REVENUE * n. 1 The entire amount of income before any deductions are made. 2 Government income due to taxation.
GEYSER * --n. A spring that discharges hot water and steam. --v. To overflow like a geyser.
BACKWATER * n. 1 A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam. 2 A place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring.
DOWNSLOPE * n. A downward slope or bend.
SCENICALLY * r. With respect to stage scenery.
MARGARINE * n. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
NRO * n. An intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations.
ULYSSES * n. (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus.
NETHERWORLD * n. (religion) The world of the dead.
MOHAWK * n. 1 A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State. 2 The Iroquoian language spoken by the Mohawk. 3 Haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp.
ASPIRANT * --n. An ambitious and aspiring young person. --s. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.
UNPROVOCATIVE * a. Not provocative.
EMOTIVE * s. Characterized by emotion.
SEQUOYA * n. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).
FRAP * v. 1 Make secure by lashing. 2 Take up the slack of.
ELAEOCARPUS * n. Type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae.
HEBREWS * n. 1 The ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19). 2 A New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him.
MIPS * n. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system).
JOSEPH * n. 1 Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904). 2 (Old Testament) The 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt. 3 (New Testament) Husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus.
SILKWOOD * n. A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.
APPERCEPTION * n. The process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience.
TASSELED * s. Fringed or adorned with tassels.
NARROWLY * r. In a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions.
LAMINARIALES * n. In some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas.
EXTERIOR * --n. 1 The region that is outside of something. 2 The outer side or surface of something. --a. Situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building.
CAMPAIGNING * n. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
TEETOTALING * n. Abstaining from alcohol.
SWAZILAND * n. A landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968.
CHEESEBURGER * n. A hamburger with melted cheese on it.
NONSKID * s. Designed to reduce or prevent skidding.
METAGENESIS * n. Alternation of sexual and asexual generations.
CORNCRAKE * n. Common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields.
MOTT * n. United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880).
EYELASH * n. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
TSH * n. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
IMMUTABILITY * n. The quality of being incapable of mutation.
HOMOLOGIC * s. Similar in evolutionary origin but not in function.
JOKINGLY * r. 1 In jest. 2 Not seriously.
BOWSTRING * n. The string of an archer's bow.
LIGHT-TIGHT * s. Not penetrable by light.
MYELOFIBROSIS * n. Fibrosis of the bone marrow.
TEETER * --n. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end. --v. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
BURET * n. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration.
SATUREJA * n. Savory.
THORPE * n. Outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953).
VOLTMETER * n. Meter that measures the potential difference between two points.
TECOPHILAEACEA * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
HAEMATOCOELE * n. Swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis).
OBDURACY * n. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
TRICKED-OUT * s. Decorated in a particular way.
PATCHOULI * n. 1 Small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes. 2 A heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant.
GESTATION * n. 1 The period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans). 2 The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus. 3 The conception and development of an idea or plan.
DRUPE * n. Fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube.
RESALE * n. The selling of something purchased.
HERBAGE * n. Succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land.
EXAMINER * n. 1 Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications. 2 An investigator who observes carefully.
PHACOEMULSIFICATION * n. Extracapsular surgery for cataracts in which ultrasonic sound breaks the cortex and nucleus of the lens into small fragments that are then vacuumed away through a small tube.
NAPPY * --n. Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement. --s. (of hair) In small tight curls.
CONTAINERFUL * n. The quantity that a container will hold.
LILAC-PINK * s. Of pink tinged with lavender.
COMRADELY * s. Heartily friendly and congenial.
IMPERMANENT * --a. Not permanent; not lasting. --s. Existing or enduring for a limited time only.
ENDARTERECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is clogged with atherosclerosis.
UNINTENTIONAL * --a. Done or made or performed with purpose and intent. --s. Not done with purpose or intent.
RIPENESS * n. The state of being ripe.
POINTSMAN * n. A policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic.
LAVATERA * n. Widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
TRANSGRESSOR * n. Someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command.
REVETEMENT * n. A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment.
UNIMAGINATIVELY * r. 1 In a matter-of-fact manner. 2 Without imagination.
PHASCOGALE * n. Pouched mice.
DISEMBARKMENT * n. The act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft.
TREND-SETTING * s. Initiating or popularizing a trend.
JOCOSELY * r. With humor.
RAWALPINDI * n. An ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built.
CHATTEL * n. Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc).
FOOLING * s. Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility.
BAKESHOP * n. A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold.
SURFBOARD * --n. A narrow buoyant board for riding surf. --v. Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard.
MORTIFY * v. 1 Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites. 2 Hold within limits and control. 3 Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. 4 Undergo necrosis.
PEORIA * n. A city in central Illinois on the Illinois River.
HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA * n. Abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood.
UNARTICULATE * a. Without or deprived of the use of speech or words.
ANTIDOTE * n. A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison.
TRANSPONDER * n. Electrical device designed to receive a specific signal and automatically transmit a specific reply.
DEBOUCH * v. 1 March out (as from a defile) into open ground. 2 Pass out or emerge; especially of rivers.
EASTBOUND * s. Moving toward the east.
INSTRUMENTALIST * n. Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession).
DISCOURAGE * v. 1 Try to prevent; show opposition to. 2 Deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. 3 Advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.
PARAMARIBO * n. The capital and largest city and major port of Surinam.
BUMPKINLY * s. Awkwardly simple and provincial.
PLANTIGRADE * --n. An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings. --a. (of mammals) Walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do).
INVALIDNESS * n. Illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses.
BLEEDING * n. The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.
CHIROMANCE * v. Divine by reading someone's palms.
CU * n. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor.
FOLIO * n. 1 The system of numbering pages. 2 A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book). 3 A book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages.
MINIATE * v. 1 Paint with red lead or vermilion. 2 Decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red.
LIBERALLY * r. 1 Freely in a nonliteral manner. 2 In a generous manner.
EMBERIZIDAE * n. Buntings and some New World sparrows.
STODGE * n. Heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food.
SUBSTRATE * n. 1 The substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment. 2 A surface on which an organism grows or is attached. 3 Any stratum or layer lying underneath another. 4 An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population.
INFURIATING * s. Extremely annoying or displeasing.
PALPATION * n. A method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional).
INTERMEDIATION * n. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
CIVILIZATION * n. 1 A society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations). 2 The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization. 3 A particular society at a particular time and place. 4 The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.
ACADEMICALLY * r. In regard to academic matters.
BARGELLO * n. Needlepoint embroidery stitch that produces zigzag lines.
MOLD * --n. 1 The distinctive form in which a thing is made. 2 Container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens. 3 Loose soil rich in organic matter. 4 The process of becoming mildewed. --v. 1 Form in clay, wax, etc. 2 Become moldy; spoil due to humidity. 3 Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold. 4 Make something, usually for a specific function.
CHESTNUT-COLOURED * s. Having the brown color of chestnuts.
ELAEIS * n. Oil palms.
UNREHEARSED * s. With little or no preparation or forethought.
TEACHERSHIP * n. The position of teacher.
PSEUDOPHLOEM * n. False phloem.
MAKESHIFT * --n. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency. --s. Done or made using whatever is available.
STRATIFIED * --s. 1 Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks. 2 (used of society) Socially hierarchical. --a. Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers.
RUFFIAN * n. A cruel and brutal fellow.
STRATUS * n. A large dark low cloud.
ENVISIONING * n. Visual imagery.
PEN-TAIL * n. Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia.
JAGATAI * n. A Turkic literary language of medieval central Asia (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
60TH * s. The ordinal number of sixty in counting order.
POLYGRAPH * n. A medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration).
ADULTERATING * a. Making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials.
DISMAYED * s. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
POSTDOC * n. 1 A grant that funds postdoctoral study or research. 2 A scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
ACCRETIVE * s. Growing by accretion.
MESMERIZED * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
ATHOS * n. An autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century.
SCORPAENOIDEA * n. Mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards.
ELECTRONEUTRAL * s. Having no net electric charge.
SUBSUME * v. 1 Contain or include. 2 Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle.
TOWAGE * n. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
BUBER * n. Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria); as a Zionist he promoted understanding between Jews and Arabs; his writings affected Christian thinkers as well as Jews (1878-1965).
NEUROMA * n. Any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system.
TRYPSIN * n. An enzyme of pancreatic origin; catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins to smaller polypeptide units.
FREEDWOMAN * n. A person who has been freed from slavery.
PILOT * --n. 1 Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. 2 A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor. 3 A program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors. 4 Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies. --v. 1 Operate an airplane. 2 Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.
MARQUAND * n. United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960).
COPY * --n. 1 A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record). 2 A thing made to be similar or identical to another thing. 3 Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials. 4 Material suitable for a journalistic account. --v. 1 Copy down as is. 2 Reproduce someone's behavior or looks. 3 Reproduce or make an exact copy of. 4 Make a replica of.
EXTROVERTED * --a. Not introspective; examining what is outside yourself. --s. 1 At ease in talking to others. 2 Being concerned with the social and physical environment.
CRITICISM * n. 1 Disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings. 2 A serious examination and judgment of something. 3 A written evaluation of a work of literature.
BOOZY * s. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.
TITILLATING * s. 1 Pleasantly and superficially exciting. 2 Giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing. 3 Exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements.
EQUIVALENT * --n. 1 A person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc. 2 The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen. --s. Being essentially equal to something.
BACKSTAIR * s. Secret and sly or sordid.
TOWNEE * n. Townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller.
QUANTIFIABLE * s. Capable of being quantified.
SQUANDERMANIA * n. Prodigious squandering (usually by a government).
REMUNERATION * n. 1 Something that remunerates. 2 The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses.
ETHERIZE * v. Anesthetize with ether.
BACK-TO-BACK * s. One after the other.
BAKSHEESH * n. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
SOMBERLY * r. In a somber manner.
UNAPPENDAGED * a. Not having an appendage.
ALTRUISTIC * a. Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
ARCTIUM * n. Burdock.
MAXILLOFACIAL * a. Of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla).
ABRASE * v. Wear away.
SCOPE * n. 1 An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. 2 The state of the environment in which a situation exists. 3 A magnifier of images of distant objects. 4 Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
SLATY * s. Of the color of slate or granite.
GLITTER * --n. 1 The quality of shining with a bright reflected light. 2 The occurrence of a small flash or spark. --v. Be shiny, as if wet.
PLATELET * n. Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting.
INSUPPORTABLE * s. Incapable of being justified or explained.
FUSE * --n. 1 An electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded. 2 Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant. --v. 1 Mix together different elements. 2 Become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat. 3 Equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse. 4 Make liquid or plastic by heating.
LORD * --n. 1 Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. 2 A person who has general authority over others. 3 A titled peer of the realm. --v. Make a lord of someone.
EXTENSION * n. 1 A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt. 2 Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available. 3 The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions. 4 An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students.
SUBLIMATED * a. Passing or having passed from the solid to the gaseous state (or vice versa) without becoming liquid.
FRANK * --n. 1 A member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century. 2 A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll. --v. 1 Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing. 2 Exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks. --s. 1 Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. 2 Clearly manifest; evident.
ACICULATE * a. Related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts.
LADY-SLIPPER * n. Any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.
SOOTHSAYING * n. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
BRUISE * --n. An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration. --v. 1 Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of. 2 Hurt the feelings of. 3 Break up into small pieces for food preparation. 4 Damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure.
MONOGAMOUSNESS * n. The practice or state of having only one spouse at a time.
PAY-PHONE * n. A coin-operated telephone.
SUNRAY * n. 1 A ray of sunlight. 2 Herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona. 3 A ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp.
NONDRINKER * n. A person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages.
ALLUSIVENESS * n. A quality characterized by indirect reference.
CALLIOPSIS * n. North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis.
CNICUS * n. One species: blessed thistle.
FAVORABLENESS * n. The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome.
INSPECTORATE * n. A body of inspectors.
POINTEDNESS * n. 1 The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip. 2 The quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing.
UNEXPURGATED * s. Not having material deleted.
UNRECONCILABLE * a. Impossible to reconcile.
NICKEL * --n. 1 A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite. 2 A United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar. 3 Five dollars worth of a drug. --v. Plate with nickel.
CLOTHIER * n. A merchant who sells men's clothing.
GELSEMIUM * n. Evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia.
ALBERT * n. Prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861).
UNREDEEMABLE * s. Insusceptible of reform.
SCONE * n. Small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle.
AXIOMATIC * --s. Evident without proof or argument. --a. 1 Containing aphorisms or maxims. 2 Of or relating to or derived from axioms.
BLOWSY * s. Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
WORDLESSLY * r. Without speaking.
AWELESS * s. 1 Devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence. 2 Neither feeling nor showing respect.
BRUSHWOOD * n. 1 The wood from bushes or small branches. 2 A dense growth of bushes.
ILL-HUMORED * s. Brusque and surly and forbidding.
OCTOSYLLABIC * s. Having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables.
PONGAMIA * n. One species: Indian beech.
WULFILA * n. A Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382).
DISMOUNT * --n. The act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.). --v. Alight from (a horse).
LARDER * n. 1 A supply of food especially for a household. 2 A small storeroom for storing foods or wines.
LOMENT * n. Seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments.
SOCLE * n. A plain plinth that supports a wall.
UNGRATIFYING * s. Not likely to be rewarded.
NONSENSICALITY * n. A message that seems to convey no meaning.
THEBES * n. 1 An ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs. 2 An ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC.
K * --n. 1 The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 A light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite. 3 The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. 4 A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units.
HYDATHODE * n. A pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants.
HYPERVOLEMIA * n. A blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood.
PARAMAGNETIC * a. Of or relating to a paramagnet.
TENDERHEARTED * s. 1 Easily moved to love. 2 Easily moved by another's distress.
PROPRIETARY * --n. An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits. --a. Protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights.
VERMICULATED * s. Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings.
ORDINARINESS * n. The quality of being commonplace and ordinary.
CAMOSH * n. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
INKY * s. Of the color of black ink.
IMPERFECTIBLE * s. Capable of being made imperfect.
PRESENTATION * n. 1 The activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward). 2 A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view. 3 The act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it. 4 The act of presenting a proposal.
AWL-SHAPED * s. Shaped like an awl.
ASTHENY * n. An abnormal loss of strength.
VEPSE * n. 1 A member of a Finnish people of Russia. 2 A Finnic language spoken by the Veps.
TAGUAN * n. East Indian flying squirrel.
ASCENT * n. 1 An upward slope or grade (as in a road). 2 A movement upward. 3 The act of changing location in an upward direction.
PACIFIST * --n. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes. --s. Opposed to war.
FRAU * n. A German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman.
UNSTOPPERED * s. (of a container) Having the stopper removed.
AMENDS * n. 1 A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. 2 Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.
GASTEROMYCETES * n. Fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi.
ABULIA * n. A loss of will power.
NEOCONSERVATIVE * n. A conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism.
LATEEN-RIGGED * s. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
DEVELOPED * --a. Being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful. --s. 1 (used of societies) Having high industrial development. 2 (of real estate) Made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads.
ZAPOTECAN * n. 1 A member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900. 2 The language of the Zapotec.
ALTERNATE * --n. Someone who takes the place of another person. --v. 1 Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions. 2 Exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions. 3 Be an understudy or alternate for a role. 4 Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action). --s. 1 Every second one of a series. 2 Serving or used in place of another. 3 Occurring by turns; first one and then the other. --a. Of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired.
CUTTLEFISH * n. Ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell.
IMPEND * v. Be imminent or about to happen.
KNOLL * n. A small natural hill.
OSTRACODERM * n. Extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic.
MOPE * --n. Someone who wastes time. --v. 1 Move around slowly and aimlessly. 2 Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed.
CATAPHRACT * n. Armor that protects the wearer's whole body.
PURIFICATION * n. 1 The act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities. 2 The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.). 3 A ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites. 4 The act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing.
PERSONIFY * v. 1 Invest with or as with a body; give body to. 2 Represent, as of a character on stage. 3 Attribute human qualities to something.
WESTMINSTER * n. A borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
VINEGARY * s. 1 Tasting or smelling like vinegar. 2 Having a sour disposition; ill-tempered.
OVERLORD * n. A person who has general authority over others.
XVI * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one. --s. Being one more than fifteen.
GLUTTONY * n. 1 Habitual eating to excess. 2 Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins).
CREPUSCLE * n. The time of day immediately following sunset.
CAPTIVATE * v. Attract; cause to be enamored.
TERRIFIED * s. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
TANNENBERG * n. A battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians.
SATURNALIA * n. 1 An orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn. 2 A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
CRIXIVAN * n. A protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV.
BI * n. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals.
FINITELY * r. With a finite limit.
MOL * n. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
BOROSILICATE * n. A salt of boric and silicic acids.
MULL * --n. 1 A term used in Scottish names of promontories. 2 An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides. --v. 1 Reflect deeply on a subject. 2 Heat with sugar and spices to make a hot drink.
TENOR * --n. 1 The adult male singing voice above baritone. 2 The pitch range of the highest male voice. 3 An adult male with a tenor voice. 4 A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life. --s. 1 (of a musical instrument) Intermediate between alto and baritone or bass. 2 Of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice.
GASH * --n. 1 A wound made by cutting. 2 A trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation. 3 A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. --v. Cut open.
CRENULATED * s. Having a margin with small rounded teeth.
MAGICALLY * r. In a magical manner.
MORUS * n. Type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries.
CHARD * n. 1 Beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks. 2 Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves.
SCOURGE * --n. 1 A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor). 2 Something causing misery or death. 3 A person who inspires fear or dread. --v. 1 Punish severely; excoriate. 2 Whip. 3 Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
KIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 bits.
UNRELIEVED * s. Not lessened or diminished.
CROSSPATCH * n. A bad-tempered person.
SATANIST * n. An adherent of Satan or Satanism.
DICHLORIDE * n. A compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule.
SILLS * n. United States operatic soprano (born in 1929).
KYRGYZSTAN * n. A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991.
RENORMALISE * v. Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard.
ARGENTINIDAE * n. Small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts.
NEUROLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology.
SALABLENESS * n. The quality of being salable or marketable.
UNINOMINAL * s. Based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature).
CYCLOPIA * n. A developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye.
WAVERER * n. One who hesitates (usually out of fear).
TRANSCONTINENTAL * s. Spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent.
HORSEHIDE * n. Leather from the hide of a horse.
MOULDER * v. Break down.
PLATYPOECILUS * n. Platys.
POUF * n. 1 Offensive term for a homosexual man. 2 Thick cushion used as a seat.
PHARMACOLOGIST * n. Someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects).
GUILT * n. 1 The state of having committed an offense. 2 Remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense.
PALEACRITA * n. Geometrid moths.
SWEATSHOP * n. Factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry.
FIGEATER * n. Large greenish June beetle of southern United States.
ADACTYLISM * n. Congenital absence of fingers and/or toes.
WATERCRESS * --n. 1 Any of several water-loving cresses. 2 Cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams. --s. Of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green.
SOLACE * --n. 1 The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment. 2 Comfort in disappointment or misery. 3 The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. --v. Give moral or emotional strength to.
HIGH-STRUNG * s. Being in a tense state.
OVEREATING * n. Eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins).
JIGSAW * n. 1 A portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut. 2 Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines.
UNDERSTATED * s. Exhibiting restrained good taste.
SATISFACTORINESS * n. The quality of giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement.
GLUTE * n. Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh.
PUNCTILIO * n. 1 A fine point of etiquette or petty formality. 2 Strict observance of formalities.
GEOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or based on geology.
ARMADA * n. A large fleet.
RUNE * n. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
THYLOGALE * n. Pademelons.
COALESCE * v. 1 Mix together different elements. 2 Fuse or cause to grow together.
BULTMANN * n. A Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976).
GLENDOWER * n. Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416).
PULCHRITUDINOUS * s. Used of persons only; having great physical beauty.
RIGOUR * n. 1 The quality of being valid and rigorous. 2 Something hard to endure. 3 Excessive sternness.
NEPHROLOGY * n. The branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders.
FRESHLY * r. 1 Very recently. 2 In an impudent or impertinent manner.
BARRACK * --n. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. --v. 1 Lodge in barracks. 2 Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. 3 Laugh at with contempt and derision.
SALARIED * --a. Receiving a salary. --s. 1 Receiving or eligible for compensation. 2 For which money is paid.
MUSOPHAGA * n. Type genus of the Musophagidae.
JUSTICE * n. 1 The quality of being just or fair. 2 Judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments. 3 A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. 4 The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870.
FERNED * a. Abounding in or covered with ferns.
GALL-BERRY * n. Evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries.
SELF-LOADING * s. (of firearms) Capable of automatic loading and firing continuously.
POST-HORSE * n. A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers.
KNAVE * n. 1 A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. 2 One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince.
INSPIRATION * n. 1 Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity. 2 A product of your creative thinking and work. 3 A sudden intuition as part of solving a problem. 4 (theology) A special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings.
BISQUE * n. A thick cream soup made from shellfish.
ARIGHT * r. In an accurate manner.
GM * n. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
RECKONER * n. 1 An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines). 2 A handbook of tables used to facilitate computation.
JAWLESS * a. Of animals having no jaw.
STUPENDOUS * s. So great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe.
PHILIPPINES * n. 1 A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946. 2 An archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands.
THREADBARE * s. 1 Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. 2 Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through.
CORROBORATORY * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
BARGAIN-PRICED * s. Costing less than standard price.
NONCOLLAPSIBLE * a. Not capable of collapsing.
OVEREXPLOIT * v. Exploit excessively.
JUNGERMANNIALES * n. Large order of chiefly tropical liverworts.
EXTIRPABLE * s. Capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out.
GROTTY * s. Very unpleasant or offensive.
PROTOGEOMETRIC * s. Characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece.
SINTERED * a. Formed into a mass by heat and pressure.
FOOTEDNESS * n. The property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball).
ANORECTAL * a. Pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together.
BURIN * n. A chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving.
ENCOURAGINGLY * r. In an encouraging manner.
OPINIONATED * s. Obstinate in your opinions.
IRENIC * s. Conducive to peace.
PRETRIAL * n. (law) A conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases.
GREGORY * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) A church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391). 2 Italian pope from 1831 to 1846; conservative in politics and theology; worked to propagate Catholicism in England and the United States (1765-1846). 3 The pope who sponsored the introduction of the modern calendar (1572-1585). 4 The Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417).
NOTARISE * v. Authenticate as a notary.
HEADED * --s. 1 Having a heading or course in a certain direction. 2 Of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head. --a. 1 Having a heading or caption. 2 Having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination.
MUTINY * --n. Open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers). --v. Engage in a mutiny against an authority.
MILLIMICRON * n. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
INHABITED * a. Having inhabitants; lived in.
KEISTER * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
VEXATION * n. 1 Anger produced by some annoying irritation. 2 The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed. 3 Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. 4 The act of troubling or annoying someone.
NEGLECT * --n. 1 Lack of attention and due care. 2 The state of something that has been unused and neglected. 3 Willful lack of care and attention. 4 The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern. --v. 1 Leave undone or leave out. 2 Fail to do something; leave something undone. 3 Fail to attend to. 4 Give little or no attention to.
CATTLE * n. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.
HOLOGRAM * n. The intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography.
ALARMINGLY * r. In an alarming manner.
RECEPTOR * n. 1 A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response. 2 An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation.
PROCESSED * --s. Subjected to a special process or treatment. --a. 1 Freed from impurities by processing. 2 Prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process.
DISAFFECT * v. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.
GIGARTINACEAE * n. A family of protoctist.
LOW-RESOLUTION * a. Of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined.
IRITIS * n. Inflammation of the iris.
BRUT * s. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
QUEEN-SIZED * s. (used especially of beds) Not as large as king-size.
ABDOMINOUS * s. Having a large belly.
REDSHANK * n. A common Old World wading bird with long red legs.
BELLY-UP * s. Financially ruined.
DISTRESSFUL * s. Causing distress or worry or anxiety.
FINESPUN * s. 1 Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety. 2 Developed in excessively fine detail.
EFFUSIVELY * r. In an effusive manner.
RIPOSTE * --n. 1 A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). 2 (fencing) A counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge. --v. 1 Make a return thrust. 2 Answer back.
INADMISSIBLE * a. Not deserving to be admitted.
SINGER * n. 1 A person who sings. 2 United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875). 3 United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991).
CHALCEDONY * n. A milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz.
TCP * n. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
AERODROME * n. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
RASSLING * n. The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
SHIRR * v. Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set.
LXXX * --n. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight. --s. Being ten more than seventy.
KENNEL * --n. Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog. --v. Put up in a kennel.
ADVERTISER * n. Someone whose business is advertising.
VARRO * n. Roman scholar (116-27 BC).
AMYLOIDAL * s. Resembling starch.
METATARSUS * n. The skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds.
FAHD * n. King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005).
BACKFIELD * n. The offensive football players who line up behind the linemen.
NOTARIZE * v. Authenticate as a notary.
WEIL * n. 1 French philosopher (1909-1943). 2 United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998).
COMMINATION * n. 1 Prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday. 2 A threat of divine punishment or vengeance.
GLYCERIN * n. A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils.
OESTRONE * n. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary; synthesized (trade name Estronol) and used to treat estrogen deficiency.
EXORCISE * v. Expel through adjuration or prayers.
ROADRUNNER * n. Speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas.
STABILIZATION * n. 1 The act of stabilizing something or making it more stable. 2 The act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn.
SIGHTLESSNESS * n. The state of being blind or lacking sight.
HINAULT * n. French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954).
CANOPIED * s. Covered with or as with a canopy.
QUANTIFIER * n. 1 (logic) A word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition. 2 (grammar) A word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many').
COPERNICAN * s. 1 Of radical or major importance. 2 According to Copernicus.
SPEND * v. 1 Use up a period of time in a specific way. 2 Pay out. 3 Spend completely.
NIHIL * n. (Latin) Nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ).
RAPIDNESS * n. A rate that is rapid.
EPHEMEROPTERA * n. Mayflies.
WALKIE-TALKIE * n. Small portable radio link (receiver and transmitter).
AVITAMINOSIS * n. Any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins.
TROWEL * --n. A small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials. --v. Use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work.
SAILPLANE * --n. Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces. --v. Fly a plane without an engine.
DISSOLUTELY * r. In a dissolute way.
RHODOPHYCEAE * n. Coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae.
STOMATOUS * a. 1 Relating to or of the nature of or having a mouth or mouthlike opening. 2 Relating to or constituting plant stomata. 3 Having a mouth or mouthlike opening.
FOSTER-BROTHER * n. Your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents.
ANEURIN * n. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth.
SVIZZERA * n. A landlocked federal republic in central Europe.
DEPRECATION * n. 1 A prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster. 2 The act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself).
ARCHESPORIAL * a. Of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores.
CONVEY * v. 1 (of information) Make known; pass on. 2 Serve as a means for expressing something. 3 Transfer to another. 4 Transmit a title or property.
OCELOT * n. Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
UNFORGIVINGLY * r. Without forgiveness; in an unforgiving manner.
FULCRUM * n. The pivot about which a lever turns.
SEXY * a. 1 Marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest. 2 Stimulating sexual desire.
ANDRENID * n. A bee that is a member of the genus Andrena.
SELF-ASSURANCE * n. Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities.
CALI * n. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
CAPIZ * n. Marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell.
BIMOLECULAR * a. Relating to or affecting two molecules.
ATHARVA-VEDA * n. A collection of mantras and formulas.
PORCINE * --a. Relating to or suggesting swine. --s. 1 Repellently fat. 2 Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
ELIDE * v. Leave or strike out.
LERNER * n. United States lyricist who collaborated on musicals with Frederick Loewe (1918-1986).
PLACOID * s. As the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks.
CONCESSIONER * n. Someone who holds or operates a concession.
OBSEQUIOUSLY * r. In an obsequious manner.
VOICEMAIL * n. A computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayed.
DM * n. 1 Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria. 2 A metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter.
MELAGRA * n. Rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs.
BENET * n. 1 United States poet; brother of William Rose Benet (1898-1943). 2 United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950).
REPARABLE * a. Capable of being repaired or rectified.
EUPHONICAL * a. Of or relating to or characterized by euphony.
SPINY-FINNED * a. Of or relating to fish with spiny fins.
BIOMETRY * n. A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
CAMUS * n. French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960).
FALLOUT * n. 1 The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion. 2 Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect.
DONATUS * n. Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century).
DIPTERAN * n. Insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing.
TOPOLOGY * n. 1 Topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography). 2 The study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region. 3 The branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions. 4 The configuration of a communication network.
PRIAM * n. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra.
APOSTOLICAL * a. 1 Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles. 2 Of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings.
MUMPSIMUS * n. A traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable.
EUMENES * n. Mason wasps.
TALPIDAE * n. Moles.
MID-JANUARY * n. The middle part of January.
OSTIARY * n. 1 The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church. 2 Someone who guards an entrance.
UNCOLUMNED * a. Not having columns.
TORTOISESHELL-CAT * n. A cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings.
PROLOGUIZE * v. Write or speak a prologue.
LENTIA * n. City in northern Austria on the Danube; noted as a cultural center.
RETROVIR * n. An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow.
MONDRIAN * n. Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944).
CRONUS * n. (Greek mythology) The supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn.
PERIDINIAN * n. Flagellate with a thick test composed of plates.
COUNTERSTAIN * n. A stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly.
CHARM * --n. 1 Attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates. 2 A verbal formula believed to have magical force. 3 Something believed to bring good luck. 4 (physics) One of the six flavors of quark. --v. 1 Attract; cause to be enamored. 2 Control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft. 3 Protect through supernatural powers or charms. 4 Induce into action by using one's charm.
SPOTTED * s. Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture).
UNPOWERED * a. Not having or using power.
MENARCHE * n. The first occurrence of menstruation in a woman.
THETIS * n. (Greek mythology) One of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus.
UNFAMILIAR * a. Not known or well known.
LOFTINESS * n. 1 The quality of being high or lofty. 2 Impressiveness in scale or proportion.
FINCEN * n. A law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering.
SATYR * n. 1 Man with strong sexual desires. 2 One of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns.
ADENINE * n. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA.
WHARTON * n. United States novelist (1862-1937).
ABUKIR * n. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
KAZAN * n. 1 United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003). 2 An industrial city in the European part of Russia.
PROKHOROV * n. Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002).
FRIZZLY * s. (of hair) In small tight curls.
LUFF * --n. 1 (nautical) The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast. 2 The act of sailing close to the wind. --v. 1 Sail close to the wind. 2 Flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.
LIGHTSHIP * n. A ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable.
DIG * --n. 1 The site of an archeological exploration. 2 An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. 3 A small gouge (as in the cover of a book). 4 The act of digging. --v. 1 Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. 2 Create by digging. 3 Work hard. 4 Remove, harvest, or recover by digging.
ROMANY * --n. 1 A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America). 2 The Indic language of the Gypsies. --a. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
SELF-CONFIDENT * s. Showing poise and confidence in your own worth.
FIRE-WHEEL * n. Annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center.
LIFELONG * s. Continuing through life.
CORKER * n. 1 (dated slang) A remarkable or excellent thing or person. 2 A machine that is used to put corks in bottles.
NASHVILLE * n. Capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music.
DABBLE * v. 1 Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid. 2 Play in or as if in water, as of small children. 3 Work with in an amateurish manner. 4 Bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water.
INNOCENTLY * r. 1 In a not unlawful manner. 2 In a naively innocent manner.
MISSIONAL * a. Relating to or connected to a religious mission.
FAKIR * n. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
QUITTER * n. A person who gives up too easily.
CUPPER * n. A cup of tea.
RAVENING * s. 1 Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. 2 Excessively greedy and grasping. 3 Devouring or craving food in great quantities.
HALF-PINT * n. Disparaging terms for small people.
SUN-DRENCHED * s. Covered with sunlight.
GONADOTROPHIC * a. Of or relating to or involving gonadotropin.
EXACUM * n. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets.
ILLUSTRIOUS * s. 1 Widely known and esteemed. 2 Having or conferring glory.
FERTILISER * n. Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile.
UNDERAGE * --a. Not of legal age. --s. Dependent by virtue of youth.
POULTRYMAN * n. A dealer in poultry and poultry products.
DRIFTWOOD * n. Wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore.
HELL-BENT * s. Recklessly determined.
EJACULATE * --n. The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. --v. 1 Utter impulsively. 2 Eject semen.
HEADCOUNTER * n. Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion.
MILL * --n. 1 A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing. 2 Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836). 3 English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873). 4 Machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing. --v. 1 Move about in a confused manner. 2 Grind with a mill. 3 Produce a ridge around the edge of. 4 Roll out (metal) with a rolling machine.
SUDATORY * n. 1 A medicine that causes or increases sweating. 2 A bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths.
CALUMNIOUSLY * r. In a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny.
AIR-FILLED * s. Full of air.
KINCHINJUNGA * n. A mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high).
GEOTHERMIC * a. Of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth.
TOLLMAN * n. Someone employed to collect tolls.
IODISE * v. 1 Treat with iodine. 2 Treat with iodine so as to prevent infection.
BUCKLER * n. Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows.
UNSURPASSED * s. Not capable of being improved on.
RIP-ROARING * s. Uncontrollably noisy.
POTAGE * n. Thick (often creamy) soup.
STONEHENGE * n. An ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes.
BOURGUIGNON * n. Reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and butter.
PEDANTICALLY * r. In a pedantic manner.
ANNEAL * v. Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
TELEPATHY * n. Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions.
HONDURAS * n. A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture.
ANASTYLOSIS * n. The archeological reassembly of ruined monuments from fallen or decayed fragments (incorporating new materials when necessary).
RAGI * n. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
QUICK-TEMPERED * s. Quickly aroused to anger.
ANORGASMIA * n. Absence of an orgasm in sexual relations.
SOLFERINO * n. 1 A pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino. 2 An indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I.
MAXILLOMANDIBULAR * a. Relating to the upper and lower jaws.
CERUSE * n. A poisonous white pigment that contains lead.
UNTIDILY * r. In a messy, untidy manner.
VASE-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a vase.
MAYENNE * n. A department of northwestern France in the Pays de la Loire region.
NATIONWIDE * --s. Occurring or extending throughout a country or nation. --r. Extending throughout an entire nation.
NUGATORY * s. Of no real value.
KENT * n. 1 A county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans. 2 United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971).
ADHERENCE * n. 1 Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion. 2 The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.
SCROPHULARIALES * n. Used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales.
CORONILLA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels.
BONDABLE * s. 1 Capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond. 2 Capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass.
GRADABLE * s. Capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.).
POTENT * --s. 1 Having great influence. 2 Having or wielding force or authority. --a. 1 Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. 2 (of a male) Capable of copulation.
DERMATOGLYPHICS * n. The study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet.
THURIFER * n. An acolyte who carries a thurible.
BANDONEON * n. A type of concertina popular in South America.
JEWELS-OF-OPAR * n. Erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere.
LITTER-BASKET * n. Bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.
POLISHED * --a. Perfected or made shiny and smooth. --s. 1 Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. 2 (of grains especially rice) Having the husk or outer layers removed. 3 (of lumber or stone) To trim and smooth.
N-TH * s. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
SERRULATE * s. Minutely serrated.
LUCRETIUS * n. Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC).
PROTECTIVENESS * n. 1 A feeling of protective affection. 2 The quality of providing protection.
EASED * s. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
UNOPPOSABLE * a. Not opposable.
ENGLAND * n. A division of the United Kingdom.
LARGE-LEAFED * s. Having relatively large leaves.
STEWARDSHIP * n. The position of steward.
NEUTRALIST * n. An advocate of neutrality in international affairs.
EXPORTER * n. A businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale).
FASCIOLOPSIASIS * n. Infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asia.
CORUSCANT * s. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
FOPPISHNESS * n. The manner and dress of a fop or dandy.
ONCOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to or practicing oncology.
COLUMNAR * s. 1 Having the form of a column. 2 Characterized by columns.
CORRUPTED * s. 1 Containing errors or alterations. 2 Ruined in character or quality.
INDUSTRIALIZED * s. Made industrial; converted to industrialism.
UNCAPPED * s. Used especially of front teeth.
HOUSEPLANT * n. Any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes.
BRISTLEGRASS * n. Grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet.
BRESCIA * n. An ancient Italian city in central Lombardy.
NEIGHBORLY * s. Exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor.
NOVOCAIN * n. Procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain).
TEACH * --n. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718). --v. 1 Impart skills or knowledge to. 2 Accustom gradually to some action or attitude.
SMOOTH-SKINNED * s. Having smooth skin.
NIBBED * s. (used of pens) Having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind.
KABOLIN * n. An androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis.
MALONYLUREA * n. A white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs.
ATTRACTOR * n. 1 An entertainer who attracts large audiences. 2 (physics) A point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system. 3 A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts.
STEELYARD * n. A portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length.
CHLOROPHYTA * n. Large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants.
STUBBINESS * n. The property of being short and broad.
NOTABLE * --n. A celebrity who is an inspiration to others. --s. 1 Widely known and esteemed. 2 Worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual.
PERIANAL * a. Around the anus.
CROQUETTE * n. Minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried.
FUSTY * s. 1 Stale and unclean smelling. 2 Old-fashioned and out of date.
RADIOPHOTOGRAPH * n. A photograph transmitted by radio waves.
DISSATISFY * v. Fail to satisfy.
KILOCALORIE * n. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food.
ORANGEMAN * n. A member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign.
CANCELLOUS * s. Having an open or latticed or porous structure.
NECTURUS * n. A genus of Proteidae.
KNOTHOLE * n. A hole in a board where a knot came out.
AERIE * n. 1 The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle). 2 Any habitation at a high altitude.
COUNTERINSURGENCY * n. Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
DAWAH * n. Missionary work for Islam.
WINDLASS * n. Lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.
RECOVERY * n. 1 Return to an original state. 2 Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury. 3 The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).
CORTADERIA * n. Tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass.
PALEONTOLOGY * n. The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
SLYNESS * n. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
SMYRNIUM * n. Alexanders.
LOAMY * a. Consisting of or having the character of loam.
LEXICALIZATION * n. The process of making a word to express a concept.
20 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.
PEIRESKIA * n. Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers.
EPILATION * n. 1 Loss of hair; the result of removing hair. 2 The act of removing hair (as from an animal skin).
PHYSOSTIGMINE * n. Used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma.
DISTOMATOSIS * n. A disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-products.
FIVE-NEEDLED * s. (of conifers) Having five needles.
SOPRANINO * s. Higher in range than soprano.
APPRECIATOR * n. A person who is fully aware of something and understands it.
DISPLACE * v. 1 Cause to move, usually with force or pressure. 2 Take the place of or have precedence over. 3 Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. 4 Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.
DURHAM * n. 1 A city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University. 2 English breed of short-horned cattle.
SEDULOUSLY * r. In a sedulous manner.
CHECKERBERRY * n. 1 Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil. 2 Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
KARTIKEYA * n. Hindu god of bravery.
NDJAMENA * n. The capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river.
NIMITZ * n. United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966).
COMBATANT * --n. Someone who fights (or is fighting). --s. Engaging in or ready for combat.
ANTITHETIC * s. Sharply contrasted in character or purpose.
RECTOR * n. A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
LUNCHTIME * n. The customary or habitual hour for eating lunch.
PHYTOPHTHORA * n. Destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants.
GLOSSODYNIA * n. Pain in the tongue.
LIGHT-HEADED * s. 1 Weak and likely to lose consciousness. 2 Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
POETRY * n. 1 Literature in metrical form. 2 Any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling.
UGLIFY * v. Make ugly.
TRAGICAL * s. Very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction.
CAPRA * n. 1 United States film maker (1897-1991). 2 Goats.
GRANDDAUGHTER * n. A female grandchild.
GOBBLE * --n. The characteristic sound made by a turkey cock. --v. 1 Eat hastily without proper chewing. 2 Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys.
CLAMBAKE * n. A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed.
PARCELING * n. The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
BUNYAVIRIDAE * n. A large family of arboviruses that affect a wide range of hosts (mainly vertebrates and arthropods).
KIMBERLEY * n. City in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing.
OUTRUN * v. Run faster than.
POSTPONE * v. Hold back to a later time.
STENCIL * --n. A sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below. --v. Mark or print with a stencil.
CERULEAN * --n. A light shade of blue. --s. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
ASTROLOGY * n. A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon.
GUILTLESSNESS * n. A state of innocence.
CAMBRIC * n. A finely woven white linen.
BARN * n. 1 An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals. 2 (physics) A unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter.
CHANTY * n. A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
VALIDATE * v. 1 Declare or make legally valid. 2 Prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something. 3 Give evidence for. 4 Make valid or confirm the validity of.
FLAT-FOOTED * s. 1 With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. 2 Unprepared and unable to react quickly. 3 Having broad flat feet that usually turn outward. 4 Forthright and explicit.
ABSORPTION * n. 1 (chemistry) A process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid. 2 (physics) The process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium. 3 The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another. 4 The process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion.
ROUNDISH * s. Somewhat round in appearance or form.
ENCEPHALOGRAM * n. 1 A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph. 2 An X ray of the brain made by replacing spinal fluid with a gas (usually oxygen) to improve contrast.
METRICAL * --a. Based on the meter as a standard of measurement. --s. The rhythmic arrangement of syllables.
PAINE * n. 1 American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814). 2 American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809).
COLLYWOBBLES * n. Severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea.
HOMESTEADER * n. Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it.
WELL-GROOVED * s. Established as if settled into a groove or rut.
SILENE * n. Any plant of the genus Silene.
PORK-BARRELING * n. Acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale.
STARCHLESS * a. Lacking starch.
GIBBOSITY * n. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings.
PUBLICIZER * n. Someone who publicizes.
BANAUSIC * s. (formal) Ordinary and not refined.
WATER-LOVING * s. (of plants) Flourishing with lots of water.
ERYSIPELAS * n. An acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes.
WIZENED * s. Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
GASOHOL * n. A gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn.
CHAMBERPOT * n. A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom.
MIDWIFE * n. A woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies.
GYMNOPHIONA * n. An order of amphibians including caecilians.
EFFERENT * --n. A nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands. --a. Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS.
HIRUDO * n. Type genus of the family Hirudinidae.
ASSETS * n. Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
JAZZ * --n. 1 Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk. 2 A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles. 3 A style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands. --v. 1 Play something in the style of jazz. 2 Have sexual intercourse with.
WINDBURN * n. Redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind.
AUREOLE * n. 1 The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse. 2 An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
ORISON * n. Reverent petition to a deity.
CAN * --n. 1 Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.. 2 The quantity contained in a can. 3 A buoy with a round bottom and conical top. 4 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. --v. 1 Preserve in a can or tin. 2 Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
UNSCATHED * s. Not injured or harmed.
LENTICULAR * s. Convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil.
NEST * --n. 1 A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young. 2 A kind of gun emplacement. 3 A cosy or secluded retreat. 4 A gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality. --v. 1 Inhabit a nest, usually after building. 2 Fit together or fit inside. 3 Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. 4 Gather nests.
BLUNT * --v. 1 Make less intense. 2 Make numb or insensitive. 3 Make dull or blunt. 4 Make less sharp. --s. 1 Having a broad or rounded end. 2 Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp. 3 Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. 4 Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
MINDANAO * n. The second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic.
CONIFERALES * n. Profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves.
WELCOMER * n. A person who greets.
MUSALES * n. Tropical plants.
STRICTURE * n. 1 Abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway. 2 Severe criticism.
ALLEGRO * --n. 1 A brisk and lively tempo. 2 A musical composition or musical passage to be performed quickly in a brisk lively manner. --s. (of tempo) Fast. --r. In a quick and lively tempo.
SOMATIC * s. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit.
SUFFERING * --n. 1 A state of acute pain. 2 Misery resulting from affliction. 3 Psychological suffering. 4 Feelings of mental or physical pain. --s. 1 Troubled by pain or loss. 2 Very unhappy; full of misery.
STICKTIGHT * n. 1 Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing. 2 Parasitic on especially the heads of chickens.
PRUNUS * n. A genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions.
FORTHCOMING * s. 1 At ease in talking to others. 2 Of the relatively near future. 3 Available when required or as promised.
HIPSURUS * n. A genus of Embiotocidae.
SELF-CONCEITED * s. Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
ANNEXATION * n. 1 Incorporation by joining or uniting. 2 The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation.
HYPEREMIA * n. Increased blood in an organ or other body part.
CELTUCE * n. 1 Lettuce valued especially for its edible stems. 2 Leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked.
COURTLY * s. Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court.
MYXOBACTERIA * n. Bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste.
INEFFICACY * n. A lack of efficacy.
OXIDATION * n. The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction.
SOCINUS * n. Italian theologian who argued against Trinitarianism (1539-1604).
LITHOCARPUS * n. Tanbark oaks.
BOOKFAIR * n. 1 Fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books. 2 Bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause.
VENATION * n. 1 (botany) The arrangement of veins in a leaf. 2 (zoology) The system of venous blood vessels in an animal.
SELF-ORGANIZATION * n. Organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union).
TRUMPETFISH * n. Tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down.
TOOTLE * --n. The sound of casual playing on a musical instrument. --v. Play (a musical instrument) casually.
THISTLEDOWN * n. Pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle.
PHLEBOTHROMBOSIS * n. Thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood.
PLACED * s. 1 Situated in a particular spot or position. 2 Put in position in relation to other things.
NEBULIZER * n. A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist.
JOGGING * n. Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise.
SPURNED * s. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning.
CLUBABLE * s. Inclined to club together.
ATHEROSCLEROSIS * n. A stage of arteriosclerosis involving fatty deposits (atheromas) inside the arterial walls, thus narrowing the arteries.
BIOGENIC * --a. Produced by living organisms or biological processes. --s. Essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes.
AESTHETICALLY * r. In a tasteful way.
POCK * --n. A pustule in an eruptive disease. --v. Mark with a scar.
BERATE * v. Censure severely or angrily.
CONSCIOUSLY * r. With awareness.
HEDONIST * n. Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.
LEXICALISED * a. Expressed by a word.
RECOVER * v. 1 Get or find back; recover the use of. 2 Get over an illness or shock. 3 Regain a former condition after a financial loss. 4 Regain or make up for.
PARTAKE * v. 1 Have some of the qualities or attributes of something. 2 Have, give, or receive a share of. 3 Consume.
HOT * --a. 1 Used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning. 2 Extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm. --s. 1 Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense. 2 (color) Bold and intense. 3 Sexually excited or exciting. 4 Recently stolen or smuggled.
LASTHENIA * n. Small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America.
RHD * n. A paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder.
QUALITY * --n. 1 An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone. 2 A degree or grade of excellence or worth. 3 A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. 4 (music) The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound). --s. 1 Of superior grade. 2 Of high social status.
ACRES * n. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
FATHEAD * n. A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.
TOUCHSTONE * n. A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
RUSTED * a. Having accumulated rust.
UNPOMPOUS * s. Not pompous.
CRIMINOLOGY * n. The scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement.
TIERED * a. Having or arranged in tiers.
DISCRIMINABLE * s. Capable of being discriminated.
INTEMPERATELY * r. Indulging excessively.
COLLOIDAL * a. Of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid.
ENCEINTE * s. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
DIPLOMATIST * n. An official engaged in international negotiations.
MOVIE * n. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
CYCLOTHYMIC * a. Of or relating to or exhibiting cyclothymia.
SLACKNESS * n. 1 Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy. 2 The quality of being loose (not taut). 3 The quality of being lax and neglectful.
LAMBENT * s. Softly bright or radiant.
RHINOPTERA * n. A genus of Myliobatidae.
EXPEDITIOUS * s. Marked by speed and efficiency.
TOCCATA * n. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
AIRHEADED * s. Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
BELIE * v. 1 Be in contradiction with. 2 Represent falsely.
TRIFOLIATA * n. Small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges.
UNIT * n. 1 Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange. 2 An individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole. 3 An organization regarded as part of a larger social group. 4 A single undivided whole.
BIGOTRY * n. The intolerance and prejudice of a bigot.
TAICHICHUAN * n. A Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health.
MACHINERY * n. 1 Machines or machine systems collectively. 2 A system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions.
DRINK * --n. 1 A single serving of a beverage. 2 The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. 3 Any liquid suitable for drinking. 4 Any large deep body of water. --v. 1 Take in liquids. 2 Consume alcohol. 3 Propose a toast to. 4 Be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to.
ALUMINISE * v. Cover with aluminum.
REDBIRD * n. 1 The male is bright red with black wings and tail. 2 Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male.
SNIVEL * --n. 1 Whining in a tearful manner. 2 The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested). --v. 1 Talk in a tearful manner. 2 Snuff up mucus through the nose. 3 Cry or whine with snuffling.
ANHYDROSIS * n. Failure of the sweat glands.
INDO-ARYAN * --n. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages. --a. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
SPINNABILITY * n. The quality of being suitable for spinning or the capability of being spun (used of textile fibers).
BELTLESS * a. Lacking a belt.
ABUSER * n. Someone who abuses.
SEABAG * n. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
SUBDURAL * a. Below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges.
SKYSCRAPER * n. A very tall building with many stories.
VOTELESS * a. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote.
QUANTIZED * a. Of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states.
PUTREFACTIVE * s. Causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction.
CANADA * n. A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada.
CRUDDY * s. Characterized by obscenity.
SPEEDINESS * n. A rate that is rapid.
LOOKUP * n. An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property.
BOREAS * n. 1 A wind that blows from the north. 2 (Greek mythology) The god who personified the north wind.
SUNUP * n. The first light of day.
OUTMARCH * v. March longer distances and for a longer time than.
BUZZARD * n. 1 A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States. 2 The common European short-winged hawk.
SCHIZOPHYCEAE * n. Former terms for Cyanophyceae.
ACCOMMODATIVE * --a. Helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation. --s. 1 Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement. 2 Tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony.
PRETERIT * n. A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense.
TETRAONIDAE * n. Grouse.
NONSENSICAL * s. 1 So unreasonable as to invite derision. 2 Having no intelligible meaning.
BOONE * n. An American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820).
PENNY-WISE * s. Thrifty in small matters only.
STOKESIA * n. One species: stokes' aster.
ZAIRESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Zaire. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people.
DISFLUENCY * n. Lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing.
CLEARSTORY * n. Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light.
COOL * --n. 1 The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature. 2 Great coolness and composure under strain. --v. 1 Make cool or cooler. 2 Loose heat. 3 Lose intensity. --a. 1 Neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat. 2 Inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color. 3 Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike. --s. 1 Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional. 2 Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. 3 Used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis. 4 Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept.
SUKIYAKI * n. Thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce.
SQUEEZABILITY * n. The property of being able to occupy less space.
LIMULUS * n. Type genus of the family Limulidae.
GRUDGING * s. 1 Of especially an attitude. 2 Petty or reluctant in giving or spending.
HONIED * s. With honey added.
LIANA * n. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
THUNDERCLOUD * n. A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
NOTCH * --n. 1 A V-shaped indentation. 2 The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks. 3 A V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface. 4 A small cut. --v. 1 Cut or make a notch into. 2 Notch a surface to record something.
SARTORIUS * n. A muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body.
CONTEST * --n. 1 An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. 2 A struggle between rivals. --v. To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.
CONSIGNOR * n. The person who delivers over or commits merchandise.
CONFIRMABLE * s. Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation.
NAPPING * s. Not prepared or vigilant.
SINCERE * --a. Open and genuine; not deceitful. --s. Characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.
BRIHASPATI * n. Personification of the power of ritual devotion.
TURFAN * n. A dialect of Tocharian.
MYRIAPODA * n. Arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes.
ONYCHOLYSIS * n. Separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed.
ABELMOSCHUS * n. Genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers.
ALIKE * --a. Having the same or similar characteristics. --r. 1 Equally. 2 In a like manner.
ROTTENNESS * n. 1 In a state of progressive putrefaction. 2 The quality of rotting and becoming putrid.
MOTORMOUTH * n. Someone who talks incessantly.
VIDEOCASSETTE * n. A cassette for videotape.
DANDIFY * v. Dress like a dandy.
ATHLETICISM * n. Intense energy.
UNLABELLED * a. Lacking a label or tag.
TRUCKLE * --n. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed. --v. 1 Yield to out of weakness. 2 Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
DRAWING * n. 1 An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper. 2 A representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines. 3 The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams. 4 Players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots.
CULTURE * --n. 1 A particular society at a particular time and place. 2 The tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group. 3 All the knowledge and values shared by a society. 4 (biology) The growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar). --v. Grow in a special preparation.
OCHROMA * n. One species: balsa.
OFF-THE-CUFF * s. With little or no preparation or forethought.
ELYSIUM * n. 1 A place or condition of ideal happiness. 2 (Greek mythology) The abode of the blessed after death.
PENTATONIC * a. Relating to a pentatonic scale.
LOTI * n. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
SUNSUIT * n. A child's garment consisting of a brief top and shorts.
DISCONCERTED * s. Having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion.
TRIVIALISE * v. Make trivial or insignificant.
SUBCLASS * n. (biology) A taxonomic category below a class and above an order.
KENTUCKIAN * n. A native or resident of Kentucky.
HYPERSENSITISED * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
IT * n. The branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information.
FESTINATION * n. Involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease).
THICK-BODIED * s. Having a thick body.
DEMAGNETIZE * v. 1 Erase (a magnetic storage device). 2 Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of).
SEBS * n. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
MUSCLEBUILDER * n. Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature.
PLEIADES * n. 1 (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion. 2 A star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
SANG * n. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
PRIORSHIP * n. The office of prior.
SEMICOMATOSE * s. In a state of partial coma.
FAQUIR * n. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
ORLEANAIS * n. A former province of north central France; centered around Orleans.
CAUDA * n. Any taillike structure.
WOODCREEPER * n. Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.
TORTRICIDAE * n. Leaf rollers and codling moths.
SPADEFUL * n. The quantity a shovel can hold.
REMORSEFULLY * r. In a rueful manner.
ABSOLUTION * n. 1 The condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance. 2 The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance.
NIDUS * n. 1 A central point or locus of an infection in an organism. 2 A nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs.
ACCOUTERED * s. Provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military).
MODERATIONIST * n. 1 A moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer). 2 A person who takes a position in the political center.
DIN * --n. 1 A loud harsh or strident noise. 2 The act of making a noisy disturbance. --v. 1 Make a resonant sound, like artillery. 2 Instill (into a person) by constant repetition.
PTO * n. A device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer).
INSUSCEPTIBLE * a. Not susceptible to.
AUDENESQUE * a. In the manner of W. H. Auden.
REVIVE * v. 1 Cause to regain consciousness. 2 Give new life or energy to. 3 Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength. 4 Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state.
FLOORED * a. Provided with a floor.
ANNOYED * s. 1 Aroused to impatience or anger. 2 Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
REFRESHER * n. 1 A fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day. 2 A drink that refreshes. 3 A course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments.
BATOIDEI * n. Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes.
SQUIGGLY * s. Wavy and twisting.
BECHUANA * n. A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa.
CONTROLLING * s. Able to control or determine policy.
CHICAGO * n. 1 Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan. 2 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.
FREQUENCE * n. The number of occurrences within a given time period.
SYCOPHANTIC * s. 1 Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. 2 Attempting to win favor by flattery.
PROKAYOTAE * n. Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions.
DEIONIZE * v. Remove ions from.
TREMENDOUSLY * r. Extremely.
YEARS * n. 1 A late time of life. 2 A prolonged period of time. 3 The time during which someone's life continues.
LENTINUS * n. A genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae.
OPTIMISTICALLY * r. With optimism; in an optimistic manner.
MUSICALITY * n. The property of sounding like music.
RITUALLY * r. In a ceremonial manner.
NOSEGAY * n. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
CASTANOSPERMUM * n. A rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut.
UNEQUIVOCAL * --a. Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion. --s. Clearly defined or formulated.
LENDER * n. Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
DANMARK * n. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
PASTIL * n. A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.
SPREAD-EAGLE * --v. 1 Stretch out completely. 2 Stretch over. 3 Execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out. 4 Stand with arms and legs spread out. --s. With arms and legs stretched out and apart.
UNTENABLE * s. (of theories etc) Incapable of being defended or justified.
COMMUNIST * --n. 1 A member of the communist party. 2 A socialist who advocates communism. --a. Relating to or marked by communism.
KOPPIE * n. A small hill rising up from the African veld.
VOWELLIKE * s. Having characteristics of a vowel sound.
SOLELESS * a. Having no sole.
EXTINGUISHER * n. A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires.
INTROJECT * --n. (psychoanalysis) Parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized. --v. Incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously.
BIOKO * n. An island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea.
ALLOCATABLE * s. Capable of being distributed.
BACKACHE * n. An ache localized in the back.
ARRESTING * s. Commanding attention.
ALCIDES * n. (classical mythology) A hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality.
TECHNICALITY * n. 1 The state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods. 2 A specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular field.
RESERVE * --n. 1 Formality and propriety of manner. 2 Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. 3 An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced. 4 (medicine) Potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions. --v. 1 Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency. 2 Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause. 3 Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance. 4 Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.
CROMWELL * n. English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658).
LOW-PITCHED * --a. Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency. --s. Set at a low angle or slant.
SCRIPTURE * n. 1 The sacred writings of the Christian religions. 2 Any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group.
UNCOATED * a. Not having a coating.
EXULTATION * n. 1 A feeling of extreme joy. 2 The utterance of sounds expressing great joy.
PULVERISED * s. Consisting of fine particles.
SIALOLITH * n. A stone formed in the salivary gland.
PSEPHOLOGIST * n. A sociologist who studies election trends.
FRANCK * n. 1 French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890). 2 United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964).
DIAPHORESIS * n. The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid.
PAPPA * n. An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.
MARBLE-WOOD * n. 1 Hard marbled wood. 2 Large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood.
FOLLICULITIS * n. Inflammation of a hair follicle.
BEQUEATH * v. Leave or give by will after one's death.
RADIUS * n. 1 The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere. 2 A straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere). 3 A circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius. 4 The outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm.
CLICHE * n. A trite or obvious remark.
IRREVERSIBLE * a. Incapable of being reversed.
DISARRANGE * v. 1 Destroy the arrangement or order of. 2 Disturb the arrangement of.
SOCIAL * --n. A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity. --a. 1 Relating to human society and its members. 2 Living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups. 3 Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society. --s. 1 Composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability. 2 Tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind. 3 Marked by friendly companionship with others.
DISINFEST * v. Rid of vermin.
FASCINATINGLY * r. In a fascinating manner.
CANISTEL * n. 1 Tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit. 2 Ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.
DISGRACED * s. Suffering shame.
BLITHELY * r. In a joyous manner.
KIBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 bits.
AMOEBOID * a. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
FECAL * a. Of or relating to feces.
DING-DONG * n. The noise made by a bell.
CURIETHERAPY * n. The use of radium in radiation therapy.
CASHIER * --n. 1 An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money. 2 A person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant). --v. 1 Discard or do away with. 2 Discharge with dishonor, as in the army.
HEADLINESE * n. Using the abbreviated style of headline writers.
GOUDA * n. Mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls.
DUG * n. An udder or breast or teat.
POLYFOAM * n. A foam made by adding water to polyurethane plastics.
CONJOINED * s. Consisting of two or more associated entities.
POSTERBOARD * n. A cardboard suitable for making posters.
ATAXY * n. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait.
CARDURA * n. An antihypertensive drug (trade name Cardura) that works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood passes through them more easily; it is also used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia.
PELECANUS * n. Type genus of the Pelecanidae.
GOBBET * n. A lump or chunk of raw meat.
FENNIC * n. One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian).
SHAMBLES * n. 1 A condition of great disorder. 2 A building where animals are butchered.
DOWNWIND * --s. Towards the side away from the wind. --r. 1 With the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing. 2 Toward the wind.
CAGOULE * n. Lightweight parka; waterproof.
DUGONGIDAE * n. A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow.
SHIM * n. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
TERAZOSIN * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Hytrin) used to treat high blood pressure.
AUTOBAHN * n. An expressway in a German-speaking country.
GANESH * n. Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles.
BOOTSTRAP * --n. A strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on. --v. Help oneself, often through improvised means.
SPIRITLESSNESS * n. The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.
RAVEHOOK * n. A hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum.
SCHLEMIEL * n. (Yiddish) A dolt who is a habitual bungler.
DEVILISH * --s. 1 Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. 2 Playful in an appealingly bold way. --r. In a playfully devilish manner.
ULTERIOR * s. 1 Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed). 2 Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote. 3 Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
AURIFEROUS * s. Containing gold.
CURSIVELY * r. In a cursive manner.
ANONYMOUS * --a. Having no known name or identity or known source. --s. Not known or lacking marked individuality.
GALBULIDAE * n. Jacamars.
WILDCATTER * n. An oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY * n. Diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram).
BIBBED * a. Having a bib.
RIMU * n. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
EPAULETTE * n. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
FACTUALITY * n. The quality of being actual or based on fact.
PROTESTATION * n. 1 A formal and solemn declaration of objection. 2 A strong declaration of protest.
RIP * --n. 1 A dissolute man in fashionable society. 2 An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. 3 A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. 4 The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. --v. 1 Tear or be torn violently. 2 Move precipitously or violently. 3 Cut (wood) along the grain. 4 Take without the owner's consent.
JARRINGLY * r. In a manner that jars and irritates.
NAC * n. A council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision.
HYPOVOLAEMIC * a. Of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood.
FORETOP * n. 1 A platform at the head of a foremast. 2 A lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears.
FISHHOOK * n. A sharp barbed hook for catching fish.
KIRSCH * n. From fermented juice of black morello cherries.
SINANTHROPUS * n. Genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
CHINCHILLIDAE * n. Small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents.
WETBACK * n. (ethnic slur) Offensive term for a person of Mexican descent.
HAIRLINE * n. 1 A very thin line. 2 The natural margin formed by hair on the head.
CUSHY * s. Not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship.
KHOIKHOI * n. Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa.
RAMMER * n. A tool for driving something with force.
FADED * s. 1 Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. 2 Reduced in strength.
HOPPED-UP * s. 1 (of an automobile) Having the engine modified to give extra power. 2 Under the influence of narcotics.
ORGANIST * n. A person who plays an organ.
WHEATEN * a. Of or relating to or derived from wheat.
OVERSTUFF * v. Stuff too much.
FOREBRAIN * n. The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube.
OUTFIELD * n. The area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases.
POSITIONING * --n. The act of putting something in a certain place. --s. Causing to fall into line or into position.
AUTO-CHANGER * n. An automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.
PATERNALLY * r. In a paternal manner.
GAMELAN * n. A traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs.
DIMINISH * v. 1 Decrease in size, extent, or range. 2 Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.
CUMBERSOME * s. 1 Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight. 2 Not elegant or graceful in expression.
AFSPC * n. A command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations.
LEXICALLY * r. By means of words.
KEMPT * s. (of hair) Neat and tidy.
LARBOARD * --n. The left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose. --s. Located on the left side of a ship or aircraft.
CASEWORKER * n. Someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged).
OVERBID * --n. 1 A bid that is higher than preceding bids. 2 (bridge) A bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand). --v. 1 To bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,. 2 Bid more than the object is worth.
HAIRDO * n. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
BILOBED * s. Having two lobes.
COUNTERPOISED * s. Brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another.
CHALCIS * n. Type genus of the Chalcididae.
CONSTRUCT * --n. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. --v. 1 Make by combining materials and parts. 2 Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts. 3 Draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions. 4 Create by linking linguistic units.
UNSPACED * a. Arranged without spaces between.
WHITING * n. 1 Flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe. 2 Flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America. 3 A small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish. 4 Any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters.
INCONSTANT * a. Likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable.
DACTYLOPIIDAE * n. Cochineal insects.
INTERTIDAL * a. Of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark.
NECK-DEEP * s. Deeply involved.
REFLECTORISE * v. Provide with reflectors, such as chemicals.
DISINGENUOUSLY * r. In a disingenuous manner.
FLOWERY * --a. Of or relating to or suggestive of flowers. --s. Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details.
ORTHOGONAL * s. 1 Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. 2 Statistically unrelated. 3 Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.
CRUMPLED * s. Of metal e.g..
REVISED * s. 1 Improved or brought up to date. 2 Altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting material.
HABITUATION * n. 1 Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs). 2 A general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions.
DIORITE * n. A granular crystalline intrusive rock.
GULFWEED * n. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
NOVILLADA * n. A bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old.
LOCK * --n. 1 A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed. 2 A strand or cluster of hair. 3 A mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun. 4 Enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it. --v. 1 Fasten with a lock. 2 Keep engaged. 3 Become rigid or immoveable. 4 Hold in a locking position.
STEERABLE * s. Capable of being steered or directed.
OBSTRUENT * n. A consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
LOISELEURIA * n. One species: alpine azalea.
KLOTHO * n. The Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life.
UNSTEADILY * r. In an unsteady manner.
DEPLOYMENT * n. The distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work.
KAOLINITE * n. A mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin.
MATERIALIZATION * n. 1 The process of coming into being; becoming reality. 2 An appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit). 3 Something that comes into existence as a result.
PINCHGUT * n. A niggardly person who starves himself (and others).
REDEDICATE * v. Dedicate anew.
MORIBUND * s. 1 Not growing or changing; without force or vitality. 2 Being on the point of death; breathing your last.
CONSOLE * --n. 1 A small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall. 2 A scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system). 3 An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture). 4 Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television. --v. Give moral or emotional strength to.
SNAG * --n. 1 A sharp protuberance. 2 A dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest. 3 An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. 4 An unforeseen obstacle. --v. 1 Catch on a snag. 2 Get by acting quickly and smartly. 3 Hew jaggedly.
PELOPONNESIAN * a. Of or relating to Peloponnesus.
DESEGRATED * s. Rid of segregation; having had segregation ended.
CANNON * --n. 1 A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels. 2 Heavy gun fired from a tank. 3 (Middle Ages) A cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm. 4 Heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane. --v. 1 Make a cannon. 2 Fire a cannon.
DICER * n. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
HEARD * s. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
COHESIVE * s. 1 Causing cohesion. 2 Cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated.
AQUA-LUNG * n. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
ENDED * s. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
ASYNDETON * n. The omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used.
GEAN * n. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
LORE * n. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.
STINKWEED * n. Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America.
UNSAVED * s. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.
TASK * --n. 1 Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. 2 A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee. --v. 1 Assign a task to. 2 Use to the limit.
FORGIVING * --a. Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy. --s. Providing absolution.
MYOPE * n. A person with myopia; a nearsighted person.
LIED * n. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
TATTLE * --n. Disclosing information or giving evidence about another. --v. 1 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. 2 Divulge confidential information or secrets.
EURYLAIMIDAE * n. Coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi.
SHORT-TERM * s. Relating to or extending over a limited period.
FISTULARIIDAE * n. Cornetfishes.
WHIPPLETREE * n. A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling.
FEBRIFUGE * n. Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever.
OMPHALOCELE * n. Protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth.
ACTIVELY * r. In an active manner.
BALLPLAYER * n. An athlete who plays baseball.
ALACRITY * n. Liveliness and eagerness.
SEASICK * s. Experiencing motion sickness.
HAPLOPAPPUS * n. Genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia.
SCOTER * n. Large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere.
ACAPNIC * a. Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
DERISION * n. 1 Contemptuous laughter. 2 The act of deriding or treating with contempt.
MIDDLEMOST * s. Being in the exact middle.
DELEGACY * n. 1 The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent. 2 A group of representatives or delegates. 3 The appointment of a delegate.
PRUNO * n. A liquor concocted from a mixture of ingredients (such as prunes and raisins and milk and sugar) that can be fermented to produce alcohol; made by prison inmates.
DINOFLAGELLATA * n. In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta.
CUPID * n. 1 (Roman mythology) God of love; counterpart of Greek Eros. 2 A symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow.
PHILOSOPHISER * n. Someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view.
DEPEND * v. 1 Be contingent upon (something that is elided). 2 Have faith or confidence in.
PERONEUS * n. Muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot.
MOSQUITOFISH * n. Silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control.
ALCALDE * n. A mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town.
CACODEMONIC * a. Of or relating to evil spirits.
DIPLOTENE * n. The fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis.
PITCHFORK * --n. A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay. --v. Lift with a pitchfork.
MIKMAQ * n. A member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
UNMERITORIOUS * s. Without merit.
INDUSIAL * a. Of or relating to or being an indusium.
TRADITIONALIST * --n. One who adheres to traditional views. --s. Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded.
SULFAMETHAZINE * n. A sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine.
FANWEED * n. Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America.
INTRUSIVENESS * n. Aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation.
THEA * n. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
AIR-FREIGHT * v. Transport (cargo) by air.
RECRIMINATORY * s. Countering one charge with another.
RECONCILED * s. Made compatible or consistent.
ARALES * n. Araceae; Lemnaceae.
MAN-ON-A-HORSE * n. An edible agaric with yellow gills and a viscid yellow cap that has a brownish center.
PUJUNAN * n. A Penutian language spoken by the Maidu.
RESMUDGE * v. Smudge again.
HOTHOUSE * n. A greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner.
BLASTOCLADIALES * n. Fungi that carry out asexual reproduction by thick-walled resting spores that produce zoospores upon germination; sometimes placed in class Oomycetes.
MOON-WORSHIP * n. The worship of the moon.
FETOMETRY * n. Measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head).
HOUSEMOTHER * n. A woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people.
NONEQUIVALENCE * n. Not interchangeable.
STRAIGHTEDGE * n. Hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness).
FOGSIGNAL * n. A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships.
SWEEPINGLY * r. In a sweeping manner.
REPRESENT * v. 1 Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to. 2 Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol. 3 Be representative or typical for. 4 Be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute.
MALENESS * n. The properties characteristic of the male sex.
THO * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
PLENTEOUSNESS * n. A full supply.
ENCRYPT * v. Convert ordinary language into code.
DECLIVITOUS * s. Sloping down rather steeply.
ONAGRACEAE * n. A large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales.
RICHWEED * n. 1 Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States. 2 A plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves.
SLOUCHER * n. A person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage.
ELEPHANTIASIS * n. Hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis.
ORATE * v. Talk pompously.
LICENTIOUS * s. Lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained.
GODPARENT * n. A person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism.
VOLUBLE * a. Marked by a ready flow of speech.
TRABECULA * n. Rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen).
COMPUTERIZE * v. 1 Provide with computers. 2 Store in a computer. 3 Control a function, process, or creation by a computer.
REGIMENT * --n. Army unit smaller than a division. --v. 1 Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization. 2 Form (military personnel) into a regiment. 3 Assign to a regiment.
PROPENE * n. A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis.
BLACKFOOT * n. 1 A member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains. 2 Any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot.
POTSHERD * n. A shard of pottery.
COUVADE * n. A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
WHATCHAMACALLIT * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
QUADRUMVIRATE * n. A group of four men.
COMMEMORATING * a. Intended as a commemoration.
PETTY * --n. Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale). --s. 1 Inferior in rank or status. 2 (informal) Small and of little importance. 3 Contemptibly narrow in outlook.
UNINTRUSIVE * a. Not interfering or meddling.
CATTY-CORNERED * s. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.
PLAYFULLY * r. In a playful manner.
CANULATE * v. Introduce a cannula or tube into.
GRASP * --n. 1 Understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something. 2 The limit of capability. 3 An intellectual hold or understanding. 4 The act of grasping. --v. 1 Hold firmly. 2 Get the meaning of something.
REINCARNATION * n. 1 Embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form). 2 A second or new birth. 3 The Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions.
ESCHAR * n. A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin.
BIOCLIMATOLOGY * n. The study of effects of climate on living organisms.
CAPTURER * n. A person who captures and holds people or animals.
CHEN * n. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
WATER-INSOLUBLE * s. Not soluble in water.
IDYL * n. 1 A musical composition that evokes rural life. 2 A short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life.
KEKCHI * n. 1 A member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala. 2 A Mayan language spoken by the Kekchi.
SURFBOARDER * n. Someone who engages in surfboarding.
AVOWAL * n. A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something.
NAVIGABLE * s. Able to be sailed on or through safely.
DISCOMFITED * --n. People who are defeated. --s. Disappointingly unsuccessful.
STAPELIA * n. Any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers.
SAIL * --n. 1 A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel. 2 An ocean trip taken for pleasure. 3 Any structure that resembles a sail. --v. 1 Traverse or travel on (a body of water). 2 Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions. 3 Travel on water propelled by wind. 4 Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means.
