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macaca - noun macaques; rhesus monkeys
macadam - noun broken stone used in macadamized roadways; a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held
together with tar
macadamia - noun any tree of the genus Macadamia
macadamize - verb surface with macadam; "macadam the road"
macao - noun a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to
China in 1999
macaroni - noun pasta in the form of slender tubes; a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms
macaronic - adj. of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together
macaroon - noun chewy cookie usually containing almond paste
macaw - noun long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America; among the largest and showiest of
parrots
macedoine - noun mixed diced fruits or vegetables; hot or cold
macedonian - adj. of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants; noun the Slavic language of modern Macedonia; a native or
inhabitant of Macedon
macer - noun an official who carries a mace of office
macerate - verb soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; become soft or separate and
disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; separate into constituents by soaking; cause to grow thin or weak
maceration - noun softening due to soaking or steeping; extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
machete - noun a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
machiavellian - adj. of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; noun a follower of
Machiavelli's principles
machiavellianism - noun the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in
order to create and maintain his autocratic government
machicolate - verb supply with projecting galleries
machicolation - noun a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or
boiling water could be dropped on an enemy
machilidae - noun jumping bristletails
machinate - verb engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; arrange by systematic planning and united effort
machinator - noun a member of a conspiracy
machinist - noun a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
mackle - noun a printed impression that is blurred or doubled
macleaya - noun a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy
maclura - noun yellowwood trees or shrubs
macrencephalic - adj. having a large brain case
macrencephalous - adj. having a large brain case
macrobiotic - adj. of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics
macrobiotics - noun the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
macrocephalic - adj. having an exceptionally large head and brain
macrocephalous - adj. having an exceptionally large head and brain
macrocephaly - noun an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure
and the overgrowth is symmetrical
macrocosm - noun everything that exists anywhere
macrocosmic - adj. relating to or constituting a macrocosm
macrocyte - noun abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
macrocytosis - noun the presence of macrocytes in the blood
macroevolution - noun evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic
groups
macroglossia - noun a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's
syndrome
macron - noun a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
macropodidae - noun kangaroos; wallabies
macropus - noun type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies
macrorhamphosidae - noun bellows fishes
macroscopical - adj. large enough to be visible to the naked eye
macroscopically - adv. without using a microscope
macrosporangium - noun a plant structure that produces megaspores
macrospore - noun larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female
gametophyte
macrouridae - noun grenadiers
macrozamia - noun any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with
sometimes edible nuts; Australia
macula - noun a yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision; a patch of skin
that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases; a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's
photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field
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maculate - adj. spotted or blotched; morally blemished; stained or impure; verb spot, stain, or pollute; make dirty or spotty, as
by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
maculation - noun the act of spotting or staining something; a small contrasting part of something
macule - noun a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases
madagascan - adj. of or relating to Madagascar or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Madagascar
maddening - adj. extremely annoying or displeasing
madder - noun Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin; verb
color a moderate to strong red
madderwort - noun any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
mademoiselle - noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New
York to Mexico
madia - noun genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light
madly - adv. (used as intensives) extremely; in a desperate manner; in an insane manner
madnep - noun 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
madness - noun unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; the quality of being rash and foolish; a feeling of intense anger; 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; obsolete terms for legal insanity
madoqua - noun genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa
madrasah - noun Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan
madreporaria - noun stony corals
madrepore - noun corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
madrigalist - noun a singer of madrigals
madrilene - noun a tomato-flavored consomme; often served chilled
madrona - noun 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
madwoman - noun a woman lunatic
madwort - noun any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers
maeandra - noun brain corals
maenad - noun (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus; an unnaturally frenzied or distraught
woman
maffia - noun any tightly knit group of trusted associates; a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but
evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century; a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in
families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
mag - noun a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to
it
magdalen - noun a reformed prostitute
magellan - noun Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate
the world (1480-1521)
magh - noun the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
magical - adj. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
magically - adv. in a magical manner
magisterially - adv. in an authoritative manner; in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
magistracy - noun the position of magistrate
magistrature - noun the position of magistrate
magnanimously - adv. in a magnanimous manner
magnanimousness - noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
magnetically - adv. as if by magnetism; by the use of magnetism
magnetics - noun the branch of science that studies magnetism
magnetism - noun the branch of science that studies magnetism; attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as
magnets; characterized by fields of force
magnetization - noun the physical property of being magnetic; the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or
permanently); the extent or degree to which something is magnetized
magnetize - verb make magnetic; attract strongly, as if with a magnet
magnetograph - noun a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic
field)
magnetometer - noun a meter to compare strengths of magnetic fields
magneton - noun a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
magnificat - noun (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')
magnification - noun the act of expanding something in apparent size; the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object;
a photographic print that has been enlarged; making to seem more important than it really is
magnificence - noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; splendid or imposing in size or appearance
magnificently - adv. in a splendid manner; in an impressively beautiful manner
magnifier - noun a scientific instrument that magnifies an image
magniloquence - noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
magniloquent - adj. lofty in style
magniloquently - adv. in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner
magnoliaceae - noun subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
maguey - noun Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine; Mexican plant used especially for making
pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
104. magyar - adj. relating to or characteristic of Hungary; noun the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs
to the Ugric family of languages; a native or inhabitant of Hungary
105. maha - noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska
106. maharaja - noun a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
107. maharanee - noun a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja
108. maharani - noun a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja
109. mahatma - noun (Hinduism) term of respect for a Brahmin sage
110. mahayanism - noun the religious doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism
111. mahdi - noun (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and
restore justice and religion
112. mahdism - noun belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi
113. mahdist - noun an adherent of Mahdism
114. mahican - noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican; a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the
Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic
115. mahoe - noun 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; 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
116. mahomet - noun the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
117. mahonia - noun evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia
118. mahound - noun the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
119. mahout - noun the driver and keeper of an elephant
120. mahuang - noun Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine
121. maia - noun type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
122. maianthemum - noun sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
123. maidenhead - noun a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin
124. maidenhood - noun the childhood of a girl
125. maidenlike - adj. befitting or characteristic of a maiden
126. maidenliness - noun behavior befitting a young maiden
127. maidenly - adj. befitting or characteristic of a maiden
128. maidhood - noun the childhood of a girl
129. maidism - noun 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
130. maidu - noun a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California; a Penutian
language spoken by the Maidu
131. maigre - noun large European marine food fish
132. mailbag - noun letter carrier's shoulder bag; pouch used in the shipment of mail
133. mailed - adj. wearing protective mail
134. mailer - noun a container for something to be mailed; an advertisement that is sent by mail; a person who mails something;
United States writer (born in 1923)
135. maimed - adj. having a part of the body crippled or disabled; badly injured, perhaps with amputation; noun people who are
wounded
136. maimer - noun a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples
137. mainly - adv. for the most part
138. mainmast - noun the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
139. mainsail - noun the lowermost sail on the mainmast
140. mainsheet - noun (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
141. mainspring - noun the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the
mechanism
142. maintainable - adj. capable of being maintained
143. maintainer - noun someone who upholds or maintains
144. maintenon - noun French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)
145. maisonette - noun a small house; a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance
from the outside
146. maitreya - noun the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama
147. maize - noun a strong yellow color; 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
148. maja - noun type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
149. majagua - noun 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; 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
150. majestically - adv. in a majestic manner
151. majolica - noun highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide
152. majorette - noun a female drum major; a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band
153. majority - noun the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; (elections)
more than half of the votes; the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
154. majuscular - adj. of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules
155. majuscule - adj. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries;
uppercase; noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes
for emphasis
156. maker - noun a person who makes things; a business engaged in manufacturing some product; terms referring to the JudeoChristian God
157. makeweight - noun a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight; anything added to fill out a whole
158. making - noun (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; the act that results in something coming
to be; an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
159. mako - noun powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
160. malacanthidae - noun short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
161. malacca - noun a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm; stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella
handles
162. malachite - noun a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects
163. malacia - noun a state of abnormal softening of tissue
164. malaclemys - noun American terrapins
165. malacologist - noun a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks
166. malacology - noun the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks
167. malacopterygian - noun any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
168. malacopterygii - noun an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
169. malacosoma - noun tent caterpillars
170. malacostraca - noun largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial
crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies
171. maladjusted - adj. not well adjusted; poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; emotionally unstable and having
difficulty coping with personal relationships
172. maladjustive - adj. poorly adjusted
173. maladjustment - noun the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability
174. maladroitly - adv. in a maladroit manner
175. maladroitness - noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
176. malaga - noun a port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean
177. malamute - noun breed of sled dog developed in Alaska
178. malanga - noun tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
179. malapropism - noun the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
180. malapropos - adj. of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature; adv. at an inconvenient time
181. malar - noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
182. malaxis - noun large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green
flowers; cosmopolitan
183. malayalam - noun a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India
184. malayan - adj. 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; of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; noun a member of a people inhabiting the
northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
185. malaysian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia; noun the Malay language spoken in Malaysia; a native or
inhabitant of Malaysia
186. maldivian - noun a native or inhabitant of Maldives
187. maleate - noun a salt or ester of maleic acid; used as a nontricyclic antidepressant drug for psychomotor activation
188. malecite - noun the Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody; a member of the Algonquian people of
northeastern Maine and New Brunswick
189. malediction - noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
190. malefic - adj. having or exerting a malignant influence
191. maleficence - noun the quality or nature of being harmful or evil; doing or causing evil
192. maleficent - adj. harmful or evil in intent or effect
193. maleness - noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
194. maleo - noun Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
195. malevolence - noun the quality of threatening evil; wishing evil to others
196. malevolency - noun the quality of threatening evil
197. malevolently - adv. in a malevolent manner
198. malfeasance - noun wrongful conduct by a public official
199. maliciously - adv. with malice; in a malicious manner
200. maliciousness - noun feeling a need to see others suffer
201. malignance - noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will; (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to
treatment and tending to cause death
202. malignancy - noun (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death; quality of
being disposed to evil; intense ill will
203. malignantly - adv. in a malignant manner, as of a tumor that spreads
204. maligner - noun one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
205. malignity - noun quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will; wishing evil to others
206. malignly - adv. in a malign and evil manner
207. malignment - noun slanderous defamation
208. malik - noun the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent
209. malinger - verb avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
210. malingerer - noun someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
211. malinois - noun fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog
212. malleability - noun the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or
shaped without breaking
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mallee - noun any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts
malleus - noun the ossicle attached to the eardrum
mallophaga - noun biting lice
mallotus - noun capelins
malmsey - noun sweet Madeira wine
malnourishment - noun not having enough food to develop or function formally
malodor - noun a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
malodorous - adj. having an unpleasant smell
malodorousness - noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
malonylurea - noun a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
malope - noun western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts
malpighia - noun type genus of the Malpighiaceae
malpighiaceae - noun tropical shrubs or trees
malposition - noun faulty position
maltha - noun a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt
malthusian - adj. of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism; noun a believer in Malthusian theory
malthusianism - noun Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
maltman - noun a maker of malt
malto - noun the Dravidian language spoken by the Malto; a member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in
eastern India
maltreatment - noun cruel or inhumane treatment
maltster - noun a maker of malt
malus - noun apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
malva - noun herbs and subshrubs: mallows
malvaceae - noun herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
malvales - noun Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
malvasia - noun used to make malmsey wine
malvastrum - noun genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera
malversation - noun misconduct in public office
mam - noun a Mayan language spoken by the Mam; a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala
mamba - noun arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
mammalia - noun warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female
mammalogist - noun one skilled in the study of mammals
mammalogy - noun the branch of zoology that studies mammals
mammary - adj. of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female
mammea - noun American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit
mammee - noun brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet; globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind
and juicy yellow or reddish flesh; tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind; tropical American tree having
wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
mammilla - noun the small projection of a mammary gland
mammillaria - noun any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
mammon - noun (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; wealth regarded as an evil influence
mammut - noun extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons
mammutidae - noun extinct family: mastodons
mammy - noun an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.; informal terms for a mother
mamo - noun black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct
manacle - noun shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs; verb confine or
restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs
manageability - noun capable of being managed or controlled
manageableness - noun capable of being managed or controlled
manageably - adv. so as to be manageable
management - noun the act of managing something; those in charge of running a business
manager - noun (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team; someone who controls resources and expenditures
manageress - noun a woman manager
managerially - adv. in a managerial manner
managership - noun the position of manager
manakin - noun any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and
elaborate courtship behavior; a life-size dummy used to display clothes; a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
manchu - noun the Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu; a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of
Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century; 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
manchurian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture
mancunian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents; noun a native or resident
of Manchester
mandaean - adj. of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture; noun the form of Aramaic used by the
Mandeans; 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
mandala - noun any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and
Buddhism as an aid to meditation
mandalay - noun a city in central Myanmar north of Rangoon
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mandatary - noun the recipient of a mandate
mandator - noun an authority who issues a mandate
mandatorily - adv. in a manner that cannot be evaded
mande - noun a group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast
mandible - noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
mandibula - noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
mandibular - adj. relating to the lower jaw
mandibulate - adj. having mandibles
mandola - noun an early type of mandolin
mandolin - noun a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
mandragora - noun a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae
manducate - verb chew (food)
manes - noun a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
maneuverability - noun the quality of being maneuverable
maneuverable - adj. capable of maneuvering or changing position
maneuverer - noun a person skilled in maneuvering
manful - adj. possessing qualities befitting a man; characteristic of a man
manfully - adv. in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man
manfulness - noun the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
mangabey - noun large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids
manganate - noun a salt of manganic acid containing manganese as its anion
manganite - noun a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese
manger - noun a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
mangifera - noun tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit
mangily - adv. in a mangy manner
manginess - noun a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing
mangler - noun a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples
mango - noun large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed; large evergreen tropical
tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
mangonel - noun medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
mangosteen - noun two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples; East Indian tree
with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit
mangrove - noun 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
mangy - adj. having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
manhandle - verb handle roughly
manhunt - noun an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
maniacally - adv. in a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree
manichaean - adj. of or relating to Manichaeism; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism; noun an adherent of
Manichaeism
manichaeanism - noun a religion founded by Manes 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
manichaeism - noun a religion founded by Manes 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
manichee - adj. of or relating to Manichaeism; noun an adherent of Manichaeism
manicure - noun professional care for the hands and fingernails; verb care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails,
etc.; trim carefully and neatly
manicurist - noun a beautician who cleans and trims and polishes the fingernails
manidae - noun coextensive with the order Pholidota
manifestly - adv. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
manifesto - noun a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
manihot - noun genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
manilla - noun a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp
manioc - noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating
drink) and tapioca; cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca; a starch made by leaching
and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
manipulation - noun exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; the action of touching with the
hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
manipulative - adj. skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage
manipulatively - adv. in an artfully manipulative manner
manipulator - noun a person who handles things manually; an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
manis - noun type genus of the Manidae
manlike - adj. resembling human beings; possessing qualities befitting a man; characteristic of a man
manliness - noun the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
manly - adj. possessing qualities befitting a man; characteristic of a man; adv. in a manful manner; with qualities thought to
befit a man
manned - adj. having a crew
manner - noun a way of acting or behaving; how something is done or how it happens; a kind
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mannered - adj. having unnatural mannerisms
mannerly - adj. socially correct in behavior
manners - noun social deportment
mannish - adj. characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather
than a woman
mannitol - noun a diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine
manorial - adj. of or relating to or based on the manor
manque - adj. unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
manroot - noun tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root; sometimes held
to be source of the sweet potato
mansard - adj. (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper; noun a hip roof having
two slopes on each side
manslayer - noun a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
manta - noun extremely large pelagic tropical ray that feeds on plankton and small fishes; usually harmless but its size make it
dangerous if harpooned; a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
mantelet - noun short cape worn by women; portable bulletproof shelter
mantelpiece - noun shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
manticore - noun a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
mantid - noun predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
mantidae - noun mantises
mantilla - noun a woman's silk or lace scarf; short cape worn by women
mantispid - noun insect that resembles a mantis; larvae are parasites in the nests of spiders and wasps
mantispidae - noun mantispids
mantled - adj. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
mantlet - noun portable bulletproof shelter
mantra - noun (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns; a
commonly repeated word or phrase
mantua - noun loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
manually - adv. by hand
manubrium - noun the upper part of the breastbone
manufactory - noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
manufacturer - noun a business engaged in manufacturing some product; someone who manufactures something
manul - noun small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia
manumitter - noun someone who frees others from bondage
manus - noun the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
manx - adj. of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language; noun the Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of
Man
manzanilla - noun very dry pale sherry from Spain
mapper - noun a clerk who marks data on a chart
maquis - noun the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II; a guerrilla fighter in the
French underground in World War II
marabou - noun the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments; large African black-and-white carrioneating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
marabout - noun large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments
maraca - noun a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb
and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
maracaibo - noun a port city in northwestern Venezuela; a major oil center
marang - noun tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds embedded in sweetish white pulp; Philippine
tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit
maranta - noun any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
marantaceae - noun tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
marasca - noun Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur; small bitter fruit of
the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
maraschino - noun cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur; distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild
marasca cherries
marasmius - noun chiefly small mushrooms with white spores
marasmus - noun extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or
from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
maratha - noun a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra
marathi - noun an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script
marathoner - noun someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
marattia - noun type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
marattiaceae - noun constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
marattiales - noun lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
marauder - noun someone who attacks in search of booty
marbled - adj. patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
marbleization - noun a texture like that of marble
marbleize - verb make something look like marble
marbles - noun a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass); the basic human power of
intelligent thought and perception
385. marblewood - noun large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood; hard marbled wood
386. marbling - noun the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat
387. marchantia - noun type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked
antheridiophores
388. marchantiaceae - noun liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
389. marchantiales - noun liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
390. marcher - noun walks with regular or stately step; an inhabitant of a border district; fights on foot with small arms
391. marchioness - noun a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess; the wife or widow of a marquis
392. marchland - noun district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area
393. marchpane - noun almond paste and egg whites
394. marcionism - noun 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
395. marconi - noun Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the
Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937)
396. marengo - noun a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians
397. margarin - noun a glyceryl ester of margaric acid; a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
398. margarita - noun a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice
399. margay - noun small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
400. marge - noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
401. marginality - noun the property of being marginal or on the fringes
402. marginalize - verb relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
403. marginally - adv. in a marginal manner
404. margosa - noun 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
405. margrave - noun a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess); the military
governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany
406. mari - noun the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis; a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
407. marian - adj. of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
408. marihuana - noun 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; a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and
hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
409. mariner - noun a man who serves as a sailor
410. mariposan - noun a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley
411. mariticide - noun the murder of a husband by his wife
412. marked - adj. singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; strongly marked; easily noticeable; having or as if having an
identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
413. markedly - adv. in a clearly noticeable manner
414. marker - noun some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something; a writing implement for making a mark; a
distinguishing symbol
415. marketable - adj. capable of being marketed; being in demand by especially employers; fit to be offered for sale
416. marketer - noun someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
417. marketing - noun shopping at a market; the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product
or service; the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
418. markhor - noun large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns
419. marking - noun the act of making a visible mark on a surface; evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; a
pattern of marks; a distinguishing symbol
420. markka - noun formerly the basic unit of money in Finland
421. marksmanship - noun skill in shooting
422. markup - noun 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); the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price
423. markweed - noun 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
424. marl - noun a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient
in lime
425. marlberry - noun tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries
426. marline - noun a small usually tarred line of 2 strands
427. marlinespike - noun a pointed iron hand tool that is used to separate strands of a rope or cable (as in splicing)
428. marlite - noun metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl
429. marly - adj. of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl
430. marmite - noun a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup; soup cooked in a large pot
431. marmoreal - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of marble
432. marmorean - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of marble
433. marmoset - noun small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
434. marmota - noun marmots
435. marocain - noun a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe
436. marquetry - noun inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture
437. marquise - noun permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.; a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a
countess
438. marrano - noun (medieval Spain) a Jew or Moor who converted to Christianity (especially those who professed conversion in
order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly)
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marriageability - noun eligibility for marriage
marrubium - noun Old World aromatic herbs: horehound
marsala - noun dark sweet or semisweet dessert wine from Sicily
marshalship - noun the post of marshall
marshy - adj. (of soil) soft and watery
marsilea - noun clover ferns
marsileaceae - noun clover ferns
marsupialia - noun coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
marsupium - noun an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled
martagon - noun lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
martes - noun martens
martially - adv. in a martial manner
martinet - noun someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
martinmas - noun the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland
martynia - noun 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
martyniaceae - noun in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae
martyrize - verb torture and torment like a martyr
marvelously - adv. (used as an intensifier) extremely well
marxism - noun 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
marxist - adj. following the ideas of Marx and Engels; noun an advocate of Marxism; emotionally charged terms used to refer
to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
marylander - noun a native or resident of Maryland
marzipan - noun almond paste and egg whites
masa - noun an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East
Chadic languages
masai - noun a Nilotic language
mascot - noun a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure
masculinity - noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men; the properties characteristic of the male sex
masculinization - noun the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone
therapies or adrenal malfunction)
masculinize - verb produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or
hormone therapy; give a masculine appearance or character to
masdevallia - noun 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
masher - noun a kitchen utensil used for mashing (e.g. potatoes); a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to
women
mashie - noun middle-distance iron
masjid - noun (Islam) a Muslim place of worship
masked - adj. having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
masker - noun a participant in a masquerade
masochistic - adj. deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated
masora - noun 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
masorete - noun a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
masoretic - adj. of or relating to the Masorah
masquer - noun a participant in a masquerade
masquerader - noun a participant in a masquerade
massager - noun someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
massasauga - noun pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small
amphibians; small pygmy rattlesnake
masse - noun 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
masseter - noun a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing
masseuse - noun a female massager
massicot - noun the mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment
massively - adv. to a massive degree or in a massive manner
massiveness - noun the property of being large in mass; an unwieldy largeness
mastaba - noun an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof
mastalgia - noun pain in the breast
mastectomy - noun surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
masted - adj. having or furnished with a mast; often used in combination
master - noun an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made; an authority qualified to teach
apprentices; directs the work of other; someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution; an officer who is
licensed to command a merchant ship; key that secures entrance everywhere; presiding officer of a school; an artist of
consummate skill; a person who has general authority over others; a combatant who is able to defeat rivals; verb have a firm
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understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; be or become completely proficient or skilled in; get on top of; deal with
successfully; have dominance or the power to defeat over
masterfully - adv. in a domineering and masterful manner; in a skillfully masterful manner; with the skill of a master
masterless - adj. having no lord or master
masterly - adj. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
mastership - noun the position of master; the skill of a master
masterstroke - noun an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery
masterwort - noun any plant of the genus Astrantia
masthead - noun the head or top of a mast; the title of a newspaper or magazine; usually printed on the front page and on the
editorial page; 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.
masticate - verb grind and knead; chew (food)
mastication - noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
mastigophora - noun protozoa having flagella
mastigophoran - noun a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of
humans and other animals
mastitis - noun inflammation of a breast (or udder)
mastodont - noun extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ
from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
mastoid - adj. relating to or resembling a nipple; of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process; noun process of the
temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
mastoidal - adj. relating to or resembling a nipple; noun process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
mastoidale - noun the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process
mastoidectomy - noun surgical removal of some or all of the mastoid process
mastoiditis - noun inflammation of the mastoid
mastopathy - noun any pathology of the breast
mastopexy - noun plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts
masturbation - noun manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
masturbator - noun a person who practices masturbation
matabele - noun a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu
matador - noun the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
matai - noun conifer of Australia and New Zealand
matchboard - noun 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)
matchbox - noun a box for holding matches
matcher - noun someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
matching - adj. intentionally matched; being two identical
matchless - adj. eminent beyond or above comparison
matchlock - noun an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
matchmaker - noun someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others
matchmaking - noun mediation in order to bring about a marriage between others
matchstick - noun a short thin stick of wood used in making matches
matchwood - noun fragments of wood; wood suitable for making matchsticks; wood in small pieces or splinters
mateless - adj. of someone who has no marriage partner; not mated sexually
matelote - noun highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock
materfamilias - noun a female head of a family or tribe
materialism - noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality; a desire for wealth and material
possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
materialist - noun someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter; someone with great regard for worldly
possessions
materialistic - adj. marked by materialism; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
materialistically - adv. in a materialistic manner
materiality - noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter; relevance requiring careful consideration
materialization - noun an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit); the process of coming into being; becoming
reality; something that comes into existence as a result
materialize - verb come into being; become reality
materially - adv. with respect to material aspects; to a significant degree
maternally - adv. in a maternal manner; as a mother
matey - adj. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
mathematical - adj. characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics; statistically possible though highly
improbable; beyond question; of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics; relating to or having ability to think in or work
with
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mathematically - adv. with respect to mathematics
mathematics - noun a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
mating - noun the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
matriarchate - noun a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female
line
matriarchic - adj. (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line
matriarchy - noun a form of social organization in which a female is the family head and title is traced through the female line
548. matric - noun admission to a group (especially a college or university)
549. matricaria - noun chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g.
Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum
550. matricide - noun the murder of your mother; a person who murders their mother
551. matriculation - noun admission to a group (especially a college or university)
552. matrilineal - adj. based on or tracing descent through the female line
553. matrilineally - adv. by descent through the female line
554. matrilinear - adj. based on or tracing descent through the female line
555. matronly - adj. befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman
556. matronymic - noun a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor
557. matted - adj. tangled in a dense mass; not reflecting light; not glossy
558. matter - noun (used with negation) having consequence; a vaguely specified concern; a problem; written works (especially in
books or magazines); that which has mass and occupies space; some situation or event that is thought about; verb have weight;
have import, carry weight
559. matteuccia - noun small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in
Polypodiaceae
560. matthiola - noun genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals
561. matting - noun floor covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp); mounting consisting of a border or background for a
picture
562. maturation - noun coming to full development; becoming mature; (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or
a vesicle and the discharge of pus; (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
563. maturely - adv. in a mature manner
564. maturement - noun coming to full development; becoming mature
565. matureness - noun state of being mature; full development
566. maturity - noun state of being mature; full development; the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid; the period of
time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
567. matutinal - adj. pertaining to or occurring in the morning
568. matzo - noun brittle flat bread eaten at Passover
569. mauler - noun a fighter who batters the opponent
570. maulstick - noun a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush
571. maund - noun a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries
572. maunder - verb wander aimlessly; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; talk indistinctly; usually in a low
voice
573. maundy - noun a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money
574. mauritian - adj. of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants; noun a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
575. mauser - noun trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol; German arms manufacturer and inventor of a repeating rifle and pistol
(1838-1914)
576. mawkishly - adv. in a mawkish and emotional manner
577. mawkishness - noun falsely emotional in a maudlin way; insincere pathos
578. maxilla - noun the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
579. maxillary - adj. of or relating to the upper jaw; noun the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
580. maxillodental - adj. of or relating to the upper jaw and its associated teeth
581. maxillofacial - adj. of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla)
582. maxillomandibular - adj. relating to the upper and lower jaws
583. maximally - adv. to a maximal degree
584. maximation - noun the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position
585. maximization - noun the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position; the mathematical process of
finding the maximum value of a function
586. maximize - verb make as big or large as possible; make the most of
587. mayaca - noun small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers
588. mayacaceae - noun a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
589. mayan - noun 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; a family of American
Indian languages spoken by Maya
590. mayday - noun an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)
591. mayfish - noun black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
592. mayhap - adv. by chance
593. mayoralty - noun the position of mayor
594. mayoress - noun a woman mayor; the wife of a mayor
595. maypole - noun a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
596. maypop - noun of southern United States; having an insipid berry the size of a hen egg
597. mayweed - noun widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
598. mazama - noun brockets
599. mazdaism - noun 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)
600. mazed - adj. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
601. mazer - noun a large hardwood drinking bowl
602. mazy - adj. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
603. mazzard - noun wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
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meadowlark - noun North American songbirds having a yellow breast
meagerly - adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; adv. to a meager degree or in a meager manner
meagerness - noun the quality of being meager
meagre - adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent
mealberry - noun evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red
berries; leaves turn red in autumn
mealymouthed - adj. hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
meanderingly - adv. in a meandering manner
meaning - adj. rich in significance or implication; noun the idea that is intended; the message that is intended or expressed or
signified
meaningfully - adv. in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful
meaningless - adj. having no meaning or direction or purpose
meaninglessness - noun the quality of having no value or significance; a message that seems to convey no meaning
meanly - adv. in a miserly manner; poorly or in an inferior manner; in a despicable, ignoble manner; in a nasty ill-tempered
manner
meanness - noun extreme stinginess; the quality of being deliberately mean
measles - noun an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in
children
measly - adj. contemptibly small in amount
measurability - noun the quality of being measurable
measurable - adj. of distinguished importance; capable of being measured
measurably - adv. to a measurable degree
measured - adj. determined by measurement; the rhythmic arrangement of syllables; with care and dignity; carefully thought
out in advance
measuredly - adv. in a deliberate unhurried manner
measureless - adj. without limits in extent or size or quantity
measurement - noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
measurer - noun a person who makes measurements
measuring - noun the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
meatball - noun ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth
meatless - adj. lacking meat
meatman - noun a retailer of meat
meatus - noun a natural body passageway
meccano - noun a child's construction set for making mechanical models
mechanical - adj. using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; relating to or governed by or in accordance with
mechanics; relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
mechanically - adv. in a machinelike manner; without feeling; in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
mechanics - noun the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference; the technical aspects of
doing something
mechanistic - adj. explained in terms of physical forces; of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism
mechanistically - adv. in a mechanistic manner
mechanization - noun the condition of having a highly technical implementation; the act of implementing the control of
equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
mechanize - verb make mechanical; make monotonous; make automatic or routine; equip with armed and armored motor
vehicles
meconium - noun thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
mecoptera - noun an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with
chewing mouths at the tip
mecopteran - noun any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera
mecopterous - adj. of or relating to mecopterans
medalist - noun (golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament; someone who has won a medal
meddler - noun an officious annoying person who interferes with others
meddlesome - adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
meddlesomeness - noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
meddling - adj. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; noun the act of altering something secretly or improperly
medellin - noun city in western Colombia; important coffee center
mediacy - noun the quality of being mediate
medially - adv. in a medial position
mediant - noun (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant
mediastinum - noun the part of the thoracic cavity between the lungs that contains the heart and aorta and esophagus and
trachea and thymus
mediateness - noun the quality of being mediate
mediation - noun the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement; negotiation to resolve differences
conducted by some impartial party
mediator - noun a negotiator who acts as a link between parties
mediatorial - adj. of or relating to a mediator or the duties of a mediator
mediatory - adj. of or related to or directed toward mediation
mediatrix - noun a woman who is a mediator
medicago - noun a genus of herbs that resemble clover
661. medical - adj. requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; relating to the study or practice
of medicine; of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art; noun a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests
depending on the age and sex and health of the person
662. medically - adv. involving medical practice
663. medicament - noun (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
664. medication - noun the act of treating with medicines or remedies; (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the
symptoms of disease
665. medicative - adj. having the properties of medicine
666. medicinally - adv. in a medicinal manner
667. medicolegal - adj. pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or
patient information)
668. mediety - noun one of two (approximately) equal parts
669. medieval - adj. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; relating to or belonging to the Middle
Ages; characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
670. medina - noun the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa; a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of
Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam
671. medinilla - noun tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers
672. meditation - noun continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse
nature; (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
673. meditative - adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
674. meditatively - adv. in a meditative manner
675. meditativeness - noun deep serious thoughtfulness
676. medoc - noun red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France
677. medulla - noun the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal; lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with
spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata); a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis
cylinder of some nerve fibers
678. medullary - adj. of or relating to the medulla of any body part; of or relating to the medulla oblongata; containing or consisting
of or resembling bone marrow
679. medullated - adj. (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin
680. medusan - noun any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive
forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
681. medusoid - adj. relating to or resembling a medusa
682. meed - noun a fitting reward
683. meekly - adv. in a submissive or spiritless manner; in a humble manner
684. meekness - noun a disposition to be patient and long suffering; the feeling of patient submissive humbleness
685. meerkat - noun a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
686. meerschaum - noun a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum; a white clayey mineral
687. meeter - noun a person who is present and participates in a meeting
688. meeting - noun the social act of assembling for some common purpose; a casual or unexpected convergence; a formally
arranged gathering; a small informal social gathering; the act of joining together as one; a place where things merge or flow
together (especially rivers)
689. megacephaly - noun an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure
and the overgrowth is symmetrical
690. megachile - noun type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees
691. megachilidae - noun leaf-cutting and mason bees
692. megachiroptera - noun fruit bats
693. megacolon - noun an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when
children refuse to defecate)
694. megacycle - noun one million periods per second
695. megaera - noun one of the three Furies
696. megagametophyte - noun the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and
megaspores
697. megakaryocyte - noun a large bone marrow cell; regarded as the source of blood platelets
698. megalith - noun memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
699. megalithic - adj. of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths
700. megalobatrachus - noun giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus
701. megaloblast - noun abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency
702. megaloblastic - adj. of or relating to megaloblasts
703. megalocardia - noun an abnormal enlargement of the heart
704. megalocephaly - noun an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure
and the overgrowth is symmetrical
705. megalocyte - noun abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
706. megalohepatia - noun abnormal enlargement of the liver
707. megalomaniacal - adj. suffering from megalomania
708. megalonychidae - noun mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths
709. megalopolis - noun a very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
710. megaloptera - noun in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
711. megalosaur - noun gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
712. megalosauridae - noun megalosaurs
713. megalosaurus - noun gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
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megaphone - noun a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
megapode - noun large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
megapodiidae - noun megapodes
megapodius - noun type genus of the Megapodiidae
megaptera - noun humpback whales
megascopic - adj. visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
megasporangium - noun a plant structure that produces megaspores
megaspore - noun larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female
gametophyte
megasporophyll - noun in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only megasporangia
megathere - noun gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
megatherian - noun a large extinct ground sloth
megatheriidae - noun extinct ground sloths
megatherium - noun type genus of the Megatheriidae
megilp - noun a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine
megrim - noun a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
meiotic - adj. of or relating to meiosis
melagra - noun rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs
melampodium - noun herbs and subshrubs of warm North America
melampsora - noun rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
melampsoraceae - noun rust fungi
melancholia - noun extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears
melancholiac - noun someone subject to melancholia
melancholic - adj. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; noun someone subject to melancholia
melanesian - adj. of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture
melanism - noun a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
melanize - verb convert into, or infiltrate with melanin; make or become black
melanoblast - noun an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte
melanocyte - noun a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocytestimulating hormone
melanoderma - noun abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin
melanoplus - noun New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers
melanosis - noun a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)
melasma - noun a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives
melastoma - noun type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by
edible fleshy black berries
melastomaceae - noun a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
melchite - noun an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem;
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
meleagris - noun type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
melena - noun abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
meles - noun in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae
melia - noun type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
meliaceae - noun tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
melicocca - noun tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
melilot - noun erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
melilotus - noun erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
melinae - noun subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
melioration - noun the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more
elevated in meaning; the act of relieving ills and changing for the better; a condition superior to an earlier condition
meliorative - adj. tending to ameliorate
meliorism - noun the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
meliorist - noun a disputant who advocates reform
meliphagidae - noun honey eaters
mellifluous - adj. pleasing to the ear
mellisonant - adj. pleasing to the ear
mellivora - noun ratels
mellowly - adv. (obsolete) in a mellow manner
mellowness - noun geniality, as through the effects of alcohol or marijuana; a soft shade of a color; a taste (especially of fruit)
that is ripe and of full flavor; kindheartedness through maturity or old age; the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
melocactus - noun genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
melodically - adv. with respect to melody
melodiously - adv. in a melodious manner
melodiousness - noun the property of having a melody
melodize - verb supply a melody for
melodramatically - adv. in an overly emotional manner; as in a melodrama
meloid - noun beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
meloidae - noun blister beetles
melolontha - noun a genus of Melolonthidae
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melolonthidae - noun considered a separate family in some classification systems
melosa - noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
melospiza - noun American song sparrow and swamp sparrow
meltable - adj. capable of melting
melted - adj. changed from a solid to a liquid state
melter - noun a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)
melting - adj. becoming liquid; noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
melursus - noun sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
mem - noun the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
membered - adj. having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number
memberless - adj. of a group or set having no members
membership - noun the body of members of an organization or group; the state of being a member
membracidae - noun plant hoppers: treehoppers
membranous - adj. characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); relating to or made of
or similar to a membrane
memorability - noun the quality of being worth remembering
memorably - adv. in a memorable manner
memorialization - noun a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
memorialize - verb address in a memorial; be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
memorization - noun learning so as to be able to remember verbatim
memorize - verb commit to memory; learn by heart
memorizer - noun a person who learns by rote
menacing - adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
menacingly - adv. in a menacing manner
menadione - noun a form of vitamin K
menage - noun a social unit living together
mendaciously - adv. in a mendacious and untruthful manner
mendelian - adj. of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws; noun a follower of Mendelism
mendelianism - noun the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws
mendelism - noun the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws
mender - noun a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
mendicancy - noun a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person); the state of
being a beggar or mendicant
mendicant - adj. practicing beggary; noun a pauper who lives by begging; a male member of a religious order that originally
relied solely on alms
mendicity - noun the state of being a beggar or mendicant
mending - noun garments that must be repaired; the act of putting something in working order again
menhir - noun a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France
menially - adv. in a menial manner
meningeal - adj. relating to the meninges
meninges - noun a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord
meningism - noun symptoms that mimic those of meningitis but without inflammation of the meninges
meningocele - noun 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)
meningoencephalitis - noun inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
meninx - noun a membrane (one of 3) that envelops the brain and spinal cord
menispermaceae - noun herbaceous or woody climbers
menispermum - noun climbing herbs
menominee - noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini; a member of the federally recognized tribe of
Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin
menopausal - adj. of or relating to the menopause
menorah - noun (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival; (Judaism) a candelabrum
with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation
menorrhagia - noun abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia
if prolonged
menorrhea - noun flow of blood from the uterus; occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years
menotyphla - noun elephant shrews; tree shrews
mensa - noun a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic
Cloud
mensal - adj. the dining table
menses - noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
menshevik - noun a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks
before and during the Russian Revolution
menstrual - adj. of or relating to menstruation or the menses
menstruation - noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
menstruum - noun (archaic) a solvent; the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to
menopause
mensural - adj. having notes of fixed rhythmic value; of or relating to measure
mensurate - verb determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
836. mentalism - noun (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's
awareness
837. mentality - noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations;
mental ability
838. mentally - adv. in your mind
839. mentation - noun the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
840. mentha - noun mint plants
841. menthol - noun a lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint; 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
842. mentholated - adj. containing, or impregnated with, menthol
843. mentum - noun a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin; a projection like a chin formed by the
sepals and base of the column in some orchids; the protruding part of the lower jaw
844. mentzelia - noun genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs
845. menura - noun type and sole genus of the family Menuridae
846. menurae - noun lyrebirds and scrubbirds
847. menuridae - noun lyrebirds
848. menyanthaceae - noun a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
849. menyanthes - noun the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
850. menziesia - noun deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia
851. meow - noun the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this); verb cry like a cat
852. mephistophelean - adj. showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
853. mephitic - adj. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution
854. mephitinae - noun subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks
855. mephitis - noun in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae; a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from
the earth; a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
856. meralgia - noun pain in the thigh
857. mercantilism - noun an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all
of the nation's commercial interests; transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods
and services)
858. mercerize - verb treat to strengthen and improve the luster
859. merchandiser - noun a businessperson engaged in retail trade
860. merchantable - adj. fit to be offered for sale
861. merchantman - noun a cargo ship
862. mercifully - adv. in a manner that may be cruel but avoids suffering; in a compassionate manner
863. mercifulness - noun a disposition to be kind and forgiving; the feeling that motivates compassion; leniency and compassion
shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
864. merciless - adj. having or showing no mercy
865. mercilessness - noun inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving; feelings of extreme heartlessness
866. mercurialis - noun a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
867. mercurochrome - noun a mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark
868. mercurous - adj. of or containing mercury
869. merely - adv. and nothing more
870. merestone - noun an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
871. meretriciously - adv. in a meretricious manner
872. meretriciousness - noun tasteless showiness; an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
873. merger - noun the combination of two or more commercial companies; an occurrence that involves the production of a union
874. merginae - noun mergansers and closely related diving birds
875. mergus - noun mergansers
876. mericarp - noun a carpel with one seed; one of a pair split apart at maturity
877. merida - noun the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan
878. merino - noun white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality
879. meriones - noun a genus of Cricetidae
880. meristem - noun undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
881. meritable - adj. deserving reward or praise
882. merited - adj. properly deserved
883. meritless - adj. without merit
884. meritoriously - adv. in a meritorious manner
885. meritoriousness - noun the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
886. merl - noun common black European thrush
887. merlon - noun a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement
888. merluccius - noun hakes
889. merman - noun half man and half fish; lives in the sea; United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (19091984)
890. merodach - noun the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu
891. meropidae - noun bee-eaters
892. merops - noun type genus of the Meropidae
893. merostomata - noun used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida
894. merovingian - adj. of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members; noun a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that
reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750; a member of the Merovingian dynasty
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merozoite - noun a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
merrily - adv. in a joyous manner
merriness - noun the trait of merry joking
merrymaker - noun a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
merrymaking - noun a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
mertensia - noun a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple
flowers shaped like funnels
mesalliance - noun a marriage with a person of inferior social status
mesembryanthemum - noun South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
mesencephalon - noun the middle portion of the brain
mesenchyme - noun mesodermal tissue that forms connective tissue and blood and smooth muscles
mesentery - noun a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small
intestines
meshed - adj. resembling a network; (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; noun the holy city of Shiite
Muslims; located in northeastern Iran
meshwork - noun an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
mesial - adj. being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
mesic - adj. having or characterized by moderate or a well-balanced supply of moisture; of or pertaining to a meson
mesmerism - noun the act of inducing hypnosis
mesmerist - noun a person who induces hypnosis
mesmerize - verb induce hypnosis in; attract strongly, as if with a magnet
mesmerizer - noun a person who induces hypnosis
mesoblast - noun the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue
mesoblastic - adj. relating to or derived from the mesoderm
mesocarp - noun the middle layer of a pericarp
mesocolon - noun mesentery that holds the lower colon the back abdominal wall
mesodermal - adj. relating to or derived from the mesoderm
mesohippus - noun North American three-toed Oligocene animal; probably not directly ancestral to modern horses
mesolithic - adj. of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic); noun middle part of the Stone
Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
mesomorph - noun a person with a well-developed muscular body
mesomorphic - adj. having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and
connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
mesomorphy - noun muscular and big-boned
mesonic - adj. of or pertaining to a meson
mesophyte - noun land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
mesophytic - adj. being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment
mesothelium - noun epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity
mesotron - noun an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
mespilus - noun medlars
messiahship - noun the position of messiah
messianic - adj. of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance
messily - adv. in a messy, untidy manner
messiness - noun the trait of being untidy and messy; a state of confusion and disorderliness
messmate - noun (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship)
messuage - noun (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
mestiza - noun a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
mestizo - noun a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
mesua - noun genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
metabola - noun insects that undergo complete metamorphosis
metabolize - verb produce by metabolism
metabolous - adj. undergoing metamorphosis
metacarpal - adj. of or relating to the metacarpus; noun any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers
metacarpus - noun the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
metacenter - noun (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
metacentric - adj. having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere; of or relating to the metacenter
metagenesis - noun alternation of sexual and asexual generations
metalanguage - noun a language that can be used to describe languages
metalepsis - noun substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another
metalize - verb coat with metal
metallize - verb coat with metal
metallurgical - adj. of or relating to metallurgy
metalware - noun household articles made of metal (especially for use at table)
metalworker - noun someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable)
metalworking - noun the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner
metalworks - noun factory where metal castings are produced
metamathematics - noun the logical analysis of mathematical reasoning
metamere - noun one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
958.
959.
960.
961.
962.
963.
964.
metameric - adj. having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
metamorphopsia - noun a defect of vision in which objects appear to be distorted; usually due to a defect in the retina
metamorphous - adj. produced by metamorphosis; of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)
metaphase - noun the second stage of mitosis; the second stage of meiosis
metaphorical - adj. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
metaphorically - adv. in a metaphorical manner
metaphysical - adj. highly abstract and overly theoretical; without material form or substance; pertaining to or of the nature of
metaphysics
965. metaphysically - adv. in a metaphysical manner
966. metaphysics - noun the philosophical study of being and knowing
967. metaphysis - noun the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis
968. metastability - noun 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
969. metastable - adj. (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a
more stable state of equilibrium
970. metastasis - noun the spreading of a disease to another part of the body; the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are
necessary for life
971. metastasize - verb spread throughout the body
972. metastatic - adj. relating to or affected by metastasis
973. metatarsal - adj. of or relating to the metatarsus; noun any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes
974. metatarsus - noun 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
975. metatheria - noun pouched animals
976. metatherian - noun primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
977. metathesis - noun a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence; a
chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds
(AB+CD=AD+CB)
978. metazoa - noun multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and
nervous system
979. metazoan - noun any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges
980. metempsychosis - noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
981. metencephalon - noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
982. meteoroid - noun (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
983. meteorologic - adj. of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
984. meteorological - adj. of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
985. meteorologically - adv. with respect to the weather
986. meteorologist - noun a specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
987. methadone - noun synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and
maintenance of heroin addiction
988. methanal - noun a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
989. metheglin - noun spiced or medicated mead
990. methenamine - noun antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used
to treat urinary infections
991. methodical - adj. characterized by method and orderliness
992. methodically - adv. in a methodical manner
993. methodicalness - noun the quality of appreciating method and system
994. methodological - adj. relating to the methodology of some discipline
995. methodologically - adv. in a methodical manner
996. metic - noun an alien who paid a fee to reside in an ancient Greek city
997. meticulosity - noun strict attention to minute details
998. meticulously - adv. in a meticulous manner
999. meticulousness - noun strict attention to minute details
1000.
metis - noun a half-breed of white and American Indian parentage
1001.
metonym - noun a word that is used metonymically; a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing
1002.
metonymic - adj. using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
1003.
metonymical - adj. using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
1004.
metonymically - adv. in a metonymic manner
1005.
metonymy - noun substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted
heads')
1006.
metopion - noun the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull
1007.
metralgia - noun pain in the uterus
1008.
metrazol - noun a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy;
Metrazol is a trademark
1009.
metrical - adj. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables; based on the meter as a standard of measurement
1010.
metrically - adv. with regard to meter
1011.
metricize - verb convert from a non-metric to the metric system; express in the metric system
1012.
metrics - noun the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
1013.
metrification - noun the act of changing from imperial units of measurement to metric units: meters, grams, seconds;
writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition)
1014.
metrify - verb compose in poetic meter; convert from a non-metric to the metric system
1015.
metritis - noun inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium)
1016.
metrological - adj. of or relating to metrology
1017.
metrology - noun the scientific study of measurement
1018.
metronymic - noun a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor
1019.
metroptosis - noun prolapse of the uterus
1020.
metrorrhagia - noun bleeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical
cancer)
1021.
metroxylon - noun a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
1022.
mettlesomeness - noun courageous high-spiritedness
1023.
meuse - noun 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; a European river; flows into the North Sea
1024.
mewl - verb cry weakly or softly
1025.
mews - noun street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
1026.
mezcal - noun a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
1027.
mezereon - noun small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly
toxic twigs
1028.
mezereum - noun the dried bark of the shrub mezereon
1029.
mezuzah - noun 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
1030.
mezzotint - noun print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade
1031.
mho - noun a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
1032.
miao - noun a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong; 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
1033.
miaow - noun the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this); verb make a cat-like sound
1034.
miasm - noun unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; an unwholesome atmosphere
1035.
miasmic - adj. of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution; filled with vapor
1036.
miaul - noun the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
1037.
micaceous - adj. hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica
1038.
micah - noun an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem; a minor
Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)
1039.
micelle - noun an electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal
electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergents
1040.
michaelmas - noun honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
1041.
michaelmastide - noun the season of Michaelmas
1042.
michelangelesque - adj. in the manner of Michelangelo
1043.
michigander - noun a native or resident of Michigan
1044.
mick - noun (slur) a person of Irish descent
1045.
mickle - noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
1046.
micmac - noun the Algonquian language of the Micmac; a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the
Maritime Provinces of Canada
1047.
microbalance - noun balance for weighing very small objects
1048.
microbar - noun the absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter
1049.
microbe - noun a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
1050.
microbic - adj. of or involving or caused by or being microbes
1051.
microbiologist - noun a specialist in microbiology
1052.
microbiology - noun the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
1053.
microbrachia - noun abnormally small arms
1054.
microcentrum - noun katydids
1055.
microcephalic - adj. having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
1056.
microcephalous - adj. having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
1057.
microcephalus - noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
1058.
microcephaly - noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
1059.
microchiroptera - noun most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
1060.
micrococcus - noun type genus of the family Micrococcaceae
1061.
microcopy - verb photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size
1062.
microcosmic - adj. relating to or characteristic of a microcosm
1063.
microcrystalline - adj. containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope
1064.
microcyte - noun an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter)
1065.
microcytosis - noun a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the
blood; often associated with anemia
1066.
microevolution - noun evolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies
1067.
microfarad - noun a unit of capacitance equal to one millionth of a farad
1068.
microfilm - noun film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification
system is used to read the material; verb record on microfilm
1069.
microfossil - noun a fossil that must be studied microscopically
1070.
microgametophyte - noun the male gametophyte produced by a microspore
1071.
microglia - noun neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic
1072.
microgram - noun one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram
1073.
micromeria - noun large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs
1074.
micrometer - noun caliper for measuring small distances; a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
1075.
micrometry - noun measuring with a micrometer
1076.
micromicron - noun a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
1077.
micromillimeter - noun a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
1078.
micronutrient - noun a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals)
1079.
microorganism - noun any organism of microscopic size
1080.
micropaleontology - noun the paleontology of microfossils
1081.
micropenis - noun an abnormally small penis
1082.
microphage - noun a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)
1083.
microphallus - noun an abnormally small penis
1084.
microphone - noun device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
1085.
microphotometer - noun special kind of densitometer that measures density variations over a very small area
1086.
micropterus - noun American freshwater black basses
1087.
micropylar - adj. of or relating to a micropyle
1088.
micropyle - noun minute opening in the wall of an ovule through which the pollen tube enters
1089.
microscope - noun magnifier of the image of small objects
1090.
microscopic - adj. too small to be seen except under a microscope; extremely precise with great attention to details; of or
relating to or used in microscopy; infinitely or immeasurably small
1091.
microscopical - adj. too small to be seen except under a microscope; of or relating to or used in microscopy
1092.
microscopically - adv. by using a microscope; so as to be visible only with a microscope; as seen with a microscope; as if
by using a microscope; with extreme precision and attention to detail; in minute detail
1093.
microscopist - noun a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
1094.
microscopium - noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Sagittarius and Capricornus
1095.
microsecond - noun one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
1096.
microseism - noun a small earthquake
1097.
microsome - noun a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
1098.
microsporangium - noun a plant structure that produces microspores
1099.
microspore - noun smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a
male gametophyte
1100.
microsporidian - noun parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
1101.
microsporophyll - noun in non-flowering plants, a sporophyll that bears only microsporangia
1102.
microsporum - noun a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm
1103.
microtome - noun scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
1104.
microtus - noun voles of the northern hemisphere
1105.
microvolt - noun a unit of potential equal to one millionth of a volt
1106.
microwave - noun 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; 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; verb cook or heat in
a microwave oven
1107.
micrurus - noun coral snakes
1108.
micturate - verb eliminate urine
1109.
micturition - noun the discharge of urine
1110.
midafternoon - noun the middle part of the afternoon
1111.
midbrain - noun the middle portion of the brain
1112.
midden - noun a heap of dung or refuse; (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones
marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
1113.
middlebreaker - noun moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow
1114.
middlebrow - noun someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
1115.
middlemost - adj. being in the exact middle
1116.
middling - adj. lacking exceptional quality or ability; adv. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; noun any
commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
1117.
middy - noun blouse with a sailor collar
1118.
midiron - noun long iron with a nearly vertical face
1119.
midmost - adj. being in the exact middle; adv. the middle or central part or point
1120.
midrash - noun (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of
interpretation and attached to the biblical text
1121.
midrib - noun the vein in the center of a leaf
1122.
midriff - noun (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration; the
middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
1123.
midships - adv. at or near or toward the center of a ship
1124.
midsummer - noun June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point
1125.
midvein - noun the vein in the center of a leaf
1126.
midwatch - noun a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
1127.
midweekly - adj. occurring during the middle of the week
1128.
midwifery - noun assisting women at childbirth; the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
1129.
mightily - adv. to a great degree; powerfully or vigorously
1130.
mightiness - noun physical strength
1131.
mignonette - noun Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or
yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
1132.
migraine - noun a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
1133.
migration - noun the movement of persons from one country or locality to another; the periodic passage of groups of
animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding; (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of
an
1134.
tom or radical from one place to another within a molecule; a group of people migrating together (especially in some given
time period)
1135.
migrational - adj. of or related to migration
1136.
migrator - noun an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year;
traveler who moves from one region or country to another
1137.
mihrab - noun (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca; (Islam) a design in the shape
of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca
1138.
mikado - noun the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
1139.
mikania - noun large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America
1140.
mil - noun an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution; a unit of length equal to one
thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire); a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a
pound; a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
1141.
milady - noun an English noblewoman
1142.
milanese - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Milan
1143.
milcher - noun cattle that are reared for their milk
1144.
mildly - adv. to a moderate degree; in a gentle manner
1145.
mildness - noun good weather with comfortable temperatures; mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant;
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
1146.
milepost - noun stone post at side of a road to show distances
1147.
miler - noun a runner in a one-mile race; (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles
1148.
milfoil - noun 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
1149.
miliaria - noun obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
1150.
militancy - noun a militant aggressiveness
1151.
militarily - adv. with respect to the military
1152.
militaristic - adj. imbued with militarism
1153.
militarization - noun act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the
troops"
1154.
militarize - verb adopt for military use; lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force
1155.
militiaman - noun a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies
1156.
milium - noun a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland
1157.
milker - noun cattle that are reared for their milk
1158.
milkless - adj. having no milk
1159.
milklike - adj. resembling milk in color or cloudiness; not clear
1160.
milkmaid - noun a woman who works in a dairy
1161.
milkman - noun someone who delivers milk
1162.
milksop - noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
1163.
milkwort - noun any of various plants of the genus Polygala
1164.
millboard - noun stout pasteboard used to bind books
1165.
milldam - noun dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill
1166.
milled - adj. (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
1167.
millenarianism - noun belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
1168.
millenarist - noun a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a time of great peace and prosperity)
1169.
millenary - adj. relating to or consisting of 1000; of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium; noun a sum or aggregate
of one thousand (especially one thousand years); a span of 1000 years; the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
1170.
millennial - adj. relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
1171.
millennian - adj. relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
1172.
millepede - noun any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more
segments most with two pairs of legs
1173.
millerite - noun a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel
1174.
millettia - noun any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood
1175.
milliammeter - noun a sensitive ammeter graduated in milliamperes
1176.
milliampere - noun one thousandth of an ampere
1177.
milliard - noun a billion
1178.
millibar - noun a unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar
1179.
millicurie - noun a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie
1180.
milliequivalent - noun one-thousandth of an equivalent
1181.
millifarad - noun a unit of capacitance equal to one thousandth of a farad
1182.
milligram - noun one thousandth (1/1,000) gram
1183.
millihenry - noun a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry
1184.
milliliter - noun a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
1185.
millimeter - noun a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
1186.
millimicron - noun a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
1187.
milline - noun an advertising measure; one agate line appearing in one million copies of a publication
1188.
milliner - noun someone who makes and sells hats
1189.
milling - noun corrugated edge of a coin
1190.
millionairess - noun a woman millionaire
1191.
millionfold - adv. by a factor of a million
1192.
millisecond - noun one thousandth (10^-3) of a second
1193.
millivolt - noun a unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt
1194.
millivoltmeter - noun sensitive voltmeter that can measure voltage in millivolts
1195.
millpond - noun a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
1196.
millrace - noun a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
1197.
millwork - noun woodwork that has been machined at a mill
1198.
millwright - noun a workman who designs or erects mills and milling machinery
1199.
milo - noun small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
1200.
miltonia - noun genus of tropical American orchids
1201.
milvus - noun a genus including the common European kits
1202.
mime - noun a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by
gesture and facial expression; verb act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; imitate (a person or
manner), especially for satirical effect
1203.
mimeo - noun a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo); verb print copies
from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph
1204.
mimer - noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
1205.
mimicker - noun someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
1206.
mimicry - noun the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and
protection from predators; the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
1207.
mimidae - noun sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
1208.
mimosa - noun a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice; any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus
Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves; evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and
young leaves and yellow flowers
1209.
mimosaceae - noun family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in
sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
1210.
mimus - noun type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds
1211.
mina - noun tropical Asian starlings
1212.
minacious - adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
1213.
minatory - adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
1214.
mincer - noun a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces
1215.
mincing - adj. affectedly dainty or refined
1216.
mincingly - adv. in a mincing manner
1217.
minded - adj. (used in combination) being of a specified kind of inclination or disposition; (used in combination) mentally
oriented toward something specified; (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
1218.
minder - noun a woman who looks after babies in her own home while their parents are working
1219.
mindfully - adv. in a careful deliberate manner
1220.
mindfulness - noun the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities
1221.
mindless - adj. requiring little mental effort; lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being; not marked
by the use of reason; not mindful or attentive; devoid of intelligence
1222.
mindlessly - adv. in an unreasonably senseless manner; without intellectual involvement
1223.
mindlessness - noun the trait of acting rashly and without prudence; total lack of meaning or ideas
1224.
minelayer - noun ship equipped for laying marine mines
1225.
miner - noun laborer who works in a mine
1226.
mineralize - verb transform (a metal) into an ore; convert into a mineral substance
1227.
mineralogist - noun a scientist trained in mineralogy
1228.
mineworker - noun laborer who works in a mine
1229.
ming - noun the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
1230.
minge - noun vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals
1231.
mingy - adj. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
1232.
miniate - verb decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; paint with red lead or vermilion
1233.
miniaturist - noun someone who paints tiny pictures in great detail
1234.
minibus - noun a light bus (4 to 10 passengers)
1235.
minify - verb make smaller
1236.
minimalism - noun an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme
simplification of form and color
1237.
minimalist - adj. advocating minimal reforms (as in government or politics); of or relating to artistic minimalism; noun a
practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism; a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics
1238.
minimally - adv. to a minimal degree
1239.
minimization - noun the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position
1240.
minimize - verb make small or insignificant; cause to seem less serious; play down; represent as less significant or
important
1241.
minimus - noun the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe
1242.
mining - noun the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth; laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy
enemy personnel and equipment
1243.
miniscule - adj. very small
1244.
minister - noun the job of a head of a government department; a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks
below ambassador; a person appointed to a high office in the government; a person authorized to conduct religious worship;
verb work as a minister; attend to the wants and needs of others
1245.
ministerially - adv. in the manner of a clergyman
1246.
ministrant - adj. serving attendance on someone; noun someone who serves as a minister
1247.
ministration - noun assistance in time of difficulty
1248.
minium - noun a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics
1249.
miniver - noun trimming on ceremonial robes consisting of white or light grey fur
1250.
minnesotan - noun a native or resident of Minnesota
1251.
minniebush - noun low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs
1252.
minority - noun being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; a group of people who differ racially or politically
from a larger group of which it is a part; any age prior to the legal age
1253.
minotaur - noun (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus
1254.
minster - noun any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
1255.
mintage - noun act or process of minting coins; fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin; coins collectively
1256.
minter - noun a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
1257.
minuscular - adj. of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
1258.
minutely - adv. in minute detail
1259.
minuteness - noun great precision; painstaking attention to details; the property of being very small in size
1260.
minutia - noun a small or minor detail
1261.
minx - noun a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
1262.
minyan - noun the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years
of age)
1263.
mirabilis - noun four o'clocks
1264.
miraculously - adv. in a miraculous manner
1265.
mirid - noun a variety of leaf bug
1266.
miridae - noun leaf bugs
1267.
mirish - noun little known Kamarupan languages
1268.
miro - noun Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983); New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for
interior carpentry
1269.
mirounga - noun elephant seals
1270.
mirrored - adj. like or characteristic of a mirrored image
1271.
mirrorlike - adj. capable of reflecting light like a mirror
1272.
mirthful - adj. arousing or provoking laughter; full of or showing high-spirited merriment
1273.
mirthfully - adv. in a joyous manner
1274.
mirthfulness - noun great merriment
1275.
mirthless - adj. lacking mirth
1276.
miry - adj. (of soil) soft and watery
1277.
misaddress - verb put a wrong address on
1278.
misadventure - noun an instance of misfortune
1279.
misadvise - verb give bad advice to
1280.
misalignment - noun the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned
1281.
misalliance - noun an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)
1282.
misally - verb make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately
1283.
misanthropical - adj. hating mankind in general; believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering
disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
1284.
misanthropist - noun someone who dislikes people in general
1285.
misanthropy - noun a disposition to dislike and mistrust other people; hatred of mankind
1286.
misapplication - noun wrong use or application; the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care
but actually owned by someone else
1287.
misapply - verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
1288.
misapprehend - verb interpret in the wrong way
1289.
misapprehension - noun an understanding of something that is not correct
1290.
misappropriate - verb appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
1291.
misappropriation - noun wrongful borrowing; the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but
actually owned by someone else
1292.
misbegotten - adj. born out of wedlock
1293.
misbehave - verb behave badly
1294.
misbehavior - noun improper or wicked or immoral behavior
1295.
misbelieve - verb hold a false or unorthodox belief
1296.
misbeliever - noun a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
1297.
miscalculate - verb calculate incorrectly; judge incorrectly
1298.
miscalculation - noun a mistake in calculating
1299.
miscall - verb assign in incorrect name to
1300.
miscarriage - noun failure of a plan; a natural loss of the products of conception
1301.
miscarry - verb suffer a miscarriage; be unsuccessful
1302.
miscast - verb cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
1303.
miscegenate - verb marry or cohabit with a person of another race
1304.
miscellanea - noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
1305.
mischance - noun an instance of misfortune; an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
1306.
mischief - noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others; the quality or nature of
being harmful or evil
1307.
mischievously - adv. in a disobedient or naughty way
1308.
mischievousness - noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others; the trait of
behaving like an imp; an attribute of mischievous children
1309.
misconceive - verb interpret in the wrong way
1310.
misconception - noun an incorrect conception
1311.
misconduct - noun bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf; activity that transgresses
moral or civil law; verb manage badly or incompetently; behave badly
1312.
misconstruction - noun an ungrammatical constituent; a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong
construction on words or actions (often deliberately)
1313.
misconstrue - verb interpret in the wrong way
1314.
miscount - noun an inaccurate count; verb count wrongly
1315.
miscreate - verb shape or form or make badly
1316.
miscreation - noun something abnormal or anomalous
1317.
miscue - noun a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball; a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in
speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
1318.
misdate - verb assign the wrong date to
1319.
misdeal - noun an incorrect deal; verb deal cards wrongly
1320.
misdeed - noun improper or wicked or immoral behavior
1321.
misdeliver - verb deliver to the wrong address
1322.
misdemean - verb behave badly
1323.
misdemeanor - noun a crime less serious than a felony
1324.
misdirect - verb put a wrong address on; lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; corrupt
morally or by intemperance or sensuality
1325.
misdirection - noun incorrect directions or instructions; an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge; the act of
distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; management that is careless or inefficient
1326.
misdo - verb do wrongly or improperly
1327.
miserable - adj. characterized by physical misery; very unhappy; full of misery; contemptibly small in amount; of the
most contemptible kind; deserving or inciting pity; of very poor quality or condition
1328.
miserableness - noun a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
1329.
miserably - adv. in a miserable manner
1330.
miserliness - noun total lack of generosity with money
1331.
miserly - adj. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
1332.
misestimate - verb calculate incorrectly; judge incorrectly
1333.
misestimation - noun a mistake in calculating
1334.
misfeasance - noun doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
1335.
misfire - noun an explosion that fails to occur; a failure to hit (or meet or find etc); verb fail to fire or detonate
1336.
misfit - noun someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
1337.
misfortunate - adj. deserving or inciting pity
1338.
misfortune - noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; an unfortunate state resulting
from unfavorable outcomes
1339.
misgauge - verb gauge something incorrectly or improperly
1340.
misgive - verb suggest fear or doubt
1341.
misgiving - noun doubt about someone's honesty; painful expectation; uneasiness about the fitness of an action
1342.
misgovern - verb govern badly
1343.
misgovernment - noun government that is inefficient or dishonest
1344.
misguide - verb give bad advice to; lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
1345.
misguided - adj. wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; poorly conceived or thought out
1346.
mishandle - verb manage badly or incompetently; make a mess of, destroy or ruin
1347.
mishap - noun an instance of misfortune; an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
1348.
mishmash - noun a motley assortment of things
1349.
mishnah - noun the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled
about AD 200
1350.
mishnaic - adj. of or relating to the Mishna (the first part of the Talmud)
1351.
misidentify - verb identify incorrectly
1352.
misinform - verb give false or misleading information to
1353.
misinformation - noun information that is incorrect
1354.
misinterpret - verb interpret falsely; interpret in the wrong way; interpret wrongly
1355.
misinterpretation - noun putting the wrong interpretation on
1356.
misjudge - verb judge incorrectly
1357.
mislay - verb place (something) where one cannot find it again
1358.
mislead - verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; give false or misleading
information to
1359.
misleader - noun someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
1360.
misleading - adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
1361.
misleadingly - adv. in a misleading way
1362.
mismanage - verb manage badly or incompetently
1363.
mismanagement - noun management that is careless or inefficient
1364.
mismarry - verb marry an unsuitable partner
1365.
mismatch - noun a bad or unsuitable match; verb match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together
1366.
mismate - verb provide with an unsuitable mate
1367.
misname - verb assign in incorrect name to
1368.
misogamist - noun a person who hates marriage
1369.
misogamy - noun hatred of marriage
1370.
misogynic - adj. (used of men) having deep-seated distrust of women
1371.
misogynism - noun hatred of women
1372.
misogynous - adj. hating women in particular
1373.
misology - noun hatred of reasoning
1374.
misoneism - noun hatred of change or innovation
1375.
misopedia - noun hatred of children
1376.
misperceive - verb perceive incorrectly
1377.
mispickel - noun a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic
1378.
misplace - verb place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; place (something) where one cannot find it again
1379.
misplacement - noun faulty position
1380.
misplay - noun (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed; verb play
wrong or in an unskillful manner; play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note
1381.
misprint - noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind; verb print incorrectly
1382.
mispronounce - verb pronounce a word incorrectly
1383.
misquotation - noun an incorrect quotation
1384.
misquote - noun an incorrect quotation; verb quote incorrectly
1385.
misread - verb interpret wrongly; read or interpret wrongly
1386.
misremember - verb remember incorrectly
1387.
misrepresent - verb represent falsely; fake or falsify
1388.
misrepresentation - noun a misleading falsehood
1389.
misrule - noun government that is inefficient or dishonest
1390.
missal - noun (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass
throughout the year
1391.
misshapenness - noun an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
1392.
missing - adj. not able to be found; not existing
1393.
missional - adj. relating to or connected to a religious mission
1394.
missioner - noun someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
1395.
missis - noun informal term of address for someone's wife
1396.
missourian - noun a native or resident of Missouri
1397.
misspell - verb spell incorrectly
1398.
misspelling - noun a spelling that is incorrect
1399.
misspend - verb spend (money or other resources) unwisely; spend time badly or unwisely
1400.
misstate - verb state something incorrectly
1401.
misstatement - noun a statement that contains a mistake
1402.
misstep - noun an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
1403.
mistakable - adj. so similar as to be easily identified for another thing
1404.
mistake - noun a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; an understanding of something
that is not correct; part of a statement that is not correct; verb identify incorrectly; to make a mistake or be incorrect
1405.
mistaken - adj. arising from error; wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
1406.
mistakenly - adv. in a mistaken manner
1407.
mistaking - noun putting the wrong interpretation on
1408.
mister - noun a form of address for a man
1409.
mistflower - noun rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads
of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
1410.
mistily - adv. in a misty manner; in a vague way
1411.
mistime - verb time incorrectly
1412.
mistiness - noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
1413.
mistral - noun a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
1414.
mistranslate - verb translate incorrectly
1415.
mistranslation - noun an incorrect translation
1416.
mistreat - verb treat badly
1417.
mistreatment - noun the practice of treating (someone or something) badly
1418.
mistrial - noun a trial that is invalid or inconclusive
1419.
mistrust - noun the trait of not trusting others; doubt about someone's honesty; verb regard as untrustworthy; regard with
suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
1420.
mistrustful - adj. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
1421.
mistrustfully - adv. with distrust
1422.
misunderstand - verb interpret in the wrong way
1423.
misunderstanding - noun an understanding of something that is not correct; putting the wrong interpretation on
1424.
misunderstood - adj. wrongly understood
1425.
misuse - noun improper or excessive use; verb change the inherent purpose or function of something; apply to a wrong
thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
1426.
mitchella - noun creeping evergreen herbs of North America
1427.
mitella - noun genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid
petals
1428.
miter - noun a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions; the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a
miter joint is made; joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner;
verb fit together in a miter joint; bevel the edges of, to make a miter joint; confer a miter on (a bishop)
1429.
mithra - noun ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god
1430.
mithraic - adj. of or relating to Mithraism or its god
1431.
mithraicism - noun ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d.
1432.
mithraism - noun ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d.
1433.
mithraist - noun adherent of Mithraism
1434.
mithraistic - adj. of or relating to Mithraism or its god
1435.
mithras - noun ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god
1436.
mitigable - adj. capable of being alleviated
1437.
mitigation - noun the action of lessening in severity or intensity; to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious; a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing
mitigating circumstances
1438.
mitigative - adj. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
1439.
mitigatory - adj. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
1440.
mitotic - adj. of or relating to or undergoing mitosis
1441.
mitra - noun Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and
earth
1442.
mixable - adj. (chemistry, physics) capable of being mixed
1443.
mixed - adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); involving or
composed of different races; caused to combine or unite
1444.
mixer - noun a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods; electronic equipment that mixes two or more input signals to
give a single output signal; club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol; a party of people assembled to promote sociability
and communal activity
1445.
mizzen - noun fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast; third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the
after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
1446.
mizzenmast - noun third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl,
ketch, or dandy
1447.
mizzle - noun very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower; verb rain lightly
1448.
mnemonics - noun a method or system for improving the memory
1449.
mnemonist - noun an expert in the use of mnemonics; someone able to perform unusual feats of memory
1450.
mnemosyne - noun (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the Muses
1451.
mnemotechnic - adj. of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory
1452.
mnemotechnical - adj. of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory
1453.
mniaceae - noun family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface;
sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
1454.
mnium - noun mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger
1455.
moaning - adj. making low inarticulate sound as e.g. of pain or sorrow
1456.
mobbish - adj. characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless
1457.
mobilization - noun act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops";
act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action
1458.
mobilize - verb cause to move around; make ready for action or use; get ready for war; call to arms; of military personnel
1459.
moblike - adj. characteristic of a mob; disorderly or lawless
1460.
mobocracy - noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
1461.
mobula - noun type genus of the Mobulidae
1462.
mobulidae - noun large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas
1463.
mocha - noun superior dark coffee made from beans from Arabia; flavoring made from mixed coffee and chocolate; soft
suede glove leather from goatskin
1464.
mocker - noun long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds;
someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
1465.
mod - adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; noun a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for
their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
1466.
modality - noun a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a
classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility; verb inflections that
express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
1467.
modeler - noun a person who creates models
1468.
modeling - noun a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied; the act of representing
something (usually on a smaller scale); sculpture produced by molding
1469.
modeller - noun a person who creates models
1470.
moderately - adv. in a moderate manner; to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
1471.
moderateness - noun quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes; the property of being moderate in price or
expenditures
1472.
moderation - noun the action of lessening in severity or intensity; quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes; the
trait of avoiding excesses; a change for the better
1473.
moderationist - noun a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer); a person who takes a position in the political
center
1474.
moderatism - noun a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or
course of action
1475.
moderato - adj. (of tempo) moderate
1476.
moderator - noun someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence; someone who presides over a forum or
debate; in the Presbyterian church, the officer who presides over a synod or general assembly; any substance used to slow down
neutrons in nuclear reactors
1477.
moderatorship - noun the position of moderator
1478.
modernism - noun practices typical of contemporary life or thought; genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious
break with previous genres; the quality of being current or of the present
1479.
modernist - noun an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
1480.
modernistic - adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
1481.
modernity - noun the quality of being current or of the present
1482.
modernization - noun making modern in appearance or behavior; a modernized version (as of a play)
1483.
modernize - verb become technologically advanced; make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
1484.
modernness - noun the quality of being current or of the present
1485.
modestly - adv. in a modest manner
1486.
modestness - noun freedom from vanity or conceit; the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
1487.
modifiable - adj. capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme)
1488.
modification - noun slightly modified copy; not an exact copy; the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies
the meaning of the phrase; the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment); an event that occurs when
something passes from one state or phase to another
1489.
modifier - noun a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a
noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising; a person who changes something
1490.
modillion - noun (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a cornice
1491.
modiolus - noun the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
1492.
modishly - adv. in a stylish manner
1493.
modishness - noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
1494.
modiste - noun someone who makes or mends dresses; someone who makes and sells hats
1495.
modulation - noun the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic
effect); (electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency
or phase; a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified; rise and fall of the voice pitch; a
musical passage moving from one key to another
1496.
moehringia - noun 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
1497.
mogul - noun a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857; a bump on a ski slope; a very wealthy or
powerful businessman
1498.
mohair - noun fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat
1499.
mohammedanism - noun 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
1500.
mohave - noun the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave; a member of the North American Indian people formerly
living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California; a desert area in southern California and western
Arizona
1501.
mohican - noun haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp; the
Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican; a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and
eastward to the
1502.
ousatonic
1503.
moho - noun the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle
1504.
moil - verb moisten or soil; be agitated; work hard
1505.
moistener - noun a device that dampens or moistens something
1506.
moistly - adv. in a damp manner
1507.
moistness - noun a slight wetness
1508.
mojarra - noun small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
1509.
mojo - noun a magic power or magic spell
1510.
moke - noun British informal
1511.
mola - noun 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
1512.
molality - noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent
1513.
molarity - noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
1514.
moldable - adj. capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
1515.
molder - verb break down
1516.
moldiness - noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
1517.
molding - noun the act of creating something by casting it in a mold; a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge;
a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing; a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be
copied; sculpture produced by molding
1518.
moldy - adj. covered with or smelling of mold
1519.
moleskin - noun a durable cotton fabric with a velvety nap
1520.
molestation - noun the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women
or children); the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
1521.
molester - noun someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
1522.
molidae - noun ocean sunfishes
1523.
molle - noun small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of
greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
1524.
mollification - noun a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered; the act of appeasing someone or causing
someone to be more favorably inclined
1525.
mollusca - noun gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
1526.
molluscum - noun any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
1527.
mollycoddler - noun someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
1528.
molossidae - noun mastiff bats; freetail bats
1529.
molothrus - noun cowbirds
1530.
molter - noun an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or
cuticle or skin or hair)
1531.
mombin - noun purplish tropical fruit; common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
1532.
momentaneous - adj. lasting for a markedly brief time
1533.
momentarily - adv. at any moment; for an instant or moment
1534.
momently - adv. at any moment; for an instant or moment
1535.
momentously - adv. in a momentous way
1536.
momentousness - noun utmost importance
1537.
momism - noun excessive protection
1538.
momordica - noun Old World tropical vine
1539.
momotidae - noun a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
1540.
momotus - noun type genus of the Momotidae
1541.
momus - noun god of blame and mockery
1542.
mon - noun the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon; a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and
adjacent parts of Thailand; the second day of the week; the first working day
1543.
monacan - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Monaco
1544.
monal - noun brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia
1545.
monandrous - adj. having only one husband at a time
1546.
monandry - noun the state of having only one husband at a time
1547.
monarchal - adj. ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; having the characteristics of or befitting
or worthy of a monarch
1548.
monarchical - adj. ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch; having the characteristics of or befitting
or worthy of a monarch
1549.
monarchism - noun a belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system
1550.
monarchist - noun an advocate of the principles of monarchy
1551.
monarda - noun any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
1552.
monardella - noun a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States
1553.
monas - noun a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
1554.
monastical - adj. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
1555.
monasticism - noun asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and
characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
1556.
monatomic - adj. of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom
1557.
monazite - noun a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium
1558.
monegasque - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Monaco
1559.
monera - noun 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
1560.
moneran - adj. of or relating to the Monera; noun organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and
whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
1561.
moneron - noun organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is
absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
1562.
moneses - noun one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola
1563.
monetization - noun establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country
1564.
monetize - verb give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country
1565.
moneybag - noun a drawstring bag for holding money
1566.
moneyed - adj. based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth; having an abundant supply of money or
possessions of value
1567.
moneyer - noun a skilled worker who coins or stamps money
1568.
moneygrubber - noun someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking
1569.
moneylender - noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
1570.
moneyless - adj. having no money; not based on the possession of money
1571.
moneymaker - noun a project that generates a continuous flow of money; someone who is successful in accumulating
wealth
1572.
moneymaking - adj. profit oriented; producing a sizeable profit; noun the act of making money (and accumulating
wealth)
1573.
monger - noun someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold; verb sell or offer for sale from
place to place
1574.
mongo - noun 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik in Mongolia
1575.
mongol - adj. of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures; noun a member of the
nomadic peoples of Mongolia
1576.
mongolian - adj. of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic; of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its
people or their languages or cultures; noun a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia; a member of the nomadic peoples
of Mongolia
1577.
mongolianism - noun a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short
stature and mental retardation
1578.
mongolic - noun a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia
1579.
mongolism - noun a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short
stature and mental retardation
1580.
mongoloid - adj. of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome; of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the
traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia; characteristic of or resembling
a Mongol; noun a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense); a member of the Mongoloid
race
1581.
mongrel - noun an inferior dog or one of mixed breed; derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something
irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
1582.
mongrelize - verb cause to become a mongrel
1583.
moniker - noun a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
1584.
monilia - noun any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia
1585.
moniliaceae - noun 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
1586.
moniliales - noun order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores of having conidiophores that are superficial and not
enclosed in a pycnidium
1587.
monism - noun the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
1588.
monistic - adj. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism
1589.
monition - noun 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; cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger); a firm
rebuke
1590.
monkeypod - noun large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with
crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
1591.
monkfish - noun flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America; sharks with broad flat bodies
and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do; fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for
luring prey
1592.
monkshood - noun a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and
roots yield aconite
1593.
mono - adj. designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel; noun 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
1594.
monoamine - noun a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter)
1595.
monocarboxylic - adj. containing one carboxyl group
1596.
monocarp - noun a plant that bears fruit once and dies
1597.
monocarpic - adj. dying after bearing fruit only once
1598.
monochromasy - noun complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness
1599.
monochromat - noun a person who is completely color-blind
1600.
monochromatism - noun complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness
1601.
monochrome - adj. having or appearing to have only one color; noun painting done in a range of tones of a single color; a
black-and-white photograph or slide
1602.
monochromic - adj. having or appearing to have only one color
1603.
monochromous - adj. having or appearing to have only one color
1604.
monocle - noun lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
1605.
monocled - adj. wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass
1606.
monoclinal - adj. of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
1607.
monocline - noun a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction
1608.
monoclinic - adj. having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection
1609.
monoclinous - adj. having pistils and stamens in the same flower
1610.
monocot - noun a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
1611.
monocotyledones - noun 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
1612.
monocotyledonous - adj. (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies
1613.
monocracy - noun a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws
or opposition etc.)
1614.
monoculture - noun the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)
1615.
monocycle - noun a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
1616.
monocyte - noun a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria
1617.
monodic - adj. having a single vocal part
1618.
monodon - noun type genus of the Monodontidae
1619.
monody - noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
1620.
monoecious - adj. having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
1621.
monoestrous - adj. having one estrous cycle per year
1622.
monogamist - noun someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)
1623.
monogamousness - noun having only one spouse at a time
1624.
monogenesis - noun asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores
1625.
monogenic - adj. of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes
1626.
monogram - noun a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery
or embroidered on clothing
1627.
monograph - noun a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject
1628.
monogynic - adj. having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)
1629.
monogynist - noun someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time)
1630.
monogynous - adj. having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines)
1631.
monogyny - noun having only one wife at a time
1632.
monohybrid - noun 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)
1633.
monohydrate - noun a hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound
1634.
monoicous - adj. having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
1635.
monolatry - noun the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god
1636.
monolingual - adj. using or knowing only one language; noun a person who knows only one language
1637.
monolithic - adj. characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity; imposing in size or bulk or solidity
1638.
monomania - noun a mania restricted to one thing or idea
1639.
monomaniac - noun a person suffering from monomania
1640.
monomaniacal - adj. obsessed with a single subject or idea
1641.
monometallic - adj. containing one atom of metal in the molecule
1642.
monomorium - noun a genus of Formicidae
1643.
mononuclear - adj. having only one nucleus
1644.
mononucleosis - noun 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
1645.
monophonic - adj. consisting of a single melodic line; designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a
single channel
1646.
monophony - noun music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
1647.
monophysite - adj. of or relating to Monophysitism; noun an adherent of Monophysitism
1648.
monophysitic - adj. of or relating to Monophysitism
1649.
monophysitism - noun 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
1650.
monoplane - noun an airplane with a single wing
1651.
monoplegia - noun paralysis of a single limb
1652.
monopolist - noun someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something
1653.
monopolistic - adj. having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant
1654.
monopolization - noun domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others
1655.
monopolize - verb have or exploit a monopoly of; have and control fully and exclusively
1656.
monopolizer - noun someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something
1657.
monopsony - noun (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one
buyer
1658.
monopteral - adj. having circular columniation
1659.
monorail - noun a railway having a single track
1660.
monorchidism - noun failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum
1661.
monorchism - noun failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum
1662.
monosaccharide - noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group
of carbohydrates
1663.
monosaccharose - noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group
of carbohydrates
1664.
monosyllabic - adj. having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable
1665.
monosyllabically - adv. in a monosyllabic manner
1666.
monosyllable - noun a word or utterance of one syllable
1667.
monotheism - noun belief in a single God
1668.
monotheist - noun a believer in one god
1669.
monotheistic - adj. believing that there is only one god
1670.
monothelitism - noun 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
1671.
monotone - adj. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and
never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value; noun an unchanging intonation; a single tone repeated
with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
1672.
monotonic - adj. of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and
never increasing in value; sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
1673.
monotonously - adv. in a monotonous manner
1674.
monotony - noun constancy of tone or pitch or inflection; the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
1675.
monotremata - noun coextensive with the subclass Prototheria
1676.
monotropa - noun leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae
1677.
monotropaceae - noun used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae:
genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
1678.
monotype - noun a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters; (biology) a taxonomic
group with a single member (a single species or genus)
1679.
monotypic - adj. consisting of only one type
1680.
monovalent - adj. having a valence of 1; containing only one kind of antibody
1681.
monovular - adj. (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum
1682.
monozygotic - adj. derived from a single fertilized egg
1683.
monsignor - noun (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests
1684.
monstera - noun any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants; tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a
pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor
1685.
monstrance - noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed
for adoration; proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
1686.
monstrously - adv. in a grotesque manner; in a terribly evil manner; in a hideous manner
1687.
montanan - noun a native or resident of Montana
1688.
montane - adj. of or inhabiting mountainous regions
1689.
montezuma - noun evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant
between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae
1690.
montgolfier - noun French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning
(1740-1810); French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
1691.
monthly - adj. occurring or payable every month; adv. without missing a month; noun a periodical that is published every
month (or 12 issues per year)
1692.
montia - noun small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa
and Asia
1693.
monumental - adj. of outstanding significance; relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; imposing in size or
bulk or solidity
1694.
monumentalize - verb record or memorialize lastingly with a monument
1695.
mooch - noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free); verb ask for and get free; be a parasite
1696.
moocher - noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)
1697.
moodily - adv. in a moody manner
1698.
moodiness - noun having temperamental and changeable moods; a sullen gloomy feeling
1699.
moonbeam - noun a ray of moonlight
1700.
mooneye - noun recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness
1701.
moonfish - noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies; large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish
of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
1702.
moonflower - noun pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers
1703.
moonily - adv. in a dreamy manner
1704.
moonless - adj. without a moon or a visible moon
1705.
moonlighter - noun a person who holds a second job (usually after hours)
1706.
moonlike - adj. resembling the moon in shape
1707.
moonseed - noun plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
1708.
moonshine - noun whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash; the light of the moon; verb distill (alcohol) illegally;
produce moonshine
1709.
moonshiner - noun someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
1710.
moonstone - noun a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and
others are plagioclase feldspar
1711.
moonstruck - adj. insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
1712.
moonwort - noun of America and Eurasia and Australia
1713.
moony - adj. dreamy in mood or nature; lighted by moonlight
1714.
moorage - noun a fee for mooring; the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes; a place where a craft can be made fast
1715.
moorbird - noun reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
1716.
moorfowl - noun reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain
1717.
mooring - noun (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place; a place where a craft can be made fast
1718.
moorland - noun open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
1719.
moorwort - noun wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and
Canada to northeastern United States
1720.
moosewood - noun maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn;
deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
1721.
mopboard - noun a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
1722.
mope - noun someone who wastes time; verb be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed; move around slowly and aimlessly
1723.
mopper - noun a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface
1724.
moppet - noun a little girl (usually one you are fond of)
1725.
moquelumnan - noun a Penutian language spoken by the Miwok
1726.
moquette - noun a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
1727.
moraceae - noun trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis
1728.
moraceous - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae
1729.
moralism - noun judgments about another person's morality; a moral maxim
1730.
moralist - noun a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems; someone who demands exact conformity to
rules and forms
1731.
moralistic - adj. narrowly and conventionally moral
1732.
morality - noun concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct; motivation
based on ideas of right and wrong
1733.
moralization - noun the act of making moral (or more moral); indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often
superficially) of a particular moral code
1734.
moralize - verb improve the morals of; interpret the moral meaning of; speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral
judgements
1735.
morally - adv. with respect to moral principles; in a moral manner
1736.
morals - noun motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
1737.
moravian - adj. of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia
1738.
moray - noun family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but
larger species are dangerous if provoked
1739.
morbidity - noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind; the relative incidence of a particular disease; the
quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
1740.
morbidly - adv. in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree
1741.
morbidness - noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you; an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of
mind
1742.
morbific - adj. able to cause disease
1743.
morbilli - noun an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs
primarily in children
1744.
morbilliform - adj. of a rash that resembles that of measles
1745.
morchella - noun genus of edible fungi: morel
1746.
mordacious - adj. biting or given to biting; capable of wounding
1747.
mordaciously - adv. in a mordacious manner
1748.
mordacity - noun a disposition to biting
1749.
mordant - adj. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action; harshly
ironic or sinister; noun a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process
1750.
mordva - noun the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians; a member of the agricultural people living in the central
Volga provinces of European Russia
1751.
mordvin - noun the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians; a member of the agricultural people living in the central
Volga provinces of European Russia
1752.
mordvinian - noun the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians; a member of the agricultural people living in the
central Volga provinces of European Russia
1753.
moreen - noun a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains
1754.
morello - noun cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice; any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing
fruit with dark skin and juice
1755.
mores - noun (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
1756.
moresque - adj. relating to or characteristic of the Moors
1757.
morganatic - adj. (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
1758.
morganite - noun a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone
1759.
morion - noun a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century
1760.
mormonism - noun the doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church based on the Book of Mormon
1761.
morning - noun the time period between dawn and noon; a conventional expression of greeting or farewell; the earliest
period; the first light of day
1762.
moro - noun a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines
1763.
moronic - adj. having a mental age of between eight and twelve years
1764.
moronity - noun mild mental retardation
1765.
morosely - adv. in a morose manner
1766.
moroseness - noun a gloomy ill-tempered feeling; a sullen moody resentful disposition
1767.
morph - verb change shape as via computer animation; cause to change shape in a computer animation
1768.
morphallaxis - noun regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain
lobsters
1769.
morphea - noun localized scleroderma
1770.
morpheus - noun the Roman god of sleep and dreams
1771.
morphia - noun an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
1772.
morphogenesis - noun differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism)
1773.
morphologic - adj. relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; relating to or concerned with the
formation of admissible words in a language; pertaining to geological structure
1774.
morphological - adj. relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals; pertaining to geological
structure; relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language
1775.
morphologically - adv. in a morphological manner; with regard to morphology
1776.
morphophonemics - noun the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language
1777.
mortality - noun the quality or state of being mortal; the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed
per 1000 per year
1778.
mortally - adv. in such a manner that death ensues (also in reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, etc.)
1779.
mortarboard - noun an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top; a square board with a handle underneath;
used by masons to hold or carry mortar
1780.
mortification - noun (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by
bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself); an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; strong
feelings of embarrassment; the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
1781.
mortified - adj. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; suffering from tissue death
1782.
mortifying - adj. causing awareness of your shortcomings; causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
1783.
mortimer - noun English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)
1784.
mortmain - noun real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation); the oppressive influence of past
events of decisions
1785.
mortuary - adj. of or relating to a funeral; of or relating to or characteristic of death; noun a building (or room) where
dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
1786.
morula - noun a solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula
1787.
morus - noun type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries
1788.
mosaicism - noun the condition in which an organism has two or more cell populations that differ in genetic makeup
1789.
moschus - noun musk deer
1790.
moselle - noun German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere
1791.
mosey - verb walk leisurely
1792.
mossback - noun an extremely old-fashioned conservative
1793.
mosslike - adj. resembling moss
1794.
mostly - adv. in large part; mainly or chiefly; usually; as a rule
1795.
mosul - noun a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
1796.
motacilla - noun type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails
1797.
motacillidae - noun pipits and wagtails
1798.
mote - noun (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
1799.
motherless - adj. having no living or known mother
1800.
motherlike - adj. suggestive of or acting like a mother
1801.
motherliness - noun the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
1802.
motherly - adj. befitting a mother; warm and nurturing; adv. in a maternal manner; as a mother
1803.
motherwort - noun bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale
pink flowers
1804.
mothproof - adj. resistant to damage by moths; verb protect from moths
1805.
mothy - adj. infested with moths; worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
1806.
motif (motive image frequent)
1807.
motile - adj. (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement; noun one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the
form of inner feelings of action
1808.
motility - noun ability to move spontaneously and independently; a change of position that does not entail a change of
location
1809.
motional - adj. of or relating to or characterized by motion
1810.
motionless - adj. not in physical motion
1811.
motionlessly - adv. without moving; in a motionless manner
1812.
motionlessness - noun a state of no motion or movement
1813.
motivation - noun 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; the act of motivating; providing incentive; the condition of being
motivated
1814.
motivational - adj. of or relating to motivation
1815.
motiveless - adj. occurring without motivation or provocation
1816.
motivity - noun the power or ability to move
1817.
motmot - noun tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
1818.
motoneuron - noun a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
1819.
motorboat - noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine; verb ride in a motorboat
1820.
motorbus - noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
1821.
motorcade - noun a procession of people traveling in motor cars
1822.
motorcar - noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
1823.
motorcyclist - noun a traveler who rides a motorcycle
1824.
motored - adj. equipped with a motor or motors
1825.
motorial - adj. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
1826.
motoring - noun the act of driving an automobile
1827.
motorist - noun someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile
1828.
motorization - noun the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles)
1829.
motorize - verb equip with a motor; equip with a motor vehicle; equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
1830.
motorless - adj. having no motor
1831.
motorman - noun the operator of streetcar
1832.
motortruck - noun an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
1833.
motorway - noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
1834.
mott - noun United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)
1835.
mottled - adj. having spots or patches of color
1836.
mottling - noun the act of coloring with areas of different shades
1837.
moue - noun a disdainful grimace
1838.
mouflon - noun wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia
1839.
moujik - noun a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
1840.
moult - noun periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles; verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or
feathers
1841.
moulter - noun an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or
cuticle or skin or hair)
1842.
mountebank - noun a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
1843.
mounted - adj. decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; assembled for use; especially by being
attached to a support
1844.
mounter - noun someone who ascends on foot; a skilled worker who mounts pictures or jewels etc.
1845.
mountie - noun colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1846.
mounting - noun framework used for support or display; an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or
temperature or intensity etc.)
1847.
mourner - noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
1848.
mournfully - adv. in a mournful manner
1849.
mournfulness - noun a state of gloomy sorrow
1850.
mourning - adj. sorrowful through loss or deprivation; noun state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one;
the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
1851.
mouselike - adj. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
1852.
mouser - noun a cat proficient at mousing
1853.
mousetrap - noun (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; a trap for catching mice
1854.
mousey - adj. quiet and timid and ineffectual; of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; infested
with mice
1855.
mousse - noun toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling; a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and
set with gelatin; a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream; verb apply a styling gel to
1856.
mouthbreeder - noun any of various fishes that carry their eggs and their young in their mouths
1857.
mouthless - adj. having no mouth or mouthlike opening
1858.
mouthlike - adj. of an opening that resembles a mouth
1859.
mouthpart - noun any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of
feeding
1860.
mouthwash - noun a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth
1861.
movability - noun the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged
1862.
movable - adj. capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another; (of personal property as opposed to real
estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand); noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible
movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
1863.
movableness - noun the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged
1864.
movement - noun the act of changing the location of something; the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a
watch or clock); a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; a natural event that involves a change in the position or
location of something; a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; the act of
changing location from one place to another; a change of position that does not entail a change of location; a series of actions
advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; a general tendency to change (as of opinion); an optical illusion of
motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; a euphemism for defecation
1865.
mover - noun a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another; someone who
moves; workman employed by a moving company; (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
1866.
moving - adj. arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; in motion; used of a series of photographs presented so as to
create the illusion of motion
1867.
movingly - adv. in a moving manner
1868.
mower - noun garden tool for mowing grass on lawns
1869.
mown - adj. (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
1870.
mozambican - adj. of or relating to the people of Mozambique; of or relating to or located in Mozambique; noun a native
or inhabitant of Mozambique
1871.
mozambique - noun a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent
from Portugal in 1975
1872.
mozartean - adj. of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1873.
muchness - noun greatness of quantity or measure or extent
1874.
muciferous - adj. containing or secreting mucus
1875.
mucilaginous - adj. having the sticky properties of an adhesive
1876.
mucin - noun a nitrogenous substance found in mucous secretions; a lubricant that protects body surfaces
1877.
mucinoid - adj. resembling mucin
1878.
mucinous - adj. relating to or containing mucin
1879.
muckle - noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
1880.
muckrake - verb explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
1881.
muckraker - noun one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
1882.
mucky - adj. dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; (of soil) soft and watery
1883.
mucocutaneous - adj. of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin
1884.
mucoid - adj. relating to or resembling mucus; noun any of several glycoproteins similar to mucin
1885.
mucopurulent - adj. containing or composed of mucus and pus
1886.
mucor - noun any mold of the genus Mucor
1887.
mucoraceae - noun large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food
products
1888.
mucorales - noun an order of mostly saprophytic fungi
1889.
mucosal - adj. of or relating to mucous membranes
1890.
mucose - adj. of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
1891.
mucous - adj. of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
1892.
mucuna - noun any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both
hemispheres
1893.
muddiness - noun the quality of being cloudy; a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and
behavior; the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
1894.
muddleheaded - adj. stupid and confused; used especially of persons
1895.
mudra - noun ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing
1896.
mudskipper - noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
1897.
mudslinger - noun one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
1898.
muffled - adj. wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; being or made softer or less loud or clear
1899.
muffler - noun a scarf worn around the neck; a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical,
or aerodynamic oscillations; a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
1900.
mufti - noun civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform; a jurist who interprets Muslim
religious law
1901.
mugful - noun the quantity that can be held in a mug
1902.
mugger - noun a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually
on the street)
1903.
mugginess - noun a state of warm humidity
1904.
muggins - noun a person who lacks good judgment
1905.
mugil - noun type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets
1906.
mugilidae - noun grey mullets
1907.
mugwort - noun any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
1908.
mugwump - noun a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics); someone who bolted from the Republican
Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884
1909.
muharram - noun the first month of the Islamic calendar
1910.
muhlenbergia - noun a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
1911.
muishond - noun southern African weasel
1912.
muleteer - noun a worker who drives mules
1913.
muliebrity - noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women; the state of being an adult woman
1914.
mulishly - adv. in a stubborn unregenerate manner
1915.
mulishness - noun the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
1916.
mulla - noun a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque
1917.
muller - noun a vessel in which wine is mulled; United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (18901967); British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900); German mathematician and astronomer
(1436-1476); German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858); Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927);
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965); 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; a
reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
1918.
mullet - noun bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin; freshwater or coastal food fishes a
spindle-shaped body; found worldwide; highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
1919.
mullidae - noun goatfishes or red mullets
1920.
mulloway - noun large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
1921.
multicellular - adj. consisting of many cells
1922.
multicolor - adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
1923.
multicolored - adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
1924.
multidimensional - adj. having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects
1925.
multifaceted - adj. having many aspects
1926.
multifactorial - adj. involving or depending on several factors or causes (especially pertaining to a condition or disease
resulting from the interaction of many genes)
1927.
multifariously - adv. in diverse ways
1928.
multifariousness - noun noticeable heterogeneity
1929.
multiform - adj. occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances
1930.
multilateral - adj. having many parts or sides
1931.
multilingual - adj. using or knowing more than one language
1932.
multinational - adj. involving or operating in several nations or nationalities
1933.
multinucleate - adj. having two or more nuclei
1934.
multiparous - adj. producing more than one offspring at a time
1935.
multipartite - adj. involving more than two parties
1936.
multiphase - adj. of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but
differing in phase angle
1937.
multiplicatively - adv. in a multiplicative manner
1938.
multiplier - noun the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied
1939.
multipotent - adj. able to many things
1940.
multistage - noun occurring in more than one stage
1941.
multistoried - adj. having more than one story
1942.
multistory - adj. having more than one story
1943.
multitudinousness - noun a very large number (especially of people)
1944.
multivalence - noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
1945.
multivalency - noun (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
1946.
multivalent - adj. having many values, meanings, or appeals; used of the association of three or more homologous
chromosomes during the first division of meiosis; having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher
1947.
mumbler - noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
1948.
mumbling - noun ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth); indistinct enunciation
1949.
mummer - noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
1950.
mummery - noun meaningless ceremonies and flattery
1951.
mummichog - noun silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
1952.
mummification - noun embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy; a condition resembling that of
a mummy; (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead
tissue and a dark brown color
1953.
mummify - verb dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in
order to preserve it; preserve while making lifeless
1954.
mumps - noun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
1955.
mumpsimus - noun a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable
1956.
muncher - noun a chewer who makes a munching noise
1957.
munda - noun a family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India
1958.
mundanely - adv. in a mundane manner; in a worldly manner
1959.
mundaneness - noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary; the quality or character of being intellectually
sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
1960.
mundanity - noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary; the quality or character of being intellectually
sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
1961.
municipality - noun people living in a town or city having local self-government; an urban district having corporate status
and powers of self-government
1962.
municipally - adv. by municipality
1963.
munificence - noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
1964.
munificently - adv. in a generous manner
1965.
munj - noun tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
1966.
munjeet - noun perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
1967.
muntiacus - noun muntjacs
1968.
muntingia - noun one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae
1969.
muntjac - noun small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark
1970.
muraenidae - noun marine eels
1971.
muralist - noun a painter of murals
1972.
murderer - noun a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human
being)
1973.
murderess - noun a woman murderer
1974.
murderously - adv. as if bent on murder; in a murderous frenzy
1975.
murderousness - noun cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder; a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous
impulses
1976.
muridae - noun originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically
lacking cheek pouches
1977.
murillo - noun Spanish painter (1617-1682)
1978.
murine - adj. of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice); noun a rodent that is a
member of the family Muridae
1979.
murkily - adv. unclearly; with a dim light
1980.
murkiness - noun the quality of being cloudy; an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some
substance
1981.
murmuration - noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the
production of articulate speech
1982.
murmurer - noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
1983.
murmuring - adj. making a low continuous indistinct sound; noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone; a low
continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
1984.
murmurous - adj. characterized by soft sounds
1985.
murrain - noun any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague
1986.
mus - noun type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
1987.
musa - noun type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
1988.
musaceae - noun treelike tropical Asian herbs
1989.
musales - noun tropical plants
1990.
musca - noun type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies; a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere
near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon
1991.
muscadel - noun wine from muscat grapes
1992.
muscadine - noun dull-purple grape of southern United States; native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many
cultivated varieties
1993.
muscardinus - noun a genus of Gliridae
1994.
muscari - noun sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
1995.
muscatel - noun sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine; wine from muscat grapes
1996.
musci - noun true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales;
Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
1997.
muscicapa - noun type genus of the Muscicapidae
1998.
muscicapidae - noun Old World (true) flycatchers
1999.
muscidae - noun two-winged flies especially the housefly
2000.
muscoidea - noun two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae
2001.
muscularity - noun the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle; an imaginative lively style (especially style
of writing); possessing muscular strength
2002.
muser - noun a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
2003.
musette - noun a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
2004.
musgu - noun a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
2005.
musher - noun a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team
2006.
mushiness - noun a mushy pulpy softness; falsely emotional in a maudlin way
2007.
musical - adj. characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; talented in or devoted to music; characterized by
or capable of producing music; containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; noun a play or film whose action
and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
2008.
musicality - noun the property of sounding like music
2009.
musically - adv. in a musical manner
2010.
musicalness - noun the property of sounding like music
2011.
musicianship - noun artistry in performing music
2012.
musicological - adj. of or relating to musicology
2013.
musicologist - noun a student of musicology
2014.
musing - adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful; noun a calm lengthy intent consideration
2015.
musingly - adv. in a reflective manner
2016.
muskat - noun any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes
2017.
musketeer - noun a foot soldier armed with a musket
2018.
musketry - noun the technique of using small arms (especially in battle); musketeers and their muskets collectively
2019.
muskhogean - noun a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States; a member of
any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
2020.
muskiness - noun having the olfactory properties of musk
2021.
muskogee - noun the Muskhogean language spoken by the Muskogee; a town in eastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas
River; a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the
Creek Confederacy
2022.
muskwood - noun musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads
2023.
musky - adj. resembling the smell of musk
2024.
musnud - noun a seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes
2025.
musophaga - noun type genus of the Musophagidae
2026.
musophagidae - noun touracos
2027.
musquash - noun beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
2028.
muss - noun a state of confusion and disorderliness; verb make messy or untidy
2029.
mussiness - noun a state of confusion and disorderliness
2030.
mussitate - verb talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
2031.
mussitation - noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production
of articulate speech
2032.
mussy - adj. dirty and disorderly
2033.
mustached - adj. having a moustache
2034.
mustachioed - adj. having a moustache
2035.
mustela - noun type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels
2036.
mustelid - noun fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
2037.
mustelidae - noun weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
2038.
musteline - noun fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
2039.
mustelus - noun smooth dogfishes
2040.
muster - noun a gathering of military personnel for duty; compulsory military service; verb call to duty, military service,
jury duty, etc.; gather or bring together
2041.
mustiness - noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
2042.
mutability - noun the quality of being capable of mutation
2043.
mutable - adj. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
2044.
mutableness - noun the quality of being capable of mutation
2045.
mutafacient - adj. capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)
2046.
mutagenic - adj. capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)
2047.
mutation - noun a change or alteration in form or qualities; (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any
alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism; (biology) an organism that has characteristics
resulting from chromosomal alteration
2048.
mutational - adj. of or relating to or resulting from mutation
2049.
mutative - adj. of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation
2050.
mutely - adv. without speaking
2051.
muteness - noun a refusal to speak when expected; the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
2052.
mutilation - noun an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part
2053.
mutilator - noun a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples
2054.
mutillidae - noun a family of wasps
2055.
mutinous - adj. consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; disposed to or in a state of mutiny
2056.
mutisia - noun any of various plants of the genus Mutisia
2057.
mutism - noun the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
2058.
mutterer - noun a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
2059.
muttering - noun a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone; a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied
by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
2060.
muttonfish - noun similar to and often marketed as `red snapper'
2061.
muttonhead - noun these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
2062.
mutualism - noun the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits
from the other
2063.
mutualist - adj. mutually dependent
2064.
mutuality - noun a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups); a reciprocality of
sentiments
2065.
mutually - adv. in a mutual or shared manner
2066.
mutualness - noun a reciprocality of sentiments
2067.
muumuu - noun a woman's loose unbelted dress
2068.
muzhik - noun a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)
2069.
muzzler - noun someone who muzzles animals
2070.
muzzy - adj. confused and vague; used especially of thinking; indistinct or hazy in outline
2071.
mya - noun type genus of the family Myacidae
2072.
myalgia - noun pain in a muscle or group of muscles
2073.
myalgic - adj. of or relating to myalgia
2074.
myasthenia - noun any muscular weakness; 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
2075.
mycelium - noun the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
2076.
mycetophilidae - noun fungus gnats
2077.
mycobacteriaceae - noun a family of bacteria
2078.
mycobacterium - noun rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases
2079.
mycologist - noun a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi
2080.
mycophagist - noun a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms)
2081.
mycophagy - noun the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild)
2082.
mycosis - noun an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
2083.
mycteria - noun a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
2084.
myctophidae - noun deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
2085.
mydriasis - noun reflex pupillary dilation as a muscle pulls the iris outward; occurs in response to a decrease in light or
certain drugs
2086.
mydriatic - noun a drug that causes the pupil of the eye to dilate; used to aid eye examinations
2087.
myelencephalon - noun the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in
adults
2088.
myelic - adj. of or relating to the spinal cord
2089.
myelin - noun a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
2090.
myelinated - adj. (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin
2091.
myelinic - adj. of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers
2092.
myelinization - noun the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber
2093.
myelitis - noun inflammation of the spinal cord
2094.
myeloblast - noun a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow
2095.
myelocyte - noun an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow
2096.
myeloma - noun a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow
2097.
myelomeningocele - noun 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
2098.
myiasis - noun infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease
resulting from such infestation
2099.
myliobatidae - noun eagle rays
2100.
mylodon - noun large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
2101.
mylodontidae - noun extinct South American edentates
2102.
myna - noun tropical Asian starlings
2103.
myocarditis - noun inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)
2104.
myoclonus - noun a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group
2105.
myogram - noun a graphical recording of muscle activity
2106.
myoid - adj. resembling muscle
2107.
myology - noun the branch of physiology that studies muscles
2108.
myoma - noun a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue
2109.
myometritis - noun inflammation of the myometrium
2110.
myometrium - noun the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus
2111.
myomorpha - noun true rats and mice and related rodents
2112.
myopathic - adj. of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction
2113.
myopathy - noun any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction
2114.
myope - noun a person with myopia; a nearsighted person
2115.
myosarcoma - noun sarcoma of muscle tissue
2116.
myosis - noun reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing
the pupil to become smaller; an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in
the chest)
2117.
myositis - noun inflammation of muscle tissue
2118.
myosotis - noun forget-me-nots; scorpion grass
2119.
myotic - adj. of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye; noun a drug that causes miosis (constriction
of the pupil of the eye)
2120.
myotomy - noun surgical incision or division of a muscle
2121.
myotonia - noun abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction
2122.
myotonic - adj. of or relating to or caused by myotonia
2123.
myrcia - noun a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
2124.
myriagram - noun one ten thousandth of a centner
2125.
myriameter - noun a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
2126.
myriametre - noun a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters
2127.
myriapod - noun general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar
segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
2128.
myriapoda - noun arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs:
millipedes
2129.
myrica - noun deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees
2130.
myricaceae - noun constituting the order Myricales
2131.
myricales - noun coextensive with the family Myricaceae
2132.
myringa - noun the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound
2133.
myringectomy - noun surgical removal of the eardrum
2134.
myringoplasty - noun surgical repair of a perforated eardrum with a tissue graft
2135.
myringotomy - noun surgical incision into the eardrum (to relieve pressure or release pus from the middle ear)
2136.
myriophyllum - noun chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)
2137.
myristica - noun type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed
by fleshy fruits
2138.
myristicaceae - noun family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
2139.
myrmecia - noun bulldog ants
2140.
myrmecobius - noun banded anteater
2141.
myrmecophaga - noun type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear
2142.
myrmecophagidae - noun New World anteaters
2143.
myrmecophagous - adj. feeding on ants
2144.
myrmecophile - noun an organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant
2145.
myrmecophilous - adj. living symbiotically with ants
2146.
myrmecophyte - noun plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it
2147.
myrmecophytic - adj. of or relating to myrmecophytes
2148.
myrmeleon - noun type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions
2149.
myrmeleontidae - noun antlions
2150.
myrmidon - noun (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy; a
follower who carries out orders without question
2151.
myrobalan - noun small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit; used in Europe as budding stock
2152.
myroxylon - noun a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers
2153.
myrrhis - noun European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers
2154.
myrsinaceae - noun family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida
2155.
myrtaceae - noun trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
2156.
myrtales - noun Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae;
Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
2157.
myrtus - noun type genus of the Myrtaceae
2158.
mysidacea - noun opossum shrimp
2159.
mysidae - noun small shrimp-like crustaceans
2160.
mysis - noun type genus of the family Mysidae
2161.
mysophobia - noun a morbid fear of dirt or contamination
2162.
mysteriously - adv. in a cryptic manner
2163.
mystical - adj. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary
understanding; relating to or characteristic of mysticism; relating to or resembling mysticism
2164.
mystically - adv. in a mystical manner
2165.
mysticeti - noun baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks
2166.
mysticism - noun obscure or irrational thought; a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
2167.
mystification - noun the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; something
designed to mystify or bewilder; confusion resulting from failure to understand
2168.
mystifier - noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
2169.
mythical - adj. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
2170.
mythicize - verb interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology; make into a myth
2171.
mythological - adj. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
2172.
mythologist - noun an expert on mythology
2173.
mythologize - verb make into a myth; construct a myth
2174.
mytilid - noun marine bivalve mollusk having a dark elongated shell; live attached to solid objects especially in intertidal
zones
2175.
mytilidae - noun marine mussels
2176.
mytilus - noun type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels
2177.
myxedema - noun hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration
2178.
myxine - noun type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)
2179.
myxinidae - noun slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
2180.
myxinoidei - noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
2181.
myxobacteria - noun bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or
animal waste
2182.
myxobacteriaceae - noun bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung
2183.
myxobacteriales - noun an order of higher bacteria
2184.
myxoma - noun a benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material
2185.
myxomatosis - noun a viral disease (usually fatal) of rabbits
2186.
myxomycete - noun a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
2187.
myxomycetes - noun the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycota
2188.
myxophyceae - noun former terms for Cyanophyceae
2189.
myxosporidia - noun an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
2190.
myxosporidian - noun mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens
n
2191.
na - noun 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)
2192.
nabalus - noun genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes
2193.
nabob - noun a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient); a governor in India during the Mogul
empire
2194.
nabu - noun Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools
2195.
nacelle - noun a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
2196.
nacre - noun the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
2197.
nacreous - adj. consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl; having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors
2198.
naemorhedus - noun gorals
2199.
naga - noun Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma
2200.
nagari - noun a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
2201.
nagger - noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
2202.
nahuatl - noun the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Nahuatl; a member of any of various Indian peoples of central
Mexico
2203.
nahum - noun an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh; a Hebrew minor prophet of the
7th century BC
2204.
naiadaceae - noun monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
2205.
naiadales - noun an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
2206.
naiant - adj. applied to a fish depicted horizontally
2207.
naias - noun sole genus of the family Naiadaceae
2208.
naif - adj. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; noun a naive or
inexperienced person
2209.
nailbrush - noun a brush used to clean a person's fingernails
2210.
nailer - noun a worker who attaches something by nailing it
2211.
nailhead - noun flattened boss on the end of nail opposite to the point; something resembling the head of a nail that is
used as an ornamental device
2212.
nailrod - noun 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
2213.
nainsook - noun a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies
2214.
naively - adv. in a naive manner
2215.
naiveness - noun lack of sophistication or worldliness
2216.
naivety - noun lack of sophistication or worldliness
2217.
naja - noun cobras
2218.
nakedly - adv. without clothing; in an exposed manner; without protection or defense
2219.
nakedness - noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind; characterized by an attitude of ready
accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive; a bleak and desolate atmosphere
2220.
nakedwood - noun tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds
and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood; any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with
thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood
2221.
nameless - adj. being or having an unknown or unnamed source
2222.
namelessness - noun the state of being anonymous
2223.
namely - adv. as follows
2224.
namer - noun a person who gives a name or names
2225.
naming - adj. inclined to or serving for the giving of names; noun the verbal act of naming; the act of putting a person
into a non-elective position
2226.
nammad - noun an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt
2227.
nanaimo - noun a town in southwestern British Columbia on Vancouver Island west of Vancouver
2228.
nance - noun offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
2229.
nandu - noun smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait
of Magellan
2230.
nanism - noun a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
2231.
nankeen - noun a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
2232.
nanny - noun female goat; a woman who is the custodian of children
2233.
nanocephalic - adj. having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
2234.
nanocephaly - noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
2235.
nanticoke - noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy; a member of the Algonquian people
formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware
2236.
napa - noun plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
2237.
napaea - noun Greek mythology; one species: glade mallow
2238.
napalm - noun gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flame throwers
2239.
napery - noun linens for the dining table
2240.
naphtha - noun any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
n
2241.
naphthalene - noun a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic
synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs
2242.
naphthol - noun either of two phenols derived from naphthalene
2243.
naphthoquinone - noun a fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood
2244.
napped - adj. (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
2245.
napping - adj. not prepared or vigilant
2246.
nappy - adj. of hair in small tight curls; noun garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened
at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
2247.
naprapath - noun a therapist who practices naprapathy
2248.
naprapathy - noun a drugless method of treatment based on the belief that disease symptoms arise from problems with
ligaments and connective tissues
2249.
napu - noun chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya
2250.
narcism - noun an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
2251.
narcissistic - adj. characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
2252.
narcist - noun someone in love with themselves
2253.
narcolepsy - noun a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
2254.
narcoleptic - adj. of or relating to narcolepsy; noun a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to sleep; a
person who has narcolepsy
2255.
narcotize - verb administer narcotics to
2256.
nard - noun an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
2257.
nardoo - noun Australian clover fern
2258.
narghile - noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by
passing through water
2259.
narial - adj. of or relating to or near the nares
2260.
naris - noun any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx
2261.
nark - noun an informer or spy working for the police; a lawman concerned with narcotics violations; verb inform or spy
(for the police); cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
2262.
narration - noun (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth; the act of giving an account
describing incidents or a course of events; 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
2263.
narrative - adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; noun 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
2264.
narrator - noun someone who tells a story
2265.
narrowly - adv. in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions
2266.
narrowness - noun the property of being narrow; having little width; a restriction of range or scope; a small margin; an
inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
2267.
narthecium - noun bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
2268.
narthex - noun a vestibule leading to the nave of a church; portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
2269.
narwhal - noun small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
2270.
nasalis - noun proboscis monkeys
2271.
nasality - noun a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators
2272.
nasalization - noun the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators
2273.
nasalize - verb pronounce with a lowered velum; speak nasally or through the nose
2274.
nasally - adv. in a nasal manner
2275.
nascence - noun the event of being born
2276.
nascency - noun the event of being born
2277.
nasion - noun the craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet
2278.
nasopharyngeal - adj. of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx
2279.
nasopharynx - noun cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx
2280.
nast - noun United States political cartoonist (1840-1902)
2281.
nastily - adv. in a nasty ill-tempered manner
2282.
nastiness - noun the quality of being unpleasant; malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty; a state
characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
2283.
nasua - noun coatis
2284.
natality - noun the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
2285.
natation - noun the act of someone who floats on the water
2286.
natator - noun a person who travels through the water by swimming
2287.
natatorium - noun pool that provides a facility for swimming
2288.
nates - noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
2289.
naticidae - noun moonshells
2290.
national - adj. concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; limited to or in the interests of
a particular nation; owned or maintained for the public by the national government; of or relating to or belonging to a nation or
country; of or relating to nationality; characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; inside the country; noun a person
who owes allegiance to that nation
2291.
nationalism - noun the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other; the doctrine that nations
should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals; the aspiration for national independence felt by people
under foreign domination; love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
2292.
nationalist - adj. devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country
over those of others; noun an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government; one who loves and defends
his or her country
2293.
nationalistic - adj. devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one
country over those of others; fanatically patriotic
2294.
nationality - noun people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation; the status of belonging to a
particular nation by birth or naturalization
2295.
nationalization - noun changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in
character; the action of forming or becoming a nation
2296.
nationalize - verb put under state control or ownership; make national in character or scope
2297.
nationally - adv. with regard to a nation taken as a whole; extending throughout an entire nation
2298.
nativeness - noun the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin
2299.
nativism - noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate; the policy of perpetuating native
cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
2300.
nativist - adj. of or relating to or advocating nativism; advocating the perpetuation of native societies; noun a philosopher
who subscribes to nativism
2301.
nativistic - adj. of or relating to or advocating nativism; advocating the perpetuation of native societies
2302.
nativity - noun 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; the event of being born
2303.
natrix - noun water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus
2304.
natrolite - noun a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum
2305.
natter - verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
2306.
natterjack - noun common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
2307.
nattily - adv. in a natty manner; with smartness
2308.
nattiness - noun stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
2309.
naturalism - noun (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to
spiritual or supernatural explanations; an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic
and factual description
2310.
naturalist - noun a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology); an advocate of the
doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
2311.
naturalistic - adj. representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
2312.
naturalization - noun changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; the
introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is
granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature
2313.
naturalize - verb make into a citizen; make more natural or lifelike; adopt to another place; explain with reference to
nature; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
2314.
naturally - adv. as might be expected; according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help; in a natural or normal
manner; through inherent nature
2315.
naturalness - noun the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; the quality of being natural or based on
natural principles; the quality of innocent naivete
2316.
naturism - noun going without clothes as a social practice
2317.
naturist - noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
2318.
naturistic - adj. in accord with naturism
2319.
naturopathy - noun a method of treating disease using food and exercise and heat to assist the natural healing process
2320.
naught - noun complete failure; a quantity of no importance
2321.
naughtily - adv. in a disobedient or naughty way
2322.
naughtiness - noun an attribute of mischievous children
2323.
naumachia - noun a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
2324.
naumachy - noun a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
2325.
naupathia - noun motion sickness experienced while traveling on water
2326.
nauseant - noun a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
2327.
nauseous - adj. feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit; causing or able to cause nausea
2328.
nautch - noun an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls
2329.
navaho - noun the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho; a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to
Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
2330.
navicular - adj. shaped like a boat; noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
2331.
navigability - noun the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft
2332.
navigation - noun the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place; ship traffic; the work of a sailor
2333.
navigational - adj. of or relating to navigation
2334.
navigator - noun in earlier times, a person who explored by ship; the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the
aircraft's course; the ship's officer in charge of navigation
2335.
navvy - noun a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
2336.
nawab - noun a governor in India during the Mogul empire
2337.
naysayer - noun someone with an aggressively negative attitude
2338.
naze - noun a cape at the southern tip of Norway
2339.
nazify - verb cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character
2340.
naziism - noun a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
2341.
nearly - adv. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; in a close manner
2342.
nearness - noun the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
2343.
nearsightedness - noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant
objects appear blurred
2344.
neaten - verb care for one's external appearance; put (things or places) in order
2345.
neatly - adv. with neatness
2346.
neatness - noun the state of being neat and smart and trim; the trait of being neat and orderly
2347.
neb - noun horny projecting mouth of a bird; a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the
nose
2348.
nebiim - noun the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
2349.
nebraskan - noun a native or resident of Nebraska
2350.
nebule - noun a small cloud
2351.
nebulizer - noun a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
2352.
nebulose - adj. lacking definite form or limits
2353.
nebulously - adv. in a nebulous and indefinite manner
2354.
necessarily - adv. in an essential manner; as a highly likely consequence; in such a manner as could not be otherwise
2355.
necessitarian - noun someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
2356.
necessitous - adj. poor enough to need help from others
2357.
neckar - noun a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine
2358.
neckband - noun a band around the collar of a garment; necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck; a band that fits
around the neck and is usually folded over
2359.
neckcloth - noun an ornamental white cravat
2360.
necked - adj. having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination)
2361.
necker - noun a lover who necks
2362.
neckerchief - noun a kerchief worn around the neck
2363.
necking - noun affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs); the molding at the top of a column
2364.
neckless - adj. lacking or apparently lacking a neck
2365.
necklet - noun decoration worn about the neck (fur piece or tight necklace) as an ornament
2366.
necklike - adj. resembling a neck
2367.
neckpiece - noun an article of apparel worn about the neck
2368.
neckwear - noun articles of clothing worn about the neck
2369.
necrobiosis - noun (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
2370.
necrology - noun a list of people who died recently; a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
2371.
necrophilia - noun an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
2372.
necrophilism - noun an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
2373.
necropolis - noun a tract of land used for burials
2374.
necrose - verb undergo necrosis
2375.
nectariferous - adj. possessing nectaries
2376.
nectarous - adj. extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
2377.
necturus - noun a genus of Proteidae
2378.
needer - noun a person who wants or needs something
2379.
needfully - adv. in an essential manner
2380.
neediness - noun the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree; a state of extreme
poverty
2381.
needlebush - noun shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
2382.
needled - adj. of trees whose leaves are acerate
2383.
needlefish - noun elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal
waters; fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
2384.
needlelike - adj. ending in a sharp point
2385.
needless - adj. unnecessary and unwarranted
2386.
needlessly - adv. without need
2387.
needlewoman - noun someone who makes or mends dresses
2388.
needlewood - noun large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
2389.
needleworker - noun someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle
2390.
needs - adv. in such a manner as could not be otherwise
2391.
neem - noun 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
2392.
neencephalon - noun the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts
2393.
nefarious - adj. extremely wicked
2394.
nefariously - adv. in a nefarious manner or to a nefarious degree
2395.
nefariousness - noun the quality of being wicked
2396.
negation - noun (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false; the speech act of negating; a
negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
2397.
negative - adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial; having the quality of something harmful or
unpleasant; characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; less than
zero; reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a
specific condition; having a negative electric charge; involving disadvantage or harm; designed or tending to discredit,
especially without positive or helpful suggestions; noun a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white
tones reversed; a reply of denial; verb vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
2398.
negatively - adv. in a negative way; in a harmful manner
2399.
negativeness - noun an amount less than zero; characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or
oppose or resist suggestions or commands; the character of the negative electric pole
2400.
negativism - noun characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist
suggestions or commands
2401.
negativist - noun someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked; someone who is
resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
2402.
negativity - noun an amount less than zero; characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or
oppose or resist suggestions or commands; the character of the negative electric pole; (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or
radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond
2403.
negatron - noun an elementary particle with negative charge
2404.
neglectful - adj. failing in what duty requires; not showing due care or attention
2405.
neglectfully - adv. in a neglectful manner
2406.
neglectfulness - noun the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
2407.
negligence - noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances;
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
2408.
negligently - adv. in a negligent manner
2409.
negotiant - noun someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
2410.
negotiation - noun the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms; a discussion intended to produce
an agreement
2411.
negotiator - noun someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement)
2412.
negotiatress - noun a woman negotiator
2413.
negotiatrix - noun a woman negotiator
2414.
negress - noun a Black woman or girl
2415.
negus - noun wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg
2416.
nehemiah - noun 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
2417.
neigh - noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse; verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
2418.
neighbor - noun a nearby object of the same kind; a person who lives (or is located) near another; verb be located near or
adjacent to; live or be located as a neighbor
2419.
neighborhood - noun people living near one another; a surrounding or nearby region; the approximate amount of
something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
2420.
neighboring - adj. situated near one another; having a common boundary or edge; touching
2421.
neighborliness - noun a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
2422.
neighborly - adj. exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor
2423.
nejd - noun 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
2424.
nekton - noun the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to
whales
2425.
nelumbo - noun sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
2426.
nelumbonaceae - noun in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single
genus Nelumbo
2427.
nematocera - noun mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
2428.
nematoda - noun unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms
2429.
nematode - noun unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are
parasitic
2430.
nembutal - noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
2431.
nemertea - noun proboscis worms
2432.
nemertean - noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
2433.
nemertina - noun proboscis worms
2434.
nemertine - noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract
2435.
nemophila - noun any plant of the genus Nemophila
2436.
neo - adj. (used as a combining form) recent or new
2437.
neoceratodus - noun extant Australian lungfishes
2438.
neoclassicism - noun revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or
with a new motivation
2439.
neoclassicist - adj. relating to or advocating neoclassicism; noun an advocate of neoclassicism
2440.
neofiber - noun round-tailed muskrat
2441.
neolith - noun a stone tool from the Neolithic Age
2442.
neologist - noun a lexicographer of new words and expressions
2443.
neology - noun the act of inventing a word or phrase; a newly invented word or phrase
2444.
neopallium - noun the cortical part of the neencephalon
2445.
neophobia - noun a morbid fear of novelty
2446.
neophron - noun a genus of Accipitridae
2447.
neoplasia - noun the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor
2448.
neoplasm - noun an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
2449.
neoplastic - adj. of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm
2450.
neoplatonism - noun 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
2451.
neoplatonist - noun an adherent of Neoplatonism
2452.
neotenic - adj. of or relating to or characterized by neoteny
2453.
neoteny - noun 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
2454.
neotoma - noun packrats
2455.
nepa - noun type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions
2456.
nepalese - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; noun a native or
inhabitant of Nepal
2457.
nepali - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; noun the official state
language of Nepal; a native or inhabitant of Nepal
2458.
nepenthaceae - noun coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
2459.
nepenthes - noun pitcher plants
2460.
nepeta - noun catmint
2461.
nepheline - noun a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline
form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
2462.
nephelinite - noun an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
2463.
nephelite - noun a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline
form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
2464.
nephelium - noun a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
2465.
nephology - noun the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation
2466.
nephoscope - noun a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement
of clouds
2467.
nephralgia - noun pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins)
2468.
nephrectomy - noun surgical removal of a kidney
2469.
nephrite - noun 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
2470.
nephritic - adj. of or relating to the kidneys; affected by nephritis
2471.
nephritis - noun an inflammation of the kidney
2472.
nephrolepis - noun small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae
2473.
nephrolith - noun a calculus formed in the kidney
2474.
nephrology - noun the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and
disorders
2475.
nephron - noun any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
2476.
nephropathy - noun a disease affecting the kidneys
2477.
nephrops - noun a genus of Nephropsidae
2478.
nephropsidae - noun in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae
2479.
nephroptosia - noun prolapse of the kidney
2480.
nephroptosis - noun prolapse of the kidney
2481.
nephrosclerosis - noun 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
2482.
nephrosis - noun a disease affecting the kidneys; 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
2483.
iseases
2484.
nephrotomy - noun incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone)
2485.
nephrotoxic - adj. toxic to the kidney
2486.
nephrotoxin - noun any toxin that affects the kidneys
2487.
nepidae - noun water scorpions
2488.
nepotism - noun favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
2489.
nepotist - noun a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends
2490.
nerita - noun a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and
toothed operculum
2491.
neritic - adj. relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast; of or relating to the region of the sea over the
continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep
2492.
neritidae - noun neritids
2493.
neritina - noun ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters
2494.
nerium - noun one species: oleander
2495.
nerveless - adj. marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; lacking strength
2496.
nervelessly - adv. in a composed and unconcerned manner
2497.
nervelessness - noun fearless self-possession in the face of danger
2498.
nerveroot - noun once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America
2499.
nervily - adv. in a brash cheeky manner
2500.
nervously - adv. in an anxiously nervous manner; with nervous excitement
2501.
nervousness - noun a sensitive or highly strung temperament; an uneasy psychological state; the anxious feeling you have
when you have the jitters
2502.
nervure - noun one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect; any of the vascular bundles or ribs that
form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
2503.
nervy - adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; offensively bold; being in a tense state
2504.
nescience - noun ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs)
2505.
nescient - adj. holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes
is impossible; uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
2506.
nesokia - noun bandicoot rats
2507.
nester - noun a bird that has built (or is building) a nest; someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent
to acquire title to it
2508.
nestling - noun young bird not yet fledged; a young person of either sex
2509.
nestorian - adj. relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism; noun a follower of Nestorius
2510.
nestorianism - noun 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)
2511.
netball - noun 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
2512.
netherlander - noun a native or inhabitant of Holland
2513.
nethermost - adj. farthest down
2514.
netlike - adj. having open interstices or resembling a web
2515.
netted - adj. having open interstices or resembling a web
2516.
netting - noun creating nets; a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
2517.
neuralgic - adj. of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia
2518.
neuralgy - noun acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves
2519.
neurasthenia - noun nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
2520.
neurectomy - noun surgical removal of all or part of a nerve
2521.
neurilemma - noun thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber
2522.
neurinoma - noun tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve
2523.
neuroanatomical - adj. of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system
2524.
neuroblast - noun a cell from which a nerve cell develops
2525.
neuroblastoma - noun malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly
2526.
neurodermatitis - noun dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of
the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown
2527.
neuroepithelium - noun epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
2528.
neurofibroma - noun tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve
2529.
neurofibromatosis - noun autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin
and often by developmental abnormalities
2530.
neurogenesis - noun the development of nerve tissues
2531.
neurogenic - adj. arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues
2532.
neuroglia - noun 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
2533.
neuroglial - adj. relating to or consisting of neuroglia
2534.
neurohypophysis - noun the posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature
2535.
neurological - adj. of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology
2536.
neurologist - noun a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
2537.
neuroma - noun any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system
2538.
neuromatous - adj. of or relating to or caused by neuromas
2539.
neuromotor - adj. relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors
2540.
neuronic - adj. of or relating to neurons
2541.
neuropathy - noun any pathology of the peripheral nerves
2542.
neurophysiological - adj. of or concerned with neurophysiology
2543.
neuroplasty - noun plastic surgery of the nerves
2544.
neuropsychiatry - noun the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous
system
2545.
neuropsychological - adj. of or concerned with neuropsychology
2546.
neuropsychology - noun the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological
processes
2547.
neuroptera - noun an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids;
spongeflies
2548.
neuropteran - noun insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
2549.
neuropteron - noun insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
2550.
neurosarcoma - noun a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue
2551.
neurosurgeon - noun someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
2552.
neurosurgery - noun any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
2553.
neurosyphilis - noun syphilis of the central nervous system
2554.
neurotically - adv. in a neurotic manner
2555.
neuroticism - noun a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction
2556.
neurotoxic - adj. poisonous to nerves or nerve cells
2557.
neurotoxin - noun any toxin that affects neural tissues
2558.
neurotropic - adj. (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially
2559.
neurotropism - noun an affinity for neural tissues
2560.
neutralism - noun a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs
2561.
neutralist - noun an advocate of neutrality in international affairs
2562.
neutrality - noun nonparticipation in a dispute or war; pH value of 7; tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement
2563.
neutralization - noun action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action; action intended to keep a country
politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war; (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in
a covert operation or military operation); 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
2564.
neutralize - verb make chemically neutral; make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; make incapable of military
action; get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; oppose and mitigate
the effects of by contrary actions
2565.
neutrophile - noun the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
2566.
nevadan - noun a native or resident of Nevada
2567.
nevermore - adv. at no time hereafter
2568.
nevus - noun a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth
2569.
newari - noun Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal
2570.
newfangled - adj. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
2571.
newly - adv. very recently
2572.
newmarket - noun a long close-fitting coat worn for riding in the 19th century; 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
2573.
newness - noun the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
2574.
news - noun new information about specific and timely events; new information of any kind; information reported in a
newspaper or news magazine; the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; a program devoted to
news
2575.
newscaster - noun someone who broadcasts the news
2576.
newsless - adj. not providing news or information; not having or receiving news or information
2577.
newsmonger - noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
2578.
newspaperwoman - noun a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
2579.
newsprint - noun cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers
2580.
newsreader - noun someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin
2581.
newsroom - noun a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read; an office in
which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station; the staff of a newspaper or the news
department of a periodical
2582.
newssheet - noun report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group
2583.
newsworthiness - noun the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins
2584.
newsworthy - adj. sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper
2585.
newsy - adj. full of news; prone to friendly informal communication
2586.
nexus - noun a connected series or group; the means of connection between things linked in series
2587.
ni - noun a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in
pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
2588.
nibbed - adj. (used of pens) having a writing point or nib especially of a certain kind
2589.
nibbler - noun a biter who takes dainty repeated bites
2590.
niblick - noun an iron with considerable loft
2591.
nicaean - adj. of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
2592.
nicaraguan - adj. of or relating to Nicaragua or is people; noun a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua
2593.
nicely - adv. in a nice way
2594.
nicene - adj. of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
2595.
niceness - noun the quality of nice; the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; a courteous manner that respects
accepted social usage
2596.
nickelodeon - noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
2597.
nicker - noun the characteristic sounds made by a horse; verb make a characteristic sound, of a horse
2598.
nicotiana - noun American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage
2599.
nictate - verb briefly shut the eyes
2600.
nictation - noun a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
2601.
nictitate - verb briefly shut the eyes
2602.
nictitation - noun a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
2603.
nidation - noun (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus
of placental mammals
2604.
nidicolous - adj. (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching
2605.
nidifugous - adj. (of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching
2606.
nidularia - noun type genus of the Nidulariaceae
2607.
nidulariaceae - noun bird's-nest fungi
2608.
nidulariales - noun small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae
2609.
nidus - noun a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs; a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
2610.
nierembergia - noun any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers
2611.
nifty - adj. very good
2612.
nigella - noun any plant of the genus Nigella
2613.
nigerian - adj. of or relating to the people of Nigeria; of or relating to Nigeria; noun a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
2614.
niggard - noun a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
2615.
niggardliness - noun extreme stinginess
2616.
niggardness - noun extreme stinginess
2617.
niggler - noun someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way
2618.
niggling - adj. (informal) small and of little importance
2619.
nightclothes - noun garments designed to be worn in bed
2620.
nighted - adj. overtaken by night or darkness
2621.
nightie - noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
2622.
nightjar - noun mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes;
feed on insects
2623.
nightlong - adj. lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
2624.
nightly - adj. happening every night; adv. at the end of each day
2625.
nightshade - noun any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear
edible fruit
2626.
nightstick - noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
2627.
nightwalker - noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet;
used as bait by anglers
2628.
nightwear - noun garments designed to be worn in bed
2629.
nightwork - noun work to be done at night
2630.
nigrify - verb make or become black
2631.
nihilistic - adj. of or relating to nihilism
2632.
nihility - noun the state of nonexistence
2633.
nilgai - noun large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
2634.
nilotic - adj. of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages; of or relating to the Nile River or the people
living near it; noun a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group
2635.
nim - noun 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
2636.
nimbleness - noun intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind; the gracefulness of a person or animal that
is quick and nimble
2637.
nimbly - adv. in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease
2638.
nimiety - noun a quantity much larger than is needed
2639.
nimrod - noun (Old Testament) a famous hunter
2640.
nincompoop - noun a stupid foolish person
2641.
ninepence - noun a coin worth nine pennies
2642.
ninepenny - adj. used of nail size; 2 3/4 in or 7 cm long
2643.
ninepin - noun a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles
2644.
ninepins - noun a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden
pins
2645.
ninny - noun a stupid foolish person
2646.
ninon - noun a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon
2647.
nintu - noun a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
2648.
niobite - noun a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
2649.
nipa - noun made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm; monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
2650.
nipper - noun a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods; a young person of either sex
2651.
nipping - adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating; capable of wounding
2652.
nipponese - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; noun a native or
inhabitant of Japan
2653.
nippy - adj. a sharp biting taste; pleasantly cold and invigorating
2654.
nisan - noun the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)
2655.
nisus - noun an effortful attempt to attain a goal
2656.
nitella - noun fragile branching stoneworts
2657.
niter - noun (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
2658.
nitid - adj. bright with a steady but subdued shining
2659.
nitramine - noun a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
2660.
nitrification - noun the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil
bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants); the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or
substituted for another group in an organic compound)
2661.
nitrify - verb treat (soil) with nitrates; treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound; convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or
nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
2662.
nitrile - noun any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN
2663.
nitrobacter - noun rod-shaped soil bacteria
2664.
nitrobacteria - noun soil bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates
2665.
nitrobacteriaceae - noun usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria
2666.
nitrobenzene - noun a poisonous oily water-soluble liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline
2667.
nitrocalcite - noun the mineral form of calcium nitrate
2668.
nitrocellulose - noun nitric acid esters; used in lacquers and explosives
2669.
nitrochloroform - noun a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tears and vomiting; used as a pesticide
and as tear gas
2670.
nitrocotton - noun nitric acid esters; used in lacquers and explosives
2671.
nitrogenize - verb treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
2672.
nitroglycerin - noun 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)
2673.
nitrosobacteria - noun soil bacteria that oxidize ammonia to nitrites
2674.
nitrosomonas - noun ellipsoidal soil bacteria
2675.
nitwit - noun a stupid incompetent person
2676.
nix - noun a quantity of no importance
2677.
noachian - adj. of or relating to Noah or his time
2678.
nobble - verb disable by drugging; take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a
ransom; make off with belongings of others; deprive of by deceit
2679.
nobility - noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct; a privileged class holding
hereditary titles; the state of being of noble birth
2680.
nobleness - noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
2681.
noblewoman - noun a woman of the peerage in Britain
2682.
nobly - adv. in a noble manner
2683.
nocent - adj. having a tendency to cause harm
2684.
nociceptive - adj. caused by or in response to pain
2685.
nock - verb make small marks into the surface of
2686.
noctambulation - noun walking by a person who is asleep
2687.
noctambulism - noun walking by a person who is asleep
2688.
noctambulist - noun someone who walks about in their sleep
2689.
noctiluca - noun large bioluminescent marine protozoan
2690.
noctilucent - adj. shining or glowing by night
2691.
noctuid - noun usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive
agricultural pests
2692.
noctuidae - noun cutworms; armyworms
2693.
nocturia - noun excessive urination at night; especially common in older men
2694.
nocturnally - adv. at night
2695.
nodding - adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
2696.
noddle - noun an informal British expression for head or mind
2697.
nodulated - adj. having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules
2698.
noduled - adj. having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules
2699.
nodulose - adj. having minute nodules
2700.
noetic - adj. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
2701.
nog - noun a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it; a wooden pin pushed or
driven into a surface
2702.
noggin - noun informal terms for a human head
2703.
nogging - noun rough brick masonry used to fill in the gaps in a wooden frame
2704.
nohow - adv. in no manner
2705.
noiseless - adj. making no sound
2706.
noiselessly - adv. without a sound
2707.
noiselessness - noun the property of making no noise
2708.
noisemaker - noun a device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration
2709.
noisily - adv. with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound
2710.
noisiness - noun characterized by loud and constant noise
2711.
noisome - adj. offensively malodorous; causing or able to cause nausea
2712.
noisomeness - noun the quality of being noxious
2713.
noma - noun acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children
2714.
nombril - noun the center point on a shield
2715.
nome - noun 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
2716.
nominalism - noun (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common
but their name
2717.
nominalist - noun a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism
2718.
nominalistic - adj. of or relating to nominalism
2719.
nominally - adv. in name only
2720.
nominated - adj. appointed by nomination
2721.
nomination - noun the act of officially naming a candidate; the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate
for appointment or election; an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
2722.
nominative - adj. named; bearing the name of a specific person; serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words
identified with the subject of a copular verb; appointed by nomination; noun the category of nouns serving as the grammatical
subject of a verb
2723.
nominator - noun someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election
2724.
nomothetic - adj. relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles
2725.
nona - noun the Fate who spins the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Clotho
2726.
nonabsorbent - adj. not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)
2727.
nonabsorptive - adj. not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids)
2728.
nonacceptance - noun the act of refusing an offer
2729.
nonaccomplishment - noun an act that does not achieve its intended goal
2730.
nonachievement - noun an act that does not achieve its intended goal
2731.
nonadhesive - adj. not tending to adhere
2732.
nonadjacent - adj. not adjacent; not next
2733.
nonage - noun any age prior to the legal age
2734.
nonaggression - noun a policy of not initiating hostilities
2735.
nonaggressive - adj. not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness
2736.
nonagon - noun a nine-sided polygon
2737.
nonalcoholic - adj. characterized by the absence of alcohol
2738.
nonalignment - noun people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or countries) in a pact or treaty
2739.
nonappearance - noun failure to appear (especially as at court)
2740.
nonarbitrable - adj. not appropriate for or subject to arbitration
2741.
nonassertive - adj. not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence
2742.
nonattendance - noun the failure to attend
2743.
nonbearing - adj. (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own
2744.
nonbeing - noun the state of not being
2745.
nonbeliever - noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
2746.
nonbelligerent - adj. not directly at war
2747.
noncellular - adj. not made up of or divided into cells
2748.
nonchalance - noun the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
2749.
nonchalantly - adv. in an unconcerned manner; in a composed and unconcerned manner
2750.
noncitizen - noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
2751.
noncivilized - adj. not having a high state of culture and social development
2752.
nonclassical - adj. not classical
2753.
noncollapsible - adj. not capable of collapsing
2754.
noncom - noun a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel
2755.
noncombatant - adj. member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon; used of
civilians in time of war; noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
2756.
noncombining - adj. not able to combine
2757.
noncombustible - adj. not capable of igniting and burning
2758.
noncommercial - adj. not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises
2759.
noncommissioned - adj. (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel
2760.
noncommittal - adj. refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
2761.
noncommunicable - adj. (of disease) not capable of being passed on
2762.
noncompetitive - adj. not involving competition or competitiveness
2763.
noncompetitively - adv. in a noncompetitive manner
2764.
noncompliance - noun the failure to obey
2765.
nonconducting - adj. not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
2766.
nonconductive - adj. not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound
2767.
nonconductor - noun a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
2768.
nonconformance - noun failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior; a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
2769.
nonconforming - adj. not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion
2770.
nonconformism - noun the practice of nonconformity; a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs
2771.
nonconformist - adj. not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought; not conforming to
established customs or doctrines especially in religion; noun someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
conduct; a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
2772.
nonconformity - noun failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior; unorthodoxy as a consequence of not
conforming to expected standards or values; a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs; lack of harmony or correspondence
2773.
nonconscious - adj. relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things; concerning mental functioning that is not
represented in consciousness
2774.
noncontagious - adj. (of disease) not capable of being passed on
2775.
noncontentious - adj. of persons; not given to controversy
2776.
noncontinuous - adj. not continuing without interruption in time or space
2777.
noncontroversial - adj. not likely to arouse controversy
2778.
nonconvergent - adj. (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing
2779.
noncritical - adj. not in a state of crisis or emergency; not critical; not at a point of abrupt change; marked by disregard
for critical standards or procedures
2780.
noncrucial - adj. of little importance; not decisive; not in a state of crisis or emergency
2781.
noncrystalline - adj. not crystalline
2782.
noncurrent - adj. not current or belonging to the present time
2783.
noncyclic - adj. not cyclic; not having repeated cycles
2784.
noncyclical - adj. not cyclic
2785.
nondenominational - adj. not restricted to a particular religious denomination
2786.
nondevelopment - noun failure of normal development to occur
2787.
nondisjunction - noun meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an
abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells
2788.
nonechoic - adj. not echoic or imitative of sound
2789.
noneffervescent - adj. not effervescent; not sparkling
2790.
nonelective - adj. filled by appointment rather than by election
2791.
nonentity - noun a nonexistent thing; a person of no influence; the state of not existing
2792.
nonequivalent - adj. not equal or interchangeable in value, quantity, or significance
2793.
nones - noun the fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m.