DONAR * n. The Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor.
ZYGOCACTUS * n. Small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits.
CRENATURE * n. One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).
ASPIRING * s. Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement.
WAGON * n. 1 Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor. 2 Van used by police to transport prisoners. 3 A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. 4 A child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting.
DISPOSED * s. 1 Having made preparations. 2 (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
AMYGDALOIDAL * s. Shaped like an almond.
BACK-NUMBER * n. Someone who is no longer popular.
ILLOGIC * n. Invalid or incorrect reasoning.
IMITATIVE * a. 1 Marked by or given to imitation. 2 (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound. 3 Not genuine; imitating something superior.
PITIABLE * s. 1 Inspiring mixed contempt and pity. 2 Deserving or inciting pity.
ARRANGER * n. 1 A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise. 2 A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance.
BUOY * --n. Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards. --v. 1 Float on the surface of water. 2 Keep afloat. 3 Mark with a buoy.
BUTTWELD * v. Join by a butt weld.
OCHRE * --n. 1 Any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment. 2 A moderate yellow-orange to orange color. --s. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
KIRGIZ * n. 1 A member of a people vast regions of central Siberia. 2 A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991. 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz.
ARGONAUTA * n. Type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus.
PHYSIOTHERAPIST * n. Therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder.
SELF-POSSESSION * n. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
DEEP-LOBED * s. Having deep bilateral lobes.
MAURITIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Mauritius. --a. Of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants.
POUNDING * n. 1 Repeated heavy blows. 2 An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart). 3 The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).
JOUNCE * --n. A sudden jarring impact. --v. Move up and down repeatedly.
BEDFAST * s. Confined to bed (by illness).
REPENTANTLY * r. Showing remorse.
IVA * n. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America.
OZENA * n. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
CARRIAGE * n. 1 A railcar where passengers ride. 2 A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses. 3 Characteristic way of bearing one's body. 4 A machine part that carries something else.
HAULAGE * n. The act of drawing or hauling something.
DISSIMILAR * a. 1 Not similar. 2 Not alike or similar.
LOCALISM * n. 1 A phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality. 2 A partiality for some particular place.
GEOPHILIDAE * n. Small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth.
HISSING * n. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
CREDIBLENESS * n. The quality of being believable or trustworthy.
SINTER * v. Cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting.
GYMNOCLADUS * n. Small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods.
UNOBJECTIVE * s. (of e.g. evidence) Not objective or easily verified.
LIVY * n. Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17).
VOLVA * n. Cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi.
38 * s. Being eight more than thirty.
CRAWLING * n. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.
CADET * n. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
CARBONARA * n. Sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese.
HAM-HANDED * s. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
FLUOROURACIL * n. An antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers.
IMPOST * n. 1 Money collected under a tariff. 2 The lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs.
HARK * v. Listen; used mostly in the imperative.
CHAPLET * n. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
CRYSTALIZE * v. 1 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. 2 Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. 3 Assume crystalline form; become crystallized. 4 Cause to take on a definite and clear shape.
WORSENING * --n. 1 Process of changing to an inferior state. 2 Changing something with the result that it becomes worse. --a. Changing for the worse.
HADDOCK * n. 1 Lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried. 2 Important food fish on both sides of the Atlantic; related to cod but usually smaller.
CHALCANTHITE * n. Hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate.
MANTICHORA * n. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
LENGTHWISE * --a. Running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing. --r. In the direction of the length.
CATALASE * n. Enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water.
VULGARIZE * v. 1 Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. 2 Debase and make vulgar. 3 Act in a vulgar manner.
JIRD * n. Gerbil of northern Africa.
DUODENUM * n. The part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum.
AUTOTOMIZE * v. Cause a body part to undergo autotomy.
TYROL * n. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy.
TUNGSTATE * n. A salt of tungstic acid.
SLIGHTNESS * n. 1 The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. 2 Smallness of stature. 3 The property of an attractively thin person.
TUMMY * n. 1 Slang for a paunch. 2 An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion.
ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPH * n. A sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities.
MAH-JONGG * n. Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles.
HYPOXIA * n. Oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency.
MOLOSSIDAE * n. Mastiff bats; freetail bats.
FORTIFIED * s. 1 Secured with bastions or fortifications. 2 Having something added to increase the strength.
CHALDEE * --n. 1 A wise man skilled in occult learning. 2 An inhabitant of ancient Chaldea. --a. Of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture.
SCIRPUS * n. Rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs.
LONGSIGHTEDNESS * n. Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects.
FINESSE * n. Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
JIBE * --n. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. --v. 1 Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics. 2 Shift from one side of the ship to the other.
PAYABLE * --n. A liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit. --s. Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified.
HOSPITALIZATION * n. 1 A period of time when you are confined to a hospital. 2 The condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital. 3 Insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense. 4 Placing in medical care in a hospital.
ASSASSINATED * s. Murdered by surprise attack for political reasons.
WELLINGTON * n. 1 British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852). 2 The capital of New Zealand. 3 (19th century) A man's high tasseled boot.
BRAIN * --n. 1 That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord. 2 Mental ability. 3 That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason. 4 Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality. --v. 1 Hit on the head. 2 Kill by smashing someone's skull.
SC * n. 1 A white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite. 2 A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies. 3 A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace.
METAMORPHOSIS * n. 1 The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals. 2 A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances. 3 A complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft.
ILLUSIVE * s. Based on or having the nature of an illusion.
OSMITROL * n. A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
PUNCTILIOUSLY * r. In a punctilious manner.
ASSIDUOUSLY * r. With care and persistence.
DOODIA * n. 1 Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae. 2 In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia.
MICROBRACHIA * n. Abnormally small arms.
TETANUS * n. 1 An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages. 2 A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses.
REPLACEMENT * n. 1 The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another. 2 Someone who takes the place of another person. 3 An event in which one thing is substituted for another. 4 A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another.
FEATHERLESS * a. Having no feathers.
HAIL-FELLOW-WELL-MET * s. Heartily friendly and congenial.
CHANGEFUL * a. Such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change.
OFFICIAL * --n. 1 A worker who holds or is invested with an office. 2 Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport. --a. 1 Having official authority or sanction. 2 Of or relating to an office. --s. 1 Verified officially. 2 Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline. 3 (of a church) Given official status as a national or state institution.
RECRUDESCENCE * n. A return of something after a period of abatement.
INTUIT * v. Know or grasp by intuition or feeling.
TRACHEID * n. Long tubular cell peculiar to xylem.
ERR * v. 1 To make a mistake or be incorrect. 2 Wander from a direct course or at random.
SWANSEA * n. A port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel.
COLLECTIVIST * --n. A person who belongs to the political left. --s. Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively.
TWENTY-ONE * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one. 2 A gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21. --s. Being one more than twenty.
ALUMINIFEROUS * s. Containing alum or aluminum.
AUTOCHTHONIC * s. Originating where it is found.
DIRECTIVE * --n. A pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity. --s. Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on.
LYCAENIDAE * n. Family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs.
PROHIBITIVELY * r. To a prohibitive degree.
CIVIES * n. Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
CARPINACEAE * n. Used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis.
SNUFFLY * s. Liable to sniffle.
ACROMEGALIA * n. Enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor).
ALARIC * n. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
LAVALLIERE * n. Jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck.
COAL-BLACK * s. Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal.
CAMDEN * n. A city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Philadelphia.
EFFECTIVE * --a. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect. --s. 1 Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively. 2 Works well as a means or remedy. 3 Exerting force or influence. 4 Existing in fact; not theoretical; real.
COUPLER * n. A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects.
INDURATION * n. Any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue.
BLACKTOP * --n. A black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock. --v. Coat with blacktop.
AMOK * --s. Wildly frenzied and out of control. --r. 1 Wildly; without self-control. 2 In a murderous frenzy.
SYPHILITIC * --n. A person suffering from syphilis. --a. Of or relating to or infected with syphilis.
OESTRUS * n. 1 Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity. 2 Type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies.
LAUDER * n. 1 Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950). 2 Someone who communicates high praise.
FORTUITOUS * s. 1 Having no cause or apparent cause. 2 Occurring by happy chance.
THEORIZE * v. 1 To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. 2 Construct a theory about. 3 Form or construct theories.
LAZIO * n. An ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
LEAFHOPPER * n. Small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.
PHOLIOTA * n. Genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood.
RUMINATOR * n. A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation.
SINKHOLE * n. A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof.
PROVIDENT * --a. Providing carefully for the future. --s. Careful in regard to your own interests.
PLAGIARIZED * s. Copied and passed off as your own.
PERIDOT * n. A pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone.
COGNITIVELY * r. With regard to cognition.
STRETCHER-BEARER * n. One who helps carry a stretcher.
PROSTHODONTIA * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with the replacement of teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by artificial devices.
ATON * n. The sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten.
THIMBLE * n. 1 As much as a thimble will hold. 2 A small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container.
IDESIA * n. Deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
IMPROVED * --a. Made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing. --s. 1 Become or made better in quality. 2 (of land) Made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush.
PENLIGHT * n. A small flashlight resembling a fountain pen.
NICHOLAS * n. A bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century).
TRANQUILISING * s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
ACHENE * n. Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
MICROCEPHALIC * a. Having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
CORPULENCE * n. The property of excessive fatness.
PRIESTLIKE * a. Befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood.
PAVILION * n. Large and often sumptuous tent.
RIGHTISH * s. Tending toward the political right.
FLUNITRAZEPAN * n. A depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia.
MALLEUS * n. The ossicle attached to the eardrum.
RED-BLIND * s. Inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green.
KNELL * --n. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something. --v. 1 Ring as in announcing death. 2 Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification.
SWOLLEN-HEADED * s. Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.
TWINBERRY * n. 1 Shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America. 2 Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries.
LORELEI * n. A Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
FERNLIKE * s. Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape.
CHANCROID * n. Infectious venereal ulcer.
QAEDA * n. A terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries.
SUBGENUS * n. (biology) Taxonomic group between a genus and a species.
ENNEAD * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
ASH-GRAY * s. Of a light grey.
ALLEGORIC * s. Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory.
FEARSOME * s. Causing fear or dread or terror.
ADDITIONAL * s. Further or added.
BLUDGEONER * n. An assailant who uses a bludgeon.
EXONERATE * v. Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
MODIFY * v. 1 Make less severe or harsh or extreme. 2 Add a modifier to a constituent. 3 Cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.
SI * n. 1 A tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors. 2 A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela). 3 The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization.
RETENTIVITY * n. 1 The power of retaining and recalling past experience. 2 The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired. 3 The power of retaining liquid.
FISTULAR * s. Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed.
SEARCH * --n. 1 The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. 2 An investigation seeking answers. 3 An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property. 4 The examination of alternative hypotheses. --v. 1 Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. 2 Search or seek. 3 Inquire into. 4 Subject to a search.
MONITRICE * n. An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes.
PEDODONTIST * n. A dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth.
REPLAY * --n. 1 Something (especially a game) that is played again. 2 The immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape. --v. 1 Reproduce (a recording) on a recorder. 2 Play (a melody) again. 3 Repeat a game against the same opponent. 4 Play again.
ENTRYWAY * n. Something that provides access (to get in or get out).
JINJA * n. A city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria.
RITZY * s. Luxuriously elegant.
PIOLET * n. An ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice.
DEVOICE * v. Utter with tense vocal chords.
ORBIT * --n. 1 The (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another. 2 A particular environment or walk of life. 3 An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:. 4 The path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom. --v. Move in an orbit.
POIKILOTHERMIC * s. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.
VERNIX * n. A white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus.
MOMENTARY * s. Lasting for a markedly brief time.
GRYPHON * n. Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.
OBEDIENCE * n. 1 The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person. 2 The trait of being willing to obey. 3 Behavior intended to please your parents.
BARBECUED * s. Cooked over an outdoor grill.
PERSONALISE * v. Make personal or more personal.
ABUSIVE * s. 1 Expressing offensive reproach. 2 Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment.
PHRYGIAN * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Phrygia. 2 A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions.
STEAMSHIP * n. A ship powered by one or more steam engines.
TIPULIDAE * n. Crane flies.
24 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one. --s. Being four more than twenty.
GAMIN * n. (sometimes offensive) A homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
CHANDLERY * n. 1 Candles and other commodities sold by a chandler. 2 A storeroom where candles are kept.
ANTIMATTER * n. Matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances.
CICATRICE * n. A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue.
COLONNADE * n. 1 Structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns. 2 A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns.
SOUSLIK * n. Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel.
HEAVYHEARTED * s. Depressed.
BUFONIDAE * n. True toads.
MIDSHIPMAN * n. A temporary rank held by young naval officers in training.
STYLISHNESS * n. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
HAZMAT * n. An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.
CORRESPONDENT * --n. 1 Someone who communicates by means of letters. 2 A journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media. --s. Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar.
SPILLIKINS * n. A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others.
FROG * --n. 1 Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species. 2 A person of French descent. 3 A decorative loop of braid or cord. --v. Hunt frogs for food.
PRY * --n. A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge. --v. 1 To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open. 2 Be nosey. 3 Search or inquire in a meddlesome way. 4 Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.
BURUNDI * --n. A landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people.
INEXACT * a. Not exact.
ANSHAR * n. The Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'.
FAGIN * n. A villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens.
CABBAGE * --n. 1 Any of various types of cabbage. 2 Informal terms for money. 3 Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers. --v. Make off with belongings of others.
ADELAIDE * n. The state capital of South Australia.
LOBATE * --a. Having or resembling a lobe or lobes. --s. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
ESSENCE * n. 1 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. 2 Any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted. 3 The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. 4 A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor.
BISECT * v. Cut in half or cut in two.
WILDFLOWER * n. Wild or uncultivated flowering plant.
MONTAGU * n. United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-).
MANUMITTER * n. Someone who frees others from bondage.
SHLOCKMEISTER * n. (slang) A merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise.
SLIGHT * --n. A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). --v. Pay no attention to, disrespect. --a. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some. --s. 1 Lacking substance or significance. 2 Being of delicate or slender build.
WELL-QUALIFIED * s. More than adequately qualified.
FANG-LIKE * s. Resembling a fang.
NONECHOIC * a. Not echoic or imitative of sound.
PERK * --n. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right). --v. Gain or regain energy.
COMPENSABLE * s. For which money is paid.
HEXAGRAMMOS * n. Type genus of the Hexagrammidae.
SCHOOLHOUSE * n. A building where young people receive education.
TRIMMED * a. Made neat and tidy by trimming.
SECRETARIATE * n. An administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations.
TRANSCENDENTALLY * r. In a transcendental way or to a transcendental extent.
PALTRINESS * n. Worthlessness due to insignificance.
INTERRACIALLY * r. By race.
AMBIENCE * n. 1 A particular environment or surrounding influence. 2 The atmosphere of an environment.
LOPID * n. Medication (trade name Lopid) used to lower the levels of triglyceride in the blood.
MILLEPEDE * n. Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs.
ALLIES * n. 1 The alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945. 2 In World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers. 3 An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy.
OBLATE * --n. A lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life. --a. Having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles.
ICACO * n. 1 Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit. 2 Plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American.
ACCELERATOR * n. 1 A pedal that controls the throttle valve. 2 A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine. 3 (chemistry) A substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. 4 A scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles.
BIENNIAL * --n. (botany) A plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season. --a. Having a life cycle lasting two seasons. --s. Occurring every second year.
BLOCKED * s. 1 Closed to traffic. 2 Completely obstructed or closed off.
UNCOMPLETED * s. 1 Not yet finished. 2 Not caught or not caught within bounds.
SCINCUS * n. Type genus of Scincidae.
ANIMATISTIC * a. Of or pertaining to animatism.
YEAR-END * --n. The end of a calendar year. --s. Taking place at the close of a fiscal year.
ASHIR * n. Chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar.
IRREDENTA * n. A region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another.
TITULAR * --a. 1 Of or relating to a legal title to something. 2 Of or bearing a title signifying status or function. 3 Of or pertaining to the title of a work of art. 4 Of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility. --s. Existing in name only.
HALLUCINATION * n. 1 Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder. 2 A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea. 3 An object perceived during a hallucinatory episode.
TITANESS * n. (Greek mythology) Any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology.
MAXIMALLY * r. To a maximal degree.
LEAST * --n. Something that is of no importance. --a. The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree. --r. Used to form the superlative.
SURMISABLE * s. Capable of being inferred on slight grounds.
SOJA * n. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia.
AMPULE * n. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
OFFSHORE * --a. (of winds) Coming from the land. --s. At some distance from the shore. --r. Away from shore; away from land.
UNATTRIBUTABLE * a. Not attributable.
BAWBEE * n. An old Scottish coin of little value.
ENERGIZE * v. 1 Cause to be alert and energetic. 2 Raise to a higher energy level.
CYCLOPS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) One of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead. 2 Minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms.
BLUEING * n. 1 Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. 2 A process that makes something blue (or bluish).
RECOGNIZABLY * r. To a recognizable degree.
SWEDE * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Sweden. 2 A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root. 3 The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
NINETY-TWO * s. Being two more than ninety.
HIDEOUSLY * r. In a hideous manner.
COOPER * --n. 1 United States industrialist who built the first American locomotive; founded Cooper Union in New York City to offer free courses in the arts and sciences (1791-1883). 2 United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961). 3 United States novelist noted for his stories of American Indians and the frontier life (1789-1851). 4 A craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs. --v. Make barrels and casks.
FOGYISH * s. (used pejoratively) Out of fashion; old fashioned.
BECLOUD * v. Make less visible or unclear.
AVENTURINE * n. A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals.
DIGRAPH * n. Two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe').
BENEDICTION * n. 1 The act of praying for divine protection. 2 A ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection.
FECULENT * s. Foul with waste matter.
COVE * n. 1 A small inlet. 2 Small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain.
PALE-HUED * s. Having a pale color.
BARBAROUS * s. 1 (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. 2 Primitive in customs and culture.
UNGODLY * s. Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin.
STRAND * --n. 1 A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole. 2 Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable. 3 A necklace made by stringing objects together. 4 A very slender natural or synthetic fiber. --v. 1 Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue. 2 Drive (a vessel) ashore. 3 Bring to the ground.
APATOSAURUS * n. Huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic.
SEGOVIA * n. Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987).
EQUANIL * n. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
ENTERPRISINGLY * r. In an enterprising manner.
JV * n. A college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team.
CONTAGION * n. 1 Any disease easily transmitted by contact. 2 An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted. 3 The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people.
BUNT * --n. 1 (baseball) The act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat. 2 Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores. 3 Similar to Tilletia caries. 4 Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores. --v. 1 Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance. 2 To strike, thrust or shove against.
CERATOTHERIUM * n. African genus.
WATERLEAF * n. Any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum.
LOCALISED * s. 1 Confined or restricted to a particular location. 2 Made local or oriented locally.
TOPOGRAPHICALLY * r. With regard to topography.
GRAND * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. 2 A piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs. --s. 1 Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope. 2 Of or befitting a lord. 3 Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality. 4 Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers.
GAUCHO * n. A cowboy of the South American pampas.
DISYLLABIC * s. Having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables.
EGOCENTRIC * --n. A self-centered person with little regard for others. --a. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
REINDEER * n. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America.
SCHEMING * s. 1 Acting with a specific goal. 2 Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest.
INUNCTION * n. Anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual.
LIZA * n. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
ADHERE * v. 1 Be compatible or in accordance with. 2 Follow through or carry out a plan without deviation. 3 Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. 4 Be a devoted follower or supporter.
ASTRAY * r. 1 Away from the right path or direction. 2 Far from the intended target.
CHRYSOCHLORIS * n. Type genus of the Chrysochloridae.
ECO-WARFARE * n. Violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists.
LOVELL * n. English astronomer who pioneered radio astronomy (born in 1913).
SHOOK * n. A disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment.
WANTONNESS * n. 1 The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry. 2 The quality of being lewd and lascivious.
WORLDLY-WISE * s. Experienced in and wise to the ways of the world.
GAPING * s. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
TRACTILE * s. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
PORRINGER * n. A shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle).
SIMIAN * --n. An ape or monkey. --a. Relating to or resembling an ape.
STONE-ROOT * n. Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States.
ASEAN * n. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism.
RADIANCY * n. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
ZORI * n. A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes.
SEEP * v. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
ANISOMETROPIC * a. Relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes.
BURNER * n. 1 An apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse). 2 The heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking.
UN-COME-AT-ABLE * s. Difficult to reach or attain.
ADEQUACY * n. 1 The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:. 2 The quality of being sufficient for the end in view.
AEROSOLISE * v. 1 Become dispersed as an aerosol. 2 Disperse as an aerosol.
EGRET * n. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
SOMRAI * n. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
MOULD * --n. 1 Loose soil rich in organic matter. 2 The distinctive form in which a thing is made. 3 The process of becoming mildewed. 4 A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter. --v. 1 Form in clay, wax, etc. 2 Form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold. 3 Make something, usually for a specific function.
DICK * n. 1 Someone who is a detective. 2 Obscene terms for penis.
RESPIRATOR * n. 1 A breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration. 2 A protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases.
ASWAN * n. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.
ATTENUATED * s. 1 Of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion. 2 Reduced in strength.
AZOTEMIC * a. Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency).
ANTEMERIDIAN * a. Before noon.
MAOISM * n. A form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong.
EQUESTRIAN * --n. A man skilled in equitation. --a. 1 Of or relating to or composed of knights. 2 Of or relating to or featuring horseback riding.
POLEMIZE * v. Engage in a controversy.
XANTHORROEA * n. Grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae.
PLAINT * n. 1 (United Kingdom) A written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed. 2 A cry of sorrow and grief.
ATIVAN * n. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
SHINTO * --n. 1 The native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan. 2 The ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism.
PEDERASTY * n. Sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner).
VIENNESE * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Vienna or its inhabitants.
KICKBACK * n. A commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction.
TETRAGONURUS * n. A genus of Stromateidae.
IMMOLATE * v. Offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction.
SPOUSAL * a. 1 Of or relating to a wedding. 2 Relating to a spouse.
WATER-RATE * n. Rate per quarter for water from a public supply.
GRETZKY * n. High-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961).
LOBOTES * n. Type genus of the Lobotidae.
AUTHENTIC * s. 1 Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief. 2 Not counterfeit or copied.
SCHROD * n. 1 Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled. 2 Young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking.
FEUDALIZE * v. Bring (a country or people) under feudalism.
PSEUDOMONADALES * n. One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments.
HALAB * n. A city in northwestern Syria.
CUCUMIS * n. Cucumbers; muskmelons.
SWAYBACK * s. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
WHEELCHAIR * n. A movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant.
CREEPING * n. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.
SPIRITUALIST * --n. Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead. --a. Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism.
SCHOMBURGKIA * n. Genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers.
EJECT * v. 1 Put out or expel from a place. 2 Eliminate (a substance). 3 Leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule. 4 Cause to come out in a squirt.
APOPTOSIS * n. A type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival.
FARANDOLE * n. A lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
MICROBREWERY * n. A small brewery; consumption of the product is mainly elsewhere.
SUBSIDISER * n. Someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy.
MANFULNESS * n. The trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male.
BRAGGADOCIO * n. Vain and empty boasting.
COURTLINESS * n. Elegance suggestive of a royal court.
SPRINGTIME * n. The season of growth.
OPALIZE * v. 1 Make opalescent. 2 Replace or convert into opal.
MISCONSTRUCTION * n. 1 A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately). 2 An ungrammatical constituent.
PHARMACOPOEIA * n. A collection or stock of drugs.
ENSILAGE * n. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
OTHERWORLDLY * s. Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
UNSCRAMBLE * v. 1 Make intelligible. 2 Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
MAUROIS * n. French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967).
HUALAPAI * n. 1 A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Walapai.
APPREHEND * v. 1 Get the meaning of something. 2 Take into custody. 3 Anticipate with dread or anxiety.
PAYMENT * n. 1 A sum of money paid or a claim discharged. 2 The act of paying money. 3 An act of requiting; returning in kind.
SCOMBERESOCIDAE * n. Only sauries.
ANOVA * n. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables.
YEARLONG * s. Lasting through a year.
SHENANIGAN * n. 1 Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others. 2 The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
KNEAD * v. 1 Make uniform. 2 Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes.
OVERSEXED * s. Having excessive sexual desire or appeal.
OVERMANTEL * n. A shelf over a mantelpiece.
DISJOIN * v. 1 Make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of. 2 Become separated, disconnected or disjoint.
CENTREX * n. (CENTRal EXchange) A kind of telephone exchange.
CONFUSINGLY * r. In a bewildering and confusing manner.
MEANS * n. 1 Thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end. 2 An instrumentality for accomplishing some end. 3 Considerable capital (wealth or income).
TRUSTY * --n. A convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges. --a. Worthy of trust or belief.
UNIFORMISE * v. Make uniform.
TAMBURLAINE * n. Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405).
VIPERA * n. Type genus of the Viperidae.
ALCHEMISE * v. Alter (elements) by alchemy.
BRASSICA * n. Mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc..
MANUFACTURED * s. Produced in a large-scale industrial operation.
BIRDFEEDER * n. An outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds.
INFARCT * n. Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply.
PHACELIA * n. Any plant of the genus Phacelia.
CONGREGATIONAL * a. 1 Relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation. 2 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church.
DEVILISE * v. Turn into a devil or make devilish.
GREENISH-GRAY * s. Of grey tinged with green.
FURFURALDEHYDE * n. A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent.
ALLOPATHY * n. The usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself.
ALIENAGE * n. The quality of being alien.
NECKTIE * n. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
LONER * n. A person who avoids the company or assistance of others.
TOUCHABLE * a. Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch.
TWO-FOLD * s. 1 Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities. 2 Twice as great or many.
CERVUS * n. The type genus of the Cervidae.
UNADVENTUROUS * a. Lacking in boldness.
SINISTRALITY * n. Preference for using the left hand.
MALTOSE * n. A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches.
CHONDROSARCOMA * n. A malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells.
SODDY * n. 1 A house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses. 2 English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956).
IGNITION * n. 1 The process of initiating combustion or catching fire. 2 The mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine. 3 The act of setting something on fire.
PICEA * n. A genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
BANE * n. Something causing misery or death.
CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE * n. A tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism.
SENTE * n. 100 lisente equal 1 loti in Lesotho; one sente is worth one-hundredth of a loti.
POLTROONERY * n. Abject pusillanimity.
DOVETAIL * --n. A mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises. --v. Fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail.
INDIANAPOLIS * n. The capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race.
GYNOECIUM * n. A female gametoecium.
COAL-BURNING * s. Fueled by burning coal.
SACKFUL * n. The quantity contained in a sack.
DRAFTSPERSON * n. A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.
MACUMBA * n. 1 (Brazil) Followers of a religious cult of African origin. 2 Popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult. 3 A Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing.
CONSUMPTIVE * --n. A person with pulmonary tuberculosis. --a. Tending to consume or use often wastefully. --s. Afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.
ITALIC * --n. 1 A style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right. 2 A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative. 3 A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right. --a. 1 Characterized by slanting characters. 2 Of or relating to the Italic languages.
SARDINOPS * n. Pilchards.
ROULEAU * n. 1 A roll of ribbon. 2 A roll of coins wrapped in paper.
OTTOMAN * --n. 1 A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I). 2 The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I. 3 Thick cushion used as a seat. 4 A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person. --a. Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture.
GUILD * n. A formal association of people with similar interests.
DISINCLINATION * n. 1 That toward which you are inclined to feel dislike. 2 A certain degree of unwillingness.
ARCHEOPTERYX * n. Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds.
CHIRALGIA * n. A pain in the hand that is not traumatic.
DYSPEPSIA * n. A disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea.
PROFESS * v. 1 Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about. 2 Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to. 3 Admit (to a wrongdoing). 4 State freely.
URIC * a. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
INDIGO * --n. 1 A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically. 2 Deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye. 3 A blue-violet color. --s. Having a color between blue and violet.
ALLOMEROUS * a. Pertaining to allomerism.
MORRISTOWN * n. A town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters.
INION * n. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
WELDMENT * n. An assembly of parts welded together.
SUSTENTATION * n. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
PALPEBRATE * --v. Wink or blink, especially repeatedly. --a. Having eyelids.
ADVERTENCY * n. The process of being heedful.
ROAR * --n. 1 A deep prolonged loud noise. 2 A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). 3 The sound made by a lion. --v. 1 Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles. 2 Utter words loudly and forcefully. 3 Emit long loud cries. 4 Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way.
SALESPERSON * n. A person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited).
TAMENESS * n. 1 The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated. 2 The attribute of having been domesticated.
LUBRICIOUS * s. 1 Having a smooth or slippery quality. 2 Characterized by lust.
RASE * v. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
MULTIFACETED * s. Having many aspects or qualities.
LENTEN * a. Of or relating to or suitable for Lent.
KYPHOSIDAE * n. Sea chubs.
PTEROSAUR * n. An extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb.
FINGERSPELLING * n. An alphabet of manual signs.
LISBON * n. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlantic.
LOUD * --a. 1 Characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity. 2 (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) Loud; with force. --s. Tastelessly showy. --r. With relatively high volume.
HYPOESTHESIA * n. Impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity.
NIDICOLOUS * a. (of birds) Remaining in the nest for a time after hatching.
MOLDOVA * n. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991.
AIRBUS * n. A subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances.
BACTERIOIDAL * a. Resembling bacteria.
INTENTLY * r. With strained or eager attention.
PALLY * s. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
HEMIPLEGIA * n. Paralysis of one side of the body.
SLOGGER * n. 1 Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner. 2 Someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours. 3 A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches.
TEXT-MATCHING * n. A computer program that looks for text that matches a given text.
CONSIDERATE * a. Showing concern for the rights and feelings of others.
POOF * n. Offensive term for a homosexual man.
RUMBA * --n. 1 Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba. 2 A folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement. 3 A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance. --v. Dance the rhumba.
UNPROCURABLE * s. Not capable of being obtained.
SACCADE * n. 1 A rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest. 2 An abrupt spasmodic movement.
SHOWROOM * n. An area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed.
FAILING * --n. 1 A flaw or weak point. 2 Failure to reach a minimum required performance. --s. Below acceptable in performance.
GROUND-SHAKER * n. Huge herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous found in western North America.
DIACRITICAL * s. Capable of distinguishing.
PROPORTIONALLY * r. To a proportionate degree.
MARK * --n. 1 A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance). 2 A distinguishing symbol. 3 A reference point to shoot at. 4 A visible indication made on a surface. --v. 1 Attach a tag or label to. 2 Designate as if by a mark. 3 Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. 4 Celebrate by some ceremony or observation.
MART * n. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
IMPENITENCY * n. The trait of refusing to repent.
HEART-WHOLE * s. With unconditional and enthusiastic devotion.
SHRILL * --v. Utter a shrill cry. --s. 1 Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones. 2 Being sharply insistent on being heard. 3 Of colors that are bright and gaudy.
EXPROPRIATE * v. Deprive of possessions.
JEHOVAH * n. 1 A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH. 2 Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.
48 * s. Being eight more than forty.
TEETHE * v. Grow teeth; cut the baby teeth.
NECROBIOSIS * n. (physiology) The normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells).
DICHOTOMIZE * v. Divide into two opposing groups or kinds.
SIXSOME * n. Six people considered as a unit.
CONSEQUENT * s. Occurring with or following as a consequence.
CROSS-SECTIONAL * --a. Of or relating to a cross section. --s. Representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length.
TRAUMATOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents.
NUWC * n. The agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems.
HORNBEAM * n. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus.
ADIENT * a. Characterized by acceptance or approach.
UNCOMMERCIALIZED * s. Not having been commercialized.
MERGE * v. 1 Become one. 2 Mix together different elements. 3 Join or combine.
TEMPORIZER * n. Someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time.
STONECRESS * n. Any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats.
THRALLDOM * n. The state of being under the control of another person.
NOBLESSE * n. 1 The state of being of noble birth. 2 Members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility).
SPAIN * n. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power.
NERIUM * n. One species: oleander.
KEYBOARD * n. 1 Device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like. 2 Holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung.
JOINED * s. 1 Of or relating to two people who are married to each other. 2 Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks.
SOFT-SOLDER * v. Repair with soft-solder.
GREENVILLE * n. 1 A town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont. 2 A city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market. 3 A town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg.
FLOWERBED * n. A bed in which flowers are growing.
LEERY * s. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
FRIDAY * n. The sixth day of the week; the fifth working day.
PLESSIMETER * n. A small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations.
VITUPERATIVE * s. Marked by harshly abusive criticism.
JUPATI * n. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
ARRAIGN * v. 1 Call before a court to answer an indictment. 2 Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy.
INFLECTED * a. 1 (of the voice) Altered in tone or pitch. 2 Showing alteration in form (especially by the addition of affixes).
RHABDOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies.
DINNERTIME * n. The customary or habitual hour for the evening meal.
ANATOMIZE * v. 1 Dissect in order to analyze. 2 Analyze down to the smallest detail.
KORINTHOS * n. The modern Greek port near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens.
BLACKGUARD * --n. Someone who is morally reprehensible. --v. 1 Subject to laughter or ridicule. 2 Use foul or abusive language towards.
RAMONA * n. Shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
MONOICOUS * a. Having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal.
ALOEACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
BAGGER * n. 1 A workman employed to pack things into containers. 2 A machine for putting objects or substances into bags.
STAGILY * r. In a stagy and theatrical manner.
SOBRIETY * n. 1 The state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol. 2 Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs. 3 A manner that is serious and solemn. 4 Abstaining from excess.
COSTANOAN * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan.
DABCHICK * n. Small European grebe.
RABBINICAL * a. Of or relating to rabbis or their teachings.
FOND * s. 1 Having or displaying warmth or affection. 2 Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent. 3 (followed by `of' or `to') Having a strong preference or liking for. 4 Absurd or silly because unlikely.
IBN-ROSHD * n. Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198).
UNLAX * v. Cause to feel relaxed.
EPISODICALLY * r. In an episodic manner.
DISPUTATIOUS * s. Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits.
MELIORATION * n. 1 The act of relieving ills and changing for the better. 2 A condition superior to an earlier condition. 3 The linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning.
LETTERPRESS * n. Printing from a plate with raised characters.
FERVOUR * n. 1 The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up. 2 Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
TRIFLUOROMETHANE * n. Colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform).
SAXIFRAGE * n. Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga.
FRAULEIN * n. A German courtesy title or form of address for an unmarried woman.
CONVENTICLE * n. 1 A secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship. 2 A building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers).
PARAPHRASIS * n. Rewording for the purpose of clarification.
CONNOTATIVE * a. Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit.
ARRAYED * s. In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
PARAQUET * n. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
DRUG-ADDICTED * s. Addicted to a drug.
RESTLESSLY * r. In a restless manner.
BRIDLE * --n. 1 Headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control. 2 The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess. --v. 1 Anger or take offense. 2 Put a bridle on. 3 Respond to the reins, as of horses.
PERIRHINAL * a. Near the nose.
ANGARA * n. A river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River.
DAT * n. A digital tape recording of sound.
FOLDAWAY * s. Capable of being folded up and stored.
RAVINE * n. A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water).
SHAMROCK * n. 1 Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage. 2 Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers. 3 Clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock.
WIRING * n. 1 A circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity. 2 The work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device.
COMPLIMENTS * n. (usually plural) A polite expression of desire for someone's welfare.
PURIM * n. (Judaism) A Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman.
UNWEANED * a. Not weaned.
HUMMER * n. 1 A singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words. 2 (baseball) A pitch thrown with maximum velocity.
HUNDRED-AND-TWENTIETH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred twenty in counting order.
MELURSUS * n. Sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus.
CHOPPER * n. 1 A grounder that bounces high in the air. 2 Informal terms for a human `tooth'. 3 An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades. 4 A butcher's knife having a large square blade.
POPULACE * n. People in general considered as a whole.
STEPMOTHER * n. The wife of your father by a subsequent marriage.
FLUIDNESS * n. 1 The property of flowing easily. 2 A changeable quality.
PRINCELY * s. 1 Ostentatiously rich and superior in quality. 2 Having the rank of or befitting a prince.
VARIFORM * s. Varying in form or shape.
SHADDOCK * n. 1 Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits. 2 Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp.
KEEP * --n. 1 The financial means whereby one lives. 2 The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress. 3 A cell in a jail or prison. --v. 1 Cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., `keep clean'. 2 Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. 3 Retain possession of. 4 Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.
DISCERNIBLE * --a. Perceptible by the senses or intellect. --s. 1 Capable of being perceived clearly. 2 Capable of being seen or noticed.
LX * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the product of ten and six. 2 A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle. --s. Being ten more than fifty.
NEUROSURGERY * n. Any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves).
FREESTYLE * n. A race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use.
42 * s. Being two more than forty.
NUMERATE * --v. 1 Determine the number or amount of. 2 Read out loud as words written numbers. --a. Able to understand and use numbers.
VAGAL * a. Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
SUFFUSIVE * s. Spreading through.
SCHOOLBOY * n. A boy attending school.
LEO * n. 1 (astrology) A person who is born while the sun is in Leo. 2 A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo. 3 The fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22.
SEGMENTAL * s. 1 Divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds. 2 Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters.
VASOTEC * n. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation; administered after heart attacks.
WEIMAR * n. A German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic that lasted until 1933.
ORTHOPTERON * n. Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts.
HACKER * n. 1 Someone who plays golf poorly. 2 A programmer for whom computing is its own reward; may enjoy the challenge of breaking into other computers but does no harm. 3 One who works hard at boring tasks.
COCKCHAFER * n. Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult.
OVERCRITICAL * s. Inclined to judge too severely.
SEAFARING * --n. 1 The work of a sailor. 2 Travel by water. --s. Used on the high seas.
MUDDIED * s. (of color) Discolored by impurities; not bright and clear.
SHAMBLE * --n. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet. --v. Walk by dragging one's feet.
OFF-PUTTING * s. 1 Causing annoyance or repugnance. 2 Tending to repel.
BOKKOS * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
DIAMETRICAL * --a. Related to or along a diameter. --s. Characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed.
BRANT * n. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
RADIOTELEGRAPH * n. 1 Telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire. 2 The use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code).
AEROPHAGIA * n. Swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence).
EMPURPLE * v. Color purple.
LACONIA * n. An ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta.
ROUNDTABLE * n. A meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views.
CLOSELY-HELD * s. Owned by a relatively few shareholders.
MACHINE-ACCESSIBLE * s. Stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer.
EUGLENOPHYCEAE * n. Coextensive with the division Euglenophyta.
SLAIN * --n. People who have been slain (as in battle). --s. Killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in.
POTTY * --n. 1 A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. 2 A receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom. --s. 1 Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness. 2 (British informal) Trivial. 3 Slightly intoxicated.
FLIPPANCY * n. Inappropriate levity.
RESPIGHI * n. Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936).
WIELD * v. 1 Have and exercise. 2 Handle effectively.
BIBLIOPOLE * n. A dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books).
MINORS * n. A league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball).
DENATURANT * n. Any substance that serves as a denaturing agent.
INCREDIBLY * r. 1 Not easy to believe. 2 Exceedingly; extremely.
TROUBLESHOOT * v. Solve problems.
BURNABILITY * n. The quality of being capable of igniting and burning.
HOODOOISM * n. A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
NEUROBIOLOGIST * n. A specialist in neurobiology.
PRUNE * --n. Dried plum. --v. 1 Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of. 2 Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
SCHISTOSOMATIDAE * n. A family of Trematoda.
AFFIRMATION * n. 1 A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something. 2 The act of affirming or asserting or stating something. 3 (religion) A solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds). 4 A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand.
SPIEGEL * n. Pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel.
ORTHOPAEDIST * n. A specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children).
PHOTOEMISSIVE * a. Of or relating to photoemission.
MECHANIZE * v. 1 Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles. 2 Make monotonous; make automatic or routine. 3 Make mechanical.
CYANURAMIDE * n. A white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins.
HYPERVELOCITY * n. Excessive velocity.
HIDEAWAY * n. 1 A hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws. 2 An area where you can be alone.
RED-HEADER * n. Someone who has red hair.
CHEMOSYNTHESIS * n. Synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi.
HYPERHIDROSIS * n. Excessive and profuse perspiration.
TREASURERSHIP * n. The position of treasurer.
SEVEN-UP * n. A form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game.
UNINHIBITED * a. Not inhibited or restrained.
LO/OVRAL * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
ACCRUED * s. Periodically accumulated over time.
EXECUTRIX * n. A woman executor.
HANKIE * n. A square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory.
BIBLIOMANIA * n. Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books.
WEANED * a. Freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk.
AMINOBENZINE * n. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
SERENDIPITY * n. Good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
AWARD * --n. 1 A grant made by a law court. 2 A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction. 3 Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery. --v. 1 Give, especially as an honor or reward. 2 Give as judged due or on the basis of merit.
UNRESISTANT * s. (often followed by `to') Likely to be affected with.
ONOPORDON * n. A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers.
QUANTUM * n. 1 A discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory. 2 (physics) The smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory).
TRISTRAM * n. (Middle Ages) The nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
XCI * s. Being one more than ninety.
MICROSECOND * n. One millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond.
TELEMETER * n. Any scientific instrument for observing events at a distance and transmitting the information back to the observer.
READY-MADE * --n. A manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase. --a. Made for purchase and immediate use. --s. 1 Repeated regularly without thought or originality. 2 Commercially produced; not homemade.
ELECTROMAGNETIC * a. Pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion.
CHIROMANCY * n. Telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand.
MARANTA * n. Any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves.
PLURALISTIC * a. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism.
BIMORPHEMIC * a. Consisting of two morphemes.
MONOLOGIST * n. An entertainer who performs alone.
CRETACEOUS * --n. From 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants. --a. 1 Abounding in chalk. 2 Of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era.
PRESERVES * n. Fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
REDEVELOP * v. 1 Develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print. 2 Formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis. 3 Change the plans for the use of (land).
FOLIOSE * s. Bearing numerous leaves.
SLINGBACK * n. A shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel.
ZYGOTENE * n. The second stage of the prophase of meiosis.
BAAL * n. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god.
PIPTURUS * n. An Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae.
MATRILINEAGE * n. Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family.
CYGNUS * n. 1 A constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole. 2 A genus of Anatidae.
BIOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to or being biography.
ARSENATE * n. A salt or ester of arsenic acid.
UNWONTEDLY * r. In an unusual manner.
BASTARD * --n. 1 Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous. 2 The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents. 3 Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin. --s. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
CAPSID * n. 1 A variety of leaf bug. 2 The outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus.
OATES * n. 1 English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705). 2 United States writer (born in 1938).
PERSISTENCY * n. Persistent determination.
AUTO * n. A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.
HYLOCEREUS * n. Genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers.
GALVANISING * s. Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling.
OBSTRUCTIVE * s. Preventing movement.
SEPT * n. 1 The month following August and preceding October. 2 People descended from a common ancestor.
SACCADIC * a. Of or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation.
VARIEGATED * s. Having a variety of colors.
CACOGENICS * n. The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
INCISED * s. 1 Sharply and deeply indented. 2 Cut into with a sharp instrument. 3 Cut or impressed into a surface.
CAESIUM * n. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal.
SUGGESTIVELY * r. In a suggestive manner.
PHRASE * --n. 1 An expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence. 2 A short musical passage. 3 An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. 4 Dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence. --v. 1 Put into words or an expression. 2 Divide, combine, or mark into phrases.
LABOR-INTENSIVE * s. Requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital.
FREAKY * s. 1 Strange and somewhat frightening. 2 Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
MANILKARA * n. Genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical.
METHOCARBAMOL * n. Muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms.
VAPORIZE * v. 1 Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting. 2 Turn into gas. 3 Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue. 4 Decrease rapidly and disappear.
MYSOANDRY * n. Hatred for men or boys.
MARBLEISING * n. A texture like that of marble.
LEISURED * s. Free from duties or responsibilities.
MICRO * s. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
PJ'S * n. (usually plural) Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers.
ZIGZAG * --n. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions. --v. Travel along a zigzag path. --s. Having short sharp turns or angles. --r. In a zigzag course or on a zigzag path.
KATARI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Qatar. --a. Of or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants.
JAGGY * s. 1 Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed. 2 Having a sharply uneven surface or outline.
UNHATCHED * s. Not yet emerged from an egg.
KERATOHYALIN * n. Hyaline in the large granules of the stratum granulosum.
VANADATE * n. A salt or ester of vanadic acid; an anion containing pentavalent vanadium.
MOLEHILL * n. A mound of earth made by moles while burrowing.
MURAENIDAE * n. Marine eels.
LONG-WOOL * s. (of sheep) Having relatively long wool.
TOYON * n. Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
STITCHING * n. Joining or attaching by stitches.
ARACEAE * n. Anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron.
GERFALCON * n. Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases.
INQUISITOR * n. 1 A questioner who is excessively harsh. 2 An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.
CALIF. * n. A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes.
TROTH * n. 1 A mutual promise to marry. 2 A solemn pledge of fidelity.
CAPTIOUS * s. Tending to find and call attention to faults.
YAK * --n. 1 Noisy talk. 2 Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated. --v. Talk profusely.
GELIGNITE * n. A type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate.
M-THEORY * n. (particle physics) A theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong.
PLUTOCRACY * n. A political system governed by the wealthy people.
APOSIOPESIS * n. Breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations).
THEREBY * r. By that means or because of that.
INTERLINGUA * n. An artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on words common to English and the Romance languages.
VIETNAM * n. 1 A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945. 2 A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States.
PHENAZOPYRIDINE * n. Analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections.
ODALISQUE * n. A woman slave in a harem.
INDENTURED * s. Bound by contract.
REVENANT * --n. 1 A person who returns after a lengthy absence. 2 Someone who has returned from the dead. --a. Of or relating to or typical of a revenant. --s. Coming back.
LAMISIL * n. An oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease.
DODGEM * n. A small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged.
BEING * n. 1 The state or fact of existing. 2 A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
MATCHER * n. Someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others.
NOTOMYS * n. Jerboa rats.
OBDURATE * s. 1 Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing. 2 Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
INSTITUTIONALISED * --a. Officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution. --s. Given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system.
SEPAL * n. One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
SHIITAKE * n. Edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe.
FRANKISH * a. Of or relating to the Franks.
DIABOLIZE * v. Turn into a devil or make devilish.
BAHREINI * n. A native or inhabitant of Bahrain.
ABRUPTLY-PINNATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex.
THENAR * --n. 1 The fleshy area of the palm at the base of the thumb. 2 The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. --a. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
AMYGDALOID * --n. Volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits. --s. Shaped like an almond.
KORCHNOI * n. Russian chess master (born in 1931).
INSUPERABLE * s. 1 Impossible to surmount. 2 Incapable of being surmounted or excelled.
MORDVA * n. 1 A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia. 2 The Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians.
DEAF * --n. People who have severe hearing impairments. --v. Make or render deaf. --a. Lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part. --s. (usually followed by `to') Unwilling or refusing to pay heed.
AMIABLY * r. In an affable manner.
LEISHMANIOSIS * n. Sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies.
REGURGITATION * n. 1 Backflow of blood through a defective heart valve. 2 Recall after rote memorization. 3 The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
CUPRITE * n. A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper.
WARMTH * n. 1 The sensation caused by heat energy. 2 A warmhearted feeling. 3 The quality of having a moderate degree of heat. 4 The trait of being intensely emotional.
EVERS * n. United States civil rights worker in Mississippi; was killed by a sniper (1925-1963).
FIBERSCOPE * n. A flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs.
DISCOIDAL * s. Having a flat circular shape.
LUMINARY * n. A celebrity who is an inspiration to others.
BLEST * a. Highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace).
STUMBLE * --n. 1 An unsteady uneven gait. 2 An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. --v. 1 Walk unsteadily. 2 Miss a step and fall or nearly fall. 3 Encounter by chance. 4 Make an error.
BLAMELESSLY * r. In an irreproachable and blameless manner.
SATURNIIDAE * n. Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known.
BEST-LOVED * s. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
STANNOUS * a. Of or relating to or containing tin.
SHUDDERINGLY * r. With a shudder.
PROPAGANDISE * v. 1 Subject to propaganda. 2 Spread by propaganda.
HYPNOTIZED * s. Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.
INTERPERSONAL * s. Occurring among or involving several people.
UPSET * --n. 1 An unhappy and worried mental state. 2 The act of disturbing the mind or body. 3 A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning. 4 A tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging. --v. 1 Disturb the balance or stability of. 2 Cause to lose one's composure. 3 Move deeply. 4 Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. --s. 1 Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief. 2 Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. 3 Used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win. 4 Mildly physically distressed.
MARGIN * n. 1 The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary. 2 An amount beyond the minimum necessary. 3 The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities. 4 (finance) The net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold.
CONSTANTLY * r. 1 Without variation or change, in every case. 2 Without interruption.
JIMENEZ * n. Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958).
SPARSELY * r. In a sparse way.
BEBOP * --n. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940). --v. Dance the bebop.
GDP * n. The measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year).
SIGEH * n. A Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years.
ADOPTION * n. 1 The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception. 2 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). 3 The appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source.
HAYRACK * n. 1 A rack that holds hay for feeding livestock. 2 A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
FORBIDDANCE * n. 1 An official prohibition or edict against something. 2 The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof).
C-HORIZON * n. Beneath the B-horizon and above the bedrock; consisting of weathered rock.
MARATTIA * n. Type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows.
500TH * s. The ordinal number of five hundred in counting order.
WAYLAND * n. (European mythology) A supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund.
TALIBAN * n. A fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government.
INTEGUMENTAL * a. Of or relating to the integument.
ETERNISE * v. Make famous forever.
SKIPPER * --n. 1 A student who fails to attend classes. 2 An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship. 3 The naval officer in command of a military ship. --v. Work as the skipper on a vessel.
BARE * --v. 1 Lay bare. 2 Make public. 3 Lay bare. --s. 1 Completely unclothed. 2 Lacking in magnitude or quantity. 3 Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. 4 Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications. --a. 1 Not having a protective covering. 2 Lacking its natural or customary covering.
UNMANFULLY * r. Without qualities thought to befit a man.
CONCILIABLE * s. Capable of being pacified.
FLEETING * s. Lasting for a markedly brief time.
NOESIS * n. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
AGITATION * n. 1 A mental state of extreme emotional disturbance. 2 A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. 3 The feeling of being agitated; not calm. 4 Disturbance usually in protest.
MOONWALK * n. 1 A kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot. 2 An exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
CONVEXO-CONCAVE * s. Convex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity.
RED-STREAKED * s. Having red stripes.
TRYPETIDAE * n. Fruit flies; some leaf miners.
CAPTOR * n. A person who captures and holds people or animals.
THROUGHPUT * n. Output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time).
COTTER * n. 1 A peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands. 2 A medieval English villein. 3 Fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together.
CARTONFUL * n. The quantity contained in a carton.
HOUSING * n. 1 Structures collectively in which people are housed. 2 A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component. 3 Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.
SHEIK * n. 1 The leader of an Arab village or family. 2 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
1870S * n. The decade from 1870 to 1879.
NICKNACK * n. Miscellaneous curios.
PAROXYSMAL * a. Accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms.
DOGGED * s. Stubbornly unyielding.
PSYCHOTHERAPIST * n. A therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders.
TYMPAN * n. A musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end.
OXYBELIS * n. Vine snakes.
ADIEU * n. A farewell remark.
RECAPTURE * --n. 1 A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount. 2 The act of taking something back. --v. 1 Experience anew. 2 Take up anew. 3 Take back by force, as after a battle. 4 Capture again.
JUG * --n. 1 A large bottle with a narrow mouth. 2 The quantity contained in a jug. --v. 1 Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. 2 Stew in an earthenware jug.
TRESS * n. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
TINED * s. Having prongs or tines; usually used in combination.
INSTRUMENTATE * v. Write an instrumental score for.
FEMINISM * n. 1 A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women. 2 The movement aimed at equal rights for women.
RUNIC * a. Relating to or consisting of runes.
KNOWLEDGE * n. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
SOCIOLOGIST * n. A social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society.
MONODONTIDAE * n. Narwhals.
CHORIZEMA * n. Genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas.
BREAKAGE * n. 1 The quantity broken. 2 Reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use. 3 The act of breaking something.
LEOPARD'S-BANE * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads.
TET * n. The New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th.
HOLOMETABOLIC * s. (of an insect) Undergoing complete metamorphosis.
KORDOFAN * n. A mountainous province of central Sudan.
POLYVALENCE * n. 1 (chemistry) The state of having a valence greater than two. 2 (toxicology) The state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism.
LIGHTERAGE * n. 1 The fee charged for carrying goods in lighters. 2 The transportation of goods on a lighter.
STATE-OF-THE-ART * s. The highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time).
REDDISN-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with red.
KANGAROO * n. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail.
REALISTICALLY * r. 1 In a realistic manner. 2 In a realistic manner.
EERINESS * n. Strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear.
CAPSULE * --n. 1 A small container. 2 A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside. 3 A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses. 4 A shortened version of a written work. --v. 1 Enclose in a capsule. 2 Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.
UNDERPART * n. A part lying on the lower side or underneath an animal's body.
UNABATED * s. Continuing at full strength or intensity.
TADJIK * n. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet.
NONALCOHOLIC * a. Characterized by the absence of alcohol.
THORIUM-228 * n. Radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228.
SAVOIR-FAIRE * n. Social skill.
DUSTLIKE * s. As fine and powdery as dust.
GOONEY * n. A variety of albatross with black feet.
GENIUS * n. 1 Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality. 2 Unusual mental ability. 3 Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. 4 Exceptional creative ability.
CALLUS * --n. 1 An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot). 2 Bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone. 3 (botany) An isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid. --v. 1 Cause a callus to form on. 2 Form a callus or calluses.
CONCERT-GOER * n. Someone who attends concerts.
MICKLE * n. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
INUTILE * s. Not worth using.
SENTIMENTIZE * v. Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.
TOME * n. A (usually) large and scholarly book.
GENITOR * n. A natural father or mother.
CURABLENESS * n. Capability of being cured or healed.
MORPHOPHONEME * n. (linguistics) The phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme.
GRACILITY * n. Elegance and beauty of movement or expression.
GIB * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes. 2 A castrated tomcat.
CHLOROPHYL * n. Any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms.
FAMULUS * n. A close attendant (as to a scholar).
SUBSTANTIAL * --s. 1 Of considerable importance, size, or worth. 2 Of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something. 3 Providing abundant nourishment. 4 Of good quality and condition; solidly built. --a. Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.
SQUARE-SHOULDERED * s. Having broad shoulders.
MAGH * n. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar.
MICROSTOMUS * n. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
NITPICKER * n. Someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms.
ADENOIDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
SOUVLAKI * n. Made of lamb.
DIAGONALLY * r. In a diagonal manner.
TUFA * n. 1 A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime. 2 Hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash.
GRAY-GREEN * s. Of green tinged with grey.
MORALS * n. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
MEGATON * n. 1 A measure of explosive power (of an atomic weapon) equal to that of one million tons of TNT. 2 One million tons.
NUCLEONICS * n. The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei.
INCORPORATED * s. 1 Formed or united into a whole. 2 Organized and maintained as a legal corporation. 3 Introduced into as a part of the whole.
DEFRAYAL * n. The act of paying money.
OCHLOCRACY * n. A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses.
ABSENTLY * r. In an absentminded or preoccupied manner.
MUTENESS * n. 1 The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak. 2 A refusal to speak when expected.
REAWAKEN * v. Awaken once again.
ALKANET * n. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
TECHNOCRACY * n. A form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control.
VDU * n. (British) British term for video display.
ANALOGOUSLY * r. In an analogous manner.
DEPLUMATE * v. Strip of feathers.
QUIPU * n. Calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records.
PLAGIARIST * n. Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
CIAO * n. An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian).
FUENTES * n. Mexican novelist (born in 1928).
LEAD-IN * n. 1 The introductory section of a story. 2 Wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line.
PETULANCE * n. An irritable petulant feeling.
TOUCHILY * r. In a touchy manner.
STRONGLY * r. 1 With strength or in a strong manner. 2 In a powerful manner.
SUBTLY * r. In a subtle manner.
BUTUT * n. 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi in Gambia.
SWIFT-FOOTED * s. Having rapidly moving feet.
RACKING * s. Causing great physical or mental suffering.
EQUIPAGE * n. 1 Equipment and supplies of a military force. 2 A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses.
UNSTOPPABLE * a. Not capable of being stopped.
IMPISHNESS * n. The trait of behaving like an imp.
UNEXCITED * a. Not excited.
CADUCOUS * a. Shed at an early stage of development.
PROFOUNDNESS * n. 1 Extremeness of degree. 2 Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound. 3 The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas. 4 The quality of being physically deep.
CROCKET * n. An architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable.
COGNITION * n. The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
PRONUNCIAMENTO * n. A public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government).
SURPRISED * a. Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.
MISOLOGY * n. Hatred of reasoning.
CADENCE * n. 1 (prosody) The accent in a metrical foot of verse. 2 The close of a musical section. 3 A recurrent rhythmical series.
UNENDED * s. Not ended; lacking an end or conclusion.
MILADY * n. An English noblewoman.
OVERPAYMENT * n. 1 A payment larger than needed or expected. 2 The act of paying too much.
PARAPHRASE * --n. Rewording for the purpose of clarification. --v. Express the same message in different words.
JUKEBOX * n. A cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin.
LYMPHOCYTOSIS * n. An abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood.
ENDURANCE * n. 1 The power to withstand hardship or stress. 2 A state of surviving; remaining alive.
TONED * --s. Having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination. --a. Having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination.
REEXAMINE * v. Look at again; examine again.
ADDRESSABLE * s. Capable of being addressed.
REBATO * n. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century.
VANBRUGH * n. English architect (1664-1726).
NONOSCILLATORY * s. Not having periodic vibrations.
COEDUCATE * v. Educate persons of both sexes together.
ETHNOGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to ethnography.
AUTOCRAT * n. A cruel and oppressive dictator.
TRIBAL * a. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
HARVARD * n. 1 A university in Massachusetts. 2 American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638).
SOUPFIN * n. Pacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A).
MONOHYDRATE * n. A hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound.
REMONSTRANCE * n. The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
HOOF * --n. 1 The foot of an ungulate mammal. 2 The horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals. --v. 1 Walk. 2 Dance in a professional capacity.
ACHAEAN * --n. 1 A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. 2 The ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea. --a. Of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people.
HIGH-NECKED * s. (of a garment) Having a high neckline.
BROOKLIME * n. 1 European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America. 2 Plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers.
SPECTATOR * n. 1 A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). 2 A woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel.
SPICE-SCENTED * s. Smelling of spices.
CORYTHOSAUR * n. Duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet.
REPRODUCTION * n. 1 The process of generating offspring. 2 Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall. 3 Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied. 4 The act of making copies.
LEMURIDAE * n. Typical lemurs; of Madagascar.
DAVENPORT * n. 1 A city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island. 2 A small decorative writing desk. 3 A large sofa usually convertible into a bed.
KELVIN * n. 1 The basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. 2 British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907).
RECTOPLASTY * n. Reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum.
HEARTS * n. A form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades.
SUITED * s. 1 Meant or adapted for an occasion or use. 2 Outfitted or supplied with clothing.
UNSYNCHRONISED * s. Not occurring together.
CHOOSEY * s. Difficult to please.
CRYOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of freezing.
JUJITSU * n. A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.
EGTK * n. A terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings.
GARNISHMENT * n. A court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee.
DANCING * n. Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music.
TALENTLESS * a. Devoid of talent; not gifted.
EIGHTPENCE * n. A coin worth eight pennies.
SLURP * v. Eat noisily.
HALIMODENDRON * n. One species: salt tree.
CASSANDRA * n. (Greek mythology) A prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed.
SARDIUS * n. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
ABSORPTANCE * n. A measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber.
OZONIZE * v. Convert (oxygen) into ozone.
FOSSA * n. 1 A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). 2 Monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets. 3 Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets.
RENOWNED * s. Widely known and esteemed.
ISORDIL * n. Drug (trade name Isordil) used to treat angina pectoris and congestive heart failure.
VANITY * n. 1 Feelings of excessive pride. 2 The quality of being valueless or futile. 3 The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride. 4 Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup.
MOLLUSC * n. Invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell.
JAW * --n. 1 The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. 2 The bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth. 3 Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object. --v. 1 Talk socially without exchanging too much information. 2 Talk incessantly and tiresomely. 3 Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. 4 Censure severely or angrily.
TRANSVESTITISM * n. The practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex.
BOLTZMANN * n. Austrian physicist who contributed to the kinetic theory of gases (1844-1906).
BOSOMY * s. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
LONGHAND * --n. Rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper. --s. Having words written out in full by hand.
PINKISH * s. Of a light shade of red.
ZURVANISM * n. 1 A Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe. 2 A heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring.
THREADFISH * n. Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins.
DOGFISH * n. 1 Primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America. 2 Any of several small sharks.
QUANTIZE * v. 1 Approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values. 2 Apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor.
BLACK-MARKET * s. Distributed or sold illicitly.
PUNSTER * n. Someone overly fond of making puns.
SHOOTING * n. 1 The act of firing a projectile. 2 Killing someone by gunfire.
GLUCOSIDE * n. A glycoside derived from glucose.
PROVIDENCE * n. 1 The capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University. 2 The guardianship and control exercised by a deity. 3 A manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures. 4 The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources.
MOLL * n. The girlfriend of a gangster.
FUGUE * n. 1 Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state. 2 A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days. 3 A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement.
HEARTLESS * --a. Lacking in feeling or pity or warmth. --s. Devoid of courage or enthusiasm.
ENCHANTMENT * n. 1 A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual. 2 A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation. 3 A magical spell.
DEEP-SIX * v. 1 Toss out; get rid of. 2 Throw from a boat.
DOGGEDNESS * n. Persistent determination.
FILENAME * n. (computer science) The name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file.
SECTIONAL * --n. A piece of furniture made up of sections that can be arranged individually or together. --a. Relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane). --s. 1 Consisting of or divided into sections. 2 Related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people.
CHAPLIN * n. English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977).
PELLITORY * n. 1 Herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers. 2 A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache.
CORYPHA * n. Large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia.
CHATTAHOOCHEE * n. A river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River.
FORMERLY * r. At a previous time.
UNREGRETFUL * a. Feeling no regret.
ANAPHASE * n. The stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle.
GOSSIPY * s. Prone to friendly informal communication.
PERFUME * --n. 1 A distinctive odor that is pleasant. 2 A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor. --v. 1 Fill or impregnate with an odor. 2 Apply perfume to.
BLACK-HAIRED * s. Having hair of a dark color.
TENNESSEE * n. 1 A state in east central United States. 2 A river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky.
LAPORTEA * n. Mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle.
DECIPHERED * a. Converted from cryptic to intelligible language.
CURSORY * s. Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.
APHASIA * n. Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.
UNRIPENED * a. Not fully developed or mature; not ripe.
ANADROMOUS * a. Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn.
SNARLY * s. Tangled in knots or snarls.
PIDDLING * s. (informal) Small and of little importance.
DRAMATIZE * v. 1 Put into dramatic form. 2 Represent something in a dramatic manner. 3 Add details to.
AMBIGUOUSLY * r. In an ambiguous manner.
CABDRIVER * n. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
OLD-WOMANISH * s. Primly fastidious.
CRYPTANALYTIC * a. Of or relating to cryptanalysis.
BALONEY * n. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
CAROTID * a. Of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck.
SACCHARINITY * n. The excessive sweetness of saccharin.
SAPROZOIC * s. (of certain animals) Feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
COCKAIGNE * n. (Middle Ages) An imaginary land of luxury and idleness.
CHARITY * n. 1 A foundation created to promote the public good (not for assistance to any particular individuals). 2 A kindly and lenient attitude toward people. 3 An activity or gift that benefits the public at large. 4 Pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or white flowers.
MASTIGOPROCTUS * n. Giant whip scorpions.
PIERROT * n. A male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face.
AUSTRALOPITHECUS * n. Extinct genus of African hominid.
PROTOACTINIUM * n. A short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead.
ERGODICITY * n. An attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions.
JEROBOAM * n. 1 (Old Testament) First king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC). 2 A large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon).
DONBASS * n. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
LAVATORY * n. 1 A room or building equipped with one or more toilets. 2 A bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face. 3 A toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it.
GA * n. 1 The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare. 2 A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores. 3 A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
MINICONJU * n. A member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux.
SORORITY * n. A social club for female undergraduates.
BOSWELLIA * n. Genus of trees of North Africa and India that yield incense.
POSSESSIVE * --n. The case expressing ownership. --a. Serving to express or indicate possession. --s. 1 Desirous of owning. 2 Having or showing a desire to control or dominate.
TUBERCULOUS * s. Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus.
AKARYOTE * n. A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
PERKILY * r. In a perky manner.
MAUNDY * n. A public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money.
ACQUIT * v. 1 Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. 2 Behave in a certain manner.
TE * n. 1 A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold. 2 The syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization.
AMELIORATION * n. The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
NATURE * n. 1 The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized. 2 A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe. 3 The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.. 4 The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.
SCRATCHINESS * n. The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions.
JENA * n. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
MACKEREL * n. 1 Flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish. 2 Any of various fishes of the family Scombridae.
UNAPPETIZING * a. Not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste.
INACTION * n. The state of being inactive.
GENERATIONAL * a. Of or relating to a generation.
RESCINDABLE * s. Capable of being rescinded or voided.
SWARTHINESS * n. A swarthy complexion.
REPLACEABILITY * n. Exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable.
LIMPA * n. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
SLIDING * s. Being a smooth continuous motion.
PANAMANIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Panama. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Panama or its people.
STILLY * s. (poetic) Still or calm.
FDA * n. A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
76 * s. Being six more than seventy.
INHALANT * --n. 1 Something that is inhaled. 2 A medication to be taken by inhaling it. --a. Inhaling or serving for inhalation.
TWELFTHTIDE * n. The season of Epiphany.
WINCEYETTE * n. Cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides.
PROSTHESIS * n. Corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body.
NURSERY * n. A child's room for a baby.
HULLO * n. An expression of greeting.
OUTSTRIP * v. 1 Be or do something to a greater degree. 2 Go far ahead of.
CURET * n. A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity.
NECTARIFEROUS * a. Possessing nectaries.
STRUM * --n. Sound of strumming. --v. Sound the strings of (a stringed instrument).
CHOPSTICK * n. One of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with.
GAVIALIS * n. Type genus of the Gavialidae.
ANENCEPHALOUS * a. Characterized by partial or total absence of a brain.
CRIPPLING * s. That cripples or disables or incapacitates.
KNOCK-KNEED * s. Having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart.
LABROUSTE * n. French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875).
PUPPYISH * s. Characteristic of a puppy.
ACETANILID * n. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
LINGO * n. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
PAXIL * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
MITOSIS * n. Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes.
DEN * n. 1 The habitation of wild animals. 2 A hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws. 3 A unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts. 4 A room that is comfortable and secluded.
MANDATARY * n. The recipient of a mandate.
VOLUNTEER * --n. 1 (military) A person who freely enlists for service. 2 A person who performs voluntary work. 3 A native or resident of Tennessee. --v. 1 Tell voluntarily. 2 Agree freely. 3 Do volunteer work. --s. Without payment.
MAMONCILLO * n. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
TANEKAHA * n. Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
UNBLENDED * a. Not blended or mixed together.
PARETIC * n. A person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis).
ERUPT * v. 1 Start abruptly. 2 Erupt or intensify suddenly. 3 Start to burn or burst into flames. 4 Break out.
WEATHERCOCK * n. Weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster.
REEFER * n. Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking.
BLUCHER * n. 1 Prussian general who is remembered for his leadership in the wars against Napoleon (1742-1819). 2 A high shoe with laces over the tongue.
BEVIN * n. British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951).
MISBEHAVIOR * n. Improper or wicked or immoral behavior.
MIASMA * n. 1 An unwholesome atmosphere. 2 Unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources.
PAGINATION * n. The system of numbering pages.
TOPOGNOSIS * n. Recognition of the location of a stimulus on the skin.
ASSIGN * v. 1 Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). 2 Give out. 3 Attribute or credit to. 4 Select something or someone for a specific purpose.
HOCUS-POCUS * n. Verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way.
NUDA * n. Ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe.
HEMIGALUS * n. Banded palm civets.
EXAMINE * v. 1 Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning. 2 Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect. 3 Question or examine thoroughly and closely. 4 Question closely.
HYPNOTISER * n. A person who induces hypnosis.
METHODOLOGICAL * a. Relating to the methodology of some discipline.
ACCOLADE * n. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
INTRIGUER * n. A person who devises plots or intrigues.
EQUALIZER * n. 1 Electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion. 2 A weight that balances another weight. 3 A score that makes the match even.
CLEANERS * n. Shop where dry cleaning is done.
HYBRIDISE * v. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
BURR * --n. 1 Seed vessel having hooks or prickles. 2 Rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or cutting. 3 United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836). 4 Rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece. --v. Remove the burrs from.
PANEGYRIC * --n. A formal expression of praise. --s. Formally expressing praise.
JALOUSIE * n. 1 A window with glass louvers. 2 A shutter made of angled slats.
BOY * n. 1 A youthful male person. 2 A friendly informal reference to a grown man. 3 A male human offspring.
DISSEMINATIVE * s. Spreading by diffusion.
EXTEMPORARILY * r. Without prior preparation.
UNSUCCESSFUL * --a. Not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome. --s. Failing to accomplish an intended result.
NONNATURAL * s. Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
COMEDO * n. A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin.
BREECH * n. Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded.
THERMIONIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of thermions.
CITADEL * n. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
ASHKHABAD * n. The capital and largest city of Turkmenistan.
VEND * v. Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
PYROCHEMICAL * a. Of or relating to or produced by chemical reactions at high temperatures.
PYCNIDIUM * n. Flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia.
PILOSEBACEOUS * a. Of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland.
OXHEART * n. 1 Any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits. 2 Large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh.
MORAL * --n. The significance of a story or event. --a. Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. --s. Psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect.
QUARRYMAN * n. A man who works in a quarry.
SELLING * n. The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money.
LIPOIDAEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
EXPLICITLY * r. In an explicit manner.
OVOCON * n. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone.
AIR-DRY * s. Not giving off moisture on exposure to the air.
EXPIATION * n. 1 Compensation for a wrong. 2 The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).
PATRILINEAR * s. Based on or tracing descent through the male line.
BUTTERMILK * n. Residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture.
APATURA * n. Large Old World butterflies.
HEMAGGLUTINATE * v. Cause the clumping together (of red blood cells).
PIGMY * n. 1 An unusually small individual. 2 Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.
INDECENTLY * r. In an indecent manner.
BRUSHWORK * n. An artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush.
QUADRIVIUM * n. (Middle Ages) A higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy.
MISCONSTRUAL * n. A kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately).
TEJU * n. Large (to 3 feet) blackish yellow-banded South American lizard; raid henhouses; used as food.
CTENIZIDAE * n. Large burrowing spiders.
BOHEMIANISM * n. Conduct characteristic of a bohemian.
NUCLEOTIDE * n. A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA).
RIVULET * n. A small stream.
ANNEXA * n. Accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo).
FINE-LEAVED * s. Having fine leaves.
VITALS * n. A bodily organ that is essential for life.
SUSCEPTIBILITY * n. The state of being susceptible; easily affected.
SURREY * n. 1 A county in southeastern England on the Thames. 2 A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats.
GENS * n. Family based on male descent.
DAY-BY-DAY * s. Of or belonging to or occurring every day.
BODYGUARD * n. 1 Someone who escorts and protects a prominent person. 2 A group of men who escort and protect some important person.
MACE * n. 1 (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization. 2 An official who carries a mace of office. 3 Spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed. 4 A ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority.
ABORTICIDE * n. 1 A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion. 2 The act of destroying a fetus.
TINSELLY * s. Glittering with gold or silver.
ERYSIPHACEAE * n. Family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews.
ADAGE * n. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
SYLPHLIKE * s. (of a woman or girl) Slender and graceful like a sylph.
TANTALIZATION * n. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances.
GLEAM * --n. 1 An appearance of reflected light. 2 A flash of light (especially reflected light). --v. 1 Be shiny, as if wet. 2 Shine brightly, like a star or a light. 3 Appear briefly.
DESIPRAMINE * n. A tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system.
DHAHRAN * n. An oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people.
DWELLER * n. A person who inhabits a particular place.