2794.
nonessential - adj. not of prime or central importance; noun anything that is not essential
2795.
nonesuch - noun model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
2796.
nonexempt - adj. (of persons) not exempt from an obligation or liability; (of goods or funds) subject to taxation
2797.
nonexistence - noun the state of not existing
2798.
nonexistent - adj. not having existence or being or actuality; not existing
2799.
nonexplosive - adj. not explosive
2800.
nonextant - adj. no longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction; no longer in existence; lost or especially
having died out leaving no living representatives
2801.
nonextensile - adj. not extensile
2802.
nonfat - adj. without fat or fat solids
2803.
nonfatal - adj. not bringing death
2804.
nonfeasance - noun 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
2805.
nonfiction - noun prose writing that is not fictional
2806.
nonfictional - adj. not fictional
2807.
nonfigurative - adj. not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
2808.
nonfinancial - adj. not involving financial matters
2809.
nonfissile - adj. not fissile
2810.
nonflammable - adj. impossible to ignite
2811.
nonflowering - adj. without flower or bloom and not producing seeds
2812.
nonfunctional - adj. not having or performing a function; not performing or able to perform its regular function
2813.
nongranular - adj. not having granules
2814.
nongregarious - adj. of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
2815.
nonharmonic - adj. not harmonic
2816.
nonhereditary - adj. not acquirable by inheritance
2817.
nonheritable - adj. not inheritable
2818.
nonhuman - adj. not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings
2819.
nonimitative - adj. not marked by or given to imitation
2820.
nonimmune - adj. (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
2821.
nonindustrial - adj. not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises
2822.
noninfectious - adj. not infectious
2823.
noninflammatory - adj. not inflammatory
2824.
noninheritable - adj. not inheritable
2825.
nonintellectual - adj. not intellectual
2826.
noninterchangeable - adj. such that the terms of an expression cannot be interchanged without changing the meaning
2827.
noninterference - noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
2828.
nonintersecting - adj. (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing
2829.
nonintervention - noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
2830.
nonionized - adj. not converted into ions
2831.
nonkosher - adj. not conforming to dietary laws
2832.
nonleaded - adj. (of gasoline) not containing tetraethyl lead
2833.
nonlegal - adj. not regulated or sanctioned by law
2834.
nonlinear - adj. designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
2835.
nonliterary - adj. marked by lack of affectation or pedantry
2836.
nonliving - adj. not endowed with life
2837.
nonmagnetic - adj. not capable of being magnetized
2838.
nonmalignant - adj. not threatening to life or health; not malignant
2839.
nonmandatory - adj. not required by rule or law
2840.
nonmaterial - adj. not consisting of matter
2841.
nonmechanical - adj. not mechanical; (of a person) lacking mechanical skills
2842.
nonmechanistic - adj. not mechanistic
2843.
nonmedicinal - adj. not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed
2844.
nonmember - noun a person who is not a member
2845.
nonmetal - adj. not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal; noun a chemical element lacking typical metallic
properties
2846.
nonmetallic - adj. not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal
2847.
nonmetamorphic - adj. not metamorphic
2848.
nonmigratory - adj. used of animals that do not migrate
2849.
nonmilitary - adj. not associated with soldiers or the military
2850.
nonmodern - adj. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
2851.
nonmoral - adj. lying outside the bounds of morals or ethics
2852.
nonmotile - adj. (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement
2853.
nonmusical - adj. not musical in nature; lacking interest in or talent for music
2854.
nonnative - adj. of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing; not being or
composed of aborigines; of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
2855.
nonnatural - adj. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
2856.
nonobjective - adj. not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
2857.
nonobligatory - adj. not required by rule or law
2858.
nonobservance - noun a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
2859.
nonobservant - adj. failing or refusing to observe religious customs
2860.
nonoccurrence - noun absence by virtue of not occurring
2861.
nonopening - adj. not open; not opening
2862.
nonparallel - adj. (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging; of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple
operations
2863.
nonparasitic - adj. not parasitic on another organism
2864.
nonpareil - adj. eminent beyond or above comparison; noun a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar;
colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies; model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal
2865.
nonparticipant - noun a person who does not participate
2866.
nonparticipation - noun withdrawing from the activities of a group
2867.
nonpartisan - adj. free from party affiliation or bias; noun a person who is nonpartisan
2868.
nonpartisanship - noun an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally
2869.
nonpasserine - adj. relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
2870.
nonpayment - noun loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid; the deliberate act of failing to pay money; act of
failing to meet a financial obligation
2871.
nonperformance - noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same
circumstances
2872.
nonperiodic - adj. not recurring at regular intervals
2873.
nonperson - noun a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically
ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)
2874.
nonpersonal - adj. lacking personality
2875.
nonphilosophical - adj. not philosophical
2876.
nonphysical - adj. lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
2877.
nonplus - verb be a mystery or bewildering to
2878.
nonpoisonous - adj. safe to eat; not producing poison
2879.
nonpolar - adj. not ionic
2880.
nonpolitical - adj. not political
2881.
nonporous - adj. not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores
2882.
nonpregnant - adj. not pregnant
2883.
nonprehensile - adj. not prehensile
2884.
nonproductive - adj. not directly productive
2885.
nonprofessional - adj. not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain
2886.
nonprofit - adj. not commercially motivated; noun an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities
2887.
nonprogressive - adj. old-fashioned and out of date
2888.
nonproprietary - adj. not protected by trademark or patent or copyright
2889.
nonprotractile - adj. not extensile
2890.
nonpublic - adj. not invested with or related to prominent position or status etc.
2891.
nonpurulent - adj. not containing pus
2892.
nonracial - adj. not racial; having nothing to do with race or races
2893.
nonrational - adj. not based on reason; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
2894.
nonreader - noun a student who is very slow in learning to read; a person unable to read
2895.
nonreciprocal - adj. not reciprocal
2896.
nonreciprocating - adj. not moving alternately forward and backward
2897.
nonrenewable - adj. that can not be renewed
2898.
nonrepresentational - adj. of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
2899.
nonrepresentative - adj. not standing for something else
2900.
nonresident - adj. not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents; noun someone who does not live in a
particular place
2901.
nonresidential - adj. not residential
2902.
nonresistance - noun group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
2903.
nonresistant - adj. offering no resistance; (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
2904.
nonresonant - adj. not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
2905.
nonrestrictive - adj. not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
2906.
nonretractile - adj. not capable of being retracted
2907.
nonreturnable - adj. that may not be returned
2908.
nonreversible - adj. not reversible or capable of having either side out
2909.
nonrhythmic - adj. deliberately not rhythmic
2910.
nonrigid - adj. designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting
structure
2911.
nonruminant - adj. not ruminant
2912.
nonsectarian - adj. not restricted to one sect or school or party
2913.
nonsense - adj. having no intelligible meaning; noun a message that seems to convey no meaning; ornamental objects of
no great value
2914.
nonsensicality - noun a message that seems to convey no meaning
2915.
nonsensitive - adj. never having had security classification
2916.
nonsexual - adj. not having or involving sex
2917.
nonsignificant - adj. attributable to chance
2918.
nonskid - adj. designed to reduce or prevent skidding
2919.
nonslip - adj. designed to reduce or prevent slipping
2920.
nonslippery - adj. not slippery; not likely to slip or skid
2921.
nonsmoker - noun a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke; a person who does not smoke
tobacco
2922.
nonsocial - adj. of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
2923.
nonsovereign - adj. (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces
2924.
nonspeaking - adj. not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines
2925.
nonspecific - adj. not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides
2926.
nonspherical - adj. not spherical
2927.
nonstandard - adj. not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; varying from or not adhering to a standard; not
conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
2928.
nonstarter - noun a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered; a person with a record of failing;
someone who loses consistently
2929.
nonstop - adj. (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; at all times; adv. without stopping; noun a flight
made without intermediate stops between source and destination
2930.
nonstructural - adj. not structural
2931.
nonsubjective - adj. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
2932.
nonsuppurative - adj. not suppurative
2933.
nonsurgical - adj. not surgical
2934.
nonsyllabic - adj. (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable; 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)
2935.
nonsymbiotic - adj. not parasitic on another organism
2936.
nonsynchronous - adj. not occurring together
2937.
nontaxable - adj. (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation
2938.
nontechnical - adj. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences
2939.
nonterritorial - adj. not displaying territoriality
2940.
nontoxic - adj. not producing or resulting from poison; safe to eat
2941.
nontraditional - adj. not conforming to or in accord with tradition
2942.
nontransferable - adj. incapable of being transferred
2943.
nonuniform - adj. not homogeneous
2944.
nonuniformity - noun the quality of being diverse and interesting
2945.
nonunion - adj. not belonging to or not allowing affiliation with a trade union
2946.
nonuple - adj. having nine units or components
2947.
nonvenomous - adj. not producing venom
2948.
nonverbal - adj. involving little use of language; lacking verbal skill; concerned with numbers rather than words; being
other than verbal communication
2949.
nonviable - adj. not capable of living or developing successfully
2950.
nonviolence - noun peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
2951.
nonviscid - adj. not resembling glue in texture
2952.
nonvisual - adj. not resulting in vision
2953.
nonvolatile - adj. not volatilizing readily
2954.
nonvoluntary - adj. not subject to the control of the will
2955.
nonwoody - adj. not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood
2956.
nonworker - noun a person who does nothing
2957.
nooky - noun slang for sexual intercourse
2958.
noonday - noun the middle of the day
2959.
noontide - noun the middle of the day
2960.
nootka - noun a Wakashan language spoken by the Nootka; a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver
Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington
2961.
nopal - noun any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears; cactus having yellow flowers and purple
fruits
2962.
nopalea - noun a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
2963.
nordic - adj. resembling peoples of Scandinavia; relating to Germany and Scandinavia; of or relating to or constituting the
Scandinavian group of languages; noun the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
2964.
noreaster - noun a storm blowing from the northeast
2965.
noria - noun a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
2966.
normality - noun conformity with the norm; expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common; (of a
solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter; being within certain limits that define the range of
normal functioning
2967.
normalization - noun the imposition of standards or regulations
2968.
normalize - verb make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; become normal or return to its normal state;
toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling
2969.
normalizer - noun a person who normalizes
2970.
normally - adv. under normal conditions
2971.
normotensive - adj. having normal blood pressure
2972.
norn - noun (Norse mythology) any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar
to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
2973.
norse - adj. of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language; of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or
cultures; noun the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland; a native or inhabitant of
Norway; an inhabitant of Scandinavia
2974.
norseman - noun a native or inhabitant of Norway
2975.
northeaster - noun a storm blowing from the northeast
2976.
northeasterly - adj. coming from the northeast; situated in or oriented toward the northeast
2977.
northeastward - adj. toward the northeast; adv. in a northeastward direction; noun the compass point midway between
north and east; at 45 degrees
2978.
northeastwardly - adv. in a northeastward direction
2979.
norther - noun a wind that blows from the north
2980.
northerner - noun an inhabitant of the North; an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil
War)
2981.
northernness - noun the property of being to the north
2982.
northman - noun an inhabitant of Scandinavia
2983.
northmost - adj. situated farthest north
2984.
northwards - adv. in a northern direction
2985.
northwester - noun a wind from the northwest
2986.
northwesterly - adj. coming from the northwest; situated in or oriented toward the northwest
2987.
northwestward - adj. toward the northwest; adv. in a northwestward direction; noun the compass point midway between
north and west; at 315 degrees
2988.
northwestwardly - adv. in a northwestward direction
2989.
nosed - adj. having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind
2990.
nosegay - noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
2991.
noseless - adj. having no nose
2992.
nosepiece - noun armor plate that protects the nose; the link between two lenses; rests on nose
2993.
nosewheel - noun a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear
2994.
nosey - adj. offensively curious or inquisitive
2995.
nosocomial - adj. taking place or originating in a hospital
2996.
nosology - noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
2997.
nostalgically - adv. in a nostalgic manner
2998.
nostoc - noun found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
2999.
nostocaceae - noun blue-green algae
3000.
nostrum - noun patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable; hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought
by the alchemists
3001.
nosy - adj. offensively curious or inquisitive
3002.
notability - noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
3003.
notable - adj. widely known and esteemed; worthy of notice; noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
3004.
notably - adv. to a notable extent
3005.
notarize - verb authenticate as a notary
3006.
notation - noun the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters; a technical system of
symbols used to represent special things; a comment or instruction (usually added)
3007.
notched - adj. having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed; notched like a saw with teeth pointing
toward the apex
3008.
notecase - noun a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
3009.
noted - adj. worthy of notice or attention; widely known and esteemed
3010.
nothingness - noun the state of nonexistence; empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
3011.
nothofagus - noun beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
3012.
nothosaur - noun extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for
swimming
3013.
noticeability - noun the property of being easy to see and understand
3014.
noticeably - adv. in a noticeable manner
3015.
noticer - noun someone who gives formal notice; someone who takes notice
3016.
notifiable - adj. requiring that official notification be given
3017.
notification - noun a request for payment; an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative; informing by
words
3018.
notional - adj. not based on fact or investigation; being of the nature of a notion or concept; indulging in or influenced by
fancy; not based on fact; dubious
3019.
notochord - noun 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
3020.
notonecta - noun type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers
3021.
notonectidae - noun aquatic carnivorous insects
3022.
notoriously - adv. to a notorious degree
3023.
notornis - noun flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
3024.
notostraca - noun small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
3025.
notropis - noun shiners
3026.
nougat - noun nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
3027.
noumenon - noun the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
3028.
nourishing - adj. of or providing nourishment
3029.
nourishment - noun the act of nourishing; a source of materials to nourish the body
3030.
nous - noun common sense; that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
3031.
novate - verb replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one
3032.
novation - noun (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
3033.
novelette - noun a short novel
3034.
novelist - noun one who writes novels
3035.
novelization - noun converting something into the form of a novel
3036.
novelize - verb convert into the form or the style of a novel
3037.
novella - noun a short novel
3038.
novena - noun a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days
3039.
novial - noun an artificial language
3040.
noviciate - noun the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
3041.
novocain - noun procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)
3042.
nowness - noun the quality of being the present
3043.
noxiously - adv. in a detrimental manner
3044.
noxiousness - noun the quality of being noxious
3045.
nth - adj. last or greatest in an indefinitely large series
3046.
nub - noun a small piece; a small lump or protuberance; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or
experience
3047.
nubbin - noun a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)
3048.
nubble - noun a small lump or protuberance
3049.
nubbly - adj. of textiles; having a rough surface
3050.
nubby - adj. of textiles; having a rough surface
3051.
nubian - noun a native or inhabitant of Nubia
3052.
nucellus - noun central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac
3053.
nucha - noun the back side of the neck
3054.
nuclease - noun general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides
into smaller units
3055.
nucleole - noun a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein
synthesis
3056.
nucleon - noun a constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus
3057.
nucleonics - noun the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei
3058.
nucleoplasm - noun the protoplasm that constitutes the nucleus of a cell
3059.
nucleoprotein - noun any of several substances found in the nuclei of all living cells; consists of a protein bound to a
nucleic acid
3060.
nucleoside - noun a glycoside formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid
3061.
nuda - noun ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe
3062.
nudeness - noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
3063.
nudger - noun someone who nudges; someone who gives a gentle push
3064.
nudibranch - noun any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often
beautifully colored body
3065.
nudibranchia - noun comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually
having a body like a slug
3066.
nudism - noun going without clothes as a social practice
3067.
nudist - noun a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
3068.
nudity - noun the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
3069.
nuke - noun the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb; verb strike at with firepower or bombs; cook or
heat in a microwave oven; bomb with atomic weapons
3070.
nullah - noun a ravine or gully in southern Asia
3071.
nullification - noun the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of
something; the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States
Congress
3072.
nullifier - noun an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws; an official who can
invalidate or nullify
3073.
nullipara - noun (obstetrics) a woman who has never give birth to a child
3074.
nullity - noun something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity); the state of nonexistence
3075.
number - noun an item of merchandise offered for sale; a clothing measurement; the property possessed by a sum or total
or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are
used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); a numeral or string of numerals that is used for
identification; a select company of people; a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; the number is used in calling a
particular telephone; one of a series published periodically; a symbol used to represent a number; a short theatrical performance
that is part of a longer program; verb place a limit on the number of; enumerate; give numbers to; determine the number or
amount of; add up in number or quantity; put into a group
3076.
numberless - adj. too numerous to be counted
3077.
numbfish - noun 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
3078.
numbing - adj. causing numbness or insensitivity
3079.
numbly - adv. in a numb manner; without feeling
3080.
numbness - noun partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction; the
trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
3081.
numdah - noun an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt
3082.
numen - noun a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
3083.
numenius - noun curlews
3084.
numeration - noun naming numbers; the act of counting
3085.
numerator - noun the dividend of a fraction
3086.
numerical - adj. designated by or expressed in numbers; relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers;
measured or expressed in numbers; of or relating to or denoting numbers
3087.
numerically - adv. in number; with regard to numbers
3088.
numerosity - noun a large number
3089.
numerousness - noun a large number
3090.
numida - noun guinea fowl
3091.
numidian - adj. of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture; noun an inhabitant of ancient Numidia
3092.
numididae - noun guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
3093.
numidinae - noun guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
3094.
numismatics - noun the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
3095.
numismatologist - noun a collector and student of money (and coins in particular)
3096.
numismatology - noun the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
3097.
nummulite - noun large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
3098.
nummulitidae - noun a family of fossil protoctists
3099.
numskull - noun these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
3100.
nuncio - noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
3101.
nunnery - noun the convent of a community of nuns
3102.
nuphar - noun spatterdocks
3103.
nuptials - noun the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
3104.
nursemaid - noun a woman who is the custodian of children
3105.
nurser - noun a person who treats something carefully
3106.
nurseryman - noun someone who takes care of a garden
3107.
nursing - noun the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm; nourishing at the breast; the profession of a nurse
3108.
nursling - noun an infant considered in relation to its nurse
3109.
nurtural - adj. resulting from nurture
3110.
nutation (nodding uncontrollably tackled terrifically)- noun uncontrolled nodding
3111.
nutcracker - noun speckled birds that feed on nuts; a compound lever used to crack nuts open; any of various small shorttailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
3112.
nutlet - noun a small nut
3113.
nutlike - adj. resembling a nut in shape and size; having the flavor of nuts
3114.
nutrify - verb give nourishment to
3115.
nutriment - noun a source of materials to nourish the body
3116.
nutritional - adj. of or relating to or providing nutrition
3117.
nutritionally - adv. with regard to nutrition
3118.
nutritionist - noun a specialist in the study of nutrition
3119.
nutritiousness - noun the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth
3120.
nutritiveness - noun the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth
3121.
nuts - adj. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
3122.
nutter - noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
3123.
nuttily - adv. in a mildly insane manner
3124.
nutty - adj. having the flavor of nuts; informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
3125.
nyamwezi - noun a Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania
3126.
nyctaginaceae - noun a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
3127.
nyctaginia - noun a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
3128.
nyctalopia - noun inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder
3129.
nyctereutes - noun raccoon dogs
3130.
nycticorax - noun Old World night herons
3131.
nyctimene - noun East Indian fruit bats
3132.
nyctophobia - noun a morbid fear of night or darkness
3133.
nycturia - noun excessive urination at night; especially common in older men
3134.
nymphaea - noun the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies
3135.
nymphaeaceae - noun dicot aquatic plants
3136.
nymphalid - noun medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and muchreduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
3137.
nymphalidae - noun large beautifully colored butterflies
3138.
nymphet - noun a sexually attractive young woman
3139.
nympholepsy - noun a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
3140.
nympholept - noun a person seized by nympholepsy
3141.
nymphomaniacal - adj. (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
3142.
nyssa - noun tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
3143.
nyssaceae - noun a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
3144.
nystagmus - noun involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of
neurological and visual disorders.
o
3145.
oafish - adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
3146.
oakum - noun 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
3147.
oarfish - noun thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
3148.
oarlock - noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
3149.
oarsman - noun someone who rows a boat
3150.
oarsmanship - noun skill as an oarsman
3151.
oarswoman - noun a woman oarsman
3152.
oast - noun a kiln for drying hops
3153.
oatcake - noun thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal
3154.
oaten - adj. of or related to or derived from oats
3155.
obadiah - noun an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible; a Hebrew
minor prophet
o
3156.
obbligato - noun a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission; a persistent but subordinate motif
3157.
obdurately - adv. in a stubborn unregenerate manner
3158.
obeah - noun a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies
and tropical Americas
3159.
obeche - noun 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; the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for
veneering
3160.
obedience - noun behavior intended to please your parents; the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect
to another person; the trait of being willing to obey
3161.
obediently - adv. in an obedient manner
3162.
obeisance - noun the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person; bending the head or
body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
3163.
obelion - noun the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture
3164.
obesity - noun more than average fatness
3165.
obfuscation - noun darkening or obscuring the sight of something; the activity of obscuring people's understanding,
leaving them baffled or bewildered; confusion resulting from failure to understand
3166.
obi - noun a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and
tropical Americas
3167.
obit - noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
3168.
objectification - noun the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing; a concrete representation of an abstract
idea or principle
3169.
objection - noun (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular
witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its
impropriety or
3170.
llegality; the speech act of objecting; the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent; the act of
expressing earnest opposition or protest
3171.
objectionable - adj. causing disapproval or protest; liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take
exception to
3172.
objectionableness - noun the quality of being hateful
3173.
objectionably - adv. in an obnoxious manner
3174.
objective - adj. belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; undistorted by emotion or personal bias;
based on observable phenomena; emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion
of fictional matter, or interpretation; serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain
other purposes; noun the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed; the goal
intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
3175.
objectively - adv. with objectivity
3176.
objectiveness - noun judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
3177.
objurgate - verb censure severely; express strong disapproval of
3178.
objurgation - noun rebuking a person harshly
3179.
oblanceolate - adj. of a leaf shape; having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base
3180.
oblateness - noun the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
3181.
oblation - noun the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist; the act of contributing to the funds of a church or
charity
3182.
obligation - noun a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply; a personal
relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor; the state of being obligated to do or pay something; the social force that
binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
3183.
obligational - adj. relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation
3184.
obligatorily - adv. in an obligatory manner; in a manner that cannot be evaded
3185.
obliged - adj. under a moral obligation to do something
3186.
obliger - noun someone who performs a service or does a favor
3187.
obliging - adj. showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
3188.
obligingly - adv. in accommodation
3189.
obligingness - noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
3190.
obliquely - adv. at an oblique angle; to, toward or at one side
3191.
obliqueness - noun the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle; the quality of being
oblique and rambling indirectly
3192.
obliquity - noun the quality of being deceptive; the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
3193.
obliterable - adj. able to be obliterated completely
3194.
obliteration - noun destruction by annihilating something; the complete destruction of every trace of something
3195.
obliterator - noun an eliminator that does away with all traces
3196.
obliviousness - noun total forgetfulness
3197.
oblongness - noun the property of being shaped like a rectangle
3198.
obloquy - noun state of disgrace resulting from public abuse; a false accusation of an offense or a malicious
misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
3199.
obnoxiously - adv. in an obnoxious manner
3200.
obnoxiousness - noun the quality of being hateful
3201.
obnubilate - verb make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; make less visible or unclear
3202.
obolus - noun a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
3203.
obovate - adj. of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base
3204.
obscenely - adv. to an obscene degree; in a lewd and obscene manner
3205.
obscenity - noun an obscene act; the trait of behaving in an obscene manner; an offensive or indecent word or phrase
3206.
obscurantism - noun a deliberate act intended to make something obscure; a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the
spread of knowledge
3207.
obscurantist - noun a person who is deliberately vague
3208.
obscurely - adv. in an obscure manner
3209.
obscureness - noun the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand; the state of being indistinct or
indefinite for lack of adequate illumination; the state of being humble and unimportant
3210.
obscurity - noun the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination; an obscure and unimportant
standing; not well known; the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
3211.
obsequiously - adv. in an obsequious manner
3212.
obsequiousness - noun abject or cringing submissiveness
3213.
observable - adj. capable of being seen or noticed
3214.
observably - adv. in a noticeable manner
3215.
observance - noun the act of observing; taking a patient look; conformity with law or custom or practice etc.; the act of
noticing or paying attention; a formal event performed on a special occasion
3216.
observantly - adv. in an observant manner
3217.
observational - adj. relying on observation or experiment
3218.
observer - noun an expert who observes and comments on something; a person who becomes aware (of things or events)
through the senses
3219.
observing - adj. quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
3220.
observingly - adv. in an observant manner
3221.
obsessional - adj. characterized by or constituting an obsession
3222.
obsolesce - verb become obsolete, fall into disuse
3223.
obsolescence - noun the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
3224.
obsoleteness - noun the property of being out of date and not current
3225.
obstetrical - adj. of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
3226.
obstetrician - noun a physician specializing in obstetrics
3227.
obstetrics - noun the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother
3228.
obstinance - noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires; the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
3229.
obstinately - adv. in a stubborn unregenerate manner
3230.
obstipation - noun severe constipation resulting from an obstruction in the intestines
3231.
obstreperous - adj. boisterously and noisily aggressive; noisily and stubbornly defiant
3232.
obstreperously - adv. in manner that attracts attention
3233.
obstreperousness - noun noisy defiance
3234.
obstructer - noun any structure that makes progress difficult; someone who systematically obstructs some action that
others want to take
3235.
obstruction - noun getting in someone's way; the act of obstructing; any structure that makes progress difficult; the state
or condition of being obstructed; something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
3236.
obstructionism - noun deliberate interference
3237.
obstructionist - noun someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
3238.
obstructive - adj. preventing movement
3239.
obstructively - adv. in an obstructive manner
3240.
obstructor - noun any structure that makes progress difficult; someone who systematically obstructs some action that
others want to take
3241.
obtainable - adj. capable of being obtained
3242.
obtainment - noun the act of obtaining
3243.
obtention - noun the act of obtaining
3244.
obtrusively - adv. in an obtrusive manner
3245.
obtrusiveness - noun an unwelcome conspicuousness
3246.
obtund - verb reduce the edge or violence of
3247.
obturate - verb block passage through
3248.
obturator - noun a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
3249.
obtuse - adj. lacking in insight or discernment; of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees; of a leaf shape; rounded at the
apex; slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
3250.
obtusely - adv. in a stupid manner
3251.
obtuseness - noun the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point; the quality of being slow to understand
3252.
obviation - noun the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
3253.
obviously - adv. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
3254.
obviousness - noun the property of being easy to see and understand
3255.
occasional - adj. occurring from time to time; occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals; occuring from time to
time
3256.
occasionally - adv. now and then or here and there
3257.
occidentalism - noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Western civilizations; the scholarly
knowledge of Western cultures and languages and people
3258.
occidentalize - verb make western in character
3259.
occiput - noun back part of the head or skull
3260.
occultism - noun a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control; the study of
the supernatural
3261.
occultist - noun a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
3262.
occupancy - noun an act of being a tenant or occupant; the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
3263.
occupational - adj. of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
3264.
occupier - noun a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country; someone who lives at a
particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
3265.
occurrence - noun an instance of something occurring; an event that happens
3266.
oceangoing - adj. used on the high seas
3267.
oceanology - noun the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans
3268.
ocellated - adj. having ocelli
3269.
ocellus - noun an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another
color; an eye having a single lens
3270.
ocher - adj. of a moderate orange-yellow color; noun a moderate yellow-orange to orange color; any of various earths
containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
3271.
ochlocracy - noun a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
3272.
ochna - noun type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
3273.
ochnaceae - noun family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves
3274.
ochotona - noun type genus of the Ochotonidae
3275.
ochotonidae - noun pikas and extinct forms
3276.
ochroma - noun one species: balsa
3277.
ochronosis - noun an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of
alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning
3278.
ocimum - noun basil
3279.
ocotillo - noun 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
3280.
octameter - noun a verse line having eight metrical feet
3281.
octangular - adj. of or relating to or shaped like an octagon
3282.
octans - noun the constellation that includes the southern celestial pole
3283.
octavian - noun Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark
Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)
3284.
octavo - noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
3285.
octopod - noun a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
3286.
octopoda - noun octopuses and paper nautilus
3287.
octosyllabic - adj. having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables
3288.
octosyllable - noun a verse line having eight syllables or a poem of octosyllabic lines
3289.
octroi - noun a tax on various goods brought into a town
3290.
octuple - adj. having eight units or components
3291.
oculist - noun a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye; a person skilled in testing for defects of
vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
3292.
oculomotor - noun supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
3293.
oculus - noun the organ of sight
3294.
od - noun the right eye; a doctor's degree in optometry
3295.
odalisque - noun a woman who cohabits with an important man
3296.
oddball - noun a person with an unusual or odd personality
3297.
oddish - adj. somewhat strange
3298.
oddity - noun a strange attitude or habit; eccentricity that is not easily explained; something unusual -- perhaps worthy of
collecting
3299.
oddly - adv. in a manner differing from the usual or expected; in a strange manner
3300.
oddment - noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting; a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold
3301.
oddments - noun a motley assortment of things
3302.
oddness - noun the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two); eccentricity that is not easily explained
3303.
odds - noun the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring; the ratio by which one better's wager is greater
than that of another
3304.
odiously - adv. in an offensive and hateful manner
3305.
odiousness - noun the quality of being offensive
3306.
odist - noun a poet who writes odes
3307.
odobenidae - noun walruses and extinct forms
3308.
odobenus - noun type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses
3309.
odocoileus - noun North American deer
3310.
odonata - noun dragonflies and damselflies
3311.
odontalgia - noun an ache localized in or around a tooth
3312.
odontaspididae - noun sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
3313.
odontaspis - noun type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks
3314.
odontiasis - noun the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
3315.
odontoceti - noun toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
3316.
odontoglossum - noun any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many
showy usually large flowers in many colors
3317.
odontology - noun the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
3318.
odontophorus - noun genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a
distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family
3319.
odor - noun any property detected by the olfactory system; the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose
are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
3320.
odoriferous - adj. having a natural fragrance; emitting an odor; giving off an odor; morally offensive
3321.
odorize - verb cause to smell or be smelly
3322.
odorless - adj. having no odor
3323.
oecanthus - noun tree crickets
3324.
oecumenic - adj. concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
3325.
oecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
3326.
oedogoniaceae - noun filamentous green algae
3327.
oedogoniales - noun simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
3328.
oedogonium - noun type genus of Oedogoniaceae; freshwater green algae having long unbranched filaments; usually freefloating when mature
3329.
oenanthe - noun wheatears; poisonous herbs: water dropworts
3330.
oenologist - noun a specialist in wine making
3331.
oenology - noun the art of wine making
3332.
oenomel - noun wine mixed with honey
3333.
oenophilist - noun a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut
3334.
oenothera - noun chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers
3335.
oesophagus - noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
3336.
oestradiol - noun the most powerful female hormone that occurs naturally; synthesized and used to treat estrogen
deficiency and breast cancer
3337.
oestridae - noun warble flies
3338.
oestriol - noun a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency
3339.
oestrus - noun type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies; applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened
sexual arousal and activity
3340.
offended - adj. hurt or upset
3341.
offender - noun a person who transgresses moral or civil law
3342.
offense - noun the action of attacking an enemy; the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score; a crime less
serious than a felony; a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others; a feeling of anger
caused by being offended
3343.
offenseless - adj. incapable of offending or attacking
3344.
offensively - adv. in an aggressive manner; in an obnoxious manner; in an unpleasantly offensive manner
3345.
offensiveness - noun the quality of being offensive
3346.
offerer - noun someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
3347.
offering - noun money contributed to a religious organization; the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity;
something offered (as a proposal or bid); the verbal act of offering
3348.
offeror - noun someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection
3349.
offhanded - adj. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; with little or no preparation or forethought; adv. in a casually
inconsiderate manner; without previous thought or preparation
3350.
offhandedly - adv. in a casually inconsiderate manner; without previous thought or preparation
3351.
officer - noun a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; any person in the armed services who
holds a position of authority or command; someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; a
member of a police force; verb direct or command as an officer
3352.
officialese - noun the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
3353.
officialize - verb make official
3354.
officially - adv. in an official role; with official authorization
3355.
officiant - noun a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
3356.
officiation - noun the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty; the act of umpiring
3357.
officiously - adv. in an officious manner
3358.
officiousness - noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
3359.
offing - noun the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; the near or foreseeable
future
3360.
offish - adj. lacking cordiality; unfriendly
3361.
ofo - noun a Siouan language spoken by the Ofo; a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in
Mississippi
3362.
oftenness - noun the number of occurrences within a given time period
3363.
ofttimes - adv. many times at short intervals
3364.
ogcocephalidae - noun batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes
3365.
ogee - noun a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
3366.
ogive - noun front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its
passage through the atmosphere
3367.
oglala - noun a Siouan language spoken by the Oglala; 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
3368.
ogler - noun a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
3369.
ohioan - noun a native or resident of Ohio
3370.
ohmage - noun the ohmic resistance of a conductor
3371.
oilbird - noun nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of
butter
3372.
oilcan - noun a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery
3373.
oiled - adj. treated with oil
3374.
oiler - noun a worker who oils engines or machinery; a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk; a well that yields or
has yielded oil
3375.
oilfish - noun very large deep-water snake mackerel
3376.
oiliness - noun smug self-serving earnestness; consisting of or covered with oil
3377.
oilpaper - noun paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
3378.
oilskin - noun a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof
3379.
oilstone - noun a whetstone for use with oil
3380.
oilstove - noun heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking
3381.
oireachtas - noun the parliament of the Irish Free State
3382.
ojibwa - noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa; a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of
Lake Superior
3383.
ojibway - noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa; a member of an Algonquian people who lived west of
Lake Superior
3384.
oka - noun a Turkish liquid unit equal to 3 pints; a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 75 pounds; South American
wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
3385.
okapi - noun similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs
3386.
okapia - noun okapis
3387.
oklahoman - noun a native or resident of Oklahoma
3388.
okra - noun 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; long green edible beaked
pods of the okra plant; long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
3389.
older - adj. old in experience; advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); used of the older of two persons
of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
3390.
oldish - adj. somewhat elderly
3391.
oldness - noun the quality of being old; the opposite of newness; the opposite of youngness
3392.
oldwife - noun a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States; tropical Atlantic fish
3393.
olea - noun evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
3394.
oleaceae - noun trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales:
olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
3395.
oleaceous - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family
3396.
oleaginous - adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in
manner or speech
3397.
oleaginousness - noun smug self-serving earnestness; consisting of or covered with oil
3398.
olearia - noun large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers
3399.
oleaster - noun any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by
olivelike fruits
3400.
olecranon - noun 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
3401.
olefine - noun any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
3402.
olein - noun a naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils
3403.
oleo - noun a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
3404.
oleoresin - noun a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants
3405.
olfaction - noun the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
3406.
olfactive - adj. of or relating to olfaction
3407.
olibanum - noun an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship
and for embalming and fumigation
3408.
oligarch - noun one of the rulers in an oligarchy
3409.
oligarchical - adj. of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy
3410.
oligocene - noun from 40 million to 25 million years ago; appearance of sabertoothed cats
3411.
oligochaeta - noun earthworms
3412.
oligochaete - noun hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the
body
3413.
oligodendroglia - noun tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
3414.
oligomenorrhea - noun abnormally light or infrequent menstruation
3415.
oligospermia - noun insufficient spermatozoa in the semen
3416.
oliguria - noun production of an abnormally small amount of urine; 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
3417.
olivenite - noun rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits
3418.
olla - noun leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
3419.
olm - noun European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
3420.
ology - noun an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
3421.
olympiad - noun one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve
centuries beginning in 776 BC; the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
3422.
olympian - adj. of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus; of the region of
Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants; far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; majestic in manner or bearing; superior to
mundane matters; noun a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans; an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
3423.
olympus - noun 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)
3424.
omani - adj. of or relating to Oman or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Oman
3425.
omasum - noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
3426.
omelette - noun beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly
3427.
omentum - noun a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
3428.
ominously - adv. in an ominous manner
3429.
omissible - adj. capable of being left out
3430.
omissive - adj. characterized by omissions
3431.
ommastrephes - noun extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins
3432.
ommatidium - noun any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods
3433.
ommiad - noun the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
3434.
omnifarious - adj. of all varieties or forms or kinds
3435.
omnipotence - noun the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power
3436.
omnipresence - noun the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)
3437.
omnirange - noun a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information
about exact position and bearing
3438.
omniscience - noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
3439.
omnivore - noun an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances; a person who eats all kinds of foods
3440.
omnivorous - adj. feeding on both plants and animals
3441.
omophagia - noun the eating of raw food
3442.
omphalocele - noun protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel;
usually self correcting after birth
3443.
omphalos - noun scar where the umbilical cord was attached
3444.
omphaloskepsis - noun contemplation of one's navel
3445.
omphalus - noun scar where the umbilical cord was attached
3446.
onager - noun Asiatic wild ass; medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles
3447.
onagraceae - noun a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
3448.
onanism - noun a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before
ejaculation; manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
3449.
onanist - noun a person who practices masturbation
3450.
onchocerciasis - noun 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
3451.
oncidium - noun any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown
flowers; often grown as houseplants
3452.
oncologic - adj. of or relating to or practicing oncology
3453.
oncological - adj. of or relating to or practicing oncology
3454.
oncorhynchus - noun Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon
3455.
ondatra - noun muskrats
3456.
oneiric - adj. of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
3457.
oneiromancer - noun someone who divines through the interpretation of dreams
3458.
oneiromancy - noun divination through the interpretation of dreams
3459.
oneness - noun the quality of being united into one
3460.
onerously - adv. in an onerous manner
3461.
onerousness - noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty
3462.
onionskin - noun a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
3463.
oniscidae - noun a family of Isopoda
3464.
oniscus - noun type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball
3465.
onobrychis - noun genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat
unjointed pods
3466.
onoclea - noun one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
3467.
onomancy - noun divination by the letters of a name
3468.
onomastic - adj. of or related to onomastics
3469.
onomasticon - noun a list of proper nouns naming persons or places
3470.
onomatomania - noun obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into
consciousness
3471.
onomatopoeical - adj. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
3472.
onomatopoetic - adj. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
3473.
ononis - noun genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers:
restharrow
3474.
onopordon - noun a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
3475.
onosmodium - noun a genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae
3476.
onshore - adj. on the edge of the land; (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; adv. on or toward the land
3477.
onside - adj. not offside; being within the prescribed area of play
3478.
ontogenesis - noun (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
3479.
ontogenetic - adj. of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms
3480.
ontological - adj. of or relating to ontology
3481.
onwards - adv. in a forward direction
3482.
onychium - noun small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family
Cryptogrammataceae
3483.
onycholysis - noun separation of a nail from its normal attachment to the nail bed
3484.
onychophora - noun 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
3485.
nnelids
3486.
onychophoran - noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having
characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
3487.
onychosis - noun any disease or disorder of the nails
3488.
onymous - adj. bearing a name
3489.
onyxis - noun toenail having its free tip or edges embedded in the surrounding flesh
3490.
oogenesis - noun development of ova
3491.
oology - noun the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)
3492.
oolong - noun Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried
3493.
oomycetes - noun nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes
classified as protoctists
3494.
oophorectomy - noun surgical removal of one of both ovaries
3495.
oophoritis - noun inflammation of one or both ovaries
3496.
oophorosalpingectomy - noun surgical removal of one or both ovaries and the corresponding Fallopian tubes
3497.
oosphere - noun used especially of lower plants
3498.
oospore - noun a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi
3499.
ootid - noun mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote
3500.
oozy - adj. leaking out slowly
3501.
opacification - noun the process of becoming cloudy or opaque
3502.
opacify - verb become opaque; make opaque
3503.
opah - noun large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
3504.
opalesce - verb exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; reflect light or colors like an opal
3505.
opalescence - noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
3506.
opaline - adj. having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors
3507.
opalize - verb replace or convert into opal; make opalescent
3508.
opaquely - adv. in an opaque manner
3509.
opaqueness - noun the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light;
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
3510.
openbill - noun stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
3511.
opencast - adj. (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
3512.
opener - noun a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans); the first event in a series; a person who
unfastens or unwraps or opens
3513.
openhanded - adj. given or giving freely
3514.
openhandedness - noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
3515.
openhearted - adj. freely communicative; candidly straightforward; showing or motivated by sympathy and
understanding and generosity
3516.
opening - adj. first or beginning; noun the act of opening something; becoming open or being made open; a recognized
sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; the initial part of the
introduction; the first performance (as of a theatrical production); a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise; an
open or empty space in or between things; opportunity especially for employment or promotion; the first of a series of actions;
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship; an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily
cavity; a possible alternative
3517.
openly - adv. in an open way
3518.
openmouthed - adj. with eyes or mouth open in surprise
3519.
openness - noun characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without
concealment; not secretive; without obstructions to passage or view; willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
or ideas)
3520.
openwork - noun ornamental work (such a embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings
3521.
operagoer - noun a patron of the opera
3522.
operating - adj. involved in a kind of operation; being in effect or operation
3523.
operation - noun the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); a planned activity involving many
people performing various actions; a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a
particular form of work; a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest
disease in a living body; activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); a business especially one run on a
large scale; (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing
that results from a single instruction); process or manner of functioning or operating; the state of being in effect or being
operative; (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive
activity; an operation that affects mental contents
3524.
operational - adj. being in effect or operation; of or intended for or involved in military operations; pertaining to a
process or series of actions for achieving a result; fit or ready for use or service
3525.
operationalism - noun (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in
proving or applying it
3526.
operationalist - adj. of or relating to or espousing operationalism
3527.
operative - adj. being in force or having or exerting force; effective; producing a desired effect; of or relating to a surgical
operation; (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery
especially as opposed to medicine; noun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information; a person secretly
employed in espionage for a government
3528.
operatively - adv. by means of an operative
3529.
operator - noun an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; someone who owns or operates a business; a
speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets; (mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from
functions to functions; a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
3530.
operculate - adj. having an operculum
3531.
operculated - adj. having an operculum
3532.
operculum - noun 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
3533.
operose - adj. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
3534.
operoseness - noun the quality of requiring extended effort
3535.
ophidia - noun snakes
3536.
ophidian - noun limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
3537.
ophidiidae - noun eellike marine fishes
3538.
ophioglossaceae - noun a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
3539.
ophioglossales - noun coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
3540.
ophioglossum - noun the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae
3541.
ophiolatry - noun the worship of snakes
3542.
ophisaurus - noun glass lizards
3543.
ophiurida - noun brittle stars
3544.
ophiuroidea - noun brittle stars and basket stars
3545.
ophryon - noun the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
3546.
ophrys - noun a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
3547.
ophthalmectomy - noun surgical removal of an eye
3548.
ophthalmia - noun severe conjunctivitis
3549.
ophthalmitis - noun severe conjunctivitis
3550.
ophthalmologist - noun a medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye
3551.
ophthalmoplegia - noun paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye
3552.
ophthalmoscope - noun medical instrument for examining the retina of the eye
3553.
ophthalmoscopy - noun examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope
3554.
opiliones - noun harvestmen
3555.
opinionated - adj. obstinate in your opinions
3556.
opinionative - adj. obstinate in your opinions
3557.
opisthobranchia - noun gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes
sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares
3558.
opisthocomidae - noun comprising the hoatzins
3559.
opisthognathidae - noun jawfishes
3560.
opisthognathous - adj. having receding jaws
3561.
opisthorchiasis - noun infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia
3562.
opisthotonos - noun severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
3563.
opopanax - noun an odorous gum resin formerly used in medicines
3564.
oporto - noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine
3565.
opportunely - adv. at an opportune time
3566.
opportuneness - noun timely convenience
3567.
opportunism - noun taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
3568.
opportunist - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person
who places expediency above principle
3569.
opportunistic - adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
3570.
opportunity - noun a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
3571.
opposed - adj. being in opposition or having an opponent; in opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.)
3572.
opposer - noun someone who offers opposition
3573.
opposing - adj. characterized by active hostility; in opposition to (a policy or attitude etc.)
3574.
oppositely - adv. in an opposite position
3575.
oppositeness - noun the relation between opposed entities
3576.
oppositive - adj. expressing antithesis or opposition
3577.
oppressed - adj. burdened psychologically or mentally
3578.
oppressively - adv. in a heavy and oppressive way
3579.
oppressiveness - noun unwelcome burdensome difficulty; a feeling of being oppressed
3580.
opprobrious - adj. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; expressing offensive reproach
3581.
oppugn - verb challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
3582.
opsonin - noun an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them
more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
3583.
opsonization - noun process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
3584.
opsonize - verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
3585.
optative - adj. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; indicating an option or wish; noun a mood (as in Greek or
Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
3586.
optical - adj. of or relating to or involving light or optics; relating to or using sight; of or relating to or resembling the eye
3587.
optically - adv. in an optical manner
3588.
optician - noun a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
3589.
optics - noun the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light
3590.
optimistically - adv. with optimism; in an optimistic manner
3591.
optimization - noun the act of rendering optimal
3592.
optimize - verb act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world; modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage
capacity or time or cost; make optimal; get the most out of; use best
3593.
optional - adj. possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
3594.
optionally - adv. in an optional manner
3595.
opulence - noun wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
3596.
opulently - adv. in a sumptuous and opulent manner
3597.
opuntia - noun large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
3598.
opuntiales - noun coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
3599.
orach - noun any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
3600.
orad - adv. toward the mouth or oral region
3601.
orally - adv. by spoken rather than written means; (of drugs) through the mouth rather than through injection
3602.
orang - noun large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
3603.
orangeade - noun sweetened beverage of diluted orange juice
3604.
orangeman - noun a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign
3605.
orangery - noun a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler
areas
3606.
orangewood - noun fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork
3607.
oration - noun an instance of oratory
3608.
orator - noun a person who delivers a speech or oration
3609.
orbicular - adj. having the shape of a sphere or ball; circular or nearly circular
3610.
orbiculate - adj. circular or nearly circular
3611.
orbitale - noun the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit
3612.
orca - noun predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
3613.
orchestia - noun type genus of the family Orchestiidae
3614.
orchestiidae - noun beach fleas
3615.
orchestration - noun the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical
instruments; an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; an arrangement of a piece of music for
performance by an orchestra or band
3616.
orchestrator - noun an arranger who writes for orchestras
3617.
orchidaceae - noun enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or
rootstocks and unusual flowers
3618.
orchidales - noun order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
3619.
orchidalgia - noun pain in the testes
3620.
orchidectomy - noun surgical removal of one or both testicles
3621.
orchiectomy - noun surgical removal of one or both testicles
3622.
orchil - noun a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens; any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
3623.
orchiopexy - noun operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum
3624.
orchitis - noun inflammation of one or both testes; characterized by pain and swelling
3625.
orchotomy - noun surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm
count)
3626.
orcinus - noun killer whales
3627.
ordainer - noun a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders
3628.
ordered - adj. having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule; marked
by system or regularity or discipline; marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; disposed or
placed in a particular kind of order
3629.
orderer - noun an organizer who puts things in order; someone who places an order to buy
3630.
orderliness - noun the quality of appreciating method and system; a condition of regular or proper arrangement
3631.
ordinand - noun a person being ordained
3632.
ordinarily - adv. under normal conditions
3633.
ordinariness - noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
3634.
ordination - noun the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; the status of being ordained to a
sacred office; logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
3635.
ordovician - noun from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds
3636.
ordure - noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
3637.
oread - noun (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
3638.
oreamnos - noun mountain goats
3639.
oreortyx - noun mountain quail of western United States
3640.
organelle - noun a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
3641.
organically - adv. involving carbon compounds; as an important constituent; in an organic manner
3642.
organicism - noun theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the
determinant of life processes
3643.
organicistic - adj. relating to or tending toward organicism
3644.
organism - noun a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently; a system considered
analogous in structure or function to a living body
3645.
organismal - adj. of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole)
3646.
organist - noun a person who plays an organ
3647.
organization - noun the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; the act of
organizing a business or an activity related to a business; an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well
organized; a group of people who work together; the act of forming something; an organized structure for arranging or
classifying; the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
3648.
organizational - adj. of or relating to an organization
3649.
organizationally - adv. with regard to organization
3650.
organize - verb bring order and organization to; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; cause to be structured
or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea; plan and direct (a complex undertaking); form or join a union;
create (as an entity)
3651.
organized - adj. methodical and efficient in arrangement or function; formed into a structured or coherent whole; being a
member of or formed into a labor union
3652.
organizer - noun a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise; someone who enlists workers to join a
union; 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.
3653.
organon - noun a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
3654.
organza - noun a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy
3655.
oriel - noun a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
3656.
orientalism - noun the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations; the scholarly knowledge of
Asian cultures and languages and people
3657.
orientalist - noun a specialist in oriental subjects
3658.
orientalize - verb make oriental in character
3659.
orientate - verb determine one's position with reference to another point
3660.
orientation - noun the act of orienting; a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and
personal relationships; an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs; position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other
specific directions; a course introducing a new situation or environment; a predisposition in favor of something
3661.
oriflamme - noun a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings; an inspiring symbol or ideal that
serves as a rallying point in a struggle
3662.
origami - noun the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
3663.
origanum - noun any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings
3664.
originality - noun the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else); the ability to think and act
independently
3665.
originally - adv. in an original manner; before now; with reference to the origin or beginning
3666.
origination - noun the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; an event that is a beginning;
a first part or stage of subsequent events
3667.
originative - adj. having the ability or power to create; containing seeds of later development
3668.
originator - noun someone who creates new things
3669.
orinasal - noun a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)
3670.
oriolidae - noun Old World orioles
3671.
oriolus - noun type genus of the Oriolidae
3672.
orison - noun reverent petition to a deity
3673.
oriya - noun a Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa; a
member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas
3674.
orleanism - noun the political principles of the Orleanists
3675.
orleanist - noun a supporter of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons that was descended from a younger brother of Louis
XIV
3676.
orlop - noun the fourth or lowest deck
3677.
ormazd - noun chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good
3678.
ormer - noun an abalone found near the Channel Islands
3679.
ormolu - noun brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture
3680.
ornamental - adj. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose; noun any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental
value
3681.
ornamentalism - noun the practice of ornamental display
3682.
ornamentalist - noun someone who decorates
3683.
ornamentally - adv. in an ornamental, nonfunctional manner
3684.
ornateness - noun an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated; high-flown style; excessive use
of verbal ornamentation
3685.
orneriness - noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
3686.
ornithine - noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea
3687.
ornithischia - noun extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded
and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)
3688.
ornithischian - noun herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird
3689.
ornithogalum - noun sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
3690.
ornithological - adj. of or relating to ornithology
3691.
ornithologist - noun a zoologist who studies birds
3692.
ornithology - noun the branch of zoology that studies birds
3693.
ornithopod - noun bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
3694.
ornithopoda - noun widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and
iguanodon)
3695.
ornithopter - noun heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings
3696.
ornithorhynchidae - noun platypus
3697.
ornithorhynchus - noun type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae
3698.
ornithosis - noun an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected
birds
3699.
orobanchaceae - noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
3700.
orogeny - noun the process of mountain formation (especially by the upward displacement of the earth's crust)
3701.
oroide - noun alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry
3702.
orology - noun the science of mountains
3703.
orontium - noun one species of aquatic plant: golden club
3704.
oropharyngeal - adj. of or relating to or located near the oropharynx
3705.
oropharynx - noun cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
3706.
orotund - adj. (of sounds) full and rich; ostentatiously lofty in style
3707.
orphanhood - noun the condition of being a child without living parents
3708.
orphrey - noun a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment
3709.
orpiment - noun a yellow mineral occuring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic
3710.
orpine - noun perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
3711.
orpington - noun English breed of large chickens with white skin
3712.
orrery - noun 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
3713.
orris - noun fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines; German iris
having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
3714.
orrisroot - noun fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines
3715.
ortalis - noun chachalacas
3716.
orthodontia - noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
3717.
orthodontics - noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
3718.
orthoepist - noun 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)
3719.
orthoepy - noun a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its
relation to `correct' orthography; the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
3720.
orthogonality - noun the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles; the relation of opposition between things at right
angles
3721.
orthographic - adj. of or relating to or expressed in orthography
3722.
orthopedical - adj. of or relating to or employed in orthopedics
3723.
orthopedics - noun the branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints
3724.
orthopedist - noun a specialist in correcting deformities of the skeletal system (especially in children)
3725.
orthopnea - noun form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect;
associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris
3726.
orthopter - noun heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings
3727.
orthoptera - noun grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
3728.
orthopteran - noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing
mouthparts
3729.
orthopteron - noun any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing
mouthparts
3730.
orthoptic - adj. of or relating to normal binocular vision
3731.
orthoscope - noun an ophthalmoscope with a layer of water to neutralize the refraction of the cornea
3732.
orthostatic - adj. pertaining to an upright standing posture
3733.
orthotropous - adj. (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex
3734.
ortolan - noun brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
3735.
ortygan - noun any of several East Indian birds
3736.
orycteropodidae - noun aardvarks
3737.
orycteropus - noun coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
3738.
oryctolagus - noun Old World rabbits
3739.
oryx - noun large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
3740.
oryza - noun rice
3741.
oryzomys - noun rice rats
3742.
oryzopsis - noun rice grass
3743.
os - noun a mouth or mouthlike opening; rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates; the left eye;
(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services; a hard brittle
blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known
3744.
osage - noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Osage; a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River; 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
3745.
oscan - noun an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy; an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of
Campania
3746.
oscheocele - noun swelling of the scrotum
3747.
oscillating - adj. having periodic vibrations
3748.
oscillation - noun (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean; the process of oscillating between states; a
single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
3749.
oscillator - noun generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating current
3750.
oscillatoriaceae - noun blue green algae
3751.
oscillogram - noun the recording produced by an oscillograph
3752.
oscillograph - noun a device for making a record of the wave forms of fluctuating voltages or currents
3753.
oscine - adj. of or relating to the songbirds; noun passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
3754.
oscines - noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
3755.
oscitance - noun an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom;
drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning
3756.
oscitancy - noun drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning; an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open
mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
3757.
oscitant - adj. showing lack of attention or boredom
3758.
osculate - verb have at least three points in common with; be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; touch with the
lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
3759.
osculation - noun (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent; the act
of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
3760.
osmanli - noun a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
3761.
osmanthus - noun widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and
China and Japan
3762.
osmeridae - noun smelts
3763.
osmerus - noun type genus of the Osmeridae
3764.
osmiridium - noun 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.
3765.
osmotically - adv. by means of osmosis
3766.
osmund - noun any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified
fronds that resemble flower clusters
3767.
osmundaceae - noun large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
3768.
ossicle - noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
3769.
ossicular - adj. pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear
3770.
ossiculate - adj. pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear
3771.
ossiculum - noun a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
3772.
ossiferous - adj. containing bones (especially fossil bones)
3773.
ossification - noun hardened conventionality; the developmental process of bone formation; the process of becoming
rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior; the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
3774.
ossified - adj. changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior,
habits, or beliefs
3775.
ossuary - noun any receptacle for the burial of human bones
3776.
ostariophysi - noun in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes
3777.
osteal - adj. relating to bone or to the skeleton; composed of or containing bone
3778.
osteichthyes - noun a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
3779.
osteitis - noun inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration
3780.
ostensibly - adv. from appearances alone
3781.
ostensive - adj. manifestly demonstrative; represented or appearing as such; pretended
3782.
ostentate - verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
3783.
ostentation - noun pretentious or showy or vulgar display; lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity; a gaudy outward display
3784.
ostentatiously - adv. in an ostentatious manner
3785.
ostentatiousness - noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
3786.
osteoarthritis - noun chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually
after middle age
3787.
osteoblast - noun a cell from which bone develops
3788.
osteoblastoma - noun benign tumor of bone and fibrous tissue; occurs in the vertebrae or femur or tibia or arm bones
(especially in young adults)
3789.
osteochondroma - noun benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone
3790.
osteoclasis - noun treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone
3791.
osteoclast - noun cell that functions in the breakdown and resorption of bone tissue
3792.
osteodystrophy - noun defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and
phosphorus metabolism
3793.
osteologer - noun an anatomist who is skilled is osteology
3794.
osteologist - noun an anatomist who is skilled is osteology
3795.
osteolysis - noun lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
3796.
osteoma - noun a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible
3797.
osteomalacia - noun abnormal softening of bones caused by deficiencies of phosphorus or calcium or vitamin D
3798.
osteomyelitis - noun an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection)
3799.
osteopathist - noun a therapist who manipulates the skeleton and muscles
3800.
osteopetrosis - noun an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow
cavity may be obliterated
3801.
osteophyte - noun small abnormal bony outgrowth
3802.
osteosarcoma - noun malignant bone tumor; most common in children and young adults where it tends to affect the femur
3803.
osteosclerosis - noun abnormal hardening or eburnation of bone
3804.
osteostracan - noun extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head
3805.
osteostraci - noun extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
3806.
osteotomy - noun surgical sectioning of bone
3807.
ostiary - noun someone who guards an entrance; the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church
but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
3808.
ostiole - noun a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass
3809.
ostler - noun someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses
3810.
ostraciidae - noun boxfishes
3811.
ostracize - verb avoid speaking to or dealing with; expel from a community or group
3812.
ostracoda - noun seed shrimps
3813.
ostracoderm - noun extinct fishlike jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
3814.
ostracodermi - noun extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
3815.
ostrea - noun type genus of the family Ostreidae
3816.
ostreidae - noun oysters
3817.
ostrogoth - noun a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD
3818.
ostrya - noun deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family
Carpinaceae
3819.
ostyak - noun a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals); a Ugric language
(related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak
3820.
otalgia - noun an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
3821.
otaria - noun type genus of the Otariidae
3822.
otariidae - noun eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
3823.
otherness - noun the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known
3824.
otherworldliness - noun concern with things of the spirit
3825.
othonna - noun a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow
flowers
3826.
otic - adj. of or relating to near the ear
3827.
otides - noun terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards
3828.
otididae - noun bustards
3829.
otitis - noun inflammation of the ear
3830.
oto - noun a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Oto; a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of
the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska
3831.
otolaryngologist - noun a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
3832.
otolaryngology - noun the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat
3833.
otologist - noun a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases
3834.
otology - noun the branch of medicine concerned with the ear
3835.
otoplasty - noun reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear
3836.
otorhinolaryngologist - noun a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
3837.
otorhinolaryngology - noun the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat
3838.
otorrhea - noun discharge from the external ear
3839.
otosclerosis - noun hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual
deafness
3840.
otoscope - noun medical instrument consisting of a magnifying lens and light; used for examining the external ear (the
auditory meatus and especially the tympanic membrane)
3841.
ottar - noun essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
3842.
otterhound - noun hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat;
bred for hunting otters
3843.
otus - noun a genus of Strigidae
3844.
oubliette –(out under bastille lie trapped top entrance) noun a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door
in the ceiling
3845.
ouija - noun a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages
3846.
ouranos - noun (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient
mythology
3847.
ouster - noun the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out; a wrongful dispossession; a person who ousts or supplants
someone else
3848.
outage - noun a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in
storage or transportation
3849.
outback - adj. inaccessible and sparsely populated; noun the bush country of the interior of Australia
3850.
outbalance - verb weigh more heavily
3851.
outbid - verb bid higher than others; bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled
3852.
outboard - adj. located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; noun internal-combustion engine that mounts at
stern of small boat; a motorboat with an outboard motor
3853.
outbound - adj. that is going out or leaving
3854.
outbrave - verb be braver than; resist bravely
3855.
outbreak - noun a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
3856.
outbred - adj. bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes
3857.
outbuilding - noun a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building
3858.
outburst - noun a sudden violent disturbance; a sudden violent happening; an unrestrained expression of emotion
3859.
outcast - adj. excluded from a society; noun a person who is rejected (from society or home)
3860.
outcaste - adj. not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; noun a
person belonging to no caste
3861.
outclass - verb cause to appear in a lower class
3862.
outcome - noun something that results; a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
3863.
outcrop - noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land; verb appear on the
surface, come to the surface on the ground
3864.
outcry - noun a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; verb utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; shout
louder than
3865.
outdated - adj. old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable
3866.
outdistance - verb go far ahead of
3867.
outdo - verb get the better of; be or do something to a greater degree
3868.
outdoor - adj. located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor
activities
3869.
outdoors - adv. outside a building; noun where the air is unconfined
3870.
outdoorsman - noun a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)
3871.
outdraw - verb draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight
3872.
outer - adj. being on or toward the outside of the body; being on the outside or further from a center; located outside
3873.
outerwear - noun clothing for use outdoors
3874.
outface - verb overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
3875.
outfall - noun the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water
3876.
outfield - noun the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the bases
3877.
outfielder - noun a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield; (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield
3878.
outfight - verb to fight better than; get the better of
3879.
outfit - noun a set of clothing (with accessories); any cohesive unit such as a military company; gear consisting of a set of
articles or tools for a specified purpose; verb provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
3880.
outfitter - noun a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose; someone who sells men's clothes
3881.
outflank - verb go around the flank of (an opposing army); get the better of
3882.
outflow - noun the process of flowing out; the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; a natural flow of
ground water
3883.
outfox - verb outdo someone in trickery; beat through cleverness and wit
3884.
outgeneral - verb surpass in generalship
3885.
outgo - noun money paid out; verb be or do something to a greater degree
3886.
outgoer - noun someone who leaves one country to settle in another
3887.
outgoing - adj. leaving a place or a position; at ease in talking to others
3888.
outgrow - verb grow too large or too mature for; grow faster than
3889.
outgrowth - noun a natural consequence of development; a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism
either animal or plant; the gradual beginning or coming forth
3890.
outguess - verb attempt to anticipate or predict
3891.
outhouse - noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
3892.
outing - noun a journey taken for pleasure; a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
3893.
outlander - noun a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
3894.
outlandishly - adv. in an outlandish manner
3895.
outlandishness - noun strikingly out of the ordinary
3896.
outlast - verb live longer than
3897.
outlaw - adj. disobedient to or defiant of law; contrary to or forbidden by law; noun someone who has committed (or been
legally convicted of) a crime; verb declare illegal; outlaw
3898.
outlay - noun the act of spending or disbursing money; money paid out
3899.
outlet - noun activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; an opening that permits escape or release; a place
of business for retailing goods; receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical
devices
3900.
outlier - noun an extreme deviation from the mean; a person who lives away from his place of work
3901.
outline - noun a schematic or preliminary plan; a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory; the line
that appears to bound an object; verb describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; trace the shape of; draw
up an outline or sketch for something
3902.
outlined - adj. showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
3903.
outlive - verb live longer than
3904.
outlook - noun the act of looking out; belief about (or mental picture of) the future; a habitual or characteristic mental
attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
3905.
outlying - adj. relatively far from a center or middle
3906.
outmaneuver - verb defeat by more skillful maneuvering
3907.
outmarch - verb march longer distances and for a longer time than
3908.
outmatch - verb be or do something to a greater degree
3909.
outmode - verb make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete
3910.
outmoded - adj. out of fashion
3911.
outmost - adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center
3912.
outnumber - verb be larger in number
3913.
outpace - verb surpass in speed
3914.
outpatient - noun a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated
3915.
outperform - verb be or do something to a greater degree
3916.
outplay - verb excel or defeat in a game
3917.
outpoint - verb score more points than one's opponents; sail closer to the wind than
3918.
outport - noun a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade)
3919.
outpost - noun a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops; a settlement on the frontier of
civilization; a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
3920.
outpouring - noun a large flow; the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); the
pouring forth of a fluid; a sudden rapid flow (as of water); a natural flow of ground water
3921.
output - noun production of a certain amount; what is produced in a given time period; the quantity of something (as a
commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); final product; the things produced; signal that comes out of
an electronic system; verb to create or manufacture a specific amount
3922.
outrage - noun a wantonly cruel act; the act of scandalizing; a disgraceful event; a feeling of righteous anger; verb strike
with disgust or revulsion; force (someone) to have sex against their will; violate the sacred character of a place or language
3923.
outrageously - adv. to an extravagant or immoderate degree; in a very offensive manner
3924.
outrageousness - noun the quality of being outrageous; excessive excess
3925.
outrange - verb have a greater range than (another gun)
3926.
outrank - verb take precedence or surpass others in rank
3927.
outre - adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
3928.
outreach - noun the act of reaching out
3929.
outride - verb ride better, faster, or further than; hang on during a trial of endurance
3930.
outrider - noun an escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard)
3931.
outrigger - noun a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
3932.
outright - adj. without reservation or exception; adv. without reservation or concealment; without restrictions or
stipulations or further payments; without any delay
3933.
outrival - verb be more of a rival than
3934.
outroar - verb roar louder than
3935.
outrun - verb run faster than
3936.
outsail - verb sail faster or better than
3937.
outscore - verb score more points than one's opponents
3938.
outsell - verb sell more than others; be sold more often than other, similar products
3939.
outset - noun the time at which something is supposed to begin
3940.
outshine - verb attract more attention and praise than others; shine brighter than
3941.
outshout - verb shout louder than
3942.
outside - adj. originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; on or toward an outer edge; leading to or
from the outside; functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit; very unlikely; relating to or being on or
near the outer side or limit; (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; from or between other countries;
coming from the outside; located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; adv. outside a building; on the outside; noun the
outer side or surface of something; the region that is outside of something
3943.
outsider - noun a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win; someone who is excluded
from or is not a member of a group
3944.
outsize - adj. larger than normal for its kind; noun an unusual garment size (especially one that is very large)
3945.
outsized - adj. larger than normal for its kind
3946.
outskirt - noun a part of the city far removed from the center
3947.
outskirts - noun outlying areas (as of a city or town)
3948.
outsmart - verb beat through cleverness and wit; defeat by more skillful maneuvering
3949.
outsole - noun the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground
3950.
outspan - verb remove the yoke or harness from
3951.
outspoken - adj. given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; characterized by directness in manner or speech;
without subtlety or evasion
3952.
outspokenly - adv. in an outspoken manner
3953.
outspokenness - noun the trait of being blunt and outspoken
3954.
outspread - adj. fully extended in width
3955.
outstanding - adj. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; owed as a debt; distinguished from others in
excellence; of major significance or importance
3956.
outstandingly - adv. in an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree; to a remarkable degree or extent
3957.
outstare - verb overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring
3958.
outstation - noun a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
3959.
outstay - verb surpass in staying power; stay too long
3960.
outstretched - adj. fully extended especially in length
3961.
outstrip - verb be or do something to a greater degree; go far ahead of
3962.
outstroke - noun the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft
3963.
outthrust - noun an outcropping of rock that extends outward
3964.
outturn - noun what is produced in a given time period
3965.
outvie - verb be more of a rival than
3966.
outvote - verb defeat by a majority of votes
3967.
outward - adj. relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; that is going out or leaving; adv. toward
the outside
3968.
outwardly - adv. in outward appearance; with respect to the outside
3969.
outwardness - noun concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal
concepts); the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; concern with outward
things or material objects (especially the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind and spirit
3970.
outwards - adv. toward the outside
3971.
outwear - verb last longer than others; exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
3972.
outweigh - verb be heavier than; weigh more heavily
3973.
outwit - verb beat through cleverness and wit
3974.
outwork - noun subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area
3975.
ovalbumin - noun the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk
consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
3976.
ovarian - adj. of or involving the ovaries
3977.
ovaritis - noun inflammation of the ovaries
3978.
ovation - noun enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)
3979.
ovenware - noun heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served
3980.
overabundance - noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; the state of being more than full
3981.
overabundant - adj. excessively abundant
3982.
overact - verb exaggerate one's acting
3983.
overactive - adj. more active than normal
3984.
overactivity - noun excessive activity
3985.
overage - adj. too old to be useful; noun a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that
exceeds expectations
3986.
overall - adj. involving only main features; including everything; noun (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim
trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps); a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
3987.
overambitious - adj. excessively ambitious
3988.
overanxiety - noun excessive anxiety
3989.
overanxious - adj. anxious or nervous to an excessive degree
3990.
overappraisal - noun an appraisal that is too high
3991.
overarch - verb form an arch over; be central or dominant
3992.
overarm - adj. with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
3993.
overawe - verb subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
3994.
overbalance - verb cause to be off balance; weigh more heavily
3995.
overbear - verb bear too much; overcome; contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
3996.
overbearing - adj. expecting unquestioning obedience
3997.
overbearingly - adv. in an overbearing manner
3998.
overbearingness - noun the trait of being imperious and overbearing
3999.
overbid - noun (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); a bid that is higher than preceding bids; verb bid more than the object is worth; to bid
for more tricks than one can expect to win,
4000.
overbite - noun (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth
4001.
overblown - adj. past the stage of full bloom; puffed up with vanity
4002.
overboard - adv. from on board a vessel into the water; to extremes
4003.
overboil - verb boil excessively; overflow or cause to overflow while boiling
4004.
overbold - adj. improperly forward or bold
4005.
overburden - noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits; an excessive
burden; verb burden with too much work or responsibility; load with excessive weight
4006.
overbusy - adj. too busy
4007.
overcall - noun (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)
4008.
overcapitalization - noun (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)
4009.
overcapitalize - verb capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant; overestimate the market
value of; estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
4010.
overcareful - adj. excessively or unduly careful
4011.
overcast - adj. filled or abounding with clouds; noun a cast that falls beyond the intended spot; a long whip stitch or
overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling; gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover; the state of the sky when it
is covered by clouds; verb sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; sew over the edge of with long slanting wide
stitches; make overcast or cloudy
4012.
overcasting - noun a long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling
4013.
overcautious - adj. unnecessarily cautious
4014.
overcharge - noun a price that is too high; verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price; place too much a load on
4015.
overclothe - verb dress excessively
4016.
overclothes - noun clothing for use outdoors
4017.
overcloud - verb become covered with clouds; make obscure or unclear
4018.
overcoat - noun an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish); a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
4019.
overcoating - noun an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)
4020.
overcome - verb get on top of; deal with successfully; overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that
is overcome; win a victory over; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
4021.
overcomer - noun someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
4022.
overcompensate - verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an error; make up for shortcomings or a feeling of
inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
4023.
overcompensation - noun excessive compensation; (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or
unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
4024.
overconfidence - noun total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
4025.
overconfident - adj. marked by excessive confidence
4026.
overcook - verb cook too long
4027.
overcredulity - noun too much credulity
4028.
overcredulous - adj. too credulous for your own good
4029.
overcritical - adj. inclined to judge too severely
4030.
overcrop - verb to exhaust by excessive cultivation
4031.
overcrowd - verb crowd together too much; cause to crowd together too much
4032.
overcultivate - verb to exhaust by excessive cultivation
4033.
overcurious - adj. showing excessive curiosity
4034.
overdelicate - adj. extremely delicate
4035.
overdo - verb do something to an excessive degree
4036.
overdone - adj. cooked too long but still edible; represented as greater than is true or reasonable
4037.
overdose - verb dose too heavily
4038.
overdraft - noun a draft in excess of the credit balance
4039.
overdraw - verb draw more money from than is available; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
4040.
overdress - verb dress excessively; put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
4041.
overdrive - noun a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power; the state of high or
excessive activity or productivity or concentration; verb drive or work too hard; make use of too often or too extensively
4042.
overdue - adj. past due; not paid at the scheduled time
4043.
overeager - adj. excessively eager
4044.
overeat - verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
4045.
overemotional - adj. excessively or abnormally emotional
4046.
overemphasis - noun too much emphasis
4047.
overemphasize - verb place special or excessive emphasis on
4048.
overenthusiastic - adj. unduly enthusiastic
4049.
overestimate - noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high; verb make too
high an estimate of; assign too high a value to
4050.
overestimation - noun a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high
4051.
overexert - verb exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength
4052.
overexertion - noun excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results
4053.
overexpose - verb expose excessively; expose to too much light
4054.
overexposure - noun the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience; the act of exposing film to
too much light or for too long a time
4055.
overextend - verb strain excessively
4056.
overfamiliar - adj. taking undue liberties
4057.
overfatigue - verb tire excessively
4058.
overfed - adj. too well nourished
4059.
overfeed - verb feed excessively
4060.
overfill - verb fill beyond capacity
4061.
overflow - noun the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity; a large flow; verb flow or run
over (a limit or brim); overflow with a certain feeling
4062.
overflowing - adj. covered with water; overfull with water
4063.
overfly - verb fly over
4064.
overfond - adj. excessively fond
4065.
overfull - adj. exceeding demand
4066.
overgarment - noun a garment worn over other garments
4067.
overgeneralize - verb draw too general a conclusion
4068.
overgenerous - adj. very generous
4069.
overgorge - verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
4070.
overgreedy - adj. excessively gluttonous
4071.
overgrow - verb grow beyond or across; become overgrown
4072.
overgrown - adj. covered with growing plants; abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
4073.
overgrowth - noun a profusion of growth on or over something else; excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion
of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
4074.
overhand - adj. sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges
together); with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
4075.
overhanded - adj. with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
4076.
overhasty - adj. done with very great haste and without due deliberation
4077.
overhaul - noun periodic maintenance on a car or machine; the act of improving by renewing and restoring; verb make
repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; travel past
4078.
overhead - adj. located or originating from above; adv. above the head; over the head; above your head; in the sky; noun
a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head; (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship; a transparency for
use with an overhead projector; (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for
location and timing; 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; (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior
to the execution of a command
4079.
overhear - verb hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
4080.
overheat - verb get excessively and undesirably hot; make excessively or undesirably hot
4081.
overindulge - verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
4082.
overindulgence - noun excessive indulgence
4083.
overindulgent - adj. excessively indulgent
4084.
overjealous - adj. suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
4085.
overjoy - verb cause to feel extremely joyful or happy
4086.
overkill - noun any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal; the capability to obliterate a
target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
4087.
overland - adj. traveling or passing over land
4088.
overlap - noun the property of partial coincidence in time; a representation of common ground between theories or
phenomena; a flap that lies over another part; verb coincide partially or wholly; extend over and cover a part of
4089.
overlarge - adj. excessively large
4090.
overlay - noun 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; verb put something on top of something else; kill
by lying on
4091.
overlayer - noun 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
4092.
overleaf - adv. on or to the other side of a page
4093.
overleap - verb defeat (oneself) by going too far; leave undone or leave out; jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
4094.
overlie - verb kill by lying on; lie upon; lie on top of
4095.
overlip - noun the upper lip
4096.
overload - noun an excessive burden; an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power; verb place too much a
load on; become overloaded; fill to excess so that function is impaired
4097.
overlook - noun a high place affording a good view; verb watch over; look past, fail to notice; leave undone or leave out;
look down on; be oriented in a certain direction
4098.
overlord - noun a person who has general authority over others
4099.
overlordship - noun the position of overlord
4100.
overly - adv. to an excessive degree
4101.
overlying - adj. placed on or over something else
4102.
overmantel - noun a shelf over a mantelpiece
4103.
overmaster - verb overcome by superior force
4104.
overmodest - adj. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
4105.
overmuch - adj. very great in quantity; overabundant; adv. more than necessary; noun a quantity that is more than what is
appropriate
4106.
overmuchness - noun a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
4107.
overnice - adj. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
4108.
overnight - adj. lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; adv. happening in a short time or with great speed
4109.
overpass - noun bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
4110.
overpay - verb pay too much
4111.
overpayment - noun the act of paying too much; a payment larger than needed or expected
4112.
overplay - verb exaggerate one's acting
4113.
overplus - noun extreme excess
4114.
overpopulate - verb cause to have too great a population
4115.
overpopulation - noun too much population
4116.
overpower - verb overcome by superior force; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
4117.
overpowering - adj. so strong as to be irresistible
4118.
overpoweringly - adv. incapable of being resisted
4119.
overpraise - verb praise excessively
4120.
overpressure - noun a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure
4121.
overprice - verb price excessively high
4122.
overprint - noun something added by overprinting; verb print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper
4123.
overproduce - verb produce in excess; produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted
4124.
overproduction - noun too much production or more than expected
4125.
overprotect - verb protect excessively; care for like a mother
4126.
overproud - adj. excessively proud
4127.
overrate - verb make too high an estimate of
4128.
overreach - verb fail by aiming too high or trying too hard; beat through cleverness and wit
4129.
overreaching - adj. revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
4130.
overrefine - verb refine too much or with excess of subtlety
4131.
overrefined - adj. excessively delicate or refined
4132.
overrefinement - noun the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
4133.
override - noun a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device; the act of nullifying; making
null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something; verb ride (a horse) too hard; counteract the normal
operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle); prevail over; rule against
4134.
overripe - adj. too ripe and beginning to turn soft
4135.
overrule - verb rule against
4136.
overrun - adj. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; noun
too much production or more than expected; verb run beyond or past; seize the position of and defeat; invade in great numbers;
flow or run over (a limit or brim); occupy in large numbers or live on a host
4137.
oversea - adj. being or passing over or across the sea; adv. beyond or across the sea
4138.
overseas - adj. in a foreign country; being or passing over or across the sea; adv. in a place across an ocean; beyond or
across the sea
4139.
oversee - verb watch and direct
4140.
overseer - noun a person who directs and manages an organization
4141.
oversensitive - adj. unduly sensitive or thin-skinned
4142.
oversensitiveness - noun sensitivity leading to easy irritation or upset
4143.
overserious - adj. excessively serious
4144.
oversew - verb sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both
4145.
overshadow - verb cast a shadow upon; exceed in importance; outweigh; make appear small by comparison
4146.
overshoe - noun footwear that protects your shoes from water or snow or cold
4147.
overshoot - noun an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt; verb aim too high; shoot beyond or over (a
target)
4148.
overshot - adj. having an upper part projecting beyond the lower
4149.
overside - adv. over the side of a boat
4150.
oversight - noun a mistake resulting from inattention; an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice
something; management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
4151.
oversimplification - noun an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is; a
simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
4152.
oversimplify - verb make too simple; simplify to an excessive degree
4153.
oversize - adj. larger than normal for its kind
4154.
oversized - adj. larger than normal for its kind
4155.
overskirt - noun an outer skirt worn over another skirt
4156.
oversleep - verb sleep longer than intended
4157.
oversolicitous - adj. excessively solicitous
4158.
overspecialize - verb become overly specialized
4159.
overspend - verb spend at a high rate; spend more than available of (a budget)
4160.
overspill - noun the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity; too much population
4161.
overspread - verb spread across or over
4162.
overstate - verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
4163.
overstatement - noun making to seem more important than it really is
4164.
overstay - verb stay too long
4165.
overstep - verb pass beyond (limits or boundaries); go beyond
4166.
overstock - verb stock excessively
4167.
overstrain - noun too much strain; verb strain excessively
4168.
overstress - verb place special or excessive emphasis on
4169.
overstretch - verb strain abnormally
4170.
overstrung - adj. too tightly strung; being in a tense state
4171.
overstuff - verb stuff too much
4172.
overstuffed - adj. upholstered thickly and deeply
4173.
oversupply - noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall; verb supply with an excess of
4174.
oversuspicious - adj. unduly suspicious
4175.
overtake - verb catch up with and possibly overtake; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli; travel past
4176.
overtax - verb tax excessively
4177.
overthrow - noun the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force); the act of disturbing the mind or body;
verb cause the downfall of; of rulers; rule against
4178.
overtime - adv. beyond the regular time; noun work done in addition to regular working hours; playing time beyond
regulation, to break a tie
4179.
overtire - verb tire excessively
4180.
overtly - adv. in an overt manner
4181.
overtone - noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency; (usually plural) an ulterior
implicit meaning or quality
4182.
overtop - verb look down on
4183.
overtrump - verb play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick
4184.
overturn - noun an improbable and unexpected victory; the act of upsetting something; verb turn from an upright or
normal position; cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; change radically; rule against; annul by recalling or
rescinding; cause the downfall of; of rulers
4185.
overuse - noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns; verb make use of too often or too extensively
4186.
overvaliant - adj. having or showing undue valor or boldness
4187.
overvaluation - noun too high a value or price assigned to something; an appraisal that is too high
4188.
overvalue - verb assign too high a value to
4189.
overview - noun a general summary of a subject
4190.
overweary - verb tire excessively
4191.
overweening - adj. presumptuously arrogant; unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
4192.
overweight - adj. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it; noun the property of
excessive fatness
4193.
overwhelm - verb charge someone with too many tasks; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli; overcome by
superior force; cover completely or make imperceptible
4194.
overwhelming - adj. very intense; so strong as to be irresistible
4195.
overwhelmingly - adv. incapable of being resisted
4196.
overwinter - verb spend the winter
4197.
overwork - noun the act of working too much or too long; verb use too much; work excessively hard
4198.
overwrite - verb write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
4199.
overwrought - adj. deeply agitated especially from emotion
4200.
overzealous - adj. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
4201.
ovibos - noun consisting of the musk-ox
4202.
oviduct - noun either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
4203.
ovine - adj. of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
4204.
oviparous - adj. egg-laying
4205.
ovipositor - noun egg-laying tubular structure at the end of the abdomen in many female insects and some fishes
4206.
ovis - noun sheep
4207.
ovoflavin - noun a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss
4208.
ovoid - adj. rounded like an egg; noun an egg-shaped object
4209.
ovolo - noun a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
4210.
ovotestis - noun hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue
4211.
ovoviviparous - adj. producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body
4212.
ovular - adj. of or relating to an ovum; being or of the nature of an ovule
4213.
ovulate - verb produce and discharge eggs
4214.
ovulation - noun the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)
4215.
ovule - noun a small or immature ovum; a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed
after fertilization
4216.
owen - noun English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892); Welsh
industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
4217.
owlet - noun young owl
4218.
owlish - adj. resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance
4219.
owlishly - adv. in an owlish manner
4220.
owner - noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; a person who owns something
4221.
ownerless - adj. having no owner
4222.
ownership - noun the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to
others; the state or fact of being an owner; the act of having and controlling property
4223.
oxalidaceae - noun a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous
flowers
4224.
oxalis - noun any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
4225.
oxbow - noun 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; a U-shaped curve in a stream; the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
4226.
oxheart - noun large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh; any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy
heart-shaped fruits
4227.
oxidase - noun any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation
4228.
oxidation - noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs
accompanied by reduction
4229.
oxidative - adj. taking place in the presence of oxygen
4230.
oxidizable - adj. capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen
4231.
oxidization - noun the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs
accompanied by reduction
4232.
oxidize - verb add oxygen to or combine with oxygen; enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an
oxide
4233.
oxidizer - noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
4234.
oxidoreductase - noun an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction
4235.
oxidoreduction - noun a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
4236.
oxime - noun any compound containing the group -C=NOH
4237.
oxlip - noun Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
4238.
oxtail - noun the skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups
4239.
oxtongue - noun widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United
States
4240.
oxyacetylene - adj. of or using a mixture of acetylene and oxygen; noun a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create
high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
4241.
oxyacid - noun any acid that contains oxygen
4242.
oxybenzene - noun a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a
disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally
4243.
oxycephaly - noun a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape
4244.
oxydendrum - noun sourwood
4245.
oxygenation - noun the process of providing or combining or treating with oxygen
4246.
oxygenize - verb dehydrogenate with oxygen; 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); impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
4247.
oxyhemoglobin - noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
4248.
oxymoron - noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
4249.
oxyopia - noun unusually acute vision
4250.
oxytocic - noun a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus
4251.
oxytocin - noun hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the
uterus and ejection of milk
4252.
oxytone - noun word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
4253.
oxytropis - noun 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
4254.
oxyuridae - noun pinworms
4255.
oysterfish - noun a variety of toadfish
4256.
ozena - noun a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures
4257.
ozocerite - noun a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some
varieties are used in making ceresin and candles
4258.
ozokerite - noun a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some
varieties are used in making ceresin and candles
4259.
ozonide - noun any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an
unsaturated compound
4260.
ozonium - noun form genus of imperfect fungi
4261.
ozonize - verb convert (oxygen) into ozone
p
4262.
paba - noun a metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells; used to make dyes and drugs and sun blockers
4263.
pabulum - noun insipid intellectual nourishment; any substance that can be used as food
4264.
pac - noun committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates
4265.
paca - noun large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food
4266.
pacemaker - noun an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker; a
specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat; a horse used to set the pace in racing; a leading instance in its field
4267.
pacer - noun a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together; a horse used to set
the pace in racing
4268.
pachisi - noun an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board
4269.
pachyderm - noun any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros;
hippopotamus
4270.
pachyderma - noun thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph
vessel and lymph vessel obstruction
4271.
pachydermal - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms
4272.
pachydermatous - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms; emotionally hardened
4273.
pachydermic - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms
4274.
pachydermous - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms
4275.
pachyrhizus - noun small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots
4276.
pachysandra - noun any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves
and used as ground cover
4277.
pachytene - noun the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
4278.
pacifically - adv. in a peaceable manner
4279.
pacification - noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency; the act of appeasing someone or causing someone
to be more favorably inclined; a treaty to cease hostilities
4280.
pacificism - noun the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration; the doctrine that all violence in
unjustifiable
4281.
pacificist - noun someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
4282.
pacifier - noun device used for an infant to suck or bite on; someone who tries to bring peace
4283.
pacifistic - adj. opposed to war
4284.
pacifistically - adv. in a pacifistic manner
4285.
packable - adj. capable of being packed
4286.
packer - noun a workman employed to pack things into containers; a hiker who wears a backpack; a wholesaler in the
meat-packing business
4287.
packman - noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
4288.
packsack - noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
4289.
packsaddle - noun a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached
4290.
packthread - noun a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
4291.
padda - noun a genus of Ploceidae
4292.
padder - noun a highwayman who robs on foot
4293.
padding - noun artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
4294.
paddlefish - noun primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
4295.
paddler - noun someone paddling a canoe
4296.
paddymelon - noun small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea
4297.
paeonia - noun peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers
4298.
paeoniaceae - noun perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America
4299.
paganism - noun any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
4300.
paganize - verb make pagan in character
4301.
pageboy - noun a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward; a boy who is employed to run errands
4302.
pager - noun an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
4303.
pagination - noun the system of numbering pages
4304.
pagrus - noun a genus of Sparidae
4305.
paguridae - noun hermit crabs
4306.
pagurus - noun type genus of the family Paguridae
4307.
pahlavi - noun the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language; the Iranian language of
the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries; Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (19191980)
4308.
pahoehoe - noun freely flowing lava
4309.
paigle - noun early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers; Eurasian
primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
4310.
pailful - noun the quantity contained in a pail
4311.
paillasse - noun mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust
p
4312.
pained - adj. hurt or upset
4313.
painfully - adv. unpleasantly; in or as if in pain
4314.
painfulness - noun the quality of being painful; emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
4315.
painkiller - noun a medicine used to relieve pain
4316.
painless - adj. requiring little hard work or exertion; not causing physical or psychological pain
4317.
painlessly - adv. without pain
4318.
painstakingly - adv. in a fastidious and painstaking manner
4319.
painstakingness - noun the trait of being painstaking and careful
4320.
paintable - adj. lending itself to being painted
4321.
paintbox - noun a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint
4322.
painted - adj. lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting; coated with paint; having makeup applied; having
sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
4323.
painter - noun a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing); an artist who
paints; a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint; large American feline resembling a lion
4324.
painterly - adj. having qualities unique to the art of painting
4325.
painting - noun the occupation of a house painter; the act of applying paint to a surface; creating a picture with paints;
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
4326.
paired - adj. mated sexually; used of gloves, socks, etc.; of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
4327.
paisa - noun a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan
4328.
paisley - noun a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes
4329.
paiute - noun the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute; a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern
Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States
4330.
pajama - noun (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers;
lightweight trousers worn in various eastern countries
4331.
pakchoi - noun Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
4332.
paladin - noun someone who fights for a cause
4333.
palaemon - noun type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus
4334.
palaemonidae - noun prawns
4335.
palaeoanthropology - noun the scientific study of human fossils
4336.
palaeobiology - noun a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and
plants as living organisms
4337.
palaeobotany - noun the study of fossil plants
4338.
palaeoclimatology - noun the study of the climate of past ages
4339.
palaeodendrology - noun the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees
4340.
palaeogeography - noun the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs
4341.
palaeolithic - adj. of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); noun second part of the
Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
4342.
palaeology - noun the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities
4343.
palaeopathology - noun the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
4344.
palaeornithology - noun the paleobiology of birds
4345.
palaeozoology - noun the study of fossil animals
4346.
palaestra - noun a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
4347.
palaetiology - noun the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)
4348.
palaic - noun an Anatolian language
4349.
palankeen - noun a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers
4350.
palanquin - noun a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers
4351.
palaquium - noun large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves
4352.
palas - noun East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
4353.
palatability - noun acceptability to the mind or feelings; the property of being acceptable to the mouth
4354.
palatable - adj. acceptable to the taste or mind
4355.
palatableness - noun acceptability to the mind or feelings; the property of being acceptable to the mouth
4356.
palatably - adv. in a palatable way
4357.
palatal - adj. 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'); relating to or lying near the palate; noun a semivowel produced with the
tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
4358.
palatalize - verb pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
4359.
palatial - adj. suitable for or like a palace; relating to or being a palace
4360.
palatinate - noun a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine; a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled
by the counts palatine
4361.
palatoglossal - adj. relating to the palate and tongue
4362.
palau - noun a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean; a republic in the
western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States
4363.
palaver - noun loud and confused and empty talk; flattery intended to persuade; verb have a lengthy discussion, usually
between people of different backgrounds; influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; speak (about unimportant
matters) rapidly and incessantly
4364.
paleencephalon - noun the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral
cortex
4365.
paleface - noun a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)
4366.
palely - adv. in a pale manner; without physical or emotional color; in a manner lacking interest or vitality
4367.
paleness - noun being deficient in color; the property of having a naturally light complexion; unnatural lack of color in the
skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
4368.
paleoanthropological - adj. of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils
4369.
paleoanthropology - noun the scientific study of human fossils
4370.
paleobiology - noun a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and
plants as living organisms
4371.
paleobotany - noun the study of fossil plants
4372.
paleocene - noun from 63 million to 58 million years ago; appearance of birds and earliest mammals
4373.
paleoclimatology - noun the study of the climate of past ages
4374.
paleodendrology - noun the branch of paleobotany that studies fossil trees
4375.
paleoecology - noun the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology
4376.
paleoencephalon - noun the more primitive parts of the brain phylogenetically; most structures other than the cerebral
cortex
4377.
paleoethnography - noun the ethnography of paleolithic humans
4378.
paleogeography - noun the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs
4379.
paleographer - noun an archeologist skilled in paleography
4380.
paleographist - noun an archeologist skilled in paleography
4381.
paleography - noun the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
4382.
paleolith - noun a stone tool from the Paleolithic age
4383.
paleology - noun the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities
4384.
paleomammalogy - noun the paleobiology of ancient mammals
4385.
paleontological - adj. of or relating to paleontology
4386.
paleontologist - noun a specialist in paleontology
4387.
paleontology - noun the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
4388.
paleopathology - noun the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
4389.
paleornithology - noun the paleobiology of birds
4390.
paleostriatum - noun the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus
4391.
paleozoology - noun the study of fossil animals
4392.
palestra - noun a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
4393.
paletiology - noun the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)
4394.
pali - noun an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada
Buddhism
4395.
palilalia - noun a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated
4396.
palimpsest - noun 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
4397.
paling - noun a fence made of upright pickets
4398.
palingenesis - noun emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the
evolutionary history of the strain or species
4399.
palingenetic - adj. of or relating to palingenesis
4400.
palinuridae - noun spiny lobsters
4401.
palinurus - noun type genus of the family Palinuridae
4402.
palish - adj. slightly pale
4403.
paliurus - noun thorny Eurasian shrubs
4404.
pallas - noun a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered; (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts
and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva
4405.
pallasite - noun a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
4406.
pallbearer - noun one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
4407.
pallette - noun one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor
4408.
palliasse - noun mattress consisting of a thin pad filled with straw or sawdust
4409.
palliation - noun easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause; to act in such a way as to cause an
offense to seem less serious
4410.
palliative - adj. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear; noun remedy that alleviates pain without curing
4411.
pallidity - noun being deficient in color
4412.
pallidly - adv. in a manner lacking interest or vitality
4413.
pallidness - noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
4414.
pallium - noun cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome; (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band
encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back; (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or
brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell; the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex
of the cerebrum
4415.
pallone - noun an Italian game similar to tennis
4416.
pallor - noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
4417.
pally - adj. (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
4418.
palmaceae - noun 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
4419.
palmae - noun 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
4420.
palmar - adj. relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
4421.
palmately - adv. in a palmate manner
4422.
palmatifid - adj. of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed
4423.
palmature - noun an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed
4424.
palmer - noun United States golfer (born in 1929)
4425.
palmist - noun fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
4426.
palmister - noun fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
4427.
palmistry - noun telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
4428.
palmitin - noun an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid
4429.
palmlike - adj. resembling a palm tree
4430.
palmy - adj. very lively and profitable
4431.
palometa - noun smaller than Florida pompano; common in West Indies
4432.
palomino - noun a horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail
4433.
paloverde - noun 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
4434.
palpability - noun the quality of being perceivable by touch
4435.
palpably - adv. so as to be palpable
4436.
palpate - verb examine (a body part) by palpation
4437.
palpation - noun 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)
4438.
palpatory - adj. relating to or involving palpation
4439.
palpebra - noun either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
4440.
palpebrate - adj. having eyelids; verb wink or blink, especially repeatedly
4441.
palpebration - noun repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent)
4442.
palpitant - adj. having a slight and rapid trembling motion
4443.
palpitate - verb beat rapidly; cause to throb or beat rapidly; shake with fast, tremulous movements
4444.
palpitation - noun a rapid and irregular heart beat; a shaky motion
4445.
palsgrave - noun (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
4446.
palsied - adj. affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor
4447.
palter - verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
4448.
paltriness - noun worthlessness due to insignificance
4449.
paltry - adj. contemptibly small in amount; not worth considering
4450.
pamlico - noun the Algonquian language of the Pamlico; a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico
river valley in North Carolina
4451.
pampas - noun the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina
4452.
pamperer - noun someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
4453.
pamphleteer - noun a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)
4454.
panache - noun a feathered plume on a helmet; distinctive and stylish elegance
4455.
panamanian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Panama or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Panama
4456.
panatela - noun a long slender cigar
4457.
panax - noun perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng
4458.
pancarditis - noun inflammation of the entire heart (the epicardium and the myocardium and the endocardium)
4459.
panchayat - noun a village council in India or southern Pakistan
4460.
pancreatectomy - noun surgical removal of part or all of the pancreas
4461.
pancreatin - noun extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and
other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions
4462.
pancreatitis - noun inflammation of the pancreas; usually marked by abdominal pain
4463.
pandanaceae - noun family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
4464.
pandanales - noun families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
4465.
panderer - noun a person who serves or caters to the vulgar passions or plans of others (especially in order to make
money); someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
4466.
pandiculation - noun yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
4467.
pandion - noun type genus of the Pandionidae
4468.
pandionidae - noun ospreys
4469.
pandowdy - noun deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
4470.
pandurate - adj. of a leaf shape
4471.
panduriform - adj. of a leaf shape
4472.
panegyric - adj. formally expressing praise; noun a formal expression of praise
4473.
panegyrical - adj. formally expressing praise
4474.
panegyrist - noun an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics
4475.
paneling - noun a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
4476.
panelist - noun a member of a panel
4477.
panelling - noun a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
4478.
panfish - noun any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the
market
4479.
pangaea - noun (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic
period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
4480.
pangloss - noun an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire
4481.
pangolin - noun toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout
for feeding on ants and termites
4482.
panhandler - noun a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money
4483.
panhellenic - adj. of or relating to all the Greeks
4484.
panhysterectomy - noun surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes
4485.
panicled - adj. having panicles; occurring in panicles
4486.
paniculate - adj. having a panicle
4487.
panicum - noun panic grass
4488.
panjabi - noun the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India; a member of the majority
people of Punjab in northwestern India
4489.
pannier - noun set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips; a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a
beast of burden or on by a person; either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
4490.
pannikin - noun a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
4491.
panocha - noun fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts
4492.
panoche - noun fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts
4493.
panoplied - adj. in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
4494.
panoptic - adj. including everything visible in one view; broad in scope or content
4495.
panoptical - adj. including everything visible in one view
4496.
panopticon - noun a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy
Bentham in 1791; an area where everything is visible
4497.
panorpidae - noun a family of insects of the order Mecoptera
4498.
panpipe - noun a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
4499.
pansexual - noun a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds
4500.
pansinusitis - noun inflammation of all of the paranasal sinuses
4501.
pantaloon - noun trousers worn in former times; a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man; a
buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
4502.
pantalooned - adj. dressed in trousers
4503.
pantechnicon - noun a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
4504.
pantheistic - adj. of or relating to pantheism
4505.
pantie - noun short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
4506.
pantile - noun a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap
4507.
panting - adj. breathing laboriously or convulsively; noun breathing heavily (as after exertion); any fabric used to make
trousers
4508.
pantingly - adv. as someone winded and out of breath
4509.
panto - noun an abbreviation of pantomime
4510.
pantograph - noun mechanical device used to copy a figure or plan on a different scale
4511.
pantomimist - noun an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
4512.
pantotheria - noun generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic; commonly conceded to be ancestral to
marsupial and placental mammals
4513.
pantropic - adj. distributed throughout the tropics
4514.
pantropical - adj. distributed throughout the tropics
4515.
pantryman - noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
4516.
pants - noun underpants worn by women
4517.
pantywaist - noun a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
4518.
papain - noun a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer
4519.
papaver - noun type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers
4520.
papaveraceae - noun herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
4521.
papaverales - noun an order of dicotyledonous plants
4522.
papaverine - noun an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is
nonaddictive
4523.
papaya - noun large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh; tropical American shrub or small tree having huge
deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
4524.
paperboard - noun a cardboard suitable for making posters
4525.
paperer - noun one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
4526.
paperhanger - noun one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper; someone who passes bad checks or
counterfeit paper money
4527.
papering - noun the application of wallpaper
4528.
paperlike - adj. of or like paper
4529.
papermaking - noun the craft of making paper
4530.
paphiopedilum - noun 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
4531.
papilionaceae - noun leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family
Leguminosae
4532.
papilla - noun a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather; a small nipple-shaped protuberance
concerned with taste, touch, or smell; (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
4533.
papillate - adj. resembling or covered with papillae
4534.
papilledema - noun swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an
increase in intraocular pressure
4535.
papilliform - adj. shaped like a papilla
4536.
papilloma - noun a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass
4537.
papillon - noun small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat
4538.
papillose - adj. of or relating to or resembling papilla
4539.
papio - noun baboons
4540.
papism - noun offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church; the beliefs and practices of the
Catholic Church based in Rome
4541.
papist - adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism; noun an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman
Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy
4542.
papistic - adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism
4543.
papistical - adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism
4544.
papooseroot - noun tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock
formerly used medicinally
4545.
pappose - adj. (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles
4546.
pappus - noun calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and
dandelions
4547.
papuan - adj. of or relating to Papua or its people or language; noun any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua
New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
4548.
papule - noun a small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox)
4549.
para - noun an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows; 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia; port
city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin; a soldier in the
paratroops; (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
4550.
parable - noun (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; a short moral story
(often with animal characters)
4551.
parabolical - adj. having the form of a parabola; resembling or expressed by parables
4552.
paracelsus - noun 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)
4553.
paracentesis - noun centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis
4554.
parachutist - noun a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
4555.
paraclete - noun 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
4556.
parader - noun walks with regular or stately step
4557.
paradisaic - adj. relating to or befitting Paradise
4558.
paradisal - adj. relating to or befitting Paradise
4559.
paradisiac - adj. relating to or befitting Paradise
4560.
paradisiacal - adj. relating to or befitting Paradise
4561.
paradoxical - adj. seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
4562.
paradoxically - adv. in a paradoxical manner
4563.
paradoxurus - noun palm civets
4564.
paragrapher - noun a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)
4565.
paraguayan - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people; noun a native or inhabitant of Paraguay
4566.
paraldehyde - noun a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
4567.
paraleipsis - noun suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
4568.
paralepsis - noun suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
4569.
paralipomenon - noun (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles
which were regarded as supplementary to Kings
4570.
paralipsis - noun suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
4571.
parallelepipedon - noun a prism whose bases are parallelograms
4572.
parallelism - noun similarity by virtue of corresponding
4573.
parallelize - verb place parallel to one another
4574.
parallelopiped - noun a prism whose bases are parallelograms
4575.
parallelopipedon - noun a prism whose bases are parallelograms
4576.
paralogism - noun an unintentionally invalid argument
4577.
paralytic - adj. affected or subject to with paralysis; relating to or of the nature of paralysis; noun a person suffering from
paralysis
4578.
paralytical - adj. relating to or of the nature of paralysis
4579.
paralyze - verb cause to be paralyzed and immobile; make powerless and unable to function
4580.
paramagnetism - noun materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears
when the field is removed
4581.
paramecium - noun any member of the genus Paramecium
4582.
parametric - adj. of or relating to or in terms of a parameter
4583.
parametritis - noun inflammation of connective tissue adjacent to the uterus
4584.
paramnesia - noun (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality
4585.
paramountcy - noun the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority
4586.
paramour - noun a woman who cohabits with an important man; a woman's lover
4587.
paranasal - adj. adjacent to the nasal cavities
4588.
parang - noun a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia
4589.
paranthropus - noun former classification for Australopithecus robustus
4590.
paraparesis - noun a slight paralysis or weakness of both legs
4591.
paraph - noun a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
4592.
paraphilia - noun abnormal sexual activity
4593.
paraphrasis - noun rewording for the purpose of clarification
4594.
paraphrastic - adj. altered by paraphrasing
4595.
paraphrenia - noun 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
4596.
paraphysis - noun a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
4597.
paraplegia - noun paralysis of the lower half of the body (most often as a result of trauma)
4598.
paraplegic - adj. suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal
cord; noun a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)
4599.
parapodium - noun one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing
4600.
parapraxis - noun a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory
lapses etc.
4601.
parapsychological - adj. beyond normal physical explanation
4602.
parasitemia - noun a condition in which parasites are present in the blood
4603.
parasitical - adj. of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; relating to or
caused by parasites
4604.
parasitically - adv. in a parasitic manner
4605.
parasiticidal - adj. capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms
4606.
parasitism - noun 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)
4607.
parasympathomimetic - adj. having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous
system
4608.
parathion - noun a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide
4609.
parathormone - noun 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
4610.
parathyroid - noun any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland
4611.
paratrooper - noun a soldier in the paratroops
4612.
paratroops - noun infantry trained and equipped to parachute
4613.
paratyphoid - noun any of a variety of infectious intestinal diseases resembling typhoid fever
4614.
parazoa - noun multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum
Porifera
4615.
parazoan - noun primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework;
usually occurs in sessile colonies
4616.
parceling - noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
4617.
parcellation - noun the division into parcels
4618.
parcelling - noun the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
4619.
parcheesi - noun a modern board game based on pachisi
4620.
parchment - noun skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on; a superior paper resembling sheepskin
4621.
pardner - noun an associate who works with others toward a common goal
4622.
pardonable - adj. admitting of being pardoned
4623.
pardonably - adv. in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
4624.
pardoner - noun a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences; a person who pardons
or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
4625.
parenchyma - noun animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue
and blood vessels; 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
4626.
parentally - adv. in a parental manner
4627.
parenteral - adj. located outside the alimentary tract; administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as
by intramuscular or intravenous injection)
4628.
parenterally - adv. by parenteral means
4629.
parenthetical - adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; noun an expression in parentheses
4630.
parenthetically - adv. in a parenthetical manner
4631.
parentless - adj. having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates
4632.
parer - noun a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables; a manicurist who trims the fingernails
4633.
paresis - noun a slight or partial paralysis
4634.
paresthesia - noun abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with
peripheral nerve damage
4635.
paretic - noun a person afflicted with paresis (partial paralysis)
4636.
parfait - noun layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream
4637.
parget - noun plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys; verb apply ornamental plaster to
4638.
pargeting - noun ornamental plastering; ornamental plasterwork; plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys
4639.
parheliacal - adj. relating to or resembling a parhelion
4640.
parhelic - adj. relating to or resembling a parhelion
4641.
parhelion - noun a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
4642.
paridae - noun titmice and chickadees
4643.
paries - noun (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure
4644.
parietal - adj. of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
4645.
parietales - noun a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
4646.
parietaria - noun small genus of stingless herbs
4647.
paring - noun (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel; a thin
fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
4648.
paripinnate - adj. of a leaf shape; pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
4649.
parisology - noun the use of ambiguous words
4650.
parity - noun functional equality; (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; (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;
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; (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
4651.
parka - noun a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
4652.
parker - noun United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967); United States saxophonist and leader of the bop
style of jazz (1920-1955)
4653.
parking - noun the act of maneuvering a vehicle into a location where it can be left temporarily; space in which vehicles
can be parked
4654.
parkinsonia - noun small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
4655.
parkinsonism - noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired
muscular coordination
4656.
parky - adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating
4657.
parlor - noun reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received; a room in a private house or establishment
where people can sit and talk and relax
4658.
parlormaid - noun a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
4659.
parlous - adj. fraught with danger
4660.
parmelia - noun type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens
4661.
parmeliaceae - noun a family of lichens
4662.
parmesan - noun hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
4663.
parnassia - noun any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and
a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
4664.
parnassus - noun (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses
lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry
4665.
parochialism - noun a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish
4666.
parochially - adv. in a parochial manner
4667.
parodist - noun mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
4668.
paroicous - adj. having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium
4669.
paronomasia - noun a humorous play on words
4670.
paronychia - noun low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts; infection in the tissues
adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe
4671.
parotid - adj. relating to or located near the parotid gland
4672.
parotitis - noun inflammation of one or both parotid glands
4673.
parous - adj. having given birth to one or more viable children
4674.
parousia - noun (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
4675.
paroxysm - noun a sudden uncontrollable attack
4676.
paroxysmal - adj. accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms
4677.
paroxytone - noun word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
4678.
parquetry - noun a patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor
4679.
parricide - noun the murder of your own father or mother; someone who kills his or her parent
4680.
parrotlike - adj. mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding
4681.
parsec - noun a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc;
equivalent to 262 light years
4682.
parsee - noun a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western
India
4683.
parseeism - noun the faith of a Zoroastrian sect in India
4684.
parser - noun a computer program that divides code up into functional components
4685.
parsi - noun a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western
India
4686.
parsiism - noun the faith of a Zoroastrian sect in India
4687.
parsimoniousness - noun extreme stinginess; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
4688.
partaker - noun someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
4689.
parted - adj. having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
4690.
parterre - noun an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern; seating at the rear of the main
floor (beneath the balconies)
4691.
parthenium - noun small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers
4692.
parthenocarpy - noun (botany) the development of a fruit without fertilization or seeds
4693.
parthenocissus - noun woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils
4694.
parthenogenesis - noun process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and
some other arthropods; human conception without fertilization by a man
4695.
parthenogenetic - adj. (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
4696.
parthenogeny - noun process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and
some other arthropods; human conception without fertilization by a man
4697.
parthian - adj. pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture; delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight
or retreat; noun a native or inhabitant of Parthia
4698.
partiality - noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives; a predisposition to like something
4699.
partially - adv. in part; in some degree; not wholly
4700.
partialness - noun the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete
4701.
partible - adj. (of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided
4702.
participation - noun the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.); the act of sharing in the
activities of a group
4703.
participatory - adj. affording the opportunity for individual participation
4704.
participial - adj. of or relating to or consisting of participles; noun a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used
adjectivally and to form compound tenses
4705.
particularism - noun a focus on something particular
4706.
particularistic - adj. relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
4707.
particularity - noun the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance
4708.
particularization - noun an individualized description of a particular instance
4709.
particularize - verb be specific about
4710.
particularly - adv. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common; specifically or especially distinguished from
others; uniquely or characteristically
4711.
parting - adj. delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; noun the act of departing politely; a line of scalp
that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
4712.
partisanship - noun an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
4713.
partitioned - adj. divided by partitions
4714.
partitioning - noun the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart;
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
4715.
partitionist - noun an advocate of partitioning a country
4716.
partitive - adj. serving to separate or divide into parts; indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or
division into parts; (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; noun
word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
4717.
partly - adv. in part; in some degree; not wholly
4718.
partnership - noun a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or
losses; the members of a business venture created by contract; a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to
share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
4719.
partridgeberry - noun creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
4720.
parturiency - noun concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
4721.
parturient - adj. giving birth; of or relating to or giving birth
4722.
parturition - noun the process of giving birth
4723.
parus - noun type genus of the family Paridae
4724.
parvis - noun a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
4725.
pas - noun (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
4726.
pasang - noun wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions; large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns
4727.
pasch - noun the Christian festival of Easter; the Jewish feast of the Passover
4728.
pascha - noun the Christian festival of Easter; the Jewish feast of the Passover
4729.
pashto - noun an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
4730.
pasigraphy - noun an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to
express ideas
4731.
paspalum - noun tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United
States
4732.
pasqueflower - noun any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone
4733.
pasquinade - noun a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
4734.
passable - adj. able to be passed or traversed or crossed; about average; acceptable
4735.
passably - adv. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
4736.
passado - noun (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm
outstretched forward
4737.
passbook - noun a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks
4738.
passee - adj. out of fashion
4739.
passementerie - noun a decoration or adornment on a garment
4740.
passeres - noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
4741.
passeriformes - noun 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
4742.
passerina - noun a genus of small North American finches including the New World buntings
4743.
passerine - adj. relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds; noun 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
4744.
passiflora - noun type genus of the Passifloraceae
4745.
passifloraceae - noun tropical woody tendril-climbing vines
4746.
passim - adv. used to refer to cited works
4747.
passing - adj. of advancing the ball by throwing it; allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily;
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; lasting a very short time; adv. to an extreme degree or extent; noun success
in satisfying a test or requirement; going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; the end of something; the
motion of one object relative to another; euphemistic expressions for death; (American football) a play that involves one player
throwing the ball to a teammate; a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
4748.
passionately - adv. with passion; in a stormy or violent manner
4749.
passionateness - noun strong feeling or emotion
4750.
passionflower - noun any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
4751.
passionless - adj. not passionate; unmoved by feeling
4752.
passively - adv. in a passive manner
4753.
passiveness - noun the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative; submission to others or to outside influences
4754.
passivism - noun the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable
4755.
passivity - noun the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative; submission to others or to outside influences
4756.
passkey - noun key that secures entrance everywhere
4757.
pasta - noun shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg; a dish that contains pasta as its main
ingredient
4758.
pasted - adj. affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste
4759.
paster - noun a workman who pastes; an adhesive label
4760.
pastern - noun the part between the fetlock and the hoof
4761.
pasteurellosis - noun an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection
4762.
pasteurian - adj. of or relating to Louis Pasteur or his experiments
4763.
pasteurization - noun partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major
changes in the chemistry of the food
4764.
pasteurize - verb heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms
4765.
pastil - noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
4766.
pastille - noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
4767.
pastinaca - noun a rosid dicot genus of the family Umbelliferae; includes parsnips
4768.
pastness - noun the quality of being past
4769.
pastorale - noun a musical composition that evokes rural life
4770.
pastorate - noun pastors collectively; the position of pastor
4771.
pastorship - noun the position of pastor
4772.
pastrami - noun highly seasoned cut of smoked beef
4773.
pasturage - noun animal food for browsing or grazing; succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land
4774.
pataca - noun the basic unit of money in Macao
4775.
patas - noun reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa
4776.
patchily - adv. in spots
4777.
patchiness - noun unevenness in quality or performance
4778.
patchouli - noun a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant; small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its
leaves is used in perfumes
4779.
patella - noun type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets; a small flat triangular bone in front of the
knee that protects the knee joint
4780.
patellar - adj. near or relating to the patella or kneecap
4781.
patellidae - noun marine limpets
4782.
patency - noun the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct; the property of being easy to see and
understand
4783.
patently - adv. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
4784.
paterfamilias - noun the male head of family or tribe
4785.
paternalism - noun the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for
their own good
4786.
paternalistic - adj. benevolent but sometimes intrusive
4787.
paternally - adv. in a paternal manner
4788.
paternity - noun the state of being a father; the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; the kinship relation
between an offspring and the father
4789.
pathan - noun an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan; a
member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
4790.
pathetically - adv. arousing scornful pity; in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion
4791.
pathfinder - noun someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
4792.
pathless - adj. lacking pathways
4793.
pathologic - adj. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; of or relating to the practice of pathology
4794.
pathological - adj. caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition; of or relating to the practice of pathology;
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
4795.
pathologically - adv. with respect to pathology
4796.
pathologist - noun a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
4797.
patience - noun good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence; a card game played by one person
4798.
patiently - adv. in a patient manner
4799.
patinate - verb coat with a patina
4800.
patinize - verb coat with a patina
4801.
patisserie - noun a bakery specializing in French pastry
4802.
patness - noun timely convenience
4803.
patois - noun a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard; a characteristic
language of a particular group (as among thieves)
4804.
patrial - noun a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or
grandparent)
4805.
patriarchate - noun the jurisdiction of a patriarch; a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and
title is traced through the male line
4806.
patriarchic - adj. (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line
4807.
patricide - noun the murder of your father; a person who murders their father
4808.
patrilineal - adj. based on or tracing descent through the male line
4809.
patrilineally - adv. by descent through the male line
4810.
patrilinear - adj. based on or tracing descent through the male line
4811.
patrioteer - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist
4812.
patriotically - adv. in a patriotic manner
4813.
patriotism - noun love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
4814.
patristical - adj. of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers
4815.
patristics - noun the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers; the writings of the early Church
Fathers
4816.
patroller - noun someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area
4817.
patrology - noun the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers; the writings of the early Church
Fathers
4818.
patronize - verb be a regular customer or client of; treat condescendingly; do one's shopping at; do business with; be a
customer or client of; assume sponsorship of
4819.
patronizing - adj. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
4820.
patronizingly - adv. with condescension; in a patronizing manner
4821.
patronless - adj. having little patronage or few clients
4822.
patronym - noun 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)
4823.
patronymic - adj. of a patronymic name; noun 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)
4824.
patten - noun footwear usually with wooden soles
4825.
patter - noun a quick succession of light rapid sounds; plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); verb make
light, rapid and repeated sounds; rain gently
4826.
patterned - adj. having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
4827.
patternmaker - noun someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)
4828.
patwin - noun a Copehan language spoken by the Patwin; a member of the North American Indian people living in the
Sacramento valley in California
4829.
paunchiness - noun the bodily property of a protruding belly
4830.
pauperism - noun a state of extreme poverty or destitution
4831.
pauperization - noun the act of making someone poor; a state of extreme poverty or destitution
4832.
pauperize - verb reduce to beggary
4833.
pauropoda - noun an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs
4834.
pavage - noun a tax toward paving streets; the act of applying paving materials to an area
4835.
pavan - noun a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries; music composed for dancing the pavane
4836.
pavane - noun a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries; music composed for dancing the pavane
4837.
pavement - noun the paved surface of a thoroughfare; walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a
street or roadway; material used to pave an area
4838.
paving - noun the act of applying paving materials to an area; material used to pave an area; the paved surface of a
thoroughfare
4839.
pavior - noun a machine for laying pavement
4840.
paviour - noun a machine for laying pavement
4841.
pavis - noun (Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up
in permanent position
4842.
pavo - noun peafowl; a small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara
4843.
pavonia - noun any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers
4844.
pawer - noun a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner
4845.
pawky - adj. cunning and sly
4846.
pawl - noun a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
4847.
pawnbroker - noun a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
4848.
pawnee - noun the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee; a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska
and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
4849.
pawpaw - noun small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit; fruit with yellow
flesh; related to custard apples; tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong
yellow fruit
4850.
payable - adj. subject to or requiring payment especially as specified; noun a liability account showing how much is owed
for goods and services purchased on credit
4851.
payee - noun a person to whom money is paid
4852.
payer - noun a person who pays money for something
4853.
paying - adj. for which money is paid; yielding a fair profit
4854.
payment - noun the act of paying money; a sum of money paid
4855.
paynim - noun a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)
4856.
peaceableness - noun a state that is calm and tranquil
4857.
peaceably - adv. in a peaceable manner
4858.
peacefully - adv. in a peaceful manner
4859.
peacefulness - noun the absence of mental stress or anxiety; a state that is calm and tranquil
4860.
peacemaker - noun 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; someone who tries to bring peace
4861.
peachick - noun a young peafowl
4862.
peachwood - noun tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
4863.
peachy - adj. of something resembling a peach in color; very good
4864.
peacoat - noun a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket
4865.
peag - noun small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native
American peoples as jewelry or currency
4866.
peahen - noun female peafowl
4867.
peaked - adj. having or rising to a peak; somewhat ill or prone to illness
4868.
pean - noun a formal expression of praise; (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to
invoke or thank a deity)
4869.
pearler - noun a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls
4870.
pearlfish - noun found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in
or near shallow seagrass beds
4871.
pearlweed - noun any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
4872.
pearlwort - noun any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
4873.
pearly - adj. of a white the color of pearls; noun informal terms for a human `tooth'
4874.
pearmain - noun any of several varieties of apples with red skins
4875.
peasantry - noun the class of peasants
4876.
peasecod - noun husk of a pea; edible in some garden peas
4877.
peaty - adj. of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
4878.
peavey - noun a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
4879.
peavy - noun a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
4880.
peba - noun having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
4881.
pebbly - adj. abounding in small stones
4882.
peccable - adj. liable to sin
4883.
peccadillo - noun a petty misdeed
4884.
peccant - adj. liable to sin
4885.
pecker - noun horny projecting mouth of a bird; bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard
chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects; obscene terms for penis
4886.
peckerwood - noun bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into
wood for insects
4887.
peckish - adj. somewhat hungry; easily irritated or annoyed
4888.
pecopteris - noun Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
4889.
pectic - adj. of or relating to or derived from pectin
4890.
pectin - noun any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making
fruit jellies and jams
4891.
pectinate - adj. like a comb
4892.
pectineal - adj. of or relating to the pubis
4893.
pectinibranchia - noun large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
4894.
pectinidae - noun scallops
4895.
pectus - noun the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other
vertebrates
4896.
peculation - noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone
else
4897.
peculator - noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use
4898.
peculiarity - noun a distinguishing trait; an odd or unusual characteristic; something unusual -- perhaps worthy of
collecting
4899.
peculiarly - adv. uniquely or characteristically; in a manner differing from the usual or expected; to a distinctly greater
extent or degree than is common
4900.
pedagog - noun someone who educates young people
4901.
pedagogical - adj. of or relating to pedagogy
4902.
pedagogically - adv. in a didactic manner
4903.
pedagogics - noun the principles and methods of instruction
4904.
pedaler - noun a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle)
4905.
pedaliaceae - noun the family of plants of order Polemoniales
4906.
pedantically - adv. in a pedantic manner
4907.
pedate - adj. having or resembling a foot; of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided
4908.
peddler - noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals); an unlicensed dealer in
illegal drugs
4909.
peddling - noun the act of selling goods for a living
4910.
pederast - noun a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
4911.
pederastic - adj. of homosexuality between a man and a boy
4912.
pederasty - noun sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)
4913.
pedesis - noun the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
4914.
pediatrics - noun the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
4915.
pediatrist - noun a specialist in the care of babies
4916.
pedicab - noun a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire
4917.
pedicel - noun a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
4918.
pedicle - noun a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
4919.
pediculati - noun 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
4920.
pediculicide - noun a chemical agent that kills lice
4921.
pediculidae - noun true lice: human lice and related forms
4922.
pediculosis - noun infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
4923.
pediculus - noun type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans
4924.
pedicure - noun professional care for the feet and toenails; verb care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.
4925.
pedioecetes - noun sharp-tailed grouse
4926.
pedionomus - noun plain wanderer
4927.
pedipalpi - noun whip scorpions
4928.
pedlar - noun someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
4929.
pedodontist - noun a dentist who specializes in the care of children's teeth
4930.
pedology - noun the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
4931.
pedometer - noun measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
4932.
pedophilia - noun a sexual attraction to children
4933.
peduncle - noun a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain; stalk bearing an inflorescence or
solitary flower; the thin process of tissue that attaches a polyp to the body
4934.
pedunculate - adj. having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
4935.
peekaboo - noun a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
4936.
peeled - adj. (used informally) completely unclothed
4937.
peeler - noun a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables; a
performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
4938.
peeling - adj. having the paint loose and peeling away; noun loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming
off in scales
4939.
peen - noun the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes)
4940.
peeper - noun an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds; an informal term refering to the eye; a viewer who enjoys
seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
4941.
peerage - noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
4942.
peeress - noun a woman of the peerage in Britain
4943.
peerless - adj. eminent beyond or above comparison
4944.
peeve - noun an annoyed or irritated mood; verb cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
4945.
peeved - adj. aroused to impatience or anger
4946.
peevish - adj. easily irritated or annoyed
4947.
peevishly - adv. in a peevish manner
4948.
peevishness - noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; an irritable petulant feeling
4949.
peewee - noun small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America; disparaging terms for small people
4950.
pegmatite - noun a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of
magma rich in rare elements
4951.
peignoir - noun a loose dressing gown for women
4952.
pejoratively - adv. in a pejorative manner
4953.
pekan - noun large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
4954.
pekingese - noun a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle
4955.
pekoe - noun a superior grade of black tea; grown in India and Sri Lanka and Java
4956.
pelage - noun growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
4957.
pelagianism - noun 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
4958.
pelagic - adj. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
4959.
pelargonium - noun geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
4960.
pelecanidae - noun pelicans
4961.
pelecaniformes - noun pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants
4962.
pelecanus - noun type genus of the Pelecanidae
4963.
pelecypod - adj. bivalve; noun marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two
shells hinged together
4964.
pelecypodous - adj. bivalve
4965.
peleus - noun a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles
4966.
pelew - noun a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean
4967.
pelf - noun informal terms for money
4968.
peliosis - noun any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
4969.
pelisse - noun a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur
4970.
pellaea - noun genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family
Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
4971.
pellicle - noun thin protective membrane in some protozoa
4972.
pellicularia - noun genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form
genus Rhizoctinia
4973.
pellitory - noun small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache; herb that grows in
crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
4974.
pellucid - adj. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; transmitting light; able to be seen through with
clarity
4975.
pellucidity - noun passing light without diffusion or distortion; free from obscurity and easy to understand; the
comprehensibility of clear expression
4976.
pellucidly - adv. in a clear and lucid manner
4977.
pellucidness - noun passing light without diffusion or distortion
4978.
pelmet - noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
4979.
pelobatidae - noun the amphibian family of spadefoot toads
4980.
peloponnesian - adj. of or relating to Peloponnesus
4981.
pelota - noun a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket
4982.
peltandra - noun small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
4983.
peltate - adj. 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)
4984.
pelter - noun a thrower of missiles; a heavy rain
4985.
pelting - noun anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
4986.
peludo - noun Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
4987.
pelvimeter - noun measuring instrument for performing pelvimetry
4988.
pelvimetry - noun measurement of the dimensions of the bony birth canal (to determine whether vaginal birth is possible)
4989.
pelycosaur - noun large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North
America
4990.
pelycosauria - noun edaphosaurus; dimetrodon
4991.
pemican - noun lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians
4992.
pemphigous - adj. of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus
4993.
pemphigus - noun a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous
membrane
4994.
penalization - noun the act of punishing
4995.
penalize - verb impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
4996.
penally - adv. in a punishing manner
4997.
penciled - adj. drawn or written with a pencil
4998.
pencilled - adj. drawn or written with a pencil
4999.
pendent - adj. supported from above; noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling; an adornment
that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
5000.
pending - adj. awaiting conclusion or confirmation
5001.
pendragon - noun the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
5002.
pendulous - adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward
5003.
peneplain - noun a more or less level land surface representing and advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal
movements
5004.
peneplane - noun a more or less level land surface representing and advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal
movements
5005.
penetrability - noun the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
5006.
penetralia - noun the innermost parts
5007.
penetrating - adj. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; having or demonstrating ability to
recognize or draw fine distinctions
5008.
penetratingly - adv. with ability to see into deeply
5009.
penetration - noun the act of entering into or through something; the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina
of a woman; an attack that penetrates into enemy territory; the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached
by a projectile that hits a target); the ability to make way into or through something; clear or deep perception of a situation
5010.
penetrative - adj. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; having or demonstrating ability to
recognize or draw fine distinctions
5011.
penetratively - adv. with ability to see into deeply
5012.
penetrator - noun an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance)
5013.
pengo - noun a Dravidian language spoken in south central India; formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was
replaced by the forint in 1946
5014.
penial - adj. of or relating to the penis
5015.
penicillium - noun genus of fungi commonly growing as green or blue molds on decaying food; used in making cheese
and as a source of penicillin
5016.
penile - adj. of or relating to the penis
5017.
peninsular - adj. of or forming or resembling a peninsula
5018.
penitence - noun remorse for your past conduct
5019.
penitentially - adv. showing remorse
5020.
penitently - adv. showing remorse
5021.
penknife - noun a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens
5022.
penmanship - noun beautiful handwriting
5023.
pennate - adj. having feathered wings
5024.
pennatula - noun type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens
5025.
pennatulidae - noun sea pens
5026.
penni - noun 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland
5027.
penniless - adj. not having enough money to pay for necessities
5028.
pennilessness - noun a state of lacking money
5029.
penning - noun the act of creating written works
5030.
pennisetum - noun a genus of Old World grasses
5031.
pennon - noun wing of a bird; a long flag; often tapering
5032.
pennsylvanian - noun a native or resident of Pennsylvania; from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate;
swampy land
5033.
pennycress - noun any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi
5034.
pennyweight - noun a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains
5035.
pennyworth - noun the amount that can be bought for a penny
5036.
penobscot - noun a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay; a member of the Algonquian people belonging to
the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine
5037.
penologist - noun a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management
5038.
penology - noun the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
5039.
pensionable - adj. entitled to receive a pension
5040.
pensionary - noun a person who works only for money; the beneficiary of a pension fund
5041.
pensioner - noun the beneficiary of a pension fund
5042.
pensively - adv. in a pensive manner
5043.
pensiveness - noun deep serious thoughtfulness; persistent morbid meditation on a problem
5044.
penstock - noun conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; regulator consisting of a valve or
gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
5045.
pentacle - noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another
pentagon
5046.
pentaerythritol - noun a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
5047.
pentahedron - noun any polyhedron having five plane faces
5048.
pentail - noun brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
5049.
pentamerous - adj. divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five)
members
5050.
pentameter - noun a verse line having five metrical feet
5051.
pentangle - noun a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another
pentagon
5052.
pentangular - adj. of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon
5053.
pentastomida - noun tongue worms
5054.
pentasyllabic - adj. having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables
5055.
pentateuch - noun the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
considered as a unit
5056.
pentathlete - noun an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
5057.
pentathlon - noun an athletic contest consisting of five different events
5058.
pentatone - noun a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
5059.
pentatonic - adj. relating to a pentatonic scale
5060.
pentavalent - adj. having a valence of five
5061.
pentecostalism - noun the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement
and talking in tongues
5062.
pentecostalist - noun any member of a Pentecostal religious body
5063.
pentimento - noun the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the
later painting becomes transparent with age)
5064.
pentlandite - noun a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
5065.
pentobarbital - noun a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
5066.
pentode - noun a thermionic tube having five electrodes
5067.
pentose - noun any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
5068.
pentoxide - noun an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule
5069.
penult - noun the next to last syllable in a word
5070.
penultima - noun the next to last syllable in a word
5071.
penumbral - adj. of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra
5072.
penuriously - adv. in a penurious manner
5073.
penuriousness - noun a disposition to be niggardly with money; a state of lacking money
5074.
penutian - noun a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California; a member of a North
American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages
5075.
peon - noun a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
5076.
peonage - noun the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged; the condition of a peon
5077.
peperomia - noun any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage
5078.
peplos - noun a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
5079.
peplum - noun a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse; a garment worn by women in ancient
Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
5080.
peplus - noun a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist
5081.
pepper - noun sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum; pungent seasoning from the berry of the
common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground; climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe;
southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum
bearing peppers; verb attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; add pepper to
5082.
peppercorn - noun pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
5083.
pepperidge - noun columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in
spring and have brilliant color in early fall
5084.
pepperiness - noun a hot spiciness
5085.
pepperwood - noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit;
yields a hard tough wood
5086.
pepperwort - noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish; any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having
four leaflets
5087.
peppiness - noun liveliness and energy
5088.
pepsin - noun an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
5089.
pepsinogen - noun precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the
stomach
5090.
peptic - adj. relating to or promoting digestion
5091.
peptidase - noun any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a
process known as proteolysis
5092.
peptization - noun the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution
5093.
peptize - verb disperse in a medium into a colloidal state
5094.
peptone - noun any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino
acids
5095.
peradventure - adv. by chance; noun doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
5096.
perambulate - verb walk with no particular goal; make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
5097.
perambulation - noun a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its
boundaries; a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
5098.
perambulator - noun a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
5099.
peramelidae - noun bandicoots
5100.
perca - noun type genus of the Percidae
5101.
percale - noun a fine closely woven cotton fabric
5102.
perceivable - adj. capable of being perceived especially by sight or hearing; capable of being apprehended or understood
5103.
perceiver - noun a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
5104.
perceptibility - noun the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses
5105.
perceptibly - adv. in a noticeable manner
5106.
perceptively - adv. in a perceptive manner
5107.
perceptiveness - noun the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding; perception of that which is obscure; delicate
discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); a feeling of understanding
5108.
perceptivity - noun a feeling of understanding
5109.
perceptually - adv. with regard to perception
5110.
percher - noun a person situated on a perch; a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now
generally abandoned by taxonomists
5111.
percheron - noun one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery
5112.
perchloride - noun a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine
5113.
percidae - noun active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
5114.
perciformes - noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
5115.
percipient - adj. characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; noun a person who becomes aware (of things or
events) through the senses
5116.
percoid - noun any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
5117.
percoidea - noun in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
5118.
percoidean - noun any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
5119.
percolation - noun the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification; the act of making coffee in a percolator; the slow
passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
5120.
percolator - noun a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a
basket of ground coffee beans
5121.
percomorphi - noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
5122.
percuss - verb strike or tap firmly
5123.
percussionist - noun a musician who plays percussion instruments
5124.
percussor - noun (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in
testing reflexes
5125.
percutaneous - adj. through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or
in time-release forms (skin patches)
5126.
perdicinae - noun Old World partridges
5127.
perdix - noun a genus of Perdicinae
5128.
perdurability - noun the property of being extremely durable
5129.
perdurable - adj. very long lasting
5130.
peregrinate - verb travel around, through, or over, especially on foot
5131.
peregrination - noun traveling or wandering around
5132.
peremptorily - adv. in an imperative and commanding manner
5133.
perennate - verb survive from season to season, of plants
5134.
perennation - noun the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant)
5135.
perennially - adv. in a perennial manner; repeatedly
5136.
pereskia - noun genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat
leaves and large panicles of flowers
5137.
perfected - adj. (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed
5138.
perfectibility - noun the capability of becoming perfect
5139.
perfection - noun the act of making something perfect; the state of being without a flaw or defect; an ideal instance; a
perfect embodiment of a concept
5140.
perfectionism - noun a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
5141.
perfectionist - noun a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
5142.
perfective - noun the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action; a tense of verbs used in describing action that has
been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
5143.
perfectly - adv. in a perfect or faultless way; completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
5144.
perfervid - adj. characterized by intense emotion
5145.
perfidiously - adv. in a perfidious manner
5146.
perfidiousness - noun betrayal of a trust
5147.
perfoliate - adj. of a leaf having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem
5148.
perforated - adj. having a number or series of holes; having a hole cut through
5149.
perforation - noun the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation); a line of small holes for
tearing at a particular place; a hole made in something
5150.
performer - noun an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
5151.
perfumed - adj. filled or impregnated with perfume; having a natural fragrance
5152.
perfumer - noun a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
5153.
perfunctorily - adv. in a set manner without serious attention
5154.
pergola - noun a framework that supports climbing plants
5155.
peri - noun (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance
is done; a beautiful and graceful girl
5156.
perianal - adj. around the anus
5157.
perianth - noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the
stamens and pistils
5158.
periarteritis - noun inflammation of the outer coat of an artery
5159.
pericardiac - adj. located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium
5160.
pericardial - adj. located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium
5161.
pericarditis - noun inflammation of the pericardium
5162.
pericardium - noun a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart
5163.
pericarp - noun the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
5164.
pericementoclasia - noun pus pocket formation around a tooth
5165.
periclase - noun a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium
5166.
peridinian - noun flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
5167.
peridiniidae - noun marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
5168.
peridinium - noun type genus of the family Peridiniidae
5169.
peridium - noun outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi
5170.
peridot - noun a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone
5171.
perigee - noun periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
5172.
perigon - noun an angle of 360 degrees
5173.
perigonal - adj. of or relating to a perigone
5174.
perigone - noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the
stamens and pistils
5175.
perigonium - noun collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the
stamens and pistils
5176.
perijove - noun periapsis in orbit around Jupiter
5177.
perilously - adv. in a dangerous manner
5178.
perilousness - noun the state of being dangerous
5179.
perilymph - noun the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the
inner ear
5180.
perimysium - noun the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers
5181.
perineal - adj. of or relating to the perineum
5182.
perineotomy - noun surgical incision into the perineum
5183.
perineum - noun the general region between the anus and the genital organs
5184.
perineurium - noun the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers
5185.
periodical - adj. happening or recurring at regular intervals; noun a publication that appears at fixed intervals
5186.
periodically - adv. in a sporadic manner
5187.
periodicity - noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
5188.
periodontal - adj. of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
5189.
periodontia - noun the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
5190.
periodontic - adj. of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
5191.
periodontist - noun a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
5192.
periodontitis - noun a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
5193.
periosteum - noun 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
5194.
peripatidae - noun a family of Onychophora
5195.
peripatopsidae - noun a family of Onychophora
5196.
peripatopsis - noun type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
5197.
peripatus - noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having
characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
5198.
peripeteia - noun a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
5199.
peripetia - noun a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
5200.
peripety - noun a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
5201.
peripherally - adv. in or at or near a periphery or according to a peripheral role or function or relationship
5202.
periphrasis - noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
5203.
periplaneta - noun cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
5204.
periploca - noun genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
5205.
peripteral - adj. having columns on all sides
5206.
perishability - noun unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction
5207.
perishable - adj. liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; noun food that will decay rapidly if not
refrigerated
5208.
perishableness - noun unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction
5209.
perisperm - noun the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds
5210.
perissodactyl - noun placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
5211.
perissodactyla - noun nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
5212.
peristalsis - noun the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
5213.
peristome - noun region around the mouth in various invertebrates; (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding
the mouth of a moss capsule
5214.
peristylar - adj. having columniation completely circling an area of the structure
5215.
peristyle - noun a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
5216.
perithecium - noun flask-shaped ascocarp
5217.
perithelial - adj. of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels
5218.
perithelium - noun tissue layer around small blood vessels
5219.
peritoneal - adj. of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum
5220.
peritoneum - noun a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera
5221.
peritonitis - noun inflammation of the peritoneum
5222.