GRAVITAS * n. Formality in bearing and appearance.
CLOUD-COVERED * s. Filled or abounding with clouds.
MISERABLENESS * n. A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune.
THIAZINE * n. A compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom.
MILLIPEDE * n. Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs.
PREBENDARY * n. A canon who receives a prebend for serving the church.
ILLEGALISE * v. Declare illegal; outlaw.
TAGALOG * n. 1 A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila. 2 The language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based.
WAGNER * n. 1 Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918). 2 German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883). 3 The music of Wagner.
MUSLIMISM * n. 1 The civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion. 2 The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran.
ALFRESCO * --s. In the open air. --r. Outside a building.
TYRANNICIDE * n. Killing a tyrant.
ARGONAUTIDAE * n. Represented solely by the genus Argonauta.
FOLLY * n. 1 The trait of acting stupidly or rashly. 2 A stupid mistake. 3 The quality of being rash and foolish. 4 Foolish or senseless behavior.
OLIBANUM * n. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation.
RUNTINESS * n. Smallness of stature.
RIGMAROLE * n. 1 A set of confused and meaningless statements. 2 A long and complicated and confusing procedure.
YELP * --n. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog). --v. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
ALVEOLATE * s. Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
ULEX * n. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse.
LR * n. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
DOLLY * n. 1 Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted. 2 Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects. 3 A small replica of a person; used as a toy.
MARACA * n. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs.
ONWARD * r. 1 Forward in time or order or degree. 2 In a forward direction.
BICUSPID * --n. A tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars. --s. Having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth).
FISTULINACEAE * n. A family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other.
ASTERISM * n. 1 (mineralogy) A star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light. 2 (astronomy) A cluster of stars (or a small constellation).
APHIDOIDEA * n. Plant lice.
TRYPSINOGEN * n. Inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine.
RESTOCK * v. Stock again.
WRASSE * n. Chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored.
DEWY * s. Wet with dew.
BAKSHIS * n. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter).
MIMESIS * n. 1 The imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature. 2 Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease. 3 The representation of another person's words in a speech.
ARROGANT * s. Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride.
AFLARE * s. 1 Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air. 2 Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
LENTIFORM * s. Convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil.
LEUCOCYTE * n. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system.
PIX * n. 1 A chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay. 2 Any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.
SMOOTH-SPOKEN * s. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
ECHOCARDIOGRAM * n. A graphical image of the heart produced by an echocardiograph.
CUNNER * n. Common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States.
JAUNTINESS * n. 1 Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance. 2 A breezy liveliness.
BROKEN-DOWN * s. 1 In deplorable condition. 2 Not in working order.
THERMOTHERAPY * n. The use of heat to treat a disease or disorder; heating pads or hot compresses or hot-water bottles are used to promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles.
BILLFOLD * n. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
VENEZUELAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Venezuela. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Venezuela or its people.
AMORT * s. Utterly cast down.
BRIGHT-RED * s. Of the red of fresh raspberries.
MESOTHELIUM * n. Epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity.
EXCLAIM * v. 1 Utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy. 2 State or announce.
PERSIA * n. 1 An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. 2 A theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil.
SPOOKY * s. Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).
ENTERIC * a. 1 Of or relating to the enteron. 2 Of or relating to or inside the intestines.
TURCOMAN * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people living in Turkmenistan and neighboring areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Turkoman.
COROPUNA * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,083 feet high).
LIFEWORK * n. The principal work of your career.
METASTATIC * a. Relating to or affected by metastasis.
CACHOU * n. A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).
SAUCEPOT * n. A cooking pot that has handles on either side and tight fitting lid; used for stewing or boiling.
TAXPAYING * s. Not exempt from paying taxes.
ACTUALISE * v. 1 Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to. 2 Represent or describe realistically.
ANESTHETIZE * v. Administer an anesthetic drug to.
MACULATE * --v. 1 Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. 2 Spot, stain, or pollute. --s. 1 Morally blemished; stained or impure. 2 Spotted or blotched.
POSTHITIS * n. Inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection.
DUMPINESS * n. A short and stout physique.
SECRETLY * r. 1 In secrecy; not openly. 2 Not openly; inwardly.
SOMAESTHESIA * n. 1 The perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations. 2 The faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs.
KRAFFT-EBING * n. German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902).
ASAP * r. As soon as possible.
SOPRANO * --n. 1 A female singer. 2 The highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty. 3 The pitch range of the highest female voice. --s. Having or denoting a high range.
DIOESTRUAL * s. (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) In a period of sexual inactivity.
INTERPRET * v. 1 Make sense of; assign a meaning to. 2 Give an interpretation or explanation to. 3 Give an interpretation or rendition of. 4 Create an image or likeness of.
HENNA * --n. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair. --v. Apply henna to one's hair.
UKRAINIAN * --n. The Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture.
CONFOUND * v. 1 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. 2 Mistake one thing for another.
BREEZINESS * n. 1 A mildly windy state of the air. 2 A breezy liveliness.
PICTURED * s. 1 Seen in the mind as a mental image. 2 Represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.
CROAKING * n. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).
PLAICE * n. 1 Flesh of large European flatfish. 2 Large European food fish.
INVESTOR * n. Someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns.
HORNBILL * n. Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers.
JUXTAPOSED * s. Placed side by side often for comparison.
INGROWING * s. Growing abnormally into the flesh.
CEBUAN * n. 1 Inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines. 2 Language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines.
MEDAL * n. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC * --a. Of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy. --s. Emotionally purging.
BOWERY * --n. A street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts. --s. Like a bower; leafy and shady.
CARDIOPULMONARY * a. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions.
SCANDINAVIAN * --n. 1 An inhabitant of Scandinavia. 2 The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland. --a. Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures.
IRRESPONSIBLY * r. In an irresponsible manner.
ISOGON * n. An equiangular polygon.
ADVERTISEMENT * n. A public promotion of some product or service.
NON-AROMATIC * s. Not aromatic.
DISPARAGER * n. One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
ACINOUS * a. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
INSINUATING * s. Calculated to please or gain favor.
INSISTING * n. Continual and persistent demands.
IMPOSTOR * n. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
WAHVEY * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
ANEURYSMATIC * a. Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
AL-QAEDA * n. A terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries.
PRESENTABLY * r. In a presentable manner.
CUSPIDATE * s. Having cusps or points.
BONE-DRY * s. Without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone.
LOCALE * n. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
SIMAROUBA * n. Type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark.
FLOPHOUSE * n. A cheap lodging house.
SERIOCOMICAL * s. Mixing the serious with the comic with comic predominating.
MACDOWELL * n. United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908).
AFFERENT * --n. A nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system. --a. Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS.
CACHEXY * n. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
KRAKAU * n. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
VULGARITY * n. The quality of lacking taste and refinement.
ZOONOSIS * n. An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans.
WASH * --n. 1 A thin coat of water-base paint. 2 The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water). 3 The dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon). 4 The erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway). --v. 1 Clean with some chemical process. 2 Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water. 3 Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water. 4 Move by or as if by water.
MONETIZE * v. Give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country.
CHASSIS * n. 1 Alternative names for the body of a human being. 2 A metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic device. 3 The skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor.
HOPEFUL * --n. An ambitious and aspiring young person. --a. Having or manifesting hope. --s. Likely to turn out well in the future.
BUTTERFINGERED * s. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
CLOCKWISE * --a. In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock. --r. In the direction that the hands of a clock move.
ROGERS * n. 1 United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935). 2 United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995). 3 United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987).
SPHACELE * n. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae.
PROTOZOIC * a. Of or relating to the Protozoa.
WATERCOLORIST * n. A painter who paints with watercolors.
ARCHITECTURALLY * r. With regard to architecture.
FRIPPERY * n. Something of little value or significance.
ABDUCE * v. Advance evidence for.
PIECEWORK * n. Work paid for according to the quantity produced.
CLOTHESHORSE * n. 1 A framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying). 2 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
ETYMON * n. A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.
EPHEMERALITY * n. The property of lasting for a very short time.
DEFORMATION * n. 1 A change for the worse. 2 Alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it. 3 The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself).
MIME * --n. 1 An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression. 2 A performance using gestures and body movements without words. --v. 1 Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect. 2 Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only.
ARANYAKA * n. A treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest.
STATEHOUSE * n. A government building in which a state legislature meets.
MIDSUMMER * n. June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point.
ROMEO * n. An ardent male lover.
TRICKILY * r. In an artful manner.
FATTISM * n. Discrimination against people who are overweight.
FECULENCE * n. Something that is feculent.
INCHOATE * s. Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
DEPERSONALIZATION * n. 1 Emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness. 2 (existentialism) A loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine. 3 Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality.
FIBRINOGEN * n. A protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots.
GRACEFULLY * r. 1 In a graceful manner. 2 In a gracious or graceful manner.
HOMEOPATHY * n. A method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated.
BRAZENLY * r. In a brazen manner.
ACCLIMATIZE * v. Get used to a certain climate.
TUNICATE * n. Primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva.
BADDIE * n. The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction.
ARCHEOBACTERIA * n. Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae.
PARRICIDE * n. 1 Someone who kills his or her parent. 2 The murder of your own father or mother.
NALOXONE * n. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
TENDERHEARTEDNESS * n. Warm compassionate feelings.
FAVOURABLENESS * n. The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome.
TYPIFY * v. 1 Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of. 2 Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.
FRAGMENTAL * s. Consisting of small disconnected parts.
SYMBOLICALLY * r. 1 In a symbolic manner. 2 By means of symbols.
SPEECHLESS * s. Temporarily incapable of speaking.
UTERUS * n. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus.
METRICALLY * r. With regard to meter.
ANALYTICITY * n. The property of being analytic.
FREE-LANCE * --n. A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them. --a. Working for yourself. --s. Serving for wages in a foreign army.
DULCIANA * n. The organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality.
HEAVENWARD * --s. Directed toward heaven or the sky. --r. Toward heaven.
SEISMIC * s. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
ERYNGO * n. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
NGF * n. A protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells.
DVORAK * n. Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904).
BUS * --n. 1 A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport. 2 The topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar. 3 An electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits. 4 A car that is old and unreliable. --v. 1 Send or move around by bus. 2 Ride in a bus. 3 Remove used dishes from the table in restaurants.
NAUTILIDAE * n. Spiral-shelled cephalopods.
MOREL * n. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap.
FLENSE * v. Strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal).
GUMPTION * n. 1 Sound practical judgment. 2 Fortitude and determination.
UNSUSPECTINGLY * r. Without suspicions.
CHIMBORAZO * n. A mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high).
MESH * --n. 1 The number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles. 2 Contact by fitting together. 3 The topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component. 4 An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals. --v. 1 Keep engaged. 2 Coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively. 3 Work together in harmony. 4 Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh.
PARAFOVEA * n. Area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea.
SACCHAROSE * n. A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent.
SUBTITLE * --n. 1 Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. 2 Secondary or explanatory title. --v. Supply (a movie) with subtitles.
ULCEROUS * s. Having an ulcer or canker.
DOMESTICISE * v. Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
DISCONTENTEDLY * r. With discontent; in a discontented manner.
TETHYIDAE * n. Sea hares.
ASTOMATAL * a. Lacking a stoma or stomata.
INCISION * n. 1 A depression scratched or carved into a surface. 2 The cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation).
INHERITED * s. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.
ZIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits.
RETOUCH * v. 1 Give retouches to (hair). 2 Alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance.
NAUCRATES * n. A genus of Carangidae.
RHINOPHYMA * n. Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol.
ANASARCOUS * a. Characterized by or affected by dropsy.
COMPARISON * n. 1 The act of examining resemblances. 2 Relation based on similarities and differences. 3 Qualities that are comparable.
SAFARI * n. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
SOAKING * --n. 1 The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid). 2 The act of making something completely wet. 3 Washing something by allowing it to soak. --r. Extremely wet.
PURSUIT * n. 1 The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture. 2 A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria. 3 An auxiliary activity. 4 A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).
INDURATE * --v. 1 Become fixed or established. 2 Make hard or harder. 3 Become hard or harder. 4 Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate. --s. Emotionally hardened.
OFFPRINT * n. A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.
VOYEURISTIC * a. Of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism.
AZOTAEMIA * n. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
WHITENER * n. An agent that makes things white or colorless.
ANOUILH * n. French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987).
ANNELID * --n. Worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally. --a. Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
UNCEASING * s. 1 Continuing forever or indefinitely. 2 Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
NONCOM * n. A military officer appointed from enlisted personnel.
METAMERIC * s. Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters.
DE-IODINATE * v. Remove iodine from.
IMMUNOCOMPETENT * a. Capable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen.
POLEMONIACEAE * n. A widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers.
FORGATHER * v. Collect in one place.
I.E.D. * n. An explosive device that is improvised.
ROARING * --n. 1 A deep prolonged loud noise. 2 A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). --s. Very lively and profitable. --r. Extremely.
GIMLET * n. 1 A cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice. 2 Hand tool for boring holes.
ENTHRALLING * s. Capturing interest as if by a spell.
ALERT * --n. 1 Condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action. 2 A warning serves to make you more alert to danger. 3 An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. --v. Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness. --a. Engaged in or accustomed to close observation. --s. 1 Quick and energetic. 2 Mentally perceptive and responsive.
DESTRUCTIVE-METABOLIC * s. Of or relating to catabolism.
BRAINSTORMING * n. A group problem-solving technique in which members spontaneously share ideas and solutions.
POSTBAG * n. Letter carrier's shoulder bag.
RAFFLESIACEAE * n. A family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales.
HISTORICALNESS * n. 1 The state of having in fact existed in the past. 2 Significance owing to its history.
ARETE * n. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
RINGS * n. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises.
TETON * n. A member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains.
NARK * --n. 1 An informer or spy working for the police. 2 A lawman concerned with narcotics violations. --v. 1 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 2 Inform or spy (for the police).
SWEETENING * n. 1 Something added to foods to make them taste sweeter. 2 An improvement that makes something more agreeable. 3 The act of adding a sweetener to food.
CAPTIVE * --n. 1 A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war. 2 An animal that is confined. 3 A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion. --s. 1 Being in captivity. 2 Giving or marked by complete attention to.
DIALOG * n. 1 A conversation between two persons. 2 The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction. 3 A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people.
RUSTPROOF * s. Treated against rusting.
SALUTER * n. A person who greets.
RELUCTANT * s. 1 Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom. 2 Disinclined to become involved. 3 Not eager.
HYDROLISE * v. Make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis.
DONNA * n. An Italian woman of rank.
PURVIEW * n. The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.
LITERATIM * r. Letter for letter.
GENLISEA * n. Rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs.
SOAP * --n. 1 A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats. 2 Money offered as a bribe. 3 Street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate. --v. Rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning.
BLISTERY * s. 1 Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters. 2 Covered with small blisters.
MILLIGRAM * n. One thousandth (1/1,000) gram.
ROENTGEN * n. 1 A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air. 2 German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923).
AUTOCRATIC * s. 1 Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power. 2 Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
MEATY * --a. Like or containing meat. --s. Being on topic and prompting thought.
BOASTFUL * s. Exhibiting self-importance.
HOSPITALISE * v. Admit into a hospital.
EUSPORANGIATE * a. (of ferns) Having sporangia that arise from a group of epidermal cells.
HINDOOISM * n. 1 The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. 2 A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils.
UNMODERATED * s. Not made less extreme.
POSTPRANDIAL * a. Following a meal (especially dinner).
NONBELIEVER * n. Someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity).
RHOMBENCEPHALON * n. The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem.
DESECRATE * v. 1 Violate the sacred character of a place or language. 2 Remove the consecration from a person or an object.
BAROSAURUS * n. A dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall.
CHURCHILL * n. 1 English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722). 2 British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965). 3 A Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain.
POSTERIORITY * n. 1 The quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end. 2 Following in time.
WORDPLAY * n. A humorous play on words.
PEACENIK * n. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations.
CLOPPING * n. The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface.
DETHRONE * v. Remove a monarch from the throne.
FLAME-COLOURED * s. Having the brilliant orange-red color of flames.
CREEPER * n. 1 Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping. 2 A person who crawls or creeps along the ground. 3 Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet.
DIBS * n. A claim of rights.
ERODE * v. 1 Become ground down or deteriorate. 2 Remove soil or rock.
GAVAGE * n. Feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat.
INFOLDING * n. The folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface.
FAMOTIDINE * n. A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
BITTERSWEET * --n. 1 Poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America. 2 Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds. --s. 1 Tinged with sadness. 2 Having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness.
TERENGGANU * n. Sultanate and one of the 13 states of the Federation of Malaysia.
SLOVENLY * s. Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt.
SLAVISHLY * r. In a slavish manner.
UNSEAMED * s. 1 Having no seams. 2 Smooth, especially of skin.
FANDANGO * n. A provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets.
SPECIALIST * n. 1 An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning. 2 Practices one branch of medicine.
IDOLIZE * v. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.
ATHLETIC * --a. Relating to or befitting athletics or athletes. --s. 1 Vigorously active. 2 Having a sturdy and well proportioned body.
DUCKBILL * --n. 1 Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout. 2 Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae. --s. Having a beak resembling that of a duck.
PITCHMAN * n. 1 An aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something. 2 Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals).
SHEEPSKIN * n. 1 Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing. 2 Skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on. 3 A document certifying the successful completion of a course of study.
HYGIENIST * n. A medical specialist in hygiene.
DECODER * n. 1 The kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text. 2 A machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language.
COVILLE * n. Desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers.
HIGH-MINDEDLY * r. In a high-minded manner.
TODA * n. 1 A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India. 2 The Dravidian language spoken by the Toda in southern India.
PERICARDIAC * a. Located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium.
BEADY * s. 1 Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button. 2 Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
REFLATE * v. 1 Economics: experience reflation. 2 Economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation. 3 Inflate again. 4 Become inflated again.
DILUVIAN * a. Of or connected with a deluge.
SEVENS * n. A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards.
BELLADONNA * n. 1 Perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine. 2 An alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally.
HOBBLEDEHOY * n. An awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy.
STRONGYLODON * n. Genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines.
INGRATIATINGLY * r. In a flattering and ingratiating manner.
PALLIDNESS * n. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
BURGRAVE * n. 1 A nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right. 2 The military governor of a German town in the 12th and 13th centuries.
FRITILLARY * n. 1 Any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers. 2 Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver.
LYTHRACEAE * n. Herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers.
EGG-PRODUCING * s. Capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring.
ENURESIS * n. Inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination.
EUARCTOS * n. American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus.
RATTLESNAKE * n. Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken.
CANAFISTULA * n. Deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia.
APIECE * r. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
ACERBIC * s. 1 Sour or bitter in taste. 2 Harsh or corrosive in tone.
R.C. * a. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
KAOLINE * n. A fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper).
CONCUR * v. 1 Be in accord; be in agreement. 2 Happen simultaneously.
ROD-SHAPED * s. 1 Formed like a bacillus. 2 Resembling a rod.
ARCHIEPISCOPAL * a. Of or associated with an archbishop.
PANTECHNICON * n. A large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture).
LIBERTARIAN * n. 1 An advocate of libertarianism. 2 Someone who believes the doctrine of free will.
TAPROOM * n. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
QUIZZER * n. Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
CHERMIDAE * n. Jumping plant lice.
NONVIOLENCE * n. Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate.
FOEMAN * n. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
PUNISH * v. Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on.
SORBEFACIENT * s. Inducing or promoting absorption.
MAJORITY * n. 1 The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part. 2 (elections) More than half of the votes. 3 The age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs.
SLASHED * s. 1 Patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes. 2 Having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric. 3 (used of rates or prices) Reduced usually sharply.
PHRYGIA * n. An ancient country in western and central Asia Minor.
PESTLE * --n. 1 Machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores. 2 A heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone. 3 A club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in a mortar. --v. Grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar.
INSTILLMENT * n. The introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop.
SALPIGLOSSIS * n. Any plant of the genus Salpiglossis.
COMPARING * n. The act of examining resemblances.
SHACKLE * --n. 1 A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). 2 A U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar. --v. 1 Bind the arms of. 2 Restrain with fetters.
KEEL-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the keel of a boat.
JESUITIC * a. Having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism.
IBERIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Iberia in the Caucasus. 2 A native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times). --a. Of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants.
KAUNDA * n. Statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999).
SWORDSMAN * n. Someone skilled at fencing.
AZOLLACEAE * n. Used in some classifications for the genus Azolla.
YOUTHFUL * s. Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh.
UNBIGOTED * s. Not opinionated.
PAIL * n. 1 A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top. 2 The quantity contained in a pail.
CONGREGATION * n. 1 A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church. 2 An assemblage of people or animals or things collected together. 3 The act of congregating.
TOYOHASHI * n. A Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore.
BONASA * n. Ruffed grouse.
PEDAGOGICAL * a. Of or relating to pedagogy.
SALTINE * n. A cracker sprinkled with salt before baking.
REFINE * v. 1 Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. 2 Make more complex, intricate, or richer. 3 Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition. 4 Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities.
RACHYCENTRIDAE * n. Family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia.
TORQUE * n. A twisting force.
SORE * --n. An open skin infection. --s. 1 Hurting. 2 Causing misery or pain or distress. 3 Roused to anger.
FRECKLE * --n. A small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin. --v. 1 Become freckled. 2 Mark with freckles.
THWARTWISE * s. Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.
AIRFIELD * n. A place where planes take off and land.
VCR * n. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
TOECAP * n. A protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it.
SURMOUNTED * a. Having something on top.
REYKJAVIK * n. The capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water.
YOUNGSTOWN * n. A city in northeast Ohio.
HYPHEN * --n. A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text. --v. Divide or connect with a hyphen.
LEVIS * n. A popular brand of jeans.
CHAUVINISTIC * --a. Of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind. --s. Fanatically patriotic.
CONTRADICTORILY * r. In a contradictory manner.
TORTURESOME * s. Extremely painful.
DECAPITATE * v. Cut the head of.
TIDDLY * s. Slightly intoxicated.
IOL * n. A clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation.
REPEATER * n. 1 A person who repeats. 2 Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior). 3 A firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading. 4 (electronics) Electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again.
EDUCATIONALLY * r. In an educational manner.
WIGGLE * --n. The act of wiggling. --v. Move to and fro.
SUPERNATURAL * --n. Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively. --a. Not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material.
THICK-STEMMED * s. Having a thick stem.
EUBACTERIALES * n. One of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes.
STENOCHLAENA * n. Large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia.
OCTETTE * n. 1 Eight performers or singers who perform together. 2 A set of eight similar things considered as a unit. 3 Eight people considered as a unit. 4 A musical composition written for eight performers.
ACCURATE * --a. Conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy. --s. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct.
PREDICTABILITY * n. The quality of being predictable.
OVERWHELMING * s. 1 So strong as to be irresistible. 2 Very strong; urgently felt.
GIBBOSE * s. (used of the moon) More than half full.
PISS-UP * n. Vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking.
QEPIQ * n. 100 qepiq equal 1 manat in Azerbaijan.
MARINARA * n. Sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs.
LILY-WHITE * s. 1 Restricted to whites only. 2 Of a pure white color.
RAVING * --n. Declaiming wildly. --r. In a raving manner.
MISHNAH * n. The first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200.
UROBILINOGEN * n. A chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine.
HARPIST * n. Someone who plays the harp.
VICIOUS * s. 1 (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. 2 Having the nature of vice. 3 Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. 4 Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful.
SOUTHWARDS * r. Toward the south.
BROWNOUT * n. Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft).
SAMAN * n. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle.
STARCH * --n. 1 A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles. 2 A commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering. --v. Stiffen with starch.
INCENSED * s. Angered at something unjust or wrong.
SNOWBOARDER * n. Someone who slides down snow-covered slopes while standing on a snowboard.
ENDOSCOPIC * a. Of or relating to endoscopy.
MANIOCA * n. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.
NEURONIC * a. Of or relating to neurons.
SYNCHRONEITY * n. The relation that exists when things occur at the same time.
GRANDNESS * n. 1 A prominent status. 2 Unusual largeness in size or extent or number. 3 The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. 4 Splendid or imposing in size or appearance.
MANDEVILLA * n. Genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap.
EVENING * n. 1 The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall). 2 A later concluding time period. 3 The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way.
SEPIIDAE * n. True cuttlefishes.
DOGLIKE * s. Resembling a dog; especially in devotion.
MICROMETEORIC * a. Of or relating to micrometeorites.
HARRISON * n. 1 English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990). 2 English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001). 3 23rd President of the United States (1833-1901). 4 9th President of the United States; caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died shortly after (1773-1841).
COMMUNALISE * v. Make something the property of the commune or community.
VISITANT * n. Someone who visits.
OSTENSORIUM * n. (Roman Catholic Church) A vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration.
CLARITY * n. 1 Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression. 2 The quality of clear water.
TRITURUS * n. Chiefly aquatic salamanders.
OFFICE * n. 1 Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed. 2 An administrative unit of government. 3 The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. 4 (of a government or government official) Holding an office means being in power.
VULVOVAGINITIS * n. Inflammation of the vulva and the vagina.
BONES * n. (used in the plural) 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.
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA * n. A mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims.
EXCISEMAN * n. Someone who collects taxes for the government.
LONG-LIFE * s. (of perishable goods) Treated to stay fresh longer than usual.
APPRISE * v. 1 Inform (somebody) of something. 2 Make aware of. 3 Gain in value. 4 Increase the value of.
SURMULLET * n. Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels.
LEPAS * n. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
BESPOKEN * s. 1 (of clothing) Custom-made. 2 Pledged to be married.
REFRIGERATION * n. 1 The process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes. 2 Deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes.
PINSK * n. A city of southwestern Belarus.
NONUNIONIZED * s. Not affiliated in a trade union.
PALIMONY * n. Support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends.
CACOGENESIS * n. Inability to produce hybrids that are both viable and fertile.
IRRATIONAL * --n. A real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number. --a. 1 Not consistent with or using reason. 2 Real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers.
PLATTENSEE * n. A large shallow lake in western Hungary.
ATHEISTIC * --s. Rejecting any belief in gods. --a. Related to or characterized by or given to atheism.
FURBELOW * n. A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.
RIOJA * n. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
WASTELAND * n. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation.
SERVICEMAN * n. Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force.
SENATOR * n. A member of a senate.
MOTORMAN * n. The operator of streetcar.
ADVERTIZING * n. A public promotion of some product or service.
MOHOROVICIC * n. Yugoslav geophysicist for whom the Mohorovicic discontinuity was named (1857-1936).
TEPEE * n. A Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
SLOWGOING * s. Not inclined to be enterprising.
BENT-GRASS * n. Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens.
SILKLIKE * s. Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
INTERCONNECTION * n. 1 A state of being connected reciprocally. 2 (computer science) The act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.).
SEMI-CLIMBING * s. Of plants that are semi-climbers.
PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY * n. Change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation.
CARBOXYLIC * a. Relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical.
COTAN * n. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
DETERGE * v. Wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body.
APPLESAUCE * n. 1 Puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced. 2 Nonsensical talk or writing.
SIGNALER * n. Someone who communicates by signals.
BIRTHWORT * n. Creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America.
SHUTEYE * n. Informal term for sleep.
48TH * s. The ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order.
LAMENTABLY * r. In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.
USBEK * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek.
NEUROTOXIC * a. Poisonous to nerves or nerve cells.
TUMEFACTION * n. The process of tumefying; the organic process whereby tissue becomes swollen by the accumulation of fluid within it.
COMPLOT * v. Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together.
EYEFUL * n. 1 A strikingly beautiful woman. 2 A full view; a good look.
DESPOTIC * --a. Belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot. --s. 1 Ruled by or characteristic of a despot. 2 Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
BACKPEDAL * v. 1 Pedal backwards on a bicycle. 2 Step backwards, in boxing. 3 Modify one's opinion, make it less strong.
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC * a. Affected by arteriosclerosis.
VULCANISED * s. (used of rubber) Treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity).
UPCHUCK * v. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
SURE-ENOUGH * s. (used informally especially for emphasis) Real or genuine.
RESTAURATEUR * n. The proprietor of a restaurant.
TRIG * --n. The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions. --s. Neat and smart in appearance.
DESERVE * v. Be worthy or deserving.
OVERREACH * v. 1 Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard. 2 Beat through cleverness and wit.
ESIDRIX * n. A diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension.
NERVEROOT * n. Once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America.
SPERMATOPHYTA * n. Seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots).
PEDICULOSIS * n. Infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching.
MULTIVITAMIN * n. A pill or tablet containing several vitamins.
PANTROPICAL * s. Distributed throughout the tropics.
IMMUNITY * n. 1 The state of not being susceptible. 2 (medicine) The condition in which an organism can resist disease. 3 The quality of being unaffected by something. 4 An act exempting someone.
BASOPHILIC * a. Staining readily with basic dyes.
GEOSYNCHRONOUS * s. Of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth).
IDEALISE * v. 1 Consider or render as ideal. 2 Form ideals.
POLYTHENE * n. A lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation.
THADDAEUS * n. (New Testament) Supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless.
BRADAWL * n. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
RACERUNNER * n. Very swift lizard of eastern and central United States.
MOVE * --n. 1 The act of deciding to do something. 2 The act of changing your residence or place of business. 3 A change of position that does not entail a change of location. 4 The act of changing location from one place to another. --v. 1 Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically. 2 Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense. 3 Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion. 4 Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.
LXV * s. Being five more than sixty.
IN-TRAY * n. A wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material.
HEMIPTERAN * n. Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
STORY * n. 1 A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. 2 A piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events. 3 A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale. 4 A record or narrative description of past events.
ARISTOTLE * n. One of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC).
ENDOCRINOLOGY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions.
MERCER * n. 1 A dealer in textiles (especially silks). 2 British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866).
CONSPIRATIVE * a. Relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators.
RAMEQUIN * n. 1 A cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes. 2 A small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions.
SL * n. A terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade.
ANOXEMIA * n. Abnormally low oxygen content in arterial blood.
ENDAMEBA * n. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
GRANADA * n. A city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction.
CLYTEMNESTRA * n. (Greek mythology) Wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War.
STRUCTURAL * --a. 1 Relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure. 2 Relating to or having or characterized by structure. 3 Pertaining to geological structure. 4 Relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals. --s. 1 Affecting or involved in structure or construction. 2 Concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study.
VIGNETTE * n. 1 A brief literary description. 2 A photograph whose edges shade off gradually. 3 A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books).
SURPASSINGLY * r. To an extraordinary degree.
RIDGLING * n. A colt with undescended testicles.
COMMERCIALISATION * n. The act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce.
HABILIMENTED * s. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.
ACIDOPHILE * n. An organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment.
BESSEL * n. German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846).
PARTURITION * n. The process of giving birth.
LIE-ABED * n. A person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour.
UNCOMPOUNDED * s. Not constituting a compound.
SATINET * n. A fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber.
PATRIOTISM * n. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
POSTPARTUM * a. Occurring immediately after birth.
FETCHING * s. Very attractive; capturing interest.
CHAENACTIS * n. Any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers.
SQUARED-TOE * s. Having a square toe.
PAYCHECK * n. A check issued in payment of wages or salary.
PSYCHOSOMATIC * s. Used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis.
WRONGLY * r. 1 Without justice or fairness. 2 In an inaccurate manner.
FARMYARD * n. An area adjacent to farm buildings.
PRETTY-PRETTY * s. Ostentatiously or inappropriately pretty.
FEUDALISTIC * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
FLUMMOX * v. Be a mystery or bewildering to.
INAMORATO * n. A man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship.
HORNIST * n. A musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn).
SEVERALLY * r. 1 Apart from others. 2 Apart from others. 3 In the order given.
LORANTHACEAE * n. In some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria.
DIFFERENTIALLY * r. In a differential manner.
LEPIDOBOTRYACEAE * n. Family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa.
KNEEL * --n. Supporting yourself on your knees. --v. Rest one's weight on one's knees.
ANA * n. 1 Mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu. 2 A collection of anecdotes about a person or place.
LATVIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Latvia. 2 The official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language.
BACKCLOTH * n. Scenery hung at back of stage.
FUNDAMENTAL * --n. 1 Any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business. 2 The lowest tone of a harmonic series. --s. 1 Serving as an essential component. 2 Being or involving basic facts or principles. 3 Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something.
PATTERN * --n. 1 A perceptual structure. 2 A customary way of operation or behavior. 3 A decorative or artistic work. 4 Something regarded as a normative example. --v. 1 Plan or create according to a model or models. 2 Form a pattern.
GURNARD * n. Bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom.
RYEGRASS * n. Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses.
HECTOLITER * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
ADDUCTING * a. Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part.
TROMBONE * n. A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide.
CAULKING * n. A waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight.
HYDROGENATE * v. Combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
CONTRACTUAL * a. Relating to or part of a binding legal agreement.
DETROIT * n. 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.
SANA'A * n. The capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau.
TOASTING * n. Cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill.
ENTOMOLOGIC * a. Of or relating to the biological science of entomology.
QUITS * s. On equal terms by payment or requital.
TARTARY * n. The vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries.
APLACOPHORAN * n. Deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle.
TOLLON * n. Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
TARDILY * r. 1 Without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'). 2 Later than usual or than expected.
NERVE-RACKING * s. Extremely irritating to the nerves.
DELUSION * n. 1 (psychology) An erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary. 2 A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea. 3 The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas.
DIABOLISE * v. Turn into a devil or make devilish.
SELF-CENTRED * a. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.
PLANATION * n. The process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced.
TERABIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits.
SODALIST * n. A member of a sodality.
HELPER * n. 1 A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 2 A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help).
VENERATION * n. 1 A feeling of profound respect for someone or something. 2 Religious zeal; the willingness to serve God.
ACCEPTABLE * --a. Worthy of acceptance or satisfactory. --s. 1 Judged to be in conformity with approved usage. 2 Meeting requirements. 3 Adequate for the purpose.
ECCLESIASTICALLY * r. In an ecclesiastic manner.
PORCUPINE * n. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur.
PAPPOOSE * n. An American Indian infant.
RUBBERNECK * --n. 1 A tourist who is visiting sights of interest. 2 A person who stares inquisitively. --v. Strain to watch; stare curiously.
UNAWARENESS * n. Unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention.
DYSTOPIA * n. 1 State in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror. 2 A work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror.
IZAR * n. A voluminous cotton outer garment (usually white) traditionally worn by Muslim women of northern Africa and the Middle East; covers the entire body.
SYNCYTIUM * n. A mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers).
CONSTANT * --n. 1 A quantity that does not vary. 2 A number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context. --s. 1 Unvarying in nature. 2 Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing. --a. Steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection.
POWERFULNESS * n. Possession of controlling influence.
DRIVER * n. 1 The operator of a motor vehicle. 2 Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle. 3 A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver. 4 (computer science) A program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device.
BATTLEMENT * n. A rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns.
TRUNK * n. 1 The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber. 2 Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage. 3 The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. 4 Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools.
CHEVROTAIN * n. Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa.
DICTYOPTERAN * a. Of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera.
SERIALISE * v. Arrange serially.
WATCHTOWER * n. An observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies.
RACKETEER * --n. Someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion). --v. Carry on illegal business activities involving crime.
SIGHTSEER * n. A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.
BREASTBONE * n. The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
BLUEBONNET * n. 1 Low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States. 2 A brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side.
GRANULARITY * n. The quality of being composed of relatively large particles.
MENSTRUUM * n. 1 (archaic) A solvent. 2 The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.
JARGOON * n. A colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon.
OVERRUN * --n. Too much production or more than expected. --v. 1 Invade in great numbers. 2 Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. 3 Flow or run over (a limit or brim). 4 Seize the position of and defeat.
LASAGNA * n. 1 Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables. 2 Very wide flat strips of pasta.
CONTINUITY * n. 1 Uninterrupted connection or union. 2 A detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot. 3 The property of a continuous and connected period of time.
FRAMBOISE * n. The common European raspberry; fruit red or orange.
PATROL * --n. 1 A detachment used for security or reconnaissance. 2 The activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes. 3 A group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security. --v. Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol.
UNSURE * a. 1 Lacking self-confidence. 2 Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance.
CENTRIPETAL * --a. Tending to move toward a center. --s. 1 Tending to unify. 2 Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system.
JND * n. (psychophysics) The difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
MOTET * n. An unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics; intended to be sung as part of a church service; originated in the 13th century.
ILX * s. Being nine more than fifty.
SCISSURE * n. A long narrow opening.
BLEPHARITIS * n. Inflammation of the eyelids characterized by redness and swelling and dried crusts.
STORIED * s. 1 Having an illustrious past. 2 Having stories as indicated.
BULLOCK * n. 1 Young bull. 2 Castrated bull.
REQUIESCAT * n. A prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person.
MOTILIN * n. A gastrointestinal hormone that apparently participates in controlling smooth muscle contractions in the stomach and small intestine.
COPYRIGHTED * s. (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) Protected by copyright.
UNDERWEIGHT * s. Being very thin.
BEACHCOMBER * n. A vagrant living on a beach.
KEYNESIANISM * n. The economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business activity and increase employment.
ORNITHOPTER * n. Heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings.
CORPORATION * n. 1 A business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state. 2 Slang for a paunch.
POTHOLED * s. Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits.
FORTUNATE * --a. Having unexpected good fortune. --s. 1 Supremely favored. 2 Presaging good fortune.
PSILOSIS * n. 1 A chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation. 2 Falling out of hair.
CONVALLARIACEAE * n. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted.
DISPUTABLE * s. 1 Capable of being disproved. 2 Open to argument or debate.
ELECTROCHEMICAL * a. Of or involving electrochemistry.
MUTINUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Phallaceae.
POLLSTER * n. Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion.
EXECUTIONER * n. An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.
KAWAKA * n. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
SELF-PROPELLING * s. 1 Containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement. 2 Moved forward by its own force or momentum.
THERMION * n. An electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature.
PLAGIARIZER * n. Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own.
IMPATIENT * --a. Restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition. --s. (usually followed by `to') Full of eagerness.
BAIT * --n. 1 Anything that serves as an enticement. 2 Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed. --v. 1 Harass with persistent criticism or carping. 2 Lure, entice, or entrap with bait. 3 Attack with dogs or set dogs upon.
BURBLY * s. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm.
SCENERY * n. 1 The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale. 2 The appearance of a place.
CASTILLIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Castile.
AUTHORISATION * n. 1 A document giving an official instruction or command. 2 The power or right to give orders or make decisions. 3 Official permission or approval. 4 The act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant.
MARIONETTE * n. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer.
SOAP-ROCK * n. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.
BRITTLE-STAR * n. An animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc.
BULKINESS * n. An unwieldy largeness.
VASCULARISATION * n. The organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries.
DIAPENSIA * n. Any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia.
CASHED * s. For which money has been paid.
INTRUDER * n. Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
LECTIN * n. Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus.
MOLIDAE * n. Ocean sunfishes.
THRESKIORNITHIDAE * n. Ibises.
LILY * n. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
RETRACTED * s. Drawn back and in.
CONCENTRATE * --n. 1 The desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore. 2 A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water. 3 A concentrated example of something. --v. 1 Make denser, stronger, or purer. 2 Direct one's attention on something. 3 Make central. 4 Make more concise.
BLUE-FRUITED * s. Bearing blue fruit.
EUCALYPT * n. A tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
TOO-GENEROUS * s. Very generous.
SOCIETAL * a. Relating to human society and its members.
MAQUIS * n. 1 A guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War II. 2 The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II.
EPIPALEOLITHIC * n. Middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago.
HECKLER * n. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
POWERLESSLY * r. In a powerless manner.
COCARBOXYLASE * n. A coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle.
XANTHOPHYL * n. Yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks.
DOLTISHLY * r. In a stupid manner.
O.K. * --n. An endorsement. --v. Give sanction to. --s. Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. --r. In a satisfactory or adequate manner.
HOARDING * n. Large outdoor signboard.
PATTY-PAN * n. A pan for cooking patties or pasties.
LINGCOD * n. 1 The lean flesh of a fish caught off the Pacific coast of the United States. 2 Food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings.
ADAXIAL * a. Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism.
INCIPIENT * s. Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
SCROFULOUS * s. 1 Afflicted with scrofula. 2 Morally contaminated. 3 Having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula.
HONEY-SCENTED * s. Smelling of honey.
UNBURIED * a. Not buried.
DESCRIPTION * n. 1 A statement that represents something in words. 2 The act of describing something. 3 Sort or variety.
PROVOCATEUR * n. A secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts.
FULL * --n. The time when the Moon is fully illuminated. --v. 1 Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening. 2 Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering. 3 Increase in phase. --a. 1 Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal. 2 (of sound) Having marked deepness and body. --s. 1 Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. 2 Complete in extent or degree and in every particular. 3 Filled to satisfaction with food or drink. 4 Having the normally expected amount. --r. To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form).
CHLOROXYLON * n. Deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka.
OWENS * n. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980).
FLUEGELHORN * n. A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore.
SPINDLE * n. 1 (biology) Tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle. 2 A piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.. 3 Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts. 4 A stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning.
HACKBERRY * n. 1 Any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits. 2 Small edible dark purple to black berry with large pits; southern United States.
PLANTAGINALES * n. Coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae.
RADICAL * --n. 1 (chemistry) Two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule. 2 An atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule. 3 A person who has radical ideas or opinions. 4 (mathematics) A quantity expressed as the root of another quantity. --s. 1 (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm. 2 Markedly new or introducing radical change. 3 Arising from or going to the root or source. --a. 1 Of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root. 2 Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem.
SELF-HYPNOSIS * n. Hypnosis induced by yourself.
SICKENING * s. Causing or able to cause nausea.
ARCHERY * n. The sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
EGIS * n. Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass.
STICKINESS * n. The property of sticking to a surface.
PEPSIN * n. An enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones.
EXUBERANT * s. 1 Joyously unrestrained. 2 Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings. 3 Produced or growing in extreme abundance.
WHIRL * --n. 1 Confused movement. 2 The shape of something rotating rapidly. 3 A usually brief attempt. 4 The act of rotating rapidly. --v. 1 Turn in a twisting or spinning motion. 2 Cause to spin. 3 Flow in a circular current, of liquids. 4 Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.
CARPOSPORIC * a. Relating to or resembling a carpospore.
REFRIGERATOR * n. White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures.
APPLICATOR * n. A device for applying a substance.
BRITISHISM * n. 1 An expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English). 2 A custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens.
SEAMOUNT * n. An underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor.
KORE * n. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.
SEROLOGY * n. The branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease.
GAVIIFORMES * n. Large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms.
STELLA * n. United States minimalist painter (born in 1936).
BATE * v. 1 Moderate or restrain; lessen the force of. 2 Flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons. 3 Soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments.
CO-ORDINATE * n. A number that identifies a position relative to an axis.
PYRULARIA * n. Small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs.
AMEBOUS * a. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
MEANWHILE * --n. The time between one event, process, or period and another. --r. 1 At the same time but in another place. 2 During the intervening time.
PROPRIOCEPTOR * n. Special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body.
RADIOGRAPH * n. A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays).
SIKH * --n. An adherent of Sikhism. --a. Of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs.
IMIPRAMINE * n. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
SUNDOG * n. A bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.
SLOPPILY * r. In a sloppy manner.
OUSE * n. A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber.
CLICHY * n. A northwestern suburb of Paris; the residence of the Merovingian royalty in the 7th century.
GROUCHILY * r. In an ill-natured manner.
FEATHERWEIGHT * n. 1 An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds. 2 Weighs 126-139 pounds. 3 A professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds.
DJIBOUTI * n. 1 Port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti. 2 A country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997.
MYELINATED * a. (of neurons) Covered with a layer of myelin.
DISSONANT * s. 1 Characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved. 2 Lacking in harmony. 3 Not in accord.
SNAKEBLENNY * n. Found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters.
NEVER-ENDING * s. Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.
CHROMATE * n. Any salt or ester of chromic acid.
ASPHYXIATE * v. 1 Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. 2 Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. 3 Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.
WICKUP * n. Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant.
GASTROSCOPY * n. Visual examination of the stomach by means of a gastroscope inserted through the esophagus.
AMYLOLYTIC * a. Of or related to the process of amylolysis.
LIMO * n. Large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur.
GREENBOTTLE * n. Blowfly with brilliant coppery green body.
EQUALLY * r. 1 To the same degree (often followed by `as'). 2 In equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way.
NONCONTENTIOUS * s. Of persons; not given to controversy.
CHASIDIC * a. Of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices.
IRISHMAN * n. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland.
SEMIEPIPHYTE * n. A plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life.
HENHOUSE * n. A farm building for housing poultry.
METRICIZE * v. 1 Express in the metric system. 2 Convert from a non-metric to the metric system.
EXTREMISM * n. Any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies.
CLAMMILY * r. In a clammy manner.
STICHERUS * n. Umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand.
CHANAR * n. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
LIMPET * n. 1 Mollusk with a low conical shell. 2 Any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas.
GROVELLING * s. Totally submissive.
THYROTOXIC * a. Of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism.
AMATEUR * --n. 1 Someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime. 2 An athlete who does not play for pay. --s. 1 Engaged in as a pastime. 2 Lacking professional skill or expertise.
CLAVICEPS * n. Fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.
COCCAL * a. Of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus.
FINE * --n. Money extracted as a penalty. --v. Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty. --s. 1 Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition. 2 Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning. 3 Thin in thickness or diameter. 4 Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. --a. Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles. --r. 1 An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. 2 In a delicate manner.
TRIPE * n. 1 Lining of the stomach of a ruminant (especially a bovine) used as food. 2 Nonsensical talk or writing.
CONFUSED * --s. 1 Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment. 2 Lacking orderly continuity. 3 Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity. 4 Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. --a. Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently.
RECEPTIVITY * n. Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas).
TALKIE * n. A movie with synchronized speech and singing.
VANQUISHER * n. Someone who is victorious by force of arms.
OCEANOGRAPHER * n. A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas.
HERITABLE * a. Capable of being inherited.
SKIMMER * n. 1 A rapid superficial reader. 2 A cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids. 3 A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown. 4 Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food.
ZINGER * n. A striking or amusing or caustic remark.
JACARANDA * n. An important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black.
YARDIE * n. Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.
UNCALLED-FOR * s. 1 Not required or requested. 2 Unnecessary and unwarranted.
HIPLINE * n. 1 The line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part. 2 The line formed by the lower edge of hip-length garment.
WEAPONIZE * v. Make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon.
DISCONTENTMENT * n. A longing for something better than the present situation.
FULMINATE * --n. A salt or ester of fulminic acid. --v. 1 Criticize severely. 2 Come on suddenly and intensely. 3 Cause to explode violently and with loud noise.
DAZZLE * --n. Brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily. --v. 1 To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light. 2 Amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill.
CONCISELY * r. In a concise manner; in a few words.
SCHEELE * n. Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786).
MID-SIXTIES * n. The time of life between 60 and 70.
RIBALDRY * n. 1 Ribald humor. 2 Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy.
EARTHLIKE * s. 1 Earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth. 2 Resembling or characteristic of earth.
EXODONTIST * n. A dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth.
PAULING * n. United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994).
HORRIBLY * r. Of a dreadful kind.
VOLCANIC * --a. Relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes. --s. 1 Explosively unstable. 2 Igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt.
CNEMIDOPHORUS * n. Whiptails.
CALLISTHENICS * n. 1 The practice of calisthenic exercises. 2 Light exercises designed to promote general fitness.
CIVICS * n. The social science of municipal affairs.
UNPARENTED * a. Having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates.
CONGRATULATE * v. 1 Say something to someone that expresses praise. 2 Express congratulations. 3 Be proud of. 4 Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement.
KHADAFY * n. Libyan leader who seized power in a military coup d'etat in 1969; deposed the Libyan monarchy and imposed socialism and Islamic orthodoxy on the country (born in 1942).
HALLOWMASS * n. A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835.
DEVICES * n. An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
DRESS * --n. 1 A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice. 2 Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion. 3 Clothing in general. --v. 1 Put on clothes. 2 Provide with clothes or put clothes on. 3 Put a finish on. 4 Dress in a certain manner. --s. 1 Suitable for formal occasions. 2 (of an occasion) Requiring formal clothes.
TENSILE * --a. Of or relating to tension. --s. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
SPURT * --n. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). --v. 1 Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. 2 Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy.
PUDDEN-HEAD * n. A person who is not very bright.
SEDUCE * v. 1 Induce to have sex. 2 Lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.
EUROPAN * n. An artificial language proposed as an auxiliary European language.
AUDIENCE * n. 1 A gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance. 2 The part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment. 3 An opportunity to state your case and be heard. 4 A conference (usually with someone important).
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL * a. Pertaining to geological structure.
WAGGON * n. 1 Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor. 2 A car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat.
POYANG * n. A lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal.
INTEGER * n. Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.
SCADS * n. A large number or amount.
EXCRETORY * a. Of or relating to the process of excretion.
NETHERMOST * s. Farthest down.
IMBED * v. Fix or set securely or deeply.
HACKBUT * n. An obsolete firearm with a long barrel.
MALTHA * n. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
BROWSING * n. 1 Reading superficially or at random. 2 The act of feeding by continual nibbling.
FOAM * --n. 1 A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid. 2 A lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture. --v. Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
DOMICILIATE * v. 1 Make one's home in a particular place or community. 2 Provide housing for.
NOVILLERO * n. A bullfighter who is required to fight bulls less than four years of age.
FESTUCA * n. A genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae.
VOCABULARY * n. 1 A listing of the words used in some enterprise. 2 A language user's knowledge of words. 3 The system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts).
ACANTHOCEPHALAN * n. Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.
PSEUDOCOLUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Clathraceae.
OSWALD * n. United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963).
ISAIAH * n. 1 (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC). 2 An Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies.
BOAST * --n. Speaking of yourself in superlatives. --v. 1 Show off. 2 Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner.
SPIRANT * --n. A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract. --s. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
DOPEY * s. Having or revealing stupidity.
CRUMPLE * v. 1 Fall apart. 2 Fold or collapse. 3 To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. 4 Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased.
ELASMOBRANCHII * n. Sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates.
POLYPHOSPHATE * n. A salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid.
LIMBUS * n. A border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structure.
LEAPER * n. Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition).
CYGNET * n. A young swan.
PIT-A-PAT * r. 1 As of footsteps. 2 Describing a rhythmic beating.
NONALINEMENT * n. People (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty.
DRAUGHTSMAN * n. A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.
UNCONSECRATED * s. Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled.
COUTURE * n. High fashion designing and dressmaking.
NABUMETONE * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen).
HARDWORKING * s. Characterized by hard work and perseverance.
RIDGEL * n. A colt with undescended testicles.
CLUMBER * n. A thickset spaniel with longish silky hair.
UNSTEADY * --a. Subject to change or variation. --s. Not firmly or solidly positioned.
MIXABLE * a. (chemistry, physics) Capable of being mixed.
WATCHFULNESS * n. 1 The process of paying close and continuous attention. 2 Vigilant attentiveness.
SYNTHETICAL * a. 1 Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis. 2 Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.
PESSIMAL * s. Of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival.
EVILDOER * n. A person who sins (without repenting).
CAMPY * s. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
COSMONAUT * n. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
BESEEM * v. Accord or comport with.
PERMUTABILITY * n. Ability to change sequence.
SUBSIDIZER * n. Someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy.
TILLER * --n. 1 A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass. 2 Someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops). 3 Lever used to turn the rudder on a boat. 4 A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture). --v. Grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers.
CONFORMISM * n. Orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.
SPECKLE * --n. A small contrasting part of something. --v. 1 Produce a mottled effect. 2 Mark with small spots.
WASHED-OUT * s. 1 Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. 2 Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
SCILLA * n. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
SIXTIES * n. 1 The decade from 1960 to 1969. 2 The time of life between 60 and 70.
MUHAMMADAN * --n. A follower of Mohammed. --a. Of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded.
AUGMENTATION * n. 1 The amount by which something increases. 2 The statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original). 3 The act of augmenting.
HIFALUTIN * s. Affectedly genteel.
FORNAX * n. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix.
ASSIMILATE * v. 1 Take up mentally. 2 Become similar to one's environment. 3 Make similar. 4 Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution.
UNIVERSALIST * a. Of or relating to or tending toward universalism.
ASEPTIC * s. Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
DOMINATRIX * n. A dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship).
OBLONG * --n. A plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation. --s. 1 (of a leaf shape) Having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides. 2 Deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction.
MYXINIKELA * n. Fossil hagfishes.
WARM-TONED * s. Used of music.
OBOIST * n. A musician who plays the oboe.
KAFTAN * n. 1 A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East. 2 A (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant.
RESUBLIME * v. Sublime (a compound) once again.
BELFRY * n. 1 A bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building. 2 A room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung.
REARMOST * s. Located farthest to the rear.
BRIGANDINE * n. A medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth.
EXPORTATION * n. 1 Commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country. 2 The commercial activity of selling and shipping goods to a foreign country.
MAMMILLARIA * n. Any cactus of the genus Mammillaria.
PALEOGRAPHY * n. The study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them).
DEOXYGUANOSINE * n. A nucleoside component of DNA; composed of guanine and deoxyribose.
NARROW-BODIED * s. Having a relatively narrow body.
TARBELL * n. United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944).
TWISTWOOD * n. Vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black.
UNREADABLY * r. In an illegible manner.
SPUTTER * --n. 1 The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively. 2 An utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage). --v. 1 Make an explosive sound. 2 Cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed. 3 Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. 4 Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage.
BASSETERRE * n. The capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher.
PRICKING * n. The act of puncturing with a small point.
RECITAL * n. 1 The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events. 2 Performance of music or dance especially by soloists. 3 A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance. 4 A detailed statement giving facts and figures.
PROUDHON * n. French socialist who argued that property is theft (1809-1865).
SOUNDPROOF * --v. Insulate against noise. --s. Impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound.
MILLIPED * n. Any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs.
VASOVESICULITIS * n. Inflammation of the vas deferens and seminal vesicles; usually occurring with prostatitis.
A-HORIZON * n. The top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus.
HUFFISHNESS * n. A feeling of sulky resentment.
PEASANT * n. 1 A country person. 2 One of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers. 3 A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
VILLEIN * n. (Middle Ages) A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord.
TALKATIVENESS * n. The quality of being wordy and talkative.
HIBACHI * --n. A portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking. --v. Cook over a hibachi grill.
PEPPERONI * n. A pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage).
TONGUE-TIED * s. Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.
SQUIREARCHY * n. The gentry who own land (considered as a class).
GDANSK * n. A port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century.
PARIETAL * a. Of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium.
BROOCH * --n. A decorative pin worn by women. --v. Fasten with or as if with a brooch.
PHONATE * v. Utter speech sounds.
LIMEADE * n. Sweetened beverage of lime juice and water.
DAHOMEY * n. A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control.
STEREOTYPICALLY * r. In a stereotypical manner.
CROSSPIECE * n. 1 A horizontal beam that extends across something. 2 A transverse brace.
RELIEVO * n. Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
CAMSHAFT * n. An engine shaft with cams attached to it.
NONEXISTENCE * n. The state of not existing.
ERIGNATHUS * n. Bearded seals.
THROUGH * --s. 1 Having finished or arrived at completion. 2 (of a route or journey etc.) Continuing without requiring stops or changes. --r. 1 From beginning to end. 2 Over the whole distance. 3 To completion. 4 In diameter.
DICHROMATE * n. A salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid.
DEITY * n. Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.
SLIDER * n. 1 A person who slips or slides because of loss of traction. 2 Someone who races the luge. 3 Freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets. 4 A fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown.
ALGORITHM * n. A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
CONGENERICAL * a. Belonging to the same genus.
INTERNALISE * v. Incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal.
UNCLEARED * a. Not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions.
BLOCKADED * s. Preventing entry or exit or a course of action.
OSCILLOGRAM * n. The recording produced by an oscillograph.
CURTSY * --n. Bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women. --v. 1 Bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting. 2 Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.
RELAPSING * n. A failure to maintain a higher state.
PERNICIOUSNESS * n. Grave harmfulness or deadliness.
PHAETON * n. Large open car seating four with folding top.
TRIUMVIRATE * n. A group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority.
AQUITANIA * n. A region of southwestern France between Bordeaux and the Pyrenees.
SCRAPING * n. 1 (usually plural) A fragment scraped off of something and collected. 2 A harsh noise made by scraping. 3 A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility).
DEFY * v. 1 Resist or confront with resistance. 2 Elude, especially in a baffling way. 3 Challenge.
SEEGER * n. 1 United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919). 2 United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916).
RUTILE * n. A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium.
CRAMBE * n. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
ALKALINIZE * v. 1 Become alkaline. 2 Make (a substance) alkaline.
OBSOLETE * s. No longer in use.
AGNATHA * n. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms.
NUMERATION * n. 1 Naming numbers. 2 The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order.
FORMOSAN * --n. The Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.
INFLAMING * n. Arousal to violent emotion.
KITCHEN * n. A room equipped for preparing meals.
MANIAC * --n. 1 An insane person. 2 A person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something. --s. Wildly disordered.
YARMELKE * n. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
SOLOMON * n. (Old Testament) Son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC).
MILIARIA * n. Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity.
FLEDGE * v. 1 Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight. 2 Decorate with feathers. 3 Grow feathers.
GRABBY * s. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
LEGALLY * r. 1 By law; conforming to the law. 2 In a legal manner.
ANUBIS * n. Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal.
FLY-FISHING * n. Angling with an artificial fly as a lure.
NEARBY * --s. Close at hand. --r. Not far away in relative terms.
NONRESILIENT * s. Not resilient.
CORRUPTION * n. 1 Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain. 2 In a state of progressive putrefaction. 3 Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation). 4 Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.
HORSEMANSHIP * n. Skill in handling and riding horses.
OVERRATING * n. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.
SILAGE * n. Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo.
SOLITARILY * r. In solitude.
OUTFIGHT * v. To fight better than; get the better of.
GAVIAL * n. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
ISOFLURANE * n. A widely used inhalation anesthetic.
PILFERER * n. A thief who steals without using violence.
SONGLIKE * s. Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
PRESENT-DAY * s. Belonging to the present time.
DEADLIGHT * n. A strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather.
TURTLEHEAD * n. Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple.
AMBUSHER * n. An attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack.
TODIDAE * n. A family of birds of the order Coraciiformes.
PARAPHYSIS * n. A sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed.
NATAL * --n. 1 A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean. 2 A port city in northeastern Brazil. --a. 1 Relating to or accompanying birth. 2 Of or relating to the buttocks.
KENDAL * n. A green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant.
TRANSMONTANE * a. On or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker).
UNSOUND * --a. 1 Not in good condition; damaged or decayed. 2 Not sound financially. --s. 1 Containing or based on a fallacy. 2 Suffering from severe mental illness. 3 Physically unsound or diseased. 4 Of e.g. advice.
CLOVEN-FOOTED * a. Of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine.
BASIS * n. 1 A relation that provides the foundation for something. 2 The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained. 3 The most important or necessary part of something.
GABBY * s. Full of trivial conversation.
GOSAINTHAN * n. A mountain in the Himalayas in Tibet (26,290 feet high).
U-TURN * n. Complete reversal of direction of travel.
POMPEII * n. Ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
BUMP * --n. 1 A lump on the body caused by a blow. 2 Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. 3 An impact (as from a collision). --v. 1 Knock against with force or violence. 2 Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. 3 Dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward. 4 Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.
NONPREGNANT * a. Not pregnant.
HOP-STEP-AND-JUMP * n. An athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement.
ANODIC * a. Of or at or relating to an anode.
INDEFINABLE * s. 1 Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words. 2 Defying expression or description.
COMPOTE * n. Dessert of stewed or baked fruit.
LIEGE * --n. 1 A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord. 2 A feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service. 3 City in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium. --s. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
HELIANTHUS * n. Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays.
ASTROMETRY * n. The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the position and motion of celestial bodies.
CALIDRIS * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
CARBOY * n. A large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container.
ENCOMIUM * n. A formal expression of praise.
IMMATERIALITY * n. 1 Complete irrelevance requiring no further consideration. 2 The quality of not being physical; not consisting of matter.
KILIWA * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Kiliwa.
DIABOLICAL * s. 1 Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil. 2 Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
GREENOCKITE * n. Ore of cadmium; a rare yellowish mineral consisting of cadmium sulphide in crystalline form.
ZOOTOXIN * n. A toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals.
AMENITIES * n. Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
CREAKING * n. A squeaking sound.
MORPHOLOGICALLY * r. In a morphological manner; with regard to morphology.
TUCKAHOE * n. Perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries.
SESS * n. Street names for marijuana.
GUMBOIL * n. A boil or abscess on the gums.
BRUNCH * --n. Combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning. --v. Eat a meal in the late morning.
SHERMAN * n. 1 United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891). 2 American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793). 3 A peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high). 4 A town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border.
SELF-GIVING * s. Willing to deprive yourself.
LEIOPELMA * n. Type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae.
CENTENARY * --n. The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it). --a. Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years.
FOXHOUND * n. Medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes.
DRUGLESS * s. Without the use of drugs.
PERSONALIZE * v. Make personal or more personal.
ASYMMETRICAL * --a. Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components. --s. Irregular in shape or outline.
LOAN * --n. 1 The temporary provision of money (usually at interest). 2 A word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English. --v. Give temporarily; let have for a limited time.
RECTUS * n. Any of various straight muscles.
INCOMPATIBLE * --a. 1 Not compatible. 2 Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect. 3 Not suitable to your tastes or needs. 4 Incapable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification. --s. 1 Of words so related that one contrasts with the other. 2 Not easy to combine harmoniously. 3 Not compatible with other facts. 4 Not in keeping with what is correct or proper.
GANOF * n. (Yiddish) A thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
LOWBALL * v. Make a deliberately low estimate.
BIOMETRICS * n. A branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis.
AMASS * v. 1 Collect or gather. 2 Get or gather together.
JHVH * n. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
DESEXUALIZE * v. 1 Direct one's libidinous urges into another direction. 2 Make infertile.
ESTIVATION * n. 1 (zoology) Cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period. 2 (botany) The arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.
EMIRATE * n. 1 The domain controlled by an emir. 2 The office of an emir.
ACROCARP * n. A moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule).
LENGTHY * s. Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted.
SPIRITS * n. An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented.
OREAD * n. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
BOXY * s. Resembling a box in rectangularity.
PARTRIDGE * n. 1 Flesh of either quail or grouse. 2 Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds. 3 Small Old World gallinaceous game birds. 4 A popular North American game bird; named for its call.
ICHTHYOSAURUS * n. Ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic.
MERINO * n. White sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality.
CONVECTION * n. 1 The transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion. 2 (meteorology) The vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere.
NEWSMONGER * n. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
SYMPTOMATICALLY * r. By symptoms.
STRIATION * n. 1 Any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue. 2 A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
ANGOSTURA * n. The bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines and liqueurs and bitters.
TRACTOR * n. 1 A wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications. 2 A truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans.
DESTINATION * n. 1 The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey). 2 The ultimate goal for which something is done. 3 Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location.
HAEMORRHAGIC * a. Of or relating to a hemorrhage.
BUCEROS * n. Type genus of the family Bucerotidae.
HEBDOMADALLY * r. Without missing a week.
ACCLIMATION * n. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).
SATIE * n. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925).
LIPIDOSIS * n. A disorder of lipid metabolism; abnormal levels of certain fats accumulate in the body.
BRASOV * n. A city in central Romania in the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps.
CHAPMAN * n. 1 United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845). 2 Archaic term for an itinerant peddler.
LOOP-LINE * n. A railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on.
FORWARD-LOOKING * s. Ahead of the times.
POLICYHOLDER * n. A person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written.
AGNAIL * n. A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected.
DISTASTEFULLY * r. 1 In an offensively distasteful manner. 2 In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree.
CONNECTION * n. 1 A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it). 2 The state of being connected. 3 An instrumentality that connects. 4 (usually plural) A person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship).
SINUSOIDAL * s. Having a succession of waves or curves.
ABBREVIATE * v. 1 Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. 2 Shorten.
INEXACTLY * r. In an imprecise manner.
GBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits.
SABER-TOOTHED * s. Having teeth that resemble sabers.
ABERDEEN * n. 1 A town in western Washington. 2 A town in northeastern South Dakota. 3 A town in northeastern Maryland. 4 A city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea.
SMALL * --n. 1 The slender part of the back. 2 A garment size for a small person. --a. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent. --s. 1 Relatively moderate, limited, or small. 2 (of children and animals) Young, immature. 3 Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope. 4 Low or inferior in station or quality. --r. On a small scale.
PRIMAQUINE * n. Synthetic antimalarial drug.
BALSA * n. 1 Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats. 2 Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts.
ASPIRATION * n. 1 A will to succeed. 2 A cherished desire. 3 A manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath. 4 The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing.
TUBERCULOID * a. Resembling tuberculosis.
HOMEOPATHIC * a. Of or relating to the practice of homeopathy.
HEDGED * s. Evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement.
ONOMATOPOEIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. 2 (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
PAS * n. (ballet) A step in dancing (especially in classical ballet).
ROUTINELY * r. According to routine or established practice.
INCONSISTENT * --a. Displaying a lack of consistency. --s. 1 Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious. 2 Not in agreement.
CHAMPAGNE * n. 1 A white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there. 2 A region of northeastern France.
BRISTLY * s. 1 Very irritable. 2 Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..
HOBBYHORSE * n. 1 A topic to which one constantly reverts. 2 A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride.
COCTEAU * n. French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963).
OPERATE * v. 1 Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.. 2 Perform as expected when applied. 3 Handle and cause to function. 4 Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
CHUKAKU-HA * n. An ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing.
EGOISM * n. 1 (ethics) The theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality. 2 Concern for your own interests and welfare.
SHREWMOUSE * n. Small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles.
FAVORABLE * --a. 1 Encouraging or approving or pleasing. 2 (of winds or weather) Tending to promote or facilitate. 3 Giving an advantage. --s. Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome.
SKULD * n. Goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future.
EXFILTRATE * v. 1 Transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control. 2 Escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control.
ERESHKIGEL * n. Goddess of death and consort of Nergal.
BELLIGERENTLY * r. With hostility; in a belligerent hostile manner.
QUEEN * --n. 1 The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs. 2 A female sovereign ruler. 3 The wife or widow of a king. 4 Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind. --v. 1 Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess. 2 Become a queen.
ANGLO-JEWISH * a. Of English-speaking Jews and their culture.
EXPRESSIONIST * --n. An artist who is an adherent of expressionism. --a. Of or relating to expressionism.
BOOTH * n. 1 A table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches. 2 Small area set off by walls for special use. 3 United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865). 4 A small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment.
SESQUICENTENNIAL * n. The 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
MELANIZE * v. 1 Convert into, or infiltrate with melanin. 2 Make or become black.
DICTIONARY * n. A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them.
TOLTEC * n. A member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico.
SUBSIDENCE * n. 1 An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease). 2 A gradual sinking to a lower level. 3 The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it.
LEGGY * s. 1 (of plants) Having tall spindly stems. 2 Having long legs.
SYNCARPOUS * a. (of ovaries of flowering plants) Consisting of united carpels.
ONE-ARMED * s. Having one arm.
SPALLANZANI * n. Italian physiologist who disproved the theory of spontaneous generation (1729-1799).
YARDBIRD * n. 1 A military recruit who is assigned menial tasks. 2 A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison.
BEANBAG * n. A small cloth bag filled with dried beans; thrown in games.
CYCLADES * n. 1 The Bronze Age civilization on the Cyclades islands in the southern Aegean Sea that flourished 3000-1100 BC. 2 A group of over 200 islands in the southern Aegean.
DISK-JOCKEY * v. Comment on music to be played.
ZYGNEMATALES * n. Pond scums; desmids.
UNIVERSALITY * n. The quality of being universal; existing everywhere.
COMEUPANCE * n. An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved and fitting.
PRESSURE-COOK * v. Cook in a pressure cooker.
DISABUSE * v. Free somebody (from an erroneous belief).
SCABLANDS * n. (geology) Flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington).
PRODIGALLY * r. To a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree.
SISON * n. Genus including stone parsley.
TRIGONELLA * n. Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs.
PARONOMASIA * n. A humorous play on words.
WHORL * n. 1 A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). 2 A strand or cluster of hair. 3 A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
TAILOR * --n. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments. --v. 1 Adjust to a specific need or market. 2 Style and tailor in a certain fashion. 3 Create (clothes) with cloth.
LEPTOSPORANGIUM * n. A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell; characteristic of the Filicales or of almost all modern ferns.
BOOK * --n. 1 A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together). 2 Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together. 3 A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone. 4 A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance. --v. 1 Engage for a performance. 2 Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance. 3 Record a charge in a police register. 4 Register in a hotel booker.
IN-BETWEEN * s. Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series.
IMPROVEMENT * n. 1 A change for the better; progress in development. 2 The act of improving something. 3 A condition superior to an earlier condition.
NM * n. 1 A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter. 2 A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border.
ATTUNE * v. Adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with.
DRACUNCULUS * n. 1 Tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum. 2 Type genus of the family Dracunculidae.
TIDDLER * n. A young person of either sex.
HYPERTHERMY * n. Abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer).
REWARDINGLY * r. In a rewarding manner.
UNLADYLIKE * s. Lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady.
PHENERGAN * n. Antihistamine (trade name Phenergan) used to treat allergies; also an antiemetic used to treat motion sickness.
PRAVASTATIN * n. An oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks.
NECKLINE * n. The line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck.
UPPER-CLASS * a. Occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society.
UNTOLD * s. Too much to be measured.
PALAVER * --n. 1 Flattery intended to persuade. 2 Loud and confused and empty talk. --v. 1 Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. 2 Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering. 3 Have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds.
BAHAMIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of the Bahamas. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bahama Islands or their inhabitants.
NSA * n. The United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information.
MAHUANG * n. Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine.
ECTOPIA * n. Abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth).
CONFIDENT * --a. Having or marked by confidence or assurance. --s. 1 Persuaded of; very sure. 2 Not liable to error in judgment or action.
RHAPSODIZE * v. 1 Recite a rhapsody. 2 Say (something) with great enthusiasm.
KUWAITI * --n. A native or inhabitant of Kuwait. --a. 1 Of or relating to the kingdom of Kuwait or its people. 2 Of or relating to the capital of Kuwait or its residents.
ROUGH-AND-READY * s. Crude but effective for the purpose at hand.
COLORADAN * n. A native or resident of Colorado.
ASPECTUAL * a. Of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb).
PERMISSION * n. 1 Approval to do something. 2 The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
WEIGHBRIDGE * n. Platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc.
IRIDOPROCNE * n. A genus of Hirundinidae.
PALEOLOGY * n. The study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities.
ARBITRARILY * r. In a random manner.
POLYZOA * n. Marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids.
XVII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one. --s. Being one more than sixteen.
GUILDER * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents. 2 Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents.
COMPILE * v. 1 Get or gather together. 2 Put together out of existing material. 3 Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
LADDIE * n. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
RAMPANTLY * r. In an uncontrolled and rampant manner.
DEEP-CHESTED * s. Thick in the chest.
RENDITION * n. 1 A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.. 2 An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious. 3 Handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed. 4 The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance.
EOLOTROPIC * s. Having properties with different values along different axes.
WOOD-CREEPER * n. Any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers.
SURPASS * v. 1 Distinguish oneself. 2 Be or do something to a greater degree. 3 Move past. 4 Be greater in scope or size than some standard.
ADORABILITY * n. Extreme attractiveness.
AGLAOMORPHA * n. Epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia.
MILORD * n. A term of address for an English lord.
HELLISH * s. 1 (informal) Very unpleasant. 2 Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
ORTHODONTIA * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth.
SAPREMIA * n. Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter.
DIXIECRATS * n. A former political party in the United States; formed in 1948 by Democrats from southern states in order to oppose to the candidacy of Harry S Truman.
TERRIFY * v. Fill with terror; frighten greatly.
GIMMICK * n. 1 A drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident. 2 Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known. 3 Any clever maneuver.
REWORK * v. Use again in altered form.
CURLEW * n. Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill.
ELABORATED * s. Developed or executed with care and in minute detail.
MAYWEED * n. Widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs.
ELECTRON * n. An elementary particle with negative charge.
HYPOPROTEINEMIA * n. Abnormally low level of protein in the blood; can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders.
ASTERACEAE * n. Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia.
TYPICALITY * n. The state of being that is typical.
PALLOR * n. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
RAWBONED * s. Having a lean and bony physique.