peritrichous - adj. covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella
5223.
periwig - noun a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
5224.
perjurer - noun a person who deliberately gives false testimony
5225.
perkily - adv. in a perky manner
5226.
perkiness - noun inappropriate playfulness; cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
5227.
perm - noun a city in the European part of Russia; a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals; verb
give a permanent wave to
5228.
permafrost - noun ground that is permanently frozen
5229.
permanence - noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
5230.
permanency - noun the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
5231.
permanently - adv. for a long time without essential change
5232.
permanganate - noun a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic
5233.
permeability - noun the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
5234.
permeableness - noun the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
5235.
permeant - adj. spreading or spread throughout
5236.
permeation - noun the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance; mutual penetration; diffusion of
each through the other
5237.
permeative - adj. spreading or spread throughout
5238.
permissibility - noun admissibility as a consequence of being permitted
5239.
permissibly - adv. in a permissible manner
5240.
permissively - adv. in a permissive manner
5241.
permissiveness - noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
5242.
permutability - noun ability to change sequence
5243.
permutable - adj. capable of changing sequence
5244.
permutableness - noun ability to change sequence
5245.
perniciously - adv. in a noxiously baneful way; in a harmfully insidious manner
5246.
perniciousness - noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
5247.
pernickety - adj. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details
5248.
pernis - noun a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts
5249.
perognathus - noun pocket mice
5250.
peromyscus - noun New World wood mice
5251.
peroneal - adj. of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee
5252.
peronospora - noun genus of destructive downy mildews
5253.
peronosporaceae - noun parasitic fungi: downy mildews
5254.
peronosporales - noun order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae
5255.
perorate - verb deliver an oration in grandiloquent style; conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
5256.
peroration - noun (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration; a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
5257.
peroxidase - noun any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a
compound by a peroxide
5258.
perpendicularity - noun the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon);
the relation of opposition between things at right angles
5259.
perpendicularly - adv. in a perpendicular manner; straight up or down without a break
5260.
perpetration - noun the act of committing a crime
5261.
perpetrator - noun someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
5262.
perpetually - adv. everlastingly; for all time; seemingly uninterrupted
5263.
perpetuation - noun the act of prolonging something
5264.
perplexed - adj. full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
5265.
perplexedly - adv. in a perplexed manner
5266.
perplexing - adj. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
5267.
perplexity - noun trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
5268.
persea - noun avocado
5269.
persecutor - noun someone who torments
5270.
perseverate - verb psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus
5271.
perseveration - noun the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it; the act of
persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
5272.
persevering - adj. quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
5273.
perseveringly - adv. with perseverance
5274.
persistence - noun the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; persistent determination; the
property of a continuous and connected period of time
5275.
persistency - noun persistent determination
5276.
persistently - adv. with persistence; in a persistent manner
5277.
persisting - adj. relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit
5278.
persnickety - adj. characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; (used colloquially) overly conceited
or arrogant
5279.
personable - adj. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality
5280.
personableness - noun the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive
5281.
personality - noun the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a
unique individual; a person of considerable prominence
5282.
personalize - verb make personal or more personal
5283.
personally - adv. as a person; in the flesh; without involving anyone else; concerning the speaker; in a personal way; as
yourself
5284.
personalty - noun movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
5285.
personate - verb attribute human qualities to something; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
intentions
5286.
personation - noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action
and gesture; imitating the mannerisms of another person
5287.
personification - noun the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.; representing an abstract quality or
idea as a person or creature; a person who represents an abstract quality
5288.
perspicaciousness - noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
5289.
perspicacity - noun the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions;
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
5290.
perspicuously - adv. in a clear and lucid manner
5291.
perspicuousness - noun clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
5292.
persuadable - adj. being susceptible to persuasion
5293.
persuader - noun someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
5294.
persuasible - adj. being susceptible to persuasion
5295.
persuasively - adv. in a persuasive manner
5296.
persuasiveness - noun 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
5297.
pertinaciously - adv. in a dogged and pertinacious manner
5298.
pertinacity - noun persistent determination
5299.
pertinence - noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
5300.
pertinency - noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
5301.
pertinently - adv. in a pertinent way
5302.
pertly - adv. in an impudent or impertinent manner
5303.
pertness - noun quality of being lively and confident; inappropriate playfulness
5304.
perturbed - adj. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
5305.
perturbing - adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety
5306.
pertusaria - noun crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus
5307.
pertusariaceae - noun a fungus family of division Lichenes
5308.
pertussis - noun a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
5309.
peruke - noun a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
5310.
pervasively - adv. in a pervasive manner
5311.
pervasiveness - noun the quality of filling or spreading throughout
5312.
perversely - adv. deliberately deviant; in a contrary disobedient manner
5313.
perverseness - noun deliberately deviating from what is good; deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to
guidance or discipline
5314.
perversity - noun deliberately deviating from what is good; deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance
or discipline
5315.
perversive - adj. tending to corrupt or pervert
5316.
perverted - adj. marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; having an intended
meaning altered or misrepresented; (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes
5317.
pervious - adj. admitting of passage or entrance
5318.
perviousness - noun the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
5319.
pes - noun the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
5320.
pesach - noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites
from Egypt
5321.
pesah - noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from
Egypt
5322.
peseta - noun formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos
5323.
pesky - adj. causing irritation or annoyance
5324.
peso - noun the basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos; the basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100
centavos; the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos; the basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to
100 centavos; the basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos; the basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100
centavos; the basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos; the basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100
centesimos
5325.
pessary - noun 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
5326.
pessimistic - adj. expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds
5327.
pessimistically - adv. with pessimism; in a pessimistic manner
5328.
pester - verb annoy persistently
5329.
pesterer - noun a persistently annoying person
5330.
pesthole - noun a breeding ground for epidemic disease
5331.
pesthouse - noun hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
5332.
pestiferous - adj. causing irritation or annoyance; tending to corrupt or pervert; likely to spread and cause an epidemic
disease; contaminated with infecting organisms
5333.
pestilence - noun a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; any epidemic disease with a high death rate;
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
5334.
pet - adj. preferred above all others and treated with partiality; noun a domesticated animal kept for companionship or
amusement; a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight); using a computerized radiographic technique
to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain); a special loved one; verb stroke or caress in an
erotic manner, as during lovemaking; stroke or caress gently
5335.
petaled - adj. (of flowers) having petals
5336.
petalled - adj. (of flowers) having petals
5337.
petalless - adj. (of flowers) having no petals
5338.
petallike - adj. resembling a petal
5339.
petaloid - adj. resembling a flower petal
5340.
petalous - adj. (of flowers) having petals
5341.
petard - noun a explosive device used to break down a gate or wall
5342.
petasites - noun genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot
5343.
petaurista - noun very large Asiatic flying squirrels
5344.
petauristidae - noun Old World flying squirrels
5345.
petaurus - noun a genus of Phalangeridae
5346.
petchary - noun a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and winters in tropical America; similar to but
larger than the eastern kingbird
5347.
petcock - noun regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or
draining
5348.
peter - noun disciple of Jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first
Pope; obscene terms for penis
5349.
petiole - noun the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf
5350.
petiolule - noun the stalk of a leaflet
5351.
petiteness - noun the property of being very small in size
5352.
petitionary - adj. of the nature of or expressing a petition
5353.
petitioner - noun one praying humbly for something; someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery
of a right
5354.
petrification - noun the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral
particles without changing the original shape
5355.
petrified - adj. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; converted into a mineral;
converted into stone
5356.
petrissage - noun massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
5357.
petrogale - noun rock wallabies
5358.
petrolatum - noun a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for
lubrication
5359.
petromyzon - noun typical lampreys
5360.
petromyzontidae - noun lampreys
5361.
petroselinum - noun parsley
5362.
petrous - adj. (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness
5363.
petter - noun a lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one
5364.
petticoated - adj. wearing or furnished with a petticoat
5365.
pettifog - verb argue over petty things
5366.
pettifogger - noun a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections; a person (especially a lawyer
or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
5367.
pettifoggery - noun a quarrel about petty points
5368.
pettifogging - adj. quibbling over insignificant details
5369.
pettily - adv. in a petty way
5370.
pettiness - noun lack of generosity in trifling matters; the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous; narrowness
of mind or ideas or views
5371.
pettish - adj. easily irritated or annoyed
5372.
petulance - noun an irritable petulant feeling
5373.
petulantly - adv. in a petulant manner
5374.
peul - noun 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
5375.
pewit - noun small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America; large crested Old World plover having
wattles and spurs; small black-headed European gull
5376.
peyote - noun the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons; a small spineless globe-shaped cactus;
source of mescal buttons
5377.
peziza - noun type genus of the Pezizaceae: a variety of cup fungus
5378.
pezizaceae - noun large family comprising many typical cup fungi
5379.
pezizales - noun order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
5380.
pezophaps - noun constituted by the extinct solitaire
5381.
phacelia - noun any plant of the genus Phacelia
5382.
phacochoerus - noun warthogs
5383.
phaeophyceae - noun brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
5384.
phaeophyta - noun coextensive with class Phaeophyceae; in some classifications subsumed in the division
Heterokontophyta
5385.
phaethon - noun type genus of the Phaethontidae; (Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his
father's chariot and came too close to earth
5386.
phaethontidae - noun tropicbirds
5387.
phaeton - noun large open car seating four with folding top
5388.
phagocytic - adj. capable of functioning as a phagocyte
5389.
phagocytosis - noun process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important
defense against infection
5390.
phalacrocoracidae - noun cormorants
5391.
phalacrocorax - noun type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae
5392.
phalacrosis - noun the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
5393.
phalaenopsis - noun genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
5394.
phalangeal - adj. of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes
5395.
phalangeridae - noun phalangers; koalas
5396.
phalangida - noun harvestmen
5397.
phalangiidae - noun a family of Phalangida
5398.
phalangist - noun a Spanish member of General Franco's political party
5399.
phalangitis - noun inflammation of a finger or toe
5400.
phalangium - noun type genus of the family Phalangiidae
5401.
phalaris - noun a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers
5402.
phallaceae - noun a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
5403.
phallales - noun order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid;
sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
5404.
phallic - adj. resembling or being a phallus; relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power
5405.
phalloplasty - noun reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury
5406.
phallus - noun genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem; the male organ of copulation
(`member' is a euphemism)
5407.
phanerogam - noun plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
5408.
phaneromania - noun an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
5409.
phanerozoic - noun the period from about 5,400 million years ago until the present
5410.
phantasm - noun something existing in perception only; a ghostly appearing figure
5411.
phantasma - noun something existing in perception only; a ghostly appearing figure
5412.
phantasmagoria - noun a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)
5413.
phantasmagoric - adj. characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
5414.
phantasmagorical - adj. characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
5415.
phantasmal - adj. resembling or characteristic of a phantom
5416.
pharaonic - adj. of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings
5417.
pharisaic - adj. excessively or hypocritically pious
5418.
pharisaical - adj. excessively or hypocritically pious
5419.
pharisee - noun a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions; a self-righteous or
sanctimonious person
5420.
pharmaceutical - adj. of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment; noun
drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment
5421.
pharmaceutics - noun the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines,
5422.
pharmacologic - adj. of or relating to pharmacology
5423.
pharmacological - adj. of or relating to pharmacology
5424.
pharmacologically - adv. with regard to pharmacology
5425.
pharmacologist - noun someone trained in the science of drugs (their composition and uses and effects)
5426.
pharmacopeia - noun (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas
and methods of preparation
5427.
pharomacrus - noun a genus of Trogonidae
5428.
pharos - noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
5429.
pharyngeal - adj. of or relating to the throat; noun a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
5430.
pharyngitis - noun inflammation of the fauces and pharynx
5431.
pharynx - noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the
collarbone
5432.
phascogale - noun pouched mice
5433.
phascolarctos - noun koalas
5434.
phaseolus - noun herbs of warm regions including most American beans
5435.
phasianid - noun a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
5436.
phasianidae - noun pheasants; quails; partridges
5437.
phasianus - noun type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants
5438.
phasmatidae - noun stick insects
5439.
phasmatodea - noun in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
5440.
phasmid - noun large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking
sticks and leaf insects
5441.
phasmida - noun in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
5442.
phasmidae - noun stick insects
5443.
phegopteris - noun beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or
included in genus Thelypteris
5444.
phellem - noun (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells
5445.
phellodendron - noun small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark
5446.
phenacetin - noun a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
5447.
phenobarbital - noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
5448.
phenolphthalein - noun 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
5449.
phenomenally - adv. to a phenomenal degree
5450.
phenoplast - noun a thermosetting resin
5451.
phenothiazine - noun a compound used primarily in veterinary medicine to rid farm animals of internal parasites
5452.
phenotypic - adj. of or relating to or constituting a phenotype
5453.
phenotypical - adj. of or relating to or constituting a phenotype
5454.
phenylacetamide - noun a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
5455.
phenylamine - noun oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and
medicines
5456.
phenylethylene - noun a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene
5457.
phial - noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
5458.
philadelphus - noun any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweetscented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
5459.
philander - verb have amorous affairs; of men; talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
5460.
philanderer - noun a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
5461.
philanthropically - adv. in a philanthropic manner
5462.
philanthropist - noun someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
5463.
philatelic - adj. of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
5464.
philatelical - adj. of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
5465.
philatelically - adv. in a philatelic manner
5466.
philatelist - noun a collector and student of postage stamps
5467.
philately - noun the collection and study of postage stamps
5468.
philhellene - adj. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things; noun an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
5469.
philhellenic - adj. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
5470.
philhellenism - noun admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs
5471.
philhellenist - noun an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
5472.
philippian - noun a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia
5473.
philippic - noun a speech of violent denunciation
5474.
philippines - noun an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands; a republic on the Philippine
Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
5475.
philistia - noun 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
5476.
philistinism - noun a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
5477.
phillipsite - noun a group of white or reddish crystalline minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of
calcium and potassium and aluminum
5478.
phillyrea - noun small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
5479.
philogyny - noun admiration for women
5480.
philohela - noun American woodcocks
5481.
philological - adj. of or relating to or dealing with philology
5482.
philologist - noun a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
5483.
philologue - noun a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
5484.
philomachus - noun ruffs
5485.
philomath - noun a lover of learning
5486.
philosophical - adj. characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment;
characteristic of or imbued with the attitude of a philosopher or based on philosophy; of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
5487.
philosophically - adv. in a philosophic manner; with respect to philosophy
5488.
philosophize - verb reason philosophically
5489.
philosophizer - noun someone who considers situations from a philosophical point of view
5490.
philter - noun a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it
5491.
phimosis - noun an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans
5492.
phiz - noun the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British); English
illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
5493.
phlebectomy - noun surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins
5494.
phlebitis - noun inflammation of a vein (usually in the legs)
5495.
phlebodium - noun chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori
5496.
phlebogram - noun an X ray of a vein injected with a radiopaque contrast medium
5497.
phlebothrombosis - noun 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
5498.
phlebotomist - noun someone who practices phlebotomy
5499.
phlebotomize - verb draw blood
5500.
phlebotomus - noun small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths; a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the
sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii
5501.
phlebotomy - noun surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
5502.
phlegm - noun expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval
physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness; inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; apathy demonstrated by an
absence of emotional reactions
5503.
phlegmatic - adj. showing little emotion
5504.
phlegmatical - adj. showing little emotion
5505.
phlegmatically - adv. in a phlegmatic manner
5506.
phlegmy - adj. characterized by phlegm
5507.
phleum - noun grasses native to temperate regions
5508.
phlogiston - noun a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released
during burning
5509.
phlogopite - noun a brown form of mica consisting of hydrous silicate of potassium and magnesium and aluminum
5510.
phlomis - noun any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and
attractive foliage
5511.
phobia - noun an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
5512.
phobophobia - noun a morbid fear of developing a phobia
5513.
phobos - noun the larger of the two satellites of Mars
5514.
phoca - noun type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals
5515.
phocaena - noun porpoises
5516.
phocidae - noun earless seals
5517.
phocine - adj. of or relating to seals
5518.
phocomelia - noun 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
5519.
phoenician - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants; noun the extinct language of an ancient
Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world; a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the
first millennium B.C.
5520.
phoenicopteridae - noun flamingos
5521.
phoeniculidae - noun wood hoopoes
5522.
phoeniculus - noun type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae
5523.
pholadidae - noun a family of Bivalvia
5524.
pholas - noun type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks
5525.
pholidota - noun pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata; genus of mostly epiphytic
orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
5526.
pholiota - noun genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open
ground or decaying wood
5527.
phonate - verb utter speech sounds
5528.
phonation - noun the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
5529.
phonemics - noun the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
5530.
phonetically - adv. by phonetics
5531.
phonetician - noun a specialist in phonetics
5532.
phonetics - noun the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and
acoustic analysis
5533.
phonics - noun teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values
5534.
phonogram - noun any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word
5535.
phonogramic - adj. of or relating to a phonogram
5536.
phonologic - adj. of or relating to phonology
5537.
phonological - adj. of or relating to phonology
5538.
phonologist - noun a specialist in phonology
5539.
phonophobia - noun a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice
5540.
phoradendron - noun any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe
5541.
phoronid - noun hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom
5542.
phoronida - noun small phylum of wormlike marine animals
5543.
phoronidea - noun small phylum of wormlike marine animals
5544.
phosphatase - noun any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates
5545.
phosphocreatine - noun an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in the muscles of vertebrates where
its hydrolysis releases energy for muscular contraction
5546.
phosphoprotein - noun containing chemically bound phosphoric acid
5547.
phosphorescence - noun a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
5548.
phosphorous - adj. containing or characteristic of phosphorus
5549.
phot - noun a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux
5550.
photalgia - noun pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
5551.
photic - adj. of or relating to or caused by light
5552.
photinia - noun 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
5553.
photocell - noun a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations
5554.
photochemical - adj. of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems
5555.
photochemistry - noun branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light
5556.
photoconductivity - noun change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic
radiation
5557.
photocopier - noun a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies
5558.
photocopy - noun a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work; verb reproduce by xerography
5559.
photoelectric - adj. of or pertaining to photoelectricity
5560.
photoelectrical - adj. of or pertaining to photoelectricity
5561.
photoelectrically - adv. by photoelectric means
5562.
photoelectricity - noun electricity generated by light or affected by light
5563.
photoelectron - noun an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon
5564.
photoemission - noun an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface)
5565.
photoemissive - adj. of or relating to photoemission
5566.
photoengraving - noun an engraving used to reproduce an illustration
5567.
photoflash - noun a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
5568.
photograph - noun a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on lightsensitive material; verb record on photographic film; undergo being photographed in a certain way
5569.
photographer - noun someone who takes photographs professionally
5570.
photographic - adj. representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph; relating to photography
or obtained by using photography
5571.
photographically - adv. by photographic means
5572.
photogravure - noun using photography to produce a plate for printing; printing from an intaglio plate prepared by
photographic methods; an intaglio print produced by gravure
5573.
photolithograph - noun a lithograph produced by photographically produced plates
5574.
photolithography - noun a planographic printing process using plates made from a photographic image
5575.
photomechanical - adj. of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing
5576.
photometer - noun measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or
photoelectrically) with a standard source; photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light
5577.
photometric - adj. of or relating to photometry
5578.
photometrical - adj. of or relating to photometry
5579.
photometrically - adv. by photometric means
5580.
photometrician - noun someone who practices photometry
5581.
photometrist - noun someone who practices photometry
5582.
photomicrograph - noun a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
5583.
photomontage - noun a montage that uses photographic images
5584.
photophobia - noun a morbid fear of light; pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with
albinism)
5585.
photosensitive - adj. sensitive to visible light
5586.
photosensitivity - noun sensitivity to the action of radiant energy
5587.
photosensitize - verb make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light
5588.
photosphere - noun the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun)
5589.
photostat - noun a duplicating machine that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared
paper; a photocopy made on a Photostat machine; verb make a copy by means of a Photostat device
5590.
photosynthesis - noun synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)
5591.
photosynthetic - adj. relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis
5592.
phototherapy - noun the use of strong light to treat acne or hyperbilirubinemia of the newborn
5593.
phototropism - noun an orienting response to light
5594.
photovoltaic - adj. producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light)
5595.
phragmites - noun reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
5596.
phragmocone - noun the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite
5597.
phrasal - adj. of or relating to or functioning as a phrase
5598.
phrasing - noun the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line; the manner in which something is expressed in words
5599.
phratry - noun people descended from a common ancestor
5600.
phreatic - adj. of or relating to ground water
5601.
phrenetic - adj. excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
5602.
phrenic - adj. of or relating to the diaphragm
5603.
phrenitis - noun 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)
5604.
phrenological - adj. of or relating to phrenology
5605.
phrenologist - noun someone who claims to read your character from the shape of your skull
5606.
phrenology - noun a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
5607.
phrontistery - noun an establishment for study and learning (sometimes including modern universities)
5608.
phrygian - noun a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved
only in a few inscriptions; a native or inhabitant of Phrygia
5609.
phrynosoma - noun horned lizards
5610.
phthirius - noun true lice: crab lice
5611.
phthisis - noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
5612.
phycocyanin - noun blue pigment in algae
5613.
phycoerythrin - noun red pigment in red algae
5614.
phycology - noun the branch of botany that studies algae
5615.
phylactery - noun (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
5616.
phyle - noun a tribe of ancient Athenians
5617.
phyletic - adj. of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms
5618.
phylliform - adj. having the shape of a leaf
5619.
phyllitis - noun a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus
Asplenium)
5620.
phyllium - noun type genus of the Phyllidae
5621.
phylloclad - noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
5622.
phylloclade - noun a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
5623.
phyllode - noun an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
5624.
phyllodial - adj. having a phyllode
5625.
phyllodoce - noun small genus of evergreen arctic and alpine shrubs
5626.
phylloscopus - noun warblers
5627.
phyllostachys - noun medium and large bamboos
5628.
phyllostomatidae - noun New World leaf-nosed bats
5629.
phyllostomidae - noun New World leaf-nosed bats
5630.
phyllostomus - noun type genus of the family Phyllostomatidae
5631.
phylloxera - noun type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice
5632.
phylloxeridae - noun plant lice
5633.
phylogenetic - adj. of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms
5634.
phylogenetically - adv. with regard to phylogeny
5635.
phylum - noun (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes; (linguistics) a large group of
languages that are historically related
5636.
physa - noun any member of the genus Physa
5637.
physalia - noun Portuguese man-of-war
5638.
physalis - noun ground cherries
5639.
physaria - noun small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods
5640.
physeter - noun type genus of the Physeteridae
5641.
physeteridae - noun sperm whales
5642.
physiatrics - noun therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
5643.
physical - adj. having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; concerned with material things;
characterized by energetic bodily activity; according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living
matter); involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy;
especially physics; impelled by physical force especially against resistance
5644.
physicalism - noun (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
5645.
physicality - noun preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
5646.
physically - adv. in accord with physical laws
5647.
physicalness - noun the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
5648.
physicist - noun a scientist trained in physics
5649.
physicochemical - adj. relating to physical chemistry
5650.
physics - noun the science of matter and energy and their interactions
5651.
physidae - noun freshwater snails
5652.
physiography - noun the study of physical features of the earth's surface
5653.
physiological - adj. of or relating to the biological study of physiology; of or consistent with an organism's normal
functioning
5654.
physiologically - adv. of or relating to physiological processes; with respect to physiology
5655.
physiologist - noun a biologist specializing in physiology
5656.
physiotherapeutic - adj. of or relating to or used in physical therapy
5657.
physostegia - noun any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white
or rose or lavender flowers
5658.
physostigma - noun African woody vines: calabar beans
5659.
physostigmine - noun used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
5660.
phytelephas - noun small genus of South American feather palms
5661.
phytohormone - noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
5662.
phytolacca - noun type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
5663.
phytolaccaceae - noun chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera
Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma
5664.
phytologist - noun a biologist specializing in the study of plants
5665.
phytology - noun the branch of biology that studies plants
5666.
phytomastigina - noun plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll; often considered unicellular algae
5667.
phytophagic - adj. (of animals) feeding on plants
5668.
phytophagous - adj. (of animals) feeding on plants
5669.
phytophilous - adj. (of animals) feeding on plants
5670.
phytophthora - noun destructive parasitic fungi causing brown rot in plants
5671.
phytotoxin - noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
5672.
pia - noun perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite
arrowroot starch
5673.
piaffe - noun a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot
5674.
pianism - noun performance by or technique of a pianist
5675.
pianistic - adj. skilled at or adapted for the piano; of or relating to the piano
5676.
pianoforte - noun a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and
produce sounds
5677.
pianola - noun a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
5678.
piaster - noun a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria; 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
5679.
piastre - noun 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey; a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
5680.
pibroch - noun martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes
5681.
pic - noun a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive
material; a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
5682.
picador - noun 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
5683.
picaresque - adj. involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
5684.
picariae - noun term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
5685.
piccalilli - noun relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion
5686.
picea - noun a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)
5687.
pichi - noun Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic
5688.
pichiciago - noun very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
5689.
picidae - noun woodpeckers
5690.
piciformes - noun woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
5691.
pickaback - adv. on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; on a railroad flatcar
5692.
pickaninny - noun (offensive) a Black child
5693.
pickax - noun a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
5694.
picker - noun someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.; a person who chooses or selects out
5695.
pickerelweed - noun American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
5696.
pickings - noun the act of someone who picks up or takes something
5697.
picknicker - noun a person who is picnicking
5698.
pickpocket - noun a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
5699.
picot - noun an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon
5700.
picris - noun genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed
5701.
pictograph - noun a graphic character used in picture writing
5702.
pictographic - adj. consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs
5703.
pictorially - adv. in a pictorial manner
5704.
pictural - adj. pertaining to or consisting of pictures
5705.
pictured - adj. represented graphically by sketch or design or lines; seen in the mind as a mental image
5706.
picturesquely - adv. in a picturesque manner
5707.
picturesqueness - noun visually vivid and pleasing; the quality of being strikingly expressive or vivid
5708.
picul - noun a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can
carry)
5709.
piculet - noun small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
5710.
picumnus - noun a genus of Picidae
5711.
picus - noun type genus of Picidae
5712.
piddling - adj. (informal) small and of little importance
5713.
piddock - noun marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
5714.
piebald - adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
5715.
piecework - noun work paid for according to the quantity produced
5716.
pied - adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
5717.
pieplant - noun long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
5718.
pierced - adj. having a hole cut through
5719.
piercing - adj. loud and sharp; having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones; suitable for cutting or piercing;
as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
5720.
piercingly - adv. extremely and sharply; in a shrill voice
5721.
pierid - noun any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
5722.
pieridae - noun cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
5723.
pieris - noun type genus of the Pieridae; decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines
5724.
pierrot - noun a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
5725.
pietistic - adj. of or relating to Pietism; excessively or hypocritically pious
5726.
pietistical - adj. excessively or hypocritically pious; of or relating to Pietism
5727.
piezoelectricity - noun 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
5728.
piezometer - noun a measuring instrument for measuring high pressures
5729.
piffle - noun trivial nonsense; verb act in a trivial or ineffective way; speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and
incessantly
5730.
pigfish - noun found from Long Island southward; found around the Great Barrier Reef
5731.
piggery - noun a farm where pigs are raised or kept
5732.
piggishly - adv. in a piggish manner
5733.
piggishness - noun an excessive desire for food
5734.
pigheaded - adj. obstinate and stupid
5735.
pigheadedness - noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
5736.
piglet - noun a young pig
5737.
pigman - noun a herder or swine
5738.
pigmy - noun any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet; an unusually small
individual
5739.
pignolia - noun edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America
5740.
pignut - noun an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
5741.
pigsty - noun a pen for swine
5742.
pigwash - noun wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour
milk
5743.
pigweed - noun leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India
and China; leaves collected from the wild; common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a
potherb
5744.
pika - noun small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
5745.
pikestaff - noun the staff of a pike
5746.
pilar - adj. of or relating to a hair
5747.
pilary - adj. covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
5748.
pilaster - noun a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached
5749.
pilau - noun rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and
sometimes tomatoes
5750.
pilchard - noun small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring; small fatty
fish usually canned
5751.
pilea - noun low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage
5752.
piled - adj. thrown together in a pile
5753.
piles - noun a large number or amount; pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
5754.
pileus - noun a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
5755.
pilferer - noun a thief who steals without using violence
5756.
piling - noun a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
5757.
pillager - noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
5758.
pillared - adj. having pillars
5759.
pillbox - noun a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete); a small case for holding pills; a small
round woman's hat
5760.
pillion - noun a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
5761.
pillowcase - noun bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
5762.
pillwort - noun European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose
sporocarps
5763.
pilocarpine - noun cholinergic alkaloid used in eyedrops to treat glaucoma
5764.
pilose - adj. covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
5765.
pilosebaceous - adj. of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland
5766.
pilosity - noun the quality of having hair
5767.
pilotage - noun the occupation of a pilot; the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
5768.
pilothouse - noun an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated
5769.
piloting - noun the occupation of a pilot; the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
5770.
pilotless - adj. lacking a pilot
5771.
pilous - adj. covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
5772.
pilsner - noun a pale lager with strong flavor of hops; first brewed in the Bohemian town of Pilsen
5773.
pilularia - noun pillworts
5774.
pilus - noun hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism; any of the cylindrical filaments
characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
5775.
pima - noun the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Pima; a member of the North American Indian people living in
southern Arizona and northern Mexico
5776.
pimenta - noun allspice tree
5777.
pimento - noun fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked; plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped
fruits; the principal salad peppers
5778.
pimiento - noun fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked; plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped
fruits; the principal salad peppers
5779.
pimlico - noun a racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness
5780.
pimpernel - noun any of several plants of the genus Anagallis; European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and
leaves that are sometimes used for salads
5781.
pimpinella - noun anise
5782.
pimpled - adj. (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
5783.
pimply - adj. (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
5784.
pinaceae - noun a family of Pinaceae
5785.
pincer - noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping; a grasping structure on the limb of a
crustacean or other arthropods
5786.
pinchbeck - adj. serving as an imitation or substitute; noun an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to
imitate gold
5787.
pinche - noun South American tamarin with a tufted head
5788.
pinched - adj. as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; sounding as if the
nose were pinched; not having enough money to pay for necessities
5789.
pinchgut - noun a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
5790.
pinckneya - noun small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America
5791.
pinctada - noun pearl oysters
5792.
pindaric - noun an ode form used by Pindar; has triple groups of triple units
5793.
pineal - adj. having the form of a pine cone; relating to the pineal body
5794.
pinealoma - noun tumor of the pineal gland
5795.
pinesap - noun 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
5796.
pinetum - noun an area planted with pine trees or related conifers
5797.
pineweed - noun annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers
5798.
pinfish - noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
5799.
pinfold - noun a pen where stray animals are confined
5800.
pinguecula - noun a slightly elevated elastic tissue deposit in the conjunctiva that may extend to the cornea but does not
cover it
5801.
pinguicula - noun butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica
5802.
pining - noun a feeling of deep longing
5803.
pinioned - adj. bound fast especially having the arms restrained; (of birds) especially having the flight feathers
5804.
pinite - noun grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates
5805.
pinkeye - noun inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
5806.
pinkify - verb make pink
5807.
pinkness - noun the quality of being pink
5808.
pinkroot - noun a fungal disease of onions
5809.
pinky - noun the finger farthest from the thumb
5810.
pinna - noun division of a usually pinnately divided leaf; the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
5811.
pinnace - noun a boat for communication between ship and shore
5812.
pinnated - adj. of a leaf shape; featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis
5813.
pinnately - adv. having a pinnate shape
5814.
pinnatifid - adj. of a leaf shape; cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
5815.
pinnatiped - noun aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified
as flippers
5816.
pinnatisect - adj. of a leaf shape; cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets
5817.
pinner - noun a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on
5818.
pinning - noun 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
5819.
pinniped - noun aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified
as flippers
5820.
pinnipedia - noun seals; sea lions; walruses
5821.
pinnotheres - noun type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs
5822.
pinnotheridae - noun tiny soft-bodied crabs
5823.
pinnule - noun division of a usually pinnately divided leaf
5824.
pinny - noun a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
5825.
pinocytosis - noun process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
5826.
pinole - noun meal made of finely ground corn mixed with sugar and spices
5827.
pinon - noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
5828.
pinprick - noun small puncture (as if made by a pin); a minor annoyance
5829.
pinstripe - noun a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric); a fabric with very thin stripes; a suit made
from a fabric with very thin stripes
5830.
pintado - noun large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters
5831.
pintle - noun a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge
5832.
pinus - noun type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines
5833.
pinworm - noun small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
5834.
pinyon - noun any of several low-growing pines of western North America
5835.
piously - adv. in a pious manner; in a devout and pious manner
5836.
piousness - noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
5837.
pipa - noun type genus of the Pipidae
5838.
pipage - noun a fee charged for the use of pipes; a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or
gas etc.
5839.
pipal - noun fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by
Buddhists
5840.
pipefish - noun fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
5841.
pipeful - noun the quantity of tobacco that can be smoked in a pipe at one time
5842.
piperaceae - noun tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
5843.
piperales - noun Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
5844.
piperazine - noun vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms
5845.
piperine - noun derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper
5846.
pipet - noun 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
5847.
pipework - noun the flues and stops on a pipe organ
5848.
pipewort - noun 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
5849.
pipidae - noun tongueless frogs
5850.
pipile - noun genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)
5851.
pipilo - noun towhees
5852.
piping - adj. resembling the music of a pipe; adv. (used of heat) extremely; noun playing a pipe or the bagpipes; a thin
strip of covered cord used to edge hems; a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
5853.
pipistrel - noun small European brown bat
5854.
pipistrelle - noun small European brown bat
5855.
pipistrellus - noun nearly cosmopolitan genus of very small bats
5856.
pipit - noun a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
5857.
pippin - noun any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red
5858.
pipra - noun type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
5859.
pipridae - noun manakins
5860.
piptadenia - noun tropical American trees and shrubs; often placed in other genera
5861.
piquance - noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting; a tart spicy quality
5862.
piquancy - noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting; a tart spicy quality
5863.
piquantly - adv. with strong spices; in a spicy manner
5864.
piquantness - noun the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting; a tart spicy quality
5865.
piquet - noun a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards; 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
5866.
piranga - noun a genus of Thraupidae
5867.
piranha - noun small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals;
someone who attacks in search of booty
5868.
piratical - adj. characteristic of pirates; characteristic of piracy
5869.
piratically - adv. in a piratical manner
5870.
piroplasm - noun minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic
animals
5871.
piscary - noun a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
5872.
piscatorial - adj. relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
5873.
piscatory - adj. relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
5874.
piscidia - noun genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons
5875.
piscine - adj. of or relating to fish
5876.
piscivorous - adj. feeding on fishes
5877.
pisiform - noun a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
5878.
pismire - noun social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during
breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
5879.
pisonia - noun genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
5880.
pistacia - noun a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit
5881.
pistia - noun pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
5882.
pistil - noun the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
5883.
pistillate - adj. having gynoecia, or pistils, the ovule-bearing organ of a seed plant; bearing or consisting of carpels
5884.
pistillode - noun a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower
5885.
pistoleer - noun someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)
5886.
pisum - noun small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas
5887.
pita - noun usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling
5888.
pitahaya - noun highly colored edible fruit of pitahaya cactus having bright red juice; often as large as a peach; cactus of
the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit
5889.
pitanga - noun Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
5890.
pitcher - noun the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; an open vessel
with a handle and a spout for pouring; (baseball) the person who does the pitching; the quantity contained in a pitcher
5891.
pitcherful - noun the quantity contained in a pitcher
5892.
pitching - noun (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team; abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a
ship or other conveyance)
5893.
pitchman - noun an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something; someone who travels about selling
his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
5894.
pitchy - adj. having the characteristics of pitch or tar; of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
5895.
piteously - adv. in a piteous manner
5896.
pithecanthropus - noun former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
5897.
pithecia - noun sakis
5898.
pithecolobium - noun thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
5899.
pithily - adv. in a pithy sententious manner
5900.
pithiness - noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
5901.
pitiably - adv. in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion
5902.
pitifully - adv. to a pitiful degree
5903.
pitiless - adj. deficient in humane and kindly feelings; without mercy or pity
5904.
pitilessness - noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity; feelings of extreme heartlessness
5905.
piton - noun a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
5906.
pitta - noun any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
5907.
pittance - noun an inadequate payment
5908.
pitted - adj. pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
5909.
pittidae - noun pittas
5910.
pitting - noun the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
5911.
pitying - adj. feeling or expressing sorrow or pity
5912.
pityingly - adv. in a compassionate manner
5913.
pityriasis - noun any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin
5914.
pityrogramma - noun terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes
placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
5915.
pix - noun any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept; a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await
assay
5916.
pixie - noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous; creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves
and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
5917.
pixilated - adj. very drunk; naughtily or annoyingly playful
5918.
placable - adj. easily calmed or pacified
5919.
placard - noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; verb publicize or announce by placards; post in a
public place
5920.
placation - noun the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
5921.
placative - adj. tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
5922.
placatory - adj. tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
5923.
placeman - noun a disparaging term for an appointee
5924.
placement - noun contact established between applicants and prospective employees; the act of putting something in a
certain place; the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
5925.
placentation - noun arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary; the formation of the
placenta in the uterus
5926.
placer - noun an alluvial deposit that contains particles of some valuable mineral
5927.
placidity - noun a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling; a disposition free from stress or emotion
5928.
placidly - adv. in a placid and good-natured manner; in a quiet and tranquil manner
5929.
placidness - noun a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling
5930.
placket - noun a piece of cloth sewn under an opening
5931.
placoderm - noun fishlike vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the
Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws
5932.
placodermi - noun extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
5933.
placoid - adj. as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
5934.
plage - noun the beach at a seaside resort
5935.
plagianthus - noun small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand
5936.
plagiaristic - adj. copied and passed off as your own
5937.
plagiarization - noun the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
5938.
plagiarize - verb take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
5939.
plagiarizer - noun someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
5940.
plagiocephaly - noun congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
5941.
plagioclastic - adj. of or relating to plagioclase
5942.
plaguily - adv. in a disagreeable manner
5943.
plaguy - adj. causing irritation or annoyance; adv. in a disagreeable manner
5944.
plaice - noun large European food fish; flesh of large European flatfish
5945.
plainclothesman - noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty
5946.
plainly - adv. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally
for `plainly')
5947.
plainness - noun the appearance of being plain and unpretentious; the state of being unmixed with other material; an
appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
5948.
plainsman - noun an inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America)
5949.
plainspoken - adj. using simple and direct language; characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or
evasion
5950.
plaint - noun a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed; a
cry of sorrow and grief
5951.
plaintively - adv. in a plaintive manner
5952.
plaintiveness - noun expressing sorrowfulness
5953.
plait - noun any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into
shape; a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; verb weave into plaits; make by braiding or interlacing
5954.
plaiter - noun someone who plaits (hair or fabric etc.)
5955.
planaria - noun free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate
lost parts
5956.
planarian - noun free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate
lost parts
5957.
planate - adj. having been flattened
5958.
planation - noun the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced
5959.
planchet - noun a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin
5960.
planchette - noun a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell
out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
5961.
planeness - noun the property of having two dimensions
5962.
planer - noun a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
5963.
planera - noun a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States
5964.
planetal - adj. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
5965.
plangency - noun having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
5966.
plangent - adj. loud and resounding
5967.
planking - noun the work of covering an area with planks; (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a
ship); planks collectively; a quantity of planks
5968.
planktonic - adj. of or relating to plankton
5969.
planless - adj. aimlessly drifting
5970.
planner - noun a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc.; a person who makes plans
5971.
planococcus - noun a genus of Pseudococcidae
5972.
planographic - adj. of or relating to or involving planography
5973.
planography - noun the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive
(as opposed to ink repellent)
5974.
plantae - noun the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
5975.
plantaginaceae - noun cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds
5976.
plantaginales - noun coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
5977.
plantago - noun type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
5978.
plantal - adj. of or relating to plants
5979.
plantar - adj. relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot
5980.
planter - noun a decorative pot for house plants; the owner or manager of a plantation; a worker who puts or sets seeds or
seedlings into the ground
5981.
plantigrade - adj. (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do); noun
an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
5982.
planting - noun putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; the act of fixing firmly in place; a collection of
plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area
5983.
plantlet - noun a young plant or a small plant
5984.
plantsman - noun an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
5985.
planula - noun the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
5986.
plash - noun the sound like water splashing; verb dash a liquid upon or against; interlace the shoots of
5987.
plasmapheresis - noun plasma is separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
5988.
plasmodiophora - noun type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and
sometimes included among the slime molds
5989.
plasmodiophoraceae - noun family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants
5990.
plasmodium - noun parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans; multinucleate sheet of
cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
5991.
plasterboard - noun wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bounded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of
plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
5992.
plasterer - noun a worker skilled in applying plaster
5993.
plastering - noun the application of plaster
5994.
plasterwork - noun a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling)
5995.
plastically - adv. in a plastic manner
5996.
plasticine - noun a synthetic material resembling clay but remaining soft; used as a substitute for clay or wax in modeling
(especially in schools)
5997.
plasticity - noun the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or
shaped without breaking
5998.
plasticize - verb make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer; become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added
5999.
plasticizer - noun a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable
6000.
plastid - noun any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments
or starch or oil or protein
6001.
platalea - noun type genus of the Plataleidae
6002.
plataleidae - noun spoonbills
6003.
platan - noun 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
6004.
platanaceae - noun coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
6005.
platanistidae - noun river dolphins
6006.
platanus - noun genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore
6007.
plateful - noun the quantity contained in a plate
6008.
platelayer - noun a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks
6009.
platelike - adj. as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
6010.
plater - noun a skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold)
6011.
plating - noun the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis); a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface
6012.
platinize - verb coat with metallic platinum
6013.
platitudinal - adj. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
6014.
platitudinarian - noun a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
6015.
platitudinize - verb utter platitudes
6016.
platonistic - adj. pertaining to or characteristic of or in accordance with Platonism
6017.
plattdeutsch - noun a German dialect spoken in northern Germany
6018.
platter - noun a large shallow dish used for serving food; sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove;
used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
6019.
platy - noun small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
6020.
platycephalidae - noun scorpaenoid flatheads
6021.
platycerium - noun often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
6022.
platyctenea - noun an order of Tentaculata
6023.
platyhelminth - noun parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
6024.
platyhelminthes - noun flatworms
6025.
platyrrhine - adj. of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses; noun hairyfaced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
6026.
platyrrhini - noun New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey;
titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin
6027.
platyrrhinian - adj. of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses; noun
hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
6028.
platyrrhinic - adj. of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
6029.
platysma - noun 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
6030.
platystemon - noun one species: creamcups
6031.
plaudit - noun enthusiastic approval
6032.
plausibility - noun apparent validity
6033.
plausibleness - noun apparent validity
6034.
plausibly - adv. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
6035.
plausive - adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval
6036.
plautus - noun a genus of Alcidae; comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)
6037.
playable - adj. capable of or suitable for being played or played on
6038.
playacting - noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
6039.
playbill - noun a theatrical program
6040.
playbook - noun a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; a book
containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team
has practiced (especially an American football team)
6041.
playbox - noun a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
6042.
playday - noun time for play or diversion
6043.
player - noun a person who participates in or is skilled at some game; an important participant (as in a business deal); a
theatrical performer; someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
6044.
playfellow - noun a companion at play
6045.
playfully - adv. in a playful manner
6046.
playfulness - noun a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; activities that are enjoyable or amusing; a
festive merry feeling
6047.
playgoer - noun someone who attends the theater
6048.
playlet - noun a short play
6049.
playmaker - noun a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score
6050.
playpen - noun a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
6051.
playscript - noun a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
6052.
playsuit - noun a sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse
6053.
pleach - verb interlace the shoots of; form or weave into a braid or braids
6054.
pleader - noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
6055.
pleading - adj. expressing earnest entreaty; noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf
of a party to a legal proceeding
6056.
pleadingly - adv. in a beseeching manner
6057.
pleasance - noun a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion; a fundamental feeling that is
hard to define but that people desire to experience
6058.
pleasantly - adv. in an enjoyable manner; in a cheerful manner
6059.
pleasantness - noun the quality of giving pleasure; the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of
states of feeling
6060.
pleasantry - noun an agreeable or amusing remark
6061.
pleaser - noun a pleasing entertainer
6062.
pleasing - adj. able to please or win approval; giving pleasure and satisfaction; giving pleasure or satisfaction;
aesthetically pleasing; noun the act of one who pleases
6063.
pleasingly - adv. in a pleasing manner
6064.
pleasingness - noun an agreeable beauty that gives pleasure or enjoyment; pleasant palatability
6065.
pleasurable - adj. affording satisfaction or pleasure
6066.
pleasurably - adv. in a very pleasurable manner
6067.
pleb - noun one of the common people
6068.
plebe - noun a military trainee (as at a military academy)
6069.
plebiscite - noun a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
6070.
plecoptera - noun stoneflies
6071.
plecopteran - noun primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are
carnivorous and live beneath stones
6072.
plecotus - noun a genus of Vespertilionidae
6073.
plectognath - noun tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or
spines
6074.
plectognathi - noun boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
6075.
plectron - noun a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
6076.
plectrum - noun a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
6077.
pledgee - noun someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge
6078.
pledger - noun someone who makes or gives a pledge
6079.
pleione - noun small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
6080.
plenarily - adv. in a plenary manner
6081.
plenteous - adj. affording an abundant supply
6082.
plenteously - adv. in a bountiful manner
6083.
plenteousness - noun a full supply
6084.
plentifully - adv. in a bountiful manner
6085.
plentifulness - noun a full supply
6086.
pleochroic - adj. of or relating to or having pleochroism
6087.
pleochroism - noun the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different
directions
6088.
pleomorphic - adj. relating to or characterized by pleomorphism
6089.
pleomorphism - noun (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some
organisms; (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
6090.
pleonasm - noun using more words than necessary
6091.
pleonaste - noun a dark-colored spinel containing iron
6092.
pleonastic - adj. repetition of same sense in different words
6093.
pleopod - noun 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
6094.
plesianthropus - noun former name for the genus Australopithecus
6095.
plesiosaur - noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the
Jurassic and Cretaceous
6096.
plesiosauria - noun any of the plesiosaurs
6097.
plesiosaurus - noun extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of
the Jurassic and Cretaceous
6098.
plessimeter - noun a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
6099.
plessor - noun (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing
reflexes
6100.
plethodon - noun type genus of the Plethodontidae
6101.
plethodontidae - noun small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
6102.
plethoric - adj. excessively abundant
6103.
plethysmograph - noun 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)
6104.
pleuralgia - noun pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs
6105.
pleurisy - noun inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
6106.
pleurobrachia - noun sea gooseberries
6107.
pleurobrachiidae - noun sea gooseberries
6108.
pleurocarp - noun a moss having the archegonium or antheridium on a short side branch rather than the main stalk
6109.
pleurocarpous - adj. (of mosses) having the archegonia on short lateral branches
6110.
pleurodont - noun an animal having teeth consolidate with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
6111.
pleurodynia - noun pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs
6112.
pleuronectes - noun type genus of the Pleuronectidae
6113.
pleuronectidae - noun righteye flounders
6114.
pleuropneumonia - noun pleurisy and pneumonia
6115.
pleurotus - noun agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan
6116.
pleximeter - noun a small thin metal plate held against the body and struck with a plexor in percussive examinations
6117.
pleximetry - noun tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
6118.
plexor - noun (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing
reflexes
6119.
plexus - noun a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
6120.
pliability - noun adaptability of mind or character; the property of being easily bent without breaking
6121.
pliantness - noun adaptability of mind or character; the property of being pliant and flexible
6122.
plica - noun a folded part (as in skin or muscle)
6123.
plicate - verb fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
6124.
plication - noun folding in parallel folds; an angular or rounded shape made by folding
6125.
plier - noun someone who plies a trade
6126.
plimsoll - noun a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top; waterlines to show the level the water should reach
when the ship is properly loaded
6127.
plinth - noun an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
6128.
ploce - noun (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend meaning
6129.
ploceidae - noun weaverbirds
6130.
ploceus - noun type genus of the Ploceidae
6131.
plodder - noun someone who moves slowly; someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours; someone who
walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
6132.
plodding - adj. (of movement) slow and laborious; noun the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; hard monotonous
routine work
6133.
ploddingly - adv. in a plodding manner
6134.
plosion - noun the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
6135.
plosive - noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
6136.
plotted - adj. planned in advance
6137.
plotter - noun an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures; a clerk who marks data on a
chart; a member of a conspiracy; a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
6138.
plough - noun a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing; a group of
seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major; verb to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; move in a way
resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
6139.
plow - noun a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing; verb to break
and turn over earth especially with a plow; move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil; deal
with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
6140.
plowboy - noun a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow
6141.
plower - noun a man who plows
6142.
plowing - noun tilling the land with a plow
6143.
plowland - noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
6144.
plowwright - noun a workman who makes and repairs plows
6145.
ploy - noun a maneuver in a game or conversation; an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
6146.
plucked - adj. of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum; having the feathers removed, as from a
pelt or a fowl
6147.
pluckily - adv. in a plucky manner
6148.
pluckiness - noun the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
6149.
plugged - adj. (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal; completely obstructed or closed off
6150.
plugger - noun someone who is an active supporter and advocate
6151.
plughole - noun a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
6152.
plumaged - adj. often used as combining forms
6153.
plumate - adj. having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
6154.
plumbable - adj. (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth
6155.
plumbaginaceae - noun perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas
6156.
plumbaginaceous - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Plumbaginaceae
6157.
plumber - noun a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
6158.
plumbery - noun the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a
building)
6159.
plumbic - adj. relating to or consisting of lead
6160.
plumbing - noun the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a
building); utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of
sewage; measuring the depths of the oceans
6161.
plumbism - noun toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
6162.
plumbous - adj. relating to or consisting of lead
6163.
plumcot - noun hybrid between plum and apricot; hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
6164.
plumed - adj. having or covered with or abounding in plumes; (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume; having an
ornamental plume or feathery tuft
6165.
plumelike - adj. resembling a plume
6166.
plumiera - noun deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or
pink flowers
6167.
plumlike - adj. resembling a plum fruit
6168.
plummy - adj. (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; very desirable
6169.
plumose - adj. having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
6170.
plumping - adj. very large; of exceptional size for its kind
6171.
plumpness - noun the bodily property of being well rounded
6172.
plumule - noun down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds
6173.
plumy - adj. adorned with feathers or plumes; having or covered with or abounding in plumes; resembling a plume
6174.
plunderage - noun the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
6175.
plunderer - noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
6176.
plundering - adj. given to taking by force what is desired; noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place
6177.
plunger - noun hand tool consisting of a stick with a rubber suction cup at one end; used to clean clogged drains;
mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion; someone who dives (into water); someone who risks losses for the
possibility of considerable gains
6178.
pluralism - noun the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time; the doctrine that reality consists of
several basic substances or elements; a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is
tolerated
6179.
pluralist - noun someone who believes that distinct ethnic or cultural or religious groups can exist together in society; a
philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature; a cleric who holds more than
one benefice at a time
6180.
pluralistic - adj. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism
6181.
plurality - noun (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); the state of being plural; a large indefinite number
6182.
pluralization - noun the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to
6183.
pluralize - verb mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural
6184.
pluteus - noun a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often
abundant early in the summer
6185.
plutocracy - noun a political system governed by the wealthy people
6186.
plutocrat - noun someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth
6187.
plutocratic - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat
6188.
plutocratical - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat
6189.
plutonian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
6190.
plutonic - adj. of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro
6191.
pluvialis - noun golden plovers
6192.
pluviometer - noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
6193.
pluviose - noun fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month
6194.
plyer - noun someone who plies a trade
6195.
pneumatically - adv. in a pneumatic manner
6196.
pneumatics - noun the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
6197.
pneumatophore - noun an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or
swamp plant
6198.
pneumococcal - adj. of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus
6199.
pneumoconiosis - noun chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles
6200.
pneumogastric - adj. of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach; of or relating to the vagus nerve; noun a mixed
nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
6201.
pneumonectomy - noun surgical removal of a lung (usually to treat lung cancer)
6202.
pneumonic - adj. relating to or affecting the lungs; pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia
6203.
pneumonitis - noun inflammation of the lungs; caused by a virus or an allergic reaction
6204.
pneumonoconiosis - noun chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles
6205.
pneumothorax - noun 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)
6206.
poa - noun chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
6207.
poaceae - noun the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
6208.
poacher - noun small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific
waters; a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs); someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of
another
6209.
pob - noun a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
6210.
pochard - noun heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head
6211.
pock - noun a pustule in an eruptive disease; verb mark with a scar
6212.
pocketable - adj. small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
6213.
pocketknife - noun a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket
6214.
pockmark - noun a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease; verb mark
with or as if with pockmarks
6215.
podalgia - noun foot pain
6216.
podargidae - noun frogmouths
6217.
podargus - noun type genus of the Podargidae
6218.
podetium - noun an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which
the ascocarp is borne
6219.
podgy - adj. short and plump
6220.
podiatrist - noun a specialist in care for the feet
6221.
podiatry - noun the branch of medicine concerned with the feet
6222.
podiceps - noun type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes
6223.
podicipedidae - noun coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
6224.
podlike - adj. resembling a pod
6225.
podocarp - noun any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard
seed
6226.
podocarpaceae - noun gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
6227.
podocarpus - noun evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae
6228.
podophyllum - noun perennial rhizomatous herbs
6229.
podsol - noun a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat
over a grey leached layer
6230.
podzol - noun a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat
over a grey leached layer
6231.
poeciliidae - noun topminnows
6232.
poetess - noun a woman poet
6233.
poetical - adj. characteristic of or befitting poetry; of or relating to poetry
6234.
poetically - adv. in a poetic manner
6235.
poetics - noun study of poetic works
6236.
poetize - verb compose verses or put into verse
6237.
poetizer - noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or
inferior poets)
6238.
pogge - noun northern Atlantic sea poacher
6239.
pogonia - noun 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
6240.
pogonion - noun the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin
6241.
pogonip - noun a dense winter fog containing ice particles
6242.
pogy - noun money received from the state
6243.
poignance - noun a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
6244.
poignancy - noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
6245.
poignantly - adv. in a poignant or touching manner
6246.
poikilotherm - noun an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal
except birds and mammals
6247.
poikilothermic - adj. of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
6248.
poilu - noun thick stew made of rice and chicken and small game; southern U.S.
6249.
poinciana - noun small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications; a tropical
flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
6250.
pointed - adj. direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; having a point
6251.
pointedly - adv. in such a manner as to make something clearly evident
6252.
pointedness - noun the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing; the property of a shape that
tapers to a sharp tip
6253.
pointel - noun a tool used by an engraver
6254.
pointer - noun a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches;
scents out and points game; an indicator as on a dial; (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; a mark to indicate a direction or relation
6255.
pointillism - noun 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
6256.
pointless - adj. lacking import; not having a point especially a sharp point; serving no useful purpose; having no excuse
for being
6257.
pointlessly - adv. in a pointless manner
6258.
pointlessness - noun total lack of meaning or ideas
6259.
pointrel - noun a tool used by an engraver
6260.
pointsman - noun a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic
6261.
poised - adj. marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action; in full control of your faculties
6262.
poison - noun anything that harms or destroys; any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism;
verb administer poison to; add poison to; kill with poison; kill by its poison; spoil as if by poison
6263.
poisoning - noun the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by
a poison or other toxic substance
6264.
poisonously - adv. in a very malevolent manner
6265.
poivrade - noun for venison: brown sauce with sauteed vegetables and trimmings and marinade and plenty of pepper
6266.
poker - noun any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand; fire iron consisting
of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
6267.
pokeweed - noun perennial of the genus Phytolacca
6268.
pokey - adj. small and remote and insignificant; wasting time; noun 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)
6269.
poking - noun a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
6270.
pokomo - noun a Bantu language spoken in the Kenyan coastal areas of East Africa
6271.
poky - adj. small and remote and insignificant; wasting time; noun 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)
6272.
polack - noun a person of Polish descent
6273.
polanisia - noun widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with
many stamens of unequal length
6274.
polarity - noun having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges); a relation
between two opposite attributes or tendencies
6275.
polarization - noun the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration; the
condition of having or giving polarity
6276.
polarize - verb become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation; cause to concentrate about two conflicting or
contrasting positions; cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
6277.
polarographic - adj. of or involving polarography
6278.
polder - noun low-lying land that has been reclaimed and is protected by dikes (especially in the Netherlands)
6279.
poleax - noun a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick; an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a
hammer opposite the blade; verb fell with or as if with a poleax
6280.
poleaxe - noun a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick; an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a
hammer opposite the blade; verb fell with or as if with a poleax
6281.
polemical - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy
6282.
polemically - adv. involving controversy
6283.
polemicist - noun a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
6284.
polemics - noun the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors
6285.
polemist - noun a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
6286.
polemize - verb engage in a controversy
6287.
polemoniaceae - noun a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have
showy flowers
6288.
polemoniaceous - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae
6289.
polemoniales - noun Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some
classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
6290.
polemonium - noun any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to
arctic regions
6291.
polenta - noun a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
6292.
poler - noun a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle
6293.
polestar - noun 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
6294.
polianthes - noun genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lilylike flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family
Amaryllidaceae
6295.
policewoman - noun a woman policeman
6296.
policyholder - noun an insured person; the client in whose name an insurance policy is written
6297.
poliosis - noun loss of color from the hair
6298.
polished - adj. perfected or made shiny and smooth; showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes
from wide social experience; (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth; (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
removed
6299.
polisher - noun a power tool used to buff surfaces
6300.
polistes - noun a genus of Vespidae
6301.
politely - adv. in a polite manner
6302.
politeness - noun the act of showing regard for others; a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
6303.
politesse - noun courtesy towards women
6304.
political - adj. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; of or relating to your views about social
relationships involving authority or power; of or relating to the profession of governing
6305.
politically - adv. with regard to government; with regard to social relationships involving authority
6306.
politicize - verb give a political character to
6307.
politics - noun the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs; the study of government of states and other
political units; the opinion you hold with respect to political questions; social relations involving authority or power
6308.
pollack - noun important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod; lean white
flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish; United States filmmaker (born in 1934)
6309.
pollex - noun the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
6310.
pollination - noun transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
6311.
pollinator - noun an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another
6312.
pollinium - noun a coherent mass of pollen grains (as in orchids)
6313.
pollinosis - noun a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen
6314.
polliwog - noun a larval frog or toad
6315.
pollucite - noun a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium
6316.
polluted - adj. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution
6317.
polluter - noun a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
6318.
pollywog - noun a larval frog or toad
6319.
polony - noun another name for Bologna sausage
6320.
polska - noun a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II
6321.
poltergeist - noun a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
6322.
poltroon - adj. characterized by complete cowardliness; noun an abject coward
6323.
poltroonery - noun abject pusillanimity
6324.
polyamide - noun a polymer containing repeated amide groups
6325.
polyandrist - noun a woman with two or more husbands
6326.
polyandrous - adj. having more than one husband at a time
6327.
polyandry - noun having more than one husband at a time
6328.
polyangium - noun type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a
membrane
6329.
polyanthus - noun florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose
6330.
polyarteritis - noun inflammation of several arteries
6331.
polyatomic - adj. of or relating to a molecule made up of more than two atoms
6332.
polyborus - noun a genus of Falconidae
6333.
polycarp - noun Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans
(circa 69-155)
6334.
polychaeta - noun marine annelid worms
6335.
polychaete - noun chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing
bristles
6336.
polychromatic - adj. (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength; having or
exhibiting many colors
6337.
polychrome - adj. having or exhibiting many colors; noun a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors; verb
color with many colors; make polychrome
6338.
polychromic - adj. having or exhibiting many colors
6339.
polychromize - verb color with many colors; make polychrome
6340.
polycrystalline - adj. composed of aggregates of crystals
6341.
polycythemia - noun a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood
6342.
polydactyl - adj. of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits
6343.
polydactylous - adj. of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits
6344.
polydactylus - noun a genus of Polynemidae
6345.
polydactyly - noun birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes
6346.
polydipsia - noun excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)
6347.
polyergus - noun Amazon ants
6348.
polyester - noun any of a large class of synthetic fabrics; a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as
a plasticizer; any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant
6349.
polyethylene - noun a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation
6350.
polygala - noun type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; senega; snakeroot
6351.
polygalaceae - noun trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
6352.
polygamist - noun someone who is married to two or more people at the same time
6353.
polygamous - adj. having more than one mate at a time; used of relationships and individuals; having several forms of
gametoecia on the same plant
6354.
polygamy - noun having more than one spouse at a time
6355.
polygene - noun a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce
observable variations
6356.
polygenic - adj. of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or
determined by polygenes
6357.
polygonaceae - noun a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
6358.
polygonales - noun coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
6359.
polygonally - adv. in a polygonal manner
6360.
polygonatum - noun sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae
6361.
polygonia - noun comma butterflies
6362.
polygonum - noun diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
6363.
polygraph - noun a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and
blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)
6364.
polygynist - noun a man with two or more wives
6365.
polygyny - noun having more than one wife at a time
6366.
polyhidrosis - noun excessive and profuse perspiration
6367.
polymastigina - noun small usually parasitic flagellates
6368.
polymath - noun a person of great and varied learning
6369.
polymerization - noun a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound
6370.
polymerize - verb undergo polymerization; cause (a compound) to polymerize
6371.
polymorphism - noun (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species
(independent of sex differences); (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
6372.
polymorphous - adj. relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; having or occurring in
several distinct forms; relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an
interbreeding population
6373.
polymyositis - noun myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling;
progression and severity vary among individuals
6374.
polynemidae - noun threadfins
6375.
polynesian - adj. of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture; noun a native or inhabitant of Polynesia; the branch of
the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific
6376.
polyneuritis - noun inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy)
6377.
polyodon - noun type genus of the Polyodontidae
6378.
polyodontidae - noun paddlefishes
6379.
polyoicous - adj. having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant
6380.
polyose - noun any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
6381.
polyp - noun one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical
body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
6382.
polypedates - noun type genus of the Polypedatidae
6383.
polypeptide - noun a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
6384.
polypetalous - adj. having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals
6385.
polyphase - adj. of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but
differing in phase angle
6386.
polyphone - noun a letter that has two or more pronunciations
6387.
polyphonic - adj. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together; of or relating
to or characterized by polyphony; having two or more phonetic values
6388.
polyphonous - adj. of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
6389.
polyplacophora - noun small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the
subclass Amphineura
6390.
polyplacophore - noun primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight
calcareous plates
6391.
polyploid - adj. of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; noun (genetics) an
organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
6392.
polypodiaceae - noun 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)
6393.
polypodium - noun a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
6394.
polypody - noun any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
6395.
polyporaceae - noun fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
6396.
polypore - noun 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
6397.
polyporus - noun type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers
6398.
polyptoton - noun repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
6399.
polypus - noun a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
6400.
polysemant - noun a word having more than one meaning
6401.
polysemantic - adj. of words; having many meanings
6402.
polysemous - adj. of words; having many meanings
6403.
polysemy - noun the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or
more different meanings
6404.
polysomy - noun congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells
6405.
polystichum - noun small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in
Polypodiaceae
6406.
polystyrene - noun a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic
6407.
polysyllabic - adj. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; having or characterized by words of more than
three syllables
6408.
polysyllabically - adv. in a polysyllabic manner
6409.
polysyllable - noun a word of more than three syllables
6410.
polysyndeton - noun using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in `he
ran and jumped and laughed for joy')
6411.
polysynthetic - adj. forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a
single definite meaning
6412.
polytheism - noun belief in multiple Gods
6413.
polytheist - noun one who believes in a plurality of gods
6414.
polytheistic - adj. worshipping or believing in more than one god
6415.
polythene - noun a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation
6416.
polytonal - adj. using more than one key or tonality simultaneously
6417.
polytonalism - noun music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
6418.
polytonality - noun music that uses two or more different keys at the same time
6419.
polyunsaturated - adj. (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) having many unsaturated bonds
6420.
polyuria - noun renal disorder characterized by the production of large volumes of pale dilute urine; often associated with
diabetes
6421.
polyvalence - noun (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of
microorganism; (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two
6422.
polyvalent - adj. having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or higher; containing several antibodies each
capable of counteracting a specific antigen
6423.
polyzoa - noun marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
6424.
polyzoan - noun 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
6425.
pom - noun a disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand
6426.
pomacentridae - noun damselfishes
6427.
pomacentrus - noun type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
6428.
pomaderris - noun a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees
6429.
pomatomidae - noun food and game fishes related to pompanos
6430.
pomatomus - noun type genus of the Pomatomidae
6431.
pomatum - noun hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment
6432.
pome - noun a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
6433.
pomelo - noun large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp; southeastern Asian tree producing
large fruits resembling grapefruits
6434.
pomeranian - noun breed of very small compact long-haired dogs of the spitz type
6435.
pomfret - noun deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for
food
6436.
pommel - noun handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle; a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing
exercises on a pommel horse; an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger; verb strike, usually with the fist
6437.
pommy - noun a disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand
6438.
pomo - noun the Kulanapan language spoken by the Pomo; a member of an Indian people of northern California living
along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast
6439.
pomologist - noun someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees
6440.
pomology - noun the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits
6441.
pompously - adv. in a pompous manner
6442.
pompousness - noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
6443.
ponca - noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca; a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in
northeastern Nebraska
6444.
poncirus - noun one species: trifoliate orange
6445.
ponderable - adj. capable of being weighed or considered; capable of being thought about
6446.
ponderer - noun a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
6447.
pondering - adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
6448.
ponderosity - noun the property of being large in mass
6449.
ponderously - adv. in a heavy ponderous manner; in an uninterestingly ponderous manner
6450.
ponderousness - noun an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; the property of being
large in mass
6451.
pondweed - noun any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family
Potamogetonaceae; submerged freshwater perennials
6452.
pone - noun cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
6453.
pongee - noun a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)
6454.
pongidae - noun usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
6455.
pongo - noun type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans
6456.
poniard - noun a dagger with a slender blade; verb stab with a poniard
6457.
pontederia - noun pickerelweed
6458.
pontederiaceae - noun aquatic or bog plants
6459.
pontifex - noun a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
6460.
pontifical - adj. puffed up with vanity; denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops; proceeding from or
ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; noun the vestments and other insignia of
a pontiff (especially a bishop)
6461.
pontoon - noun a float supporting a seaplane; (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock
or to support a bridge
6462.
ponytail - noun a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
6463.
poof - noun offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
6464.
pooler - noun someone who shares in and contributes to a general fund for use by all
6465.
poolroom - noun a room with pool tables where pool is played
6466.
poon - noun any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard
wood; wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars
6467.
poorhouse - noun an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless
6468.
poorly - adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness; adv. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or
unsatisfactory manner; not well
6469.
poorness - noun the quality of being poorly made or maintained; less than adequate; the quality of being meager; the state
of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
6470.
poorwill - noun goatsucker of western North America
6471.
popery - noun offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church
6472.
popeyed - adj. having bulging eyes; with eyes or mouth open in surprise
6473.
popgun - noun plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound
6474.
popinjay - noun archaic; a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
6475.
popishly - adv. like the Pope; in a popish manner
6476.
popliteal - adj. of or relating to the area behind the knee joint
6477.
popover - noun light hollow muffin made of a puff batter (individual Yorkshire pudding) baked in a deep muffin cup
6478.
popper - noun a container for cooking popcorn; a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)
6479.
poppet - noun a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicular from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion
engines
6480.
poppycock - noun senseless talk
6481.
popularism - noun music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority
6482.
popularity - noun the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after
6483.
popularization - noun the act of making something attractive to the general public; an interpretation that easily
understandable and acceptable
6484.
popularize - verb make understandable to the general public; cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the
general public; bring into general or common use
6485.
popularizer - noun someone who makes attractive to the general public
6486.
popularly - adv. among the people
6487.
population - noun the act of populating (causing to live in a place); (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which
samples can be drawn; a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; the people who inhabit a territory or
state; 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.)
6488.
populus - noun a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
6489.
porbeagle - noun voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific
6490.
porcelainize - verb coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface
6491.
porgy - noun important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide; lean flesh
of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
6492.
porifera - noun coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges
6493.
poriferan - noun primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework;
usually occurs in sessile colonies
6494.
poriferous - adj. full of pores or vessels or holes
6495.
porker - noun a pig fattened to provide meat
6496.
porkfish - noun black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
6497.
porkpie - noun man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim
6498.
pornographic - adj. designed to arouse lust
6499.
pornographically - adv. in a pornographic manner
6500.
poroporo - noun Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped
fruit
6501.
porose - adj. forming a continuous series of pores
6502.
porousness - noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
6503.
porphyra - noun a genus of protoctist
6504.
porphyria - noun a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion
6505.
porphyrin - noun any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
6506.
porphyrio - noun Old World purple gallinules
6507.
porphyritic - adj. (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals
6508.
porringer - noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) from which children eat
6509.
porta - noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
6510.
portability - noun the quality of being light enough to be carried
6511.
portable - adj. of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull; easily or conveniently transported; noun a
small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
6512.
portcullis - noun 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
6513.
portentously - adv. in a portentous manner
6514.
porter - noun a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley; a railroad employee who assists passengers
(especially on sleeping cars); a person employed to carry luggage and supplies; United States writer of short stories whose pen
name was O. Henry (1862-1910); United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946); United States writer of
novels and short stories (1890-1980); someone who guards an entrance; verb carry luggage or supplies
6515.
porterage - noun the transportation of burdens by porters; the charge for carrying burdens by porters
6516.
porthole - noun a window in a ship or airplane; an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through
6517.
porticoed - adj. marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
6518.
portiere - noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
6519.
portion - noun the allotment of some amount by dividing something; something less than the whole of a human artifact;
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
marriage; assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; something determined in relation to
something that includes it; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); verb give
out or allot
6520.
portly - adj. euphemisms for `fat'
6521.
portraitist - noun a painter or drawer of portraits
6522.
portrayer - noun a painter or drawer of portraits
6523.
portulacaceae - noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
6524.
portunidae - noun swimming crabs
6525.
portunus - noun type genus of the family Portunidae
6526.
porzana - noun spotted crakes
6527.
poser - noun a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem; a person who poses for a photographer or painter or
sculptor; a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
6528.
posing - noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
6529.
positional - adj. of or relating to or determined by position
6530.
positioner - noun (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
6531.
positively - adv. extremely; so as to be positive; in a positive manner
6532.
positiveness - noun the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about; an amount greater than zero; the quality
of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome; a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or
affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness; the character of the positive electric pole
6533.
positivism - noun the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or
revelation); a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
6534.
positivist - adj. of or relating to positivism; noun someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical
speculation about origins or ultimate causes
6535.
positivistic - adj. of or relating to positivism
6536.
positivity - noun an amount greater than zero; a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and
dogmatic assertiveness; the character of the positive electric pole; the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about;
the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
6537.
posology - noun the pharmacological determination of appropriate doses of drugs and medicines
6538.
possessed - adj. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; in a murderous frenzy as if
possessed by a demon
6539.
possessively - adv. in a possessive manner
6540.
possessiveness - noun excessive desire to possess or dominate
6541.
posset - noun sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
6542.
possibility - noun a possible alternative; a future prospect or potential; capability of existing or happening or being true; a
tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or
phenomena
6543.
possibleness - noun capability of existing or happening or being true
6544.
possibly - adv. by chance; to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means; in a manner or to a degree possible
of conceiving; with a possibility of becoming actual
6545.
possumwood - noun 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
6546.
postbag - noun letter carrier's shoulder bag
6547.
postbox - noun public box for deposit of mail
6548.
postcava - noun 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
6549.
postdate - verb establish something as being later relative to something else; be later in time
6550.
postdiluvian - adj. existing or occurring after Noah's flood; noun anything living after Noah's flood
6551.
posted - adj. publicly announced
6552.
poster - noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail
carriers or for rent to travelers; someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
6553.
posteriority - noun following in time; the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
6554.
postern - noun a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
6555.
postexilic - adj. of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
6556.
postganglionic - adj. beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from
cells in autonomic ganglia)
6557.
postglacial - adj. relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period
6558.
posthitis - noun inflammation of the foreskin of the penis; usually caused by bacterial infection
6559.
posthole - noun a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post
6560.
posthouse - noun an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
6561.
posthumously - adv. after death
6562.
postilion - noun someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a
carriage without a coachman)
6563.
postimpressionist - noun an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism
6564.
posting - noun (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records; the transmission of a letter; a sign posted in a public
place as an advertisement
6565.
postmeridian - adj. after noon
6566.
postmillennial - adj. of or relating to the period following the millennium
6567.
postmistress - noun a woman postmaster
6568.
postmortal - adj. occurring or done after death
6569.
postnatal - adj. occurring immediately after birth
6570.
postnuptial - adj. relating to events after a marriage
6571.
postponement - noun act of putting off to a future time; time during which some action is awaited
6572.
postponer - noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
6573.
postpose - verb place after another constituent in the sentence
6574.
postpositive - adj. (of a modifier) placed after another word
6575.
postprandial - adj. following a meal (especially dinner)
6576.
postulant - noun one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order
6577.
postulation - noun (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for
argument; a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
6578.
postulational - adj. of or relating to or derived from axioms
6579.
postulator - noun someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument; (Roman Catholic
Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization
6580.
postural - adj. of or relating to or involving posture
6581.
posturer - noun someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others
6582.
potage - noun thick (often creamy) soup
6583.
potamogale - noun amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter
6584.
potamogalidae - noun otter shrews
6585.
potamogeton - noun a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the
water
6586.
potamogetonaceae - noun plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
6587.
potation - noun the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink); a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
6588.
potawatomi - noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi; a member of the Algonquian people originally of
Michigan and Wisconsin
6589.
potbellied - adj. having a large belly
6590.
potboiler - noun a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
6591.
potboy - noun a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
6592.
poteen - noun unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey
6593.
potence - noun the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
6594.
potency - noun capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; the state of being potent; a male's capacity to
have sexual intercourse; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; the inherent capacity for coming into being
6595.
potentiality - noun an aptitude that may be developed; the inherent capacity for coming into being
6596.
potentially - adv. with a possibility of becoming actual
6597.
potentiate - verb increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
6598.
potentiation - noun (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously
6599.
potentilla - noun chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil
6600.
potently - adv. in a manner having a powerful influence
6601.
poterium - noun a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae
6602.
potful - noun the quantity contained in a pot
6603.
pothead - noun someone who smokes marijuana habitually
6604.
pother - noun an excited state of agitation; verb make upset or troubled; make a fuss; be agitated
6605.
potherb - noun any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or
seasoning
6606.
pothook - noun an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
6607.
pothos - noun any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus; evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated
foliage
6608.
pothouse - noun tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
6609.
pothunter - noun someone who hunts for food (not for sport); someone who participates in contests in order to collect
trophies; a nonprofessional archeologist
6610.
potluck - noun whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by
guests and shared by all
6611.
potman - noun a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores
6612.
potomania - noun an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
6613.
potoroinae - noun rat kangaroos
6614.
potoroo - noun Australian rat kangaroos
6615.
potorous - noun potoroos
6616.
potpie - noun deep-dish meat and vegetable pie or a meat stew with dumplings
6617.
potsherd - noun a shard of pottery
6618.
potshot - noun a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made
without careful consideration
6619.
pottage - noun a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat; thick (often creamy) soup
6620.
potted - adj. (British informal) summarized or abridged; preserved in a pot or can or jar; of plants; planted or grown in a
pot
6621.
potter - noun a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln; verb work lightly; move around
aimlessly; do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
6622.
potterer - noun a person who putters about
6623.
pottle - noun a pot that holds 2 quarts
6624.
potto - noun a kind of lemur; arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
6625.
potty - adj. (British informal) trivial; stupid and confused; used especially of persons; very drunk; noun a receptacle for
urination or defecation in the bedroom; a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
6626.
pouched - adj. having a pouch
6627.
pouchlike - adj. shaped like a pouch
6628.
pouf - noun thick cushion used as a seat; offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
6629.
poulterer - noun a dealer in poultry and poultry products
6630.
poultryman - noun a dealer in poultry and poultry products
6631.
poundage - noun weight expressed in pounds; a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals; a charge based on
weight measured in pounds; placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
6632.
poundal - noun 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 1382 newtons
6633.
pounder - noun (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; 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
6634.
pounding - noun repeated heavy blows; the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); an instance of rapid strong
pulsation (of the heart)
6635.
pourboire - noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
6636.
pouring - adj. flowing profusely
6637.
pouter - noun one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out; someone with a habitually
sullen or gloomy expression
6638.
poutingly - adv. with a pout or in a pouting manner
6639.
powdered - adj. consisting of fine particles
6640.
powderer - noun someone who applies or scatters powder
6641.
powderiness - noun having a very fine texture
6642.
powderize - verb make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; become powder or dust
6643.
powerboat - noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
6644.
powered - adj. (often used in combination) having or using or propelled by means of power or power of a specified kind
6645.
powerfully - adv. in a powerful manner; in a manner having a powerful influence
6646.
powerfulness - noun possession of controlling influence
6647.
powerless - adj. lacking power
6648.
powerlessly - adv. in a powerless manner
6649.
powerlessness - noun the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
6650.
powhatan - noun the Algonquian language of the Powhatan; a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in
eastern Virginia; Indian chief and founder of the Powhatan confederacy of tribes in eastern Virginia; father of Pocahontas
(1550?-1618)
6651.
powwow - noun a council of or with Native Americans; (informal) a quick private conference; verb hold a powwow, talk,
conference or meeting
6652.
pox - noun a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks; a common venereal
disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital
(transmitted through the placenta)
6653.
poyou - noun Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
6654.
practicability - noun the quality of being usable
6655.
practicableness - noun the quality of being usable
6656.
practicably - adv. in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible
6657.
practicality - noun concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities
6658.
practically - adv. in a practical manner; almost; nearly; (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical
purposes but not completely
6659.
practiced - adj. skillful after much practice; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
6660.
practician - noun someone who practices a learned profession
6661.
praenomen - noun the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
6662.
praesidium - noun 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
6663.
praetor - noun an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
6664.
praetorial - adj. of or relating to a Roman praetor
6665.
praetorian - adj. characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption
or political venality; of or relating to a Roman praetor; noun a member of the Praetorian Guard
6666.
praetorium - noun the tent of an ancient Roman general
6667.
praetorship - noun the office of praetor
6668.
pragmatical - adj. concerned with practical matters; of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
6669.
pragmatically - adv. in a realistic manner
6670.
pragmatics - noun the study of language use
6671.
praiseful - adj. full of or giving praise
6672.
praising - adj. full of or giving praise
6673.
praisworthiness - noun the property of deserving praise
6674.
prajapati - noun god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma
6675.
prakrit - noun 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; any of the modern Indic languages
6676.
prakritic - adj. of or relating to Prakrit
6677.
praline - noun cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans
6678.
prancer - noun a mettlesome or fiery horse
6679.
prandial - adj. of or relating to a meal
6680.
prankish - adj. naughtily or annoyingly playful
6681.
prankishness - noun the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
6682.
prankster - noun someone who plays practical jokes on others
6683.
prat - noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
6684.
prate - noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk; verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
6685.
prater - noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
6686.
pratfall - noun a fall onto your buttocks; an embarrassing mistake
6687.
pratincole - noun Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
6688.
prattle - noun idle or foolish and irrelevant talk; verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
6689.
prattler - noun someone who speaks in a childish way
6690.
prawn - noun shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible; any of various edible decapod
crustaceans; verb fish for prawns
6691.
praxis - noun translating an idea into action
6692.
praya - noun colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long
6693.
preacher - noun someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
6694.
preachification - noun moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner
6695.
preachify - verb speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements
6696.
preaching - noun a moralistic rebuke; an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
6697.
preachment - noun a sermon on a moral or religious topic
6698.
preadolescent - adj. of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
6699.
preanal - adj. situated in front of the anus
6700.
prearrange - verb arrange beforehand
6701.
prearrangement - noun something arranged in advance
6702.
prebend - noun the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
6703.
prebendary - noun a canon who receives a prebend for serving the church
6704.
precancerous - adj. of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
6705.
precariously - adv. in a precarious manner
6706.
precariousness - noun extreme dangerousness; being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
6707.
precast - adj. of structural members especially of concrete; cast into form before being transported to the site of
installation
6708.
precative - adj. expressing entreaty or supplication
6709.
precatory - adj. expressing entreaty or supplication
6710.
precautional - adj. taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
6711.
precava - noun 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
6712.
precedence - noun status established in order of importance or urgency; the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in
a ceremony); preceding in time
6713.
precedency - noun the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony); preceding in time; status established in
order of importance or urgency
6714.
precedented - adj. having or supported or justified by a precedent
6715.
precedential - adj. having precedence (especially because of longer service)
6716.
preceding - adj. existing or coming before; preceding in time or order; of a person who has held and relinquished a
position or office
6717.
precentor - noun the musical director of a choir
6718.
precentorship - noun the position of precentor
6719.
preceptor - noun teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
6720.
preceptorship - noun the position of preceptor
6721.
preciosity - noun the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
6722.
preciously - adv. in a precious manner; extremely
6723.
preciousness - noun the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined; the positive quality of being precious and
beyond value; the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
6724.
precipitance - noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
6725.
precipitancy - noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
6726.
precipitant - adj. done with very great haste and without due deliberation; noun an agent that causes a precipitate to form
6727.
precipitately - adv. at breakneck speed
6728.
precipitation - noun an unexpected acceleration or hastening; the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height;
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist); the process of forming a chemical precipitate; the
quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; overly eager speed (and possible
carelessness)
6729.
precipitator - noun removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation
6730.
precipitin - noun an antibody that causes precipitation when it unites with its antigen
6731.
precipitously - adv. abruptly; in a precipitous manner; very suddenly and to a great degree
6732.
precipitousness - noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning; the property possessed by a
slope that is very steep
6733.
precisely - adv. indicating exactness or preciseness; in a precise manner; just as it should be
6734.
preciseness - noun the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; clarity as a consequence of precision
6735.
preclinical - adj. 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
6736.
preclusion - noun the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
6737.
preclusive - adj. made impossible
6738.
precocial - adj. (of hatchlings) covered with down and having eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days
6739.
precociously - adv. in a precocious manner
6740.
precociousness - noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
6741.
precognition - noun knowledge of an event before it occurs
6742.
precognitive - adj. foreseeing the future
6743.
preconceive - verb conceive beforehand
6744.
preconceived - adj. (of an idea or opinion) formed beforehand; especially without evidence or through prejudice
6745.
preconception - noun an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; a partiality that prevents objective
consideration of an issue or situation
6746.
preconcerted - adj. previously arranged or agreed on
6747.
precondition - noun a condition that is a prerequisite; an assumption that is taken for granted; an assumption on which
rests the validity or effect of something else; verb put into the required condition beforehand
6748.
preconditioned - adj. having already been put into a suitable condition
6749.
precook - verb cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
6750.
precordial - adj. in front of the heart; involving the precordium
6751.
precordium - noun the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach
6752.
precursory - adj. warning of future misfortune
6753.
predaceous - adj. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; hunting and killing other animals for food
6754.
predate - verb establish something as being earlier relative to something else; be earlier in time; go back further; prey on
or hunt for; come before
6755.
predation - noun the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey; an act of plundering and pillaging and
marauding
6756.
predator - noun any animal that lives by preying on other animals; someone who attacks in search of booty
6757.
predecease - verb die before; die earlier than
6758.
predestinarian - adj. of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination; noun anyone who submits to
the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
6759.
predestinarianism - noun the belief or doctrine of predestinarians
6760.
predestinate - adj. established or prearranged unalterably; verb foreordain by divine will or decree
6761.
predestination - noun (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); previous determination as
if by destiny or fate
6762.
predestinationist - noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
6763.
predestine - verb foreordain or determine beforehand; foreordain by divine will or decree; decree or determine
beforehand
6764.
predetermination - noun the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place; (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)
6765.
predetermine - verb determine beforehand; cause to be biased
6766.
predication - noun (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for
argument
6767.
predicative - adj. of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence
6768.
predicatively - adv. occuring within the predicate phrase
6769.
predicator - noun an expression that predicates
6770.
predictability - noun the quality of being predictable
6771.
predictable - adj. capable of being foretold
6772.
predictably - adv. in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree
6773.
prediction - noun the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future); a statement made about the future
6774.
predictive - adj. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
6775.
predigest - verb digest (food) beforehand
6776.
predilection - noun a predisposition in favor of something; a strong liking
6777.
predisposed - adj. made susceptible
6778.
predominance - noun the state of being predominant over others; the quality of being more noticeable than anything else
6779.
predominantly - adv. much greater in number or influence
6780.
predomination - noun the quality of being more noticeable than anything else; the state of being predominant over others
6781.
preexist - verb exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time
6782.
prefabrication - noun the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled
at the building site
6783.
prefatorial - adj. serving as an introduction or preface
6784.
prefectural - adj. of or relating to a prefecture
6785.
preferable - adj. more desirable than another
6786.
preferably - adv. more readily or willingly
6787.
preferent - adj. preferred above all others and treated with partiality
6788.
preferentially - adv. in a preferential manner
6789.
preferment - noun the act of preferring; the act of making accusations
6790.
prefiguration - noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand; an example that prefigures
or foreshadows what is to come
6791.
prefigurative - adj. indistinctly prophetic
6792.
prefigure - verb imagine or consider beforehand; indicate by signs
6793.
prefixation - noun formation of a word by means of a prefix
6794.
preform - verb form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand; form into a shape resembling the final,
desired one
6795.
preformation - noun 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
6796.
prefrontal - adj. anterior to a frontal structure
6797.
pregnancy - noun the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing
fetus in her uterus
6798.
preheat - verb heat beforehand
6799.
prehend - verb take hold of; grab
6800.
prehensile - adj. adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; having a keen intellect; immoderately
desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
6801.
prehension - noun the act of gripping something firmly with the hands
6802.
prehistorical - adj. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
6803.
prehistory - noun the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
6804.
preindication - noun an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
6805.
prejudge - verb judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
6806.
prejudgement - noun a judgment reached before the evidence is available
6807.
prejudgment - noun a judgment reached before the evidence is available
6808.
prejudiced - adj. being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; emanating from a person's emotions and
prejudices
6809.
prejudicious - adj. (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; tending to favor preconceived ideas
6810.
prelacy - noun the office or station of a prelate; prelates collectively
6811.
prelapsarian - adj. of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
6812.
prelate - noun a senior clergyman and dignitary
6813.
prelature - noun the office or station of a prelate; prelates collectively
6814.
prelim - noun an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue; a minor match preceding
the main event
6815.
preliterate - adj. used of a society that has not developed writing; not yet having acquired the ability to read and write
6816.
premarital - adj. relating to events before a marriage
6817.
prematurely - adv. too soon; in a premature manner; (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
6818.
prematureness - noun the state of being premature
6819.
prematurity - noun the state of being premature
6820.
premedical - adj. preceding and preparing for the study of medicine; preparing for the study of medicine
6821.
premeditation - noun (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal
intent; planning or plotting in advance of acting
6822.
premenstrual - adj. of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation
6823.
premiership - noun the office of premier
6824.
premiss - noun a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; verb take something as
preexisting and given
6825.
premix - noun a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients
6826.
premolar - noun a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
6827.
prenanthes - noun 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
6828.
prenatal - adj. occurring or existing before birth
6829.
prenominal - adj. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
6830.
prenuptial - adj. relating to events before a marriage
6831.
preoccupancy - noun the act of taking occupancy before someone else does; the mental state of being preoccupied by
something
6832.
preoccupation - noun the mental state of being preoccupied by something; an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds
the attention; the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
6833.
preoccupied - adj. having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; deeply absorbed in thought
6834.
preoperative - adj. happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation
6835.
preordain - verb foreordain or determine beforehand
6836.
preordination - noun (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)
6837.
prepared - adj. equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; made ready or fit or suitable beforehand;
having made preparations
6838.
preparedness - noun the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
6839.
prepay - verb pay for something before receiving it
6840.
prepayment - noun payment in advance
6841.
preponderance - noun exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; a superiority in numbers or amount; superiority in
power or influence
6842.
preponderantly - adv. much greater in number or influence
6843.
preponderating - adj. having superior power and influence
6844.
prepose - verb place before another constituent in the sentence
6845.
prepositional - adj. of or relating to or formed with a preposition
6846.
prepositionally - adv. as a preposition
6847.
prepossess - verb make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; cause to be preoccupied; possess beforehand;
influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
6848.
prepossessing - adj. creating a favorable impression
6849.
prepossession - noun the condition of being prepossessed; an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence
6850.
preposterously - adv. so as to arouse or deserve laughter
6851.
prepotency - noun the state of being predominant over others
6852.
preprandial - adj. preceding a meal (especially dinner)
6853.
prepubertal - adj. (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated
growth
6854.
prepuberty - noun a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to
sexual maturity occur
6855.
prepubescent - adj. (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated
growth
6856.
prepuce - noun a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis; a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
6857.
prepupal - adj. of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages
6858.
prerecord - verb record before presentation, as of a broadcast
6859.
presbyope - noun a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of
the elasticity of the crystalline lens
6860.
presbyopia - noun farsightedness resulting from a reduced ability to focus caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline
lens with age
6861.
presbyopic - adj. able to see distant objects clearly
6862.
presbyter - noun an elder in the Presbyterian Church
6863.
presbyterianism - noun the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism
6864.
preschool - noun an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
6865.
prescience - noun the power to foresee the future
6866.
prescient - adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur
6867.
presciently - adv. with foresight
6868.
preseason - noun a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation
6869.
presentable - adj. fit to be seen
6870.
presentably - adv. in a presentable manner
6871.
presenter - noun an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.); someone who
presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.); person who makes a gift of property
6872.
presentiment - noun a feeling of evil to come
6873.
presentist - noun a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of
Revelations) are being fulfilled at the present time
6874.
presently - adv. at this time or period; now; in the near future
6875.
presentment - noun an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative; a document that must be accepted
and paid by another person; a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
6876.
presentness - noun the quality of being the present
6877.
preservable - adj. capable of being preserved
6878.
preservationist - noun someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas
6879.
preservative - adj. tending or having the power to preserve; noun a chemical compound that is added to protect against
decay or decomposition
6880.
preserver - noun someone who keeps safe from harm or danger; a cook who preserves fruits or meat; rescue equipment
consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning; a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish
buildings or antique furniture
6881.
preset - adj. set in advance
6882.
presidency - noun the office and function of president; the tenure of a president
6883.
presidentially - adv. in a presidential manner
6884.
presidentship - noun the office and function of president
6885.
presidio - noun a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions
and other holdings
6886.
presidium - noun 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
6887.
pressing - adj. compelling immediate action; noun a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press; the act of
pressing; the exertion of pressure
6888.
pressingly - adv. in a pressing manner
6889.
pressman - noun a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media; someone whose
occupation is printing
6890.
pressmark - noun a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
6891.
pressor - adj. increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; noun 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
6892.
pressurize - verb increase the pressure in or of; maintain a certain pressure; increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
6893.
prestidigitation - noun manual dexterity in the execution of tricks
6894.
prestidigitator - noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
6895.
prestigiousness - noun a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.
6896.
prestissimo - adj. (of tempo) as fast as possible; adv. extremely fast; as fast as possible
6897.
presumable - adj. capable of being inferred on slight grounds
6898.
presumably - adv. by reasonable assumption
6899.
presumptively - adv. by reasonable assumption
6900.
presumptuously - adv. in a presumptuous manner
6901.
presumptuousness - noun audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
6902.
presymptomatic - adj. 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
6903.
pretended - adj. adopted in order to deceive
6904.
pretender - noun a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title); 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; a person who makes
deceitful
6905.
retenses
6906.
pretentiously - adv. in a pretentious manner
6907.
pretentiousness - noun the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false
appearance of great importance or worth); lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
6908.
preterist - noun a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations)
have already been fulfilled
6909.
preterit - noun a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
6910.
preterition - noun suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
6911.
pretermission - noun letting pass without notice
6912.
pretermit - verb disregard intentionally or let pass; leave undone or leave out
6913.
preternatural - adj. surpassing the ordinary or normal; existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
6914.
preternaturally - adv. in a supernatural manner
6915.
pretorial - adj. of or relating to a Roman praetor
6916.
prettify - verb make more beautiful
6917.
prettily - adv. in a pretty manner
6918.
prettiness - noun the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)
6919.
pretzel - noun glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot
6920.
prevalence - noun the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; (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; a superiority in numbers or
6921.
mount
6922.
prevaricate - verb be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
6923.
prevarication - noun the deliberate act of deviating from the truth; intentionally vague or ambiguous; a statement that
deviates from or perverts the truth
6924.
prevaricator - noun a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
6925.
prevenient - adj. in anticipation
6926.
preventable - adj. capable of being prevented
6927.
preventative - adj. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; tending to prevent or hinder; noun an agent or
device intended to prevent conception; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome; remedy that prevents or slows the course
of an illness or disease
6928.
previously - adv. at an earlier time or formerly
6929.
previse - verb realize beforehand; warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning
6930.
prevision - noun a prophetic vision (as in a dream); seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing; the act of predicting
(as by reasoning about the future); the power to foresee the future
6931.
prevue - noun an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
6932.
prewar - adj. existing or belonging to a time before a war
6933.
priacanthidae - noun small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
6934.
priacanthus - noun type genus of the Priacanthidae
6935.
priapic - adj. overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality; resembling or being a phallus
6936.
priapism - noun condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal
6937.
priapus - noun (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
6938.
priceless - adj. having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
6939.
pricelessness - noun the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
6940.
pricker - noun an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws; a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a
stem or leaf
6941.
pricket - noun male deer in his second year; a sharp metal spike to hold a candle
6942.
pricking - noun the act of puncturing with a small point
6943.
prickleback - noun small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines; small (2-4
inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects
of much research
6944.
prickliness - noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
6945.
prickling - adj. causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; noun a somatic sensation as
from many tiny prickles
6946.
prickly - adj. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; very irritable
6947.
prideful - adj. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; having or showing arrogant superiority to and
disdain of those one views as unworthy
6948.
pridefulness - noun a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
6949.
priestcraft - noun the skills involved in the work of a priest; a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to
control secular or political affairs
6950.
priestess - noun a woman priest
6951.
priesthood - noun the body of ordained religious practitioners
6952.
priestlike - adj. befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood
6953.
priestly - adj. befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood; associated with the priesthood or priests
6954.
priggishly - adv. in a priggish manner
6955.
priggishness - noun exaggerated and arrogant properness
6956.
primality - noun the property of being a prime number
6957.
primarily - adv. of primary import; for the most part
6958.
primates - noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
6959.
primateship - noun the office of primate
6960.
primer - noun an introductory textbook; the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface; any igniter that
is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
6961.
primigravida - noun (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time
6962.
priming - noun the act of making something ready; the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface; any
igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
6963.
primipara - noun (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
6964.
primiparous - adj. of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once
6965.
primitively - adv. in a primitive style or manner; with reference to the origin or beginning
6966.
primly - adv. in a prissy manner
6967.
primness - noun excessive or affected modesty; exaggerated and arrogant properness
6968.
primogenitor - noun an ancestor in the direct line
6969.
primogeniture - noun right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
6970.
primordium - noun an organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development
6971.
primula - noun any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers
clustered in umbels or heads
6972.
primulaceae - noun a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the
northern hemisphere
6973.
primulales - noun Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae
6974.
primus - noun the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland; a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by
campers
6975.
princedom - noun the dignity or rank or position of a prince; territory ruled by a prince
6976.
princeling - noun a young prince; a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
6977.
princely - adj. having the rank of or befitting a prince; rich and superior in quality
6978.
princewood - noun tropical American timber tree; large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant
creamy white flowers and valuable wood
6979.
principality - noun territory ruled by a prince
6980.
principally - adv. for the most part
6981.
principalship - noun the post of principal
6982.
principled - adj. based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
6983.
prink - verb dress very carefully and in a finicky manner; put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
attractive
6984.
printable - adj. fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable
6985.
printed - adj. written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press
6986.
printer - noun a machine that prints; (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing;
someone whose occupation is printing
6987.
printing - noun the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution; text handwritten in the style of printed
matter; reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication; all the copies of a work printed at one time
6988.
priodontes - noun solely the giant armadillo
6989.
prion - noun (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
6990.
prioress - noun the superior of a group of nuns
6991.
priority - noun preceding in time; status established in order of importance or urgency
6992.
priorship - noun the office of prior
6993.
prismatoid - noun 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
6994.
prismoid - noun a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are
trapezoids or parallelograms
6995.
prisoner - noun a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
6996.
prisonlike - adj. resembling a prison
6997.
prissily - adv. in a prissy manner
6998.
pristis - noun type genus of the Pristidae
6999.
privateer - noun a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy
nation; an officer or crew member of a privateer
7000.
privateersman - noun an officer or crew member of a privateer
7001.
privately - adv. kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; by a private person or interest
7002.
privateness - noun the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others; the condition of being concealed or
hidden
7003.
privation - noun act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; a state of extreme poverty
7004.
privileged - adj. blessed with privileges; not subject to usual rules or penalties; confined to an exclusive group
7005.
privily - adv. confidentially or in secret
7006.
prizefight - noun a boxing match between professional boxers for a cash prize; verb box for a prize or money
7007.
probabilism - noun (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for
belief and action; 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
7008.
probabilistic - adj. of or relating to or based on probability; of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of
probabilism
7009.
probability - noun the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; 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
7010.
probable - adj. apparently destined; likely but not certain to be or become true or real; noun an applicant likely to be
chosen
7011.
probably - adv. with considerable certainty; without much doubt; easy to believe on the basis of available evidence
7012.
probation - noun (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; a trial period during which an offender
has time to redeem himself or herself; a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are
suitable for work or for membership
7013.
probationary - adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
7014.
probationer - noun someone released on probation or on parole; a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
7015.
probative - adj. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
7016.
probatory - adj. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
7017.
problematical - adj. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; open to doubt or debate
7018.
problematically - adv. in such a way as to pose a problem
7019.
proboscidea - noun an order of animals including elephants and mammoths; in some classifications included in the genus
Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
7020.
proboscidean - noun massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
7021.
proboscidian - noun massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
7022.
proboscis - noun a long flexible snout as of an elephant; the human nose (especially when it is large)
7023.
procavia - noun type genus of the Procaviidae
7024.
procaviidae - noun includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
7025.
proceeding - noun (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
7026.
proceeds - noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
7027.
procellaria - noun type genus of the Procellariidae
7028.
procellariidae - noun petrels; fulmars; shearwaters
7029.
procellariiformes - noun petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
7030.
processional - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of a procession; intended for use in a procession; noun religious
music used in a procession
7031.
proconsul - noun an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul; a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman
Republic and Roman Empire; an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
7032.
proconsular - adj. of or relating to or typical of a proconsul
7033.
proconsulate - noun the position of proconsul
7034.
proconsulship - noun the position of proconsul
7035.
procrastination - noun the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time; slowness as
a consequence of not getting around to it
7036.
procrastinator - noun someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
7037.
procreation - noun the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
7038.
procreative - adj. producing new life or offspring
7039.
proctalgia - noun pain in the rectum
7040.
proctitis - noun inflammation of the rectum; marked by bloody stools and a frequent urge to defecate; frequently
associated with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
7041.
proctocele - noun protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by
childbirth
7042.
proctologist - noun a doctor specializing in diseases of the rectum and anus
7043.
proctology - noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or
anus
7044.
proctoplasty - noun reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum
7045.
proctorship - noun the position of proctor
7046.
proctoscope - noun an endoscope for examining the rectum
7047.
proctoscopy - noun visual examination of the rectum and the end of the colon by means of a proctoscope
7048.
procumbent - adj. having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
7049.
procurable - adj. capable of being obtained
7050.
procural - noun the act of getting possession of something
7051.
procurance - noun the act of getting possession of something
7052.
procurator - noun (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes; a person
authorized to act for another
7053.
procurement - noun the act of getting possession of something
7054.
procurer - noun someone who obtains or acquires; someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a
pimp a ponce)
7055.
procuress - noun a woman pimp
7056.
procyonidae - noun raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
7057.
prodigality - noun excessive spending; the trait of spending extravagantly
7058.
prodigally - adv. in a prodigal manner; to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree
7059.
prodigiously - adv. to a prodigious degree
7060.
prodroma - noun an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur
7061.
prodromal - adj. symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease
7062.
prodrome - noun an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur
7063.
prodromic - adj. symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease
7064.
produced - adj. that is caused by
7065.
producer - noun something that produces; someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation
of a show (play or film or program or similar work); someone who manufactures something
7066.
production - noun (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; the act or process of producing something; the creation of
value or wealth by producing goods and services; (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large
quantities) for sale; a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; a display that is exaggerated or unduly
complicated; an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is
created (usually within a given period of time)
7067.
productive - adj. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); yielding positive results; marked by great
fruitfulness; having the ability to produce or originate
7068.
productively - adv. in a productive way
7069.
productiveness - noun the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
7070.
proenzyme - noun 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
7071.
profanation - noun degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening; blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving
something of its sacred character
7072.
profanatory - adj. profaning or tending to desecrate
7073.
profanely - adv. in an irreverent or profane manner; with curses
7074.
profaneness - noun unholiness by virtue of being profane; an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity
7075.
profanity - noun vulgar or irreverent speech or action
7076.
professed - adj. claimed with intent to deceive; professing to be qualified; openly declared as such
7077.
professedly - adv. with pretense or intention to deceive; by open declaration
7078.
professionalism - noun the expertness characteristic of a professional person
7079.
professionalization - noun the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of
livelihood
7080.
professionalize - verb make professional or give a professional character to; become professional or proceed in a
professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood
7081.
professionally - adv. in a professional manner
7082.
professorially - adv. in a professorial manner
7083.
professorship - noun the position of professor
7084.
proficiency - noun the quality of having great facility and competence; skillfulness in the command of fundamentals
deriving from practice and familiarity
7085.
proficiently - adv. in a proficient manner
7086.
profitability - noun the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit
7087.
profitable - adj. promoting benefit or gain; yielding material gain or profit; providing profit; productive of profit
7088.
profitableness - noun the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit; the quality of being encouraging or promising of a
successful outcome
7089.
profitably - adv. in a productive way
7090.
profitless - adj. without profit or reward
7091.
profitlessly - adv. without gain or profit
7092.
profligately - adv. in a dissolute way
7093.
profoundly - adv. to a great depth psychologically
7094.
profoundness - noun extremeness of degree; intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; the quality of
being physically deep; the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas; wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
7095.
profusely - adv. in an abundant manner
7096.
profuseness - noun the property of being extremely abundant
7097.
progeria - noun a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a
child
7098.
progestational - adj. preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation
and formation of the corpus luteum; of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)
7099.
progesterone - noun a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus
for pregnancy
7100.
progestin - noun any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone
7101.
prognathic - adj. having a projecting lower jaw
7102.
prognathism - noun the condition of being prognathous; the condition of having a projecting jaw
7103.
prognathous - adj. having a projecting lower jaw
7104.
progne - noun a genus of Hirundinidae
7105.
prognostic - adj. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions; noun a sign of something about to
happen
7106.
prognostication - noun knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source); a statement made
about the future; a sign of something about to happen
7107.
prognosticative - adj. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
7108.
prognosticator - noun someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
7109.
program - noun a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; a system of projects or services
intended to meet a public need; (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; an
announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; a series of steps to be carried out or goals to
be accomplished; a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; a radio or television show; an integrated course
of academic studies; verb arrange a program of or for; write a computer program
7110.
programma - noun an edict that has been publicly posted
7111.
progressively - adv. advancing in amount or intensity
7112.
progressiveness - noun advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
7113.
progressivism - noun the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and
society
7114.
progressivity - noun advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
7115.
progymnosperm - noun an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived
7116.
prohibitionist - noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
7117.
prohibitively - adv. to a prohibitive degree
7118.
projecting - adj. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
7119.
projection - noun any structure that branches out from a central support; the representation of a figure or solid on a plane
as it would look from a particular direction; a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations; the projection of an
image from a film onto a screen; the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; (psychiatry) a defense
mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else; any solid convex shape that juts out from
something; the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting; the act of projecting out from something; a planned undertaking
7120.
projectionist - noun the person who operates the projector in a movie house
7121.
prolactin - noun gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary
glands and lactation after parturition
7122.
prolapse - noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus); verb slip or fall out of place, as of body
parts
7123.
prolapsus - noun the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
7124.
prolegomenon - noun a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise
7125.
prolepsis - noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
7126.
proletarian - adj. belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat; the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no
property; noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
7127.
proliferation - noun growth by the rapid multiplication of parts; a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in
the number of deadly weapons)
7128.
prolificacy - noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
7129.
prolixity - noun boring verbosity
7130.
prolixness - noun boring verbosity
7131.
prologize - verb write or speak a prologue
7132.
prologuize - verb write or speak a prologue
7133.
prolongation - noun the act of prolonging something; the consequence of being lengthened in duration; amount or degree
or range to which something extends
7134.
prolonge - noun a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage
7135.
prolusory - adj. of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion
7136.
prominence - noun relative importance; the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent; something that bulges
out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
7137.
prominently - adv. in a prominent way
7138.
promiscuously - adv. in an indiscriminate manner; in a licentious and promiscuous manner
7139.
promiscuousness - noun indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations
7140.
promisee - noun a person to whom a promise is made
7141.
promiser - noun a person who makes a promise
7142.
promising - adj. showing possibility of achievement or excellence; full or promise
7143.
promisingly - adv. in an auspicious manner
7144.
promisor - noun a person who makes a promise
7145.
promissory - adj. relating to or having the character of a promise
7146.
promontory - noun a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
7147.
promoter - noun someone who is an active supporter and advocate; a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
7148.
promotional - adj. of or relating to serving as publicity; of or relating to advancement
7149.
promotive - adj. tending to further or encourage
7150.
promptbook - noun the copy of the playscript used by the prompter
7151.
prompter - noun a device that displays words for people to read; someone who assists a performer by providing the next
words of a forgotten speech
7152.
promptly - adv. in a punctual manner; at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); with little or no delay
7153.
promptness - noun the characteristic of doing things without delay; the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
7154.
promulgation - noun the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect;
the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice; a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen
7155.
promulgator - noun (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution)
7156.
promycelium - noun the basidium of various fungi
7157.
pronate - verb turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
7158.
pronation - noun rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
7159.
pronator - noun a muscle that produces or assists in pronation
7160.
proneness - noun being disposed to do something
7161.
prongbuck - noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
7162.
pronged - adj. having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; resembling a fork; divided or separated into two
branches
7163.
pronghorn - noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
7164.
pronominal - adj. relating to pronouns; noun a phrase that functions as a pronoun
7165.
pronounced - adj. produced by the organs of speech; strongly marked; easily noticeable
7166.
pronouncement - noun an authoritative declaration
7167.
pronucleus - noun the nucleus of the ovum or sperm after fertilization but before they fuse to form the nucleus of the
zygote
7168.
pronunciamento - noun a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
7169.
proofreader - noun someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
7170.
propaedeutic - adj. preceding and preparing for something; noun a course that provides an introduction to an art or
science (or to more advanced study generally)
7171.
propaedeutics - noun a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)
7172.
propagandistic - adj. of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
7173.
propagandize - verb spread by propaganda; subject to propaganda
7174.
propagation - noun the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions; the movement of a wave through a
medium; the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
7175.
propagative - adj. characterized by propagation or relating to propagation
7176.
propagator - noun someone who spreads the news; someone who propagates plants (as under glass)
7177.
propanol - noun a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic
7178.
propanone - noun the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for
making plastics
7179.
proparoxytone - noun word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult
7180.
propellent - adj. tending to or capable of propelling; noun something that propels
7181.
propene - noun a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
7182.
properly - adv. in the right manner; with reason or justice
7183.
properness - noun correct or appropriate behavior
7184.
propertied - adj. owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
7185.
propertyless - adj. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; the lowest class of citizens of
ancient Rome who had no property
7186.
prophase - noun the first stage of mitosis; the first stage of meiosis
7187.
prophesier - noun an authoritative person who divines the future
7188.
prophetess - noun a woman prophet
7189.
prophetical - adj. foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
7190.
prophetically - adv. in a prophetic manner
7191.
prophylaxis - noun the prevention of disease
7192.
prophyll - noun a plant structure resembling a leaf
7193.
propinquity - noun the property of being close together
7194.
propitiation - noun the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity); the act of placating and
overcoming distrust and animosity
7195.
propitiative - adj. intended to reconcile or appease
7196.
propitiatory - adj. intended to reconcile or appease; having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or
propitiation
7197.
propitiously - adv. in an auspicious manner
7198.
propitiousness - noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
7199.
propman - noun member of the stage crew in charge of properties
7200.
proportionable - adj. proportionate
7201.
proportional - adj. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; having
a constant ratio; (of taxes) increasing as the amount taxed increases; noun one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
7202.
proportionality - noun a ratio of two quantities that is constant; harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements
within a whole (as in a design)
7203.
proportionally - adv. to a proportionate degree
7204.
proportionately - adv. in proportion; to a proportionate degree; in proportion
7205.
proportionateness - noun the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
7206.
proposer - noun (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion; someone who advances a suggestion or
proposal
7207.
propositus - noun the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
7208.
proprietorship - noun an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and
entitled to its profits
7209.
proprietress - noun a woman proprietor
7210.
proprioceptor - noun special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding
the position and movement of the body
7211.
props - noun proper respect
7212.
propulsive - adj. having the power to propel; tending to or capable of propelling
7213.
proration - noun 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
7214.
prorogation - noun discontinuing the meetings (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
7215.
prosaically - adv. in a matter-of-fact manner
7216.
prosaicness - noun commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
7217.
proselyte - noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
7218.
proselytism - noun the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the
gospel; the practice of proselytizing
7219.
proselytize - verb convert to another faith or religion
7220.
prosencephalon - noun the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the
neural tube
7221.
prosily - adv. in a prosy manner
7222.
prosimian - noun primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
7223.
prosiness - noun commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
7224.
prosodion - noun religious music used in a procession
7225.
prosopis - noun genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
7226.
prosopium - noun whitefishes
7227.
prospective - adj. anticipated for the near future; concerned with or related to the future
7228.
prosperity - noun the condition of prospering; having good fortune; an economic state of growth with rising profits and
full employment
7229.
prosperously - adv. in the manner of prosperous people
7230.
prospicience - noun seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
7231.
prostatectomy - noun surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland
7232.
prostatic - adj. relating to the prostate gland
7233.
prostatitis - noun inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe)
chills and fever
7234.
prosthetics - noun the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts
7235.
prosthetist - noun an expert in prosthetics
7236.
prosthion - noun craniometric point that is the most anterior point in the midline on the alveolar process of the maxilla
7237.
prosthodontia - noun the branch of dentistry dealing with the replacement of teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by
artificial devices
7238.
prosthodontist - noun a dentist who is expert in prosthodontics
7239.
prostigmin - noun a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat
myasthenia gravis
7240.
prostration - noun the act of assuming a prostrate position; abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating
your body; a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
7241.
prostyle - adj. marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure
7242.
prosy - adj. lacking wit or imagination
7243.
protagonism - noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
7244.
protamine - noun a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin;
counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin
7245.
protanopia - noun dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to
distinguish red and purplish blue
7246.
protanopic - adj. inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
7247.
protea - noun any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads
resembling cones
7248.
proteaceae - noun large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly
tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
7249.
protecting - adj. shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort
7250.
protection - noun payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; the activity of protecting someone or something;
the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition; the condition of
being protected; kindly endorsement and guidance; a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; defense against
financial failure; financial independence
7251.
protectionism - noun the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas
competition
7252.
protectionist - noun an advocate of protectionism
7253.
protective - adj. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful; intended or adapted to afford protection of some
kind; showing a care
7254.
protectively - adv. in a protective manner
7255.
protectiveness - noun the quality of providing protection; a feeling of protective affection
7256.
protectorship - noun the position of protector
7257.
protegee - noun a woman protege
7258.
proteidae - noun mud puppies
7259.
proteinaceous - adj. relating to or of the nature of protein
7260.
proteinase - noun any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a
process known as proteolysis
7261.
proteinuria - noun the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also globulin) in the urine; usually a symptom
of kidney disorder
7262.
proteles - noun aardwolf
7263.
proteosome - noun a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler
7264.
proterozoic - adj. formed in the later of two divisions of the Precambrian era; noun from 2,500 to 544 million years ago;
bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms
7265.
protestantism - noun the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the
Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
7266.
protester - noun someone who participates in a public display of group feeling; a person who dissents from some
established policy
7267.
protestingly - adv. in a protesting manner
7268.
proteus - noun type genus of the Proteidae; (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of
changing his shape at will
7269.
prothalamion - noun a song in celebration of a marriage
7270.
prothalamium - noun a song in celebration of a marriage
7271.
prothorax - noun the anterior part of an insect's thorax; bears the first pair of legs
7272.
prothrombin - noun a protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
7273.
protist - noun free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
7274.
protista - noun eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime
molds, and eukaryotic algae
7275.
protistan - noun free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes
7276.
protium - noun genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi
7277.
proto - adj. indicating the first or earliest or original
7278.
protoactinium - noun a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium
and then into lead
7279.
protoceratops - noun small horned dinosaur
7280.
protogeometric - adj. characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especially in Greece
7281.
protohippus - noun Pliocene horse approaching donkeys in size
7282.
protohistory - noun the study humans prior to the invention of writing
7283.
protomammal - noun probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
7284.
protoplast - noun a biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts
7285.
prototheria - noun echidnas; platypus
7286.
prototherian - noun primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea
7287.
prototypal - adj. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
7288.
prototypical - adj. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
7289.
protozoal - adj. of or relating to the Protozoa
7290.
protozoic - adj. of or relating to the Protozoa
7291.
protozoological - adj. concerning the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
7292.
protozoologist - noun a zoologist who studies protozoans
7293.
protozoology - noun the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
7294.
protozoon - noun any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
7295.
protracted - adj. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
7296.
protractedly - adv. in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way
7297.
protractible - adj. able to be extended
7298.
protractile - adj. able to be extended
7299.
protraction - noun the act of prolonging something; the consequence of being lengthened in duration
7300.
protractor - noun drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
7301.
protrusible - adj. capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue
7302.
protrusile - adj. capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue
7303.
protuberance - noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; something that bulges out or is
protuberant or projects from its surroundings
7304.
protuberate - verb form a rounded prominence; cause to bulge out or project
7305.
protura - noun minute wingless arthropods: telsontails
7306.
proturan - noun any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp
soil or decaying organic matter
7307.
proudly - adv. in a proud manner
7308.
provability - noun capability of being demonstrated or logically proved
7309.
provable - adj. capable of being demonstrated or proved
7310.
provably - adv. in an obvious and provable manner
7311.
proved - adj. established beyond doubt
7312.
provencal - noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
7313.
provence - noun a former province of southeastern France; now administered with Cote d'Azur
7314.
provender - noun a stock or supply of foods; food for domestic livestock
7315.
provenience - noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
7316.
proverbially - adv. in the manner of something that has become a byword
7317.
providence - noun the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; the prudence and care exercised by someone in the
management of resources; the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett
Bay; site of Brown University; a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
7318.
providentially - adv. in a providential manner; as determined by providence; in a fortunately providential manner; in a
prudent manner
7319.
providently - adv. in a provident manner
7320.
provider - noun someone who provides the means for subsistence; someone whose business is to supply a particular
service or commodity
7321.
provincialism - noun a lack of sophistication; a partiality for some particular place
7322.
provincially - adv. by the province; through the province
7323.
provisionally - adv. temporarily and conditionally
7324.
provisionary - adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
7325.
provisioner - noun a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
7326.
provisory - adj. subject to a proviso
7327.
provitamin - noun vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues
7328.
provocatively - adv. in a provocative manner
7329.
provoker - noun someone who deliberately foments trouble
7330.
provoking - adj. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
7331.
provokingly - adv. in a provocative manner
7332.
prowler - noun someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
7333.
proximo - adj. in or of the next month after the present
7334.
prude - noun a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
7335.
prudence - noun discretion in practical affairs; knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
7336.
prudently - adv. in a prudent manner
7337.
prudery - noun excessive or affected modesty
7338.
prudish - adj. exaggeratedly proper
7339.
prudishly - adv. in a prudish manner
7340.
prudishness - noun excessive or affected modesty
7341.
prunella - noun type genus of the Prunellidae; small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small
purplish or white flowers
7342.
prunellidae - noun hedge sparrow
7343.
pruner - noun a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small
trees; a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs
7344.
pruning - noun the act of trimming a plant; something that has been pruned off of a plant
7345.
prunus - noun a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
7346.
prurience - noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
7347.
pruriency - noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
7348.
pruriently - adv. in a prurient manner
7349.
prurigo - noun chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching
7350.
pruritus - noun an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or
jaundice etc.)
7351.
prussian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants; noun a German inhabitant of Prussia
7352.
prying - adj. offensively curious or inquisitive; noun offensive inquisitiveness
7353.
pryingly - adv. in a curious and prying manner
7354.
psalmist - noun a composer of sacred songs
7355.
psalmody - noun the act of singing psalms or hymns
7356.
psalterium - noun the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
7357.
psammoma - noun a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures
associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles
7358.
psephurus - noun a genus of Polyodontidae
7359.
psetta - noun a genus of Bothidae
7360.
pseudechis - noun venomous Australian blacksnakes
7361.
pseudepigrapha - noun 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
7362.
pseudobulb - noun a solid bulblike enlargement of the stem of some orchids
7363.
pseudocarp - noun fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary; as apple or strawberry
7364.
pseudococcus - noun type genus of the Pseudococcidae
7365.
pseudocyesis - noun physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
7366.
pseudoephedrine - noun poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it
7367.
pseudohallucination - noun an image vivid enough to be a hallucination but recognized as unreal
7368.
pseudohermaphrodite - adj. having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the
other sex; noun 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
7369.
pseudohermaphroditic - adj. having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the
other sex
7370.
pseudohermaphroditism - noun congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex
organs of the other sex
7371.
pseudolarix - noun one species: golden larch
7372.
pseudomonas - noun type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae
7373.
pseudonym - noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
7374.
pseudonymous - adj. bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name
7375.
pseudoperipteral - adj. having columniation completely circling an area of the structure
7376.
pseudopod - noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
7377.
pseudopodium - noun temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion
7378.
pseudoscientific - adj. based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific
7379.
pseudoscorpion - noun small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
7380.
pseudoscorpiones - noun false scorpions
7381.
pseudoscorpionida - noun false scorpions
7382.
pseudotsuga - noun douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya
7383.
psidium - noun guavas
7384.
psilomelane - noun a mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium; a source of manganese
7385.
psilophytales - noun Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest
known vascular land plants
7386.
psilophyte - noun any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant
7387.
psilophyton - noun any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton
7388.
psilosis - noun falling out of hair
7389.
psilotaceae - noun small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
7390.
psilotum - noun type genus of the Psilotaceae
7391.
psithyrus - noun a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
7392.
psittacidae - noun coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
7393.
psittaciformes - noun an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws
and parakeets
7394.
psittacosis - noun an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected
birds; infectious disease of birds
7395.
psittacus - noun type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey
7396.
psoas - noun either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh
7397.
psocid - noun small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant
matter
7398.
psocidae - noun a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice
7399.
psoralea - noun widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose
purple or white flowers
7400.
psoriasis - noun 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
7401.
pst - noun 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
7402.
psychiatrical - adj. relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
7403.
psychical - adj. outside the sphere of physical science; affecting or influenced by the human mind
7404.
psychically - adv. from a psychic point of view
7405.
psychoanalytical - adj. of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by
Sigmund Freud
7406.
psychoanalyze - verb subject to psychoanalytic treatment
7407.
psychodidae - noun very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand
flies
7408.
psychogenesis - noun a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind; the development in
the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors
7409.
psychogenetic - adj. of or relating to the origin and development of the mind; of or relating to the psychological cause of a
disorder
7410.
psychogenic - adj. mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin; of or relating to the psychological cause of a
disorder
7411.
psychokinesis - noun the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
7412.
psychokinetic - adj. moving an object without apparent use of physical means
7413.
psychological - adj. mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; of or relating to or determined by psychology
7414.
psychologically - adv. with regard to psychology; in terms of psychology
7415.
psychologist - noun a scientist trained in psychology
7416.
psychometric - adj. of or relating to psychometrics
7417.
psychometrics - noun any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
7418.
psychomotor - adj. of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa
7419.
psychoneurosis - noun a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic
dysfunction
7420.
psychoneurotic - adj. affected with emotional disorder; noun a person suffering from neurosis
7421.
psychonomics - noun the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues
7422.
psychopathologic - adj. suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
7423.
psychopathological - adj. suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder
7424.
psychopathy - noun any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral
problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
7425.
psychophysicist - noun a psychologist trained in psychophysics
7426.
psychophysics - noun the branch of psychology concerned with quantitative relations between physical stimuli and their
psychological effects
7427.
psychosexual - adj. of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality
7428.
psychosexuality - noun the mental representation of sexual activities
7429.
psychosurgery - noun brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or
behavioral problems
7430.
psychotherapeutics - noun the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
7431.
psychotria - noun tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
7432.
psychrometer - noun a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference
indicates the dryness of the surrounding air
7433.
psylla - noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
7434.
psyllid - noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
7435.
psyllidae - noun jumping plant lice
7436.
pteridium - noun a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
7437.
pteridological - adj. of or relating to the study of ferns
7438.
pteridologist - noun an expert in the study of ferns
7439.
pteridology - noun the branch of botany that studies ferns
7440.
pteridophyta - noun 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
7441.
pteridophyte - noun plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
7442.
pteridosperm - noun an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae)
7443.
pteridospermae - noun used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the
order Cycadofilicales
7444.
pteridospermaphyta - noun used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with
the order Cycadofilicales
7445.
pterion - noun the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle
7446.
pteris - noun large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
7447.
pterocarpus - noun genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
7448.
pterocarya - noun Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts
7449.
pterocles - noun type genus of the Pteroclididae
7450.
pterodactylidae - noun a reptile family in the order Pterosauria
7451.
pterodactylus - noun a reptile genus of Pterodactylidae
7452.
pteropsida - noun used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes
Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae
7453.
pteropus - noun a genus of Megachiroptera
7454.
pterosaur - noun an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings
supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
7455.
pterosauria - noun extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs
7456.
pterygium - noun 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
7457.
ptilocercus - noun pentails
7458.
ptilonorhynchidae - noun bowerbirds
7459.
ptomain - noun any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
7460.
ptomaine - noun a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be
caused by ingesting ptomaines; any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive
bacteria
7461.
ptosis - noun drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness
7462.
ptyalin - noun an amylase secreted in saliva
7463.
ptyalism - noun excessive flow of saliva
7464.
ptyalize - verb expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
7465.
pu - noun 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
7466.
pubertal - adj. of or related to puberty
7467.
puberulent - adj. covered with fine soft hairs or down
7468.
pubes - noun the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
7469.
pubescence - noun the time of life when sex glands become functional
7470.
pubic - adj. relating or near the pubis
7471.
pubis - noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
7472.
publican - noun the keeper of a public house
7473.
publicist - noun someone who publicizes
7474.
publicity - noun the quality of being open to public view; a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or
person or institution
7475.
publicize - verb make public; call attention to
7476.
publicly - adv. in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly; by the public or the people generally
7477.
publishable - adj. suitable for publication
7478.
publisher - noun a firm in the publishing business; a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music; the
proprietor of a newspaper
7479.
puccinia - noun type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to
various economic plants
7480.
pucciniaceae - noun large important family of rust fungi
7481.
puccoon - noun perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment; 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
7482.
puce - noun a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
7483.
pucka - adj. absolutely first class and genuine
7484.
pucker - noun an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth); verb to gather something into small wrinkles or
folds; become wrinkled or drawn together; draw fabric together and sew it tightly
7485.
puckerbush - noun evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated
with white wax used for candles
7486.
puckishly - adv. in an appealing but bold manner
7487.
puckishness - noun the trait of behaving like an imp
7488.
pud - noun (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
7489.
puddingheaded - adj. stupid and confused; used especially of persons
7490.
puddingwife - noun bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
7491.
puddler - noun a worker who turns pig iron into wrought iron by puddling
7492.
pudendal - adj. of or relating to or near the pudendum
7493.
pudendum - noun human external genital organs collectively especially of a female
7494.
pudge - noun a short fat person
7495.
pudginess - noun the property of having a plump and round body
7496.
pudgy - adj. short and plump
7497.
pueraria - noun genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu
7498.
puerility - noun a property characteristic of a child; the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
7499.
puerpera - noun a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter
7500.
puerperal - adj. relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman
who has just given birth
7501.
puerperium - noun time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and
anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved
7502.
puffbird - noun brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
7503.
puffer - noun 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; delicacy that is highly dangerous because
of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
7504.
puffiness - noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity; abnormal protuberance
or localized enlargement
7505.
puffing - noun an act of forcible exhalation; blowing tobacco smoke out into the air
7506.
puffinus - noun shearwaters
7507.
pugilism - noun fighting with the fists
7508.
pugilist - noun someone who fights with his fists for sport
7509.
pugilistic - adj. of or relating to pugilism or pugilists
7510.
pugnaciously - adv. in a pugnacious manner
7511.
pugnacity - noun a natural disposition to be hostile
7512.
puissance - noun power to influence or coerce
7513.
pujunan - noun a Penutian language spoken by the Maidu
7514.
puka - noun small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers; South
American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
7515.
pukka - adj. absolutely first class and genuine
7516.
puku - noun an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck
7517.
pul - noun 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan
7518.
pulasan - noun fruit of an East Indian tree similar to the rambutan but sweeter; East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar
to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
7519.
pulchritude - noun physical beauty (especially of a woman)
7520.
pulchritudinous - adj. used of persons only; having great physical beauty
7521.
pule - verb cry weakly or softly
7522.
pulex - noun type genus of the Pulicidae
7523.
pulicidae - noun many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
7524.
puller - noun someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something; someone who applies force so as to
cause motion toward herself or himself
7525.
pullet - noun young hen usually less than a year old; flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
7526.
pullulate - verb breed freely and abundantly; become abundant; increase rapidly; produce buds, branches, or germinate;
move in large numbers; be teeming, be abuzz
7527.
pullulation - noun a rapid and abundant increase; asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the
body of the parent becomes a separate individual
7528.
pulmonata - noun large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and
slugs and many freshwater snails
7529.
pulmonic - adj. relating to or affecting the lungs
7530.
pulpiness - noun a mushy pulpy softness
7531.
pulpwood - noun softwood used to make paper
7532.
pulpy - adj. like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness
7533.
pulque - noun fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
7534.
pulsatilla - noun includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
7535.
pulsation - noun (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); a
periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity; the rhythmic contraction and
expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
7536.
pulseless - adj. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
7537.
pulverization - noun annihilation by pulverizing something; the act of grinding to a powder or dust; a solid substance in
the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
7538.
pulverize - verb make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; become powder or dust; destroy completely
7539.
pumpernickel - noun bread made of coarse rye flour
7540.
pun (prank understandings numerous)
7541.
punchboard - noun 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
7542.
puncher - noun someone who delivers punches; a tool for making holes or indentations; a hired hand who tends cattle and
performs other duties on horseback
7543.
punctilio - noun strict observance of formalities; a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
7544.
punctilious - adj. marked by precise accordance with details
7545.
punctiliously - adv. in a punctilious manner
7546.
punctiliousness - noun strict attention to minute details
7547.
punctuality - noun the quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time
7548.
punctually - adv. at the proper time
7549.
punctuation - noun the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into
sentences and clauses and phrases; the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and
clauses and phrases; something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
7550.
punctum - noun (anatomy) a point or small area
7551.
punctured - adj. having a hole cut through
7552.
punctureless - adj. being without punctures or incapable of being punctured
7553.
pung - noun a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners
7554.
pungapung - noun putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
7555.
pungency - noun a strong odor or taste property; wit having a sharp and caustic quality
7556.
pungently - adv. with a pungent taste or smell; with pungency; in a pungent manner
7557.
punica - noun coextensive with the family Punicaceae
7558.
punicaceae - noun one species: pomegranates
7559.
punily - adv. in a puny manner
7560.
puniness - noun smallness of stature; the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
7561.
punishable - adj. liable to or deserving punishment; subject to punishment by law
7562.
punishment - noun the act of punishing
7563.
punitively - adv. in a punishing manner
7564.
punitory - adj. inflicting punishment
7565.
punjabi - noun the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India; a member of the majority
people of Punjab in northwestern India
7566.
punkah - noun 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
7567.
punkie - noun minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
7568.
punnet - noun a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
7569.
punter - noun (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot
before it hits the ground; someone who propels a boat with a pole; someone who bets
7570.
pupa - noun an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
7571.
pupillary - adj. of or relating to the pupil of the eye
7572.
puppetry - noun a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets); the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows
7573.
puppis - noun a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a
boat
7574.
puppylike - adj. characteristic of a puppy
7575.
purana - noun 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
7576.
puranic - adj. of or relating to the Purana
7577.
purblind - adj. lacking in insight or discernment; having greatly reduced vision
7578.
purchaser - noun a person who buys
7579.
purdah - noun a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers; the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of
keeping women secluded; a state of social isolation
7580.
pureblood - adj. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal; noun a pedigreed animal of unmixed
lineage; used especially of horses
7581.
purebred - adj. bred for many generation from member of a recognized breed or strain; noun a pedigreed animal of
unmixed lineage; used especially of horses
7582.
puree - noun food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender; verb rub through a strainer or process in
an electric blender
7583.
purely - adv. restricted to something
7584.
pureness - noun a woman's virtue or chastity; the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of
evil; being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
7585.
purgatorial - adj. of or resembling purgatory; serving to purge or rid of sin
7586.
purging - adj. serving to purge or rid of sin; noun an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired
elements; the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
7587.
purification - noun the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; a ceremonial cleansing from defilement
or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites; the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities; the process of removing
impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
7588.
purifier - noun an apparatus for removing impurities
7589.
purism - noun scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
7590.
purist - noun someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)
7591.
puritanical - adj. of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism; morally rigorous and strict; exaggeratedly proper
7592.
puritanically - adv. in a prudish manner
7593.
puritanism - noun strictness and austerity in conduct and religion; the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans
(most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
7594.
purity - noun the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil; being undiluted or unmixed
with extraneous material; a woman's virtue or chastity
7595.
purkinje - noun Bohemian physiologist remembered for his discovery of Purkinje cells and the Purkinje network (17871869)
7596.
purlieu - noun an outer adjacent area of any place
7597.
purpleness - noun a purple color or pigment
7598.
purplish - adj. of a color intermediate between red and blue
7599.
purposefully - adv. in a purposeful manner
7600.
purposefulness - noun the quality of having a definite purpose
7601.
purposeless - adj. not evidencing any purpose or goal; lacking import
7602.
purposelessly - adv. without a clear purpose
7603.
purposelessness - noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose
7604.
purposely - adv. with intention; in an intentional manner
7605.
purpura - noun any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
7606.
purpurate - verb color purple
7607.
purser - noun an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
7608.
pursual - noun the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
7609.
pursuance - noun the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion; a search for an alternative that meets
cognitive criteria
7610.
pursy - adj. breathing laboriously or convulsively
7611.
purulence - noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus); a fluid product of inflammation
7612.
purulency - noun symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
7613.
purulent - adj. "a purulent wound"
7614.
purveyance - noun the act of supplying something
7615.
puseyism - noun principles of the founders of the Oxford movement as expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the
Times'
7616.
pushball - noun a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal
7617.
pushcart - noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
7618.
pusher - noun a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes; someone who pushes; an unlicensed dealer in illegal
drugs; one who intrudes or pushes himself forward; a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
7619.
pushful - adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
7620.
pushing - adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; noun the act of applying force in order to move
something away
7621.
pushover - noun someone who is easily taken advantage of; any undertaking that is easy to do
7622.
pusillanimity - noun contemptible fearfulness
7623.
pusillanimous - adj. lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
7624.
pusillanimously - adv. with a lack of courage and determination
7625.
pusillanimousness - noun contemptible fearfulness
7626.
puss - noun informal terms referring to a domestic cat; obscene terms for female genitals
7627.
pussley - noun 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
7628.
pussyfoot - verb to go stealthily or furtively
7629.
pustulate - adj. (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
7630.
pustule - noun a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
7631.
putamen - noun the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus
7632.
putout - noun an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
7633.
putrefacient - adj. causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
7634.
putrefaction - noun a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor; moral perversion; impairment of virtue
and moral principles; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
7635.
putrefactive - adj. causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
7636.
putrefiable - adj. liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
7637.
putrefy - verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
7638.
putrescence - noun the quality of rotting and becoming putrid; in a state of progressive putrefaction
7639.
putrescent - adj. becoming putrid
7640.
putrescible - adj. liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
7641.
putrescine - noun a colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter
7642.
putrid - adj. morally corrupt or evil; in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor; of or relating to or
attended by putrefaction
7643.
putridity - noun the state of being putrid
7644.
putridness - noun in a state of progressive putrefaction
7645.
putsch - noun a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
7646.
puttee - noun a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I
7647.
putter - noun the iron normally used on the putting green; a golfer who is putting; verb move around aimlessly; do
random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; work lightly
7648.
putterer - noun a person who putters about
7649.
puttyroot - noun North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
7650.
puzzled - adj. filled with bewilderment
7651.
puzzlement - noun confusion resulting from failure to understand
7652.
puzzler - noun a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
7653.
puzzling - adj. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; not clear to the understanding
7654.
pya - noun 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar
7655.
pycnanthemum - noun American mountain mint
7656.
pycnidium - noun flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia
7657.
pycnogonid - noun any of various small spiderlike marine arthropods having small thin bodies and long slender legs
7658.
pycnogonida - noun sea spiders
7659.
pycnosis - noun a degenerative state of the cell nucleus
7660.
pycnotic - adj. of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis
7661.
pyelitis - noun inflammation of the renal pelvis
7662.
pyelogram - noun an X ray of the kidneys and ureters
7663.
pyelography - noun roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)
7664.
pyelonephritis - noun inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection
7665.
pyemia - noun septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess
7666.
pyemic - adj. of or relating to pyemia
7667.
pygopodidae - noun Australian and Tasmanian lizards
7668.
pygopus - noun type genus of the Pygopodidae; snake-shaped pleurodont lizard with no forelimbs and only rudimentary
hind limbs
7669.
pyjama - noun a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian
countries; (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers; lightweight
trousers worn
7670.
n various eastern countries
7671.
pyknic - adj. having a squat and fleshy build
7672.
pylon - noun a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; a tower for guiding pilots or marking the
turning point in a race
7673.
pyloric - adj. relating to or near the pylorus
7674.
pylorus - noun a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum
7675.
pyocyanase - noun a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus
7676.
pyocyanin - noun a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus
7677.
pyogenic - adj. producing pus
7678.
pyorrhea - noun chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets; discharge of pus
7679.
pyracantha - noun any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red
or orange-red berries
7680.
pyralid - noun usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
7681.
pyralidae - noun bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
7682.
pyralididae - noun bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
7683.
pyralis - noun type genus of the Pyralidae
7684.
pyramidic - adj. resembling a pyramid
7685.
pyramidical - adj. resembling a pyramid
7686.
pyramidically - adv. in a pyramidal manner or shape
7687.
pyrausta - noun moths whose larvae are corn borers
7688.
pyrectic - adj. having or causing fever; noun any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature
7689.
pyrene - noun the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it; a pale yellow
crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar
7690.
pyrenomycetes - noun class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and
Neurospora
7691.
pyrethrum - noun used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included
in genus Tanacetum; white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of
an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum; made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants; 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
7692.
pyretic - adj. causing fever
7693.
pyrexia - noun a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
7694.
pyridoxine - noun a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch
7695.
pyrites - noun any of various metallic-looking sulfides (of which pyrite is the commonest)
7696.
pyrocellulose - noun nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder
7697.
pyrochemical - adj. of or relating to or produced by chemical reactions at high temperatures
7698.
pyroelectricity - noun generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in
temperature
7699.
pyrogallic - adj. of or relating to pyrogallol
7700.
pyrogallol - noun a toxic white lustrous crystalline phenol used to treat certain skin diseases and as a photographic
developer
7701.
pyrogen - noun any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature; any substance characterized by its great
flammability
7702.
pyrogenetic - adj. produced by or producing fever
7703.
pyrogenic - adj. produced by or producing fever; produced under conditions involving intense heat
7704.
pyrogenous - adj. produced under conditions involving intense heat; produced by or producing fever
7705.
pyrograph - noun a design produced by pyrography
7706.
pyrographer - noun an artist who practices pyrography
7707.
pyrographic - adj. of or relating to or produced by pyrography
7708.
pyrography - noun the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
7709.
pyrola - noun any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
7710.
pyrolaceae - noun evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia
7711.
pyrolatry - noun the worship of fire
7712.
pyroligneous - adj. of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation
7713.
pyrolignic - adj. of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation
7714.
pyrolusite - noun a mineral consisting of manganese dioxide; an important source of manganese
7715.
pyrolytic - adj. resulting from pyrolysis
7716.
pyromancer - noun one who practices pyromancy
7717.
pyromancy - noun divination by fire or flames
7718.
pyromania - noun an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
7719.
pyromaniac - noun a person with a mania for setting things on fire
7720.
pyromorphite - noun a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead
7721.
pyrope - noun a deep red garnet used as a gemstone
7722.
pyrophobia - noun a morbid fear of fire
7723.
pyrophorus - noun tropical click beetles
7724.
pyrophyllite - noun a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc)
7725.
pyroscope - noun a pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object
7726.
pyrosis - noun 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
7727.
pyrostat - noun a thermostat that operates at very high temperatures
7728.
pyrotechnical - adj. of or relating to the craft of making fireworks
7729.
pyrotechnics - noun the craft of making fireworks; (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)
7730.
pyrotechny - noun the craft of making fireworks
7731.
pyroxylin - noun highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
7732.
pyrrhocoridae - noun firebugs
7733.
pyrrhotine - noun a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties
7734.
pyrrhotite - noun a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties
7735.
pyrrhuloxia - noun crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico
7736.
pyrrhus - noun king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
7737.
pyrularia - noun small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs
7738.
pyrus - noun fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
7739.
pythia - noun (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
7740.
pythiaceae - noun fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
7741.
pythium - noun any fungus of the genus Pythium
7742.
pythius - noun epithet for Apollo; from the dragon Python which he killed
7743.
pythoness - noun a witch with powers of divination; (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted
the oracles
7744.
pythonidae - noun in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas
7745.
pythoninae - noun Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae
7746.
pyuria - noun presence of white blood cells in the urine; symptom of urinary tract infection
7747.
pyx - noun any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept; a chest in which coins from the mint are held to
await assay
7748.
pyxidanthera - noun one species: pyxie; the eastern United States
7749.
pyxidium - noun fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
7750.
pyxie - noun creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine
barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
7751.
pyxis - noun a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines; a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis
and Antlia; fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
q
7752.
7753.
7754.
7755.
7756.
7757.
7758.
7759.
7760.
7761.
7762.
7763.
7764.
7765.
7766.
7767.
7768.
7769.
7770.
q
qasida.
qere.
qeri.
qintar - noun 100 qindarka equal 1 lek in Albania
qoheleth.
qoph - noun the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
quab.
quabird.
quachil.
quackhood.
quackish.
quackishly.
quackishness.
quackism.
quackle.
quacksalver.
quackster.
quacky.
quadded.