PARADISAIC * s. Relating to or befitting Paradise.
HERENESS * n. The state of being here in this place.
HATBOX * n. A round piece of luggage for carrying hats.
UNMANAGEABLENESS * n. The trait of being unmanageable.
ZYGNEMALES * n. Pond scums; desmids.
YORKTOWN * n. 1 A historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution. 2 In 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution.
LOCALISE * v. 1 Identify the location or place of. 2 Concentrate on a particular place or spot. 3 Restrict something to a particular area. 4 Locate.
HEAVISIDE * n. English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925).
SPEAR-POINT * n. The head and sharpened point of a spear.
GOEBBELS * n. German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945).
COMPLACENCY * n. The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself.
PANDEISM * n. The belief that God created the universe and its phenomena by becoming the universe, thereafter the sole manifestation of God.
REQUESTED * a. Asked for.
IMPETIGO * n. A very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode.
HINDSHANK * n. A cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg.
CAPPARIDACEAE * n. A dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia.
PHILHARMONIC * --n. A large orchestra; can perform symphonies. --a. Composing or characteristic of an orchestral group. --s. Devoted to or appreciative of music.
FACIALLY * r. With respect to the face.
COMPUTER * n. 1 A machine for performing calculations automatically. 2 An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).
GRUIDAE * n. Cranes.
TORTFEASOR * n. A party who has committed a tort.
THYROIDECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of the thyroid gland.
BEMA * n. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing.
CESTIDAE * n. Coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body.
BITTER-BARK * n. Ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever.
MYOID * a. Resembling muscle.
ORPHIC * --a. Ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus. --s. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
TARKOVSKY * n. Russian filmmaker (1932-1986).
ZINNWALDITE * n. A mica containing iron and lithium.
FLAMBOYANCE * n. Extravagant elaborateness.
REHEARING * n. The act of hearing again.
PEAKY * s. Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots.
MAITLAND * n. English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906).
AVARICIOUSNESS * n. Extreme greed for material wealth.
OBSOLESCENCE * n. The process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date.
LYSOGENIC * a. 1 Of or relating to lysogeny. 2 Capable of producing or undergoing lysis.
GRAPHICALLY * r. 1 In a diagrammatic manner. 2 With respect to graphic aspects. 3 In a graphic way.
SHORT-WINDED * s. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
CLOZARIL * n. An antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects.
CAMPYLONEURUM * n. Epiphytic ferns of tropical America.
UROPATHY * n. Any pathology of the urinary tract.
LUMINAL * n. A long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative.
PALEOSTRIATUM * n. The inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus.
QUASI * s. Having some resemblance.
HORNE * n. 1 United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934). 2 United States singer and actress (born in 1917).
XCVI * s. Being six more than ninety.
UNACCEPTABLENESS * n. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards.
SUPPLENESS * n. 1 The gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple. 2 The property of being pliant and flexible. 3 Adaptability of mind or character.
SWINDLE * --n. The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme. --v. Deprive of by deceit.
ADAM-AND-EVE * n. North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
QUICK-SIGHTED * s. 1 Having very keen vision. 2 Keenly perceptive or alert.
MOMENTOUSLY * r. In a momentous way.
PERPETUATION * n. The act of prolonging something.
GENUINENESS * n. 1 The state of being genuine. 2 Undisputed credibility.
THYSANURON * n. Primitive wingless insects: bristletail.
SUNSPOT * n. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field.
SMUTTY * s. 1 Characterized by obscenity. 2 Soiled with dirt or soot.
NETTING * n. 1 A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave. 2 Creating nets.
DOWNLIKE * s. Like down or as soft as down.
OLFACTIVE * a. Of or relating to olfaction.
GIMBAL * n. An appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips.
VERBALLY * r. 1 As a verb. 2 By means of language.
DOWNHILL * --n. 1 The downward slope of a hill. 2 A ski race down a trail. --s. Sloping down rather steeply. --r. 1 Toward a lower or inferior state. 2 Toward the bottom of a hill.
CROTCHET * n. 1 A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook. 2 A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note. 3 A strange attitude or habit. 4 A small tool or hooklike implement.
HYDROFLUOROCARBON * n. A fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing.
NAPIER * n. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617).
LANGUOROUS * s. Lacking spirit or liveliness.
EXTINCTION * n. 1 No longer active; extinguished. 2 No longer in existence. 3 The reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation. 4 Complete annihilation.
JINGOISTIC * s. Fanatically patriotic.
CLATHRUS * n. Type genus of the Clathraceae.
CYCNOCHES * n. Genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids.
ALDEBARAN * n. The brightest star in Taurus.
APOMICT * n. A plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis.
ANTHROPOLATRY * n. The worship of human beings.
FRESNEL * n. French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827).
BLUSTERY * s. 1 Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts. 2 Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
SCYPHOZOA * n. Coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes.
HEMIPTERA * n. Plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas).
CEPHALOPODAN * a. Relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda.
INCONCEIVABLY * r. To an inconceivable degree.
HOBBS * n. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
EPIPHYTE * n. Plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it.
AUTOPILOT * n. 1 A cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness. 2 A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course.
PLUG-IN * n. 1 A software module that extends or enhances the capabilities of an existing application. 2 A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities.
AENEAS * n. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid.
MOROSELY * r. In a morose manner.
ROUGHLY * r. 1 (of quantities) Imprecise but fairly close to correct. 2 With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly'). 3 With rough motion as over a rough surface.
ALZHEIMER'S * n. A progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness.
ACTINOMYXIDIAN * n. Parasites of worms.
POD * --n. 1 The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves). 2 A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant. 3 A group of aquatic mammals. 4 A detachable container of fuel on an airplane. --v. 1 Take something out of its shell or pod. 2 Produce pods, of plants.
DEVISE * --n. 1 A will disposing of real property. 2 (law) A gift of real property by will. --v. 1 Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. 2 Arrange by systematic planning and united effort. 3 Give by will, especially real property.
UNANIMATED * a. Not animated or enlivened; dull.
BRAGG * n. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
NOR'-NOR'-WEST * --n. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest. --r. To, toward, or in the north-northwest.
LEUCADENDRON * n. Large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts.
RISC * n. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
PRETZEL * n. Glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot.
CUSK-EEL * n. Elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes.
PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM * n. Congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex.
PEPPERIDGE * n. Columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall.
BULKHEAD * n. A partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments.
DEFERRAL * n. 1 A state of abeyance or suspended business. 2 Act of putting off to a future time.
MONKISH * s. Befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial.
MATT-UP * v. Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.
TEREBINTH * n. A Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine.
DEMEANINGLY * r. In a humiliating manner.
NORTHEASTWARD * --n. The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. --s. Toward the northeast. --r. In a northeastward direction.
BARYON * n. Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.
CONSUMERISM * n. 1 The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial. 2 A movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers.
VIGILANCE * n. 1 The process of paying close and continuous attention. 2 Vigilant attentiveness.
CODETALKER * n. A secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II.
MINACIOUS * s. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
AGAMEMNON * n. (Greek mythology) The king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War.
ABSTRUSE * s. Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
VOLANS * n. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina.
ORTOLAN * n. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy.
MATE * --n. 1 The officer below the master on a commercial ship. 2 A fellow member of a team. 3 The partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner). 4 A person's partner in marriage. --v. 1 Engage in sexual intercourse. 2 Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. 3 Place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game.
BOARD * --n. 1 A committee having supervisory powers. 2 A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes. 3 A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose. 4 Food or meals in general. --v. 1 Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.). 2 Live and take one's meals at or in. 3 Lodge and take meals (at). 4 Provide food and lodging (for).
CORNEL * n. A tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers.
MEGACEPHALY * n. An abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.
TESTING * n. 1 The act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works. 2 An examination of the characteristics of something. 3 The act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned.
TALLEYRAND * n. French statesman (1754-1838).
SOLDERING * n. Fastening firmly together.
BOUNTIFULLY * r. In a bountiful manner.
DELTOID * --n. A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm. --s. Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex.
MILTOMATE * n. Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes.
UNBACKED * s. Unsupported by other people.
ALLANTOIC * a. Relating to or characterized by an allantois.
IN-JOKE * n. A joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people.
SOPHISTICATION * n. 1 Uplifting enlightenment. 2 A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. 3 Being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject. 4 The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment.
KUCHEAN * n. A dialect of Tocharian.
CONFUTATIVE * s. Able to be refuted.
LOW-INTEREST * a. (used of loans) Charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed.
ATRICHORNIS * n. Type genus of the Atrichornithidae.
QUANTIZATION * n. The act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory.
SLEIGH * --n. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow. --v. Ride (on) a sled.
RELYRIC * v. Write new lyrics for (a song).
CARDIA * n. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
ARMYWORM * n. 1 Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain. 2 Moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes. 3 Larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted.
DICHROMACY * n. A deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision).
FLICK * --n. 1 A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible). 2 A short stroke. 3 A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. --v. 1 Flash intermittently. 2 Look through a book or other written material. 3 Cause to move with a flick. 4 Throw or toss with a quick motion.
ARGUMENTATION * n. 1 A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal. 2 A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning.
LEPTOMENINGES * n. The two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers.
AFFIXAL * a. Of or pertaining to a linguistic affix.
ACTINOMORPHIC * a. Capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis.
DISMISS * v. 1 Bar from attention or consideration. 2 Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration. 3 Stop associating with. 4 Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
PROVOKE * v. 1 Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). 2 Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. 3 Provide the needed stimulus for. 4 Annoy continually or chronically.
KALKA * n. 1 The Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia. 2 The language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic.
KETCHUP * n. Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.
PROMPTITUDE * n. The characteristic of doing things without delay.
CHURNED-UP * s. Moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation.
JOURNALIST * n. 1 A writer for newspapers and magazines. 2 Someone who keeps a diary or journal.
INHERITABLE * a. Capable of being inherited.
RETROFLEX * --v. 1 Bend or turn backward. 2 Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate. --s. 1 Bent or curved backward. 2 Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate.
OPPOSITE * --n. 1 A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. 2 A relation of direct opposition. 3 A contestant that you are matched against. 4 Something inverted in sequence or character or effect. --s. 1 Being directly across from each other; facing. 2 Moving or facing away from each other. 3 The other one of a complementary pair. 4 Altogether different in nature or quality or significance. --a. Of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem. --r. Directly facing each other.
RADIOTELEGRAPHY * n. 1 Telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire. 2 The use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code).
CEPHALOSPORIN * n. One of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity.
CHORIC * a. Relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus.
PRUDISH * s. Exaggeratedly proper.
ARCELLIDAE * n. Soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution.
POLYPTOTON * n. Repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence.
75TH * s. The ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order.
ANELE * v. Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
UNWAXED * a. Not waxed.
UNFROZEN * a. Not frozen.
TABLEFORK * n. A fork for eating at a dining table.
NAJADACEAE * n. Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.
SON-IN-LAW * n. The husband of your daughter.
LION-HUNTER * n. 1 Someone who tries to attract social lions as guests. 2 Someone who hunts lions.
TERTIAN * a. 1 Relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day. 2 Of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds.
COALESCENT * s. Growing together, fusing.
TUMULTUOUSLY * r. In a tumultuous and riotous manner.
PLAYMATE * n. A companion at play.
INDAPAMIDE * n. Diuretic (trade name Lozal) used in the treatment of hypertension.
PAWKY * s. Cunning and sly.
COLLEMBOLA * n. Minute wingless arthropods: springtails.
CASBAH * n. An older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located.
JUDICATORY * n. The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government.
FACTOTUM * n. A servant employed to do a variety of jobs.
MATHIAS * n. United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930).
WITCHERY * n. The art of sorcery.
ASTOR * n. 1 British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964). 2 United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848).
VOUSSOIR * n. Wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault.
SELF-WILLED * s. Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition.
SCRIBBLER * n. 1 Informal terms for journalists. 2 A writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read.
FLIGHTY * s. 1 Guided by whim and fancy. 2 Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).
SPHYRAPICUS * n. A genus of Picidae.
SUN-DRIED * s. Dried naturally by the sun.
OVERTOP * v. Look down on.
NAZIFICATION * n. Social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism.
HECTIC * s. Marked by intense agitation or emotion.
MASSAWA * n. A port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea.
THEISTIC * a. Of or relating to theism.
EUGLENOPHYTA * n. Free-swimming flagellate algae.
ENTEROLITHIASIS * n. The presence of calculi in the intestines.
AILERON * n. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
DISPERSED * s. Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.
CROSSBREED * --n. (genetics) An organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species. --v. Breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties.
REASSURE * v. 1 Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to. 2 Give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain.
URATURIA * n. Presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout.
CHATROOM * n. A site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic).
SEQUESTRATION * n. 1 The act of segregating or sequestering. 2 The action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions. 3 A writ that authorizes the seizure of property. 4 Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized.
INCOMPREHENSIBLE * a. 1 Incapable of being explained or accounted for. 2 Difficult to understand.
UNACCEPTABLY * r. To an unacceptable degree.
SPIROCHAETALES * n. Higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms.
GOLFING * n. Playing golf.
LIEUTENANT * n. 1 A commissioned military officer. 2 An officer in a police force. 3 An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent. 4 An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade.
DEPUTATION * n. 1 A group of representatives or delegates. 2 Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.
AHORSEBACK * --s. Traveling on horseback. --r. On the back of a horse.
LIP-READ * v. Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people.
PITMAN * n. 1 English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897). 2 Someone who works in a coal mine.
MULTIPHASE * a. Of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle.
NARC * n. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
ICECREAM * n. Frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring.
SHOCKED * s. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
CHROMIUM * n. A hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing.
CURRISHLY * r. In a currish manner; meanspiritedly.
UNGUICULATA * n. In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws; distinguished from hoofed mammals and cetaceans.
LINESMAN * n. 1 Official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside). 2 A person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines.
GALVANISER * n. 1 A skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc. 2 A leader who stimulates and excites people to action.
RIGHT-ANGLED * s. Forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles.
TRANSPOSE * --n. A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix. --v. 1 Change the order or arrangement of. 2 Transfer from one place or period to another. 3 Cause to change places. 4 Transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality.
SINLESSNESS * n. The state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil.
URANOLOGY * n. The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole.
DETRITION * n. 1 Erosion by friction. 2 The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice. 3 Effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure.
HOMOPHOBIC * s. Prejudiced against homosexual people.
SIPAH-E-SAHABA * n. A vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan.
SUPERORDER * n. (biology) A taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass.
SATYRIDAE * n. A widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods.
BEASTLINESS * n. 1 The quality of being deliberately mean. 2 Unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather.
GENERIC * --n. 1 Wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as `vin rouge', `vino rosso', `rotwein', `red wine', etc.), or by general class (as `vin ordinaire', `vin de table', `vino da tavola', `tafelwein', `table wine', etc.). 2 Any product that can be sold without a brand name. --a. Relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus. --s. 1 (of drugs) Not protected by trademark. 2 Applicable to an entire class or group.
OVAL-BODIED * s. Having an oval body.
PROCRUSTEAN * a. Of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him.
PVA * n. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
COSMOGRAPHIST * n. A scientist knowledgeable about cosmography.
BIFURCATED * s. Divided into or made up of two parts.
LAPPLAND * n. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
GUNFIGHT * n. A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
NIBELUNG * n. 1 (German mythology) A companion or follower of Siegfried. 2 (German mythology) Any of the group of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried.
LILONGWE * n. The capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi.
MAINSTREAMED * s. (of the handicapped) Placed in regular school classes.
EMBRANGLE * v. Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.
BEHEST * n. An authoritative command or request.
CATHARI * n. A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism.
POINTED * --a. Having a point. --s. Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant.
WILINESS * n. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
ANTIDO * n. An artificial language related to Ido.
WINDSURF * v. Ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water.
PAUPERISM * n. A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
ATTRACTION * n. 1 The force by which one object attracts another. 2 An entertainment that is offered to the public. 3 The quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts. 4 A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts.
VIRILISE * v. Produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy.
PANICKED * s. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
ONYCHOMYS * n. Grasshopper mice.
SUBSTANTIATE * v. 1 Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. 2 Represent in bodily form. 3 Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to. 4 Solidify, firm, or strengthen.
FLARING * s. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
COMPLEXION * --n. 1 The coloring of a person's face. 2 A combination that results from coupling or interlinking. 3 A point of view or general attitude or inclination. 4 Texture and appearance of the skin of the face. --v. Give a certain color to.
GALOIS * n. French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832).
EVANGELIZE * v. 1 Preach the gospel (to). 2 Convert to Christianity.
KOHLERIA * n. Shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers.
RUSTLESS * a. Without rust.
SCHOOLTIME * n. 1 The period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session. 2 The time of life when you are going to school.
PEDAGOGIC * a. Of or relating to pedagogy.
ALLOPATRIC * a. (of biological species or speciation) Occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another.
KRYPTEROPHANERON * n. A genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae.
DEMONIACAL * a. Of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon.
ESTER * n. Organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
HEURISTIC * --n. A commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem. --a. Of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation.
LYNX * n. 1 A text browser. 2 Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur.
HOUSECLEANING * n. 1 (figurative) The act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions. 2 The act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house.
PUERILITY * n. 1 The state of a child between infancy and adolescence. 2 A property characteristic of a child.
CHEVALIER * n. 1 French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972). 2 A gallant or courtly gentleman.
POETIZE * v. Compose verses or put into verse.
RIMING * a. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
CERATODUS * n. Extinct lungfish.
HEMIPODE * n. Small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains.
WAVING * n. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
FOUL-SMELLING * s. Offensively malodorous.
HARTEBEEST * n. A large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward.
HAREEM * n. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
ACCIPITRIFORMES * n. In some classifications an alternative name for the Falconiformes.
WEIGH * v. 1 Have a certain weight. 2 Show consideration for; take into account. 3 Determine the weight of. 4 Have weight; have import, carry weight.
OUTSAIL * v. Sail faster or better than.
UNCOORDINATED * s. 1 Lacking in cooperative planning and organization. 2 Lacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements.
INGRATIATION * n. The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments.
SMATTERING * n. 1 A small number or amount. 2 A slight or superficial understanding of a subject.
THROTTLER * n. Someone who kills by strangling.
SPITEFUL * s. Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.
IGNITE * v. 1 Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat. 2 Start to burn or burst into flames. 3 Arouse or excite feelings and passions. 4 Start or maintain a fire in.
SILICONE * n. Any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation.
EXPERIENTIAL * --a. Relating to or resulting from experience. --s. Derived from experience or the experience of existence.
LIDOCAINE * n. A local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes.
BASKETBALL * n. 1 A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop. 2 An inflated ball used in playing basketball.
BARITE * n. A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium.
JACK-IN-THE-BOX * n. Plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened.
NAUSEOUS * s. 1 Causing or able to cause nausea. 2 Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit.
ULTRANATIONALISTIC * s. Fanatically patriotic.
STRAIGHTFORWARDLY * r. With firmness and conviction; without compromise.
PULLBACK * n. 1 A device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back. 2 (military) The act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops).
LYCANTHROPY * n. (folklore) The magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf.
INTERNATIONALISATION * n. The act of bringing something under international control.
LONGWISE * r. In the direction of the length.
ENGLISH-WEED * n. South African bulbous wood sorrel with showy yellow flowers.
TOED * a. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in combination.
UNAMENDED * a. (of legislation) Not amended.
GARLAND * --n. 1 United States singer and film actress (1922-1969). 2 A city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas). 3 An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.. 4 Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes. --v. Adorn with bands of flowers or leaves.
ANCHOVY * n. 1 Tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces. 2 Small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide.
QUANDANG * n. 1 Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed. 2 Red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam.
SUCCESSIVELY * r. In proper order or sequence.
PERIPATOPSIS * n. Type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions.
UNDESERVING * s. Not deserving.
PERUKE * n. A wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
WILDE * n. Irish writer and wit (1854-1900).
STARTLED * s. Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.
ENTOMB * v. Place in a grave or tomb.
RESPONSIBLY * r. In a responsible manner.
CRASH * --n. 1 A loud resonant repeating noise. 2 A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles). 3 A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). 4 The act of colliding with something. --v. 1 Fall or come down violently. 2 Move with, or as if with, a crashing noise. 3 Undergo damage or destruction on impact. 4 Move violently as through a barrier.
DOODLY-SQUAT * n. A small worthless amount.
GOLDENEYE * n. 1 A variety of green lacewing. 2 Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions.
AGNOSTIC * --n. 1 Someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something. 2 A person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist). --a. 1 Of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism. 2 Uncertain of all claims to knowledge.
BORROWER * n. Someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent.
LOITERER * n. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.
PROJECT * --n. 1 Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted. 2 A planned undertaking. --v. 1 Communicate vividly. 2 Extend out or project in space. 3 Transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another. 4 Project on a screen.
EVASIVELY * r. With evasion; in an evasive manner.
SEMINOLE * n. 1 A member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century. 2 The Muskhogean language of the Seminole.
PRIMATES * n. An animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings.
BARAKA * n. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
ADDUCT * --n. A compound formed by an addition reaction. --v. Draw a limb towards the body.
ARTICLED * s. Bound by contract.
STEERER * n. 1 The person who steers a ship. 2 A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot).
ADMINISTRATION * n. 1 A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs). 2 The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. 3 The act of administering medication. 4 The tenure of a president.
DUMFOUNDED * s. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.
OMBUDSMAN * n. A government appointee who investigates complaints by private persons against the government.
ANGIOGENESIS * n. The formation of new blood vessels.
CROSSWISE * --a. Lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction. --s. In the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross. --r. 1 Not in the intended manner. 2 Transversely.
APHOTIC * s. Lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight.
BABU * n. Used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'.
MANDAMUS * n. An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail.
MICROSTROBOS * n. 2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania.
POISONOUSLY * r. In a very malevolent manner.
CHIEF * --n. 1 A person who is in charge. 2 A person who exercises control over workers. 3 The head of a tribe or clan. --s. Most important element.
DETACH * v. 1 Cause to become detached or separated; take off. 2 Separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment. 3 Come to be detached.
FINIAL * n. An ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis.
MOHO * n. The boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle.
PASS * --n. 1 (baseball) An advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls. 2 (military) A written leave of absence. 3 (American football) A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate. 4 The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks. --v. 1 Go across or through. 2 Move past. 3 Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation. 4 Pass by. --a. Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
CO * n. 1 An odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon. 2 A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition. 3 One who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience. 4 A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains.
COORDINATOR * n. Someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously.
CACODYL * n. 1 A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air. 2 The univalent group derived from arsine.
BOS'N * n. A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
THINGS * n. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).
SMARTNESS * n. 1 A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore. 2 Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty. 3 Elegance by virtue of being fashionable. 4 Liveliness and eagerness.
WET-NURSE * --n. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. --v. Give suck to.
CHESTERTON * n. 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).
EARTH-CLOSET * n. A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
UNFASTENING * n. Loosening the ties that fasten something.
MASTODONT * n. Extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.
RAPACITY * n. 1 Extreme gluttony. 2 Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins).
SUCCUMB * v. 1 Consent reluctantly. 2 Be fatally overwhelmed.
OBLIGINGLY * r. In accommodation.
MATRILINEAL * s. Based on or tracing descent through the female line.
BUCKTOOTH * n. A large projecting front tooth.
PREFATORIAL * s. Serving as an introduction or preface.
SERVAL * n. Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat.
SERAIL * n. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
MENIAL * --n. A domestic servant. --s. Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work).
BESTOWER * n. Person who makes a gift of property.
FALSE * --a. Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality. --s. 1 Arising from error. 2 Erroneous and usually accidental. 3 Deliberately deceptive. 4 Inappropriate to reality or facts. --r. In a disloyal and faithless manner.
FASCICULATION * n. Muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers.
DEFLECT * v. 1 Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. 2 Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest. 3 Turn aside and away from an initial or intended course. 4 Draw someone's attention away from something.
UNDEREVALUATION * n. An appraisal that underestimates the value of something.
DETAILS * n. True confidential information.
CARANCHA * n. South American caracara.
HAZLITT * n. English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830).
SASHAY * --n. 1 A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps. 2 (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading. 3 A journey taken for pleasure. --v. 1 Move sideways. 2 To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. 3 Perform a chasse step, in ballet.
HUMBLEBEE * n. Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions.
HYDRASTIS * n. Small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan.
SMOOTHIE * n. 1 Someone with an assured and ingratiating manner. 2 A thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk.
COLOSSUS * n. 1 Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. 2 A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
MEDICOLEGAL * a. Pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information).
SINGLE-MINDEDLY * r. In a single-minded manner.
CONTRABASS * --n. Largest and lowest member of the violin family. --s. Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range.
PRIVATEER * n. 1 An officer or crew member of a privateer. 2 A privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation.
FINE-TOOTHED * s. Having fine teeth set close together.
LECANOPTERIS * n. Any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants.
IMAGINE * v. 1 Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case. 2 Expect, believe, or suppose.
SAWTOOTH * n. A serration on a saw blade.
INSULARISM * n. The state of being isolated or detached.
STEMMER * n. 1 A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books. 2 A worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers. 3 An algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem. 4 A miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge.
STAGNANCY * n. 1 Inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation. 2 A state of inactivity (in business or art etc).
NSW * n. The agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare.
ETHNOCENTRISM * n. Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.
PENIAL * a. Of or relating to the penis.
SOYA * n. 1 Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia. 2 The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein).
SIGNALMAN * n. A railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard.
OPPROBRIUM * n. 1 State of disgrace resulting from public abuse. 2 A state of extreme dishonor.
VOLUPTUOUSNESS * n. 1 The quality of being attractive and exciting (especially sexually exciting). 2 The property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses. 3 The quality of having a well-rounded body.
COMPRESSION * n. 1 An increase in the density of something. 2 The process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together. 3 Encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required. 4 Applying pressure.
LUMMA * n. 100 lumma equal 1 dram in Armenia.
PIOUSLY * r. In a devout and pious manner.
ARULO * n. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
EXABYTE * n. 1 A unit of information equal to 1000 petabytes or 10^18 bytes. 2 A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes.
COVERALL * n. A loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing.
VENUE * n. 1 The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting). 2 In law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
PRIMATESHIP * n. The office of primate.
CAPSELLA * n. Shepherd's purse.
MO * n. 1 An indefinitely short time. 2 A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel. 3 A midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union.
INCOMPETENT * --n. Someone who is not competent to take effective action. --a. 1 Legally not qualified or sufficient. 2 Not qualified or suited for a purpose. --s. 1 Showing lack of skill or aptitude. 2 Not doing a good job. 3 Not meeting requirements.
JITTERY * --a. Characterized by jerky movements. --s. Being in a tense state.
BUCURESTI * n. National capital and largest city of Romania in southeastern Romania.
NINETY-FIFTH * s. The ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order.
PINEAL * --a. Relating to the pineal body. --s. Having the form of a pine cone.
ANAPURNA * n. 1 Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty. 2 A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high).
LE * n. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
SUPERINTENDENCE * n. Management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group.
POSSE * n. A temporary police force.
WONDERLAND * n. 1 A place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder. 2 An imaginary realm of marvels or wonders.
BOWLEG * --n. A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee). --s. Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
ARMCHAIR * n. Chair with a support on each side for arms.
ANGELIQUE * n. Any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels.
DECOLONISE * v. Grant independence to (a former colony).
ARECIDAE * n. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae.
DEMONISM * n. A belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan).
LEFLUNOMIDE * n. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally; can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood cells which reduces inflammation in the synovium.
INVESTING * n. The act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit.
SONATINA * n. A short and simple sonata.
CANNULIZE * v. Introduce a cannula or tube into.
CONFORMABLE * s. 1 Quick to comply. 2 Disposed or willing to conform. 3 In keeping.
FAULKNER * n. United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962).
MANICHAEISM * n. A religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000.
46 * s. Being six more than forty.
IN * --n. 1 A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot. 2 A rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite. 3 A state in midwestern United States. --s. 1 Holding office. 2 Directed or bound inward. 3 Currently fashionable. --r. To or toward the inside of.
SHELLING * n. The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
FIDDLESTICK * n. A bow used in playing the violin.
THERMOGRAPH * n. 1 Medical instrument that uses an infrared camera to reveal temperature variations on the surface of the body. 2 A thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time.
COMMUTATIVE * s. (of a binary operation) Independent of order; as in e.g..
DISORDERED * --s. 1 Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion. 2 Lacking orderly continuity. --a. Not arranged in order.
CHROMOSPHERE * n. A gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun.
MAMMOTH * --n. Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks. --s. So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
PROBLEMATICAL * s. 1 Open to doubt or debate. 2 Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
HIATUS * n. 1 An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. 2 A missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript). 3 A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
OLFACTION * n. The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents.
ENTERTAINING * s. Agreeably diverting.
MORAY * n. Family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked.
RUDDLE * --n. A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking. --v. 1 Twist or braid together, interlace. 2 Redden as if with a red ocher color.
SAMARCAND * n. City in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century.
MOORHEN * n. 1 Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes. 2 Female red grouse.
GASTROLOBIUM * n. Any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods.
MICHAELMASTIDE * n. The season of Michaelmas.
APICULTURE * n. The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey.
JABBERER * n. Someone whose talk is trivial drivel.
OR * n. 1 A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific. 2 A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations.
MULLIGATAWNY * n. A soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base.
ORNATE * s. Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details.
DISCIFORM * s. Having a round or oval shape like a disc.
HOMINOIDEA * n. Anthropoid apes and human beings.
VISCOUNT * n. 1 (in various countries) A son or younger brother or a count. 2 A British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron.
MIMOSACEAE * n. Family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae.
HYMNODY * n. The act of singing psalms or hymns.
UNPERSUASIVE * s. Not capable of persuading.
ANIMA * n. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
GUN-SIGHT * n. A sight used for aiming a gun.
RINGLEADER * n. A person who leads (especially in illicit activities).
INFURIATION * n. A feeling of intense anger.
TRICHOTOMY * n. Being threefold; a classification into three parts or subclasses.
BOW-TIE * n. A man's tie that ties in a bow.
MENDELIANISM * n. The theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws.
SNOWFALL * n. Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
TRUNKFISH * n. Any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates.
RADIIGERA * n. A genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae.
DEAFEN * v. 1 Be unbearably loud. 2 Make or render deaf. 3 Make soundproof.
YEAR-AROUND * a. Operating or continuing throughout the year.
HOMOCENTRIC * a. Having a common center.
MELPOMENE * n. (Greek mythology) The Muse of tragedy.
FEELINGS * n. Emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity).
BREATHE * v. 1 Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs. 2 Be alive. 3 Impart as if by breathing. 4 Allow the passage of air through.
CONTRETEMPS * n. An awkward clash.
NONIMMUNE * s. (often followed by `to') Likely to be affected with.
SILVERN * s. 1 Resembling or reminiscent of silver. 2 Having the white lustrous sheen of silver.
ACCULTURATIONAL * a. Of or relating to acculturation.
GUGGENHEIM * n. 1 United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949). 2 United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905).
NECKING * n. 1 The molding at the top of a column. 2 Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
SKETCHER * n. 1 Someone who draws sketches. 2 An implement for sketching.
SACRAMENTAL * a. Of or relating to or involving a sacrament.
MALPIGHI * n. Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694).
BABELIKE * s. Like a baby especially in dependence.
INSIGNIFICANT * --s. 1 Signifying nothing. 2 Of little importance or influence or power; of minor status. 3 Small and unimpressive. --a. Devoid of importance, meaning, or force.
TRILATERAL * --n. A three-sided polygon. --s. 1 Involving three parties. 2 Having three sides.
AROMATIC * --a. (chemistry) Of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings. --s. Having a strong pleasant odor.
NUMBERING * n. A numbered list.
EXILIC * a. Of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity).
UPROAR * n. 1 A state of commotion and noise and confusion. 2 Loud confused noise from many sources.
TRANSCENDENTALIST * n. Advocate of transcendentalism.
CATNIP * n. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats.
FANALOKA * n. Civet of Madagascar.
THERMOS * n. Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks.
LAZE * v. Be idle; exist in a changeless situation.
ARMILLARY * a. Of or relating to bracelets.
PLEDGED * s. Bound by or as if by an oath.
KINDLING * n. 1 Material for starting a fire. 2 The act of setting something on fire.
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY * n. Immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled.
HUSBAND * --n. A married man; a woman's partner in marriage. --v. Use cautiously and frugally.
MERITED * a. Properly deserved.
MELASMA * n. A tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives.
CROUP * n. 1 A disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing. 2 The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
PRICKLE * --n. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. --v. 1 Cause a prickling sensation. 2 Cause a stinging or tingling sensation. 3 Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn.
MANGO * n. 1 Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit. 2 Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed.
CATTELL * n. 1 American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998). 2 American psychologist and editor (1860-1944).
MESOHIPPUS * n. North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses.
BRONCHOSCOPIC * a. Of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi.
BANDYLEG * n. A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee).
BOSON * n. Any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons.
SWAGGERING * s. 1 Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy. 2 Flamboyantly adventurous.
BEARDLESS * s. 1 Having no beard. 2 Lacking hair on the face.
TENANTRY * n. Tenants of an estate considered as a group.
GEEZERHOOD * n. A late time of life.
EFFECTER * n. One who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose.
NEGOCIATE * v. 1 Be successful; achieve a goal. 2 Sell or discount. 3 Transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received. 4 Succeed in passing through, around, or over.
ISKCON * n. A religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy.
ETYMOLOGY * n. 1 A history of a word. 2 The study of the sources and development of words.
BOYISH * s. Befitting or characteristic of a young boy.
DREAMFULLY * r. In a dreamy manner.
WINSOMELY * r. In an engaging manner.
CANARESE * n. A member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India.
DEPARTMENTALLY * r. Dependent on a department.
CODY * n. United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917).
NURTURANCE * n. Physical and emotional care and nourishment.
TOLERANCE * n. 1 The power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions. 2 A disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior. 3 The act of tolerating something. 4 Willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others.
ABRIDGEMENT * n. A shortened version of a written work.
APPALACHIA * n. An impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina).
UNIMPEACHABLY * r. Without question.
BOOLE * n. English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864).
PRENUPTIAL * a. Relating to events before a marriage.
SOUTH * --n. 1 The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line. 2 The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. 3 The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. 4 A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city. --a. Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south. --r. In a southern direction.
UNINFORMATIVE * a. Lacking information.
SCUTIGERA * n. A genus of Scutigeridae.
RUMPLED * s. In disarray; extremely disorderly.
TRANSLATABLE * --a. Capable of being put into another form or style or language. --s. Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy.
UNIFORMIZE * v. Make uniform.
UNDISSOLVED * s. Retaining a solid form.
SNAFFLE * --n. A simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb. --v. 1 Get hold of or seize quickly and easily. 2 Fit or restrain with a snaffle.
LUCK * n. 1 Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). 2 An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another. 3 An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome.
CAMISE * n. A loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages.
BROCADE * --n. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern. --v. Weave a design into (textiles).
TV * n. 1 Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects. 2 An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.
PALETIOLOGY * n. The explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes).
VILLAINY * n. 1 The quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior. 2 A criminal or vicious act.
PERINEOTOMY * n. Surgical incision into the perineum.
ASHBIN * n. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
PRAIRIE * n. A treeless grassy plain.
MONTEZUMA * n. Evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae.
HALIBUT * n. 1 Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific. 2 Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes.
AMIABILITY * n. 1 A cheerful and agreeable mood. 2 A disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to).
KURCHEE * n. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
VAUNTINGLY * r. In a boastful manner.
CHAPARRAL * n. Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.
DECORTICATE * v. 1 Remove the outer layer of. 2 Remove the cortex of (an organ).
DISAPPOINT * v. Fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.
ALIQUOT * --n. An integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity. --s. Signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity.
PUG * n. Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle.
CHEYENNE * n. 1 The capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the southeastern corner of the state. 2 The Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne. 3 A member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana).
TENANTED * s. Resided in; having tenants.
BATHYERGUS * n. Mole rats.
PROGRAMMA * n. An edict that has been publicly posted.
LAKOTA * n. A member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains.
RIMOSE * s. Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices.
KNOCKED-OUT * s. Damaged.
TENDINOUS * a. Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon.
EMMENTAL * n. Swiss cheese with large holes.
THROMBOKINASE * n. An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot.
PLASMINOGEN * n. An inactive form of plasmin that occurs in plasma and is converted to plasmin by organic solvents.
UNFRIGHTENED * s. Not affected by fright.
CONSPECIFIC * --n. An organism belonging to the same species as another organism. --a. Belonging to the same species.
MUGWORT * n. Any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia.
SMITE * v. 1 Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon. 2 Affect suddenly with deep feeling. 3 Cause physical pain or suffering in.
CAVIARE * n. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre.
DRIMYS * n. Shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage.
INCAPABILITY * n. 1 Lack of potential for development. 2 The quality of not being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.
SPEECHMAKER * n. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
OSTEOGLOSSIDAE * n. A family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues.
PHARMACOLOGICALLY * r. With regard to pharmacology.
UNATTENDED * s. 1 Not watched. 2 Lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort. 3 Lacking a caretaker.
BESTIR * v. Become active.
COSMIC * --a. Of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe. --s. Inconceivably extended in space or time.
PIPISTREL * n. Small European brown bat.
IRVING * n. 1 United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859). 2 United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942).
KINESIOLOGY * n. The branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement.
CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 * n. An enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever.
TREMULOUSLY * r. In a tremulous manner.
OMMASTREPHES * n. Extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins.
HAEMOPROTEIN * n. A conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin.
SEMIPUBLIC * s. Having some of the features of public institution.
MAMBA * n. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
BREADCRUMB * n. Crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening.
GOPHER * n. 1 A zealously energetic person (especially a salesman). 2 A native or resident of Minnesota. 3 Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops. 4 Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America.
REMORA * n. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
KLINE * n. United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962).
SOMEWAY * r. In some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means.
LIMPLY * r. Without rigidity.
TATAHUMARA * n. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Tatahumara.
TACTFULLY * r. Showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner.
CELEBRATE * v. 1 Behave as expected during of holidays or rites. 2 Have a celebration. 3 Assign great social importance to.
OLMEC * n. A member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC.
BLT * n. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
UNDETECTED * a. Not perceived or discerned.
CYRIL * n. Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869).
IRRIGATE * v. 1 Supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams. 2 Supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting.
BRAZEN-FACED * s. Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
FLAKE * --n. 1 A crystal of snow. 2 A person with an unusual or odd personality. 3 A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. --v. 1 Form into flakes. 2 Cover with flakes or as if with flakes. 3 Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.
VICENNIAL * a. Occurring once every 20 years.
HORSE-PISTOL * n. A large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen.
TRA-LA-LA * n. A set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain.
SOLMISATION * n. A system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters.
HEINOUSNESS * n. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
EXODONTIA * n. The branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.
PECTUS * n. The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
SHORT-HAIRED * s. With short hair.
FILMMAKER * n. A producer of motion pictures.
ACANTHOPTERYGII * n. Teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays.
HUD * n. The United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965.
BARTOK * n. Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945).
ISOAGGLUTINOGEN * n. An antigen capable of causing the production of (or reacting with) an isoagglutinin.
SLOBBERER * n. A person who dribbles.
GIVE-AND-GO * n. A basketball maneuver; one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass.
TOWEL * --n. A rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping. --v. Wipe with a towel.
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS * n. The branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance.
OSTEOMALACIA * n. Abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D.
CONVERSATIONAL * s. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.
IMPOUNDING * n. Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.
GIELGUD * n. English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000).
CARICA * n. Type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas.
ANOPHELINE * --n. Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles. --a. Relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes.
MUCOPURULENT * a. Containing or composed of mucus and pus.
ARCHDUKE * n. A sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria.
PTEROCLIDIDAE * n. Sandgrouses.
PEARLWORT * n. Any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls.
TIDE * --n. 1 The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon. 2 Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea). 3 There are usually two high and two low tides each day. --v. 1 Rise or move forward. 2 Cause to float with the tide. 3 Be carried with the tide.
INGRATITUDE * n. A lack of gratitude.
LANDMAN * n. A person who lives and works on land.
LETTERING * n. Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something.
ASSERTER * n. Someone who claims to speak the truth.
ZOVIRAX * n. An oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms.
VILLAHERMOSA * n. A city in southeastern Mexico; the capital of the state of Tabasco.
INSECT * n. 1 Small air-breathing arthropod. 2 A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect.
PUPIL * n. 1 A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution. 2 The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot. 3 A young person attending school (up through senior high school).
KEEL * --n. 1 A projection or ridge that suggests a keel. 2 The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly. 3 One of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability. --v. Walk as if unable to control one's movements.
SORTING * n. 1 An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion. 2 The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories. 3 Grouping by class or kind or size.
ACACIA * n. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
73 * s. Being three more than seventy.
WAC * n. 1 A member of the Women's Army Corps. 2 An army corps that was organized in World War II but is no longer a separate branch of the United States Army.
BLACKLEAD * v. Cover with graphite.
ENDOGENOUSLY * r. In an endogenous manner.
CL * --n. 1 A common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water). 2 A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter. --s. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
DISK-SHAPED * s. Having a flat circular shape.
RAPINE * n. The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
PROCURATOR * n. 1 A person authorized to act for another. 2 (ancient Rome) Someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes.
CHIN-WAGGING * n. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
RODLIKE * s. Resembling a rod.
HARD-BAKED * s. Baked until hard.
OUTDISTANCE * v. Go far ahead of.
SPECULUM * n. 1 A mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument. 2 A medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior.
DAZED * s. 1 In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock. 2 Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
RIPARIA * n. A genus of Hirundinidae.
HYDNACEAE * n. Tooth fungi.
CHAERONEA * n. A battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).
FONTANEL * n. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
AERIFY * v. Turn into gas.
SPELUNK * v. Explore natural caves.
SATISFIABLE * s. Capable of being sated.
DIRE * s. 1 Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless. 2 Causing fear or dread or terror.
BRONZE-RED * s. Of red tinged with bronze.
OXIDISATION * n. The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction.
HARROD * n. 1 English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905). 2 English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885).
MYTHICIZE * v. 1 Interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology. 2 Make into a myth.
PRACTICED * s. 1 Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude. 2 Skillful after much practice.
ECT * n. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
MIFEPRISTONE * n. An abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo.
DONNEAN * a. Of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne.
NAPHTHOQUINONE * n. A fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood.
ACIPENSER * n. Type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons.
CARANGIDAE * n. Large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas.
UNBELIEVINGLY * r. In an incredulous manner.
INCESSANTNESS * n. The quality of something that continues without end or interruption.
UNSENT * a. Not dispatched or transmitted.
RECASTING * n. Changing a particular word or phrase.
SUPERB * s. 1 Of surpassing excellence. 2 Surpassingly good.
LOUT * n. An awkward stupid person.
FISSIPARITY * n. 1 Reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish. 2 The tendency to break into parts.
FPD * n. A type of video display that is thin and flat; commonly used in laptop computers.
STREAMLINER * n. A streamlined train.
JOURNAL * n. 1 A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations. 2 A periodical dedicated to a particular subject. 3 A ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred. 4 A record book as a physical object.
MULTI-ETHNIC * s. Involving several ethnic groups.
WEEVIL * n. Any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles.
VEGGIE * n. Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
ARTFULLY * r. 1 In an artful manner. 2 In a disingenuous manner. 3 In an artful manner.
NUANCE * n. A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
HYGROTON * n. A diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks.
TRUTHFULNESS * n. The quality of being truthful.
NOSHER * n. Someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals.
STRIPPED * s. 1 Having only essential or minimal features. 2 Having everything extraneous removed including contents. 3 With clothing stripped off.
FUG * n. (British informal) An airless smoky smelly atmosphere.
MOMOT * n. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
PALSGRAVE * n. (Middle Ages) The lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.
DRIZZLE * --n. Very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower. --v. 1 Rain lightly. 2 Moisten with fine drops.
IMPERFORATE * s. Not perforated; having no opening.
CRITICAL * --a. 1 Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws. 2 At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction. 3 Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment. 4 Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency. --s. 1 Urgently needed; absolutely necessary. 2 Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.
POX * n. 1 A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta). 2 A contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks.
YANG * n. The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology.
NINGIRSU * n. Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture.
EXPRESSIVENESS * n. The quality of being expressive.
RELIABLENESS * n. The quality of being dependable or reliable.
ABSCONDER * n. A fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution.
BRAND-NEWNESS * n. The property of being very new.
HETEROGENEOUSNESS * n. The quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind.
GRIEVOUS * s. 1 Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. 2 Causing or marked by grief or anguish. 3 Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. 4 Shockingly brutal or cruel.
WARATAH * n. 1 Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes. 2 Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes.
SPRIGGED * s. Decorated with designs of sprigs.
SNOWPLOUGH * n. A vehicle used to push snow from roads.
HINDGUT * n. The caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos.
GYMNOSPORANGIUM * n. Genus of fungi that produce galls on cedars and other conifers of genera Juniperus and Libocedrus and causes rust spots on apples and pears and other plants of family Rosaceae.
PORTAL * n. 1 A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically). 2 A site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet. 3 A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
EPHEDRACEAE * n. Ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae.
STARRY * a. Abounding with or resembling stars.
NIGHTED * s. Overtaken by night or darkness.
LITHENESS * n. The gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple.
HEMIPROCNIDAE * n. Tree swifts.
PINNATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis.
HAVEL * n. Czech dramatist and statesman whose plays opposed totalitarianism and who served as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and president of the Czech Republic since 1993 (born in 1936).
ALERTLY * r. In mentally perceptive and responsive way.
SHOWMANSHIP * n. The ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner.
JUNCTION * n. 1 The place where two or more things come together. 2 The state of being joined together. 3 The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. 4 Something that joins or connects.
NOTATION * n. 1 A technical system of symbols used to represent special things. 2 A comment or instruction (usually added). 3 The activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters.
MISTFLOWER * n. Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium.
PUSHOVER * n. 1 Someone who is easily taken advantage of. 2 Any undertaking that is easy to do.
ELEEMOSYNARY * s. Generous in assistance to the poor.
EXPECTATION * n. 1 Belief about (or mental picture of) the future. 2 Anticipating with confidence of fulfillment. 3 The feeling that something is about to happen. 4 The sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values.
ASCENSIVE * s. Tending or directed upward.
INSOLATE * v. Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun.
GYWN * n. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
ELECTROTHERAPIST * n. Someone who specializes in the treatment of disease by electricity.
PNEUMONITIS * n. Inflammation of the lungs; caused by a virus or an allergic reaction.
WEIRDNESS * n. Strikingly out of the ordinary.
PANEGYRIST * n. An orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics.
OPPOSED * a. Being in opposition or having an opponent.
FOLKLORE * n. The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture.
VIPER * n. Venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw.
DYE * --n. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair. --v. Color with dye.
AL * n. 1 A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 2 A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
DECUSSATION * n. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
BLANQUILLO * n. Important marine food fishes.
COURTYARD * n. An area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings.
RINGLETED * s. (of hair) Shaped into ringlets.
STEAL * --n. 1 An advantageous purchase. 2 A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch). --v. 1 Take without the owner's consent. 2 Move stealthily. 3 Steal a base.
CUON * n. Asiatic wild dog.
TENNYSON * n. Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892).
OPTOMETRIST * n. A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses.
CEMENTUM * n. A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth.
AEROLITE * n. A stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals.
ISAAC * n. (Old Testament) The second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau.
MARAUDING * s. Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.
RATAFIA * n. 1 Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds. 2 Macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur.
GALLIMAUFRY * n. A motley assortment of things.
IMPERATIVE * --n. 1 A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior. 2 Some duty that is essential and urgent. --a. 1 Requiring attention or action. 2 Relating to verbs in the imperative mood.
HOMOSPORY * n. The development of a single kind of asexual spores.
WHIRLER * n. 1 A dervish whose actions include ecstatic dancing and whirling. 2 A revolving mechanism.
WHINNY * --n. The characteristic sounds made by a horse. --v. Make a characteristic sound, of a horse.
INTERNECINE * s. 1 (of conflict) Within a group or organization. 2 Characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides.
IMPAIR * v. 1 Make worse or less effective. 2 Make imperfect.
HANDICRAFT * n. 1 A work produced by hand labor. 2 A craft that requires skillful hands.
UPKEEP * n. 1 Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order. 2 The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.
ABOMINATE * v. Find repugnant.
IMPRESSIONISTIC * a. 1 Of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning. 2 Relating to or characteristic of Impressionism.
WHOLE-SOULED * s. With unconditional and enthusiastic devotion.
DAPPLE-GRAY * n. Grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings.
DISSENSION * n. 1 Disagreement among those expected to cooperate. 2 A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters.
BANISHMENT * n. 1 The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent). 2 Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone.
CHOWDER * n. A thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes.
WORDSWORTHIAN * a. In the manner of William Wordsworth.
NOR'-WEST * --n. The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees. --r. To, toward, or in the northwest.
LEPIDOCYBIUM * n. A genus of Gempylidae.
STEEPLECHASER * n. A horse trained to run in steeplechases.
RESERVED * a. 1 Set aside for the use of a particular person or party. 2 Marked by self-restraint and reticence.
ALISMATIDAE * n. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs.
ABASIA * n. Inability to walk.
O'HARA * n. United States writer (1905-1970).
ARABIAN * --n. 1 A member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa. 2 A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia. --a. 1 Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people. 2 Of or relating to Arabian horses.
ARCADO-CYPRIANS * n. The ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea.
PHYTONADIONE * n. A form of vitamin K.
CORTISONE * n. A corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone.
DOC * n. 1 A licensed medical practitioner. 2 The United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913.
ALPHABETICALLY * r. In alphabetical order.
SHARPER * n. A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games.
BOLETELLUS * n. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae.
ACHESON * n. United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971).
HYPERACTIVITY * n. A condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement.
MING * n. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
SELENOLATRY * n. The worship of the moon.
BOURN * n. 1 An archaic term for a boundary. 2 An archaic term for a goal or destination.
RETICLE * n. A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
MUROIDEA * n. A superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded.
DISAPPOINTING * s. Not up to expectations.
INTENSIVENESS * n. High level or degree; the property of being intense.
CHEERLESSNESS * n. A feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness.
CLEISTOGAMOUS * a. Exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy.
CASTIGATION * n. 1 A severe scolding. 2 Verbal punishment.
ABSTEMIOUS * --a. Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink. --s. Marked by temperance in indulgence.
HEAVY * --n. 1 An actor who plays villainous roles. 2 A serious (or tragic) role in a play. --a. 1 Of comparatively great physical weight or density. 2 Unusually great in degree or quantity or number. 3 Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment. 4 Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness. --s. 1 Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. 2 (used of soil) Compact and fine-grained. 3 Darkened by clouds. 4 (of an actor or role) Being or playing the villain. --r. Slowly as if burdened by much weight.
DIKA * n. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green wood that resists termites.
MASQAT * n. A port on the Gulf of Oman and capital of the sultanate of Oman.
CUTBACK * n. A reduction in quantity or rate.
SLEAZE * n. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
SYCAMORE * n. 1 Variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree. 2 Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits. 3 Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn. 4 Thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore.
BOWIE * n. United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836).
NEFARIOUSLY * r. In a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree.
IRRECOVERABLE * a. Incapable of being recovered or regained.
LESPEDEZA * n. Shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States.
SLEDDING * n. 1 The sport of riding on a sled or sleigh. 2 Advancing toward a goal.
REVOLUTION * n. 1 A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving. 2 The overthrow of a government by those who are governed. 3 A single complete turn (axial or orbital).
CASEIN * n. 1 A milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives. 2 A water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk.
BOSNIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia.
MACACA * n. Macaques; rhesus monkeys.
MAUVE * --n. A moderate purple. --s. Of a pale to moderate greyish violet color.
SINUSOID * n. 1 Tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ. 2 The curve of y=sin x.
AKARYOCYTE * n. A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
PUB-CRAWL * v. Go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk.
ILLUSTRATION * n. 1 Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive. 2 Showing by example. 3 An item of information that is typical of a class or group. 4 A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand.
UNANIMOUSLY * r. Of one mind; without dissent.
MEUSE-ARGONNE * n. An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11.
YEARNINGLY * r. In a yearning manner.
DANCER * n. 1 A performer who dances professionally. 2 A person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball).
AGENDA * n. 1 A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. 2 A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
UNPROMISING * s. Unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment.
FLASHINESS * n. Tasteless showiness.
MICROECONOMIC * a. Of or relating to microeconomics.
EMPATHIZE * v. Be understanding of.
INTERGALACTIC * a. Between or among galaxies.
FIREBIRD * n. 1 The male is bright red with black wings and tail. 2 Eastern subspecies of northern oriole. 3 Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage.
QUINTIPARA * n. (obstetrics) Woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies.
INCRIMINATORY * s. Charging or suggestive of guilt or blame.
SILVERPOINT * n. A drawing made on specially prepared paper with an instrument having a silver tip (15th and 16th centuries).
FOSTER-MOTHER * n. A woman who is a foster parent and raises another's child.
FLATULENT * s. 1 Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal. 2 Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
COMMANDEER * v. Take arbitrarily or by force.
HELODERMA * n. Type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards.
PEAHEN * n. Female peafowl.
FAGGED * s. Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
PATAS * n. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
WASSERMANN * n. 1 German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925). 2 A blood test to detect syphilis; a complement fixation test is used to detect antibodies to the syphilis organism treponema; a positive reaction indicates the presence of antibodies and therefore syphilis infection.
RITARDANDO * s. (music) Gradually decreasing in tempo.
AMPUL * n. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
SMITH * n. 1 Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919). 2 United States sculptor (1906-1965). 3 United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986). 4 United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886).
WHOREHOUSE * n. A building where prostitutes are available.
MONEYMAKING * --n. The act of making money (and accumulating wealth). --s. 1 Producing a sizeable profit. 2 Profit oriented.
UNGOVERNED * s. 1 Not restrained or controlled. 2 Lacking in discipline or control.
ELAEOCARPACEAE * n. Genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae.
CHRISTIANIZATION * n. Conversion to Christianity.
MONOCRACY * n. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
AMPHIDIPLOIDY * n. The condition of being amphidiploid.
PERIPHERY * n. The outside boundary or surface of something.
POROPORO * n. Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit.
CALAMUS * n. 1 Any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes. 2 The aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally. 3 Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots. 4 A genus of Sparidae.
PLATYRRHINI * n. New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin.
ALLOCABLE * s. Capable of being distributed.
LIVER * --n. 1 Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes. 2 Liver of an animal used as meat. 3 A person who has a special life style. 4 Someone who lives in a place. --s. Having a reddish-brown color.
ANESTRUM * n. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus.
BARRELED * --a. Put in or stored in a barrel. --s. (of an arrow) Tapered toward both ends.
GLOP * n. 1 Any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant. 2 Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental.
MAHAYANA * n. 1 A major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea; Mongolia. 2 One of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and Japan.
LIMITEDLY * r. In a limited manner.
FLOE * n. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
COTTONWICK * n. Of warm Atlantic waters.
FALL * --n. 1 The season when the leaves fall from the trees. 2 A sudden drop from an upright position. 3 The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve. 4 A downward slope or bend. --v. 1 Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity. 2 Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. 3 Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind. 4 Come under, be classified or included.
MACHISMO * n. Exaggerated masculinity.
BILOBATED * s. Having two lobes.
WOODCOCK * n. Game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe.
THIRST * --n. 1 A physiological need to drink. 2 Strong desire for something (not food or drink). --v. 1 Feel the need to drink. 2 Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
CYBERCAFE * n. A cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink.
BROWNISH-BLACK * s. Of black tinged with brown.
MYRRH * n. Aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume.
MYELIC * a. Of or relating to the spinal cord.
AUTOPHYTE * n. Plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.
NUMBERLESS * s. Too numerous to be counted.
ZYGOPTERA * n. Damselflies.
SPICY * s. 1 Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves. 2 Suggestive of sexual impropriety.
ADELGES * n. Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice.
PROCELLARIIDAE * n. Petrels; fulmars; shearwaters.
FORCEFUL * --a. Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical). --s. Forceful and definite in expression or action.
WORM * --n. 1 Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae. 2 A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect. 3 A software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network. 4 Screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack. --v. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).
DAMINOZIDE * n. A chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time.
GARNET-COLOURED * s. Having the color of garnet.
PUMMEL * v. Strike, usually with the fist.
MISOGYNOUS * s. Hating women in particular.
CORRECTIONS * n. 1 The department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders. 2 The social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole.
LARGHISSIMO * s. (of tempo) As slow and broad as possible.
FELLATION * n. Oral stimulation of the penis.
ADAR * n. The sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March).
BRUMOUS * s. Filled or abounding with fog or mist.
CONTINGENCY * n. 1 A possible event or occurrence or result. 2 The state of being contingent on something.
INDIGIRKA * n. A river in far eastern Siberia that flows generally northward to the Arctic Ocean.
RESEED * v. 1 Seed again or anew. 2 Maintain by seeding without human intervention.
PLANTAGENET * n. The family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485.
SATINPOD * n. Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration.
PYRRHULA * n. Bullfinches.
HOMOSTYLIC * a. (botany) Having styles all of the same length.
CORVINE * a. Relating to or resembling a crow.
COUSTEAU * n. French underwater explorer (born in 1910).
PHRAGMOCONE * n. The thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite.
INTIMIDATING * s. Discouraging through fear.
GAUGUIN * n. French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903).
MAJOR * --n. 1 A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain. 2 British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943). 3 A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject. 4 The principal field of study of a student at a university. --v. Have as one's principal field of study. --a. 1 Of greater importance or stature or rank. 2 Greater in scope or effect. 3 Greater in number or size or amount. 4 Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes. --s. Of the elder of two boys with the same family name.
ROSEAU * n. The capital and largest city of Dominica.
SCRAMBLER * n. 1 A rapid mover; someone who scrambles. 2 A lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground. 3 Electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception.
EMBROILMENT * n. An intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation.
ORIENTING * a. Positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually.
RAINY * s. (of weather) Wet by periods of rain.
ALLELOMORPHIC * a. Of or relating to alleles.
ZLOTY * n. The basic unit of money in Poland.
ALOPECURUS * n. Annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds.
MIGRATION * n. 1 The movement of persons from one country or locality to another. 2 A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period). 3 (chemistry) The nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule. 4 The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding.
COARSE-FURRED * s. Having coarse hair or fur.
COAST * --n. 1 The shore of a sea or ocean. 2 A slope down which sleds may coast. 3 The area within view. 4 The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it. --v. Move effortlessly; by force of gravity.
RUMANIA * n. A republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea.
PULLOUT * n. To break off a military action with an enemy.
BALBRIGGAN * n. A cotton knit fabric used for underwear.
NETTLED * s. Aroused to impatience or anger.
PAPILLOSE * a. Of or relating to or resembling papilla.
HANDWORK * n. A work produced by hand labor.
AFFECTEDLY * r. In an affected manner.
MONEY * n. 1 The most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender. 2 Wealth reckoned in terms of money. 3 The official currency issued by a government or national bank.
BRYOPHYTIC * a. Relating to plants of the division Bryophyta.
DMZ * n. A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited.
RHYTHMICAL * a. Recurring with measured regularity.
LYGUS * n. Plant-sucking bugs.
INFUSCATE * v. Darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings.
SPORADIC * a. Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances.
REDUCTIONIST * a. Of or relating to the theory of reductionism.
WELDER * n. Joins pieces of metal by welding them together.
OSCULATOR * n. Someone who kisses.
GUITAR-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a guitar.
KWANNON * n. Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin.
CLEISTOGAMIC * a. Exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy.
FRUSTRATING * s. 1 Discouraging by hindering. 2 Preventing realization or attainment of a desire.
CINCINNATI * n. A city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river.
DIATOMIC * a. Of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms.
CENTRALISED * a. Drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority.
ASSAILANT * n. Someone who attacks.
LACELIKE * s. Made of or resembling lace.
MONKEY-WRENCH * n. Adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw.
DAMNING * s. Threatening with damnation.
SAMPLER * n. 1 An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something. 2 Someone who samples food or drink for its quality. 3 An assortment of various samples. 4 A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches.
GROWTH * n. 1 (biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level. 2 A progression from simpler to more complex forms. 3 A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. 4 Vegetation that has grown.
HYGROSCOPIC * s. Absorbing moisture (as from the air).
SCYLLA * n. (Greek mythology) A sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait.
TOURISTRY * n. The business of providing services to tourists.
SCHTIK * n. 1 (Yiddish) A little; a piece. 2 (Yiddish) A contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention. 3 (Yiddish) A prank or piece of clowning. 4 (Yiddish) A devious trick; a bit of cheating.
WAX-CHANDLER * n. One who deals in wax candles.
NINTOO * n. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
CHONDRULE * n. Small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks.
BURNABLE * s. Capable of burning.
AGNOSIA * n. Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
SMALL-ARM * n. A portable gun.
DISTILLMENT * n. The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors.
REMAINDER * --n. 1 Something left after other parts have been taken away. 2 The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor. 3 The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend. 4 A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. --v. Sell cheaply as remainders.
UNSYMMETRICAL * s. 1 Lacking symmetry. 2 Having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements.
LUCIDNESS * n. Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression.
YAMOUSSUKRO * n. Capital of the Ivory Coast.
APT * s. 1 (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward. 2 At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant. 3 Mentally quick and resourceful. 4 Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence.
ENFRANCHISE * v. 1 Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude. 2 Grant voting rights.
EUDEMON * n. A benevolent spirit.
CATTINESS * n. Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.
INUTILITY * n. The quality of having no practical use.
FLEECY * s. (of fabrics) Having soft nap produced by brushing.
DEPOSITORY * n. A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
PHARAOH * n. The title of the ancient Egyptian kings.
VIGILANTE * n. Member of a vigilance committee.
BIGHEAD * n. Any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck.
BERM * n. 1 A narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope. 2 A narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road.
HEMIMETAMORPHOSIS * n. Incomplete or partial metamorphosis in insects.
PRAETOR * n. An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.
IGNORANTLY * r. In ignorance; in an ignorant manner.
EXPLOITER * n. A person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically.
WOEFULNESS * n. Intense mournfulness.
MARRI * n. Very large red gum tree.
CARTLOAD * n. The quantity that a cart holds.
OVERCOMPENSATION * n. 1 (psychiatry) An attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite. 2 Excessive compensation.
VESSEL * n. 1 A tube in which a body fluid circulates. 2 A craft designed for water transportation. 3 An object used as a container (especially for liquids).
BOBBIN * n. A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound.
GINGIVAL * a. Of or relating to the gums.
CHEERLEAD * v. Act as a cheerleader in a sports event.
STRATEGICALLY * r. With regard to strategy.
ANXIETY * n. 1 (psychiatry) A relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic. 2 A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune.
HOMOSEXUALISM * n. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.
QUICKLY * r. 1 With speed. 2 With little or no delay. 3 Without taking pains.
USED-CAR * n. A car that has been previously owned; not a new car.
UNDERDRESSED * s. Inadequately or too informally clothed.
HARMONIOUSNESS * n. 1 The property of sounding harmonious. 2 Compatibility in opinion and action.
VARIOLOUS * a. Relating to small pox.
BELT-FED * s. Using belted ammunition.
PRYING * --n. Offensive inquisitiveness. --s. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
LECTOR * n. 1 Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church. 2 A public lecturer at certain universities.
HEDGEHOG * n. 1 Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur. 2 Small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines.
COUNTDOWN * n. Counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle).
MYCOPHAGE * n. A person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms).
HOT-WIRE * v. Start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock.
FILL * --n. 1 A quantity sufficient to satisfy. 2 Any material that fills a space or container. --v. 1 Make full, also in a metaphorical sense. 2 Become full. 3 Occupy the whole of. 4 Assume, as of positions or roles.
AETHIONEMA * n. Old World genus of the family Cruciferae.
ALCYONARIA * n. Corals and sea anemones having eight branches.
CHUCK * --n. 1 Informal terms for a meal. 2 The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade. 3 A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill. --v. 1 Throw carelessly. 2 Throw away. 3 Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin. 4 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
COPPER-BOTTOM * v. Provide with a copper bottom.
SEVENTY-THREE * s. Being three more than seventy.
FUSIL * n. A light flintlock musket.
ROUSTABOUT * n. A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor.
MORRISON * n. 1 United States rock singer (1943-1971). 2 United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931).
METHANE * n. A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel.
CONCUBINAGE * n. Cohabitation without being legally married.
BREZHNEV * n. Soviet statesman who became president of the Soviet Union (1906-1982).
ALLOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to an allograph.
JAILOR * n. Someone who guards prisoners.
CONDUCTING * n. 1 The way of administering a business. 2 The direction of an orchestra or choir.
HANNIBAL * n. 1 General who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC). 2 A town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain.
ANTISYPHILITIC * n. A drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis.
V-1 * n. A small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb.
JAYWALKER * n. A reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally.
DISINTEGRATIVE * a. Tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts.
YODELLER * n. A singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs).
REWA-REWA * n. Slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber.
TARRY * --v. 1 Be about. 2 Leave slowly and hesitantly. --s. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
COMPARABLE * --a. Able to be compared or worthy of comparison. --s. Conforming in every respect.
DONBAS * n. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
ENTIRELY * r. 1 To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'). 2 Without any others being included or involved.
HITHER * r. To this place (especially toward the speaker).
MORALE * n. 1 A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose. 2 The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed.
CHEMISORB * v. Take up a substance by chemisorption.
CONTESTATION * n. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
WATERWORKS * n. 1 A public utility that provides water. 2 Workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community.
DAGAN * n. God of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon.
HALITOSIS * n. Offensive breath.
SECONDARY * --n. 1 The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen. 2 Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil. --a. Being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate. --s. 1 Inferior in rank or status. 2 Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary. 3 Not of major importance. 4 Belonging to a lower class or rank.
VIENNA * n. The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss.
SALVADORAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of El Salvador. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people.
PULMONATA * n. Large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails.
SEPTIC * a. 1 Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. 2 Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction.
ANEW * r. Again but in a new or different way.
IGNITED * s. Set afire.
LIMPKIN * n. Wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call.
SHORT-STALKED * s. Of plants having relatively short stalks.
GLOMERULE * n. A compacted or sessile cyme.
LASH-UP * n. Any improvised arrangement for temporary use.
UNPOTTED * a. Not planted in pots.
TRUSTINGLY * r. With trust; in a trusting manner.
DUCKING * n. 1 Hunting ducks. 2 The act of wetting something by submerging it.
ALIGNED * --a. Brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause. --s. In a straight line.
THIRD-YEAR * s. Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college.
FIT * --n. 1 A display of bad temper. 2 A sudden uncontrollable attack. 3 The manner in which something fits. 4 A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason). --v. 1 Be agreeable or acceptable to. 2 Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired. 3 Make fit. 4 Insert or adjust several objects or people. --a. 1 Meeting adequate standards for a purpose. 2 Physically and mentally sound or healthy. --s. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
GUNNER * n. A serviceman in the artillery.
COGNISE * v. Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about.
RHYNIACEAE * n. Primitive plants of the Paleozoic.
MOSANDER * n. Swedish chemist who discovered rare earth elements (1797-1858).
PIGGERY * n. A farm where pigs are raised or kept.
COHERENCY * n. 1 The state of cohering or sticking together. 2 Logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts.
BETROTH * v. Give to in marriage.
PUD * n. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally).
PREISOLATE * v. Isolate beforehand.
PRECISION * n. The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance.
TRUCE * n. A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms.
LADLE * --n. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another. --v. 1 Put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle. 2 Remove with or as if with a ladle.
EAGLET * n. A young eagle.
AEGOSPOTAMOS * n. 1 A creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War. 2 A river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC).
EX-SPOUSE * n. A person who was formerly a spouse.
COPAL * n. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
SULFATE * --n. A salt or ester of sulphuric acid. --v. Convert into a sulfate.
NEEL * n. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
DEDUCE * v. 1 Reason by deduction; establish by deduction. 2 Conclude by reasoning; in logic.
PRONATE * v. Turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards.
RON * n. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
KURI-CHIKU * n. Small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black.
CURIOUS * --s. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. --a. Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns).
SANDBANK * n. A submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide.
KINASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme.
PAPUA * n. The southeastern part of Papua New Guinea.
ADDICTIVE * a. Causing or characterized by addiction.
CRASSNESS * n. The quality of being crass--devoid of refinement.
GNATHION * n. The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline.
LOWLAND * --n. Low level country. --a. Of relatively low or level country.
LOGOS * n. The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus).
INCARNADINE * v. Make flesh-colored.
ANOREXIC * --n. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa. --s. Suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin.
ACIDULENT * s. Being sour to the taste.
VENESECTION * n. Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis.
PARIAH * n. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
HIGH-PRINCIPLED * s. Having high principles.
STANDARDISED * s. 1 Brought into conformity with a standard. 2 Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability.
ASTUTENESS * n. 1 Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings). 2 The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
ANNUNCIATORY * a. Relating to the act of announcing or being announced.
ERUDITELY * r. With erudition; in an erudite manner.
RHUS * n. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron).
SHITHEAD * n. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
UNPLEASANT * a. Offensive or disagreeable; causing discomfort or unhappiness.
RADICALLY * r. In a radical manner.
ERMINE * n. 1 The expensive white fur of the ermine. 2 Mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat.
APPROVING * --n. The formal act of approving. --s. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval.
REVELRY * n. Unrestrained merrymaking.
TRANSMIGRANTE * n. A Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell.
GENYONEMUS * n. A genus of Sciaenidae.
PROTISTA * n. Eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae.
NUBIAN * n. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
DJINN * n. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
EXPEL * v. 1 Force to leave or move out. 2 Remove from a position or office. 3 Cause to flee. 4 Eliminate (a substance).
FLUKE * n. 1 A stroke of luck. 2 A barb on a harpoon or arrow. 3 Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor. 4 Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean.
DESERTED * s. Forsaken by owner or inhabitants.
HIPPIES * n. A youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music.
STRAIGHT-BACKED * --s. Having a straight back. --r. In a straight-backed manner.
INEXCUSABLY * r. 1 In an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree. 2 Without any excuse.
AFTERSENSATION * n. An image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased.
ABATEMENT * n. 1 An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. 2 The act of abating.
OOPHORECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of one of both ovaries.
CARUNCULOUS * a. Resembling a caruncle.
MARLY * a. Of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl.
ROBOTICS * n. The area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots.
SAUTERNE * n. Semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California.
ORBITALE * n. The craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit.
MERLIN * n. 1 (Arthurian legend) The magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor. 2 Small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry.
TENERIFE * n. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands.
LIABLE * s. 1 At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant. 2 Subject to legal action. 3 (often followed by `to') Likely to be affected with. 4 Held legally responsible.
STUMPKNOCKER * n. Inhabits streams from South Carolina to Florida; esteemed panfish.
EUPROCTIS * n. A genus of Lymantriidae.
KEYHOLE * n. The hole where a key is inserted.
BEACHHEAD * n. 1 A bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation. 2 An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments.
SWEET-SCENTED * s. Having a natural fragrance.
PALINGENESIS * n. Emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species.
DRACOCEPHALUM * n. Genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads.
OOMYCETES * n. Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists.
FLECK * --n. 1 A small fragment of something broken off from the whole. 2 A small contrasting part of something. --v. Make a spot or mark onto.
DISCOVERED * s. Discovered or determined by scientific observation.
RADIOLARIA * n. Marine protozoa.
TEST-CROSS * n. A cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring.
ERECTLY * r. In a straight-backed manner.
SHOWPLACE * n. A place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty.
ATTIRE * --n. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion. --v. Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.
BRIGANTINE * n. Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast.
HEREDITAMENT * n. Any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited.
REGIONALISM * n. 1 A feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region. 2 A foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas. 3 Loyalty to the interests of a particular region.
BITTERWOOD * n. 1 Handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark. 2 West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia. 3 Medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits.
GROUNDSHEET * n. A waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture.
DISTRIBUTE * v. 1 Administer or bestow, as in small portions. 2 Distribute or disperse widely. 3 Make available. 4 Give to several people.
PANEGYRICAL * s. Formally expressing praise.
INNERSOLE * n. The inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests.
SARCOLEMMIC * a. Of or relating to sarcolemma.
HOMOGYNE * n. Small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe; in some classifications included in genus Tussilago.
INSECTIFUGE * n. A chemical substance that repels insects.
BIMLI * n. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
SPECULATIVE * s. 1 Not financially safe or secure. 2 Not based on fact or investigation. 3 Showing curiosity.
MACHILID * n. Wingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunks; they make erratic leaps when disturbed.
COLERIDGEAN * a. Of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings.
SIDESLIP * n. 1 An unexpected slide. 2 A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air.
TABULAR * --a. Of or pertaining to or arranged in table form. --s. Flat; like a table in form.
ELYSIAN * --a. Relating to the Elysian Fields. --s. Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods.
WAGTAIL * n. Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks.
SYLLOGISTIC * a. Of or relating to or consisting of syllogism.
PALEOCENE * n. From 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals.
SHINE * --n. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. --v. 1 Be bright by reflecting or casting light. 2 Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light. 3 Be shiny, as if wet. 4 Be distinguished or eminent.
INUNDATE * v. 1 Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. 2 Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
TAKEN * s. 1 Understood in a certain way; made sense of. 2 Be affected with an indisposition.
STAG * --n. 1 A male deer, especially an adult male red deer. 2 Adult male deer. --v. 1 Attend a dance or a party without a female companion. 2 Give away information about somebody. 3 Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.
DEMONIC * s. Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell.
SULPHIDE * n. A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive.
DABBLER * n. 1 An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge. 2 Any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling.
CARRAGHEEN * n. Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
ANODE * n. 1 A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device. 2 The negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current.
ORYZOPSIS * n. Rice grass.
JACKHAMMER * n. A hammer driven by compressed air.
FISTULARIA * n. Type genus of the family Fistulariidae.
GENIE * n. (Islam) An invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
BONK * v. 1 Have sexual intercourse with. 2 Hit hard.
FILIGREE * --n. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire). --v. Make filigree, as with a precious metal.
FIGHTING * --n. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. --s. Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.
ASCLEPIAD * n. Any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae.
TAY * n. A branch of the Tai languages.
YOBIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits.
GAZETTEER * n. 1 A journalist who writes for a gazette. 2 A geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas).
RE-FORMATION * n. Forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting.
EUGENICS * n. The study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating).
DOLOMITIC * a. Relating to or consisting of dolomite.
SHANTYTOWN * n. A city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties.
CHEMIST'S * n. A retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
MISADVENTURE * n. An instance of misfortune.
ADJOURN * v. 1 Close at the end of a session. 2 Break from a meeting or gathering.
TWISTED * s. Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented.
BROWNSHIRT * n. A member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms.
AYIN * n. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
THANESHIP * n. The position of thane.
SHELLPROOF * s. Able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells.
DISCOMYCETES * n. A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped.
SUBMERSIBLE * --n. 1 An apparatus intended for use under water. 2 A warship designed to operate under water. --a. Capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged.
SHEMOZZLE * n. (Yiddish) A confused situation or affair; a mess.
POLITICAL * a. 1 Involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians. 2 Of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power. 3 Of or relating to the profession of governing.
SORB * --n. Acid gritty-textured fruit. --v. Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption.
NIDATION * n. (embryology) The organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals.
ELIMINATION * n. 1 The act of removing or getting rid of something. 2 The bodily process of discharging waste matter. 3 Analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives. 4 The act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations.
UNCOLLECTIBLE * s. Not capable of being collected.
CALCEIFORM * a. Of slipper-shaped blossoms.
PNEUMOTHORAX * n. Abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis).
ARKANSAS * n. 1 A state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. 2 A river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River.
SULFURETTED * a. Treated or impregnated with sulfur.
SUPERSTRATE * n. 1 Any stratum or layer superimposed on another. 2 The language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language.
PETROL * n. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
LISTENING * n. The act of hearing attentively.
TOPGALLANT * n. 1 A sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast. 2 A mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
PKD * n. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts; often leads to kidney failure.
SELECTIVELY * r. By selection; in a selective manner.
INSTRUCTORSHIP * n. The position of instructor.
TEMERARIOUS * s. Presumptuously daring.
WRIGGLE * --n. The act of wiggling. --v. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).
CASPIAN * n. A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world.
DINGHY * n. A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
ALKYLBENZENESULFONATE * n. Sulfonate of alkyl benzene.
TIME-HONOURED * s. 1 Acceptable for a long time. 2 Honored because of age or long usage.
JUBILATION * n. 1 A feeling of extreme joy. 2 A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event. 3 The utterance of sounds expressing great joy.
DEROGATIVE * s. Expressive of low opinion.
SINGLE-BEDDED * s. Having single beds.
ENVIRONMENTALLY * r. For the environment.
STETSON * n. A hat made of felt with a creased crown.
CHLOROBENZENE * n. A colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds.
GRIMM * n. 1 The younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859). 2 The older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863).
CROSSCUT * --n. 1 A diagonal path. 2 A route shorter than the usual one. --v. Cut using a diagonal line.
EXPLANATORY * s. Serving or intended to explain or make clear.
TRANSCAUCASIA * n. A geographical region to the south of the Caucasus Mountains and to the north of Turkey that comprises Georgia and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
MITIGATORY * s. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
LIGHTNING * n. 1 Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light. 2 The flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more.
BROTH * n. 1 Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces. 2 A thin soup of meat or fish or vegetable stock.
ENATE * --n. One related on the mother's side. --s. Related on the mother's side.
SONG * n. 1 A short musical composition with words. 2 A distinctive or characteristic sound. 3 The act of singing. 4 The characteristic sound produced by a bird.
PLEXIMETRY * n. Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes.
SPLENIUS * n. Either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck.
TULAREMIA * n. A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
FOSSILIZATION * n. 1 The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone. 2 Becoming inflexible or out of date.
ANCHORMAN * n. A television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute.
DISSENT * --n. 1 (law) The difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority. 2 A difference of opinion. 3 The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. --v. 1 Withhold assent. 2 Express opposition through action or words. 3 Be of different opinions.
FILMED * s. Recorded on film; made into a movie.
IDENTIKIT * n. A likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought.
AGGRESSOR * n. 1 Someone who attacks. 2 A confident assertive person who acts as instigator.
LOTION * n. 1 Any of various cosmetic preparations that are applied to the skin. 2 Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.
REDDLE * n. A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking.
BOMBYCILLA * n. Waxwings.
BELLWORT * n. Any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers.
BANISTER * n. A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.
SOCIALIZATION * n. 1 The action of establishing on a socialist basis. 2 The act of meeting for social purposes. 3 The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture.
MADISON * n. 1 4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836). 2 Capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin.
DELIBES * n. French composer of operas (1836-1891).
LIVELINESS * n. 1 General activity and motion. 2 Animation and energy in action or expression.
UPSIDE * n. The highest or uppermost side of anything.
SEVEN-FOLD * s. Having seven units or components.
REINVIGORATED * s. With restored energy.
LIGHT-BONED * s. Having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh.
CHTHONIAN * s. Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth.
TELEVISION * n. 1 Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects. 2 A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points. 3 An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.
NINURTA * n. A solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod.
GALLOWS-TREE * n. Alternative terms for gallows.
INCUMBRANCE * n. 1 A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage). 2 An onerous or difficult concern. 3 Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
PLEA-BARGAIN * v. Agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge.
COEXISTENT * s. Existing at the same time.
IMPRESS * --n. The act of coercing someone into government service. --v. 1 Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. 2 Impress positively. 3 Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of. 4 Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure.
INDUCTEE * n. 1 A person inducted into an organization or social group. 2 Someone who is drafted into military service.
RADIOPHONIC * a. Relating to or by means of radiotelephony.
DISAMBIGUATE * v. State unambiguously or remove ambiguities from.
ORIGAMI * n. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
NOSEY * s. Offensively curious or inquisitive.
COMMELINACEAE * n. Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts.
KAKEMONO * n. A Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom.
BLOODSUCKER * n. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
TORREYA * n. Nutmeg-yews.
AFTERSHOCK * n. A tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake.
KERATOPLASTY * n. A surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor.
RECIPROCATION * n. 1 The act of making or doing something in return. 2 Alternating back-and-forth movement. 3 Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information).
FITFULNESS * n. The quality of being spasmodic and irregular.
CONCERTIZE * v. Give concerts; perform in concerts.
SUBSECTION * n. A section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided.
TRAGOPOGON * n. Genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads.
SHUFFLER * n. 1 The card player who shuffles the cards. 2 Someone who walks without raising the feet.
SAUNTERER * n. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
DISCONTENT * --n. A longing for something better than the present situation. --v. Make dissatisfied. --a. Showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.
STAGEY * s. Having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality.
TELECOMMUNICATE * v. Communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail.
WATERCOLOR * --n. 1 A painting produced with watercolors. 2 A water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists. 3 Water-soluble pigment. 4 The art or technique of painting with watercolors. --v. Paint with watercolors.
PROLACTIN * n. Gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition.
ANNOUNCER * n. 1 Someone who proclaims a message publicly. 2 Reads news, commercials on radio or television.
CONTREDANSE * --n. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line. --v. Perform a contradance.
CAVERNOUS * s. 1 Being or suggesting a cavern. 2 Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood.
SHELLACK * v. Cover with shellac.
HORRIFIED * s. Stricken with horror.
VENDER * n. Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.
UNDERSTAFFED * s. Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc..
ARDS * n. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc..
YUMA * n. 1 A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California. 2 A town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border. 3 The Yuman language spoken by the Yuma.
STRINGYBARK * n. Any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark.
PERIAPSIS * n. (astronomy) The point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited.
DESTINY * n. 1 An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. 2 The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman). 3 Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).
INHUME * v. Place in a grave or tomb.
SWINGLETREE * n. A crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling.
USBEG * n. 1 A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 2 The Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek.
LATINAE * n. A subfamily of the family Centropomidae.
FOOTWALL * n. The lower wall of an inclined fault.
WARMNESS * n. 1 A positive feeling of liking. 2 The quality of having a moderate degree of heat.
NESCIENT * s. 1 Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible. 2 Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication.
POSSIBILITY * n. 1 A future prospect or potential. 2 Capability of existing or happening or being true. 3 A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. 4 A possible alternative.
ZOOID * n. One of the distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan.
COTONOU * n. Chief port of Benin on the Bight of Benin.
FICTIVE * s. 1 Adopted in order to deceive. 2 Capable of imaginative creation.
CHOPPINESS * n. Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.
DEVIANT * --n. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior. --s. Markedly different from an accepted norm.
CRYPTACANTHODES * n. A genus of Stichaeidae.
UNCIVILISED * s. Without civilizing influences.
SHOPLIFT * v. Steal in a store.
URGENT * s. Compelling immediate action.
THEVETIA * n. Genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers.
IODIZED * a. Treated with iodine.
MOTORBUS * n. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport.
PHOCA * n. Type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals.
GOOD-HUMOUREDNESS * n. A cheerful willingness to be obliging.
FIELDHAND * n. A hired hand on a farm.
HUROK * n. United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974).
INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH * s. Extremely strong or concentrated or durable.
MAYPOLE * n. A vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day.
DIETARY * --n. A regulated daily food allowance. --a. Of or relating to the diet.
SOTHIS * n. The brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major.
ACETABULUM * n. The cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint.
BIRCH * --n. 1 Hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood. 2 Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark. 3 A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment. --v. Whip with a birch twig. --s. Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree.
MEMORISATION * n. Learning so as to be able to remember verbatim.
RAREBIT * n. Cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast.
NEW-FANGLED * s. (of a new kind or fashion) Gratuitously new.
BREAKABLENESS * n. The consistency of something that breaks under pressure.
ARAUJIA * n. Small genus of South American evergreen vines.
CLASSICIST * n. 1 An artistic person who adheres to classicism. 2 A student of ancient Greek and Latin.
UNUNHEXIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element.
EMPALE * v. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
SABOTEUR * n. 1 Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks. 2 A member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader.
LAMA * n. 1 A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. 2 Llamas.
SPIDER-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a spider.
PERSPICUOUSLY * r. In a clear and lucid manner.
LEXINGTON * n. 1 Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought. 2 A city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses. 3 The first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775).
LACKADAISICALLY * r. In an idle and lackadaisical manner.
MARQUEE * n. 1 Large and often sumptuous tent. 2 Permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc..
STOCHASTIC * s. Being or having a random variable.
AFFENPINSCHER * n. European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle.
SURE * --a. 1 Having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured. 2 Certain to occur; destined or inevitable. --s. 1 Exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance. 2 Physically secure or dependable. 3 Reliable in operation or effect. 4 (of persons) Worthy of trust or confidence. --r. Definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').
WATCHMAKER * n. Someone who makes or repairs watches.
CANADIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Canada. 2 A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. --a. Of or relating to Canada or its people.
SYNAPTIC * a. (neuroscience) Of or involving synapses.
RAKE-OFF * n. A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster.
QUEBEC * n. 1 The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River. 2 The largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British.
SOPHISTICAL * s. Plausible but misleading.
CLASSICAL * --n. Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste. --a. 1 Of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.. 2 Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome. --s. 1 Of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors. 2 Well-known and long-established in form or style. 3 (physics) Relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. 4 Of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas.
OCTOPUS * n. 1 Tentacles of octopus prepared as food. 2 Bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles.
WHISKERED * s. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
DIAS * n. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
MARSEILLES * n. A port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean.
VEINLIKE * s. Having or showing markings that resemble veins.
WHATSIS * n. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
CEASE * --n. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End. --v. 1 Put an end to a state or an activity. 2 Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
CONGENITAL * s. Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development.
ARMGUARD * n. A protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports.
AGONISE * v. 1 Cause to agonize. 2 Suffer agony or anguish.
GABONESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Gabon. --a. Of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
STINKPOT * n. 1 A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. 2 Small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor.
SUPERMOLECULE * n. Any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals.
TERES * n. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
DRILLING * n. 1 The act of drilling. 2 The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum.
INTRAMOLECULAR * a. Within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule.
UNEQUALLED * s. Radically distinctive and without equal.
NO-FRILLS * s. Characterized by the absence of inessential features.
TRADUCE * v. Speak unfavorably about.
SPOTLESSNESS * n. The state of being spotlessly clean.
QUADRUPED * --n. An animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking. --a. Having four feet.
NEFARIOUSNESS * n. The quality of being wicked.
PASSAGE * n. 1 The act of passing from one state or place to the next. 2 A section of text; particularly a section of medium length. 3 A way through or along which someone or something may pass. 4 The passing of a law by a legislative body.
CENTESIMAL * --a. Relating to or divided into hundredths. --s. The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order.
PALEOBIOLOGY * n. A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms.
EMANCIPATION * n. Freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child.
COVERAGE * n. 1 The total amount and type of insurance carried. 2 The extent to which something is covered. 3 The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television.
LEAD-COLORED * s. Having the color of lead.
UNASSAILABLE * s. 1 Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. 2 Impossible to assail. 3 Without flaws or loopholes.
GOATSKIN * n. The hide of a goat.
OFFSADDLE * v. Remove the saddle from.
ATTESTANT * n. 1 (law) A person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature. 2 Someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something.
LAMNIDAE * n. Oceanic sharks.
GYNURA * n. Genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants.
ESPARCET * n. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain.
CASTER * n. 1 A worker who casts molten metal into finished products. 2 A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar. 3 A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable.
STANCE * n. 1 Standing posture. 2 A rationalized mental attitude.
PHTHIRIUS * n. True lice: crab lice.
BOULDERY * s. Abounding in rocks or stones.
PLECTORRHIZA * n. Small genus of Australian orchids.
ABLAUT * n. A vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song).
BRUCKNER * n. Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896).
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE * n. A diuretic drug (trade name Microzide, Esidrix, and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension.
APOCOPE * n. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
SEA-POOSE * n. The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.
ATTILIO * n. A small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin.
UNLACE * v. Undo the ties of.
ALLERGY * n. Hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity.
PERISHABILITY * n. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction.
ASTIGMIA * n. 1 (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people. 2 (optics) Defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point.
ISARITHM * n. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
FIELDING * n. 1 (baseball) Handling the ball while playing in the field. 2 English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754).
FLAVONE * n. A colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments.
UNIONISM * n. The system or principles and theory of labor unions.
TRILBY * n. 1 Singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali. 2 A hat made of felt with a creased crown.
CFO * n. The corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm.
DUMUZI * n. Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna.
TAGGED * a. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT * n. 1 The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged. 2 A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage. 3 A statement acknowledging something or someone.
LILANGENI * n. The basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents.
ANCHORITE * n. One retired from society for religious reasons.
PHYCOMYCOSIS * n. Any fungal infection caused by fungi of the Phycomycetes group.
SKYJACK * v. Subject an aircraft to air piracy.
LARGE-MINDED * s. Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness.
AUXESIS * n. Growth from increase in cell size without cell division.
TRICHLORMETHIAZIDE * n. Diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension.
APOROCACTUS * n. Small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico.
SEMIDARKNESS * n. Partial darkness.
BOATMANSHIP * n. Skill in handling boats.
BECKET * n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170). 2 (nautical) A short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship.
INDOCHINA * n. A peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam.
UNMASK * v. 1 Reveal the true nature of. 2 Take the mask off.
THIRSTINESS * n. 1 A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall). 2 A physiological need to drink. 3 Strong desire for something (not food or drink).
HYDROMANCER * n. One who practices hydromancy.
PITOT * n. 1 French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771). 2 Measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow.
MONGOLIA * n. 1 A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia. 2 A vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia.
BODKIN * n. 1 A dagger with a slender blade. 2 Formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head. 3 A small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric. 4 A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops.
INEXPRESSIVE * s. Not expressive.
ARITHMANCY * n. Divination by means of numbers.
SANGRAAL * n. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper.
AGAR * n. 1 Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent. 2 A colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods.
PITSAW * n. A large two-handed saw formerly used to cut logs into planks; one man stood above the log and the other in a pit below.
BACKING * n. 1 The act of providing approval and support. 2 Something forming a back that is added for strengthening. 3 Financial resources provided to make some project possible.
UNREAL * a. 1 Lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria. 2 Not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary. 3 Contrived by art rather than nature. 4 Lacking material form or substance; unreal.
CHROMATOGRAPHY * n. A process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency.
THUMBHOLE * n. 1 The hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb. 2 A finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball).
LITERATURE * n. 1 Creative writing of recognized artistic value. 2 The humanistic study of a body of literature. 3 Published writings in a particular style on a particular subject. 4 The profession or art of a writer.
LYDIA * n. An ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC.
IRREGULARITY * n. 1 Behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality. 2 Not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals. 3 An irregular asymmetry in shape; an irregular spatial pattern. 4 Irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis.
ARCEUTHOBIUM * n. Genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers.
LOFT * --n. 1 Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space. 2 Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage. 3 (golf) The backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air. 4 A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept. --v. 1 Store in a loft. 2 Propel through the air. 3 Kick or strike high in the air. 4 Lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull.
PRE-EXISTING * s. Existing previously or before something.
MERETRICIOUSNESS * n. 1 An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility. 2 Tasteless showiness.
PRECONCEPTION * n. 1 An opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence. 2 A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.
NETMAIL * v. Communicate electronically on the computer.
STP * n. Standard temperature and pressure.
SHAVE * --n. The act of removing hair with a razor. --v. 1 Remove body hair with a razor. 2 Cut closely. 3 Cut the price of. 4 Cut or remove with or as if with a plane.
CALORIC * a. 1 Relating to or associated with heat. 2 Of or relating to calories in food.
PUBLIC-SPIRITED * s. Showing unselfish interest in the public welfare.
ANARCHIC * s. Without law or control.
GYMNELIS * n. A genus of Zoarcidae.
WAISTCLOTH * n. A band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers.
APERTURE * n. 1 A device that controls amount of light admitted. 2 A natural opening in something. 3 An man-made opening; usually small.
SELF-AWARENESS * n. Awareness of your own individuality.
OPALESCENCE * n. The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface.
LIPREADING * n. Perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips.
GYROSCOPIC * a. Having the characteristics of a gyroscope.
KIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
SPEND-ALL * n. Someone who spends money prodigally.
PREPONDERANTLY * r. Much greater in number or influence.
OLIGONUCLEOTIDE * n. (biochemistry) A polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides.
SAMENESS * n. 1 The quality of being alike. 2 The quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety.
WRONGFUL * s. 1 Having no legally established claim. 2 Unlawfully violating the rights of others. 3 Not just or fair.
MEDULLARY * a. 1 Containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow. 2 Of or relating to the medulla oblongata. 3 Of or relating to the medulla of any body part.
HOMEMAKING * n. The management of a household.
HAMAN * n. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
ADVENTITIOUS * s. Associated by chance and not an integral part.
CALCEOLARIA * n. Any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip.
LAUREL-TREE * n. Small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood.
CO-EDUCATE * v. Educate persons of both sexes together.
COMBED * a. (of hair) Made tidy with a comb.
MALARIAL * a. Of or infected by or resembling malaria.
STUTTER * --n. A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds. --v. Speak haltingly.
NORETHYNODREL * n. A progesterone derivative used in oral contraceptives and in the control of menstruation and the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding.
CHANCELLORSVILLE * n. 1 A village in northeastern Virginia. 2 A major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker.
LYMPHANGIOGRAM * n. An angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance.
BROWNSVILLE * n. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships.
GREENGROCERY * n. 1 Groceries sold by a greengrocer. 2 A greengrocer's grocery store.
DELIMITED * s. Having the limits or boundaries established.
INWARDNESS * n. 1 The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. 2 Preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values. 3 The quality or state of being inward or internal. 4 Preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values).
PHOTO-OFFSET * n. A method of offset printing using photomechanical plates.
PACHYDERMATOUS * --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms. --s. Emotionally hardened.
LUCKNOW * n. 1 A city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents. 2 The British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857).
HYPOTHROMBINEMIA * n. A low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency.
TUSSEH * n. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
CLASSICISE * v. Make classic or classical.
ELASTICISED * s. Made with strands or inserts of elastic.
AMUCK * --s. Wildly frenzied and out of control. --r. 1 Wildly; without self-control. 2 In a murderous frenzy.
AROMA * n. 1 Any property detected by the olfactory system. 2 A distinctive odor that is pleasant.
BURSAL * a. Relating to or affecting a bursa.
EXTENSIBLE * a. Capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out.
INTERLAKEN * n. A popular resort town in the Alps in west central Switzerland.
REJOICING * --n. 1 A feeling of great happiness. 2 The utterance of sounds expressing great joy. --s. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
VIGOROUSLY * r. With vigor; in a vigorous manner.
LEG-PULLING * n. As a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true.
EXOTOXIN * n. A toxin that is secreted by microorganisms into the surrounding medium.
INTERLOPE * v. Encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license.
SHAPELY * a. Having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape.
APODICTIC * s. Of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain.
PELLUCIDLY * r. In a clear and lucid manner.
ZINFANDEL * n. 1 Small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe. 2 Dry fruity red wine from California.
HANDBASKET * n. A container that is usually woven and has handles.
GREYHEN * n. Female black grouse.
AFTERSHAFT * n. A supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds.
VANTAGE * n. 1 Place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective). 2 The quality of having a superior or more favorable position.
CURVACEOUSLY * r. In a curvaceous way.
FUCKED-UP * s. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
PANELLING * n. A panel or section of panels in a wall or door.
PENSIONER * n. The beneficiary of a pension fund.
CURTAIN * --n. 1 Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). 2 Any barrier to communication or vision. --v. Provide with drapery.
SHARPSHOOT * v. Aim and shoot with great precision.
CARYOCARACEAE * n. Small genus of tropical South American trees.
ABLE-BODIEDISM * n. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
ELASTOSIS * n. Breakdown of elastic tissue (as the loss of elasticity in the skin of elderly people that results from degeneration of connective tissue).
NESTOR * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy. 2 A genus of Psittacidae.
FOOTPATH * n. A trodden path.
BEN * n. A mountain or tall hill.
KORAN * n. The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina.
HYPERPLASIA * n. Abnormal increase in number of cells.
DICTUM * n. 1 An authoritative declaration. 2 An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding.
GEOGLOSSUM * n. Type genus of the Geoglossaceae comprising the earthtongues.
JUNCTURE * n. 1 An event that occurs at a critical time. 2 A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made. 3 The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made.
BOTTOMMOST * s. Farthest down.
CAUDAL * --a. Constituting or relating to a tail. --s. 1 Resembling a tail. 2 Situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises. --r. Toward the posterior end of the body.
RAD * n. 1 A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material. 2 The unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees).
REDDISH-LAVENDER * s. Of something having a lavender color tinged with red.
FERTILE * --a. Capable of reproducing. --s. 1 Intellectually productive. 2 Bearing in abundance especially offspring. 3 Marked by great fruitfulness.
BOOTLEGGER * n. Someone who makes or sells illegal liquor.
SLOVAKIAN * a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Slovakia or its people or language.
ARIETTA * n. A short aria.
ITRACONAZOLE * n. An oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease.
INCESTUOUS * a. 1 Resembling incest as by excessive intimacy. 2 Relating to or involving incest.
PUTRAJAYA * n. Malaysia's sparkling new capital.
ELLSWORTH * n. United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807).
NIBBLER * n. A biter who takes dainty repeated bites.
DESCRY * v. Catch sight of.
DAUNTLESSLY * r. Without fear.
GULU * n. A city in northern Uganda.
LYMPH * n. A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels.
TAMBAC * n. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
PLATAN * n. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
UPUPIDAE * n. Hoopoes.
HUSBANDRY * n. The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
SULIDAE * n. Gannets and boobies.
BARRACUDA * n. Any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth.
VENIPUNCTURE * n. (medicine) Puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye.
32ND * s. The ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order.
SOUTH-POLAR * s. At or near the south pole.
RESTIVENESS * n. 1 The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. 2 Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright.
ATRESIA * n. An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent.
DIABETES * n. A polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst.
THIRTIES * n. 1 The time of life between 30 and 40. 2 The decade from 1930 to 1939.
GEASTRUM * n. Type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments.
TENNO * n. The emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno.
LYMPHOBLAST * n. An immature lymphocyte.
MALARIA * n. An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever.
MANTRAP * n. 1 A very attractive or seductive looking woman. 2 A trap for catching trespassers.
ANTINOMY * n. A contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable.
CROSSBENCHER * n. A member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition.
KHRUSHCHEV * n. Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971).
ULTRACEF * n. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
PRIVINE * n. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation.
ANOMALOUSNESS * n. Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule.
BILHARZIA * n. An infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected.
PARTIALITY * n. 1 A predisposition to like something. 2 An inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives.
SCAFFOLDING * n. A system of scaffolds.
UNTAPPED * --a. Not subjected to tapping. --s. Not drawn upon or used.
ENTEROCEPTOR * n. Any receptor that responds to stimuli inside the body.
DHAWA * n. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
ACADEMISM * n. Orthodoxy of a scholastic variety.
WOOLLY-HEADED * s. Confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
KETONURIA * n. Excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation.
ANKYLOGLOSSIA * n. A congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue.
CORTINARIUS * n. The largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils).
MAIANTHEMUM * n. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley.
GOODY * n. Something considered choice to eat.
SURFFISH * n. 1 A fish of the Pacific coast of North America. 2 Small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America.
WAGGLE * --n. Causing to move repeatedly from side to side. --v. 1 Move from side to side. 2 Move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion.
TRAVEL-WORN * s. Tired by travel.
ARCHED * --a. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches. --s. Forming or resembling an arch.
LATERALITY * n. 1 Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain. 2 The property of using one hand more than the other. 3 Superior development of one side of the body.
MATRIC * n. Admission to a group (especially a college or university).
SNORT * --n. 1 A disrespectful laugh. 2 A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt. --v. 1 Indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose. 2 Make a snorting sound by exhaling hard. 3 Inhale recreational drugs. 4 Inhale through the nose.
NUMERACY * n. Skill with numbers and mathematics.
IMPERTURBABILITY * n. Calm and unruffled self-assurance.
MISANTHROPE * n. Someone who dislikes people in general.
LIGHT * --n. 1 (physics) Electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation. 2 Any device serving as a source of illumination. 3 A particular perspective or aspect of a situation. 4 The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light. --v. 1 Make lighter or brighter. 2 Begin to smoke. 3 To come to rest, settle. 4 Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat. --a. 1 Of comparatively little physical weight or density. 2 (used of color) Having a relatively small amount of coloring agent. 3 Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment. 4 Not great in degree or quantity or number. --s. 1 (used of vowels or syllables) Pronounced with little or no stress. 2 Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned. 3 (used of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. 4 (of sound or color) Free from anything that dulls or dims. --r. With few burdens.
SEMPSTRESS * n. Someone who makes or mends dresses.
LIBERALITY * n. 1 An inclination to favor progress and individual freedom. 2 The trait of being generous in behavior and temperament.
FIRE-SWALLOWER * n. A performer who pretends to swallow fire.
WINTERGREEN * n. 1 Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola. 2 Creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil. 3 Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
SOLON * n. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
UNSETTLE * v. Disturb the composure of.
INSUFFERABLY * r. 1 To an insufferable degree. 2 In an extremely arrogant or conceited manner.
BUSINESSPERSON * n. A capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise.
HEAVE * --n. 1 An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling). 2 (geology) A horizontal dislocation. 3 The act of lifting something with great effort. 4 An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting. --v. 1 Utter a sound, as with obvious effort. 2 Throw with great effort. 3 Rise and move, as in waves or billows. 4 Lift or elevate.
START-OFF * n. A start given to contestants.
DISUSE * n. The state of something that has been unused and neglected.
CONSTRUCTOR * n. Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building).
UNZIP * v. Open the zipper of.
SCARABAEIDAE * n. Scarab or dung beetles.
SCOLYTUS * n. Type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles.
HYDROSPHERE * n. The watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor.
TAILLIGHT * n. Lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle.
AVARICIOUSLY * r. In a greedy manner.
PRESLEY * n. United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977).
SPROUTED * s. (of growing vegetation) Having just emerged from the ground.
PLAUSIBLY * r. Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence.
RHYME * --n. 1 Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds). 2 A piece of poetry. --v. 1 Compose rhymes. 2 Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable.
ASBESTOSIS * n. Lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles.
LUSTERWARE * n. Pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze.
IMPOLITIC * a. Not politic.
HUMILIATION * n. 1 State of disgrace or loss of self-respect. 2 Strong feelings of embarrassment. 3 An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect. 4 Depriving one of self-esteem.
MONOSYLLABIC * s. Having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable.
COREID * n. A true bug.
FIBEROPTICS * n. The transmission of light signals via glass fibers.
HOLOTHUROIDEA * n. Class of echinoderms including the sea cucumbers.
XANTHOSOMA * n. Tropical American tuberous perennials.
OVERCONFIDENCE * n. Total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant.
BRACHIATION * n. Swinging by the arms from branch to branch.
MCLUHAN * n. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
READINESS * n. 1 The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action). 2 Prompt willingness. 3 (psychology) Being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way. 4 A natural effortlessness.
SHAWWAL * n. The tenth month of the Islamic calendar.
HEMEROBIID * n. Small dark-colored lacewing fly.
CHILDISH * s. Indicating a lack of maturity.
WHOLEHEARTEDNESS * n. 1 The quality of hearty sincerity. 2 Undivided commitment or unreserved enthusiasm.
BAHREIN * n. 1 An island in the Persian Gulf. 2 An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s.
THIMBLE-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a thimble.
BASHFUL * s. 1 Self-consciously timid. 2 Disposed to avoid notice.
STOCKYARD * n. Enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily.
CLIQUISH * s. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
EXTREMELY * r. 1 To a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect. 2 To an extreme degree.
FUDDY-DUDDY * n. A conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance.
QI * n. The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health.
EVENHANDED * s. Without partiality.
LIMBIC * a. Of or relating to or forming a limbus.
PACHYSANDRA * n. Any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover.
RAIL * --n. 1 A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. 2 Short for railway. 3 A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll. 4 A horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal). --v. 1 Complain bitterly. 2 Enclose with rails. 3 Provide with rails. 4 Separate with a railing.
AESTIVATION * n. 1 (zoology) Cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period. 2 (botany) The arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens.
BRYONY * n. A vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties.
LIPSCOMB * n. United States chemist noted for his theories of molecular structure (born in 1919).
WOOLF * n. English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941).
LUCRATIVE * s. Producing a sizeable profit.
COLLECTIVIZATION * n. The organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism.
HOECAKE * n. Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern).
CAPITALISATION * n. 1 Writing in capital letters. 2 An estimation of the value of a business. 3 The act of capitalizing on an opportunity. 4 The sale of capital stock.
MANOEUVRE * --n. 1 A plan for attaining a particular goal. 2 A military training exercise. 3 A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill. 4 A move made to gain a tactical end. --v. 1 Act in order to achieve a certain goal. 2 Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. 3 Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
ARGENTINOSAUR * n. Huge herbivorous dinosaur of Cretaceous found in Argentina.
MILD-MANNERED * s. Behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner.
PONDERABLE * --a. Capable of being weighed or considered. --s. Capable of being thought about.
ANTE * --n. (poker) The initial contribution that each player makes to the pot. --v. Place one's stake.
JEM * n. A terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings.
BOOKSHOP * n. A shop where books are sold.
ORCINUS * n. Killer whales.
EASTER * n. 1 A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. 2 A wind from the east.
TRUSTFUL * a. Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust.
HIPPOCRATES * n. Medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC).
GRENADA * n. An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth.
GOSSIPER * n. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
CARIOCA * n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro. 2 Music composed for dancing the carioca. 3 A lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba.
LIPLIKE * s. Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
PUTREFIABLE * s. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
SWADDLE * v. Wrap in swaddling clothes.
KALIF * n. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth.
ICICLE * n. Ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water.
MEMPHIS * n. 1 Largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. 2 An ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo).
CLONE * --n. 1 A person who is almost identical to another. 2 A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction. 3 An unauthorized copy or imitation. --v. Make multiple identical copies of.
DECAL * n. Either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface.
PINK-PURPLE * s. Of purple tinged with pink.
ADROITLY * r. With adroitness; in an adroit manner.
GALLINA * n. Small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl.
MAGNETO * n. A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine.
METHYLTESTOSTERONE * n. An androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain.
ARUNDO * n. Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds.
DESPITEFUL * s. Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite.
SHEEPLIKE * s. Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity.
DECENTRALISED * a. Withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities.
ANNOTATOR * n. A commentator who writes notes to a text.
BEECHNUT * n. Small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees.
NIMBLE * s. 1 Moving quickly and lightly. 2 Mentally quick.
TOUCHY * s. 1 Quick to take offense. 2 Difficult to handle; requiring great tact.
CONDOMINIUM * n. 1 One of the dwelling units in a condominium. 2 Housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned.
ALIYAH * n. 1 (Judaism) The honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah. 2 (Judaism) Immigration of Jews to Israel.
KURAKKAN * n. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
SECTIONALIZE * v. Divide into sections, especially into geographic sections.
VOLT-AMPERE * n. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
MILLIHENRY * n. A unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry.
POISONOUS * s. 1 Having the qualities or effects of a poison. 2 Not safe to eat. 3 Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful.
TROUBLE-SHOOT * v. Solve problems.
NONESSENTIAL * --n. Anything that is not essential. --s. Not of prime or central importance.
PEIRCE * n. 1 United States mathematician and astronomer remembered for his studies of Uranus and Saturn and Neptune (1809-1880). 2 United States philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914).
TOT * --n. 1 A small amount (especially of a drink). 2 A young child. --v. Determine the sum of.
ATHANOR * n. A furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists.
SCHUSS * v. Ski downhill.
STD * n. 1 A communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact. 2 A doctor's degree in theology.
ARCHAEBACTERIA * n. Considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae.
WOMANISHNESS * n. The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
POLLACHIUS * n. Pollack.
PANTROPIC * s. Distributed throughout the tropics.
DENY * v. 1 Declare untrue; contradict. 2 Refuse to accept or believe. 3 Refuse to grant, as of a petition or request. 4 Refuse to let have.
OXYHEMOGLOBIN * n. The bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs.
HUAMACHIL * n. Common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
TAKING * --n. The act of someone who picks up or takes something. --s. Very attractive; capturing interest.
POLLIWOG * n. A larval frog or toad.
POLYMERISATION * n. A chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound.
PRIMULALES * n. Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae.
ALLAMANDA * n. A plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes.
VIBRAPHONE * n. A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound.
BACKHANDER * n. A backhanded blow.
WEIGHTLESSNESS * n. The property of being comparatively small in weight.
HIMALAYISH * n. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Tibet and Nepal and Bhutan and Sikkim.
BECKON * v. 1 Signal with the hands or nod. 2 Appear inviting. 3 Summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture.
OSTENSIBLY * r. From appearances alone.
ENABLING * a. Providing legal power or sanction.
CHILDHOOD * n. 1 The time of person's life when they are a child. 2 The state of a child between infancy and adolescence.
AMNESTIC * a. Of or relating to or caused by amnesia.
UNSUGARED * s. With no sugar added.
PATRAI * n. A port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages.
HEJIRA * n. 1 The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year. 2 A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.
TOWN * n. 1 An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city. 2 The people living in a municipality smaller than a city. 3 An administrative division of a county. 4 United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844).
SKILFULLY * r. With skill.
SHRIKE * n. Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.
ADVOCATOR * n. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
OPERAND * n. A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
CRESOL * n. Any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant.
EDDY * --n. 1 Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910). 2 A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself. --v. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.
ORNAMENT * --n. Something used to beautify. --v. 1 Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. 2 Be an ornament to.
COLLOQUIUM * n. 1 An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting. 2 An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
SHOO * v. Drive away by crying `shoo!'.
ERGOTROPISM * n. An affinity for work.
FOUNDATION * n. 1 The basis on which something is grounded. 2 An institution supported by an endowment. 3 Lowest support of a structure. 4 Education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge.
MASTERFULLY * r. In a skillfully masterful manner; with the skill of a master.
HIGH-LOW-JACK * n. Card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game.
APPENDICITIS * n. Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
PHOSGENE * n. A colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare.
GREENE * n. English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991).
INTEROPERABLE * s. Able to exchange and use information.
MEGAPTERA * n. Humpback whales.
TAMARISK * n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil.
HALIFAX * n. Provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia.
CHARMINGLY * r. In a charming manner.
PTERIDIUM * n. A genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae.
MANSLAYER * n. A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).
REPROACH * --n. 1 A mild rebuke or criticism. 2 Disgrace or shame. --v. Express criticism towards.
GEARSHIFT * n. A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears.
IMMUNIZATION * n. The act of making immune (especially by inoculation).
PINFISH * n. Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States.
GOVERNESS * n. A woman entrusted with the care and supervision of a child (especially in a private home).
CALYPTRA * n. The hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy.
INOSINE * n. A nucleoside that is formed by the deamination of adenosine; used in kidney transplantation to provide a temporary source of sugar.
ECONOMETRICS * n. The application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data.
EATAGE * n. Bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle.
LOVE-IN-WINTER * n. Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb.
CAUCUS * --n. A closed political meeting. --v. Meet to select a candidate or promote a policy.
SHADFLOWER * n. Annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules.
INEQUITABLE * a. Not equitable or fair.
CARYOPSIS * n. Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.
LTTE * n. A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel.
QUILLWORT * n. Any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia.
BEEKEEPER * n. A farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
NONLINEAR * a. Designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree.
PERSONALISED * s. Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual.
GERMAN-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in German.
ANTIMAGNETIC * a. Impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization.
OLIMBOS * n. A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high).
ZYMOLYSIS * n. A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol.
RELIEVED * s. 1 (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear. 2 Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
ANGIOPTERIS * n. Highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall.
OUTRAGE * --n. 1 A feeling of righteous anger. 2 A wantonly cruel act. 3 A disgraceful event. 4 The act of scandalizing. --v. 1 Strike with disgust or revulsion. 2 Violate the sacred character of a place or language. 3 Force (someone) to have sex against their will.
PLY * --n. 1 One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination. 2 (usually in combinations) One of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood. --v. 1 Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. 2 Apply oneself diligently. 3 Travel a route regularly. 4 Join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding.
RUTHERFORDIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
ALBUQUERQUE * n. The largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river.
CONOY * n. A member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke people.
PANNIER * n. 1 Either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle). 2 A large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person. 3 Set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips.
UNCONCERN * n. 1 The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. 2 A feeling of lack of concern.
HAWAIIAN * --n. 1 The Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii. 2 A native or resident of Hawaii. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language.
SHYLOCK * n. 1 Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest. 2 A merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare.
OFTENNESS * n. The number of occurrences within a given time period.
LAURELWOOD * n. Tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood.
CHANGELESS * --a. Not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature. --s. 1 Unvarying in nature. 2 Remaining the same for indefinitely long times.
WATERFOWL * n. Freshwater aquatic bird.
SPELAEOLOGIST * n. A person who explores caves.
COPECK * n. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia.
CORRESPOND * v. 1 Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics. 2 Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics. 3 Exchange messages. 4 Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to.
ABOARD * r. 1 On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle. 2 On first or second or third base. 3 Side by side. 4 Part of a group.
LADYSHIP * n. A title used to address any peeress except a duchess.
TRANYLCYPROMINE * n. An antidepressant drug that is a monoamine oxidase inhibitor; administered as a sulfate.
REFEREEING * n. The act of umpiring.
HORNLESS * a. Having no horns.
BOOLEAN * a. Of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT.
CONCENTRATED * --a. 1 Gathered together or made less diffuse. 2 (of light) Transmitted directly from a pointed light source. 3 Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. --s. 1 Of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced. 2 Intensely focused.
SWABBING * n. Cleaning with a mop.
ABSOLUTISM * n. 1 Dominance through threat of punishment and violence. 2 A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.). 3 The principle of complete and unrestricted power in government. 4 The doctrine of an absolute being.
SUNNINESS * n. 1 Lightness created by sunlight. 2 The quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.
UNMELTED * a. Not melted.
BYWAY * n. A side road little traveled (as in the countryside).
BLANDISHMENT * n. 1 Flattery intended to persuade. 2 The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery.
SIMOLEONS * n. Informal terms for money.
JOHNS * n. United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930).
DOULA * n. An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes.
AUREOMYCIN * n. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases.
WYTENSIN * n. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Wytensin) that reduces blood pressure by its effect on the central nervous system.
DISHEARTENMENT * n. 1 The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles. 2 A communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted.
INVESTIGATORY * s. Designed to find information or ascertain facts.
APHONIC * s. Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
BODACIOUS * s. 1 Incorrigible. 2 Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
ARGUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) A giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes. 2 Large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant.
DOORLOCK * n. A lock on an exterior door.
ICE-CLOGGED * s. Obstructed by ice.
DEFENSELESSNESS * n. The property of being helpless in the face of attack.
ORLEANIST * n. A supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis XIV.
HASH * --n. 1 Chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned. 2 Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen. --v. Chop up.
OWL * n. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
AGONISED * s. Expressing pain or agony.
THWARTER * n. Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take.
ANTANANARIVO * n. The capital and largest city of Madagascar.
FOOTBALL-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of a football.
AVESTAN * --n. 1 An ancient Iranian language. 2 The script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written. --a. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).
UNSOCIABLE * a. Not inclined to society or companionship.
INCASE * v. Enclose in, or as if in, a case.
EARTHBORN * s. 1 Of earthly origin (as mortals are). 2 Springing from or born on the earth. 3 Connected with earthly life; of earthly origin.
KILLJOY * n. Someone who spoils the pleasure of others.
LEASTWAYS * r. If nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial).
BAKUNIN * n. Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876).
PONTIFEX * n. A member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome.
REFUTABLE * s. Able to be refuted.
ENDEAR * v. Make attractive or lovable.
BALTIC * --n. 1 A sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy. 2 A branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages. 2 Of or near or on the Baltic Sea.
DEMIMONDAINE * n. A female prostitute.
QUATERCENTENNIAL * n. The 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it).
IDUN * n. (Norse mythology) Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young.
PLENIPOTENTIARY * n. A diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government.
LABEL * --n. 1 A brief description given for purposes of identification. 2 Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings. 3 A radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction. 4 An identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object. --v. 1 Assign a label to; designate with a label. 2 Attach a tag or label to. 3 Pronounce judgment on. 4 Distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom.
NONRETRACTILE * a. Not capable of being retracted.
INFORMATIVELY * r. In an informative manner.
LEAN-TO * n. Rough shelter whose roof has only one slope.
SCUNNER * n. A strong dislike.
INWARD-MOVING * s. Moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve.
SYLVANITE * n. A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America.
WEEDY * --a. Abounding with or resembling weeds. --s. Being very thin.
SUSHI * n. Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
OVIPOSITOR * n. Egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes.
SOAPROCK * n. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.
UNDERGO * v. Pass through.
AGONIZINGLY * r. In a very painful manner.
CALIBRATE * v. 1 Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring. 2 Mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units. 3 Measure the caliber of.
FAITHFULLY * r. In a faithful manner.
TOURNAMENT * n. 1 A sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner. 2 A series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize.
MIXER * n. 1 A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity. 2 Club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol. 3 Electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal. 4 A kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods.
DESPAIRING * s. Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
DOWNSIZING * n. The reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable.
SUBTRACT * v. 1 Make a subtraction. 2 Take off or away.
COGNOMEN * n. 1 A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name). 2 The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
KANANGA * n. A city in southwestern Congo; former name (until 1966) was Luluabourg.
SATIRISE * v. Ridicule with satire.
NEPHROLITHIASIS * n. The presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney.
SELTZER * n. 1 Naturally effervescent mineral water. 2 Effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide.
LIPOID * n. An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates).
ACCOMPANIMENT * n. 1 An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. 2 A musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts. 3 Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect. 4 The act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them.
ACTIVITY * n. 1 Any specific behavior. 2 The state of being active. 3 An organic process that takes place in the body. 4 (chemistry) The capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction.
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN * n. A breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland.
TAKER * n. 1 One who accepts an offer. 2 One who takes a bet or wager.
SPRINGTAIL * n. Any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water.
VANUATU * n. A volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980.
TOILSOMENESS * n. The quality of requiring extended effort.
DOLMEN * n. A prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone.
NIDULARIALES * n. Small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae.
AMENORRHOEAL * a. Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.
BICENTRIC * s. Having two centers.
SOFTENER * n. A substance added to another to make it less hard.
SEMI-ABSTRACTION * n. A semiabstract painting.
VISCOMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring viscosity.
ROOFLESS * --a. Not having a roof. --s. Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
CORRECTIVE * --n. A device for treating injury or disease. --s. 1 Designed to promote discipline. 2 Tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition.
SLANDERER * n. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
PENETRABILITY * n. The quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.).
MIDTERM * n. 1 The middle of the gestation period. 2 Middle of an academic term or a political term in office. 3 An examination administered in the middle of an academic term.
LINEMEN * n. The football players who line up on the line of scrimmage.
MEPHAQUINE * n. An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people.
PROFICIENT * --s. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude. --a. Of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill.
COPACETIC * s. Completely satisfactory.
OZONISE * v. Convert (oxygen) into ozone.
NONPAREIL * --n. 1 Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. 2 Colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies. 3 A flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar. --s. Eminent beyond or above comparison.
GELATINIZE * v. 1 Coat with gelatin. 2 Become gelatinous or change into a jelly. 3 Convert into gelatinous form or jelly.
PONTUS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus. 2 An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire.
TRACKABLE * a. Capable of being traced or tracked.
TYRANNUS * n. Type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers.
FERAL * s. Wild and menacing.
SAMBUCA * n. An Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice.
TAFFY * n. Chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy.
UNHAND * v. Remove the hand from.
AZ * n. 1 The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian. 2 A state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon.
HAND-DOWN * s. Passed on from one person to another.
SINOPER * n. A red ocher formerly used as a pigment.
DITHERING * n. The process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired color.
INNOCENSE * n. White and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California.
POLYOMA * n. A virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice.
MANDRIL * n. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.
SOLEMNITY * n. 1 A trait of dignified seriousness. 2 A solemn and dignified feeling.
DECOMPRESS * v. 1 Restore to its uncompressed form. 2 Decrease the pressure of. 3 Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.
UNSTIMULATING * a. Not stimulating.
ARMORED * --a. 1 Protected by armor (used of persons or things military). 2 Used of animals; provided with protective covering. --s. Equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior.
DASHBOARD * n. 1 Protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.. 2 Instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls.
FACTUALLY * r. As a fact or based on fact.
THIRTY-TWO * s. Being two more than thirty.
KIESELGUHR * n. A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material.
BEEFSTEAK * n. A beef steak usually cooked by broiling.
RIDGED * a. Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.
COMSTOCK * n. United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915).
SERAPH * n. An angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child.
CASTRATED * a. Deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
INEFFABLY * r. To an inexpressible degree.
FLUORESCENCE * n. Light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength.
ILLEGIBLY * r. In an illegible manner.
SIGNAL-TO-NOISE * n. The ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity.
CANALICULAR * a. Relating to or like or having a canaliculus.
UNCONCERNEDLY * r. In an unconcerned manner.
BOLSHEVIZE * v. Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles.
SLENDERISE * v. Make slender or appear to be slender.
AMATERASU * n. Central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan.
WESTERNMOST * s. Farthest to the west.
IGNOMINY * n. A state of dishonor.
FUMIGATION * n. The application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it.
TILTYARD * n. (formerly) An enclosed field for tilting contests.
XEROPHYLLUM * n. Small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
FUNKY * s. 1 Offensively malodorous. 2 (of jazz) Having the soulful feeling of early blues. 3 Stylish and modern in an unconventional way. 4 In a state of cowardly fright.
UNGUARANTEED * s. Without financial security.
TALISMAN * n. A trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease.
DEVISOR * n. Someone who devises real property in a will.
INFLICTION * n. 1 The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo). 2 An act causing pain or damage. 3 Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.
RECOUP * v. 1 Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss. 2 Regain or make up for. 3 Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments.
PHOEBE * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2 (Greek mythology) A Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon. 3 Small dun-colored North American flycatcher.
VOLVOCALES * n. Chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial.
VITALIZATION * n. The state of being vitalized and filled with life.
IRONMONGERY * n. The merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop.
POORWILL * n. Goatsucker of western North America.
EVER-PRESENT * s. Being always present.
BANTING * n. 1 Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941). 2 Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
SPERGULA * n. Small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry.
RECIPROCITY * n. 1 A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence. 2 Mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges.
LAPIDARY * --n. 1 An expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them. 2 A skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones. --a. Of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them.
ACROCEPHALY * n. A congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape.
AMPHIOXUS * n. Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates.
CICADIDAE * n. Cicadas.
SYSTEMATIZE * v. Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system.
BEHAVIOURAL * a. Of or relating to behavior.
SURFACE-ACTIVE * s. Capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents.
BARLEYCORN * n. 1 A grain of barley. 2 A grain of barley.
AIAI * n. A fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries.
FRIZZY * s. (of hair) In small tight curls.
LARID * n. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
SUBLET * --n. A lease from one lessee to another. --v. Lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person.
HEARTBREAK * n. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death).
WIDEBAND * a. Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies.
GRANULOMA * n. A tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection.
SLOSHED * s. Very drunk.
BRITH * n. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
HETEROLOGOUS * a. 1 Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin. 2 Derived from organisms of a different but related species.
BICORNUATE * s. Having two horns or horn-shaped parts.
AMYOTROPHY * n. Progressive wasting of muscle tissues.
TREASONABLY * r. In a disloyal and faithless manner.
BIGOS * n. A Polish stew of cabbage and meat.
FILAGREE * n. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire).
SLICK * --n. 1 A slippery smoothness. 2 A magazine printed on good quality paper. 3 A film of oil or garbage floating on top of water. 4 A trowel used to make a surface slick. --v. 1 Make slick or smooth. 2 Give a smooth and glossy appearance. --s. 1 Made slick by e.g. ice or grease. 2 Superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject. 3 Having only superficial plausibility. 4 Having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.
DISSENTING * s. Disagreeing, especially with a majority.
ACTIUM * n. 1 An ancient town on a promontory in western Greece. 2 The naval battle in which Antony and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian's fleet under Agrippa in 31 BC.
INSUFFLATION * n. 1 (medicine) Blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity). 2 An act of blowing or breathing on or into something.
TALEBEARER * n. Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
STARRING * s. Indicating the most important performer or role.
FAFNIR * n. (Norse mythology) The Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd.
CRO * n. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
WALLY * n. A silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid.
WOLLASTON * n. English chemist and physicist who discovered palladium and rhodium and demonstrated that static and current electricity are the same (1766-1828).
ANISOGAMOUS * a. Relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape).
MCALLEN * n. A town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
HALEY * n. 1 United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981). 2 United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992).
IMMORTALITY * n. 1 The quality or state of being immortal. 2 Perpetual life after death.
TERETE * s. Especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering.
SUAVELY * r. With suavity; in a suave manner.
CHIRPILY * r. In a cheerfully buoyant manner.
BAUM * n. United States writer of children's books (1856-1919).
ROTATION * n. 1 The act of rotating as if on an axis. 2 (mathematics) A transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin. 3 A single complete turn (axial or orbital). 4 A planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.).
STONEWALLER * n. One who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc..
ABATIS * n. A line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy.
CHAMAEMELUM * n. Small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile.
HAZILY * r. 1 Through a haze. 2 In an indistinct way.
FOUNDERING * n. (of a ship) Sinking.
TULIPWOOD * n. 1 The variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees. 2 Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer.
RICKRACK * n. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
PRESCHOOL * n. An educational institution for children too young for elementary school.
ALEYRODIDAE * n. Whiteflies.
COSMOGONIC * a. Pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe.
STEADY * --n. A person loved by another person. --v. 1 Make steady. 2 Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace. --a. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior. --s. 1 Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall. 2 Securely in position; not shaky. 3 Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. 4 Relating to a person who does something regularly. --r. In a steady manner.
AGONY * n. 1 Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. 2 A state of acute pain.
RAVER * n. 1 A participant in a rave dancing party. 2 Someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner.
DENATURALISE * v. 1 Make less natural or unnatural. 2 Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship.
WEATHERWORN * s. Worn by exposure to the weather.
MEARSTONE * n. An old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab.
NARROW-MINDEDNESS * n. An inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior.
CORTICIFUGAL * s. Of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex.
WAVEBAND * n. A band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals).
ADULATION * n. Servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise.
INSULT * --n. 1 A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. 2 A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. --v. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely.
MAPLE * n. 1 Wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring. 2 Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone.
COLLODION * n. A colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films.
FLINDOSA * n. Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc.
BACKYARD * n. The grounds in back of a house.
FOREKNOWLEDGE * n. Knowledge of an event before it occurs.
FUMBLE * --n. (sports) Dropping the ball. --v. 1 Feel about uncertainly or blindly. 2 Make one's way clumsily or blindly. 3 Handle clumsily. 4 Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
CONNORS * n. Outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952).
ISOMERASE * n. An enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form.
CECROPIA * n. 1 Large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc. 2 North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees.
LUNCHEON * n. A midday meal.
SKUNK-WEED * n. Tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell.
SMOKE * --n. 1 A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas. 2 A hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion. 3 An indication of some hidden activity. 4 Something with no concrete substance. --v. 1 Inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes. 2 Emit a cloud of fine particles.
ASSOCIABILITY * n. The capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought.
TEN-FOLD * s. Containing ten or ten parts.
FLOWERLESS * a. Without flower or bloom and not producing seeds.
BEDLESS * a. Without a bed.
PATRONISINGLY * r. With condescension; in a patronizing manner.
PLANTHOPPER * n. Related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants.
PRIG * n. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
SONATA * n. A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
BINDING * --n. 1 The capacity to attract and hold something. 2 Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration. 3 The act of applying a bandage. 4 One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall. --s. Executed with proper legal authority.
REPOSEFUL * a. Affording physical or mental rest.
MICROBIOLOGIST * n. A specialist in microbiology.
FORTUNA * n. (Roman mythology) The goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche.
DARDANELLES * n. 1 The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey. 2 The unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks.
APNEIC * a. Of or relating to apnea.
MILLWHEEL * n. Water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill.
CUBBYHOLE * n. 1 A small compartment. 2 A small secluded room.
PETCHARY * n. A kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but larger than the eastern kingbird.
MALFORMATION * n. 1 An affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed. 2 Something abnormal or anomalous.
POCKETKNIFE * n. A knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket.
CEDAR-SCENTED * s. Smelling like cedar.
SCLEROTOMY * n. Surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye.
SANCTIMONIOUSLY * r. In a sanctimonious manner.
JOCULAR * --s. Characterized by jokes and good humor. --r. With humor.
SOLOMONIC * a. Exhibiting or requiring the wisdom of Solomon in making difficult decisions.
ARSINE * n. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
STOCKED * s. Furnished with more than enough.
PALEOCLIMATOLOGY * n. The study of the climate of past ages.
MICROCYTE * n. An abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter).
BOEHME * n. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
POWYS * n. 1 British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939). 2 British writer of allegorical novels; one of three literary brothers (1875-1953). 3 British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963).
DISPLEASINGLY * r. In a displeasing manner.
CHILEAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Chile. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people.
BAYER * n. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets.
UNDOABLE * s. Impossible to achieve.
DESTABILISE * v. 1 Become unstable. 2 Make unstable.
ABADAN * n. A port city in southwestern Iran.
PFLP * n. A terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel.
UNFOCUSED * --a. (of an image) Not being in or brought into focus. --s. Not concentrated at one point or upon one objective.
ADENITIS * n. Inflammation of a gland or lymph node.
RECITER * n. Someone who recites from memory.
THIGH-SLAPPER * n. A joke that seems extremely funny.
ENTANDROPHRAGMA * n. Cedar mahogany trees.
GIGGLE * --n. A foolish or nervous laugh. --v. Laugh nervously.
SEDAN * n. 1 A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors. 2 A closed litter for one passenger.
INEBRIATION * n. 1 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. 2 A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
AVIDLY * r. In an avid manner.
HAIRED * a. Having or covered with hair.
ECHENEIDIDAE * n. Fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships.
NONCIVILISED * a. Not having a high state of culture and social development.
GOOSEFOOT * n. Any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers.
HAREBELL * n. 1 Sometimes placed in genus Scilla. 2 Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.
ECTOPROCT * n. Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
COMPATIBLE * --a. 1 Able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination. 2 Capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification. --s. Capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction.
SHOSHONIAN * n. A subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States.
PATHOLOGICALLY * r. With respect to pathology.
INORDINATENESS * n. Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits.
SKYDIVING * n. Performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute.
EVEREST * n. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal; the highest mountain peak in the world (29,028 feet high).
CAMAS * n. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America.
GAUMLESS * s. (British informal) Lacking intelligence and vitality.
DISBUD * v. 1 Thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers. 2 Destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle).
EXCUSATORY * a. Offering or expressing apology.
RESUSCITATION * n. The act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness.
TANZANIA * n. A republic in eastern Africa.
FEAST * --n. 1 A ceremonial dinner party for many people. 2 Something experienced with great delight. 3 A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed. 4 An elaborate party (often outdoors). --v. 1 Partake in a feast or banquet. 2 Provide a feast or banquet for. 3 Gratify.
FOAMY * s. 1 Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease. 2 Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation.
ALLIANCE * n. 1 The state of being allied or confederated. 2 A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest. 3 An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty. 4 A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim.
SABAHAN * --n. A Malaysian from Sabah. --a. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
POSITION * --n. 1 The particular portion of space occupied by something. 2 A point occupied by troops for tactical reasons. 3 A way of regarding situations or topics etc.. 4 The arrangement of the body and its limbs. --v. 1 Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation. 2 Put into a certain place or abstract location.
PROCARYOTIC * a. Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei.
CLUBFOOT * n. Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes.
SHEIKHA * n. The wife of a sheik.
ROMP * --n. 1 An easy victory. 2 A girl who behaves in a boyish manner. 3 Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement. --v. 1 Play boisterously. 2 Run easily and fairly fast. 3 Win easily.
TRITANOPIA * n. Rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow.
ILEX * n. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
SHARP-POINTED * a. Having a sharp point.
REVOLVER * n. 1 A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets). 2 A door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings.
TOOL * --n. 1 An implement used in the practice of a vocation. 2 The means whereby some act is accomplished. 3 A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else. 4 Obscene terms for penis. --v. 1 Drive. 2 Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it. 3 Furnish with tools. 4 Work with a tool.
STEPS * n. 1 A flight of stairs or a flight of steps. 2 The course along which a person has walked or is walking in.
PLACEABLE * s. Capable of being recognized.
OVERGORGE * v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
FORGO * v. 1 Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. 2 Be earlier in time; go back further. 3 Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime.
PERONOSPORA * n. Genus of destructive downy mildews.
CONFIDENTIALLY * r. In a confidential manner.
BINUCLEAR * a. Having two nuclei.
PLUMCOT * n. 1 Hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca. 2 Hybrid between plum and apricot.
SAFETY-RELATED * s. Providing or ensuring safety.
SENILITY * n. 1 Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations. 2 The state of being senile.
DECLARE * v. 1 State emphatically and authoritatively. 2 Announce publicly or officially. 3 State firmly. 4 Declare to be.
CLAYMORE * n. 1 A large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders. 2 An antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy.
HARDTOP * n. A car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top.
QUIRT * n. Whip with a leather thong at the end.
BLUETICK * n. A very fast American hound; white mottled with bluish grey.
TATTLING * s. Prone to communicate confidential information.
ILL-USE * v. Treat badly.
FOOTING * n. 1 Status with respect to the relations between people or groups. 2 A relation that provides the foundation for something. 3 A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing.
KETOSIS * n. An abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the blood as in diabetes mellitus.
ASPHYXIATING * s. Tending to deprive of oxygen.
KABUL * n. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in eastern Afghanistan.
PRECOCIAL * a. (of hatchlings) Covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days.
THEREABOUT * r. 1 Near that time or date. 2 Near that place.
BUBO * n. 1 A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis. 2 A genus of Strigidae.
PROCTOLOGIST * n. A doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus.
LINKAGE * n. 1 An associative relation. 2 (genetics) Traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go). 3 A mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion. 4 The act of linking things together.
WYKEHAMIST * n. A student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College.
ALASKAN * --n. A native or resident of Alaska. --a. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
FORESTED * s. Covered with forest.
ECCENTRICALLY * r. 1 In an eccentric or bizarre manner. 2 Not symmetrically with respect to the center.
WOODWORM * n. A larva of a woodborer.
CONJUGATE * --n. A mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A. --v. 1 Unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds. 2 Add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.. 3 Undergo conjugation. --s. 1 Joined together especially in a pair or pairs. 2 (of a pinnate leaflet) Having only one pair of leaflets. 3 Formed by the union of two compounds. 4 Of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond.
MOLIERE * n. French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673).
ERIE * n. 1 A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York. 2 The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal. 3 A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania.
ELITIST * n. Someone who believes in rule by an elite group.
AUGEAS * n. (Greek mythology) The mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle.
KEROUAC * n. United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969).
TRIALEURODES * n. A genus of Aleyrodidae.
ETROPUS * n. A genus of Bothidae.
SUBSURFACE * a. Beneath the surface.
RECORDER * n. 1 Equipment for making records. 2 Someone responsible for keeping records. 3 A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs. 4 A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece.
ROSICRUCIAN * --n. 1 A member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society. 2 A member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore. --a. Of or relating to the Rosicrucians.
FESTSCHRIFT * n. A collection of writings published in honor of a scholar.
MICROBAR * n. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
NOMAD * n. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
ALIR * n. A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again.
BEAUVOIR * n. French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986).
180TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order.
PLANOGRAPHY * n. The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent).
FIGUREHEAD * n. 1 A person used as a cover for some questionable activity. 2 Figure on the bow of some sailing vessels.
UNPICK * v. 1 Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of. 2 Undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing).
REDEPOSIT * v. 1 Deposit once again. 2 Deposit anew.
PREPARED * --a. Made ready or fit or suitable beforehand. --s. 1 Having made preparations. 2 Equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources.
BINGLE * n. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base.
LARCENER * n. A person who commits larceny.
ROUX * n. A mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces.
FUNAMBULIST * n. An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope.
CEPHALOPTERUS * n. A genus of Cotingidae.
STIFFENER * n. Material used for stiffening something.
QUICKSTEP * --n. 1 Military march accompanying quick time. 2 A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps. --v. Perform a quickstep.
PREHEND * v. Take hold of; grab.
SARCOCYSTIEIAN * n. Parasite of the muscles of vertebrates.
COUNTERBLAST * n. A vigorous and unrestrained response.
AFFILIATION * n. 1 A social or business relationship. 2 The act of becoming formally connected or joined.
ANTROZOUS * n. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
ARDENTLY * r. In an ardent manner.
LUFTWAFFE * n. The German airforce.
CROAKER * n. 1 The lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.. 2 Any of several fishes that make a croaking noise.
VISITATION * n. 1 An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event. 2 Any disaster or catastrophe. 3 An official visit for inspection or supervision.
SQUANDERING * n. Spending resources lavishly and wastefully.
BALZAC * n. French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850).
ANTAGONISM * n. 1 A state of deep-seated ill-will. 2 The relation between opposing principles or forces or factors. 3 An actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility. 4 (biochemistry) Interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure.
DICKYBIRD * n. Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.
MANDELAMINE * n. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
MODERN * --n. 1 A contemporary person. 2 A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes. --a. Belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages. --s. 1 Relating to a recently developed fashion or style. 2 Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture. 3 Ahead of the times. 4 Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development.
CONSIGN * v. 1 Commit forever; commit irrevocably. 2 Give over to another for care or safekeeping. 3 Send to an address.
PHONOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to phonology.
CHEEKINESS * n. The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties.
MEWL * v. Cry weakly or softly.
IMPRESSION * n. 1 A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. 2 An outward appearance. 3 A clear and telling mental image. 4 A concavity in a surface produced by pressing.
GUFF * n. Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).
TRUSTINESS * n. The trait of deserving trust and confidence.
APPALLED * s. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
LASTEX * n. Yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads.
RANKINE * n. A unit of temperature on the Rankine scale.
EMBOSSED * s. Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery.
OBSEQUIOUS * s. 1 Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. 2 Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner.
TRIBUTARY * --n. A branch that flows into the main stream. --s. 1 (of a stream) Flowing into a larger stream. 2 Paying tribute. 3 Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.
AUTORADIOGRAPH * n. A radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed.
SELF-DISCOVERY * n. Discovering your own individuality.
ILL-TIMED * s. Badly timed.
ATTENTIONAL * a. Of or relating to attention.
APERITIF * n. Alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer.
VAMPIRE * n. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
GOATEE * n. A small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard.
KEESHOND * n. A spitz-like dog having a shaggy greyish coat and tightly curled tail originating in Holland.
ROPEWALK * n. Workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made.
GREENISH-BROWN * s. Of brown tinged with green.
UKRAINE * n. A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century.
MIMAMSA * n. (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation') One of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads.
COVENANT * --n. 1 A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action. 2 (Bible) An agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return. --v. 1 Enter into a covenant. 2 Enter into a covenant or formal agreement.
DE-STALINIZATION * n. Social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor.
SIGNALIZE * v. 1 Provide with traffic signals. 2 Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs. 3 Point out carefully and clearly. 4 Make conspicuous or noteworthy.
PANICKY * s. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.
EPIDEMIC * --n. A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time. --a. (especially of medicine) Of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously.
KYLIX * n. A shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece.
NOMINALLY * r. In name only.
PROFANATORY * s. Profaning or tending to desecrate.
UNCOMBED * a. (of hair) Not combed.
OVERZEALOUS * s. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
LUNATION * n. The period between successive new moons (29.531 days).
SYNCRETISM * n. 1 The union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy). 2 The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections).
PARTICULARISED * s. Directed toward a specific object.
MENOPON * n. Chicken lice.
RETRACTABLE * s. Capable of being retracted.
HYDROELECTRIC * a. Of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower.
CADRA * n. A genus of Pyralidae.
CRANNY * n. 1 A long narrow depression in a surface. 2 A small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall).
SHMOOSE * v. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
SCHIZANTHUS * n. Any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers.
STALWART * --n. A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt). --s. 1 Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. 2 Dependable. 3 Used especially of persons.
ADALIA * n. 1 A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya. 2 Genus of ladybugs.
PETAL * n. Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored.
COUPLE * --n. 1 A pair who associate with one another. 2 A pair of people who live together. 3 A small indefinite number. 4 Two items of the same kind. --v. 1 Bring two objects, ideas, or people together. 2 Link together. 3 Form a pair or pairs. 4 Engage in sexual intercourse.
24TH * s. Coming next after the twenty-third in position.
CRACTICIDAE * n. Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae.
SUDBURY * n. A city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center.
HOLIDAY * --n. 1 Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure. 2 A day on which work is suspended by law or custom. --v. Spend or take a vacation.
KANSA * n. 1 A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas. 2 The Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa.
OFFENDER * n. A person who transgresses moral or civil law.
PROPORTIONATE * --a. Being in due proportion. --s. 1 Agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree. 2 Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities.
PIPEWORT * n. Aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers.
ORGANZA * n. A fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy.
PACKAGING * n. 1 The business of packing. 2 A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution. 3 Material used to make packages.
PALLIASSE * n. Mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust.
MINUSCULE * --n. 1 The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case. 2 A small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts. --a. Of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries. --s. 1 Lowercase. 2 Extremely small.
SUM-UP * n. A brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form.
PARSIMONY * n. 1 Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. 2 Extreme stinginess.
TRAJAN * n. Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of building (53-117).
WINDER * n. 1 A worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism). 2 Mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock). 3 Mechanical device around which something can be wound.
OCTOROON * n. An offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black.
TOCQUEVILLE * n. French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859).
PHACOCHOERUS * n. Warthogs.
CUSHAW * n. 1 Plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds. 2 Globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind.
MASTIGOMYCOTINA * n. Fungi in which the spores and gametes are motile; in some systems placed in the Phycomycetes group with the Zygomycota.
PRIESTCRAFT * n. 1 A derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs. 2 The skills involved in the work of a priest.
MIGHT * n. Physical strength.
MONOTHEISM * n. Belief in a single God.
ENTANGLE * v. 1 Entrap. 2 Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
CHONDRIFY * v. Turn into cartilage.
DISINTEGRATION * n. 1 In a decomposed state. 2 A loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system. 3 Separation into component parts. 4 The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation.
LINCOLNSHIRE * n. An agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea.
MEATLOAF * n. A baked loaf of ground meat.
CONNIVING * s. 1 Acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end. 2 Acting with a specific goal.
PALINURIDAE * n. Spiny lobsters.
THD * n. A doctor's degree in theology.
RAPHIA * n. 1 Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.. 2 Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes.
PSYCHOANALYZE * v. Subject to psychoanalytic treatment.
IGNORANTNESS * n. Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs).
UNSYMPATHIZING * s. Not showing or expressing sympathy.
CROSS-CHECK * v. Check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example.
OUTCROP * --n. The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land. --v. Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground.
TYMPANIST * n. A person who plays the kettledrums.
ADMIT * v. 1 Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of. 2 Allow to enter; grant entry to. 3 Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of. 4 Admit into a group or community.
UNPUNISHED * a. Not punished.
LIMONITE * n. A widely occurring iron oxide ore; a mixture of goethite and hematite and lepidocrocite.
KIDNAP * v. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
DEERSTALKER * n. A tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters.
PUMPKINSEED * n. Small brilliantly colored North American sunfish.
RADIOLOCATION * n. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
RETROVERSION * n. 1 A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part. 2 Translation back into the original language. 3 Returning to a former state.
BALLPARK * n. 1 A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games). 2 Near to the scope or range of something.
UNDERSTANDABLY * r. In an intelligible manner.
MALADROITNESS * n. Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
GUITAR * n. A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking.
DENATIONALIZATION * n. Changing something from state to private ownership or control.
DOUGLASS * n. United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895).
POKY * --n. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). --s. 1 Wasting time. 2 Small and remote and insignificant.
ANGST * n. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom.
POLLYFISH * n. Gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth.
ROUNDING * n. (mathematics) A miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals.
LAVISHNESS * n. 1 The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive. 2 Excessive spending.
SEASIDE * n. The shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort.
NEB * n. 1 A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose. 2 Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
MEGAPODE * n. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
INTERIORISE * v. Incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal.
SAXHORN * n. Any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves.