7771.
7772.
7773.
7774.
7775.
7776.
7777.
7778.
7779.
7780.
7781.
7782.
7783.
7784.
7785.
7786.
7787.
7788.
7789.
7790.
7791.
7792.
7793.
7794.
7795.
7796.
7797.
7798.
7799.
7800.
7801.
7802.
7803.
7804.
7805.
7806.
7807.
7808.
7809.
7810.
7811.
7812.
7813.
7814.
7815.
7816.
7817.
7818.
7819.
7820.
7821.
7822.
7823.
7824.
7825.
7826.
7827.
7828.
7829.
7830.
7831.
7832.
7833.
7834.
7835.
7836.
7837.
7838.
7839.
7840.
quaddle.
quader.
quadi.
quadmeter.
quadra.
quadrable.
quadragenarian.
quadragenarious.
quadragesima - noun the first Sunday in Lent
quadragesimal.
quadragintesimal.
quadral.
quadrangled.
quadrangularly.
quadrangularness.
quadrangulate.
quadrans.
quadrantal.
quadrantes.
quadrantid.
quadrantile.
quadrantlike.
quadrantly.
quadrat.
quadrate - adj. having four sides and four angles; noun a square-shaped object; a cubelike object
quadrated.
quadrateness.
quadratical.
quadratically.
quadratics - noun a branch of algebra dealing with quadratic equations
quadratifera.
quadratiferous.
quadratojugal.
quadratomandibular.
quadratosquamosal.
quadratrix.
quadratum.
quadratus.
quadrauricular.
quadrennia.
quadrennially.
quadrennium - noun a period of four years
quadriad.
quadrialate.
quadriannulate.
quadriarticulate.
quadriarticulated.
quadribasic.
quadricapsular.
quadricapsulate.
quadricarinate.
quadricellular.
quadricentennial.
quadrichord.
quadriciliate.
quadricinium.
quadricipital.
quadricone.
quadricorn.
quadricornous.
quadricostate.
quadricotyledonous.
quadricovariant.
quadricrescentic.
quadricrescentoid.
quadricuspid.
quadricuspidal.
quadricuspidate.
quadricycle.
quadricycler.
7841.
7842.
7843.
7844.
7845.
7846.
7847.
7848.
7849.
7850.
7851.
7852.
7853.
7854.
7855.
7856.
7857.
7858.
7859.
7860.
7861.
7862.
7863.
7864.
7865.
7866.
7867.
7868.
7869.
7870.
7871.
7872.
7873.
7874.
7875.
7876.
7877.
7878.
7879.
7880.
7881.
7882.
7883.
7884.
7885.
7886.
7887.
7888.
7889.
7890.
7891.
7892.
7893.
7894.
7895.
7896.
7897.
7898.
7899.
7900.
7901.
7902.
7903.
7904.
7905.
7906.
7907.
7908.
7909.
7910.
quadricyclist.
quadridentate.
quadridentated.
quadriderivative.
quadridigitate.
quadriennial.
quadriennium.
quadrienniumutile.
quadrifarious.
quadrifariously.
quadrifid.
quadrifilar.
quadrifocal.
quadrifoil.
quadrifoliate.
quadrifoliolate.
quadrifolious.
quadrifolium.
quadriform.
quadrifrons.
quadrifrontal.
quadrifurcate.
quadrifurcated.
quadrifurcation.
quadriga.
quadrigabled.
quadrigamist.
quadrigate.
quadrigatus.
quadrigeminal.
quadrigeminate.
quadrigeminous.
quadrigeminum.
quadrigenarious.
quadriglandular.
quadrihybrid.
quadrijugal.
quadrijugate.
quadrijugous.
quadrilaminar.
quadrilaminate.
quadrilaterally.
quadrilateralness.
quadrilingual.
quadriliteral.
quadrilled.
quadrillionth - adj. the ordinal number of one quadrillion in counting order; noun one part in a quadrillion equal parts
quadrilobate.
quadrilobed.
quadrilocular.
quadriloculate.
quadrilogue.
quadrilogy.
quadrimembral.
quadrimetallic.
quadrimolecular.
quadrimum.
quadrinodal.
quadrinomial.
quadrinomical.
quadrinominal.
quadrinucleate.
quadrioxalate.
quadriparous.
quadripartitely.
quadripartition.
quadripennate.
quadriphosphate.
quadriphyllous.
quadripinnate.
7911.
quadriplanar.
7912.
quadriplegia - noun paralysis of both arms and both legs
7913.
quadriplicate.
7914.
quadriplicated.
7915.
quadripolar.
7916.
quadripole.
7917.
quadriportico.
7918.
quadriporticus.
7919.
quadripulmonary.
7920.
quadriquadric.
7921.
quadriradiate.
7922.
quadrireme.
7923.
quadrisect.
7924.
quadrisection.
7925.
quadriseptate.
7926.
quadriserial.
7927.
quadrisetose.
7928.
quadrispiral.
7929.
quadristearate.
7930.
quadrisulcate.
7931.
quadrisulcated.
7932.
quadrisulphide.
7933.
quadrisyllabic.
7934.
quadrisyllabical.
7935.
quadrisyllable.
7936.
quadrisyllabous.
7937.
quadriternate.
7938.
quadritubercular.
7939.
quadrituberculate.
7940.
quadriurate.
7941.
quadrivalence.
7942.
quadrivalency.
7943.
quadrivalent.
7944.
quadrivalently.
7945.
quadrivalve.
7946.
quadrivalvular.
7947.
quadrivial.
7948.
quadrivious.
7949.
quadrivoltine.
7950.
quadroon - noun an offspring of a Mulatto and a White parent; a person who is one-quarter Black
7951.
quadrual.
7952.
quadrula.
7953.
quadrum.
7954.
quadrumana.
7955.
quadrumanal.
7956.
quadrumane.
7957.
quadrumanous.
7958.
quadruped - adj. having four feet; noun an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
7959.
quadrupedal - adj. having four feet
7960.
quadrupedan.
7961.
quadrupedant.
7962.
quadrupedantic.
7963.
quadrupedantical.
7964.
quadrupedate.
7965.
quadrupedation.
7966.
quadrupedism.
7967.
quadrupedous.
7968.
quadruplane.
7969.
quadruplator.
7970.
quadrupleness.
7971.
quadruplet - noun one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy; a set of four similar things
considered as a unit
7972.
quadruplex - adj. having four units or components
7973.
quadruplicate - adj. having four units or components; noun any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one
another exactly; verb reproduce fourfold
7974.
quadruplication.
7975.
quadruplicature.
7976.
quadruplicity.
7977.
quadruply.
7978.
quaedam.
7979.
quaequae.
7980.
quaesitum.
7981.
quaestor - noun any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
7982.
quaestorial.
7983.
quaestorian.
7984.
quaestorship.
7985.
quaestuary.
7986.
quaffer - noun a person who drinks heartily
7987.
quaffingly.
7988.
quag - noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
7989.
quagga - noun mammal of South Africa that resembled a zebra; extinct since late 19th century
7990.
quagginess.
7991.
quaggle.
7992.
quaggy - adj. (of soil) soft and watery
7993.
quagmiry.
7994.
quailberry.
7995.
quailery.
7996.
quailhead.
7997.
quaillike.
7998.
quaily.
7999.
quaintance.
8000.
quaintise.
8001.
quaintish.
8002.
quaintly - adv. in a quaint old-fashioned manner; in a strange but not unpleasant manner
8003.
quaintness - noun strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned
8004.
quaitso.
8005.
quakeful.
8006.
quakeproof.
8007.
quaker - noun one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear; a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded
by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
8008.
quakerbird.
8009.
quakerdom.
8010.
quakeric.
8011.
quakerish.
8012.
quakerishly.
8013.
quakerishness.
8014.
quakerism - noun 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
8015.
quakerization.
8016.
quakerize.
8017.
quakerlet.
8018.
quakerlike.
8019.
quakerly.
8020.
quakership.
8021.
quakery.
8022.
quaketail.
8023.
quakiness.
8024.
quaking.
8025.
quakingly.
8026.
quaky.
8027.
quale.
8028.
qualifiable.
8029.
qualification - noun the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; an attribute that must be met or complied
with and that fits a person for something; a statement that limits or restricts some claim
8030.
qualificative.
8031.
qualificator.
8032.
qualificatory.
8033.
qualifiedly.
8034.
qualifiedness.
8035.
qualifier - noun a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition;
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
8036.
qualifyingly.
8037.
qualimeter.
8038.
qualitatively - adv. in a qualitative manner
8039.
qualitied.
8040.
qualityless.
8041.
qualityship.
8042.
qualminess.
8043.
qualmish.
8044.
qualmishly.
8045.
qualmishness.
8046.
qualmproof.
8047.
qualmy.
8048.
qualmyish.
8049.
qualtagh.
8050.
quamasia.
8051.
quamoclit.
8052.
quan.
8053.
quandong - noun red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam; Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy
green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit; the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree; Australian
tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
8054.
quandy.
8055.
quannet.
8056.
quant.
8057.
quantic - noun a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables
8058.
quantical.
8059.
quantifiable - adj. capable of being quantified
8060.
quantifiably.
8061.
quantification - noun the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something; a limitation imposed on the variables
of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
8062.
quantifier - noun (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many'); (logic) a word (such as `some' or
`all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
8063.
quantimeter.
8064.
quantitate.
8065.
quantitatively - adv. in a quantitative manner
8066.
quantitativeness.
8067.
quantitied.
8068.
quantitive.
8069.
quantitively.
8070.
quantivalence.
8071.
quantivalency.
8072.
quantivalent.
8073.
quantization - noun the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
8074.
quantize - verb 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; approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of
discrete values
8075.
quantometer.
8076.
quantulum.
8077.
quapaw - noun the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Quapaw; a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in
Arkansas
8078.
quaquaversal.
8079.
quaquaversally.
8080.
quar.
8081.
quarantinable.
8082.
quarantiner.
8083.
quaranty.
8084.
quardeel.
8085.
quare.
8086.
quarenden.
8087.
quarender.
8088.
quarentene.
8089.
quarl.
8090.
quarle.
8091.
quarred.
8092.
quarreled.
8093.
quarreler - noun a disputant who quarrels
8094.
quarreling.
8095.
quarrelingly.
8096.
quarrelproof.
8097.
quarrelsomely.
8098.
quarrelsomeness - noun an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
8099.
quarriable.
8100.
quarried.
8101.
quarrier - noun a man who works in a quarry
8102.
quarryable.
8103.
quarrying - noun the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
8104.
quarrystone.
8105.
quartan - adj. occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); noun a malarial fever that recurs
every fourth day
8106.
quartane.
8107.
quartation.
8108.
quartenylic.
8109.
quarter - noun clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot
covering the heel and joining the vamp; a district of a city having some distinguishing character; an unspecified person; a United
States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds); a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds);
one of the four major division of the compass; a fourth part of a year; three months; one of four periods into which the school
year is divided; a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; one of four periods of play into which some games are
divided; the rear part of a ship; one of four equal parts; verb divide by four; divide into quarters; divide into quarters; provide
housing for (military personnel); pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
8110.
quarterage.
8111.
quarterdeck - noun the stern area of a ship's upper deck
8112.
quarterdeckish.
8113.
quartered.
8114.
quarterer.
8115.
quartering - noun dividing into four equal parts; living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel);
a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented
8116.
ntermarriages
8117.
quarterization.
8118.
quarterland.
8119.
quarterly - adj. of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; adv. in three month intervals; in diagonally opposed quarters of
an escutcheon; noun a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
8120.
quarterman.
8121.
quartermasterlike.
8122.
quartermastership.
8123.
quartern - noun one of four equal parts
8124.
quarterpace.
8125.
quarters - noun housing available for people to live in
8126.
quartersaw.
8127.
quartersawed.
8128.
quarterspace.
8129.
quarterstaff - noun a long stout staff used as a weapon
8130.
quarterstetch.
8131.
quartette - noun a musical composition for four performers; four people considered as a unit; a set of four similar things
considered as a unit; four performers or singers who perform together
8132.
quartetto.
8133.
quartful.
8134.
quartine.
8135.
quartiparous.
8136.
quarto - noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
8137.
quartodeciman.
8138.
quartodecimanism.
8139.
quartole.
8140.
quartzic.
8141.
quartziferous.
8142.
quartzitic.
8143.
quartzless.
8144.
quartzoid.
8145.
quartzose - adj. relating to or made of quartz
8146.
quartzous.
8147.
quartzy.
8148.
quashee.
8149.
quashey.
8150.
quashy.
8151.
quasijudicial.
8152.
quasimodo.
8153.
quasky.
8154.
quassation.
8155.
quassative.
8156.
quassia - noun handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable finegrained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark; 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
8157.
quassiin.
8158.
quassin.
8159.
quat - noun the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a
euphoric stimulant
8160.
quata.
8161.
quatch.
8162.
quatercentenary - noun the 400th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
8163.
quatern.
8164.
quaternal.
8165.
quaternarian.
8166.
quaternarius.
8167.
quaternate - adj. consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four
8168.
quaternion.
8169.
quaternionic.
8170.
quaternionist.
8171.
quaternitarian.
8172.
quaternity.
8173.
quaters.
8174.
quatertenses.
8175.
quatorzain.
8176.
quatorze.
8177.
quatral.
8178.
quatrayle.
8179.
quatre.
8180.
quatrefeuille.
8181.
quatrefoil.
8182.
quatrefoiled.
8183.
quatrefoliated.
8184.
quatrible.
8185.
quatrin.
8186.
quatrino.
8187.
quatrocentism.
8188.
quatrocentist.
8189.
quatrocento.
8190.
quatsino.
8191.
quattie.
8192.
quattrini.
8193.
quatuor.
8194.
quatuorvirate.
8195.
quauk.
8196.
quave.
8197.
quaverer.
8198.
quavering - adj. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
8199.
quaveringly - adv. in an unsteady quavering manner
8200.
quaverous.
8201.
quavery.
8202.
quaverymavery.
8203.
quaw.
8204.
quawk.
8205.
quayage - noun a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
8206.
quayful.
8207.
quaylike.
8208.
quayman.
8209.
quayside.
8210.
quaysider.
8211.
qubba.
8212.
queach.
8213.
queachy.
8214.
queak.
8215.
queal.
8216.
quean.
8217.
queanish.
8218.
queasily - adv. in a queasy manner
8219.
queasiness - noun a mild state of nausea; inability to rest or relax or be still
8220.
queasom.
8221.
quebrachamine.
8222.
quebrachine.
8223.
quebrachitol.
8224.
quebracho.
8225.
quebradilla.
8226.
quechua - noun the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas; a member of a South American Indian
people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
8227.
quechuan - adj. of or relating to the Quechua people or their language; noun the language of the Quechua which was
spoken by the Incas
8228.
quedful.
8229.
queechy.
8230.
queencake.
8231.
queencraft.
8232.
queencup.
8233.
queendom.
8234.
queenfish - noun silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
8235.
queenhood.
8236.
queening.
8237.
queenite.
8238.
queenless.
8239.
queenlet.
8240.
queenlike - adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
8241.
queenliness.
8242.
queenly - adj. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
8243.
queenright.
8244.
queenroot.
8245.
queensberry.
8246.
queenship.
8247.
queenweed.
8248.
queenwood.
8249.
queerer.
8250.
queerish.
8251.
queerishness.
8252.
queerity.
8253.
queerly - adv. in a questionably unusual manner; in a strange manner
8254.
queerness - noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex; a strange attitude or habit
8255.
queersome.
8256.
queery.
8257.
queest.
8258.
queesting.
8259.
queet.
8260.
queeve.
8261.
quegh.
8262.
quei.
8263.
queintise.
8264.
quelch.
8265.
quelea.
8266.
queller.
8267.
quemado.
8268.
queme.
8269.
quemeful.
8270.
quemefully.
8271.
quemely.
8272.
quenchable.
8273.
quenchableness.
8274.
quencher.
8275.
quenchless - adj. impossible to quench
8276.
quenchlessly.
8277.
quenchlessness.
8278.
quenelle.
8279.
quenselite.
8280.
quercetagetin.
8281.
quercetic.
8282.
quercetin.
8283.
quercetum.
8284.
quercic.
8285.
querciflorae.
8286.
quercimeritrin.
8287.
quercin.
8288.
quercine.
8289.
quercinic.
8290.
quercitannic.
8291.
quercitannin.
8292.
quercite.
8293.
quercitin.
8294.
quercitol.
8295.
quercitrin.
8296.
quercitron - noun a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree; 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 fivelobed leaves are bristle-tipped
8297.
quercivorous.
8298.
quercus - noun oaks
8299.
querecho.
8300.
querendi.
8301.
querendy.
8302.
querent.
8303.
queres.
8304.
querier - noun someone who asks a question
8305.
queriman.
8306.
querimonious.
8307.
querimoniously.
8308.
querimoniousness.
8309.
querimony.
8310.
querist.
8311.
querken.
8312.
querl.
8313.
quern - noun a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
8314.
quernal.
8315.
quernales.
8316.
quernstone.
8317.
querulent.
8318.
querulential.
8319.
querulist.
8320.
querulity.
8321.
querulosity.
8322.
querulously - adv. in a peevish manner
8323.
querulousness - noun the quality of being given to complaining
8324.
querying.
8325.
queryingly.
8326.
queryist.
8327.
quesited.
8328.
quesitive.
8329.
quester - noun someone making a search or inquiry
8330.
questeur.
8331.
questful.
8332.
questingly.
8333.
questionability.
8334.
questionable - adj. able to be refuted; subject to question
8335.
questionableness.
8336.
questionably - adv. in a questionable and dubious manner
8337.
questionary.
8338.
questionee.
8339.
questioner - noun someone who asks a question
8340.
questioningly - adv. in a curious and questioning manner; in a quizzical and questioning manner
8341.
questionist.
8342.
questionless.
8343.
questionlessly.
8344.
questionous.
8345.
questionwise.
8346.
questman.
8347.
questor.
8348.
questorial.
8349.
questorship.
8350.
quet.
8351.
quetch - verb express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
8352.
quetenite.
8353.
quey.
8354.
quiangan.
8355.
quiapo.
8356.
quib.
8357.
quibbleproof.
8358.
quibbler - noun a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
8359.
quibblingly.
8360.
quiblet.
8361.
quica.
8362.
quiche - noun the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche; a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other
ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables); a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
8363.
quickbeam.
8364.
quickborn.
8365.
quickenance.
8366.
quickenbeam.
8367.
quickener - noun an agent that gives or restores life or vigor
8368.
quickfoot.
8369.
quickhatch.
8370.
quickhearted.
8371.
quickly - adv. with rapid movements; with little or no delay; without taking pains
8372.
quickness - noun a rate that is rapid; intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay; skillful
performance or ability without difficulty
8373.
quicksandy.
8374.
quickset - adj. grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; noun cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as
hawthorn for hedges or vines
8375.
quicksilvering.
8376.
quicksilverish.
8377.
quicksilverishness.
8378.
quicksilvery.
8379.
quickthorn.
8380.
quickwork.
8381.
quidae.
8382.
quiddative.
8383.
quidder.
8384.
quiddist.
8385.
quiddit.
8386.
quidditative.
8387.
quidditatively.
8388.
quiddity - noun the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other; an evasion
of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
8389.
quiddle.
8390.
quiddler.
8391.
quidnunc - noun a person who meddles in the affairs of others
8392.
quiesce - verb become quiet or quieter
8393.
quiescence - noun quiet and inactive restfulness; a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
8394.
quiescency - noun quiet and inactive restfulness; a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
8395.
quiescently.
8396.
quietable.
8397.
quieten - verb become quiet or quieter; cause to be quiet or not talk; make calm or still
8398.
quietener.
8399.
quieter.
8400.
quieting.
8401.
quietism - noun a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of
God
8402.
quietist - noun a religious mystic who follows quietism
8403.
quietistic.
8404.
quietive.
8405.
quietlike.
8406.
quietly - adv. with little or no sound; with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly');
with low volume; in a restful manner
8407.
quietness - noun the property of making no sound; a state of peace and quiet
8408.
quietsome.
8409.
quietude - noun a state of peace and quiet
8410.
quiff - noun a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead)
8411.
quiffing.
8412.
quiina.
8413.
quiinaceae.
8414.
quiinaceous.
8415.
quila.
8416.
quiles.
8417.
quileute.
8418.
quilkin.
8419.
quillagua.
8420.
quillai.
8421.
quillaic.
8422.
quillaja.
8423.
quillback.
8424.
quilled.
8425.
quiller.
8426.
quillet.
8427.
quilleted.
8428.
quillfish.
8429.
quilling.
8430.
quilltail.
8431.
quillwork.
8432.
quilly.
8433.
quilted - adj. made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching
8434.
quilter.
8435.
quilting - noun a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric; stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as
to create a design
8436.
quimbaya.
8437.
quimper.
8438.
quin - noun one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
8439.
quina.
8440.
quinacrine - noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
8441.
quinaielt.
8442.
quinaldic.
8443.
quinaldine.
8444.
quinaldinic.
8445.
quinaldinium.
8446.
quinaldyl.
8447.
quinamicine.
8448.
quinamidine.
8449.
quinamine.
8450.
quinanisole.
8451.
quinaquina.
8452.
quinarian.
8453.
quinarius.
8454.
quinary.
8455.
quinate.
8456.
quinatoxine.
8457.
quinault.
8458.
quinazoline.
8459.
quinazolyl.
8460.
quincentenary - adj. of or relating to a 500th anniversary; noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
8461.
quincentennial - adj. of or relating to a 500th anniversary; noun the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
8462.
quincewort.
8463.
quinch.
8464.
quincubital.
8465.
quincubitalism.
8466.
quincuncial.
8467.
quincuncially.
8468.
quincunx.
8469.
quincunxial.
8470.
quindecad.
8471.
quindecagon.
8472.
quindecangle.
8473.
quindecasyllabic.
8474.
quindecemvir.
8475.
quindecemvirate.
8476.
quindecennial.
8477.
quindecim.
8478.
quindecima.
8479.
quindecylic.
8480.
quindene.
8481.
quinetum.
8482.
quingentenary.
8483.
quinhydrone.
8484.
quinia.
8485.
quinible.
8486.
quinic.
8487.
quinicine.
8488.
quinidia.
8489.
quinidine - noun cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
8490.
quinin.
8491.
quinina.
8492.
quininiazation.
8493.
quininic.
8494.
quininism.
8495.
quininize.
8496.
quiniretin.
8497.
quinisext.
8498.
quinisextine.
8499.
quinism.
8500.
quinite.
8501.
quinitol.
8502.
quinizarin.
8503.
quinize.
8504.
quink.
8505.
quinnat.
8506.
quinnet.
8507.
quinnipiac.
8508.
quinoa.
8509.
quinocarbonium.
8510.
quinoform.
8511.
quinogen.
8512.
quinoid.
8513.
quinoidal.
8514.
quinoidation.
8515.
quinoidine.
8516.
quinol.
8517.
quinoline.
8518.
quinolinic.
8519.
quinolinium.
8520.
quinolinyl.
8521.
quinologist.
8522.
quinology.
8523.
quinolyl.
8524.
quinometry.
8525.
quinone - noun any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as
coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
8526.
quinonediimine.
8527.
quinonic.
8528.
quinonimine.
8529.
quinonization.
8530.
quinonize.
8531.
quinonoid.
8532.
quinonyl.
8533.
quinopyrin.
8534.
quinotannic.
8535.
quinotoxine.
8536.
quinova.
8537.
quinovatannic.
8538.
quinovate.
8539.
quinovic.
8540.
quinovin.
8541.
quinovose.
8542.
quinoxaline.
8543.
quinoxalyl.
8544.
quinoyl.
8545.
quinquagenarian.
8546.
quinquagenary.
8547.
quinquagesima - noun the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
8548.
quinquagesimal.
8549.
quinquarticular.
8550.
quinquatria.
8551.
quinquatrus.
8552.
quinquecapsular.
8553.
quinquecostate.
8554.
quinquedentate.
8555.
quinquedentated.
8556.
quinquefarious.
8557.
quinquefid.
8558.
quinquefoliate - adj. of a leaf shape; having five leaflets
8559.
quinquefoliated.
8560.
quinquefoliolate.
8561.
quinquegrade.
8562.
quinquejugous.
8563.
quinquelateral.
8564.
quinqueliteral.
8565.
quinquelobate.
8566.
quinquelobated.
8567.
quinquelobed.
8568.
quinquelocular.
8569.
quinqueloculine.
8570.
quinquenary.
8571.
quinquenerval.
8572.
quinquenerved.
8573.
quinquennalia.
8574.
quinquennia.
8575.
quinquenniad.
8576.
quinquennial.
8577.
quinquennialist.
8578.
quinquennially.
8579.
quinquennium - noun a period of five years
8580.
quinquepartite.
8581.
quinquepedal.
8582.
quinquepedalian.
8583.
quinquepetaloid.
8584.
quinquepunctal.
8585.
quinquepunctate.
8586.
quinqueradial.
8587.
quinqueradiate.
8588.
quinquereme.
8589.
quinquertium.
8590.
quinquesect.
8591.
quinquesection.
8592.
quinqueseptate.
8593.
quinqueserial.
8594.
quinqueseriate.
8595.
quinquesyllabic.
8596.
quinquesyllable.
8597.
quinquetubercular.
8598.
quinquetuberculate.
8599.
quinquevalence.
8600.
quinquevalency.
8601.
quinquevalent.
8602.
quinquevalve.
8603.
quinquevalvous.
8604.
quinquevalvular.
8605.
quinqueverbal.
8606.
quinqueverbial.
8607.
quinquevir.
8608.
quinquevirate.
8609.
quinquiliteral.
8610.
quinquina.
8611.
quinquino.
8612.
quinse.
8613.
quinsied.
8614.
quinsy - noun a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
8615.
quinsyberry.
8616.
quinsywort.
8617.
quintad.
8618.
quintadena.
8619.
quintadene.
8620.
quintain.
8621.
quintal - noun a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms; a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
8622.
quintan.
8623.
quintant.
8624.
quintary.
8625.
quintato.
8626.
quinte.
8627.
quintelement.
8628.
quintennial.
8629.
quinternion.
8630.
quinteron.
8631.
quinteroon.
8632.
quintessentiality.
8633.
quintessentially.
8634.
quintessentiate.
8635.
quintette - noun a musical composition for five performers; five people considered as a unit; a set of five similar things
considered as a unit; five performers or singers who perform together
8636.
quintetto.
8637.
quintile.
8638.
quintilis.
8639.
quintillian.
8640.
quintillionth - adj. the ordinal number of one quintillion in counting order; noun one part in a quintillion equal parts
8641.
quintin.
8642.
quintiped.
8643.
quintius.
8644.
quinto.
8645.
quintocubital.
8646.
quintocubitalism.
8647.
quintole.
8648.
quinton.
8649.
quintroon.
8650.
quintuple - adj. having five units or components; noun a set of five similar things considered as a unit; verb increase
fivefold
8651.
quintuplet - noun one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy; a set of five similar things
considered as a unit
8652.
quintuplicate.
8653.
quintuplication.
8654.
quintuplinerved.
8655.
quintupliribbed.
8656.
quinuclidine.
8657.
quinyl.
8658.
quinze.
8659.
quinzieme.
8660.
quipful.
8661.
quipo.
8662.
quipper.
8663.
quippish.
8664.
quippishness.
8665.
quippy.
8666.
quipsome.
8667.
quipsomeness.
8668.
quipster.
8669.
quipu - noun calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping
records
8670.
quira –(quintessential ultraviolate impegnatrable red arboreal) noun any of several tropical American trees some yielding
economically important timber; hard heavy red wood of a quira tree
8671.
quire - noun a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
8672.
quirewise.
8673.
quirinalia.
8674.
quirinca.
8675.
quiritarian.
8676.
quiritary.
8677.
quirite.
8678.
quirites.
8679.
quirkiness - noun a strange attitude or habit
8680.
quirkish.
8681.
quirksey.
8682.
quirksome.
8683.
quirl.
8684.
quirquincho.
8685.
quis.
8686.
quisby.
8687.
quiscos.
8688.
quisle.
8689.
quisling - noun someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
8690.
quisqualis.
8691.
quisqueite.
8692.
quisquilian.
8693.
quisquiliary.
8694.
quisquilious.
8695.
quisquous.
8696.
quisutsch.
8697.
quitch.
8698.
quitclaim - noun act of transferring a title or right or claim to another; document transferring title or right or claim to
another
8699.
quitemoca.
8700.
quiteno.
8701.
quitrent.
8702.
quits - adj. on equal terms by payment or requital
8703.
quittable.
8704.
quittance - noun a document or receipt certifying release from an obligation or debt; payment of a debt or obligation
8705.
quitted.
8706.
quitter - noun a person who gives up too easily
8707.
quittor.
8708.
quitu.
8709.
quivered.
8710.
quiverer.
8711.
quiverful.
8712.
quivering - noun the act of vibrating; a shaky motion
8713.
quiveringly.
8714.
quiverish.
8715.
quiverleaf.
8716.
quivery.
8717.
quixotical.
8718.
quixotically - adv. in a quixotic manner
8719.
quixotism - noun quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
8720.
quixotize.
8721.
quixotry.
8722.
quizzability.
8723.
quizzable.
8724.
quizzacious.
8725.
quizzatorial.
8726.
quizzee.
8727.
quizzer - noun someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
8728.
quizzery.
8729.
quizzicality.
8730.
quizzically - adv. in a quizzical and questioning manner
8731.
quizzicalness.
8732.
quizzification.
8733.
quizzify.
8734.
quizziness.
8735.
quizzingly.
8736.
quizzish.
8737.
quizzism.
8738.
quizzity.
8739.
quizzy.
8740.
qung.
8741.
quoddies.
8742.
quoddity.
8743.
quodlibet - noun an issue that is presented for formal disputation
8744.
quodlibetal.
8745.
quodlibetarian.
8746.
quodlibetary.
8747.
quodlibetic.
8748.
quodlibetical.
8749.
quodlibetically.
8750.
quoilers.
8751.
quoin - noun the keystone of an arch; expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a
chase; (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone
8752.
quoined.
8753.
quoining.
8754.
quoit - noun game equipment consisting of a ring of iron or circle of rope used in playing the game of quoits
8755.
quoiter.
8756.
quoitlike.
8757.
quoits - noun a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling
it
8758.
quondam - adj. belonging to some prior time
8759.
quondamly.
8760.
quondamship.
8761.
quoniam.
8762.
quop.
8763.
quoratean - noun a group of languages of the Hokan family
8764.
quot.
8765.
quotability - noun the quality of being worthy of being quoted
8766.
quotable - adj. suitable for or worthy of quotation; able or fit to be repeated or quoted
8767.
quotableness.
8768.
quotably.
8769.
quotational.
8770.
quotationally.
8771.
quotationist.
8772.
quotative.
8773.
quotee.
8774.
8775.
8776.
8777.
8778.
8779.
8780.
8781.
8782.
8783.
8784.
8785.
8786.
8787.
8788.
8789.
quoteless.
quotennial.
quoter - noun a communicator (speaker or writer) who uses quotations
quoteworthy.
quoth.
quotha.
quotidian - adj. found in the ordinary course of events
quotidianly.
quotidianness.
quotiety.
quotingly.
quotity.
quotlibet.
quotum.
qursh.
qurti.
r
8790.
ra - noun ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as AmenRa to become the king of the gods; (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; an intensely
radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
8791.
rabbinate - noun the office or function of a rabbi; rabbis collectively
8792.
rabbinic - adj. of or relating to rabbis or their teachings
8793.
rabbinical - adj. of or relating to rabbis or their teachings
8794.
rabbitweed - noun low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many
slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
8795.
rabbitwood - noun shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish
flowers and pulpy drupes
8796.
rabelaisian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works
8797.
rabidity - noun unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
8798.
rabidness - noun unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm
8799.
raceabout - noun a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail
8800.
racecourse - noun a course over which races are run
8801.
racehorse - noun a horse bred for racing
8802.
raceme - noun usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first
8803.
racemose - adj. having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the
stem continues to grow
8804.
racer - noun slender fast-moving North American snakes; an animal that races; a fast car that competes in races; someone
who drives racing cars at high speeds
8805.
rachis - noun axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence; the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton
and protecting the spinal cord
8806.
rachischisis - noun 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
8807.
rachitic - adj. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
8808.
rachitis - noun inflammation of the vertebral column; childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight
associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus
8809.
rachycentridae - noun family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
8810.
rachycentron - noun genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia
8811.
racialism - noun discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
8812.
racialist - noun a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others
8813.
racially - adv. with respect to race
8814.
racily - adv. in a racy manner
8815.
raciness - noun behavior or language bordering on indelicacy; a strong odor or taste property
8816.
racing - noun the sport of engaging in contests of speed
8817.
racism - noun discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race; the prejudice that members of one
race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
8818.
racist - adj. discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion; based on racial intolerance; noun a person with a
prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others
8819.
racker - noun an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack
8820.
racketeering - noun engaging in a racket
8821.
racking - adj. causing great physical or mental suffering
8822.
racon - noun a device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine
their position
8823.
raconteur - noun a person skilled in telling anecdotes
8824.
racoon - noun an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
r
8825.
rad - noun a unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material; 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 295 degrees)
8826.
raddle - noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking; verb mark or paint with raddle; twist or braid together, interlace
8827.
radially - adv. in a radial manner
8828.
radiance - noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light; the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving
or arriving at a point on a surface; an attractive combination of good health and happiness
8829.
radiancy - noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
8830.
radiantly - adv. in a radiant manner
8831.
radiation - noun the act of spreading outward from a central source; a radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting
different parts of the brain; the spread of a group of organisms into new habitats; energy that is radiated or transmitted in the
form of rays or waves or particles; the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay;
(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance; syndrome resulting from
exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and
nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and
other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
8832.
radiator - noun 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; heater consisting
of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings; any object that radiates energy
8833.
radicalism - noun the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society
8834.
radicalize - verb make more radical in social or political outlook
8835.
radically - adv. in a radical manner
8836.
radicle - noun (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve)
8837.
radiculitis - noun inflammation of the radicle of a nerve
8838.
radioactively - adv. in a radioactive manner
8839.
radioactivity - noun the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
8840.
radiograph - noun a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light
(especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
8841.
radiographer - noun a person who makes radiographs
8842.
radiographic - adj. relating to or produced by radiography
8843.
radioisotope - noun a radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially
8844.
radiolaria - noun marine protozoa
8845.
radiolarian - noun protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
8846.
radiolocation - noun measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and
locate distant objects
8847.
radiological - adj. of or relating to radiology
8848.
radiologist - noun a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
8849.
radiolucent - adj. almost complete transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation
8850.
radiomicrometer - noun radiometer that is extremely sensitive
8851.
radiopacity - noun opacity to X-rays or other radiation
8852.
radiopaque - adj. not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation
8853.
radiophone - noun a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
8854.
radiophonic - adj. relating to or by means of radiotelephony
8855.
radiophotograph - noun a photograph transmitted by radio waves
8856.
radiophotography - noun transmission of photographs by radio waves
8857.
radioscopy - noun (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating
radiation
8858.
radiosensitive - adj. sensitive to radiation
8859.
radiosensitivity - noun sensitivity to the action of radiant energy
8860.
radiotelegraphy - noun the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code); telegraphy that uses
transmission by radio rather than by wire
8861.
radiotelephonic - adj. relating to or by means of radiotelephony
8862.
radiotelephony - noun telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
8863.
radiotherapist - noun a medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease
8864.
radiothorium - noun radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228
8865.
radome - noun a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
8866.
raffinose - noun a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals
8867.
raffishly - adv. in a rakish manner
8868.
rafflesiaceae - noun a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
8869.
rafter - noun one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof; someone who travels by raft; verb provide (a
ceiling) with rafters
8870.
raftman - noun someone who travels by raft
8871.
raftsman - noun someone who travels by raft
8872.
ragamuffin - noun a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
8873.
ragged - adj. having an irregular outline; worn out from stress or strain; being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
8874.
raggedly - adv. with a ragged and uneven appearance; in a ragged irregular manner; in a ragged uneven manner
8875.
raggedness - noun shabbiness by virtue of being in rags; a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular
and uneven
8876.
raging - adj. very severe; (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; characterized by violent and forceful activity or
movement; very intense
8877.
raglan - noun a garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves
8878.
ragpicker - noun an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood
8879.
ragsorter - noun a worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking)
8880.
ragtag - noun disparaging terms for the common people
8881.
ragtime - noun music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano)
8882.
ragwort - noun widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to
cattle if consumed in quantity; American ragwort with yellow flowers
8883.
raider - noun a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and
installing new management; someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
8884.
railing - noun a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports; material for making rails or rails collectively
8885.
railroader - noun an employee of a railroad
8886.
railroading - noun the activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads
8887.
raiment - noun especially fine or decorative clothing; verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
8888.
raimentless - adj. possessing no clothing
8889.
raininess - noun (of weather) the badness of the weather
8890.
rainless - adj. lacking rain
8891.
rainproof - adj. not permitting the passage of water
8892.
raisable - adj. capable of being raised
8893.
raised - adj. increased especially to abnormal levels; above the surround or above the normal position; embellished with a
raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
8894.
raiser - noun a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid; someone concerned with the science or art or business of
cultivating the soil
8895.
raising - adj. increasing in quantity or value; noun the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated
as a child; helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; the event of something being raised upward
8896.
raja - noun type genus of the family Rajidae; a prince or king in India
8897.
rajidae - noun bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
8898.
rajput - noun a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India
8899.
rakehell - noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
8900.
rakishly - adv. in a rakish manner
8901.
rakishness - noun the quality of a rake; stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
8902.
rallentando - adj. gradually decreasing in tempo; adv. slowing down
8903.
rallidae - noun rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
8904.
rama - noun avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or
Parashurama or Balarama
8905.
ramate - adj. having branches
8906.
rambler - noun a person whose speech or writing is not well organized; a person who takes long walks in the country
8907.
rambling - adj. of a path e.g.; (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of
subjects
8908.
ramblingly - adv. in a rambling manner
8909.
rambouillet - noun hardy sheep developed from the merino producing both good mutton and fine wool
8910.
rambunctious - adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
8911.
rambutan - noun pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines; Malayan tree bearing spiny red
fruit
8912.
ramekin - noun a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions; a cheese dish made with bread and
egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes
8913.
ramequin - noun a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions; a cheese dish made with bread
and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes
8914.
rameses - noun any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC
8915.
ramie - noun tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that
resembles flax
8916.
ramification - noun an arrangement of branching parts; the act of branching out or dividing into branches; a development
that complicates a situation; a part of a forked or branching shape
8917.
rammer - noun a tool for driving something with force
8918.
ramona - noun shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
8919.
ramose - adj. having branches
8920.
ramous - adj. having branches
8921.
rampageous - adj. displaying raging violence; often destructive
8922.
rampantly - adv. in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
8923.
ramphastidae - noun toucans
8924.
rampion - noun bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used
with the leaves in salad
8925.
ramshackle - adj. in deplorable condition
8926.
ramus - noun the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
8927.
rana - noun type genus of the Ranidae
8928.
ranales - noun herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae;
Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae;
Cercidiphyllaceae
8929.
ranatra - noun elongate very slender water scorpions
8930.
rancher - noun a person who owns or operates a ranch
8931.
rancidity - noun the state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)
8932.
rancidness - noun the property of being rancid
8933.
rancor - noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
8934.
randomization - noun a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance
8935.
randomize - verb arrange in random order
8936.
randomly - adv. in a random manner
8937.
randomness - noun the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan; (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity
representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
8938.
ranger - noun a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids; an official who is responsible for
managing and protecting an area of forest; a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who
maintained order on the frontier
8939.
rangifer - noun reindeer or caribou
8940.
ranging - adj. wandering freely
8941.
rani - noun (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja
8942.
ranid - noun insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
8943.
ranidae - noun a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs
8944.
ranked - adj. arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
8945.
ranker - noun an enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces; a commissioned officer who has been
promoted from enlisted status
8946.
ranking - adj. having a higher rank; noun position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
8947.
rankness - noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell; the property of producing abundantly and sustaining
vigorous and luxuriant growth
8948.
ranter - noun someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
8949.
ranting - noun a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
8950.
ranula - noun a cyst on the underside of the tongue
8951.
ranunculaceae - noun a family of Ranunculaceae
8952.
ranunculales - noun herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae;
Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae;
Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
8953.
ranunculus - noun annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
8954.
raoulia - noun genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in
genus Haastia
8955.
rapaciously - adv. in a rapacious manner
8956.
rapaciousness - noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); extreme gluttony
8957.
rapacity - noun reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme
gluttony
8958.
rapateaceae - noun South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
8959.
raper - noun someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
8960.
rapeseed - noun seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil
8961.
raphanus - noun radish
8962.
raphe - noun a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
8963.
raphia - noun feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for
commercial purposes; leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.
8964.
raphidiidae - noun a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies
8965.
rapidity - noun a rate that is rapid
8966.
rapidly - adv. with rapid movements
8967.
rapidness - noun a rate that is rapid
8968.
rapine - noun the act of despoiling a country in warfare
8969.
rapist - noun someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse
8970.
rappel - noun (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; verb lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
8971.
rapper - noun someone who performs rap music; a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
8972.
rapscallion - noun one who is playfully mischievous; a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
8973.
raptor - noun any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
8974.
raptores - noun term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and
Strigiformes
8975.
raptorial - adj. relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; living by preying on other animals especially by catching
living prey
8976.
rapturous - adj. feeling great rapture or delight
8977.
rapturously - adv. in an ecstatic manner
8978.
raptus - noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
8979.
rarebit - noun cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast
8980.
rarefaction - noun a decrease in the density of something
8981.
rarely - adv. not often
8982.
rareness - noun noteworthy scarcity
8983.
rarity - noun a rarified quality; noteworthy scarcity; something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
8984.
ras - noun the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
8985.
rascality - noun the quality of being a slippery rascal; reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance
in others; the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
8986.
rascally - adj. lacking principles or scruples; playful in an appealingly bold way
8987.
rase - verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
8988.
rasher - noun a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America
8989.
rashly - adv. in a hasty and foolhardy manner
8990.
rashness - noun the trait of giving little thought to danger; the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
8991.
rasping - adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; noun uttering in an irritated tone
8992.
raspingly - adv. in a harsh and grating manner
8993.
raspy - adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
8994.
ratability - noun the quality of being capable of being rated or estimated; the state of being liable to assessment or
taxation
8995.
ratable - adj. liable to payment of rates or taxes
8996.
ratafee - noun sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter
almonds
8997.
ratafia - noun macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur; sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or
peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds
8998.
rataplan - noun the sound made by beating a drum
8999.
ratch - noun mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only
one direction
9000.
ratchet - noun mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in
only one direction; verb move by degrees in one direction only
9001.
ratel - noun nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
9002.
rathole - noun a small dirty uncomfortable room; a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
9003.
rathskeller - noun a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall
9004.
ratification - noun making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
9005.
ratifier - noun someone who expresses strong approval
9006.
rating - noun standing or position on a scale; act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of; an appraisal of the value
of something; rank in a military organization
9007.
ratiocination - noun logical and methodical reasoning; the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the
proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
9008.
ratiocinative - adj. based on exact thinking
9009.
ratiocinator - noun someone who reasons logically
9010.
ration - noun the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); a fixed portion that is allotted (especially
in times of scarcity); verb distribute in rations, as in the army; restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as
during war
9011.
rational - adj. having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion); consistent
with or based on or using reason; capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; of or associated with or requiring the use
of the mind; noun an integer or a fraction
9012.
rationalism - noun the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct; (philosophy) the doctrine that
knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience; the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine
revelation establishes religious truth
9013.
rationalist - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism; noun someone who emphasizes observable facts and
excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
9014.
rationalistic - adj. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism
9015.
rationality - noun the quality of being consistent with or based on logic; the state of having good sense and sound
judgment
9016.
rationalization - noun the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase
efficiency; (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of
the expression or the roots of the equation; the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason;
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way
that is not threatening; systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
9017.
rationalize - verb remove irrational quantities from; think rationally; employ logic or reason; structure and run according
to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; defend, explain,
clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
9018.
rationally - adv. in a rational manner
9019.
rationalness - noun the quality of being consistent with or based on logic
9020.
ratitae - noun used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
9021.
ratite - noun flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches;
cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
9022.
ratlike - adj. resembling or characteristic of a rat
9023.
ratline - noun (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing
aloft
9024.
ratsbane - noun a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat
poison) and weed killer
9025.
rattan - noun a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms; the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus
and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes; climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable
for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes
9026.
ratter - noun any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats; a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc.
9027.
rattlebox - noun any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for
pasture and green-manure crops
9028.
rattlebrained - adj. lacking sense or discretion
9029.
rattled - adj. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
9030.
rattlepated - adj. lacking sense or discretion
9031.
rattler - noun pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken; a railroad train consisting of
freight cars
9032.
rattling - adj. quick and energetic; extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; adv. used as intensifiers; `real' is
sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; noun a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a
stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
9033.
rattrap - noun a trap for catching rats; filthy run-down dilapidated housing; a difficult entangling situation
9034.
rattus - noun common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge
9035.
raucously - adv. with a raucous sound; in a rowdy manner
9036.
rauwolfia - noun 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; any of several alkaloids extracted from the
shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
9037.
ravehook - noun a hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum
9038.
raveling - noun a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
9039.
ravenala - noun 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
9040.
ravening - adj. devouring or craving food in great quantities; excessively greedy and grasping; living by preying on other
animals especially by catching living prey
9041.
ravenously - adv. in the manner of someone who is very hungry
9042.
ravenousness - noun excessive desire to eat
9043.
raver - noun a participant in a rave dancing party; someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
9044.
ravigote - noun veloute sauce seasoned with herbs and shallots and capers
9045.
raving - adj. talking or behaving irrationally; adv. in a raving manner; noun declaiming wildly
9046.
ravingly - adv. in a raving manner
9047.
ravioli - noun small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings
9048.
ravisher - noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman; someone who assaults others sexually
9049.
ravishing - adj. stunningly beautiful
9050.
ravishingly - adv. in a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree
9051.
ravishment - noun the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will; a feeling of delight at
being filled with wonder and enchantment
9052.
rawness - noun a chilly dampness; lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; a
pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
9053.
rayless - adj. having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers
9054.
rayon - noun a synthetic silklike fabric
9055.
razorbill - noun black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
9056.
razz - noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt; verb harass with persistent criticism or carping
9057.
reabsorb - verb undergo resorption
9058.
reabsorption - noun the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by
the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
9059.
reachable - adj. easily approached
9060.
reaching - noun accomplishment of an objective; the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
9061.
reacquaint - verb acquaint anew
9062.
react - verb undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; show a response or a
reaction to something; act against or in opposition to
9063.
reactance - noun opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than
resistance)
9064.
reaction - noun doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; a bodily process occurring
due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; an idea evoked by some experience; extreme conservatism in political or
social matters; a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced
when any force is applied to a body; (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
9065.
reactionism - noun the political orientation of reactionaries
9066.
reactionist - adj. extremely conservative
9067.
reactivate - verb activate (an old file) anew
9068.
reactive - adj. participating readily in reactions; tending to react to a stimulus
9069.
reactivity - noun ready susceptibility to chemical change; responsive to stimulation
9070.
reactor - noun an electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit; (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus
that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements
9071.
readability - noun the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand; writing (print or handwriting)
that can be easily read
9072.
readable - adj. easily deciphered
9073.
readably - adv. in a legible manner
9074.
readapt - verb adapt anew; adjust anew
9075.
reader - noun one of a series of texts for students learning to read; a person who enjoys reading; a person who can read; a
literate person; a public lecturer at certain universities; someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in
a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church; someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections; someone
who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication; someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a
certain number of issues of a publication
9076.
readership - noun the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
9077.
readily - adv. without much difficulty; in a punctual manner
9078.
readiness - noun prompt willingness; the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially
military action); a natural effortlessness; (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
9079.
reading - noun the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; the cognitive process of understanding a written
linguistic message; a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; written
material intended to be read; a particular interpretation or performance; a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern
England; a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something; a public instance of reciting or repeating (from
memory) something prepared in advance
9080.
readjust - verb adjust anew; adjust again after an initial failure
9081.
readjustment - noun the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances); the act of adjusting something to match a
standard
9082.
readmission - noun the act of admitting someone again
9083.
readmit - verb admit again or anew; admit anew
9084.
reaffiliation - noun affiliation anew
9085.
reaffirm - verb affirm once again
9086.
reaffirmation - noun renewed affirmation
9087.
reagent - noun a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
9088.
reagin - noun 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
9089.
realgar - noun a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic
9090.
realign - verb align anew or better
9091.
realism - noun the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth; (philosophy) the
philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived; (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that
abstract concepts exist independent of their names; an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for
detailed realistic and factual description; the state of being actual or real
9092.
realist - noun a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them; a
painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style; a person who accepts the world as it
literally is and deals with it accordingly
9093.
realistic - adj. aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of
realism; representing what is real; not abstract or ideal
9094.
realistically - adv. in a realistic manner; in a realistic manner
9095.
reality - noun the quality possessed by something that is real; the state of being actual or real; the state of the world as it
really is rather than as you might want it to be; all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
9096.
realizable - adj. capable of being realized; capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
9097.
realization - noun something that is made real or concrete; making real or giving the appearance of reality; the completion
or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer; 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; coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; a musical
composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
9098.
realize - verb make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music)
by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass; convert into cash; of goods and property; perceive (an idea or
situation) mentally; be fully aware or cognizant of; earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
9099.
reallocate - verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
9100.
reallocation - noun a share that has been allocated again; a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of
congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results)
9101.
reallot - verb allot again
9102.
reallotment - noun a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on
the basis of census results)
9103.
really - adv. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; in accordance with
truth or fact or reality; in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); in actual fact
9104.
realness - noun the state of being actual or real
9105.
reamer - noun a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes; a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for
squeezing juice from citrus fruit
9106.
reanimate - verb give new life or energy to
9107.
reaper - noun farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields; Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a
scythe; someone who helps to gather the harvest
9108.
reappear - verb appear again
9109.
reappearance - noun the act of someone appearing again; the event of something appearing again
9110.
reapportion - verb allocate, distribute, or apportion anew
9111.
reapportionment - noun a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States
on the basis of census results)
9112.
reappraisal - noun a new appraisal or evaluation
9113.
reappraise - verb appraise anew
9114.
rearm - verb arm anew; arm again
9115.
rearmament - noun the act of arming again
9116.
rearmost - adj. located farthest to the rear
9117.
rearrange - verb put into a new order or arrangement
9118.
rearrangement - noun changing an arrangement
9119.
rearward - adj. directed or moving toward the rear; located in or toward the back or rear; adv. at or to or toward the back
or rear; noun direction toward the rear
9120.
rearwards - adv. at or to or toward the back or rear
9121.
reasonable - adj. marked by sound judgment; showing reason or sound judgment; not excessive or extreme
9122.
reasonableness - noun the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; moderation in expectations; the
property of being moderate in price or expenditures; goodness of reason and judgment; the state of having good sense and sound
9123.
udgment
9124.
reasonably - adv. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
9125.
reasoned - adj. logically valid; resulting from careful thought
9126.
reasoner - noun someone who reasons logically
9127.
reasoning - adj. endowed with the capacity to reason; noun thinking that is coherent and logical
9128.
reasonless - adj. not endowed with the capacity to reason; having no justifying cause or reason; not marked by the use of
reason
9129.
reassail - verb assail again
9130.
reassemble - verb assemble once again, after taking something apart
9131.
reassembly - noun assembling again
9132.
reassert - verb strengthen or make more firm
9133.
reassertion - noun renewed affirmation
9134.
reassess - verb revise or renew one's assessment
9135.
reassessment - noun a new appraisal or evaluation
9136.
reassign - verb transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
9137.
reassignment - noun assignment to a different duty
9138.
reassurance - noun the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
9139.
reassure - verb give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
9140.
reassured - adj. having confidence restored; freed from anxiety
9141.
reassuring - adj. restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
9142.
reassuringly - adv. in a reassuring manner
9143.
reattribute - verb attribute to another source
9144.
reawaken - verb awaken once again
9145.
rebarbative - adj. serving or tending to repel
9146.
rebate - noun a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together; verb
join with a rebate; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale
9147.
rebato - noun a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
9148.
rebekah - noun (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
9149.
rebelliously - adv. in a rebellious manner
9150.
rebelliousness - noun an insubordinate act; intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
9151.
rebind - verb provide with a new binding
9152.
rebirth - noun the revival of learning and culture; a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life; a second
or new birth; after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
9153.
reborn - adj. spiritually reborn or converted
9154.
rebound - noun the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot; a reaction to a crisis or
setback or frustration; a movement back from an impact; verb return to a former condition; spring back; spring away from an
impact
9155.
rebroadcast - noun a broadcast that repeated at a later time; verb broadcast again, as of a film
9156.
rebuff - noun a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval); an instance of driving away
or warding off; verb reject outright and bluntly; force or drive back
9157.
rebuild - verb build again
9158.
rebuker - noun someone who finds fault or imputes blame
9159.
rebukingly - adv. in the manner of someone delivering a rebuke
9160.
reburial - noun the act of burying again
9161.
rebury - verb bury again
9162.
rebus - noun a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words
9163.
rebutter - noun (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder; a debater who refutes or disproves
by offering contrary evidence or argument
9164.
recalcitrance - noun the trait of being unmanageable
9165.
recalcitrate - verb show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately
disobedient
9166.
recalculate - verb calculate anew
9167.
recalculation - noun the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data)
9168.
recall - noun the act of removing an official by petition; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering
information by mental effort); a bugle call that signals troops to return; a call to return; a request by the manufacturer of a
defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair); verb cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention
to return from a reverie or digression; summon to return; cause to be returned; make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution;
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; go back to something earlier; call to mind
9169.
recant - verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
9170.
recantation - noun a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
9171.
recap - noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads; a summary at the end that repeats the
substance of a longer discussion; verb summarize briefly
9172.
recapitulate - verb summarize briefly; repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life;
repeat an earlier theme of a composition
9173.
recapitulation - noun a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion; (music) the section of a
composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated;
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the
strain or species
9174.
recapture - noun the act of taking something back; a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount;
verb capture again; take up anew; experience anew; take back by force, as after a battle
9175.
recast - verb cast or model anew; cast again; cast again, in a different role
9176.
recasting - noun changing a particular word or phrase
9177.
recce - noun reconnaissance (by shortening)
9178.
recco - noun reconnaissance (by shortening)
9179.
reccy - noun reconnaissance (by shortening)
9180.
recede - verb become faint or more distant; move back and away from; retreat; pull back or move away or backward
9181.
receipts - noun the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
9182.
receivable - adj. awaiting payment
9183.
receivables - noun money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts
9184.
received - adj. widely accepted as true or worthy; conforming to the established language usage of educated native
speakers
9185.
receiver - noun set that receives radio or tv signals; a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass;
earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds; a person who gets something; (law) a person (usually appointed by a court
of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
9186.
receivership - noun the office of a receiver; 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; the state of property that is in the hands of a receiver
9187.
recency - noun the property of having happened or appeared not long ago; a time immediately before the present
9188.
recently - adv. in the recent past; very recently
9189.
recentness - noun the property of having happened or appeared not long ago; a time immediately before the present
9190.
receptionist - noun a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
9191.
receptively - adv. in a receptive manner
9192.
receptiveness - noun willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
9193.
receptivity - noun willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
9194.
recessional - adj. of or relating to receding; noun a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir
withdraw; the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
9195.
recessionary - adj. of or pertaining to a recession
9196.
recharge - verb charge anew; load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
9197.
recidivism - noun habitual relapse into crime
9198.
recidivist - noun someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior; someone who is repeatedly arrested
for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
9199.
reciprocality - noun a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
9200.
reciprocally - adv. in an inverse or contrary manner; in a mutual or shared manner; (often followed by `for') in exchange
or in reciprocation
9201.
reciprocation - noun alternating back-and-forth movement; the act of making or doing something in return; mutual
interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
9202.
reciprocative - adj. given or done or owed to each other
9203.
reciprocatory - adj. moving alternately backward and forward
9204.
recirculation - noun circulation again
9205.
recission - noun (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
9206.
recitalist - noun a musician who gives recitals
9207.
recitation - noun a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; written matter
that is recited from memory; systematic training by multiple repetitions; a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of
study
9208.
recite - verb repeat aloud from memory; render verbally, "recite a poem"; specify individually; narrate or give a detailed
account of; recite in elocution
9209.
reciter - noun someone who recites from memory
9210.
reckless - adj. marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; characterized by careless unconcern
9211.
recklessly - adv. in a reckless manner
9212.
recklessness - noun the trait of giving little thought to danger
9213.
reckoner - noun a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation; an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating
machines)
9214.
reckoning - noun a bill for an amount due; the act of counting; problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
9215.
reclaim - verb make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; reuse (materials from waste products);
claim back; overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life,
conduct, and adopt a right one
9216.
reclaimable - adj. capable of being used again
9217.
reclassification - noun classifying something again (usually in a new category)
9218.
reclassify - verb classify anew, change the previous classification
9219.
recliner - noun an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it
9220.
reclusive - adj. providing privacy or seclusion; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
9221.
reclusiveness - noun a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation
9222.
recode - verb put into a different code; rearrange mentally
9223.
recognition - noun designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; the process of
recognizing something or someone by remembering; an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; approval; the explicit and
formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country; (biology) the ability of one molecule to
attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; coming to
understand something clearly and distinctly
9224.
recognizable - adj. capable of being recognized; easily perceived; easy to become aware of
9225.
recognizably - adv. to a recognizable degree
9226.
recognizance - noun (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
9227.
recognize - verb perceive to be the same; be fully aware or cognizant of; detect with the senses; show approval or
appreciation of; exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate); accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power
and authority; express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; express greetings upon meeting someone; grant credentials to
9228.
recoil - noun a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired; verb spring back, as from a
forceful thrust; spring back; spring away from an impact; draw back, as with fear or pain; come back to the originator of an
action with an undesired effect
9229.
recoilless - adj. of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
9230.
recollect - verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
9231.
recollection - noun something recalled to the mind; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering
information by mental effort); the ability to recall past occurrences
9232.
recollective - adj. good at remembering
9233.
recombination - noun (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents;
(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
9234.
recombine - verb to combine or put together again; cause genetic recombination; undergo genetic recombination
9235.
recommence - verb begin again; cause to start anew
9236.
recommencement - noun beginning again
9237.
recommend - verb make attractive or acceptable; push for something; express a good opinion of
9238.
recommendation - noun any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission;
something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable; something that recommends (or expresses commendation)
of a person or thing as worthy or desirable
9239.
recommit - verb send back to a committee; commit again; commit once again, as of a crime
9240.
reconcilable - adj. capable of being reconciled
9241.
reconciler - noun someone who tries to bring peace
9242.
reconciliation - noun getting two things to correspond; the reestablishing of cordial relations
9243.
reconciling - adj. tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony
9244.
reconditeness - noun wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; the quality of being unclear or abstruse and
hard to understand
9245.
recondition - verb bring into an improved condition
9246.
reconfirm - verb confirm again
9247.
reconnoiter - verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
9248.
reconnoitre - verb explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
9249.
reconquer - verb conquer anew
9250.
reconsecrate - verb consecrate anew, as after a desecration
9251.
reconsider - verb consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; consider again (a bill) that
had been voted upon before, in legislation
9252.
reconsideration - noun thinking again about a choice previously made; a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a
view to changing an earlier decision
9253.
reconstitute - verb construct or form anew or provide with a new structure
9254.
reconstruct - verb cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically; reassemble mentally; do over, as of (part of)
a house; build again; return to its original or usable and functioning condition
9255.
reconstructed - adj. adapted to social or economic change
9256.
reconstruction - noun the activity of constructing something again; recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract
features which are then used to construct the memory during recall; an interpretation formed by piecing together bits of
evidence; the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union;
1865-1877
9257.
reconstructive - adj. helping to restore to good condition
9258.
reconvene - verb meet again
9259.
reconvert - verb convert back
9260.
reconvict - verb convict anew
9261.
recopy - verb copy again
9262.
record - noun the sum of recognized accomplishments; an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever
attested (as in a sport); a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; anything (such as a document or a
phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; a document that can
serve as legal evidence of a transaction; the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; sound recording consisting of
a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove; a list of
crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; verb register electronically; make a record of; set down in
permanent form; be aware of; be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and
instruments
9263.
recorder - noun equipment for making records; a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or
boroughs; a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece; someone responsible for keeping
records
9264.
recording - noun the act of making a record (especially an audio record); signal encoding something (e.g., picture or
sound) that has been recorded; a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
9265.
recount - noun an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election; verb count again; narrate
or give a detailed account of
9266.
recoup - verb reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; regain or
make up for
9267.
recourse - noun act of turning to for assistance; something or someone turned to for assistance or security
9268.
recover - verb regain a former condition after a financial loss; cover anew; get or find back; recover the use of; regain or
make up for; get over an illness or shock; reuse (materials from waste products)
9269.
recoverable - adj. capable of being recovered or regained
9270.
recoverer - noun someone who saves something from danger or violence
9271.
recreant - adj. having deserted a cause or principle; lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; noun a
disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.; an abject coward
9272.
recreate - verb create anew; give new life or energy to; give encouragement to; engage in recreational activities rather
than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
9273.
recreation - noun activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and
relaxation; an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
9274.
recreational - adj. of or relating to recreation; engaged in as a pastime
9275.
recrimination - noun mutual accusations
9276.
recriminative - adj. countering one charge with another
9277.
recrudesce - verb become raw or open; happen
9278.
recrudescence - noun a return of something after a period of abatement
9279.
recrudescent - adj. the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement
9280.
recruiter - noun an official who enlists personnel for military service; someone who supplies members or employees
9281.
recruitment - noun the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
9282.
rectal - adj. of or involving the rectum
9283.
rectangularity - noun the property of being shaped like a rectangle
9284.
rectifiable - adj. capable of being repaired or rectified
9285.
rectification - noun determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve; the
conversion of alternating current to direct current; (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by
distillation; the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
9286.
rectified - adj. having been put right
9287.
rectilineal - adj. characterized by a straight line or lines
9288.
recto - noun right-hand page
9289.
rectocele - noun protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by
childbirth
9290.
rectoplasty - noun reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum
9291.
rectorate - noun the office or station of a rector
9292.
rectorship - noun the office or station of a rector
9293.
rectosigmoid - adj. of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum
9294.
rectum - noun the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus
9295.
rectus - noun any of various straight muscles
9296.
recuperation - noun gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
9297.
recuperative - adj. promoting recuperation
9298.
recurrence - noun happening again (especially at regular intervals)
9299.
recurrently - adv. in a recurrent manner
9300.
recursive - adj. of or relating to a recursion
9301.
recurvate - adj. curved backward or inward
9302.
recurve - verb curve or bend (something) back or down
9303.
recurvirostra - noun type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets
9304.
recurvirostridae - noun long-legged shorebirds
9305.
recusancy - noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of
the Church of England
9306.
recusation - noun (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties; (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
9307.
recycle - verb use again after processing; cause to repeat a cycle
9308.
redaction - noun the act of putting something in writing; putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into
acceptable form
9309.
redbelly - noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
9310.
redberry - noun small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red
berries; North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright
red oval poisonous berries
9311.
redbone - noun a speedy red or red-and-tan American hound
9312.
redbreast - noun small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
9313.
redbrush - noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
9314.
redcap - noun a porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station; a member of the military police in
Britain
9315.
redding - noun a town in north central California on the Sacramento River
9316.
rede - verb give advice to; give an interpretation or explanation to
9317.
redecorate - verb redo the decoration of an apartment or house
9318.
rededicate - verb dedicate anew
9319.
rededication - noun a new dedication
9320.
redeem - verb convert into cash; of commercial papers; pay off (loans or promissory notes); to turn in (vouchers or
coupons) and receive something in exchange; restore the honor or worth of; exchange or buy back for money; under threat; save
from sins
9321.
redeemable - adj. susceptible to improvement or reform; recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition; able to be
converted into ready money or the equivalent
9322.
redeemer - noun someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.); 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)
9323.
redefine - verb give a new or different definition of (a word); give a new or different definition to
9324.
redefinition - noun the act of giving a new definition
9325.
redemptional - adj. of or relating to or resulting in redemption
9326.
redemptory - adj. of or relating to or resulting in redemption
9327.
redeploy - verb deploy anew
9328.
redeployment - noun the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively
9329.
redeposit - verb deposit anew; deposit anew
9330.
redeposition - noun deposition from one deposit to another
9331.
redesign - verb design anew, make a new design for
9332.
redetermination - noun determining again
9333.
redetermine - verb fix, find, or establish again
9334.
redevelop - verb change the plans for the use of (land); formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis;
develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
9335.
redevelopment - noun the act of improving by renewing and restoring
9336.
redeye - noun a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep
9337.
redfish - noun male salmon that has recently spawned; North Atlantic rockfish; large edible fish found off coast of United
States from Massachusetts to Mexico
9338.
redheaded - adj. having red hair and usually fair skin
9339.
redirect - verb channel into a new direction
9340.
rediscover - verb discover again
9341.
rediscovery - noun the act of discovering again
9342.
redispose - verb dispose anew
9343.
redisposition - noun the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively
9344.
redistribute - verb distribute anew
9345.
redistribution - noun distributing again
9346.
redly - adv. displaying a red color
9347.
redness - noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood; a response of body tissues to injury
or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
9348.
redo - verb do over, as of (part of) a house; make new
9349.
redolence - noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
9350.
redolent - adj. (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; having a strong pleasant odor; serving to bring to mind
9351.
redouble - verb make twice as great or intense; double again; double in magnitude, extent, or intensity
9352.
redoubt - noun a forbidding stronghold
9353.
redoubtable - adj. inspiring fear; having or worthy of pride
9354.
redox - noun a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
9355.
redraft - noun a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again
9356.
redress - noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil; a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury; verb
make reparations or amends for
9357.
redroot - noun 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
9358.
redskin - noun offensive terms for Native Americans
9359.
redtail - noun dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail; European songbird with a reddish breast
and tail; related to Old World robins
9360.
reduced - adj. well below normal (especially in price); made less in size or amount or degree
9361.
reducer - noun pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter; 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 slackened silver
9362.
reducing - noun loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; 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
9363.
reductant - noun 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 slackened silver
9364.
reductase - noun an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
9365.
reduction - noun the act of reducing complexity; 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; the act of decreasing or
reducing
9366.
omething
9367.
reductionism - noun the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents; a theory that all complex systems can be
completely understood in terms of their components
9368.
reductionist - adj. of or relating to the theory of reductionism
9369.
reductive - adj. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
9370.
redundance - noun the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded
9371.
redundancy - noun repetition of an act needlessly; the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; (electronics) a system
design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails; repetition of messages to reduce the
probability of errors in transmission
9372.
reduplicate - verb form by reduplication; make or do or perform again
9373.
reduplication - noun the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof); a word formed by or containing a
repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word); the syllable added in a reduplicated word form;
repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
9374.
reduviid - noun a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals
9375.
reduviidae - noun assassin bugs
9376.
redwing - noun small European thrush having reddish flanks; North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
9377.
reedbird - noun small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa; migratory American
songbird
9378.
reedlike - adj. resembling a reed in being upright and slender
9379.
reefer - noun marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
9380.
reefy - adj. full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
9381.
reeler - noun a dancer of reels; someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
9382.
reenforce - verb make stronger
9383.
ref - noun (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
9384.
reface - verb provide with a new facing; put a new facing on (a garment)
9385.
refashion - verb make new
9386.
reference - noun the act of referring or consulting; the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class
of objects that an expression refers to; the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; a publication (or a
passage from a publication) that is referred to; a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; a formal recommendation by
a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; a short note
recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; an indicator
that orients you generally; verb refer to
9387.
refill - noun a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; a prescription drug that is provided
again; verb fill something that had previously been emptied
9388.
refinance - verb renew the financing of
9389.
refine - verb make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity
by polishing or purifying; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; make more complex, intricate, or richer; improve or perfect by pruning or
polishing
9390.
refined - adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; freed from impurities by processing; free from
what is tawdry or unbecoming; suggesting taste, ease, and wealth; made pure; showing a high degree of refinement and the
assurance that comes from wide social experience
9391.
refinement - noun the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; the result of improving something; a subtle
difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.); a highly
developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
9392.
refiner - noun one whose work is to refine a specific thing
9393.
refining - noun the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)
9394.
refinish - verb give a new surface
9395.
refit - noun outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts); verb fit out again
9396.
reflate - verb become inflated again; inflate again; economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices,
after a period of deflation; economics: experience reflation
9397.
reflation - noun inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state
9398.
reflected - adj. (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
9399.
reflecting - adj. causing reflection or having a device that reflects
9400.
reflection - noun the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); the ability to reflect beams
or rays; the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface; (mathematics) a
transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed; a likeness in which left and right are reversed; a calm lengthy
intent consideration; a remark expressing careful consideration; expression without words
9401.
reflective - adj. devoted to matters of the mind; capable of physically reflecting light or sound; persistently or morbidly
thoughtful
9402.
reflectively - adv. in a reflective manner
9403.
reflectiveness - noun the capability of quiet thought or contemplation
9404.
reflectivity - noun the capability of quiet thought or contemplation; the ability to reflect beams or rays; the fraction of
radiant energy that is reflected from a surface
9405.
reflectometer - noun a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface
9406.
reflex - adj. without volition or conscious control; noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
9407.
reflexed - adj. (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees
9408.
reflexiveness - noun (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself; the coreferential
relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
9409.
reflexivity - noun (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself; the coreferential
relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent
9410.
reflexly - adv. in a reflex manner
9411.
refloat - verb set afloat again
9412.
reflux - noun an abnormal backward flow of body fluids; the outward flow of the tide
9413.
refocus - verb put again into focus or focus more sharply; focus anew; focus anew
9414.