DILAPIDATION * n. 1 A state of deterioration due to old age or long use. 2 The process of becoming dilapidated.
K-MESON * n. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
MALIGNANT * a. Dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor).
TIT * n. 1 Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman. 2 The small projection of a mammary gland. 3 Small insectivorous birds.
JUDICIALLY * r. 1 As ordered by a court. 2 In a judicial manner.
STAGFLATION * n. A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation).
BUCKSKIN * n. 1 Horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail. 2 A soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin.
CANDLESTICK * n. A holder with sockets for candles.
SMUDGE * --n. 1 A smoky fire to drive away insects. 2 A blemish made by dirt. --v. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.
ATONAL * a. Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality.
POLYSEMY * n. The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.
SALESCLERK * n. A salesperson in a store.
JILLION * n. A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).
EQUATORIAL * --n. A telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it. --a. 1 Of or relating to or at an equator. 2 Of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator. 3 Of or existing at or near the geographic equator.
DRAB * --n. A dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown. --s. 1 Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise. 2 Lacking brightness or color; dull. 3 Of a light brownish green color. 4 Causing dejection.
MOZART * n. 1 Prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791). 2 The music of Mozart.
MOLA * n. Among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters.
EEG * n. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain; produced by an electroencephalograph.
TESTOSTERONE * n. A potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics.
RESTROOM * n. A toilet that is available to the public.
TRIMURTI * n. The triad of divinities of later Hinduism.
NYAMURAGIRA * n. An active volcano in eastern Congo.
WHITEFACE * n. 1 Hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States. 2 A clown whose face is covered with white make-up.
PREMONITION * n. 1 A feeling of evil to come. 2 An early warning about a future event.
INIQUITY * n. 1 Morally objectionable behavior. 2 An unjust act.
GRAVEN * s. 1 Cut into a desired shape. 2 Cut or impressed into a surface.
INORDINATELY * r. Extremely.
LEAF-ROLLER * n. Moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.
ROCEPHIN * n. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract.
WHICKER * --n. The characteristic sounds made by a horse. --v. Make a characteristic sound, of a horse.
INELUCTABILITY * n. The quality of being impossible to avoid or evade.
THOUSANDTH * --n. 1 Position 1,000 in a countable series of things. 2 One part in a thousand equal parts. --s. The ordinal number of one thousand in counting order.
PHORADENDRON * n. Any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe.
CYLINDRICAL * s. Having the form of a cylinder.
TAXPAYER * n. Someone who pays taxes.
ILE-DE-FRANCE * n. A region of north central France including Paris and the area around it.
COCCUS * n. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
HANDMAIDEN * n. 1 In a subordinate position. 2 A personal maid or female attendant.
MS-DOS * n. An operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers.
UNANALYZABLE * s. Representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts.
INJUSTICE * n. 1 An unjust act. 2 The practice of being unjust or unfair.
POUCH * --n. 1 A small or medium size container for holding or carrying things. 2 An enclosed space. 3 (anatomy) Saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican). --v. 1 Put into a small bag. 2 Send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels. 3 Swell or protrude outwards.
VENTRICULAR * a. Of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain).
INACCESSIBLE * --a. Capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all. --s. Not capable of being obtained.
COUNTERFACTUALITY * n. The quality of being contrary to fact.
ARISTOLOCHIA * n. Birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe.
QUIZZICAL * s. 1 Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule). 2 Perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know).
CUTELY * r. In an attractive manner.
PROLAPSUS * n. The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus).
GLYPTOGRAPHY * n. 1 Carvings or engravings (especially on precious stones). 2 Carving or engraving (especially on stones).
AMATEURISHLY * r. In an amateurish manner.
INVADE * v. 1 March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation. 2 To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate. 3 Occupy in large numbers or live on a host. 4 Penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way.
JUNEAU * n. The state capital of Alaska.
FOUR-POSTER * n. A bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains.
CONCEPTUALIZATION * n. 1 Inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally. 2 An elaborated concept.
LAITY * n. In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy.
STRATFORD-ON-AVON * n. A town in central England on the River Avon; birthplace (and burial place) of William Shakespeare.
CAPTIVATING * s. Capturing interest as if by a spell.
TENSED * s. Having inflections to indicate tense.
DEBIT * --n. An accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing. --v. Enter as debit.
GO-BETWEEN * n. A negotiator who acts as a link between parties.
TERGIVERSATION * n. 1 Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language. 2 The act of abandoning a party for cause.
UNSANCTIONED * s. Without explicit official permission.
TRYPTOPHAN * n. An amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin.
PRICKLINESS * n. The quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines.
VOLUNTARILY * r. Out of your own free will.
VALIDATING * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
NUMBER * --n. 1 The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals. 2 A concept of quantity involving zero and units. 3 A short performance that is part of a longer program. 4 The number is used in calling a particular telephone. --v. 1 Add up in number or quantity. 2 Give numbers to. 3 Enumerate. 4 Put into a group.
KALI * n. 1 Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash. 2 Wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi.
82 * s. Being two more than eighty.
STEGOCEPHALIA * n. In former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia.
UNDERSTOOD * --a. Fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation. --s. Implied by or inferred from actions or statements.
BRINDLED * s. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
KARL-MARX-STADT * n. A city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile manufacturing.
GLOBOSE * s. Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
CINGULUM * n. (anatomy) An encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth).
STAMPER * n. 1 A workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine). 2 Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground. 3 A power tool that stamps.
CARAPIDAE * n. Pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae.
SOLDIERSHIP * n. Skills that are required for the life of soldier.
TUBELESS * --n. Pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight. --a. Of a tire; not needing an inner tube.
MEN * n. The force of workers available.
FRIJOL * n. The common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans).
ESOTROPIA * n. Strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose.
THYRSUS * n. A dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose.
PYROPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of fire.
UNDERBODICE * n. A short sleeveless undergarment for women.
DOSSHOUSE * n. A cheap lodging house.
RETINITIS * n. Inflammation of the retina.
WHERRY * n. 1 Sailing barge used especially in East Anglia. 2 Light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors.
GASTROENTEROSTOMY * n. Surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated.
BULIMAREXIA * n. A disorder of eating in which the person alternates between strong craving for food and aversion to food; characterized by excessive eating followed by periods of fasting or self-induced vomiting.
MOCKERNUT * n. Smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut.
IMPERCEPTIBILITY * n. The property of being imperceptible by the mind or the senses.
TROUBLESOMENESS * n. A difficulty that causes anxiety.
NICTATION * n. A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly.
STABLE * --n. A farm building for housing horses or other livestock. --v. Shelter in a stable. --a. Resistant to change of position or condition. --s. 1 Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation. 2 Not taking part readily in chemical change. 3 Maintaining equilibrium. 4 Showing little if any change.
HAWSE * n. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
GHOSTLY * s. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
TREAT * --n. 1 Something considered choice to eat. 2 An occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight. --v. 1 Interact in a certain way. 2 Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition. 3 Provide treatment for. 4 Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.
PENITENTLY * r. Showing remorse.
WELL-MEANING * s. 1 Not unfriendly or threatening. 2 Marked by good intentions though often producing unfortunate results.
SUCKER * n. 1 A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. 2 A shoot arising from a plant's roots. 3 A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw). 4 Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws.
RETIREE * n. Someone who has retired from active working.
TELFERAGE * n. A transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity.
LAGOMORPHA * n. Rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia.
SEVEN-DAY * s. Lasting through a week.
INEXPLICITNESS * n. Unclearness by virtue of not being explicit.
MYXOEDEMA * n. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
MANIFESTO * n. A public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government).
DISORGANISATION * n. 1 A condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted. 2 The disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion.
CALQUE * n. An expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language.
AEROSOLIZED * s. In the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas.
USEFULNESS * n. The quality of being of practical use.
PAPULE * n. A small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox).
EPHAH * n. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
EMULOUSLY * r. In a competitively imitative manner.
TORE * n. Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
PUNY * s. 1 Inferior in strength or significance. 2 (used especially of persons) Of inferior size.
NURTURE * --n. 1 The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child. 2 Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community. --v. 1 Help develop, help grow. 2 Look after a child until it is an adult. 3 Provide with nourishment.
MONOPHONIC * --s. Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel. --a. Consisting of a single melodic line.
REPETITIOUS * a. Characterized by repetition.
DETAINMENT * n. A state of being confined (usually for a short time).
KERB * n. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
QUEENS * n. A borough of New York City.
GERONTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to or practicing geriatrics.
SPERMOPHILUS * n. Typical ground squirrels.
CONFLATE * v. Mix together different elements.
VALKYRIE * n. (Norse mythology) One of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla.
CONVERTIBLE * --n. 1 A car that has top that can be folded or removed. 2 A corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock). 3 A sofa that can be converted into a bed. --a. Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value. --s. 1 Designed to be changed from one use or form to another. 2 Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy.
AGRIPPINA * n. 1 Wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero. 2 Granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33).
KINANESTHESIA * n. Inability to sense movement.
CAJANUS * n. Erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions.
SENTIMENT * n. 1 Tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion. 2 A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.
ADVANTAGEOUS * --a. Giving an advantage. --s. Appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness.
FORGER * n. 1 Someone who operates a forge. 2 Someone who makes copies illegally.
HYDROGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to the science of hydrography.
SWERVE * --n. 1 The act of turning aside suddenly. 2 An erratic deflection from an intended course. --v. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
MP * n. 1 A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners. 2 A military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners.
DURRA * n. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
WHITWEEK * n. Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days).
INCONSIDERATION * n. The quality of failing to be considerate of others.
SACAJAWEA * n. The Shoshone guide and interpreter who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition part of the way.
GRENADIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Grenada. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Grenada or its inhabitants.
INDIVIDUALITY * n. 1 The quality of being individual. 2 The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity.
DOSEMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity).
REJIG * v. Re-equip a factory or plant.
GLOVED * a. Having the hands covered with gloves.
CLAUDICATION * n. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
RECUR * v. 1 Happen or occur again. 2 Return in thought or speech to something. 3 Have recourse to.
UNINJECTABLE * a. (used of drugs) Not capable of being injected.
FADDISH * s. Intensely fashionable for a short time.
SELF-FULFILLMENT * n. The fulfillment of your capacities.
NONUNION * a. Not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union.
LUMBERJACK * n. 1 A person who fells trees. 2 A short warm outer jacket.
ECUADORIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Ecuador. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people.
OBADIAH * n. 1 A Hebrew minor prophet. 2 An Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible.
SARCOSPORIDIA * n. Imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates.
COPPER * --n. 1 A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor. 2 A copper penny. 3 Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. 4 A reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper. --v. Coat with a layer of copper.
DEFIBRINATE * v. Remove fibrin from (blood).
BRADYPUS * n. Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths.
IRRITABLY * r. 1 In a petulant manner. 2 In an irritable manner.
DREG * n. A small amount of residue.
ESTIVATE * v. Sleep during summer.
SEVERALIZE * v. 1 Distinguish or separate. 2 Mark as different.
ILL-FAVOURED * s. Usually used of a face.
WINDILY * r. In a verbose manner.
IRON * --n. 1 A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood. 2 A golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head. 3 Implement used to brand live stock. 4 Home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth. --v. Press and smooth with a heated iron. --s. Extremely robust.
SCHNORKEL * n. Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time.
CERCARIA * n. Tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage.
UNTUCKED * a. Lacking tucks or not being tucked.
ETHANOATE * n. A salt or ester of acetic acid.
MAYFLY * n. Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days.
ILION * n. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
ANYHOW * r. 1 Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. 2 In any way whatsoever.
AVAILABLE * --a. Obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service. --s. 1 Not busy; not otherwise committed. 2 Convenient for use or disposal.
PANADOL * n. An analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets).
IMPERIALLY * r. In an imperial manner.
ILLEGITIMACY * n. 1 The status of being born to parents who were not married. 2 Unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law.
PHOTOJOURNALIST * n. A journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs.
FRACTIONAL * a. Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety.
PRONGED * s. 1 Having prongs or tines; usually used in combination. 2 Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.
SEMIMONTHLY * --n. A periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year). --s. Occurring twice a month. --r. Twice a month.
INFRINGE * v. 1 Go against, as of rules and laws. 2 Advance beyond the usual limit.
ESPAGNOLE * n. Brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with Madeira.
COLLINSONIA * n. Small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States.
AMPHITHEATRIC * a. Of or related to an amphitheater.
SOCRATIC * a. Of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching.
CHRISTLIKE * s. Resembling or showing the spirit of Christ.
PLEADING * --n. (law) A statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding. --a. Begging.
CARAVANNING * n. The practice of taking holidays in a caravan.
BLACK-SEEDED * s. Having black seeds.
MINDFULNESS * n. The trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities.
PRECANCEROUS * a. Of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated.
POLYGYNY * n. Polygamy in which a man has more than one wife at a time.
CANNY * s. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
COMMENDATION * n. 1 An official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement. 2 A message expressing a favorable opinion.
MERICARP * n. A carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity.
MUAZZIN * n. The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
LEONCITA * n. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
CONGREGATIONALISM * n. System of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing.
HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIA * n. Any of various disorders of lipoprotein and cholesterol metabolism that result in low levels of lipoprotein and cholesterol in the circulating blood.
THIRDHAND * --s. Derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps. --r. By doubly indirect means.
CONTINUAL * --a. Recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series. --s. Having no interruptions.
QUAFF * --n. A hearty draft. --v. To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught.
REFRIGERATE * v. 1 Preserve by chilling. 2 Cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator.
ABFARAD * n. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
GUTTIFERALES * n. Used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales.
UNENERGETIC * --a. Deficient in alertness or activity. --s. Not inclined to be enterprising.
ITALIAN * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Italy. 2 The Romance language spoken in Italy. --a. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
DEWBERRY * n. 1 Any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America. 2 Blackberry-like fruits of any of several trailing blackberry bushes.
PARALEIPSIS * n. Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
CRACKLINGS * n. The crisp residue left after lard has been rendered.
POA * n. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
BULLNOSE * n. A small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front.
FILTER * --n. 1 Device that removes something from whatever passes through it. 2 An electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it. --v. 1 Remove by passing through a filter. 2 Pass through. 3 Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream.
ONE-SIDED * --a. 1 Not reversible or capable of having either side out. 2 Involving only one part or side. --s. Favoring one person or side over another.
MINED * a. Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth.
PARACHUTE * --n. Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall. --v. Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute.
HAEMOSIDEROSIS * n. Abnormal deposit of hemosiderin; often a symptom of thalassemia or hemochromatosis.
DEPORTATION * n. 1 The act of expelling a person from their native land. 2 The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien.
CERCOPITHECIDAE * n. Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey.
REVISAL * n. The act of rewriting something.
FORMALIZATION * n. The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions).
CANCAN * n. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
BELLYACHE * --n. An ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region. --v. Complain.
STRONG * --a. 1 Having strength or power greater than average or expected. 2 Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. --s. 1 Not faint or feeble. 2 Having or wielding force or authority. 3 Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with. 4 Of good quality and condition; solidly built.
DASH * --n. 1 Distinctive and stylish elegance. 2 A quick run. 3 A footrace run at top speed. 4 A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text. --v. 1 Run or move very quickly or hastily. 2 Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over. 3 Hurl or thrust violently. 4 Destroy or break.
FERROCYANIDE * n. Salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate.
ARISTOCRATIC * s. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
HZ * n. The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz).
STYLER * n. Someone who cuts or beautifies hair.
CRANIOMETRIC * a. Of or relating to craniometry.
DISTRAUGHT * s. Deeply agitated especially from emotion.
THARP * n. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941).
CUDDLE * --n. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace. --v. 1 Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position. 2 Hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth.
PEW * n. Long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation.
CLARINETTIST * n. A musician who plays the clarinet.
LEWD * s. 1 Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. 2 Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires.
GEKKONIDAE * n. Geckos.
WHIMSEY * n. 1 An odd or fanciful or capricious idea. 2 The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
SNAKEROOT * n. 1 A plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers. 2 Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads.
VINICULTURE * n. The cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing.
THERMOMETRY * n. The measurement of temperature.
IMPECUNIOUSNESS * n. A state of lacking money.
REPORTING * n. The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television.
DOEI * n. An agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community.
MORPHOGENESIS * n. Differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism).
FERRULE * n. A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting.
REDOUBLED * s. Become much greater in intensity or size or amount.
AMEX * n. A stock exchange in New York.
EDISON * n. United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931).
IMAGINATIVE * s. (used of persons or artifacts) Marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.
HUELESS * s. Of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue.
ALMIGHTY * --n. Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. --s. Having unlimited power.
DEMOLISHED * s. Torn down and broken up.
ANSWERING * s. Replying.
OMNISCIENT * s. Infinitely wise.
MOUJIK * n. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).
PISTE * n. 1 A flat rectangular area for fencing bouts. 2 A ski run densely packed with snow.
MINDSET * n. A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations.
ARTHROCENTESIS * n. Removal of fluid from a joint by centesis.
KETONE * n. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.
ATTEMPTED * s. Tried unsuccessfully.
ALBEDO * n. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
TRANSPIRE * v. 1 Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas. 2 Exude water vapor. 3 Come to light; become known. 4 Come about, happen, or occur.
MONONUCLEAR * a. Having only one nucleus.
AMPHISBAENIA * n. Type genus of the Amphisbaenidae.
LYE * n. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
CAT'S-TAIL * n. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.
BILATERALITY * n. The property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane.
DORIS * n. 1 (Greek mythology) Wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids. 2 A small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken.
PRINTMAKING * n. Artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens.
LIKEWISE * r. 1 In like or similar manner. 2 In addition. 3 Equally.
CHEEKPIECE * n. Either of two straps of a bridle that connect the bit to the headpiece.
MWANZA * n. A city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria.
SELF-RESPECTFUL * s. Having or showing self-esteem.
DECENTRALISE * v. Make less central.
LUBBERLY * s. 1 Clumsy and unskilled. 2 Inexperienced in seamanship.
ABDICATOR * n. One who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility.
LITTLE * --n. A small amount or duration. --a. 1 Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent. 2 (quantifier used with mass nouns) Small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some. 3 Low in stature; not tall. --s. 1 (of children and animals) Young, immature. 2 (informal) Small and of little importance. 3 (of a voice) Faint. 4 Lowercase. --r. Not much.
HIGH-SUDSING * a. (used of e.g. detergents) Producing many suds.
VIVARIUM * n. An indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions.
RESINATED * a. Impregnated or flavored with resin.
UNACCEPTABLE * --s. 1 Not adequate to give satisfaction. 2 (used of persons or their behavior) Not acceptable or reasonable. 3 Not conforming to standard usage. --a. Not acceptable; not welcome.
WARTWEED * n. Not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun.
NON-CATHOLIC * n. A religious person who is not a Catholic.
DRAPED * s. 1 Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. 2 Covered in folds of cloth.
DODECAHEDRON * n. Any polyhedron having twelve plane faces.
HOKEY * s. 1 Effusively or insincerely emotional. 2 Artificially formal.
CONSTRICT * v. 1 Squeeze or press together. 2 Become tight or as if tight.
ANXIOUS * s. 1 Eagerly desirous. 2 Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
ALLOCATION * n. 1 A share set aside for a specific purpose. 2 The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan. 3 (computer science) The assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions.
SCANDALIZE * v. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
ENCOPRESIS * n. Involuntary defecation not attributable to physical defects or illness.
STRATEGY * n. 1 An elaborate and systematic plan of action. 2 The branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war.
WHITE-FLOWERED * s. (of plants) Having white flowers.
ADAPT * v. 1 Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose. 2 Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.
MILLIBAR * n. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
PENETRABLE * --a. Admitting of penetration or passage into or through. --s. Capable of being penetrated.
CARRY-FORWARD * n. The accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves.
INTERMARRY * v. Marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group.
ONISCUS * n. Type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball.
HORNEOPHYTON * n. Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; similar to genus Rhynia but smaller.
TECTONICS * n. 1 The science of architecture. 2 The branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust.
VALERIANELLA * n. Genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized.
DECLARER * n. 1 The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps. 2 Someone who claims to speak the truth.
UNSERVICEABLE * --a. Not ready for service. --s. Not capable of being used.
FORKING * n. 1 The place where something divides into branches. 2 The act of branching out or dividing into branches.
HALF-BROTHER * n. A brother who has only one parent in common with you.
UXORIAL * a. Befitting or characteristic of a wife.
LIGHTER-THAN-AIR * s. Relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces.
PROTEROZOIC * --n. From 2,500 to 544 million years ago; bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms. --s. Formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era.
COMPLETING * s. Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole).
LEGO * n. (trademark) A child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models.
FRILLED * s. Having decorative ruffles or frills.
CAW * --n. The sound made by corvine birds. --v. Utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens.
GAINER * n. 1 A person who gains weight. 2 A person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits). 3 A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board.
GROOMED * a. Neat and smart in appearance; well cared for.
BY * r. 1 So as to pass a given point. 2 In reserve; not for immediate use.
BLACKBERRY * --n. 1 Large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus. 2 Bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle. --v. Pick or gather blackberries.
ROTATABLE * s. Capable of being rotated.
ROOMFUL * n. The quantity a room will hold.
PAGRUS * n. A genus of Sparidae.
MEEKLY * r. 1 In a submissive or spiritless manner. 2 In a humble manner.
FOOTHOLD * n. 1 An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies. 2 A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing. 3 An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments.
ETCH * v. 1 Make an etching of. 2 Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible. 3 Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block. 4 Carve or cut a design or letters into.
MARTIALLY * r. In a martial manner.
OTALGIA * n. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
INTERPELLATE * v. Question formally about policy or government business.
FRANKFURT * n. A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center.
AMBIVERSION * n. (psychology) A balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion.
SALPINGITIS * n. Inflammation of a Fallopian tube (usually the result of infection spreading from the vagina or uterus) or of a Eustachian tube.
ELANUS * n. A genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds.
WAPITI * n. 1 Large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male. 2 Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia.
TOPSY-TURVYDOM * n. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
TRUSTED * s. (of persons) Worthy of trust or confidence.
METHYLENE * n. The bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane.
BEGGARWEED * n. West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil.
COSMOTRON * n. A large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons.
OFF-THE-SHELF * s. (especially of clothing) Made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.
CARDIOSPASM * n. A spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed.
PREPACKAGED * s. Prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale.
PROGNOSTIC * --n. A sign of something about to happen. --s. Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions.
TRANQUILLISING * s. Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
MESENTERY * n. A double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines.
SELF-WILL * n. 1 Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires. 2 The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
WALESA * n. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
FANDOM * n. The fans of a sport or famous person.
INSURED * --n. A person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.. --a. Covered by insurance.
UNDESIGNED * a. Not done or made or performed with purpose or intent.
DHOTI * n. A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
QUENCHING * n. The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning.
WINNINGS * n. Something won (especially money).
ALTITUDINAL * a. Pertaining to altitude.
ON-THE-JOB * a. Relating to or associated with a job or employment.
BULLDOG * --n. A sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting. --v. 1 Attack viciously and ferociously. 2 Throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo.
PRISONER * n. A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
OEDEMA * n. Swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities.
TRIOXIDE * n. An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule.
ASSOCIATORY * a. Characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
AMORPHA * n. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
PSYCHIATRIST * n. A physician who specializes in psychiatry.
CATEGOREME * n. A categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition.
MAPLE-LIKE * s. Resembling maple.
CANCEL * --n. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. --v. 1 Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. 2 Make up for. 3 Declare null and void; make ineffective. 4 Remove or make invisible.
BLU-82 * n. A reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan.
MAHARANEE * n. A great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja.
NEUROLEPTIC * n. Tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired.
WASHCLOTH * n. Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
LANTHANUM * n. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth.
CORRUPTIVE * s. Tending to corrupt or pervert.
MICROSORIUM * n. Tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia.
SUBVERSIVENESS * n. Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
BATHOS * n. 1 Triteness or triviality of style. 2 Insincere pathos. 3 A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one.
COLIPHAGE * n. A bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli.
ANAPHRODISIA * n. Decline or absence of sexual desire.
GLUTEN * n. A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough.
WIDE-SCREEN * s. (motion pictures) Projected on a screen with much greater width than height.
FIFTY-FIVE * s. Being five more than fifty.
FLOODPLAIN * n. A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding.
TURN * --n. 1 A circular segment of a curve. 2 The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course. 3 (game) The activity of doing something in an agreed succession. 4 An unforeseen development. --v. 1 Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense. 2 Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action. 3 Undergo a change or development. 4 Cause to move around or rotate.
SOLDERER * n. A worker who joins or mends with solder.
UNDERCLOTHES * n. Undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments.
PABA * n. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells; used to make dyes and drugs and sun blockers.
GULL * --n. 1 A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. 2 Mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs. --v. 1 Make a fool or dupe of. 2 Fool or hoax.
CLOTHESPRESS * n. A closet where clothes are stored.
SNOWSHOE * --n. A device to help you walk on deep snow; a lightweight frame shaped like a racquet is strengthened with cross pieces and contains a network of thongs; one is worn on each foot. --v. Travel on snowshoes.
REVERENTLY * r. With reverence; in a reverent manner.
SUPERVISE * v. 1 Watch and direct. 2 Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance.
POWERLESS * a. Lacking power.
HEMINGWAY * n. An American writer of fiction who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961).
BOUGHED * s. Having boughs (of trees).
TRAUMA * n. 1 Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. 2 An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects.
CONFUSE * v. 1 Mistake one thing for another. 2 Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. 3 Cause to feel embarrassment. 4 Assemble without order or sense.
LARRUP * v. Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking.
ANABANTIDAE * n. Small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia.
MUSS * --n. A state of confusion and disorderliness. --v. Make messy or untidy.
ESOTERICA * n. Secrets known only to an initiated minority.
BOIL * --n. 1 A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus. 2 The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level. --v. 1 Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor. 2 Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes. 3 Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point. 4 Be agitated.
HONKY * n. (slang) Offensive names for a White man.
TOPICALIZE * v. Emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence.
OLEAGINOUS * s. 1 Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. 2 Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
VACAY * n. Informal term for vacation.
TROMBICULIDAE * n. Mites.
COBNUT * n. 1 Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe. 2 Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
BIMONTHLY * --n. A periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year). --s. 1 Occurring twice a month. 2 Occurring every two months. --r. 1 Twice a month. 2 Every two months.
HARVESTING * n. The gathering of a ripened crop.
ANTIPATHY * n. 1 A feeling of intense dislike. 2 The object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided.
AUSTIN * n. State capital of Texas on the Colorado River; site of the University of Texas.
SMUGGLER * n. Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
TRACKING * n. The pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind.
PROSTHODONTIC * a. Of or relating to prosthodontics.
MOUNTAIN * n. 1 A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
MASTIGOPHORA * n. Protozoa having flagella.
CARPHOPHIS * n. Thunder snake.
PHENOTYPE * n. What an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment.
NONMAGNETIC * a. Not capable of being magnetized.
CAPOTEN * n. A drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.
DETERIORATION * n. 1 A symptom of reduced quality or strength. 2 Process of changing to an inferior state.
AGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or having agraphia.
ORDERING * n. 1 Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. 2 The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.
TELESCOPE * --n. A magnifier of images of distant objects. --v. 1 Crush together or collapse. 2 Make smaller or shorter.
MITHRACIN * n. An antineoplastic drug (trade name Mithracin) used to treat cancer of the testes.
BLUEFIN * n. 1 Flesh of very large tuna. 2 Largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics.
HAMAMELITES * n. Genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel.
GLASSFUL * n. The quantity a glass will hold.
VERTHANDI * n. Goddess of fate: an elf who personified the present.
HASHEESH * n. Purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen.
USUALNESS * n. Commonness by virtue of not being unusual.
ORTEGA * n. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945).
LACONISM * n. Terseness of expression.
SKIN-DIVE * --n. Underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel. --v. Swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel.
TIER * n. 1 A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. 2 Any one of two or more competitors who tie one another. 3 A worker who ties something. 4 Something that is used for tying.
CARTE * n. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
LOGISTIC * a. Of or relating to logistics.
OVERLAND * s. Traveling or passing over land.
STRIPES * n. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service.
TASTEFULLY * r. With taste; in a tasteful manner.
ACARACIDE * n. A chemical agent used to kill mites.
CHECKPOINT * n. A place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance.
ARRHYTHMIA * n. An abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart.
UNEDUCATED * a. Not having a good education.
BMUS * n. A bachelor's degree in music.
GUARDIANSHIP * n. 1 Attention and management implying responsibility for safety. 2 The responsibility of a guardian or keeper.
COWFISH * n. Trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes.
DIETHYLSTILBESTROL * n. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
ARCHIDIACONATE * n. Office or position of an archdeacon.
UNPOINTEDNESS * n. The property of having only a dull tip (if any).
DECONTAMINATION * n. The removal of contaminants.
OXYTROPIS * n. Large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pea-like corolla with a clawed petal.
EPAULET * n. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
IDIOMATIC * a. Of or relating to or conforming to idiom.
INQUIRINGLY * r. In an inquiring manner.
DOMINOS * n. Any of several games played with small rectangular blocks.
PHLEBOTOMIZE * v. Draw blood.
MODELLER * n. A person who creates models.
DECOMPOSITION * n. 1 The analysis of a vector field. 2 In a decomposed state. 3 (chemistry) Separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance. 4 (biology) The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
DUSICYON * n. Crab-eating dog.
DIME * n. 1 A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar. 2 Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars.
FOREIGNER * n. 1 A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country. 2 Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group.
PYRIDOXINE * n. A B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch.
FORESTALL * v. 1 Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. 2 Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time.
ALBEE * n. United States dramatist (1928-).
SCRANCH * v. Make a crushing noise.
SUBLUNAR * --a. Situated between the earth and the moon. --s. Of this earth.
SMILEDON * n. Saber-toothed tigers.
ALKALOTIC * a. Marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis).
CULTIVAR * n. A variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation.
FETOSCOPE * n. A stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat.
ASSYRIAN * n. 1 An inhabitant of ancient Assyria. 2 The language of modern Iraq. 3 An extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia.
LAETRILE * n. A substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence.
INTERCHANGEABLE * s. 1 (mathematics, logic) Such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged. 2 Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability.
CHOMP * --n. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws. --v. Chew noisily.
CREEK * n. 1 A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river). 2 Any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma.
HERSHEY * n. 1 United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857-1945). 2 An industrial town to the east of Harrisburg.
CANCEROUS * s. 1 Relating to or affected with cancer. 2 Like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads.
SURGICAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to or involving or used in surgery. 2 Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine. --s. Performed with great precision.
LOCALIZATION * n. 1 A determination of the place where something is. 2 (physiology) The principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body.
I.W.W. * n. A former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I.
DARKROOM * n. A room in which photographs are developed.
NONE * --n. 1 A canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise. 2 A service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier. --s. Not any. --r. Not at all or in no way.
MINT-SCENTED * s. Smelling of mint.
TRANSUBSTANTIATE * v. 1 Change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ. 2 Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature.
NARROWNESS * n. 1 The property of being narrow; having little width. 2 An inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior. 3 A restriction of range or scope. 4 A small margin.
BAM * n. 1 An ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003. 2 A sudden very loud noise.
FANWORT * n. Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers.
PARALICHTHYS * n. A genus of Bothidae.
NSU * n. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
BILBERRY * n. 1 Erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries. 2 Erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries. 3 Blue-black berries similar to American blueberries.
BLACK-MARKED * s. Having black marks.
TYPEWRITING * n. Writing done with a typewriter.
HOSPITAL * n. 1 A health facility where patients receive treatment. 2 A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care.
BIOTITIC * a. Relating to or involving biotite.
PEDAGOGUE * n. Someone who educates young people.
DEXTRALITY * n. Preference for using the right hand.
EXTRAVAGANZA * n. Any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment.
JUJUTSU * n. A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.
TOENAIL * --n. The nail at the end of a toe. --v. Drive obliquely.
ENDURING * s. 1 Lasting a long time. 2 Patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble.
SHOCKER * n. 1 A shockingly bad person. 2 A sensational message (in a film or play or novel).
DOSIMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity).
MELISSA * n. A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae.
TRANSISTOR * n. A semiconductor device capable of amplification.
ERT * n. The coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth.
QUAVER * --n. 1 A tremulous sound. 2 A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note. --v. 1 Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency. 2 Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.
SOULFULLY * r. In a soulful manner.
SYNANCEJA * n. Stonefishes.
ROADBOOK * n. A guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer.
LIGAN * n. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
UNGARBED * s. Having removed clothing.
QUANTIC * n. A homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables.
SHAG * --n. 1 A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded. 2 A matted tangle of hair or fiber. 3 A fabric with long coarse nap. 4 Slang for sexual intercourse. --v. Dance the shag.
OVERWINTER * v. Spend the winter.
CAPPARIS * n. Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees.
WATERLINE * n. A line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship.
BEGGAR'S-TICKS * n. Any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing.
PSEUDOPROSTYLE * s. Marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure.
HYAENIDAE * n. Hyenas.
ANGELICALLY * r. Like an angel.
MONARCH * n. 1 A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right. 2 Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed.
MACHICOLATE * v. Supply with projecting galleries.
TWAT * n. 1 A man who is a stupid incompetent fool. 2 Obscene terms for female genitals.
INABILITY * n. 1 Lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something. 2 Lacking the power to perform.
JIFFY * n. A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).
PERSISTENT * --s. 1 Never-ceasing. 2 Continually recurring to the mind. 3 Stubbornly unyielding. --a. Retained; not shed.
LIQUIDATION * n. 1 Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities. 2 The act of exterminating. 3 The murder of a competitor.
TAXIDEA * n. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
ANCESTRAL * --s. Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. --a. Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor.
DAVIS * n. 1 English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605). 2 United States painter who developed an American version of cubism (1894-1964). 3 United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991). 4 American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889).
CHAMAECYPARIS * n. A genus of Chamaecyparis.
STEREOTYPIC * s. Lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality.
SWISHY * s. Resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle.
NESSELRODE * n. A rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum.
HORSE-DRAWN * a. Pulled by a horse.
SUBMERGIBLE * a. Capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged.
EMMENAGOGUE * n. Any agent that promotes menstrual discharge.
ORCUS * n. (Roman mythology) God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades.
ULLAGE * n. The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.
PRINCIPLE * n. 1 A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct. 2 A rule or standard especially of good behavior. 3 A basic truth or law or assumption. 4 A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system.
PENNSYLVANIAN * n. 1 From 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land. 2 A native or resident of Pennsylvania.
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY * n. A noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart.
PERCHLORIDE * n. A chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine.
PRUDERY * n. Excessive or affected modesty.
COMMERCIAL * --n. A commercially sponsored ad on radio or television. --a. 1 Connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises. 2 Of or relating to commercialism. --s. Of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior.
AIR-TO-GROUND * a. Operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground.
IMPETUOSITY * n. Rash impulsiveness.
CRUPPER * n. A strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward.
HISTAMINASE * n. Enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine.
OVERCHARGE * --n. A price that is too high. --v. 1 Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. 2 Place too much a load on.
BIOCHEMICAL * a. Of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms.
WOMB * n. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus.
FOAMFLOWER * n. Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant.
SKINNINESS * n. The bodily property of lacking flesh.
MORCHELLACEAE * n. A family of edible fungi including the true morels.
CH'I * n. The circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health.
SEA-LEVEL * s. Lying below the normal level.
RELATIVELY * r. In a relative manner; by comparison to something else.
FIBROSIS * n. Development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ.
NUTRIFY * v. Give nourishment to.
POSSET * n. Sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer.
SUPERFECUNDATION * n. Fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males).
MISLEADING * s. Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.
BIBLIOLATROUS * a. Given to Bible-worship.
DEMILLE * n. United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959).
TRIBONEMACEAE * n. Simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae.
TEMPORARILY * r. For a limited time only; not permanently.
COMPLAINING * a. Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment.
UNREFLECTED * a. (especially of incident sound or light) Not turned back by physical reflection.
PROPRIOCEPTIVE * a. Of or relating to proprioception.
SOCIABLE * --n. A party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity. --a. Inclined to or conducive to companionship with others. --s. Friendly and pleasant.
DIEMAKER * n. Someone who makes dies.
UTC * n. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
SUBDUER * n. Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion.
BABAR * n. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
ASSONANCE * n. The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words.
NIGHTLY * --s. Happening every night. --r. At the end of each day.
PLYERS * n. A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.
ADIGE * n. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
HYDROXYPROLINE * n. A crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen.
EYE-DECEIVING * s. Creating the illusion of seeing reality.
URANIA * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy. 2 Goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite.
RATIONALIZE * v. 1 Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. 2 Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things. 3 Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results. 4 Think rationally; employ logic or reason.
GRISON * n. Carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts.
INNOVATIVE * s. 1 Ahead of the times. 2 Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.
ANASTOMOSIS * n. A natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous.
FROND * n. Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad.
HIMALAYA * n. A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain.
SENSITISE * v. 1 Cause to sense; make sensitive. 2 Make sensitive to a drug or allergen. 3 Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion. 4 Make sensitive or aware.
ETYMOLOGISE * v. 1 Give the etymology or derivation or suggest an etymology (for a word). 2 Construct the history of words.
IMPRECISION * n. The quality of lacking precision.
FOOTSORE * s. Having sore or tired feet.
PLAYFULNESS * n. 1 A festive merry feeling. 2 A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement. 3 Activities that are enjoyable or amusing.
MICROCOSM * n. A miniature model of something.
PRAISWORTHINESS * n. The property of deserving praise.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia. --a. Of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language.
LITERARY * --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of literature. --s. 1 Knowledgeable about literature. 2 Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
BRACKISH * s. 1 Distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture. 2 Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water).
ACROMPHALUS * n. Abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia.
IGG * n. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; the main antibody defense against bacteria.
HOSPITABLY * r. In a hospitable manner.
BLUSHFUL * s. 1 Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset. 2 Of blush color.
GALLOWAY * n. 1 A district in southwestern Scotland. 2 Breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland.
SUFFICIENCY * n. 1 Sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations. 2 An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose. 3 The quality of being sufficient for the end in view.
AURICULAR * a. 1 Of or relating to near the ear. 2 Relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing. 3 Pertaining to an auricle of the heart.
SELF-EVIDENTLY * r. In a self-evident manner.
PHILATELIC * a. Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists.
PULLEY-BLOCK * n. A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
UREX * n. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
GOOD-HUMORED * s. Disposed to please.
IMPERFECTION * n. The state or an instance of being imperfect.
ROVE * v. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
CHRISTLESS * s. Not believing in Christ.
GOSPELLER * n. A preacher of the Christian gospel.
GASIFY * v. Turn into gas.
WICKEDLY * r. In a wicked evil manner.
TRUCULENTLY * r. 1 In an aggressively truculent manner. 2 In a defiantly truculent manner.
WATERWHEEL * n. 1 A wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond. 2 A wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine.
CONDOLENT * s. Expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one.
ELOCUTE * v. Declaim in an elocutionary manner.
SEMICONSCIOUS * s. Partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations.
SURREJOINDER * n. (law) A pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder.
PROTRIPTYLINE * n. Tricyclic antidepressant used to treat clinical depression.
LUXOR * n. A city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes.
CALYPTER * n. Scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
VIVERRIDAE * n. Genets; civets; mongooses.
DINORNIS * n. Type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas.
SOLVAY * n. Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922).
THROMBOPLASTIN * n. An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot.
EVISCERATION * n. 1 Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient. 2 The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude. 3 Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value.
SEGWAY * n. (trademark) A self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels; can operate in any level pedestrian environment.
PELLUCIDNESS * n. Passing light without diffusion or distortion.
ZONARY * a. Relating to or of the nature of a zone.
BROCHURE * n. A small book usually having a paper cover.
LANCASTRIAN * --n. 1 A member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster. 2 A resident of Lancaster. --a. 1 Of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters. 2 Of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents.
PEDICULICIDE * n. A chemical agent that kills lice.
SLIPWAY * n. Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
NONPROGRESSIVE * s. Old-fashioned and out of date.
GIVE-AND-TAKE * n. 1 An exchange of views on some topic. 2 Light teasing repartee. 3 Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information).
OLIGARCHICAL * a. Of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy.
TYROSINE * n. An amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones.
SHIELDED * s. (used especially of machinery) Protected by a shield to prevent injury.
AURORA * n. 1 The first light of day. 2 An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force. 3 (Roman mythology) Goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos.
SURROUNDING * s. Closely encircling.
PIGSWILL * n. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
BIFILAR * a. Having or using two filaments.
CLUCK * --n. The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks). --v. Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.
REFLUX * n. 1 An abnormal backward flow of body fluids. 2 The outward flow of the tide.
STUFFY * s. 1 Lacking fresh air. 2 Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull. 3 Affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction.
WIRE-PULLER * n. One who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends.
SHOEFUL * n. The amount that a shoe will hold.
VIII * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. --s. Being one more than seven.
IRRITATED * s. Aroused to impatience or anger.
RENUNCIATION * n. 1 Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. 2 The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes). 3 An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned. 4 The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.).
DEPRECATIVELY * r. In a deprecative manner.
SPECIALIZATION * n. 1 The act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose. 2 The special line of work you have adopted as your career. 3 (biology) The structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function.
SEE * --n. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located. --v. 1 Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight. 2 Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally. 3 Perceive or be contemporaneous with. 4 Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.
DO * --n. 1 An uproarious party. 2 The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization. 3 Doctor's degree in osteopathy. --v. 1 Engage in. 2 Carry out or perform an action. 3 Get (something) done. 4 Proceed or get along.
CUSTOMISE * v. 1 Make to specifications. 2 Make according to requirements.
TRANDOLAPRIL * n. An ACE inhibiting drug (trade name Mavik) used in some patients after a heart attack or to treat hypertension.
DOG-EAR * n. A corner of a page turned down to mark your place.
PHD * n. A doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study.
INTERSECTING * s. Crossed or intersected in the form of an X.
SIGHTING * n. The act of observing.
COLLIGATION * n. 1 The state of being joined together. 2 The connection of isolated facts by a general hypothesis.
HANDSOMELY * r. 1 In an attractively handsome manner. 2 In a generously handsome manner.
RADICULITIS * n. Inflammation of the radicle of a nerve.
CINQUE * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
UPBOUND * s. Heading in any direction that is conventionally up.
UNDEREDUCATED * s. Poorly or insufficiently educated.
POLTROON * --n. An abject coward. --s. Characterized by complete cowardliness.
ARCTAN * n. The inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number.
HARDTACK * n. 1 Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple. 2 A mountain mahogany.
RIGOUROUSNESS * n. 1 Something hard to endure. 2 Excessive sternness.
MEDINILLA * n. Tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers.
PINGUECULA * n. A slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not cover it.
OUTWEAR * v. 1 Last longer than others. 2 Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
VESPASIAN * n. Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79).
BATWING * --n. One of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon). --s. Formed or shaped like a bat's wing.
KUIPER * n. United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973).
INCREDIBILITY * n. The quality of being incredible.
ARTHROGRAPHY * n. Roentgenographic examination of a joint after injection of radiopaque contrast medium; produces an arthrogram.
DEUCE * n. 1 A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game. 2 The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. 3 A word used in exclamations of confusion. 4 One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots.
LOCATER * n. A person who fixes the boundaries of land claims.
HYPOGNATHOUS * a. Having a projecting lower jaw.
LIMBURGER * n. A soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor.
PEKE * n. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
ABYDOS * n. An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander.
FACTORY-MADE * a. Produced in quantity at a factory.
HASID * n. A member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
BEWRAY * v. Reveal unintentionally.
DECIBEL * n. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.
WHEAT * n. 1 Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains. 2 Grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour. 3 A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white.
COMPREHENDED * s. Fully understood or grasped.
CAPACITY * n. 1 Capability to perform or produce. 2 The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment. 3 The amount that can be contained. 4 The maximum production possible.
MISINFORM * v. Give false or misleading information to.
SCHEMATIC * --n. Diagram of an electrical or mechanical system. --s. Represented in simplified or symbolic form.
THRICE * r. Three times.
SALVOR * n. Someone who salvages.
NORTHUMBRIA * n. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876.
FLOTILLA * n. 1 A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships. 2 A fleet of small craft.
CONGRUOUS * --a. Corresponding in character or kind. --s. Suitable or appropriate together.
FORM * --n. 1 The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something. 2 A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality. 3 A perceptual structure. 4 Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline). --v. 1 Create (as an entity). 2 To compose or represent. 3 Develop into a distinctive entity. 4 Give shape or form to.
ROMANAL * n. An artificial language.
TANTRIC * a. Of or relating to Tantrism.
CYRILLA * n. Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage.
BACKLESS * a. Lacking a back.
HAMARTOMA * n. A focal growth that resembles a neoplasm but results from faulty development in an organ.
REDRAFT * n. A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.
SACRED * --a. Concerned with religion or religious purposes. --s. 1 Worthy of respect or dedication. 2 Made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use. 3 Worthy of religious veneration. 4 (often followed by `to') Devoted exclusively to a single use or purpose or person.
UNSHAKEN * s. Unshaken in purpose.
EYEDNESS * n. The property of favoring one eye over the other (as in taking aim).
AFRICAN-AMERICAN * --n. A person with African ancestry,. --s. Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry.
VOLUPTUARY * --n. A person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses. --s. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses.
PREPOSSESS * v. 1 Possess beforehand. 2 Cause to be preoccupied. 3 Make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand. 4 Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance.
BUZZ * --n. 1 Sound of rapid vibration. 2 A confusion of activity and gossip. --v. 1 Make a buzzing sound. 2 Fly low. 3 Be noisy with activity. 4 Call with a buzzer.
BEWITCHERY * n. Magnetic personal charm.
PENNING * n. The act of creating written works.
COZINESS * n. A state of warm snug comfort.
DISMISSIBLE * s. Subject to dismissal.
MADAKE * n. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely grown elsewhere.
TAIRA * n. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America.
NUTRITIONAL * a. Of or relating to or providing nutrition.
FEMINIZE * v. 1 Assume (more) feminine characteristics. 2 To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to.
LIAKOURA * n. (Greek mythology) A mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry.
SICKLE-SHAPED * s. Curved like a sickle.
ANTEDONIDAE * n. Feather stars.
FORNICATOR * n. Someone who commits adultery or fornication.
COVETED * s. Greatly desired.
HAIRTAIL * n. Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel.
PRESCHOOLER * n. A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten.
KELTER * n. In working order.
ABORTIONIST * n. A person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies.
ALLEGATION * n. 1 (law) A formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law). 2 Statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove.
OLEALES * n. Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales.
ON-THE-SCENE * s. At the scene of action.
INFIELD * n. The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate.
DAUNTINGLY * r. To a degree or in a manner that daunts.
NECKER * n. A lover who necks.
DENUNCIATIVE * s. Containing warning of punishment.
RATIONALIZATION * n. 1 The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason. 2 (psychiatry) A defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening. 3 (mathematics) The simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation. 4 The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency.
LAFFITE * n. French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826).
VAGINITIS * n. Inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis).
WRIGGLY * s. Moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion.
PETITIONARY * s. Of the nature of or expressing a petition.
RESPONSIBILITY * n. 1 The social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force. 2 The proper sphere or extent of your activities. 3 A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct.
GALICIA * n. A region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay.
NARCOTISED * s. Under the influence of narcotics.
ANION * n. A negatively charged ion.
LOST * --n. People who are destined to die soon. --a. 1 No longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered. 2 Spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed. 3 Not gained or won. --s. 1 Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity. 2 Incapable of being recovered or regained. 3 Not caught with the senses or the mind. 4 Deeply absorbed in thought.
PINCKNEYA * n. Small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America.
TRICERATOPS * n. Huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill.
COLLABORATE * v. 1 Work together on a common enterprise of project. 2 Cooperate as a traitor.
FUNGUSLIKE * a. Resembling fungi.
HARMONISED * s. Involving or characterized by harmony.
TOP-DOWN * a. Of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details.
PALING * n. A fence made of upright pickets.
LACEWING * n. Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids.
CAVALIERLY * r. In a proud and domineering manner.
SUPERHIGHWAY * n. 1 A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic. 2 An extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form.
ASTRONAUT * n. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
DRESSMAKER * n. Someone who makes or mends dresses.
BLOUSE * n. A top worn by women.
ADDUCTIVE * a. Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part.
CHINCHY * s. Embarrassingly stingy.
GREATER * a. Greater in size or importance or degree.
ASPIRE * v. Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal.
ANIMATOR * n. 1 Someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people. 2 The technician who produces animated cartoons.
ECLECTIC * --n. Someone who selects according to the eclectic method. --s. Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas.
IRRITATION * n. 1 The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed. 2 A sudden outburst of anger. 3 (pathology) Abnormal sensitivity to stimulation. 4 The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland.
GRILLED * s. 1 Cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill). 2 Cooked over an outdoor grill.
OPHIOPHAGUS * n. King cobra.
GANAPATI * n. Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles.
VAUNTER * n. A very boastful and talkative person.
SPLITTING * s. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree.
ARBITRAGE * --n. A kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price. --v. Practice arbitrage, as in the stock market.
RIYAL-OMANI * n. The basic unit of money in Oman.
NIGHT-SIGHT * n. The ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight).
VACATION * --n. 1 Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure. 2 The act of making something legally void. --v. Spend or take a vacation.
SYNCRETIZE * v. 1 Become fused. 2 Unite (beliefs or conflicting principles).
SOMNOLENT * s. Inclined to or marked by drowsiness.
LATES * n. A genus of large percoid fishes of fresh and brackish water.
BELT-LIKE * s. Resembling a belt around something.
JURYMAN * n. Someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury.
BRADYPODIDAE * n. A family of edentates comprising the true sloths.
ALSTROEMERIACEAE * n. One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae.
SUNLESS * s. Filled or abounding with clouds.
METEORTROPISM * n. An effect of climate on biological processes (as the effect on joint pains etc.).
125TH * s. The ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order.
DELFT * n. A style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration.
BEAT-UP * s. Damaged by blows or hard usage.
GOGH * n. Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890).
LEATHER-LEAFED * s. Having leathery leaves.
ABSCESS * n. Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.
FISSIONABLE * a. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission.
GIVENNESS * n. The quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed.
MONSTROUS * s. 1 Abnormally large. 2 Shockingly brutal or cruel. 3 Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.
LUIK * n. City in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium.
RE-ADDRESS * v. Put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding.
ROUGH-HEW * v. Hew roughly, without finishing the surface.
SHEARED * --a. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers. --s. (used especially of fur or wool) Shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length.
REMOVE * --n. Degree of figurative distance or separation. --v. 1 Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract. 2 Remove from a position or an office. 3 Dispose of. 4 Cause to leave.
CLAUSAL * a. Of or relating to or functioning as a clause.
LITTLENECK * n. 1 A quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York. 2 A young quahog.
EFFLEURAGE * n. A rhythmic stroking.
HOMEMAKER * n. A wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income.
MODULAR * s. Constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use.
LEAD * --n. 1 An advantage held by a competitor in a race. 2 A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey. 3 Evidence pointing to a possible solution. 4 A position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead'). --v. 1 Take somebody somewhere. 2 Produce as a result or residue. 3 Tend to or result in. 4 Travel in front of; go in advance of others.
DASH-POT * n. A mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid.
ANTISEMITISM * n. The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people.
YORK * n. The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose.
PARACHUTIST * n. A person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute.
UNSEEN * --n. A belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit. --s. 1 Not seen or perceived. 2 Not seen or observed. 3 Not anticipated.
NONEXTANT * --a. No longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives. --s. No longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction.
SHANGRI-LA * n. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
VISOR * n. 1 A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face. 2 A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.
ARCCOS * n. The inverse function of the cosine; the angle that has a cosine equal to a given number.
MORELLO * n. 1 Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice. 2 Cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice.
NODULAR * --a. Relating to or characterized by or having nodules. --s. Having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules.
UNDILUTED * a. Not diluted.
CUZCO * n. A town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire.
STERNLY * r. With sternness; in a severe manner.
TOKEN * --n. 1 An individual instance of a type of symbol. 2 Something serving as a sign of something else. 3 A metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines. 4 Something of sentimental value. --s. Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal).
SENTENTIOUS * s. 1 Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing. 2 Concise and full of meaning.
DISFRANCHISE * v. Deprive of voting rights.
CAMPANA * n. The shape of a bell.
DISREPUTABILITY * n. Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation.
BEATIFY * v. 1 Fill with sublime emotion. 2 Make blessedly happy. 3 Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood.
CURSEDLY * r. In a damnable manner.
JEOPARDIZE * v. 1 Pose a threat to; present a danger to. 2 Put at risk.
NIGHTTIME * n. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
REVELATORY * s. 1 (usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly. 2 Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom.
REGIMENTATION * n. The imposition of order or discipline.
SPOROBOLUS * n. Cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass).
HAEMOPROTEID * n. Related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds.
HOURI * n. 1 A voluptuously beautiful young woman. 2 (Islam) One of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise.
PHOTO * n. A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format.
BERGSON * n. French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941).
HOME-FARM * n. A farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment.
REEF * --n. 1 A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water. 2 A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese. 3 One of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind. --v. 1 Lower and bring partially inboard. 2 Roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area. 3 Reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef.
LAPIDIST * n. A skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones.
CARDIIDAE * n. Somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks.
RUTLAND * n. A town in central Vermont.
TRENDY * s. In accord with the latest fad.
OSCILLOGRAPH * n. A device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents.
APPOGGIATURA * n. An embellishing note usually written in smaller size.
GIBBERELLIN * n. A plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth.
LUXURY * n. 1 Something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity. 2 The quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive. 3 Wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living.
FELICITOUSNESS * n. Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression).
BOMBYCIDAE * n. Chinese silkworm moth.
SPEECHIFIER * n. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
WAKING * --n. The state of remaining awake. --s. Marked by full consciousness or alertness.
KERBSTONE * n. A paving stone forming part of a curb.
TARPAN * n. European wild horse extinct since the early 20th century.
STREETCAR * n. A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
BORSCHT * n. A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
FORMIDABILITY * n. Impressive difficulty.
INSECTICIDALLY * r. By means of an insecticide.
SHAFT * --n. 1 A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer. 2 An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. 3 A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow). 4 A column of light (as from a beacon). --v. 1 Equip with a shaft. 2 Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
HEADWAITER * n. A dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers.
OREAMNOS * n. Mountain goats.
OPEN-CHAIN * a. Having an open chain structure.
RUMOHRA * n. Leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum.
SPRAYING * n. 1 The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft). 2 A quantity of small objects flying through the air. 3 The application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer.
JUMP-START * --n. Starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car. --v. 1 Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery. 2 Start or re-start vigorously.
NOTICED * a. Being perceived or observed.
VERACRUZ * n. A major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz.
INHUMAN * s. 1 Without compunction or human feeling. 2 Belonging to or resembling something nonhuman.
CANDESCENT * s. Glowing from great heat.
PHELLEM * n. (botany) Outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells.
HYPOTHETICAL * --n. A hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.. --s. Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
PHONOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of sounds including your own voice.
FREEMASONRY * n. 1 A natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests. 2 Freemasons collectively.
TOW * --n. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope. --v. Drag behind.
UROCHORDATA * n. Tunicates.
NUPTSE * n. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high).
WITHDRAWNNESS * n. A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner.
PRESBYTES * n. Langurs.
CHEWY * s. 1 Requiring much chewing. 2 (of a consistency) Requiring chewing.
CLIQUISHNESS * n. Tendency to associate with only a select group.
LUDIC * s. Relating to play or playfulness.
WOO * v. 1 Seek someone's favor. 2 Make amorous advances towards.
MITELLA * n. Genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals.
OBLIGED * s. Under a moral obligation to do something.
ROUGHNESS * n. 1 A texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven. 2 The quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses. 3 An unpolished unrefined quality. 4 Used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather.
IMAGINATIVELY * r. With imagination.
HACHURE * n. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
HERMENEUTICS * n. The branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis.
JAMMIES * n. (usually plural) Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers.
UNQUESTIONINGLY * r. In an unquestioning manner.
PARESIS * n. A slight or partial paralysis.
CLARIFY * v. 1 Make clear and (more) comprehensible. 2 Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating.
NUCHA * n. The back side of the neck.
ACEPHALOUS * s. Lacking a head or a clearly defined head.
MILLWORK * n. Woodwork that has been machined at a mill.
GILMER * n. United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951).
BRACHINUS * n. Bombardier beetles.
NONINFLAMMATORY * s. Not inflammatory.
ITEM * --n. 1 A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list. 2 A small part that can be considered separately from the whole. 3 A whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection. 4 An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole. --r. (used when listing or enumerating items) Also.
COPING * n. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
70TH * s. The ordinal number of seventy in counting order.
MICROMETEOR * n. A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere.
ADENOMA * n. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
PRE-JURASSIC * a. Of or relating to or denoting the time before the Jurassic period.
CHANFRON * n. Medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head.
CANNELLONI * n. Tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese.
ARALIACEAE * n. Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera.
REAPER * n. 1 Someone who helps to gather the harvest. 2 Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe. 3 Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields.
95TH * s. The ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order.
CRYSTALLIZING * n. The formation of crystals.
OMNIDIRECTIONAL * a. Not directional.
SPHEROID * n. A shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes.
BREADFRUIT * n. 1 Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. 2 A large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts.
KISS-ME-OVER-THE-GARDEN-GATE * n. Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America.
DISTRICT * --n. A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. --v. Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns.
CLOVE * n. 1 Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice. 2 Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves. 3 One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb. 4 Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground.
IRRITATE * v. 1 Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. 2 Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame. 3 Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.
SARS * n. A respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal.
TOMB * n. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
RUSH * --n. 1 The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. 2 A sudden forceful flow. 3 Grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems. 4 Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813). --v. 1 Move hurridly. 2 Attack suddenly. 3 Urge to an unnatural speed. 4 Act or move at high speed. --s. 1 Not accepting reservations. 2 Done under pressure.
FORESTIERA * n. Any plant of the genus Forestiera.
CONTAINERIZE * v. Package in a container.
EARSHOT * n. The range within which a voice can be heard.
SARASOTA * n. A town in west central Florida on the Gulf of Mexico.
HOMILY * n. A sermon on a moral or religious topic.
EXCELLENTLY * r. Extremely well.
HYMENOPTER * n. Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing.
OUNCE * n. 1 A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound. 2 A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams. 3 Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur.
NEUROPSYCHIATRY * n. The branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system.
OARSWOMAN * n. A woman oarsman.
GINMILL * n. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
MERIONES * n. A genus of Cricetidae.
RADIOLOGY * n. 1 The branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation. 2 (radiology) Examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation.
CHEVVY * v. Annoy continually or chronically.
ANCIENTNESS * n. Extreme oldness.
EN-LIL * n. God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
POLYPHONE * n. A letter that has two or more pronunciations.
NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL * a. Of or concerned with neurophysiology.
ENSILE * v. Store in a silo.
ABORTIFACIENT * --n. A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion. --s. Causing abortion.
SAHAPTINO * n. A member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho.
LAZARETTO * n. 1 Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy). 2 A small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship.
EXPROPRIATION * n. Taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority).
VALGUS * n. A deformity in which there is an abnormal displacement of part of a limb away from the midline of the body.
SPARER * n. Someone who refrains from injuring or destroying.
RIBBED * --a. Furnished or strengthened with ribs. --s. (of the surface) Having a rough, riblike texture.
DEAF-MUTENESS * n. Congenital deafness that results in inability to speak.
MENINGITIS * n. Infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea.
ASCITES * n. Accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity.
NEEDLE * --n. 1 The leaf of a conifer. 2 A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument. 3 A sharp pointed implement (usually steel). 4 A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record. --v. 1 Annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism. 2 Prick with a needle.
IXODID * n. Ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head.
SYMPHONY * n. 1 A long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra. 2 A large orchestra; can perform symphonies.
REASSURED * s. Having confidence restored; freed from anxiety.
TERTIGRAVIDA * n. A woman who is pregnant for the third time.
COUNTRYFIED * s. Characteristic of rural life.
BIDET * n. A basin for washing genitals and anal area.
ICETRAY * n. A tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator.
POACHER * n. 1 Someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another. 2 A cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs). 3 Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters.
RHABDOMYOSARCOMA * n. A highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle.
ROAMER * n. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
ISUPREL * n. Drug (trade name Isuprel) used to treat bronchial asthma and to stimulate the heart.
RHEOSTAT * n. Resistor for regulating current.
TITTERER * n. A person who laughs nervously.
STATIONER * n. A merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies.
METAMORPHISM * n. Change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances.
CLIO * n. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
YURAK-SAMOYED * n. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia.
SYPHON * --n. 1 A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that gravity forces the liquid through the tube. 2 A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled. --v. Convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon.
HEGEMONY * n. The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others.
SANITISATION * n. Making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing.
PAGOPHILUS * n. Harp seals.
STINGY * a. 1 Unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.). 2 Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
TRIBOLOGIST * n. A specialist in tribology.
GANGLIOCYTE * n. A nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system.
CROMORNE * n. A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn).
HYBANTHUS * n. A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions.
FORTY-SEVENTH * s. The ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order.
ATMOMETER * n. An instrument that measures rate of evaporation of water.
ULTRASUEDE * n. A synthetic suede cloth.
DEGAGE * s. 1 Free and relaxed in manner. 2 Showing lack of emotional involvement.
SPICATE * a. Having or relating to spikes.
ODYSSEY * n. 1 A long wandering and eventful journey. 2 A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.
EPIDEMIOLOGY * n. The branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease.
INSUBORDINATION * n. 1 Defiance of authority. 2 An insubordinate act.
VALOROUS * s. Having or showing valor.
SNOWSTORM * n. A storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds.
LING-PAO * n. A member of the Taoist Trinity.
BLOODLETTING * n. 1 Formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine). 2 Indiscriminate slaughter.
CLOUDLESS * s. Free from clouds.
MEGAKARYOCYTE * n. A large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets.
UNSAFE * --a. 1 Lacking in security or safety. 2 Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm. --s. Not safe from attack.
BURST * --n. 1 The act of exploding or bursting. 2 Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. 3 A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason). 4 A sudden intense happening. --v. 1 Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure. 2 Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up. 3 Burst outward, usually with noise. 4 Move suddenly, energetically, or violently.
SYDENHAM * n. English physician (1624-1689).
IMPOVERISH * v. 1 Make poor. 2 Take away.
CAESARIAN * --n. The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way). --a. 1 Relating to abdominal delivery. 2 Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.
INSTALLMENT * n. 1 A payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals. 2 A part of a broadcast serial. 3 A part of a published serial. 4 The act of installing something (as equipment).
MOTH-EATEN * s. 1 Showing signs of wear and tear. 2 Worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths. 3 Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.
HARDEN * v. 1 Become hard or harder. 2 Make hard or harder. 3 Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. 4 Make fit.
ANTLERED * s. Having antlers.
BANDSMAN * n. A player in a band (especially a military band).
FLAGRANT * s. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
LILIUM * n. Type genus of Liliaceae.
CULOTTE * n. A divided skirt.
VARIETAL * n. A wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape.
CRAVENNESS * n. Meanspirited cowardice.
WANTON * --n. Lewd or lascivious woman. --v. 1 Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. 2 Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life. 3 Spend wastefully. 4 Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously. --s. 1 Occurring without motivation or provocation. 2 Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.
SAMITE * n. A heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages.
KANAF * n. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
LABRIDAE * n. Wrasses.
CROSSBAR * n. 1 A horizontal bar that goes across something. 2 Game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over. 3 Long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts.
DOCKET * --n. 1 (law) The calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities. 2 A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. --v. 1 Place on the docket for legal action. 2 Make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list.
AIR-COOLED * s. Cooled by a flow of air.
LIBBY * n. United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980).
BONUS * n. 1 Anything that tends to arouse. 2 An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output.
WEIGHING * n. Careful consideration.
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC * n. French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music halls of Montmartre (1864-1901).
VITALISATION * n. The state of being vitalized and filled with life.
EMBROCATION * n. A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain.
SKIRMISHER * n. Someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party).
KINETIC * --a. Relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith. --s. 1 Characterized by motion. 2 Supplying motive force.
QUICKSET * --n. Cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines. --s. Grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground.
MASAI * n. A Nilotic language.
PLUVIANUS * n. Coursers.
POLISHER * n. A power tool used to buff surfaces.
WESTBOUND * s. Moving toward the west.
ALBIGENSES * n. A Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; believers in Albigensianism.
PENITENT * --n. (Roman Catholic Church) A person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor). --a. Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds.
RITUALISTIC * a. Of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism.
MIDI-PYRENEES * n. A region in southwestern France.
STROMBIDAE * n. The family of conchs.
NOAH * n. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis.
HANDS-DOWN * s. Achieved without great effort.
RETCH * --n. An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting. --v. 1 Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth. 2 Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit.
RHIZOPUS * n. Any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus.
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST * r. To, toward, or in the south southeast.
RARIORA * n. (plural) Rare collector's items.
VISTULA * n. A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea.
HEADPIN * n. The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
CUKE * n. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons.
MIZENMAST * n. Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
DEPILATORY * --n. 1 A chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides. 2 A cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair. --s. Able to remove hair or render hairless.
BEMOCK * v. Treat with contempt.
JEST * --n. 1 A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter. 2 Activity characterized by good humor. --v. 1 Tell a joke; speak humorously. 2 Act in a funny or teasing way.
SUPERFECTA * n. A bet that you can pick the first four finishers in a race in the right order.
GARPIKE * n. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
CHLORINITY * n. A measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater).
EXTEMPORANEOUSLY * r. Without prior preparation.
INTERESTINGLY * r. In an interesting manner.
BANSHEE * n. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
COWPER * n. 1 English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709). 2 English poet who wrote hymns and poetry about nature (1731-1800).
AMUSED * s. Pleasantly occupied.
BOLDFACE * --n. A typeface with thick heavy lines. --v. Print in boldface.
DRAINING * s. Having a debilitating effect.
BATHYMETRY * n. Measuring the depths of the oceans.
UNORIGINAL * a. Not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.
GANGLY * s. 1 Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. 2 Tall and thin.
SIDESPLITTER * n. A joke that seems extremely funny.
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW * n. Large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States.
BITTER * --n. 1 English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft). 2 The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. 3 The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste. --v. Make bitter. --s. 1 Marked by strong resentment or cynicism. 2 Very difficult to accept or bear. 3 Harsh or corrosive in tone. 4 Expressive of severe grief or regret. --r. Extremely and sharply.
TRILLING * n. United States literary critic (1905-1975).
CLERICALIST * n. One who advocates clericalism.
CARRACK * n. A large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman.
DEISM * n. The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation.
PILOSE * s. Covered with hairs especially fine soft ones.
YEN * --n. 1 A yearning for something or to do something. 2 The basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen. --v. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.
FLOORBOARD * n. 1 A board in the floor. 2 The floor of an automobile.
SIGINT * n. Intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence.
ENTEROPTOSIS * n. An abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity.
SCRUM * n. (rugby) The method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession.
ANURIC * a. Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
ACQUIREMENT * n. An ability that has been acquired by training.
APPROPRIATOR * n. Someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission).
PALEOZOOLOGY * n. The study of fossil animals.
BURQA * n. A loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan.
WOODLET * n. Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
LINNAEUS * n. Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778).
MIGHTY * --s. Having or showing great strength or force or intensity. --r. (Southern regional intensive) Very; to a great degree.
SAVOUR * --n. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. --v. 1 Have flavor; taste of something. 2 Give taste to. 3 Taste appreciatively. 4 Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in.
COUSCOUS * n. 1 A spicy dish that originated in northern Africa; consists of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew. 2 A pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina.
FLAXSEED * n. The seed of flax used as a source of oil.
REPROBATION * n. 1 Rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell. 2 Severe disapproval.
98 * s. Being eight more than ninety.
SEPTUAGENARIAN * n. Someone whose age is in the seventies.
REDUCTION * n. 1 The act of decreasing or reducing something. 2 Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent. 3 The act of reducing complexity.
MANIC * s. Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason.
CYBELE * n. Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops.
CANDY-SCENTED * s. Smelling of candy.
NONMECHANISTIC * s. Not mechanistic.
ANXIOUSNESS * n. 1 (psychiatry) A relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic. 2 A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments.
WOODPILE * n. A pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel.
MURPHY * n. An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
PLACE-KICKING * n. (sports) A kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking.
SHISHA * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
BRIDGEPORT * n. A port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound.
UNINSPIRED * s. 1 Having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement. 2 Deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention.
PANOPTICAL * s. Including everything visible in one view.
REALGAR * n. A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic.
MYSTICAL * --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of mysticism. 2 Relating to or resembling mysticism. --s. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
SISTERSHIP * n. 1 The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings. 2 An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest.
EPICYCLIC * a. Of or relating to an epicycle.
ACROSS * r. 1 To the opposite side. 2 Transversely.
DONATELLO * n. Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466).
BERCEUSE * n. A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.
LSD * n. A powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid.
SUSURRUS * n. The indistinct sound of people whispering.
TECHNOLOGIST * n. A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
COSINESS * n. A state of warm snug comfort.
UNPAINFUL * s. Not accompanied by pain sensations.
TRIGGERFISH * n. Any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin.
PANAMA * n. 1 A republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903. 2 A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.
MAMMALIAN * --n. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk. --a. Of or relating to the class Mammalia.
JENNY * n. 1 United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907). 2 Female donkey.
BURGHER * n. 1 A citizen of an English borough. 2 A member of the middle class.
BIGEMINAL * s. Occurring in pairs.
CHAENOPSIS * n. A genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies.
WASH-AND-WEAR * --n. A fabric treated to be easily washable and to require no ironing. --s. Treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing.
PERISTYLE * n. A colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court.
TRAINMAN * n. An employee of a railroad.
DOMESTICATED * s. 1 Converted or adapted to domestic use. 2 Accustomed to home life.
DYNAMIZE * v. 1 Make more dynamic. 2 Make (a drug) effective.
AHURA * n. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
REFUELING * n. The activity of supplying or taking on fuel.
UNSTRAIN * v. Cause to feel relaxed.
PIC * n. 1 A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. 2 A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format.
PARQUETERIE * n. A patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor.
SUMMARIZATION * n. The act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly.
JACKBOOT * n. (19th century) A man's high tasseled boot.
ORANGENESS * n. Orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow.
GARUDA * n. A supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount.
ALTITUDE * n. 1 Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface. 2 The perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel). 3 Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
BABOO * n. Used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'.
DONETSKE * n. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
UNSELFCONSCIOUSLY * r. In a comfortable unselfconscious manner.
PREXY * n. The head administrative officer of a college or university.
YUE * n. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
STRIKINGNESS * n. 1 The state of being salient. 2 The quality of standing out strongly and distinctly.
COMPUTATIONALLY * r. With regard to computation.
INSTITUTE * --n. An association organized to promote art or science or education. --v. 1 Set up or lay the groundwork for. 2 Advance or set forth in court.
PHYLLOSTOMUS * n. Type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae.
SPREAD * --n. 1 Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space. 2 A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures. 3 Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle). 4 A haphazard distribution in all directions. --v. 1 Distribute or disperse widely. 2 Become distributed or widespread. 3 Spread across or over. 4 Spread out or open from a closed or folded state. --s. 1 Distributed or spread over a considerable extent. 2 Prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out. 3 Fully extended in width.
SLIPSHOD * s. Marked by great carelessness.
BISTROIC * a. Of or relating to or resembling a bistro.
KHOIKHOIN * n. Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa.
SHEVAT * n. The fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February).
KUKI * n. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India.
HOLLOWNESS * n. 1 The state of being hollow: having an empty space within. 2 The property of having a sunken area. 3 The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical.
NEUROGLIAL * a. Relating to or consisting of neuroglia.
XENOSAURIDAE * n. Monotypic family of Mexican lizards.
VIBRANT * s. 1 Vigorous and animated. 2 Of sounds that are strong and resonating. 3 Of colors that are bright and striking.
AFFLICTION * n. 1 A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity. 2 A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health. 3 A cause of great suffering and distress.
COLOBUS * n. Arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs.
HABIT * --n. 1 An established custom. 2 (psychology) An automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition. 3 A distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order. 4 The general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal). --v. Put a habit on.
THIRTEENTH * --n. Position 13 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the twelfth in position.
GAMETOPHYTE * n. The gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations.
TRAPPING * n. Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.
GARLIC * n. 1 Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves. 2 Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
FORENSIC * s. 1 Of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument. 2 Used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC * a. Relating to or dealing with bibliography.
AVIRULENT * a. Not virulent; unable to produce disease.
TEAROOM * n. A restaurant where tea and light meals are available.
GENEROUSNESS * n. The trait of being willing to give your money or time.
ROBOTIC * --a. Of or relating to mechanical robots. --s. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
DEFENDABLE * s. Capable of being defended.
UPLAND * --n. Elevated (e.g., mountainous) land. --a. Used of high or hilly country.
DB * n. 1 A transuranic element. 2 A logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity.
DOORHANDLE * n. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
WATCH * --n. 1 A small portable timepiece. 2 A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty. 3 A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe. 4 The period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty. --v. 1 Look attentively. 2 Follow with the eyes or the mind. 3 See or watch. 4 Observe with attention.
COUNCILLORSHIP * n. The position of council member.
OBSERVANCE * n. 1 The act of observing; taking a patient look. 2 A formal event performed on a special occasion. 3 The act of noticing or paying attention. 4 Conformity with law or custom or practice etc..
LORANTHUS * n. Type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species.
ATTAIN * v. 1 To gain with effort. 2 Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level. 3 Find unexpectedly. 4 Reach a destination, either real or abstract.
ASININE * s. Extremely silly or stupid.
RANDOMISATION * n. A deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance.
CUMANA * n. A port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America.
KING-SIZED * s. Extra large.
INAESTHETIC * a. Violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty.
UNCRITICALLY * r. In an uncritical manner.
RUSTICATE * v. 1 Live in the country and lead a rustic life. 2 Send to the country. 3 Suspend temporarily from college or university, in England. 4 Give (stone) a rustic look.
IV * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. 2 Administration of nutrients through a vein. --s. Being one more than three.
REVITALISED * s. Restored to new life and vigor.
ALL-KNOWING * s. Infinitely wise.
RECTANGLE * n. A parallelogram with four right angles.
CERCOPITHECUS * n. Type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons.
DOLE * n. 1 A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given. 2 Money received from the state.
BENEATH * r. In or to a place that is lower.
YARDMASTER * n. A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard.
CHARIVARI * n. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
SUBROGATE * v. Substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured.
FRANKLY * r. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) It is sincerely the case that.
VAGINA * n. The lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus.
UNCHIVALROUSLY * r. In an unchivalrous and ungallant manner.
ALFILARIA * n. 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.
WILY * s. Marked by skill in deception.
CHAPLAINSHIP * n. The position of chaplain.
KESTREL * n. 1 Small North American falcon. 2 Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind.
DEMIJOHN * n. Large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork.
COOKSTOVE * n. A stove for cooking (especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove).
SEASONAL * --n. A worker who finds employment only in certain seasons. --a. Occurring at or dependent on a particular season.
WHOLESOMENESS * n. The quality of being beneficial and generally good for you.
INTERNAL * --a. Happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface. --s. 1 Occurring within an institution or community. 2 Inside the country. 3 Located inward. 4 Innermost or essential.
HAIRY * --a. Having or covered with hair. --s. Hazardous and frightening.
FORESTAGE * n. The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain).
TRAGELAPHUS * n. African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks.
DIATONIC * --a. Based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals. --s. Based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music.
BELARUSIAN * --n. The Slavic language spoken in Belarus. --a. Of or pertaining to Belarus or to the people or culture of Belarus.
CATHETERISATION * n. The operation of introducing a catheter into the body.
ROSE-ROOT * n. Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers.
IRRESPONSIBLENESS * n. A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions.
LUTA * n. An industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun.
BROMELIA * n. The type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx.
PTERETIS * n. Small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.
DISPENSABILITY * n. The quality possessed by something that you can get along without.
HYALINIZATION * n. The state of being hyaline or having become hyaline.
CRESCENT * --n. Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters. --s. Resembling the new moon in shape.
LOGO * n. A company emblem or device.
CLASS-CONSCIOUS * s. (used of society) Socially hierarchical.
PAPAIN * n. A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer.
CHAPERONE * --n. One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people. --v. Accompany as a chaperone.
BONAIRE * n. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
PAW * --n. 1 A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped. 2 The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. --v. 1 Scrape with the paws. 2 Touch clumsily.
INTERFERENCE * n. 1 A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries. 2 The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding. 3 Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. 4 (American football) Blocking a player's path with your body.
YEVTUSHENKO * n. Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933).
ANAEROBE * n. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
RAUNCHY * s. 1 Earthy and sexually explicit. 2 Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness. 3 Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
SERVING * n. 1 An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal. 2 The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone.
ARTICULATIO * n. (anatomy) The point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion).
HEARTBREAKER * n. 1 A charming person who is irresponsible in emotional relationships. 2 A narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute.
EIGEN * n. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
RAMJET * n. A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed.
PLOUGHED * a. (of farmland) Broken and turned over with a plow.
POLDER * n. Low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands).
HASIDISM * n. 1 A sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly. 2 Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews.
FASHIONABLE * --a. 1 Being or in accordance with current social fashions. 2 Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. --s. Popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time.
MAXI * --n. A long skirt ending below the calf. --a. Used of women's clothing having a hemline at the ankle.
CAMPAIGNER * n. A politician who is running for public office.
RESONATOR * n. 1 A hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves. 2 An electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude. 3 Any system that resonates.
HIGH-LEVEL * s. 1 At an elevated level in rank or importance. 2 Occurring at or from a relative high altitude.
SNOOP * --n. A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others. --v. Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.
BACKGAMMON * n. A board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice.
CALPAC * n. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
BACCA * n. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry.
HETEROLOGICAL * a. Not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin.
MOULDBOARD * n. Wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow.
MYCOSIS * n. An inflammatory condition caused by a fungus.
NYCTIMENE * n. East Indian fruit bats.
BANQUETTE * n. An upholstered bench.
CHUG * --n. The dull explosive noise made by an engine. --v. Make a dull, explosive sound.
VICEGERENT * n. Someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy.
OSTRACOD * n. Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell.
PLUMAGE * n. The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds.
PANEL * --n. 1 Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something. 2 A committee appointed to judge a competition. 3 (law) A group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen). 4 A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc. --v. 1 Decorate with panels. 2 Select from a list.
ELECTROTHERAPY * n. The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis).
PRECAUTIONARY * s. Taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure.
PATRONISE * v. 1 Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. 2 Assume sponsorship of. 3 Treat condescendingly. 4 Be a regular customer or client of.
DEADLINE * n. The point in time at which something must be completed.
SOIGNE * s. Polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance.
FAST-FLYING * s. Moving swiftly.
SIKORSKY * n. United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972).
HORIZONTALITY * n. The quality of being parallel to the horizon.
EXHALATION * n. 1 Exhaled breath. 2 The act of expelling air from the lungs.
ASYNCHRONOUS * a. 1 (digital communication) Pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself. 2 Not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase.
DISMISSION * n. 1 Official notice that you have been fired from your job. 2 The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
QUAALUDE * n. Sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Quaalude) that is a drug of abuse.
B * n. 1 Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil. 2 Originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins. 3 A trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder. 4 A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
AMOXICILLIN * n. An antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections.
LOCKJAW * n. An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages.
PINOT * n. Any of several purple or white wine grapes used especially for Burgundies and champagnes.
FRINGED * s. 1 Surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination. 2 Having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips. 3 Having edges irregularly and finely slashed.
SYMPHYSIS * n. 1 An abnormal adhesion of two or more structures. 2 A growing together of parts or structures.
MANTUA * n. Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries.
LU * n. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; usually occurs in association with yttrium.
COUNTERCHECK * --n. 1 A check that restrains another check. 2 Something that checks the correctness of a previous check. --v. 1 Oppose or check by a counteraction. 2 Check a second time.
OXYPHENBUTAZONE * n. An anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tandearil) used to treat arthritis and bursitis.
CHAPLAINCY * n. The position of chaplain.
PROMULGATED * s. Formally made public.
SPEEDY * s. 1 Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed. 2 Accomplished rapidly and without delay.
CONODONTA * n. Extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum.
DURRES * n. Port city in western Albania on the Adriatic.
SEMINAR * n. 1 Any meeting for an exchange of ideas. 2 A course offered for a small group of advanced students.
SLUBBED * s. Of textiles; having a rough surface.
CLAUSTRUM * n. A layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus.
HAWTHORN * n. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
FORESIGHTEDNESS * n. Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future.
QUAHOG * n. 1 Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes. 2 An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians.
LITHOMANCER * n. One who practices lithomancy.
DUNGAREE * n. A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric.
MINUTENESS * n. 1 The property of being very small in size. 2 Great precision; painstaking attention to details.
COPEHAN * n. A group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river.
BREASTLESS * a. Without a breast.
VALI * n. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin.
FLANNEL * n. 1 A soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing. 2 Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body. 3 (usually in the plural) Trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth.
DISMANTLED * s. Torn down and broken up.
ESE * n. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
CONTRARY * --n. 1 A relation of direct opposition. 2 Exact opposition. 3 A logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false. --s. 1 Very opposed in nature or character or purpose. 2 Of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false. 3 Resistant to guidance or discipline. 4 In an opposing direction.
ASPARAGINASE * n. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
HOMINOID * n. A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea.
TIGER * n. 1 A fierce or audacious person. 2 Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered.
ESCHATOLOGIST * n. A theologian who specializes in eschatology.
OVERJOY * v. Cause to feel extremely joyful or happy.
PINWHEEL-SHAPED * s. Having the round shape of a pinwheel.
REFINING * n. The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.).
SEXUAL * --a. 1 Of or relating to or characterized by sexuality. 2 Having or involving sex. --s. Involved in a sexual relationship.
BREAKAXE * n. West Indian timber tree having very hard wood.
SKIPJACK * n. 1 Oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito. 2 Medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna. 3 Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound.
RECENCY * n. 1 A time immediately before the present. 2 The property of having happened or appeared not long ago.
WORLDLY-MINDED * s. Marked by materialism.
MARLOWE * n. 1 English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593). 2 Tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler.
FARSIGHTED * --a. Able to see distant objects clearly. --s. Planning prudently for the future.
CLICKETY-CLACK * n. A fast and rhythmic click-clack.
IMPERTURBABLE * s. Not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure.
BASTION * n. 1 A group that defends a principle. 2 A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle. 3 Projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
BIRYANI * n. An Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables.
SLUGGARD * n. An idle slothful person.
CONSTRICTION * n. 1 A narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel. 2 Tight or narrow compression. 3 A tight feeling in some part of the body. 4 The action or process of compressing.
JOSTLING * n. The act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing).
RUM-BLOSSOM * n. Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol.
UNRECOGNIZABLE * s. Defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration.
ERICA * n. Any plant of the genus Erica.
CLOSEMOUTHED * s. Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information.
LAPBOARD * n. Writing board used on the lap as a table or desk.
CERO * n. 1 Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters. 2 Large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil.
MEDDLESOME * s. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
UNSHACKLED * s. Not bound by shackles and chains.
ADDICT * --n. 1 Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. 2 Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms. --v. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug).
CUCURBITA * n. Type genus of the Cucurbitaceae.
DOCUMENTAL * a. Relating to or consisting of or derived from documents.
ASTROCYTE * n. Comparatively large neuroglial cell.
PRE-EXISTENT * s. Existing previously or before something.
BROOKLET * n. A small brook.
ACETAL * n. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
EXTORTIONER * n. A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them.
GALVANOMETER * n. Meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents.
PROPAGANDIST * --n. A person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government. --a. Of or relating to or characterized by propaganda.
NECROMANCY * n. 1 The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world. 2 Conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying.
SHABBILY * r. 1 So as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated. 2 In a mean and ungenerous manner.
PERTNESS * n. 1 Inappropriate playfulness. 2 Quality of being lively and confident.
CONGELATION * n. The process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing.
MERBROMINE * n. A mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark.
FUNCTIONAL * --a. 1 Designed for or capable of a particular function or use. 2 Involving or affecting function rather than physiology. 3 Relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure. --s. 1 Fit or ready for use or service. 2 Designed for or adapted to a function or use. 3 (of e.g. a machine) Performing or capable of performing.
INTOXICATED * --a. Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol). --s. As if under the influence of alcohol.
DUDGEON * n. A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon').
COLICROOT * n. Any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic.
ADDAX * n. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa.
EQUIPOTENT * s. Having equal strength or efficacy.
BRUNFELSIA * n. Genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits.
CRIPPLE * --n. Someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back. --v. 1 Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless. 2 Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg.
MICRONESIA * n. 1 A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986. 2 The islands in the northwestern part of Oceania.
CHATTANOOGA * n. 1 A city in eastern Tennessee. 2 In the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg.
UNSKILLFULNESS * n. A lack of cognitive skill.
CRYOSTAT * n. A thermostat that operates at very low temperatures.
PREMEDICAL * --a. Preparing for the study of medicine. --s. Preceding and preparing for the study of medicine.
SEPARATIVE * s. 1 (used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) Indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it. 2 Serving to separate or divide into parts. 3 (of a word) Referring singly and without exception to the members of a group.
CORPS * n. 1 An army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support. 2 A body of people associated together.
VENDABLE * s. Fit to be offered for sale.
VERBALIZE * v. 1 Be verbose. 2 Express in speech. 3 Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise. 4 Convert into a verb.
IRREDENTISM * n. The doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related.
UNANNOUNCED * s. Without warning or announcement.
CHLORAMINE-T * n. Any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds.
DIMETRODON * n. Carnivorous dinosaur of the Permian in North America having a crest or dorsal sail.
PIG-HEADEDLY * r. In a stubborn unregenerate manner.
CAESARISM * n. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
DURAL * a. Of or relating to the dura mater.
ERSTWHILE * --s. Belonging to some prior time. --r. At a previous time.
GNETOPHYTA * n. Gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta).
N.D. * n. A state of north central United States bordering on Canada.
HAND * --n. 1 The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. 2 A hired laborer on a farm or ranch. 3 Something written by hand. 4 Ability. --v. 1 Place into the hands or custody of. 2 Guide or conduct or usher somewhere.
SPORTSMANLIKE * s. Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play.
PEACHWOOD * n. Tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry.
FORTUITOUSNESS * n. The quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance.
CINNAMON * n. 1 Aromatic bark used as a spice. 2 Tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon. 3 Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree; used as rolled strips or ground.
OFFICER * --n. 1 Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command. 2 Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust. 3 A member of a police force. 4 A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel. --v. Direct or command as an officer.
PAEDERAST * n. A man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner.
LABOURING * s. Doing arduous or unpleasant work.
RHODONITE * n. A pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone.
TYRANNI * n. New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers.
TEASER * n. 1 A worker who teases wool. 2 Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). 3 An advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest. 4 A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution.
SENSITISED * s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
REFINEMENT * n. 1 A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality. 2 The result of improving something. 3 The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.). 4 A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
HYDROMANCY * n. Divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides).
HEAT * --n. 1 A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature. 2 The presence of heat. 3 The sensation caused by heat energy. 4 The trait of being intensely emotional. --v. 1 Make hot or hotter. 2 Provide with heat. 3 Arouse or excite feelings and passions. 4 Gain heat or get hot.
LUST * --n. 1 A strong sexual desire. 2 Self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins). --v. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
HOMOLOGIZE * v. 1 Be homologous. 2 Make homologous.
BODO-GARO * n. Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India.
MENURA * n. Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae.
AERONAUTICS * n. The theory and practice of navigation through air or space.
CANDIED * s. 1 Encrusted with sugar or syrup. 2 (used especially of fruits) Preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar.
GASEOUSNESS * n. Having the consistency of a gas.
SEALSKIN * n. 1 The pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal. 2 A garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin.
UNPARDONABLY * r. In an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree.
SHARP-LIMBED * s. Having sharp limbs.
SYNTAGM * n. A syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
HEMOLYTIC * a. Relating to or involving or causing hemolysis.
MESTIZO * n. A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry).
CADASTER * n. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation.
SAXIFRAGA * n. Type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage.
VESICULOVIRUS * n. An animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis.
KW-HR * n. A unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour.
HEARTLESSNESS * n. An absence of concern for the welfare of others.
LEFTMOST * s. Farthest to the left.
DITCHMOSS * n. Submerged freshwater perennials.
MINIFY * v. Make smaller.
FISHPOND * n. A freshwater pond with fish.
TYPIC * s. Being or serving as an illustration of a type.
ROADWORTHINESS * n. (of motor vehicles) The quality of being fit to drive on the open road.
PIEZOMETER * n. A measuring instrument for measuring high pressures.
IODINATE * v. Cause to combine with iodine.
DINGINESS * n. Discoloration due to dirtiness.
UNHARNESS * v. Remove the harness from.
OLEORESIN * n. A naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants.
ARMILLARIELLA * n. A honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it.
SANCTIONING * s. Implying sanction or serving to sanction.
COPULATION * n. Sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur.
CATECHIST * n. One who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (especially one using a catechism).
RAFT * --n. 1 A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers. 2 (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 3 A foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete. --v. 1 Transport on a raft. 2 Travel by raft in water. 3 Make into a raft.
GRAMMATOPHYLLUM * n. Small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long.
TRANSFEREE * n. 1 (law) Someone to whom a title or property is conveyed. 2 Someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another.
ACCOUNTABLE * s. Liable to account for one's actions.
AL-ASIFA * n. A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups.
PTERNOHYLA * n. Burrowing tree frogs.
TERMITIDAE * n. Termites.
BEETHOVENIAN * a. Of or relating to Ludwig van Beethoven or his music.
HEARTWOOD * n. The older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood.
GIBELIKE * s. Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule.
GENERALSHIP * n. 1 The leadership ability of a military general. 2 The office and authority of a general.
ASCETICISM * n. 1 The doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state. 2 The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures). 3 Rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint.
EROTICISM * n. 1 A state of anticipation of sexuality. 2 The arousal of feelings of sexual desire.
PUTRESCENCE * n. 1 In a state of progressive putrefaction. 2 The quality of rotting and becoming putrid.
WIDELY * r. 1 To a great degree. 2 To or over a great extent or range; far. 3 So as to leave much space or distance between.
PINSTRIPED * s. Having very thin stripes.
ASSIDUITY * n. Great and constant diligence and attention.
CARACOLE * v. Make a half turn on a horse, in dressage.
MREM * n. A dosage of ionizing radiation equivalent to one thousandth (1/1000) of a rem.
CARBURISE * v. Unite with carbon.
GASKET * n. Seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint.
ANTLIA * n. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela.
ABDUCENS * n. A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.
CONNOISSEUR * n. An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts.
IMBECILE * --n. A person of subnormal intelligence. --s. Having a mental age of three to seven years.
SPORE * n. A small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion.
CISCO * n. 1 Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward. 2 Important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America.
SPRITZER * n. A mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water.
RIFADIN * n. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
UNCLIP * v. Remove the clip from.
RUBBERISE * v. Coat or impregnate with rubber.
MOTRIN * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic.
WITCH-HUNTER * n. Someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions.
TRAM * --n. 1 A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers. 2 A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine. 3 A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity. --v. Travel by tram.
EARLAP * n. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
EYEHOLE * n. 1 A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep. 2 A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar.
HIPPOBOSCA * n. Type genus of the Hippoboscidae.
ANTENNARIA * n. Small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles.
WALKER * n. 1 New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952). 2 United States writer (born in 1944). 3 A person who travels by foot. 4 A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
MONISTAT * n. An antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat).
TOWER * --n. 1 A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building. 2 Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. 3 A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships. --v. Appear very large or occupy a commanding position.
BAILIFF * n. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc..
OBSCURENESS * n. 1 The state of being humble and unimportant. 2 The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination. 3 The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand.
COMMUNE * --n. 1 The smallest administrative district of several European countries. 2 A body of people or families living together and sharing everything. --v. 1 Communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity. 2 Receive Communion, in the Catholic church.
LANDWARDS * r. Toward land.
HELEN * n. (Greek mythology) The beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War.
HOOKWORM * n. 1 Parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts. 2 Infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin.
DATA * n. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
JELLYLIKE * s. Thick like gelatin.
FEVER * n. 1 A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection. 2 Intense nervous anticipation.
PURITANICAL * --a. Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism. --s. 1 Exaggeratedly proper. 2 Morally rigorous and strict.
SALONICA * n. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea; second largest city of Greece.
MOTEL * n. A motor hotel.
CINEMATOGRAPHER * n. A photographer who operates a movie camera.
DUCHAMP * n. French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968).
TENTH * --n. 1 A tenth part; one part in ten equal parts. 2 Position ten in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
REPUGNANT * s. Offensive to the mind.
HA-HA * n. 1 A loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing. 2 A ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.
HEARSAY * --n. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth. --s. Heard through another rather than directly.
VIRILISATION * n. The abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction).
ASSESSMENT * n. 1 The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. 2 An amount determined as payable. 3 The market value set on assets. 4 The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event.
GRANITELIKE * s. Hard as granite.
FORE-WING * n. Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings.
ACANTHOCYTOSIS * n. The presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia).
GEOGRAPHICALLY * r. With respect to geography.
SIN * --n. 1 Estrangement from god. 2 An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. 3 Ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. 4 (Akkadian) God of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna. --v. 1 Commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. 2 Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.
ESTAMINET * n. A small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee.
LANAI * n. 1 An island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area. 2 A veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room.
STIBNITE * n. A soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimony.
VERTICILLATE * s. Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem).
BURGLE * v. Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling.
NISAN * n. The seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April).
URINE * n. Liquid excretory product.
BASOPHILE * n. A leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains.
FLAGPOLE * n. 1 Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors. 2 A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised.
PREMENOPAUSAL * a. Prior to menopause.
ROSEMARY * n. 1 Widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery. 2 Extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats.
PENUMBRAL * a. Of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra.
ICONOLOGY * n. The branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms).
HALFPENNY * n. An English coin worth half a penny.
OVULAR * a. 1 Being or of the nature of an ovule. 2 Of or relating to an ovum.
BREECH-LOADING * a. (of guns) Designed to be loaded at the breech.
AB * n. 1 A bachelor's degree in arts and sciences. 2 The eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August). 3 The muscles of the abdomen. 4 The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
BEEFCAKE * n. A photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire.
MEDITATIVENESS * n. Deep serious thoughtfulness.
LIVIDITY * n. 1 A state of fury so great the face becomes discolored. 2 Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
CANDIDA * n. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
TRANSPARENT * s. 1 Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity. 2 So thin as to transmit light. 3 Free of deceit. 4 Easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety).
SALAAM * --n. A deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation. --v. Greet with a salaam.
RABBINATE * n. 1 Rabbis collectively. 2 The office or function of a rabbi.
PARENTHOOD * n. The state of being a parent.
SAWN-OFF * s. 1 Well below average height. 2 Cut short.
NOCTILUCA * n. Large bioluminescent marine protozoan.
PALLIATE * v. 1 Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of. 2 Provide physical relief, as from pain.
KANCHENJUNGA * n. A mountain the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet (28,208 feet high).
FORTY-FOUR * s. Being four more than forty.
PARAGRAPHER * n. A writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper).
JELLO * n. Fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder.
SUBVOCALISER * n. Someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds.
LEXICOGRAPHER * n. A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language.
PENUTIAN * n. 1 A family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California. 2 A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages.
THROWER * n. 1 A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn. 2 Someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm). 3 A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.
ISOETES * n. Type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales.
RUBBERNECKER * n. A person who stares inquisitively.
HINAYANA * n. 1 A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts. 2 An offensive name for the early conservative Theravada Buddhism; it died out in India but survived in Sri Lanka and was taken from there to other regions of southwestern Asia.
HYPERTROPHIED * a. (of an organ or body part) Excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells.
HYPERACTIVE * s. More active than normal.
OVERSLEEP * v. Sleep longer than intended.
APOTHECIUM * n. A cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi.
SENSUOUSNESS * n. A sensuous feeling.
AREQUIPA * n. A city in southern Peru founded in 1540 on the site of an ancient Inca city.
BASSOON * n. A double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family.
UNSTRUNG * s. Emotionally upset.
DECUMBENT * s. Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest.
NINE * --n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one. 2 A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together. 3 One of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
PERFUMERY * n. 1 Perfumes in general. 2 Store where perfumes are sold. 3 An establishment where perfumes are made. 4 The art of making perfumes.
ORIENTALIST * n. A specialist in oriental subjects.
CACOMISTLE * n. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
DOODLEBUG * n. 1 A small motor vehicle. 2 A small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb. 3 The larva of any of several insects.
XENOTRANSPLANT * n. A surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species.
LODINE * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
TIARA * n. A jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
POST-HASTE * r. As fast as possible; with all possible haste.
TULOSTOMATACEAE * n. Stalked puffballs.
HOME-CURED * s. Cured at home.
BELATED * s. After the expected or usual time; delayed.
MANTID * n. Predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer.
OSCO-UMBRIAN * n. A group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin.
TINCTURE * --n. 1 A substance that colors or dyes. 2 An indication that something has been present. 3 A quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color. 4 (pharmacology) A medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution. --v. 1 Fill, as with a certain quality. 2 Stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color.
ORGANICISTIC * a. Relating to or tending toward organicism.
CYSTOCELE * n. Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth.
PLEASING * --n. The act of one who pleases. --a. Giving pleasure and satisfaction. --s. Pleasant or agreeable to the senses.
FREE-SOIL * s. Where slavery was prohibited.
VOTE * --n. 1 A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative. 2 The opinion of a group as determined by voting. 3 A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment. 4 A body of voters who have the same interests. --v. 1 Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote. 2 Express one's choice or preference by vote. 3 Express a choice or opinion. 4 Be guided by in voting.
WOLFISHLY * r. In the manner of a wolf.
MACHIAVELLIANISM * n. The political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government.
PREBEND * n. The stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon.
HANGER * n. 1 A worker who hangs something. 2 Anything from which something can be hung.
SARDEGNA * n. 1 The Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century. 2 An island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy.
ANTI-INTELLECTUAL * --n. A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits. --s. Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
PETALLESS * a. (of flowers) Having no petals.
PILEUS * n. A fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom.
DEARNESS * n. The quality possessed by something with a great price or value.
EMPEDOCLES * n. Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC).
BRUEGEL * n. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
MISERLINESS * n. Total lack of generosity with money.
SOLUBLENESS * n. The property of being dissoluble.
REALINE * v. Align anew or better.
CURTAL * s. (archaic) Cut short.
MORESQUE * a. Relating to or characteristic of the Moors.
UNFLUSTERED * s. Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension.
OXYGENATION * n. The process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen.
MEDICK * n. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
TURTLER * n. Someone whose occupation is hunting turtles.
INTERBRED * s. Bred of closely related parents.
HAEMORRHOID * n. Venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter.
CHRONOSCOPE * n. An instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time.
HYMENOPHYLLACEAE * n. Terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns.
INTUMESCE * v. 1 Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically. 2 Expand abnormally.
SIDLE * v. 1 Move unobtrusively or furtively. 2 Move sideways.
TROPHOBLASTIC * a. Of or relating to the trophoblast.
CARDCASE * n. A small case for carrying business cards.
HECATE * n. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.
READMISSION * n. The act of admitting someone again.
WREN-TIT * n. Small brown bird of California resembling a wren.
PEKAN * n. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
FAIR-AND-SQUARE * s. Just and honest.
ANAESTHETIST * n. A specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated.
HABITABILITY * n. Suitability for living in or on.
FLAT-BOTTOM * s. Having a flat bottom.
UNGRACIOUS * --a. Lacking charm and good taste. --s. Lacking social graces.
NUMISMATIST * n. A collector and student of money (and coins in particular).
PROENZYME * n. Any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active.
LOXAPINE * n. A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia.
EXHILARATED * s. Made joyful.
USELESSLY * r. In a useless manner.
SPODUMENE * n. A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium.
KV * n. A unit of potential equal to a thousand volts.
CONDOLE * v. Express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death.
HUISACHE * n. Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
PINFOLD * n. A pen where stray animals are confined.
HARRIMAN * n. 1 United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986). 2 United States railway tycoon (1848-1909).
CHEMICALLY * r. 1 With chemicals. 2 With respect to chemistry.
STOP * --n. 1 The event of something ending. 2 The act of stopping something. 3 A brief stay in the course of a journey. 4 The state of inactivity following an interruption. --v. 1 Come to a halt, stop moving. 2 Put an end to a state or an activity. 3 Stop from happening or developing. 4 Interrupt a trip.
POLYGAMY * n. The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time.
LANGOBARD * n. A member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century.
CALLITRICHACEAE * n. Dicot aquatic herbs.
DICTAMNUS * n. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae.
REFLEXION * n. 1 The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface. 2 Expression without words. 3 A remark expressing careful consideration. 4 A calm, lengthy, intent consideration.
ENERVATION * n. 1 Lack of vitality. 2 Serious weakening and loss of energy. 3 Surgical removal of a nerve.
METROLOGY * n. The scientific study of measurement.
LUTENIST * n. A musician who plays the lute.
DEMETRIUS * n. Son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC).
SQUATINA * n. Type genus of the Squatinidae: angel sharks.
AMERICIUM * n. A radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms.
VALET * --n. A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer. --v. Serve as a personal attendant to.
MISONEISM * n. Hatred of change or innovation.
SEQUESTRATE * v. 1 Keep away from others. 2 Set apart from others.
GREASILY * r. In a greasy manner.
WITHDRAW * v. 1 Pull back or move away or backward. 2 Withdraw from active participation. 3 Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. 4 Cause to be returned.
SENNACHERIB * n. King of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC).
OBSESSIVELY * r. In a compulsive manner.
BYE-BYE * n. A farewell remark.
ONSIDE * a. Not offside; being within the prescribed area of play.
BRAHMANA * n. Prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals.
SCOMBERESOX * n. A genus of Scomberesocidae.
EURHYTHMY * n. The interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding.
ADVOWSON * n. The right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice.
SANDGROUSE * n. Pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young.
WATERPROOFED * s. Not permitting the passage of water.
PROSPICIENT * s. Planning prudently for the future.
QUARTERLIGHT * n. Car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car.
CHELICERATA * n. Spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs.
PERPETRATOR * n. Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.
JACKDAW * n. Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
WRAP * --n. 1 Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person. 2 A sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla. 3 The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped. --v. 1 Arrange or fold as a cover or protection. 2 Arrange or or coil around. 3 Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. 4 Crash into so as to coil around.
MISOGYNISM * n. Hatred of women.
CYTOARCHITECTONIC * a. Of or relating to cytoarchitecture.
JUNTO * n. A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue.
PIA * n. Perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
NAUSEATED * s. Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit.
HSV-II * n. A herpes virus that can cause genital herpes.
SARAZEN * n. United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999).
TRANSPORT * --n. 1 Something that serves as a means of transportation. 2 An exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes. 3 The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials. 4 A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. --v. 1 Move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. 2 Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body. 3 Hold spellbound. 4 Transport commercially.
HOSPICE * n. 1 A lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order). 2 A program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill.
NONPROFIT * --n. An organization chartered for other than profit-making activities. --s. Not commercially motivated.
BELLOC * n. English author (born in France) remembered especially for his verse for children (1870-1953).
HATCHERY * n. A place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs).
PUNJAB * n. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
SUBURBANITE * n. A resident of a suburb.
EZO-YAMA-HAGI * n. Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds.
PILOSITY * n. The quality of having hair.
GLUTINOSITY * n. The property of having a viscosity like jelly.
GHERKIN * n. 1 Any of various small cucumbers pickled whole. 2 Small prickly cucumber.
LOMBARDY * n. A region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland.
PEPCID * n. A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux.
CALIPER * --n. An instrument for measuring the distance between two points (often used in the plural). --v. Measure the diameter of something with calipers.
MISCIBLE * a. (chemistry, physics) Capable of being mixed.
EPILOGUE * n. 1 A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play. 2 A short passage added at the end of a literary work.
DETRACT * v. Take away a part from; diminish.
CAVERN * --n. 1 Any large dark enclosed space. 2 A large cave or a large chamber in a cave. --v. Hollow out as if making a cavern.
NOSTRADAMUS * n. French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566).
INDECIPHERABLE * s. 1 Not easily deciphered. 2 Impossible to determine the meaning of.
HAN * n. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization.
TRANSITORINESS * n. An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.
MONTAGE * n. A paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image.
REACTIONIST * s. Opposed to political or social liberalism or reform.
NARGHILE * n. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
HYPERLIPOIDAEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
PRESS * --n. 1 The state of demanding notice or attention. 2 The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines. 3 A machine used for printing. 4 A dense crowd of people. --v. 1 Exert pressure or force to or upon. 2 Force or impel in an indicated direction. 3 To be oppressive or burdensome. 4 Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure.
CHARADRIIDAE * n. Plover family.
RAZZING * n. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
MISSIS * n. Informal term of address for someone's wife.
ELEGANCE * n. 1 A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste. 2 A quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics).
EPITHELIUM * n. Membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body.
INIQUITOUS * s. Characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin.
BOTULINUS * n. Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism.
HERBARIUM * n. A collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study.
GRAYISH-BLUE * s. Of blue tinged with grey.
MODEM * n. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
BRAINWASHING * n. Forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs.
UNROMANTICALLY * r. Without romance; in an unromantic manner.
MORO * n. A member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines.
COMPREHENSIVELY * r. In an all-inclusive manner.
PRINK * v. 1 Dress very carefully and in a finicky manner. 2 Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.
ARGONNE * n. An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11.
PESO * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos. 2 The basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos. 3 The basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos. 4 The basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos.
VIVALDI * n. Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741).
INSURMOUNTABLE * --a. Not capable of being surmounted or overcome. --s. Impossible to surmount.
JOLSON * n. United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950).
ENCYSTED * a. Enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst.
AFFECTINGLY * r. In a poignant or touching manner.
PROSECUTE * v. 1 Conduct a prosecution in a court of law. 2 Bring a criminal action against (in a trial). 3 Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
MISPRINT * --n. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. --v. Print incorrectly.
ESTHETE * n. One who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature.
UNCULTURED * s. (of persons) Lacking art or knowledge.
WATERMARK * n. 1 A line marking the level reached by a body of water. 2 A distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light.
EVANGELISE * v. 1 Preach the gospel (to). 2 Convert to Christianity.
METALLIZE * v. Coat with metal.
ISMAILI * --n. An adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism. --a. Of or relating to a branch of Shiism that is noted for its esoteric philosophy.
EVALUATE * v. 1 Evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of. 2 Form a critical opinion of.
HAIFA * n. A major port in northwestern Israel.
CHUB * n. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
HYDROGEN-BOMB * v. Attack with a hydrogen bomb.
SOFTHEARTED * a. Easily moved to pity or sorrow.
MALPIGHIA * n. Type genus of the Malpighiaceae.
BODENSEE * n. A lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River.
TRADITIONALITY * n. Strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings.
HYMENOMYCETES * n. Used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi.
PARMELIA * n. Type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens.
PAPARAZZO * n. A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines.
LYRICAL * s. 1 Suitable for or suggestive of singing. 2 Expressing deep emotion.
ASSUAN * n. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby.
RAUDIXIN * n. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
QUALIFIED * --a. 1 Meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task. 2 Limited or restricted; not absolute. --s. 1 Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill. 2 Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man'). 3 Contingent on something else.
UNCOMFORTABLE * a. 1 Conducive to or feeling mental discomfort. 2 Providing or experiencing physical discomfort.
HELXINE * n. One species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb.
APPROVER * n. An authority with power to approve.
JUSTICIAR * n. Formerly a high judicial officer.
DUCE * n. Leader.
LOW-LEVEL * --s. 1 Not intense. 2 At a low level in rank or importance. 3 Occurring at a relatively low altitude. --a. Lower in rank or importance.
ANTINOMIAN * --n. A follower of the doctrine of antinomianism. --a. Relating to or influenced by antinomianism.
HELPING * n. An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.
COTENANT * n. One of two or more tenants holding title to the same property.
BATAAN * n. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945.
PROPRIETRESS * n. A woman proprietor.
VENTILATION * n. 1 The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air. 2 A mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air. 3 Free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest. 4 The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation.
RICKSHA * n. A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person.
WHOLESALE * --n. The selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers. --v. Sell in large quantities. --s. Ignoring distinctions. --r. 1 At a wholesale price. 2 On a large scale without careful discrimination.
PROGRESSIVENESS * n. Advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods.
WASHABLE * a. Capable of being washed without injury.
OFFAL * n. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
ALARMED * s. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
MOBILISATION * n. 1 Act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action. 2 Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:.
BINGE * --n. 1 Any act of immoderate indulgence. 2 An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. --v. Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.
CABELL * n. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
RECALCULATE * v. Calculate anew.
HOLCUS * n. A genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America.
MOORISH * --n. A style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches. --a. Relating to or characteristic of the Moors.
SCOTS * --n. The dialect of English used in Scotland. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language.
REDUCTIVISM * n. An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color.
ANGELICAL * --a. Of or relating to angels. --s. 1 Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub. 2 Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint.
MAGNOLIOPSID * n. Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.
PECULIARLY * r. 1 Uniquely or characteristically. 2 In a manner differing from the usual or expected. 3 To a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common.
FLEETNESS * n. Rapidity of movement.
BEANER * n. A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
BOUTELOUA * n. Forage grasses.
ECLAT * n. 1 Enthusiastic approval. 2 Ceremonial elegance and splendor. 3 Brilliant or conspicuous success or effect.
NEURILEMOMA * n. Tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve.
LAXITY * n. 1 The condition of being physiologically lax. 2 The quality of being lax and neglectful.
TILDEN * n. United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s (1893-1953).
TRADITION * n. 1 An inherited pattern of thought or action. 2 A specific practice of long standing.
UNDIGNIFIED * a. Lacking dignity.
WORSENED * --a. Changed for the worse in health or fitness. --s. Made or become worse; impaired.
VACCINATION * n. 1 Taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease. 2 The scar left following inoculation with a vaccine.
RECOGNIZED * s. 1 Generally approved or compelling recognition. 2 Provided with a secure reputation.
SCOTT * n. 1 Award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999). 2 English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912). 3 United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866). 4 British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832).
ORIGINATION * n. 1 An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events. 2 The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new.
VERMIFUGE * n. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms.
GUSTY * s. Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts.
SPERRY * n. United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930).
SKYWARDS * r. Toward the sky.
CHARTACEOUS * a. Of or like paper.
IXIA * n. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
CONCEITEDLY * r. With conceit; in a conceited manner.
RECIDIVATE * v. Go back to bad behavior.
APHRIZA * n. A genus of Scolopacidae.
SHIRRING * n. Baking shelled eggs.
RADIALLY * r. In a radial manner.
DELIMITATION * n. A line that indicates a boundary.
REALISATION * n. 1 A musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer. 2 Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly. 3 A sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained. 4 The completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer.
COBALT * n. A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition.
PLEASED * --a. Experiencing or manifesting pleasure. --s. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth.
PLASTERED * s. 1 (of hair) Made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance. 2 (of walls) Covered with a coat of plaster. 3 Very drunk.
DELOCALIZE * v. Remove from the proper or usual locality.
TROLLING * n. Angling by drawing a baited line through the water.
PRAGMATIST * n. 1 An adherent of philosophical pragmatism. 2 A person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of her actions.
NEOPLATONIST * n. An adherent of Neoplatonism.
SHUNTER * n. A small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips.
OUTLANDISHLY * r. In an outlandish manner.
ENJOIN * v. 1 Issue an injunction. 2 Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
FLAUNT * --n. The act of displaying something ostentatiously. --v. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.
LICITNESS * n. The quality of strictly conforming to law.
KEYPAD * n. A keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard.
GROMWELL * n. European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands.
HEATING * n. 1 The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature. 2 Utility to warm a building.
ROSEWOOD * n. 1 Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork. 2 Any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black.
COMBINATORY * --a. Marked by or relating to or resulting from combination. --s. 1 Relating to or involving combinations. 2 Able to or tending to combine.
HIERARCHAL * a. Classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers.
LECHWE * n. Tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains; a threatened species.
SUSPICION * n. 1 An impression that something might be the case. 2 Doubt about someone's honesty. 3 The state of being suspected. 4 Being of a suspicious nature.
CHECKUP * n. A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person.
PHENO-SAFRANINE * n. A purplish red water-soluble dye used in microscopy.
RECITATIVE * n. A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech.
PHARISAICAL * s. Excessively or hypocritically pious.
MONOCLONAL * --n. Any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules. --a. Forming or derived from a single clone.
EPICALYX * n. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
MONOCHROMATIC * --a. 1 Of or relating to monochromatism. 2 (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) Having only one wavelength. --s. Having or appearing to have only one color.
ZINNEMANN * n. United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997).
CHISLEV * n. The third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December).
BETRAYAL * n. 1 An act of deliberate betrayal. 2 The quality of aiding an enemy.
LAUNDROMAT * n. A self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers.
ASHAMED * a. Feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse.
UNCONFINED * --a. Not confined. --s. Free from confinement or physical restraint.
SILTY * s. Full of silt.
PROBABLE * --n. An applicant likely to be chosen. --a. Likely but not certain to be or become true or real. --s. Apparently destined.
PASTA * n. 1 A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient. 2 Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
GRIZZLE * --n. A grey wig. --v. 1 Be in a huff; be silent or sullen. 2 Complain whiningly.
GINKGO * n. Deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree.
CLASTIC * s. 1 Of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone). 2 Capable of being taken apart.
DISYLLABLE * n. A word having two syllables.
PALEOMAMMALOGY * n. The paleobiology of ancient mammals.
GOLDFIELD * n. A district where gold is mined.
APHIDIDAE * n. Small soft-bodied plant lice.
HUMILIATED * s. 1 Subdued or brought low in condition or status. 2 Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.
DISSIMILATE * v. 1 Become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities. 2 Make dissimilar; cause to become less similar. 3 Become dissimilar or less similar.
SCHOLARSHIP * n. 1 Financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit. 2 Profound scholarly knowledge.
APPERCEPTIVE * s. Able to relate new percepts to past experience.
FATHERLIKE * s. Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective.
SCHIZOPODA * n. In former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea.
GAMBIA * n. A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.
PORTE-COCHERE * n. 1 A carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard. 2 Canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles.
MINIMALIST * --n. 1 A conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics. 2 A practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism. --a. Of or relating to artistic minimalism. --s. Advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics).
BIOMEDICINE * n. 1 The branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice. 2 The branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel).
HIPSTERS * n. A youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music.
MOTORLESS * a. Having no motor.
ISTIOPHORIDAE * n. Sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins.
NANOCEPHALY * n. An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.
INEXTRICABLY * r. In an inextricable manner.
PAROLE * --n. 1 A promise. 2 A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group. 3 (law) A conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with. --v. Release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.
REMISSNESS * n. The quality of being lax and neglectful.
CONFUCIANIST * n. A believer in the teachings of Confucius.
FAIRY-SLIPPER * n. Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf.
TAMIASCIURUS * n. American red squirrels.
BACKED * --a. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type. --s. Used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light.
MENDELSOHN * n. German architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953).
MONOPOLISER * n. Someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something.
QUIESCENT * s. 1 Not active or activated. 2 Marked by a state of tranquil repose. 3 Being quiet or still or inactive. 4 (pathology) Causing no symptoms.
WORSHIPPER * n. 1 A person who has religious faith. 2 Someone who admires too much to recognize faults.
IMPROMPTU * --n. 1 An extemporaneous speech or remark. 2 A short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation. --s. With little or no preparation or forethought. --r. Without advance preparation.
REPLICATION * n. 1 The act of making copies. 2 (genetics) The process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division. 3 A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). 4 (law) A pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer.
MALVASTRUM * n. Genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera.
HITCHITI * n. 1 A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia; a member of the Creek Confederacy. 2 The Muskhogean language spoken by the Hitchiti.
SYPH * n. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
WATERING * n. 1 Shedding tears. 2 Wetting with water.
ALONG * r. 1 With a forward motion. 2 In accompaniment or as a companion. 3 To a more advanced state. 4 In addition (usually followed by `with').
BRAGE * n. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music; son of Odin.
QED * n. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.
PHOSPHINE * n. A colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide.
MOHARRAM * n. The first month of the Islamic calendar.
ASSOCIATION * n. 1 A formal organization of people or groups of people. 2 The act of consorting with or joining with others. 3 The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination. 4 The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
BRASSERIE * n. A small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap.
COLLOQUIAL * s. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.
VISCERALLY * r. 1 In an unreasoning visceral manner. 2 In the viscera.
SUPRAOCULAR * a. Located or occurring above the eye socket.
HALON * n. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer.
JOCOSE * s. Characterized by jokes and good humor.
PAINED * s. Emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed.
UNACCESSIBLE * a. Capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all.
VOLUMINOUSLY * r. In a voluminous manner.
ZHOU * n. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism.
UNRELEASED * s. Not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication.
PASTORAL * --n. 1 A musical composition that evokes rural life. 2 A letter from a pastor to the congregation. 3 A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds). --a. 1 Of or relating to a pastor. 2 Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle. --s. (used with regard to idealized country life) Idyllically rustic.
RUPICOLA * n. Cock of the rocks.
EMBAYMENT * n. An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
ORANGERY * n. A place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas.
BLAMELESSNESS * n. A state of innocence.
SPLAYFOOT * --n. A foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out. --a. Having feet that turn outward.
TENON * n. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
HOMEPAGE * n. The opening page of a web site.
ROMAN * --n. 1 A resident of modern Rome. 2 An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire. 3 A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions. --a. 1 Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome. 2 Of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome). 3 Characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions. 4 Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
UNORIGINALLY * r. In an unoriginal manner.
CONVOLUTE * --v. 1 Curl, wind, or twist together. 2 Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. --s. Rolled longitudinally upon itself.
CARDUUS * n. Genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles.
IMPRESSIBLE * a. Easily impressed or influenced.
HONORARY * s. Given as an honor without the normal duties.
BAROQUE * --n. 1 The historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe. 2 Elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century. --s. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750.
JOYLESSNESS * n. A feeling of dismal cheerlessness.
WIVERN * n. A fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs.
BENEDICK * n. A newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor).
INVESTIGATOR * n. 1 A scientist who devotes himself to doing research. 2 Someone who investigates. 3 A police officer who investigates crimes.
CARDINAL * --n. 1 (Roman Catholic Church) One of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes. 2 The number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order. 3 A variable color averaging a vivid red. 4 Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male. --s. Serving as an essential component. --a. Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order.
TAP-OFF * n. The act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball.
UNSETTLED * --a. 1 Still in doubt. 2 Not settled or established. --s. 1 Subject to change. 2 Not yet settled.
HOTTONIA * n. Aquatic herbs.
AUTOGAMIC * a. Characterized by or fit for autogamy.
ILLEGALIZE * v. Declare illegal; outlaw.
TWOSCORE * s. Being ten more than thirty.
BACKCROSS * v. Mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents.
KLAN * n. A secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people.
GREY-WHITE * s. Of white tinged with grey.
ECTOMORPHIC * a. Having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs.
BAPTISMAL * a. Of or relating to baptism.
OPISTHOCOMUS * n. Type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins.
FORENAME * n. The name that precedes the surname.
UMBELLAR * a. Bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels.
CARD * --n. 1 One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes. 2 A card certifying the identity of the bearer. 3 A rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures). 4 Thin cardboard, usually rectangular. --v. 1 Separate the fibers of. 2 Ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor.
DEPOPULATED * s. Having lost inhabitants as by war or disease.
BACILLACEAE * n. Typically rod-shaped usually Gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores.
ENERGISING * s. Supplying motive force.
ACROSCOPIC * a. Facing or on the side toward the apex.
CO-OCCURRENT * s. Occurring or operating at the same time.
SHININESS * n. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
INDESCRIBABLE * s. Defying expression or description.
KIRGHIZ * n. 1 A member of a people vast regions of central Siberia. 2 A landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991. 3 The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz.
SISSINESS * n. The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).
ARTICULATORY * a. Of or relating to articulation.
FLOG * v. 1 Beat severely with a whip or rod. 2 Beat with a cane.
ANGUILLAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Anguilla or its people.
GYNARCHY * n. A political system governed by a woman.
UROBILIN * n. Brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine.
NON-AUTOMATIC * s. Operated by hand.
ELAMITE * n. 1 A member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC. 2 An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.
RUSHLIKE * s. Resembling rush or sedge.
POTBOILER * n. A literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot).
BAULKER * n. A person who refuses to comply.
MEDINA * n. 1 A city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam. 2 The ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa.
BUTYRACEOUS * a. Having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter.
SIGNIFICATIVE * s. (usually followed by `of') Pointing out or revealing clearly.
SWORDFISH * n. 1 Flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks. 2 Large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night.
ENUCLEATE * v. 1 Remove the nucleus from (a cell). 2 Remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover.
ACANTHISITTA * n. A genus of Xenicidae.
A-LINE * n. Women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline.
FADE * --n. 1 A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer. 2 Gradually ceasing to be visible. --v. 1 Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly. 2 Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality. 3 Disappear gradually. 4 Become feeble.
MIRRORLIKE * s. Capable of reflecting light like a mirror.
FALKNER * n. United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962).
DECOMPOUND * s. Of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound.
AGRICULTURE * n. 1 A large-scale farming enterprise. 2 The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. 3 The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862. 4 The class of people engaged in growing food.
SUPERFICIALLY * r. In a superficial manner.
PHENOMENALLY * r. To a phenomenal degree.
BUILT * s. (used of soaps or cleaning agents) Having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness.
ISOSTASY * n. (geology) A general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust.
BELVEDERE * n. 1 Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn. 2 A gazebo sited to command a fine view.
DRASTICALLY * r. In a drastic manner.
COCONSPIRATOR * n. A member of a conspiracy.
BURLAP * n. Coarse jute fabric.
GYMNOSPERMOUS * a. Relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae.
NINER * n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
GUNLOCK * n. The action that ignites the charge in a firearm.
BELLOWING * n. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
HILARITY * n. Great merriment.
CAMELIA * n. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
SLUGGER * n. 1 (baseball) A ballplayer who is batting. 2 A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches.
AMBULANT * s. Able to walk about.
MERRIMENT * n. 1 A gay feeling. 2 Activities that are enjoyable or amusing.
LUGSAIL * n. A sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast.
APTITUDINAL * a. Of or relating to aptitudes.
SEXUALISE * v. Make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to.
IMPERISHINGNESS * n. The property of being resistant to decay.
UNCOMPREHENDED * s. Not fully understood.
THUNDERSHOWER * n. A short rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning.
PARROTLIKE * s. Mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding.
WEAPON * n. 1 Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting. 2 A means of persuading or arguing.
HAME * n. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
WEDGED * s. Wedged or packed in together.
MASTURBATION * n. Manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure.
WINE-COLOURED * n. A red as dark as red wine.
REPREHENSIBLY * r. In a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure.
STATUTE * --n. An act passed by a legislative body. --s. Enacted by a legislative body.
SLANDEROUSLY * r. In a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny.
EXECRATE * v. 1 Find repugnant. 2 Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment.
REFLEXIVENESS * n. 1 The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent. 2 (logic and mathematics) A relation such that it holds between an element and itself.
SCHORL * n. Black tourmaline.
THICKEN * v. 1 Make thick or thicker. 2 Become thick or thicker. 3 Make viscous or dense.
DIVIDEND * n. 1 That part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly. 2 A number to be divided by another number. 3 A bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus).
DIVISOR * n. 1 One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer. 2 The number by which a dividend is divided.
NYSE * n. A stock exchange in New York.
BACKGROUND * --n. 1 A person's social heritage: previous experience or training. 2 The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground. 3 Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem. 4 Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured. --v. Understate the importance or quality of.
LENINGRAD * n. A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia.
INFECTION * n. 1 The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms. 2 (phonetics) The alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound. 3 (medicine) The invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease. 4 An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.
TUSCALOOSA * n. A university town in west central Alabama.
UNGROOMED * a. Not neat and smart in appearance.
FLAGELLATION * n. 1 Beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation. 2 Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.
ARTOIS * n. A former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders).
.22-CALIBER * a. Of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter.
DESPERATE * --n. A person who is frightened and in need of help. --s. 1 Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope. 2 Desperately determined. 3 (of persons) Dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair. 4 Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort.
SCARILY * r. In an alarming manner.
COURBARIL * n. West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood.
SAMPAN * n. An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars.
GASTRONOMIC * a. Of or relating to gastronomy.
PHYLLODOCE * n. Small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubs.
FRITILLARIA * n. Fritillary.
IMPENITENCE * n. The trait of refusing to repent.
MINOS * n. Son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld.
STEICHEN * n. United States photographer who pioneered artistic photography (1879-1973).
GYMNOSPERMAE * n. Plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida).
BARENESS * n. 1 A bleak and desolate atmosphere. 2 The state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body). 3 An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation.
PIXILATED * s. 1 Naughtily or annoyingly playful. 2 Very drunk.
THRENODY * n. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
CUMBROUS * s. Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight.
KABBALIST * n. 1 An expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters. 2 A student of the Jewish Kabbalah.
STOMATOPOD * n. A kind of crustacean.
CARACARA * n. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America.
MUSCULATURE * n. The muscular system of an organism.
EXHORTATION * n. 1 A communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action. 2 The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion.
TOASTER * n. 1 Someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture. 2 A kitchen appliance (usually electric) for toasting bread.
NUTRITIOUS * s. Of or providing nourishment.
RECOMMENCEMENT * n. Beginning again.
FTO * n. A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals.
LAY * --n. 1 A narrative song with a recurrent refrain. 2 A narrative poem of popular origin. --v. 1 Put into a certain place or abstract location. 2 Put in a horizontal position. 3 Prepare or position for action or operation. 4 Lay eggs. --s. 1 Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy. 2 Not of or from a profession.
TAWNINESS * n. The quality or state of being the color of tanned leather.
SPRINGLIKE * s. Resembling a spring or the action of a spring.
INTIFADAH * n. An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000.
RATTLEPATED * s. Lacking sense or discretion.
TIMING * n. 1 The time when something happens. 2 The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics).
INTENSIVE * --n. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies. --s. Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form. --a. 1 Tending to give force or emphasis. 2 Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor.
CELLULOSIC * n. A plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose).
WHORESON * n. 1 The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents. 2 Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
WELCOMING * s. Very cordial.
DEACON * n. 1 A Protestant layman who assists the minister. 2 A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders.
RESPLEND * v. Be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly.
WYRD * n. Fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters.
ROSACEAE * n. A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens.
CHROMATINIC * a. (of substance of a cell nucleus) Readily colored by stains.
VILLAINAGE * n. The legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf.
OTARIIDAE * n. Eared seals: sea lions and fur seals.
GLIBLY * r. With superficial plausibility.
MOVING * a. 1 In motion. 2 Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion. 3 Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion.
SHADBUSH * n. Any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit.
RATEABILITY * n. The state of being liable to assessment or taxation.
FOOTAGE * n. 1 Film that has been shot. 2 A rate of charging by the linear foot of work done.
HANDOVER * n. Act of relinquishing property or authority etc.
MONUMENTALIZE * v. Record or memorialize lastingly with a monument.
WORD-WORSHIP * n. The worship of words.
ROMANTICISATION * n. The act of indulging in sentiment.
LIPIDEMIA * n. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
STACCATO * --a. (music) Marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply. --r. Separating the notes; in music.
ANTIPATHETIC * s. 1 (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed. 2 Characterized by antagonism or antipathy.
MOVIEMAKING * n. The production of movies.
SALPINCTES * n. A genus of Troglodytidae.
MANUALLY * r. By hand.
TIZZY * n. An excited state of agitation.
SPELEOLOGIST * n. A person who explores caves.
HYPERTENSIVE * --n. A person who has abnormally high blood pressure. --a. Having abnormally high blood pressure.
CONVULSIVELY * r. With convulsions, in a convulsive way.
TERAHERTZ * n. One trillion periods per second.
IMPEDED * s. Made difficult or slow.
TIGHTEN * v. 1 Make tight or tighter. 2 Become tight or tighter. 3 Severely restrict in scope or extent. 4 Narrow or limit.
CUBBY * n. A small secluded room.
EMAIL * --n. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in. --v. Communicate electronically on the computer.
RESIDENTIALLY * r. Used as a residence.
PROJECTIONIST * n. The person who operates the projector in a movie house.
MILLER'S-THUMB * n. Small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America.
AFOOT * --s. 1 Traveling by foot. 2 Currently in progress. --r. On foot; walking.
MEITNER * n. Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968).
TELEWORKING * n. Employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem.
TOPMAST * n. The mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig.
AMBUSCADE * --n. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. --v. Wait in hiding to attack.
BENTHAM * n. English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831).
AUTOPSY * --n. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease. --v. Perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem.
LUSTFULLY * r. In a lustful manner.
CADDIS-FLY * n. Small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae.
PREFIX * --n. An affix that is added in front of the word. --v. Attach a prefix to.
IX * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
ACORACEAE * n. Used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae.
CHANGE-UP * n. A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball.
STALE * --v. Urinate, of cattle and horses. --a. Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age. --s. Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new.
LEPIDOPTERAN * n. Insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales.
STAGNANT * s. 1 Not circulating or flowing. 2 Not growing or changing; without force or vitality.
EIGHTEENTH * --n. Position 18 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the seventeenth in position.
DRIVELLER * n. 1 Someone whose talk is trivial drivel. 2 A person who dribbles.
INTERFEROMETER * n. Any measuring instrument that uses interference patterns to make accurate measurements of waves.
MULTILATERAL * a. Having many parts or sides.
EXEMPTION * n. 1 Immunity from an obligation or duty. 2 A deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.). 3 An act exempting someone.
BEGGARWOMAN * n. A woman who is a beggar.
PRINCE'S-FEATHER * n. 1 Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America. 2 Tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal.
RUTHFUL * s. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
CRACKED * s. 1 Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure. 2 Of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide. 3 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
PROFUSELY * r. In an abundant manner.
RECONDITION * v. Bring into an improved condition.
CUTLASSFISH * n. Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel.
SCISSORTAIL * n. Grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings.
MYSIDAE * n. Small shrimp-like crustaceans.
PROCEEDING * n. (law) The institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
BLOOD-TWIG * n. European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers.
WIDOWHOOD * n. 1 The time of a woman's life when she is a widow. 2 The state of being a widow who has not remarried.
SCHUMANN * n. 1 German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896). 2 German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856).
WASHED-UP * s. Doomed to extinction.
ASSAILABILITY * n. Vulnerability to forceful attack.
MAGYAR * --n. 1 A native or inhabitant of Hungary. 2 The official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages. --a. Relating to or characteristic of Hungary.
EDITING * n. Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form.
CHANGTZU * n. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high).
VINACEOUS * --a. Of or relating to wine. --s. Of the color of wine.
SAMARIA * n. An ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan.
CAMEROONIAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Cameroon. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people.
QUACKGRASS * n. European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes; naturalized in North America as a weed.
COUVERTURE * n. Chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter.
KARTTIKEYA * n. Hindu god of bravery.
AEGYPTOPITHECUS * n. Extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt.
ARTHRITIC * --n. A person afflicted with arthritis. --s. Of or pertaining to arthritis.
MELOGALE * n. A genus of Mustelidae.
TABLE * --n. 1 A set of data arranged in rows and columns. 2 A piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs. 3 A piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it. 4 Flat tableland with steep edges. --v. 1 Hold back to a later time. 2 Arrange or enter in tabular form.
BEIGE * --n. A very light brown. --s. Of a light greyish-brown color.
CONGENIALNESS * n. Compatibility between persons.
UNCONVINCED * a. Lacking conviction.
UNCORRUPTED * s. 1 (of language) Not having its purity or excellence debased. 2 Not decayed or decomposed. 3 Not debased.
PINKEYE * n. Inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye.
CHEAPJACK * --n. A peddler of inferior goods. --s. Made of inferior workmanship and materials.
PUNCTURED * s. Having a hole cut through.
ODOVACAR * n. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
NONPLUSED * s. Filled with bewilderment.
SHOCKABLE * a. Capable of being shocked.
CHONDRITIC * a. Having a granular structure like that of chondrites.
BROADBAND * a. 1 Of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video). 2 Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies.
CALYCULATE * a. Having a calyculus.
GROMYKO * n. Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989).
AUCUBA * n. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
SPIRE * n. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
WOMANLY * a. Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman.
LAST * --n. 1 The temporal end; the concluding time. 2 The last or lowest in an ordering or series. 3 A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do. 4 The time at which life ends; continuing until dead. --v. 1 Persist for a specified period of time. 2 Continue to live and avoid dying. --s. 1 Immediately past. 2 Occurring at or forming an end or termination. 3 Most unlikely or unsuitable. 4 Occurring at the time of death. --a. Coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining. --r. 1 Most recently. 2 The item at the end.
VAJRA * n. Indra's thunderbolt.
FRETWORK * n. Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal.
PART * --n. 1 Something determined in relation to something that includes it. 2 Something less than the whole of a human artifact. 3 A portion of a natural object. 4 That which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation. --v. 1 Go one's own way; move apart. 2 Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. 3 Leave. 4 Come apart. --r. To some extent; in some degree; not wholly.
UNGENTLE * s. Not of the nobility.
BLUEHEAD * n. Small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head.
TIPPLE * --n. A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg. --v. Drink moderately but regularly.
DARLING * --n. 1 A special loved one. 2 An Australian river; tributary of the Murray River. --s. Dearly loved.
OCCUPY * v. 1 Keep busy with. 2 Live (in a certain place). 3 Occupy the whole of. 4 Be on the mind of.
TRUSTFULLY * r. 1 With trust; in a trusting manner. 2 In a trustful manner.
SLAM-BANG * --s. Violent and sudden and noisy. --r. 1 In a careless or reckless manner. 2 With heedless speed. 3 In a violent or sudden or noisy manner.
REPUDIATE * v. 1 Cast off. 2 Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid. 3 Refuse to recognize or pay. 4 Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust.
TOADY * --n. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage. --v. Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
SQUAMULE * n. A minute scale.
LIGHTHOUSE * n. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
SIX-SPOT * n. A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips.
POLLENATE * v. Fertilize by transfering pollen.
HUGGER-MUGGER * --n. A state of confusion. --s. 1 In utter disorder. 2 Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods. --r. In secrecy.
CHEILITIS * n. Inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips.
SIMPLIFY * v. Make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent.
EUPHEMISTICALLY * r. In a euphemistic manner.
THERMOSTATICALLY * r. By thermostat; in a thermostatic manner.
ALBUMINOUS * a. Relating to or containing or resembling albumin.
SCIURUS * n. Type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels.
FLUORINE * n. A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite.
EACH * --s. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually. --r. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
PEDWOOD * n. European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers.
FEATHERING * n. Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls.
AURICULATED * s. Having auricles.
11 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one. --s. Being one more than ten.
LUTHERAN * --n. Follower of Lutheranism. --a. 1 Of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings. 2 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther.
INFLUX * n. The process of flowing in.
EVER-CHANGING * s. Marked by continuous change or effective action.
ABOVE-NAMED * s. Mentioned or named earlier in the same text.
PIP-SQUEAK * n. Someone who is small and insignificant.
IDIOT * n. A person of subnormal intelligence.
OUTBID * v. 1 Bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled. 2 Bid higher than others.
SENS * n. Street names for marijuana.
USMC * n. An amphibious division of the United States Navy.
HUBCAP * n. Cap that fits over the hub of a wheel.
ENTIRE * --n. Uncastrated adult male horse. --s. 1 Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete. 2 Constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged. 3 (of leaves or petals) Having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes. 4 (used of domestic animals) Sexually competent.
TOKE * n. A puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.
DOWNWARD-SLOPING * s. Sloping down rather steeply.
COCCIDIUM * n. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
NAMELY * r. As follows.
JAWBONE * --n. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. --v. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
9 * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one. --s. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
PAPRIKA * n. 1 Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers. 2 A mild powdered seasoning made from dried pimientos.
BIAXAL * a. Having two axes.
GEODESIC * --n. (mathematics) The shortest line between two points on a mathematically defined surface (as a straight line on a plane or an arc of a great circle on a sphere). --a. Of or relating to or determined by geodesy.
ASTRAKHAN * n. 1 The fur of young lambs. 2 A city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River.
INTENSIFYING * a. Increasing in strength or intensity.
CHUFFED * s. Very pleased.
QUARTER-HOUR * n. A quarter of an hour.
DEALER * n. 1 Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold. 2 A firm engaged in trading. 3 A seller of illicit goods. 4 The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account.
MELLOW * --v. 1 Soften, make mellow. 2 Become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial. 3 Make or grow (more) mellow. --s. 1 Unhurried and relaxed. 2 Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging. 3 Softened through age or experience. 4 Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana). --r. In a mellow manner.
ALLEGIANCE * n. 1 The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action. 2 The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).
IRIDIC * a. 1 Of or containing iridium. 2 Of or relating to the iris of the eye.
BORSTAL * n. Formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison.
CHAIN-SMOKE * v. Smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one.
UNSHAPELY * a. Not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape.
HEMATOCELE * n. Swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis).
CATTISH * s. Marked by or arising from malice.
UPSALA * n. A city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm.
SYMPATHISE * v. 1 Share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of. 2 To feel or express sympathy or compassion. 3 Be understanding of.
STRAWBERRY * n. 1 Sweet fleshy red fruit. 2 Any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry. 3 A soft red birthmark.
FASTIDIOUS * a. 1 Giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness. 2 Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures.
AMARYLLIS * n. Bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers.
OCTET * n. 1 The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. 2 Eight performers or singers who perform together. 3 A set of eight similar things considered as a unit. 4 Eight people considered as a unit.
BRAUN * n. 1 The German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945). 2 United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977).
THEODOLITE * n. A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.
170 * s. Being ten more than one hundred sixty.
KATHARSIS * n. 1 Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels. 2 (psychoanalysis) Purging of emotional tensions.
NEWEL * n. 1 The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail. 2 The central pillar of a circular staircase.
REVERENT * --a. Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. --s. Showing great reverence for god.
DIDDLE * v. 1 Deprive of by deceit. 2 Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.
TIREDNESS * n. Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.
IDAHO * n. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
TIPPLER * n. Someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities.
PRAISEFUL * s. Full of or giving praise.
COGNISANT * a. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.
UNPREDICTABLE * --a. Not capable of being foretold. --s. 1 Unknown in advance. 2 Not occurring at a regular rate or fixed intervals.
BIGGIN * n. A child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin.
CINCLIDAE * n. Water ouzels.
IMPOSING * s. 1 Impressive in appearance. 2 Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person.
NAIVETY * n. Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
VAPOROUSNESS * n. Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor.
INCURIOUS * a. Showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity.
NURSERYMAN * n. Someone who takes care of a garden.
LUCIDITY * n. 1 Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression. 2 A lucid state of mind; not confused.
DEMILITARIZE * v. 1 Do away with the military organization and potential of. 2 Remove offensive capability from.
PALMIST * n. Fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms.
TUSH * n. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
DRAGEE * n. 1 Silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes. 2 Sugar-coated nut or fruit piece. 3 Pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy.
YACHTING * n. Water travel for pleasure.
CROSS-EYE * n. Strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose.
LITERALISE * v. Make literal.
OCHNACEAE * n. Family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves.
CYDIPPEA * n. Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles.
SOLENOGASTRES * n. An order of Amphineura.
TRACKBALL * n. An electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing; used to position the cursor and move images on a computer screen.
RIBOFLAVIN * n. A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
POLLUTED * s. Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.
NONIONISED * a. Not converted into ions.
PSEPHURUS * n. A genus of Polyodontidae.
AMNESTY * --n. 1 A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment. 2 A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense. 3 The formal act of liberating someone. --v. Grant a pardon to (a group of people).
FRIABILITY * n. Excessive breakableness.
LOGOGRAMMATIC * a. Of or relating to logograms or logographs.
UNEMPLOYMENT * n. The state of being unemployed or not having a job.
U-DRIVE * n. A rented car.
ASTHMATIC * --n. A person suffering from asthma. --s. Relating to breathing with a whistling sound.
VERTEBRATE * --n. Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium. --a. Having a backbone or spinal column.
RATTLEBRAINED * s. Lacking sense or discretion.
LUSITANIA * n. Ancient region and Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula; corresponds roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain.
TALWIN * n. Analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine.
ZYGOTE * n. (genetics) The diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell).
HYPOPHYSECTOMISE * v. Remove the pituitary glands.
F * n. 1 A degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature. 2 A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite. 3 The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates. 4 The 6th letter of the Roman alphabet.
LITOTES * n. Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
REMAINS * n. 1 Any object that is left unused or still extant. 2 A relic that has been excavated from the soil. 3 The dead body of a human being.
REPULSIVE * --s. 1 Offensive to the mind. 2 So extremely ugly as to be terrifying. --a. Possessing the ability to repel.
SPRAGUEA * n. Small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes.
DOUBLED * s. Twice as great or many.
PROTOZOAN * --n. Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic. --a. Of or relating to the Protozoa.
COCCOBACILLUS * n. A bacterial cell intermediate in morphology between a coccus and a bacillus; a very short bacillus.
HALCYON * --n. 1 (Greek mythology) A woman who was turned into a kingfisher. 2 A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World. 3 A mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves. --s. 1 Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity. 2 Marked by peace and prosperity.
CIMICIFUGA * n. Small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane.
PINKROOT * n. A fungal disease of onions.
LOGGER * n. A person who fells trees.
SIX-FOLD * s. Having six units or components.
COLD-BLOODED * --s. Without compunction or human feeling. --a. Having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated).
TALIEN * n. A port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda.
ESTONIAN * --n. The official language of Estonia; belongs to the Baltic-Finnic family of languages. --a. Of or pertaining to Estonia or the people or culture of Estonia.
SAQQARAH * n. A town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids.
CARNAGE * n. The savage and excessive killing of many people.
EXTRASENSORY * a. Seemingly outside normal sensory channels.
BONHOEFFER * n. German Lutheran theologian and pastor whose works concern Christianity in the modern world; an active opponent of Nazism, he was arrested and sent to Buchenwald and later executed (1906-1945).
GUTTURAL * --n. A consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat. --s. Like the sounds of frogs and crows. --a. Relating to or articulated in the throat.
ZUCCHINI * n. 1 Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small. 2 Small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green.
DOPAMINE * n. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (trade names Dopastat and Intropin) it is used to treat shock and hypotension.
BROOMCORN * n. Tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes.
FALCON-GENTLE * n. Female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon.
FIELD-CROP * a. Of or relating to field crops.
HERMANNIA * n. Genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers.
DRY-WALL * v. Construct with drywall.
PONCE * n. 1 A man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses. 2 Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
TEUTON * n. 1 Someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language. 2 A member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans.
INFORMALITY * n. 1 A manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously. 2 Freedom from constraint or embarrassment.
CANTILEVER * --n. Projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only. --v. 1 Project as a cantilever. 2 Construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed.
DARINGLY * r. 1 In an original manner. 2 In an adventurous manner.
MAIDU * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Maidu.
MAMMEA * n. American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
MT * n. 1 A radioactive transuranic element. 2 A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms. 3 A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border. 4 The use of computers to translate from one language to another.
LIKELY * --a. 1 Has a good chance of being the case or of coming about. 2 Likely but not certain to be or become true or real. --s. 1 Expected to become or be; in prospect. 2 Within the realm of credibility. --r. With considerable certainty; without much doubt.
POPULATED * s. Furnished with inhabitants.
CATTLEMAN * n. 1 A man who raises (or tends) cattle. 2 A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
EXPEDITE * v. 1 Speed up the progress of; facilitate. 2 Process fast and efficiently.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA * n. A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
TOMORROW * --n. 1 The day after today. 2 The near future. --r. The next day, the day after, following the present day.
MYTHOLOGIST * n. An expert on mythology.
VERNIER * n. 1 French mathematician who described the vernier scale (1580-1637). 2 A small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale.
HANDCRAFT * --n. A work produced by hand labor. --v. Make something by hand.
AFFRANCHISE * v. Grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude.
BODILY * --a. Of or relating to or belonging to the body. --s. 1 Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit. 2 Having or relating to a physical material body. --r. In bodily form.
BANNOCKBURN * n. A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland.
LOIRE * n. The longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean.
GOVERNORSHIP * n. The office of governor.
INAPPROPRIATENESS * n. 1 Inappropriate conduct. 2 The quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting.
CRUST * --n. 1 The outer layer of the Earth. 2 A hard outer layer that covers something. 3 The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties. --v. Form a crust or form into a crust.