reforest - verb forest anew
9415.
reforestation - noun the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting
9416.
reforge - verb cast or model anew
9417.
reform - noun a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; self-improvement in behavior or morals by
abandoning some vice; a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; verb change for the better; make changes for
improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a
better condition; break up the molecules of; produce by cracking; bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life,
conduct, and adopt a right one
9418.
reformable - adj. susceptible to improvement or reform
9419.
reformation - noun 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; 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; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
9420.
reformative - adj. tending to reform
9421.
reformed - adj. of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some
Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran; caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good
one
9422.
reformer - noun an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; a disputant who
advocates reform
9423.
reformism - noun a doctrine of reform
9424.
reformist - adj. favoring or promoting reform (often by government action); noun a disputant who advocates reform
9425.
reformulate - verb formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
9426.
refractile - adj. of or relating to or capable of refraction
9427.
refraction - noun the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to
another; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
9428.
refractive - adj. of or relating to or capable of refraction; capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
9429.
refractiveness - noun the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction
9430.
refractivity - noun the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction
9431.
refractoriness - noun the trait of being unmanageable
9432.
refracture - verb break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way
9433.
refresh - verb make fresh again; make (to feel) fresh; become or make oneself fresh again; refresh one's memory
9434.
refreshen - verb make fresh again; become or make oneself fresh again
9435.
refresher - noun a drink that refreshes; a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts
more than one day; a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments
9436.
refreshful - adj. imparting vitality and energy
9437.
refreshfully - adv. in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality
9438.
refreshing - adj. imparting vitality and energy; pleasantly new or different
9439.
refreshingly - adv. in a pleasantly novel manner; in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality
9440.
refreshment - noun activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and
relaxation; snacks and drinks served as a light meal
9441.
refrigerant - adj. causing cooling or freezing; noun a substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
9442.
refrigerating - adj. causing cooling or freezing
9443.
refrigeration - noun deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes; the process of cooling or
freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
9444.
refrigerator - noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
9445.
refuel - verb take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car; provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars
9446.
refueling - noun the activity of supplying or taking on fuel
9447.
refulgence - noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
9448.
refulgency - noun the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
9449.
refulgent - adj. radiating or as if radiating light
9450.
refund - noun the act of returning money received previously; money returned to a payer; verb pay back
9451.
refurbish - verb make brighter and prettier
9452.
refurbishment - noun the state of being restored to its former good condition
9453.
refurnish - verb furnish with new or different furniture
9454.
refuse - noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen); verb show unwillingness towards; refuse to accept; refuse to let
have; refuse entrance or membership; elude, especially in a baffling way; resist immunologically the introduction of some
foreign tissue or organ
9455.
refutable - adj. able to be refuted
9456.
refutal - noun the act of determining that something is false
9457.
refuter - noun a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
9458.
regain - verb get or find back; recover the use of; come upon after searching; find the location of something that was
missed or lost
9459.
regalecidae - noun ribbonfishes
9460.
regally - adv. in a regal manner
9461.
regardful - adj. showing deference
9462.
regardless - adj. (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; adv. in spite of everything; without
regard to drawbacks
9463.
regency - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency
(1811-1820); of or relating to a regency; noun the office of a regent; the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was
regent during George III's periods of insanity; the period of time during which a regent governs
9464.
regenerate - adj. reformed spiritually or morally; verb restore strength; undergo regeneration; form or produce anew; be
formed or shaped anew; replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; return to life; get or give new life or
energy; amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit; reestablish
on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life,
conduct, and adopt a right one
9465.
regeneration - noun the activity of spiritual or physical renewal; (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or
organs; forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting; feedback in phase
with (augmenting) the input
9466.
regicide - noun the act of killing a king; someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
9467.
regimental - adj. belonging to or concerning a regiment
9468.
regimentally - adv. in a regimental manner or by regiments
9469.
regimentals - noun the military uniform and insignia of a regiment
9470.
regionalism - noun loyalty to the interests of a particular region; a foreign policy that defines the international interests of
a country in terms of particular geographic areas; a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a
particular region
9471.
regionally - adv. in a regional manner
9472.
register - noun a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device; an air
passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room; (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; (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; an official written record of names or events or transactions; a book in which
names and transactions are listed; a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill;
verb enter into someone's consciousness; send by registered mail; manipulate the registers of an organ; show in one's face; enroll
to vote; record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and
instruments; record in a public office or in a court of law; be aware of; have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
9473.
registered - adj. (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc; listed or
recorded officially; (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book
9474.
regnant - adj. exercising power or authority
9475.
regorge - verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
9476.
regretfully - adv. with regret (used in polite formulas)
9477.
regrettably - adv. by bad luck
9478.
regroup - verb reorganize into new groups; organize anew, as after a setback
9479.
regrow - verb grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption
9480.
regularity - noun the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; a property of polygons: the property of
having equal sides and equal angles
9481.
regularization - noun the condition of having been made regular (or more regular); the act of bringing to uniformity;
making regular
9482.
regularize - verb make regular or more regular; bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose
regulations
9483.
regularly - adv. in a regular manner; in a regular way without variation; having a regular form
9484.
regulated - adj. controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; marked by system or regularity or discipline
9485.
regulation - adj. prescribed by or according to regulation; noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule; the
act of bringing to uniformity; making regular; an authoritative rule; (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue
normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered; the state of being controlled or governed; a
principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
9486.
regulative - adj. restricting according to rules or principles
9487.
regulator - noun any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.; a
official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest; a control that maintains a steady
speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
9488.
regur - noun a rich black loam of India
9489.
regurgitation - noun recall after rote memorization; backflow of blood through a defective heart valve; the reflex act of
ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
9490.
rehabilitation - noun the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; the treatment of physical disabilities by
massage and electrotherapy and exercises; vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's
reputation; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation
9491.
rehabilitative - adj. designed to accomplish rehabilitation; helping to restore to good condition
9492.
reharmonize - verb provide with a different harmony
9493.
rehash - noun old material that is slightly reworked and used again; verb present or use over, with no or few changes; go
back over
9494.
rehear - verb hear or try a court case anew
9495.
rehearing - noun the act of hearing again
9496.
reheat - verb heat again
9497.
reheel - verb put a new heel on
9498.
rehouse - verb put up in a new or different housing
9499.
reification - noun representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; regarding
something abstract as a material thing
9500.
reify - verb consider an abstract concept to be real
9501.
reignite - verb ignite anew, as of something burning
9502.
reimbursement - noun compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
9503.
reimpose - verb impose anew
9504.
reimposition - noun imposition again
9505.
reincarnate - adj. having a new body; verb cause to appear in a new form; be born anew in another body after death
9506.
reincarnation - noun the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that 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; a second or
new birth; embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
9507.
reincarnationism - noun a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body
9508.
reinforcement - noun information that makes more forcible or convincing; a military operation (often involving new
supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; an act performed to
strengthen approved behavior; a device designed to provide additional strength; (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or
weakens the behavior that produced it
9509.
reinforcer - noun (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
9510.
reinstall - verb install again
9511.
reinstatement - noun the act of restoring someone to a previous position; the condition of being reinstated
9512.
reinsurance - noun 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
9513.
reinsure - verb insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk;
insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed; provide additional insurance for
9514.
reintegrate - verb integrate again
9515.
reinterpret - verb assign a new or different meaning to; interpret from a different viewpoint
9516.
reinterpretation - noun a new or different interpretation; a new or different meaning
9517.
reintroduce - verb introduce anew
9518.
reintroduction - noun an act of renewed introduction
9519.
reinvent - verb create anew and make over; bring back into existence
9520.
reinvigorate - verb impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
9521.
reissue - noun a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale; verb
issue (a new version of); print anew
9522.
reit - noun 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
9523.
reiter - noun German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the
spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969)
9524.
reiterate - verb to say, state, or perform again
9525.
reiteration - noun the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
9526.
reiterative - adj. marked by iteration
9527.
rejection - noun the act of rejecting something; the speech act of rejecting; (medicine) an immunological response that
refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; the state of being rejected
9528.
rejective - adj. rejecting or tending to reject
9529.
rejoicing - adj. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; noun a feeling of great happiness; the utterance
of sounds expressing great joy
9530.
rejoin - verb join again; answer back
9531.
rejuvenation - noun the act of restoring to a more youthful condition; the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being
restored
9532.
rekindle - verb arouse again; kindle anew, as of a fire
9533.
relace - verb lace again
9534.
relapse - noun a failure to maintain a higher state; verb go back to bad behavior; deteriorate in health
9535.
relapsing - noun a failure to maintain a higher state
9536.
related - adj. connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage; being connected either logically or causally or by shared
characteristics; having close kinship and appropriateness; similar or related in quality or character
9537.
relatedness - noun a particular manner of connectedness
9538.
relation - noun an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together; (usually plural) mutual
dealings or connections among persons or groups; an act of narration; the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman;
the man's
9539.
enis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur; (law) the principle that an act done
at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; a person related by blood or marriage
9540.
relational - adj. having a relation or being related
9541.
relationship - noun 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); a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); a state involving mutual dealings
between people or parties or countries; (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
9542.
relative - adj. not absolute or complete; properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually
followed by `to'; noun an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in
the same genus); a person related by blood or marriage
9543.
relatively - adv. in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
9544.
relativism - noun (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and
situations involved
9545.
relativistic - adj. relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity; of or relating to the philosophical
doctrine of relativism
9546.
relativity - noun the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else; (physics) the
theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
9547.
relativize - verb consider or treat as relative
9548.
relatum - noun a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition
9549.
relax - verb cause to feel relaxed; become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; make less tight; become less severe or strict;
make less severe or strict; become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; become loose or
looser or less tight; make less active or fast
9550.
relaxant - adj. tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension; noun a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
9551.
relaxed - adj. made less tense or rigid; without strain or anxiety
9552.
relaxer - noun any agent that produces relaxation
9553.
relay - noun the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; electrical device such that current
flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit; a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals; a
crew of workers who relieve another crew; verb pass along; control or operate by relay
9554.
relearn - verb learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it
9555.
release - noun (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone; a formal written statement of
relinquishment; activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; merchandise issued for sale or public showing
(especially a record or film); a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism; a process that liberates or discharges
something; the act of liberating someone or something; the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart);
the act of allowing a fluid to escape; a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation; an announcement
distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation; euphemistic expressions for death;
verb part with a possession or right; generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; eliminate (substances) from the body;
make (assets) available; prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; let (something) fall or spill a container; release, as from
one's grip; grant freedom to; free from confinement; make (information) available publication
9556.
relegate - verb assign to a class or kind; refer to another person for decision or judgment; assign to a lower position;
reduce in rank; expel, as if by official decree
9557.
relegation - noun mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; the act of assigning (someone or something) to a
particular class or category; authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
9558.
relent - verb give in, as to influence or pressure
9559.
relentless - adj. never-ceasing; not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
9560.
relentlessly - adv. in a relentless manner
9561.
relentlessness - noun mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
9562.
relevance - noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
9563.
relevancy - noun the relation of something to the matter at hand
9564.
relevantly - adv. with relevance
9565.
reliability - noun the quality of being dependable or reliable
9566.
reliable - adj. worthy of reliance or trust; conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; worthy of being depended on
9567.
reliableness - noun the quality of being dependable or reliable
9568.
reliably - adv. in a faithful manner
9569.
reliance - noun certainty based on past experience; the state of relying on something
9570.
relieved - adj. (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
9571.
reliever - noun a pitcher who does not start the game; a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and
pacifies; someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
9572.
relievo - noun sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
9573.
religionism - noun exaggerated religious zealotry; exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
9574.
religionist - noun a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot
9575.
religiously - adv. by religion; with extreme conscientiousness
9576.
religiousness - noun the quality of being extremely conscientious; piety by virtue of being devout
9577.
reline - verb put new lines on; provide with a new lining
9578.
relinquishment - noun the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.; a verbal act of renouncing a claim or
right or position etc.
9579.
relishing - noun taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
9580.
relive - verb experience again, often in the imagination
9581.
reload - verb place a new load on; load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
9582.
relocate - verb move or establish in a new location; become established in a new location
9583.
relocation - noun the act of changing your residence or place of business; the transportation of people (as a family or
colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)
9584.
reluctance - noun a certain degree of unwillingness; (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric
resistance)
9585.
reluctantly - adv. with reluctance
9586.
reluctivity - noun (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it
9587.
rely - verb have confidence or faith in
9588.
remain - verb be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled
the trigger"; stay the same; remain in a certain state; continue in a place, position, or situation; stay behind
9589.
remains - noun any object that is left unused or still extant; the dead body of a human being
9590.
remake - noun creation that is created again or anew; verb make new
9591.
remanesce - (remaining magnetic nested not ceasing) the magnetic induction remaining in a magnetized substance no
longer under external magnetic influence
9592.
remarkable - adj. unusual or striking; worthy of notice
9593.
remarkably - adv. to a remarkable degree or extent; in a signal manner
9594.
remarriage - noun the act of marrying again
9595.
remarry - verb marry, not for the first time
9596.
rematch - noun something (especially a game) that is played again
9597.
rembrandtesque - adj. in the manner of Rembrandt
9598.
remediation - noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
9599.
remilitarization - noun the act of militarizing again
9600.
remilitarize - verb militarize anew
9601.
remind - verb put in the mind of someone; assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something
forgotten or imperfectly learned
9602.
reminder - noun an experience that causes you to remember something; a message that helps you remember something;
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
9603.
remindful - adj. serving to bring to mind
9604.
reminiscence - noun a mental impression retained and recalled from the past; the process of remembering (especially the
process of recovering information by mental effort)
9605.
reminiscently - adv. in a reminiscent manner
9606.
remise - noun (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte); an expensive or
high-class hackney; a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
9607.
remissness - noun the quality of being lax and neglectful
9608.
remitment - noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court); a payment of money
sent to a person in another place
9609.
remittal - noun the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of
penance; an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); a payment of money sent to a person in
another place
9610.
remittent - adj. (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity
9611.
remodel - verb do over, as of (part of) a house; cast or model anew
9612.
remold - verb give new treads to (a tire); shape again or shape differently; cast again
9613.
remonstrance - noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
9614.
remonstration - noun the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
9615.
remora - noun marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or
moving objects
9616.
remorsefully - adv. in a rueful manner
9617.
remorseless - adj. without mercy or pity
9618.
remorselessly - adv. without pity; in a merciless manner
9619.
remotely - adv. to a remote degree; in a remote manner
9620.
remoteness - noun a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner; the property of being remote
9621.
remotion - noun the act of removing
9622.
remould - verb give new treads to (a tire); cast again
9623.
remount - noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle; verb provide with fresh
horses; mount again, as after disassembling something; mount again
9624.
removable - adj. capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; able to be obliterated completely
9625.
remove - noun degree of figurative distance or separation; verb remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or
taking off, or remove something abstract; get rid of something abstract; shift the position or location of, as for business, legal,
educational, or military purposes; remove from a position or an office; go away or leave; dispose of; cause to leave; kill
intentionally and with premeditation
9626.
removed - adj. separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; separate or apart in time; taken out of or separated
from
9627.
remover - noun someone who works for a company that moves furniture; a solvent that removes a substance (usually
from a surface)
9628.
remuneration - noun the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses; something that remunerates
9629.
remunerative - adj. for which money is paid; producing a sizeable profit
9630.
remunerator - noun a person who pays money for something
9631.
rename - verb assign a new name to; name again or anew
9632.
renascence - noun the revival of learning and culture; a second or new birth; 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
9633.
renascent - adj. rising again as to new life and vigor
9634.
rendering - noun giving in acknowledgment of obligation; perspective drawing of an architect's design; a coat of stucco
applied to a masonry wall; the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; an explanation of something
that is not immediately obvious; a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written
communication in a first language; a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
9635.
renegade - adj. having deserted a cause or principle; noun someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw; a disloyal person
who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.; verb break with established customs
9636.
renege - noun the mistake of not following suit when able to do so; verb fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
9637.
renegotiate - verb revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor; negociate anew
9638.
renew - verb cause to appear in a new form; reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
9639.
renewable - adj. capable of being renewed; replaceable; that can be renewed or extended
9640.
reniform - adj. of a leaf or bean shape resembling the shape of kidney
9641.
renin - noun a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys; catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood
pressure
9642.
rennet - noun a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
9643.
rennin - noun an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate
9644.
renormalize - verb make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard
9645.
renouncement - noun an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
9646.
renovation - noun the act of improving by renewing and restoring; the state of being restored to its former good condition
9647.
renovator - noun a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
9648.
renowned - adj. widely known and esteemed
9649.
rensselaerite - noun a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler
9650.
rentable - adj. that is able or fit be rented
9651.
renter - noun an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another; someone who pays rent to use land
or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
9652.
renunciant - adj. used especially of behavior
9653.
renunciation - noun the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or
privilege etc.); an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned; rejecting or disowning or
disclaiming as invalid; the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of
opposing beliefs or causes)
9654.
renunciative - adj. used especially of behavior
9655.
reopen - verb open again or anew
9656.
reorder - noun a repeated order for the same merchandise; verb assign a new order to; make a new request to be supplied
with
9657.
reorganization - noun an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government; the imposition of a new
organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
9658.
reorganize - verb organize anew; organize anew, as after a setback
9659.
reorient - verb set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; cause to turn; orient once again, after a
disorientation
9660.
reorientation - noun a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs; the act of changing the direction in which
something is oriented
9661.
repaint - verb paint again; paint again or anew; paint again
9662.
repair - noun the act of putting something in working order again; a formal way of referring to the condition of
something; a frequently visited place; verb restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; move, travel, or
proceed toward some place; give new life or energy to; set straight or right; make amends for; pay compensation for
9663.
repairer - noun a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
9664.
repand - adj. having a slightly undulating margin
9665.
reparable - adj. capable of being repaired or rectified
9666.
repast - noun the food served and eaten at one time
9667.
repatriate - noun a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored; verb admit
back into the country; send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
9668.
repatriation - noun the act of returning to the country of origin
9669.
repay - verb answer back; pay back; make repayment for or return something; act or give recompense in recognition of
someone's behavior or actions
9670.
repayable - adj. subject to repayment
9671.
repayment - noun payment of a debt or obligation; the act of returning money received previously
9672.
repeatable - adj. able or fit to be repeated or quoted
9673.
repeated - adj. recurring again and again
9674.
repeatedly - adv. several time
9675.
repellant - adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; serving or tending to repel; noun the power to repel; a
chemical substance that repels animals; a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
9676.
repellently - adv. in a repellent manner
9677.
repellingly - adv. in a repellent manner
9678.
repentance - noun remorse for your past conduct
9679.
repentantly - adv. showing remorse
9680.
repercuss - verb cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect
9681.
repercussion - noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action; a movement back from an impact
9682.
repetitiousness - noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
9683.
repetitively - adv. in a repetitive manner
9684.
repetitiveness - noun verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
9685.
rephrase - verb express the same message in different words
9686.
repine - verb express discontent
9687.
replace - verb substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding
what is expected); put something back where it belongs; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; take the
place or move into the position of
9688.
replaceability - noun exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable
9689.
replacement - noun the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; a person or thing that takes
or can take the place of another; an event in which one thing is substituted for another; a person who follows next in order;
someone who takes the place of another person; filling again by supplying what has been used up
9690.
replant - verb plant again or anew
9691.
replay - noun (television) showing again some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on video tape;
something (especially a game) that is played again; verb play again; repeat a game against the same opponent; play (a melody)
again; reproduce (a recording) on a recorder
9692.
replenishment - noun filling again by supplying what has been used up
9693.
repletion - noun eating until excessively full; the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
9694.
replication - noun the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; (law) a pleading made by a
plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer; (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell
division; the act of making copies; copy that is not the original; something that has been copied; the persistence of a sound after
its source has stopped; a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
9695.
reply - noun the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in
reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; verb reply or respond to
9696.
repoint - verb repair the joints of bricks
9697.
reportable - adj. meriting report; (of income) required by law to be reported
9698.
reportage - noun the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television
9699.
reportedly - adv. according to reports or other information
9700.
reporter - noun a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
9701.
repose - noun a disposition free from stress or emotion; freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); the
absence of mental stress or anxiety; verb put or confide something in a person or thing; to put something (eg trust) in something;
lie when dead; put in a horizontal position; lean in a comfortable resting position; be inherent or innate in
9702.
reposeful - adj. affording or marked by rest or repose
9703.
reposit - verb put (something) in a place for storage
9704.
reposition - noun depositing in a warehouse; verb place into another position; change place or direction
9705.
repossess - verb regain possession of something; claim back
9706.
repossession - noun the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in
default)
9707.
repot - verb put in a new, usually larger, pot
9708.
repp - noun a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
9709.
reprehend - verb express strong disapproval of
9710.
reprehensibility - noun being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof
9711.
reprehensibly - adv. in a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure
9712.
reprehension - noun an act or expression of criticism and censure
9713.
reprehensively - adv. in a shameful manner
9714.
represent - verb point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; describe or present, usually with respect to a
particular quality; serve as a means of expressing something; create an image or likeness of; 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; be representative or typical for; take the place of or be parallel or
equivalent to; to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets); bring forward and present to the mind; express
indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; perform (a play), especially on a stage; play a role or part; be the defense
counsel for someone in a trial; form or compose; be characteristic of
9715.
representable - adj. expressible in symbolic form
9716.
representation - noun an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent; the act of
representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf; a creation that is a visual or
tangible rendering of someone or something; the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative
body; a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or
protesting; a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; a body of legislators
that serve in behalf of some constituency; the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent; a performance of
play
9717.
representational - adj. (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen
9718.
repress - verb put down by force or intimidation; put out of one's consciousness; conceal or hide
9719.
repressed - adj. characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
9720.
represser - noun an agent that represses
9721.
repressor - noun an agent that represses
9722.
reprint - noun a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication; a publication (such as a book)
that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale; verb print anew
9723.
reproacher - noun someone who finds fault or imputes blame
9724.
reproachful - adj. expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
9725.
reproachfully - adv. in a reproving or reproachful manner
9726.
reprobate - adj. marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; noun a person without
moral scruples; verb reject (documents) as invalid; abandon to eternal damnation; express strong disapproval of
9727.
reprobation - noun severe disapproval; rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in hell
9728.
reprocess - verb use again after processing
9729.
reproduce - verb have offspring or young; make a copy or equivalent of; recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by
artistic means; repeat after memorization
9730.
reproducer - noun an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound
9731.
reproducibility - noun the quality of being reproducible
9732.
reproducible - adj. capable of being reproduced
9733.
reproduction - noun the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring; the act of making copies; recall that is
hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall; the process of generating offspring;
copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
9734.
reproductive - adj. producing new life or offspring
9735.
reproof - noun an act or expression of criticism and censure; verb censure severely or angrily
9736.
reproval - noun an act or expression of criticism and censure
9737.
reprove - verb take to task
9738.
reprover - noun someone who finds fault or imputes blame
9739.
reprovingly - adv. in a reproving or reproachful manner
9740.
reptilia - noun 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
9741.
republicanism - noun the political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government
9742.
republication - noun the act of publishing again; something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a
literary work)
9743.
republish - verb revive (a cancelled will or a libel); publish again
9744.
repudiation - noun the exposure of falseness or pretensions; refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract
(especially by public authorities); rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
9745.
repudiative - adj. rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning
9746.
repugn - verb to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
9747.
repugnance - noun intense aversion; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
9748.
repulse - noun an instance of driving away or warding off; verb force or drive back; cause to move back by force or
influence; be repellent to; cause aversion in
9749.
repulsively - adv. in an offensive and hateful manner
9750.
repulsiveness - noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
9751.
repurchase - noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold; verb buy what had previously been sold, lost, or
given away
9752.
reputability - noun honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
9753.
reputable - adj. having a good reputation
9754.
reputably - adv. in a reputable manner
9755.
reputed - adj. commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
9756.
reputedly - adv. by repute; according to general belief
9757.
requester - noun one praying humbly for something
9758.
requiem - noun a Mass celebrated for the dead; a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead; a song or hymn of
mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
9759.
requirement - noun required activity; something that is required in advance; anything indispensable
9760.
requisiteness - noun the state of being absolutely required
9761.
requital - noun an act of requiting; returning in kind; a justly deserved penalty
9762.
requite - verb make repayment for or return something
9763.
reread - verb read anew; read again
9764.
rerebrace - noun cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm
9765.
rerun - noun a program that is broadcast again; verb cause to perform again; broadcast again, as of a film; run again for
office; rerun a performance of a play, for example
9766.
resale - noun the selling of something purchased
9767.
reschedule - verb assign a new time and place for an event
9768.
rescindable - adj. capable of being rescinded or voided
9769.
rescission - noun (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
9770.
rescript - noun a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality; something that has been written
again; the act of rewriting something; a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court
or judge)
9771.
rescuer - noun someone who saves something from danger or violence; a person who rescues you from harm or danger
9772.
reseal - verb seal again
9773.
research - noun systematic investigation to establish facts; a search for knowledge; verb inquire into; attempt to find out
in a systematically and scientific manner
9774.
researcher - noun a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
9775.
reseat - verb show to a different seat; provide with new seats; provide with a new seat
9776.
resect - verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
9777.
resection - noun surgical removal of part of a structure or organ
9778.
reseda - noun any plant of the genus Reseda
9779.
resedaceae - noun mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette
9780.
reseed - verb maintain by seeding without human intervention; seed again or anew
9781.
resell - verb sell (something) again after having bought it
9782.
resemblance - noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details
9783.
resentfully - adv. with resentment; in a resentful manner
9784.
resentment - noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
9785.
reserved - adj. cool and formal in manner; marked by self-restraint and reticence; set aside for the use of a particular
person or party
9786.
reservedly - adv. with reserve; in a reserved manner
9787.
reservist - noun a member of a military reserve
9788.
reset - noun device for resetting instruments or controls; verb set to zero; set anew; adjust again after an initial failure
9789.
resettle - verb settle in a new place
9790.
resettlement - noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some
kind)
9791.
resew - verb sew again
9792.
resh - noun the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
9793.
reshape - verb shape anew or differently; shape again or shape differently
9794.
reship - verb place on a ship again or transfer to another ship
9795.
reshipment - noun the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship)
9796.
reshoot - verb shoot again
9797.
reshuffle - noun shuffling again; a redistribution of something; verb reorganize and assign posts to different people;
shuffle again
9798.
residence - noun the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); any address at
which you dwell more than temporarily; the act of dwelling in a place; a large and imposing house
9799.
residency - noun the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an
internship); the act of dwelling in a place
9800.
residentially - adv. used as a residence
9801.
resift - verb sift anew
9802.
resigned - adj. (followed by `to') having come to accept; showing utter resignation or hopelessness
9803.
resignedly - adv. with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; in a hopeless resigned manner
9804.
resile - verb return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; pull out from an agreement,
contract, statement, etc.; formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; spring back; spring away
from an impact
9805.
resilience - noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that
does not exceed its elastic limit; an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
9806.
resiliency - noun the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that
does not exceed its elastic limit; an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
9807.
resinate - verb impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to
9808.
resinlike - adj. resembling resin in properties or texture
9809.
resinoid - noun a plastic containing resins
9810.
resinous - adj. having the characteristics of pitch or tar
9811.
resistance - noun the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; the military action of resisting
the enemy's advance; group action in opposition to those in power; (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into
conscious awareness; the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in
penicillin-resistant bacteria); any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion; an electrical device that resists the flow
of electrical current; a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force; a material's opposition to the flow
of electric current; measured in ohms; (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
9812.
resister - noun someone who offers opposition; someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to
take
9813.
resistivity - noun a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
9814.
resistless - adj. offering no resistance; impossible to resist; overpowering
9815.
resize - verb change the size of; make the size more appropriate
9816.
resole - verb put a new sole on
9817.
resolutely - adv. showing firm determination or purpose; with firmness
9818.
resoluteness - noun the trait of being resolute
9819.
resolvable - adj. capable of being settled or resolved; capable of being solved
9820.
resolved - adj. determined; explained or answered
9821.
resolvent - noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
9822.
resonance - noun the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and
mouth and nasal cavities; a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of
vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system; an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the
probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation; having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant; a
relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
9823.
resonator - noun any system that resonates; an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way
that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude; a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant
oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves
9824.
resorb - verb undergo resorption
9825.
resorcinolphthalein - noun 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)
9826.
resorption - noun the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by
the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
9827.
resound - verb ring or echo with sound; emit a noise
9828.
resounding - adj. characterized by reverberation
9829.
resoundingly - adv. in a resounding manner
9830.
resource - noun a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; the ability to deal resourcefully with
unusual problems; available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
9831.
resourcefully - adv. in a resourceful manner
9832.
resourcefulness - noun the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; the ability to deal resourcefully with
unusual problems
9833.
resourceless - adj. lacking or deficient in natural resources
9834.
respectability - noun honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
9835.
respectable - adj. characterized by proper behavior or conventional conduct; worthy of respect; large in amount or extent
or degree; deserving of esteem and respect
9836.
respectably - adv. in a decent and morally reputable manner; to a tolerably worthy extent
9837.
respectfully - adv. in a respectful manner
9838.
respectfulness - noun courteous regard for people's feelings
9839.
respective - adj. considered individually
9840.
respectively - adv. in the order given
9841.
resplend - verb be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly
9842.
resplendence - noun brilliant radiant beauty
9843.
resplendency - noun brilliant radiant beauty
9844.
resplendently - adv. in an impressively beautiful manner
9845.
responder - noun someone who responds
9846.
responsibility - noun a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being
responsible for one's conduct; the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; the proper sphere
or extent of your activities
9847.
responsibleness - noun a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being
responsible for one's conduct
9848.
responsibly - adv. in a responsible manner
9849.
responsiveness - noun the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with
emotion to people and events; responsive to stimulation
9850.
restart - verb start an engine again, for example; take up or begin anew
9851.
restate - verb to say, state, or perform again
9852.
restatement - noun a revised statement
9853.
rester - noun a person who rests
9854.
restfully - adv. in a restful manner
9855.
restfulness - noun the attribute of being restful
9856.
restharrow - noun European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by
underground runners; Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
9857.
restitute - verb restore to a previous or better condition; give or bring back
9858.
restively - adv. in a restive manner
9859.
restiveness - noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright; the anxious feeling you have when you have
the jitters
9860.
restless - adj. worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion; unable to relax or be still; not affording rest
9861.
restlessly - adv. in a restless manner
9862.
restlessness - noun inability to rest or relax or be still; the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; a lack of
patience; irritation with anything that causes delay; a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
9863.
restock - verb stock again
9864.
restore - verb give or bring back; bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; return to its original or
usable and functioning condition; return to life; get or give new life or energy; restore by replacing a part or putting together
what is torn or broken
9865.
restorer - noun a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
9866.
restrained - adj. under restraint; prudent; cool and formal in manner; free from ostentation or pretension; not showy or
obtrusive; marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
9867.
restrainer - noun a person who directs and restrains; a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to
retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film
9868.
restrengthen - verb make strong again
9869.
restricted - adj. the lowest level of official classification for documents; restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall
man'); subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; curbed or regulated
9870.
restriction - noun the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the
extent of something; an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
9871.
restrictive - adj. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; serving to restrict
9872.
restrictively - adv. in a restrictive manner
9873.
restrictiveness - noun a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific
meaning than `hat'); a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
9874.
resublime - verb sublime (a compound) once again
9875.
resubmit - verb submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
9876.
resulting - adj. following as an effect or result
9877.
resupine - adj. lying face upward
9878.
resurface - verb appear again; cover with a new surface; reappear on the surface
9879.
resurge - verb rise again
9880.
resurgence - noun bringing again into activity and prominence
9881.
resurrection - noun a revival from inactivity and disuse; (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the
Crucifixion
9882.
resurvey - noun a new survey or study
9883.
resuscitation - noun the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
9884.
resuscitator - noun a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has
undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration
9885.
resuspend - verb put back into suspension
9886.
resuspension - noun a renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated
9887.
retailer - noun a merchant who sells goods at retail
9888.
retainer - noun a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment; a fee charged in
advance to retain the services of someone; a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
9889.
retake - noun a shot or scene that is photographed again; verb photograph again; capture again; take back by force, as
after a battle
9890.
retaliation - noun action taken in return for an injury or offense
9891.
retaliator - noun someone who takes vengeance
9892.
retama - noun small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista
9893.
retarded - adj. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; noun people collectively who are mentally
retarded
9894.
retardent - noun any agent that retards or delays or hinders
9895.
retell - verb to say, state, or perform again; make into fiction; render verbally, "recite a poem"
9896.
retem - noun desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament;
sometimes placed in genus Genista
9897.
retentively - adv. in a retentive manner
9898.
retentiveness - noun the power of retaining liquid; the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired; the
power of retaining and recalling past experience
9899.
retentivity - noun the power of retaining liquid; the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired; the power
of retaining and recalling past experience
9900.
rethink - noun thinking again about a choice previously made; verb change one's mind
9901.
reticence - noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
9902.
reticently - adv. with reticence; in a reticent manner
9903.
reticle - noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
9904.
reticular - adj. resembling or forming a network
9905.
reticulation - noun an arrangement resembling a net or network; (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or
wrinkles in a photographic emulsion
9906.
reticule - noun a woman's drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th
centuries; a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument
9907.
reticulocyte - noun an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
9908.
retie - verb tie again or anew
9909.
retinene - noun either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light
9910.
retinitis - noun inflammation of the retina
9911.
retinoblastoma - noun malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of
primitive small round retinal cells
9912.
retinol - noun an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene
9913.
retired - adj. no longer active in your work or profession; discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
pension; honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor
emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive; not allowed to continue to bat or run
9914.
retirement - noun withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; withdrawal from your position or occupation; the state
of being retired from one's business or occupation
9915.
retiring - adj. not arrogant or presuming; moving toward a position farther from the front; reluctant to draw attention to
yourself; of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
9916.
retool - verb provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools; revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating
and improving
9917.
retouch - verb give retouches to (hair); alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance
9918.
retrace - verb reassemble mentally; to go back over again
9919.
retractable - adj. capable of being retracted
9920.
retracted - adj. drawn back and in
9921.
retractile - adj. capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back
9922.
retraction - noun the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
9923.
retractor - noun surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision
9924.
retrain - verb train again; teach new skills
9925.
retral - adj. at or near or toward the posterior; moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a
previous direction
9926.
retranslate - verb translate again
9927.
retransmit - verb transmit again
9928.
retread - noun a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads; verb give new treads to (a tire); use
again in altered form
9929.
retreat - noun (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a
defeat; (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset; (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a
dangerous position; a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet; withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; an
area where you can be alone; verb make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; move away, as for privacy; pull back
or move away or backward; move back
9930.
retreatant - noun a participant in a religious retreat
9931.
retreating - adj. moving back or away
9932.
retrench - verb make a reduction, as in one's workforce; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
9933.
retrenchment - noun the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable; entrenchment consisting of an
additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
9934.
retrial - noun 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
9935.
retributive - adj. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; of or relating to or having the nature of
retribution
9936.
retributory - adj. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; of or relating to or having the nature of
retribution
9937.
retrievable - adj. capable of being regained especially with effort
9938.
retriever - noun a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
9939.
retroactively - adv. after the fact
9940.
retroflection - noun the act of bending backward; an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back
against the roof of the mouth; a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
9941.
retroflex - adj. bent or curved backward; pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate; verb
articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; bend or turn backward
9942.
retroflexed - adj. bent or curved backward
9943.
retroflexion - noun the act of bending backward; an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back
against the roof of the mouth; a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
9944.
retrorse - adj. bent or curved backward or downward
9945.
retrospection - noun memory for experiences that are past; reference to things past
9946.
retrospective - adj. concerned with or related to the past; noun an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life
work
9947.
retrospectively - adv. in a manner contemplative of past events
9948.
retrousse - adj. (used of noses) turned up at the end
9949.
retroversion - noun translation back into the original language; a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part;
returning to a former state
9950.
retrovert - verb go back to a previous state
9951.
retry - verb hear or try a court case anew
9952.
returnable - adj. that may be returned
9953.
reunification - noun the act of coming together again
9954.
reunify - verb unify again, as of a country
9955.
reunion - noun the act of coming together again; a party of former associates who have come together again
9956.
reunite - verb have a reunion; unite again; unify again, as of a country
9957.
reuse - verb use again after processing
9958.
revaluation - noun a new appraisal or evaluation
9959.
revalue - verb value anew; gain in value
9960.
revamp - verb to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
9961.
revealed - adj. no longer concealed; uncovered as by opening a curtain; `discovered' is archaic and primarily a theater
term
9962.
revealing - adj. disclosing unintentionally; showing or making known; noun the speech act of making something evident
9963.
reveille - noun a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise; (military) signal to wake up
9964.
reveler - noun a celebrant who shares in a noisy party
9965.
revenant - adj. of or relating to or typical of a revenant; coming back; noun someone who has returned from the dead; a
person who returns after a lengthy absence
9966.
revengeful - adj. disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
9967.
revengefully - adv. in a vindictive, revengeful manner
9968.
revenuer - noun a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping
bootlegging)
9969.
reverberant - adj. having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
9970.
reverberation - noun the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped; a remote or indirect consequence of some
action
9971.
reverberative - adj. characterized by reverberation
9972.
revered - adj. profoundly honored
9973.
reverence - noun a reverent mental attitude; a profound emotion inspired by a deity; verb regard with feelings of respect
and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
9974.
reverential - adj. feeling or manifesting veneration
9975.
reverentially - adv. with reverence; in a reverent manner
9976.
reverently - adv. with reverence; in a reverent manner
9977.
revers - noun a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
9978.
reversed - adj. turned inside out and resewn; turned about in order or relation
9979.
reversely - adv. in an opposite way; so as to be reversed
9980.
reversibility - noun the quality of being reversible in either direction
9981.
reversibly - adv. in a reversible manner
9982.
reversionary - adj. of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)
9983.
reversioner - noun (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion
9984.
reversionist - noun someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
9985.
reversive - adj. tending to be turned back
9986.
revertible - adj. to be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs
9987.
revetement - noun a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
9988.
revetment - noun a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment; a barrier against explosives
9989.
review - noun practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory; (law) a judicial reexamination of the
proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court); an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play);
a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art; (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an
audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data; a subsequent examination of a
patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment; a formal or official examination; a new appraisal or evaluation; a
summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion; a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing
and comedians; verb look at again; examine again; look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; hold a
review (of troops); refresh one's memory; appraise critically
9990.
reviewer - noun someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication; a writer who reports and
analyzes events of the day
9991.
revilement - noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
9992.
reviser - noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
9993.
revisionism - noun a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx
9994.
revisionist - noun a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position
9995.
revisit - verb visit again
9996.
revitalization - noun bringing again into activity and prominence
9997.
revitalize - verb give new life or vigor to; restore strength
9998.
revivalism - noun an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith
9999.
revivalist - noun a preacher of the Christian gospel
10000.
revivalistic - adj. of or relating to or characterizing revivalism
10001.
revivification - noun bringing again into activity and prominence
10002.
revivify - verb give new life or energy to
10003.
reviving - adj. tending to impart new life and vigor to
10004.
revocation - noun the act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; the state of being
cancelled or annulled
10005.
revokable - adj. capable of being revoked or annulled
10006.
revolting - adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
10007.
revoltingly - adv. in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree
10008.
revolutionism - noun a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles
10009.
revolutionist - noun a radical supporter of political or social revolution
10010.
revolutionize - verb change radically; fill with revolutionary ideas; overthrow by a revolution, of governments
10011.
revolver - noun a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets); a door consisting of four
orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
10012.
revue - noun a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians
10013.
rewardable - adj. appropriate for receiving a reward
10014.
rewardful - adj. offering or productive of reward
10015.
rewarding - adj. providing personal satisfaction
10016.
rewardingly - adv. in a rewarding manner
10017.
rewire - verb provide with new wiring
10018.
reword - verb express the same message in different words
10019.
rework - verb use again in altered form
10020.
rewrite - noun something that has been written again; verb write differently; alter the writing of; rewrite so as to make fit
to suit a new or different purpose
10021.
rewriter - noun someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
10022.
reynard - noun a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
10023.
rhabdomancer - noun someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
10024.
rhabdomancy - noun searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
10025.
rhabdomyoma - noun benign rumor of striated muscle
10026.
rhabdomyosarcoma - noun a highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle
10027.
rhadamanthus - noun (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld
10028.
rhagades - noun cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus)
10029.
rhamnaceae - noun trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
10030.
rhamnales - noun an order of dicotyledonous plants
10031.
rhamnus - noun type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
10032.
rhapis - noun genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
10033.
rhapsodically - adv. in an ecstatic manner
10034.
rhapsodize - verb say (something) with great enthusiasm; recite a rhapsody
10035.
rheidae - noun a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
10036.
rheiformes - noun a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct
rheas
10037.
rhein - noun a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
10038.
rheometer - noun an instrument for measuring the flow of liquids (especially arterial blood)
10039.
rhetorical - adj. concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; of or relating to rhetoric
10040.
rhetorically - adv. in a rhetorical manner
10041.
rheumatoid - adj. of or pertaining to arthritis
10042.
rheumy - adj. moist, damp, wet (especially of air); of or pertaining to arthritis
10043.
rhexia - noun deer grass
10044.
rhinal - adj. of or in or relating to the nose
10045.
rhineland - noun a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river
10046.
rhinencephalon - noun a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it
seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
10047.
rhinion - noun the anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones
10048.
rhinitis - noun an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge)
10049.
rhinobatidae - noun primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies
10050.
rhinocerotidae - noun rhinoceroses
10051.
rhinolaryngology - noun the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat
10052.
rhinolophidae - noun Old World leaf-nosed bats
10053.
rhinophyma - noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin;
often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
10054.
rhinoplasty - noun cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
10055.
rhinoptera - noun a genus of Myliobatidae
10056.
rhinorrhea - noun persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold)
10057.
rhinoscope - noun medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal
passages (through the nasopharynx)
10058.
rhinoscopy - noun examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the
nasopharynx)
10059.
rhinosporidiosis - noun fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming
10060.
rhipsalis - noun large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous
branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
10061.
rhiptoglossa - noun Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria
10062.
rhizobium - noun the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric
oxygen
10063.
rhizoid - noun any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
10064.
rhizoidal - adj. of or relating to a rhizoid
10065.
rhizomatous - adj. producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes
10066.
rhizome - noun a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
10067.
rhizomorph - noun a dense mass of hyphae forming a rootlike structure characteristic of many fungi
10068.
rhizophora - noun type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs
10069.
rhizophoraceae - noun trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
10070.
rhizopod - noun protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
10071.
rhizopoda - noun creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
10072.
rhizopodan - noun protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
10073.
rhizopogon - noun a genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers
10074.
rhizopus - noun any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus
10075.
rhizotomy - noun surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or
(posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms
10076.
rhodanthe - noun Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus
Helipterum
10077.
rhodesian - adj. of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
10078.
rhodochrosite - noun a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese
10079.
rhodophyceae - noun coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae
10080.
rhodophyta - noun lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
10081.
rhodopsin - noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
10082.
rhodymenia - noun type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae
10083.
rhodymeniaceae - noun a family of protoctist
10084.
rhoeadales - noun an order of dicotyledonous plants
10085.
rhomb - noun a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
10086.
rhombencephalon - noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
10087.
rhombohedron - noun a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
10088.
rhomboid - adj. shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; noun any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the
shoulder blade; a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite
sides equal
10089.
rhomboidal - adj. shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
10090.
rhonchus - noun a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through
obstructed channels
10091.
rhumb - noun 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
10092.
rhumba - noun a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance; a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with
Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement; syncopated music in duple time for dancing
the rumba; verb dance the rhumba
10093.
rhus - noun 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)
10094.
rhymeless - adj. not having rhyme
10095.
rhymer - noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or
inferior poets)
10096.
rhymester - noun a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or
inferior poets)
10097.
rhynchocephalia - noun tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic
10098.
rhynia - noun type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia
and smooth branching rhizomes
10099.
rhyniaceae - noun primitive plants of the Paleozoic
10100.
rhyolite - noun very acid volcanic rock
10101.
rhythmical - adj. recurring with measured regularity
10102.
rhythmically - adv. in a rhythmic manner
10103.
rhythmicity - noun the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music
10104.
rial - noun the basic unit of money in Iran; the basic unit of money in Oman; the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to
100 fils
10105.
riant - adj. showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
10106.
riata - noun a long noosed rope used to catch animals
10107.
ribaldry - noun ribald humor; behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
10108.
riband - noun a ribbon used as a decoration
10109.
ribband - noun a ribbon used as a decoration
10110.
ribbed - adj. furnished or strengthened with ribs; (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
10111.
ribbing - noun a framework of ribs; the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule);
provoking someone with persistent annoyances
10112.
ribbonfish - noun marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body; thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long
having a red dorsal fin
10113.
ribbonlike - adj. long and thin; resembling a ribbon
10114.
ribbonwood - noun small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paperwhite flowers and whose bark is used for cordage; deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that
resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
10115.
ribbony - adj. long and thin; resembling a ribbon
10116.
ribes - noun a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere
10117.
ribhus - noun one of three artisans of the gods
10118.
ribless - adj. having no ribs or no visible ribs
10119.
riblike - adj. resembling a rib
10120.
ribonuclease - noun a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid
10121.
ribwort - noun an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
10122.
ricebird - noun small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields; migratory American songbird
10123.
ricer - noun a kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes
10124.
riches - noun an abundance of material possessions and resources
10125.
richly - adv. in a rich and lavish manner; in a rich manner; to an ample degree or in an ample manner
10126.
richmondena - noun cardinals
10127.
richness - noun a strong deep vividness of hue; the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and
luxuriant growth; the quality of having high intrinsic value; splendid or imposing in size or appearance; the property of a
sensation that is rich and pleasing; the property of being extremely abundant; abundant wealth
10128.
richweed - noun a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and
leaves; erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United
States
10129.
ricin - noun a toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon
10130.
ricinus - noun a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
10131.
ricketiness - noun the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place
10132.
rickettsial - adj. relating to or caused by rickettsias
10133.
rickettsiales - noun pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
10134.
rickettsialpox - noun 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
10135.
rickey - noun a mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor
10136.
rickrack - noun a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming
10137.
ricksha - noun a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person
10138.
ricrac - noun a narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming
10139.
rictus - noun a gaping grimace
10140.
rider - noun a clause that is appended to a legislative bill; a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel); a
traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle); a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or
train etc) who is not operating it
10141.
ridged - adj. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship
10142.
ridgel - noun a colt with undescended testicles
10143.
ridgeling - noun a colt with undescended testicles
10144.
ridgil - noun a colt with undescended testicles
10145.
ridgling - noun a colt with undescended testicles
10146.
ridiculer - noun a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
10147.
ridiculously - adv. so as to arouse or deserve laughter
10148.
ridiculousness - noun a message whose content is at variance with reason
10149.
riding - adj. traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; noun to be carried on horseback as a means
of transportation; the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
10150.
riel - noun the basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen
10151.
riesling - noun fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California; white grape
grown in Europe and California
10152.
rife - adj. excessively abundant; encountered generally especially at the present time
10153.
riff - noun a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation; a Berber living in northern Morocco;
verb play riffs; look through a book or other written material
10154.
riffian - noun a Berber living in northern Morocco
10155.
riffraff - noun disparaging terms for the common people
10156.
riflebird - noun velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail
10157.
rifling - noun the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
10158.
rigamarole - noun a long and complicated and confusing procedure; a set of confused and meaningless statements
10159.
rigger - noun a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists; a sailing vessel with a specified rig; someone who rigs
ships; someone who works on an oil rig
10160.
righteously - adv. in a righteous manner
10161.
righteousness - noun adhering to moral principles
10162.
rightfully - adv. by right
10163.
rightfulness - noun anything in accord with principles of justice
10164.
rightist - adj. believing in or supporting tenets of the political right; noun a member of a right wing political party
10165.
rightly - adv. with honesty
10166.
rightness - noun according with conscience or morality; conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or
propriety; conformity to fact or truth; appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
10167.
rigidify - verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; become rigid
10168.
rigidity - noun the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending; the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
10169.
rigidly - adv. in a rigid manner
10170.
rigidness - noun the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
10171.
rigmarole - noun a long and complicated and confusing procedure; a set of confused and meaningless statements
10172.
rigor - noun excessive sternness; something hard to endure; the quality of being logically valid
10173.
rigorously - adv. in a rigorous manner
10174.
rigorousness - noun excessive sternness; something hard to endure
10175.
riksmal - noun one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish
10176.
rile - verb make turbid by stirring up the sediments of; cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
10177.
rima - noun a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts
10178.
rimeless - adj. not having rhyme
10179.
rimless - adj. lacking a rim or frame
10180.
rimmed - adj. having a rim or a rim of a specified kind
10181.
rimose - adj. having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices
10182.
rimu - noun tall New Zealand timber tree
10183.
rind - noun the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating); the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of
e.g. a fruit)
10184.
rinderpest - noun an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and
inflammation of mucous membranes
10185.
ringdove - noun greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged; Eurasian pigeon with
white patches on wings and neck
10186.
ringed - adj. wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married; having colored rings around the body; adorned or crowned with a
circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; shaped like a ring
10187.
ringer - noun (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg; a contestant
entered in a competition under false pretenses; a person who is almost identical to another; a person who rings church bells (as
for summoning the congregation)
10188.
ringhals - noun highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
10189.
ringing - adj. having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; noun the giving of a ring as a token of
engagement; having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant; the sound of a bell ringing
10190.
ringleader - noun a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)
10191.
ringleted - adj. of hair in ringlets
10192.
ringlike - adj. having the shape of a ring
10193.
ringtail - noun an immature golden eagle; monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head
that resembles a monk's cowl; North American raccoon; raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern
United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
10194.
ringworm - noun infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
10195.
rinsing - noun the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
10196.
rioter - noun troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the
constituted authority
10197.
rioting - noun a state of disorder involving group violence
10198.
riotously - adv. in an exuberant manner; in a tumultuous and riotous manner
10199.
ripcord - noun a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent; a cord that is pulled to open the
gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend
10200.
ripely - adv. with mature or developed appearance
10201.
ripeness - noun the state of being ripe
10202.
ripening - noun acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time; coming to full development;
becoming mature
10203.
riposte - noun (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge; a quick reply
to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); verb make a return thrust; answer back
10204.
ripper - noun a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
10205.
ripping - adj. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
10206.
rippling - noun a small wave on the surface of a liquid
10207.
ripsaw - noun a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
10208.
riser - noun structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step; a vertical pipe in a building; a person who
rises (especially from bed)
10209.
risibility - noun a disposition to laugh
10210.
rising - adj. newly come into prominence; advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; coming to
maturity; sloping upward; noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from
another; a movement upward
10211.
riskily - adv. in a dangerously risky manner
10212.
riskiness - noun a state of danger involving risk
10213.
riskless - adj. thought to be devoid of risk
10214.
risque - adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety
10215.
ritardando - adj. gradually decreasing in tempo
10216.
ritualism - noun exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship; the study of religious or
magical rites and ceremonies
10217.
ritualist - noun a social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies; an advocate of strict observance of
ritualistic forms
10218.
ritualistic - adj. of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
10219.
ritualize - verb make or evolve into a ritual
10220.
ritually - adv. in a ceremonial manner
10221.
ritzy - adj. luxuriously elegant
10222.
rivalrous - adj. eager to surpass others
10223.
rive - verb separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; tear or be torn violently
10224.
riveter - noun a worker who inserts and hammers rivets; a machine for driving rivets
10225.
riveting - adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention
10226.
rivina - noun small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
10227.
riyal - noun the basic unit of money in Qatar; the basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia
10228.
ro - noun an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract
analysis of ideas
10229.
roadbook - noun a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer
10230.
roadless - adj. lacking pathways
10231.
roadman - noun a workman who is employed to repair roads; a salesman who travels to call on customers
10232.
roadstead - noun a partly sheltered anchorage
10233.
roadworthiness - noun (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road
10234.
roadworthy - adj. (of vehicles) fit to be driven on the open road
10235.
roamer - noun someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
10236.
roan - adj. (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; noun a horse having a
brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray; a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco;
used in bookbinding
10237.
roanoke - noun a city in southwestern Virginia
10238.
roarer - noun someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
10239.
roaring - adj. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss; very lively and profitable; adv. extremely; noun a very loud
utterance (like the sound of an animal); a deep prolonged loud noise
10240.
roaster - noun a special cooking pan for roasting; flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting; a cook
who roasts food; a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
10241.
roasting - noun cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
10242.
robber - noun a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence
10243.
robinia - noun deciduous flowering trees and shrubs
10244.
roble - noun 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; tall graceful deciduous California oak having
leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns
10245.
robotlike - adj. like the unthinking functioning of a machine
10246.
robustious - adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
10247.
robustly - adv. in a robust manner
10248.
robustness - noun the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; the property of being
strong and healthy in constitution
10249.
roc - noun mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
10250.
rocambole - noun European leek cultivated and used like leeks
10251.
roccella - noun a source of the dye archil and of litmus
10252.
roccellaceae - noun a fungus family of division Lichenes
10253.
rocker - noun a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro; an ice skate with a curved blade; 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; a
teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles; a performer or composer or fan of rock
music; an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle; a chair mounted on rockers
10254.
rockery - noun a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
10255.
rocketry - noun the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation
10256.
rockfish - noun marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America; the lean flesh of
any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks; marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates
upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
10257.
rockfoil - noun any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
10258.
rockiness - noun the quality of abounding in rocks and stones
10259.
rocklike - adj. hard as granite
10260.
rockrose - noun 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; any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small
roselike yellow or white or reddish flowers
10261.
rockslide - noun a landslide of rocks
10262.
rockweed - noun coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
10263.
rodentia - noun small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters;
guinea pigs; agoutis
10264.
rodlike - adj. resembling a rod
10265.
rodomontade - noun vain and empty boasting
10266.
roentgenogram - noun a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis
10267.
roentgenographic - adj. relating to or produced by roentgenography
10268.
roentgenography - noun radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram
10269.
roentgenoscope - noun an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct
observation
10270.
rogation - noun a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church
10271.
roguery - noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
10272.
roguish - adj. lacking principles or scruples; playful in an appealingly bold way
10273.
roguishly - adv. in a playfully roguish manner; like a dishonest rogue
10274.
roguishness - noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others; the trait of indulging in
disreputable pranks
10275.
roi - noun (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
10276.
roily - adj. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
10277.
roisterer - noun an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
10278.
rolled - adj. uttered with a trill; rolled up and secured; especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
10279.
roller - noun a grounder that rolls along the infield; pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground;
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers; a cylinder that revolves; a small wheel without spokes (as
on a roller skate); a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore; a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube
around which the hair is wound to curl it
10280.
rollicking - adj. given to merry frolicking
10281.
rollickingly - adv. in a carefree manner
10282.
rolling - adj. moving in surges and billows and rolls; uttered with a trill; characterized by reverberation; noun the act of
robbing a helpless person; propelling something on wheels; a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
10283.
rollo - noun Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
10284.
romaic - adj. relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language; noun the modern Greek vernacular
10285.
romaine - noun lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
10286.
romanesque - noun 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
10287.
rcades
10288.
romanian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; noun an eastern
Romance language spoken in Romania; a native or inhabitant of Romania
10289.
romanic - adj. of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
10290.
romanism - noun the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
10291.
romanist - adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism
10292.
romanize - verb write in the Latin alphabet
10293.
romansh - adj. of or relating to the Romansh language; noun the Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern
Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland
10294.
romantically - adv. in a romantic manner; in a romantic manner
10295.
romanticism - noun impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or
adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than
civilization
10296.
romanticist - adj. belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; noun an artist of
the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism; someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
10297.
romanticistic - adj. belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
10298.
romanticize - verb act in a romantic way; make romantic in style; interpret romantically
10299.
romany - adj. of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture; noun the Indic language of the Gypsies; 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)
10300.
romish - adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism
10301.
rommany - noun 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)
10302.
romneya - noun one species: matilija poppy
10303.
romper - noun a one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers; a person who
romps or frolics
10304.
rondeau - noun 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; a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
10305.
rondel - noun 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
10306.
rondelet - noun a shorter form of rondeau
10307.
rontgen - noun German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
10308.
roofer - noun a craftsman who lays or repairs roofs
10309.
roofing - noun the craft of a roofer; material used to construct a roof
10310.
roofless - adj. not having a roof; physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
10311.
roofy - noun street names for flunitrazepan
10312.
rookery - noun a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)
10313.
roomer - noun a tenant in someone's house
10314.
roomette - noun a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car
10315.
roomie - noun an associate who shares a room with you
10316.
roomily - adv. with ample room
10317.
roominess - noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building); intellectual breadth
10318.
rooster - noun adult male chicken
10319.
rootage - noun a developed system of roots; fixedness by or as if by roots; the place where something begins, where it
springs into being
10320.
rooted - adj. having roots of a specified sort; absolutely still
10321.
rooter - noun an enthusiastic devotee of sports
10322.
rootle - verb dig with the snout
10323.
rootless - adj. wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
10324.
rootlet - noun small root or division of a root
10325.
rootlike - adj. looking or acting like a root
10326.
rootstalk - noun a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
10327.
rootstock - noun root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the
roots; a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
10328.
ropebark - noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small
yellow flowers
10329.
ropedancer - noun an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground
10330.
ropemaker - noun a craftsman who makes ropes
10331.
roper - noun a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses; a decoy who lures customers into a gambling
establishment (especially one with a fixed game); a craftsman who makes ropes
10332.
ropewalk - noun workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
10333.
ropewalker - noun an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground
10334.
ropeway - noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a
series of towers
10335.
ropiness - noun the property of being cohesive and sticky
10336.
roping - noun capturing cattle or horses with a lasso
10337.
ropy - adj. forming viscous or glutinous threads; of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong; (British
informal) very poor in quality
10338.
roquette - noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
10339.
roridula - noun either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs
10340.
roridulaceae - noun in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae
10341.
rorippa - noun annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica
10342.
rorqual - noun any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a
small pointed dorsal fin
10343.
rosaceae - noun a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers
with numerous stamens
10344.
rosaceous - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae; of something having a dusty
purplish pink color
10345.
rosales - noun in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
10346.
roseate - adj. of something having a dusty purplish pink color
10347.
rosebay - noun late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers
10348.
rosefish - noun large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe; North Atlantic rockfish
10349.
roselike - adj. having a flower that resembles a rose
10350.
roselle - noun 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
10351.
rosellinia - noun fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores
10352.
roseola - noun any red eruption of the skin
10353.
rosewood - noun 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; hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly
marked grain; used in cabinetwork
10354.
rosicrucian - adj. of or relating to the Rosicrucians; noun a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and
scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore; a member of any of various organizations that subsequently
derived from the 17th-century society
10355.
rosicrucianism - noun the theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection
and redemption; claims various occult powers
10356.
rosilla - noun a sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California
10357.
rosin - noun any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or
prepared by polymerization of simple molecules; verb rub rosin onto
10358.
rosiness - noun a dusty pink color; a healthy reddish complexion; a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of
good health
10359.
rosinweed - noun North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers; any of various western American
plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
10360.
rosmarinus - noun rosemary
10361.
rostrate - adj. having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
10362.
rota - noun a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties; (Roman Catholic Church)
the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts
10363.
rotatable - adj. capable of being rotated
10364.
rotated - adj. turned in a circle around an axis
10365.
rotation - noun the act of rotating as if on an axis; a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); a single
complete turn (axial or orbital); (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about
the origin
10366.
rotational - adj. of or pertaining to rotation
10367.
rotatory - adj. of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn
10368.
rotgut - noun any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality
10369.
rotifer - noun minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion;
constituents of freshwater plankton
10370.
rotifera - noun a phylum including: rotifers
10371.
rotisserie - noun a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats; an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating
spit on which meat cooks as it turns
10372.
rottenly - adv. in a terrible manner
10373.
rottenness - noun the quality of rotting and becoming putrid; in a state of progressive putrefaction
10374.
rottenstone - noun a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
10375.
rotter - noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
10376.
rotting - noun (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
10377.
rotundity - noun the roundness of a 3-dimensional object; the fullness of a tone of voice
10378.
rotundly - adv. in a sonorous manner
10379.
rotundness - noun the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
10380.
roue - noun a dissolute man in fashionable society
10381.
rougeberry - noun bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical
Americas
10382.
roughage - noun coarse food high in fiber but low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates peristalsis
10383.
roughhewn - adj. of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
10384.
roughhouse - verb engage in rough or disorderly play
10385.
roughleg - noun large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
10386.
roughly - adv. with rough motion as over a rough surface; with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for
`roughly'); (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
10387.
roughness - noun harsh or severe speech or behavior; a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and
uneven; an unpolished unrefined quality; the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses; the formation
of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion; rowdy behavior; used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
10388.
roughrider - noun a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle
10389.
roulade - noun (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable; a dish consisting of a slice of meat that is
rolled around a filling and cooked
10390.
rouleau - noun a roll of coins wrapped in paper; a roll of ribbon
10391.
rounded - adj. curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; a chubby body
10392.
roundedness - noun the property possessed by a rounded convexity
10393.
roundel - noun round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit; English form of rondeau having three triplets with a
refrain after the first and third; (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a circle
10394.
roundelay - noun a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
10395.
rounder - noun a tool for rounding corners or edges; a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
10396.
roundheaded - adj. having a brachycephalic head
10397.
rounding - noun (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of
decimals
10398.
roundish - adj. somewhat round in appearance or form
10399.
roundly - adv. in a round manner; in a blunt direct manner
10400.
roundness - noun the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular; the quality of being round
numbers; the fullness of a tone of voice; the bodily property of being well rounded
10401.
roundsman - noun a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on)
10402.
rouser - noun someone who rouses others from sleep
10403.
rousing - adj. rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading; capable of arousing enthusiasm or
excitement; noun the act of arousing
10404.
rousseauan - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
10405.
router - noun a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves; (computer science) a device that
forwards data packets between computer networks; a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
10406.
routinely - adv. according to routine or established practice
10407.
rover - noun an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement; someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
10408.
roving - adj. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; noun travelling about without any
clear destination
10409.
rowan - noun Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits
10410.
rowanberry - noun decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree
10411.
rowdily - adv. in a rowdy manner
10412.
rowdiness - noun rowdy behavior
10413.
rowdyism - noun rowdy behavior
10414.
rowel - noun a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur
10415.
rower - noun someone who rows a boat
10416.
rowing - noun the act of rowing as a sport
10417.
rowlock - noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
10418.
royalism - noun adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government
10419.
royalist - noun a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War; an advocate of the principles of monarchy
10420.
royally - adv. in a royal manner
10421.
roystonea - noun a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
10422.
rubato - noun a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat
10423.
rubber - adj. returned for lack of funds; noun 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; any of various synthetic elastic
materials whose properties resemble natural rubber; a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow; contraceptive
device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse; an eraser made of rubber (or
of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil; verb coat or impregnate
with rubber
10424.
rubberize - verb coat or impregnate with rubber
10425.
rubberneck - noun a person who stares inquisitively; a tourist who is visiting sights of interest; verb strain to watch; stare
curiously
10426.
rubbernecker - noun a person who stares inquisitively
10427.
rubbing - noun representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing
it with charcoal; effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure; the resistance encountered when one body is
moved in contact with another
10428.
rubbishy - adj. cheap and inferior; of no value
10429.
rubefacient - noun a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
10430.
rubella - noun 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
10431.
rubeola - noun an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs
primarily in children
10432.
rubia - noun type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for
dye substances extracted from their roots
10433.
rubiaceae - noun widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona
and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
10434.
rubiales - noun an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior
compound ovary
10435.
rubicelle - noun a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel
10436.
rubicon - noun a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment; the
boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
10437.
rubify - verb make ruby red
10438.
ruble - noun the basic unit of money in Russia; the basic unit of money in Tajikistan
10439.
rubor - noun a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
10440.
rubricate - verb sign with a mark instead of a name; furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; place in the church
calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint; decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red
10441.
rubus - noun large genus of brambles bearing berries
10442.
ruck - noun a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; an irregular fold in an otherwise even
surface (as in cloth); verb become wrinkled or drawn together
10443.
ruckle - verb make a hoarse, rattling sound; make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
10444.
rucksack - noun a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
10445.
ruction - noun the act of making a noisy disturbance
10446.
rudbeckia - noun North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads
10447.
rudd - noun European freshwater fish resembling the roach
10448.
rudderless - adj. aimlessly drifting
10449.
rudderpost - noun a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot
10450.
rudderstock - noun a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot
10451.
ruddiness - noun a healthy reddish complexion
10452.
ruddle - noun a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking; verb redden as if with a red ocher color; twist or braid together,
interlace
10453.
rudely - adv. in an impolite manner
10454.
rudeness - noun a manner that is rude and insulting; a wild or unrefined state
10455.
ruefully - adv. in a rueful manner
10456.
ruefulness - noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
10457.
ruffianism - noun violent lawless behavior
10458.
ruffianly - adj. violent and lawless
10459.
ruffled - adj. having decorative ruffles or frills; shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
10460.
ruga - noun (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease
10461.
rugby - noun a form of football played with an oval ball
10462.
rugged - adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; very difficult; severely testing stamina or
resolution; rocky and steep; topographically very uneven
10463.
ruggedly - adv. in a rugged manner
10464.
ruggedness - noun the quality of being topologically uneven; the quality of being difficult to do; the property of being big
and strong
10465.
rugger - noun a form of football played with an oval ball
10466.
rugose - adj. of leaves; ridged or wrinkled
10467.
ruined - adj. brought to ruin; destroyed physically or morally; doomed to extinction
10468.
ruiner - noun a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
10469.
ruinously - adv. in a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree
10470.
ruler - noun a person who rules or commands; 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
10471.
rulership - noun the position of ruler
10472.
ruling - adj. exercising power or authority; noun the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
10473.
rumanian - adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; noun an eastern
Romance language spoken in Romania; a native or inhabitant of Romania
10474.
rumba - noun a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance; a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with
Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement; syncopated music in duple time for dancing
the rumba; verb dance the rhumba
10475.
rumbling - adj. continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; noun a loud low dull continuous noise
10476.
rumbustious - adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
10477.
rumex - noun docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions
10478.
ruminantia - noun cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
10479.
rumination - noun regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding; (of ruminants) chewing (the
cud); a calm lengthy intent consideration
10480.
ruminative - adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
10481.
ruminator - noun a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
10482.
rummer - noun a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts
10483.
rumor - noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth; verb tell or spread rumors
10484.
rumormonger - noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
10485.
rumourmonger - noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
10486.
rumrunner - noun someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border
10487.
runch - noun Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
10488.
runcinate - adj. having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves
10489.
rundle - noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
10490.
runnel - noun a small stream
10491.
runner - noun fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil; device consisting of the parts on which something can slide
along; a long narrow carpet; a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; someone who travels on foot by
running; a trained athlete who competes in foot races; a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach
a base); someone who imports or exports without paying duties; a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new
plants from buds at its tips
10492.
running - adj. continually repeated over a period of time; (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;
executed or initiated by running; (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; of advancing the ball by running; moving quickly on
foot; measured lengthwise; noun the act of administering or being in charge of something; the state of being in operation; the act
of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track;
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
10493.
runny - adj. characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
10494.
runproof - adj. (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders
10495.
runtiness - noun smallness of stature
10496.
rupert - noun English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
10497.
rupestral - adj. composed of or inscribed on rock
10498.
rupiah - noun the basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen
10499.
rupicapra - noun chamois
10500.
rupicola - noun cock of the rocks
10501.
rupicolous - adj. composed of or inscribed on rock
10502.
ruptured - adj. suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for
`burst')
10503.
rupturewort - noun common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
10504.
ruralism - noun a rural idiom or expression; a rural characteristic or trait
10505.
ruralist - noun an advocate of rural living; a man who lives in the country and has country ways
10506.
rurality - noun a rural characteristic or trait
10507.
rurally - adv. in a rural manner
10508.
ruritania - noun an imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance
10509.
ruritanian - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Ruritania (or any other imaginary country); noun an imaginary
inhabitant of Ruritania
10510.
rus - noun the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in
Novgorod and then in Kiev
10511.
ruscus - noun a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
10512.
rushed - adj. done under pressure
10513.
rusher - noun a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously; someone who migrates as part
of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory; (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball
10514.
rushing - noun the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; (American football) an attempt to advance the ball
by running into the line
10515.
rushlight - noun a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick
10516.
rushlike - adj. resembling rush or sedge
10517.
rushy - adj. abounding in rushes
10518.
ruskin - noun British art critic (1819-1900)
10519.
russian - adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; noun the Slavic language
that is the official language of Russia; a native or inhabitant of Russia
10520.
rusticate - verb lend a rustic character to; give (stone) a rustic look; send to the country; live in the country and lead a
rustic life; suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
10521.
rustication - noun banishment into the country; temporary dismissal of a student from a university; the action of retiring
to and living in the country; the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner; the condition naturally attaching to life
in the country
10522.
rusticism - noun a rural idiom or expression
10523.
rusticity - noun the quality of being rustic or gauche
10524.
rustiness - noun ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; the condition of being coated or
clogged with rust
10525.
rustler - noun someone who steals livestock (especially cattle)
10526.
rustless - adj. without rust
10527.
rustling - adj. characterized by soft sounds; noun the stealing of cattle; the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or
leaves blowing in the wind
10528.
ruta - noun type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs
10529.
rutaceae - noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts
and usually have a strong scent
10530.
ruthful - adj. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
10531.
ruthfulness - noun a state of gloomy sorrow
10532.
ruthlessly - adv. in a ruthless manner
10533.
ruthlessness - noun mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity; feelings of extreme heartlessness
10534.
ruttish - adj. feeling great sexual desire