FLIES * n. (theater) The space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains).
TWO-WHEEL * a. Of or relating to vehicles with two wheels.
SPIRITISE * v. Imbue with a spirit.
DEWEYAN * a. Of or relating to John Dewey or his philosophy.
OPENHANDEDNESS * n. Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.
CARAGEEN * n. Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
TIGHT-FITTING * s. Fitting snugly.
LONG-SNOUTED * s. Having a snout that is longer than average.
DISFIGURATION * n. 1 An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen. 2 The act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.
DENUDATION * n. The removal of covering.
PELTIPHYLLUM * n. One species.
DEVASTATE * v. 1 Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. 2 Overwhelm or overpower.
SKINLESS * a. Having no skin.
GREENBACK * n. A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank).
NINEFOLD * --s. Having nine units or components. --r. By a factor of nine.
SPHALERITE * n. An ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form.
PUTATIVE * s. Purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds.
COLLOQUY * n. 1 A conversation especially a formal one. 2 Formal conversation.
HOTBOX * n. A journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated.
SUCCEDANEUM * n. (medicine) Something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another).
HACKLE * --n. Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants. --v. Comb with a heckle.
RADIOISOTOPE * n. A radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially.
PYELOGRAPHY * n. Roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye).
MIXOLOGY * n. Skill in preparing mixed drinks.
DIDDLEY * n. A small worthless amount.
MOTMOT * n. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
LACTOGENIC * a. Inducing lactation.
EVOKE * v. 1 Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). 2 Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. 3 Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning). 4 Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
SENTIMENTISE * v. Act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression.
PAPERER * n. One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper.
GROCERY * n. 1 A marketplace where groceries are sold. 2 (usually plural) Consumer goods sold by a grocer.
WATS * n. A telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service.
PAROICOUS * s. Having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium.
LOMOGRAMMA * n. Large scandent ferns of southeastern Asia.
GULPING * n. 1 A spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing. 2 The drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly.
UNVEIL * v. 1 Remove the veil from. 2 Make visible. 3 Remove the cover from.
PHLEGMATICAL * s. Showing little emotion.
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC * a. Of or relating to an electroencephalograph.
MENDELIAN * --n. A follower of Mendelism. --a. Of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws.
UNDETECTABLE * s. 1 Not easily seen. 2 Barely able to be perceived.
HIGHFLYING * s. 1 Moving upward or along at a considerable height. 2 Extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions.
UNATTACKABLE * s. Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with.
ROCK-AND-ROLL * n. A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western.
HALESIA * n. Deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America.
GABERDINE * n. A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles.
VICTIMIZATION * n. 1 Adversity resulting from being made a victim. 2 An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).
EYE-CATCHER * n. A striking person or thing that attracts attention.
ZUKERMAN * n. Israeli violinist (born in 1948).
STOUTHEARTEDNESS * n. The trait of having a courageous spirit.
DECLARATIVE * --n. A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact. --a. 1 Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration. 2 Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements.
GALILEO * n. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642).
ANCHYLOSIS * n. Abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint.
TEENAGER * n. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
WEARYING * s. Producing exhaustion.
CO-VARY * v. Vary in the same time period (of two random variables).
CONE-BEARING * s. Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves.
ZWINGLI * n. Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531).
BARROWFUL * n. The quantity that a barrow will hold.
ENDONUCLEASE * n. A nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes.
GENITALIA * n. External sex organ.
SEMIOTICAL * a. Of or relating to semiotics.
PHYLLOCLADE * n. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
LINDBERGH * n. United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974).
OXIDISER * n. A substance that oxidizes another substance.
LYMANTRIA * n. Type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means `destroyer').
COLLABORATOR * n. 1 Someone who assists in a plot. 2 Someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. 3 An associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest.
AIRSPACE * n. 1 The space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth. 2 The atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction.
ODIOUS * s. Unequivocally detestable.
POTHOLDER * n. An insulated pad for holding hot pots.
KUWAIT * n. 1 A seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait. 2 An Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum.
RHINOCEROTIDAE * n. Rhinoceroses.
HYPNOPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of falling asleep.
CORPORATE * --a. Of or belonging to a corporation. --s. 1 Possessing or existing in bodily form. 2 Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together. 3 Organized and maintained as a legal corporation.
NEWSLETTER * n. Report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group.
PUKA * n. 1 South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers. 2 Small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers.
CLINKING * s. Like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped.
CYPRINOID * a. Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae.
LENNON * n. English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980).
PALLADIAN * a. Referring to or relating to or having the style of architecture created by Andrea Palladio.
ECTASIA * n. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
CRAPULENCE * n. The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
BLOWTUBE * n. 1 A tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat. 2 A tube through which darts can be shot by blowing.
FRIES * n. Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
AGARICUS * n. Type genus of Agaricaceae; gill fungi having brown spores and including several edible species.
UNCULTIVATABLE * s. Not suitable for cultivation or tilling.
IOWAN * n. A native or resident of Iowa.
MICROSCOPICAL * --a. Of or relating to or used in microscopy. --s. 1 Visible under a microscope; using a microscope. 2 So small as to be invisible without a microscope.
METALWORKS * n. Factory where metal castings are produced.
THERMODYNAMICS * n. The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy.
FOUR-HITTER * n. A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits.
BUDDHA * n. 1 Founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC). 2 One who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment.
OBSESS * v. 1 Haunt like a ghost; pursue. 2 Be preoccupied with something.
HIGH-TENSION * a. Subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage.
PLATANACEAE * n. Coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees.
ANAMORPHOSIS * n. 1 The evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes. 2 A distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner.
BLACKTAIL * n. Mule deer of western Rocky Mountains.
ASYSTOLE * n. Absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death.
HISTOLOGICAL * a. Of or relating to histology.
KHALKA * n. 1 The Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia. 2 The language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic.
DIVERTED * s. Pleasantly occupied.
ETONIAN * n. A student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College.
CHIGNON * n. A roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck.
FINANCIAL * a. Involving financial matters.
UNRELENTING * s. 1 Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. 2 Punishingly harsh. 3 Never-ceasing.
REVOLUTIONISE * v. 1 Fill with revolutionary ideas. 2 Change radically.
DIGITISE * v. Put into digital form, as for use in a computer.
INTERMITTENCY * n. The quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping.
TOWNY * n. Resident of a college town not affiliated with the college.
CORTICAL * a. Of or relating to a cortex.
AUTOSEXING * n. (especially of domestic fowl) Breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching.
SAUROPODA * n. Any of the sauropod dinosaurs.
EQUILIBRATION * n. Stabilization by bringing into equilibrium.
KERATOCONUS * n. Abnormal cone-shaped protrusion of the cornea of the eye; can be treated by epikeratophakia.
CALAMITOUS * s. (of events) Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.
OSCAN * n. 1 An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania. 2 An extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy.
GIBBERISH * n. Unintelligible talking.
BUREAUCRACY * n. 1 Nonelective government officials. 2 A government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials. 3 Any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape.
STRAPADO * n. A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope.
UNSUBDUED * s. Not brought under control.
RACEME * n. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
TAXONOMER * n. A biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior.
HYDROSTATIC * a. Relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit.
DYNAPEN * n. Antibacterial (trade name Dynapen) used to treat staphylococcal infections that are resistant to penicillin.
IMARET * n. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
ONYCHOSIS * n. Any disease or disorder of the nails.
CLASSIFIABLE * s. Capable of being classified.
SCANSION * n. Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.
MEANSPIRITEDLY * r. In a meanspirited manner.
PADDLE-BOX * n. A wooden covering for the upper part of a paddlewheel.
IMPERIAL * --n. 1 A small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III. 2 A piece of luggage carried on top of a coach. --a. 1 Relating to or associated with an empire. 2 Of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures. 3 Befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress. --s. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
NERVOUSNESS * n. 1 The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. 2 An uneasy psychological state. 3 A sensitive or highly strung temperament.
SERVO * --n. Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system. --a. Of or involving servomechanisms.
INCONSISTENTLY * r. Without showing consistency.
TOP-HEAVY * s. Unstable by being overloaded at the top.
ALDERMANIC * a. Of or relating to or like an alderman.
CHAFFY * --a. Abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff. --s. Value.
CUTTER * n. 1 Someone who cuts or carves stone. 2 Someone who carves the meat. 3 Someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments). 4 A boat for communication between ship and shore.
MALADROIT * a. Not adroit.
UNFINISHED * --a. 1 Not brought to the desired final state. 2 Not brought to an end or conclusion. --s. Lacking a surface finish such as paint.
THIELAVIA * n. Genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot.
DESTINED * s. 1 Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'. 2 (usually followed by `to') Governed by fate.
INTRANSIGENT * s. Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
LEAFED * s. Having leaves or leaves as specified; often used in combination.
MYRIAD * --n. 1 A large indefinite number. 2 The cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand. --s. Too numerous to be counted.
SINGING * --n. 1 The act of singing vocal music. 2 Disclosing information or giving evidence about another. --s. Smooth and flowing.
FIREWORK * n. (usually plural) A device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc..
SNOWBALL * --n. 1 Plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions. 2 Ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce. 3 Ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup. 4 Snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully). --v. 1 Increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate. 2 Throw snowballs at.
ALBIGENSIANISM * n. A Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition.
CALCULOUS * a. Relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi.
KININ * n. Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves.
POTAMOGETON * n. A large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water.
TABORA * n. A city in western Tanzania.
BONXIE * n. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
STADDLE * n. A base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked.
HOTHEADED * s. 1 Quickly aroused to anger. 2 Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
AGRANULOCYTOSIS * n. An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes.
155 * s. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
VAGINOCELE * n. Hernia projecting into the vagina.
GOSPELER * n. A preacher of the Christian gospel.
PENNILESS * s. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
MEASURER * n. A person who makes measurements.
FLYAWAY * s. 1 Guided by whim and fancy. 2 (of hair or clothing) Worn loose.
SEMIRIGID * s. 1 Having a form maintained by a rigid internal structure as well as by internal gas pressure. 2 Not fully rigid.
SHAKERS * n. A celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States.
AVERAGENESS * n. 1 The state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity. 2 Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding.
KAVA * n. An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
PARROKET * n. Any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots.
ISOMERIZE * v. 1 Cause to change into an isomer. 2 Change into an isomer.
MACAROON * n. Chewy cookie usually containing almond paste.
STOB * n. A short straight stick of wood.
SICILIA * n. 1 The Italian region on the island of Sicily. 2 The largest island in the Mediterranean.
SERIOUS * --a. 1 Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities. 2 Completely lacking in playfulness. --s. 1 Of great consequence. 2 Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. 3 Appealing to the mind. 4 Requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve.
HARBOR * --n. 1 A sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo. 2 A place of refuge and comfort and security. --v. 1 Maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings). 2 Secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals). 3 Keep in one's possession; of animals. 4 Hold back a thought or feeling about.
VENTILATED * a. Exposed to air.
PROPEL * v. 1 Cause to move forward with force. 2 Give an incentive for action.
CALLA * n. 1 South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix. 2 Water arum.
CHOPSTEAK * n. A patty of ground cooked beef.
PUP * --n. 1 Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf. 2 An inexperienced young person. --v. Give birth to (a puppy).
PHILOSOPHICALLY * r. 1 In a philosophic manner. 2 With respect to philosophy.
MALEVOLENCY * n. The quality of threatening evil.
CAPTIVITY * n. 1 The state of being imprisoned. 2 The state of being a slave.
EGALITARIAN * --n. A person who believes in the equality of all people. --s. Favoring social equality.
BOWDLERIZATION * n. 1 Written material that has been bowdlerized. 2 The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent.
COCKPIT * n. 1 Compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft. 2 A pit for cockfights. 3 Seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car.
AMPHITROPOUS * a. (of a plant ovule) Partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk.
SERTRALINE * n. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft).
RETROGRADE * --v. 1 Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies. 2 Move in a direction contrary to the usual one. 3 Move back. 4 Go back over. --a. 1 Moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth. 2 Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma. --s. 1 Going from better to worse. 2 Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction.
THATCHERISM * n. (England) The political policy of Margaret Thatcher.
DEALFISH * n. Deep-sea ribbonfish.
WANDERING * --n. Travelling about without any clear destination. --s. 1 Migratory. 2 Of a path e.g.. 3 Having no fixed course.
DIACHRONY * n. The study of linguistic change.
SMOOTHENED * s. Made smooth by ironing.
TOGO * n. A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control.
ETHICISM * n. A doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important.
BACKFLOWING * n. A flow that returns toward its source.
OGEE * n. A molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below.
PROPOXYPHENE * n. A mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive.
UPMOST * s. At or nearest to the top.
GRIFFIN * n. Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.
APOJOVE * n. Apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter.
FINNO-UGRIC-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in a Finno-Ugric language.
IGUANODON * n. Massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail; common in Europe and northern Africa; early Cretaceous period.
PAIRING * n. 1 The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. 2 The act of grouping things or people in pairs.
IMPERTINENT * s. 1 Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. 2 Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. 3 Improperly forward or bold.
GRUNGY * s. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
DOGBANE * n. Any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root.
MERISTEM * n. Undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root.
TOPOGRAPHIC * a. Concerned with topography.
OPSONIZATION * n. Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis.
PERPENDICULARLY * r. 1 Straight up or down without a break. 2 In a perpendicular manner.
RABBI * n. 1 Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law. 2 A Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher.
PURGING * --n. 1 An act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements. 2 The act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge. --a. Serving to purge or rid of sin.
CANGUE * n. An instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms.
DIVERT * v. 1 Turn aside; turn away from. 2 Send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one. 3 Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion. 4 Withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions.
KRUBI * n. Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet.
UNAPPROACHABLE * --a. Discouraging intimacies; reserved. --s. Inaccessibly located or situated.
GROUNDLESSNESS * n. The quality of lacking substance or value.
IMPRACTICALITY * n. Concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use.
UNTYING * n. Loosening the ties that fasten something.
MINER * n. Laborer who works in a mine.
DIMINUTIVENESS * n. The property of being very small in size.
TALL-GROWING * s. (of plants) Having tall spindly stems.
SURMOUNT * v. 1 Get on top of; deal with successfully. 2 Be on top of. 3 Reach the highest point of. 4 Be or do something to a greater degree.
EXCITATION * n. 1 The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up. 2 The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland. 3 Something that agitates and arouses.
PROSAICALLY * r. In a matter-of-fact manner.
THINKING * --n. The process of using your mind to consider something carefully. --s. Endowed with the capacity to reason.
BUY * --n. An advantageous purchase. --v. 1 Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction. 2 Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence. 3 Be worth or be capable of buying. 4 Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange.
BEDFRAME * n. The framework of a bed.
GERRIDIDAE * n. An arthropod family that includes water striders.
EDENTULATE * s. Having few if any teeth.
CHILOPSIS * n. One species: desert willow.
SPLANCHNIC * a. Relating to or affecting the viscera.
SARCENET * n. A fine soft silk fabric often used for linings.
MUTAWA * n. Religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded.
NODULOSE * s. Having minute nodules.
CIMMERIAN * s. Intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness.
ALLERGIC * --a. Characterized by or caused by allergy. --s. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor).
MUG * --n. 1 The quantity that can be held in a mug. 2 A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of. 3 The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British). 4 With handle and usually cylindrical. --v. Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
BLASTOPORAL * a. Of or relating to a blastopore.
MOTILE * --n. One whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action. --s. (of spores or microorganisms) Capable of movement.
INERADICABLE * a. Not able to be destroyed or rooted out.
TELEPORT * v. Transport by dematerializing at one point and assembling at another.
OUTVOTE * v. Defeat by a majority of votes.
COMPRESSOR * n. A mechanical device that compresses gasses.
APOTHEOSIZE * v. Deify or glorify.
NEFARIOUS * s. Extremely wicked.
EMILE * n. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
ANDREWS * n. United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960).
NO-COUNT * s. Without merit; of little or no value or use.
AGGRAVATOR * n. An unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating.
AGLEAM * s. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
BRACTLET * n. A small bract.
FLATBOTTOM * s. Having a flat bottom.
DIVERGENCE * n. 1 The act of moving away in different direction from a common point. 2 A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. 3 An infinite series that has no limit. 4 A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions.
TRACHEOTOMY * n. A surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes.
PROTOHISTORY * n. The study humans prior to the invention of writing.
CARPOSPOROUS * a. Having carpospores.
TRITOMA * n. A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
BREAKAWAY * --n. The act of breaking away or withdrawing from. --s. Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude.
BREASTSTROKE * --n. A swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick. --v. Swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg.
UPROARIOUS * s. 1 Uncontrollably noisy. 2 Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter.
INFUSION * n. 1 A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water). 2 The process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water). 3 (medicine) The passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force). 4 The act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality.
MILLIME * n. 1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia.
SLOPINGLY * r. With a slant.
PEER * --n. 1 A person who is of equal standing with another in a group. 2 A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage. --v. Look searchingly.
AROUSAL * n. 1 The act of arousing. 2 A state of heightened physiological activity. 3 Awakening from sleep. 4 Mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse.
PRESSOR * --n. Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure. --a. Increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure.
HOLIBUT * n. Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes.
INCESTUOUSLY * r. By incest.
HEELBONE * n. The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel.
ARBITRABLE * a. Appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration.
RAZORBLADE * n. A blade that has very sharp edge.
OVERLOOKING * s. Used of a height or viewpoint.
STARTLING * s. So remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm.
STRICKLAND * n. United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854).
DRUPELET * n. A small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe.
DRIPLESS * s. Designed to prevent dripping.
PAROLEE * n. Someone released on probation or on parole.
CHLORANTHACEAE * n. Small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees.
VOLVARIA * n. Agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva.
CHARGER * n. 1 Formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle. 2 A device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable.
TRICHODESMIUM * n. Large colonial bacterium common in tropical open-ocean waters; important in carbon and nitrogen fixation.
SNAKEHEAD * n. Showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple.
RUBEFACIENT * n. A medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin.
ELLIPTICAL * s. 1 Rounded like an egg. 2 Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements.
COMMODORE * n. A commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral.
AESIR * n. (Norse mythology) The chief of gods living at Asgard.
UNWOUNDED * s. Not wounded.
DEFINE * v. 1 Determine the essential quality of. 2 Give a definition for the meaning of a word. 3 Determine the nature of. 4 Show the form or outline of.
ADOLESCENCE * n. 1 The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood. 2 In the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood.
UNCLOG * v. Become or cause to become unobstructed.
ERISTICAL * s. Given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments.
LIMNODROMUS * n. Dowitchers.
DEHUMANISATION * n. The act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities.
QUIVERING * n. 1 A shaky motion. 2 The act of vibrating.
SHIFTING * --n. The act of moving from one place to another. --s. 1 Continuously varying. 2 Changing position or direction. 3 (of soil) Unstable.
BELOW * r. 1 In or to a place that is lower. 2 (in writing) At a later place. 3 On a floor below. 4 Further down.
TRIGRAM * n. A word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system.
FLASH-FREEZE * v. Freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors.
WATCHER * n. 1 A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). 2 A guard who keeps watch. 3 A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body.
FECALITH * n. A hard mass of fecal matter.
SEDALIA * n. A town in east central Missouri.
UNDERFELT * n. A carpet pad of thick felt.
SANDALED * s. Shod with sandals.
GOOD-NATUREDLY * r. In a good-natured manner.
ZOOLATRY * n. The worship of animals.
DREADNOUGHT * n. Battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber.
HALIAEETUS * n. A genus of Accipitridae.
TAXONOMY * n. 1 A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc. 2 (biology) Study of the general principles of scientific classification. 3 Practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships.
PEARLESCENT * s. Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.
PRECATIVE * s. Expressing entreaty or supplication.
WATERFORD * n. A port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry.
BIMOTORED * s. Having two motors.
LODGINGS * n. Temporary living quarters.
YUCATEC * n. 1 A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. 2 A Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec.
KLEIST * n. German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811).
SELF-ANNIHILATION * n. The act of killing yourself.
CHIASMAL * a. Of or relating to a chiasm.
ANTEFIX * n. Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.
KITAKYUSHU * n. A Japanese city on northern Kyushu.
THIAZIDE * n. Any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys.
FREMONTIA * n. Flannelbush.
FLINTSTONE * n. Pebbles of flint used in masonry construction.
TAILWIND * n. Wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft.
UN-GET-AT-ABLE * s. Difficult to reach or attain.
SURICATA * n. Meerkats.
CARET * n. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
VIBRAMYCIN * n. An antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections.
BELEAGUERING * n. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
WARMING * --n. 1 The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature. 2 Warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt. --s. 1 Imparting heat. 2 Producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body.
CRACKLEWARE * n. Glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface.
DEPICTIVE * s. Depicted in a recognizable manner.
JOBCENTRE * n. A government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered.
ABUNDANTLY * r. In an abundant manner.
MIRI * n. Little known Kamarupan languages.
SENEGALESE * --n. A native or inhabitant of Senegal. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people.
SPARSITY * n. The property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.
BALKLINE * n. Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.
NONUNIFORM * s. Not homogeneous.
IRREVOCABLE * a. Incapable of being retracted or revoked.
LOCKER * n. 1 A storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock. 2 A fastener that locks or closes. 3 A trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks).
HUMAN-SIZED * s. Having the approximate size of a human being.
EXCLUDE * v. 1 Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. 2 Prevent from entering; shut out. 3 Lack or fail to include. 4 Prevent from entering; keep out.
CLAMANT * s. 1 Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. 2 Demanding attention.
CRUSTED * s. Having a hardened crust as a covering.
MBABANE * n. Capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland.
DURABLE * s. 1 Existing for a long time. 2 Capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay. 3 Very long lasting.
METABOLA * n. Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.
1950S * n. The decade from 1950 to 1959.
SCARIDAE * n. Parrotfishes.
CAPACITIVE * a. Of or relating to capacitance.
FIXER * n. 1 Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee). 2 A chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image). 3 A skilled worker who mends or repairs things. 4 Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction.
TORERO * n. A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
BEADED * s. Covered with beads of liquid.
CHRONICLE * --n. A record or narrative description of past events. --v. Record in chronological order; make a historical record.
VERIFICATORY * s. Serving to support or corroborate.
HORSE-RACE * v. Compete in a horse race.
BENEVOLENT * --a. Intending or showing kindness. --s. 1 Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity. 2 Generous in providing aid to others. 3 Generous in assistance to the poor.
INDIVIDUALIZE * v. 1 Make or mark or treat as individual. 2 Make personal or more personal.
RHODOCHROSITE * n. A mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese.
COMMELINALES * n. An order of monocotyledonous herbs.
ULVACEAE * n. Thin flat or tubular green algae.
SINEQUAN * n. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
TT * n. 1 (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions. 2 A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States. 3 A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986.
MISINTERPRETATION * n. Putting the wrong interpretation on.
OSMUNDACEAE * n. Large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas.
SHAPING * --n. 1 Any process serving to define the shape of something. 2 The act of fabricating something in a particular shape. --s. Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning.
ELEVENTH * --n. Position 11 in a countable series of things. --s. Coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position.
COPOLYMERIZE * v. Polymerize together.
PUNCTURE * --n. 1 Loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object. 2 A small hole made by a sharp object. 3 The act of puncturing or perforating. --v. 1 Pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into. 2 Make by piercing. 3 Reduce or lessen the size or importance of. 4 Cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing.
PARAPHERNALIA * n. Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc..
DISENCUMBER * v. Release from entanglement of difficulty.
CAMELHAIR * n. A soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel.
HYMNAL * n. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
DESIRABLENESS * n. 1 The quality of being worthy of desiring. 2 Attractiveness to the opposite sex.
DOMINANT * --n. 1 (music) The fifth note of the diatonic scale. 2 An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different. --a. 1 Exercising influence or control. 2 (of genes) Producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar. --s. Most frequent or common.
CLINGFILM * n. A thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food.
ORTHOPAEDIC * a. Of or relating to orthopedics.
FADING * n. Weakening in force or intensity.
UNSAVOURY * --a. Morally offensive. --s. Not pleasing in odor or taste.
STILTON * n. English blue cheese.
STONY-BROKE * s. Lacking funds.
NEOMYCIN * n. An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery.
TROPHOTROPISM * n. An orienting response to food.
LAYMAN * n. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
EARTHEN * a. Made of earth (or baked clay).
ISOCYANATE * n. A salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
PAGAD * n. A terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism.
SAHAPTIN * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho. 2 A Penutian language spoken by the Shahaptian.
BELLOWER * n. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
DENIM * n. 1 (used in the plural) Close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear. 2 A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric.
ASSOCIATIONISM * n. (psychology) A theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity.
RUN-IN * n. An angry dispute.
FLAMMABLE * s. Easily ignited.
TILER * n. A worker who lays tile.
OVERSIZE * s. Larger than normal for its kind.
NUBBLY * s. Of textiles; having a rough surface.
SIMPLE-MINDED * s. 1 Lacking subtlety and insight. 2 Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
BUNK * --n. 1 A long trough for feeding cattle. 2 A bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers. 3 A rough bed (as at a campsite). 4 Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements). --v. 1 Avoid paying. 2 Provide with a bunk. 3 Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
UMBRELLA * --n. 1 A lightweight handheld collapsible canopy. 2 A formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets. 3 Having the function of uniting a group of similar things. --s. Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.
YAM * n. 1 Edible tuber of any of several yams. 2 Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots. 3 Sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked. 4 Edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food.
CHOMSKY * n. United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928).
QCD * n. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together.
SELF-EXPLANATORY * s. Needing no explanation.
WORKAHOLISM * n. Compulsiveness about working.
UNFETTERED * s. Not bound by shackles and chains.
SHELLER * n. A worker who removes shells (as of peas or oysters).
STERILITY * n. 1 (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms. 2 The state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate.
JENSEN * n. Modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950).
WATER-REPELLENT * s. Hindering the penetration of water.
CARYOPHYLLACEOUS * a. Of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae.
INEPTNESS * n. 1 Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. 2 The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose.
MOLLYCODDLER * n. Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence.
UNICAMERAL * a. Composed of one legislative body.
BICYCLIST * n. A person who rides a bicycle.
GENUINE * --a. Not fake or counterfeit. --s. 1 Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed. 2 Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something.
DECONGESTANT * n. A drug that decreases pulmonary congestion.
CARDIOMYOPATHY * n. A disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium).
ALPRAZOLAM * n. An antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class.
HOBNAIL * --n. A short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots. --v. Supply with hobnails.
LLYR * n. Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir.
CUSTOM-BUILT * --n. An item made to the customer's specifications. --s. Built for a particular individual.
PULLULATION * n. 1 Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual. 2 A rapid and abundant increase.
SOUTHERN * --a. 1 In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line. 2 Situated in or coming from regions of the south. --s. 1 Situated in or oriented toward the south. 2 From the south; used especially of wind.
FRINGY * s. At or constituting a border or edge.
PALAEORNITHOLOGY * n. The paleobiology of birds.
NYSSACEAE * n. A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees.
MIDAFTERNOON * n. The middle part of the afternoon.
TALLGRASS * n. Any of various grasses that are tall and that flourish with abundant moisture.
DOCTORATE * n. One of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university.
PALM * --n. 1 The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. 2 A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand. 3 Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves. 4 An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event. --v. Touch, lift, or hold with the hands.
ENDOCRANIUM * n. Membrane lining the inside of the skull.
FORYML * n. (chemistry) The negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes.
NEWSAGENT * n. Someone who sells newspapers.
DELPHI * n. An ancient Greek city on the slopes of Mount Parnassus; site of the oracle of Delphi.
SCHOOLGIRLISH * s. Befitting or characteristic of a young girl.
CULTIVATABLE * s. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
INSPIRE * v. 1 Heighten or intensify. 2 Supply the inspiration for. 3 Serve as the inciting cause of. 4 Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
DAUGAVPILS * n. A city of southeastern Latvia.
LOXIA * n. Crossbill.
LYPRESSIN * n. An antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus.
CUSTER * n. United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876).
TRANSFIGURATION * n. 1 (Christianity) A church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus. 2 (New Testament) The sudden emanation of radiance from the person of Jesus. 3 A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances. 4 The act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify.
ANORTHITIC * a. Characteristic of anorthite.
WALK-IN * --n. 1 Person who walks in without having an appointment. 2 An operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum. 3 An assured victory (especially in an election). 4 A small room large enough to admit entrance. --s. (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) Extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter.
NONPAYMENT * n. 1 Act of failing to meet a financial obligation. 2 Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid. 3 The deliberate act of failing to pay money.
RANTER * n. Someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner.
ULTERIORLY * r. In an ulterior manner.
KINE * n. Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age.
MORALIZATION * n. 1 Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code. 2 The act of making moral (or more moral).
CONFABULATE * v. 1 Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory. 2 Talk socially without exchanging too much information. 3 Have a conference in order to talk something over.
RETREAT * --n. 1 (military) Withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat. 2 A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet. 3 (military) A signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position. 4 (military) A bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset. --v. 1 Pull back or move away or backward. 2 Move away, as for privacy. 3 Move back. 4 Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
ALLURING * s. Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.
CANELLACEAE * n. One genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies.
LATE-FLOWERING * s. Of plants that bloom during the autumn.
DEPOPULATE * v. Reduce in population.
ROTATIONAL * a. Of or pertaining to rotation.
DP * n. A person forced to flee from home or country.
DUN-COLORED * s. Having a dun color.
SEEMING * s. Appearing as such but not necessarily so.
CONCILIATE * v. 1 Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. 2 Come to terms. 3 Make (one thing) compatible with (another).
RAZORBACK * --n. 1 A mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States. 2 Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin. --s. Having a sharp narrow back.
STRAPHANGER * n. 1 A commuter who uses public transportation. 2 A standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support.
BIOMASS * n. 1 Plant materials and animal waste used as fuel. 2 The total mass of living matter in a given unit area.
OFTENTIMES * r. Many times at short intervals.
GLASER * n. United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926).
ARGASIDAE * n. Soft ticks.
DUTEOUS * s. Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect.
EARTHLING * n. An inhabitant of the earth.
V-SHAPED * s. Shaped in the form of the letter V.
SLACKING * n. The evasion of work or duty.
ANIMATING * s. Giving spirit and vivacity.
PONTIAC * n. Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769).
PUSSYCAT * n. 1 A person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable. 2 Informal terms referring to a domestic cat.
NACELLE * n. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
UNDEDICATED * a. Not dedicated.
OLIVENITE * n. Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits.
FIRE-RAISING * n. Malicious burning to destroy property.
APPLAUD * v. 1 Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval. 2 Express approval of.
STOKEHOLD * n. (nautical) Chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired.
SUBSIDY * n. A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public.
WINDAUS * n. German chemist who studied steroids and cholesterol and discovered histamine (1876-1959).
HYDROGRAPHICAL * a. Of or relating to the science of hydrography.
HIGH-CROWNED * s. (of a hat) Having a high crown.
SAGACIOUSNESS * n. 1 The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. 2 The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating.
INSULAR * --a. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island. --s. 1 Suggestive of the isolated life of an island. 2 Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope.
CLINORIL * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
REAUMUR * n. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757).
KNOCK-KNEE * n. An inward slant of the thigh.
MANKATO * n. A town in southern Minnesota.
UNRELATED * a. 1 Lacking a logical or causal relation. 2 Not connected by kinship.
OTHO * n. French pope from 1088 to 1099 whose sermons called for the First Crusade (1042-1099).
LOWBOY * n. A low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs.
DARK-COATED * s. Covered with dark hair.
UNPRACTICED * s. Not having had extensive practice.
PEROMYSCUS * n. New World wood mice.
SHOW * --n. 1 The act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining. 2 Something intended to communicate a particular impression. 3 A social event involving a public performance or entertainment. 4 Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression. --v. 1 Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. 2 Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment. 3 Provide evidence for. 4 Make visible or noticeable.
SABRE-TOOTHED * s. Having teeth that resemble sabers.
FUNK * --n. 1 A state of nervous depression. 2 United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967). 3 An earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar. --v. Draw back, as with fear or pain.
CALEFACIENT * s. Producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body.
SCHWA * n. A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables.
HAVERSACK * n. A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder.
VISIONARY * --n. 1 A person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible. 2 A person with unusual powers of foresight. --s. Not practical or realizable; speculative.
CLUPEA * n. Type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings.
QUIZMASTER * n. The host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game.
VOLATILE * --n. A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor. --a. Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures. --s. 1 Liable to lead to sudden change or violence. 2 Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments. 3 Tending to vary often or widely.
BIOASSAY * --n. Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard. --v. Subject to a bio-assay.
SPASM * n. 1 A painful and involuntary muscular contraction. 2 (pathology) Sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel).
BILSTED * n. A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap.
HODR * n. (Norse mythology) A blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe.
PRUNER * n. 1 A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs. 2 A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees.
EXPLAINABLE * s. Capable of being understood.
FREQUENTER * n. A regular customer.
PYROGRAPHER * n. An artist who practices pyrography.
LOGICIAN * n. A person skilled at symbolic logic.
NRNA * n. Ribonucleic acid found in the nucleolus of the cell.
UNCROPPED * s. Not used for growing crops.
PEOPLE * --n. 1 (plural) Any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively. 2 The body of citizens of a state or country. 3 Members of a family line. 4 The common people generally. --v. 1 Fill with people. 2 Furnish with people.
LYMPHOMA * n. A neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer.
LB * n. 16 ounces avoirdupois.
SUBTLETY * n. 1 A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. 2 The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze.
DRYLY * r. In a dry laconic manner.
QUATRAIN * n. A stanza of four lines.
CYTHEREA * n. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus.
HYPNOTICALLY * r. By means of hypnotism.
JEWELED * s. Covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
ACTINIC * a. Relating to or exhibiting actinism.
WREN * n. 1 English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723). 2 Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects.
ENHANCER * n. Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities.
VISCOUSNESS * n. Resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow).
BURG * n. Colloquial American term for a town.
BURNSIDE * n. 1 United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881). 2 Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).
FANTASTICALLY * r. Exceedingly; extremely.
BALDR * n. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth.
ECUMENIC * s. Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions.
SPONGILLAFLY * n. Hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges.
MEDIATENESS * n. The quality of being mediate.
NONCONFORMISM * n. 1 A lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs. 2 The practice of nonconformity.
INNOVATIONAL * s. Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.
PORPHYRY * n. Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals.
TEMPORALIS * n. Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws.
DERACINATION * n. 1 To move something from its natural environment. 2 The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
ANKLEBONE * n. The bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint.
BALAS * n. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
BORSH * n. A Russian or Polish soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
EIB * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 pebibytes or 2^60 bytes.
ROUNDELAY * n. A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain.
RELIGIONISM * n. 1 Exaggerated religious zealotry. 2 Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal.
DAL * n. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
MASTECTOMY * n. Surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor.
CRANKY * s. 1 (used of boats) Inclined to heel over easily under sail. 2 Easily irritated or annoyed.
COINCIDENTALLY * r. Happening at the same time.
GOLDEN-YELLOW * s. Of yellow tinged with gold.
CALCINE * v. Heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces.
AGORAPHOBIA * n. A morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place).
GALLANT * --n. 1 A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. 2 A man who attends or escorts a woman. --s. 1 Unflinching in battle or action. 2 Lively and spirited. 3 Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. 4 Being attentive to women like an ideal knight.
TANKARD * n. Large drinking vessel with one handle.
ALPHAMERICAL * a. Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters.
ELATING * s. Making lively and joyful.
KARACHI * n. The largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan.
LATER * --s. Coming at a subsequent time or stage. --a. At or toward an end or late period or stage of development. --r. 1 Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. 2 At some eventual time in the future. 3 Comparative of the adverb `late'.
OPPORTUNENESS * n. Timely convenience.
MAVIN * n. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
SIB * n. 1 A person's brother or sister. 2 One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another.
ROMANTICIST * --n. 1 Someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality. 2 An artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism. --a. Belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts.
UNASSURED * s. Lacking boldness or confidence.
PURLIEU * n. An outer adjacent area of any place.
MODULATE * v. 1 Change the key of, in music. 2 Vary the pitch of one's speech. 3 Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of. 4 Adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of.
PLANKING * n. 1 Planks collectively; a quantity of planks. 2 (nautical) A covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship). 3 The work of covering an area with planks.
TOLL * --n. 1 A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance). 2 Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. 3 The sound of a bell being struck. --v. 1 Ring slowly. 2 Charge a fee for using.
NUCLEAR * --a. 1 (weapons) Deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy. 2 Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom. 3 Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell. --s. Constituting or like a nucleus.
BEDFELLOW * n. 1 A temporary associate. 2 A person with whom you share a bed.
PATRIARCHAL * a. 1 Characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line. 2 Relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank.
CRAWFORD * n. 1 United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857). 2 United States film actress (1908-1977).
EVERGREEN * --n. A plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year. --a. (of plants and shrubs) Bearing foliage throughout the year.
VALISE * n. A small overnight bag for short trips.
PALEOLITH * n. A stone tool from the Paleolithic age.
BALAENIDAE * n. Right whales.
MITHRAIST * n. Adherent of Mithraism.
STAPHYLOCOCCUS * n. Spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections.
ELEUSINE * n. Annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
PRECEPTOR * n. Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).
GRECO-ROMAN * s. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture.
PLEVEN * n. The town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days.
INSUFFICIENCY * n. 1 A lack of competence. 2 (pathology) Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally. 3 Lack of an adequate quantity or number.
DALI * n. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
VOZNESENSKI * n. Russian poet (born in 1933).
INTI * n. The basic unit of money in Peru.
GARISHNESS * n. 1 Tasteless showiness. 2 Strident color or excessive ornamentation.
ASSORT * v. 1 Keep company with; hang out with. 2 Arrange or order by classes or categories.
PETTINESS * n. 1 Narrowness of mind or ideas or views. 2 The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. 3 Lack of generosity in trifling matters.
SEMIOTICS * n. (philosophy) A philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols.
BULLFIGHTER * n. Someone who fights bulls.
JUNGLY * s. Overgrown with tropical vegetation.
ABUNDANCE * n. 1 The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply. 2 (physics) The ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present. 3 (chemistry) The ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million.
KALURESIS * n. The presence of excess potassium in the urine.
HOBGOBLIN * n. 1 (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings. 2 An object of dread or apprehension.
SHINNEY * n. A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck.
BACKBENCH * n. Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons.
PRICKLE-WEED * n. Perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers.
PINK-TIPPED * s. Of a leaf tipped with pink.
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN * a. Being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity.
TEMERITY * n. Fearless daring.
INGRAINED * s. (used especially of ideas or principles) Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
THRESH * v. 1 Move or stir about violently. 2 Move like a flail; thresh about. 3 Beat the seeds out of a grain. 4 Give a thrashing to; beat hard.
ASTONISH * v. Affect with wonder.
ECTOBLAST * n. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
INTRAMUSCULARLY * r. In an intramuscular way.
ARBORETUM * n. A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition.
DISINGENUOUSNESS * n. The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor.
USHER * --n. 1 Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656). 2 An official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber. 3 Someone employed to conduct others. --v. Take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums.
QUEBECOIS * --n. A native or inhabitant of Quebec (especially one who speaks French). --a. Of or relating to Quebec (especially to the French speaking inhabitants or their culture).
AFTER * --s. Located farther aft. --r. 1 Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time. 2 Behind or in the rear.
BEDSTRAW * n. Any of several plants of the genus Galium.
SURPLUS * --n. A quantity much larger than is needed. --s. More than is needed, desired, or required.
TIBET * n. An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas.
WITHIN * r. On the inside.
UNREACTIVE * --a. (chemistry) Not reacting chemically. --s. Not tending to react to stimulation.
PYRACANTH * n. Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries.
55TH * s. The ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order.
BUYING * n. The act of buying.
MUADHDHIN * n. The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
PARALEGAL * n. A person with specialized training who assists lawyers.
MUCOID * --n. Any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin. --a. Relating to or resembling mucus.
BICEPS * n. Any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm).
STEROID * n. 1 Any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects. 2 Any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs.
DAY-AND-NIGHT * s. At all times.
BIPEDALISM * n. The bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet.
E'ER * r. At all times; all the time and on every occasion.
CARAVANSARY * n. An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
NOACHIAN * a. Of or relating to Noah or his time.
REDEPLOYMENT * n. The withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively.
MELLISONANT * s. Pleasing to the ear.
KNIFE-HANDLE * n. Marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell.
BLUEBELL * n. 1 Sometimes placed in genus Scilla. 2 One of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas. 3 Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.
CRAW * n. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.
DEFRAUDER * n. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
LOAMLESS * a. Having no loam.
HUSK * --n. 1 Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. 2 Outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds. --v. Remove the husks from.
SLAVE * --n. 1 A person who is owned by someone. 2 Someone who works as hard as a slave. 3 Someone entirely dominated by some influence or person. --v. Work very hard, like a slave.
FIBROSITIS * n. Inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths).
POTHOUSE * n. Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals.
CABALA * n. 1 An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret. 2 An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
PRAY * v. 1 Address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer. 2 Call upon in supplication; entreat.
PALAEODENDROLOGY * n. The branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees.
SEAWORTHY * a. Fit for a sea voyage.
DECARBOXYLASE * n. Any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group.
INCULPABILITY * n. A state of innocence.
STERILISE * v. 1 Make free from bacteria. 2 Make infertile.
ALKANE * n. A series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
SKIER * n. Someone who skis.
ASS * n. 1 The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. 2 A pompous fool. 3 Hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse. 4 Slang for sexual intercourse.
HYPANTHIUM * n. The cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae).
HOWE * n. 1 United States editor (1920-1993). 2 Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928). 3 United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910). 4 United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867).
TIBIT * n. A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibits or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bits.
HIDDENITE * n. A green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone.
NEUROSARCOMA * n. A malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue.
CHEWABLE * s. Able to be chewed or cut.
PYGMY * n. 1 An unusually small individual. 2 Any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.
EELAM * n. The independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for.
TRAVELLER * n. A person who changes location.
DIGITISER * n. Device for converting analogue signals into digital signals.
BRIM * --n. 1 The top edge of a vessel or other container. 2 A circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat. --v. 1 Be completely full. 2 Fill as much as possible.
NEARLY * r. 1 (of actions or states) Slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but. 2 In a close manner.
KORZYBSKI * n. United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950).
SUBTILISE * v. Make (senses) more keen.
SQUIRTING * s. Propelled violently in a usually narrow stream.
UNCLEAN * a. 1 Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. 2 Having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws.
PACHYCEPHALOSAUR * n. Bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found.
KRONA * n. 1 The basic unit of money in Sweden. 2 The basic unit of money in Iceland.
ANGLIA * n. The Latin name for England.
HASTATE * s. (of a leaf shape) Like a spear point, with flaring pointed lobes at the base.
GLYPH * n. Glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief.
FRADICIN * n. An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery.
DRASTIC * s. Forceful and extreme and rigorous.
DENIGRATION * n. 1 A belittling comment. 2 An abusive attack on a person's character or good name. 3 The act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself).
USPS * n. An independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States.
MOSUL * n. A city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.
STIMULATED * s. Emotionally aroused.
PATHETICALLY * r. 1 In a manner arousing sympathy and compassion. 2 Arousing scornful pity.
PARANASAL * a. Adjacent to the nasal cavities.
NOMINATE * v. 1 Propose as a candidate for some honor. 2 Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position. 3 Charge with a function; charge to be. 4 Create and charge with a task or function.
ACCOST * v. 1 Speak to someone. 2 Approach with an offer of sexual favors.
BHANG * n. A preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India.
FAIR-MINDEDNESS * n. Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty.
CZECHOSLOVAK * n. A native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia.
SQUIRT * --n. 1 Someone who is small and insignificant. 2 The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). --v. 1 Cause to come out in a squirt. 2 Wet with a spurt of liquid.
ROMANI * --n. A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America). --a. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
UNDOCK * v. 1 Move out of a dock. 2 Take (a ship) out of a dock.
1880S * n. The decade from 1880 to 1889.
IMMIGRATION * n. 1 Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there). 2 The body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval.
CERTIFY * v. 1 Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes. 2 Guarantee payment on; of checks. 3 Authorize officially. 4 Guarantee as meeting a certain standard.
IMPLANTED * s. (used especially of ideas or principles) Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held.
COUNTERPERSON * n. Someone who attends a counter (as in a diner).
SCARAMOUCH * n. A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward.
KILOCYCLE * n. One thousand periods per second.
STONELESS * s. (of fruits having stones) Having the stone removed.
VENERABLENESS * n. The quality of deserving veneration.
EARTH * --n. 1 The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on. 2 The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface. 3 The solid part of the earth's surface. 4 The abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell). --v. 1 Hide in the earth like a hunted animal. 2 Connect to the earth.
OVERHEAT * v. 1 Get excessively and undesirably hot. 2 Make excessively or undesirably hot.
SALUTATORY * n. An opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises).
ERINYES * n. (classical mythology) The hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals.
CUTINIZE * v. Convert into cutin.
SUFFRUTESCENT * s. Of a plant; having a woody base that does not die down each year.
REESTABLISH * v. Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position.
TRUNKS * n. (used in the plural) Trousers that end at or above the knee.
RAPHAEL * n. 1 Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520). 2 An archangel of the Hebrew tradition.
REPOSE * --n. 1 Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility). 2 The absence of mental stress or anxiety. 3 A disposition free from stress or emotion. --v. 1 Put or confide something in a person or thing. 2 Be inherent or innate in. 3 Lie when dead. 4 Lean in a comfortable resting position.
BROOMSTICK * n. The handle of a broom.
VIRTUAL * s. 1 Being actually such in almost every respect. 2 Existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact.
HORNPIPE * n. 1 A British solo dance performed by sailors. 2 Music for dancing the hornpipe. 3 An ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone.
WHITE-COLLAR * a. Of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers.
MUTILLIDAE * n. A family of wasps.
ARTLESSNESS * n. 1 The quality of innocent naivete. 2 Ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit.
ENCELIA * n. Genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush.
SEPALOID * a. Resembling or characteristic of a sepal.
REFRESHED * s. With restored energy.
NOISILY * r. With much noise or loud and unpleasant sound.
REMAINING * s. Not used up.
TASSEL-SHAPED * s. Shaped like a tassel.
REACTION * n. 1 (chemistry) A process in which one or more substances are changed into others. 2 An idea evoked by some experience. 3 A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent. 4 (mechanics) The equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body.
EXHAUSTIVELY * r. In an exhaustive manner.
HESPERIS * n. Biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers.
TINTORETTO * n. Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594).
VIDELICET * r. As follows.
PERMED * s. (of hair) Styled with permanent waves.
PARTIALLY * r. To some extent; in some degree; not wholly.
INOCOR * n. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium.
PRESIDENT * n. 1 An executive officer of a firm or corporation. 2 The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government. 3 The chief executive of a republic. 4 The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.
RIGIDNESS * n. 1 The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending. 2 The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.
DENTED * s. Of metal e.g..
LATERALIZATION * n. Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain.
FINGERNAIL * n. The nail at the end of a finger.
SHAPELESS * s. 1 Having no definite form or distinct shape. 2 Lacking symmetry or attractive form.
PARCHED * s. 1 Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. 2 Toasted or roasted slightly.
BEADLIKE * s. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
GLOCKENSPIEL * n. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers.
DUBYUH * n. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946).
HYBRIDIZATION * n. (genetics) The act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids.
ANORTHIC * a. Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles.
KNUCKLE * --n. A joint of a finger when the fist is closed. --v. 1 Press or rub with the knuckles. 2 Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground.
SQUAT * --n. 1 Exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles. 2 A small worthless amount. 3 The act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels. --v. 1 Sit on one's heels. 2 Be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide. 3 Occupy (a dwelling) illegally. --s. 1 Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature. 2 Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground.
SHOEHORN * --n. A device used for easing the foot into a shoe. --v. Fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited.
ZED * n. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
SET-BACK * n. Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly.
MIGHTINESS * n. Physical strength.
TELEPHONIC * a. Of or relating to telephony.
INCOMMODIOUSNESS * n. An inconvenient discomfort.
WHITISH * s. 1 Resembling milk in color; not clear. 2 Of something having a color tending toward white.
FULL-CLAD * s. Given substance or detail; completed.
COCOPA * n. 1 A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River. 2 The Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa.
ROCK-INHABITING * s. Of ferns and lichens that grow on rocks.
SLIMLY * r. In a slim or slender manner.
CURLINESS * n. (of hair) A tendency to curl.
GLEBA * n. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
PEKING * n. Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city.
TARQUIN * n. According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC).
PATTEN * n. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
NANISM * n. A genetic abnormality resulting in short stature.
BENEVOLENCE * n. 1 Disposition to do good. 2 An inclination to do kind or charitable acts. 3 An act intending or showing kindness and good will.
GRUELING * s. Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
AMEIURUS * n. Type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes.
SEA-PUSS * n. The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.
IGM * n. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; involved in fighting blood infections and in triggering production of immunoglobulin G.
STRIFE * n. 1 Lack of agreement or harmony. 2 Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension.
GONE * --s. 1 Destroyed or killed. 2 Dead. 3 Well in the past; former. 4 Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. --a. Stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
VLF * n. 3 to 30 kilohertz.
RINGHALS * n. Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.
TUMESCENT * s. Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas.
POSITIONAL * a. Of or relating to or determined by position.
KOOPMANS * n. United States economist (born in the Netherlands) (1910-1985).
NONTHERMAL * a. Not involving heat.
BLUE-BLINDNESS * n. Rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow.
LILLIPUTIAN * --n. 1 A very small person (resembling a Lilliputian). 2 A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift. --a. Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput. --s. 1 Very small. 2 (informal) Small and of little importance.
INCISE * v. Make an incision into by carving or cutting.
APOGAMIC * a. Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
MEMBRANOUS * --a. Relating to or made of or similar to a membrane. --s. Characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane).
SUPERNATURALISTIC * a. Of or relating to supernaturalism.
CLONUS * n. Convulsion characterized by alternating contractions and relaxations.
SURINAM * n. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975.
DNIPROPETROVSK * n. City in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry.
DEWEY * n. 1 United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931). 2 A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War. 3 United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952).
SUER * n. 1 A man who courts a woman. 2 Someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right.
BEAM-ENDS * n. (nautical) At the ends of the transverse deck beams of a vessel.
PREPOSITIONAL * a. Of or relating to or formed with a preposition.
TANGENTIAL * --s. Of superficial relevance if any. --a. Of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent.
FIBROCARTILAGINOUS * a. Of or relating to fibrocartilage.
LAMPSHADE * n. A protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view.
REMEDIATION * n. Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.
PICOIDES * n. A genus of Picidae.
CRITERIUM * n. A bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles).
VICTIMIZED * s. (of persons) Taken advantage of.
NINETY-FIVE * s. Being five more than ninety.
TERRASSE * v. Provide (a house) with a terrace.
TWENTY-SIX * --n. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-five and one. --s. Being six more than twenty.
CHARLEMAGNE * n. King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814).
GLASSWORKS * n. A workplace where glass is made.
COGNISABLE * a. Capable of being known.
ARCTOCEBUS * n. A genus of Lorisidae.
SPECTROSCOPICAL * a. Of or relating to or involving spectroscopy.
GUACAMOLE * n. A dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings.
NEARSIDE * n. The side of a vehicle nearest the kerb.
PLATAEA * n. 1 A former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC. 2 A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC.
QUEERNESS * n. 1 A strange attitude or habit. 2 A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex.
GLUEYNESS * n. The property of being cohesive and sticky.
BUCEROTIDAE * n. Hornbills.
UNPALATABLE * a. Not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind.
WORKBOARD * n. A horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work.
UNASCRIBABLE * a. Not attributable.
SANDLOT * n. A vacant lot used by city boys to play games.
CLIFTONIA * n. One species: titi.
HIMMLER * n. German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945).
SUCCINCTNESS * n. Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words.
ANTIDIABETIC * n. A drug used to treat diabetes mellitus.
MARATHA * n. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.
STREPTOCOCCAL * a. Of or relating to or caused by streptococci.
DECENTRALISATION * n. The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments.
DUNKIRK * n. 1 A crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat. 2 A seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II. 3 An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire.
PLUMMET * --n. The metal bob of a plumb line. --v. Drop sharply.
SCUTTLEBUTT * n. A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
LEGGED * a. Having legs of a specified kind or number.
MARROWBONE * n. A bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup.
BIGNONIAD * n. Any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae.
GINKGOALES * n. Coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales.
MAST * n. 1 A vertical spar for supporting sails. 2 Nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground. 3 Nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine. 4 Any sturdy upright pole.
THAUMATURGY * n. 1 Any art that invokes supernatural powers. 2 An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.
CAUSING * n. The act of causing something to happen.
SPARERIBS * n. 1 Baked or roasted with a spicy sauce. 2 Cut of pork from the rib section with most of the meat trimmed off.
OBSOLETENESS * n. The property of being out of date and not current.
SMOOTHBORE * --n. A firearm that has no rifling. --a. Of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel.
RHINOSTENOSIS * n. Narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities.
MINYAN * n. The quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age).
DISILLUSIONED * s. Freed from illusion.
STEP-BY-STEP * s. One thing at a time.
VESUVIAN * n. A green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone.
NIKE * n. (Greek mythology) Winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria.
ESCARGOT * n. Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.
TRIODE * n. A thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible.
AVERSIVE * a. Tending to repel or dissuade.
CORSELET * n. A piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece.
OFF-AND-ON * s. Intermittently stopping and starting.
GREENNESS * n. 1 The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation. 2 The state of not being ripe. 3 Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass.
ZAMA * n. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
LAIRD * n. A landowner.
DECEITFULLY * r. In a corrupt and deceitful manner.
SHORT-STEMMED * s. Having a short stem.
ABRUZZI * n. A mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic.
SUBSTANTIATION * n. 1 Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct. 2 The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something.
KLAVERN * n. A local unit of the Ku Klux Klan.
HOFFMANN * n. 1 Austrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956). 2 German chemist (1818-1892). 3 United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937). 4 German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822).
DOORWAY * n. The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close.
TIFF * n. A quarrel about petty points.
HIERARCH * n. 1 A person who holds a high position in a hierarchy. 2 A senior clergyman and dignitary.
PLANO * n. A city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas).
COPE * --n. 1 Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall. 2 A long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions. --v. Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available.
UNANTICIPATED * s. Not anticipated.
STICKING * s. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.
KILLER * n. 1 Someone who causes the death of a person or animal. 2 The causal agent resulting in death. 3 A difficulty that is hard to deal with. 4 Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas.
DUBAI * n. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
COLLAPSE * --n. 1 An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion. 2 A natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in. 3 The act of throwing yourself down. 4 A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures). --v. 1 Break down, literally or metaphorically. 2 Collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack. 3 Fold or close up. 4 Fall apart.
LUTFISK * n. Dried cod soaked in a lye solution before boiling to give it a gelatinous consistency.
CAPTAINSHIP * n. The post of captain.
ANTWERPEN * n. A busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460.
UNDERCLOTHING * n. Undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments.
TWINE * --n. A lightweight cord. --v. 1 Spin, wind, or twist together. 2 Arrange or or coil around. 3 Make by twisting together or intertwining. 4 Form into a spiral shape.
ADOPTIVE * a. 1 Of parents and children; related by adoption. 2 Acquired as your own by free choice.
DIVER * n. 1 Someone who works underwater. 2 Someone who dives (into water). 3 Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes.
INTENTIONALLY * r. With intention; in an intentional manner.
BINARY * --n. 1 A system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation. 2 A pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system. --a. Of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base. --s. Consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms).
CHINTZY * s. 1 Of very poor quality; flimsy. 2 Embarrassingly stingy.
DEICTIC * --n. A word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs. --a. Relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use.
ROUNDER * n. 1 A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained. 2 A tool for rounding corners or edges.
PARISOLOGY * n. The use of ambiguous words.
SPERMATOZOON * n. The male reproductive cell; the male gamete.
MISCONSTRUE * v. Interpret in the wrong way.
CAPSTAN * n. A windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails.
PUSHAN * n. Celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead.
CUMBRIA * n. 1 A former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines. 2 A county of northwestern England.
COP * --n. Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. --v. 1 Take by theft. 2 Take into custody.
SMALL-CAP * a. Of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars.
INAUDIBILITY * n. The quality of not being perceptible by the ear.
TUTANKHAMEN * n. Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC; his tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922.
LAMPBLACK * n. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
UNBRANCHED * s. Without branches.
ORCHIDALGIA * n. Pain in the testes.
PROCTORSHIP * n. The position of proctor.
PHARAONIC * a. Of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings.
ANFRACTUOUS * s. Full of twists and turns.
CONFOUNDING * s. That confounds or contradicts or confuses.
PLACE-WORSHIP * n. The worship of places.
ROUGHDRIED * s. (of laundry) Dried but not ironed.
RADICALIZE * v. Make more radical in social or political outlook.
CRITICISE * v. 1 Find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws. 2 Act as a critic.
PEACHY-COLORED * s. Of something resembling a peach in color.
SISTERHOOD * n. 1 The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings. 2 An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest. 3 A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns).
MIN * n. 1 A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour. 2 Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province. 3 An Egyptian god of procreation.
OVERWEARY * v. Tire excessively.
PENTATONE * n. A gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted.
KAINITE * n. A white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer.
SENATORIAL * a. Of or relating to senators.
SUSCEPTIBLE * --a. (often followed by `of' or `to') Yielding readily to or capable of. --s. Easily impressed emotionally.
SEAMSTER * n. A person whose occupation is making and altering garments.
SORTED * s. 1 Arranged according to size. 2 Arranged into groups.
YACHTSWOMAN * n. A person who owns or sails a yacht.
TEPHROSIA * n. Genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas.
CERAMBYCIDAE * n. Long-horned beetles.
LECH * n. Man with strong sexual desires.
OVERFED * s. Too well nourished.
GRATUITOUS * s. 1 Without cause. 2 Costing nothing. 3 Unnecessary and unwarranted.
CYTOGENETICS * n. The branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes).
SCREWBALL * --n. 1 A whimsically eccentric person. 2 A pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. --s. Foolish; totally unsound.
BRICKYARD * n. A place where bricks are made and sold.
ONE-WOMAN * s. Designed for or restricted to a single person.
INSPIRITING * s. Cheerfully encouraging.
ARTICLE * --n. 1 Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication. 2 One of a class of artifacts. 3 A separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will). 4 (grammar) A determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase. --v. Bind by a contract; especially for a training period.
DESOLATION * n. 1 The state of being decayed or destroyed. 2 A bleak and desolate atmosphere. 3 Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned. 4 An event that results in total destruction.
HEROISM * n. The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle).
VEST * --n. 1 A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat. 2 A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body. --v. 1 Provide with power and authority. 2 Place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons. 3 Become legally vested. 4 Clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments.
PREARRANGE * v. Arrange beforehand.
APPOINTIVE * a. 1 Relating to the act of appointing. 2 Subject to appointment.
SIBYLLIC * s. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
FEOFF * n. A piece of land held under the feudal system.
PAL * --n. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. --v. Become friends; act friendly towards.
CRYSTALLIZE * v. 1 Cause to take on a definite and clear shape. 2 Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. 3 Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. 4 Assume crystalline form; become crystallized.
PROPHET * n. 1 An authoritative person who divines the future. 2 Someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.
VERNAL * --s. Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh. --a. Of or characteristic of or occurring in spring.
WHINCHAT * n. Brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows.
JILT * --n. A woman who jilts a lover. --v. Cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly.
DELPHIAN * a. Of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi.
QUIRKINESS * n. A strange attitude or habit.
REDEPLOY * v. Deploy anew.
COLLOCATE * v. 1 Have a strong tendency to occur side by side. 2 Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
SHALLOWLY * r. In a shallow manner.
BUTYRIN * n. Any of three glycerides of butyric acid.
HERCULES'-CLUBS * n. Densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies.
WORSEN * v. 1 Grow worse. 2 Make worse.
INTERJECTION * n. 1 An abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion. 2 The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts.
NEOFIBER * n. Round-tailed muskrat.
MILLENARISM * n. Belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations.
PONSTEL * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug (trade name Ponstel) used to treat mild pain (especially menstrual cramps).
TAMARIN * n. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
SOMNAMBULATE * v. Walk in one's sleep.
UNTHOUGHTFULNESS * n. The trait of not thinking carefully before acting.
SCRUMMAGE * n. (rugby) The method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession.
ESSENTIALLY * r. In essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature.
NIFTY * s. Very good.
52 * s. Being two more than fifty.
ENTLEBUCHER * n. The smallest of the Sennenhunde.
ASTIGMATIC * a. Of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images.
TASTELESSNESS * n. 1 The property of having no flavor. 2 Inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste.
MEGALOPOLIS * n. A very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns).
TRAINING * n. 1 Activity leading to skilled behavior. 2 The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior).
TERPSICHORE * n. 1 (Greek mythology) The Muse of the dance and of choral song. 2 Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music.
DIATOMITE * n. A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material.
RACHEL * n. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
BAZILLION * n. A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole).
GROMMET * n. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
SPORT * --n. 1 An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. 2 The occupation of athletes who compete for pay. 3 (Maine colloquial) A temporary summer resident of Maine. 4 A person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances. --v. 1 Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner. 2 Play boisterously.
FIFTY-SEVEN * s. Being seven more than fifty.
SHOWBOAT * n. A river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River).
KARYOKINETIC * a. Of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis.
COMMUNICATION * n. 1 The activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information. 2 Something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. 3 A connection allowing access between persons or places.
THROMBOCYTOSIS * n. Increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases.
SANDBERRY * n. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
UNMATCHED * s. 1 Of the remaining member of a pair. 2 Eminent beyond or above comparison.
OTORRHEA * n. Discharge from the external ear.
GONGORISM * n. An affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora.
BULLOCKY * s. Resembling a bullock in strength and power.
SCHOLASTIC * --n. 1 A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit. 2 A Scholastic philosopher or theologian. --a. 1 Of or relating to schools. 2 Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism.
ANGOLAN * --n. A native or inhabitant of Angola. --a. Of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people.
OBJURGATION * n. Rebuking a person harshly.
EMANATION * n. 1 Something that is emitted or radiated (as a gas or an odor or a light, etc.). 2 The act of emitting; causing to flow forth. 3 (theology) The origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
IDEALLY * r. In an ideal manner.
STAKEOUT * n. Surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime).
SHIRTWAIST * n. A blouse with buttons down the front.
CUSSED * s. Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
UNPLUMBED * s. Situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed.
TREE-LIVING * a. Inhabiting or frequenting trees.
FUJINOYAMA * n. An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages.
FELLA * n. A boy or man.
EMILIA-ROMAGNA * n. A region of north central Italy on the Adriatic.
TAWNY * s. Of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather.
PROPENONITRILE * n. A colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene.
FOOLISH * --a. Devoid of good sense or judgment. --s. Having or revealing stupidity.
PSEUDECHIS * n. Venomous Australian blacksnakes.
MANTLED * s. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
FORSYTHIA * n. Any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers.
WHACKY * s. 1 Ludicrous, foolish. 2 Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
PONSELLE * n. United States soprano (1897-1981).
SNEEZEWEED * n. Any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing.
NYCTALOPIA * n. Inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder.
SURPASSING * s. 1 Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence. 2 Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree.
GYRATION * n. 1 A single complete turn (axial or orbital). 2 The act of rotating in a circle or spiral.
RACIST * --n. A person with a prejudiced belief that one racial group is superior to others. --s. 1 Based on racial intolerance. 2 Discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion.
KINO * n. 1 A gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an astringent and in tanning. 2 East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning.
AAH * v. Express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'.
UNDRAMATIC * a. Lacking dramatic force and quality.
NEOTENY * n. An evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species.
MAGGOT * n. The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
EISEGESIS * n. Personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas.
MUM * --n. 1 Of China. 2 Informal terms for a mother. 3 Secrecy. --s. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
UNINTERESTED * --a. Not having or showing interest. --s. Having no care or interest in knowing.
IRRESPONSIBILITY * n. A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions.
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT * n. 1 Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries. 2 Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.
MATRISIB * n. One related on the mother's side.
RYE * n. 1 The seed of the cereal grass. 2 Hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement. 3 Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt.
CUNICULUS * n. Pacas.
COBALAMIN * n. A B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia.
71 * s. Being one more than seventy.
EMBRYONIC * s. 1 Of an organism prior to birth or hatching. 2 In an early stage of development.
CRANKSHAFT * n. A rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank.
LATITUDINARIAN * --n. A person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct). --s. Unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion).
FORTY-SECOND * s. The ordinal number of forty-two in counting order.
TUBERCULOSIS * n. Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages).
PRUMNOPITYS * n. Mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus.
MINCER * n. A kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces.
DO-IT-YOURSELF * s. Done by yourself.
EXODE * n. A farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater.
CANNIBALISE * v. 1 Eat human flesh. 2 Use parts of something to repair something else.
MACROECONOMIST * n. An economist who specializes in macroeconomics.
FLAGSHIP * n. 1 The chief one of a related group. 2 The ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag.
SARGASSUM * n. Brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.
FRIESIAN * n. A breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland.
COURLAN * n. Wading bird of South America and Central America.
WEEP * v. Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.
RIGHT-WINGER * n. A member of a right wing political party.
REPRODUCER * n. An audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound.
FUNDAMENTALISM * n. 1 A form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth. 2 The strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc..
BAROSAUR * n. A dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall.
ARCHITEUTHIS * n. Largest mollusk known about but never seen (to 60 feet long).
GAMEKEEPER * n. A person employed to take care of game and wildlife.
PROUST * n. French novelist (1871-1922).
GERONTOLOGIST * n. A specialist in gerontology.
EURASIAN * --n. A person of mixed European and Asian descent. --a. Relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia.
STOCKIST * n. One (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods.
CORRADE * v. Wear away.
BOUNCER * n. A person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting.
MECLOFENAMATE * n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis.
MECHANISATION * n. 1 The condition of having a highly technical implementation. 2 The act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware.
COZEN * v. 1 Be false to; be dishonest with. 2 Act with artful deceit. 3 Cheat or trick.
MANTLET * n. Portable bulletproof shelter.
TREKKER * n. A traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country).
GROUND-FLOOR * s. On the floor closest to level with the ground.
TRIAL * n. 1 The act of testing something. 2 Trying something to find out about it. 3 The act of undergoing testing. 4 (law) The determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law.
EQUALITARIAN * n. A person who believes in the equality of all people.
FOLLOWER * n. 1 A person who accepts the leadership of another. 2 Someone who travels behind or pursues another.
SABBAT * n. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery; in the Middle Ages it was supposed to be a demonic orgy.
GIRIAMA * n. A Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya.
FIREPLACE * n. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built.
LENTIBULARIACEAE * n. Carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea.
THIN * --v. 1 Lose thickness; become thin or thinner. 2 Make thin or thinner. 3 Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. 4 Take off weight. --a. 1 Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section. 2 Lacking excess flesh. 3 Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous. 4 (of sound) Lacking resonance or volume. --s. 1 Very narrow. 2 Not dense. 3 Lacking spirit or sincere effort. 4 Lacking substance or significance. --r. Without viscosity.
LOOTED * s. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.
HETEROTHECA * n. Genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs.
NOTORYCTUS * n. Type genus of the family Notoryctidae: comprising solely the marsupial mole.
ADENOCARCINOMA * n. Malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium.
BOUSTROPHEDON * n. An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'.
LYRICIST * n. A person who writes the words for songs.
TRAINED * a. Shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form.
AERY * --n. 1 The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle). 2 Any habitation at a high altitude. --s. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.
PRE-EMPT * n. A high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding.
ONE-WINGED * s. Having a single wing.
FISHNET * n. A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in.
TROCHE * n. A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat.
KALOTERMES * n. Type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees.
NON-FINITE * a. (of verbs) Not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive).
ACCLIMATISATION * n. Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment).
POW * n. A person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war.
VISCERAL * --a. Relating to or affecting the viscera. --s. Obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation.
AVELLANE * a. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
UNDIGESTED * s. 1 Not thought over and arranged systematically in the mind; not absorbed or assimilated mentally. 2 Not digested.
SYNCHYTRIUM * n. Simple parasitic fungi including pond scum parasites.
PRIMNESS * n. 1 Excessive or affected modesty. 2 Exaggerated and arrogant properness.
INAPPRECIABLE * s. Too small to make a significant difference.
JEJUNUM * n. The part of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum.
PROLONGED * s. 1 Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted. 2 Drawn out or made longer spatially.
RECTANGULARITY * n. The property of being shaped like a rectangle.
OSCAN-SPEAKING * s. Able to communicate in Oscan.
PARTISANSHIP * n. An inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives.
MISHEGOSS * n. (Yiddish) Craziness; senseless behavior or activity.
VESTRY * n. 1 In the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church. 2 A room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held.
FLORILEGIUM * n. An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc..
GINGEROL * n. Derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger.
CAXTON * n. English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491).
REVERENTIALLY * r. With reverence; in a reverent manner.
CLANG * --n. A loud resonant repeating noise. --v. Make a loud noise.
COAGULATOR * n. An agent that produces coagulation.
UNGETATABLE * s. Difficult to reach or attain.
HEADCHEESE * n. Sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig.
ZANTEDESCHIA * n. Calla lily.
LIBERALISM * n. 1 A political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution. 2 An economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market.
ONOMANCER * n. One who practices onomancy.
INSIGNIFICANCE * n. The quality of having little or no significance.
LUSHNESS * n. The property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses.
UNRIGHTEOUSLY * r. In an unrighteous manner.
BERBERIS * n. Large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds.
MICROPHONING * n. The transduction of sound waves into electrical waves (by a microphone).
UNSTINTING * s. Very generous.
CREPUSCULAR * s. Like twilight; dim.
INCOGNITO * --s. With your identity concealed. --r. Without revealing one's identity.
BIENNIALLY * r. Every two years.
PALATABLE * a. Acceptable to the taste or mind.
KINESIS * n. A movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation.
NONLEGAL * s. Not regulated or sanctioned by law.
REPRESENTATIONAL * a. (used especially of art) Depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen.
MORTGAGE * --n. A conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan. --v. Put up as security or collateral.
QUENCHED * s. 1 Allayed. 2 Subdued or overcome.
NYLGHAI * n. Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns.
PIPILE * n. Genus of large crested guans (the piping guans).
THEOLOGISE * v. 1 Treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character. 2 Make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects.
BTU * n. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories.
BOMBSHELL * n. 1 An entertainer who has a sensational effect. 2 A shocking surprise. 3 An explosive bomb or artillery shell.
ALBESCENT * s. Becoming or shading into white.
FULA * n. 1 A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith. 2 A family of languages of the Fulani of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages.
URGINEA * n. Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
BUTTONHOLE * --n. A hole through which buttons are pushed. --v. Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors.
VELA * n. A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis.
MAILING * n. 1 Mail sent by a sender at one time. 2 The transmission of a letter.
ADENOVIRUS * n. Any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye.
HOMOGENEITY * n. 1 The quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature. 2 The quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure.
CRIMPER * n. 1 Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers. 2 A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it.
BLAST * --n. 1 A very long fly ball. 2 A sudden very loud noise. 3 A strong current of air. 4 An explosion (as of dynamite). --v. 1 Make a strident sound. 2 Hit hard. 3 Use explosives on. 4 Apply a draft or strong wind to to.
KELOID * n. Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair.
ACTUALITY * n. The state of actually existing objectively.
COTILLION * n. 1 A ball at which young ladies are presented to society. 2 A lively dance originating in France in the 18th century.
STRATOCRACY * n. Government by the military and an army.
SARCASTIC * a. Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds.
MICROMETEORITIC * a. Of or relating to micrometeorites.
GASLIGHT * n. Light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
CYPRINUS * n. Type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp.
VAISYA * n. 1 A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes. 2 The third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category.
BEADWORK * n. 1 Ornamentation with beads. 2 A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture.
CLAMPDOWN * n. Sudden restriction on an activity.
DEFENSIVENESS * n. Excessive sensitivity to criticism.
INSOUCIANCE * n. The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you.
HARMLESSLY * r. In a harmless manner.
CALLOUSED * s. Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear.
DANDELION * n. Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls.
SUBLIMELY * r. 1 In a lofty and exalted manner. 2 To the maximum degree.
REDWOOD * n. 1 The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees. 2 Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae.
TAFFETA * n. A crisp smooth lustrous fabric.
PTYAS * n. Asian rat snakes.
